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Belokurov, V; Walker, M G; Evans, N W; Gilmore, G; Irwin, M J; Mateo, M; Mayer, L; Olszewski, E; Bechtold, J; Pickering, T (2009). The discovery of Segue 2: a prototype of the population of satellites of satellites. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 397(4):1748-1755.
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We announce the discovery of a new Milky Way satellite Segue 2 found in the data of the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE). We followed this up with deeper imaging and spectroscopy on the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT). From this, we derive a luminosity of Mv=−2.5 , a half-light radius of 34 pc and a systemic velocity of ∼−40 km s−1 . Our data also provide evidence for a stream around Segue 2 at a similar heliocentric velocity, and the SEGUE data show that it is also present in neighbouring fields. We resolve the velocity dispersion of Segue 2 as 3.4 km s−1 and the possible stream as ∼7 km s−1 . This object shows points of comparison with other recent discoveries, Segue 1, Boo II and Coma. We speculate that all four objects may be representatives of a population of satellites of satellites – survivors of accretion events that destroyed their larger but less dense parents. They are likely to have formed at redshifts z > 10 and are good candidates for fossils of the reionization epoch.
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Corvallis , Ore. ?C The Oregon State Beavers (10-13, 3-8 Pac-10) ended a 22-match losing streak to the Arizona volleyball team (12-11, 2-9 Pac-10), beating the Wildcats in five games on Friday night in Gill Coliseum.? Game scores were 30-25, 26-30, 30-27, 25-30 and 15-13.? The win marks OSUˇ?s first victory over Arizona since 1996, and extends the Wildcats losing streak to a season-long six matches.
As a team, Arizona hit .162 (67-37-185) from the floor, and finished with 17 blocks and eight service aces.? Oregon State posted a .138 hitting percentage (63-36-196), and tallied 18.5 blocks and 13 service aces.
Individually for Arizona, freshman Tiffany Owens posted a career-high 25 kills, and junior Randy Goodenough posted her 11th double-double of the season with 15 kills and 14 digs to go with seven blocks.? Junior Brooke Buringrud finished with 10 kills and senior Dominique Lamb tallied a career-high 13 blocks.? Freshman Paige Weber had 55 assists and nine digs, and sophomore Alanna Resch finished with a career-best 28 digs.? Junior Brittany Leonard chipped in with a season-high 12 digs.
Sophomore Rachel Rourke led Oregon State with 21 kills.
Arizona jumped out to a 6-3 lead over OSU in the early stages of game one, but the Beavers tied things up at 7-7.? The teams traded points and remained notched up for much of the match until OSU broke a 24-24 tie with four-straight points to take a 28-24 lead, which translated into a 30-25 Oregon State win.
The Beavers kept the momentum going in game two, racing out to a 7-3 lead that expanded into a 12-5 advantage.? The Wildcats didnˇ?t quit though, and chipped away at the deficit until tying the game up at 18-18.? OSU and Arizona remained deadlocked at 25-25, as the Wildcats used four-straight points of their own to go up 29-25, and won 30-26.
With the match tied at 1-1, Oregon State and Arizona played close in game three.? The Beavers broke a 17-17 tie with an 8-2 scoring run to go up 25-19, and held the Wildcats off down the stretch for a 30-27 win.
In game four, the Beavers started hot out of the gate, jumping to a 7-1 lead over the Wildcats.? UA cut the deficit to 8-6, and eventually took a lead at 16-15.? Arizona expanded its lead to 20-16, but OSU fought back to tie the game up at 22-22.? The Wildcats then used a mini 5-2 run to take a 27-24 lead, a cushion that proved to be enough for a 30-25 Arizona win to force a decisive game five.
The Wildcats struck first in game five, posting an early 4-1 lead over the Beavers.? That lead didnˇ?t last for long, as OSU responded to go up 9-7.? Arizona remained close, and took advantage of two OSU attack errors for an 11-10 lead.? Arizona was down 12-11 when sophomore Jacy Norton was issued a Red Card.? The Wildcats and Beavers were tied at 13-13, but a kill by Rourke and an attack error by Weber handed OSU its first win over Arizona in 11 years.
?Arizona will next host No. 4 Washington on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m., and Washington State on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. in McKale Center.


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Nov. 19, 2012
THE GAME: Alabama plays its final home game of the season against intrastate-rival Auburn on Saturday in the 77th renewal of the Iron Bowl. The Crimson Tide has won three of the last four meetings, including a 42-14 win on The Plains a season ago en route to Alabama's 14th national championship. The Tide is 3-2 against Auburn during head coach Nick Saban's tenure in Tuscaloosa. The game will be televised nationally on CBS with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. (CST). Verne Lundquist will serve as the play-by-play announcer, with Gary Danielson at his side as the color analyst. The two will be joined by sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson. Eli Gold and Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, with Chris Stewart serving as sideline reporter.
HEAD COACH Nick Saban: Alabama head coach Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) is in his sixth season with the Crimson Tide. Named the school's 27th head coach on January 3, 2007, Saban has compiled a 60-13 record (65-13 before five vacated wins in 2007) at Alabama while leading the Tide to two SEC Western Division championships, one conference title and two national championships. Saban holds a career record of 151-55-1 (156-55-1) as a collegiate head coach, while also serving at Toledo, Michigan State and LSU. Saban won his first national championship as head coach of the LSU Tigers in 2003, guiding the Tigers to a 13-1 record that season. Overall, Saban has coached four conference championship teams (1990 Mid-American, 2001 SEC, 2003 SEC and 2009 SEC) and 13 of his 16 teams have played in postseason bowl games with the Tide appearing in a bowl game each year under Saban's direction. Saban is one of two active coaches (Urban Meyer) to win three BCS national championships and the first to accomplish the feat at two different schools.
RANKINGS: Alabama jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press and USA Today Coaches' polls entering the 13th week of the 2012 season. Auburn is not ranked in either poll.
AUBURN: Auburn is 3-8 on the season and 0-7 in the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers opened the season with a pair of losses before picking up their first win of 2012 against Louisiana-Monroe in overtime, 31-28. Since then, Auburn has lost six of its last eight games, all to league opponents. The Tigers hold a 5-1 advantage over the Tide in Bryant-Denny Stadium, including the last matchup in Tuscaloosa, which was played on November 26, 2010 (28-27).
NEXT GAME: Depending on the outcome of the game with Auburn, Alabama will either await word on a possible Southeastern Conference Championship Game berth or its college football record 60th bowl game appearance.
TIDE NO. 2 IN BCS STANDINGS: With then-No. 1 Kansas and then-No. 2 Oregon losing on Saturday, Alabama moved back into the top two of the Bowl Championships Series standings at No. 2. Undefeated Notre Dame holds the top spot with its season finale at Southern California slated for Saturday, Nov. 24. The BCS percentage is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA Today Coaches' and six computer rankings. The Crimson Tide garnered a .9333 average, which is .0640 lower than Notre Dame (.9973). Georgia is third at .8763 and Florida is fourth with an average of .8434. Rounding out the top 10 is Oregon (.8318), Kansas State (.7692), LSU (.7308), Stanford (.7077), Texas A&M (.6526) and Florida State (.6363).
10-WIN SEASONS: Alabama reached the 10-win milestone for its fifth consecutive season in 2012, boasting a 10-1 record. The Tide has 32 10-win seasons in 117 seasons, two back of Oklahoma (33) for the most 10-win seasons in college football. Alabama has had seven 10-win seasons since the 2002 season (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012). Tide head coach Nick Saban is the 11th coach in school history to lead his team to a 10-win season. In addition, Saban is the fifth coach in school history to have more than one 10-win season.
FOLLOW ALABMA'S AWARDS CANDIDATES ONLINE: You can follow weekly updates on Alabama's 2012 awards candidates at www.rolltide.com/candidates/. Scroll over the defense and offense header at the top of the page to select a player. Updates are available on Tuesday morning for cornerback Dee Milliner, linebacker C.J. Mosley and nose guard Jesse Williams on the defensive side of the football and right tackle D.J. Fluker, center Barrett Jones, quarterback AJ McCarron and right guard Chance Warmack on offense.
Jones Earns NFF National Scholar-Athlete Honors: Senior center Barrett Jones has been selected as one of 15 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athletes, which was announced by the NFF and College Hall of Fame on October 24. The honorees comprise the list for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, recognizing the top scholar-athlete in the nation. Jones is the sixth Alabama football player to be named a NFF National Scholar-Athlete. He joins Johnny Musso (1971), Randy Hall (1974), Steadman Shealy (1979), DeMeco Ryans (2005) and Greg McElroy (2010).
Barrett Jones NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT FOURTH TIME: Senior center Barrett Jones was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV team for the fourth time in his career. Jones, from Germantown, Tenn., is a three-time Capital One Academic All-American and a two-time first-team selection.
McCarron Finalist for Unitas; SEMifinalist for Davey O'Brien: Junior quarterback AJ McCarron was selected as one of the final five finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and one of 16 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award. The Davey O'Brien will be announced on December 6 at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN, while the Golden Arm Award is presented on Dec. 7, at The Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Hotel in Baltimore, Md. McCarron ranks third nationally and second in the SEC in passing efficiency while completing 66.8 percent of his passes for 2,291 yards and a school-record 21 touchdowns with two interceptions in 244 attempts this season.
McCarron Named Semifinalist for Maxwell Award: Junior quarterback AJ McCarron was selected as one of the 16 finalists for the 76th Maxwell Award for the collegiate player of the year, the Maxwell Football Club announced on Oct. 29. The winner will be announced at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN on Dec. 6.
