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Barbour County Hit Hard by Flooding
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Residents in Barbour County were busy cleaning up their homes, yards, and even cars on Wednesday after heavy rains caused flooding in several parts of the county. One of those places was the Wellington Heights area, just outside of Philippi.
"The ground is so drenched that it's actually seeping up through the cracks in my basement floor. So, I got almost knee deep water in my basement. They called the kids off of school, and I've got all that to clean and I just have to wait until it goes down to do anything," said Wellington Heights resident, Dorothy Warner.
They weren't the only ones to get hit hard. The Galloway area was also hit hard, and some areas even had two to three feet of water on Wednesday morning.
"I just woke up this morning, I guess around 4:00 this morning it started raining, and I woke up and there was a lot of water. Of course, not as much as there is now. In the past few years, it's probably the worst we've had in six or seven years," said John Stout of Galloway.
Side roads off of Route 57 were also flooded, and cars couldn't drive on them. Even though there was flooding in the area, most said it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
"It's not as bad because the last time it rained really hard, it thundered and lightninged, and we lost electricity for nine days," said Warner.
However, even though it's not too bad, the cleanup continues.
"We'll just wait for it to go down, and then go from there with it," said Stout.
The Barbour County Office of Emergency Management is asking residents to report flooding by calling (304)-457-5167.
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I-94 pileup involved more than 40 vehicles in blizzard conditions on Thursday. Three people were killed including a dog and 22 were injured in the massive accident. According to United Press International on Jan. 24, the wreck occurred in northwestern Indiana near Michigan City.
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I-94 pileup claimed the lives of Jerry Dalrymple, 65, of Chicago and his dog. A Michigan couple, Marilyn and Thomas Wolma, 65 and 67, were also killed. Another 22 people were injured. Fire chief Mick Pawlik, called the scene 'a war zone."
The I-94 pileup required over four hours just to get to all of the victims. The snowy section of interstate was closed to traffic overnight. At least 15 semi-trucks were involved and 25 cars. The wreckage was finally cleared by Friday morning.
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LOS ANGELES - The UCLA women's water polo team opens postseason play at the annual MPSF Tournament this Friday, taking on No. 5-seed USC in a first-round contest at 3 p.m. at San Jose State. The Bruins, seeded No. 4 in the MPSF Tournament, finished in a three-way tie for third place in the conference standings with Hawai'i and USC.
Friday, April 29 at San Jose State's Aquatics Center
No. 4-seed UCLA (22-5) vs. No. 5-seed USC (16-5)
Game Time: 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 30
Semifinal matches, TBD
Sunday, May 1
Championship round, TBD
Stanford enters the 2011 MPSF Tournament as the top-seeded team, having gone 23-0 overall with a 7-0 mark in conference play. California earned the conference's No. 2 seed with a 6-1 MPSF record and 21-4 overall mark. Hawai'i secured the No. 3 seed with a tiebreak over UCLA and USC.
UCLA leads the all-time series against USC, 39-18. The Women of Troy have earned two victories against UCLA in three meetings this season. USC downed the Bruins, 10-8, at the Stanford Invitational (Feb. 5) and by a 9-8 margin at the UCI Invitational (Feb. 27). UCLA registered a 7-5 victory over USC at Spieker Aquatics Center in an MPSF contest on April 9.
The Bruins won the 2010 MPSF Tournament title as the conference's No. 5-seeded team. UCLA opened with an 8-6 victory over No. 4-seed Hawai'i before posting upsets in the semifinals and championship round. UCLA upended Stanford, 7-6, in a semifinal contest before edging USC, 8-7, in the title match. The Bruins hosted the MPSF Tournament for the first time in school history last season.
UCLA closed its regular season over one week ago riding a four-game winning streak. The Bruins posted a 12-5 win over Loyola Marymount on April 14 before taking down San Diego State, 9-3, in an MPSF match on April 16. Grace Reynolds scored 13 goals through the Bruins' final four matches, securing MPSF Player of the Week honors on Monday, April 11.
Senior Priscilla Orozco captured MPSF Player of the Week honors on three consecutive weeks (Feb. 14, 21 and 28). Orozco earned the conference's weekly honors on Feb. 28 after having scored a team-leading 12 goals in UCLA's four matches at the UC Irvine Invitational (Feb. 26-27). She has tallied five goals in two games this season - against UC Irvine (Feb. 19) and USC (Feb. 27) at the UCI Invitational.
Among the top scorers among MPSF players, senior Priscilla Orozco and junior KK Clark enter the 2011 MPSF Tournament as UCLA's top two scorers. Orozco scored in each of UCLA's first 19 matches and currently ranks seventh in the MPSF in goals scored per game (1.78). Clark is 12th in goals per game (1.56) among MPSF field players and has scored in 23 of 27 matches.
UCLA's team has been bolstered by seven seniors in 2011. Kelly Easterday and Megan Burmeister have been two instrumental defenders on the Bruins' squad each of the last four years. Easterday has scored 16 goals and totaled a team-high 32 earned exclusions. Burmeister enters the MPSF Tournament with 11 goals and eight steals. Grace Reynolds has been UCLA's go-to center, scoring 30 goals in 23 contests. Priscilla Orozco leads UCLA with 48 goals, Noel Umphrey has tallied 10 goals, Katie Estrada has totaled two goals and 11 earned exclusions and Kelsey McGinley has scored six goals.
The 2011 NCAA Tournament will take place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., the weekend of May 13-15. The winner of this weekend's MPSF Tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. A strong showing by UCLA at the conference tournament can help UCLA solidify an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Junior Caitlin Dement leads the Bruins with 128 saves in 18 games (18 starts). Dement leads the team with a 5.14 goals against average, which currently ranks fourth among MPSF goalkeepers. Sami Hill, a two-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week honoree this spring, has posted a 5.69 goals against average, fifth-lowest in the MPSF. Hill has tallied 112 saves in 14 games (nine starts).
As released by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) on Wednesday, April 27, UCLA is ranked No. 3 in the national top-20 poll. Stanford and California are ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, while USC checks in at No. 4. Hawai'i is ranked No. 5, while Michigan, San Jose State, Loyola Marymount, San Diego State and UC Irvine round out the nation's top-10 ranked teams.
Second-year head coach Brandon Brooks was a four-year Bruin letterwinner (1999-2002) and a 2005 graduate of UCLA. Last season, he helped lead the Bruins to a 22-8 record and MPSF Tournament title in his first season as head coach. Brooks represented the United States on the men's national team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, leading Team USA to the silver medal in 2008.


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A Chico store is back open, less than 24 hours after an SUV came crashing through the front of the store, shattering the glass windows and knocking over everything in its path.
But things aren't completely back to normal. With the charge card machine destroyed, they are only completing cash transactions.
KRCR News Channel 7 has obtained surveillance video showing the red Ford Explorer crashing into the Cigarettes City store near East Avenue and the Esplanade. Cameras recorded the collision from three different angles.
In addition to the collision, the video also shows two clerks who were scared for their lives. Debbie Garcia cut her foot on broken glass trying to get out of the store.
"Unless you were there you just have no idea how the impact was," said Garcia.
In the surveillance video, Garcia is seen kneeling down behind the counter with another store clerk next to her when a red SUV burst through the glass.
"The explosion from all of that glass," said Garcia. "I thought we were hit by a bomb actually."
