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While the September policy announcement focused on BMD for Europe, there is also a significant ballistic-missile threat in the Pacific, primarily from North Korea. There is no reason to believe that threat will diminish in the near term, nor that the BMD needs of Europe will justify disregarding BMD threats in the Pacific. Allies, most notably Japan in the Pacific and possibly other NATO countries in Europe, could contribute to meeting BMD requirements.
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Today, the Navy has 19 Aegis BMD combatants. The USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) was the most recent ship to be certified in September 2009. Three are Ticonderoga -class guided-missile cruisers and 16 are Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers. The last Ticonderoga was completed in 1994, while the Burke s are still in production. Currently 16 of the 19 ships are assigned to the Pacific and only three to the Atlantic. 5 One of the near-term implications of the new policy will be to either change the homeports of some the Pacific BMD-capable ships to the Atlantic or to greatly increase the number of Atlantic BMD-capable ships through near-term combat system upgrades.
The Missile Defense Agency had planned to upgrade two more CGs by 2010. The Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal added six BMD upgrades, which would raise the total of BMD-capable Navy combatants to 27. The FY 10 budget proposal also requested 26 more SM-3 missiles for a total of 80 missile interceptors. 6 The unit cost of an SM-3 missile is about $10 million which compares favorably with the approximate unit cost of $70 million for a ground-based interceptor envisioned in the Bush-era plan. Note that an SM-3 inventory of 80 missiles implies an average load of fewer than three SM-3 missiles per ship. Another implication of the new policy is that SM-3 procurement will have to be increased.
How many BMD-capable ships the Navy needs and how to pay for them may be contentious issues. Since the 1980s, the United States has spent more than $150 billion on missile defense. 7 Prior to the recent policy announcement, the FY 10 total budget request for BMD spending was $10.3 billion which included about $1 billion for the Space-Based Infrared System High which provides BMD missile-launch detection. 8 Prior to the policy decision, the Secretary of Defense announced termination of the airborne laser, the multiple-kill vehicle, and the kinetic energy interceptor. 9 The Wall Street Journal quoted a senior administration official who stated that cost concerns were a major factor in the policy decision. 10 Rising U.S. budget deficits suggest that additional funding for accelerated Navy BMD capability will be challenged by those who argue for reducing that deficit. Without additional funding, any increase in Navy BMD capability will have to come at the expense of other programs.
The answer to the question of how many BMD ships the Navy needs should consider alternative BMD-capable ships. The Littoral Combat Ship, with a displacement of about 3,000 tons, does not appear to have the space and displacement necessary to support Aegis radar as well as SM-3 launchers. 11 The Missile Defense Agency funded a semi-submersible sea-based X-Band radar platform, which displaces 50,000 tons. A BMD alternative to consider might be adding SM-3 launch capability to that very large platform. Other large-hull designs such as San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks with 25,000-ton displacement could also be considered.
Balance and Trade-Offs
If sea-based BMD is a long-term requirement, designing a platform to focus on this mission without adding additional warfighting capabilities and minimizing operating and life-cycle costs could be considered. It is difficult to say how this might be funded. The Missile Defense Agency might pay for unique missile-defense design costs and most of the combat system hardware costs, but the Navy would likely be required to pay for hull, personnel, and operating costs. International cooperation is an alternative to share the development costs and reduce unit procurement costs with larger-quantity orders. The Missile Defense Agency has worked closely with Japan since 1999, has memoranda of understanding with the United Kingdom and Australia, and has exchanged information with The Netherlands, Germany, and South Korea.
If the much-delayed Space-Based Infrared System and X-Band radars, combined with near real-time command and control data links, could be used for not only launch detection, but also interceptor guidance, perhaps smaller ships such as the LCS could be considered as BMD launch platforms. However, that is not a near-term option for sea-based BMD, which currently requires upgraded Aegis radar.
Regardless of the sea-based BMD force structure it is fair to assume that the per-unit cost will be significantly higher than the same alternative based on land. This appears to be reflected in Phase 2 of the administration's plan. If land-based systems are preferred over sea-based capability because of lower life-cycle cost, the Navy should minimize its investment in sea-based BMD capability to what is needed until that capability is diminished by land-based systems.
Operational Challenges
In addition to the cost to increase the Navy's capability, the policy decision is also likely to have a significant impact on operations. One operational alternative would be to surge BMD-capable ships to the Eastern Mediterranean during periods of increased tension. That would not meet the 24/7 BMD capability against up to five incoming ballistic missiles envisioned in the Bush-era plan. As long as Iran continues to reject international arms-control inspections, conducts an aggressive nuclear fuel enrichment program including covert facilities, and develops a variety of ballistic missiles, it is likely that a permanent Navy BMD presence will be required to defend Europe. 12
Some have suggested that one reason for the new policy was the proven success of sea-based ballistic-missile interceptors. In February 2008 the Navy successfully used a sea-based interceptor to destroy a decaying orbit satellite in the Pacific. While this impressive accomplishment demonstrated the ability of a sea-based interceptor to hit a target 250 kilometers above the earth, in this case the target trajectory was known months in advance, and the firing ship could be positioned for optimal engagement. That is certainly not the case in most likely real-world ballistic-missile threat scenarios. The uncertainty of their targets and launch points greatly complicates the fire-control challenges of mid-course ballistic-missile intercept.
Another operational challenge for the ships assigned to BMD missions is the very short reaction time required after launch. Even if a ship is optimally positioned for intercept, the time to detect, track, and launch an SM-3 interceptor capable of successfully engaging the target is minutes. If the ship is off the missile's flight path, that time is reduced. Even with the best command and control communications, it is likely that interceptor launch decisions will have to be governed by rules of engagement. There will not be sufficient time for decision makers off the ship to review and approve specific interceptor launch decisions. There is also a political dimension to the intercept decision because the ballistic missile being engaged is very likely to have a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) warhead. The fallout pattern of the warhead could include populated land masses of neutral or friendly states.
An additional operational impact of the policy decision is on the combat readiness of the ships that execute this mission. Navy BMD-capable combatants are multimission warships. When assigned a 24/7 BMD mission, their ability to maneuver over large areas will likely be restricted. It is also likely that the effectiveness of the ship's other combat capabilities will tend to degrade. While that may not have a direct impact on the ship's ability to execute the BMD mission, the deterioration certainly has a negative impact on other missions to which she may be assigned. There is also a possible adverse impact on crew morale caused by the boredom of continuous defensive patrols. Good leadership can overcome many of these challenges, but they must be addressed and carefully considered in operational planning. If the Navy assigns a large number of ships to the BMD mission, they will not be available for combating piracy off East Africa, supporting drug interdiction off South America, or any of the other important missions these combatants have traditionally supported.
A Strategic Mission
The ballistic-missile defense mission could be viewed as a strategic mission similar to the submarine-launched ballistic-missile program the Navy has successfully executed since the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) was launched 50 years ago. In this case, the Navy decided to maximize the operational availability of these strategic assets by assigning two crews to each. This could be considered for BMD ships as well. Dual crews for large combatants, however, significantly increase personnel costs, including not just salaries, but recruiting, training, equipping, health care, housing, and retirement costs.
Another alternative to increase operational availability would be to use crew swaps to eliminate transit times to and from BMD-patrol stations. Crew-swap alternatives have been used to increase ship operational availability, but implementation for platforms not nearing decommissioning poses challenges that also require good leadership to overcome. The crew-swap alternative does not solve the problem of completing ship maintenance requirements beyond the ship's force at-sea capability.
It is every Sailors' duty to execute the mission they are given to the best of their ability, and there is no doubt that the Navy will do exactly that in the BMD mission or any other operational assignment. It is important to remember, however, that BMD is part of a larger security concern. The threats to United States and allied security today have greatly changed since the Cold War. In some ways it was much easier to plan military operations then. We knew who the adversaries were expected to be and understood much about their weapons and tactics. Today, security threats span a wide range of potential adversaries, some of which are not even states and include diverse weapons and tactics to constitute irregular warfare.
