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Once you have installed phc (see Installation Instructions), run it by typing
phc --help
You should see
phc 0.2.0
Usage: phc [OPTIONS]... [FILES]...
-h, --help Print help and exit
--full-help Print help, including hidden options, and exit
-V, --version Print version and exit
-v, --verbose Verbose output (default=off)
-c, --compile Compile (default=off)
--pretty-print Pretty print input according to the Zend style
guidelines (default=off)
--obfuscate Obfuscate input (default=off)
--run=STRING Run the specified plugin (may be specified
multiple times)
--r-option=STRING Pass option to a plugin (specify multiple flags
in the same order as multiple plugins - 1
option only per plugin)
-d, --define=STRING Define ini entry (only affects -c and
--no-warnings Allow warnings to be printed (default=off)
--read-xml=PASSNAME Assume the input is in XML format. Start
processing after the named pass (passes are
--include Parse included or required files at
compile-time (default=off)
--include-harder Try harder to find included files, possibly
slightly breaking some of PHP's rules
-C, --c-option=STRING Pass option to the C compile (e.g., -C-g; can
be specified multiple times)
--extension=EXTENSION Generate a PHP extension called EXTENSION
instead of a standalone application
--web-app=CONFIG Generate a web-application (experimental)
-O, --optimize=STRING Optimize (default=`0')
-o, --output=FILE Place executable into file FILE
-e, --execute Run executable after compiling (implies -c)
--next-line-curlies Output the opening curly on the next line
instead of on the same line (default=off)
--no-leading-tab Don't start every line in between <?php .. ?>
with a tab (default=off)
--tab=STRING String to use for tabs while unparsing
(default=` ')
--no-hash-bang Do not output any #! lines (default=off)
--dump=PASSNAME Dump input as PHP (although potentially with
gotos and labels) after PASSNAME
--dump-xml=PASSNAME Dump input as XML after PASSNAME
--dump-dot=PASSNAME Dump input as DOT after PASSNAME
--list-passes List of available passes (for PASSNAME)
--flow-insensitive Turn off flow-sensitivity (default=off)
Choose the call-string length ('0' indicates
infinite call-string) (default=`0')
More options are available via --full-help
Now write a very small PHP script, for example
echo "Hello world!";
and save it to helloworld.php. Then run phc:
phc --pretty-print helloworld.php
This should output a pretty-printed version of your PHP script back to standard output:
echo "Hello world!";
You can see a list of options controlling the style of pretty printing, using the --full-help option.
phc can compile either executables or extensions. To compile an executable, phc creates C code, which it compiles and links to the PHP embed SAPI. Since it links to PHP, you have access to all of PHP's large built-in standard library. In order to compile the "hello world" executable from before, run
phc -c helloworld.php -o helloworld
This creates an executable helloworld, which can then be run
If you prefer to run your executable immediately after it compiles, use the -e. phc will compile your program, then immediately execute it. You can also view the C code generated by phc:
phc --generate-c helloworld.php > helloworld.c
One of the advantages of phc is that it can optimize your program. Using the -O flag, you can instruct phc to analyse your source code, and perform optimizations. To optimize:
phc -O2 -c helloworld.php -o helloworld
phc generates C code, which is then compiled by gcc. To see the command passed to gcc by phc, use the -v flag.
If you specify the -O flag, phc will also pass the -O flag to gcc, which will optimize your code further. The argument to the -O flag must therefore be usable by gcc, so it must be any of -O0 (default), -O1, -O2, -O3 or -Os. Consult the gcc manual for more details.
It is also possible to pass command-line arguments to gcc through phc, using the -C flag. For example, to disable inlining of the generated code by gcc, using -fno-inline:
phc -c -O2 helloworld.php -o helloworld -C-fno-inline
Should you wish to bypass phc optimizations, but still have gcc perform optimizations, you can pass the -O flag to gcc via phc's -C flag:
phc -c helloworld.php -o helloworld -C-O3
phc also offers a great deal of control over its optimizations, allowing the user to disable individual passes with the --disable flag. The list of passes executed can be obtained by using the --list-passes flag:
phc --list-passes
And any pass(es) in the list can be disabled by simply passing its name as an argument to the --disable flag:
phc -c -O2 --disable=dce,rlb helloworld.php -o helloworld
Optimization does not currently work extremely well. However, contributions are very welcome. See the 'Contributors' section for details.
In order to compile web applications, it is currently necessary to alter your php.ini file, or have access to the root account. We welcome suggetions of a different method which avoids these requirements, especially if they would work in a shared hosting environment.
This section is experimental. Please report any problems.
We have created the command-line option --web-app, which will in the future automate the process of compiling a web application. Unfortunately, for now, please follow these steps.
We describe how to create and install an extension using the C code generated by phc. While we give an overview of creating extensions, significantly more detail can be found in the Zend Extension Writing Tutorial and in Extending and Embedding PHP.
To begin, create a new directory for the extension. We'll use ext/ in our example. Generate C code from helloworld.php using phc.
phc --extension=helloworld --generate-c helloworld.php > ext/helloworld.c
Create a new file, ext/config.m4, by copying the following, and changing instances of "helloworld" appropriately:
PHP_ARG_ENABLE(helloworld, whether to enable Hello World support,
[ --enable-helloworld Enable Hello World support])
if test "$PHP_HELLOWORLD" = "yes"; then
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HELLOWORLD, 1, [Whether you have Hello World])
PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(helloworld, helloworld.c, $ext_shared)
In the previous section, we described using the PHP embed SAPI. If you installed a copy of PHP with --enable-embed enabled, it is important NOT to use that version for the following commands. Instead, you should the same version as your webserver uses. From the ext/ directory, run:
phpize --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config
./configure --enable-helloworld
Build and install the extension (if you dont have root, refer instead to Alternatives):
sudo make install
In your web folder, replace the existing helloworld.php file contents with the following:
dl ("helloworld.so");
If the dl function is not enabled in your php.ini file, enable it:
enable_dl = On;
Accessing helloworld.php should now work.
Instead of setting enable_dl, you can instead load the extension manually in your php.ini file:
You can also avoid installing the extension using sudo make install by adding an alternate extension directory:
phc can output an XML representation of the PHP script. You can use this representation if you want to process PHP scripts using tools in your desired framework, instead of using phc plugins. After processing the XML representation, phc can convert it back into PHP. To generate an XML version of a PHP script, run
./phc --dump-xml=ast helloworld.php > helloworld.xml
When reading the XML back in, all the usual features of phc are again available; in particular, it is possible to read an XML file, and write PHP syntax. To convert the XML file we just generated back to PHP syntax, run
./phc --read-xml=ast --pretty-print helloworld.xml
The generated XML should use the schema http://www.phpcompiler.org/phc-1.0. However, our XML schema is currently broken.
After parsing, phc converts a PHP script into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) (this is further explained in Traversing the Tree). This is very useful for processing PHP scripts which you wish to convert back into PHP. However, for some tasks, especially program analysis, a simpler form of the PHP script is more suitable. phc offers two other Internal Representations (IRs). The High-level Internal Representation (HIR) simplifies most expressions by assigning them to temporary variables. However, code represented in the HIR is still valid PHP. The Medium-level Internal Representation (MIR) converts HIR statements to simpler components, for example converting control-flow statements like the for-loop, into gotos. To view PHP in any of these forms, use the --dump option:
phc --dump=ast helloworld.php
phc --dump=hir helloworld.php
phc --dump=mir helloworld.php
Nearly all phc options work as well on the HIR and MIR as on the AST. For example, XML can be read and written:
phc --dump-xml=hir | ./myprog | phc --read-xml=hir
If you have a DOT viewer installed on your system (for example, graphviz), you can view the AST graphically. First, ask phc to output the AST in DOT format:
./phc --dump-dot=ast helloworld.php > helloworld.dot
You can then view the tree (helloworld.dot) using Graphviz. In most Unix/Linux systems, you should be able to do:
dotty helloworld.dot
And you should see the tree; it should look similar to the tree shown in figure Abstract syntax tree for "Hello world".
phc has initial support for compile-time processing of PHP's include built-in. Enabling this feature inserts the included statements in the AST in the place of the include statement. Included functions, classes and interfaces become part of the file's top-level scope. In the event that phc is not able to process the include statement (for example, if the file cannot be found), a warning is issued, and the include statement is left in place. To enable this support, run
./phc --include script_with_includes.php
The include support is intended to mimic PHP's include built-in, as far as can be achieved at compile time. phc supports:
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Lindsay Beck Nantes, Fall 2010
Lindsay's Posts
Chez Moi
We were warned, on our "Re-Entry" presentation at IES, about the "U" that often occurs upon returning home from a study abroad. The dreadful "U" involves falling from the high that is study abroad and its constant new experiences, down to depths of the U which is the relative dullness of being home, and then slowly building back up to normalcy (and the realization that life back in the US isn't SO bad).