The SUV was driven by a woman in her twenties. She's a regular customer of Cigarettes City. She was wearing a full cast on her right leg, her driving leg. She thought she was stepping on the brake, but instead stepped on the gas pedal.
Neither Debbie nor her colleague Heather Sadler, were seriously hurt. But even a day later, Sadler was visibly rattled.
"It was so fast, I didn't even have time to think," said Sadler with a sigh "It was scary."
Sadler has saved all three angles of the crash surveillance video on her i-Phone, a reminder of how sometimes a little luck can be the difference between life and death.
"I thought I was all broken, but I could stand up and then I just checked myself," said Sadler. "I don't know how I got my phone. I blacked out. And somehow called 9-1-1."
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Dragoncon is the largest multi-media convention on the east coast. Featuring guests from television, movies, comic books and all forms of media, over 30,000 fans swarm on the city of Atlanta, Georgia for one weekend out of the year. Some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are invited to the convention to host panels, sign autographs, and meet with fans.
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If you go for the party, Dragoncon is a non-stop socializing event. There are various parties throughout the weekend, and the hotel bars are always packed. Small mini-bars are even placed on every floor of each host hotel, allowing a continuous flow of drinks to con attendees. A dull roar can be heard through the many levels of the Marriott hotel late into the night as people enjoy the after dark festivities.
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The south bay's, The Livewires, self-describe as "dirty rock 'n roll," as if there's any other kind. The 3-piece has a reverence to the gods of rock that's been unseen for some time, and their 4-song, self-titled E.P. tools around the musical yard, sampling some of rock's best styles. Guitar/Vocalist Brendan Martin, Bassist Sean Gillies and Drummer David Kudelka have done the listening. Now, it's their turn to shine.
Martin draws his crooning vocal style akin to David Clayton Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Nick Cave or Chicago's original lead singer, Robert Lamm, while he wields a sort of neo-classic, blues on his guitar. Songwriting styles twist between more traditional blues charts ("Clouds on Clouds") to the metallic-tinged ("Sniper"), to straight up funk-laced grooves ("Cheese Fondue," "Sweet Tea"). Gillies and Kudelka provide not only appropriate rhythm shifts, but one's that further the act's style; all of which attests to The Livewire's unflappable, slight mystique.
And while their self-titled debut seems only synaptic, the E.P. beckons to the future of this well-rounded, technically masterful, 3-piece. The future looks bright.
To hear samples and more visit The Livewires at Reverbnation.
You can see The Livewires, Feb. 1st at The Blank Club. The show will be in support of The English Language, as they celebrate the release of their new album, "This is Science/Rock & Roll."
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PCC Can't Top Jags with 4 in Double Figures
SMITHFIELD-Four players finished in double figures scoring for Pitt Community College but it wasnít enough to propel the Bulldogs past Johnston Community College Saturday as the team fell to 0-9 overall with an 83-70 loss to the Jaguars.
Hot-shooting A.J. Scarboro finished 5-for-5 from behind the three-point line and tallied 18 of his game-high 24 points in the first half to help JCC race out to a 53-31 lead by intermission.
PCC didn't make it easy for the Jags, though. Utilizing pressure man-to-man defense throughout the second half, the Bulldogs forced 14 JCC turnovers and cut the deficit to four points with five minutes on the clock.
Terrance Drakeford keyed Pitt's second-half surge but left the game with a neck and shoulder injury and did not return. PCC, which outscored Johnston 39-30 in the second half, would not get any closer than four the rest of the way.
Tyrelle Jackson scored 15 to pace the Bulldogs offensively. Chuckie Becton dropped in 14 to go along with 14 rebounds while Darren Wilson finished with 12 points and 13 boards. Drakeford tacked on 10 points.
In addition to Scarboro's heroics, Brandon Smith (10 points, nine rebounds) and Bobby White (10 points) came up big for the Jaguars.
PCC will have two weeks to get players healthy and build chemistry before taking the court again Jan. 22 at Vance-Granville Community College.


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The USA hockey team probably heard the screaming of the fans all the way back in America when they won. The most anticipated game of the group-play round of men's Olympic ice hockey was everything the fans expected it to be and more. The United States won in a 3-2 shootout win over the Russians on Saturday. According to CNN on Saturday it was the hockey world's greatest rivalries on the ice for a game that will be talked about for days.
What made this game so remarkable for USA hockey players? The teams were tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation so the game went into a shootout. American TJ Oshie scored four times on six tries to ensure a U.S. victory. Rarely does a hockey game come down to one player!
When Timothy Leif "T J" Oshie isn't winning in front of the world, he is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by St. Louis in the first round, 24th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Before all the hoopla in Sochi, the NHL player was just another athlete. Not anymore.
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Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2009
- Joint Imaging/Therapy Scientific Session: Room 213A
- Target and Normal Organ Definition
TH‐D‐213A‐01: An Evaluation of FDG‐PET Uptake Thresholds for Head & Neck Target Definition Based On Local Regions of High Inter‐Observer Concordance36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182712View Description Hide Description
Purpose: Thresholding of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake imaged with positron emission tomography(PET) has been proposed for radiotherapy target delineation. However, there exists no consensus on the threshold best corresponding to disease extent, due to a lack of truth for validation. The purpose of this investigation was to establish criteria under which a fixed FDG‐PET threshold may be useful for target delineation. An image‐based surrogate of target definition 'truth' is proposed, derived from a measure of the concordance between multiple expert observers defining the gross tumor volume (GTV) with FDG‐PET and CT. A method was developed that can automatically localize these regions and was used to evaluate the coincident FDG uptake threshold. Methods and Materials: 10 patients with head and neck (H&N) cancers underwent FDG‐PET‐CT imaging using a hybrid scanner (Biograph 16, Siemens Medical Systems). For each patient, 8 observers specializing in H&N cancers delineated the GTV on concurrently‐displayed FDG‐PET‐CT. Regions of high target definition concordance were localized by forming the union of observer target definitions, applying a gradient filter and selecting an intensity threshold equivalent to 6 of 8 observers. At regions of high concordance not attributable exclusively to CT information, the FDG uptake threshold relative to maximum uptake in the GTV was measured. Results: In 4 patients, the mean FDG uptake threshold was 40.9%. In regions of concordance not attributable to CT, the mean threshold in 6 patients was 32.8%. Conclusion: A method was developed for localizing regions of high inter‐observer concordance. These regions served as a surrogate truth for disease extent against which FDG‐PET uptake thresholds were evaluated. For primary H&N cancers, a threshold of approximately 30–40% was able to delineate the tumor at regions of the target boundary where CT information was not definitive. The application of uniform thresholds for H&N target delineation is not recommended.
