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Developing Patient Specific Expanded Cellular Therapies
Vericel Corporation is the leader in developing patient-specific expanded cellular therapies for use in the treatment of patients with severe diseases and conditions. The company markets two cell therapy products in the United States, Carticel® (autologous cultured chondrocytes), an autologous chondrocyte implant for the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee, and Epicel® (cultured epidermal autografts), a permanent skin replacement for the treatment of patients with deep dermal or full thickness burns comprising greater than or equal to 30% of total body surface area. Vericel is also developing MACI, a third-generation autologous chondrocyte implant for the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee, and ixmyelocel-T, a patient specific multicellular therapy for the treatment of advanced heart failure due to ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
The ixCELL-DCM Clinical Trial
The phase 2b ixCELL-DCM clinical trial will assess the efficacy and safety of ixmyelocel-T compared with placebo at 12 months post treatment for patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The primary endpoint of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter ixCELL trial is a composite endpoint comprised of average per-patient number of all-cause deaths, all-cause hospitalizations, and unplanned outpatient or emergency department visits. We began enrolling and treating patients in the phase 2b ixCELL-DCM clinical trial in Q2 2013.
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College Hockey:Northeastern captain Manson forgoes senior season to sign with Anaheim
Northeastern junior defenseman and captain Josh Manson has agreed to a two-year, entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks.
Manson was drafted in the sixth round (160th overall) of the 2011 NHL draft by Anaheim and is the son of Dave Manson, who played in the NHL for 17 seasons with seven organizations.
"Josh Manson changed the culture of our hockey program and had a lot to do with the success of Northeastern hockey," said Huskies' coach Jim Madigan in a statement. "It's a bittersweet moment where we're losing a fine young man, a very good student and a very good hockey player, but I know that he's ready for the next challenge. I wish him all the best as he pursues his lifelong dream of playing in the National Hockey League and I thank Josh for his commitment to Northeastern University."
Manson played in 33 games in the 2013-14 season and tallied three goals and seven assists for 10 points along with a team-best plus-12 rating.
He was named the Old Time Hockey best defensive defenseman by Hockey East last week, becoming the first Husky since 2009 to take home the accolade. He was also named a Hockey East Second Team All-Star.
In 99 games at Northeastern, Manson recorded six goals and 15 assists for 21 points with 158 penalty minutes and 93 blocked shots.
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spoiler: That is right about where I am now. I just defeated the crazy doctor. I bought the enrage plasmid, but forgot to equip it. How do I go back and do that. Right now I am at that point where I don't really no what to do next.
spoiler:You have to find a gene bank, and that lets you reequip plasmids. Just to let you know, the game will only get better from the point you're at. And also quite a bit harder, especially with the hacking mini-games. They're easy at the beginning, but after a while they stack the odds against you like a bitch.
spoiler:If just defeated the two Big Daddies in Neptune's Bounty. Though, I defeated them separately. And I collected a gift for rescuing the Little Sister's and I've bought two slots and upgraded my character.
Though, I didn't get Enrage and ended up getting a health increase. And just got the plasmid to get a Big Daddy on your side.


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The believability of every aspect of "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is remarkable. The characters' motivations, their relationships, and of course the fact that the majority of the cast of this movie is made up of CGI apes that look as real as can be is awe-inspiring, making this film one of the most outstanding chapters in a multi-film franchise that began nearly fifty years ago.
Directed by Matt Reeves, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is the sequel to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", the first film in a reboot of the franchise that began a few years ago. This movie is set a decade after its predecessor. Most of humanity has been wiped out by a disease that was tested on apes who escaped from a lab. Caesar (Andy Serkis) is the leader of this group of intellectually-advanced apes, who have since grown into a thriving population that has remained independent of the humans for several years.
However, the apes' peace is disturbed by a group of humans from an outpost in nearby San Francisco, who need to get a damn in the apes' territory up and running so they can have power. Neither group trusts the other, but Caesar, having been raised by humans, recognizes their desperation and allows them to work on the damn under his supervision. But not all the apes support this fragile truce, especially Koba (Toby Kebbell), who was tested on extensively by humans in the lab. All-out war between the humans and apes is imminent.
The audience is given just enough backstory on each of the characters, human and ape alike, to understand their motivations in the conflict, and the result is effective. Throughout the film the audience witnesses an evolution of relationships that are complex, moving, and believable. Malcolm (Jason Clarke), the leader of the group who goes to fix the damn, and Caesar's relationship is at the center of the film, as they go from outright distrust of one another to a fragile respect to friendship. Caesar and Koba's relationship is the other crucial element the story relies on, and it goes in basically the opposite direction. Koba hates humans, and as he sees Caesar getting closer to them, he decides he is no longer fit to rule—even though Caesar is his friend and once saved his life.
Clarke is supported by Keri Russell and Kodi Smit-McPhee, who plays his son, as well as Gary Oldman, who plays a man determined to save people from the apes at any cost, and he improves every scene he is in. But it is the apes who should be marveled at the most. It's relatively simple to like a well-written "real-life" character. To rely so much on characters who are brought to life by motion capture is a risky venture, but one that has paid off in this series so far. It is a testament to the acting talents of Serkis, Kebbell, and the other actors playing apes in this film, as well as the animators who brought them to life, that these characters are so realistic, it's hard to believe they are mere creations from a computer. They can carry the film even without the human actors; in fact, the first part of the film depicts only the apes, as they communicate in sign language, and it works just fine.
The big action sequence is saved for the film's climax, and it sure packs a punch, even though those who have watched the original "Planet of the Apes" movies already know where this story is likely going. With a good first film and a greater sequel, it looks like this series is on the right track.
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The Houston Tennis Association has hired two new staff members—Harold Graham as league coordinator and Ann Wilde as junior tennis coordinator and assistant adult league coordinator.
The nonprofit 501(c)3 organization manages year-round adult leagues for a variety of age and skill levels throughout the year.
Graham, a league player and team captain and former HTA president and board member, has worked in the tennis club industry for a number of years and in the financial industry.
Wilde, also a league player, has served on several nonprofit boards in Houston, including the position of president of the West Houston Ladies Tennis Association. She has a master's degree in social work.
Players interested in the leagues can contact Graham at email@example.com and Wilde at firstname.lastname@example.com. Details about the leagues can be found at www.houstontennis.org.


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All things Mother Earth Living
by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large
off grid living, solar panels, solar homes
In yesterday's post about living off the grid, Morgana Wyze and Matt Stoll share that they've garnered top dollar for two homes they've sold because they had equipped the houses with solar panels. That anecdotal evidence is compelling, especially because it's backed up by a recent report from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, which found that California homes with a 3.1-kilowatt photovoltaic array sell for $17,000 more than homes without solar capability.
"This is a sizable effect," Ryan Wiser, a staff scientist at the Lab and a coauthor of the report, said in a statement. "This research might influence the decisions of homeowners considering installing a PV system and of home-buyers considering buying a home with PV already installed."
Berkeley Lab analyzed approximately 72,000 California homes, almost 2,000 of which had PV systems installed at the time of sale. The research finds strong evidence that homes with PV systems sold for a premium over comparable homes without PV systems.
Todd Woody analyzes the report this way on Grist: "Buy a house in a new subdivision where solar comes standard and your home values could rise between around $7,000 and $8,000. Purchase an older home with a solar array, and the value rises by $18,000 or more. (That's assuming a 3.1-kilowatt array has been installed.)" Differences in installation costs and homebuilders' willingness to discount the price of solar systems to increase sales explain the disparity, Woody writes.
"New homebuilders may gain value from PV as a market differentiator, and have therefore often tended to sell PV as a standard (as opposed to an optional) product on their homes and perhaps been willing to accept a lower premium in return for faster sales velocity and decreased carrying costs," the report states. Additional questions warrant further research, such as investigating more-recent home sales from a broader geographic area and further investigating the difference in premium between new and existing PV homes, the report states.
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In a disguised bid to encourage local economic growth by demonstrating support for homegrown group-buying businesses, I splurged on a RM88 (after discount) 3-in-1 electric grill with detachable plates for for sandwich + waffle + BBQ. I'll just call it the toastie maker. Why splurge? Come on, no one really needs a toastie maker.
Having received and inspected the product, I think I'd overpaid for the product. But never mind for now.
Anyway it's still new thus I'm excited about it. So I made super awesome tuna melt for dinner.
You can't make tuna melt without tuna. To say it's a very important ingredient for this recipe is a gross understatement. So, buy tuna. Canned is easier. Canned tuna is possibly the second best thing since sliced bread. Then you put the two together, the combination is the best thing ever since sliced bread and canned tuna.
I bought TC Boy's tuna in water because it contains only 2 ingredients:
Drain the water from tuna, a strainer comes in handy for this. Chop up the onion to your preferred level of chunkiness.
Try to keep your thumb out of the way else it'd end up like this:
Curse at nobody in particular. Clean yourself up. Clean knife, onion and chopping board. Proceed to chop up the rest of the onion.
Add a generous dollop of mayonnaise:
Add a generous squeeze of lemon juice, or obtain from real fresh lemons if you could be arsed:
Add salt and pepper:
Add additional seasoning if you desire, especially something like this if you'd bought it at Ace Hardware on discount:
Mix everything well. Resist eating the whole lot before toasting.
