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Stanford, Calif. - Stanford football head coach Walt Harris along with Cardinal players Jon Alston and Brandon Harrison addressed the media at Monday's weekly Stanford Football Press Conference. Here's some of what the trio had to say in advance of the Pac-10 contest between Stanford (3-2, 2-1 Pac-10) and Arizona State (3-3, 1-2 Pac-10) at Stanford Stadium this Saturday, October 22 (2:00 pm, PDT). There will be no live telecast of the game but an audio broadcast can be heard on Stanford flagship station KNEW 910 AM and via the internet on gostanford.com.
Stanford has won two straight games and will be looking to extend its win streak to three in a row, while Arizona State has dropped its last two contests.
On the win at Arizona last Saturday
"It's always nicer and brighter when you find a way to win a football game. I was very impressed with how our defense got better as the game went along. It was scary for our while. We weren't 100% consistent (on special teams), but we did some good things. When we had to do the job in the area of special teams, I thought we did. Offensively, we can play better. But, anything we can do to try to win a football game, we're going to do, and that was the most important thing that we found a way to win the game and preserve a victory in the fourth quarter. The turnover battle that we were able to win proved to probably, other than the win, is the most important part of the game."
On this Saturday's opponent Arizona State
"Arizona State is a very talented football team, very explosive. They have some really good football players. We really like the quarterback [Sam Keller]. Obviously, [Derek] Hagan is an outstanding receiver and [one of the best] in the history of the Pac-10. They are also a really talented team defensively. They have athletes on defense and speed everywhere. So, we have a big challenge this weekend."
On what it will take to beat Arizona State
"We just have to play well. One of these days, all three phases [offense, defense, special teams] will play lights out. So far, that hasn't happened. Sometimes, it's been one side, sometimes the other. We just have to be more consistent and keep fighting. We've found that if we do the things we've been working on all week to do, they work. The last two weeks of practice has allowed us to play better in a game, because we have practiced like a game. The players are the ones reaping the dividends, as are all those that are loyal to Stanford Football."
On the pressure Arizona State's offense will put on the Cardinal defense, as well as the Cardinal offense to score points
"It's a team game, so obviously the longer we can keep Sam Keller and his troops off the field, the better we'll be. But, the Sun Devils' defense also stopped USC for a long period of time in their ballgame, so they have an equally talented team on defense. They have a complex scheme that puts a lot of pressure on your players."
On the team's play in wins at Washington State and Arizona
"In the last two games, we've done things that you have to do to win games. The games we've lost we've done the things you do that make you lose games."
On the recent emerging play of Jon Alston
"Jon's getting healthier and in playing shape. He also realized that he's one of our senior leaders, team leaders and best football players. I think he's called on himself more than maybe earlier. He's more in the swing of things. He missed all of spring practice [with an injury]; all that stuff counts. When you're out and not practicing or banged up, you're not getting ready to play. This is not a game where you can practice without gear, but because of his injury and knee surgery it just wasn't possible."
On being accountable
"We have to become better at being accountable to each other. When we don't do it right, it's not good ... You don't want to be the guy that lets everyone down. You got to get that mindset, and we're not there yet. Everyone has to be accountable to everyone else; that's what you call a team. Teams that play well are teams that grow together and pay attention to details."
On the team's attitude
"Our guys like to win; they've worked hard. They're worked harder in practice; they've stepped up. The seniors have set the tone. They are a big part of our motivation. They're the ones that win the football games, not the coach. They're the ones that are getting it done."
On the team's success in the area of turnovers
"The mentality behind not giving the ball up is painstaking attention to detail. Every coach and every player is required to do that. The winning edge is something where we show our guys how to carry the ball, and they are responsible to do it. That's one of those things that I'm always looking at is ball security, and the rest of the coaches are doing the same thing. We're starting to buy into it, and it's been the winning edge ... That's what we have to get our guys to do, to buy into every little detail that it takes to be successful ... We are nationally ranked in turnover ratio. You're not playing great defense unless you're getting the ball turned over. There's no excuse to be lousy in turnover ratio. The more our team talks about it, the more our team realizes the rewards we have reaped in the last two weeks. The more firmly it becomes entrenched in the mindset of Stanford Football, and that's the way it has to be [because] more games are lost than are won."
On some of his coaching strategy
"Players win football games and coaches try to help them win football games. That's something that I learned a long time ago playing for some of the great coaches I played for, and then coaching under some of the great coaches I've been honored to coach under."
On why the team has had very few penalties
"Painstaking attention to details ... that's what it is. There's a right way to play the game. I have been the sidelines for a lot of years and have not gotten a penalty (knocks on wood), and I won't get a penalty (knocks on wood, again), so they shouldn't either. We've got to play the game the way it's supposed to be played. I would really have trouble if we had an undisciplined football team that had a lot of penalties ... It's just too hard [if you make a lot of penalties]. It's hard enough to win football games. That's something we've tried to emphasize in every game we've played."
On Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller and Arizona State's offense
"He's got a really good arm, and he's big and strong. They have an excellent scheme. Coach [Dirk] Koetter knows a lot about how to throw the ball, and they've got weapons."
On the team's defensive play at Arizona
"You win championships on defense, and we played like champions last week. That's the winning edge. You score points to entertain the fans on offense and you win championships on defense. We played like champions on defense against Arizona, and offensively we didn't beat ourselves."
On last year's close loss at Arizona State
"[That was a] tough one with the Hail Mary before halftime and then their last drive. That was a heartbreaker."
On winning three close games this season
"We prepare for the fourth quarter. In my mind, we're five games into the season. Five games tell you a little about the season, but they don't tell you everything. We'll know a little bit more about ourselves by the end of the year. Hopefully, we'll continue to put ourselves in position to win close games."
On the team's defensive philosophy under defensive coordinator Tom Hayes
"He teaches great fundamentals, and that's what we need ... We need to do what we're coached to do and buy into the lessons learned."
On the team's turnover ratio and few penalties
"The turnovers and penalties last week for sure [made the difference]. Football is a relatively simple game. If you don't turn the ball over, you don't give up so many points. If you don't hurt yourself, you give yourself a chance to win. If you do the right thing, you force other teams to do the wrong things. It's those little things. Until we can play at a level where we can afford to hurt ourselves, those things are going to help us tremendously."
On what the team needs to do to win at Stanford Stadium
"This is our home and our house. We need to protect it and defend it. We need to come out and play even better than how we have played on the road and be really excited to play here. I love playing at Stanford Stadium; it's the only place I've every wanted to play. To come here and have the opportunity to say thank you to the fans, try to show them that we do care, and that we want to win for them. We have two big home games coming up, and we need to put our stake in the ground at Stanford Stadium and say `This is our house'."
On the level of importance of Saturday's game versus Arizona State
"If we can win it, it'll make a statement to us. It's a very big, and I'm excited about it. For us to come together and defeat a team like Arizona State, it would prove to us a lot of things ... I want to play in a bowl game. It's something that drives me. It's a purpose. As a leader, I have to make sure that are attitudes and goals are in the same place. Arizona State is huge for us."
On the painstaking detail the coaching staff places on minimizing penalties and turnovers
"It's pretty painstaking (laughs). We approaching things like that with such a focus, it's hard for it not to become a habit. We work so hard on things like that on practice. We have a special period at the beginning of the practice where we work on the little nuances of the game. It's so important, because it affects everyone on the team. When you don't do those things [right], the coaches make sure you hear about it, and that you don't do it again."
On Stanford's defensive prospects versus Arizona State
"We know that they have tremendous talent on offense with the quarterback, receivers and running backs that they have. We know it's going to be a challenge, but what's exciting about our defense this year is that we love this situation. We know that a lot of people don't think we can necessarily match up against the sort of people we play, but our defense knows we deserve to be on the same field with these guys. We know we can hang with them, and we're just excited and looking forward to the challenge they are going to present. They do have a lot of good football players on offense."