TH‐D‐213A‐02: An Improved Iterative Thresholding Approach for 3D PET Tumor Delineation: Phantom Study36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182714View Description Hide Description
Purpose: To develop an improved iterative thresholding method (IITM) for 3D PET tumor delineation, motivated by the iterative thresholding method (ITM). Method and Materials: The IITM method is an iterative thresholding method that selects the threshold level to segment a tumor based on calibrated source‐to‐background threshold‐volume (SBTV) curves. From an initial tumor volume V 0, the source‐to‐background (S/B) ratio R 0 is calculated as the ratio of the average intensity of V 0 and the average intensity of regions of interest in the background. A calibrated SBTV curve corresponding to R 0 is generated by interpolation using those pre‐defined calibrated SBTV curves. This SBTV curve is used for finding a threshold level T 1. The threshold level T 1 is applied to the image and a new estimation of volume V 1 is obtained. This iterative process of updating the SBTV curve, the threshold level and the volume is repeated until the threshold values T i and T i‐1 are not significantly different. In comparison, the ITM method calculates the source as the average intensity in a small neighborhood of the voxel with the maximum intensity and the S/B ratio is fixed during its iterative process. A phantom study using six spherical tumor phantoms (0.5 – 20 mL) with S/B ratio ranging from 16 to 0.5 is used to test these two methods. Also a 3D Gaussian function was used to generate heterogeneous pattern in the phantoms. Results: The IITM method yielded better or equivalent delineation accuracy than the ITM method on all images, particularly at low S/B ratio of 3 for heterogeneous targets. Conclusion: By measuring the source intensity in the entire tumor region and iteratively updating the SBTV curve in addition to the volume and threshold level, the IITM method shows some advantages over the ITM method, particularly for heterogeneous targets.
TH‐D‐213A‐03: Physiological Validation of 4D‐CT‐Based Ventilation Imaging in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182715View Description Hide Description
Purpose: Four‐dimensional (4D) CT‐based pulmonary ventilation imaging is a new technique and has advantages in speed, resolution, cost and availability. However, the physiological accuracy has not been validated, especially for regional ventilation. The purpose of this study was to validate 4D‐CT‐based ventilation imaging by comparison with distribution and progression of emphysema. Method and Materials: The 4D‐CT images were acquired for radiotherapytreatment planning purposes using the GE multislice PET/CT scanner with the Varian RPM system. Ventilation was evaluated for five patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lungcancer by calculating peak‐inhale to peak‐exhale displacement vector fields (DVFs), and then ventilation based on the Jacobian determinant of deformation. To derive DVFs, we used two fundamentally different deformable image registration (DIR) algorithms: surface‐based registration (DIR s ) and volume‐based registration (DIR v ), of which the geometric accuracy has been validated. The peak‐inhale 4D‐CT images were used for emphysema quantification. Emphysematous lungs were detected by the density masking technique. The 15th percentile point was used as a measure of emphysema progression. Results: There were large discrepancies between distributions of emphysema and ventilation, and between ventilation calculated by two different algorithms. The mean relative volumes of emphysema outside poor‐ventilated lungs were 0.665 (range, 0.520–0.901) and 0.709 (range, 0.464–0.933) for DIR v and DIR v , respectively. There were very weak (−0.013) to strong (−0.763) negative correlations between emphysema progression and the mean ventilation. The use of an algorithm parameter with more or less elasticity for DIR v led to improved coverage of emphysema as well as correlations. Conclusion: This work represents the first physiological validation of 4D‐CT‐based ventilation imaging. Our results demonstrated large discrepancies between ventilation and emphysema. However, a trend toward negative correlation and effects of algorithm parameters indicated promise for this technique. Conflict of Interest: SK, JB, TK, TB and CL are employees of Philips Research Europe.
TH‐D‐213A‐04: Application of Supervised Spectral Clustering for PET Tumor Delineation: A Phantom Study36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182716View Description Hide Description
Purpose:Spectralclustering is a powerful technique for image segmentation. This study investigated the feasibility of using the supervised spectralclustering technique for PETtumor delineation. Method and Materials: A phantom was constructed with six spheres filled with featuring simulated tumors of varying size ranged from 0.5ml to 20ml situated in a cylindrical container filled with ‐FDG. The phantom was scanned for 120 minutes in a PET/CT scanner. For every 2 minute scan, 6 images were reconstructed by using the iterative OSEM algorithm with 5mm‐FWHM Gaussian smoothing filter and followed with an anisotropic filtering. The supervised spectralclustering algorithm using normalized cut was then applied to segment the filtered images.Spectralclustering uses the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a similarity matrix (based on both proximity and intensity) to partition pixels into clusters. Its segmentation performance was evaluated with two metrics: area detection error and area overlap metric. Results: The supervised spectralclustering technique partitions the image to a designated number of regions according the measure of the pair‐wise affinities between pixels. The spectralclustering has a rather steady segmentation performance of greater than 85% area overlap for images with S/B ratios ⩾ 5. The detected area is enclosed in the true area until the S/B ratio drops to the lowest level of 2. Conclusion: The preliminary results demonstrate the potential of the supervised spectralclustering method for PETtumor segmentation. Compared with other PETtumor delineation techniques, it segments the PETimage with minimal human intervention and is instrument independent.
TH‐D‐213A‐05: A Method to Estimate 4DCT Deformable Registration Errors Via Principal Components Analysis36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182717View Description Hide Description
Purpose: To extract continuous deformable image registration error maps from 4DCTs using a small set of ground truth landmarks. Method and Materials: Assuming that we have a set of displacement vector fields (DVFs) calculated via deformable registration from 4DCT breathing phases, and a small set of validation landmarks, we use principal components analysis (PCA) to separate the eigenmodes of breathing from the error eigenmodes. We then reconstruct the DVF error maps from their principal components. To test this method we made a 2D model of breathing motion in the thorax with a 16×16 pixel DVF to which we added simulated errors. We selected 20 pixels as ground truth landmarks and applied our PCA method to the simulated data to estimate the error maps. We applied the same algorithm to the Point‐validated Pixel‐base (POPI) 4DCT data set, which consists of a 4D CT in which clinicians have located 41 point landmarks in 10 reconstructed CT breathing phases. Results: In the numerical simulations our method successfully recovered the artificial DVF error map although the error amplitudes were underestimated by 10–30%. The 4DCT analysis showed PCA eigenvalue spectra that are consistent with the assumptions of our error estimation method and also indicated that the landmarks provided by POPI model are sufficiently representative to be used as ground truth for our analysis. Conclusion: Point‐by‐point landmark validation of deformable image registration results can give highly selective results that do not realistically reflect the true spatial distribution of registration errors. Our PCA based method allows a more realistic picture of image registration and 4DCT motion mapping errors.
This research was supported in part by NIH grant P01CA116602.
TH‐D‐213A‐06: Meshless Deformable Model Based 3d Registration of Prostate Image Guided Radiotherapy36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182718View Description Hide Description
Purpose: To develop a high performance registration method for mapping objects of interest in treatment images to the 3D image domain of the planning CT in IGRT for improvement of treatment accuracy and potentially adaptive online radiotherapy.Method and Materials: A meshless deformable model has been adopted in a registration framework. The target and reference images are first registered rigidly using bony structures. Then the reference image is sampled around the volume of interest and the adjacent critical functioning organs to form a meshless point cloud, which deforms under the influence of internal structural constraints as well as intensity differences between target and reference images. The meshless model acted recursively with traditional image feature based registration to determine the optimal mapping between the reference and the target. The method was evaluated on 15 prostate datasets (each dataset includes CT and CBCT of one patient). The structures of interest in all images were delineated by a radiation oncologist (serving as the gold standard) in our new validation framework. We evaluated our method by quantitatively measuring the convergence of critical clinical objects and major image features in the reference and registered target image.Results: For all 15 datasets, the new non‐rigid registration algorithm can build the displacement map between CT and CBCTimages cropped around the prostate within an average time of 38.2(±2.9) seconds. The average volumetric similarity between the registered and the reference object are over 92%. Average distance between the registered and the reference surface is approximately 1.3mm with a maximum error under 4 mm. Conclusion: The meshless method reduces the degree of freedom in the solution space and significantly enhances the registration speed without loss of accuracy. Furthermore, the established meshless framework minimizes manual intervention during the registration thereby enhancing the potential for efficient clinical implementations.
