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College Hockey:North Dakota new No. 1 in men's poll
North Dakota is the new No. 1-ranked team in this week's USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll.
The Sioux were second last week, but made the jump to No. 1 this week with 21 first-place votes.
Boston College tumbles from the top spot to No. 2, while Yale remains No. 3, Merrimack jumps two spots to No. 4 and Union is up a pair to No. 5.
Denver falls to No. 6 from No. 4, Minnesota-Duluth also dropped two ranks to No. 7, Notre Dame rises one to No. 8, trading places with New Hampshire, and Michigan is back in the top 10, climbing one notch from their No. 11 ranking last week.
Miami is now No. 11, falling out of the top 10, Nebraska-Omaha is at 12, switching with Wisconsin, Rensselaer stays at No. 14 and Boston University does the same at No. 15.
Maine rises three spots to No. 16, Western Michigan holds steady at No. 17, Dartmouth falls two places to No. 18, Colorado College is up one to No. 19 and Minnesota enters the rankings this week at No. 20.
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- SiouxKC
Yeah, Sioux Sioux!
- nyqi
Don't really care that they are #1 right now. Need them to be #1 in April at the end of the national tourney. But I am sure there will be a lot of opinions on why they shouldn't be #1.
- Anonymous
Yeah, I rather see them number 3 or 2 then number 1. As long as they're in the top 4 in the PWR I don't care where they're at in this pole.
- SiouxAlumDenver
Yale, Merrimack, and Union in the top 5. Who saw that coming in the beginning of the year? I think this is going to be a great NCAA tournament with all the new faces.
- nyqi
There are going to be a lot of upsets as no one team has really stepped up as a premier team. There are a bunch of "good" teams but none that are "great" at this point. Could be the year we see a really low seed make a run and win it all. It's been a while since we've seen a Lake Superior State or Harvard type of team win it. Seems it has pretty much been the more high profile programs the last 15+years. Should be interesting.
- UMassfan
I saw Merrimack play last Friday and was not impressed. They have size and are physical, but not a lot of speed or depth. I think UNH and Maine are better teams even than BC, when they are on. I hope they make the tournament.
- Jdorf40
I think that North Dakota and Boston College are the two best teams in the country overall. Pretty much any team can beat another on any given night, but when you look at the talent from top to bottom, and who plays the best hockey overall, they appear to me as the front runners. I am a Sioux fan, but until somebody dethrones Boston College in the tourney, in my eyes they're really the team to beat. The Sioux have the most firepower to do it, but like a few other people have mentioned including myself. It's really anyones game. It should be a phenomenal tournament.
- nyqi
I'd like to think that is true but the team that scares me to death is UMD. That top line when they are on is so good. I know we can beat them but in a one and done type of scenario they are just hard to handle. Oh well only a few more weeks and the tourney will be set. I pray they are not in the UND bracket and have to go through some tough teams to get to the Frozen Four.
- FightingSioux4ever
UMD is good, but don't forget about Denver last year. They were a one trick pony and were bounced in the first round by an inferior opponent in RIT. They had a great goalie, but there top line was shut down. It takes depth to go all the way.
- Jdorf40
UMD is super tough when you look at their first line, but one line won't get it done in the tourney. The competition is too good for that. The other team that I would fear out of the WCHA is UNO. They're biggest downfall is their youth. However, they play solid hockey at both ends of the ice, have superior coaching and most of all, they're hungry. That's a recipe for disaster to whoever draws them. Their seeding could make all the difference in the world so it's going to depend on how they do in the WCHA Final 6. I think they're definitely a team to watch out for.
- nyqi
See the problem with the tournament is one line is sometime enough in my opinion. There are so many TV timeouts that you don't have to run your 4th lines at all and you can get the opportunity to double up your top two lines, so I kinda disagree. I think that's why as a Sioux fan it is hard for them to win the national title. They are built around depth and that just isn't always needed late in the year in my opinion. And you are right about UNO they will be a tough out.
- GeauxSioux
This made my Tuesday morning!
- Cameron Fitzgerald
Let's face it Union is the best team in the nation right now. Disciplined , classy, professional and getting the job done. Maybe one of the best goalies to go along with a top to bottom talented team. Will be in the frozen four. Bet on it…….
- Righty
And like Yale they have one of the nations easiest schedule. Let the world know when your conference schedule some real games.
- Leftyisgod
sounds like Righty has a major issue against Yale. moreso than being a cornholer for his Siouxee team. Hey you guys having Hitler on ice up there at the Ralph this year? His widow inviting Mubarak to come live there?
As a UND student, I am wondering something. To all of the non-UND fans who love to use the Hitler, racist, etc jokes… doesn't regurgitating the same jokes over and over ever get old? Clearly all UND fans worship Hitler and are extremely racist. We are all uneducated rednecks who have 4 teeth. We also happened to – either by coincidence or choice – marry our 1st/2nd cousins. Thank you for continuing to spread the real story of UND fans.
I agree, I posted similarly last week. For some reason no matter what a North Dakotan does he will gain no respect from those who simply consider him an occupant of flyover country.
And success on ice is particularly galling to them.
- Pat
Im a BC student and I respect the immense passion that all the UND fans have for their team. It seems to be unrivaled. Hopefully BC and UND will meet up in the tournament
- Nyqi
As a UND fan, I don't want to see BC. For whatever reason they just seem to have our number and we don't match up well with that team. Best of luck to BC and yes you are right the fans of UND are very passionate for the team and the school.
- collegehockeyfan
I'm gonna have to agree, as history tells us, the last team we want to see is BC, UMD seems to have been burned out, and will be lucky if they win a game or two the rest of the season.
- FightingSioux4ever
I agree, just on the other side of the rink. I think a BC/UND semi-final or final would be a real treat. The only team I wouldn't want to see is UMD. Not because of any WCHA bias or anything like that, I just think that's a team that knows exactly what takes to beat the Sioux. Sandlin s a great coach and his team will be motivated to play their best hockey come tourney time. The whole picture will be much more crystal after the league's respective playoffs are done. There could be some crazy action there.
It would be a good game to watch.
- GeauxSioux
So I did some thorough research on this Engelstad/Hitler issue and it appears whoever made the original comment did some spinning on the facts. Those that have reiterated and regurgitated this blasphemy should certainly take a look at Yale's ties to Nazism (ex-Nazi lecturers, the Prescott Bush and Union Banking Corporation/Nazi industrialism, etc). Other schools have openly and publicly accepted Nazi foreign exchange students, many of them being Ivy. Look up the author Stephen H. Norwood.
IMO, comments such as these have so little to do with HOCKEY, they should be flagged and removed from this HOCKEY site. Can we stick to arguing about HOCKEY now? No offense meant to anyone whatsoever.
- nyqi
They might be, I haven't seen them play yet this year. I don't think that anyone is a sure bet to make the Frozen Four this year. It will be interesting to see how teams that maybe didn't play the toughest of schedules (Unions has the 36th SOS right now) play against some of the teams that might be more battle tested and maybe a bit more worn out than some of those teams.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KBVOP7JEIJTGTBGPEMTI67KVLU J
lol far from it
- Red Pepper
Union is 1-3 vs. top 16 teams. Best?
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KBVOP7JEIJTGTBGPEMTI67KVLU J
about time north dakota gets the respect thats not only deserving but actually acurrate. wcha is college hockey
- Nobody likes you
Yawn. UND was so disrespected when they were ranked 2 and 3. And there is no rule that the number one ranked team has to come from the best conference.
- collegehockeyfan
true, but most Sioux fans(at least the ones who follow college hockey) know the number one ranking doesn't mean a whole lot, so I apologize on behalf of the ignorant Sioux fans, but there are Sioux fans with Logic.
THe logic is that good teams competing against each other "Sharpens" the best.
"He is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides, "History of the Peloponnesian War" (431-404 B.C.)
- collegehockeyfan
this is true, and the number one ranking shows that, but it doesn't mean any given team is 'the best'. All I know is I'm glad UND is in the top 4 in the PWR and after that I could care less which spot they take, because in order to be the best, you have to beat the best at the national tourney.
- collegehockeyfan
I think I'm going to have to agree with a good portion of people here, #1 right now doesn't matter, I think teams are just shooting for top 4 in the PWR, because quite frankly, no team has the right to be #1 now. the top few teams could all be considered the top team. This is definitely going to be a fun tournament to watch!