We must carefully consider where the threat from ballistic missiles fits in national defense planning and priorities. As Secretary Gates recently said, some proponents of placing a very high priority on BMD programs take an almost theological view. To do anything less than maximum effort regardless of cost in the name of BMD is a breach of faith. 13 Discretionary defense spending has always been limited and is likely to become more so as personnel costs rise and national budget deficits increase. It is very important that the Navy, the nation, and our allies not make the threat from ballistic missiles greater than it actually is.
Terrorists, WMDs, and Ballistic Missiles
To illustrate this point about the ballistic-missile threat, put yourself in the shoes of a rogue state leader who has ballistic-missile and WMD capability. It makes little sense to use the missile without a WMD warhead. The WMDless missiles could be used to terrorize civilian populations, as Hezbollah recently did in Israel with many short-range missile attacks. But such weapons do not have the capability to have a major battlefield impact. A WMD-armed ballistic missile can have a very large impact, but its use needs to be very carefully considered by those who might employ it. While intercept of a ballistic missile is very challenging, it is easy to determine its launch point. Unless the missile is launched from a submarine in international waters—a capability rogue states and terrorist organizations do not currently have—massive retaliation against a ballistic-missile WMD attack should be expected.
Therefore, given that a rogue state or terrorist organization has a WMD capability and the will to use it, why would a ballistic missile with an obvious fingerprint of its origin be used to deliver the attack and incur the very high risk of massive retaliation? It makes more sense to deliver the WMD by means that leave some doubt about who was responsible for the attack, thereby complicating the retaliation decision-making process. It is much easier and far less expensive to deliver a WMD by container, truck, or other covert means than by a ballistic-missile system. The warhead's delivery is also greatly simplified in over-land/sea covert delivery as compared to terminal target guidance and warhead fuzing at Mach 7 or higher speed.
When considering BMD or any other military mission, it is important to understand the WMD concept of operations across the military capabilities of friendly and hostile forces and the environment in which they may be used. The airborne laser is a negative example of this point. While the technology of using a very large aircraft to employ a line-of-sight weapon against a ballistic missile is interesting, what is the survivability of that non-stealthy airborne platform in a period of hostility commenced at the adversary's choice of time? How many targets can an airborne platform engage before running out of stored or generated electrical power?
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. The implication of this for BMD draws from antisubmarine warfare. The best way to defend against enemy submarines is destroy them before they leave port. In the case of BMD, the best defense against ballistic missiles is to destroy the missiles before they are launched. This has the added advantage of leaving the effects of their warheads at the point of origin, not strewn over neutral or friendly countries. The Navy's rail gun, with a theoretical range of 400 miles, a very short flight time, and sufficient accuracy to destroy a ballistic missile with a single round, has great potential in BMD warfare.
The advantages of naval power, including persistence, access, and mobility combined with proven SM-3 intercept capability, offer near-term ballistic-missile defense options important to national and international security. The Navy must balance BMD with its other missions that carry many responsibilities in providing maritime security. While some Navy capabilities such as strike warfare are also supported by other services, only the Navy can execute certain missions, such as antisubmarine warfare.
1. White House Press Release, "Fact Sheet on U.S. Missile Defense Policy, A Phased Adaptive Approach for Missile Defense in Europe," 17 September 2009.
2. Stephen Castle, "NATO Proposes Link With Russia's Missile Defense," The New York Times, 18 September 2009.
3. Robert M. Gates, "A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe," The New York Times, 19 September 2009.
4. Ibid.
5. MDA, "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense," Missile Defense Agency Fact Sheet, 18 August 2009.
6. Jenny Shin, Overview of the Fiscal Year 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense Budget Request, Center for Defense Information, 20 May 2009.
7. Fareed Zakaria, "US did the right thing the wrong way," CNN, 11 September 2009.
8. Shin, Overview.
9. Gates, "Better Missile Defense."
10. Jonathan Weisman and Peter Spiegel, "Cost Concerns Propelled U.S. Missile Policy," The Wall Street Journal, p. A5, 19-20 September 2009.
11. Milan Vego, "No Need for High Speed," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, September 2009. Vego describes the LCS mission payload limit as about 180 tons.
12. William Branin, Walter Pincus, and Karen DeYoung, "Iran Test Fires Most Advanced Missiles," The Washington Post, 28 September 2009.
13. Gates, "Better Missile Defense."


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ABC has responded defensively to a scathing expose by New York's Vanity Fair magazine of the network's "Desperate Housewives" stars.
Marcia Cross reportedly became enraged at Terri Hatcher for allegedly hogging the spotlight with a risque red bathing suit, eventually yelling expletives at ABC staffers and finally, in a pique of rage, tearing off her wig to reveal a memorable scar.
Somewhere along the way Hatcher broke into tears.
ABC issued the following statement: "Our talent were made to deal as best they could with a situation not of their making. This one isolated incident does not define these women or their relationship(s)."
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Whether it is breaking faith with the Republican Party which advanced his career far above his mediocre talents, or his cyber affair with a Romanian communist sympathizer 30 years his junior (and whose English grammar is amusing) thereby betraying his wife Alma, Colin Powell is not exactly a pillar of loyalty.
by Jeanne De Angelis
In 2008 and then again in 2012, after retired four-star General Colin Powell endorsed and then voted for Barack Obama, the former Secretary of State's sanity was already in question. At least now, after having his email account hacked by high-level security-breacher Guccifer, Colin Powell's besmirching of the Republican Party's "shift to the right" and "identity crisis" finally makes sense.
It seems that for years the mannerly and always professional Colin Powell has been cyber-comporting with a 46-year-old Romanian European Parliament member, Social Democrat, and past spokesperson for Romanian president Ion Iliescu named Corina Creţu. So it's safe to say that Colin Powell was probably the one in the throes of an "identity crisis."
As vice chair of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Corina Creţu, who once called Powell the "love of her life," had, on occasion, spoken out against cruelty to women worldwide. Yet thanks to her progressive mindset, seducing in hopes of 'sharing' someone else's husband must not be a problem for her.
The fact that Colin Powell would associate with a communist sympathizer, never mind carry on titillating banter with a woman 30 years his junior, indicates risky and immature behavior just a notch above Weinergate. Either way, the revelations do put into context Powell's ability to support progressive socialist Barack Obama. General Powell lowered standards within his marriage, which apparently translated into lower standards politically.
Not for nothing, but it is kind of ironic that Colin Powell, whom many believed voted for Barack Obama simply because he's black, cyber-cheated on his African-American wife Alma with a blonde Marxist from Romania.
In an older email, Corina Creţu wrote Powell "Good weather to make you come," to which he responded, "You and the weather could make that happen." Yikes, General Powell, who knew?
Then, when the famously fickle Powell attempted to end the cyber-canoodling, much like the Republican Party came to realize in 2008 and 2012, Ms. Creţu probably noticed that something about the general had changed.
Clearly dejected and heartbroken, Creţu wrote, "I am sorry, we are completely deplorable as we don't assume what we had together [sic]." Over the past few years, the spurned Romanian official intermittently provoked the general in emails that indicated that her fluency in English probably wasn't what attracted the articulate statesman in the first place.
Nonetheless, in late 2011, Corina the Persistent dropped Powell another lovelorn lamentation, where she said she missed him… loved him "too, much, too many years… [and] fond finally a reaistc love [sic]." Included in Creţu's sentiments was no doubt the same thing that Republicans have been contemplating about Colin Powell for years: "I hope to be at least afriend to you [sic]."
Recently, the notorious Guccifer hacked into Powell's AOL account. Fearing the worst, the general's reaction was similar to the one Anthony Weiner had when he requested that Sydney Leathers scrub their erotic exchanges. Allegedly, Colin Powell also asked the Romanian seductress to delete their emails.
Sorry, but only in Obama-supporter circles could you have a Huma and an Alma being cheated on by a Weiner and a Colin. [……….]
