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PLYMOUTH, Minn. - Specific cruising trends based on data from an annual Travel Trends Survey has been unveiled today.
The high value of the Australian dollar is not hurting tourism operators as hard as is commonly believed, Tourism Australia Chairman Geoff Dixon says.
The rising Canadian dollar is impacting tourist towns that rely on U.S. visitors, business owners in the B.C. Interior say.
Bentiu — A Kenyan private airline has decided to suspend operations in all ten states of Southern Sudan in light of the chronic deterioration in the value of the Sudanese pound against the ...
NEW YORK – Hertz has raised its offer for rental car company Dollar Thrifty to about $1.43 billion from $1.2 billion in an effort to thwart a rival bid by Avis, according to media reports.
While the latest figures show the overall U.S. trade deficit at almost $50 billion in the month of June, at least one sector, tourism, is increasing its trade surplus.
In 1985, the movie Back to the Future included a scene of a shop that was a combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. At the time it was funny and absurd. Of course, these stores actually do exist ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Despite summer being in full swing, the strength of the Canadian dollar continues to curb international tourism to Canada.
Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc. plans to acquire rival Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.
The soaring loonie is clipping Canada's tourism industry.
British travellers to the United States are getting a better deal thanks to the renewed strength of the pound against the dollar, a holiday company has said.
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil's second-biggest airline, posted a profit of 77.9 million reais ($45.8 million) as a stronger Brazilian currency helped shave expenses.
The glow of Australia's rosy economy is failing to shine on many tourism operators who fear the soaring dollar could cost them their business, the sector's top bodies say.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - To attract American and European travelers to Taiwan in the face of the current worldwide economic slump, the Tourism Bureau, in cooperation with China Airlines and EVA Airways, ...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — We figured the driver taking us to a New York airport didn't know much about our destination when we said we were going to Iceland and he asked us to spell it.
TULSA, OK - Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
Home buyers might be smiling this morning at the prospect of their mortgage repayments being slashed, but the $24billion tourism industry - as well as other key exporters such as miners - stand to ...
OTTAWA - Canada's strong dollar has contributed to a more than sixfold increase in Canada's travel deficit and there's no relief in sight, a report prepared for the Canadian Tourism Commission ...
It didn't take an investigative reporter to discover that there are swarms of international tourists in San Francisco this summer.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Tourism officials monitoring business in Fairbanks see a bright side to high gasoline and grocery prices.
As the exchange rate worsens, they're finding they're getting much less bang for their buck. In Spain, tourism associations expect visitor numbers to drop over the next few months as a result. "I ...
As the mainland's export sector has been grappling with the yuan's appreciation, the currency's growing strength has helped China Southern Airlines, one of the largest passenger carriers, overcome ...
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|Middle Distance
|Redshirt Senior
|Williamsburg, Va.
|High School:
|Georgetown Prep
|High School
Pac-12 Champion
2014-15: Outdoors – Member of the 4x400 team which won at the Pac-12 Championships in 3:05.84…same team finished eighth at the NCAA West Regionals and advanced to the NCAA Championships…at the national meet, Hornsby ran third as the team finished with the eighth-fastest time in school history (3:05.39)…took third in the 800 at the Pepsi Invitational in 1:51.92…Indoors – Ran the 800 twice with a season best coming at the MPSF Championships in 1:50.69…Season Bests: 800 – 1:51.92, Pepsi Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/11/15); Indoors – 800 – 1:50.69, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/15).
2013-14: Outdoors – Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the 800 meters…opened the outdoor season at the Oregon Preview with a personal best in the 400 meter dash (48.93) and finished in sixth…was also a member of the 4x400 team that took second at the Oregon Preview…ran the 800 meters in 1:51.86, good for second at that meet…came in third at the OSU High Performance meet in the 800 meters with a season best of 1:50.30…took fifth at the Oregon Twilight with a time of 1:51.01 in the 800. Indoor – Finished in the top 10 for all seven events during the indoor season…was fourth in the 600 at the UW Preview (1:19.01) and also member of the 4x400 team that took second…timed a personal best 1:49.55 in the 800 meters at the Husky Classic…also ran a leg on the runner-up distance medley relay at the Husky Classic (9:31.64). Season Bests: Outdoors – 400 Meters – 48.93, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/22/14); 800 Meters - 1:50.30, OSU High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (5/1/14). Indoors - 800 Meters - 1:49.55 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/15/14).
2012-13: Outdoors - A Pac-12 qualifier at 800 meters. Had a season-best 800 of 1:50.67 at the Oregon Twilight. Indoors - Redshirt season. Cross Country - Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 1:50.67, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/3/13).
2011-12: Outdoors - Consistent performer in the 800 meters where he scored at the conference meet. Opened year by running a seasonal best 1:49.70 at the USC Invitational. Came back later in the season to run 1:50.72 in the semifinals of the Pac-12 meet to advance to the final. There, ran 1:50.39 to finish sixth and score three points for the six-time champions. Concluded season with his first NCAA West Preliminary Round appearance. Indoors - Ran the 800 three times with a best of 1:51.83 at Husky Classic. Cross Country - Redshirt Season. Ran unattached at the Beaver Classic. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 1:49.70 (PR), USC Invitational, Los Angeles, Calif. (3/24/12). Indoors - 800 Meters - 1:51.83, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/11/12).
Prep: Won the 800 meters at the IAC Championships as a senior in 2011 for Georgetown Prep after finishing as the runner-up as a junior in 2010. Has a personal best of 1:53.31 in the 800. Anchored Georgetown Prep's winning 4x400 meter team (3:26.92) at the 2011 IAC Championships. Was also on the 4x800 meter relay team that placed third in the 2010 Penn Relays' Championship of America. High School Bests: 400 Meters - 48.84, 2011; 800 Meters - 1:50.82, 2011.
Personal: Major is cinema studies. Father is Grammy-award winning musician Bruce Hornsby, leader of the bands "Bruce Hornsby and the Range" and "Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers," who has also played over 100 shows with the "Grateful Dead."
Personal Bests
800 Meters - 1:49.55 (i),
Husky Classic,
Eugene, Ore., 2/15/14
NCAA Championships
2015 – 4x400, p-5th, 3:05.39
Pac-12 Championships
2015- 4x400, 1st, 3:05.84
2013 - 800 Meters, s-5th, 1:51.14
2012 - 800 Meters, 6th, 1:50.39

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Pew Study on Global Digital Communication Confirms Earlier Data on Social Media
A 21-country study by the Pew Global Attitudes Project shows that use of SMS and Social Media are worldwide phenomenon driven by age, education, and access…
The Pew Research Center has released a new study of digital communication as part of its Global Attitudes Project.
The 21-country study included both developing and developed nations, ranging from Japan to Pakistan.
Big-picture takeaways confirm previous data — that drivers of digital communication include economic factors (access), age, and level of education.
For example, use of social media is a worldwide phenomenon and not a cultural one, with the primary barrier being access to the internet (and, naturally, literacy).
Further, the data backs other reports that show that texting remains strong across all economic tiers — regardless of the additional options that the more economically privileged might have at their disposal.
The use of social networking in a country is largely a function of GDP, suggesting that the only barrier to use is access to the internet.
Read the full report, or download download the PDF.
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We all have heard about them but do they really work or just myth? Does running registry modifications of certain kinds really improve windows performance?
Like ones that remove Access Time and other lesser talked about aspects of windows. Do they really make a difference or are we just messing our machines up?


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May 1999 U.S. Edition
Want to lose weight or keep it off? Putting a mirror in your kitchen may help, says a study from Iowa State University in Ames.
Brad Bushman asked 320 college students to sit alone in a room. Each got a bag of Lenders bagelettes and three kinds of Philadelphia cream cheese (with the labels on): regular (100 calories per two tablespoons), light (70 calories), and fat-free (30 calories). Half of the students sat in a room with a mirror. When the other half sat in the room, the mirror was covered.
