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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Tyrann Mathieu and the NFL Scouting Combine from Youtube
Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer unimpressed by bench-press reps by Honey Badger
Former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu was only able to bench press 225 pounds four times at the NFL Scouting Combine, and that number has Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer concerned.
Zimmer questioned on the NFL Network today whether Mathieu had been working hard lifting weights.
Mathieu to media at NFL Combine: "What I am asking for is an opportunity"
Obviously, former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was the main attraction for reporters at the NFL Combine this weekend.
Yet, former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu is also on an antonement tour at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis.
First, Mathieu sat down with ESPN's Joe Schad for his perfunctory mea cupla interview in early January. Next, he made a visit to Mobile, Ala., and the Senior Bowl to try and improve his standing with NFL scouts. Finally, he's enduring a grilling from league execs about whether he's truly matured after being booted from the Tigers in early August for a reported third failed drug test and was later arrested in October at his off-campus apartment where for four former and current LSU players were found with 10 bags of marijuana and scales.
Here's an exerpt from his media session with reporters on Sunday, as reported by The Washington Post:
"I'm not totally asking them to trust me right now. But what I am asking is for them to give me an opportunity to play the game again. I've had a lot of time to reflect on it, especially without football. So, really, it's given me a new outlook on life and just about being the right kind of person."
Mathieu, though, doesn't go through a battery of tests until the DB's group takes the field on Tuesday.
Lagniappe: Sifting out tidbits after LSU's marathon with Bama
Twenty-four hours removed from the Tiger's 97-94 victory against Bama, there's still some tidbits to process after the PMAC's first ever triple-overtime affair.
The Three-Pointer
First, it's hard to believe the 42-year old arena hasn't hosted one, but the Deaf Dome now owns that distinction.
Second, ice baths are the chore of the day for six players from both rosters that logged 40-plus minutes:
- LSU guard Charles Carmouche: 54
- LSU forward Johnny O'Bryant: 51
- Alabama guard Trevor Releford: 50
- Alabama guard Trevor Lacey: 43
- Alabama guard Rodney Cooper: 42
- LSU guard Anthony Hickey: 42
Talk about extremes for Carmouche, who only logged 3 minutes at Tennessee after being sat town after an in-game tiff with Tigers assistants. Ironically, his average for the week lands at 28.5 — only five minutes above his figure for the season — but coming in a way that touched both ends of a Bell Curve.
It's also likely Hickey would have topped the 50-minute plateau, but Jones sat him from the 11:32 mark until 2:11 left in the second half. Afterward, Jones clarified his wasn't trying to send a message to Hickey, who at times was matched up with Releford as the Bama sophomore racked up 29 points in 34 minutes.
Here's Jones' response from a post-game presser:
"Absolutely not. It was just a decision I had to make because he was playing hesitant. He plays so hard, and I just wasn't sure what it was going on with him. The aggressiveness wasn't there at times. I had to get him out and allow him to look at the game a little bit. He hadn't done anything wrong."
Only reading between the lines there's another hint: Jones wants Hickey, the Tigers' quickest guard and fastest in the open floor, to get North-South to the rim more and create. It's a desire Jones hinted at a couple weeks ago, and seems to be lingering.
Not to veer to far astray on a tangent, but an driving Hickey wouldn't hurt, either. On the season, he averages 4.2 fouls drawn per 40 minutes, according to kenpom.com. By comparison, the SEC leaders average at least six per game. They're listed below:
- Charles Mann, UGA, 6.8
- Jarnell Stokes, UT, 6.5
- Michael Carrera, USC, 6.1
- Trae Golden, UT, 6.1
- Archie Goodwin, UK, 6.1
Correlation doesn't always mean causation, but if you look at SEC squads that shoot the most free throws in relation to field goal attempts the top three are Georgia (48.5 percent), Kentucky (47.3 percent) and Tennessee (44.0). Where is LSU? The Tigers rank No. 12 at 30.2 percent. Translation: If Hickey can find a way to get into the paint, it obviously forces a defense to collapse and raises the potential for a foul by a help-side defender. Or it leaves a chance for O'Bryant to receive a feed and draw contact when his primary defender tries to recover after the dish. Finally, if Hickey pitches out to a slasher such as Shavon Coleman (an undersized stretch four player), it can create a seam to drive against a slower on-ball defender and enhance the probability of a foul. This isn't a revelation, but merely a statistically-backed observation.
On the bench, Hickey said he watched the ebb and flow of the game and wasn't peeved at the move.
"Just staying engaged," Hickey said. "Coach made his decision to sit me out for a little bit, catch my breath. And just watching them and cheering them on waiting for my turn to be called. I just kept pushing them while I was on the sideline. You gotta have faith in your team."
Closing out the talk of minutes and how they were apportioned, there's the obvious concern about how much Jones turns the vise in practice over the next couple days. It's also pressing because Arkansas (17-10, 8-6) arrives Wednesday. The Razorbacks are devotees of the renewed 40 Minutes of Hell installed by former UA assistant and current head coach Mike Anderson, and they live up to the imposing title. Arkansas averages 71.1 possessions per game, which is No. 14 among 347 NCAA Division I programs.