TH‐D‐213A‐07: A Novel Inverse‐Consistent Feature‐Based Non‐Rigid Registration Method That Improves the Mapping of Organs with Large‐Scale Deformations36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182719View Description Hide Description
Purpose: Unidirectional feature‐based registration methods can result in inconsistent correspondence between the forward and the backward transformation and in incoherent anatomical mapping. The aim of this work is to develop, test and validate an inverse‐consistent feature‐based non‐rigid registration method in order to improve the registration of organs that exhibit large deformations. Methods and Materials: Thin Plate Splines Robust Point Matching (TPS‐RPM) is a unidirectional algorithm that iteratively calculates the correspondence and the transformation between two point sets (e.g., anatomical structures,organs). An inverse‐consistent version of TPS‐RMP (IC‐TPS‐RPM) was developed that jointly estimates the forward and the backward transformations and that uses both transformations to determine the correspondence. IC‐TPS‐RPM was compared with TPS‐RPM by registering organs with large deformations in five patients. For each patient the contoured cervix‐uteri and bladders on a series of three variable bladder filling CT‐scans (empty to full) were employed. The mean ratio between the volume of full bladder and the volume of empty bladder was 5.7. The registration accuracy error, the inverse‐consistency error, the residual distances after transforming anatomical landmarks and the registration time were calculated using both algorithms. Results: The registrations performed with IC‐TPS‐RPM have on average 10% and 70% better accuracy and inverse‐consistency, respectively when compared with the non‐symmetric TPS‐RPM. By using IC‐TPR‐RPM the residual distances after transforming anatomical landmarks for the registration of full to empty bladder reduced by 47% and by 11% for all landmarks. Moreover, the registration time for computing the forward and the backward transformations decreased by 29%. Conclusions: Compared with TPS‐RPM the new IC‐TPS‐RPM method improves the registration accuracy, the inverse‐consistency and the anatomical correspondence. For cases with large deformations accurate transformations were obtained with IC‐TPS‐RPM, while TPS‐RPM failed. Furthermore, IC‐TPS‐RPM requires less time to compute the forward and the backward transformations.


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The NFLPA has filed a grievance against the New Orleans Saints on behalf of Jimmy Graham, according to a source.
The grievance will likely contend that Graham, who was given the non-exclusive franchise tag as a tight end, should have been tagged instead as a wide receiver.
The $12.3 million franchise tag price for a wide receiver is significantly higher than the $7.035 million issued to a tagged tight end.
No hearing date has been set yet, according to USA Today. If the two sides cannot come to an agreement, a neutral party arbitrator decide what position at which he should be tagged. The resulting decision would give one party leverage in long-term contract negotiations.
The contention will be that Graham lined up more in a role befitting a receiver, rather than at the end of the line in a three-point stance as would a traditional tight end.
That's partly reflected in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, which states a player's salary should be based on the position "at which he participated in the most plays during the prior League Year."
The previous CBA, which was initially ratified in 1993, defined the exclusive franchise tag as the position "at which he played the most games during the prior League Year."
According to ESPN Stats & Info, Graham lined up as an in-line tight end 33 percent of the time (291 snaps), in the slot 45 percent (395 snaps) and out wide 22 percent of his plays (191 snaps).
The case is similar to Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker/defensive end Terrell Suggs filed a grievance in 2008 when he wanted the higher-paid defensive end franchise tag and not a linebacker tag.
Suggs' camp eventually came to an agreement with the Ravens and he was paid an amount that split the difference between the two positions. That increased his one-year franchise tender from $8.065 million to about $8.5 million, and he dropped his grievance.
That's one possibility with Graham, if the two sides decide to come to an agreement to designate him a tight end/wide receiver hybrid.
When asked about Graham's contract status on Wednesday, Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said there is no update, a response he has maintained all offseason. News of Graham's grievance broke shortly after the press conference concluded.
The Saints have until July 15 to work out a long-term deal with Graham's camp, or he will either be forced to sit out the season or play under a one-year contract. An earlier report that Graham had until April 22 to file a grievance proved to be incorrect.
Saints coach Sean Payton didn't seem too worried when asked about the absence of Graham from offseason workouts.
"I think it's pretty normal," Payton said of Graham's status on April 23 before the Zurich Classic of New Orleans' Pro-Am. "Everything the first week was pretty much as expected."
Saints had a similar fight two years ago quarterback Drew Brees missed workouts, OTAs and minicamp. Brees and the Saints eventually agreed to a deal in mid-July and the quarterback returned in time for the start of training camp.
"Look, I think all of us understand and I think it's the hardest thing to understand from the outside. It is a business," said right tackle Zach Strief. "Neither side is right, neither side is wrong. It just is what it is. I think that everyone knows that the first game of the season, Jimmy will be there and be ready to go. That's all you really want at the end of the day. You forget all of a sudden that he wasn't there for OTAs and all of those other things."
Graham has not spoken publicly about the issue since February, when he said he was 'just standing.' He and agent Jimmy Sexton have been silent on the matter for months, despite reports Sexton was going to file a grievance immediately after Graham was tagged.
"I take everyday one day at a time," he said. "I'm just going to wait and see what happens because that's where it's at."
He also tweeted in March, following the release of wide receiver Lance Moore and the release of running back Darren Sproles.
"Wow unbelievable," he tweeted. "Shocked and disappointed on everything that's gone on this offseason."
The Saints currently have $3,450,141.00 in salary cap room, according to the NFLPA.
Staff writer Larry Holder contributed to this report


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So I assembled a PC last week, from parts I ordered online. From the start I was having problems with my graphics card, it was slowly dying.
I brought my pc for testing, and now they say my graphics card broke, and they will replace it with a new one. Now I am really worries there might be something wrong with the complete batch of graphic cards.
How can you determine that the card you get is performing as it should. The card I have is a GTX660, so how do I know my card is actually any good. Maybe also in a way that I can say to the retailer that I am not satisfied with this card either if it performs badly.


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New Griffin play Ugly Mugs confronts sex work and violence head on
Taking its title from the name sex workers use for aggressive clients, Peta Brady's Ugly Mugs emerged from a Melbourne shocked by violence against women, writes Garrett Bithell.
For the past 15 years, actress Peta Brady has been working as a drug and safety outreach worker in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. She was one of the last people to see sex worker Tracy Connelly alive before she was murdered in July last year – in the van in which she lived with her boyfriend.
Brady's contact with Melbourne's sex workers led her to write Ugly Mugs, her third play, which will open at Griffin Theatre Company this week after premiering at Malthouse Theatre in May. Directed by Malthouse artistic director Marion Potts, and starring Brady alongside Steve Le Marquand, Sara West and Harry Borland, the title 'Ugly Mugs' is derived from a grassroots publication developed by the Prostitute Collective of Victoria (now RHED) in 1986. In was created as a response to the under-reporting of violent incidents committed against sex workers and the lack of support and protection they receive from police and legal institutions, and refers to the name sex workers use for aggressive clients. Unlike New South Wales, street-based sex work is illegal in Victoria.