In a second study, 979 supermarket shoppers were asked to sample bread spread with one of three kinds of margarine: Promise regular (80 calories per tablespoon), buttery light (50 calories), and ultra fat-free (5 calories). All were labeled. Half of the shoppers ate in front of a mirror; the other half did not.
The results: When the students or shoppers could see themselves in the mirror, they ate less regular cream cheese or margarine. But the mirror made no difference in how much light or fat-free cream cheese or margarine they ate.
Something as simple as a mirror on a refrigerator may influence people to avoid high-fat foods, says Bushman. Hes got one on his own fridge.
Why didnt the mirror make a difference for lower-fat foods? Even dieters regard reduced-fat and no-fat snacks as food freebies, says Bushman.
Thats not so bad if theyre eating fat-free cream cheese or margarine, which are low in calories. But when it comes to sugar-loaded, calorie-dense, fat-free cakes, cookies, and ice cream, watch out.
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How should Pine Avenue look?
City Planner Alan Garrett, left, clears
up a question asked by Commissioner Chris Tollette, to the right.
ANNA MARIA — How should Pine Avenue look in the future? What regulations should be imposed on that area, which runs the length of the city's residential/office/retail (ROR) district?
Changing land development regulations, eliminating conflicts in the code and bringing the land development regulations (LDR's) into agreement with the comprehensive plan was the goal of a joint meeting between the City Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board.
"We're looking at some basic issues with ROR that staff has to deal with on a daily basis, and we want to have some consensus on what you want," said City Planner Alan Garrett at the beginning of the Aug. 21 meeting at city hall.
With that, Garrett asked members of both bodies to answer several questions, which would give direction to the city attorney and the staff on what they want in the revised regulations for the ROR district.
There was overwhelming agreement that the district should require a mix of commercial and residential uses. There is to be no requirement that the upper story of a building in the ROR district has to be residential.
"The comp plan opened the door to all the changes you might want for ROR," Garrett said as he asked whether or not city leaders wanted to require that the owner or tenant of a residential floor be associated with the business use. In the current zoning code, someone who owns or operates the business must occupy the residential space. The comp plan says there doesn't need to be a connection between residential and business uses in any particular building.
The answer was no.
There was no consensus on the amount of time for which people could rent the residential space.
Garrett pointed out that there is currently no upper or lower limit as to the length of time a property owner can rent to someone. Overnight rentals are allowed; yearly or longer leases are allowed.
It appears the answer to that question will be left to another day.
There was also consensus that tandem parking may be allowed at the back of a property on a case-by-case basis.
"I think if we allow it, we should allow it in the back," said Commissioner Jo Ann Mattick. "It would look tacky in the front. There's not room on all those lots, but if there is, we should allow it."
There was agreement that building will be allowed on any platted lot of record, whether it's a 5,000 square foot lot or a 7,500 square foot lot.
In the new LDRs, front lot setbacks, i.e. the front of new buildings, will be 29-feet regardless of the lot depth.
The consensus on parking space locations was that the city should look at each lot individually to determine the best location for parking.
There was some confusion on the part of commissioners and P&Z board members as to whether or not structures on adjacent lots can be joined or must be separated.
Garrett and City Attorney Jim Dye reminded the discussion group that they had already voted to allow them to be joined.
That won't allow any increase in the size of the structure allowed, and the side setbacks will have to be larger to compensate for the deletion of the setback that would have been required had the structures been built apart from each other.
The commission earlier ruled that the adjoined buildings would not be duplexes, which are not allowed under the code. They would be viewed as two separate structures with an adjoining wall.
A few adjustments were made to the list of what is allowed and what is not allowed in the ROR district.
Secondhand merchandise establishments were formerly not allowed, which would have made Ginny's and Jane E.'s at the Old IGA a non-conforming use and would have prohibited any antique shops from opening along Pine Avenue.
These uses will be allowed under the revised LDRs.
And a question about what constitutes manufacturing was cleared up at the meeting.
Some time ago, permission to open a candy-making operation on Pine Avenue was denied under a previous building official.
Now, something that is made on the premises can be allowed as long as what is made there is sold there.
Garrett thanked members of the commission and P& Z for their time and direction.
"This gives us a good idea of what you want, and we can work on the LDRs with that in mind," he said. "This has saved an enormous amount of time. Instead of going back and forth and back and forth and waiting for meetings, we have everything we need and can just move ahead."
As things change formally, public hearings at the P&Z level and at the city commission will be held," Garrett noted.


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Name/Denomination/Nicknames: Luxia'Na-eeme Vas Shabbo , or Lux for short.
Gender: Female
Birth Date: June 15
Religion/Spiritual Beliefs:none. Though she mentions Keelah at times, that's for the sake of her people. As an tech expert, she tries to focuss on the logical side of things.
Species: Quarian
Occupation: Freelance Engineer, Explorer
Military Rank: none
Age: 23
Height: 5'9
Weight: 135
Hair/Fringe/Helmet Color: Black hair and a blue helmet
Eye Color: Black eyes with a white iris
Skin color: a slight tint of blue
Physical Description OR Picture:
Sparkly, silvery, black hair that can vary. Quarians with short or no hair keep it how it is while others with longer hair like Luxia tie it up or have it cut.
I think their skin is pale and smooth, and feels like the side of a Dolphin. Though their skin it primarily white, it is tinted a certain color depending on their genes. Whatever the tint is, in Luxia's case it's blue, that's what they base the color of their robes on.
This helps them personalize their exosuits, because they can't see their face it makes them proud to show off what color their skin is under their visors. This goes for Tali, and how I think her skin is tinted purple because of her purple robes.
Plus I assume most Quarians have long necks, slanted black eyes, glowing white irises, pale pink lips, and slightly flushed cheeks that turn a bright red whenever they blush out of embarassment or love.
As for the wierd lines and purple markings on her, those are wires that link her to the suit's systems. I think they have these because if they get shot or sick, then they need immediate emergency antibiotics from the suit's storage right then and there. The medicine will either help keep the Quarian alive until they get real treatment or cure them all together, though that's rare.
The wires can be removed if they're damaged, or if the Quarian doesn't want them attached out of their suit.
Though that Quarian might be dead if they walk around without their suit on...
Behavior description:
Luxia is tough herself but has a gentle side. She is independent, stubborn, but reasonable and logical. In dire situations, she prefers to think out strategies instead of panicking over the situation. Lux will usually fix her own problems herself, but always welcomes help or advice from fellow teammates. She's sweet and kind, but strong and valiant on the battlefield. She loves music of all races, even Batarian, and spends most of her time learning about the culture of other races. She finds Humans the most fascinating because of all they've grown, despite being a young race. Besides, Commander Shepard was a human, so that's what sparked her interest in the first place. She also loves books and all kinds of art, especially impressionism. She believes Asari and Humans are the most talented artists. Her favorite books are mystery and romance novels. She likes the idea of finding love, but she's also content on being on her own.
She yearns for knowledge and adventure, so she's a bit of a dreamer who spends most of her time on the flotilla reading books or fixing things. Despite all of her love for art and literature, she remains focused and concentrated in stressful battles. She hasn't seen a lot of violence or action other than on her pilgrimage, but she can adapt well to her surroundings, being a Quarian and all.
She's a skilled tech expert, able to hack just about anything.
She's great at melee and close combat, like shotguns or heavy pistols.
She's can fix almost anything mechanical.
She's fluent in many alien languages. She can speak it, read it, and write it. She's most proud of being able to read ancient Quarian script, or at least most of it.
She knows a lot of history that can be useful in situations.
She's a logical strategist.
She gets along with others, after she knows them for a while.
She's good in crowds and she's very charming.
She's driven, and can get things done.
She's loyal to whoever's in charge, but also keeps her morals in check.
She's very smart.
She's no good at being a combat leader.
She's pretty timid and shy around other races because she's usually around Quarians.
She's not good with assault or sniper rifles.
Because she's a Quarian, she can't afford ruptures or cracks in her suit and can easily die from infection.