On last year's close loss at Arizona State
"We definitely haven't forgotten about the game last year down at Arizona State. It was a situation where we felt the offense and special teams played well enough for us to win, and in the end on defense we just couldn't hold them on their drive at the end of the game. For me personally, it's definitely a game that has stuck in my mind, because it's one that I felt we gave away at the end. We still remember it and will use it as a point of emphasis, knowing that we were right there with this team last year and gave it away. We need to play better on our side of the ball than we did last year."
On defensive teammate Jon Alston
"Jon Alston is a tremendous athlete. When I am covering receivers, and then I look up and everyone's congratulating Jon, it makes my job so much easier. When he's rushing the passer, we know that at the very least he's going to pressure him and force him into tough situations. When you have guys like that up front, who you know can pressure the passer, it just makes the secondary's job so much easier."
On the lessons Stanford's defense learned against Oregon earlier this season
"We learned a lot about ourselves and about what we needed to work on after that Oregon game. I think we have definitely improved since then."


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My faverate would have to be "Amazing Grace". For some reason I play the heck out of that song in practice. Its a very soothing song.
I play a decent version of "El Shaddai" that uses basic chords except for a few that I get to move around the fretboard for - woo hoo!
I learned a version of "Amazing Grace" done to the tune of "House of the Rising Sun" from a very Godly man named Terry Bennett who has since gone to be with the Lord. I last played that at my father's funeral in May :(
Also, I love "O Holy Night" at Christmas, and of course "Silent Night" - 1st verse sung in German - then repeated in English :)
I have composed 2 songs with God's help - "My Savior Lives" and "You Need to Believe" - maybe I'll find some way to get them up here someday...
Oh, and these are all played fingerstyle...
Hi Folks,
I have to agree "Amazing Grace", because it fits my life in so many ways, and because of the truth of the message of the song. Lately, though, I have been playing it as an instrumental; fingerstyle in DADGAD, a modification of William Coulter's arrangement. I haven't recorded it yet. Maybe I can do that soon and share here.
I love the old time gospil. I'm a bit confused though. Someone told me lots of the new stuff uses somenspecial kind of GOSPIL CHORD? Can anyone explain?
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We had one at the shop where I work. I thought about buying it myself. The trigger was not great, but it was OK considering the cost of the gun. I would have worked on it myself. the hammer was the big one that bites, I would have cut or changed that, too. The sights were great, big dot express sights, but not night sights if that matters to you. The person who bought it is a regular and hasn't brought it back with any problems.
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After full and informed consideration of environmental trends, associated strategic challenges, and Cabrini College's current status relative to the 2020 Roadmap, the following five major strategic goals were identified as those most critical for the College to achieve over the next three years:
Make a distinctive 21st Century student leadership learning experience an integral part of a Cabrini education.
Achieve a distinctive Mission-driven reputation for academic excellence, leadership development, and a commitment to social justice.
Leverage technology to maximize student learning and increase institutional efficiency and effectiveness.
Increase the College's financial assets and improve its physical resources.
Be an empowering and inclusive Cabrinian community.
The 2013–2016 Strategic Agenda articulates for the Cabrini College community, partners, and friends an inspirational vision of what we will become that is firmly anchored in who we are, what we do, and the strong values by which we define ourselves.
It reflects an ambitious aspiration for our future, the five key goals we believe we must meet in order to achieve that aspiration, strategies to ensure that these goals are met by informing annual institutional priorities and resource allocation, general funding strategies for the plan, and the indicators we will use to track and celebrate our progress.
The plan does not reflect everything that the Cabrini College community hopes to do between 2013 and 2016.
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Veterans Administration Hospital (Sepulveda, CA), University of Ryukyus (Okinawa, Japan), USDA-Agricultural Research Service (Wenatchee, WA).
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Environmental Microbiology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sudden Oak Death, Nitric Oxide Biology; Bioremediation; Anaerobic Digestion; The Azolla Holobiont.
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In my laboratory we study a diverse array of environmental microbes. A collaboration with colleagues in the Department of Biology examines the impact of leaf-dwelling microorganisms on the severity and spread of Sudden Oak Death disease caused by Phytophthora ramorum. Research carried out in conjunction with scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Infrared Structural Biology Program investigates the cellulose-degrading capacity of alkaline tolerant bacteria as well as the process of rapid root abscission in the floating water fern Azolla. Another major research effort of my lab is the development of affordable systems for concomitant bioremediation and bioenergy production. A multi-year project with the City of Santa Rosa tested the capacity of channelized scrubbers to remove residual nutrients and other pollutants from treated municipal wastewater and optimized anaerobic digestion of the harvested wetland biomass, mixed with agricultural by-products from local dairies and wineries, to produce methane gas.
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Cohen MF, Hare C, Kozlowski J, McCormick RS, Chen L, Schneider L, Parish M, Knight Z, Nelson TA, Grewell B (2013) Wastewater polishing by a channelized macrophyte-dominated wetland and anaerobic digestion of the harvested phytomass. J Environ Sci Health 48(3):319-330.
Gurung S, Cohen MF, Fukuto J, Yamasaki H (2012) Polyamine-induced rapid root abscission in Azolla pinnata. J Amino Acids 2012:Article ID 493209, 9 p.
Figueiredo J, Baird A, Cohen MF, Flot J-F, Kamiki T, Meziane T, Tsuchiya M, Yamasaki H (2012) Ontogenetic change in the lipid and fatty acid composition of coral larvae. Coral Reefs 31(2): 613-619.
Yamasaki H, Itoh RD, Bouchard JN, Dghim AA, Cohen MF (2011) Nitric oxide synthase-like activities in plants. Annu Plant Rev 42:103-125.
Hossain KK, Itoh RD, Yoshimura G, Tokuda G, Oku H, Cohen MF, Yamasaki H (2010) Effects of nitric oxide scavengers on thermoinhibition of seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Russ J Plant Physiol 57(2):222-232.
Cohen MF, Lamattina L, Yamasaki H (2010) Nitric oxide signaling by plant-associated bacteria. In: Nitric oxide in plant physiology. S Hayat, M Mori, J Pichtel, A Ahmad, Eds. Wiley-Vch, Germany. p. 161-172.
Mazzola M, de Bruijn I, Cohen MF, Raaijmakers JM (2009) Protozoa-induced regulation of cyclic lipopeptide biosynthesis is an effective predation defense mechanism in Pseudomonas fluorescens. Appl Environ Microbiol. 75(21):6804-6811.
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Hersch, Fred
Hersch, Fred, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1955, pianist and composer, has earned a place among the foremost musicians in the world today. He is widely recognized for his ability to reinvent the standard jazz repertoire - investing time-tested classics with keen insight, fresh ideas and extraordinary technique - while steadfastly creating his own unique body of works. Described by The New Yorker as "a poet of a pianist" and The New York Times as "a master who plays it his way," Hersch's many accomplishments include a 2003 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for composition, a Rockefeller Fellowship for a composition residency at the Bellagio Center in Italy, two Grammy® nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance and a 2006 Grammy® nomination for Best Instrumental Composition. He has recorded more than two-dozen albums as a solo artist or bandleader and appears on over one hundred recording projects as a duo collaborator, sideman or featured soloist.
Hersch's career as a performer has been greatly enhanced by his composing activities, a vital part of nearly all of his live concerts and recordings. Hersch recently created Leaves of Grass (Palmetto Records) a large-scale setting of Walt Whitman's poetry for two voices (Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry) and an instrumental octet. The work was presented at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in a sold-out performance in March 2005 as part of a 6-city US tour. Hersch's dance score for "Out Someplace," commissioned by the Doris Duke Foundation's Millennium Project for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, was premiered at the Kennedy Center in 1999. Hersch has also received commissions from the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Opus 21 Ensemble, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus, The Gramercy Trio and Columbia University's Miller Theatre. His concert music is published by Edition Peters.