One day–One Exam–OneLongJourney More!
So, my time remaining in Nantes, France could now probably be reduced to a certain number of hours and minutes–for those fastidious few who have nothing better to do than count.
Time keeps on slipping, slipping.. into the future
The countdown is on and I have remaining seven full days in Nantes.
Giving Thanks
Many things to give thanks for here in Nantes
Sous la pluie
Aside from "les devoirs", this week will also involve IES' Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday night (!) for which I will be helping provide some of the entertainment by singing–with some others–"Wagon Wheel" and "Aux Champs Elysees".
Recaps 1, 2, 3
It's quite surreal to have been in so many different places within just one month—I have been to Dublin, Ireland, Paris, France, and Geneva, Switzerland. When I booked my flights and planned out my study abroad semester those trips seemed far off, but they have quickly come and gone!
Breaks, Dublin, France, Geneva, Ireland, Nantes, Paris, Switzerland, Trips
La societe francaise contemporaine
Tomorrow I have my "Contemporary French Society" midterm which I'm feeling fairly well-prepared for. I thought I would post a blog with things of interest I have learnt in that class and touch on some of things we have been studying.
More Chateaux, eh?
Last weekend I had the opportunity to head back into the beautiful Loire Valley for some more Chateau immersion. Except this time it was ChateauX (plural). Five of them.
Promised Pictures :)
The previously promised pictures. A weekend in my friend's host family's chateau.
Excursions, excursions!
Last weekend I participated in the IES excursion to Mont St. Michel/St. Malo! It was very very beautiful and very very cold.
Blogs, Chateau, France, Mont St. Michel, Nantes, St. Malo, Trips
vie ici
A recapitulation of the past pieces of life in Nantes.
On va ameliorer…
My experiences from the first week in Vannes and Nantes, France for orientation!
Of tea, rain, and double decker buses
My musings from London, England, where I am staying the week before leaving for Nantes, France and my study abroad experience!

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Guide to sources for women's history and gender studies
A range of secondary source bibliographies and reference works on British women's history and writing are available in the Arts and Social Studies Library.
Biographies of the lives of women from the 17th-20th centuries.
Children's literature
Gendered books and comics from the 19th-20th centuries.
Conduct manuals
Examples of women's conduct, etiquette and advice manuals from the 17th-19th centuries.
Books, broadsides and ballads relating to women as both victims and perpetrators of crime, 18th-20th centuries.
Online resources featuring primary sources from the 12th-20th centuries.
Diaries and autobiographies
Memoirs, diaries and commonplace books, 17th-20th centuries.
Sources relating to women teachers, and girl's education, 19th-20th centuries.
Journals, magazines and ballads on fashion and dress, 18th-19th centuries.
Health and medicine
Historical works on women's health and medical treatment, including the history of midwifery, gynaecology and obstetrics; the history of nursing as a profession, including several works by Florence Nightingale; and reports of the Medical Officer for Cardiff, including data on maternity and child welfare. Sources range from the 16th-20th centuries.
International affairs
A range of material relating to women's lives around the world, 19th-20th centuries. Newspapers from Indian women's organisations, Spanish Civil War sources related to women, sources relating to women in Australia, European Union and United Nations reports on women, and papers of female slavery abolitionists.
Journals and magazines
A wide range of women's journals and magazines from the 17th-20th centuries, from society pages to radical suffragette magazines.
Literature and journalism
Literary works by women from the 18th-20th centuries, including the papers of Ann Griffiths (poet), Joan Reeder (journalist), Maria Edgeworth (novelist), Felicia Hemans (poet), Mary Tighe (poet), and Lady Sidney Morgan (novelist). Information on female applicants to the Royal Literary Fund, and women writers published by Longmans.
Musical scores and papers from Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891-1918), Grace Williams (1906-1977), and Nancy Storace (1765-1817).
Press cuttings from Welsh newspapers on women's issues, 1989-1995.
Politics, suffrage and the labour movement
Political papers from the British Labour Party and Newport Labour Party on women's issues; papers of the Labour MPs Ellen Wilkinson and Marion Phillips; the diary of social reformer Beatrice Webb; archives of the Women's Labour League, journals by Sylvia Pankhurst, and a range of suffragette magazines. Sources range from the 19th-20th centuries.
Books by and papers belonging to female travellers, 17th-20th centuries.
University history
Papers relating to the history of female students at Cardiff University and its predecessors, 19th-20th centuries.
Sources on witchcraft and those accused of its practice (commonly women), in Europe and America, 15th-19th centuries.
Women's societies
Sources relating to women's societies, 19th-20th centuries.


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A.J. Nicholson
Position: LB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: June 25, 1983 in Winston-Salem, NC
High School: Mount Tabor
College: Florida St. (school history) (Nicholson college stats)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 5th round (157th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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Student News & Events
The following announcements are as of September 17.
|Student Office
|Important Announcement to All Doctoral Students
|Events and Seminars
|September 20: Student Seminars in 66:110:
- 3 pm: Joel Abrahamson, "Energy Storage and Generation from Thermopower Waves"
- 3:30 pm: Rebecca Ladewski, "Electrostatic Assemblies of Virus-Templated Titania for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells"
- 4 pm: Michael Petr, "Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymer"
|September 20: AIChE students - P&G Information session in 66-110. [Details]
|September 20: ClearView Healthcare Partners Info Session: 8-9:30 p.m. in 56-114. [Details]
|September 21, 22, 27: Prehealth Events. [Details]
|September 21: Vecna information session in campus. [Details]
|September 21: ExxonMobil information session in campus. [Details]
|September 22: Hottel Lecture, "Energy Innovation at Scale " Steven E. Koonin, US Dept. of Energy, 2pm in 32-123.
|September 24: 3M breakfast meeting and networking opportunity. [Details]
|September 24: ChemE Seminar Series: Prof. Shaoyi Jiang, University of Washington, "Molecular Understanding, Design and Development of Ultra Low Fouling Zwitterionic-based Functional Materials" 3pm in 66-110
|September 27: Undergraduates: What does it mean to be a chemical engineer in the oil industry? Lunch and Learn. [Details]
|September 28: info session, Bristol-Myers Squibb - Manufacturing & Supply Chain Associates Program. [Details]
|September 30: Merck - Information Session for Engineers & Scientists. [Details]
|September 30: Life Technologies Information Session in 66-160. [Details]
|October 4: Samsung Electronics Info Session. [Details]
|Fall 2010 Bain & Co. Career Events in Campus. [Details]
|Fall 2010 Procter & Gamble Career Events. [Details]
|Thesis Defense
|Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities
|September 20: Procter & Gamble Interviews for MIT PhD and Postdoctoral Engineers. [Details]
|October 1: Application deadline for HHMI International Student Research Fellowship. [Details]
|October 15: Application deadline - teach math to children in disadvantaged communities. [Details]
|October 15: Application deadline for the National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. [Details]
|Consulting Club at MIT is currently recruiting new members to fill leadership positions within the club. [Details]
|Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics: Two research opportunities in materials and structures. [Details]
|GECD Career Services Workshops Pre -Career Fair Week. [Schedule]
|2011 SMART Scholarship: Application is now open. [Details]
|November 10: Application deadline for 2011 NSF EAPSI Fellowship Program. [Details]
|NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program - application now open. [Details]
|More postings for full-time jobs, post-doctorial research, and other fellowship opportunities >>
|Special Programs and Other Announcements
|Check out the deadline for Energy studies minor at MIT.
|September 30: Application deadline for 2011 Quadrant Award. [Details]
|October 8: Application deadline for the Energy Studies Minor. [Details]
|October 8: Deadline to propose a course for Tufts University's Share your world. Teach at Tufts. [Details]
|October 18: Application deadline for Luce Scholars Program. [Details]
|January 17: Application deadline for $400,000 Student Competition - CIMIT Prize for Primary Care [Details]
|The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE: Registration is open. [Details]
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College Hockey:D-III women's poll has Plattsburgh holding a firm grip on top spot
The top three teams in this week's USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll are the same as last week's poll, including top-ranked Plattsburgh, which took home 12 of 15 first-place votes.