She has sensitive feelings, especially when other nag her about what she looks like under the helmet.
She doesn't have a whole lot of self esteem because she's lived her life in a suit, despite being pretty.
She's a big dreamer and a bit too adventurous.
She's so modest it's comical.
Luxia was born and raised on the flotilla. She has two siblings, a younger sister that is 19 years and an older brother that is 29 going on 30. Her sister is as sweet as can be and hates any kind of violence, while her brother is tough and no-nonsense. She has good relations with both of her siblings, so they all grew up in the migrant fleet together. When they were young adults, they lost their parents when the ship they were serving on malfunction and crashed into an asteroid, killing all its inhabitants. Her brother took it upon himself to look after his two sisters, becoming a bit overprotective and fatherly to them both.
She started her pilgrimage not long after her brother finished his, and finished it by hijacking, hacking, and stealing a good ship from a Batarian terrorist group. While on her pilgrimage, she overheard a rumor about the Batarians on a distant ship. Figuring this was her chance to show her worth, the adventurous young Quarian sought them out herself, after careful planning of course, and managed to sneak into their base and ruin their systems. Batarian technology wasn't hard to hack, and because she was smart enough it wasn't hard to hack the systems and cause a virus that ruined the information on their computers. She then snuck onto their best ship, which was luckily was unoccupied, and stole it right from under their noses while they were distracted with their technical problems. It really wasn't that hard to do, but it was more than just her hijacking a ship.
Unbeknownst to her, Luxia actually stopped a terrorist attack. The Batarians were hours away from launching a huge missile onto a nearby human colony, saving hundreds of lives. She only found out shortly after she escaped back to the flotilla, where other Quarians praised her and welcomed her with open arms after what she did. She didn't see it really as a big deal, and was very modest about her achievement. Later, she was assigned as a tech expert to the Shabbo, and spent a lot of her time honing her skills. Only the Quarians know she did this, no one else knows who it was who saved the human colony.
Whether it was knowledge or combat, she's learned Melee from her brother, and surpassed him eventually. She became even smarter and a better hacker, though she'll never admit it out of modesty. A lot of Quarian men admired her for her pilgrimage, but she never really payed much attention to them because she wanted to be loved for who she was, not just what she has done. She promised herself that whoever she truly fell in love with, she would show him, and only him, her face. In a very sterile room of course.
While she was living happily on the fleet, she considered taking missions away from it. She wanted to explore other worlds and speak with other races badly. Her curiosity was eating her up, and she wanted to see what other books were out there. She prefers real books over the datapads after all, wishing she could touch the paper with her bare fingers. What she also really wants to do is meet or defeat a real active Geth. Most Quarians hate or fear the Geth, but Luxia is actually a bit more sympathetic to the robots. She believes there were faults on both sides, and prefers that Quarians and Geth both make peace instead of going into a pointless war. Besides, being the tech expert she is, the Geth machinery fascinate her and she would like to know how they work. She keeps these opinions to herself, of course, even to her siblings.
It all changed when her younger sister went on her pilgrimage and never returned. She was determined to find her, and was going to leave the fleet to do so. Her brother protested because Quarians couldn't leave to go look for another on their pilgrimage like that. Luxia left anyway on a small Quarian ship that was awarded to her for her pilgrimage success and didn't look back; leaving the only home she had known.
She still searches for her sister in space now, armed with just a shotgun and drones, trying to find any trace of her. She doesn't know if she'll ever be accepted back to the fleet, but she has to know if her younger sibling is okay.
Interesting Facts:
As a lover of music, she likes playing string instruments and she's a good singer, she even prefers to sing in Quarian. Though she's skilled, she too shy to admit it and isn't really aware of how smart she is. When she's nervous, she shifts her weight a lot. Also, at times, she sits in her very sterile room and removes her helmet to brush her long black hair. She only does this for two minutes and thinks it's worth the risk of getting sick for a week, which happens. She thinks Turians are attractive for their exotic features, but is bashful for thinking such a way. Her favorite treat is ice cream in a tube. Though she drinks at parties, she can't hold a lot of liquor and she can get drunk very easily.
Sample Post:
There were so many things in the universe, and she wanted to see them all. Luxia sat there, looking out the window of her small ship. The stars glittered brightly in the universe. It was so vast and beautiful, and she was so eager to see it all. She was on her way to the citadel. She's only been there once, on her pilgrimage, years ago. She wondered how much it's changed. A smile crept behind her mask, she wondered if there'd be adventure there. The smile disappeared. She was free. Free of the bustling of the Flotilla, not that she hated it all the time, but instead of it being a celebration it was a mission. A mission to find her long lost sister. She feared the worst for her, since she was such a little thing. She knows she's should have more faith in her, but she couldn't help but feel scared for her little sister. Luxia also feared how her brother saw her now. He had to understand that Luxia needed to find their sibling. The three are the only family they have, and she had to make sure it stayed together. She would find her, and maybe bring her back home. Luxia sighed and stood up from the table. She walked to the controls and made sure it was still in autopilot. You could never be too careful after all. When it was, she said quietly to herself, "Soon, soon I'll get to the Citadel. There, hopefully, I can find some answers about her
and myself." Inwardly, she wanted to find some adventure too. Perhaps if she was an outcast, she could live her life as an explorer.
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Sky's Sherine Tadros, reporting from Gaza, says Palestinians fear the assault on tunnels under the border "is just the beginning".
06:50, UK, Saturday 19 July 2014
The sound of airstrikes from above and artillery fire from the sea is constant in the Gaza Strip after Israel launched a major ground offensive, Sky's Sherine Tadros reports from inside the Palestinian territory.
More than 100 targets were hit in the first 10 hours of the assault - which Israeli authorities say is aimed at Hamas and other groups who have been firing rockets at Israel - and Palestinians fear this could be "just the beginning of the ground assault".
Tadros said smokescreens were visible in northern Gaza, indicating that Israeli tanks could be as far inland as 3-4 miles (5-7km).
"We've also been seeing Palestinian rocket fire coming from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, so that is clearly also continuing," she said.
"Palestinian fighters are trying to make the point they are still here and they are still fighting."
The Israeli military spent the early hours of the assault moving through the buffer zone along the Israel-Gaza border, Tadros said.
The Israeli authorities said they were clearing tunnels that they claim Palestinian militants use to try to infiltrate Israel.
"Israel says it is targeting terror tunnels but Palestinians really don't know what that means," Tadros said.
Overnight, power outages across the Gaza Strip left many areas in darkness.
"It started in the northern part about 20 minutes or so before we heard the ground operation was under way," Tadros said.
She said flares fired from the Israeli side of the border were used to light up parts of the territory - a move that was then followed by renewed artillery fire or guided missile strikes.
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America Speaks back: Derailing the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare
Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting a series of 20 meetings in cities across the country. They will ask the people at these meetings, a cross section of the nation, to come up with proposals for dealing with the country's projected long-term budget deficit.


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I was messing with by profile and ended up deleting
/usr/share/vim folder and everything in it. How can I get this folder back?
sudo aptitude reinstall vim
did not help
basically I would want vim and gvim to be back to 'factory settings' ...for this i'll need original
.vimrc as well


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The first teaser tailer has arrived for "The Purge" sequel, "The Purge: Anarchy". The follow-up to last year's successful high-concept, micro-budget horror thriller is again set on the one night of the year where all crime is legal.
This one though changes the action from a upper class suburban home invasion tale to a young couple trying to escape mob violence on the streets of Los Angeles.
The trailer is up at Apple Trailers.


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Opponent: Oregon
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Site: Tucson, Ariz. - Arizona Stadium (57,400)
Television: ESPN (Chris Fowler, Doug Flutie, Craig James, Erin Andrews)
English Radio: 1290 AM The Source (Brian Jeffries, Lamont Lovett, Pedro Limon)
Spanish Radio: 990 AM ESPN Deportes (Francisco Romero, Marco Rincon, Pedro Limon)
Please see Page 3 of the notes for Arizonaˇ?s radio affiliates.