A player who always seeks out new challenges, Hersch's output spans a wide variety of musical settings. A recent release, The Fred Hersch Trio + 2 (Palmetto, 2004), featured trumpeter Ralph Alessi and tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby -- in addition to Hersch's current trio members bassist Drew Gress and drummer Nasheet Waits -- and was a showcase for Hersch's diverse and provocative compositions. The trio in its various incarnations has been a hub for Hersch's activities since 1986; he says it "feels like home," a place to return time and again. The group has appeared in major clubs and festivals worldwide and recorded a total of seven albums. The New Yorker called its previous outing, Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto, 2003), "one of the most satisfying recordings of this superb pianist's career." The disc topped the CMJ Jazz Chart for six weeks and received the "Coup de Coeur" from the Academie Charles Cros in France. His newest trio release (with Gress and Waits) is Night and the Music, released in May, 2007 on Palmetto.
Although Hersch thrives on the musical dialogue created with his band-mates, he also revels in the demands of solo performance. Hersch's incredible focus translates to spacious soundscapes, from the lushly orchestral to those with breathtaking simplicity. Solo piano is an unusual specialty in jazz, and Hersch may well have more unaccompanied recordings to his credit than any other jazz pianist of his generation. February of 2006 saw the release of Fred Hersch in Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis (Palmetto Records), a solo CD that features an eclectic program of Hersch at his pianistic peak. Its release led to Hersch becoming the first pianist in the 71-year history of New York's legendary Village Vanguard to play an entire week as a solo pianist. Ed Hazell, writing in Jazziz, stated that "few jazz pianists have ever struck as beguiling a balance between technique, feeling, insight and imagination...Hersch's engagement with each of these songs is so complete that he evokes the sort of secret meanings words cannot." And the Los Angeles Times said: "There isn't a false note--technically or emotionally...a tribute to Hersch's unerring ability to play music that is as intelligent as it is touching, as virtuosic as it is swinging." Six previous solo piano recordings include Let Yourself Go, an eclectic recital recorded live at Boston's famed Jordan Hall, and Thelonious: Fred Hersch Plays Monk, which the Washington Post declared "a landmark album." And The New York Times says, "Mr. Hersch has honed a solo piano concept second to none in jazz."
Hersch's compositional efforts and performance collaborations speak to the gradual erasure of boundaries between jazz and classical music as art traditions. He tours with concert pianist Christopher O'Riley in a program titled "Heard Fresh: Music for Two Pianos." In the past, he has enjoyed musical partnerships with pianist Jeffrey Kahane and violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg as well as with sopranos Renee Fleming and Dawn Upshaw. In addition, Hersch has appeared as a soloist with orchestras across the U.S. and Europe including the Pittsburgh, Utah, Vermont, and Santa Rosa Symphonies; the Toronto Sinfonietta, the BBC Radio Orchestra, Hungary's Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, and the Sinfonietta Caracas of Venezuela. In New York City, he has performed with both the Eos and Concordia Orchestras.
He has acted as a passionate spokesman and fund-raiser for AIDS services and education agencies, a cause to which he is especially devoted given his own two-decade struggle with HIV. Hersch has produced and performed on four recordings for the charities Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The most recent, Two Hands/Ten Voices (Broadway Cares 2003), pairs Hersch with ten outstanding jazz, cabaret, and Broadway vocalists including Ann Hampton Callaway, Luciana Souza, Jane Monheit, Carol Sloane and longtime associate Janis Siegel of the Manhattan Transfer. Acclaimed pianists Marian McPartland, George Shearing, Bill Charlap, Benny Green and Kenny Barron donated solo performances for The Richard Rodgers Centennial Jazz Piano Album. Twelve jazz greats including Diana Krall, Joe Lovano, Jim Hall and Tommy Flanagan joined him for Fred Hersch & Friends: The Duo Album. The very first of these recordings, Last Night When We Were Young: The Ballad Album (1994) has raised over $150,000 for AIDS services and education to date.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1955, Hersch began playing the piano when he was four years old. Much to his teacher's chagrin, a career in jazz could have been foreshadowed by the young Fred's propensity to improvise on the work of classical masters. Broadway original cast albums and his grandmother's collection of sheet music fed an early interest in the popular song. Hersch's musical journey led him to Boston's New England Conservatory, where he graduated with honors in 1977. Heading south to New York City, Hersch quickly became one of the most in-demand pianists in town. He worked as a soloist and in duo settings at the legendary club Bradley's. As a sideman, he appeared with such outstanding jazz artists as saxophonists Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, and Jane Ira Bloom; flugelhornist Art Farmer; harmonica wizard Toots Thielemans; vibraphonist Gary Burton; vocalists Kurt Elling, Norma Winstone and Nancy King; and bassists Sam Jones and Charlie Haden.
Hersch has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Dr. Billy Taylor and National Public Radio programs such as Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Studio 360, Creators at Carnegie, Prairie Home Companion, Jazz From Lincoln Center, Jazz Set, and Marian McPartland's popular Piano Jazz. In addition to his Guggenheim Fellowship, Hersch has been awarded grants from The National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer, as well as four composition residencies at the prestigious MacDowell Colony. He is a five-time winner of a Gay and Lesbian American Music Award (GLAMA) and a Manhattan Association of Cabarets Award (MAC). He has been nominated three times for a Jazz Journalists' Association Award (in 2005 for Composer of the Year; and in 2006 for Album of the Year and Jazz Pianist of the Year). A respected educator, Hersch was a faculty member at the New England Conservatory for ten years, and has taught at The New School Jazz Program and at The Manhattan School of Music. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Institutes for Advanced Studies at both Princeton University and Indiana University; and he is currently a visiting professor at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI.
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On Friday, U.S. Men's National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann called up 26 players for training camp, which partly will be held in Brazil to prepare for FIFA World Cup 2014.
In World Cup, the USA will compete in the ominous Group of Death, featuring Germany, Portugal and Ghana,
Twenty-five of Klinsmann's selected players compete in MLS and nine of those players are looking for their first international cap. Seven players will experience their first-ever National Team camp, including Seth Sinovic, Chance Myers, Luis Gil, Michael Harrington, Chris Klute, Shane O'Neill and DeAndre Yedlin.
"We are all very excited for this camp because, as a team, it will give us our first taste of Brazil," said Klinsmann. "This is a very important camp in our preparations for the World Cup. It's important for the players to continue developing their bond and sense of urgency for the tournament. It's important for us to see how they do in Brazil, how the new players fit with the group and to make sure everyone is focused on reaching the highest level for next summer."
The camp, which runs from Jan. 6-Feb. 1, will take place on two continents. After six days in California, a 23-player group will base in Sao Paulo from Jan. 13-25 to give the players and staff a dry run of this summer's tournament in Brazil. The team will then return to the U.S. Soccer National Training Center.
USA to face Korea Republic in February
The National Team camp culminates with a friendly against Korea Republic on Feb. 1 in Carson, Calif., after Klinsmann cuts the roster to 23 players. Kickoff at the StubHub Center is set for 2 p.m. PT, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2, WatchESPN and UniMas.
Landon Donovan warms up
Ten of the rostered players helped the USA advance to the finals of World Cup qualifying, including LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan, who tied for the team lead in 2013 with eight goals. Donovan started all six games in the Gold Cup and shared Golden Boot honors with Chris Wondolowski, each scoring five times.