But as Brady asserts, her play is not just about sex workers. It seeks to interrogate the culture of abuse lurking in the shadows of every Australian city. "It's about violence against women generally," she tells SX. "Tracy was murdered just after I started writing Ugly Mugs, so of course that fed into the writing process because it was so fresh and raw. But the play is not about Tracy.
"I used to have to hand out the Ugly Mugs brochure as part of my job, so I was always interested in women on the street – whether they were working or not – and how they were dealing with the violence, and whose rights were treated differently."
Rather than being naturalistic, Ugly Mugs takes on a poetic style that sees two separate storylines eventually intersect over a 24-hour period in the same park. "During the writing process I got some sex worker friends to read it, and during rehearsals I got a sex worker who had been on the streets for 30 years – she's in her 50s now – into the room. I really needed to make sure I got the territory right and that things were being spoken about properly because I didn't want to put anything out there that wasn't true to the territory."
Whether we choose to admit it or not, violence against women in general – whether on the street or in the home – is an endemic part of Australian culture. As Brady tells, ultimately the conversation has to start with the perpetrators: men.
"I know that they deal with violence as well, but men are the perpetrators in the overwhelming majority of cases," Brady says. "So I think men really need to have the discussion. Women are talking about it all the time – but I don't see men discussing it, beyond the token publicity shot and empty declarations from some politician every now and then. If we're going to see any change, it must start with men."
Ugly Mugs, Stables Theatre (10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross) until August 23. Bookings: www.griffintheatre.com.au
[Main image] Peta Brady in Ugly Mugs. Photo: Supplied
- TOPICS: Garrett Bithell, Melbourne, Peta Brady, Sex work, St Kilda, SX, Theatre, Ugly Mugs


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These are photos from my Black Friday Holiday Shopping themed party. This is designed around a "girls night out" with cocktails, party games, etc. in hot pink and black decor with shopping bags and tags as the main logo icon.
Favors include:
Mini Parking Spot Scopes in pink & black (mini pirate style telescopes)
Mini Black Friday Survival Kits (fingernail file, tissue, tylenol, chap stick, sanitizer, energy drink, tic tacs & a notepad)
Mini Energy Snack Sacks (home made cereal bars and travel sized energy drink mix)
Mini Shopping bags with Mio Energy Drinks Shopping Lists Lost Package I.D. tags Pink Hard Hats Cookie Jars (mason jars filled with cookies)
The table setting includes fare that would be created from Thanksgiving Dinner and a few favor treats as well:
Mini turkey panini sliders w Cranberry Chipotle Relish Relish Shooters, Assorted Chocolate Covered Marshmallows and Chocolates Shots of Kinky in Hot pink shot glasses, Kinky & Soda in Champagne Glasses, Hot Cocoa Station (white & dark chocolate shavings, malted milk balls, toffee chips, crushed candy canes, flavored syrups), Water
Party Games Include:
"Memory Game" made out of squares of pink and black craft foam sheets with logo on one side and "prices" or incentives on the other side i.e. $10 off or 10% off
"Price is Right" Game made with color coordinating logo and "price tags" reminiscent of the game show to "guess the correct price of stocking stuffer" prizes
"Present Wrapping Contest" with different sized boxes, wrapping paper, etc to see who can wrap the fastest
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Use shock in a sentence
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- She drew back timidly from the pleasant shock of a new experience. [11]
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- The shock of this sudden onslaught was tremendous. [9]
- Before Fleda entered the room she knew what awaited her; a merciful intuition had blunted the shock to her senses. [11]
- There was a sudden shock; the vessel stood still and shivered; lurched, swung shoulder downwards, reeled and struggled. [11]
- He started forward, stopped, trembling with a shock of remembrance, and gave back again. [9]
- He stood perfectly still; the shock was so sudden. [11]
- Even the half-breeds standing by felt a light shock of unnatural excitement. [11]
- There must be something vitally wrong with an instrument which failed to register the great earthquake shock of June the seventh! [9]
- This was another shock, under which the Baron fairly staggered. [9]
- Stephen did not reveal the shock his vanity had received. [9]
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Prove a finite group generated by two involutions is dihedral
Is my following argument correct?
Let $G=\langle x,y\rangle$ be a group generated by involutions $x,y$. Let $n=\mathrm{ord}(xy)$ to get a presentation $G=\langle x,y\mid x^2=y^2=(xy)^n=1\rangle $ so G is dihedral of order $2n$ ?
Further note: I realise now my argument is not sufficient as it remains to show $G$ has no other relations.
I just found an idea from a reference which claims "...So $G$ must have a presentation of the form $G=\langle x,y\mid x^2=y^2=(xy)^m=1\rangle $, then one has to show $m=n$..." in which I do not understand why $G$ has exactly a presentation of such form (the presentation inovlves $m$)? That reference also showed $|\langle x,y\rangle |=2n$ which directly led to the conclusion: $m=n$


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LRM09 wrote:Are u talking about this..patches on the side of head.
misscobbie wrote:The same thing has happened to me, but my babies are just a massive rectangle of skin! You can pick them up but they don't have faces and you can't see any of their features. It's not just the once this has happened either, it's every baby I have, even if I adopt a baby. But this rectangle can still be seen when you go into 'edit town'. It covers the whole town, really hope this is fixed! Starting to annoy me.
luvallpups wrote:My sim's baby had that same weird patch on his head. Now he just turned into a child and he's pretty ugly. Here he is right after turning into a child. He had crossed eyes and a weird defect on his chin. The crossed eyes went away after a little bit, but the chin defect didn't go away. I just quit the game without saving in hopes that he will age again without this "thing" there. I've been having so many bugs in LN... Never had any with past EP's.
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The Day of the Supportive Partner
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The Secret Language
August 26
day: supportive partner
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The Day of the Supportive Partner
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10 celebrities born this day
• Branford Marsalis, 55
Solved Supportive Partner
• Cassie Ventura, 29
Discovered Supportive Partner
• Chris Pine, 35
Confident Supportive Partner
• Geraldine Ferraro, 80
Mastered Supportive Partner
• Keke Palmer, 22
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• Macaulay Culkin, 35
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Personality of The Day of the Supportive Partner
Those born on August 26 rarely assume the most conspicuous position in a business, family or social function, generally preferring to work along with others toward a common goal. More specifically, many August 26 people are bound emotionally to a more powerful or outgoing individual, perhaps a sibling, mate or friend who garners attention. For this reason, some August 26 people have to struggle for recognition. Inside they know their own worth, but the world is not always quick to recognize it. If those born on this day remain content with a supporting role, or are patient enough to wait for their time to lead, they will be happy and industrious; if not they may become frustrated and unproductive.
Those born on this day who work alone may appear to others as lonely and isolated. It is true that some August 26 people are possessed by feelings of self-pity and become ultrasensitive to all forms of negativity and rejection. If, however, these loners have a strong will they will hang in their for years, and whether they receive any great reward or not, will toil on in a steady, uncomplaining fashion.
August 26 people generally make excellent parents, as they understand the importance of structure and organization in the lives of children. Those with little ambition are usually pretty relaxed in the demands they make on their offspring. If, however, they are frustrated due to lack of talent or recognition in their own career, they must beware of placing the burden of their dreams on their more gifted children and pushing them too hard.