Some Game Themes
On someone's piece of paper it's a match of the Haves and the Have-Nots, with an 8-1 BCS contender visiting a club sitting on a 4-6 campaign... Arizona, fresh off its first week of rest all year, and coming off consecutive victories, has plenty at stake despite those goals not in the same atmosphere as Oregon's dreams of Jan. 7 action... Still, the more loose squad may well be wearing red and working off the home side of Arizona Stadium... The Ducks had the week off as well, so they'll be ready... The Cats try to solve the perplexity offered by Ducks quarterback Dennis Dixon, a Davey O'Brien Award finalist and player whose name has been mentioned with the 'H' word of late... Despite that, the nation's No. 8 man in passing yardage per game, Willie Tuitama, takes on an Oregon defense rated 104th in stopping the same... Then, too, UO puts its high-powered top five scoring, rushing and total offense package to work against a UA defense that's been knocked around some -- but improving of late in the bottom line: stopping teams when it counts at the end of the contest... The Pac-10 standard bearer for the power game, Oregon running back Jonathan Stewart, against some guys coached by a man whose heart beats a defensive cadence... The Pac-10's leading tackler, Arizona LB Spencer Larsen (100) gets a whack at the league's best bringing it at him... Stewart (196 yards per game, 8.3 yards per play) and Arizona's Mike Thomas (137/13.7) stage a mini-contest in all-purpose proficiency... UA's offensive line takes on the league's best pass rush, led by Nick Reed (11 sacks), whereas no one sacks Dixon (13) because they can't catch him... Both QBs spread it around -- 30 different guys have pass receptions, with 16 wearing green and yellow trim... Last year means nothing, but Tuitama played four series and went 8-for-9 for 120 yards and two scores, and Dixon threw three picks before both watched from the sidelines in UA's 37-10 victory in Eugene... Arizona closes its home schedule, with another long respite ahead prior to the road game at ASU Dec. 1...
Bring on November
There isnˇ?t a group that likes to see Halloween come-and-go like Mike Stoops and the Arizona Wildcats. Since arriving in 2004, Stoopsˇ? Troops have enjoyed the majority of their success in November, posting a 7-4 overall record, including a 4-1 mark against teams ranked in the top 25. Arizona has dashed some lofty postseason hopes late in the year by knocking off No. 18 Arizona State 34-27 in 2004, No. 7 UCLA 52-14 in 2005 and No. 25 Washington State (27-17) and No. 8 Cal (24-20) last season.
Last Week
Arizona had its first open week of the season Nov. 10 after playing 10 consecutive weeks... In Tucson on Nov. 3, Arizona trailed UCLA 14-10 with six minutes left in the first quarter, and then turned on its jets for 24 unanswered points while its defense held UCLA to seven consecutive scoreless possessions to take a commanding 34-14 lead. The Cats struck first with three of eventual Pac-10 special teams player of the week Jason Bondzio's 10 points (39-yard FG), but then UCLA kick returner Matt Slater looked pretty special with a 100-yard return to make it 7-3. UA answered right back with a quick three-play drive ending with a 60-yard TD run by Nic Grigsby. UCLA answered with a nine-play drive. So it went until that aforementioned moment when UA forced six three-and-outs and a short UCLA drive in sequence. Meantime, Bondzio notched his sixth consecutive two field goal game, Willie Tuitama was building his 341-yard passing day with touchdown throws of 55 yards to back Chris Jennings, eight yards to receiver Terrell Turner and 27 yards to tight end Robbie Gronkowski, and Grigsby was building the third 100-yard game (20-124) of his young career. The Cats hit a bit of a wall in the late third and fourth quarters, but maintained enough field position and poise to thwart the new threat of shifty UCLA quarterback Osaar Rasshan -- a former Bruin receiver pressed into duty. At the end, Keenyn Crier's 34-yard punt purposefully bounced out of bounds at the UCLA 11 yard-line and gave the Bruins an 89-yard field with 2:49 remaining. Rasshan rushed for four yards but threw three incomplete passes in a mere 42 seconds of clock. The Cats ran the ball a couple of times, took advantage of a late hit, and took a knee three times. Arizona ended up holding UCLA to 288 yards, piled up the second-most of the year against the Bruins (469) and continued its quick-strike trend with all six scoring drives consuming less than 2:40 including three under two minutes. Tuitama was sacked four times but had evasiveness to scramble for 24 yards and finish in positive territory. He had a nifty 9.5 yards per attempt (21-36). Gronkowski had a game-high six grabs for 94 yards. UA watched itself, with 40 inconsequential penalty yards, none leading to first downs. There were no turnovers in the 3:29 game, played before a regional ABC audience.
Notes from UCLA
QB Willie Tuitama took over the top spot on the UA pass attempts chart in the contest and pulled within 183 yards of the single season yardage mark ... The Wildcats improved to 2-0 at home against the Bruins under Mike Stoops ... UA won its third straight homecoming game ... The 27 points scored by Arizona in the first half were the most for a UA club since posting 31 points in the first 30 minutes of a 52-14 upset of No. 8 UCLA in 2005 ... TE Rob Gronkowski caught a career-high six passes in the win ... RB Nic Grigsbyˇ?s 60-yard TD run in the first quarter was the longest rush from scrimmage by the Wildcats this season ... RB Chris Jenningsˇ? 55-yard TD reception was the longest in his UA career ... PK Jason Bondzio extended his two-field goal streak to eight straight games ... Bondzio moved into 10th all-time in season scoring with 10 points against the Bruins ... Matt Slaterˇ?s 100-yard kickoff return for UCLA tied for the longest surrendered by an Arizona squad (Jack Brognan, Loyola, 1932) ...
National Awards Come Calling
With the dawn of November comes the whittling down of the national award lists and a number of Wildcats have been recognized for their play throughout the first 10 weeks of the season. Senior CB Antoine Cason has been named a semifinalist for both the Jim Thorpe (top DB) and Chuck Bednarik (top defensive player) Awards. Classmate Spencer Larsen is a semifinalist for the Danny Wuerffle Trophy, which is presented to the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with outstanding academic and athletic achievement. Finally, redshirt freshman Keenyn Crier is the lone underclassman represented on the Ray Guy Award (top punter) semifinalist list. Not too shabby for a punter kicking for the first time on the Division I level. Surprisingly, junior Jason Bondzio was not named to the Lou Groza Award list despite turning in one of the most solid kicking jobs in the nation this season. The first-year place kicker is 18-for-22 on field goal tries this year, including a very impressive 7-for-7 from 40-to-49 yards.
Oregon and Arizona Fast Facts
First Meeting: 1927 (Arizona 21 - Oregon 7 in Tucson, Ariz.)
Last Meeting : 2006 (Arizona 37 - Oregon 10 in Eugene, Ore.)
All-Time Series Record: Oregon leads 19-13
Arizona vs. Oregon All-Time
The 33rd all-time meeting between Arizona and Oregon dating back to the first game in 1927 ... UO holds a 19-13 edge in the all-time series, but the Wildcats snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Ducks with a 37-10 win in Eugene last year ... After dominating the series in the 80ˇ?s and early 90ˇ?s (UA 7-3 from 1981-1993), the Cats have struggled against the Ducks (UO 11-2 from 1994-2006) Oregon holds a 9-8 lead in the 17 games played in Arizona Stadium in Tucson and has won the last five meetings here dating back to 1999 ...
Arizona-Oregon - The Last Time Out
The Wildcats snapped a seven-game losing streak and a 20-year drought in Eugene with a 37-10 win over the Ducks last season ... Departed running back Chris Henry rushed for a career-high 191 yards and two TDs on 29 carries and also caught a 21-yard TD pass from 212 all-purpose yards in the game ... UA QB Willie Tuitama was 8-for-9 for 120 yards passing and two TDs before being lifted as a precautionary measure in the second quarter ... After Tuitamaˇ?s departure, the Wildcats attempted just five more passes the rest of the game and finished the contest with 45 rushing attempts for 230 net yards ... The Wildcats posted 363 yards of total offense, the most against a Pac-10 opponent all season ... Prior to the victory, Arizona had not won in Autzen Stadium since 1986.