Mix Diskerud was the only other player to make an appearance in all six Gold Cup matches. Diskerud appeared in 13 of the USA's last 14 matches dating back to July 5 against Guatemala. He played in all six matches in the 2013 Gold Cup winning run, and started the last two World Cup qualifiers. Remarkably, the United States holds a record of 12-1-3 all-time in games in which Diskerud has appeared.
Chicago Fire's Mike Magee was voted the 2013 MLS MVP after scoring 21 goals. The 29-year-old was also named to the League's Best XI alongside Besler, Gonzalez and Zusi.
Klinsmann called up five players from MLS Cup Champion Sporting KC, including Graham Zusi, Benny Feilhaber, Sinovic, Matt Besler and Myers.
GOALKEEPERS (4): Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (10): Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Michael Harrington (Portland Timbers), Chris Klute (Colorado Rapids), Chance Myers (Sporting Kansas City), Shane O'Neill (Colorado Rapids), Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Eric Alexander (New York Red Bulls), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Dax McCarty (New York Red Bulls), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (4): Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (D.C. United), Mike Magee (Chicago Fire), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)


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Let $k \subset \mathbb{C}$ be a number field and $X$ a smooth algebraic variety over $k$. Asssume $X$ is equipped with an automorphism $h$ of order $n$. Then $h$ induces linear maps in singular cohomology $H^\ast(X(\mathbb{C}), \mathbb{Q})$ and de Rham cohomology $H_{dR}^\ast(X/k)$ whose eigenvalues are roots of unity of order $n$. We will have a decomposition according to these eigenvalues. However, when working with singular cohomology, one needs to extend first the scalar to the cyclotomic field $\mathbb{Q}(\mu_n)$. Then:
$H^j(X(\mathbb{C}), \mathbb{Q}(\mu_n))=\bigoplus_{a=0}^{n-1} H^j_{\zeta^a}(X)$
where $\zeta$ is a primitive root of unity and $H_{\zeta^a}^j$ is the subspace where $h^\ast$ acts by multiplication by $\zeta^a$.
My question is: when working with de Rham cohomology, is it also necessary to extend the scalars or do ones has already such a decomposition over $k$?


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Alex Trebek found nothing funny in the Magic Johnson answer that he got to a Jeopardy question recently from a game show contestant. Trebek, the host of Jeopardy, asked a question that should have been answered with a hockey player's name, but instead he got Magic Johnson, who plays hoops!
As reported by Fox News on March 27, Jeopardy players have said some crazy and funny things in the past, as they are under a lot of pressure and most are on the air for the first time. Usually Trebek laughs along with the rest of the audience, but apparently Trebek is a big time hockey fan, as he hails from Canada. He didn't find the answer to this question funny at all. It is almost as if he was reprimanding the player.
Here is the Jeopardy question:
"100+ assists in an NHL season has been accomplished on 13 times, 11 times by this player"
The correct answer is Wayne Gretzky. He was a hockey great from the past. Magic Johnson played basketball, and he too is iconic, just the contestant named someone from the wrong sport. Check out the video above to see the contestant give the wrong answer.
Trebek very seriously corrects the man saying "we are talking about hockey, not the NBA."


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TransGlobal Underground
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Back in the early '90s, when 'drum and bass' were two separate things and 'trip hop' was something you did on a loose paving stone, three men met up in an inadequate studio armed with a Simon Harris break beat album, a cassette of chants recorded on a holiday to Tahiti, a sampler and some basic recording equipment. In the space of a few hours, Alex Kasiek, Tax D and Hamid Mantu had created the first version of what would become their biggest selling record and the beginning of a whole new life for them. The trio called the record Temple Head and themselves TransGlobal Underground.
After a couple of meetings with record labels it soon became apparent that this record was not easy for people to understand. You could dance to it but it was too slow to be house. Apart from the sampled chorus of 'na na na, na na na', there were no lyrics and wasn't seen as commercial enough to be a pop song - there seemed to be no place or genre for TransGlobal Underground.
That was until the Temple Head cassette fell into the hands of Nation Records, a label created specifically to fuse western dance music with Arabic music, Asian music, and African music. Straight away, it fitted in with what Nation had been doing on the two Fuse compilations, released around the same time. After a couple of days in a better studio and the addition of Inder Goldfinger on tablas, Terry Neale - The Human Cuica, and a rapper known as Sheriff, the single was finished and released on Nation in 1991. Straight away, it created a commotion among those looking for something new: DJs such as Rampling and Weatherall and clubs like Whirl-Y-Gig and Club Dog.
Gradually, the media caught up and 'Temple Head' became Melody Maker's 'Single Of The Week': "the kind of record that makes you proud to be an Earthling." Mixmag thrust it straight to No. 1 in their Buzz ChartKiss FM DJs were playing it during the day ((at the wrong speed) Gary Davies was playing it during the day on Radio One (at the right speed). Magazines were climbing over themselves for interviews, everyone wanted to know who this band were. Wanting to stay anonymous, some press shots were quickly knocked together with the three of them wearing carved Nepalese temple guardians masks, and the foundations of the band's 'trans-global' image were laid.
At this point, along came Deconstruction Records, quick to seize on anything
going on on the dance scene, with an offer to make an album for them. Quickly an
assortment of friends, associates and distant relatives got thrown into a studio
in Euston and recorded the fundamentals of what was to be TransGlobal
Underground's first album. Tuup,
a very old ally, got involved at this point and Jalal from Loop Guru co-wrote
one track. The sessions also marked the first appearance of vocalist
Natacha Atlas, who had recently departed from Invaders of the Heart. She gave a
performance that reduced the whole studio to tears, then capped it by belly
dancing around the control room wearing a copy of the Daily Mirror. So she was
The group's current sound is less electronic, but it still blends acoustic and electronic instruments. "We always used a lot of real instrumentation. The mixture was part of the whole concept at the beginning. The difference is that the balance has changed."
Hamid Man Tu describes the group's approach to sampling: "One important thing is that the technology has developed a long way since we started and 'sampling' was new and exciting. Most forms of digital technology - which are what most people record with these days – are basically a form of sampling, so the division between sampling and live recording has become blurred, especially with people like us who were never too sure which was which." For those who believe Trans Global Underground samples from CDs, Tu adds: "We sample ourselves a lot, then we play over the samples, then we sample over the recording...er...then we start getting confused. Somehow or other a record comes out of the whole thing."
TransGlobal Underground have been there and done that. They've been built up by the press and knocked down by the press. They've played to huge crowds in almost every country in the world, released four albums and numerous singles, six of which were awarded Single of The Week by NME and Melody Maker, they've executed remixes for Pop Will Eat Itself, Dodgy, Grotus and Les Baxter (to name a few), signed deals with both BMG and then Sony (neither worked out) and handed over "Temple Head" to Coca-Cola for their ad campaign preceding the 1996 Olympics.
Over the last years, the band's line-up has changed frequently, from album to album, satisfying the band's hunger for new sounds and ideas, always keeping their sound fresh. There are sounds from all over - India, Africa, Egypt, Israel, Europe. They use traditional instruments such as tabla, dhol, conga, violin, kalimba, jembe, piano, shenai, tons of percussion, tons of bass, all fused with the sounds of 90's dance culture - hip-hop, house, techno - the list goes on and on.
Lately, the sound TransGlobal Underground seems less Arabic and more Indian. "The Arabic influence was largely due to Natacha Atlas' voice and since we're still working with her solo projects and doing various production work for other Middle Eastern artists, a lot of our interests in that style are satisfied elsewhere (sounds like we're eating a great big bucket of couscous doesn't it). The main new Indian element is that we now have Sheema Mukherjee playing sitar, which involves a more melodic influence over the usual bhangra drum frenzy we like to indulge in."