Dee Milliner ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR THE BRONKO NAGURAKI AWARD: Junior defensive back Dee Milliner was selected as one of five finalists for the 2012 Bronko Naguraki Award. Joining Milliner, vying for the honor of college football's National Defensive Player of the Year is South Carolina sophomore end Jadeveon Clowney, Georgia junior linebacker Jarvis Jones, Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te'o and Florida State junior end Bjoern Werner.
Milliner & Mosley Semifinalists for Bednarik Award: Junior defensive back Dee Milliner and junior linebacker C.J. Mosley were both named semifinalists for the 18th Chuck Bednarik Award, presented by Cracker Barrel for the most outstanding defensive player of the year, the Maxwell Football Club announced on Oct. 29. Milliner has 45 total tackles on the season, including 4.0 for loss and 1.5 sacks. He has hauled in two interceptions, broken up 14 passes, forced a fumble and blocked a kick. Mosley leads the Crimson Tide in total tackles with 89 this season. He has recorded six tackles for loss, four sacks, two interceptions, two pass breakups, forced fumble and fumble recovery. The winner will be announced at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN on Dec. 6.
SCORING STREAK CONTINUES: With Eddie Lacy's seven-yard touchdown run in the first quarter against Western Carolina on November 17, Alabama raised its current total of consecutive games in which it scored to 153 – the longest streak in program history.
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY: Alabama enters the Auburn game 44-for-47 in its red zone trips, tied for second in the nation in that category at 94 percent. The Crimson Tide has scored 35 touchdowns in the red zone in 2012 and kicked nine field goals. On the year, UA has scored 25 rushing touchdowns and passed for 10 inside the 20-yard line.
TOUGH TO SCORE ON: Under head coach Nick Saban, Alabama has traditionally been one of the most difficult teams to score touchdowns against. In 2012, the Tide has allowed its opponents to come away with points on only 61 percent of opportunities in the red zone (14 of 23). Alabama is tied for the third-most efficient red zone defense in the nation. The Tide's defense has surrendered 11 touchdowns and three field goals this season from inside the red zone while allowing opposing offenses to enter the red zone only 23 times in 11 games. Overall, UA has surrendered 13 touchdowns and five field goals on defense this season. UA only allowed nine touchdowns by opposing offenses all of last season and just six touchdowns and two field goals inside the red zone. UA also led the nation in red zone defense last season, allowing scores just 59 percent of the time (10-of-17). Alabama ranked tied for fourth in 2010 and tied for second in 2009 with both teams allowing a score on 67 percent of opponents' red zone opportunities.
INTERCEPTION MARGIN: Over the last four seasons, Alabama's starting quarterbacks have thrown 16 interceptions in 1,217 pass attempts (one interception every 76.1 pass attempts), while the defense has recorded 73 interceptions in 51 games. The Tide's current starting quarterback, AJ McCarron, has thrown seven interceptions in 620 career attempts; on pace to set school and SEC records for quarterbacks with at least 600 pass attempts (Tim Tebow 1 every 62.2 attempts). McCarron is averaging one interception every 88.6 attempts in his career. In 2012, McCarron has thrown a pick every 122 attempts (2 in 244 attempts), which is on pace to be better than any SEC quarterback (Peyton Manning; 1 every 95 attempts in 1995) has done in any season (minimum 200 attempts).
YARDS HARD TO COME BY: Since the 2011 Capital One Bowl against Michigan State, the Alabama defense has not surrendered yards easily. Over that 25-game span, the Tide defense has allowed just three opposing teams to reach 300 total yards (341 by Georgia Southern in 2011, 435 by LSU and 418 by Texas A&M in 2012). Teams have been held under 200 total yards 13 times, and less than 100 total yards twice. Rushing against the Tide has been even more difficult over that span as teams have been held to under 100 yards 20 times, under 50 yards 11 times and in negative yardage twice.
SHELLEY LONE PERFECT KICKER IN 2012: Senior Jeremy Shelley is the only kicker in the nation yet to miss an extra point or a field goal in 2012. Thus far, Shelley has hit all 53 of his extra point attempts and all 10 of his field goals. Five of his field goals have come from the 20-29 yard range, while the other five have come from 30-39 yards. His long on the year is 38. The Tide did have one unsuccessful PAT conversion, but that play was credited as a team miss after a mishandled snap.
TURNOVERS = POINTS: Alabama has converted the 24 turnovers it has forced in 11 games this season into 132 points. At the same time, the Crimson Tide has surrendered 12 turnovers that have resulted in 24 points for a 132-24 advantage. Alabama forced three turnovers against Michigan and turned those into 14 points. Against Western Kentucky, Alabama produced 21 points off four Hilltoppers miscues. Alabama capitalized on five Arkansas turnovers for 35 points, followed by another 14 off three interceptions against Mississippi. At Missouri, the Tide scored 14 points off a pair of interceptions and then tallied 13 points on two turnovers at Tennessee, while the Vols got three points off of one Alabama turnover. The Tide collected 14 points off two turnovers against Mississippi State. UA did not force a turnover at LSU or vs. Texas A&M, and allowed a touchdown to the Tigers following a fumble and to the Aggies following a fumble and an interception. UA turned on Western Carolina fumble into seven points. Alabama has a 139-24 edge in points off turnovers when including the 2012 BCS National Championship Game against LSU.
TURNOVER MARGIN: Alabama enters the 13th week of the season tied for 13th nationally in turnover margin at plus-1.09. The Crimson Tide has forced 24 turnovers (14 interceptions and 10 fumbles) while only giving up 12 possessions. Over the last 13 games, dating back to the 2011 Auburn game and the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, Alabama holds a 28-13 edge in turnover margin. UA forced a total of 10 fumbles in 2011, recovering seven. In 2012 the Tide has forced 12 and recovered 10 in 11 games.
THREE-AND-OUTS: The Alabama defense has been one of the leaders again this season in forcing three-and-outs. The Crimson Tide has forced a three-and-out on 45.0 percent (59-of-131) of opponents drives this season, averaging 5.4 per contest. Alabama had a season-high of nine three-and-outs against Florida Atlantic, had seven against Arkansas to open SEC play and Western Carolina, six at Missouri and Tennessee and five against Mississippi State. (Any drive that was stopped in three plays or less or was four plays and a turnover on downs was used to compile this information).
BEATING THE BEST: Alabama is 21-7 against The Associated Press top 25 over the past five seasons and 12-4 against AP top 10 teams. The Crimson Tide is 3-1 against the AP top 25 in 2012, with victories over No. 8 Michigan, No. 13 Mississippi State and No. 6 LSU and a loss to No. 15 Texas A&M. Alabama went 4-1 vs. top 25 teams in 2011 and 5-3 against the AP top 25 in 2010. Seven of the last nine matchups have gone in favor of the Tide, with one loss coming in a 9-6 overtime defeat to LSU on November 5, 2011, and a 29-24 loss to Texas A&M in 2012.
ALABAMA TIED FOR MOST WINS SINCE 2008: Alabama has won 58 games dating back to the start of the 2008 season, tied for the most in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Crimson Tide won 12 games in 2008, followed that with a perfect 14-0 record in 2009, a 10-3 mark in 2010 and a 12-1 record in 2011. Alabama is 10-1 this season. During that span, the Tide also has the most victories of any team that plays in a BCS conference.
ALABAMA UNDER SABAN IN NOVEMBER: In his sixth season at Alabama, head coach Nick Saban has led the Crimson Tide to a 15-8 record in November, with four of those losses coming in 2007. In games played in November, Alabama has outscored its opponents 678-329.
WILLIAMS ONE OF FOUR NON-PUNTERS FROM DOWN UNDER: Senior defensive lineman Jesse Williams is one of just four Australians playing in the Football Bowl Subdivision in a position other than punter. There are currently 13 punters on FBS rosters from Australia.
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: ESPN.com and SI.com announced their midseason All-America teams, and offensive linemen Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack and cornerback Dee Milliner were named to both squads while linebacker C.J. Mosley was named to the SI.com defensive first team. D.J. Fluker garnered second team SI.com offensive honors.
JONES NAMED SENIOR CLASS FINALIST: Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones (Germantown, Tenn.) is one of 10 NCAA® Football Bowl Subdivision student-athletes selected as finalists for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate football. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as a NCAA Division I FBS senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.
Defensive Notes
DEFENSIVE RANKINGS: The Crimson Tide defense was No. 1 in all five major defensive categories a season ago and has been near the top of the rankings throughout the 2012 season. Alabama leads the nation in scoring defense (10.09 ppg), while ranking second in total defense (240.09 ypg). Alabama is third rush defense (75.64 ypg), fourth in pass defense (164.45 ypg) and seventh pass efficiency defense (101.18). The Tide also ranks tied for third in red zone defense (allowing scores on 14-of-23 trips inside the Tide's 20-yard line) and second in fewest first downs allowed per game (13.73).
MILLINER THIRD NATIONALLY IN CAREER PASSES DEFENDED: Junior Dee Milliner ranks third nationally with 30 pass breakups during his three years at the Capstone. His 30 career passed defend are third in the Tide career record book while is 14 this season ranks tied for fifth.
LESTER GETS 13TH CAREER INTERCEPTION: In Alabama's win over Mississippi State, senior safety Robert Lester picked off his 13th career pass, which ranks eighth in Alabama history. The Mississippi State game marked the second consecutive game in which Lester had intercepted a pass.