Noting the Ducks
The red-hot Ducks, the No. 2 team in the current BCS standings, enter the Nov. 15 game against the Wildcats with an 8-1 overall record and a 5-1 Pac-10 mark ... UO has won four-straight games after dropping a 31-24 decision to Cal back in late September ... Offensively, Oregon is averaging 42.8 points, 271.4 yards rushing, 239.1 yards passing and 510.6 yards of total offense per game this season ... Defensively, the Ducks are allowing 22.0 points, 134.7 yards rushing, 269.9 yards passing and 404.6 yards to the opposition thus far ... Do-it-all QB Dennis Dixon has thrown from 1,074 yards and 20 TDs while also rushing for 549 yards and eight more scores ... Running back Jonathan Stewart has gained 1,177 yards on the ground (126.9 per game) and has scored 10 TDs ... Defensively LB Patrick Chung is second in the Pac-10 behind UAˇ?s Spencer Larsen in total tackles with 88 stops on the year ... DL Nick Reed has terrorized opposing QBs with 11 sacks this year.
Straight Cash
ˇ®Moneyˇ? Mike Thomasˇ? 338 all-purpose yards against Washington on Oct. 27 were the third-most by a single player in school history. Had UA tossed in one or two of Mikeˇ?s patented end arounds - good for 15 yards a pop - he could have displaced UAˇ?s ˇ®Cactus Cometˇ? Art Luppino as the top all-purpose runner for a single game.
Single Game All-Purpose Yards
1????????? Art Luppino??????? 1954???? New Mexico State????????? 8 plays, 359 yards
2????????? Derek Hill????????? 1987???? Stanford?????????????????????????15 plays, 340 yards
3????????? Mike Thomas???? 2007???? Washington ????????????????? 16 plays, 338 yards
The Big Four-Oh
Forty seems to be the magical number for the Wildcats this season. As would be expected, when scoring 40 or more points, Arizona is a perfect 3-0 this year. Excluding this year, UA has scored 40 or more points in a game three times in a season only four times since joining the Pac-10 in 1978 (1982, 1983, 1988 and 1998) and has not had four games of 40 or more points since 1954. Including this season, Arizona is 103-3 all-time when scoring 40 or more points, with the three loses coming in a 1999, 44-41, defeat to Oregon, a 56-55 triple overtime game at Cal in 1996 and a 48-41 loss to USC in Tucson in 1982.
What's the Point?
The leading Pac-10 defense on paper (USC) gives up 268 yards per game. Next is 302 by Oregon State. The Cats' season figure in yardage allowed per game is 366 yards, fifth best in the circuit. In the past four contests that mark is slightly better, 353, despite a 1,000-yard donnybrook in the victory at Washington. Whatever. It's clear the conference is in a full-out score-more-than-the-other-guy mode this year, and points mean more than yards any day. In league games Arizona has hit 40 points twice (2-0), Oregon three times (3-0), ASU three times (3-0), UCLA three times (3-0), Cal once (1-0), USC once (1-0) and Washington once (0-1). That's why the challenge for Arizona in this game is big: the Ducks lead in scoring at 43 points per game, and lead in scoring margin at +21 (385-198). Arizona has a slim 285-278 scoring margin.
Willie Tuitama and the Yardage Factory
Junior quarterback Willie Tuitama's 517 yards in total offense at Washington on Oct. 27 is tops in the Pac-10 this year, Dennis Dixon and Jake Locker notwithstanding. Matter of fact, Willie's number is the No. 3 figure in Pac-10 history behind Jeff Van Raaphorst's 532 yards in a loss against Florida State in Tempe in 1984 and Pat Barnesˇ? 528 yards posted in a three overtime game against the Cats in 1996. The 510 passing yards Tuitama put up against the Huskies -- helped by a 247.6 pass efficiency rating in the fourth quarter alone -- gave him the No. 5 single-game passing yardage in Pac-10 history. You're talking about matching his effort against a boatload of guys with revered names and jerseys at some schools of note.
It Came Close
The shoot-out between Arizonaˇ?s Willie Tuitama (517 yards of offense) and Washingtonˇ?s Jake Locker (493) in Seattle on Oct. 27 came up just 20 yards shy of breaking UAˇ?s all-time duel. In a contest at Cal in 1996 UAˇ?s Keith Smith came up with 502 yards of total offense and Berkeleyˇ?s Pat Barnes had 528 for 1,030 combined yards between the two. Tuitama and Lockerˇ?s total? 1,010 yards of total offense. The difference? Well besides the 20 yards, Tui and Locker did it in a regulation 60 minutes, while Smith and Barnes had the benefit of three overtime periods.
Freshman tight end Rob Gronkowski already owns the UA single-game receiving yardage record for a tight end with his 4-115 effort against WSU this year. Now he's put himself in reach of the UA's top spot for season tight-end yardage. Mark Keel has the record with 513 yards on 32 catches as a junior in 1980. He had 343 yards on 27 catches his senior year in 1981, now the No. 3 spot. Steve Fleming posted 332 yards on 23 catches as a senior in 2004. Gronk has 423 yards on 21 snares this campaign. Keel had the only other tight end 100-yard game with an even 3-100 effort vs. Stanford in 1982. Keel also owns the single-game receptions mark for a tight end with seven catches for 88 yards vs. Washington State in 1981. Gronk set a personal high for receptions with six against UCLA on Nov. 3 ... He is currently sixth nationally with a 23.8 yards per TD reception average.
Single-Season TE Receiving List
Mark Keel??????? ??????????? 32-513, 1980 junior
Rob Gronkowski?????????? 21-423, 2007 freshman
Mark Keel??????? ??????????? 27-343, 1981 senior
Steve Fleming?????????????? 23-332, 2004 senior
B. Manumaleuna?????????? 20-316, 1999 junior
Getting Up Field
Arizonaˇ?s six primary receivers - Mike Thomas (12.0), Terrell Turner (12.0), Anthony Johnson (11.6), Delashaun Dean (11.8), Terrell Reese (10.1) and Rob Gronkowski (20.1) - are all averaging better than 10 yards per catch this season. In an offense that relies heavily on the short passing game, the Wildcatsˇ? ability to turn up field and pick up YAC has been impressive.
Quick Six
Against UCLA, Arizona had six scoring drives. Average number of plays involved -- five. Average length of drive -- 61 yards. Average duration of drive -- 1 minute, 52 seconds. Such was said to be the nature of the spread offense when Mike Stoops lured Sonny Dykes away from Texas Tech last winter. So far this year the Cats have 14 touchdown drives taking less than two minutes. As the season has progressed, junior quarterback Willie Tuitama has seemed more capable of finding a big-play opening in opponents' defense -- like the back-to-back 46-yard pass to Mike Thomas and 55-yard TD swing pass to running back Chris Jennings, or the play-fake and wide-open middle route for a 27-yard TD by tight end Rob Gronkowski, both against the Bruins.