Even though many fans think of TransGlobal Underground as a club band, the group plays more and more in larger venues. "As there's now seven of us, we don't often fit into dance clubs. We seem to do 50% small sweaty venues and 50% big spacious festivals, which is a good combination."
The group continues to work with Natacha Atlas on various projects although she has not participated in TransGlobal Underground's latest recordings. "Natacha sometimes turns up backstage and makes us some excellent mint tea. As I mentioned, we're all over her new album and she survived the experience so yeah, we'll be working together when we can."
In 2003 Coleridge opened a dance record business of his own and TransGlobal
Underground and
Doreen Thobekile began work on a solo project of hers. A whole nation of members
of the tribe have come and gone; original male vocalist Tuup came and went at
irregular intervals, reappearing unexpectedly in different parts of the world.
At various times the line-up has included South African solo artist Doreen
Thobekile, Johnny Kalsi from the Dhol Foundation, and still includes Great
greatest sitarist, Sheema Mukherjee.
Moonshout (2007)
A Gathering of Strangers (2010)
The Stone Turntable (Mule Satellite Records, 2011)
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College Hockey:This Week in the ECAC Northeast-MASCAC: Feb. 11, 2010
Massachusetts is no stranger to massive construction projects, as any Boston commuter in the 1990s or earlier portion of the last decade can tell you.
But while the behemoth remodeling of the citys major road artery is complete, there's another rebuilding project taking place at Western New England College, where first year head coach Greg Heffernan is starting a process he hopes will reverse the Golden Bears' struggles, which can be traced back almost as far as the start of the Big Dig.
Western New England hasn't had a winning record since the 1993-94 season, but Heffernan is looking to bring the hockey team's success up to par with the rest of the athletics program, which has sent 33 teams to NCAA Division III Championships over the past 12 seasons.
"There's been some frustrating parts and some really good parts," Heffernan said of his first season thus far. "Anyone that is 2-17 is going to have some frustration."
Heffernan replaced Chris Bernard at Western New England last August after spending 2006-09 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Fredonia under Jeff Meredith. Prior to that, he was a graduate assistant for Mercyhurt head coach Rick Gotkin from 2002-04.
If he's able to mimic even some of the success of his former bosses, Western New England should be in good shape. Meredith, in his 22nd season, took over a team that was 0-25 and led a rapid turnaround that culminated in back-to-back NCAA Final Four trips eight seasons after his hiring.
Gotkin oversaw Mercyhurt's transition from a Division III team to a successful Division I program that made the NCAA tournament in the 2004-05 season.
Those previous stops have helped Heffernan understand what needs to be done at Western New England.
"We need to reinforce the culture," he said. "Not that things were bad here, but they needed a little tuning up. When taking over a 3-20 program, there's certainly is a lot of area for improvement. Division III is evaluated less on winning, but all the kids want to win. That's why they play. If not, they'd be playing intramurals."
A three game stretch from the end of January into the first week of February is proof that Heffernan's changes might be making an impact.
The Golden Bears lost to No. 13 and ECAC Northeast leader Wentworth 3-1 on a last minute power play goal and an empty netter on Jan. 31. They followed that by setting the program scoring mark in a 12-6 win over non-conference opponent Assumption before losing to second place Curry 3-2 last Thursday on another late goal.
Heffernan said Western New England played each of these games with 10 forwards, five defensemen and two goalies after an off-ice incident forced the suspension of six players.
"Clearly making changes to our lineup by eliminating less committed student athletes has positively affected us," he said. "We have a good solid nucleus of kids that will be successful in the future and are committed to being great college athletes."
To bolster his ranks for the upcoming season, Heffernan has taken "aggressive" approach on the recruiting trail.
"We're recruiting character first and foremost," he said. "We want kids who want a great academic experience from our school as well as a successful athletic experience."
With the season winding down and a large portion of his roster eligible to return next season (the Golden Bears have four seniors and one graduate student), Heffernan compared his job to a teacher evaluating their students.
"We look at all our players as if they were students in class. We look at a number of different things: skill level, academic success, and most importantly, character and commitment to the program," he said.
"Rome wasn't built in a day and while there's been some frustrating points I believe there's going to be a tremendous amount of success in the future. Like anybody, I wish it was tomorrow, but I'm smart enough to realize that it's not going to be. We have to continue every day even when some are harder than others."
Eerie Forecast
Curry head coach Rob Davies might be the most accurate forecaster in all of New England right now, even though he probably wishes he wasn't.
While many meteorologists whiffed on the predictions of monstrous snow storm Wednesday, Davies cautiously warned of a "surprise team" pulling off a win in the closing month of the season.
Sure enough, the second place Colonels were dealt their first conference loss of the season in overtime Saturday to Suffolk, as Pat Welch's power play goal 55 seconds into overtime allowed the Rams to escape with a 3-2 win. Curry will look to rebound Saturday against Salve Regina.
Elsewhere in the ECAC Northeast
Wentworth grabbed a win over the weekend and reclaimed a spot in the latest USCHO.com Division III poll, checking in at No. 13. The Leopards downed Nichols 6-1 Sunday. Salve Regina remained winless in conference play with a 4-1 loss to Johnson & Wales Saturday, while Becker defeated Western New England 5-1 Sunday … Wentworth's Jeff Olitch was honored as ECAC Northeast Player of the Week, posting four goals and three assists in a pair of wins the past week. Teammate Shaun Jameson took home the Rookie of the Week award, adding three goals and an assist over the same span. Jeff Rose of Suffolk was named the conference's top goaltender after stopping 40 shots Saturday in the overtime win against Curry … A pair of Wednesday night contests were postponed. The Curry at Nichols game was rescheduled to Feb. 15 at 2:30, while Johnson & Wales will host Becker Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.
For the second week in a row, Fitchburg State finds itself alone atop the MASCAC. The Falcons defeated the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 3-1 Thursday and hold 20 points in conference play. Each of the following three teams are exactly one point ahead of one another, as Salem State (19 points) tied Worcester State 2-2 Thursday and beat UMass-Dartmouth, 4-2, Saturday.
Westfield State (18) lost to Plymouth State 7-3 Thursday before slugging out a 9-5 win over Framingham State Saturday. Worcester State played the role of spoiler again Saturday, battling fourth place Plymouth State (17) to a 2-2 tie. The Lancers' Dan Hansen posted 44 and 36 saves, respectively, in the ties with Salem and Plymouth, earning conference goalie of the week honors. Westfield State's Casey Mignone was awarded MASCAC Player of the Week after notching two goals and two assists for the Owls.
Loose Pucks
Happy Truck Day to all you New Englanders. I know this is a hockey site, but I'm a baseball guy at heart and once the Super Bowl ends that can only mean one thing: baseball season … .I caught the end of what was an entertaining game between BC and BU for the Beanpot Championship. BC won 4-3 and check out this goal by BC freshman and Rangers' first round pick Chris Kreider.
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WTP has learned that fifteen pages of the 1,201-page H.R. 2454 ("Cap and Tax") concern the new "Energy Refund Program" — a redistributive welfare program based upon complex formulas regarding energy welfare eligibility.
According to Section 431 of the legislation, "The Secretary (of Health and Human Services) shall formulate and administer . . . the 'Energy Refund Program' . . . under which eligible low-income households are provided cash payments to reimburse the households for the estimated loss in their purchasing power resulting from the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009."
In Congresspeak, "Loss of purchasing power" equals an admission of massive cost increases. The radical environmentalists and their cronies in Congress and the White House are doing the classic three-step: 1) Jack up the cost of everything (especially energy) for everyone; 2) Subsidize the hit to the welfare class and 3) Make others (primarily the middle class) pay for it all.
Section 431 provides that households earning 150 per cent of the federal poverty level or receiving other forms of welfare such as food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (which includes such "permanent disabilities" as crack addiction, alcoholism, and having a limp) or Medicare are eligible for "energy refunds."