Layer up some tuna mix onto 2 pieces of bread. Then put cheese slices on top, non-processed cheddar if you are loaded. Then put some tomatoes on top. If you do not include tomatoes, you would not get super awesome tuna melt.
Some people butter the bread but I couldn't be bothered.
Spray a very small amount of cooking oil to the toastie plates. Almost like a dab, really.
Then top the bread slices with another piece of bread on top. Move to toastie maker.
Talk about the obvious? Noooooo…. Really??????
Then close the lid and wait for the thing to grill. Melt. Heated. Toasted. Whatever. My toastie maker was supposed to come with a temperature control. Yeah right it did.
But I think 5 minutes should be a decent time for it to grill. Melt. Heated. Toasted. Whatever.
Remove toastie from toastie maker, cut into half, serve with salad ('cos I did) and ta-dahhhhhhh!
Super awesome tuna melt. Super yummy. Super easy to make. Super Suanie.


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Milton Nascimento in New Jersey
Tim Wilkins, who covered Toninho Horta's recent concert in this column earlier in the week, returns below to the subject of Brazilian music. Many concerts and CDs are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of bossa nova this year, but one of the finest tributes comes from Milton Nascimento, who has released an exceptional CD featuring a number of classic Jobim songs. (A track from this release, "Chega de Saudade," is currently featured as Song of the Day at jazz.com.) Wilkins reports below on Nascimento's Sunday performance at NJPAC and his conversations with the band. T.G.
So what exactly are "novas bossas?" Well, if bossa nova was the "new thing" from Rio in the fifties, then Novas Bossas, the name of Milton Nascimento's new CD, suggests there's more than one thing from Brazil worth listening to these days. But rather than speculate, I wanted expert advice—so I caught up with Milton Nascimento and the Jobim Trio after their concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, October 26.
"It's a desire for new things to happen," said Paulo Jobim. "When we got together with Milton, it inspired us to have new ideas, and to think of bossa as something that's not strict or closed off." Nascimento and the trio of Paulo Jobim on guitar, Daniel Jobim on piano and Paulo Braga on drums, thus chose the phrase to title their new album, just released by Blue Note. The disk includes subtle reworkings of bossa nova classics as well as songs by Milton and Daniel.
Novas Bossas, like much of Brazilian music, is a family affair. Daniel, thirty-five, is the son of Paulo, who is the son of Tom Jobim, bossa nova's greatest composer. Paulo played with his father frequently, as did Braga, Tom Jobim's drummer of choice in the last twenty years of his life.
Braga has known Nascimento since 1963, when they played together in the Berimbau Trio, a samba-jazz group, with Milton on upright bass. Paulo Jobim toured with Nascimento in the seventies, at times with Daniel in tow. Nascimento once dedicated a concert to the three-year-old boy as a birthday present. More often than not, they would all end up at Nascimento's beach house in the summertime.
Tom Jobim held Nascimento's voice—with its compelling power in the bass range and affectingly fragile falsetto—in high regard, and once asked him to record his compositions as a guide to how they should be sung. Tom, who died in 1994, also asked Braga to help convey the spirit of his music to a new generation.
The opportunity to fulfill these promises came last year, when the Trio performed with Nascimento in Rio's Botanical Garden. That set off multiple musical lightbulbs, and they began looking for more opportunities to collaborate. They recorded Jobim's "Samba do Aviăo," which is on the CD, for a popular soap opera, then convened at Milton's house to pick other songs to record.
The result, recorded in Milton's basement, is Novas Bossas. The songs are essentially live takes, with minimal overdubs and production. This may surprise some, given the sophisticated air of the recordings, which is more the result of the relaxed atmosphere of these sessions than of studio magic.
Milton wanted to record Tom's songs, while the Jobims wanted to record songs by Milton—so they compromised on a slate of eight by Tom, three of Milton's hits, two more bossa nova classics and one by Daniel, which Milton overheard playing from his laptop, and liked. That song, "Dias Azuis," communicates the central idea of Novas Bossas: the feeling is entirely bossa, with a relaxed, lilting pulse and wistful lyrics. Yet here and there are touches which might clash, but don't: electronic keyboards, and Braga's powerful brushwork, drawn from his years playing with Brazilian funk and soul stars.
"You can make whatever mixture you want in bossa, because it's open," said Daniel. "Just like jazz embraced bossa, bossa can embrace all kinds of other things. . . . Yes, I'm a bossa musician, but it's a natural thing. "Whatever I do turns out that way – it's a sensibility, a way of playing gently, which is a different sound."
Like another young Brazilian with a famous last name, Moreno Veloso, Daniel's career will be worth watching. He has a fine, understated singing voice, which Nascimento gently balances with harmonies and counterlines drawn from his own identity as a musician from the landlocked state of Minas Geraes, not Rio.
Some say Minas musicians were inspired by Gregorian chants, and in Nascimento's case this makes sense: his minor-key compositions, such as "Cais" and "Tarde," are modal and atmospheric in their exploration of intervals more than harmony. Yet this sensibility, too, feels at home here: the deep longing and sense of loss in his voice are pure bossa. As are Ben Webster's ballads. Or Billie Holiday singing "God Bless the Child."
But even Minas has more than one musical identity, as Nascimento explained. This is evident on the album's opening track, his 1973 hit "Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser" by his close collaborator Lo Borges, which demonstrates their affinity for, among other things, The Beatles' "Fool on a Hill." Like Brazil, Milton said, "Inside Minas, there are multiple Minas: each place you go is unique, with its own, different thing – but every so often they get together."
To further emphasize the idea that bossa can include more colors than we might expect, the album includes "O Vento" by Dorival Caymmi, which is in a similar minor mode, and "Medo de Amar," an often overlooked composition by Vinicius de Morăes, better known as Jobim's finest lyricist, sung in a heartbreaking duet by Paulo Jobim and Nascimento.
On Tom's songs, Nascimento is best where the vulnerability of his voice illuminates the lyrics, on songs such as "Esperanca Perdida" and "Chega de Saudade." On this last, both on disk and in concert, he wishes sadness away with a potent incantation. But for every moment of minor melancholy, Novas Bossas offers an uplifting counterpart, such as Milton and Paulo Jobim's playful duets on "Brigas Nunca Mais" and "Trem de Ferro." In concert, Braga's propulsive, funk-inspired drumming kept the repertoire bubbling, and Nascimento threw in a few anthems, like "Maria, Maria," to satisfy pop-hungry Brazilians in the crowd from Newark's nearby Ironbound district.
But what about those novas bossas I was wondering about?
"It's just bossa!" Daniel explained. "But a bossa that's changing… maybe you can call it bossa nova nova." Paulo Braga agreed. "Cabe tudo!" he said with a smile. Or, in other words, "There's room for everything!" in bossa nova. "Just as jazz has room for new things, bossa has room for the novas bossas, and for all of the new things we'd like to do."
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Enterprise-wide deployment of business intelligence (BI) is being replaced by phased deployment in which a new BI strategy is tried and tested in one department or one application within a company. Through such an incremental approach, the BI strategy can be vetted, lessons learned, and its implementation refined, before it is deployed enterprise-wide, thus averting the substantial time and resources wasted backtracking over earlier attempts across an organization. These lessons can then be used to better plan and execute future roll outs, not only of the BI strategy presently considered, but of future ones.
Step One: Basic Reporting
To reiterate, the idea at the start of a phased BI deployment is to start extremely small, basically taking a micro-to-macro approach. With this in mind, test out a new BI strategy on a relatively small business unit or department. If there is one department which is struggling under substantial backlog, even better. Often this will be the department that is taxed with challenging demands for reporting and comparative analysis. In other words, go where the need is greatest…and the most difficult to consistently meet.
Succeeding in such a department will provide the strongest BI strategy ROI, in that it will prove the case in the worst-case scenario at your firm, thus legitimizing the strategy even more robustly, while addressing the most critical resource drain first. As an enterprise commences a progressively expanded roll-out (integrating more information systems), it's worthwhile to keep in mind that one department's performance variables - and challenges meeting them – will likely exist within and affect other departments and business units.
To consolidate data dispersion in redundant operational silos, include a corporate data warehouse within the BI deployment and evolution strategy. Of course it goes without saying that the BI strategy will serve an enterprise best when the impact it will have on the entire enterprise is understood from the outset.
Step Two: Performance Measurement
At this point, BI software can be used to clarify targets and proximity to them by offering a range of tools for users, such as scorecards (ideally, high-level information is paired with intuitively accessible source detail), dashboards (highly visual, user-friendly, graphic aids that present relevant performance data clearly and cogently), best-in-class analysis, exclusion reporting, segmentation, and actual versus target analysis.
Step Three: Decision Enablement
This is the stage at which robustly informed decision-making is enabled for business users. This is supported by the planning functionality offered by some BI software, which helps users scope out plans, replenishment, pricing, etc. Monitoring and alerting capabilities, also available through some BI software, can provide alerts to performance anomalies, supporting faster and more effective corrective action (Source: InetSoft's Business Intelligence Software). And lastly, collaboration BI tools allow users to enjoy smoother workflow management, by facilitating shared viewing of performance analytics across the user base.