I can't think of a worse gift than to have to draw a foe that wants to run more than LSU. Any concern, though, stems solely from the volume of minutes and not the pace on Saturday. What's the difference? LSU had roughly 86 offensive possessions (based on traditional formulas), and here's how those broke down:
- First Half: 34.8
- Second Half: 30.4
- First OT: 6.0
- Second OT: 5.8
- Third OT: 8.8
- Total: 85.8
Those 51 minutes take a toll on your body. I'm pretty beat down, but I'm just going to get into the cold tub."
The Player
Trevor Releford, guard, Alabama: The sophomore scored 36 points on stunningly efficient 14 of 18 shooting. On its face, that's easy to see as impressive. Yet look at what the rest of the Tide did: 21 of 58 shooting, including 4 of 17 behind the arc, and just 58 points. Guard Rodney Cooper scored 18 points, but it took a 7 of 22 shooting effort to get there. Yes, LSU won, but Releford controlled the flow of the game at times. In the first half, Releford tallied 14 of Bama's 17 points over seven minutes in the first half to build a 33-31 lead. Meanwhile, he came back from a two minute rest on the bench at scored eight points three minutes to help Bama build a 64-54 lead. Or, put another way, he racked up 22 of his points in only 11 minutes. Stellar.
The Race
After Saturday, LSU sits alone in eighth place in the SEC, and the Hogs' arrival at the PMAC couldn't be more timely. The Tigers sit a game back in the standings, and a victory over Arkansas would create a tie for seventh in the league. Both teams would have identical overall win percentages of .629, but the Razorbacks would maintain the No. 7 seed, since they have a 1-1 record versus current top-seed Florida; LSU lost to the Gators by 12 points early January.
Still, it's a critical week for the Tigers, who also trek to a flummoxing Missouri (19-8, 8-6), a team that is undefeated at home but putrid on the road. It remains a critical opportunity, though, to try and make headway in SEC tournament seedings. UT (16-10, 8-6), which has won five in a row, hosts Florida on Tuesday and travel to Georgia on Saturday. Let's look at KenPom.com and its predictions for the week:
Tennessee: L vs. Florida, W at Georgia for a projected 17-11, 9-7 mark
Arkansas: W at LSU, L vs. Kentucky for a projected 17-11, 9-7 mark
LSU: L vs. Arkansas, L at Missouri for a projected 16-12, 7-9 mark
Arkansas has been awful on the road this season, going 1-6 in SEC games away from Bud Walton Arena. How bad? Anderson's team is getting hammered in road games by an average margin of minus-13.5 points. It's even worse when you consider UA is winning home games by 12.1 points. In effect, there's a 25.6 point swing in scoring margin between home and road for the Razorbacks. As for LSU, their road scoring margin is minus-1.9, and their home scoring margin sits at a skinny plus-0.3. It adds up to a game where Arkansas isn't facing a dominant home team, and LSU is drawing a group Auburn coach Tony Barbee said this season "plays less assertive" on the road. Put simply, it's a toss-up, and the Tigers need it if they hope to realistically make a push out of the No. 8 seed and a potential second-round date with the SEC's No. 1 seed.
The Track
On occasion, I'll offer up a selected track as part of my Sunday post to send you away with a door prize for reading the blog.
This week, the selection is a new single from Scottish electropop group CHVRCHES called "Recover" and seems fitting given what went on yesterday at the Maravich Assembly Center.
GAME PREVIEW: Tide Rolls into the PMAC
I've settled into my seat in press row at the PMAC, and it's time to roll out the pregame primer as LSU (15-9, 6-7 SEC) prepares to host Alabama (18-8, 10-3) at 12:30 p.m. today.
First, here's our advance focusing on Johnny O'Bryant, a sophomore forward, addressing his potential NBA Draft prospects. In addition, here's our weekly podcast focusing on this critical match-up for LSU.
The Set-Up
LSU dropped the back-end of its stretch where the Tigers played three games in six days, falling to Tennessee 82-72 on Tuesday in Knoxville. All told, the Tigers were doomed by career shooting nights from guard Jordan McCrae, who popped off for 34 points and 6 of 6 behind the 3-point line, and another 20 from point guard Trae Golden.
In the wake of that loss, it's probably best to blunt: LSU needs a victory in one of these two upcoming home games to stay in the outside mix for an NIT berth. Right now, the SEC is only projected to land three teams in the NCAA tournament field. On Joe Lundari's cut line, there are three teams in the first eight squads out: Kentucky, Arkansas and Bama. So the question becomes whether the SEC would get up to five teams into the NIT field. The loss to the Vols hurts, because UT is in the three team cluster with LSU and Texas A&M for one of those potential bids.