- Anonymous
I agree with you 100% and I'm a UND fan.
- nyqi
The only reason that I even care that UND is ranked higher in the PWR is that I assume (and I don't know this for sure) that the higher ranked team in the national tournament is considered the home team and it might give them an edge to match lines if they want to against the likes of BC, UMD, Yale, etc if we get to that point. All of this is just for show until we get the final bracketology from the NCAA.
Let's not forget Union was SWEPT by Western Michigan earlier this year, and WMU is on the outside looking in. I might be a bit bias but I think Union is waaaay over-rated
- Anonymous
Western Michigan has just about the same number of wins as ties (15-9-10). The ties are keeping Western Michigan on the outside looking in.
- Snoozefest
Nobody forgets it because you keep harping on week after week. Have your team win a few more games and pass the teams above you in the Pairwise. Whining about Union isn't getting you anywhere.
- YouSee
As a Union fan I'm just happy they are in the discussion and in the hunt.
- collegehockeyfan
finally glad to see the happier side of this forum! Thanks YouSee and congrats on the ECAC regular season Title!
- Anonymous
All I know is this…if Merrimack had 7 or 8 losses, they would be lucky to be ranked in the top 10. But no, BC and North Dakota get atleast three free pass losses a year because their name is BC and North Dakota.
Atleast one voter decided to not give a crap about "prestige" and just vote according to the numbers.
- Norman1
Are you saying Merrimack should be in the top 3 because they have 5 losses? I find that argument very hard to believe when Merrimack's Strength of Schedule is 45th, as compared to 1st for UND and 25th for BC. "Prestige" has very little impact, it's the quality of the opponents and the results. That one voter who voted according to the numbers needs to learn what the numbers mean.
You are correct, like the crow indians from "Jeremiah Johnson" we are judged by the strength and fierceness of our enemies.
- Righty
3 of merrimacks 5 losses are to teams with losing records. 2 of them have less than 7 wins for the year. Your arguement makes about as much sense as Yale being in the top 5. During this impressive win streak they have been on they have played one team in the top 10. SOS 42
- Anonymous
Consistently play and keep up with the best in the country and you will become the best in the country…. both BC and UND accomplish this year after year thats why they are the "prestige" teams.
- logic rules
I thought the poll was about teams playing right now. You seem to think it's a beauty contest of teams history over the last few decades.
- GeauxSioux
I believe UNDNorthStars was referring to the fact that playing well year-round will keep you lingering near the top, meaning top teams rotate through the top spot based on the preceding weeks results.
- Anonymous
Merrimack has won season series against BC, UNH, BU, Northeastern, has beaten Maine the one time they played them, so its amusing when people bring up their fluke losses to Providence and Umass Lowell as some kind of evidence of them being overrated in some way. Every team is going to lose a bad game to a in conference rival they should have beaten. BC did lose to Vermont this year, correct?
The ONLY argument to having BC above Merrimack at this point, is their non-conference schedule. But in that argument you are blaming Merrimack for games that never took place, and ignoring head to head matchups between them and BC, as well as a stronger conference resume thus far. BC's only non-conference games worth mentioning is two wins against Denver, and a loss to Notre Dame. Its not like they have dominated outside of Hockey East.
- Righty
fluke or not they still count the same way. It doesn't help your argument defending teams with losing records.
- Anonymous
So basically, when comparing Merrimack to BC….
You believe the fact that 3 out of Merrimack's 5 losses were to teams with losing records is more important than the fact that 2 of BC's 7 loses have been to Merrimack?
Yea, thats logical.
- Brett
It turns out some teams just have another team's number, due to style of play or whatever. BC could lose every game they play to Harvard and dominate against the rest of the country…does that make Harvard better than BC? Hardly. Unless Merrimack is planning on playing BC every round of the tournament, you might want to rethink your logic.
- Anonymous
I think that analogy is fraudulent. Obviously if Merrimack was say 8-20 right now and two of their wins had come against BC, I wouldn't be arguing that Merrimack was better than BC. But every other statistic you look at in compared in to BC matches up with them as well. Righty keeps bring up SOS, which is legitimate, but the SOS can be weighted down by one or two games. I'm sure if Merrimack decided not to play Alabama Huntsville twice, their SOS would be up in BC's territory as well. Should they really be punished because of two games with an independent team? Head to Head counts more than anything when comparing two teams, everyone knows this. All other comparisons are just secondary and can be spun in 100 different ways.
- Righty
Im pretty sure that BC losing to a team with a winning record hurts less than losing to 3 teams with losing records and getting shutout by a team with 7 wins. Plus having the 42nd Schedule strength doesn't help your case.
BC has a sweep of a top 5 team on there record, Merrimack doesn't,
- GeauxSioux
This was my point exactly. Thanks Righty!
- Jason
I gotta side with Mack on this one. You beat a team two out of three, have the same point total in the conference, and play similar schedules…H2H has gottta count for something
- Anonymous
If you look at the overall records of the 10 teams in Hockey East. Five teams are above .500 and five teams below .500. So Merrimack plays only 4 teams above .500 and 5 below .500 in the conference. I think Hockey East should start playing everyone in the conference 4 times instead of 3 times during the regular season.
- its all math
Then they wouldn't be able to schedule non-conference games.
It's funny how the bottom five in Hockey East are dragging down the strength of schedule of the entire league. Meanwhile the bottom teams in the WCHA won their non-conference games against lousy competition thus giving the league a boost.
- Anonymous
Out of 12 teams in the WCHA 8 of them have a overall record above .500. The ECAC has 7 teams above .500 and the CCHA has 6 teams above .500. I looked at Maine's and UND's schedule. Maine plays 34 games and UND plays 37 games. Hockey East could do a schedule like the CCHA and WCHA and play 2 games every weekend. Then have the Boston area teams play during the week (when they play each other). And try to get as many teams to play each other 4 times as possable.
- its all math
WCHA plays an unbalanced schedule, right? If the 10 teams in Hockey East played each other 4 times that would be 36 games. The only way to have games available for non-conference is to play an unbalanced schedule.
- Anonymous
Now they do, but at one in the early 90′s everyone in the WCHA played each other 4 times a year.
- its all math
Back in the late 80s and early 90s the WCHA varied in the number of teams it had. At one point it was as low as 9 which means 32 league games and only about 4 non-conference games. I don't have a problem with that per se but since the current rant du jour is about Pairwise and Strength of Schedule comparisons I would say you need more non-conference games for the rankings to have any true meaning.
- Anonymous
The difference between Maine and UND in non-conference games is 2. Maine plays 7 non-conference games. UND plays 9 non-conference games.
- Aszimmer1
Those were two very convincing wins at Denver who has hovered around the top 5 for the better part of the season. Not trying to take anything away from Merrimack, they do have some impressive conference wins, but I don't think there overall body of work matches BC or UND. Check out the individual PWR comparison between UND and Merrimack and pay special attention to TUC. UND's TUC record is their overall record.
- GeauxSioux
IMHO, i believe it'd be because BC and UND play significantly tougher schedules so losses to other ranked teams carry less weight as, say, Merrimack (SOS of 43 out of 58) losing to Providence or Mass-Lowell. That being said, I love that Merrimack and Union are having great seasons.
- Did you check
BC and UND play significantly tougher schedules
BC SOS is 26th right now according to the USCHO KRACH page. Hilariously, this is about where Yale's was a few weeks ago (they have since slid to 33). Nobody has the balls to attack BC's SOS.
- GeauxSioux
No I did check but just figured 26th was higher than 43. Maybe not significantly, you're right, but BC has won some games against upper-echelon teams. They seem to be having trouble with lower ranked teams, however.
- dying to find out
Interesting how the Sioux fans won't touch this fact. Are they afraid to diss BC or are they afraid to acknowledge the poor logic the employed in attacking Yale?
BC is a decent team playing largely inferior opposition, what is your point?
- Mike
BC is only decent..?
Yup, pretty decent.
- nyqi
Sorry Mack, but I have to agree with those that are posting back at you. You may be right and they get the benefit of the doubt from the voters in some cases because of the name but you have to look at who the teams have lost against and the losses that Merrimack has are not great. I don't see any "bad" losses for UND. We lost to Maine, Denver, UNO, UMD, Minnesota and CC, all are currently ranked in the top 20. So the MN and CC games are not great but MN is our rival game and those are always tough and CC is a tough place to play with the larger ice sheet. So did they get a break from the voters, maybe but again none of this matters as long as you are in the top 4 of the PWR and you get a decent shot at the Frozen Four. This will all be decided in the national tourney.