Translation: if you are already ON welfare, you are AUTOMATICALLY going to receive more public largesse. Eligible households will receive their "energy refunds" monthly through direct deposits, state electronic benefit transfer systems or other mechanisms approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
For anyone else to qualify, a two-person household would have to earn $21,855 or less to meet the income threshold, while the income of a three-person household could not exceed $27,465, per 2009 federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
We can expect more of such revelations as the details of this legislative monstrosity make themselves available to those actually inclined to READ the bill…
Billions of YOUR Tax Dollars Used as Congressional Bribes for Cap & Tax
The stories of Washington power broker pols using tax-funded bribes to hike taxes are oozing across the beltway…
From today's Washington Times:
When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided.
They finally secured the vote of one Ohioan, veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, the old-fashioned way. They gave her what she wanted – a new federal power authority, similar to Washington state's Bonneville Power Administration, stocked with up to $3.5 billion in taxpayer money available for lending to renewable energy and economic development projects in Ohio and other Midwestern states.
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman, California Democrat, included the Kaptur project in a 310-page amendment to the legislation unveiled at 3 a.m. Friday, just hours before the bill was to be debated on the House floor….(click here to read entire story)
Greenpeace Admits Cap and Tax Won't Fix a Thing
From Bucksright.com: Mary Katharine Ham notes that Greenpeace, the ultra-left Global Warming hoax hysterics, have come out in opposition to the massive Cap and Tax energy bill expected to be voted on in the House of Representatives today.
Greenpeace thinks the mammoth 1,200 – 1,500 page bill, the latest law being shoved through Congress on the premise that the world will end and things will never be the same if we don't do it right now, is too soft.
Hey, we'll take opposition where we can find it.
"This legislation sends a strong and unmistakable signal to the world that the United States is not yet ready to show the leadership necessary to reach a strong agreement at Copenhagen in December. Already, we are seeing the impact of this signal as one country after another retreats from the aggressive targets needed to avoid catastrophic climate change.
We call on the Congress to reject this bill and begin immediate and urgent work on legislation that treats seriously the dire threat of climate change. We call on President Obama to move beyond rhetoric and deliver on his commitments to "restore science to its proper place" and to lead the world in addressing climate change…"
There is still time for constituents of Congressman who appear on the list of Cap and Trade undecideds and leaners to hit the phones and fax machines and stop this monstrosity.
"Cap-and-Traitors": The Secret Behind a few Republican "YES" Votes
I just got off the phone with our our Congressional insider contacts who seem to be saying that the scuttlebutt on the Hill is that at the 8 Republican "Cap -and-Traitors" from New Jersey who voted for the bill did so as a political favor for the NY/NJ-centric commodity and stock traders (as in Cap and TRADE) who throw a lot of money around.
One angle not being covered in the mainstream press is that Cap and Tax relies upon the lethal combination that brought us the mortgage mess: Wall Street traders + government bureaucrats.
This fits, as one of the entities that helped develop the Cap and Tax trading scheme was ENRON, and the "carbon credits" that will be supposedly traded on the open market (after they are doled out by government bureaucrats, of course) will be bought and sold by investment banker types who hail from companies like Bear Sterns and Goldman Sachs, and…
…WAIT A MINUTE. The carbon credits that are at the heart of "Cap and Tax" are going to be handled by market traders connected with big Wall Street firms and investment bankers? Hmmm… if I could just get my hands on some carbon credits byu contributing to the right Congressman, maybe I could use them to pay my mortgage…
"Cap & Tax" Prime Sponsor Waxman admits he hasn't read bill
Obama "Energy Czar" (EPA chief Browner) hasn't read the 1000+-page bill, either (video clip here).
Honoring what seems to have become a vaunted tradition in Congress, H.R. 2454 or "Cap & Tax" was rammed through the House last week without enough time for even a cursory reading, and passed by a narrow margin of 7 votes (219-212). 50 Democrats defected, though the majority of these votes were likely a pre-planned incumbency-protection maneuver with the tacit blessing of Nancy Pelosi, rather than an honest decision of conscience.
We'll outline who the 50 were and their possible motivations in a separate post; likewise with the 8 Republican "Cap and Traitors" who gave the vote its winning margin. For now, enjoy this clip of Waxman, who like his 218 colleagues who voted "YES", hasn't read the bill.
White Papers Show Massive Cost of Waxman-Markey Cap & Trade
This post is simply a collection of white papers on Cap & Trade in one convenient place:
Senate Testimony of Ben Lieberman on Devastating Cost of Cap & Trade (Heritage/SPPI)
Negligible Climate Effect of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (SPPI)
Economic Effect of Waxman-Markey on States, by Congressional District (Heritage)
Analysis of Lieberman-Warner Cap & Trade (pretty technical but good information) (Nat'l Assn. of Manufacturers)
The High Cost of Cap and Trade: Why the EPA and CBO are Wrong (Heritage)
ACCF Cap&Trade Cost State-by-State (American Council of Capital Formation)
Cap and Trade: Eight reasons why cap and trade harms the economy and reduces jobs (Inst. for Energy Research)
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A Review of No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism, by David Stowe, The University of North Carolina Press, 291 pages by Garrett Baer There is a certain (dead) art to the mixtape, difficult to theorize but easy enough to hear. It's not quite captured in Nick Hornby's High Fidelity,...
Passing 9/11 Health Bill Would Mean Disrespecting Christmas
Elissa Lerner: Last Thursday, after Senate republicans filibustered their way out of passing the Zadroga Bill, also known as the 9/11 health care bill which would provide $7.4 billion in health aid to ailing first responders, few took notice. However, on the Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart took the issue quite seriously....
Stop the War on Easter Now!
12 January 2006 Do you feel more or less persecuted than last year? Georgia Republican state representativesplay to their constituencies, with some after-the-fact Christmas- (and possibly Easter) saving legislation, on behalf of "persecuted Christians."


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College Hockey:What Hockey East teams need to do for second-half success
Earlier this week, I looked back at the first half of the season for Hockey East teams. Grades were handed out with a few teams excelling, a few seeming middle of the road and a couple very close to bottoming out.
Now, as the second half of the season is about to begin, here is a look forward at each team to give some perspective in what each team needs to do moving forward to either keep its season successful or, in some cases, turn mediocrity into greatness.
Starting at the bottom of the league, here we go:
Oh, Catamounts, where do we start? To think that this season is going to be salvaged might be a bit of a stretch. Vermont did little to show it can contend this season in the first half. If they are to improve, the Catamounts will need help in all areas.
In net, Rob Madore needs to return to the form of old. In too many games he looked pedestrian, making some impressive stops at times but allowing way too many bad goals. Defensively, the team needs to play better in front of him. Blocked shots, attention to detail and not allowing goals in bunches are all areas to work on for the Cats.
More players need to produce offensively. The loss of Chris McCarthy to injury hurt but someone besides Connor Brickley and Sebastian Stalberg needs to contribute.
The Minutemen have suddenly become one of the best teams in the nation at home. Now the question is how does this translate to playing on the road? Zero losses at the Mullins Center; zero wins on the road. Yes, that equals a record around .500, but is that good enough?
This is a team with a huge upside. T.J. Syner is certainly an all-league player. Michael Pereira shows no sign of a sophomore slump. There is plenty of other talent on this team. The X factor, though, is consistency. There simply hasn't been consistent night-in, night-out effort.
At the same time, none of the team's three goaltenders has stepped forward to replace Paul Dainton. Rookie Kevin Boyle has the best record, but a save percentage below .900 and a goals against average just below 3.00 simply isn't enough in Hockey East. This is the area that needs the most improvement.