Many August 26 people enjoy working behind the scenes, and in exceptional cases can be the moving force behind a well-known individual or group. Not only team players, they actually take satisfaction in remaining unseen and anonymous; rather than fretting for lack of attention, they may actually luxuriate in the freedom, as they see it, of doing their work without much ego interference. Such dedicated individuals are usually worth their weight in gold to a family or business.
Sooner or later, however, August 26 people may stop (often in their fifties and sixties) and ask "Hey, what's in it for me?" or "My God, what's happened to my life?" At that time they are quite capable of giving up selfless activities and striking out on a whole new path. Although this can come as a shock to those who have depended on them or perhaps taken them for granted, such August 26 people will probably feel that they deserve their new-found freedom, suffering little or no guilt when making the change.
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Those born on August 26 must beware of ignoring physical symptoms of disease. Although they may be thoughtful people, who generally take the time to make intelligent choices, fears of health problems or doctors may keep them from seeking a physician or therapist. Also, while greatly attentive to the health of their family and friends, they are quite capable of ignoring their own. An observant and helpful family member or colleague can be invaluable to August 26 people in alerting them to symptoms. The natural orderly tendencies of those born on this day make them likely to have healthy and regular sleep patterns, eating habits and exercise routines. Both as cooks and eaters they should make an effort to expand their culinary horizons, experimenting with new and exciting foods, rather than settling for bland or unimaginative fare.
Two shapes in a painting, happening in the same space create a time between them—a kind of rhythmical occurance
Sometimes being too accepting is not good. Learn to stand up for yourself; be more forceful in demanding rights in return for the work you do. Don't live through others; take the lead yourself sometimes.
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Faculty & Visiting Affiliate Artists
Head: Jakub Ciupiński
Chris Anderson
Lecturer in Music (part-time)
BM, Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford; MM, Purchase College.
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Allyson Bellink
Associate Professor of Music
BM, Manhattan School of Music; MM, Purchase College.
Jakub Ciupiński
Assistant Professor of Music
MA, Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland); MM, The Juilliard School.
email@example.com | www.ciupinski.pl
Annmarie Gatti
Lecturer in Music (part-time)
BA, City College, City University of New York.
Rebecca Haviland
Lecturer in Music (part-time)
MusB, Purchase College.
email@example.com | www.rebeccahaviland.com
Ryan Homsey
Lecturer in Music (part-time)
MusB, Purchase College; MM, New York University.
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Ted Piltzecker (on leave Fall 2016)
Associate Professor of Music
BM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; MM, Manhattan School of Music.
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Darren Solomon
Visiting Affiliate Artist (part-time)
BA, New York University.
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Carl Sturken
Lecturer in Music (part-time)
BA, Wesleyan University.
Joel Thome
Associate Professor of Music (part-time)
BA, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; MA, University of Pennsylvania; Certificate, Ecole Internationale for Music and Dance (France); studied with Pierre Boulez at Concours Internationale (Switzerland).
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Professor Emeritus of Music
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A new report released by Special Prosecutor Dan Webb on Tuesday clears former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley of using any influence in the death investigation of David Koschman involving his nephew, Richard Vanecko.
A statement accompanying the reports specifically states, "There was no evidence that former Mayor Daley, his family, or others at their direction engaged in conduct to influence or attempted to influence the investigations." However, the report does highlight the special treatment that Richard "R.J." Vanecko received even without any interference from the mayor.
The report details "clumsy" mistakes that were made by the police. Files were lost, the lineups weren't held on time and the police did not do the job they were supposed to.
Vanecko is serving 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the 21-year-old Koschman. Vanecko admitted to punching Koschman during a late night drunken altercation in 2004. The blow caused Koschman to strike the pavement when he hit the ground. He was hospitalized for 11 days leading up to his death.
Vanecko was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 60 days of home confinement and was ordered to pay the victim's mother Nanci Koschman $20,000 for expenses and apologize to her in court.
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Abercrombie & Fitch got its start in 1892 as a sporting goods store, selling outdoorsmen-type things like guns, knives, equipment, and other manly wares. Obviously, a lot happened between then and now because the Abercrombie you know sells sexy sweatpants for teens and smells like the golden tan of a 19-year-old lifeguard. But, in certain ways, Abercrombie still sells the same concepts. Here a look at then vs. now. (And, fine, "now" meaning the famous A&F Quarterlies of the 2000s.)
1. Camping gear.
At left, a 1925 advert for camping clothes. At right, a couple from a 1998 A&F catalog snuggle up in a sleeping bag.
2. Adventuring gear.
At left, a 1919 ad for gear for people who look like the scary safari guy from Jumanji. At right, the reject cast for Game of Thrones.
3. Knives.
At left, an Abercrombie & Fitch salmon knife. At right, a remarkably hot Dungeons & Dragons player poses for the Christmas 2003 A&F Quarterly.
4. Christmas gifts for youngsters.
At left, a 1939 ad for A&F Christmas presents. At right, Abercrombie's gift to its teenage customers, already unwrapped.
5. Guns.
At left, a 1951 ad for Abercrombie's famous guns. At right, Abercrombie's equally famous guns.
6. Sporting goods.
At left, a 1932 ad for winter sporting gear. At right, A&F women doing sports.
7. Balls.
At left, a set of vintage Abercrombie & Fitch bocce balls. At right, balls.
A&F Quarterly scans via VFILES.
- At least 36 people have died in a suicide bombing attack on Istanbul's international airport, Turkish officials said.
- The president of the EU Council says the bloc's leaders want UK's exit plans "to be specified as soon as possible."
- More athletes — nearly all of them golfers — have pulled out of the Rio Olympics over Zika virus concerns.


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Will Hollingsworth knows what makes a good cocktail and the ingredients for a good bar. After three years mixing drinks at Lolita, the local bartender spent the past year crafting the Spotted Owl, a secluded spot in Tremont underneath the Tremont Place Lofts. With innocuous lighting, a reclaimed wood bar top and pockets of intimate seating, the space puts the focus on 12 carefully crafted cocktails. "[It's] a place for people who love to just sit at a bar and converse over a really good drink," says Hollingsworth. He recommends the Quick Fix No. 2 ($9), a twist on the Moscow mule. Made with Russian Standard vodka infused with smoked orange peel, lemon juice, simple syrup and spicy Goya ginger beer, the drink comes in a double Old-Fashioned glass filled with 1-inch ice cubes. House vanilla-infused Angostura bitters christen the copper concoction, which coats the throat with a hint of heat. "It's a lovely drink with a balance of the classic cocktail components — the spirit, the sweet, acid and bitters," he says. 710 Jefferson Ave., Cleveland, 216-795-5595, facebook.com/spottedowlbar
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No. 19 Texas Tech Cruises Past SMU, 6-1
Kenna Kilgo helped lead No. 19 Texas Tech past SMU on Friday at the McLeod Tennis Center.
March 1, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 19 Texas Tech proved why they are one of the nation's top squads on Friday, as the Lady Raiders cruised past SMU, 6-1, at the McLeod Tennis Center.
It was just the third-ever win for Texas Tech over SMU. Texas Tech's first win came in 1981, when the Lady Raiders stunned No. 16 SMU, 5-4, in Dallas. The Mustangs would roll off 19 consecutive victories before Texas Tech snapped the streak as No. 73 Texas Tech upset No. 63 SMU, 5-3, in Dallas.