When nabbed, unlike Mr. Weiner the former Secretary of State did not bring up his commitment to the middle class, but he did confess that during his tenure at the State Department, he and Corina "occasionally attended the same diplomatic and international meetings." The diplomatic nature of the relationship was confirmed in an email in which Corina asked, "Is first time when you tell me, dplomatically, of course, that is better not to speak until the holiday [sic]?"
[………] Let us consider that this is a two-timing, I mean two-time Obama supporter who pledges faithfulness to the Republican Party and, despite admitted online cheating claims, he's been faithful to his wife for half a century.
What Colin has failed to explain was how he made the jump from potential Republican presidential candidate to supporting a left-winger like Obama, or how the conversation changed from diplomatic and international affairs to suggestions that Corina lie naked sipping wine with him on a couch.
Mr. Powell clarified: "Those type [sic] of e-mails ended a few years ago. There was no affair then, and there is not one now."
To date, the perpetually-conflicted Colin Powell remains married to the very classy Alma, and if you can believe it, as of January 2013 still considered himself a member of the Republican Party. Quintessential Colin Powell: Faithfulness in word, but in deed, evidently not so much.
In the end, the moral of the story is this: after being disloyal to a party that would have supported him all the way to the White House and straying from a wife who has stood by him for 50 years, it's clear now that Colin Powell's unfaithfulness is something Americans can count on.
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By Joesciallo-Oracle on Apr 01, 2013
Reconnecting with Comms
The UCS group gathered last week at our Santa Clara office for our annual Comms Summit. For me, it was a great opportunity to reconnect with Comms co-workers across all disciplines and geographies, and to participate in interactive sessions on the product.
My boss and I did a preso on knowing the audience that you are writing for, which got me thinking about how to use the wiki to provide some "role-based" views of the information. For example, say you are new to UCS and you are looking for product overview and capability type information. What you want to see is different from say what a current user of the product might want. The current user might want a view that is weighted towards administration and troubleshooting. A third user, for example, a developer, might want a view that provides easy access to API and customization information.
But, before charging ahead on seeing what it would take to get the wiki to do this, I got some other feedback: that some folks still appreciate just the PDF view of documentation. This audience (especially implementors) wants a standard spreadsheet of titles, such as Installation Guide, Administration Guide, and so forth, with the ability to see the title either in HTML (in our case, Wiki), or to download a PDF.
So, What's The Takeaway?
For the traditional PDF view, we do already cover the bases. You can use the Home2 view of the documentation to access the high-level doc titles by current release and product, and get a PDF.
What about those of you who want more of a role-based view of the documentation? My first suggestion would be to provide some education on how to better search for what you want. Right now, my number one recommendation is to use this Google Custom Search Engine (GCSE) that I put together:
Oracle Communications Unified Communications Suite Documentation Search
The next step would be for me to try and do some doc rearchitecting to utilize the power of the wiki to carve out some distinct, separate role-based views. It occurs to me that a quick-and-dirty way of providing some role-based views would be to utilize the Confluence label feature and the content-by-label macro, to assemble some index-like pages.
So, as a UCS user, let me know if this is something that you would like to see. As always, either drop me a line or leave a comment.


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A TEACHING union official has raised his concern about proposed changes to the A-level system.
Karl Flint, branch secretary of the National Union of Teachers, has spoken out after UK education secretary Michael Gove outlined plans to bring back traditional two-year A-levels with end-of-course exams, from September 2015.
Under a major overhaul, AS-levels would be separated from A-levels to become a separate qualification.
The Department of Education and Children is waiting to see how the proposals develop, and how other authorities respond.
Mr Flint said: 'The proposals are yet another attempt from an unsympathetic, out of touch, British minister from a privileged background who appears to have virtually no grasp of the exceptional progress that has been made across the curriculum in recent years with regard to getting the best out of students given their widely different abilities and expertise.'
He said: 'Decades ago we had an education system geared towards elitism in order to provide a university education for those seemingly best befitted to top jobs in the Foreign Office, international services, banking, insurance and financial sections. What worries me is this appears to be part of the direction this present [UK] government sees fit to take. Not all students, and some may argue the majority, perform best under exam conditions where they have to undertake a plethora of lengthy tests in widely different subjects over a very short period of time.'
He said top pupils would always excel, but there was a danger the proposals meant others wouldn't reach their full potential.
A DEC spokesman said: 'The proposed changes are coming under intense scrutiny from politicians and educationalists in England, and as this is likely to continue for several months, the DEC will wait to see whether this leads to any amendment before making any decision as to how to respond to any changes. The DEC is also watching to see how authorities in Wales and Northern Ireland respond to what is happening in England because, although the island needs to offer its young people the opportunity to take appropriate qualifications at the age of 16 and 18 this does not necessarily have to be through the English system.'
The DEC will then work with secondary schools to make decisions on what should happen 'once the options are clear'.
Mr Gove has announced changes to GCSEs, including introducing the English Baccalaureate Certificate. It would also see students take final exams.
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Grammy and Oscar-winning singer songstress Melissa Etheridge recognizes the inspiration behind a good song.
She will make her debut with Boston Pops for Berkeley night at the Pops featuring winners of the Berklee College of Music singer/songwriter competition at Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave in Boston, Massachusetts Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13 at 8pm.
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I had the honor of speak to Melissa Etheridge about songwriting and her upcoming Boston Pops debut. Click here for the full audio interview.
When you first started, was it the guitar or the singing that came first for you?
It was the music. I guess I started singing in choirs, at church choir and choir at school. About the same time when I was 8 years old, my father brought a guitar home for my sister, but I wanted to play it really badly and they said that I was too young. The teacher said, 'No, it will hurt her fingers.' I said, 'Please, please, please.' They finally let me do it just to prove me wrong, but I proved them wrong and I just kept playing. The guitar was probably the thing that I studied, but I was always singing.
What made you decide to perform in the first place?
Well, one of the first memories I have is listening to the Beatles sing, 'I Wanna Hold your Hand' on a transistor radio when I was about 3 years old, and it was just thrilling! I liked when I would be in a choir at school and we would get up in front of people and perform. It was an excited nervous. The more I would play guitar and could do it myself and do it for other people, the more they would sit and listen to me and say, 'hey that's good,' and I was just hooked. The first time that I got in front of anybody like strangers in an audience, I was 11, at a talent contest.
You loved it.
I loved it! I was hooked. There was a band there, I started playing with the band, and then the rest is history.
You took lessons when you played the guitar or do you think you taught yourself a bit?
No, I took lessons from a wonderful teacher at the Tune Shop in Leavenworth, Kansas. His name was Don Raymond. He was an old jazz guitar player who had a horrible accident and got his fingers cut off, and now he just teaching. So, he was a little bit bitter. He was a stern teacher, but he was amazing and I learned so much from him.
Sometimes, it is just watching someone play the guitar that helps so much.
One of things that he really instilled in me was timing. He said, 'I don't really care if you get the notes right or wrong, but never go out of time.' To this day musicians, drummers especially, go wow your timing is great. It was tacked into me.
Yes, that makes you easily adaptable anywhere. Tell me a little bit about as a singer/songwriter, how does the music come for you? When you get inspired, does it come in your dreams? Do you hear a melody?
It's always different. I find inspiration is the first piece of it and that inspiration is always different. It can be a thought, a melody that pops in my head. I'm just sitting and playing the guitar, and a note that follows another note or a chord. It can be as large as an idea and oh, I want to write a song about this. I can think about it all ahead of time before I write it also. Many, many different inspirations, but it always comes from some spark.
When you write about your music, was there a particular song that was more challenging for you to write and then there's one that just flowed for you?
They are always different. There are those that just really don't want to come to light or something. You just work on them and you change them and dig. Sometimes, I'll put pieces of songs together from other songs and then there's the song that boom, writes itself in 10 minutes, and wow, there it is. You just never know.