New Hampshire
If New Hampshire is to salvage this season, this team needs to believe in itself. The Wildcats are easily the league's biggest underachievers from the first half. The reasons are many: lack of goaltending, not enough offense at times, inability to play a 60-minute game.
Like UMass, New Hampshire is unable to win on the road, something never associated with the Wildcats for the last two decades. Part of this becomes mental, particularly when a team knows it has the ability to win.
But there is no doubt the area that needs the most improvement is goaltending. Matt DiGirolamo's goals against has jumped nearly a full goal since last season while his save percentage has dipped below .900. Confidence that your goaltender will stop the puck is a major part of overall team confidence. Right now UNH is lacking both.
Here is a simple note to Northeastern: Pretend like the break didn't happen. There was no hotter team in the country before the break than the Huskies, riding six straight wins. So what was the difference between the winning streak and the 1-7-2 mark that preceded it?
Well, it starts with defense. The Huskies allowed three or more goals seven times in the first 10 games, five times allowing four or more. In the six wins, the max goals allowed was two.
At the same time, Northeastern's offense came alive in those six games. Led by a nine-goal outburst at Notre Dame, Northeastern averaged 4.5 goals a game.
It seems like the Huskies may be buying into coach Jim Madigan's system. Combined with solid starts in goal by Chris Rawlings, this team seems as confident as any in the nation. If that continues, expect Northeastern to earn home ice.
If I listened to the Maine fans who commented on my latest blog, you would think the Black Bears are meeting expectations. I said that much more was expected of this team preseason, while those who commented from Orono said .500 was where they believed this team would be.
Honestly, I have a hard time believing that. Maine has as much talent as any other team. Plenty of offensive ability, one of the better playmaking defensemen in Will O'Neill and an overall defensive corps most coaches would love to have.
Yes, goaltending is a question mark as neither Dan Sullivan nor Martin Ouellette has proven himself as consistent every night. But that's something that I, along with most of the coaches in their preseason poll, believe the Black Bears could overcome.
And I still do believe that.
What will it take to turn things around, though? That's the million dollar question. Obviously it begins with goaltending. Coach Tim Whitehead will need to choose his No. 1 and stick by it. Pulling goaltenders, as happened early in the season, can hurt a goaltender's confidence. It seems Sullivan will be the No. 1 moving forward. Now it will be his job to play like one.
The Friars are on pace to return to the postseason for the first time in three years. That, though, likely won't be enough to satisfy first-year coach Nate Leaman.
If you talk to Leaman, his expectations are high. And though Providence is much improved over last year, he believes there is plenty of room for further improvement.
The team lacks any sort of offensive superstar and has depended on depth in scoring. That needs to continue. Goaltending has been strong as Alex Beaudry has emerged as a true top-tier goaltender. His success will pace this team.
If Providence is to emerge, though, as a top-tier club it will need to be successful away from Schneider Arena. The Friars' schedule was front-loaded with home games, and eight of the club's league games in the second half will be on the road. With a 1-3-0 road record in the first half it's hard to judge success or a lack thereof. But that success in the new year will dictate how far this team goes.
Lowell's first-half success shocked many. Easy to pin as a potential cellar-dweller once again, suddenly everything turned around under new coach Norm Bazin.
Much of the turnaround can be attributed to goaltending. Doug Carr is a netminder beaming with confidence. He leads Hockey East in every goaltending category, a major step up from a goaltending corps that a year ago was near the bottom in all stats. That absolutely must continue.
At the same time, Lowell's offense needs to produce. This is a team that likely won't have a first team all-league forward come season's end (defenseman Chad Ruhwedel is making his case, though, for first team). Thus Lowell will need three lines that can score goals in the second half.
One thing that has been advantageous for the River Hawks is home ice. Though playing only six games, Lowell packed the Tsongas Center and made it difficult for opponents to play. It is very similar to recent success at home for Merrimack: Winning translates to bigger crowds, which translates to a better atmosphere and home success.
The Warriors' early success that led to the team's first No. 1 national ranking was one of the best story lines of the first half of the season. Merrimack, though, learned that with success comes a bigger challenge.
It's not too far of a stretch to say that the Warriors got caught up in the excitement. A 2-3-1 record after beginning 9-0-1 is proof positive. And one of the glaring problems in that difficult stretch was a lack of discipline.
It's easy to believe that you're successful, particularly with how well Merrimack has played for the past season and a half. But that doesn't mean that discipline can be thrown out the window. Coach Mark Dennehy continues to talk each postgame about penalties, but the team has done little to eliminate them.
You can talk X's and O's, consistency and execution. For Merrimack, I think all of those things are in line. But this team must stay out of the penalty box if it's to maintain the success to which it has become accustomed.
Boston University
No team will return from break facing the challenges that BU will. Besides the inconsistency that, at times, frustrated coach Jack Parker, the Terriers must somehow replace their top scorer (Corey Trivino) and a top-three scorer (Charlie Coyle).
There won't be any mid-season recruiting for BU. Thus players like Sahir Gill, Alex Chiasson, Wade Megan and Chris Connolly all need to begin producing more goals. Megan is the only player on that list in position to far exceed his offense from a year ago. Now, with goal scoring at a premium, it's likely these players will get the opportunity to produce and must take advantage.
BU also needs goaltender Kieran Millan to play to his all-league ability each and every night. Soft goals against down the stretch will kill this team.
Boston College
The Eagles may be well-positioned for another regular season title, but given the tight Hockey East standings, that could change at any minute.
BC's offense has been strong all year, already boasting three double-digit goal scorers. Players like Kevin Hayes, Bill Arnold and rookie Johnny Gaudreau all had great first semesters and Chris Kreider continues to seem a man among boys. Obviously, that needs to continue.
If there is one question mark entering the second semester it is goaltending. Parker Milner started the year impressively but struggled down the stretch. Rookie Brian Billett was impressive in four starts before the break. So the question is whether BC has two solid options or a goaltending dilemma. The former in the second half could lead to another national title; the latter could mean disaster.
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Before it was even built, the Bagley Avenue Pedestrian Bridge was bestowed with an American Institute of Architects Detroit Honor Award for design (un-built category). It was selected because it "begins the process of mitigating the highway's [I-75] devastating cut in the urban fabric. Monumental without overstatement. Demonstrates a commitment to an evolutionary design process. The design is ultimately a catalyst for change. We look forward to seeing substantial in-fill at the bridge's touchdown points to truly knit and reconnect the urban fabric."
Rising 150 feet from the freeway below it is a landmark visible from the Ambassador Bridge and other points in the city. The cable-stayed bridge is part of the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) $230 million I-75 Gateway Project, and is the first such structure in the state. The 407-foot-long structure spans I-75 and I-96, two of southeast Michigan's busiest freeways. According to the MDOT, the bridge serves to reunite Mexicantown, one of southwest Detroit's oldest neighborhoods, divided since I-75 was built in the late 1970s.
The bridge was designed by inFORM Studio, a design based practice with offices in Detroit, Michigan, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and New York City. It was chosen as the winning entry in a national design competition for the MDOT Ambassador Gateway Project. The contractor, Toebe Construction, is a leading heavy/highway contractor in the state of Michigan specializing in bridges, including complex, bascule, moveable, and cable-stayed structures.
"The pedestrian bridge is a significant part of the Gateway Project and its purpose goes beyond lending aesthetic beauty to the neighborhood," remarked MDOT Metro Region Engineer Tony Kratofil during the opening day – appropriately, on Cinco de Mayo this year. "It is an investment in Mexicantown and southwest Detroit that will improve mobility, safety and quality of life for residents. This bridge...will help increase commerce by supporting the more than 600 businesses in southwest Detroit. It will attract new businesses, spur economic development, and support Detroit's $5 billion-a-year tourism industry by encouraging travelers to visit the Detroit Welcome Center, the Mexicantown community and attractions throughout the city and state."