Step Four: Predictive Analytics
At the forecasting and optimization stage of a BI strategy, the learnings extracted up to this stage, coupled with the deeper analysis that current versus historical analysis offers, can now be used to prognosticate future conditions and events. This level of analysis, near the apex of the BI strategy, is the point at which users can begin to identify new opportunities and capitalize on them more efficaciously. Tools at this level include: statistical forecasts, outlier detection, and inventory planning.
Step Five: Extended Supply Chain
This is the apex, or better yet, the culmination of the all the stages up to this point. Insights can now be shared with external collaborators, e.g., suppliers, contractors, and customers or clients, in the best way to support the interests of each in working together, while advancing the operational targets of the enterprise.
Sources: http://www.silvon.com/blog/evolutionary-approach-bi/


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Nov. 15, 2012
TEMPE, Ariz. - Eleven Arizona State University women's soccer players were recognized by the Pac-12 for their work in the classroom as the conference announced its annual All-Academic Teams.
ASU's three first-team members - junior Kaitlyn Pavlovich (3.96 GPA), junior Jasmine Roth (4.05 GPA) and senior Nicki Stone (4.04 GPA) - tied for most in the conference.
Stone (Tourism Development and Management major) is earning first-team recognition for the third year in a row, the maximum possible number for a student-athlete.
Roth (Biochemistry) and Pavlovich (Elementary Education) are both earning first-team distinction for the second year in a row.
ASU's 16 first-team honorees over the last five years are the most of any school in the Pac-12 during that span.
Holland Crook (3.78 GPA/Educational Studies), who earned second-team honors, is receiving Pac-12 All-Academic recognition for the second year in a row, as she was an honorable mention recipient last year.
The Sun Devils also had seven student-athletes named to the honorable mention list: seniors Alyssa Freeman, Sierra Joseph, Taylor McCarter Miah Mollay and Courtney Tinnin, who are all-three-time honorees and juniors Blair Alderson and Devin Marshall.
To be eligible for selection to the Pac-12 All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average, must have been at the school at least one year and be either a starter or significant contributor to the team.


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Have you ever wondered how Tatiana Maslany, the star of the BBC's hit show "Orphan Black" acts against herself? The 28-year old actress who so convincingly portrays eight very different character clones on "Orphan Black" profusely thanks Kathryn Alexandre for this, reported Buzzfeed on April 24, 2014.
Kathryn Alexadre happens to be Maslany's body double, but she's proved to be so much more to Maslany. Alexandre acts opposite Maslany any time two or more of the clones act in a scene together, which if you're an "Orphan Black" viewer you know this happens quite frequently. After Kathryn is done acting out the scenes, she is replaced by Maslany during post-production.
Tatiana Maslany said of Kathryn Alexadre during a Screen Actors Guild Foundation interview, "I could cry thinking about her… She's so amazing. She memorizes all of the lines, all of my blocking, all of her blocking, my mannerisms, my impulses; she, somehow, memorizes all of that and gives it back to me with a performance I can play off of."
"Orphan Black" has demonstrated its critical acclaim recently with its second-season debut last Saturday doubling its total viewer and 25-54 audience, according to Deadline.com. Alexandre understands this and considers her role on "Orphan Black" one of a lifetime, however unimportant this job may seem to some.
Even still, Alexandre will have her first on-screen appearance later this season on "Orphan Black". You can keep an extra eye out for her in episode 9, where she will appear as a character of her own.
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Does The Florida Friendly Landscaping Law Apply To All HOAs?
Florida homeowners wishing to minimize maintenance and reduce water bills should consider Florida-friendly landscaping – a landscaping plan that incorporates the use of grasses and plants native to Florida. According to the University of Florida, irrigating landscaping accounts for more than 50% of water consumption. The Florida Legislature clearly recognized this problem, by enacting Florida Statute Section 720.3075 (4), effective October 1, 2001:
Homeowners' association documents, including declarations of covenants, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, entered after October 1, 2001, may not prohibit any property owner from implementing Xeriscape or Florida-friendly landscape, as defined in s. 373.185(1), on his or her land.
In 2009, the Legislature changed F.S. 720.3075 (4) dramatically, indicating its intent that the statute be applied retroactively to prohibit homeowner associations from enacting or enforcing any governing document to prevent homeowners from implementing xeriscape or Florida-friendly landscaping – regardless of when the documents were created.
With recent decisions by Florida courts, some might question whether the 2009 statute runs afoul of the Florida's contract clause prohibiting retroactive application of laws to impair existing contract rights. Does this statute improperly impair a pre-existing right of associations to require homeowners to maintain lush, green lawns? Probably not. Florida courts have allowed laws to be applied retroactively, where there is a compelling public purpose and the law is necessary to achieve that purpose. In changing F.S. 720.3075 (4), the Florida Legislature made an express finding that Florida-friendly landscaping serves a compelling public purpose to conserve water resources, and that participation by homeowners' associations is necessary to achieve that goal:
(4)(a) The Legislature finds that the use of Florida-friendly landscaping and other water use and pollution prevention measures to conserve or protect the state's water resources serves a compelling public interest and that the participation of homeowners' associations and local governments is essential to the state's efforts in water conservation and water quality protection and restoration.
(b) Homeowners' association documents, including declarations of covenants, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, may not prohibit or be enforced so as to prohibit any property owner from implementing Florida-friendly landscaping, as defined in s. 373.185, on his or her land or create any requirement or limitation in conflict with any provision of part II of chapter 373 or a water shortage order, other order, consumptive use permit, or rule adopted or issued pursuant to part II of chapter 373.
Adjustment to this law has not been easy for associations accustomed to uniformly lush and green lawns. To assist, the University of Florida has published extensive guidance to homeowners' associations. These two links are a good place to begin:
- The Florida-Friendly landscaping Program.
- Handbook (.pdf link) explaining the basics of Florida-Friendly landscaping and the nine principles; checklist for homeowner recognition of a Florida-Friendly Landscape.
With the economy still in the doldrums, and water conservation an urgent necessity, homeowner associations may need an "attitude adjustment" in deciding what is aesthetically acceptable. Can we afford to use over 50% of our water to feed our lawns? How much water could we collectively save by implementing "green" (Florida friendly) landscaping? What would that translate to in dollars? If these are not good reasons to allow homeowners to implement Florida-friendly landscaping, there is always the reason, "because the law requires it."


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According to a June 16 report from the Sydney Morning Herald, it can get quite confusing for customers to figure out who to tip and how much. Tipping is especially confusing at concert venues, being that its out of the realm of ordinary life. Most people know to tip waiters and waitresses when they go out to eat, but what about food runners at a performance arts venue? The average person probably isn't so sure how to handle tipping in that situation.
Here's the thing: Since federal minimum wage in the United States is just $7.25 per hour, many concert staffers rely heavily on tips to earn a living wage. Figuring out who to tip is as simple as deciding who has been helpful. If a bathroom attendant at a concert venue hands you a paper towel, its okay to leave a dollar as a tip. If he or she goes above and beyond by giving out gum, cologne or mints, leave two dollars.
While it may seem silly to tip bathroom attendants, its important to note they do far more than just hand out paper towels. Bathroom attendants at concert venues make sure the bathroom is clean from beginning of the show, to the end. They also maintain the peace, and make sure there are no fights in the bathroom. They also help with security, by keeping on eye on people trying to smoke cigarettes or do drugs in the bathroom. To be honest, its important for attendants to be there.
Elsewhere, a one or two dollar tip is perfectly acceptable for coat check attendants at a concert venue. Since a standard tip is 20 percent, one dollar would be enough to cover the three or four dollar charge for coat check. They are performing a valuable service, so a tip is expected. When it comes to beer and food servers in concert venues, it gets a bit more tricky. Food runners often get tipped out by waiters and bartenders at the end of the shift, so they don't usually get tipped by customers.
Tipping a bartender is essential though, and one dollar per drink is the standard. For waiter service, its typical for customers to tip 18 percent for good service and 20 percent for excellent service. Elsewhere at the venue, there may be security staff. They do not need tips because they are paid handsomely with an hourly wage far higher than most of the rest of the concert staff. Finally, parking attendants deserve at least two to three dollars in tips.
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Book of the week: She-Hulk #7
The quality of the latest relaunch of an ongoing series for the Hulk's famous cousin has seen some ups and downs since its' debut last year. It may be easy to place the defining quality as whether or not Javier Pulido is providing the artwork, as the series really is his own in terms of a distinctive look. But to be honest, even writer Charles Soule seemed to stumble in the previous arc, which saw the series' biggest subplot fizzle out into nonsense. Fortunately, this week's latest issue reverses both trends. Pulido is back handling the art (with Muntsa Vicente on colors), and this time Soule gets back to the series' strength. This issue provides a simple yet quirky story with a likeable cast, an interesting "case" and brilliant art matched by bright colors. It is a shame that done in one stories tend to be less hip in today's market, as Soule seems to excel at them.