Ideally, a 9-9 finish in the SEC would help bolster LSU's chances, but now that will need to happen against a closing stretch where all five teams sit between Nos. 26 and 72 in the RPI. Translated, LSU needs to find three victories against Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. A victory over the Crimson Tide, who have quietly crept into second place in the SEC, would help.
The Background
On Feb. 9, LSU rallied from a 12-point second half deficit and had loos to draw even late but fell to the Tide in a 60-57 loss at Tuscaloosa.
It was a game where the Alabama backcourt bullied and clamped down on LSU's guards, limiting them to a combined 9 of 30 shooting from the floor and forced them into five of the Tigers 12 turnovers. O'Bryant scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but was turnover prone in the first half to finish with five, and was largely limited in the final seven minutes as the Tigers made their push.
For the Crimson Tide, Nick Jacobs came off the bench to score 15 points, while guard Trevor Releford added 12 points in a game where Bama shot just 35.2 percent from the floor.
The loss ended a three-game winning streak for LSU, who had used the streak to help pull out of a spiraling 1-5 SEC start.
The Keys
Guard Play: In Tuscaloosa, Alabama's trio of Trevor Lacey, Trevor Releford and Levi Randolph were effective in applying tough on-ball pressure and slowing Anthony Hickey and Andre Stringer. Both got going late, but for the most part the Tigers offense was funneled through the interior to O'Bryant. The Tide's trio has a combined steal percentage of 3.3 percentage, which is a respectable figure. But they also average 2.5 fouls per 40 minutes, a sign they aren't afraid to be aggressive in generating pressure. How LSU handles that physicality and whether they can find a way to generate consistent offense will be key.
Pace: I wrote about this ahead of the first meeting, but both teams press at different speeds. Bama only averages 62.0 possessions per game, which ranks No. 315 out of 347 Division I teams. As for LSU, they run 69.6 per game, ranking 40th in the country. Grant's team will press to disrupt, it will run a 1-3-1 zone trap in certain situations. Yet, the Tide aren't exactly desperate to get out and run. Bama defends the 3-point line well, allowing only a 31.3 percent clip in conference play, and force turnovers on 24.2 percent of defensive possessions. In effect, they negate the equalizer in long jump shots and make you squander possessions. On Feb. 9, the Tigers only had 64 possessions, a sign they did little to force the tempo in their favor. That will need to change today.
Balance in the scoring column: First, it's been a positive that O'Bryant has averaged 17.3 points and 10.4 rebounds in his past 10 games. Undoubtedly, LSU needs his production. But against Mississippi State there was a glimpse of what happens when there is relative balance. LSU doesn't need Charles Carmouche to pour in 21 points, or Andrew Del Piero to add in 13 off the bench. However, it would be a positive to see the guard rotation outside of Hickey chip in more and Del Piero continue to proved stable scoring and rebounding.
The Big Stat
16.1 vs. 12.0: The first number is Bama's steal percentage, and the second is LSU's figure. Both teams are adept at stifling guards and forcing opponent's to waste possessions. But, as I said earlier, this one may be a matter of which back court exerts control over the game. Anthony Hickey and Trevor Releford are two of the best in the country at pestering their assigned man, but it will be interesting to see which side is able to dictate terms and the flow.
The Prediction
Both LSU and Bama are accustom to tight games where end-game execution is vital, and I don't see this one being any different. Bama is 4-5 on the road, showing they can handle entering another team's building and set the tone. That's what I see happening here, and the Tide have an X-Factor in senior guard Andrew Steele, who has a knack for coming up big in late game situations but is doubtful this week. Still, I like the Tide's grit and road success to win out: Bama 66, LSU 63.
Johnny O'Bryant addresses initial NBA Draft speculation
Over the past five weeks, LSU sophomore forward Johnny O'Bryant III has rounded into the best offensive threat for the somewhat resurgent Tigers.
O'Bryant, a 6-8, 256-pound product of Cleveland, Miss., is averaging 17.3 points and 10.4 rebounds during LSU's past 10 games, including eight of his SEC-leading double-doubles.
It's prompted some speculation about whether O'Bryant, a five-star recruit and former McDonald's All-American, would be interested in testing the NBA Draft waters.
Right now, he's ranked as the No. 150 prospect by ESPN's draftnik Chad Ford, and the No. 16 prospect in the SEC. O'Bryant possesses the necessary size, strength and ability on the glass to potentially be attractive to teams needing help on the front line. Granted, there are also questions about whether his low-post game is refined enough for the NBA, and if his motor runs sufficiently to be worth a pick.
Granted, any projection right now would place O'Bryant squarely in the second round, where contracts aren't guaranteed. There's an inherent risk in leaving without some notion (or assurance) of landing in the first round.
Case in point, former LSU center Justin Hamilton, who left after his junior season and was drafted in the second round (No. 45 overall) by Philadelphia, then swapped to Miami for fellow SEC alum in Mississippi State's Arnett Moultrie. Yet Hamilton was cut loose, and then signed in August 2012 with Croatian-based KK Cibona. In January, though, he reached an agreement with VEF Riga.