Second-ranked Gustavus Adolphus garnered the other three first-place votes.
Elmira is again third, while Norwich is down one to No. 4 and Middlebury remains No. 5. Elmira and Norwich tied for third in the Jan. 21 poll.
Wisconsin-River Falls jumps one to No. 6, flip-flopping with Bowdoin.
Wisconsin-Superior is up one spot to No. 8, Lake Forest enters the rankings at No. 9 and Adrian remains the tenth-ranked team.
The USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 15 voters, all coaches of Division III programs.
The following is a self-policing forum for discussing views on this story. Comments that are derogatory, make personal attacks, are abusive, or contain profanity or racism will be removed at our discretion. USCHO.com is not responsible for comments posted by users. Please report any inappropriate or offensive comments by clicking the "Flag" link next to that comment in order to alert the moderator.
Please also keep "woofing," taunting, and otherwise unsportsmanlike behavior to a minimum. Your posts will more than likely be deleted, and worse yet, you reflect badly on yourself, your favorite team and your conference.


text: With the impending divorce from veteran RB Michael Turner, the Atlanta Falcons are going to instantly have a hole to fill on the roster. This is not a new idea; in fact, it's been rumored for some time that they'd be in the market for an RB upgrade this offseason. So who will they target to buttress a stable that will now be led by Jacquizz Rodgers?


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Strong lead up to USGP Rounds 5 and 6 in Lousville, KY
The team is looking very strong this past weekend leading into this coming weekend's rounds 5 and 6 of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross series at the Derby City Cup in Louisville, KY. Jeremy Powers did the three days out in Cincinnati, OH at the Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival. Leading the charge against one of Jeremy's top rivals this season, Ryan Trebon. Jeremy walked away with a pair of wins, including a muddy and hilly first day that Ryan was actually tipped as the favorite for. Zach McDonald also joined Jeremy in Cincinnati on Sunday, and the pair went to work with one goal in mind, to win. Not only did they win, but Zach took his highest ever UCI C1 finish of his career with a third place finish just behind his winning teammate, Jeremy, and Ryan.
Meanwhile on the West Coast, Julie Krasniak took the win at Cross Crusade #7. Speaking of 7, Julie is also ranked 7th in the Women's Rankings on the cyclingdirt.org Who's #1 for this week!
On the men's side, Colt has Jeremy continuing his streak at Number 1, Zach in 10th, and Chris in 16th. Chris Jones will be coming back this weekend, to join the full team in Louisville, KY. This has been a fantastic run up for the team to rounds 5 and 6 of largest North American cyclocross series.
Bluegrass State, here we come!
photos: Lyne Lamoureux and Dave Roth


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Jail From the Inside
Joann S. Lublin, one of our New York colleagues, recently met with L. Dennis Kozlowski, former chief executive of Tyco International, who currently resides in the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y. She sends this dispatch.
It's hard to feel sorry for Mr. Kozlowski, who is serving time for 22 criminal counts – including grand larceny, conspiracy and securities fraud, she writes. Still, it's tough for any well-paid top executive to accept the harshness of prison life.
"I have gone through periods of feeling bad for myself,'' Mr. Kozlowski recalled during an interview Monday at Mid-State Correctional Facility. Prison "is not a happy place to be at all.''
(Here's Mr. Kozlowski, shown on the left in 2001 near the height of his success at Tyco, and, right, in a visitors' room Monday at the Mid-State Correctional Facility where he has been since 2006. The first picture is by Bloomberg News and the second by Joann S. Lublin of The WSJ)
Sentenced to up to a quarter century behind bars, the former Tyco leader spent his first night of imprisonment in the Tombs, New York City's historic jail. He reached his cell at 1 a.m. and was taken to breakfast five hours later. Two inmates seated next to him immediately began to brawl.
"Food was flying all over the place,'' Mr. Kozlowski said. "I just felt this was going to be a very, very long sentence.''
The new convict spent the next nine months at Downstate Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Fishkill, N.Y. He was transferred to Mid-State in May 2006.
Because the judge decided he needed long-term "protective custody,'' Mr. Kozlowski occupies a cell in the prison's maximum security building. "I have been in my unit far longer than anybody else,'' he said. The unit "has turned over at least three times" since he arrived.
His fellow prisoners include murderers, child molesters and Alan Hevesi, former comptroller of New York State. Mr. Hevesi is serving between one and four years in prison for a state pension kickback scheme.
Mr. Kozlowski, who once loved to sail his yacht and fly his two aircraft, no longer yearns for rich men's toys. "You miss the real simple, basic things of life,'' he said of life in prison. "You miss being able to take a walk.'' Read Joann's full story here.


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Life is different now than it used to be. We live in an age of technology, cell phones, iPads, laptops, computers, digital movies, etc. people are more connected with others than ever before. People used to take a picture with their camera, take the film to the store to get developed into prints and then put the prints in an envelope to send to family and friends. Then maybe a week or so later the family member or friend would get the picture.
Now people take a picture with their camera or phone and post it online to be viewed immediately by family and friends on social media sites, or through email. We don't even have to wait for dial up internet anymore. We are used to having things done quicker and easier. Sometimes even getting frustrated when the technology doesn't work like it should, or is taking too long in our opinion.
Couples are also very busy with everything going on. Between work, religious activities they may be involved in, taking the kids to sport practices or games, family, friends, etc. it may feel like they never have a spare moment. This can be especially true when both partners are working.
Marriage for today means having a marriage that works for today. The type of marriage relationship that worked for your parents or grandparents, is probably not the relationship that will work for you and your spouse.
The reason for this is that you are not your parents. You and you your spouse are different people than your parents and may have different personalities, work schedules, etc. than your parents had. So it may not be reasonable for some things to be expected in your marriage just because that's how your parents did it. You need to discover together what will work best for you as a couple and for your marriage.
For example, it may be easy for one person to do most of the housework if they are home while the other person is working, but what if both individuals are working full time? You may need to divide up the housework more evenly in those cases.
Finding out what works best for you as a couple, and what you can both do best to help each other out and be a "team" will help eliminate stress and help the home to run smoother and happier Try not to have unrealistic expectations of your spouse based on what your parents did, but instead work together to find out what will work best for your marriage.
Also make sure you spend time together. It is easy for couples to get so busy with everything else, that they forget to spend that closeness time together. Try to spend at least a little time everyday in closeness with each other, holding, talking, etc. it is much easier to go through the struggles and ups and downs of life when you have a happy healthy marriage.
Also try to make weekly or at least monthly date nights to spend some extra special time together. Don't have a baby sitter? You can still have a special date night in the home after the kids go to bed or if they are spending time in their room etc. Make that couple closeness time a priority.
As for the technology, use it to your advantage in your relationship. Call or text each other when you get a break in the day, just to say "I love you." or "I'm thinking about you." Maybe even send a picture of yourself to your spouse.
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Some pet cats are killing a lot of birds around the UK, a new study shows. Most don't do much harm, but millions of marauding felines add up to what could be a serious problem for the nation's wildlife.
The study's authors say owners could do more to stop their pets scoffing increasingly-threatened bird populations. Sadly they don't seem keen to do so; conservationists have more work to do engaging with pet lovers and persuading them to take action.
Scientists have long suspected cats are partly to blame for the decline of many British wild birds, but until now they've had little hard evidence. The animals' popularity as pets means they're kept at very high densities in many towns and cities - much higher than they'd reach in the wild. Birds living in these urban areas face a relentless threat.
Dr Rebecca Thomas wrote the recent paper in PLoS ONE based on the results of her doctoral research at the University of Reading. She surveyed cat owners around town to find out how many prey their pets brought home, as well as what they thought about this predatory activity and whether they were prepared to do anything about it.