She-Hulk and her private investigator Patsy Walker (a.k.a. Hellcat) have been tasked with finding the missing business partner of one of Jen's friends at "Ideacave, Inc.", where she has her law firm. They're tasked with looking for a man who has invented a shrinking ray which is cheap enough to be mass produced. This means a team-up with Hank Pym (Marvel's resident shrinking hero) and a wild adventure in a backyard looking for a man who is now small enough to be a needle in a hay stack. Bright colors and seemingly mundane creatures help underscore the danger that Soule makes sure to address, which many previous stories along a similar vein ignore. When you're under an inch high, nearly anything can kill you even if you're a gamma powered lawyer. Cute birds become stealth airborne predators and controlling ants isn't something best done without experience. In addition, issues of trust between Jen and Patsy, two heroines with vastly different lives and power levels, comes into the fore.
On a week where plenty of comics shipped which had a lot of noise and fury, this issue rises about them with well executed simplicity. The conclusion of the adventure is never in doubt, but Soule and Pulido manage to tell their story with enough excitement and charm that it manages to entertain. The often manic Hellcat proves to be a great partner for the stoic (yet quickly angered) She-Hulk for almost any adventure, even one where alley cats may as well be Celestials. The series also helps carve out a Marvel Universe in which the endless super inventions of various people have affected the lives of everyday people and lead to many unique opportunities for stories (instead of pretending that decades of inventions by Pym or Mr. Fantastic had no effect, as some comics do). The fact that this series manages it at a price of under three dollars an issue is merely the green icing on the cake. Hopefully, the series will continue forward along this course and not dip back to producing more rushed fill in content.
A huge heap of honorable mentions:
Big Trouble in Little China #3: John Carpenter and Eric Powell continue along with the adventures of Jack Burton in the latest installment of a comic which is as close to a TV series based on the cult film as one will get. In order to save the life of Yang from one of Lo-Pan's previously unrevealed minions, Jack, Egg, and his pet demon "Pete" continue their journey into the temple of the seven faced widow. As usual, Jack relates another tale about one of his ex-wives (who all seem to either have supernatural powers or tie into such things) while he haplessly escapes conflicts with other demons and winds up swiping the MacGuffin outright. It is odd to see Yang reduced to a "dude in distress" considering how major a role he has in the original film, but one imagines that Powell and Carpenter are wisely playing to their audience who likely quote Jack Burton lines at parties. The art by Brian Churilla and colors by Michael Garland continues to match the tone of the film, which means making sure various monsters and demons look distinct while also not so scary as to upset the comedic tone. This series arrives at a time when "comedy comics" are no longer something the direct market tries to forget, even if that means it has to be on top of its' game to remain ahead.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time #2: Once again, an issue of this spare mini series to an annual which is currently running late arrives late at my particular comic shop. Thankfully, the premise is simple enough that lateness doesn't matter much. After an adventure with the time traveling Renet, the four Turtles are now bouncing around through time, having one adventure in a different era after the next. Each issue seems to spotlight a different creative team; this one sees Erik Burnham as the writer with Charles Paul Wilson III on art, and Jeremy Mohler on colors. This issue isn't as adorable as the previous one, but it likely has more meat under its' shell as the gang are zapped to Feudal Japan. This plays into IDW's new version of their origin as they not only bump into some samurai and the ancient Foot Clan, but the original reincarnations of Hamato Yoshi, themselves, and ultimately the Shredder. Mikey is curious, while Leonardo impulsively flirts with mangling the time stream for revenge. In the end, their time hopping jaunt may have inadvertently helped spark the ire of the younger Oroku Saki and help create them in the first place. This isn't as essential as some of the previous mini series so far, but is at least fun for a lark.
Invincible #113: Robert Kirkman and longtime regular artist Ryan Ottley continue their attempt to break down some of the few long term supporting characters left in the series to wring out the latest mega-epic storyline. To this end, Robot has gone mad and decided to take over the Earth for its' "betterment" much as he ruled the Flaxian dimension for centuries (of their time). His attempts to kill off every superhero on earth resulted in Mark's retreat and inducing labor for the severely injured Eve. The relationship between Mark and Eve has been put through the ringer like never before, and one hopes that Kirkman isn't smashing too many of his toys until he has nothing left. That said, bringing any series to almost 120 issues is a massive undertaking unto itself, and this arc is easily one of the best the series has seen within a year.
Black Widow #9/Punisher #9: To be blunt, solicitations from Marvel Comics billed these two issues as being a brief crossover story (or a two part story) due to the fact that Nathan Edmondson writes both series. In reality, this is no brief multi-part story such as, say, the "Omega Effect" story told within "Punisher", "Avenging Spider-Man" and "Daredevil" a year or two back; it is merely the same story told from two different perspectives. Thus, the official solicitations offered to fans and retailers (such as these two from Midtown Comics), border on the realm of being a "bait and switch" as getting both comics does not enhance the overall tale very much beyond some minor point of view details. It was lazy when Brian M. Bendis would use a similar trick to sell the same story in "Ultimate Spider-Man" two issues in a row in years past, and it is a shame that Edmondson does something similar - especially in comics which combined cost almost eight dollars. The shame of it is that as usual, the story itself is a simple espionage caper in which the execution is far meatier than the narrative. Black Widow is (once again) chasing leads to the faceless conspiracy which has plagued her entire series, dubbed "Chaos". The Punisher, meanwhile, has been captured by Crossbones and a squad of cheap mercenaries he's hired. Both meet in a vacant oil rig in the middle of the ocean which "Chaos" uses as a digital relay station. If this was some attempt at corporate synergy with Sony's recent "Marvel Anime" direct to video feature, "Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher", it is a poor one as it's nearly three months behind. Phil Noto does the art (as always) for "Black Widow" while Mitch Gerads is the artist for "The Punisher", and both do a great job. As always, Edmondson has the voices of his leads down, even if his theme of Natasha's morals becoming disturbingly grey had already been beaten into the ground in the previous eight issues without needing the personafication of anti-heroism himself to tell it to her face. The only way it could become more obvious from this point on would be if in a future issue Natasha faces Mephisto himself, who suggests she "tuck it back a little". The art is pretty, the story simple, but there's no need to go out of one's way to read both if one isn't already doing so.
Iron Fist: the Living Weapon #5: Kaare Andrews continues to write and draw this latest stab at an "Iron Fist" series, which both looks and reads like a 1980's era Frank Miller run that nobody intended. To this end, Brenda and the little girl from K'un L'un, Pei, continue to be on the run from Davos and his six armed minions. In K'un L'un, Danny Rand is being broken down and beaten to a pulp by his seemingly unstoppable enemy - which turns out to be the living "final exam" for all of the "Iron Fist" warriors which has now gone insane and destroyed the entire realm. Andrews shows remarkable attention to the character's origin, and Danny's narration reads like growling from "Sin City" mixed with Andrews' own justifications and explanations for his run. Seeing Danny's foundation and origin as a contradiction (and at best a cautionary tale about how limiting revenge is as a motive for one's life), this run likely seeks to break the hero down and remake him into his essence. That exercise may turn out to be more exciting than some of the story itself, which offers more bone crunching martial arts and little else, at least so far.
New Warriors #8: A story which is months late to at least take advantage of the past "Infinity" crossover and aftermath involving Inhumans seems to almost be a symbol of Chris Yost's plucky revamp of the longtime series having some great elements without seeming to gell into a solid whole. New Warriors old and new unite to free their new friend Haechi (and Sun-Girl) from being captured by some zealous new Inhumans who wish to kill off humans and only allows those "worthy" new Inhumans to live. The art by Marcus To is great, and as always Yost's genius seems to shine in the banter and one liners from his cast in mid-battle. The plot, however, seems to be trying so far to be far reaching and important that it is attaining the opposite effect. This series could benefit from simplier and more effective stories, as the characters are all finally assembled and interacting regularly.
Superior Spider-Man #32: Thought that the era of "superior" Spider-Man ended in April when Doctor Octopus finally relinquished control of Spider-Man's body back to Peter Parker so he could save everyone from the Green Goblin in a sloppy yet crudely entertaining spectacle back in April? Well, one has underestimated Marvel's zeal to hype up a future crossover story as well as sell an extra issue of anything, especially for five dollars. That crossover story is "Spider-Verse", which was teased within Marvel's free offering for "Free Comic Book Day" and involves every single alternate reality version of Spider-Man (even those that didn't exist before) teaming up to fight Morlun. Not only will this play out in "Amazing Spider-Man" with crossovers into other series, but it will spawn a real "Spider-Man Team-Up" series to follow. This issue starts that ball rolling as Christos Gage (working off Dan Slott's plot) teams up with artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Adam Kubert to start the "edge of Spider-Verse" to set it all up. Via a time travel story involving "Spider-Man 2099" towards the end of the "superior" era, Spider-Ock found himself zapped into the year 2099 unexpectedly. As usual, his attempts to sort things out involved thefts, tearing into hapless people and talking like a Saturday morning cartoon villain from 1984 in order to build a time machine. Unfortunately, ever since "Age of Ultron", time is broken so all he does is wind up traveling to different parallel universes - in which every Spider-Man is being killed one by one. Blaming this on Peter Parker's weakness, Ock settles to unite the rest of reality's Spider-Men to combat the threat head on. Slott and Gage display an impressive knowledge of previous issues of "What If?" as well as other souces, both recent and ancient, in gathering (or killing off) alternate Spider-Men. These include "Spider-Man: India" from 2004, "What If: Spider-Man vs. Wolverine" from 2008, "Spider-Girl 2020" from Tom DeFalco's line of "Time's Arrow" novels from 1998, and even "Fantastic Five Spider-Man" from the very first issue of "What If?" from 1977. The art is great and the pace is very fast, even if keeping Morlun masked seems dubious since the free comic already confirmed him as the story's threat. One may be dismayed that it's taken the most evil version of Spider-Man to unite them across dimensions, but at least this one shot establishes the stakes properly.