- Hockey
Look at Strength of Schedule, UND is 2, and Merrimack is 42, out of 58 teams. Enough said.
- JakeLeven
And if Merrimack played more than 10 TUC in a season they would have 7 or 8 losses.
- collegehockeyfan
Point being Merrimack will be in the tournament, prove to us that they are who you say they are. If they lose in the first round, it doesn't matter what position they are in. Make sure they can back you up before you say they are the best. period.
- http://twitter.com/crb1 crb1
Go Sioux.
- Roben
polls don't matter, only PWR. It gives fans something good (or bad) to talk about during the week. top seed in a regional is what the teams are looking for.
Go Sioux!
- Kristobal
"I'll drink to that! where are my feeeeeeeet?????"
- LincolnJim
I'm sure up in heaven Ralphie is making his casino staff work unpaid overtime at a party where he's throwing down with Hitler!
- Siouxbetcha
Aw. Yes. LincolnJim is back sharing his vast knowlege of the game of hockey. Why so late Jim? Happy hour run a little longer tonight.
- FightingSioux4ever
Still hangn on to that post from last week, huh? Do you even follow college hockey, or do you just like to take shots at the Sioux?
- worlds smallest violin
Waaaaah! Looks like UND fans can dish out crap all year but can't take it when someone takes a shot at you. Typical.
- GeauxSioux
At least we keep it hockey related!
- worlds smallest violin
Had to laugh at that one. If by hockey related you mean screaming for three months about "Who Have The Played?!?!?!" and "EZAC!!!!" and "They lost to (insert sub .500 team name here)" then I guess you have a point. For me personally, I like to read actual analysis of the teams and players, their relative strengths and weaknesses, how they might match up, etc. But everyone's different.
- GeauxSioux
I don't remember screaming but I could be wrong. Who a team plays, the conference they're in and who they lose to have a WHOLE lot more to do with HOCKEY than some of the comments which have since been removed. I'd love to hear your opinion on why you think UND shouldn't be rated #1, because I don't necessarily believe they deserve the 1 spot.
- FightingSioux4ever
You ever read that guy's posts? Nothing pertaining to hockey at all. And yes, when someone makes a claim that Ralph Engelstad was a Nazi sympathizer, I take offense to that. This is a college hockey forum, not a blog for some guy that gets a kick out of making derogatory remarks any chance he gets. So if you have a valid point, make it. Other than that, GO SIOUX!
- MuseRules
Good luck going far with Dell. He is tied for 20th in save percentage.
- Aszimmer1
Dell's save % is better than Muse's from last year. Oh yeah, who won the NC last year? Another valid piont from a well educated fan.
- Nyqi
He's ranked 5th overall in goals against and is a serious contender for the WCHA player of the year as he came out of no where this season. If UND doesn't make it very far it won't be because of Aaron Dell.
- EagleEye
Go figure. we win the Beanpot and drop one after UND gets three points against a .500 team? western bias in the rankings
- aMUSEing
Yeah, but we didn't lose to a sub .500 team. The Beanpot? Two teams with RPI rankings of 38 and 51. And then the other team with the winning record loses to the 51 ranked team. There's a feather in your cap.
- Bud Keohan
I'm glad the blog are back on just hockey. So you will understand where I'm coming from I went to Merrimack College as a freshman in 1949 when there was no senior class, the school having been founded in 1947 by the Augustinians, whose other school is Villanova University. An attempt was made to have an independent team in the early 1950s but a serious injury to a player caused the administration to order that team to stop using the name Merrimack because there was no insurance coverage. By the mid 1950s Fr. Thabault, who had been a wing for St. Michael's (VT) when a student there decided to get hockey into the athletics program, which then had only basketball, tennis (on rented courts) and sailing. An outdoor rink was built for the late Winter and Spring of 1955 but due to the weather only one game was played against Babson. Several games were played in indoor rinks in 1955-56 and the team clearly was considered varsity by the Fall of 1956. Jim Reynolds, who had been a key figure in the earlier independent team and now was a lawyer, came back to coach for several years and he and Fr. Thabault gradually built a schedule that relied on facing good opposition more than the number of games played. If you want to see how that was accomplished see the complete results from 1956-57 on the Merrimack hockey website. I handled the Sports PR as a student junior and senior year and thus added hockey when I returned to join the faculty at age 23 in the Fall of 1955. About 12 of the 16 years from 1951-67 I served as Sports Information Director, but by age 35 had to stop because we added more sports and it was too much to do while teaching full time. By the late 1980s Hockey East had added Lowell as a seventh team and invited Merrimack to be the eighth. I preferred the ECAC as I felt we could compete better against the Ivys and schools such as Union and RPI which we sometimes played. At my request the committee asked ECAC, which had 12 teams then, what were our chances. ECAC not only indicated that 12 teams were the maximum they wanted but also told us that, if anyone dropped out, the slot was promised to Union. Union replaced Army when it left the ECAC. The only other change was when Vermont left the ECAC to be Hockey East's tenth team with Quinnipiac moving to the ECAC (the ninth HEA team was UMass-Amherst). At that time Merrimack went 25-0 in ECAC East, the combination of Division 2 and 3 teams, and was selected as the Division I Independent because we had indicated we wanted to move up (in two game total goal matchups we trailed Northeastern 8-3 about midway in the second period of the second game but scored seven straight goals to advance to the quarterfinals at Lake Superior State, which won the national title that year; we won the first game, LSSU's only home loss since very early in the season, but were blanked in the second game. So Merrimack moved to the HEA with high hopes since we already played some of its members, but it is only now in 2011 when we are headed back to the NCAAs since Coach Dennehy, now in his sixth year here, has a team he selected based on known ability to win in junior hockey or in the case of a few others prep or US Development Team experience, the latter being the way goalie Joe Cannata readied himself.
That is a long preamble but reading the posts tonight I felt I should comment since at age 79 I am still teaching (I missed 2007-08 to get both knees replaced).
I never advanced as a child from double runners to skates and had trouble with a two foot decline in the backyard when I tried skis.
It is wonderful that so many of you truly love your alma maters and their athletic programs but the most important thing going on is the education of these young people who have received scholarship aid to attend our colleges and universities. I have been blessed with teaching many college athletes over the years, some of whom are among the top one percent of the thousands I've taught. Time management is the key to their success. Please remember that their education and future life as citizens of a troubled world when you are posting. On a different website the UMass goalie, who was pulled in our 11-2 win in January, was blasted, apparently at age 25 for behind over the hill, but played magnificently in defeat this past weekend in both games.
The second item is the debate on Strength of Schedule. Last year we opened with two games at North Dakota, but were on the attack at the end in a 3-2 loss at what I now know Fighting Sioux fans refer to as the Ralph. For this year Coach Dennehy wanted to take us further West to Denver and Colorado College, but the dates could not be worked out, but I have high hopes Merrimack will open in WCHA territory in 2011 as we did in 2009. Hopefully some WCHA team will visit us, even if one game along with BC, BU, Northeastern or Harvard (we won head to head this year against all four Beanpot teams). The SOS for all HEA TUCs was hurt last Fall when HEA teams did not do well as a group against other conferences, a rarity, except for Merrimack (6-0-1, the tie the opener at Niagara) and BC (4-1-0). I hope no one minds that both Merrimack and Providence went South to play UAH (our games with UAH were at Nashville to introduce college hockey to the state of Tennessee) to help fill their schedule. When you book a non-conference schedule I don't think anyone is deliberately trying to find soft touches. For short periods we have had home and home weekends over two seasons with some CCHA teams, one being Ohio State, which ended up each year in a split. Over the years we have played all the Ivys but not often, including Pennsylvania when it had a varsity team; Dartmouth has invited us more than once to their invitational and one calendar year (two seasons) we traded weekends with Princeton.
I think SOS is an important item to look at in picking the 16 teams. Merrimack is 7 of 7 against HEA teams so far but I can't guarantee we can win twice at Orono this weekend since we've never done it before. Neither can I guarantee sweeping Providence on the last weekend of the regular season since Beaudry blanked us 2-0 there in November. Someone pointed to our losses 6-4 to Lowell, our nearby rival, and the shutout at PC. Both, along with the other three losses to BC, Northeastern and UNH, were fought to the last minute, all being one goal losses in a way since PC and Lowell scored empty netters at the end.