Which one just flowed for you, for example?
'Come to my Window' took a long time. 'I'm the Only One' wrote that in one bus ride in Europe.
You read stories about people writing music, for example I believe Phil Collins wrote 'Sussudio' in his car on the way to the studio.
Yeah, I just wrote a song on the plane the other day, a really good song, you just never know. Songwriting is kind of like a muscle. If you just keep doing it then you can do it easily, but if you haven't done it for a long time, it's going to be harder to work back up into that. Once you get the creative process flowing, running on all pistons or firing, you know it's good. You can hop into it and do it quickly.
Now, I wanted to get into the upcoming event. This is your first time performing with the Boston Pops.
Oh yes, first time really. I performed 'I Need to Wake Up' with the Oslo symphony, but this is the first time I performed my songs like that with the Pops or anybody like that. I'm just thrilled!
What excites you most about the event?
There's something very special about playing music with other people. I love doing it in a band. It's a special thing that humans can do. We can set rules, time and parameters. We can all play and create a feeling and to do it on such a large level with so many musicians creating a moment, that's just magic. That's a miracle.
Live music is just so incredible.
There's nothing like it. You can never replace it.
What kind of music can we look forward to at the performance?
There's going to be some of my hits, and then doing 'Uprising of Love,' going to do a new song off the new album. It's pretty much my hits, the songs you know.
What advice would you give singer/songwriters today?
I would say do what you love. It's the only way that you're going to get anywhere. If you try to make your music so that somebody else likes it, then you'll be in a box. Do what you love, perform for whoever you want, write what's in your heart, because you never know where the world is going and you are creating where the world is going anyway. Just do it because you love it. That's the only way it's ever been done.
Visit bostonpops.org for ticket information!


text: ''A Civil Action'' is a 1996 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr and its 1998 film adaptation. Both were based on "Anderson v. Cryovac", a historical legal case which lasted from 1982 to 1990. The film was directed by StevenZaillian, previously known for ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer'' (1993). The main stars were Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobertDuvall.The background for the case was a real-life water contamination in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts. [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] summarizes: "During the mid to late 1970s, the local community became concerned over the high incidence of childhood leukemia and other illnesses, particularly in the Pine Street area of east Woburn. After high levels of chemical contamination were found in City of Woburn's Wells G and H in 1979, some members of the community suspected that the unusually high incidence of leukemia, cancer, and a wide variety of other health problems were linked to the possible exposure to volatile organic chemicals in the groundwater pumped from wells G and H. In May 1982, a number of citizens whose children had developed or died from leukemia filed a civil lawsuit against two corporations, W. R. Grace and Company and Beatrice Foods. Grace's subsidiary, Cryovac, and Beatrice were suspected of contaminating the groundwater by improperly disposing of trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloroethylene (perc) and other industrial solvents at their facilities in Woburn near wells G and H."The film follows events from the perspective of Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta), the lawyer representing the people of Woburn. He is a successful attormey who effectively leads a small firm of personal injury lawyers. At first, Jan sees the case being unprofitable and thinks of rejecting it. Then, he figures that the major environmental issue could help further establish his fame and the defendants with deep pockets could really make this lucrative. The case at first goes poorly for him, the corporations hiring the best lawyers money could buy. Including Jerome Facher (Duvall), who represents Beatrice Foods. Jan loses the first trial on the case. However, this only serves to further motivate him. [[ItsPersonal It has become Personal for him]], and he seeks victory regardless of the financial and personal cost. Jan and associates start going deeply into debt, his firm breaks up, his personal life is in shambles. But Jan perseveres.The film is considered a box office failure. In the United States market it earned an estimated $56,709,981. Only the 38th most successful film of its year. It seems to have underperformed in other markets, failing to cover even its budget. Critically, the film faired fairly well. While it could be seen as just another DavidVersusGoliath story, it takes another path. As critic Janet Maslin put it: "The story presents both Schlichtmann and the civil court system as stubbornly complicated. And it tells a finely nuanced tale of right, wrong and the gray area in between." This is a world of "murkiness, bitter successes and frustration". Which might also be its main fault, considering the complaints about the relative lack of excitement and the DownerEnding. While Travolta's performance is considered solid here, it was Duvall who earned the most praise. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He lost to Creator/JamesCoburn, who won for his role in ''Film/{{Affliction}}''.----!!The film provides examples of:* AmoralAttorney: Jerome Facher.* TheBadGuyWins: Jan [[spoiler:basically loses the lawsuit against the two companies that had dumped toxic chemicals into the local water supply, settles the case for far less than his expenses in pursuing it, and ends up declaring bankruptcy.]]* HeelFaceTurn: The whole film charts Jan Schlichtmann's transformation from a cynical, SmugSnake attorney into an altruistic crusader against corruption and injustice. * OnTheMoney: At some point, Jan is told how much money his law firm needs to stay in business. Later, he's offered exactly that amount to settle a big case, suggesting that the rival law firm had inside information.* StronglyWordedLetter: Unintentional subversion: the film was about a corporation that polluted and caused illnesses, and the climax was the good lawyer writing a letter. But that letter had serious effects.* SummonBiggerFish: How the film ends. After failing at personally prosecuting the two companies for their actions, Schlichtmann manages to get the EPA onto the case in his stead.* ThatWasObjectionable: Combined with IronicEchoCut. One of the defense attorneys, who is also a law professor, is shown giving a lecture to his students:-->'''Jerome Facher''': A plaintiff's case depends on momentum. The fewer objections he gets, the better a case will go. ... Relevance - objection. Hearsay - objection. Best evidence - objection. Authenticity - objection. If you should fall asleep at the counsel table, the first thing out of your mouth should be...\\''(cut to Facher sleeping during the trial)''\\'''Judge''': Do you swear to tell the whole truth, so help you God?\\'''Facher''': ''(waking up)'' Objection!


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GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina closes out its 2012 non-conference schedule when it welcomes Navy to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. nationally-televised matchup. The Pirates will try to maintain momentum after a 42-35 victory at UAB last week and extend their home winning streak to five straight when they meet the Midshipmen. ECU, which is 5-3 at the eight-game mark for the fourth time in the last five seasons, will also attempt to reach bowl-eligible status for the sixth time since 2006 when it opens the final portion of a slate that features home tilts in three of the last four contests.
East Carolina Records and Streaks
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Pirates Claim Road Thriller Over Navy, 38-35
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Junior running back Reggie Bullock scored on a three-yard touchdown run with 2:14 remaining in the game to the go-ahead touchdown as East Carolina knocked off Navy 38-35 in the Pirates' final non-conference tilt of 2011.
Non-Conference Foes
Since accepting membership in Conference USA, the Pirates have produced a 22-42 (.344) regular season non-league record, which includes a program-high 5-0 mark in 1999 ... In the last three-plus years, ECU has recorded a 4-11 non-conference slate.
The Pirates Against the Midshipmen
Navy leads the series over ECU by a 2-1 count ... The Midshipmen averaged a combined 52 points, 462 rushing yards and 502.5 total yards in 28-23 and 76-35 victories to open the series in 2006 and 2010, respectively, before ECU used Dominique Davis' 40-of-45 passing effort to post its first win last October ... Navy's 521-yard ground effort in 2010 is still the second-highest ever recorded vs. the Pirates.
Ruffin McNeill Against Navy
While Saturday's matchup will represent Ruffin McNeill's third meeting versus Navy as a head coach, there was one (1-0) other occasion where he faced off against the Midshipmen ... While serving as Texas Tech's defensive tackles coach and special teams coordinator, McNeill's Red Raiders posted a 38-14 win over Navy at the 2003 EV1.net Houston Bowl at Reliant Stadium
Ken Niumatalolo Against the Pirates
Ken Niumatalolo will face East Carolina as a head coach for the third time Saturday ... He was on the Navy staff as an assistant head coach during the series opener, but did not square off against the Pirates during his earlier tenures at Hawai'i or UNLV.