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text: Apr 2, 2014 21:06 Malaysian police: Jet mystery may never be solved Malaysian police: Jet mystery may never be solved Associated Press photo by Rob Griffith -- A shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion aircraft is seen Monday on low cloud cover while it searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Malaysia's national police chief has warned that the investigation into what happened to the plane may take a long time and may never determine the cause of the tragedy. Khalid Abu Bakar said Wednesday, April 2, that the criminal investigation is still focused on four areas hijacking, sabotage and personal or psychologica problems of those on board the plane. EILEEN NG and NICK PERRY| Associated Press April 2, 2014; 9:05 a.m. Comments KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A police investigation may never determine the reason why the Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, and search planes scouring the Indian Ocean for any sign of its wreckage aren't certain to find anything either, officials said Wednesday. The assessment by Malaysian and Australian officials underscored the lack of knowledge authorities have about what happened on Flight 370. It also points to a scenario that becomes more likely with every passing day — that the fate of the Boeing 777 and the 239 people on board might remain a mystery forever. The plane disappeared March 8 on a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur after its transponders, which make the plane visible to commercial radar, were shut off. Military radar picked up the jet just under an hour later, on the other side of the Malay peninsula. Authorities say until then its "movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane" but have not ruled out anything, including mechanical error. Police are investigating the pilots and crew for any evidence suggesting they may have hijacked or sabotaged the plane. The backgrounds of the passengers, two-thirds of whom were Chinese, have been checked by local and international investigators and nothing suspicious has been found. "Investigations may go on and on and on. We have to clear every little thing," Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. "At the end of the investigations, we may not even know the real cause. We may not even know the reason for this incident." Police are also investigating the cargo and the food served on the plane to eliminate possible poisoning of passengers and crew, he said. The search for the plane began over the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea where the plane's last communications were, and then shifted west to the Strait of Malacca where it was last spotted by military radar. Experts then analyzed hourly satellite "handshakes" between the plane and a satellite and now believe it crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. A search there began just over two weeks ago, and now involves at least nine ships and nine planes. The current search area is a 221,000-square-kilometer (85,000-square-mile) patch of sea roughly a 2½-hour flight from Perth. The focus of the search has moved several times as experts try to estimate where the plane is most likely to have landed based on assumptions on its altitude, speed and fuel. Currents in the sea are also being studied to see where any wreckage is most likely to have drifted. Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency coordinating the multinational search effort out of Australia, said no time frame had been set for the search to end, but that a new approach would be needed if nothing showed up. "Over time, if we don't find anything on the surface, we're going to have to think about what we do next, because clearly it's vitally important for the families, it's vitally important for the governments involved that we find this airplane," he told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. With no other data available indicating where the plane went down, spotting wreckage is key to narrowing down the search area and ultimately finding the plane's flight data recorders, which will provide a wealth of information about the condition the plane was flying under and possibly the communications or sounds in the cockpit. The data recorders emit a "ping" that can be detected by special equipment towed by a ship in the immediate vicinity. But the battery-powered recorders stop transmitting the "pings" about 30 days after a crash. Locating the data recorders and wreckage after that is possible, but it becomes an even more daunting task. Houston said that only once wreckage from the plane was found "we will then be able to narrowly focus the search area so that we can start to exploit the underwater technology devices that will hopefully lead to where the aircraft is on the bottom of the ocean." Malaysia has been criticized by the relatives of some Chinese passengers on board, who accuse them of not giving them enough information or even lying about what it knows about the final movements of the plane. Some are staying in hotels in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur, courtesy of Malaysia Airlines. On Wednesday, authorities organized a closed-door briefing in Malaysia for the families with officials and experts involved in the hunt, including the chief of the Malaysian air force. It was relayed by video conferencing technologies to the relatives in Beijing. Malaysia's civil aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, said officials answered all the questions raised by the relatives and that they had "a very good meeting." Several relatives interviewed after session said officials showed them more satellite and other data, but that they were still not satisfied. "The fact is they didn't give us any convincing information," said Steve Wang, a representative of some of the Chinese families in Beijing. "They said themselves that there are many different possibilities, but they are judging on the basis of just one of them." Malaysian officials have on occasion given conflicting accounts and contradictory information over the last three weeks. They maintain they are doing their best in what it is an unprecedented situation, and stress they want the same thing as the families, namely to locate the plane as quickly as possible. ——— Perry reported from Perth. Associated Press writers Gillian Wong in Kuala Lumpur, Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, and Kristen Gelineau in Sydney contributed to this report. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Airdate: November 5, 2003
Written by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson; Directed by Marita Grabiak
When I said I wasn't from here, I wasn't talking about Smallville. Where I'm from, we have colors that you've never seen. Our moons are so close they fill up half the sky. We have sunsets that last for hours. – Joe
CLARK DISCOVERS THAT JOR-EL WAS ON EARTH FORTY YEARS AGO – Lana's great uncle, who was convicted of murdering his wife forty years ago, shows her a picture of the man he believes really killed her aunt, and she is shocked to discover the drifter looks just like Clark. Sure that the man is Jor-El, Clark's investigation leads him to a kryptonian medallion that allows him to see bits of the past – and the life that Jor-El started for him long before he arrived on Earth.
Guest Stars
Camille Mitchell (Sheriff Nancy Adams)
William B. Davis (Mayor William Tate)
Tim Henry (Officer Mason)
Tom Heaton (Dex McCallum)
Peter Benson (Young Dexter McCallum)
Kendall Cross (Jessica Kent)
Michael Karl Richards (Sheriff Billy Tate)
John Mann (Lachlan Luthor)
Dean Wray (Hiram Kent)
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Matchbox by Carl Perkins
In Your Eyes by Aaron D.
I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingos
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) by The Penguins
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- Bursa Book Fair to open
- Istanbul biennale goes to Mersin
- Festival air in Ankara
- March at the City Theaters
- TRT Tourism Radio promotions continue
- Terminal buildings book
- Exhibition of banners at Bishkek
- 2008 is Turkish year in Russia
- EXPO 2015 Izmir for a better world!
- A historical tour of the Anatolian shore
- Sultans of poems
- 100 streets from 101 writers
- This month at Borusan
- Contemporary jazz at FKM
- Izmir jazz festival
- Turkish Technic, Inc. opens its doors to the press
- Turkish Airlines is airline with least amount of lost luggage
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- Turkish Airlines and Seabus join forces for Istanbul
- Another innovation from Turkish Airlines
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- Turkish Airlines is 12-time sponsor of Emitt in 2008
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Turkish Airlines meets cargo agents
Turkish Airlines recently gave a dinner at the Conrad Hotel for the top 30 cargo agents by volume of sales.
The dinner was attended by Turkish Airlines President Temel Kotil, Ph.D., Vice-President Hamdi Topçu, Cargo President Atilla Lise, General Director of the International Transport and Logistics Services Producers Association (UTİKAD) Müjdat Mandal, and the cargo agents. Discussed during the evening, at which Temel Kotil and Atilla Lise gave the opening talks, were the agents' problems and proposed solutions. The evening ended with a presentation of plaques to the top five agents.


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Can I move the Unity launcher?
I have searched the net and found out that the Launcher is not movable. With widescreen format it makes perfect sense to have the launcher Vertically than horizontally. But, the folks at the Ubuntu developer community are left handed, I guess! The majority of the world works with right hand and thus I am stating to develop neck pain using the left aligned Launcher.
Now There is no-way to change it is a bit non sense as the OS is open source. There is definitely one gentleman who could release a patch to move the Launcher to the right.
Other than that it is making perfect sense.