So, in spite of his vast potential, O'Bryant potentially faces a dilemma this offseason. On Thursday, I chatted with him about what will likely happen. Granted, it was a media session where time is limited, and, in the midst of the season, O'Bryant remained coy.
Here's the transcript, folks.
Obviously, your play the past couple weeks and past statements about wanting to reach the next level quickly have people speculating about what you might do after the season. How would you respond to that?
"Mostly, I'm just thinking about finishing the season. Just finishing the season strong and trying to get into some postseason play. Right now, that's where my mind is at."
Do you really even pay attention to speculation that you might leave? You came here and said the goal was to leave and make the jump as quickly as possible. How much thought, if any, do you have about that right now?
"I'm still developing as a player. Before I leave, I want to be the best possible player I can be before I make any decisions. I'm definitely still growing, still developing. My thought process is just on finishing the season."
What did you do after last season in terms of evaluating whether returning was what you wanted to do?
"I definitely knew I was (coming back) after last season. I didn't have the freshman year that I wanted to. I got hurt, and things didn't really seem to go my way. I just calmed down and worked as heard as I possibly could and evaluate some things. This season, I'll sit down with coach, sit down with my circle and we'll talk."
What's going to go into those talks? And are you going to look at asking the NBA for an evaluation about your stock?
"Definitely. If I do make that decision, I need to see where I stand — if I can come back or can go higher (in the draft) — then it's something I'll focus on when I reach that point."
What's it going to take for you feel comfortable making the decision to stay or go?
"Just hearing the right news, pretty much."
When do you anticipate you'll sit down with coach Jones after this season is done?
"I don't really know yet. The season is still going on, but until then I can't really say."
Obviously, there's a lot of guys that were in your McDonald's All-American group that are going to have to face the same decision. Do you pay attention or keep tabs on their prospects?
"A little bit. Some guys I was really good friends with, just through playing USA basketball with (them). Some guys I know through the AAU circuit, and we're still good friends. I watch their games, see how their doing."
Who are some of the guys you keep tabs on?
(Duke forward) Quinn Cook. Obviously, (former Florida guard) Brad Beal; he's in the NBA (with the Washington Wizards); Adonis Thomas. Guys like that.
How much does your injury history impact your thinking? And how much does seeing a guy like (Kentucky forward) Nerlens Noel suffer a severe injury affect your thought process? Or is that part of the grind?
"It's just part of the sport, and you've got to bounce back and work harder. I'm sorry that had to happen to Nerlens Noel."
How much does it matter to have a good outing against a player like (Tennessee forward) Jarnell Stokes, a guy that might be in the same spot as you? What's that do for you?
"I've known I can play with guys like that all along. There's a reason why I'm where I'm at. Those guys are great players, and I can't wait to face them again in the future."
Johnny Jones meets the media — Feb. 21 edition
On Thursday, LSU coach Johnny Jones met with reporters ahead of the Tigers' tilt against Alabama on Saturday.
Normally, the session runs between 15 and 20 mintues. Yet Jones was under the weather, nursing a lemon sports drink and slower in answering our queries than usual.
So after eight or so questions, the day was done. Here's a transcript of some questions he fielded from the press corps.
Opening Statement:
"Despite the setback at Tennessee, I thought our guys played extremely hard. I thought we played against a team that's probably playing as well as anyone in our conference right now. They're playing extremely confident. They shot the ball well. You look at their numbers from the three point line. I think (Jordan) McRae was averaging about 28 or 29 percent from the three point line, and he wound up going six for six, which was a huge night and a big difference maker for them that evening. I think our guys are still encouraged and understand that there were some good moments, some good things that did happen for us that night. We just have to make sure that we continue to grow as we compete against a very tough Alabama team. They're very good defensively and extremely sound on the defensive end. Offensively they just continue to make plays and win basketball games. We look forward to that challenge on Saturday."
On playing against the physical guards of Alabama:
"I think you just have to continue to try to stay inside and make them play over top of you. We have to play with a sense of urgency and toughness. We're hopeful that we do a better job of helping defensively in terms of our rotations. We've got to continue to rebound the basketball against them."
On Charles Carmouche not playing against Tennessee:
"He was available. There were no issues, nothing wrong with him the other night. I'm just a firm believer and I think we do a tremendous job in terms of giving instructions. I think it's important that when we have good constructive criticism that we respond in certain ways. If not, we address those issues and move on."
On what it means when people say Alabama winning ugly:
"Just that they're capable, or I guess they call it kind of 'mucking' the game up a little defensively. They play a different style defensively. They play extremely physical. They try and take you out of your offense in certain areas. You can break them down and maybe take them away from some things that they're trying to do offensively, but they're still capable of making some plays that are necessary at the end of ball games, and they've been able to do that."