Superior Foes of Spider-Man #14: Nick Spencer and Steve Leiber, alongside co-artist Rich Ellis and colorist Rachelle Rosenberg, continue along with this quirky series that seems to resist the cancellation axe. The crazy capers of Boomerang's hapless crew continue with an adventure which fleshes out Overdrive's origin as well as his brief fling with the new Beetle. Unfortunately for all of them, they may have pushed the Shocker too far. As always, the visual cues and non stop humor sell this series more than any plots do, and readers who have stuck with this series this long, including enduring two shamelss fill in issues, will find more of what they love here.
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The original question I posted on StackOverflow. I think it's more mathematically inclined so I posted it here again. In terms of math.
There's a class of students. Each students has a score between 0 and 300 (gaussian, with some known average and standard deviation). I need to find classes of marks (like 0-100, 101-125, 126-140, 141-160, 161-175, 176-200, 201-300) such that:
- The number of classes is minimum
- The number of students in each class is minimum
How do I go about doing this? Is this a standard problem? Also, is it possible to prove that only this set of classes will have the above property.


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When Flappy Bird was taken down last week by its developer, Dong Nguyen, people who missed the Flappy Bird phenomenon found copies elsewhere and downloaded them.
But as it turns out, some of these harbor malware that could steal money from you.
Online security firms such as Sophos and Trend Micro have found fake copies circulating the Internet that may play and look like Flappy Bird, but contain additional code and asks for extra permissions before you install the game.
The real version of Flappy Bird, which only measured 895K, expands to one megabyte or more in some of the infected applications.
The extra code hides malware that can cause your phone to send text messages to a server, which then charges your Google account for a transaction on your phone bill.
When Flappy Bird was first released, before installation, it only asked for two permissions—Internet access and preventing the device from shutting down. The fake or "enhanced" versions ask for more privileges such as device name and location, and SMS privileges.
Online security companies advise extra caution when downloading the Flappy Bird app from the Internet because of malware and Trojans. Check the file size before you install, and make sure the app doesn't ask you for more than two permissions to be safe.


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As a Sophomore in 2001-2002:
Finished 13th in the 200M dash in 26.98 seconds at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships ... member of the seventh-place 4 x 200M relay team that finished in 1:45.89 at the New England Indoor Championships ... placed eighth in the 400M dash with a time of 58.98 seconds at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships ... turned in a career-best time of 7.57 seconds in the 55M dash at the Valentine Invitational at BU on February 9 ...
As a Freshman in 2000-2001:
Participated in the A-10 Championship ...
Before UMass:
Was the indoor champion of 50M dash in state and New England her senior year ...outdoor champion of 100M dash in state, second-place in New England ...
Born June 24, 1982, in Boston, Mass. ... daughter of Francine and Wayne Cole ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Film Europa
German Cinema in an International Context
General Editors:
Hans-Michael Bock, CineGraph Hamburg
Tim Bergfelder, University of Southampton
Sabine Hake, University of Texas at Austin
"This is a series which, in a very short period of time, has had a huge impact on the field." · Monatshefte
German cinema is normally seen as a distinct form, but this series emphasizes connections, influences, and exchanges of German cinema across national borders, as well as its links with other media and art forms. Individual titles present traditional historical research (archival work, industry studies) as well as new critical approaches in film and media studies (theories of the transnational), with a special emphasis on the continuities associated with popular traditions and local perspectives.
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It's time to look at what's happening in the blues around Atlanta.
Here we go:
The George Price Band visits Darwin's in Marietta. Sandra Hall is at Blind Willie's and Funky Bluester is at Fat Matt's Rib Shack. The Andy Makely Band is at MoonShadow Tavern in Tucker and The Barry Richman Band is at Nik's Place in Marietta. The Larry Griffith Band is at the Painted Pin and Chicago Joe has a student jam at Tin Roof Cantina. Leonard Blush is at The Wooden Nickel Pub.
Houserocker Johnson is at Blind Willie's. Bobby Messano is at Darwin's and Delta Moon is at The Art Place in Marietta.Michelle Malone is at Eddie's Attic in Decatur. Mojo Davis is at Fat Matt's and Atlanta Boogie is at Johnnie MacCrackens in Marietta. Ralph Rodenberry is at Moon Shadow Tavern in Tucker and JP Blues is at Pappadeuax in Norcross. Matt Wauchope is at Sweet Georgia's Juke Joint at 5 pm and Katie Martin hosts a jam at Darwin's in the afternoon.Truett Lollis is at The Wing Cafe and Tap House in Marietta.
Snake Legs is at Fat Matt's and Uncle Sugar is at Northside Tavern. Locals in Acworth has the Sunday night jam and Atlanta Boogie plays the blues brunch at Two Urban Licks.
That's what I know for this week! Have fun and keep on bluesin'!
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Blind Willie's Blues Club
828 N Highland Ave
Atlanta, GA
Darwin's Blues Club
1508 Roswell Rd
Mariettta GA
Fat Matt's Rib Shack
1811 Piedmong Ave NW
Atlanta GA
Northside Tavern
1058 Howell Mill Rd NW
Atlanta GA
Nik's Place
645 Whitlock Ave
Marietta GA
Locals Bar and Grill
6380 Bells Ferry Rd
Acworth GA
Steve's Live Music
234 Hildebrand Dr
Sandy Springs, GA


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Welcome to the 2013 MVC Swimming and Diving Championship Central. For complete results from all three days of action at the 2013 MVC Championship, click HERE.
Missouri State - 897
Illinois State - 775
Southern Illinois - 721
Evansville - 450
6:45 p.m. Below are the listed specialty awards. Congratulations to all the winners.
Swimmers of the Year - Dora Kiss, Missouri State; Renata Sander, Missouri State; and Michelle Tipton, Evansville
Diver of the Year - Wenting Zhang, Illinois State
Swimming Coaches of the Year - Rickey Perkins, Evansville; and Dave Collins, Missouri State
Diving Coach of the Year - Phil Hoffman, Illinois State
Elite 18 Award - Shailey Brumley, Southern Illinois
First-Team All-Conference
Evansville - Michea Reinitz, Abby Smith and Michelle Tipton
Illinois State - Tori Alland, Cecilia Holmes, Jeanette Nolte, Danielle Schumacher, Courtney Taylor, Wenting Zhang, Marissa Yontz, and Erica Halley
Missouri State - Anna Ahlin, Roni Balzam, Kate Gately, Megan Holthoff, Dora Kiss, Melissa Oishi, Alyssa Powers, Renata Sander, Ibby Simcox, Andrea Uzcategui, Heather Snyder, Rebecca Amparano
Northern Iowa - Bethany Hovland
Southern Illinois - Pamela Benitez, Shailey Brumley, Esther Chen, Holly Johnson, Hannah Pinion, Luisa Silveira, Morgan Timms, Helena Amorim, and Sherry Zhang
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Evansville - Jill Enge, Samantha Montgomery, Mackenzie Powell, Melissa Thurman, Sadie Wells
Illinois State - Morgan Buechele, Valerie Jones, Alexis Nash, Katherin Nelson, Samantha Schuckles, Arica Woolbright, Marissa Yontz, Emily Susmarski, April Livingston
Missouri State - Lindsey Conway, Emily Chesser, Janke Engelbrecht, Hannah Molden, Kaylee Steffen, Suzanne Van Rensburg, Olivia Gean
Northern Iowa - Taylor Ostrowski, Allie Bey
Southern Illinois - Rachael Barry, Anna Beeck, Isabela Castro, Charlotte Davies, Katie Ovington, Brittany Weigel, Kirsten Groome, Melissa Larocque
First-team All-Conference goes to swimmers who place in the top three in an event or were part of a winning relay team.
Honorable mention All-Conference goes to swimmers who finished 3-8 in an event or were part of a second-place relay team.
6:30 p.m. And that concludes the final event from the MVC Championship. Illinois State won the 400-yard freestyle relay. Southern finished in second place thanks to great swims by all four legs. Rachael Barry, Shailey Brumley, Luisa Silveira and Pamela Benitez swam for the Salukis, with Benitez chasing down two competitors to move SIU from fourth to second during her leg. Brumley also swam a great split (51.58). Stay tuned as we get ready to hand out the awards. Diver of the Year, Swimmer of the Year, Swimming and Diving Coaches of the Year and the Elite 18 Award.
6:10 p.m. Congrats to Sherry Zhang, who just won the three-meter dive, setting an MVC Championship record in the process.