MILLINER EXPERIENCE BOLSTERS TIDE DEFENSE: Junior cornerback Dee Milliner may not be listed as a returning starter, but it is hard to ignore his experience. Milliner, who is turning in an All-America-caliber season, boasts 26-career starts in his three years of action at the Capstone. He started 11 games as a freshman in 2010 and then served as the Crimson Tide's third cornerback in 2011, making six starts last season, and was on the field more than several starters due to the high percentage of nickel and dime defense UA. He has started 10 games in 2012 and played in 36 career contests. Milliner has six interceptions to go along with 30 pass breakups and 127 career tackles. He is tied for eighth in the nation in passes defended at 1.60 per game (14 PBU, 2 INT).
MOSLEY TIES SCHOOL MARK FOR INTERCEPTIONS FOR A TD: Junior C.J. Mosley intercepted a pass and returned it 16 yards for a touchdown against Michigan in the season opener, his third interception return for a score in his Alabama career, tying Antonio Langham's (1990-93) school record. Mosley had two touchdown returns in 2010 (vs. Florida and Georgia State). He has five career interceptions with picks against LSU in the 2011 BCS Allstate National Championship Game and one at Tennessee in 2012.
10 POINTS OR LESS: Under head coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has held opponents to 10 points or less 39 times since the start of the 2007 season with the most recent occurrence coming on November 17, against Western Carolina (49-0), which was the sixth this year. The Tide has also shut three opponents out this year (Western Kentucky, Arkansas and Western Carolina). Alabama was successful in holding opponents under 10 points in nine games in 2011. In 2010, the Tide held opponents to 10 points or less eight times and limited opponents to that mark seven times in 2008 and 2009. In 2007, Alabama posted two games in which it held opponents to that mark. Alabama has shutout opponents eight times during the Saban tenure.
HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 300: In head coach Nick Saban's 78-game tenure at Alabama, the Crimson Tide has limited opponents to less than 300 yards of total offense 51 times, or 65.4 percent of the time.
HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 200: During head coach Nick Saban's last 65 games at the Capstone, the Crimson Tide defense has held the opposing offense to less than 200 yards of total offense 25 times, including four times in 2012. Alabama accomplished the feat eight times in 2011. The Tide held Kent State to 90 yards and LSU to just 92 yards BCS Championship Game, which marked the second and third times a Saban defense has limited its opponent to less than 100 yards of total offense. Alabama's best came in 2009 when they held Chattanooga to 84 yards of total offense. The Tide held opponents under 200 yards three times in 2010, four times in 2009 and six times in 2008.
TOUGH SLEDDING ON THE GROUND: Alabama leads the nation in giving up the fewest rushing touchdowns since the start of the 2005 season, surrendering only 57. Since head coach Nick Saban arrived in 2007, the Crimson Tide has allowed 39 rushing touchdowns, while Ohio State is second, allowing 52. Alabama has surrendered seven rushing touchdowns in 2012.
RUSHING DEFENSE: Limiting opposing running backs to less than 100 yards is nothing new for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has surrendered only 11 individual 100-yard rushing games dating back to the 2005 season, a mark that leads the nation. Since head coach Nick Saban's arrival, the Tide has allowed just six players to rush for more than 100 yards in a game: LSU's Jeremy Hill (107 yards), Georgia Southern's Dominique Swope (153 yards), Tennessee's Tauren Poole (117 yards), Mississippi's BenJarvus Green-Ellis (131 yards), Houston's Anthony Alridge (100 yards) and Arkansas' Darren McFadden (195 yards).
PICKING UP SACKS: Alabama has been getting to the quarterback regularly as of late, bringing down the signal caller three or more times in nine of its last 13 games. Over that span, the Crimson Tide has tallied 35 sacks and recorded at least one sack in 12 of those 13 games. Alabama has 28 sacks in 11 games this year, which ranks tied for 25th nationally (2.55 per game) and fifth in the SEC.
Offensive Notes
EXPLOSIVE PLAYS: Explosive plays are a staple of one of the nation's most balanced and proficient offenses. The Crimson Tide coaching staff defines explosive plays as passes over 15 yards and runs over 12 yards. Alabama has 60 pass plays in 11 games this season of 15 yards or longer, including 35 of over 20 yards by quarterback AJ McCarron. Freshman Amari Cooper leads the receivers with 19 explosive receptions. On the ground, the Tide has 54 rushes of 12 yards or more, with T.J. Yeldon boasting a team-high 21 while Eddie Lacy is just behind with 17.
McCARRON SETS SINGLE-SEASON PASSING TD MARK: AJ McCarron's 21 touchdown passes is a new Alabama single-season record. He tossed a 29-yard strike to Christion Jones on Nov. 17 set the mark. He surpassed the previous record of 20, set by Greg McElroy in 2010. McElroy's mark was set in 13 games that season; McCarron moved past it in 11 games.
McCARRON MOVING UP ON CAREER TD PASSES LIST: With a touchdown pass against Western Carolina on Nov. 17, AJ McCarron now has 40 career touchdown passes. That total ranks third in Alabama history behind only John Parker Wilson (47 - 2005-08) and Brodie Croyle (41 - 2002-05).
McCARRON PASSING TOUCHDOWNS: Over the last 13 games, junior quarterback AJ McCarron has been finding the end zone at a frequent rate, totaling 27 scoring tosses over that span. In eight of the last 14 games, McCarron has thrown two or more touchdowns. The signal caller has thrown two or more in six of the 11 games this season, setting a new career high in multi-passing touchdown games. He has equaled his career high of four touchdowns twice during the span, against Western Kentucky and at Tennessee.
TWO-MINUTE DRILL: On November 3, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron displayed another weapon in his arsenal in a 21-17 comeback win over No. 5 LSU – the two-minute drill. He led the Crimson Tide on a pair of two-minute drives, one at the end of each half. He went a combined 7-for-8 passing for 109 yards and two touchdowns – one rushing and one passing. The drive at the end of the first half began at the 1:08 mark and went 54 yards on eight plays with McCarron running it in from nine yards out. The game-winning drive was even more impressive, covering 72 yards (5 plays) in just 49 seconds. McCarron found T.J. Yeldon on a screen pass that covered the final 28 yards and gave Alabama the win.
EFFICIENT IN PASSING GAME: AJ McCarron ranks third nationally in passing efficiency with a 172.44 mark. He has tossed 21 touchdowns with just two interceptions this season (244 pass attempts). He is completing 66.8 percent of his passes for 2,291 yards.
Amari Cooper HAVING STELLAR FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN: Freshman wide receiver Amari Cooper is turning in a fantastic freshman season with a team-best 40 receptions for 658 yards and six touchdowns. The six receiving touchdowns is tied the fourth-most in a single season in school history. The Alabama freshman record for receptions and yards is held by Julio Jones in 2008, catching 58 passes for 924 yards.
RUSHING TO SUCCESS: Alabama rushed 300 yards in a win over Western Carolina on Nov. 17. Alabama is 47-0 since the start of the 2008 season when the Tide rushes for at least 150 yards. The Crimson Tide averages 84.57 yards per game (592 yards) in its seven losses since 2008 with the highest rushing total during those losses coming against Florida in the 2008 SEC Championship Game with 136 yards.
LACY LEADS RUSHING ATTACK: Junior running back Eddie Lacy has 870 yards rushing on 146 attempts in 2012 for an average of 6.0 yards per carry. He had a breakout game at Missouri on October 13 when he eclipsed the 100-yard mark on just his sixth carry of the game on the way to a career-high 177 yards while matching his career high with three rushing touchdowns. The 100-yard performance was the second of the season for the Geismar, La., native and the fourth of his career. A significant chuck of his yards came on a career-long 73-yard score, the longest run for the Crimson Tide since Trent Richardson found the end zone from 78 yards out against Mississippi on Oct. 15, 2011.
A BALANCED ATTACK: Alabama has had one of the most balanced offenses in the nation over the past four years. That trend is continuing again in 2012 as the Crimson Tide has collected 2,303 yards rushing in addition to 2,410 yards passing, a difference of just 107 yards. Since the 2009 season, Alabama has passed for 11,233 while rushing for 10,480, a difference of just 753 yards.
YELDON SHINES IN DEBUT SEASON: Running back T.J. Yeldon is second on the team with 827 yards rushing on 121 carries with nine touchdowns and a 6.7 yards per carry average. Yeldon became the first Alabama true freshman to rush for more than 100 yards in his debut in the win over Michigan, finishing the game with 111 yards on 11 carries and one rushing touchdown. Yeldon gained 144 yards at Missouri and followed that with 129 yards at Tennessee. He is the seventh Alabama running back to crack the century mark since head coach Nick Saban arrived in 2007. Mark Ingram was the last true freshman to gain at least 95 yards in his debut, running for 96 yards against Clemson in the 2008 opener at the Georgia Dome.
BALL PROTECTION: The Alabama offense has protected the football better than any team in the country over the last five years. In 65 games, the Crimson Tide has turned the ball over just 69 times (40 fumbles, 29 interceptions) for an average of 1.06 turnovers per game, better than Ohio State's second best average of 1.22 per game (77 turnovers, 63 games). Since 2009, that mark is even better as the Tide has turned the ball over just 50 times in 51 games (0.98 per game). Individually since 2009, UA starting quarterbacks have thrown an impressively-low 16 interceptions in 1,220 attempts (1 INT for every 76.3 attempts). The top two running backs in the rotation dating back to the 2009 season have only lost a fumble seven times. Over the 65-game span, the Tide's top two running backs have recorded 1,336 touches, losing the ball just once in every 190.8 carries.
Barrett Jones: VERSATILITY ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE: Senior All-American Barrett Jones started at right guard in 2009 and 2010, but added a few responsibilities to his résumé in the 2011 season. He started at left tackle and also saw snaps at left guard, right tackle and center last year. The winner of the Outland Trophy, Jones has started 47 games at the Capstone, including 25 at right guard, 11 at left tackle and 11 this season at center. Jones is listed among the top centers in the nation and a candidate for the Rimington Trophy, Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award. In addition to being named the 2011 Outland Trophy winner, Jones also received the ARA Sportsmanship Award and the Wuerffel Trophy for his commitment to the community and academics.