My best wishes to all of you. I'm quite new to blogging but have a lot of journalism papers to do for my students, who include Cannata and Jesse Todd this semester in Feature Writing, after Ryan Flanigan, Carter Madsen and Karl Stollery in the Fall, all quality students.
- Righty
wow you really like the sound of your own voice
- Nyqi
Be respectful. Did you even read his post? He has as much right to post here as you do. You don't like, don't read it.
- Anonymous
I had Bud as a Professor while I was at Merrimack…he knows what hes talking about.
- swanny14
Especially love the history and the knowledge – keep it coming!!
- Bud Keohan
I apologize for not proofreading. The first sentence contains an agreement error. Sorry.


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As the brutal conflict between Israel and Hamas militants has escalated, over 100,000 civilians have been displaced. Many have sought refuge in school buildings. The schools are operated by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Palestine. WFP is providing emergency food rations at all these schools.
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Civilians are paying the highest price of the current military escalation. I condemn this callous shelling and the extensive loss of life...Today's tragedy was yet another illustration that no one in Gaza is safe. I call once again on all parties to this conflict to recognize and respect the sanctity, neutrality and inviolability of UN premises. I further call for an immediate cease-fire to end the killing and maiming as well as the devastation and traumas that will mark the population for decades. Enough is enough."
The conflict is claiming the lives of more and more civilians each day. The violence is also worsening a hunger crisis too. Poverty was already at high levels in the region.
WFP's Country Director, Pablo Recalde, says, "The conflict in Gaza has affected a large number of people and the food needs rise every day." Close to 300,000 people in Gaza receive WFP food aid every month.
The increase in hunger also means WFP needs extra donations. In a press release earlier this week, WFP said it requires at least US $ 30 million in funds for the rest of this year. The UN food agency relies entirely on voluntary donations. Wars in Syria, Iraq and Africa have placed WFP under a great strain to keep up with the increase in hunger.
Calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue. Catholics Confront Global Poverty has put out an action alert asking citizens to write their leaders in support of a ceasefire. Until this happens the region will see more senseless violence and a worsening humanitarian crisis that will also claim innocent lives.


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[Washington, DC] -- As part of a progressive reform agenda in Saudi Arabia, the cabinet today approved plans to streamline local and municipal governments, including the establishment of Municipal Councils with elected members. Half the members of the councils will be elected and half appointed. A committee has been tasked with recommending procedures and mechanisms for implementing this decision. These recommendations are to be submitted within one year.
Early this year, HRH Crown Prince Abdullah announced a 'Charter To Improve the Arab Position', which called for expanding economic opportunities and increasing political participation for all people in the Arab world. Since that time, Saudi Arabia has embarked on a path to privatize industry, modernize legal systems, update its educational curriculums, gain entry to the World Trade Organization, and establish other building blocks for a modern nation.
Today's announcement is an important part of the Kingdom's ongoing reform agenda and follows King Fahd's address to the Consultative Council on May 17 where he said: "I would like to confirm that we will continue on the path of political and economic reform. We will work to improve our system of government and the performance of the public sector and broaden popular participation in the political process."
After this address, Crown Prince Abdullah directed a Ministerial Committee headed by Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, to review this matter and suggest mechanisms to implement King Fahd's vision. The committee completed its deliberations and forwarded its recommendations to the Crown Prince, who endorsed them and submitted them to the Cabinet for approval. The Cabinet approved them today.
According to HRH Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Kingdom's Ambassador to the United States: "This is an important step in the Kingdom's history. It also shows the wisdom and foresightedness of its leadership."


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"Bachelorette" star Jef Holm was thrilled when he was chosen as Emily Maynard's final contestant on their season of the show and he was quick to get down on one knee and propose. But things went sour shortly after they started living a life together in the real world and there had been rumors of Jef making fun of Emily for being "a crazy cat lady." Perhaps things have gotten ugly, because he is staying silent these days as she is in love all over again. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Jan. 9, "Bachelorette" star Jef Holm hasn't said anything on Twitter or Instagram about Emily's recent engagement.
Two months after the finale aired, Emily and Jef announced that they were splitting up. However, apparently, he wasn't the only person she had hurt during the process. Emily is not invited to Sean Lowe's upcoming wedding and Arie supposedly left the show upset that they had just slept together days before he was sent home.
But it sounds like Arie is happy for Emily. "Happy for Emily and her engagement, wishing her lots of love and happiness! Always wanted the best for her :)" Arie tweeted. But Jef hasn't tweeted anything and sending out a message now may not look good. One has to wonder if he has moved completely on from the entire situation.
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The USD 480 Board of Education agreed to the addition of three AP Honors courses and three other courses to the curriculum at Liberal High School with one of them also including the middle schools during Monday's meeting. The curriculum council along with the Director of Curriculum Lana Evans recommended the addition to these courses. The courses added include Applied English I, AP English Language & Composition, AP European History, AP Environmental Science, Metals III, and Intensive Reading (Middle and High School).
The board also approved the consent agenda which includes second semester food service bids, mileage rate, waiver of building rental fee, and three overnight trips.
Other action items approved was the Hutton Construction Payment for the high school classroom addition, resignation of a certified teacher, retirement of Vernon Welch as Superintendent effective May 28, 2010, and classified employment/resignations/transfers.
The board will next meet on February 4 for a special board meeting. The meeting will only be informational. The next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on Monday, February 8.
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The Automated ScoreBook
Northern Illinois at #15 Texas
Feb 12, 2011 at Austin, Texas (McCombs Field)
Score by Innings R H E
Northern Illinois... 000 10 - 1 2 2
Texas............... 363 2X - 14 12 0
Umpires - HP: Susie Benzel 1B: Dora Martinez 3B: Jay Grigsby
Start: 6:29p.m. Time: 1:53 Attendance: 623
Weather: Cool and breezy
The Automated ScoreBook
Northern Illinois at #15 Texas
Feb 12, 2011 at Austin, Texas (McCombs Field)
Northern Illinois starters: 3/cf PARRISH; 23/lf GERMILLION; 15/rf SINNER; 22/dh
SANCHEZ; 6/1b BARNETT; 21/2b COLOSIMO; 7/ss SHEPPARD; 1/3b MATSUI; 13/c TOFFT;
14/p OWENS;
Texas starters: 6/rf Hoagland; 51/1b Bennett; 88/3b Taylor; 10/c Hooks; 21/dh
Savony; 11/ss Thom; 4/lf Schmidt; 7/2b Feight; 20/cf Washington; 12/p Luna;
Northern Illinois 1st - PARRISH struck out swinging.
GERMILLION grounded out to 3b. SINNER struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas 1st - Hoagland walked. Bennett singled through
the left side; Hoagland advanced to second. Bennett advanced to second on an
illegal pitch; Hoagland advanced to third on an illegal pitch. Bennett advanced
to third on an illegal pitch; Hoagland scored on an illegal pitch. Taylor
walked. Hooks grounded into double play 2b to 1b; Taylor out on the play;
Bennett scored. Savony doubled down the lf line. Thom doubled down the lf line,
RBI; Savony scored. Schmidt lined out to ss. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1
Northern Illinois 2nd - SANCHEZ flied out to lf.
BARNETT struck out swinging. COLOSIMO struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas 2nd - Feight grounded out to ss. Washington
walked. Hoagland singled through the left side; Washington advanced to second.
Bennett tripled down the rf line, 2 RBI; Hoagland scored; Washington scored.
Taylor singled to center field, RBI; Bennett scored. Craig, C. pinch ran for
Taylor. Hooks walked; Craig, C. advanced to second. Savony walked; Hooks
advanced to second; Craig, C. advanced to third. Thom flied out to rf. Schmidt
tripled down the rf line, 3 RBI; Savony scored; Hooks scored; Craig, C. scored.
Feight grounded out to 3b. 6 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northern Illinois 3rd - Taylor to 3b for Craig, C..
Scott to 2b for Feight. Bennett to dh. Savony to 1b. SHEPPARD grounded out to
3b. MATSUI walked. TOFFT singled to pitcher; MATSUI advanced to second. MATSUI
out at second c to ss, caught stealing. PARRISH struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas 3rd - Washington singled to left field.