Newbies Make Impact
Arizona has seven newcomers starting in key roles, and each has been a success. At the top of the list are true freshmen in tight end Rob Gronkowski and running back Nic Grigsby. Gronk has 21 catches, five of those for scores (24%). He could set an Arizona tight end season yardage record with 91 more yards. Grigsby took over the starting job in the fourth game and is approaching an Arizona freshman rushing record. Redshirt freshman punter Keenyn Crier is one of 12 national semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top punter. He's averaging 44.8 yards and his highwater marks are noted here elsewhere. Junior place kicker Jason Bondzio never had a game kick until this year. Now he's 18 of 22 in field goals and was Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week Nov. 3. He's 7-for-7 from 40 to 49 yards, so his question-mark leg (prior to the year) has answered the call. Redshirt freshman guard Colin Baxter took over the starting job in the second game and has not let go. The feature he brings is tough-guy play, according to coaches. Redshirt freshman inside receiver Delashaun Dean has taken to the spread and posted 32 catches for a solid 11.8 yards per catch and a score. Redshirt freshman Terrell Reese has contributed 20 catches in four starts. He's also a physical player like Robbie G. and Baxter. Juco redshirt free safety Nate Ness has done an admirable job filling in for injured Dominic Patrick in the last five games. He's second to Antoine Cason with three interceptions, has knocked down a pair of passes and recovered a fumble. Assuming starting roles after lettering as true freshmen a year ago are sophomore receiver Terrell Turner (40 receptions, 4 TDs) and sophomore strong safety Cam Nelson (57 tackles, 4 TFL).
When Will Willie?
It appears evident the new offensive style will take junior quarterback Willie Tuitama to the top of the Arizona charts. When? Stay tuned.
--Has the single-game pass attempts (61) and completions (42) records (at Cal)
--Has the No. 1 single-game passing yards total with 510 (at Washington)
--Is No. 1 in single-season pass completions (278)
--Is No. 1 in single-season TD passes (24)
--Is No. 1 in single-season passing attempts (433)
--Is No. 2 in single-season passing yards (3,145)
--Is No. 3 in career completions (478)
--Is No. 4 in career passing attempts (787)
--Is No. 6 in career touchdown passes (40)
--Is No. 6 in career passing yards (5,585)
Itˇ?s Becoming the Norm
Arizonaˇ?s spread offense has made what once was a rare occurrence at Arizona almost commonplace. Used to be that a 300-yard passing game at UA was a once or twice a season treat - a 370-yard day by Dan White in 1994 still remains the No. 10 single-game effort. Junior Willie Tuitama has five of them this season alone, tying him with Jason Johnson for the single-season school record (2002). Multi-TD pass games? Again a rarity in previous years. This season Tuitama would have owned the school single-season record in just five games (He has three five-TD games and two three-TD games this year). A 10-or-more catch game? Well itˇ?s happened three times in a season only once previous to this year when Bobby Wade did so in 2002. Mike Thomas has matched that record with two 12-grab games and one 10-catch game.
Spencer for Hire
All-American candidate Spencer Larsen, the heart and soul of the linebacking corps, has turned up an already impressive game the last four weeks. Against USC, Stanford, Washington and UCLA the senior has posted 51 total tackles, including 36 solo stops and 7.5 for losses, and he has recorded his first sack of the year, forced two fumbles, recovered two fumbles and picked off a pass - his second career INT. Larsen currently leads Arizona in both tackles (100 TT - 62 ST, 38 AT) and tackles for loss (9.5). His 10.0 tackles per game average thus far leads the Pac-10 and his projected 120 tackle-year would make him the first Wildcat defender to reach 120 tackles for a season since Marcus Bell posted 124 total stops in 1999 ... Larsenˇ?s 12 tackles at Washington on Oct. 27 helped him eclipse his previous career season-high of 89 tackles established last year.
The L-Train Line
Senior tackle Lionel Dotson has more sacks, 5.5, than any interior defensive lineman at Arizona since eventual edge-rusher Joe Tafoya played inside as a junior in 1999 and notched 10. Since then, no tackle had more than four. The L-Train's overall 35 tackles are a career season-best for him, eclipsing the 31 he notched a year ago. Dotson had a career-high nine hits against Stanford on Oct. 20, with two tackles for loss and a sack. That came on the heels of his then career-high of seven at USC on Oct. 13. Lionel's season total of 39 tackles is the most by a DT since Carlos Williams notched 34 in 11 games in 2004. The most recent higher number came from Joe Salave'a in 1997, with 46 and 11.5 sacks. Joe earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors that year as a fifth-year senior.
Loch Ness
Redshirt junior Nate Ness has done a nice job in filling in for injured Dominic Patrick. He's second to Antoine Cason (4) with three interceptions and has 21 tackles in the last four games, including a career-high 10 against Washington on Oct. 27. Patrick, one of the team's top hitters, has a torn MCL and is available on a limited basis.
Going the Distance
Arizona has been provided very few gimme TDs this season. Save for a short 30-yard drive against Washington on Oct. 27, UA has had to earn the majority of its points this year. The Wildcats, who are averaging 66.4 yards per TD drive this season, have had to move the ball 60 or more yards on 23 of their 31 touchdowns.
Money Mike Notes
Junior WR ˇ®Moneyˇ? Mike Thomas is quickly making his way up both the single-season and career receiving charts... First in the Pac-10 in receptions per game (6.70) and is second in the conference in receiving yards per game (80.4) ... Is third in the Pac-10 in all-purpose yards (137.4) ... Has caught nine TD passes this season to surpass his previous career high of five set in 2005 ... Has already caught a career season-high 67 passes this year ... Has passed his previous single-season high for reception yards (771 in 2005) with 804 this year ... He recorded back-to-back 100-yard receiving games against New Mexico and Cal earlier this season and recorded his career-best third 100-yard game at Washington on Oct. 27 (10 for 165 yards) ... He caught at least one TD in four straight games (NAU-WSU) ... Tied the school record for TD receptions in a single game with three at Washington on Oct. 27 and has twice caught two TD passes in a game (NAU and WSU) ... Has at least one reception in each of the last 22 games played ... Has caught at least one pass in 42 of 43 career games, with the one no-catch game coming against Arizona State in 2005 when he had a full cast on his left hand and served the entire game as a decoy ... If he stays on his current pace of 6.7 receptions, 80.4 yards and 0.9 TD per game, heˇ?ll wrap up the 12-game regular season with 80 catches for 965 yards and 11 scores ... He has 2,880 career all-purpose yards largely on the strength of pass receiving. He's never been the featured kick or punt returner but has chipped in a few yards there plus 244 rushing yards to get to the figure. He should end up in the Arizona career Top 10 all-purpose leaders at his current pace. He needs 915 yards to supplant Chuck Levy at No. 10 (3,795 from 1991-93).?
G-Man Chasing C-Farm's High
True freshman Nic Grigsby has 629 net rushing yards, with a solid 4.8 yards per carry figure (132 tries). That puts him in stead for a run at former UA back Clarence Farmer's all-time freshman rushing mark of 666 yards (138 carries) in 2000 when he earned Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News. With a 124-yard performance against UCLA on Nov. 3, Grigsby joined Farmer and Ontiwaun Carter as Arizona's only true freshmen to have three 100-yard rushing games as first-year players. Carter ran for 606 yards on 113 carries in a rushing-dominated offense (528 runs, 198 passes) in 1991.
Top True Freshman Running Seasons at Arizona
Clarence Farmer??????????? 2000???? 138-666, 5 TD???
Vance Johnson????????????? 1981???? 123-654, 6 TD
Nic Grigsby ???????????????????????? 2007???? 132-629, 2 TD
Ontiwaun Carter?????????????1991???? 113-606, 4 TD
Hubie Oliver?????????????????? 1977???? 95-519,? 1 TD
Nic the Quick
True frosh Nic Grigsby etched his name into the lore of Arizona history with 186 rushing yards on 30 carries (6.2 ypc) against Washington State on Sept. 29. The ground-pounding total equaled the true freshman rushing mark posted by former UA great Hubie Oliver in 1977. Oliver, who broke on to the scene when he rushed for 141 yards on 21 carries against New Mexico, followed up? with 186 yards on 29 carries (6.4 ypc) a week later against UTEP.