Last Meeting In Greenville - Navy 76 - East Carolina 35
Navy's triple-option ground attack amassed 521 yards and eight touchdowns, while four third quarter East Carolina fumbles helped the Midshipmen turn a seven-point halftime lead into a convincing 76-35 win over the Pirates on Nov. 6, 2010 ... Navy scored on all eight of its possessions after intermission, cashing the quartet of ECU miscues into 24 points ... After the Pirates evened the contest, 21-21, late in the second quarter on Lance Lewis' four-yard reception, the Midshipmen scored 24 unanswered points to take a commanding 45-21 lead midway through the third period ... The loss spoiled a record-setting performance by ECU quarterback Dominique Davis, who completed 43-of-65 passes for 413 yards and five scores ... Navy's rushing and point totals were the most ever tallied against the Pirates at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, while the loss was the first at home for Ruffin McNeill.
ECU-Navy .... It's A Wrap
Saturday's matchup against Navy will conclude the four-game series, which as previously mentioned, was initiated in 2006 ... Since then, different head coaches now lead both programs (Ken Niumatalolo replaced Paul Johnson at Navy; Ruffin McNeill replaced Skip Holtz at East Carolina), the Midshipmen (5) and Pirates (5) have advanced to a combined 10 bowl games, Navy captured four Commander-In-Chief's Trophies and ECU earned a pair of Conference USA championships.
Pirates Against the Armed Forces
The Pirates' eight wins against Army (8-0 series record) and the three contests versus Navy represent the only meetings East Carolina has had against the nation's military academies who annually compete for the C-I-C Trophy ... ECU has never faced Air Force since beginning its football program in 1932 ... In addition, the Pirates are 19-5 all-time against the I-AA military schools, posting a 12-4 mark against The Citadel and a 7-1 clip vs. VMI.
ECU Against the Independent Ranks
In similar fashion, the Pirates' 8-0 record against Army and its 1-2 slate versus Navy mark ECU's only action against I-A independents.
Non-League Statistical Comparisons
In its three non-conference contests this year, ECU has averaged 17.0 points, 109.0 rushing yards, 233.0 passing yards and 342.0 total yards per game so far ... By comparison, the Pirates have booked 31.0 ppg, 122.6 rypg, 284.2 pypg and 406.8 ypg averages in their five C-USA tilts.
Last Time Out - East Carolina 42 - UAB 35
East Carolina racked up a Ruffin McNeil era-best 600 yards and scored on its first four second-half possessions to overcome a halftime deficit and produce a 42-35 Conference USA road win at UAB ... Junior Vintavious Cooper rushed for a career-high 172 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries while also recording his first scoring reception with a 30-yarder from Shane Carden late in the third quarter ... In addition to three TDs, he came only one yard shy of a triple-digit ground effort in the second half alone by picking up 99 yards on 11 attempts - an average of 9.0 yards per run ... Carden, who finished the night with a 23-of-35, 386-yard and two touchdown passing performance, also contributed to the Pirates' second-half surge by hitting 11-of-18 tosses for 212 yards in the final 30 minutes ... After holding a 14-13 lead at intermission, the Blazers enjoyed their biggest cushion, 21-13, with 8:36 remaining in the third period before Cooper capped back-to-back ECU possessions with scores ... Receiver Justin Hardy added 132 yards on six catches to help the Pirates post their eighth-highest total offense yardage total in program history and most since 2007.
At Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium - 3-0 in 2012
East Carolina's all-time record at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium is 165-84-1 (.662) ... The Pirates opened the facility on Sept. 21, 1963 with a 20-10 win over Brian Piccolo and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in front of 17,000 fans ... Before a 3-3 mark in 2011 and a 4-2 clip in 2010, ECU won a combined 10 of 12 home matchups in 2009 (6-1) and 2008 (4-1) ... Overall, ECU has turned in 36 winning seasons at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
The Pirate Nation - 7 Million Strong
East Carolina has always been able to claim plenty of hometown support, even more so when playing at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturdays during the fall - establishing itself as C-USA's attendance leader on an annual basis ... In all, a total of 7,011,319 fans have seen the Pirates in action since 1963, and in the last four-plus years, ECU has averaged 46,510 (1,209,256/26 regular season games) ... Since the completion of a 7,000-seat expansion project in 2010 that pushed the capacity to 50,000, the Pirates have set back-to-back school records in total attendance and season average attendance, breaking 2010 marks (297,987/49,665) with 300,069 and 50,012 figures in 2011 ... The Pirates have opened the 2012 campaign by welcoming 49,023 to the Appalachian State game (Sept. 1), 47,817 to the UTEP clash (Sept. 29) and 45,137 to the Memphis contest (Oct. 13).
Analyzing the 2012 Starters By Class
The list of starters for ECU's first seven games include three freshmen (CB Josh Hawkins, OLB Montese Overton, NT Terrell Stanley), eight sophomores (SS Desi Brown, QB Shane Carden, OLB Maurice Falls, ILB Jeremy Grove, IWR Justin Hardy, C Taylor Hudson, DE Chrishon Rose, NT Terry Williams), 17 juniors (CB Adonis Armstrong, RB Vintavious Cooper, OG Jordan Davis, RB Michael Dobson, OT Adhem Elsawi, OLB Derrell Johnson, QB Rio Johnson, DE John Lattimore, FS Damon Magazu, FB/IWR Zico Pasut, NT Lee Pegues, OWR Lance Ray, OG Will Simmons, SS Chip Thompson, ILB Kyle Tudor, OWR Reese Wiggins, OLB Gabriel Woullard) and eight seniors (OWR Andrew Bodenheimer, RB Reggie Bullock, NT Michael Brooks, C Josh Clark, ILB Daniel Drake, IWR Derrick Harris, CB Jacobi Jenkins, OT Robert Jones).
Already A Popular Target
Sophomore IWR Justin Hardy ranks among the top four active career leaders in receptions per game ... He has already surpassed the 100-yard mark four times in 2012 and logged three career double-digit catch games
Cooper A Committee Of One
Junior RB Vintavious Cooper has led East Carolina in rushing the last seven contests, and in the last four games (UTEP, UCF, Memphis, UAB), has averaged 119.3 ground yards per outing ... He followed a 151-yard performance with 96 and 58 yards vs. the Tigers and Knights, respectively, before booking career highs in carries (26) and yards (172) against the Blazers - the highest rushing total by a Pirate since 2009 (172 by Dominique Lindsay vs. Memphis) ... Cooper (630 yards) currently accounts for nearly 70 percent (67.0) of the Pirates' overall rushing yardage in 2012.
Four-Game Surge
After generating only a combined 461 total yards (230.5 ypg) against Southern Miss (228) and North Carolina (233), East Carolina appears to have found its offensive throttle in its last four games ... The Pirates have racked up a collective 1,806 vs. UTEP (475), UCF (362), Memphis (369) and UAB (season-high 600) - an average of 451.5 yards per contest ... In fact, the 217 rushing yards against the Miners was a Ruffin McNeill era-best, while the 600 total yards gained at UAB ranked as the eighth-best performance in program history and the fourth-highest amount ever logged on the road.
Defending The Run (And Scoreboard)
Although East Carolina has surrendered 269.5 passing and 392.6 total yards per game in its first eight contests, its rush defense average of 123.1 ypg currently stands third in Conference USA, 32nd nationally and ranks among the program's all-time top 10 list ... In addition, the Pirates' defensive scoring average of 25.2 stands second in C-USA and 56th among all FBS members.
Rush Defense...Part II
ECU has held opponents to less than 135 ground yards in six of eight contests this year, which includes limiting Marcus Lattimore's (13-40) South Carolina rushing attack to 131 yards, surrendering just 91 to Southern Miss, only 129 to Giovani Bernard's (18-50) Tar Heels' before giving up 115 to Memphis and a season-low 82 yards at UAB last week.