One finding is that cats' hunting prowess varies greatly. Only 20 per cent brought back four or more dead animals a year; 22 per cent of owners had to manage with no prey gifts at all throughout the entire multi-year length of the study. It turns out that a relatively small minority of felines is responsible for most of the havoc. They bump the average up to an estimated 18.3 kills per cat per year. Previous studies suggest cats bring home around one in three things they kill, letting scientists estimate overall kill numbers from data on prey returns.
'The density of cats in urban environments is the biggest issue,' Thomas says. 'Even if a cat isn't killing often, there are so many of them in a small area that they can have a very serious impact. Owners might think their cats only catch two or three birds a year and that won't make any difference, but they need to understand all the other pressures that wildlife is under from habitat loss and environmental change.'
As well as surveying the dead things cats brought back to their no-doubt grateful owners, the team investigated general awareness of cat-related conservation problems, as well as willingness to consider various possible countermeasures.
It turns out that people's understanding of the problem is variable, and willingness to consider steps to solve it is limited. 46 per cent of non-cat-owners think cats are a nuisance, compared to a surprisingly high 19 per cent of cat-owners. Owners in particular are often not aware of the conservation issues; 16 per cent reckon cats have no effect on local bird populations and another 51 per cent only a small effect.
Owners and non-owners alike were asked what they thought of various options that could reduce cat predation, ranging from banning cat-ownership in ecologically-sensitive areas, or even in all towns and cities, requiring all cats to wear a bell or other anti-predation device, keeping cats indoors during the day, registering them with the local council, sterilizing or even declawing them.
65 per cent of interviewees would consider mandatory bells for cats, and more than 60 per cent could be willing to countenance mandatory sterilization. More than half of those asked were also prepared to consider compulsory registration. But the other options were extremely unpopular, particularly with cat-owners; fewer than 16 per cent of individuals supported a daytime curfew.
Bells look like one of the few real options. There is some evidence that cats learn to compensate for the bells, so they can still sometimes hunt successfully. But recent studies suggest that bells are a serious hindrance and do reduce hunting effectiveness.
Controlling the problem will probably involve voluntary agreements and negotiation with cat-owners, Thomas says, since there's little political possibility of sweeping reforms from central government, such as nationwide compulsory cat-registration. Another smart and potentially palatable move would be to encourage cat owners to keep their cats inside at dawn and dusk, the times at which birds are most vulnerable. Thomas adds that as well as trying to keep cats under control, people can also help improve urban biodiversity directly by creating wildlife-friendly gardens and feeding birds.
Thomas RL, Fellowes MDE, Baker PJ (2012) Spatio-Temporal Variation in Predation by Urban Domestic Cats (Felis catus) and the Acceptability of Possible Management Actions in the UK. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49369. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049369
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Nice to see some decent work done re this contentious issue confirming what many people suspected but had little research to confirm it.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 - 22:01
This study is far from conclusive in showing a substantial detrimental effect, overall, of cats on birds in cities. Very low predation rates, with mice being the predominant victims. The authors' conclusion (my CAPS): "...our data SUGGEST that the numbers of birds killed by pet cats in some localities within urban areas MIGHT be sufficiently large that they COULD be negatively affecting prey populations."
Given the weak direct evidence on the effect of cats on bird populations in cities, and the absence of indirect data – eg, mesopredator effect in suppressing rat and mice populations that themselves could have a greater negative effects on bird numbers – is there really a rationale for devoting scarce resources to reducing cat predation in cities?
A very interesting study in its own scope, however, and the authors are to be congratulated for such a thorough piece of research.
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Sunday, 7 April 2013 - 11:14
Interesting article and a debate I've come across quite a bit in the gardening forums I use.
I think it's good to discuss around the issue and I've found a few website who are taking part in the debate...
Chris, Suffolk
Thursday, 29 August 2013 - 11:37
I have 2 cats , 1 male and a female both wear Bells , they are let out at night so want to sleep All day , but in the summer months go out more In the day time hours , since wearing the bells they haven't caught any birds .
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Many of you have heard that the auction house is going to eventually be integrated into the warcarft armory. This is awesome news! Will it be a premium option that costs money? Perhaps, but the more pressing question for me is will you be able to run addons like auctioneer while accessing the armory version of the auction house? I personally don't expect an addon that makes use of xml (it wouldn't be a wow addon in the first place) to read and write to the wow armory's version of the auction house to appear anytime soon.
Regardless of how the auction house is integrated with armory there will be some serious changes to how markets flow in world of warcraft. I'm talking about the cycles of wow, you know raid items selling better on raid nights, pvp upgrades selling quickly on tuesday afternoons, etc. Normally you see less auctions during the middle of the day since people are working and there are also less buyers for the same reason. This is a great time to pick up deals on the auction house in order to prepare for posting later in the afternoon when prime time happens and most people get online. With the 24/7 nature of wow armory (except for patch days), there will never be a 'down time' on the auction house. This will greatly change trends and cycles in wow as more players will have access to both post and buy items all throughout the day. I expect to see huge influxes of players during lunch hours at work, as well as early morning when people arrive and read the news or check their mail. Now they'll be checking their real life mail as well as their auction house mail.
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Many of you have heard that the auction house is going to eventually be integrated into the warcarft armory. This is awesome news! Will it be a premium option that costs money? Perhaps, but the more pressing question for me is will you be able to run addons like auctioneer while accessing the armory version of the auction house? I personally don't expect an addon that makes use of xml (it wouldn't be a wow addon in the first place) to read and write to the wow armory's version of the auction house to appear anytime soon.
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Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 8:10 AM
"I personally don't expect an addon that makes use of xml (it wouldn't be a wow addon in the first place) to read and write to the wow armory's version of the auction house to appear anytime soon."
Maybe it won't be shared straight away but I'm sure I'd have a working 24/7 snatchlist script running on a server within the first week. And I'm also sure I won't be the only one :) It all depends on how they limit the functionality because I'm sure they know as well, and probably want to limit it in some way both for gameplay reasons and to prevent people hammering their servers.
Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Let the game stay a game. I am strongly against this :(
Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 9:33 AM
It will definitely rock the normal posting and buying trends. I think the premium service will turn a lot of "one foot in" auctioneers off and build a mentality of "premium service" only to be on the AH. The AH is already being taken over by the gold sellers with infinite gold backing and large amounts of "play" time. This might give a hint of competition against the gold sellers, if you have the "premium service" but you are still hard pressed to compete against the deep pockets and the time that gold sellers have. Auctioneers will still find ways to make gold on the AH it will just be harder to compete and harder to be a newcomer.
Brian said... February 4, 2010 at 9:37 AM
My work currently blocks Armory. This would be awful for my ability to compete.
Indy said... February 4, 2010 at 9:42 AM
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't pay for this... but then most times I could access the armory, I can also log into WoW itself if I want.
First impression -- if many people do use this, the profit from snatch lists is going to drop, perhaps substantially.
Yeah, I'm with the first anon-- I can't imagine that I won't have something pulling down the AH (or a few select searches, if that's restricted) and pushing it into a db. I'd expect things like http://wowstreet.ajs.com/wowstreet to become quite common, at the very least.
Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 10:05 AM
I don't think that there will be any "write" access to the auction house.
The only thing i could imagine is track your own auctions, or look at current auctions in general. But buying and selling would totally destroy the gameplay and market!
Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM
This is absolutely preposterous. This is an in-game service. This puts everyone who cannot access this at an EXTREME disadvantage. How could the devs even consider allowing people to control the AH while NOT IN THE GAME?
Zeran said... February 4, 2010 at 10:46 AM
I think I like the idea of this, but I have a feeling we're either not going to be able to modify the ui (no addons) or the ah will be so abused by a handful of scripts that the functionality will be disabled in a week.
While the idea sounds good on paper (letting the average player access the AH from everywhere) This WILL be used by bad hands in a way blizzard won't be able to prevent.
External access means no warden, which in turns means less security.
This could lead to catastrophic results on the economy.
Wiggin said... February 4, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Unlike Markco, I don't see this as a good thing.
"I expect to see huge influxes of players during lunch hours at work." I do too, but only sellers/AH hawks. The people who are going to be most interested in this feature are going to be people who already play the AH, and those are mass sellers and underpriced AH snipers, not the types those same people make their money off of.