O-LINE EXPERIENCE A KEY: The Alabama offensive line has been one of the most recognized and skilled groups in the country. Preseason magazines, including Athlon Sports and Phil Steele, rank Alabama's offensive line as the No. 1 unit in the country. Eleven games into the 2012 season, the line represents 150 starts, with senior center Barrett Jones claiming 47 of those starts. Chance Warmack has made 37 starts at left guard, while D.J. Fluker has 33 starts at right guard. Junior Anthony Steen has 22 at right guard while the newest addition, Cyrus Kouandjio at left tackle, now has 11 starts to his credit.
Special Teams Notes
KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Christion Jones answered a Mississippi touchdown on Sept. 29, with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the first by a Crimson Tide player since Trent Richardson found the end zone from 91 yards at Duke on Sept. 18, 2010. The 99-yard return for a score tied for the eighth longest in school history.
FOSTER DIALS IN FROM DEEP: With his career-long 52-yard field goal against Florida Atlantic on Sept. 22, Cade Foster became the first Alabama kicker since Neal Thomas in 2000 to connect on three 50-plus yard field goals in the same season. His 52-yard strike was the longest by a Tide kicker since Leigh Tiffin hit from 52 yards against Utah in the Sugar Bowl on January 2, 2009.
KICKOFF PROWESS: Alabama kicker Cade Foster recorded five touchbacks in the first half against Arkansas and six against Florida Atlantic on September 22. On Sept. 29, against Mississippi, Foster collected a career-high seven touchbacks while recording three at Missouri, four at Tennessee and three vs. Western Carolina. Eleven games into the 2012 season the Crimson Tide has already exceeded the entire amount tallied from last season, totaling 37 thus far. Kickoffs have been moved up to the 35 yard line this season.
MANDELL HAVING BIG SEASON: In his third season as Alabama's punter, junior Cody Mandell is enjoying his finest season for the Crimson Tide. He is averaging 43.9 yards per punt this season on 39 attempts. He has placed 13 of his 39 punts inside the opposing team's 20-yad line and has had 11 punts of more than 50 yards, including a season-long 61-yarder against Mississippi State and a 60-yarder against Texas A&M. Mandell is within range of compiling one of Alabama's top 10 seasons for punting average. He needs to averaged 41.9 yards per punt and have a minimum of 50 attempts to make the single-season top 10.
Series Notes
ALABAMA-AUBURN SERIES: The Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers meet in the 77th Iron Bowl on Saturday, November 24, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Alabama holds a 41-34-1 lead in a series that dates back to the 1893 season. The Crimson Tide and Tigers first met on Feb. 22, 1893, at Birmingham's Lakeview Park with the Tigers claiming 32-22 victory in the inaugural meeting. In recent meetings, Alabama snapped a six-game series losing streak with a 36-0 win in 2008 in Tuscaloosa and followed that up with a come-from-behind 26-20 win in Auburn in 2009 on its way to the school's 13th national championship. In 2010, the Tigers came back late to win the game, 28-27, in Tuscaloosa while the 2012 meeting results in a 42-14 for the Crimson Tide in Auburn.
UA-AU WINNER GETS "FOY TROPHY": On July 13, 1948, the two circles of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society from Alabama and Auburn, joined together to sponsor a trophy devoted to sportsmanship between the two universities. The ODK-James E. Foy V Sportsmanship Trophy is a tradition which symbolizes the good relationship between the two schools. Originally the trophy was displayed in Birmingham in Loveman's store window the week prior to the football game between the two universities. Then, in a parade preceding the game, the trophy would be carried in a convertible with the Omicron Delta Kappa presidents from each school on either side. The parade was stopped in the 1960s but the trophy has continued to be awarded every year. The trophy is now awarded to the winner at halftime of the Alabama-Auburn basketball game on the winner's home court. The trophy remains in their care until the next year's presentation takes place. In January 1978, the trophy was dedicated to Dean James E. Foy V upon his retirement as the Dean of Student Affairs at Auburn University. He began serving in that position in 1950 after serving as Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Alabama.
IRON BOWL RANKINGS: For the 28th time since 1980, at least one team is ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 entering the annual Iron Bowl. Neither team was ranked in 1982, 1998 and 2003. Alabama is No. 2 in the current AP poll and is ranked entering the Iron Bowl for the 39th time in history. The Crimson Tide is 27-11 against the Tigers when ranked in the AP poll. Auburn has been ranked a total of 26 times in Iron Bowl history and has compiled a 19-8 record when ranked in the AP Top 25. The highest ranked team owns a 41-10 record in the series since 1955.
TELEVISED GAMES: The 2012 Alabama-Auburn game will be the 38th televised game in the series, dating back to the series' first televised game in 1964. Alabama owns a 20-17 record in the previous 37 TV games. The Alabama-Auburn game is being televised for the 19th consecutive year. CBS Sports will televise its 14th Iron Bowl this season.
SABAN VERSUS AUBURN: Alabama head coach Nick Saban is 5-5 in his career against the Auburn Tigers. Saban is 3-2 in Iron Bowl games as the head coach at Alabama. His LSU teams went 2-3 against Auburn from 2000-04.
Miscellaneous Notes
50 NATIONAL TV APPEARANCES IN 66 GAMES: Alabama's appearance on CBS this weekend is the 50th nationally-televised game since the start of the 2008 season for the Crimson Tide. The Tide has played eight nationally televised games in 2012, with one game on ABC, four on CBS and three on ESPN. In 2011, Alabama played on CBS four times, while having one game on ABC, two games on ESPN and ESPN2 with one game on ESPNU. In 2010, Alabama had five games on CBS, three games on ESPN, two games on ESPN2, one on ABC and one on ESPNU. In 2009, UA played two games on ABC, including the BCS National Championship Game, and six games on CBS while ESPN broadcasted two more Crimson Tide games. In 2008, Alabama had 10 of its 14 games broadcasted nationally, including five games on CBS, three games on ESPN, one on ABC and one on FOX.
ALABAMA'S TV RECORD: Alabama has compiled a 200-127-4 (.610) all-time record in 331 televised games. This does not include pay-per-view, tape-delayed or closed circuit telecasts.
TIDE 59-3 UNDER SABAN WHEN LEADING AT THE HALF: The Crimson Tide is 59-3 when leading at halftime under head coach Nick Saban. Alabama had a 28-game winning streak snapped in 2010 against LSU. The first two losses came against LSU with the last loss to Auburn in 2010. In 2007, UA held a 20-17 halftime lead before losing, 41-34, on Nov. 3, 2007, at Bryant-Denny Stadium. In 2010, UA led 10-3 at the half before the Tigers rallied for a 24-20 win at Tiger Stadium. The Tide lost 28-27 to Auburn to close out the 2010 season after leading 24-7 at the half. The Crimson Tide is 3-6 under Saban when trailing at halftime and 3-3 when tied at halftime. The three wins when trailing at the half came in a 34-24 win over No. 7 Virginia Tech on Sept. 5, 2009, in Atlanta; a 24-15 victory over No. 9 LSU on Nov. 7, 2009; and a 24-20 win at Arkansas on Sept. 25, 2010. Alabama's three wins when tied at halftime came at LSU on Nov. 8, 2008, (a 27-21 victory), at Auburn with a 26-21 win on Nov. 27, 2009 and against Tennessee on Oct. 22, 2011 (a 37-6 victory).
FRESHMEN IN ACTION: Alabama has had 11 true freshmen debut so far this season, including defensive back Landon Collins, wide receiver Amari Cooper, linebacker Denzel Devall, running back Kenyan Drake, linebacker Tyler Hayes, wide receiver Cyrus Jones, defensive lineman Darren Lake, linebacker Dillon Lee, linebacker Reggie Ragland, defensive back Geno Smith and running back T.J. Yeldon. Alabama has also had 11 redshirt freshmen – tight end Brent Calloway, quarterback Phillip Ely, tight end Malcolm Faciane, running back Dee Hart, center Ryan Kelly, defensive lineman LaMichael Fanning, defensive end D.J. Pettway, wide receivers Marvin Shinn, defensive back Bradley Sylve, defensive back Jabriel Washington and receiver Danny Woodson Jr. Junior college transfer Deion Belue also started and played his first seven games with the Crimson Tide.
CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE: Alabama returned 43 lettermen from the 2011 National Championship team, but the Crimson Tide also boasts 21 players that played on both 2009 and 2011 championship teams. Looking a little deeper you find the Tide had eight players that saw action for both 2009 and 2011 teams. There were also three players that started at least two games in both 2009 and 2011, including Barrett Jones, Michael Williams and Nico Johnson. Below is a list of the 21 current players that were on both of Coach Saban's national championship teams at Alabama.
CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS: Since head coach Nick Saban became the Alabama head coach in 2007, he has had a knack for developing young recruits into All-Americans. Now in his sixth season at UA, Saban has produced the most consensus All-Americans in the nation with 11. Saban's consensus All-Americans include Antoine Caldwell (center, 2008), Andre Smith (offensive line, 2008), Terrence Cody (defensive line, 2008 and 2009), Rolando McClain (linebacker, 2009), Mark Ingram (running back, 2009), Mike Johnson (offensive line, 2009), Javier Arenas (cornerback, 2009), Mark Barron (safety, 2011), Dont'a Hightower (linebacker, 2011), Barrett Jones (offensive line, 2011) and Trent Richardson (running back, 2011). Second in the same time period is Oklahoma with nine, while Florida has registered seven in that five-year period.