A Fly In the Ointment
Needless to say, Navy's triple-option scheme will pose a formidable challenge the recent success as the Midshipmen have averaged 402.7 rushing yards per game against the Pirates in three previous meetings (1,208 yards).
An Encore For Grove?
Sophomore ILB Jeremy Grove, who earned inclusion on four Freshman All-America squads in 2011 after booking a rookie school-record 122 stops, currently ranks third nationally among all active career defenders in tackles per game ... He's tallied nine hits in five of eight games this season.
On The First Quarter Rebound
After being held scoreless in the first quarter through their initial four games in `12, the Pirates have answered the bell early lately ... After snapping the drought with a TD against UTEP, East Carolina followed by putting 21 points on the board in the opening 15 minutes in its last three games against UCF, Memphis and UAB and have outscored its last four opponents by a 42-14 count.
Mids, Pirates Playing It Clean
The Midshipmen and Pirates rank third and sixth, respectively, for fewest penalties committed so far this year ... ECU has earned three or less flags in four games, but are coming off a season-high seven at UAB
Living A Pirate's Way of Life
The Pirates have recorded a takeaway in 24 of its last 28 games ... In all, East Carolina has created two or more turnovers in nine of the last 15 games, which includes two against Memphis, three each vs. Appalachian State and Southern Miss, and a season-high four vs. UTEP this year ... ECU has won 13 of 18 games (13-5) when it forces two or more turnovers in the Ruffin McNeill era, but are just 3-12 in contests when it doesn't ... The Pirates currently rank 12th nationally in fumbles recovered with nine - the fifth highest total among all FBS programs - and are only one of 11 teams who have returned at least two for TDs (vs. Appalachian State, Southern Miss).
Maybe Some Free Football?
East Carolina and Navy are the nation's co-leader in most overtime games played since 2006 with nine.
The Team's Record in 2012
East Carolina's 42-35 win against UAB on Oct. 20 upped the Pirates' record to 5-3 for the fourth time in the last five years ... In addition to the aforementioned overall record, the Pirates' triumph vs. the Blazers also produced East Carolina's fifth 4-1 C-USA record (after five games) in the last six years.
Conference / National Individual Rankings
Inside receiver Justin Hardy ranks second in the conference in receiving yards per game (93.62) and punt return average (9.00), fourth in receptions per contest (6.38), fifth in all-purpose yards (107.12) and tied for 13th in scoring (6.00) ... He is also among the NCAA leaders and is placed tied for 18th in receiving yards a contests and tied for 26th in receptions per game ... Running back Vintavious Cooper ranks fourth in the conference in rushing (78.75), 10th in all-purpose yards (80.86) and 15th in total offense (78.75) ... Quarterback Shane Carden is fourth in passing efficiency (141.02) and sixth in total offense (212.75) ... Punter Trent Tignor ranks fifth in the conference and 53rd in the country in punting (41.42) ... Safety Chip Thompson is tied for 10th in the league in interceptions a game (0.29) ... Kicker Warren Harvey currently is placed fifth in Conference USA in field goals per game (1.25) and 11th in scoring (6.75) ... Kick returner Lance Ray is eighth in kickoff returns with his average of 21.40 per game ... Linebacker Gabriel Woullard is tied for 16th in sacks (.31) ... Nose guard Terry Williams is tied for 20th in tackles for loss (0.75)
Conference USA Team Rankings
The Pirates enter this week ranking second in scoring defense (25.25) ... The team has the third stingiest rush (123.13) and total defense (392.63) and is fourth in sacks (1.63), passing efficiency (128.15) and passing offense (265.00) ... ECU is also among the top half of the conference in punt returns (8.31 - 5th) and turnover margin (-.13 - sixth).


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College Hockey:Bulldogs and Sioux Skate to 2-2 Tie
North Dakota's Unbeaten Streak Reaches Ten
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Although North Dakota kept its nation-best unbeaten streak (7-0-3) alive by tying visiting Minnesota-Duluth 2-2, it failed to pick up a much-needed win for the second straight game.
Last Saturday night against Minnesota State, the Fighting Sioux gave up two goals in the final 1:13 of regulation in a 4-4 tie. Friday night against the Bulldogs, UND needed a third period goal by sophomore forward Ryan Duncan, the WCHA's leading scorer, to salvage a tie.
"This is WCHA hockey down the stretch," UND coach Dave Hakstol said. "That's how it is. There are two good teams fighting real hard to try to gain some
Duncan's goal, his 23rd of the season, came just 43 seconds after UMD took a 2-1 lead on a goal by forward MacGregor Sharp at the 5:47 mark. Linemate Michael Gergen hit Sharp with a no-look pass from behind the UND net that he put in far side on UND goalie Philippe Lamoureux.
The Sioux quickly responded with their top line of sophomores Duncan, T.J. Oshie and Jonathan Toews which the Bulldogs had held in check to that point. As Oshie and Duncan entered the UMD zone with speed 2-on-2, Oshie left the puck for Duncan near the top of the right circle. He deked out forward Bryan McGregor and then cut in on goal where he shot the puck between the legs of goalie Josh Johnson.
"If you give good players time and space, they're going to make good plays," UMD coach Scott Sandelin said. "Duncan made a great play on that goal."
The Bulldogs outshot the Sioux 9-3 in the third period, but Lamoureux preserved the tie with some key saves. In overtime, neither team could capitalize on their two shots on goal. In what turned into a defensive slugfest, UMD outshot UND 22-19.
"Defensively, we talked about knowing when the Toews, Oshie, Duncan line was out there and knowing your responsibilities, not getting caught deep and just being strong defensively," Sharp said. "Other than that, we were just rolling four lines and playing solid."
Both teams entered the game with two the WCHA's best power plays, but the electrical outage that hit Ralph Engelstad arena last Wednesday also apparently left both teams' power play units powerless. The Bulldogs went 0-3 with the man advantage while the Sioux were 0-6.
"That's all that was really talked about coming into this series was both power plays," Hakstol said. "There were some real good defensive plays both ways. There wasn't a lot of time or space anywhere on the ice, especially in the middle of the rink."
"I think both teams played well defensively," Sandelin said. "Both goalies made some key saves. Both power plays didn't score a goal, which is sometimes the way it goes. I thought it was a real even game. I'm okay with a point."
In the first period, UND tempted fate by taking three consecutive penalties, but the Bulldogs couldn't capitalize with the man advantage. The best scoring chance for either team came when Bulldogs sophomore forward and leading scorer Mason Raymond had a clean breakaway with about 5:20 remaining in the period. Lamoureux stoned him to keep it a 0-0 game.
UMD struck first 1:48 into the second period. Bulldogs forward Mike Curry was knocked down taking the puck to the net. Lying on the ice, his whack at the puck deflected into the air and toward the crease. The puck bounced in off UMD senior forward Andrew Carroll as he crashed the net. Referee Marco Hunt reviewed the goal, but allowed it to stand.
The Sioux tied it 1-1 at 6:58 of the second on junior forward Rylan Kaip's second goal of the season. He put in the rebound off defenseman Robbie Bina's shot from the right point.
Duncan said that he felt better about the tie against UMD than he did about the one against MSU the week before.
"It's definitely disappointing," he said. "We definitely want to get those two points. Every point is crucial down the stretch."
UND (10-9-4 WCHA, 16-11-4 overall) remains in fifth place in the league, just one point ahead of Wisconsin. UMD (6-14-3 WCHA, 10-17-4 overall), is tied for last place with Alaska-Anchorage, but has one game in hand on the Seawolves.
The two teams will meet for the second game of the series at 7:05 p.m. Saturday in Engelstad Arena.