Casual (I wont use the term M&S, but I am implying them in these examples) players arn't going to pay a premium free so they can get the best deal on raiding mats, or to get mats to PL their profession. These, much like the real world, are impulse buyers who buy when they need, rather than planning what they need.
Assuming the above may be correct, I can also see markets being driven down even further by undercutters. People will play the AH as hardcore as they play Ebay. Not because they are simply putting too much value into virtual currency, but because it is ultimately a game to them.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but that is my first reaction about hearing the news.
Markco said... February 4, 2010 at 1:17 PM
1. I never said it was a good thing.
2. Unless there is so me way to automate the process of buying/selling auctions myself and many other big posters will likely avoid using the armory auction house for anything other than infrequent browsing.
3. Automation is required for those people like myself that use QA3 to regulate glyphs, gems, enchanting scrolls, and a host of other items. Without the automation it is impossible to play the ah on armory the way we do now. Therefore your nightmare undercutting scenario is impossible without automation.
4. Casual != M&S. I am by definition a casual player (1-2 hours a night, not every night, no raiding) and yet I have a gladiator title and more gold than probably my whole server put together.
Don't mean to pick on you in particular but rather to make my points clear.
Tristan said... February 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM
I think you all miss something.
1. Not everyone who plays WoW has iPhones/iPods. Of those how many can and will pay for the AH on the armory.
2. I doubt that auctioneer or any addon for that matter will work. So this is an opportunity for those who know the market prices to make money. You know people using this without knowing the market are going to post and buy things at the wrong prices.
on your point #2 Marco, this is exactly what buggles me the most : being outside of the warden makes it nearly impossible for blizzard to prevent crawling (look at all these armory-crawlers : wow-heroes, armory-light, wow-jutsu, etc.), automation : heck, we develop automated tests for our web applications, I'm positive it'll be possible to have one for the AH-armory, granted this isn't something average joe have access to, this is something that gold selling company will invest in if they have any common sense.
this is pandora's box, will blizzard dare to open it?
April said... February 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM
@Brian - I can't access Armory at work either. But for a while I was able to use Windows Remote Desktop connection to connect to my home computer to access any websites that the work filter blocked. But then they got smart and blocked port 3389. But you can change the listening port to 443, which most workplaces do not block since SSH uses 443 as well.
Instructions here: http://www.nullamatix.com/howto-remote-desktop-at-work-evading-a-firewall/
Wiggin said... February 4, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Thats totally fine Markco, I wasn't starting anything :) But thank you for clearing up your points.
For sure automation is important, and perhaps too big of ahurdle to overcome...but the hurdle is there.
I remember playing a web based/text game a long time ago, called Battlefaeries (spelling is correct) in which people had "faeries" that they equiped with armor/weapons, and battled others to become the top "fearier leader." The more kills you got, the more experience and gold you got, leading to better armor/weapons and higher levels
The quest of becoming a top 10 player ultimately let to third-party programs used for automation. Players exploited the game by using programs to click "farmers" every 7 seconds, or even less (think 2002, high speed internet wasn't widespread, especially in homes).
Admins tried to stop the practice but it continued. That brings me back to the topic at hand, if the access is there, the hurdle will be overcome. Automation will be the first GOAL of the auctioneer.
I apologize for the casual/MS reference. I meant M/S, but I dont like calling people morons, so I mistakenly used casual. I'm casual, I play an hour a day or less!
Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 2:51 PM
The AH will NEVER come to the Armory. Here's why: the AH is LOCATION SPECIFIC. If you logged off your toon in the Eastern Plaguelands, how could you expect to have access to the auction house through the Armory? Without some tight restrictions, (ie: your toon must be within a certain distance of an auctioneer) this could totally tilt your realm economy.
Anonymous said... February 4, 2010 at 3:14 PM
I don't believe it will effect the AH in any way. I think the the AH armory Addon will only show what you have posted and what has sold. I'd be very surprised to see if they added an option to actually post items through the armory.
I haven't seen a post where it says that you can post items through the armory. If there is one then can someone please post the reference.
Brian said... February 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM
@April: I'm a bit paranoid of this sort of thing. Though I do have a Droid, so if there's an app for that, I'll be spending a lot more time on the john.
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I don't agree with these proposed changes. Even bitched on my blog about it. It would give some people an unfair advantage and this time it's about gold, not some lousy vanity pets.
"being outside of the warden makes it nearly impossible for blizzard to prevent crawling (look at all these armory-crawlers : wow-heroes, armory-light, wow-jutsu, etc.)"
I don't think they have any intention of preventing crawling. They certainly encourage it in game-- else why add a fetch-all API call when they don't use it in the stock UI?
The armory as a whole is designed to INVITE crawling. It's easily one of the best examples the semantic web in existence today. Everything is served up as XML with just the raw data and converted to HTML via XSLT in the browser. So software can fetch down the XML and easily get the info it needs, no custom parsing required. And layout/ui changes have no impact on existing apps.
Just making the AH visible will allow for a plethora of new tools, far beyond what's currently feasible.
Buying and selling are an entirely different matter. I suspect the answer to this is to limit the number of transactions per period of time. That's something that can be done entirely server side without having to trust anything on the client. (An open question then would be: Will they allow people to purchase additional transactions?)
There are other options of course, another way of discouraging auction house players would be to include additional transaction fees on transactions made from the website.
Good points Winter.
If data is read-only I don't mind that much. There's Wowoah anyway that already provides a list of "currently available auctions".
What I do have a problem with is the eventuality of : unlimited transactions from the browser. That just calls for bots running the AH.
If that happens, I'll have 2 choices either stop playing the AH entirely (which, in the end would mean stop playing wow altogether) or start making my own crawler / bot : something I think I could achieve depending on how that "Browser AH" is done. However, I don't see much point to it : where's the fun in having the game playing by itself?
I'll most likely end up with solution 1 :-(
Gibbiex said... February 15, 2010 at 1:32 AM
I was in school for about 6 months and played the AH every work day. What I found is pretty obvious, there aren't many people on during the day, so very little gets sold. There was some advantage to being able to post around 5pm when people get home from work/school, but by and large nothign really happened economically during the workday.
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Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980 marked a victory for conservatism. But, as Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer point out in their introduction, once in power, conservatives discovered that implementing their agenda and reversing the liberalism entrenched in American government would not be as easy as they had hoped. In this collection, Jacobs and Zelizer explore the successes and limitations of the so-called Reagan Revolution and chronicle its legacy through subsequent presidencies up to Barack Obama's election in 2008. More than 60 thematically organized documents -- some recently released -- illuminate conservatives' efforts to shift American politics to the right. These materials -- including speeches, memos, and articles from the popular press -- explore Reagan's personal evolution as a conservative leader, as well as Reaganomics, tax cuts, anticommunism, the arms race, the culture wars, and scandals such as Iran Contra. Photographs, document headnotes, a chronology, selected bibliography, and questions for consideration provide pedagogical support.
Author Biography
Meg Jacobs (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she specializes in twentieth-century American political history. Her first book, Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America (2005), won the Organization of American Historians' Ellis W. Hawley prize for the best book on political economy, politics, and institutions of the modern United States, as well as the New England History Association's Best Book Award. With William J. Novak and Julian E. Zelizer, she is also a coeditor of The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History (2003). Julian E. Zelizer (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) is professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. His book, Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945-1975 (1998), won the Organization of American Historians' Ellis W. Hawley prize for the best book on political economy, politics, and institutions of the modern United States and the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation's D. B. Hardeman Prize for Best Publication on Congress. Zelizer is also the author of On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and Its Consequences, 1948-2000 (2004) and Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security-From World War II to the War on Terrorism (2010). With William J. Novak and Meg Jacobs, he is also a coeditor of The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History (2003).