5:45 p.m. While we're in the diving break, it's a good time to thank everyone who made this meet go so well. From the MVC, thanks to Kristin Gregory and Derrick Docket, who made this the first ever streamed MVC Championship. From SIU, a big thanks to facilities director Andy Pettit and Katie Gerlach. Katie put in more hours in the last three days than just about anyone. Huge thanks to Brittany Massengale, who scored our meet flawlessly and went through the extra steps to allow us to post results immediately following each event. Southern's associate head coach Scott Olson served as the meet director yet again and did a great job as always. Aquatics director Jeff Goelz and his graduate assistant Alex Sandoval do a great job with the pool, as always, and Jeff organized the logistics for how to get our stream up and running. IT guys for the Rec, Jamal Joshua and Michael Henley handled all of our internet and technical needs. And the officials all did a great job. They're all veterans of officiating the MVC Championships, so it's easy to overlook them, but we cant take for granted how great they do. I'm sure there's many more people that I forgot, but the biggest thanks of course goes to the ladies in the conference, who train unbelievably hard all year to peak during these three days and give us such a great and fast meet. It's a lot of fun to watch. Next update will be after the meet wraps up after the 400-yard freestyle relay.
5:30 p.m. Missouri State's Dora Kiss is going to run away with MVC Swimmer of the Year after her performance in this Championship. She just won her third event of the meet and became the first swimmer to go sub-two minutes in the 200 fly in MVC Championship history.
5:10 p.m. Well that was interesting. Renata Sander and Melissa Oishi just tied for first place in the 200-yard breaststroke and set a new MVC Championship record.
5 p.m. Gotta give props to Michelle Tipton of Evansville. She is the back-to-back MVC Champion in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle. Scoring wise, the meet is still pretty close at the top. Missouri State (718) leads the way again, but they haven't run away from Illinois State (642). Southern Illinois (581) is still in striking distance of Illinois State.
4:45 p.m. Not a bad start to the meet for the Salukis. After Benitez won the mile, SIU took six of the top 11 spots in the 200-yard backstroke, led by newcomer Morgan Timms, who finished second overall. And the momentum just keeps going. Shailey Brumley just won the B Final for the 100-yard freestyle in 52.40.
4:35 p.m. After the meet, the conference will hand out awards. In swimming, All-Conference honors aren't selected like in basketball or football. Since everyone is racing head-to-head, it's merit based. If you finish in the top three of your individual event or are a member of a winning relay team, you get first-team All-MVC honors. If you swim in the A Final but don't place in the top three, you earn an honorable mention nod. If you're a member of a second-place relay team, you earn Honorable Mention All-MVC as well.
4:30 p.m. That race marks the end of the career for Kirsten Groome, who puts up one of the all-time great careers in Saluki swimming. She advanced to the NCAAs as a freshman, becoming the first SIU swimmer in 20 years to do so. She still holds school records in the 500 free, 1,650 free and 400 IM; and she's second in the 1,000-yard freestyle. She won more than 50 individual events in her career. She had a great moment with Coach Walker after the race. Thanks, Kirsten, for all you have done!
4:20 p.m. Pamela Benitez won the mile, becoming the first Saluki individual of the meet to win an event. Not a bad way to start, especially with three of the top four times coming up in the 200-yard backstroke. Back to the mile, Southern has now won the mile in three of the last four years, after Kirsten Groome won in 2010 and 2011.
3:35 p.m. Follow along with the last session with the FREE VIDEO STREAM, which will be made easier once you have this Heat Sheet.
3:30 p.m. Were all set for an exciting final session. The swimmers are in the pool and we'll get underway in about 30 minutes. First things first, all the seniors will get recognized before we get underway. Southern has four seniors on the women's side--Anna Beeck, Kirsten Groome, Melissa Larocque and Jessica Anderson. Great group of young women who have had outstanding careers for the Salukis.
Noon That's a wrap from this morning's session. The final session of the meet is at 4 p.m. Be sure to check back in here and at Valley TV to see how things shake out.
11 a.m. Isabela Castro is seeded fourth but might be the favorite heading into tonight's final of the 200-yard butterfly. She's the two-time defending MVC Champion in the event. She trailed most of the way but Missouri State's Rebecca Amparano ran out of gas. Right after the heat, Rachael Barry won the swim-off for the eighth spot in the 100-yard freestyle A Final. When they saw there was a tie for the eighth spot and needed a swim-off, a couple people were disappointed, but Barry started jumping up and down. "I'm excited," she said. And then she went out and proved it. Great swim for Rachael.
10:45 a.m. Missouri State posted the top four times in the 200-yard breaststroke. For Southern, Melissa Larocque took the eight spot in the A Final and will look to move up in tonight's Final. J Anderson is in the seventh spot in the B Final.
10:40 a.m. How about Justin Wolfe? He's Mr. Do Everything at this meet. He's tipping off the coaches when SIU swims top-five times in school history. He's the one updating the scoreboard during the finals sessions. And today he's serving as a timer.
10:35 a.m. Speaking of the mile free, it should probably be noted for those who might not be familiar with swimming that the event is the one exception to the B Final rule where you can only score within your heat. In the mile, if you post the fastest time of the B Final, and that time also tops the A Final list, you'll win the event. They all score together.
10:30 a.m. How exciting is this? We have a three-way tie for the eight spot in the 100-yard freestyle, so there will be a swim-off. Were going to wait and post results after the swim-off is complete. Rachael Barry (SIU), Abby Smith (UE) and Hannah Molden (MSU) all swam 52.61 to tie for the eight spot. They'll swim before the B Final of the 1,650 freestyle. Should be about a half-hour and we'll post results from the event.
10:15 a.m. Southern Illinois got three in the A Final for the 200-yard backstroek. Katy Ovington, Morgan Timms and Hannah Pinion finished with the second-, third- and fourth-best times heading into tonight's final. Isabela Castro narrowly missed the A Cut and leads a trio of Salukis in the top three spots of the B Final. As Coach Walker just said, "That's a boatload of points."
10:10 a.m. Were halfway through the first event, the 200-yard backstroke. Sorry for the delay but here is the Heat Sheet if you're following along with the stream.
9:30 a.m. Its the final day of the MVC Championship here at the Rec. Come on out and support the Salukis. If you're a student at SIU, it's free. For this morning's preliminary session, we have the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly. Should be a short session this morning, gearing up for a big final session tonight, which starts at 4 p.m. The finals session will include the mile, three-meter dive finals and 400 freestyle relay, which to me is the most exciting and fun event of the Championship. You should come out and experience it for yourself.
Friday, Feb. 15
9 p.m. Illinois State set an MVC Championship record on it's way to winning the 800 free relay. Southern finished third. Coach Walker said he was in awe of his swimmers for staying in the top pack for so long in the event. We'll pick up again tomorrow for the final day of the Championship. The times are different, so be sure to tune in at 10 a.m. for the preliminary session and 4 p.m. for the finals session.
8:15 p.m. Consolation diving is completed, but we're not including it in the results because they won't be counted in team scores until the A Final has been completed tomorrow night. Illinois State dominated the 800-yard freestyle relay, setting a new MVC Championship and Shea Natatorium record.
7:35 p.m. Here's a scoring update before the final event of the session, which will be the 800-yard freestyle relay. In the meantime, we're in a break for swimming while the three-meter diving consolation finals are going on. The Championship Final for the three-meter dive will take place tomorrow. Anyway, back to the scoring. things are opening up between every space. Missouri State leads with 559 points. Illinois State (475) is still in striking range but has some work to do if the Redbirds want to stop MSU from winning its sixth-straight conference title. Southern Illinois (408) holds a comfortable position in third. Evansville (288) and Northern Iowa (157) are fourth and fifth, respectively.
7:30 p.m. Mardi Buchanan just scored at the MVC Championships. Her teammates were really excited for her. They were also excited for Ella Otto, who took the top spot in the B Final, and Kristy Hinkle finished fourth in the heat at (59.20). In the A Final, Anna Ahlin for Missouri State won the event. Morgan Timms finished second (56.33) and Katy Ovington finished in sixth (57.56).
7:15 p.m. Renata Sander made it back-to-back back-to-back champions. After Michelle Tipton won her second-straight 200 free title, Sander won her second-straight 100 breaststroke title. For Southern, Larocque, Johnson and Anderson finished third, fourth, and seventh, respectively, in the B Final.
7 p.m. Michelle Tipton becomes the first event repeat swimmer of the MVC Championships. Pamela Benitez (1:49.69) posted the third-best time in school history for the Salukis but couldn't quite catch Tipton. Gotta thank Justin Wolfe for being all over Benitez's top-five time in school history. Next up is the 100-yard breaststroke.
6:45 p.m. Illinois State's Jeanette Nolte set an MVC Championships record in the prelims and proved it wasn't a fluke by winning the event in the finals tonight. For Southern, Isabela Castro finished fourth (56.80) and Charlotte Davies finished sixth (56.95). Up next: the 200-yard freestyle.
6:30 p.m. Hannah Pinion finished third in the 400 IM, finishing in 4:27.79. Dora Kiss (MSU) and Courtney Taylor (ILS) finished first and second. Kiss, a freshman, won her second event of the Championships after taking the 500-yard freestyle title last night. Now on to the 100-yard butterfly.