On LSU also being considered to "win ugly" as well:
"Well, we've been credited with being able to play that way as well. We understand that. Because of some of our numbers and how we play, things we do defensively, switching it up, changing from press to jumping into zone at times and some things we'll do in man to man. We need to do that to give ourselves a chance, and we've been able to be successful sometimes doing that. If we weren't successful in terms of being on the winning side, at least we've been able to really stay close, give ourselves a chance and stay in striking distance. You look at the Tennessee game and the war on the boards, I think they were plus 10 against teams coming into the game. We won the war on the boards and didn't turn the ball over particularly too much, only I think 12 or 13 times. We shot a really decent percentage to be able to win on the road and just couldn't get it done, but I thought because of some of the things that we did we were able to be right there."
On Anthony Hickey passing him on the career steals list (Hickey now has 140, Jones 136):
"I didn't see that. I would have taken him out earlier if I had known. I don't think that was anything we had to worry about. He's got a couple of more years left, too. As tenacious and ferocious as he is guarding the basketball, I think it says a lot about him. I think he's going to pass a lot of guys up on that list, and I'm so excited and happy for him.
"I'll see him today, and I'll really congratulate him because I think it's wonderful. I think it's great. I think there were only two areas, steals and assists, that I was still kind of lingering around in, but I'm dropping pretty steadily because of the play of these guys."
On whether length on the outside hurt the Tigers defensively vs. Tennessee:
"It wasn't so much about the closeouts. I think you look at (Jordan) McRae, he's got tremendous midrange game. He's one of the leaders in SEC scoring. He's excellent off the bounce playing confidently. What we were trying to do was make sure that we stay inside of them and make sure that they have to go over the top of us. They had some shots out there. You talk about going six for six, that's an incredible night for you when you're shooting about 29 percent, especially coming off the type of emotional game that they had just finished against Kentucky. So, I don't think that had anything really to do with the outcome of the game. I thought our guys played extremely well and hard. They just wound up playing some extended minutes. Guys that came off the bench gave us some quality minutes, (Shane) Hammink and Corban (Collins). Those guys, I thought, gave us some quality minutes the other night."
Del Piero to be profiled by ESPN
UPDATED: Here's the feature done by ESPN.
By now, you know the story of LSU senior center Andrew Del Piero.
Arriving at LSU as a scholarship tuba player and member of the Golden Band from Tigerland, the native of Austin, Texas walked on to the Tigers basketball team his junior year in Baton Rouge.
Del Piero, who gave up his music scholarship to walk on, redshirted his junior season under former coach Trent Johnson and averaged only saw 12 minutes of action in four games.
Yet this season, on a roster than entered with only 11 scholarship players, Del Piero has started 17 games, and is averaging 4.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in roughly 13 minutes a game for the Tigers.
Now, a career that startd in LSU's Student Recreation Complex will get spotlighted nationally on ESPN, which will run a segment on Del Piero during Saturday's broadcast of GameDay from Lexington, Ky., where Missouri takes on Kentucky.
Per an LSU release, ESPN staff members interviewed Del Piero, who earned a scholarship ahead of this season, earlier this month in Baton Rouge. The staff also interviewed LSU coach Johnny Jones along with Roy King, director of the Golden Band from Tigerland.
The segment will air between 10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on ESPN.
Del Piero, who tallied a career-high 13 points against Mississippi State a week ago, was also featured in the New York Times this season.


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|A case series of biting dogs: characteristics of the dogs, their behaviour, and their victims
|Norma C. Guy, U. A. Luescher, Susan E. Dohoo, Elizabeth Spangler, James B. Miller, Ian R. Dohoo, Lius A. Bate
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|The characteristics of 227 biting dogs, their homes, and their victims were gathered in a detailed telephone survey of general veterinary clientele in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. All of the dogs had bitten either someone living in the same household, or someone who was a frequent visitor and was well known to the dog. There were 117 male and 110 female dogs included in this case series. Significantly more female dogs were neutered (P=0.03), 58% of the dogs were purebred, and the most commonly reported breed was the Labrador Retriever (n=15). The mean number of people living in each home was 3.13 (S.D.±0.08). Aggression which would traditionally be defined as dominant or possessive had been demonstrated by 75.6% of the dogs in at least one of 17 specific situations outlined in the questionnaire. Dogs with a history of this type of aggression were significantly older (P=0.02) and of lower body weight (P<0.001) when compared to the remainder of the dogs, and were more likely to be fearful of a variety of stimuli. The effect of fear in these dogs may be important in understanding the motivation for and treatment of aggression problems. For what the owner considered to be the worst bite incident, 42.4% could be attributed to behaviour which appeared to be characteristic of dominant or possessive aggression. If the reason for the worst bite incident was related to the commonly accepted criteria for dominance aggression, then the dogs were more often male and purebred. Owners of these dogs were also more likely to rank the bite as a more serious event (P=0.001). Adults were the most common victims of dog bites, and most injuries were to the hands and arms (56.2%). A minority of injuries (9.3%) received medical attention, supporting previous evidence that dog bites are greatly underreported. A bite requiring medical attention was scored as a more important incident by the owner and was more likely to have caused the owner to take precautions to prevent further injuries. Although the presence of aggression related to dominance was not associated with gender or breed, the severity of this form of aggression and its importance to the owner were greater for male and purebred dogs. These factors may explain the characteristics of dogs as they are reported by behaviour specialists working in a referral setting.