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Oct. 16, 2012
NIU Head Coach Dave Doeren
Opening Statement
"I'm obviously excited about the way we played in the game against Buffalo. I thought we started fast in all three phases and executed the game plan. We kept the pressure on throughout the game. I really wanted to see our team be able to run the ball, be able to play catch, and be able to stop the run, which we did. Two of the best rushing offenses paired off in that game and we held them under 100 yards and we went over 200. I think that says a lot about the line of scrimmage and what took place. We were also able to contain their scramble game and their draw game, which had been very successful not only for them during the season, but against us a year ago. We got some pressure on the quarterback with the five sacks that we had in the game. The turnovers we created, including three in the red zone, I thought said a lot about the continued success we've had but the mental toughness.
"The play of Marlon Moore, he had two interceptions, and almost had another one on a play where he and Courtney [Stephen] were fighting over a ball and it ended up hitting the ground. He played really well in his first start.
"Jordan Lynch continues to do what he's supposed to do and make smart decisions, run hard and read the power read and the zone read game the right way. He takes advantage of coverage opportunities that he gets. I thought Martel [Moore] maybe played his most complete game since he's been here. He's had a lot of games where he's caught the ball and ran with it, but he blocked really well in this game as well. He strained on the perimeter and helped some other guys get out on some plays.
"I was happy to continue the streak at home. I'm really excited about that. To be able to win at home is a big deal, and now to be in the right position, the position we wanted to be in, which is controlling out own destiny as we head out into this portion of the season. It was going to be the toughest because of the road games coming up in front of us here with three out of four games on the road. We started off with some games at home. Now to go play an Akron team that's getting better each week and putting a ton of points on the board, then have to got play Western Michigan, another team that throws the ball. I think they're No. 1 in the conference in defense. Then we come home to play, and then we have to go on the road again to play at Eastern. Our last four conference games are unfortunately going to be away from here for the most part. I look forward to the road trips that are ahead.
"Akron leads the conference in passing, and they're ninth in the nation in passing offense right now. They've got a fifth-year transfer at quarterback who has already played in coach Bowden's offense. He kind of brought him along with him in the transition. They're fifth in the league with 33 points per game on offense. They're third in the MAC in total offense. They're about to break their school record in total offense here in a couple weeks. They've outscored their opponents in the fourth quarter, which tells you that they're playing hard. I think that's an impressive stat for any team. We have the same stat. They were doing a great job last week in the Ohio game. They made it really interesting in the fourth quarter.
"I think their tailback, Juwan Chisholm, No. 7, is one of the best running backs we've played against. He reminds me a lot of No. 3, Pierson, from Kansas. He's a slasher. He's fast. He hits the hole in a hurry. He's had three straight 100-yard games. The receiver, No. 15, Suel, has 26 catches in the last four games, a very productive player.
"Defensively, they challenge you at the line of scrimmage. In coverage, they play press man to man. Chuck Amato, I know well. Obviously he had great success coaching at Florida State, North Carolina State and understands how to play aggressive defense. Their middle linebacker is playing well. They have a Florida State transfer, No. 9, Avis Commack, and corner that's 6-3. I look forward to that challenge for Martel and our receivers going against a big corner like him. They have a defensive end, No. 90, that has nine TFL's and 4.5 sacks. They have nine sacks on the season, so he's got half of their sacks. That kind of highlights what they're doing.
"The one thing I will say about Akron, you know they lost to Tennessee, but it was 30-26 in the fourth quarter. They played them hard. They were tied at halftime. They lost to Bowling Green, but they were up 10-0 at halftime. They lost to Ohio and scored 14. [They had] an onside kick, almost got it there and lost by a touchdown. They are a team that's getting better and they're competing hard against the teams they're playing."
On the importance of getting third and fourth down conversions
"Well, the longer you have the ball, the more points you score usually. Not necessarily in time of possession, but in opportunities. I think that's a big deal. If you can run your plays, move the chains, keep your defense off the field, and take advantage of those first and second downs to create manageable third downs, which we've been able to get into a lot of third and threes this year. A lot of people ask why we go for it so much on fourth down. We've had a lot of third and threes that have turned into fourth and less than ones. In those scenarios it gives you that option as opposed to being in fourth and seven. We probably have a different situation statistically. I think good football teams keep the ball, and when they have it, they score. They don't turn it over. Looking at those three teams you just mentioned, I'm sure there's a lot of that going on."
On third down conversions being more important as a running team
"We're very balanced, but I understand where you're coming from. We do pride ourselves on running the ball, but I do feel like we can throw the ball to win. I just think when we've gotten into the fourth quarter of games, we've been able to run the ball for most of the fourth quarter to keep it away. I think something we try to do is wear people down. I don't know if it matters as far as how you get the first down whether it's running or throwing."
On if Akron's record is deceiving
"Well, they're different. When you watch Buffalo, they're really physical in the run game. They had just ran for 300 yards in a game against Ohio. So that was on film. The year before, we played them and barely beat them. Just watching that take place and knowing that we had a team coming in that we knew would have a ton of confidence playing us because they almost beat us the year before, and they almost beat Ohio the week before.
"Akron on the other hand, not that they won't be confident, I think they will be, but they're a throwing football team and has a great tailback. When you watch Buffalo, they had every run game play known to man. The quarterback ran four of five different trap plays. These guys are running downhill zones, and the kid's really good at it. He's very quick, their offensive line blocks hard for him. They have a senior quarterback who's a thrower as opposed to what Buffalo did. The thing that most impressed me with Akron was that they had such little success for two years in a row and for Coach Bowden, in his first year, to have them competing for four quarters and playing as hard as they are, I think it says a ton about his leadership."
On the difficulties, defensively, playing a running team, then a passing team
"We've talked about that before. I think that's the biggest challenge for defenses in college football right now, the variety of offenses they have to defend from a week-to-week. I think that's why it's really important to have a system that's flexible and that you believe in. I tell our guys all the time that they've got to know our rules and they've got to be able to use the rules of our scheme. As a coordinator, Coach [Jay] Niemann has to be able to apply those rules when they start to break down. If they're taking advantage of certain things, we've got to have quick answers. Hopefully we can do that."
On what defensive and offensive pass efficiency performance says about a team
"A lot of that too is we don't throw interceptions, knock on wood, and we've been getting interceptions. That's a big part of pass efficiency defense. The sacks play into that. I just think for the last two years that we've done a good job of protecting our quarterback, and we do a good job of pressuring the quarterback. We don't necessarily always get the sack, but forcing early throws, incompletions, long foul balls, and things like that because of the pressure and hits we get. That adds up to what you're talking about. I do think, and Akron is similar to this, we both believe in press coverage. That does take timing off of some throws, which helps in those categories."
On playing on the road
"We've been pretty good on the road of late. When I first got here, it wasn't that way at the beginning of the season, but once we got into that stretch, our guys have learned how to adapt and really enjoy the experience together. It's not a vacation obviously, but it's a chance to go do something together different. When we practice, we'll be at the opposite end of the field. That's what we do when we got on road trips. We'll do everything at the other end and snap them into the fact that it's different than playing at home. I think it takes a lot of focus and discipline to play like you do at home on the road. That's something we have done by winning, but we haven't played a four-quarter game the way we have here now."
On if there's a bit more of a swagger in the team given the six game winning streak
"I think every team is different. This team wasn't last year's team. They had to earn their own swagger, just like last year's team got as the year went on. I think we are playing with confidence right now. Really all three phases, even our special teams, right now are competing hard. We haven't done anything with our punt return unit yet from a return standpoint, but we're fielding the ball and making good choices. Our punter had a great game last week. Our coverage has been outstanding. The fake punts have helped. Simsy's [Mathew Sims] been very consistent. I like what's going on. I think when you win six in a row, the guys believe. We've got to continue to get better because in college football, you can never rest. You know the next team is coming even harder than the last team."
On if there are any trends between last year's winning streak and this year's
"Not really. They're similar because we're winning. I think last year's team was different. Last year's team was a bunch of seniors that had lost a championship game, and they really wanted to get back there because of that loss. It kind of fueled them. I think this year's senior class and junior class has taken more of a one week at a time approach to just being better each week. They were both equally fun to coach. Last year, from the second I got on campus, all they talked about was, `We're going back to Detroit.' Not that this team doesn't, but I think that they've just taken the approach that they've got to get better each week and we'll end up there if we do the right things along the way."