Table of Contents
|p. v
|p. vi
|Introduction: Mr. Conservative Comes to Washington
|p. 1
|From Movement to Governance
|p. 3
|Domestic Politics
|p. 20
|National Security
|p. 41
|Conservatism since 1988
|p. 54
|The Documents
|p. 67
|Origins, 1957-1980
|Commencement Address at Eureka College, June 7, 1957
|p. 69
|A Time for Choosing, October 27, 1964
|p. 72
|Campaign Speech at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, May 12, 1966
|p. 74
|California and the Problem of Government Growth, January 5, 1967
|p. 77
|Speech to America, March 3l, 1976
|p. 79
|Campaign Speech to College Republicans in Atlanta, June 24, 1978
|p. 83
|Speech at Neshoba County Fair, August 3, 1980
|p. 86
|Reaganomics, 1981
|p. 89
|Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
|p. 89
|Address to the Nation on the Economy, February 5, 1981
|p. 92
|Letter to Republican Colleagues, May 29, 1981
|p. 95
|Air Traffic Controllers Strike, August 3, 1981
|p. 97
|The Education of David Stockman, December 1981
|p. 99
|Mobilizing on the Political left and Right, 1982
|p. 105
|Black Strategy, February 24, 1982
|p. 105
|Summer Alternatives, May 5, 1982
|p. 108
|Conservative Social Agenda, March 9, 1982
|p. 110
|Letter to James Baker, August 12, 1982
|p. 111
|Letter to Barry Goldwater, September 7, 1982
|p. 113
|"The Gender Gap": A Postelection Assessment, November 23, 1982
|p. 114
|Morning in America: Reagan's Reelection, 1983-1985
|p. 118
|Campaign to Save Medicare/Medicaid, 1984
|p. 118
|Radio Address to the Nation on the Presidential Campaign, October 13, 1984
|p. 121
|Remarks of the President to the Twelfth Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, March 1, 1985
|p. 123
|Domestic Culture Wars, 1986-1988
|p. 126
|Completing the Reagan Revolution, July 8, 1986
|p. 126
|Address to the Nation on the Campaign against Drug Abuse, September 14, 1986
|p. 129
|Robert Bork's America, July 1, 1987
|p. 131
|Issues Update - Taxes and the Budget, October 23, 1987
|p. 133
|"Selfishness"as a 1988 Campaign Issue, January 6, 1988
|p. 135
|1988 Legislative and Administrative Message: A Union of Individuals, January 25, 1988
|p. 137
|Reagan's Foreign Policy: Peace through Strength, 1980-1983
|p. 141
|A Strategy for Peace in the Eighties, October 19, 1980
|p. 141
|Letter to Brezhnev, September 18, 1981
|p. 143
|Minutes of National Security Council Meeting on Strategy toward Cuba and Central America, November 10, 1981
|p. 146
|A Public Affairs Program to Support the Administration's Nuclear Policy, May 5, 1982
|p. 149
|National Security Council, Directive No. 75 on U.S. Relations with the USSR, January 17, 1983
|p. 152
|"Evil Empire" Speech, March 8, 1983
|p. 161
|Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security, March 23, 1983
|p. 164
|Setbacks and Victories in Foreign Affairs, 1983-1984
|p. 169
|Letter to President Reagan, July 28, 1983
|p. 169
|CBS News/New York Times, Poll on Grenada and Lebanon Conflicts, October 28, 1983
|p. 171
|Upcoming Movie on ABC, November 17, 1983
|p. 173
|Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day, June 5, 1984
|p. 174
|Debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale, October 21, 1984
|p. 176
|International Negotiations and Covert Missions, 1985-1986
|p. 178
|Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, March 11, 1985, and Alexander Yakovlev, Memo on Reagan, March 12, 1985
|p. 178
|Oliver North, Fallback Plan for the Nicaraguan Resistance, March 16, 1985
|p. 183
|Memo on Conversation between Reagan and Gorbachev and Meeting While Leaders Walk, November 19, 1985
|p. 186
|Covert Action Finding Regarding Iran, January 17, 1986
|p. 191
|Address to the Nation on the Situation in Nicaragua, March 16, 1986
|p. 194
|National Security Scandal and Success, 1986-1988
|p. 197
|Oval Office Meeting on Iran-Contra, November 10, 1986
|p. 197
|Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy, March 4, 1987
|p. 199
|Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987
|p. 201
|Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and Administration Goals, August 12, 1987
|p. 203
|Iran-Contra Congressional Reports, November 16, 1987
|p. 205
|Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, Introduction to Iran-Contra Minority Report, 1987
|p. 207
|Meeting of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, December 8, 1987
|p. 212
|Remarks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, December 16, 1988
|p. 215
|Legacies, 1988-2009
|p. 218
|Acceptance Speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention, August 18, 1988
|p. 218
|"New World Order" Speech, September 11, 1990
|p. 220
|Republican Party Leaders, Contract with America, 1994
|p. 222
|Statement on Signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of1996, August 22, 1996
|p. 225
|Acceptance Speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention, August 3,2000
|p. 228
|Address on the U.S. Response to the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, September 20, 2001
|p. 230
|Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for Ronald Reagan, June 11,2004
|p. 232
|Right-Wingers Turn against Bush, February 9,2006
|p. 233
|A Political Odyssey, August 2,2009
|p. 235
|A Chronology of Ronald Reagan and Conservatism (1911-2004)
|p. 237
|Questions for Consideration
|p. 241
|Selected Bibliography
|p. 242
|p. 248
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Both OPSU basketball teams suffered losses on the road this weekend as the
women dropped a conference loss to the University of Texas-Permian Basin and
the men fell to Fort Hays State.
The Aggie women played first on Saturday in Odessa, Texas and kept things
interesting in the first half; tying the game up four times and going up by
five points after only eight minutes of play. However, the Lady Falcons went
on a shooting spree soon after, and would leave the court 14 points up with
a score of 42-27 to end the half.
A UTPB foul started the second half, and Aggie forward Courtney Sheets sunk
both of her shots from the line. The Aggie baskets were heating up thanks to
layups good from Sheets and Sarah Johnson and a jumper from Sharice Papaleo;
the Falcon lead dropped to eight with only two and a half minutes off the
clock. The Lady Falcons answered back and brought their lead up to 14 points
with 16:26 still left in the game, but the Aggies did not back down. Through
combined efforts from six different players, the Aggie women went on to
score 20 points to the Lady Falcons' 11, and brought themselves within five
points of the lead at the eight minute mark. That would be the last of the
scoring runs for OPSU though, as their only points would come from free
throw shots for the remainder of the game and UTPB took the win with a final
score of 87-69.
Senior Sarah Johnson shot a season-high 20 points and also led the Aggies
with four assists. Courtney Sheets was a whopping 10-12 from the line,
finishing the game with a total of 12 points and bringing in eight rebounds.
Sharice Papaleo led in rebounds with ten and ranked third in scoring with
eight total points. The Aggies improved their shooting percentage from the
field with 37.8% but dropped in three-pointers, sinking only 2-15. Their
record falls to 0-6 overall and 0-2 in the Heartland Conference.
OPSU's men took on the 25th-ranked Tigers of Fort Hays State Saturday
afternoon in Hays, Kan. FHSU jumped out to a 7-0 lead thanks to early fouls
and a turnover from the Aggies, but Jeremy Newton shook things up with the
first three of the day and the Tiger lead dropped to four. The Tigers
answered with their own three-pointer and went on to win the battle at the
net, bringing down twenty-five rebounds in the first half to the Aggies
eleven, and going into the locker room with an comfortable18-point lead
The Aggie men held the Tigers scoreless for the first three minutes of the
second half and went on to score seven unanswered points to drop the Tiger
lead to eight (71-63) with 8:38 left in the game. Back-to-back Aggie fouls
put the Tigers at the line where they were near perfect, shooting 87%
(20-23) for the game. Tavien Rosemond , Jeremy Newton, T.J. Farrell, and
Dawayne Matthews combined to score the final eleven points of the game for
the Aggies and FHSU maintained their winning record. The final score from
Kansas was 98-74 in favor of the Tigers.
Transfer guard Z. Jones had a great game shooting 5-8 from the field, 5-6
from the free-throw line, and was perfect from behind the arc scoring on all
four of his three- point attempts; Jones led the Aggies in scoring (19) and
assists (6). Junior Jeremy Newton finished with 14 points and was perfect
from the free-throw line and Bill Lee led the team in rebounds totaling six.
The Aggies' overall record is now 0-5.
Both teams will spend Thanksgiving week on the road with the women traveling
to Portales, N.M. on Friday, Nov. 29 to play Eastern New Mexico at 2 p.m.,
while the men head to Colorado for a tournament hosted by Colorado Christian
in Lakewood. The tournament begins on Friday with a match-up against Bethany
College at 6 p.m. and wraps up on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. when the men
play Colorado Christian.