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Murder in Provence
- Release Date: Aug. 2013
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- Genre: Hidden Object Game
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Murder in Provence is a fun hidden object game newly out on Facebook. Set in the beautiful town in Southern France, the game leads us into a mingled feeling of enjoying a holiday and being involved in a mysterious case-solving thrill.
Murder in Provence casts you into the role of a girl named Audrey who came to Provence to meet her twin sister Jane, a production assistant on the filming of an American Movie. Upon arrival in the town, you didn't see Jane show up to meet you but received a vague text message that guided you to her work place. Still, you didn't find your sister when you managed to find her studio. You started to worry about her with the mysterious disappearance and a bundle of vague clues, and decided to follow the clue to get her. In this way, the story begins.
The game is a unique blend of hidden object game, puzzle and adventure that are rarely seen in the crowded genre. You will have your solid and established elements of searching for hidden objects and meanwhile you will also play many different puzzles as the story unfolds.
The hidden object game part is basically what we all know about it. You enter a scene and try to find all listed items as quickly and accurately as you can before the time runs out. With the usual star-rating system, you will finally get a score based on your basic performance (whether you succeed in finding all items within time limit), combo and accuracy. The play scenes are designed beautifully in a postcard-style, in bright colors and with appropriate arrangement of items. As you explore deeper with the storyline, you can unlock many different scenes from the beach to the movie studio. As to one individual scene, you will replay it as many times so as to complete quests winning rewards or out of the necessity of earning x stars needed to unlock puzzles. Don't worry about the possible boredom out of repetitive playing, for the play scenes are changing in both item placement and number of stuff on them.
Other than the hidden scenes, you will solve various puzzles at intervals of searching scenes. To unlock a puzzle consumes one or more stars you earn by finding items. And the variety of the puzzles is abundant. You may be asked to piece together postcard fragments, to recognize the scenes you played and the person you met, or to figure out the answers to a series of game-related brain teasers. To solve these puzzles, you don't need to rack your brain but need to put a little mind to them at least; if you want, you can spend some coins earned by playing to buy clues that help identify the right answer. By successfully solving puzzles, you get free energy points in return. These puzzles make the in-game case more immersive and the game more diversified; and more importantly, they are fun by themselves.
So searching hidden items and solving puzzles are interwoven to make a wonderful game. You win stars by playing hidden scenes to unlock puzzles and then solve puzzles to earn free energy that are required in hidden scenes. It is simply structured but bypassed the cliché construction plus playing pattern. And with its beautiful artwork, reasonable challenge and verified game design, Murder in Provence is really a nice pick hidden object fans don't want to miss.
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Murder in Provence appears to be an extremely sloppy game.It trips over itself to introduce puzzles,making the most unusual circumstances as a reason to give you a chance to solve a hidden object scene or a mini-game.The writing is unbalanced, loaded with pointless exposition that wouldn't pass as readable in a kids' book.The game suffers from about every slip a game can make:as well simple hidden object scenes, puzzles that practically solve themselves,frequent loading screens, and micro transactions every step of the way.The main thing it gets right is… well…you can play it without running into any game-killing glitches.That is something,perhaps.@Jamie Ray.
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Out with the New, In with the "Old"
March 11, 2014 | By Gina Kramer | 1 Comment
What began as a reunion for retired police officers turned into an intimate winter escape for member Elvis1209 after a number of invitees backed out.
He, his wife and friend (another retired cop) enjoyed traveling at their own pace as they made their way to San Juan to board Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas. Already comfortable with the ship after sailing sister vessel, Brilliance of the Seas, the couple felt navigating JOTW was second nature.
Their balcony suite was spacious, and two bathrobes (a platinum member perk) and a bouquet of roses were waiting for them upon arrival. Throughout the rest of the ship, the food, entertainment and service remained up to par; the big-ship size felt just right. Ashore, Elvis1209 took advantage of all the ports that were new to him by embarking on island tours and avoiding tourist traps.
"With all the fanfare associated with ships — such as Oasis and Allure, and now Quantum — many people forget about the smaller, older ships," Elvis1209 added. "They might not have all the bells and whistles of their big sisters, but they provide a relaxing and memorable voyage."
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My new Developing Creativity Magazine includes articles on creativity research, psychology and personal growth topics, in an interactive format: You can click to "turn" the pages, play videos inside the magazine, zoom viewing size – and more.
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• Creativity Expiration Date?
• Creative Passion or Just Doing What You Really Want
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Hey guys. I actually miss drawing BL. Too bad there just isn't time to do it.