6:15 p.m. Missouri State cruised to the 200-yard medley relay and set an MVC Championship record in the process. The fight was for second. At the start of the final leg, three teams were in a very close race for second. Luisa Silveira again proved herself a great anchor and won by three-tenths of a second.
6 p.m. If you're following along on the live stream, this Heat Sheet might help you out.
5:30 p.m. You know we're getting into the heart of the Championship because coaches are losing their voice. Coach Walker just started Charlotte Davies; and after she dove in, he turned and said, "That one almost didn't come out." Big night of competition ahead to sort out these teams. Thirty-three points between first and third is extremely close, even after only one day of swimming. To give you some context, there have been 948 points scored total, so a 33-point difference can shift in either direction in an event or two. Missouri State is favored to widen its lead, with favorites in nearly ever individual event tonight. Winning the MVC crown is mostly about depth, and they have that, too. They have three swimmers in the A Final for the 400 IM, 100 fly, 100 breast and 100 back. And they have two in the A Final for the 200 free. They're looking to make it six straight MVC titles and 10 in the last 11 years.
2:30 p.m. Diving has finished up, which means this session is done officially. The prelim results for diving are listed under Saturday's events because the A Final will be tomorrow night. Consolation finals will take place tonight. Thanks for following along and check back in at 6!
12:30 p.m. That's it for the swimming part of today's prelim session. Now we're just hanging out until the three-meter diving prelims start at 1 p.m. We'll get those results posted as soon as we have them. Check back in at 6 p.m. for more updates.
12:15 p.m. Renata Sander of Missouri State cruised to the top time in the 100 breaststroke, nearly setting a Championship record in the process. The Bears actually got the top three times in the event, but Illinois State got three in the A Final as well. The Salukis placed three in the B Final. We're on to our last swimming event of the prelims, the 100-yard backstroke.
Noon Three prelims down, three to go. The 200 free prelim is up, with Illinois State claiming both the top time (Danielle Schumacher at 1:50.51) and the most competitors in the A Final with three. Southern Illinois and Missouri State both have two in the A Final.
11:40 a.m. Illinois State's Jeanette Nolte just shattered an MVC record in the 100-yard butterfly, swimming a 54.77, which is nearly .7 seconds faster than the previous pool and Championship record. Missouri State placed three in the A Final again. Southern got two in the A Final and three in the B Final. Your heart has to go out to Rachael Barry, who missed the A Final by .04 seconds. Shailey Brumley and Luisa Silveira also made the B Final with Barry.
11:30 a.m. Dora Kiss, who already won the 500-yard freestyle, took the top time in the 400 IM prelims, followed by defending champion Hannah Pinion. Illinois State and Missouri state both got three swimmers in the A Final.
11:10 a.m. There are three heats of the 400 IM, five heats of the 100 fly, five heats of the 200 free, four heats of the 100 breast and five heats of the 100 back. The three-meter diving prelims will begin at 1 p.m.
11 a.m. We're about to get underway. If you're watching on Valley Live, this Heat Sheet should help you follow along. As a reminder, lane one is to your right and lane eight is to your left against the pool wall.
10:30 a.m. I think this speaks to the competitive nature of this meet: In last night's individual events, all four 2012 winners returned, and only Illinois State Wenting Zhang was able to repeat as champion. Today is a similar story; all five 2012 individual event winners return this year, but each event is competitive. We'll see who can knock them off. As a reminder, follow along with a free LIVE STREAM. Follow our official Twitter @SIU_SwimDive or LIKE us on Facebook.
10:20 a.m. We're set to start Day Two here at the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium. today's events for the preliminaries are the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and three-meter dive. Tonight, we'll add in the 200-yard medley relay and the 800 free relay on the front and back ends. The three-meter dive consolation final will be tonight and the A Final will be tomorrow night. It's a big day. Eight of the meet's 20 events are today, compared to six each on Thursday and Saturday. Lotta points out there; we'll see who takes them home. We'll get started in about 40 minutes.
Thursday, Feb. 14
8:30 p.m. That's all from Day One at the MVC Championship. Once again, it's Missouri State leading the way, with Illinois State and Southern Illinois right behind. Come back to this space tomorrow for more updates. The preliminary session starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. Team scores after the first day are as follows:
1.) Missouri State - 251
2.) Illinois State - 220
3.) Southern Illinois - 218
4.) Evansville - 162
5.) Northern Iowa - 97
7:30 p.m. OK, we're caught back up. Big shout out to Missouri State SID Adam Samson for getting this thing back running. All the results for the completed events are linked below. Missouri State is having a good day, winning all three individual events so far. They won't win the fourth, the one-meter dive, because they don't have a dog in that fight, so we'll see how much Illinois State and Southern Illinois can catch up after diving.
7 p.m. We're still experiencing some difficulty, but we think we're back up enough to upload results as they come in. We just updated the two events that are completed, the 200 free relay and 500-yard freestyle. SIU's 200-yard freestyle relay team set a school record and won the event, coming seven one-hundredths away from the MVC Championship record. Pamela Benitez finished second in the 500 free.
6:30 p.m. We had technical difficulties early in the session, so blog updates were slow. To follow the action, check out the Valley's live stream at Valley Live HERE..
2:45 p.m. Diving preliminaries have wrapped up and we're in the consolation final for the one-meter dive. Complete results from this morning's preliminaries have been posted below. Defending one-meter champion Wenting Zhang from Illinois State posted the top score heading into tonight's finals, but Southern Illinois got all four divers into tonight's A Final. No other team had more than two divers in the top final. That's all for this session. Check back in this space for coverage of tonight's finals session.
12:15 p.m. That was fast. We're done with the 50 free prelims. Missouri State's Katherine Gately posted the top time at 23.39. Last year's winning time in this event: 24.09 seconds. Stat of the day so far: 15 women posted times better than last year's MVC Champion in the 50 free preliminaries. Think they're pumped up this year? We'll get results posted as soon as we get them. The 1-meter dive preliminaries will start at 1 p.m. and will be streamed.
Noon We're done with the 200 IM. Winners of the five heats were Melissa Larocque (SIU), Charlotte Lechner (UE), Ibby Simcox (MSU), Hannah Pinion (SIU) and Jeanette Nolte (ILS). Nolte posted the fastest time in the prelims. We'll get the prelim results posted as fast as we can in the space below. Missouri State led the way with three swimmers in the A Final and four in the B Final.
Now for eight heats of the 50 free and the swimmers will be done until tonight's finals.
11:45 a.m. Danielle Schumacher, last year's conference champion in the 500 free, won the fourth heat. Missouri State's Dora Kiss cruised to win the fifth heat, posting the best time in the prelims at 5:54.33. Just as a reminder to those who are wondering how the prelim/finals works: the top 24 swimmers compete in the evening's finals session, with the top 16 scoring. In the finals, your point total is capped by the heat you're in. So if you post the ninth-fastest time in the prelims, you're in the B Final; and even if you swim the fastest time in the finals, you can only get points for being first in the B Final.
11:30 a.m. We're halfway through the 500-yard freestyle, into the fourth heat now. The fourth heat actually includes the last three MVC champions in the event. Illinois State's Danielle Schumacher won the event last year, and Southern's Kirsten Groome won the event the two years before that. This is one event where you definitely won't see a school, pool or MVC record. Groome's blistering time of 4:44.48 three years ago advanced her to nationals. That time is eight full seconds faster than anyone else has ever swam this event at the MVC Championships. The winners of the first three heats were UNI's Alesha Rettenmeier, UNI's Taylor Ostrowski and Illinois State's Cecilia Holmes.
11 a.m. We're underway with the first of five heats in the 500-yard freestyle. If you're following along with the live stream and want to know which swimmer is in which lane, click HERE for a heat sheet. The lanes are 1-8, with the first lane being on your right as you watch from the stream. Lane 8 is on your left against the pool wall.
10:55 a.m. And we're about to get under way. As a reminder, you can follow a free live stream at the link above this blog, or you can just click HERE. Follow our official Twitter @SIU_SwimDive or LIKE us on Facebook.
10:30 a.m. We're a half hour away. Missouri State was picked as the pre-Championship favorite. The Bears are going for their sixth-straight MVC title, which would break Southern Illinois' record of five straight from 1998-02. Missouri State has won nine of the last 10, with their only loss coming in 2007 to SIU. Illinois State is the leading contender to knock off the Bears this year. Illinois State garnered one first-place vote away from Missouri State this year, which is better than any team did last year. Southern Illinois, Evansville and Northern Iowa were picked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, by every coach.
9:45 a.m. Today's first session will only have three events since there are no preliminaries for the relays. We'll kick off with five heats of the 500-yard freestyle, followed by five heats of the 200=yard individual medley and eight heats of the 50-yard freestyle. After we're all set, the 1-meter diving preliminaries will start at 1 p.m.
9 a.m. It's the big day. The swimmers of the Missouri Valley Conference have a Valentine's Day date with the pool. We're going to kick things off in a couple hours. Stay right here for news and updates from today's morning session.