ALABAMA DEGREES: Alabama's success on the field over the past five seasons under the direction of head coach Nick Saban has also coincided with the Crimson Tide's success in the classroom. The 2012 squad features six players that already have degrees in hand, including Barrett Jones (August, 2011), Robert Lester (December, 2011), William Ming (May, 2012), Damion Square (May, 2012), Carson Tinker (August, 2012) and Michael Williams (May, 2012). Over the past five seasons (2008-12) Alabama has seen 58 players compete for the Crimson Tide after having already graduated.
NICK'S KIDS: At Michigan State, head coach Nick Saban and his wife, Terry, started the Nick's Kids Foundation, which the Sabans have continued in Tuscaloosa. Since their arrival at Alabama, the Sabans have helped raise more than $2.5 million for "Nick's Kids" that has been distributed to more than 150 charities and organizations throughout the state of Alabama.
GAMEDAY COACHING DUTIES FOR CRIMSON TIDE IN 2012: The Crimson Tide's assistants will be split between the coaches' booth and the sideline in 2012. Nussmeier, Burton Burns, Jeremy Pruitt and Thompson will be in the booth, while Kirby Smart, Chris Rumph, Jeff Stoutland, Bobby Williams and Mike Groh are on the sideline.
SCHOLARSHIP SENIORS: Alabama is tied for fourth in the nation with the fewest number of scholarship seniors as the Crimson Tide features nine heading into the 2012 campaign. The Crimson Tide was one of four teams in the No. 1 spot until long snapper Carson Tinker was awarded a scholarship by head coach Nick Saban on August 20.
FRESHMAN ACADEMICS: Over the past three years, Alabama has had a total of 29 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll recipients, which is a league best. The Crimson Tide was No. 1 in honorees for the 2009-10 season (12) and the 2010-11 season (11). Alabama placed six rookies on the 2011-12 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll including HaHa Clinton-Dix (Criminal Justice), Phillip Ely (Pre-Business), Ryan Kelly (Pre-Business), Cyrus Kouandjio (Pre-Business), Wilson Love (Pre-Business) and Vinnie Sunseri (Pre-Business).
NFL DRAFT: The Crimson Tide saw eight former UA players selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, including first-round picks Trent Richardson (third overall to the Cleveland Browns), Mark Barron (seventh overall to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Dre Kirkpatrick (17th overall to the Cincinnati Bengals) and Dont'a Hightower (25th overall to the New England Patriots). Courtney Upshaw was next to go in the second round, and 35th overall pick, to the Baltimore Ravens. The Tide had two drafted in the fifth round with Josh Chapman going to the Indianapolis Colts as the 136th overall pick and DeQuan Menzie to the Kansas City Chiefs as the 146th overall pick. Rounding out the 2012 NFL draft for Alabama was Brad Smelley, who went in the seventh round as the 247th overall pick to the Cleveland Browns. Over the past two seasons, the Tide has had a combined eight first round draft picks, ranking Alabama fourth in most players selected over a two-year span. In the common draft era The Tide also came in a No. 4 on the most defensive players selected in the first round over a three-year span with six.


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Watchdog: IRS enjoy luxury rooms at $4.1 million training conference
Susan Walsh, AP
WASHINGTON — Already under siege, the Internal Revenue Service was cited by a government watchdog for a $4.1 million training conference featuring luxury rooms and free drinks, even as conservative figures told Congress Tuesday they had been abused for years while seeking tax-exempt status.
A total of 132 IRS officials received room upgrades at the 2010 conference in Anaheim, Calif., according to the report being released by J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration.
One official stayed five nights in a room that regularly goes for $3,500 a night, George's report said, and another stayed four nights in a room that regularly goes for $1,499 a night. The agency paid a flat daily fee of $135 per hotel room, it said, but the upgrades were part of a package deal that added to the overall cost of the conference. Without the upgrades, the IRS could have negotiated a lower room rate, as required by agency procedures.
The inspector general's report was surfacing as the IRS came under fire again in connection with its targeting of conservative groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections.
In all, the IRS held 225 employee conferences from 2010 through 2012, at a total cost of $49 million, the report said. The Anaheim conference was the most expensive, but others were costly, too.
In 2010, for instance, the agency held a conference in Philadelphia that cost $2.9 million, one in San Diego that cost $1.2 million, and one in Atlanta that also cost $1.2 million.
Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has called the conferences "an unfortunate vestige from a prior era." Werfel took over the agency about two weeks ago, after President Barack Obama forced the previous acting commissioner to resign.
For more than 18 months during the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns, IRS agents in a Cincinnati office singled out tea party and other conservative groups for additional scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status, according to a previous report by George.
The report issued last month said tea party groups were asked inappropriate questions about their donors, their political affiliations and their positions on political issues. The additional scrutiny delayed applications for an average of nearly two years, making it difficult for many of the groups to raise money.
On Tuesday, leaders of conservative groups complained to Congress that they were abused by the Internal Revenue Service for years as they sought tax-exempt status, including questions one Iowa anti-abortion group said it got about prayer meetings.
The testimony of the tea party and other conservative organizations before the House Ways and Means Committee was the first time groups complaining about the IRS's treatment have appeared directly before lawmakers since the IRS revealed the problem — and apologized for it — last month. They talked about applications for tax-exempt status that took three years for approval — or in some cases haven't yet been approved — and queries from the agency about the identity of their donors, video of meetings and whether speakers at such gatherings expressed political views.
"I'm a born-free American woman," Becky Gerritson, president of the Wetumpka Tea Party in Alabama, tearfully told the committee, adding, "I'm telling my government, you've forgotten your place."
Sue Martinek, president of the Coalition for Life of Iowa, an anti-abortion group, said the IRS asked them about "the content of our prayers."
"As Christians, we know we needed to pray for better solutions for unplanned pregnancies," she said.
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Sept. 30, 2011
Dennison Going Home To Utah
Kearse, Hudson Newest Playmakers On Husky Defense>
Huskies Will Use Shirley, Committee At DE With Jamora Out
UW Weekly Game Notes
By Gregg Bell
UW Director of Writing
SALT LAKE CITY - No way, Keith Price isn't distancing himself from Jake Locker.
Instead, the Huskies' new quarterback is embracing the advice his predecessor and eighth-overall pick in April's NFL draft is giving him on what are becoming routine postgame calls, after yet another touchdown-passing spree by Price.
"Just keep it up. Just keep it up," Price says Locker has been telling him on the phone each Saturday night from his new job with the Tennessee Titans.
Hey, that's great advice!
More of the same from Price when September becomes October here at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday may send Washington (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) over new conference member Utah (2-1, 0-1) -- and off to a flying start in the league's new North division.
It's supposed to be 85 degrees here in the hometown of Huskies middle linebacker Cort Dennison, though two-thirds of the field will be in the shade by Saturday's kickoff at 4 p.m. Pacific time.
A win would be UW's eighth in nine games dating to last November, and further proof of the Huskies' growth under third-year renovation artist Steve Sarkisian.
ROOT Sports has the live telecast in the Northwest. Fox Sports Northwest is televising it nationally. The Washington IMG College network has the radio call. And we will again have the live game chat from the sidelines at Washington's first-ever game at Utah here on GoHuskies.com beginning at 3 p.m. Pacific.
Price spent Friday afternoon walking with his teammates past the 2002 Winter Olympics cauldron and then playing catch with tight end Michael Hartvigson during the Huskies' walkthrough practice at Rice-Eccles. The quarterback's characteristically cool aura was the only breeze in 90-degree sun.
Utah has won 10 in row when coming off a bye week, as it is now, and is 12-6 versus BCS schools under coach Kyle Whittingham. Utah it is second in the Pac-12 so far in scoring defense this season, allowing just 14.3 points per game. But the Utes have been vulnerable to the pass, ranking 100th in the country and allowing 263.3 yards passing per game.
Price, meanwhile, has been lethal.
He says he had two, simple goals for himself in his first month as Locker's replacement.
"Have fun," the redshirt sophomore said, beaming. "And win."
Price has had a ball, flashing his signature smile off the field, on the field - even during plays - while becoming the nation's co-leader with 14 touchdown passes against just three interceptions through four games.
One more scoring throw will put Price in Washington's career top 10 over an entire season. His passing efficiency rating is ninth in the country at 176.6 - the school record for a season is 153.8 by Brock Huard in 1997. He's completing 67 percent of his throws. The Huskies' record for an entire year is Steve Pelluer's 65 percent in 1983.
And his three victories in four starts is the best debut for a new Huskies' starting QB since Cody Pickett began the 2001 season 4-0.
If Price's October is anything like his September, if he takes the advice Locker has given him, there will be some happy Dawgs come Halloween.
Whittingham tried to recruit Price to Utah. But Sarkisian, knowing Locker wouldn't be around forever (it just seemed like it), called Price at his Compton, Calif., home just south of Los Angeles the day he took over as Washington coach in January 2009. In effect, Sarkisian was re-recruiting Price to UW.
That call resonated with Price. It re-confirmed to himself that he wanted to be a Husky.
Yet Price alone won't get Washington to 2-0 in the conference entering its bye week and then an Oct. 15 home game against Colorado.
The Huskies packed three primary keys in their luggage for Friday afternoon's 90-minute flight from Seattle:
Protect the rock.
The Utes are third nationally with eight fumble recoveries. Their turnover margin is a gaudy plus-9, also third in the country. The Huskies are plus-1. Washington beat California last week despite being minus-2 for the game. Price lost a fumble scrambling and tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who caught two of Price's three TD throws in the 31-23 victory, carried the ball too loosely following a catch.