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Jan. 6, 2014
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama will play its first Southeastern Conference contest of the season when it hosts the Vanderbilt Commodores on Tuesday at 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU. This will mark the lone contest between the Tide and Commodores this season and will mark the 133rd meeting between the longtime rivals.
Tuesday night's contest will be televised on ESPNU, with Joe Davis (play-by-play) and Dino Gaudio (analyst) on the call. The game can also be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, with Chris Stewart (play-by-play) and Bryan Passink (analyst) calling all the action. The Alabama radio call can also be heard nationally on Sirius Channel 108 and XM Channel 199. There will be live updates throughout the game available on twitter @AlabamaMBB.
Vanderbilt and Alabama will meet for the 133rd time in series history on Tuesday night, making the Commodores the ninth-most common opponent in UA program history. Alabama owns a 67-65 edge in the all-time series, which dates back to the 1923-24 season. The Tide has an all-time record of 42-18 when playing Vanderbilt in Tuscaloosa, including a 24-11 mark when the two teams square off in Coleman Coliseum.
Alabama coach Anthony Grant is in his fifth season at the helm of the men's basketball program. Grant owns an 92-59 (.609) record during his time at the Capstone and is 168-84 (.667) in eight seasons as a head coach. Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings is in his 15th season and has guided the Commodores to a record of 285-180 (.613). Now in his 21st season as a head coach, Stallings has a career record of 408-243 (.627).
Alabama snapped a three-game losing streak when it captured a 64-56 victory over Robert Morris this past Saturday. The eight-point win marked the first time this season the Crimson Tide has won a game when decided by 10 or fewer points (1-7). Senior guard Trevor Releford led Alabama with a game-high 18 points and a career-best tying six steals, while sophomore guard Retin Obasohan added 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals off the bench.
Releford leads all Alabama scorers with an average of 18.5 points per game, which ranks sixth in the SEC. The Bob Cousy Award Watch list honoree has connected on 52.4 percent (75-of-143) of his shots from the floor and a team-best 42.9 percent (30-of-70) from beyond the arc, while also averaging 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
Obasohan also averaging double figures with 12.8 points per game. He tops SEC and ranks sixth nationally with 2.9 steals per game, while also leading Alabama in blocks per contest (1.3) and free throws made (67) and attempted (89).
Junior guard Levi Randolph (9.9 ppg) and junior forward Nick Jacobs (9.6 ppg) both average more than nine points a game. Randolph also ranks second on the team in rebounding (4.5 rpg) and three-point field goal percentage (.350, 14-of-40).
Alabama currently ranks third in the SEC and 22nd in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (28.6 percent). The Tide also ranks third the SEC in free throw shooting (.706). Furthermore, UA ranks among the SEC and national leaders in blocked shots (5.3 bpg; 6th/47th) and steals (7.8 spg; 5th/55th) per game.
As a team, UA is shooting 46.3 percent from the floor and 34.3 percent from beyond the arc. The Tide is outrebounding the competition by 0.8 rebounds a game (34.9-34.1) and outscoring foes by 5.9 points a game (72.6-66.7).
Last Saturday's contest between Alabama and Robert Morris marked the first time the two teams have played on the hardwood.
After trailing by three points at the half (23-20), Alabama outscored Robert Morris 44-33 over the final 20 minutes. It is the first time this season that the Tide has won a game when trailing at the half (1-4).
Trevor Releford finished with a career-high tying six steals on the night. It marked his second consecutive game with five or more steals, which is the second time in his career he has achieved that feat. The only other time came during his sophomore season when he collected five steals in two consecutive contests against Ole Miss (2/4/12) and at Auburn (2/7/12).
Alabama shot 64 percent (16-of-25) in the second half and finished shooting 54.5 percent for the game. It was the Tide's third-highest field goal percentage for a game this season.
The Crimson Tide outrebounded Robert Morris, 29-23. Alabama improves to 6-1 this season when owning the advantage on the glass (0-6 when being outrebounded).
The Tide finished the contest with a season-high 12 steals and forced Robert Morris into 19 turnovers. As a result, Alabama finished the contest with a 26-17 advantage in points off turnovers.
Alabama and Vanderbilt will play for the 133rd time in series history, with the Tide holding a slim 67-65 lead in the all-time series.
Eight of the last nine games played between the two teams have been decided by 10 or fewer points, with six of those contests being decided by five or fewer points.
The Tide captured a 58-54 win at Vanderbilt last season. Prior to that victory, Alabama had lost 11 straight games at Memorial Coliseum, dating back to 1987.
Alabama has a record of 42-18 when playing Vanderbilt in Tuscaloosa, including a 24-11 mark at Coleman Coliseum. However, the Commodores have won two consecutive games over the Crimson Tide under the arched roof of Coleman Coliseum.
There has been 11 overtime contests in series history, with Vanderbilt winning seven of those games (7-4).
This year's match-up will mark the lone meeting between the two schools.
The series began during 1923-24 campaign.
Alabama will play its first road game in SEC play when it travels to take on the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 11. The contest is set to tipoff at 3 p.m. CT and will be televised on SECTV.
Saturday's match-up will mark the 141st meeting between the two teams, which is the sixth-most games UA has played against any one opponent. The Tide owns a 93-47 lead in the all-time series.
Seventeen of the last 20 meetings have been decided by 10 or fewer points.
Alabama has won 12 of the last 17 meetings overall in the series, including five straight and six of the last seven.
Guards Trevor Releford and Retin Obasohan both rank among the nation's leaders in steals per game as Alabama enters SEC play.
Obasohan leads the SEC and ranks sixth in the nation with 2.9 steals a game, while Releford's 2.5 steals per contest ranks second in the league and 14th in the nation.
Together, the duo is averaging 5.4 steals per game, which second in the NCAA among all duos in terms of takeaways.
Below is the top-five duos in the nation (as of Jan. 6) in combined steals per game:
1. Weber (3.9)/Brandenburg (1.9) - VCU 5.8
2. Obasohan (2.9)/Releford (2.5) - Alabama 5.4
3. Adams (3.3)/Anderson (1.8) - UCLA 5.1
4. Hammond (2.8)/Mosley (2.2) - Ark. Pine Bluff 5.0
5. Ennis (2.7)/Cooney (2.2) - Syracuse 4.9
Alabama comes into SEC play with a 6-7 overall record. But the Tide's record could look entirely different had UA finished some of the close games it has lost.
Alabama has a record of 1-7 this season in contests that have been decided by 10 or fewer points. The Tide's seven losses have been by a combined total of 39 points - an average of 5.4 points per game.
In each of its seven losses, Alabama either held the lead or was within striking distance late in a game. However, in each instance, the Tide allowed the opposition to go on a game-deciding run late in the second half.
Below is a break down of each loss, including the decisive run that occurred.
OPP Score (time) Opp. Run | run-length | score Final
vs. Okla. 66-67 (6:07) 10-1 | 5:01 | 67-77 73-82
vs. Duke 51-56 (5:17) 13-8 | 4:44 | 59-69 64-74
vs. Drexel 61-57 (1:07) 4-0 | 1:07 | 61-61 83-85 (3ot)
at USF 46-42 (10:34) 18-6 | 8:03 | 52-60 64-66
Wichita St. 58-58 (4:44) 13-8 | 3:33 | 66-71 67-72
Xavier 57-50 (8:30) 18-6 | 5:24 | 63-68 74-77
at UCLA 67-67 (1:34) 8-0 | 1:34 | 67-75 67-75
Alabama's non-conference strength of schedule is ranked as the fourth-toughest in Division I by ESPN.com.
The Tide's seven losses have come against teams with a combined record of 79-21 (.790) as of Jan. 6 [Oklahoma, 12-2; Duke, 11-3; Drexel, 8-5; USF, 9-6; Wichita State, 15-0; Xavier, 12-3; UCLA, 12-2].
Of the seven losses, five have come against teams ranked among the top 60 RPI, according to KenPom.com.
Alabama leads all Southeastern Conference schools with 12 straight home wins vs. league competition coming into Tuesday night's contest vs. Vanderbilt.
The Tide won its final three home SEC contests in 2012 and finished last season 9-0 at home against league competition.