The Lady Raiders swept doubles play to start the day. Injury forced the SMU to play singles with just five players, give Texas Tech a quick 2-0 lead.
SMU's No. 98 Edyta Cieplucha added a quick point for the Mustangs, as she upended Texas Tech's No. 115 Samantha Adams, 6-3, 6-1.
Lady Raiders Elizabeth Ullathorne and Nikki Sanders answered with singles wins at No. 4 and No. 5 to secure the team.
No. 86 Kenna Kilgo then added a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) win at No. 2 over Vaszilisza Bulgakova and Rashmi Teltumbde dropped Hristina Dishkova, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) for the final Texas Tech point.
"SMU is not a bad team," said Lady Raider head coach Todd Petty. "At the top end of their lineup, they are as good as any team we have played this season. This was a quality win for us and we just have to continue to improve each time out."
Texas Tech returns to the courts on Sunday to face Wisconsin at the McLeod Tennis Center at 10 a.m.
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Olympics: Won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the United States Women's Eight ... that same crew was named "2008 Crew of the Year" by FISA, the World Rowing Federation.
International Competition:Was part of gold medal-winning U.S. Eight at 2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand ... won a silver medal in the USA women's four at the World Championships in Poznan, Poland.
2010-11: Named Pac-10 Women's Rowing Athlete of the Year ... member of All-Pac-10 rowing team ... CRCA first-team All-American ... chosen to CRCA All-West Region first team ... won bronze at the NCAA Championships and silver at the Pac-10 Championships with the Cardinal I Eight ... recorded an undefeated weekend at the
2009-10: Member of varsity eight that finished second at PAC-10 Championships and fifth at the NCAA Championships.
2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team ... finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight ... a CRCA All-America First Team and All-Regional pick ... also named to the 2009 All Pac-10 Team ... member of the Stanford Sub-6:40 2k Erg Club.
2007-08: Redshirted the season to train for the Olympics.
2006-07: Competed in the 1st Varsity Eight that won a silver medal at the 2007 Pac-10 Championships and finished 10th at the NCAAs ... voted Most Valuable 2007 ... member of Stanford Sub-6:50 2k Club ... selected to 2007 College Rowing Coaches Association All-American Division I First Team and Division I All-Region First Team ... women's Rowing All-Pac-10 Team ... won a bronze medal in the U.S. Women's Eight at the 2007 Under-23 World Rowing Championships (Strathclyde, Scotland) ... selected as an alternate for the 2007 U.S. Senior National Rowing Team ... second in the Women's Eight at the USRowing National Championships.
High School: Helped Brooks School to 2003 and 2006 New England Basketball Championships ... 2004, 2005, and 2006 New England Basketball All-Star ... 2006 New England MVP ... 2004 and 2005 New England and National Champions in Women's Four ... 2003 and 2004 U.S. Junior Women's Development Camp Participant ... represented United States in the 2004 Can-Am-Mex Games ... member of the 2005 U.S. Junior Women's National Team ... No. 6 seat in the U.S. Junior Women's Eight which placed fourth at the Junior World Championships s in Brandenburg, Germany 2005 ... Recipient of the Most Personally Improved award in 2003 at Brooks School ... recipient of the Allen B. Ashburn Prize ( Awarded by the Headmaster for any reason he deems appropriate) 2006 ... honors at Brooks School 2003, 2004, 2006 ... high honors 2005 ... exchange student to Uganda ... school prefect at Brooks School 2006 ...graduated Cum Laude ... volunteer dog-walker at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.
Personal: Born in Portland, Maine ... parents are William Logan and Jennifer Kierstead ... major is undecided ... hobbies include singing, sailing, island hopping, basking in the sun on the Cote d'Azure, shopping at American Apparel and thrift stores, getting free makeovers at MAC cosmetics.


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|Defining Teaching for Artistic Behavior: The Four Practices
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|Ideas and Motivation
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|Studio Centers
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|Moving Into Three Dimensions
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|More Media Centers
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|Smaller and Ephemeral Centers
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|Rethinking Art Education
|p. 91
|National Visual Art Standards: What Fourth Graders in Teaching for Artistic Behavior Art Programs Know and Can Do
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|Written Planning for the Choice-Based Teacher
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Eight public meetings to discuss deer management in North Dakota were held mid-February, 2014. State Game and Fish Department officials presented an overview of the current deer population and prospects for the future, and looked for input on possible options for changes in the way deer licenses are allocated.
Below are a video of the meeting held in Bismarck on February 25 and links to additional information on deer management in the state. Comments may be submitted in the 'Public Input' section at the bottom of this page. Comments will be accepted until March 17, 2014.
If you have problems viewing the video above, go to http://vimeo.com/87712505 to view.
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Twitter's restrictions for third-party app developers has caused one of Android's finest Twitter apps to cease further development. As you may have heard, Tweet Lanes developer Chris Lacy decided to stop working on Tweet Lanes mostly due to Twitter's 100,000 user token limit. For a small app like Tweet Lanes, Twitter essentially stopped its ability to grow. The search is now on for another third-party Android Twitter application that can carry the torch Tweet Lanes left behind.
In my experience, TweetLine is the closest thing I've gotten to replicating the Tweet Lanes experience as far as look and reliability. However, unlike Tweet Lanes, TweetLine has notifications. As far as customizations go, TweetLine lets you assign custom colors to tweets, links and columns. You can also set a specific time of day for when the app will cease to produce notifications. For a test app, TweetLine looks very promising. There is an ad-free version of Tweet Line in Google Play, and a donation version for $1.26.
Twidere is another young and in-development Twitter application. Twidere is the inspiration behind Tweetings for Twitter. It supports multiple accounts, is ad-free, open source and supports tablets.
Boid for Twitter
There was a time when I felt Tweet Lanes and Boid were two of the most promising young Twitter apps for Android. Tweet Lanes soared ahead thanks to constant updates and enhancements, while Boid seemed to lag behind. To Boid's credit, its developers are students who have to split their time between school and developing the app. The Boid gang is very active on Twitter and are always fielding questions about bugs. Boid still has bugs in its beta state, but I haven't given up on it. This app was designed for Android 4.0 devices and above, so design was never an issue. Once it's feature complete, it'll be hard to beat Boid.


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Marks, Evan
Marks, Evan, guitar; b. Cleveland, OH, 30 November 1960.
His mother sang in temple, but the family was not particularly musical. Luckily for the future guitarist, he received full parental support when he decided to pick up the instrument and strum n' twang about. By the 10th grade, young Evan was playing in a variety of rock bands, playing out of the basement whenever possible. Marks soon found that for him, three-chord progressions would never be the end-all-be-all, so he joined his high school jazz orchestra in his senior year. After graduation, his mom stepped in again and strongly recommended that he attend the University of Cincinnati's prestigious Conservatory of Music. Evan Marks's growing reputation as a prolific composer as well as a fluidly funky axeman got him a job with the SoCal electro-jazzers Fattburger. Although a hired gun, it was Evan's tune "Just Got Lucky" (from the cd ON A ROLL) that gave Fattburger its first major smash hit. Still, with this windfall, the members of Fattburger declined to make Marks a bona fide part of the ensemble, so he started his own band. His first recording reflects the influences and inspirations that Evan has absorbed throughout his musical life, including Wes, Miles, Coltrane, Robert Johnson, all the King Boys (B.B., Albert, Freddie), Snoop, Dr. Dre.