Washington stole second. Hoagland tripled to center field, RBI; Washington
scored. Bennett walked. Taylor grounded out to 3b; Bennett advanced to second,
advanced to third on a throwing error by 1b; Hoagland scored. Ogle pinch hit
for Hooks. Bennett scored on an illegal pitch, unearned. Ogle lined out to 1b.
Savony singled to left field, advanced to third on a fielding error by lf. Thom
grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Northern Illinois 4th - Ogle to c. GERMILLION
doubled to right center. GERMILLION advanced to third on a wild pitch. SINNER
struck out swinging. GERMILLION scored on a wild pitch. SANCHEZ fouled out to
2b. BARNETT walked. COLOSIMO reached on a fielder's choice; BARNETT out at
second ss to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas 4th - GERMILLION to p. SINNER to lf. SANCHEZ
to c. TOFFT to rf. OWENS to dh. Schmidt walked. Scott reached on a fielder's
choice; Schmidt out at second p to ss. Washington struck out swinging. Hoagland
doubled to right center; Scott advanced to third. Bennett singled up the
middle, 2 RBI; Hoagland scored; Scott scored. Taylor hit by pitch; Bennett
advanced to second. Taylor advanced to second on an illegal pitch; Bennett
advanced to third on an illegal pitch. Ogle grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northern Illinois 5th - Hoagland to 3b. Bennett to
ss. Taylor to dh. Thom to rf. SHEPPARD struck out swinging. MATSUI popped up to
p, bunt. TOFFT fouled out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.


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Across the country, schools announce iPad pilots, bring the mobile devices into the classroom and rave about their new tools.
"It's really the first version of the iPad, and there's a lot of bluster and a lot of sort of enthusiasm about iPads without a lot of concrete statistics and case studies to go by," said Sam Gliksman, educational technology director at New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, Calif.
"People are jumping in left, right and center," he continued, "and what I'm finding is they're great for some things, they're a little limited in others, and it's a different paradigm from using laptops. You can't use them the same way, and I think that's where a lot of people are jumping in and making a mistake."
To figure out how this device impacts schools, we'll take a look at pilot programs in two California schools and one Oregon school district. Keep reading to find out the technical and instructional implications of the iPad in the classroom.
The pilot programs
In the heart of the Willamette Valley about 23 miles south of Portland, Canby School District serves 5,000 students in nine schools. In May 2010, administrators and teachers started testing the iPad, which launched in April. In the fall, the district launched an iPad pilot that supplied 25 devices to teachers and about 300 to students for use in class.
The district started the pilot for a number of reasons, said Joe Morelock, director of technology and innovation.
- Teachers and students learn with 2,000 iPod touches, so they're comfortable with Apple mobile devices.
- Through that experience, Morelock knew the iOperating System (iOS) had enough power.
- Because teachers already used iTunes, they could manage the iPads themselves.
One science teacher has a cart of iPads, so in each of his classes, every student uses one every day. In the Dual Language Immersion Program, two classes of fifth-graders have a device assigned to them. And on a smaller scale, the district deployed them at all grade levels in various subjects.
Northern California
About 108 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Vallecito Union School District in Avery, Calif., serves 720 kindergarten through eighth-grade students in three schools. In August, the district started an iPad pilot at Avery Middle School, which earned the title of Apple Distinguished School for the 2010-2011 school year.
When California released categorical funding for textbook adoption, district staff considered adopting new math textbooks, said Michael Wells, director of technology. But the staff members asked the middle school teachers, "If you could do something else with this money, what would you do?"
The teachers wanted a mobile computing device for each student. So the district's business manager, superintendent, middle school principal and technology director worked together to launch a pilot starting with 190 iPads for the school's 300 students.
Seventh- and eighth-graders have their own device, and eighth-grade students can take their devices home. Both fifth- and sixth-graders have classroom sets.
Southern California
About 31 miles northwest of Los Angeles, New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, Calif., started an iPad pilot in September with 45 or 50 devices to explore ways students could use them. During the school year, the staff members hoped to transition to e-books, said Sam Gliksman, the educational technology director.
Five history, religious studies and science classes either access iPads from a cart or go to a classroom that stores the devices in a closet.
Device advantages
Here's what the iPad brings to the table from the perspective of these three technology directors.
Screen size, touch interface
The 10-inch screen renders content beautifully and has a nice large touch interface that students with motor skill issues can work with easily, Morelock said.
Battery life
The battery life made the iPad an easy choice for Avery Middle School, Wells said. Even with a 6-cell battery, a netbook would only last four hours. And that's not long enough in a 6 1/2- or 7-hour school day. The iPad advertised a 10-hour video viewing battery life, and that has proved true.
Predictable user experience
Students pull the iPad out, hit power, and jump into an app quickly. Because the process is so fast, teachers don't lose much instruction time. The apps also work well consistently, Wells said.
"I'm a fan of open-source, but one of the things that the iPad does better than anybody else is it gives you a predictable user experience," Wells explained. "You know when you open an application that it's going to run. You know what it's going to do. Everything happens the way it should happen 99.9 percent of the time."
Communicating, consumption
With the iPad, you don't have to worry about outlets, power cords or battery life, Gliksman said. And they're fantastic for communicating, e-reading and Web browsing.
Device limitations, challenges
But the device does have limitations and presents challenges that technology directors need to overcome.
Sharing devices
At the start of the Canby School District pilot, pairs of fifth-grade students shared iPads in the Dual Language Immersion Program. But Morelock quickly saw the need to assign each student a device, and he did.
The biggest challenge at New Community Jewish High School is sharing the devices, which students have to do because of budget considerations. For the device to be effective in the classroom, you need to have your own because it's a personal device that leaves a data footprint, Gliksman said.
In a Google forms survey of 126 students in the history and religious studies classes, Gliksman asked, "On a scale of 1 (not helpful) to 5 (very helpful), to what degree has the use of iPads helped your learning in class?" Students responded with an overall average of 3.38.
While the response was positive, it wasn't the ringing endorsement Gliksman hoped for.
He cites two factors that contributed to this response in a blog post reflecting on the results: Sharing the iPads doesn't allow students to make them their own, and there's a learning curve to acquire the skills you need to effectively use the touch interface.
The touch interface
When Gliksman asked them how well they could type on the iPad on a scale of 1 (difficult) to 5 (easy), the student overall average was 3.60. Most of the students said they typed comfortably on the on-screen keyboards, but they were writing short notes, annotations and e-mails, not long documents.
"The more they use it, the more they become comfortable," Gliksman said, "but I'm not ready to say that all kids would be comfortable using iPads all day long. Some of them just don't like the touch interface and the keyboards."
But in the class that used the iPads most, more students preferred iPads.
In Canby School District, students adapted quickly to the on-screen keyboard. That's more of a challenge for the teachers, Morelock said.


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Welcome to SoPHIE!
Upcoming Workshop EventThe next SoPHIE Workshop in Osnabrück will be in October 2014. This workshop consists of two modules: the two day introduction level workshop similar to earlier introduction workshops and the advanced level workshop taking another three days. The workshop will be organized and held by SoPHIE Labs. For details please visit the website below.
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Get an impression of SoPHIE's functionality by by browsing screenshots from it's easy to use webinterface and learn how to get started with your own SoPHIE system.
2014-08-14 SoPHIE 3.0.3 releasedBug fix release that especially fixes installer issues that some users had with earlier releases.
2014-07-28 SoPHIE 3.0.2 releasedAnother quick bug-fix release to solve some additional bugs. Please update to have these bugs fixed in your installation.
2014-07-17 SoPHIE 3.0.1 releasedWe compiled a quick bug-fix release to solve some crutial bugs in release 3.0.0. Please update to have these bugs fixed in your installation.
2014-07-07 SoPHIE 3.0.0 releasedThe next release of SoPHIE is finally available. As announced the release is no longer marked as Beta as most of the core functionality is well tested and has proven itself in many projects. Still a lot of new functionality has also been introduced into this new release and we would like to encourage everyone to let us know about problems and bugs that you might encounter.
Workshop Program for Spring 2014The program for our next two day compact workshop is out. It will be held at the University of Osnabueck on the 8th and 9th of April. For details about the contents and the schedule please look at the PDF below.
2013-07-03 SoPHIE 3.0.0 beta6 releasedSee the changelog for details.