Top True Freshman Rushing Performances at Arizona
Hubie Oliver????????????????????????????? UTEP, 1977?????????????????????????????? 29-186, TD
Nic Grigsby????????????????????????????? Washington State, 2007???????????? 30-186, (Rec. TD)
Vance Johnson???????????????????????? Fresno State, 1981??????????????????? 24-183
Ontiwaun Carter???????????????????????? Oregon State, 1991???????????????????15-160, 3 TD
Clarence Farmer??????????????????????? at USC, 2000???????????????????????????? 22-134, TD
Staring-at-the-Stats Notes
The Wildcats have scored 285 points in 10 games thus far, which has already far surpassed the 12-game total of 199 last year and is the most for a UA squad since putting up 320 points in 2001 ... Three of Arizonaˇ?s six losses this season are by a touchdown or less, including a two-point loss to New Mexico and a one-point defeat to Stanford ... The spread offense has made changes to UA's program. One hidden effect is punting. Through 10 games last year Arizona had punted 64 times. Through the same number of contests this year -- 46 ... The spread also has the clear effect: plenty of receivers with solid totals. UA already has four players with 30 or more catches and by year's end could have as many as eight based on per-game numbers. Mike Thomas (67-804, 9 TD) and Terrell Turner (40-481, 4 TD) have the duo look going, well above last year's rate by Syndric Steptoe (55-568) and Thomas (50-597).
Cason for the Defense
Senior cornerback Antoine Cason continues to show why he's been rated among the top defenders at his position nationally. He has 14 career interceptions, tied for fourth on the UA career Top 10 chart, and is tied for 10th in PBUs on UA's career chart with 24 passes destroyed. Including a game-clinching pick in the waning seconds at Washington on Oct. 27, Cason has picked off a pass in three of UAˇ?s last five games. Additionally, he returned an interception 60 yards for a score at Oregon State this year, second-longest in the conference thus far, to mark his second career scoring return after a game-winning 39-yard return against No. 8 Cal last year.
All-Time Interception leaders
1.???????? 21 Chuck Cecil, 1984-87
2.???????? 20 Jackie Wallace, 1970-72
3.???????? 18 Chris McAlister, 1996-98
4.???????? 14 Darryll Lewis, 1987-90
??????????? 14 Allan Durden, 1982-85
??????????? 14 Antoine Cason, 2004-07
Youˇ?re Going the Wrong Way
On a 27-yard pickoff return against USC on Oct. 13? Thorpe Award candidate Antoine Cason not only moved into the top six all-time in career interceptions, but he also took over the top spot in career interception return yardage. The fourth-year starter has now racked up 307 yards on 14 career interceptions to move him past former all-time leader Darryll Lewis (252 on 14 returns, 1987-90). For the time being, Lewisˇ? single-season mark of 192 INT returns yards on seven picks from 1990 appears to be safe, but Antoine, who has 122 INT return yards this season, still has two games and a lot off passes thrown his way to catch up. Should Cason maintain his career average of 21.9 yards per return he would easily slide into the top spot at Arizona, which is currently held by Dennis Anderson who averaged 13.16 yards per return on 12 career interceptions from 1972-75.
Bondzio, James Bondzio
Actually his name is Jason and the only nifty gadget he has is a deceptively strong leg, but UA place kicker Jason Bondzio has been on point this season. Making 18 of 22 field goal attempts (82%) and successfully converting 28 of 29 PAT tries he has racked up a team-best 10 points scored. In just 10 games played he has already surpassed departed PK Nick Folkˇ?s team-high 67 points from last year and has now cracked the all-time top 10 list for points in a season (No. 9 - 86 points, Max Zendejas, 1984). Additionally, Bondzioˇ?s 18 FG makes this year is fifth all-time for a single season.
Single Season Field Goals
1 Steve McLaughlin??????? 23???????? 1994
2 Max Zendejas???????????? 22???????? 1985
3 Max Zendejas???????????? 21???????? 1984
?? Gary Coston?????????????? 21???????? 1986
5 Jason Bondzio????????? 18???????? 2007
Making Them Cry
Redshirt frosh punter Keenyn Crier has made returners do just that. The first-year kicker leads the Pac-10 and is eighth nationally with a 44.8 yards per punt average, not too shabby for a newcomer. Crier has placed 14 of his 38 punts inside the oppositionˇ?s 20 yard-line this season and has had six kicks fair caught. At USC on Oct. 13 he placed five of his seven punts inside the 11-yard-line (the 11, 10, 4, 2 and 1 to be exact) and booted the second-longest punt in school history when he boomed an 83-yarder in the fourth quarter en route to being named the Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week. That punt was the longest at Arizona since 1930.
Rumbling Rob
True frosh TE Rob Gronkowski provided one of the top highlights in Arizona's 47-20 win over Washington State on Sept. 29, the first-year starter caught a pass from QB Willie Tuitama, turned up-field and rumbled 57 yards for a TD, knocking over would-be tacklers from the 30-yard-line on-in in the process. The reception was the longest in his short but very promising UA career and his third career score. Although he has only played just 10 games, Gronkowski is already statistically placing himself among the top TEs in school history. A look at what Gronk has done through 10 games against the career totals of some of the best TEs UA has had to offer over the years.
Player????????????????????????????????? Years????????????????????? Rec????? Yards?? TDs
Ron Beyer???????????????????? 75-78??????????????? 53???????? 811?????? 7
Mark Keel???????????????????? 81-82??????????????? 59???????? 856?????? 6
Gary Parrish????????????????? 84-85??????????????? 28???????? 366?????? 1
Richard Griffith?????????????? 89-92??????????????? 35???????? 358?????? 2
Mike Metzler???????????????? 94-96??????????????? 34???????? 497?????? 6
Mike Lucky?????????????????? 95-98??????????????? 43???????? 563?????? 4
Brandon Manumaleuna?? 97-00??????????????? 40???????? 544?????? 3
Steve Fleming??????????????? 01-04??????????????? 50???????? 584?????? 4
Brad Wood??????????????????? 03-06??????????????? 41???????? 413?????? 7
Rob Gronkowski??????????? 07-??????????????????? 21???????? 423?????? 5
Team Captains
Selected by a vote of the team members prior to the start of the season: Sr. LB Spencer Larsen, Sr. DB Antoine Cason, Sr. WR Anthony Johnson, Jr. QB Willie Tuitama and Soph. OL Eben Britton


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2nd Train Blast Injured Bastrykin
- By Nabi Abdullaev
- Dec. 02 2009 00:00
Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin was injured Saturday in a second explosion at the site of the deadly bombing of the Nevsky Express train, the committee said Tuesday.
Bastrykin sought medical assistance after the explosion and has been hospitalized in "satisfactory" condition, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said.
Markin confirmed Bastrykin's hospitalization after unidentified law enforcement officials told Russian news agencies that the Investigative Committee chief had suffered a concussion in the explosion, which was detonated by a mobile phone call.
Markin said the second blast was aimed at investigators working at the crime scene and strongly resembled the tactics of North Caucasus insurgents, who have successfully targeted security and law enforcement officials working at crime scenes.
A bomb explosion derailed the luxury train Friday night in the Tver region as it traveled from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The death toll in the bombing rose to 27 on Tuesday after one more body was found in the wreckage. More than 90 people remained hospitalized.
In a possible lead, investigators have found a jacket with several letters written by a prison inmate stuffed in a pocket about 100 meters from a crater left by the bombing, a police official told Interfax on Tuesday. He did not elaborate.
Police were canvassing two villages near the bombing site Tuesday.
Traffic police also are looking for a white Lada hatchback believed to have been used to plant the bomb under the rail, Interfax reported.
Deputy Interior Minister Mikhail Sukhodolsky told reporters that police officers would be deployed to guard trains traveling between Moscow and St. Petersburg and police patrols would be beefed up at train stations.
Meanwhile, Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympics Committee, said he believed that Russia would put in place all necessary security arrangements for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Alexei Sorokin, head of Russia's bid to stage the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, said the train bombing would not harm the country's bid. "We are a huge nation. We have friends, we have enemies and we are a target like everyone else," he told reporters in Johannesburg.
In St. Petersburg, mourners paid last respects at funerals for two senior officials killed in the explosion, Sergei Tarasov, head of the state roads company and a former senator, and Boris Yevstratikov, head of the Federal Reserves Agency.