On how much it would mean to finish the year a Top 25 team
"I think it shows respect across the country if you're getting votes like that. It means that people that could normally could slot a lower Big Ten or ACC or SEC team chose you over them. That's respect. That would mean a lot for our program to have that kind of respect. I think two years in a row, we've been 26th or 27th after 11 wins, so it probably takes 12 to have that kind of respect nationally. I don't know. We'll worry about it if we can get to that point. I'd really like to be in Detroit having that conversation. We've got to win out to get there.
"I think it'd be the stepping stone maybe to a lot of summer talk about where we could go as a team. There'd be some hype and we'd have to back it up. I know the first year Boise did it, it was like `Can you do it again?' They had to do it again, but you've got to take the first step to get that respect.
On any concerns this week could be a trap game
"Not really. I've got to coach my guys the same way we did last week. I'm more hard on our coaching staff probably than I will be our guys. We've got to prepare our guys exactly like we did last week. We respected Buffalo. We prepared hard. We practiced hard and we played well. We've got to do the same thing. It won't be easy I know. Anytime you play a team on the road that's moving the ball as well as they are, it's going to be a challenge.
"Last week's team had one win as well. It's more about just doing what we do. From the outside looking in anytime you are playing one win team you would say that they potentially adds that flavor to it. But again the last two one-win teams we have played have played four-quarter games with a lot of really good teams. I think it is easy to stand in front of our guys and say hey Tennessee is from the SEC and was 30-26 in the fourth quarter. Ohio won the East and won by six last week against this same football team. Their quarterback, No. 7, he jumps off the tape. It's not going to be like these guys aren't making plays. I don't think our guys will do that.
On the importance of starting fast
"I think when you start fast it is huge. They're going to go to the locker room and try to mount an upswing and when you come out and answer with a three and out and a touchdown in the first play it's kind of like, `See you.' That was our goal to play fast and to start fast and finish and we did. Everything we tried to do other than having the penalties we did on defense. That was the biggest negative of the game was our defensive penalties."
Start of Saturday setting the tone
"Any time you can start with a touchdown and hold the other team to a field goal or less you feel good about what happened in the first two series."
On Marlon Moore's first start
"I know he is here to compete. Marlon has been a true competitor since he got here. He is the first true freshman we said we were going to play. Coach McNutt has been bringing him along. He played the dime package they week before. Not a lot of people said anything about it but he played a lot the week before. When the opportunity came to put him in when Sticks [Rashaan Melvin] was not playing he showed that he can compete and broke up some passes and made some tackles. It's been a work in progress just to make sure he understood the ins and outs of the game and got use to the speed of the game and know he is extremely confident and obviously he is playing well."
On the performance of Jordan Lynch
"You can't say enough. I think he is the ultimate competitor, super tough. I wish he would dive and not get hit so much. He takes a beating because of his extra effort. There is nothing I can say, but I wish I could clone him. He is a great player he is a great person and he's from a good family that works hard. He is from a great high school. He is going to break some records if he keeps doing what he is doing.
"Our offensive coaches have done a great job. I don't think those guys get enough credit. We have had some things happen here. Coach Canada leaves. We had the debacle with the one guy that took the job for a day and Coach Dunbar gets ill and Coach Carry steps in with five new starting offensive lineman. We're still doing what we are doing. Our staff deserves some credit. They have done a tremendous job with holding it together leading our guys and not putting our guys in a tough position. I am really impressed with the leadership of our offensive coaches."
On the upcoming high school playoffs
"We pay close attention every week. Playoff time, obviously the winning teams, but you know every week we have conversations in our recruiting meetings about the teams and the coaches."
On Demetrius Stone's transition to safety
"Stone had two great tackles that stood out to me in the game. They ran a stretch play inside the formation and made two solo tackles that were nice plays. It was seamless transition for him and happy with what he does from a call standpoint back there. He does a nice job directing traffic."
On playing a lot of the reserve players in the fourth quarter against Buffalo
"I think on homecoming, to play everyone on our roster that was eligible to play and not redshirted, that was something I was making sure everybody we could get in got into the game. I think that's great for the families and the kids. For Matt [McIntosh] to get meaningful snaps that he got and he made some mistakes and some plays to. It was great running film for Matt. The best way to learn is to be on tape so you can watch yourself do it.
"There are a lot of guys who got in. Juwan Brescican had his first two catches of his career, which were big, to see him catch and run with the ball afterwards. Desroy Maxwell had a lot of reputations at tight end and Keith Harris Jr. got a lot of runs. There are a lot of good things that happened. George Rainey had a sack, which for him is awesome with a sack at the end of the game. Brock Lemon stripped the ball at the goal line in the last play of the game red shirt freshman. I was happy. Not only did guys get in but the contributed and that is fun to see."
Anthony Wells, Defensive Tackle
On if the defense can still improve
"You can always play better. We had a couple mistakes, a couple mental errors. We just have to clean those up. It all starts in practice today. We'll try and fix the mistakes and move on from there."
On the difficulties, defensively, playing a running team, then a passing team
"It tough, but our coaches do a great job of putting together a game plan. We just follow what they say. Just trust in the scheme, everybody's all in one the scheme and you'll have a good outcome."
On if the preparation is different, playing a running team, then a passing team
"The gap fits, the stunts we run, the plays we call, almost everything, especially depending on the type of quarterback we're playing. Whether it's a passing quarterback or a running quarterback, we have to be gap sound."
Andrew Ness, Center
On moving to the top of the rushing stats in the MAC
"It means a lot to us because Northern has always been known as a running school. We like to run the ball and as an offensive line running the ball means you are domination people and that is what we like to do.
"We take just as much pride in running the ball. We like getting the ball in multiple people's hands and just getting it in all the playmakers."
On converting on third and fourth down
"You can definitely tell it deflates the defense because you converted a critical third or fourth down and you just see them start hanging and they get tired put their hands on their hips and it's a great thing to see."
On the progression of the offensive line
"We have progressed a lot and we have come together as a line and just matured a great amount. We have gained a lot of crucial experience and we have multiple guys we can plug in at any time. We have matured and played a lot better as a group."


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Mobile phones with laptop capability can dethrone iPad
LONDON, UK: A mobile phone doubling up as a laptop is being hailed as the gadget that could end iPad's supremacy in the market.
The Motorola Atrix phone can be turned into a proper laptop by attaching a screen and keyboard, both of which have to be bought separately.
It has so impressed gadget experts since it debuted at technology fairs earlier this year that it has been dubbed a 'laptop killer', the Daily Mail reports.
Technology magazine T3 has even snubbed the iPad 2 – Apple's latest version of its tablet device – to hand the Atrix the 'hottest gadget' accolade.
T3 editor Luke Peters said: "This wasn't about products that have been hyped, but about products that really disrupt the market. We see the iPad 2 as more of an evolution than a revolution."
"The Atrix can really reshape how we think about mobile phones. It's incredibly powerful and versatile, and for us it really showed that you can do something different with a mobile phone."
"It is also a warning to Apple that mobile phones like the Atrix that run Google's Android software are really making a big impact."
Although the iPad came second in the poll, Apple still sold out the 399-pound gadget in many stores within three days, and is warning online buyers they face a wait of three to four weeks
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Spiky Prickly Plant are bushes that have thorns. The normal are big and green with big yellow thorns growing out of them. They shoot these spikes whenever felt in harm, as in when a Human gets too close. To get rid of them, it is recommended to use the Severing Charm in order to cut their stems. These plants are covered in second year Herbology classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However a wild Spiky Prickly Plant have thin stems with a bit green with brown thorns growing out. These cannot shoot the spikes, but one shall not go too near.[1]
Behind the scenes
- Given the similarity between the two plants, Spiky Bushes and normal Spiky Prickly Plants may be related.
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- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
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