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Herzog-August-Bibliothek :
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Founded in the 16C by Augustus the Young, and rebuilt at the end of the 19C, this was the largest and most important library in 17C Europe. Still an invaluable treasure house for researchers and scholars, it houses some 600 000 volumes. Among the priceless documents and illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages is the 12C Helmarshausen Gospel, said to have belonged to Henry the Lion. Globes, maps and a portolan provide interesting information on the state of geographic knowledge in the 15C, 16C and 17C.
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- Address : Lessingplatz 2 D - 38300 Wolfenbüttel38300Wolfenbüttel
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Sheriff David Gould reports that the Cayuga County Sheriffs Office is investigating a burglary to the Fly by Night Cookie Company on Fancher Avenue in the Town of Sterling.
Sometime between 9:00 pm Sunday September 30th and 8:00 am Monday October 1st, unknown person(s) went into the store and stole the cash register containing an undisclosed amount of cash, the telephone, and the tip jar. Small items from inside the shop were found strewn across the lawn towards the village.
Anyone who witnessed any suspicious activity or persons in or near the Fly by Night Cookie Company store is asked to contact Detective Steve Smith at (315) 253-4869
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Craps? This Mosely Box ($28) is far from crap, though it does resemble one of the six-sided dice required to play the game. Though the box has a working hinged lid, its size makes it more decorative than functional. Measuring in at a mere two-and-a-half inches wide, just about the only thing that can fit inside is an actual die.
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Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector
Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector aims to increase the production and dissemination of knowledge, methods and tools to support teaching of a second language through projects or initiatives designed to have an impact on many communities, preferably in more than one province or territory or nationwide.
- Cooperation framework
- Eligible recipients
- Eligible expenditures
- Calendar
- Content of application
- Evaluation criteria
- Funding terms
- Acknowledgment of the Government of Canada's contribution
- How to apply
I. Cooperation framework
Funds may be provided directly to organizations in the following two categories:
Programming funds may be provided to organizations to carry out ongoing regular activities that address issues in the area being supported. The funds aim to support the ongoing commitment and actions of organizations. They cover expenditures related to the activities and organizations' operating costs.
The Department will give priority to activities that have a lasting effect, strengthening relations between stakeholders and helping build the area being supported.
Project funds may be paid to organizations to carry out one-time activities that do not require ongoing funding.
The Department will give priority to activities that are innovative or address current issues specific to the area being supported.
II. Eligible recipients
Canadian not-for-profit organizations and professional associations.
The following are not eligible:
- individuals;
- government bodies, schools, school boards and foreign institutions organizations.
III. Eligible expenditures
Eligible expenditures include:
- costs related to research and the dissemination of knowledge, methods and tools to support the teaching of English or French as a second language that are to facilitate learning;
- administrative overhead related to the funded activities.
The following expenditures are not eligible:
- capital expenditures;
- course development expenditures;
- expenditures related to activities with an international dimension.
IV. Calendar
Each year, the Program will set deadlines for submitting applications and post them on the PCH website at Schedule of Submission Deadlines.
V. Content of application
- Assessment of the situation in the area being applied for (with a description of the facts that led to the application being developed and the rationale for selecting the proposed approach).
- Description of the proposed programs, activities or projects.
- Clear statement of expected outcomes, with performance indicators for the entire project.
- Linkages with the objectives of the Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector sub-component.
- Linkages with issues related to second-language learning.
- Implementation schedule.
- Budget with a breakdown of the projected expenditures and financial contribution of each party for the proposed programs or activities.
VI. Evaluation criteria
- Demonstration of the organization's commitment to issues related to second‑language learning.
- Linkages with the objectives of the Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector sub-component.
- Linkages with issues related to second-language learning.
- Relevance of the stated needs and proposed activities to the situation described in the application.
- Scope of the project or initiative.
- Projected outcomes and impact on the area being supported.
- Relevance of proposed performance measurements.
- Ability of the organization to carry out the activities.
- Diversification of partnerships and quality of cooperation with other partners.
- Diversification of funding sources.
- Balance between budget and projected activities.
Funding decisions are based on the above criteria and available funds. All funding decisions are made by the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
VII. Funding terms
The Department provides funding to successful applicants in the form of grants or contributions and establishes the reporting requirements as well as the terms and conditions of payment. Multi-year funding may be provided in some cases.
The Department will assume no responsibility for any contractual commitments entered into by the Applicant prior to confirmation of financial support from the Department.
VIII. Acknowledgment of the Government of Canada's contribution
Public acknowledgment is a condition when receiving financial assistance from the Government of Canada. Recipients are required to acknowledge the contribution from the Department in accordance with the Guidelines for acknowledging funding from Canadian Heritage.
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Applicants for funding under the Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector must use the Application Guide and Application Form.
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I kinda thought that by this time around, I pretty much knew it all...but once again I am humbled at how wrong I have been. I have SO MUCH TO LEARN...STILL.
I've been back here for almost 3 weeks and I have made some changes which have been really good. Whenever I have started a new weight-loss journey, I have come charging out of the gate, chomping at the bit, looking for success at every turn; weighing in at every chance; going through the motions at top speed; failing to really pay attention, and ultimately failing each and every time.
Coming back this time, I reset all my trackers, set a new weight loss goal and chose new fast break goals. Resetting my weight loss goal gave me pause - usually I don't even bother to put in the pounds per week, I just would put in my goal weight and the date I wanted it and SP would always tell me that this wasn't realistic. I would then go back, set it at 2 pounds per week and be horrified at how long it was going to take me. I have set it at 2 pounds per week again - hitting my goal some time in October of this year, but now I am thinking of changing this - going at a slower pace. So far I am on track with the 2 pounds per week, but I am not sure that it is really sustainable or realistic. I am open to slowing this down and doing it right - for the final time.
Here are some other big learnings:
1. I do well with daily goals - not weekly - too big for me! Exercising 20 minutes per day as a goal has made all the difference - I have only missed one day in all of January so far!
2. Giving in the the samosas put out at our team meeting yesterday cost me a whooping 677 calories, 81 g carbs; 33 g fat; 16 g protein - HOLY well, you know what...so what did I learn from that - PLANNING and EDUCATION. As soon as I saw those deep fried, golden brown triangles glistening with oil, I should have taken a minute, looked them up on-line and been horrified at how much of my day's food they were worth. I know for next time.
3. Weighing myself each morning and every chance I get is just counter productive - I am TRYING to only step on once a week - Wednesdays. Gives me enough time to recover from any weekend slip ups! I cheated a little bit here this week and did get on Tuesday morning too. A work in progress - is progress, right?
4. On Sunday night, we cooked a really nice dinner together and opened a really nice bottle of wine. We drank the bottle - delicious! I didn't go over the high end of my calories or other nutrition counts - no problem, right? WRONG. When I looked at the report for the day - I was quite surprised to see that largest piece of the pie chart (breaking down my calories by food for the day) was from the wine. What? That made me feel a little queasy - I didn't get it when I saw the numbers, but seeing the visual was like a slap in the face. And I wondered how I had packed on all these pounds - there is a big part of the answer. More learning - empty empty calories, just like that empty bottle.
5. Reading the success stories - so motivational - I think I have read almost all of them now and have visited countless Spark pages that I never would have seen. I love reading the stories and then visiting the members page to see that they are still going strong. It keeps me going b/c if I am honest, I have real doubts that I can do this. Maybe reading these daily will help push these doubts to the background.
6. Greek yogurt ROCKS! I can't believe what a protein punch it packs. Getting enough protein had been an issue for me, but adding this has been fantastic. 18 grams of protein and 0 fat in the beautiful one I have been eating. I have been mixing it with oats in the evening, putting in the fridge overnight, adding some fruit in the morning and voila - a brilliant, quick, ready-made breakfast.
So my learning continues.
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I really like the idea of daily goals. This is something very doable for me. I think I am going to adopt this into my program.
Each day is a new day a new beginning and I have to keep telling myself that. I also like your weighing in once a week. I notice when I start weighing in each day I get discouraged because of the weight fluctuation. I learned some interesting things about myself tonight. They were there all this time but when you read someone else writing them it makes a big difference!
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I am having doubts right now too...lost 48 pounds in 2010, and most of it is back. I have so much to learn. You CAN do this and so can I...we've proven that before!! It's realizing that whatever we're doing to make it happen, is what we have to do FOREVER!! This is what I have to teach myself. So what we do has to be realistic. Hang in there Bex!!