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The formation of disulfide bonds in the endoplasmic reticulum requires protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin 1 (ERO1) that reoxidizes PDI. We report here that the expression of the rat, mouse and human homologues of ERO1-Like protein alpha but not of the isoform ERO1-Lbeta are stimulated by hypoxia in rats vivo and in rat, mouse and human cell cultures. The temporal pattern of hypoxic ERO1-Lalpha induction is very similar to that of genes triggered by the hypoxia inducible transcription factor (HIF-1) and is characteristically mimicked by cobalt and by deferoxamine, but is absent in cells with a defective aryl hydrocarbon receptor translocator (ARNT, HIF-1beta). We speculate from these findings that the expression of ERO1-Lalpha is probably regulated via the HIF-pathway and thus belongs to the family of classic oxygen regulated genes. Activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) by tunicamycin, on the other hand, strongly induced ERO1-Lbeta and more moderately ERO1-Lalpha expression. The expression of the two ERO1-L isoforms therefore appears to be differently regulated, in the way that ERO1-Lalpha expression is mainly controlled by the cellular oxygen tension, whilst ERO1-Lbeta is triggered mainly by UPR. The physiological meaning of the oxygen regulation of ERO1-Lalpha expression likely is to maintain the transfer rate of oxidizing equivalents to PDI in situations of an altered cellular redox state induced by changes of the cellular oxygen tension.
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Is there a comprehensive list of distributions, e.g. gamma, Poisson, Gaussian, and when you should use each somewhere? My internet searching has been fruitless.
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It is impossible to come up with a comprehensive list of distributions, simply because the space of probability distributions is an infinite dimensional space.
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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_probability_distributions
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Among many, many, many other compilations.
Even more, there is new journal about newly developed distributions:
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I moved to this area over a year ago to get away from a difficult situation. It is very hard for me to talk about what has happened to me over the last few years. Just three years ago I was a happy college student looking forward to what life had to offer. I loved school and was looking forward to a career as a teacher one day. I also liked to have fun with my friends.
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I woke up in a strange place the next day and knew I had been raped. I was so scared and horrified. My friends were nowhere to be found. I ended up pulling myself together and running back to my dorm. I could not shower enough to remove how dirty I felt. I never reported the rape because I could not even tell you who committed it. I felt it was my fault for not following my instincts and leaving immediately from the party. I knew better than to take a drink from strangers. I never went to a doctor or the police.
Several months went by and I knew I was pregnant. I had never had a relationship before so I know it was a result of the rape. How could I face my parents who had such high hopes for me? When I went home to tell them what had happened they were shocked. They thought I was lying and called me many terrible names. They are very strict. They thought I made up the story because I never told the police.
They asked me to leave and threw me out on my own. They would no longer help me with my education or any expenses. I did not know how I was going to survive. I had never been on my own before. I could not believe how heartless they were. I decided to keep the baby. A friend who lived in Wisconsin told me I could live with her for a while. I thought it would be good to get away from all the bad memories and start over.
I found a job but was laid off when I had my baby. Since I did not work that long I did not qualify for unemployment. I applied for assistance but I have not received any. My baby is now a year old and we are really struggling. I work part-time at a low paying job. Our utilities are disconnected and we are about to be evicted. I called my parents out of desperation and they hung up on me. Can you please help me?
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I was very saddened to read this letter. I felt so sad for what life had brought to this young woman and child. Her innocence was stolen from her in one selfish, barbaric moment. She was left to carry the burden of the crime that was done against her, all on her own. How could I not offer this young mother and little child a helping hand?
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She invited me in to her cold dark apartment. I should have noticed the layers of clothing on both the baby and mother. She said her electricity was disconnected for several months. The apartment was on the second floor and the only warmth generated was coming from the first floor apartment below them radiating heat up to theirs. I noticed she had several bags and a suitcase by the door. She explained she was going to be evicted the following day and was packing.
I asked her where she was going and she broke down in tears. She said, "I don't know. I have nowhere to go." I asked if she had any family or friends she could live with and she said, "No. They have all turned their back on me. No one believes I was raped. They all think I made up this story. They can't believe I could love this beautiful child so much if I was raped. No one wants anything to do with me." How could they judge her for what may have been a poor decision, attending a party with strangers and accepting a drink, but certainly was not her fault. How could they find fault in her raising this beautiful baby and trying to be a good mother?
We sat to talk about her options. I assured her we would make sure she was not homeless with her baby. I made arrangements for her to move into a motel. I also went over her bills and job prospects. I had to be honest with her and tell her there were truly not a lot of options for her at this time. She was too young and did not have enough education to obtain a job she could support herself and a child on.
I asked her about her parents and if they had spoken to her yet. She hung her head in shame and said they refused to speak to her. She said she had made a promise to remain innocent and not drink or do drugs at school. She felt she had failed them. She carried the weight of guilt with her that was uncalled for. The brutal man that had done this to her was the one that should be caring the guilt and suffering the life of shame she was enduring. I felt anger rising in me at the thought of the man that had so carelessly used this girl and tossed her aside. At that moment I offered to call her parents for her. She looked shocked when I suggested it and immediately said no. When I asked her if she missed them she said, "I miss them so much it hurts. Even though they kicked me out I still love them."
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Gee, this is nearly accurate
Sorry, McCoy – Obama didn't make abortions legal. That was done a few decades ago. And if people weren't willing to accept abortions, there have been many opportunities for them to be made illegal.
Makes you think, doesn't it?
Well, it can't make you think, McCoy – one needs a brain for that. But it should make others think.
And hey, guess what. I believe abortions are immoral.
Glenn is right up there with Assay, I say…
How many women would have died from botched back alley abortions or doesn't that come into the equation? You don't like abortions? DON'T HAVE ONE!
Plan Parenthood did over 300,000 abortions and only 2,800 adoption referrals. If that is not reason to stop sending my tax dollar to Plan Parenthood then I don't know what is. Our tax dollars are being used for abortion no matter what they say.
Hate comics like this should not appear on Uclick-GoComics Web pages. I ask the publishers to discontinue this disgraceful, indeed openly anti-human feature. Say 'no' to terrorists like Glenn McCoy.
Hey some of us like Glenn McCoy maybe I should ask they remove Tom Toles.
Look how much we pay for welfare now. How much goes to women with no husband and how much goes to families with two parents?
We need stable families not more welfare and if you want inconsistency let's look at the left, pro-abortion, anti-death penalty (at least the children did not do anything) and pro-animal rights. Think about that please!
As for the drop in crime that is too far of a extrapolation 15 to 20 years when most criminals start, to another 15 till they might quite to make any kind of a statement. Some on the left would say you are a racist simply because more crime is done by minorities and no I am not.
Last if we had stable families would we not have even lower crime?
Not nearly as many as you claim. Every woman I know who's had one said they would do it again and that their lives would have been much worse without it. Besides, they're not legal people till, there's a certificate of live birth.
But record numbers of actual living school kids killed, and movie patrons killed and wounded, hey, no big deal. "The Egg and I", could easily be a summary of the contraception/abortion debate. BAN estrus! BAN tampons! Every egg is a human being only allow "periods" at the end of a sentence! Make women suffer, like "god", okay, all those old Jews and whackos who wrote the books, intended.
Fun fact, with a growing population pretty much every demographic will go up, that said the rate of which it occurs may go down
Lol . . . ol' Theophilous Joiner posts that blurb, word-for-word, every few days. He's convinced that the Democratic party is deliberately perpetrating a 'black genocide'. Apparently African-American voters haven't noticed yet.
Why should Catholics, or any christians, be concerned about abortions? Their god killed every single innocent unborn child on the planet with his flood. By worshipping him, they're condoning the biggest baby killer of them all.
We've got to stop abortion! If there are no more little children, who will the gun nuts be able to shoot with their unregistered guns?
Aborted embryos and fetuses don't have skulls.
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