I can't even go out and meet people... ARGH. I'm becoming a hermit.
You know, I draw straight through the day and there was this time that I talked for the FIRST time in the day at 7 o clock in the night and MY LIPS BLED.
My lips bled. Meaning that THEY ARE NOT USED TO TALKING ANYMORE.
My God...
Help me...
Anyway, there is this thing...
My manga is taking up everything... my time... my shoulder muscles... my hand muscles... my sanity... BUT I LOVE IT TO BITS THAT I CAN'T EVEN FEEL BAD FOR MYSELF. ARGH.
BTW. Guys, I need your BL X entries soon. I need to make the BL 6 before July. Sorry I forgot. So everyone who's shooting for the first prize (which I understand not many people want because most of you want the second prize...) your entry is needed by June 25, 2012.
I'm sorry to say this, but if you pass that deadline, you forfeit the 300 points.
I'm only doing this because I want you guys to WORK HARD. Believe me, some nity-grity hard training is good for your body and soul. I mean, look at Ichigo, he gets beat up and he becomes awesome.
Good luck everyone
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Just Checking in (I miss Bleachlight :( ) by LaikkuseiaWatch
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i'm sorry i hadn't read it until recently T.T but, according to this the date is shifted to 30 june for first prize participants....so i guess it wud end on midnight if so what time is it........i mean the standard greenwich time or........
Yep~ No don't worry.
I won't be checking my computer tomorrow and I'm about to go to sleep now.
If you guys are sneaky...
LOL. But officially! It closes in around 5 hours.
I won't be checking my computer tomorrow and I'm about to go to sleep now.
If you guys are sneaky...
LOL. But officially! It closes in around 5 hours.
Okay! I think I'm gonna try it. First I need to know, Oh great Laikkuseia, who are the main characters? D: It's the siblings, Ichigo and Rukia... and Byakuya? I might know what to draw if I know all the main characters. X3
give me a second, the deadline of of june is only if you are going for the first prize? if you are going for second or third place it stills holds the old deadline?
Yes that is right. The first prize deadline of June has been moved to 30, and still the official end of the contest will be July 31. If all entries are in before then, maybe it will end in the middle of July.
It must be confusing, but I need the first prize winner right away so that BL 6 may start. ^^
It must be confusing, but I need the first prize winner right away so that BL 6 may start. ^^
wow.....wats the manga gonna be called? ill make sure to see where its sold!
It is called Scherzo ^^
Ahhhhh water and chapstick!!!!!!! ( somehow my lip cracked yesterday and it hurt like hell?) wow you are working that hard on your manga?? I cannot wait to read it when you release it : ) !!! I'm inspired by you to start to get better with the little skills I have ; ) Bleachlight is amazing! But I am also excited about your manga too!
Take a walk on a nice day once in a while let it inspire you : ) (I have to do that when I have hard homework assignments and the fresh air helps me)
Take a walk on a nice day once in a while let it inspire you : ) (I have to do that when I have hard homework assignments and the fresh air helps me)
Heya. Yes... I work really hard. Theres so much effort in it that I really need to take it seriously. Thanks you for your support!
A nice walk sounds nice...
A nice walk sounds nice...
I can't even imagine how much you have to put into it, but I know it will be worth it. And hell yeah I support you!! Sorry I did have to say it like that : ) And I find a walk helps clear the mind and bring some tranquility. I have to do that when I have difficult homework assignments, or else my apartment will drive me crazy.
I miss Bleachlight too...
Your lips bled?!
That's... never good...
Your lips bled?!
That's... never good...
I feel the same about some of my work
Oh damn. X( I forgot. *Goes of to brainstorm~*
Wow..talk about dedication! But that's cool, nothing wrong with working hard. To be honest, I actually forgot about the contest until just recentlyXD; I better get on that soon..like real soon. That means..I have to get all my other stuff done first..time to get busy busy busy!XD


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---> '''Tom Riddle, informing Ginny Weasley that she's naive, defined as having not experienced true pain.'''
---> '''Tom''': ''I tell you this to help you. To spare you pain. It is possible that Beth is kind to you in order to distract you so that you will not see her true intention.''
---> '''Ginny''': ''To read my diary. ''
---> '''Tom''':'' It is not for me to make accusations. I mean only to make you aware. I know the ways of the world and I could not bear to see you taken advantage of.''
---> '''Ginny''':'' ... What happened to make you not naïve, then? ''
---> '''Tom''':'' What ''
---> '''Ginny''': ''Did someone hurt you? ''
---> '''Tom''': ''It You ''
''The Very Secret Diary'' is a fanfiction set during ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', made up solely of Ginny's written conversations with Tom Riddle's Diary.
Starting from her first entry, the story shows Ginny's increasing terror as she starts blacking out and waking up to hear about students being petrified. She turns increasingly to Tom for support, but his underestimation of Ginny, along with his frustration at being a child's diary, causes him to gradually reveal his true nature. Ginny catches on to him, and they soon find themselves in a fight as Tom tries to completely control her and Ginny casts about for a way to fight him without going to a teacher and getting expelled.