"We've got to be high and tight offensively (carrying the ball)," UW offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier said, using the same words Seferian-Jenkins did this week about ball security. "And we've got to have multiple players at the ball, so they don't have a lot of guys at the ball."
Huskies linemen may be in the mood to run down field to help with that pack mentality. Sarkisian was riding them hard this week, especially during an animated practice Thursday. The coach wants more physicality from his front five.
Stay home while on the road.
More than in any game so far, the Huskies' defense must stay honest to both the run and the pass against the Utes. Junior-college transfer John White is second to Oregon's LaMichael James in the Pac-12 in rushing average (126.7 yards per game). And Jordan Wynn is a three-year starter coming off shoulder surgery, running a run and play-action pass offense that new Utah coordinator Norm Chow has been calling all over college and NFL football since the mid-1990s -- when he was coaching Sarkisian at Brigham Young.
Might Utah air it out against a Washington pass defense that is allowing 327.5 yards passing allowed per game?
"I don't think all of a sudden we are going to see the run and shoot on Saturday," Sarkisian said. "I'm sure we will get our fair share of passes and empty formations and those sorts of things that we'll have to deal with. But they are going to hand the ball off to John White, too. He's a tremendous running back. So we have to deal with both.
"They are going to run. They are going to play-action pass. They are going to spread us out."
On offense, look for Sarkisian to dial up runs for Chris Polk early, to continue his emphasis on physicality. Polk has needs one more 100-yard rushing game to tie Greg Lewis' 15 for second-most in UW history. Napoleon Kaufman had 17.
Running Polk early and often would help control field position and quell some of the red energy that is sure to be buzzing through 45,000-seat Rice-Eccles Stadium for Utah's homecoming game and first Pac-12 home game. Successes on the ground - or even, as in last weekend's game with Cal's aggressive defense, scant yardage but plenty of Polk early - would set up Price's play-action and bootleg passing.
And right now, that's one of the best things going in the country.
"Did I think he'd be leading the country in touchdown passes after four games? Probably not," Sarkisian said of Locker's replacement.
"But I did think he would play well."


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College Hockey:Dartmouth Knocks Off Yale
HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth showed a severe aversion to deficits in Friday night's offense-happy contest against Yale, coming away with a 5-4 victory despite a relentless attack from the Bulldogs.
Yale's only goal that went unanswered for more than two minutes was its last attempt to get back in the game, when Joe Zappala recorded his second point of the night with a wrister that Dartmouth goalie Nick Boucher couldn't track down.
"When somebody scores a goal, it's really important that you test them right off the bat," Dartmouth head coach Bob Gaudet said. "It's something you want the guys to be conditioned to do. I thought it was great, we didn't allow them a lot of momentum."
Lee Stempniak did his work "down in the trenches," according to Yale head coach Tim Taylor, scoring two goals in the first period to ignite the Big Green offense.
"Our inability to pin them down in the corners and control our end of the ice completely had something to do with their first two goals," Taylor said.
Yale struck first, at 12:52 in the first. Dartmouth defenseman Brian Van Abel tried to carry the puck forward along the left boards rather than pass across to an open P.J. Martin. This left Martin all alone to defend a two-on-one Yale counterattack on which Joe Zappala took a shot that Boucher couldn't handle leaving left-winger Nate Murphy to score on the mostly empty net.
Stempniak came back with a quality chance, but was hooked to the ice on his way to the net. On the ensuing power play, Stempniak put the puck in front for Mike Oulette and Hugh Jessiman, who were crashing the net.
The puck squeezed through goalie Peter Cohen, but not into the net. Stempniak, who wisely skated around the net, was wide open to gather the loose puck and finish the play and power play that he had created.
Stempniak's first period garbage cleaning wasn't over, however, as he took another rebound and fired it past Cohen from nearly the same spot as his first goal and Dartmouth took its first lead of the game, 2-1, into the first intermission.
Yale's first-line center Chris Higgins came close to scoring when he rifled a slapshot that hit the crossbar and nearly deflected straight down into the net. Higgins and his first line, however, were kept off of the score sheet the whole way.
Boucher, who kept the Big Green in control in the first period with 14 saves, continued to shut down an exemplary Yale attack with 12 saves in the second.
Mike Murray drew a penalty from the Bulldogs' Joe Callahan in front of the net, giving Dartmouth a brief two-man advantage. Yale refused to go down by two, however, killing off both the five-on-three and the ensuing one-man advantage.
The Bulldogs jumped right back into the game at 10:42, as Ryan Steeves snuck the puck between Boucher's left pad and the left post on a wrap-around to make the score 2-2 at 10:42 in the second frame.
Eric Przepiorka didn't let the home crowd worry too long, as he skated backwards with excellent control of the puck, finding enough room on the right side to wrist one home. Prezpiorka's third goal of the season gave the Big Green a 3-2 lead.
Yale quickly made the third period interesting, as Christian Jensen ripped a shot past Boucher just 58 seconds in, but Dartmouth, with the resiliency that marked the match, came right back with the go-ahead goal 42 seconds later.
Jarret Sampson got a great feed from Chris Snizek and proceeded to skate behind the defense to notch his first collegiate goal.
"Snizek set me through, put a perfect pass on my tape and all I had to do was skate," the first star of the game said of his first tally. "I was hooked up and trying to keep the puck ahead of me and I just snapped it short-side."
The Big Green received its first gift of the night, as Jessiman threw the puck towards the net for Stempniak, but instead it was Yale defenseman Stacey Bauman who put the puck in the net, giving Boucher and the Big Green an unexpected two-goal cushion.
Zappala deflated that cushion at 12:48, bringing the Bulldogs within one.
Bauman's blunder remained the difference between the two sides, as Boucher held the Bulldogs in check the rest of the way, totaling 32 saves.
"We were fortunate to come away with the win," Gaudet said. "We got some big saves when we needed them, we got some timely goals, we got a couple of breaks and we got the win. I think we played okay tonight and I thought that Yale played very well."
Dartmouth fans will break out the tennis balls for Saturday night's game against a Princeton team that is coming off a 5-4 loss to Vermont, while Yale will likely take its frustrations out on the Catamounts.
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by Danielle Robinson
Goodwell, Okla. — Danielle L. Robinson,
a Walnut, Calif. native, has already graduated once from
Oklahoma Panhandle State University. In 2004, she received
a Bachelor of Psychology degree with minors in art and sociology.
She fell in love with art and her natural eagerness and encouragement
from her professors led her to obtain a second degree. She
is now completing her senior semester for a Bachelor of Fine
Arts (BFA) degree at OPSU.
Her work is greatly influenced by her native state of California.
She enjoys everything about the ocean, including catching that
nice wave and getting a great ride, the sand beneath her feet
and the sun hitting her face. When observing her work, it shows
her love for the ocean. Whether it be in acrylic, ceramic,
sculpture, or watercolor, she includes a piece of her love
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She has work featured at The Wild Horse
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To complete her BFA she is required to hold a Senior Art
show demonstrating her growth as an artist. She welcomes
all interested in attending her art exhibit "Cali-Homa," to
be held at the Noble Cultural Arts and Activity Center, May
8-10. The reception will be held on Monday, May 8 from 3:30-7:30
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Boston Children's has launched the world's 1st program dedicated to offering hand transplants to children who qualify.
Innovation insider is a semi-monthly e-newsletter analyzes innovations at Boston Children's, other academic medical centers and from industry.
Read the latest blog by a Boston Children's doctor, clinician or staff member.
There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
Welcome to the Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC) at Boston Children's Hospital. The VAC is an interdisciplinary team of experts that specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care of patients with vascular anomalies. Vascular anomalies are vessel abnormalities that can affect the capillaries, veins, arteries and lymphatics, either individually or in combination.
Vascular anomalies are classified broadly into two groups:
Boston Children's Hospital VAC is regarded as the premier center in the world for these disorders. Many of the physicians are internationally renowned for their expertise and innovations in this highly specialized field. Our clinical team has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of vascular anomalies and provides care to more than 2000 patients every year with a variety of these disorders from simple tumors and malformations to the most rare and complex syndromes.
The VAC takes an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, meaning clinicians from many different specialties, all with expertise in treating vascular anomalies and the symptoms your child has, will see or discuss your child together so they can have an immediate back and forth interchange and bring all perspectives to diagnose your child and develop a coordinated care plan. The VAC offers a wide range of services for patients of all ages with vascular anomalies and their families, including:
The future of pediatrics will be forged by thinking differently, breaking paradigms and joining together in a shared vision of tackling the toughest challenges before us."


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Website (hosted by Prentice-Hall) containing free collection of 29 projects, and 10 applications, for all topics in a traditional first course in LA.
This collection is basically a solutions manual for the book Visualizing Linear Algebra with Maple by Sandra Z. Keith, Prentice Hall, 2001. Frequent use is made of deprecated commands and the deprecated package linalg, which has been replaced by the LinearAlgebra package. Both the book and this collection are better for learning Maple than for learning linear algebra. The book contains the descriptions of the projects and applications, though it is often possible to figure out what problems are being solved by looking at this collection. Almost all the advice and information about Maple's commands and how to use them are contained in the book. Oddly enough, I think the weakest part of this collection is the Maple graphics. Objects are often drawn from a point of view that makes them hard to see and/or hides their properties; curves that are supposed to give a good fit to data are drawn without the data points; silly animations are included that do nothing to enhance understanding of linear algebra. Commands are often strung together on one line, making them hard to read. It seems to me that most students would find it difficult to use this collection without the book on which it is based. There is much good material here, but the presentation of it is far from ideal.