Welcome to the home of the 2013 MVC Championships live blog. We will post updates throughout the three-day Championships, just like we did last year. You can check out last year's blog HERE. We don't have traditional live scoring, so we're doing a makeshift version. Our brilliant meet scorer, Brittany Massengale, is making HTML files of each individual event, which I will post on this blog so you can get as up-to-date results as we can. By the way, this is John Lock, the sports information director for the swimming and diving program here at Southern Illinois. You can feel free to email me with any questions or comments at email@example.com and I will do my best to get you a response. You can also follow along to the SIU Twitter @SIU_SwimDive, where I'll be updating things as they go along. Thanks for checking in and come back each session for more updates!
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|200 Freestyle Relay
|Benitez, Brumley, Johnson, Silveira
|Southern Illinois
|500 Freestyle
|Dora Kiss
|Missouri State
|200 Individual Medley
|Renata Sander
|Missouri State
|50 Freestyle
|Katherine Gately
|Missouri State
|One-Meter Diving (Six Dives)
|Wenting Zhang
|Illinois State
|400 Medley Relay
|Ahlin, Sander, Balzam, Uzcategui
|Missouri State
|200 Medley Relay
|Holthoff, Sander, Balzam, Gately
|Missouri State
|400 Individual Medley
|Dora Kiss
|Missouri State
|100 Butterfly
|Jeanette Nolte
|Illinois State
|200 Freestyle
|Michelle Tipton
|100 Breaststroke
|Renata Sander
|Missouri State
|100 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin
|Missouri State
|800 Freestyle Relay
|Schumacher, Nolte, Alland, Holmes
|Illinois State
|1650 Freestyle
|Pamela Benitez
|Southern Illinois
|200 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin
|Missouri State
|100 Freestyle
|Michelle Tipton
|200 Breaststroke
|Renata Sander and Melissa Oishi
|Missouri State
|200 Butterfly
|Dora Kiss
|Missouri State
|Three-Meter Diving (Six Dives)
|Sherry Zhang
|Southern Illinois
|400 Freestyle Relay
|Nolte, Yontz, Schumacher, Halley
|Illinois State
Day 1 - Thursday, February 14
Preliminaries 11 a.m. -- Finals 6 p.m.
For complete results from all of Thursday's preliminary events, click HERE.
For complete results from all of Thursday's finals events, click HERE.
|Event Number
|2012 Champion
|2013 Results
|200 Freestyle Relay
|Missouri State
|500 Freestyle
|Danielle Schumacher, ILS*
|200 Individual Medley
|Hannah Pinion, SIU*
|50 Freestyle
|Katherine Nelson, ILS*
|1-Meter Diving
|Wenting Zhang, ILS*
|400 Medley Relay
|Missouri State
Day 2 - Friday, February 15
Preliminaries 11 a.m. -- Finals 6 p.m.
For complete results from all of Friday's preliminary events, click HERE. For complete results from all of Friday's finals events, click HERE.
|Event Number
|2012 Champion
|2013 Results
|200 Medley Relay
|Missouri State
|400 Individual Medley
|Hannah Pinion, SIU*
|100 Butterfly
|Roni Balzam, MSU*
|200 Freestyle
|Michelle Tipton, UE*
|100 Breaststroke
|Renata Sander, MSU*
|100 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin, MSU*
|800 Freestyle Relay
|Illinois State
Day 3 - Saturday, February 16
Preliminaries 10 a.m. -- Finals 4 p.m.
For complete results from Saturday's preliminary session, click HERE.
For complete results from all three days of action at the 2013 MVC Championship, click HERE.
|Event Number
|2012 Champion
|2013 Results
|1650 Freestyle
|Dimi Drakopoulou, MSU
|200 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin, MSU*
|100 Freestyle
|Michelle Tipton, UE*
|200 Breaststroke
|Renata Sander, MSU*
|200 Butterfly
|Isabela Castro, SIU*
|3-Meter Diving
|Wenting Zhang, ILS*
|400 Freestyle Relay
|Illinois State


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April 22, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Northern Illinois men's golf team wrapped up the regular season portion of its schedule with a seventh-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational at the Kampen Course on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Freshman Thomas Dunne (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) was the top-finishing Huskie, taking 13th with a final round 75.Indiana won the tournament with a 54-hole total of 877; Luke Guthrie of Illinois claimed individual medalist honors with a five-under 213. "It was a tough day for the Huskies," said NIU head coach Tom Porten. "We just didn't execute very well, especially around the greens. We had some unforced errors on pitches and chips where we should be able to get the ball up-and-in. Bryce (Emory) and Thomas (Dunne) managed to play fairly well, unfortunately the other guys struggled a little bit."NIU had the second-best finish of the seven Mid-American Conference schools competing in the tournament, bettered only by Kent State who claimed third-place. Dunne had a very steady round that included 14 pars en route to his second top-10 finish in the last three tournaments. The freshman had a bogey on his second hole of the day, the par-three fifth, and a birdie on his fourth hole, No. 7, before collecting pars all the way back around with the exception of a bogey on No. 14 and a double-bogey as the result of a two-stroke penalty on the back nine."It was a real solid tournament for Thomas," Porten said. "His consistency this spring has been fantastic; he has really become one of the better players in the conference, let alone one of the top freshmen."The 13th-place finish was Dunne's second-best career finish, earlier this spring he tied for seventh at the Florida Atlantic Spring Break ChampionshipJunior Bryce Emory (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy)carded his best round of the tournament and the best round of the day for the Huskies, with a two-over 74. Emory played the front nine in even-par to help him earn tie for 41st."Bryce really battled today," said Porten. "He didn't hit it great off the tee but he did a nice job of managing his game today. He was even, one-over or two-over all day, he never made a mistake today and that is a good sign looking forward to the conference championship."Junior Griffin Bauman (Crystal Lake, Ill./Central) finished the tournament with a final round 80 to finish, finishing in a tie for 29th with a 54-hole total of 227. The finish was Bauman's third top-30 in the last four tournaments. Following a week off, NIU will return to action on Friday, May 4, when the Huskies host the Mid-American Conference Championship at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. The three-day event will continue through Sunday, May 6. Team Scoring1. Indiana, +13, 301-294-282 - 8772. Iowa, +15, 302-285-292 - 8793. Kent State, +16, 298-289-293 - 8804. Illinois, +18, 297-292-293 - 8825. Wichita State, +24, 293-297-298 - 8886. Purdue, +29, 309-295-289 - 8937. Northern Illinois, +40, 304-293-307 - 904Huskie Individual Standings13. Thomas Dunne, +3, 79-66-75 - 218T29. Griffin Bauman, +11, 73-74-80 - 227T37. Kurtis Luedtke, +13, 75-76-78 - 229T41. Bryce Emory, +14, 79-77-74 - 230T62. Paul Hammerschmidt, +21, 77-79-81 - 237T62. Shawn Foley *, +21, 79-75-83 - 237* denotes playing as an individual


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Alumni couple gift YSU with $1 million for campus beautification
Youngstown State University has received a planned gift with an estimated value of $1 million or more for campus beautification from Walter and Mary Healey, YSU alumni now living in California.
"I want to thank Walter and Mary for this very generous gift and for designating the funds for campus beautification," YSU President Cynthia E. Anderson said. "Anyone who ever attended YSU understands and appreciates our campus' park-like environment in the midst of an urban setting. This gift will allow us to ensure that we continue to enhance and maintain that environment for generations to come."
The Healeys have designated the future funds be used for campus beautification initiatives such as the installation and maintenance of shrubbery, flowers, benches, gazebos, sidewalks, patios, courtyards, sculptures, fountains and other items to enhance the campus' appearance. Heather Chunn, YSU senior development officer, said the specific use of the funds will be determined once the funds become available upon the deaths of the donors.
"We have great memories of YSU and thought that this was a great way to help keep the campus looking nice," Walter Healey said.
"Even though we no longer live in Youngstown, it still has a very special place in our hearts and always will," Mary Healey said. "This is a way that we can give back to a place that means so much to both of us."
thank you to Healeys for your great gift! you are truly wonderful people!
OMG I went to school with Mary (Sweeny) at Mooney. They are just common, down to earth people. How did they ever amass that much money? She is/was a teacher and Walter retired as a Mill Creek policeman when thety married in 02. A Long and long distanced romance. That is so Cool. Thanks Mary and Walter.


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I came across the following question when I read chapter 17 of Hormander's book "Tha Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators", and the theorem is
Let $a_{jk}(x)$ be Lipschitz continuous in an open set $X\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, $a_{ij}=a_{ji}$, and assume that $(\Re a_{ij}(x))$ is positive definite. Then $$ \sum_{ij} D_j(a_{jk}D_ku)=f $$ has a solution $u\in H_{(2)}^{loc}(X)$ for every $f\in L_{loc}^2(X)$
The auther then says if we can show that $$ |(f,\phi)|\leq \|M \cdot\sum_{ij} D_j(\bar{a_{jk}}D_k\phi) \|_{L^2}, \quad \phi\in C_c^{\infty}(X) $$ for some positive continuous function $M$, then by Hahn-Banach theorem there exists some $g\in L^2$ $$ (f,\phi)=\left(g,M\cdot\sum_{ij} D_j(\bar{a_{jk}}D_k\phi)\right) $$ which inplies that the weak solution is $u=Mg$. what confuses me is how the Hahn-Banach theorem is used here to show the existence of $g$.
Thanks for your help