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It's always a learning experience, isn't it! I've recently discovered that being a slave to the scales and weighing all of the time just sets me up for disappointments, failures and eventually giving up completely! It was a vicious cycle. So for now I'm trying to just focus on living a healthier lifestyle. I plan to weigh in only once a month. I have only nine more days until I weigh in for the first time since I started this year...I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!
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Happy Thursday To You!!!
This Journey Is Definitely A Learning Experience. Even At Being In Sight Of My Goal Weight I Still Do the Wrong Things...Like Eating A LOT Of Vanilla Wafers! But I Forget About It And Move On And LEARN Just As You Do. And When I Used To Drink Alcoholic Beverages I Learned Then About How Much Of A Punch It Packs On Weight Gain. Yes We Live And Learn. I Applaud Your Successes Thus Far. You Are Making GREAT Progress. The Fact That You Are Learning And Studying Proves That You WILL Get The Desired Results!
Thanks For Sharing And Helping Us All To Double Think About The Things We Do And Why And How To Make Them More Efficient Without Losing Ourselves In The Process!
Enjoy A Blessed And Prosperous Weekend!!!
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WASHINGTON - With picnic and barbecue season about to go into full swing, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) alerted consumers today about steps they can take to avoid food safety problems. Many summertime favorites, like ice cream, fresh fruit, and salads sometimes cause food poisoning. Those foods caused at least 130 confirmed food-poisoning outbreaks between 1990 and 2001, according to CSPIs report Outbreak Alert! Closing the Gaps in Our Federal Food Safety Net (Acrobat 953k). The report compiles data from laboratory-confirmed food-poisoning outbreaks reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state public-health departments, and medical journals. Most cases of food poisoning are never reported or confirmed.
Over the past decade, fruits and vegetables were linked to at least 82 outbreaks of other food-borne illness, according to the CSPI report. For example, this spring a food-poisoning outbreak, suspected of causing 33 illnesses and 2 deaths, has been traced to cantaloupe in California and several other states. In 1996, an outbreak of Cyclospora caused by imported raspberries sickened nearly 1,500 people in 21 states and Canada. Produce outbreaks also were caused by domestically grown fruits and vegetables.
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Occlusion culling is a visibility determination algorithm that is used to identify those objects that did reside in the view volume but still aren't visible on the screen due to occlusion. That means they are hidden by such objects that reside closer to the camera.
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- 1 cup sifted flour
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- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2/5 cup finely chopped suet
- 1 cup cranberries
- 1/3 cup milk
Instructions:Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine the breadcrumbs, sugar, suet, and cranberries with the milk. Add the flour mixture. Pour into a greased mold, filling it only 2/3 full. Cover tightly. Place the mold on a rack in a kettle over 1 inch of boiling water and steam for 2 hours, using high heat at the beginning and, as the steam escapes, lowering the heat. Add water if necessary. Serve with hard sauce.
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OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshop
The 2015 OC/OVAG Workshop was our largest yet and you can see some of the highlights here.
You can read the full report from the 2015 Workshop too.
Please help support the next OC/OVAG event.
Collectively, the veterinarians and healthcare staff at rehabilitation centers in Borneo and Sumatra care for the largest captive population of orangutans in the world. Yet they face nearly impossible odds, and often find themselves short of medicine, equipment, money, space, support staff and time.
But those same dedicated men and women do not lack for skill. Or commitment. And that is why the Orangutan Conservancy created the Orangutan Conservancy (OC/OVAG) Veterinary Workshop, an annual seminar that gathers together the veterinary teams that work at the frontlines of the orangutan conservation crisis, and gave them a rare opportunity to hone skills, discuss issues and ideas, and renew friendships that could some day mean the difference between life and death for endangered apes.
And the workshops are needed now more than ever before. We must continue to bring these wildlife veterinarians together and show them that they are not alone in their mission to save orangutans.
The Workshops
The OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshop series was inaugurated in 2009, and the first meeting was held in Central Kalimantan, Borneo.
The OC/OVAG 2010 Veterinary Workshop was staged in Medan, Sumatra, and the OC 2011 Veterinary Workshop was held in Jogjakarta.
The 2012 event was held in Kuala Lumpur from July 9-13, 2012.
In June 2013 our largest workshop yet took place in Bogor, Indonesia.
Have a look at the photos from the 2013 event.
2013 saw the largest group of orangutan veterinarians yet that shared their field experiences and expertise with each other. After the workshop these front-line heroes returned to their field sites across Indonesia and Malaysia to continue their work of orangutan health care.
2014 was our most ambitious workshop yet and in our new, premanent home in Yogyakarta Indonesia in partnership with Gadjah Mada University.
2015 just wrapped with over 60 attendees. See some highlights here and the full report is here.
Orangutans are in severe crisis. The largest of the great apes found in Asia, their natural range is limited to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, and their rainforest homes are disappearing quickly. More than 80 percent of the orangutans' habitat has been destroyed over the last 20 years, and OC's research teams believe that in 2014 there are no more than 40,000 orangutans thought to exist in the wild. At the current rate of decline, orangutans may become extinct in the wild within 25 years.
The primary threats to orangutans are illegal logging and habitat destruction, human encroachment, the conversion of rainforests to oil palm plantations, and the pet trade. As a result of such intense pressures, an extremely large number of orphaned orangutans exist in rehabilitation centers across Borneo and Sumatra. These orangutans – which number approximately 1,600 – arrive bearing a host of physical and emotional wounds, and require intense veterinary care to recover.
The orangutans that are judged fit to return to the wild are reintroduced through a long, complex process, but the overwhelming majority continue to reside in the rehabilitation centers.
The OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshops focus on all aspects of captive orangutan care, with a special emphasis on the detection and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). A joint program between OC and Chembio Diagnostics Systems Inc. provided large caches of PrimaTB STAT-PAK test kits to each of the facilities as part of a large-scale tuberculosis study, and each delegate was instructed in the proper use and interpretation of the results. The PrimaTB STAT-PAK testing kits are considered useful in the detection of tuberculosis in primates, a severe respiratory disease that can prove deadly.
The focus of the OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshops remain the practical sessions, presentations, roundtables, and break-out groups that make the workshop so valuable. There, veterinarians who often work alone under extreme duress get a chance to pose questions and tackle hypothetical scenarios that might otherwise get overlooked. They also establish friendships and alliances that strengthen the orangutan conservation community as a whole.
The Workshops have recently been co-sponsored by the Chester Zoo/ NEZS, United Kingdom ABAXIS, Germany, the International Primate Society and the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. This support combined with the individual donations made by you our supporters is the reason we are able to continue the OC/OVAG workshops.
At the OC 2009 Veterinary Workshop, the delegates took the bold step of forming the Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG), which quickly became a forum for issues such as contraception, reintroduction, diseases, euthanasia, laboratory politics and other hot-button topics. In this way, the OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshops have helped build a community of veterinary healthcare experts that stands strongest when it stands together.
With your help we will again bring together the veterinarians and healthcare workers for the 2016 event this summer.
Please look at this video that shows some of the highlights from the OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshop.


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When Jimmy Kimmel invited "Friends" superstars Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow just recently to his late night show ("Jimmy Kimmel Live!") to read a "fan-fiction" script with him, Kimmel played Ross while the three "Friends" reprised their roles as Rachel, Monica and Phoebe.
The whole skit only lasted less than ten minutes set in Monica's reconstructed kitchen but it was a sure trip for Generation X down memory lane all over again.
When "Friends" was introduced to us on primetime TV nearly 20 years ago, most of us were in our late teens to early 20's and we most likely did not have a clue on how unrealistic the sitcom's setting was.
As Jimmy pointed out during his script-reading with Aniston's "Rachel" character that was complaining about the dumb script, what could be "dumber than living in a huge apartment in New York City for eight years even though (Rachel) worked at a coffee shop?"
Jimmy even threw in the absolutely unrealistic scenarios in the 90's sitcom which included the group of friends' habit of having breakfast together before going to work just like "we normal people" do. All the time.
And that's to be expected.
Twenty years ago, the "Friends" setting seemed attainable and ideal for young, aspiring, fun-spirited creatures like us who took a lesson with John Keating to suck the marrow out of life. We didn't really care about the absurdity of the plots because we were focused on the characters whose lives, joys and sentiments we could absolutely relate to.
Just like Joey, we were just starting to look for our niche in the workforce back then. Sometimes, we made it and at other times, we didn't. But guaranteed, most times, our journey was fueled by that youthful stupid grin on our faces encouraging us to keep on reaching for the stars because as they said, "your mother warned you there'd be days like" that.