This is a collection of Maple worksheets turned into HTML files demonstrating how to solve a system of equations in 3 variables and visualize it as the intersection of several planes. The worksheets are now somewhat old fashioned but they work.


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There are several data types.
data Book =BName| Author deriving (Eq,Show)
data Video = VName deriving (Eq,Show)
data CD =Cname | Auth | NOC deriving (Eq,Show)
data Product = Product Book Video CD deriving (Eq,Show)
make function getTitle which return the name(BName,CName or VName) of structure. For example getTitle (Book "name "noname") -> "name" getTitle (Vide "name") -> "name" and etc.
Is it possible?
Exist data type Book with fields title and author,Videocassete with field author, CDdisk with fields title,number of compositions and author. 1)create data type Product which can introduce this data types 2)make function getTitle which returns titles. 3)make function getTitles which returns all titles in the list of products(use function getTtitle) 4)make function bookAuthors which return books' authors in the list of products 5)make function lookupTitle::String->[Product]->Maybe Product which returns product with input name 6)make function lookupTitles::[String]->[Product]->[Product] which input params are the list of names and the list of products and for every name it gets products from list of products. Ignor names in the first list without products in the second list for them.Use function lookipTitle.
That's all task.
data Book = Book String String deriving(Eq,Show)
data Video = Video String deriving(Eq,Show)
data CDisk = CDisk String String Int deriving(Eq,Show)
class Titleable a where
getTitle :: a ->String
instance Titleable Book where
getTitle (Book title _) = title
instance Titleable Video where
getTitle (Video title) = title
instance Titleable CDisk where
getTitle(CDisk title _ _) = title
--get titles
getTitles (x:xs) = [ getTitle x | x<-xs ]
lookupTitle _ [] =Nothing
lookupTitle::String->[Product]->Maybe Product
lookupTitle a (x:xs) | getTitle x==a =Just x
| otherwise = lookupTitle a (x:xs)
lookupTitles (x:xs) (y:ys) = [y|x<-xs,y<-ys,x==lookupTitle y]
but 1)I don't know how to make function bookAuthors(how can function find that the parameter is book-type?) 2)how to make Product type?I mean it is either Book or Video or CDisk 3)lookupTitle and lookupTitle are correct?


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On Benghazi, Democrats should boycott the Republican show trial and play offense -- not defense
Republicans have launched another crazy Benghazi witch hunt, forming a House committee to grandstand over the attacks again – a wasteful and desperate attempt to damage Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Yet if Democrats wise up and point out how the Republican Party cut State Department funding for embassy security over Hillary's objections, Republicans will end up damaging themselves.
Already, CNN has long since forced Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz (Utah) to admit that since gaining power in 2010, his party repeatedly refused Sec. of State Clinton's requests for additional security funding.
Trying to explain the hypocrisy of cutting security requests while scapegoating Obama and Hillary, Chaffetz could only sputter, "When you're in tough economic times, you have to make difficult choices."
Cold comfort to the families of the four Americans killed in Benghazi by the stinginess of the same congressional conservatives now attempting, as usual, to project their failures onto Democrats.
As reported when it happened, House Republicans voted in 2009 to cut $1.2 billion and 300 security jobs from the State Department, but were blocked by concerned Democrats. Unfortunately, after taking control of the House in 2010, Republicans successfully cut the Obama administration's diplomatic security requests by $128 million.
In February 2011, over a year and a half before Benghazi, Hillary warned that the Tea Party's continued refusal to adequately fund her State Department's Worldwide Security Protection infrastructure was "detrimental to America's national security."
Republicans ignored her. Instead, conservatives cut an additional $331 million from embassy security for 2012, and then promptly proposed $216 million more cuts for fiscal year 2013. In fact, Paul Ryan's budgets would have slashed $400 million from State Department security by 2014 while giving breaks to millionaires and billionaires.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, a close ally of Hillary, slammed the Republican diplomacy cuts at the time as "a disturbing example of the Republicans' meat-ax approach to cutting every aspect of the government, no matter how essential."
As ambulance-chasing conservatives exploit the Benghazi tragedy for money and politics, it is now essential that Democrats start playing offense. Democrats should boycott the Republican Benghazi kangaroo court and instead remind voters daily that Republican greed put American diplomats like Ambassador Stevens and his murdered colleagues at risk.


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A popular tourist novelty is causing some controversy.
Bay County commissioners are considering putting some limits on henna temporary tattoos, especially popular with the Spring Break crowd.
Health experts say the temporary tattoos can cause permanent damage.
Henna tattoos were designed for those folks who don't want something permanent on their body.
Dr. Jason Newsom of the Bay County Health Department says, "The overwhelming majority of people believe there is no downside to these tattoos. They truly are temporary, that you're not at risk for anything bad happening to you."
But after health concerns over infections and scars from the popular tattoos, they could be on there last leg, or arm for that matter.
"The most commonly used additive is abbreviated PPD, and it has a dark color, when added to henna it makes it look like a black tattoo and it makes it hang around for 2 weeks or more. The downside is that that same additive PPD is the culprit in these reactions. It is what's causing the scarring," says Dr. Newsom.
Dr. Newsom brought the County Commission evidence from the state of Florida describing some permanent scars from the henna tattoos on children as young as 3 years old.
"First thing we've got to do is get the word out that these temporary tattoos are not completely harmless. There are side effects and some of the side effects are life long."
The county will look at the possibility of restricting the tattoos in Bay County, one option would be to set the minimum age at 18, and also requiring businesses to warn customers about the possible side effects.
Dr. Newsom says he wants vacationers to know that they could be leaving town with a dangerous souvenir.
Commissioners asked the county attorney to work with Dr. Newsom to draw up a draft ordinance for restricting the tattoos.
That ordinance will be voted on later.


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Share what you love with your friends or followers & See the videos your friends want to share
Cameron James is a stand up, sketch performer, actor, writer, musician, and the devil on your shoulder.
After coming second in Australia's biggest open mic competition, RAW Comedy, in 2012, CJ has gained a reputation as a hard working, and risk taking, up and comer on the national circuit. On stage, CJ is a troublemaker, confessional, electric, a little dark, sometimes dirty, open hearted, charming as hell; with frequent bursts of freeform improvised stupidity. He says the wrong things the right way, and audiences can't help but love the little animal. He is fast becoming a sought out feature act, and his laid back and personal style make him a natural host.
As one half of cult musical double act JEKYLL x JAMES, with Jared Jekyll, Cameron has spent 2014 touring their 4.5 star (Adelaide Advertiser) comedy play, Paradise, around the country. The duo have taken their high energy, punk-hip hop combination of "Scooby Doo meets The Mighty Boosh" (Heckler) to Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, performing sell out shows to critical acclaim.
With a prolific output and razor wit, CJ's live performances led to him becoming a regular writer for ABC 2's The Roast over the 2013 season. Since then he has gained credits as a permanent writer and performer for satirical comedy group, A Rational Fear, which has allowed him to appear on FBI Radio, Radio National, and before a sell out Sydney Opera House audience for The Festival Of Dangerous Ideas, as well as all over the internet.


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Shopping and sightseeing highlight Park 79 Hotel's guest's day. Upper West Side Nightlife beckons no matter! No need to venture downtown— so much happening right here! The Beacon Theatre, with its absolute-best music stars, is a favorite, and just a few short blocks from the hotel. Local jazz and comedy clubs populate way to the neighborhood's northern limit. Rock music groups are featured in pubs, outdoor swing dancing is part of summer evenings, and several dance clubs also can be found. Amsterdam Avenue's pubs are praised by many guests—so near, not expensive, a way to meet travelers from everywhere. Harlem beckons to its many jazz and hip-hop "joints" and restaurants. Of course, Midtown, Greenwich Village and Chelsea, SoHo—all a quick Westside subway ride away. Enjoy!
PARK 79 brings a true touch of an Old World boutique hotel to the Upper West Side, one of New York's most dynamic neighborhoods.


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"Sister Golden Hair" traveled the "Ventura Highway" by way of the Hudson Gardens and Event Center Sunday night, June 22.
Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell and the rest of the group known as America sang to a sold out crowd at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center. With such great hits as "Horse With No Name", "Sister Golden Hair", "Ventura Highway" "Daisy Jane", "Sandman", "Don't Cross the River" and many more award winning hits, America has become one of the favorites that has been producing Grammy Award winning hits from the early '70s and are still a number one with many fans and radio stations across the United States. America has sold over 45 million albums and even have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hitting the stage at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center, America opened the show with "Tin Man". From their they broke out the magic with "You Can Do Magic". The third song was one of the crowds favorites, "Don't Cross the River".
America had the Hudson Gardens and Even Center packed and if you walked up to purchase a ticket you were unfortunately turned away. The venue was sold out. America was one of the hot groups that is being featured at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center this summer and people had purchased their tickets early. And for good reason. Anything Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell write and perform it seems it is a hit. The two are Grammy Award winners and their hits are too many to list.
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No matter who wins the best picture, actor and actress in this year's Academy Awards, you'll be the winner at your viewing party with great recipes to suit every taste.
The 86th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2014. Top films nominated for Best Picture include "American Hustle," "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave."
As you gather with your friends at your viewing party, make your picks for all of the award winners at the Oscars website and see how close you come to the Academy's choices on Oscars Sunday.
Enjoy the annual night of red carpet glamour and iconic gold statues with these fun recipes. These festive recipes from the Florida Department of Citrus feature orange juice, an ingredient that's probably already in your refrigerator.