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Running Time: 58
Company: Master Len Productions
Cast: Master Len (Ben Suffolk), Ayako
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Specialty
Lovers of ropes and suspension.
Ayako is a young, petite, attractive Asian girl with pigtails, pretty eyes and perfectly-plucked eyebrows. (She kind of resembles a cool-looking Japanese anime character.) Master Len ties her up in complicated, criss-cross configurations of thick black and red rope. (Much of the proceedings are seen in "fast-motion speed" to avoid the possibility of severe boredom for the viewer.) The footage then abruptly cuts to her suspended from the ceiling. (She almost looks like she's in a sex swing, but there's no swing there, only ropes attached to her torso.) The camera zooms in for a tight shot on her expressionless face. (She wears sparkly, ruby-red lipstick and lots of eye shadow.)
There's no natural sound here, just a lot of soaring, Wagnerian-type incidental music that is overly dramatic, given the fairly laid-back, mostly uneventful footage.
Later, another jump cut takes us to Ayako posing for the camera, showing off her burns, indentations and abrasions from the restraints. (She has an awesome body, with small breasts and a cute little butt.)
Still later, Ayako is lying on her side in a darkened room. She's attached to a pulley by elaborate ropes. Master Len manages to raise her off the floor, suspending her about four feet from the ground.
She again shows off her marks, this time letting her hair down (literally) and smiling. She has a slight overbite.
After more meandering hi-jinx, Master Len puts a piece of clear, plastic tubing in her mouth and then affixes some shiny metal clips to her nose, pulling her nostrils back and open.
Finally, he ties her to a piece of stone sculpture in the shape of an arc, and then to long, thin, wooden rods and makes her try to walk around the room.
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Oct. 21, 2012
MORAGA, Calif. - All three of Washington's remaining doubles duos took another step closer to a potential ITA National Indoors bid, as the Huskies went 3-0 in the round of 16 at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships. Sophomore Emmett Egger had his singles run ended in a tough three-setter.
The trio of doubles wins was highlighted by sophomores Jeff Hawke and Viktor Farkas upsetting the Santa Clara duo of John Lamble and Iya Osintsev. The Broncos are ranked 30th nationally, but Hawke and Farkas earned an 8-5 win to reach the quarters.
Seniors Kyle McMorrow and Marton Bots rolled to an 8-2 victory over Will Schumacher and Thai Tu of San Francisco, while Egger and junior Max Manthou pulled out a 9-7 win over Stanford's Jamin Ball and Daniel Ho. Washington and California each put three teams among the final eight in the doubles draw.
On the line at Regionals is a spot in the ITA National Indoor Championships held next month in Flushing Meadows, New York, which only 16 teams qualify for.
Egger was also in the round of 16 for singles, but lost a three-setter to 112th-ranked John Morrissey of Stanford. Egger lost the first set, stayed alive with a second set win, but Morrissey closed out a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 win.
For the second straight day, Nicholas Kamisar dominated his consolation singles match, as today he stopped Eduardo Bringold of Eastern Washington, 6-0, 6-1.
Two rounds of doubles will be played on Monday, taking it down to the last two teams.
Washington Men's Tennis
ITA Northwest Regional Championships
October 21, 2012
Moraga, Calif. - Timothy Korth Tennis Complex
Singles - Round of 16
(112) John Morrissey (Stan) def. (116) Emmett Egger (UW), 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Singles - Consolation
Nicholas Kamisar (UW) def. Eduardo Bringold (EWU), 6-0, 6-1
Justin Guay (Port) def. Rishabh Raman (UW), 6-1, 6-4
Doubles - Round of 16
McMorrow/Bots (UW) def. Tu/Schumacher (USF), 8-2
Egger/Manthou (UW) def. Ball/Ho (Stan), 9-7
Hawke/Farkas (UW) def. (30) Osintsev/Lamble (SCU), 8-5
Doubles - Consolation
Koetje/Aranquiz (EWU) def. Lunardi/Raman (UW), 8-4
Ferrero/Hukwo (Port) def. Puscalau/Kamisar (UW), 8-3


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You never stop learning about wine, as I observed here after having lunch at The Paris with a friendly group of Maison Latour pinots and chards.
I continued my snail's progress in oenology yesterday at a Vivace/Cucina Toscana lunch with Peter Mondavi, whose family owns Charles Krug Winery in Napa. Tracey Thompson of Vinelore organized the event, and it was an all-star gathering of Salt Lake foodies: chef Viet Pham from Forage, writer Virginia Rainey, Tamara Gibo, co-owner of Takashi, Jimmy Santangelo from Virtual Sommelier.
The French wine affair was a casual, eat-and-walk meal. The American affair was served in courses.
The French wines were paired with food from an American chef. The French wines were paired with food from a French chef.
Such is an eater's life in a multicultural world.
Jean Louis Montecot was our man in white in Vivace's kitchen; he served an assortment of carpaccios
to accompany the Krug sauvignon blanc and chardonnay: transparent slices of scallops with red grapefruit sections;beef with traditional arugula; salmon; escolar and tuna. All hit the palate pristinely, nicely light for a midweek midday meal, but the variety added an impression of richness.
Peter Mondavi started the lunch with a brief family history, at once explaining and setting aside the connection of his surname with his winery's name, then he went on to discuss the wines, each of which seemed to me an almost textbook example of the varietal, California style. The chardonnay had a tinge of French oak vanilla, a touch of roundness from brief malolactic and lots of fresh, crisp fruit–great with the raw fish and meat. The hearty merlot and the big ol' California cab were terrific with the lamb ragu–not overwhelming like the club-you-over-head cabernets we've come to associate with California winemaking, but comples enough to elide wtih the fragrant lamb.
For dessert–also paired with the reds–pastry chef had created a traditional and a contemporary version of that most mysterious Italian dessert, tiramisu. I've never had two that seemed to come from the same recipe, but at least these fluffs were supposed to be different.
The dining room at Cucina Toscana is comfortable and pretty, and everyone from owner Ken Millo to chef Jean Louis and staff are looking forward to a new era, post-Valter Nassi whose personality dominated this restaurant for so many years.
He's not quite gone yet, though–everyone's remarks included a reference to Valter, whose own new restaurant just opened down the street.


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Ducati Elenore Sedici V8 Lives!
Last year we told you about the aircooled Ducati V8 that talented German Diter Hartmann Wirthwein was working on. It seems that now he has finished and will be unveiling the final product at the Intermot show this week in Germany.
As he promised, he has a patent for a unique conrod arrangement that allows an original 900SS crankshaft to be used and consequently the powerplant can fit in a 900SS frame! His Ducati Elenore project is utilizing a 900SS rolling chassis and 8, 2-valve, cylinders with a bore and stroke of 56 and 44mm respectively for a total capacity of 868cc. Note that the valve actuation is not desmodromic.
From the drawing, you can see the outer pistons connected by a pivoting rod, but what is hard to see is how the connecting rod is connected to the inner pistons so as not to interfere with the pivot rod. It would be really helpful to see some other perspective drawings, but it looks ingenious.
link: The Kneeslider.com
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