Sure there were times when we were philosophical like Phoebe, naïve like Rachel, controlling like Monica, dorky like Ross and just unlucky like Chandler.
Twenty years later, our perceptions and situations have already changed.
We now generally have careers, properties and families to take care of and our success highly depends on how we deal with our own individual realities.
If "Friends" will make one last comeback to give us back the gang that we so loved and laughed with during the 90's, we certainly will see a lot of flaws in the plots and how the characters dealt with their specific scenarios.
We'll still know our true friends will be there for us but it will not be cool anymore to still be "in bed at 10 when work began at 8".
But that's the beauty of it.
If we can detach ourselves from the fantasies of our youth now that we have aged more than two decades later, it means we have grown up already along with the new and mature Rachel on Jimmy Kimmel's show who found the situation weird and was complaining about the absurdity of the "fan-fiction" script.
We need closure from our 90's "Friends".
We need to be with them one more time right now while we are still in the peak of our adulthood. Some of us may be in the crossroads, perhaps battling with mid-life crisis, and need to come to terms with the past and the present - just like Rachel throwing the wig representing her ultra famous hairdo in the 90's during the skit at Jimmy's show - and what may be in store for us in years to come.
As "Friends" prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary this fall, it would be a "perk" if we get to have a "Friends" reunion in the form of one final episode of the sitcom, a movie or a one-night show where Phoebe gets to sing "Smelly Cat" again sitting on the original orange couch with her "Friends" while the bartender Gunther holds an open bar.
Wishful thinking but possible.
For now, we can just contend ourselves with watching some old episodes of "Friends" or listening to its epic soundtrack featuring "Good Intentions", "I Go Blind" and of course, "I'll Be There For You" while waiting for that most needed grand reunion.
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So That Happened
I have neglected this blog for too long. It's not that nothing has happened. Too much has happened. Too many entirely blog-worthy things. It's the words that didn't happen. It's not you. It's me.
Here are the highlights, so to speak, in mostly chronological order:
- I went back to Weight Watchers. On-line only this time. Much to my surprise, the changes in the program since my last attempt are fantastic. I'm not struggling at all, and sometimes I think it's a little too easy. As of yesterday, I have shed 21 pounds in a little less than 10 weeks. According to the magic WW charts, I have another 31 left to lose, but I am ecstatic with my progress. Realizing I weighed six pounds more than I did the day I delivered each kid was a wake-up call. I'm going to try to write about weight-related things on Mondays, after my morning weigh-in. No promises, however.
- I stopped working. I can't say much more than that, except that not working full time is a glorious thing. Within a week I had an offer of a small, part-time project that I can do from home. There may have been angels singing.
- Mr C had two trips. It probably should have been one long one but he came home for a few days in the middle. While he was home, at one of Oliver's soccer practices, he tore his ACL.
- School for Oliver ended. Moving up day was a success, especially in the "not a dry eye in the house" sense of success. He knows the native Americans called corn, beans, and squash "The Three Sisters." He's allowed to move on to first grade.
- Due to an entirely unanticipated set of events, we learned Eleanor will not have the same teacher Oliver did in pre-k. Sort of. The assistant he had for both pre-k and kindergarten is going to be the lead teacher in her pre-k classroom. We adore her and look forward to a great year. Still, unsettling. Something similar in appearance, though in reality very different, happened a few weeks before Oliver started pre-k and I didn't like the flashbacks. Deja vu all over again, except not. Anyway.
- We got a foster dog! He's a four year old Clumber spaniel named Dudley. His owner, who lived locally, passed away. Her family contacted one of the local shelters, and they gave them my contact info. Our breed rescue group has found a forever home for him in New Jersey. He will be with us a short while longer and then relocate. It's amazing to have a younger dog in the house after so many years with geriatrics. He has a ton of energy, and we are slowly discovering what he knows (sit, down, roll over(!)). We fall in love a little more every day but we will continue to wait for our next dog.
- Penguin has not been doing well. Our vet discovered a couple of tumors. She had surgery last week on the one that needed more immediate attention (and was easy to remove). It turned out to be a malignant carcinoma. We have a follow up consultation with the oncologist soon, and one with internal medicine regarding the smaller tumor. That one is causing symptoms we may be able to manage with medication, and frequent ultrasounds to check the tumor's status. She's nearly thirteen and a half so aggressive treatment isn't in the cards.
Honestly, with all of that and my family visiting last weekend and three baseball games, I feel like I have been busier than at any other time in my life. I doubt that's really true, but that's the view from here. I keep thinking I should be doing more, I should be happier, I should be calmer with the kids. I'm not quite there yet, but I see glimmers of good things ahead.
So what got me writing again? Frankly, the fear that BlogHer is coming up in just a few weeks. Abandon your blog and go to BlogHer? Nope. Not me. It was well past time to climb back on the horse. Make it so, and all that. Your encouragement means a lot.


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Rockwood Christmas parade grand marshal Jonathan Foust flung more than candy from his vehicle on Thursday night.
Foust, a former state trooper recovering from a liver transplant, also ended up inadvertently throwing out his wedding ring.
"It was probably down there by the liquor place (Gateway Spirits) on the left," he said Friday. "That is where I first noticed it was gone."
Foust believes the ring, a sterling silver band with a cross on it, slid from his finger as he tossed candy to parade enthusiasts.
The number of County Commissioners and Board of Education members did not change under the redistricting plan approved by the Roane County Commission last month.
"We didn't change much of anything," said Commission Chairman James Brummett, who also chaired the county's redistricting committee.
State law requires counties to redistrict every 10 years. Brummett and Administrator of Elections Charles Holiway described the process as rather uneventful.
Roane County officials were pleased to learn the parent company of Toho Tenax will be working with General Motors to develop technology that will reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy.
The partnership between and GM and Teijin, Toho's parent company, was announced last week.
Editor's Note: Readers are cautioned that some names may be the same as, or similar to, other members of the community.
Nov. 29 — Toby James Townson, 43, 102 Russell St., Loudon: failure to appear. Bond $30,000; court date Dec. 19.
• Justin Eric Ybarra, 26, 241 Bullard Ford Road, Harriman: driving on revoked/suspended license. Bond $1,500; court date Dec. 12.
ORNL Federal Credit Union in Kingston is teaming up with the Children's Reading Foundation of the Tennessee Valley to collect and "recycle" used children's books for other children to read. ORNL Federal Credit Union employees, front row from left, Debbie Hankins, Tiffany Tilley, Eleda Burgess and Judy Long; and back row, Jim Leitnaker and Ralph Best of the Children's Reading Foundation show off some of the books contributed by credit union customers to be distributed to Roane County children and their parents. Books may be dropped off at the credit union at 1204 N. Kentucky St.
Roane County was among 92 Tennessee counties experiencing a decrease in its unemployment rate, according to statistics released late last month by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The state's figures show the county's jobless rate at 7.8 percent, a decrease of 0.7 percent over September.
That means 26,010 of the county's 28,220-strong labor force was employed for the month.
Roane State Community College computer science professor George Meghabghab was recently named Course Developer of the Decade by the Regents Online Campus Collaborative.
The collaborative provides comprehensive educational programs and courses through a coordinated network of colleges, universities and technology centers across the state. Roane State is part of the collaborative.
Meghabghab developed three online computer science courses in 2001 that are still being taught through the collaborative.
Don and Bonita Fowler asked us to join them for dinner at Ruby Tuesday in Harriman while recently in Roane County. It didn't take my wife, Carol, and me long to change our sweat shirts for a nicer look, but we stayed with our jeans.
Previous readers may know I worked for Fowler's Furniture for 10 years as a buyer and advertising director.
Although I retired four years ago, Don and I still talk on the telephone regularly.
Carol set up the Harriman Fowler's store and managed it for several years.
While it might not have been the most glamorous win for the Oliver Springs Middle School Lady Bobcats, they managed to out-last the Wartburg Central Middle School Lady Bulldogs by a 31-27 margin Thursday evening at Oliver Springs.
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LAREDO, TX (KGNS) - The 406th District Court is finalizing some adoptions Friday and giving some Laredo children permanent homes.
They hope to promote awareness about adoption, as well.
"Why not me?" is what many children end up asking themselves. Every year thousands turn 18 years old and leave the system without families.
If you're looking into adopting a child, the court of Judge Oscar J. Hale is providing information after the adoption event.