The last time an Alabama team lost at home against an SEC opponent came when it dropped a 61-52 decision to then-No. 14 Florida on Feb. 14, 2012.
Since Grant's arrival in 2009, Alabama owns a home record of 27-6 (.818) against SEC competition, including a 23-2 (.920) mark in the past three years alone.
Freshman forward Shannon Hale has been solid for head coach Anthony Grant over the Tide's last three contests.
Coming off his first career start last at UCLA on Dec. 28, Hale had nine points and a season-best nine rebounds against the Bruins. This coming off a career-high 14 points against Xavier (12/21).
Through his first nine games, Hale had a total of 24 points and 20 rebounds, an average of 2.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
After not playing against Wichita State (12/17), Hale has since collected a total of 30 points and 15 rebounds over Alabama's last three contests, which is an average of 10.0 points and 5.0 rebounds a contest. Over that same span, he is shooting 58 percent from the floor and 44 percent from deep.
Now in his fifth season at UA, Grant has a record of 58-14 (.805) on Alabama's home floor. This season, the Tide is 6-2 at home and has outscored teams by an average of 13.5 points a game (74.1-60.6).
Since the start of the 2010-11 campaign, Grant has won 54 of the last 63 games played under the arched roof of Coleman Coliseum (54-9; .857).
Overall, Alabama owns a record of 523-118 (.818) in the facility's 47th season of use.
Grant also led UA to 24 straight home victories that spanned the final home game of the 2009-10 season through the beginning of the 2011-12 season.
Alabama is 6-2 in games played at Coleman Coliseum this year. However, the Tide has yet to win a game away from home, going 0-5 thus far, including an 0-3 mark in neutral site games.
In its eight home games, the Tide is shooting 48.9 percent from the floor and 37.7 percent from beyond the arc. However, when playing away from home, those numbers fall to 42.7 percent shooting from the floor and 28.2 percent from deep.
Below is a breakdown of key numbers on the road and at home this season.
The Tide can argue it is the unluckiest team in the NCAA and has the statistics to back it up.
According to KenPom.com's "Luck" category, the Tide ranks 351st, last among all NCAA D-I men's basketball teams, with a -.201 ranking, thus earning the moniker as the nation's unluckiest team. For comparison, the nation's luckiest team according to the website is Missouri State with a +.233 rating.
The "Luck" category is defined by Ken Pomeroy as "A measure of the deviation between a team's actual winning percentage and what one would expect from its game-by-game efficiencies. Essentially, a team involved in a lot of close games should not win (or lose) all of them. Those that do will be viewed as lucky (or unlucky)."
It seems the 70-point mark will be a key for the Alabama men's basketball team this season.
Through the first 13 games, the Tide is 4-3 when scoring 70 or more points on the year, but 0-6 when the opposition goes for 70 or more points.
In fact, Alabama has lost 19 straight games when the opposition reaches the 70-point plateau. The last time the Tide won when giving up 70 or more to an opponent came on March 3, 2010 when it captured a 79-70 win at South Carolina.
As a comparison, UA has a record of 42-13 (.764) when it scores 70 or more points during head coach Anthony Grant's tenure (2009-pres.).
Thirteen games into the 2013-14 season, there have been a few noticeable trends when it comes to the Alabama basketball team.
Below is a breakdown of a few other key factors to look into during a game. Alabama is:
- 6-1 when holding teams to below 70 points
- 0-6 when allowing 70 or more points
- 6-1 when outrebounding the competition
- 0-6 when opponents outrebound Alabama
- 6-2 when UA shoots better than opponent
- 0-5 when opponent shoots better than UA
- 5-0 when games decided by 11 or more points
- 0-7 when games decided by 10 or fewer points
- 0-4 when scoring between 60-69 points


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A caravan of SUVs, cars, and minivans will pull out of the parking lot at Valley Southwoods freshman high school in West Des Moines tomorrow morning around 7:00 am. Each vehicle will be filled with gear bags, sticks, and sleepy eyed high school boys. Thus begins the 2012 Lincoln Rampage Mid-Fall Classic game day for the Valley Tigers.
Roughly three hours later, the players will emerge from their respective vehicles, sluggish yet eager. A chorus of yawns and an almost choreographed display of stretches will lead to a disjointed removal of several bags of equipment from said vehicles. From there, a meandering line of players will amble towards the playing fields. Most will stop by the Porta Potties; a few may hit up the food vendor. Before long, they will meet up and begin waking up.
Once all traces of the Sandman have been removed, the boys will start their pregame ritual. Just before 11:00 am the captains will venture onto the field with the referees. Shortly after, Drew Coleman will take the first face off of the Tigers' 2012 fall ball season against Millard North.
Roughly an hour and a half later, Valley will face Westside. They will suit up against Burke in the early afternoon before closing the day against league champions Lincoln.
Sometime before 5:00 pm, the bags and players will be packed back into their vehicles and the caravan will depart for home. Some will choose to stop for dinner in Lincoln. Others will pull off in Omaha. A few adventurous souls will push straight through to West Des Moines, arriving around 8:00 pm. After 13 hours on the road, most will be ready to call it a night.
Following the additional 20 minute drive home from Southwoods, I will spend the evening mentally going over the games. I will be looking for points of emphasis – both positive and negative – to bring to practice on Tuesday as we prepare for a second set of games on November 4. And I will be noting opposing players in preparation for the spring season. If there is time, I may even update the team's scores.
Sunday morning I will shift my focus to setting up the 2012 Central Iowa Lacrosse Association Box Lacrosse League. Registration ends at 11:00 am on Sunday. Games begin on Thursday.


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College Hockey:Freshmen Salminen and Shine lead Northern Michigan over Alabama-Huntsville
MARQUETTE, Mich. —- Northern Michigan University freshmen forwards Sami Salminen and Domink Shine each notched their first collegiate goals on Friday while also assisting on a power-play score by Reed Seckel to lead the Wildcats to a 3-0 WCHA victory over Alabama-Huntsville at the Berry Events Center in Marquette.
"We put a lot of shots on and were able to score early," NMU coach Walt Kyle said. "That was important. We had a number of grade As we didn't capitalize on."
Shine, who has four points this season, gave the Wildcats (5-5-1 overall, 3-2-0 in WCHA) a 1-0 lead 4:03 into the game when he put away a rebound off a blue-line blast by freshman forward and linemate Shane Sooth.
Shine and Salminen later assisted on Seckel's third goal of the season at the 11:31 mark of the first period to give NMU a 2-0 lead.
"We played hard and the mistakes we made on the goals are curable mistakes," said Chargers coach Mike Corbett, who used to play Midget AAA hockey in Marquette. "We got beat off the wall a couple times and our guys at times got lost on the big rink.
"Walt's team does a great job of playing well on the big rink, playing wide. Our guys got caught puck watching a couple times and that's what resulted in the goals."
Salminen, who was ineligible the first five games of the season, had two of the missed grade A scoring chances on Friday with his goal sandwiched in between.
After fumbling a chance early in the second period, sophomore forward Cohen Adair made a tape-to-tape pass from the middle of one faceoff circle right to the bottom of another where Salminen was able to one-time the pass at 11:31 of the second past Huntsville (0-11-0, 0-7-0) freshman goaltender Matt Larose.
Adair and Salminen almost connected for another goal in the third period when the sophomore backhanded a pass to Salminen, but Larose got a leg pad out to keep the game at 3-0 Northern.
"I feel very good with (Adair)," Salminen said. "I think we have some chemistry, and it's very important to have chemistry with your linemates for sure. Hopefully, we build it more and more throughout the year.
"Nowick was very good too," Salminen added, referring to sophomore linemate Darren Nowick, who played his first game since injuring his arm at Michigan Tech on Oct. 25.
Larose finished with 38 saves for UAH, while NMU redshirt freshmen Mathias Dahlstrom made 16 saves for his second collegiate shutout in eight starts and nine games.
NMU outshot the Chargers 41-16 on Friday after winning the first period 22-5.
"We only get 15-18 shots, but we get good chances, we really do," Corbett said. "We got to put the puck on net, force the goalie to make some saves."
NOTES: NMU senior Erik Higby left the game in the second period with a wrist injury and did not return. … Wildcats senior forward Stephan Vigier had his eight-game goal streak come to an end Friday. He led the WCHA in goals coming into the weekend with 10.
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