Florida Orange-Infused Wisconsin Cheddar and Beer Fondue
½ cup Florida orange juice
½ cup Pilsner beer
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 ½ cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
½ cup Swiss cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons dry mustard powder
1 teaspoon Florida orange zest, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Parley, for garnish
Toasted bread cubes
Combine orange juice and beer in medium saucepan; whisk in cornstarch. Add rest of ingredients; heat over medium-low heat while stirring constantly with wire whisk. Heat until cheese is completely melted. To serve, place fondue in fondue pot or serving dish; garnish with parsley. Serve with toasted bread cubes for dipping.
Southwestern Orange-BBQ Chicken Flatbread
2 cups Florida orange juice, divided
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
3 garlic cloves, minced, divided
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced
2 cups barbecue sauce
8 ounces uncooked prepared pizza dough
All-purpose flour
1 cup Monterey jack cheese, shredded
½ cup sour cream
½ cup cilantro, chopped
2 green onions, thinly sliced
In large zipper-seal plastic bag, place 1 cup orange juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil, one-half minced garlic and a dash of salt and pepper. Seal tightly; shake to combine ingredients. Add chicken; seal tightly and marinate refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Grill chicken until fully cooked; cool. Cut chicken into thin strips; reserve.
In small saucepan, heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat. Add onions; sauté until soft. Add remaining one-half minced garlic and 1 cup orange juice; simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Whisk in barbecue sauce and simmer for 5 minutes; remove from heat and cool.
Preheat oven to 425° F. Grease two baking sheets. Dust counter with flour. Divide pizza dough in half. Use a rolling pin to roll out one-half of dough into rectangular shape approximately 1/8-inch thick. Gently place dough onto baking sheet; repeat with remaining one-half dough. Bake sheets of flatbread dough for 5 to 8 minutes; flip over with spatula or tongs and bake additional 5 to 8 minutes. Spread about ¾-cup barbecue sauce onto each flatbread. Divide chicken strips and cheese among two flatbreads; return to oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the crust is golden. Remove flatbreads from oven and place on cutting board; cool for about 4 to 6 minutes. Garnish with dollops of sour cream; sprinkle with cilantro and green onions. Cut and serve immediately.
Grilled Fish Tacos with Orange Cilantro Slaw
For the fish:
1 ½ pounds Mahi-Mahi or other firm white fish
½ cup canola oil
1 cup Florida orange juice
1 teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
For the slaw:
¼ cup chopped cilantro
4 cup finely shredded cabbage
1 cup diced oranges
½ cup diced red onion
½ cup diced tomato
½ cup diced red bell pepper
1 small jalapeno, seeded and minced
⅓ cup marinade (above)
Salt and pepper to taste
For the tacos:
24 corn tortillas
Slaw mixture (above)
Plain Greek yogurt for garnish, optional
For the Fish:
In a large bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, oregano, cayenne, garlic, salt and pepper. Reserve ⅓ cup of the marinade for the slaw. Put fish in a zip top bag and pour half the marinade over the fish. Seal bag and marinate at room temperature for 15 minutes.
For the Slaw:
In a large bowl, add marinade, cilantro, cabbage, oranges, red onion, tomato, red bell pepper, jalapeno, salt and pepper. Toss well to coat and set aside to allow flavors to blend.
For the Tacos:
Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat. Remove fish from marinade and discard marinade; grill about 5 minutes or just until done. Do not overcook fish. Remove fish from grill and flake with a fork. Place tortillas on the grill for 20 seconds to heat them up. For each taco, place fish, into 2 tortillas and top with slaw. Garnish with Greek yogurt if desired.
Makes 12 tacos.
New York Chocolate–Florida Orange Cheesecake
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
¾ cup salted butter, melted
1 ¾ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup heavy cream, chilled
12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
¾ cup sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tablespoons Florida orange juice
2 teaspoons orange zest, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup Florida orange segments, seeded
Shaved chocolate, for garnish
Combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter in bowl; mix well. Press mixture into bottom of springform pan or 12-inch pie pan. Refrigerate.
Melt chocolate in microwave-safe bowl at medium-high power level for 30 seconds at a time, stirring frequently, until melted. Cool.
In clean mixing bowl, whip heavy cream to stiff peaks; chill.
Combine cream cheese, sugar and unsalted butter in mixing bowl; beat with mixer on medium speed until blended and smooth. Turn mixer down to low speed; mix in melted chocolate, orange juice, orange zest, vanilla extract and salt.
Gently fold whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Pour mixture on top of prepared graham cracker crust. Refrigerate for at least 1½ hours or preferably overnight. Garnish with fresh orange segments and shaved chocolate.
Sunrise Mary
4 oz Florida orange juice
1½ oz Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp Pepper, fresh cracked
½ oz Lemon juice
1 tsp TABASCO® Pepper Sauce
1 Tbsp Salt
¼ oz Horseradish, fresh
1½ oz Pickle brine
24 oz Tomato purée* or organic tomato juice
½ oz Florida grapefruit juice or orange juice
1½ oz Vodka
2 dashes or pinch Celery bitters or celery salt
Florida orange wheel
Sweet gherkin pickle
* Purée 1 can of high quality canned tomatoes in blender
In one-quart container, add first 8 ingredients. Top off with tomato puree from canned tomatoes or organic tomato juice. Stir. Keep refrigerated for 1 week, or freeze.
When serving, add Florida grapefruit juice or orange juice, vodka and celery bitters or celery salt to the mix in highball glass.
Garnish with Florida orange wheel and pickle.
Florida Orange Tea
3 ounces Florida Orange Juice
6 ounces hot water
1 bag earl grey tea
4 mint leaves
Heat water and Florida orange juice and steep the tea and mint leaves for about 2 minutes. Strain the liquid and pour into a heated tea cup.
There's no trick to hosting an Oscars viewing party. Mix food and friends with the festivities of the Academy Awards and you have a foolproof recipe for a night of viewing fun.


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CNN reporter David Goldman describes a true marvel of ingenuity that is about to hit the mobile market. It's not the latest whiz-bang smartphone – they're a dime a dozen now. Rather, it will have a profound effect on the background infrastructure of mobile communications itself. It is called lightradio. "LightRadio [is] a Rubik's cube-sized device made by Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) that takes all of the components of a cell phone tower and compresses them down into a 2.3-inch block. Unlike today's cell towers and antennas, which are large, inefficient and expensive to maintain, lightRadio is tiny, capacious and power-sipping."
"The global wireless industry is spending $210 billion a year to operate their networks, and $50 billion to upgrade them, according to Alcatel-Lucent and PRTM. Networks are dealing with that cost by putting data caps in place with heavy overage charges and by raising prices on their smartphone and tablet plans.
"Despite all that spending and pressure on consumers to curb their data usage, the networks are fighting a losing battle. Mobile data usage is expected to grow 30 times in the next four to five years and 500 times in the next ten years, according to Alcatel-Lucent." [Goldman]
I'm positively drooling when I think of the possibilities for education! The potential for much cheaper but fast and powerful mobile connections could make the vision I sketched earlier a reality. Think of lightradio as cloud infrastructure. Alcatel-Lucent stripped out the power equipment from cell phone towers and moved it to centralized locations. What remains can be shrunk to the size of a hand-held appliance and communicates back to the cloud infrastructure via microwave signal. This produces many more advantages than just power savings:
"[The lightradio cube's] small size and centralized operation lets wireless companies control the cubes virtually. That makes the antennas up to 30% more efficient than current cell towers. Live data about who is using the cubes can be assessed, and the antennas' directional beams can be shifted to maximize their potential. For instance, radios may be pointed in one direction as people are coming to work in the morning and another direction as they're leaving work at the end of the day.
"The lightRadio units also contain multi-generational antennas that can relay 2G, 3G and 4G network signals all from the same cube. That cuts down on interference and doubles the number of bits that can be sent through the air.
"Today's cell towers, by contrast, send power in all different directions, most of which is lost, since it doesn't reach anyone's particular devices. They're inefficient in other ways as well: Roughly half of the power from cell towers' base stations is lost before it makes its way up to the antennas at the top of the tower. And they have separate antennas for 2G, 3G and 4G networks, causing interference problems….lightRadio's smart technology and power efficiency can help cut carriers' operating costs in half, Alcatel-Lucent believes." [Goldman]
Trials of lightradio will begin this fall and Alcatel-Lucent expects to mass-produce the units next year. Mobile service providers are running up against significant barriers in expanding their service – cell towers are very expensive and they are running out of room to build new ones. I wrote earlier about the "coming storm" in mobile as the crush of demand collides with bandwidth limitations. What people often say about the weather – wait 15 minutes and it will change – is certainly true in technology. As frustrating as technology can sometimes be, one of the bright spots is how seemingly intractable problems can be nullified by the latest new development. This just might be the case here.
Itpopular writes that Verizon, Purdue's mobile partner, will begin field testing lightradio soon. They note the following benefits:
- Energy: lightRadio reduces energy consumption of mobile networks by up to 50% over current radio access network equipment.
- Unwired link – The microwave backhaul link enables broadband coverage virtually anywhere using microwave to connect units back to the network.
- Operating savings: when combined with small cells and LTE [Verizons high-speed service], a reduction of total cost of ownership (TCO) of mobile networks up to 50% is expected.
- Enhances user bandwidth: by doubling bandwidth and simultaneously reducing the cost per bit, lightRadio makes possible new services and competitive service pricing.
So, come on, university IT Infrastructure people! Help make my vision a reality! Partner with a cell company to install these cubes all over campus, including inside buildings. Get rid of your expensive, unreliable Wi-Fi networks. Remove all the computer labs, take away all of the faculty and staff office computers (saving tons on maintenance) and negotiate great deals for all the students, faculty and staff to switch to dockable smartphones, and then run all of your services from the cloud. Can't you smell the savings?