Despite it's ForegoneConclusion, [[Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiary The Very Secret Diary]] is able to draw out a lot of characterization, FridgeHorror, and suspense out of its subject. The story can be found [[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=1026&chapno=1 here]], and the author's account on ''The Sugar Quill'' can be found [[http://www.sugarquill.net/index.php?action=profile&id=1 here]]. The fanfic has since been deleted from ''The Sugar Quill'', but someone shared it [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2345300/chapters/5171522 here]] and there is also a German translation that can still be read [[http://www.fanfiktion.de/s/46b394cf00002d99067007d0/2/The-Very-Secret-Diary-by-Arabella here]] if it should be deleted again. If you do not speak German, the [[https://translate.google.pl/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanfiktion.de%2Fs%2F46b394cf00002d99067007d0%2F2%2FThe-Very-Secret-Diary-by-Arabella&edit-text= Google translation]] is perfectly readable, though be warned that the writing style suffers.
Not to be confused with [[TheVerySecretDiaries The Very Secret Diaries]].
!!This novel contains examples of:
* AintTooProudToBeg: Ginny, at the end.
* CreepyMonotone: Ginny's writing voice is this while possessed by Tom, and near the end it starts to bleed into Ginny's conscious voice.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Very Secret Diary'' can be this to Arabella's ''Hermione, Queen of the Witches'', which is Hermione's take on the series up to Book Five, written in her (not-evil) enchanted diary.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's how Tom lets out his aggravation, and Ginny's often too naive to get that she's being laughed at.
** Tom Riddle especially likes using double meanings: for instance, when he's trying to persuade Ginny to tell him a secret:
-->'''Ginny:''' You wouldn't care if it was a bad one?
-->'''Tom:''' You could not tell me anything that would make me like you less.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: It's been pointed out that Tom's manipulation is disturbingly similar to that of real life predators.
* DownerEnding: But, a happy epilogue, if you've read the book.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Tom, questioning Ginny on why she loves her family.
* ForegoneConclusion: Tom fully possesses Ginny in the end.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Ginny gives a remarkable TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tom, saying she simply can't work out what's wrong with him.
* GetOut: Tom's only response to the above.
* HufflepuffHouse: Although she doesn't know why, Ginny doesn't want to be sorted here. Tom tells her that there's no need to explain.
* KickTheDog: Tom bullies Ginny well past the point where he's won. Cause he ''evil''.
* ManchurianAgent: Ginny has no memory of Tom's possessions.
* ManipulativeBastard: Tom. For a while, he manages to convince Ginny against herself.
* MindRape: Guess who, on who.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While Riddle waits for Harry in the Chamber of Secrets, he passes the time by giving Ginny a Reason-You-Suck Lecture.
* ShrinkingViolet: Ginny, although she gains some CharacterDevelopment halfway in.
* SignificantAnagram: Tom is fond of them, as in {{Canon}}.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Ginny, to Harry. It's also implied that she starts to develop feelings for Tom before things go pear-shaped.
* SoulJar:
* VisionaryVillain
* WhamLine: "You have mentioned this You-Know-Who several times, Virginia. But I do not know who. Won't you tell me?"
** Once Tom has Ginny fully under his control, he gets off an epic one:
--> [[spoiler: '''Tom:''' Idiot girl, it took you five months even to suspect me. And in another five months you have been completely unable to extract yourself from me for long enough to say a single word in your own defense. Of course you do not know who I am. You do not know to whom you have been giving your soul. Ask me now who I am. I want to tell you.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Ginny:''' [[CreepyMonotone You are Tom Riddle. You are the Heir of Slytherin.]]]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Tom:''' And who else am I ? ]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Ginny:''' I do not know who else. ]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Tom:''' Ah but you do. You do know who, Virginia. You know who. ]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Ginny:''' No, I do not.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Tom:''' Yes you do. You know who. You know who... ''You-Know-Who''.]]


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I have been working as a scrum master with remote teams for 2.5 years and during that time I have deviated a bit from textbook Scrum process. If your working with remote teams, especially if you have members of your team who speak different languages you should be familiar with the cost of miscommunication.
There are a few alternatives when it comes to integration testing your app including the built in Rails integrations tests. I prefer being able to write my integration tests in plain English before writing any code. When I first started with Rails, I was also reading a lot of marketing material around personae and user journeys. The core idea is to decide who your ideal customers are and what they want to achieve. Asking these questions around how and why results in much better web apps.
I find that asking why is a core part of writing cucumber features, in a lot of situations, feature requests (tasks) are handed down to programmers who don't delve deeply enough into why a feature is needed. This is often based on project managers or clients requesting things without themselves asking why its needed. Its also natural to make assumptions so I find writing a cucumber outline really helps me to think things through. On many occasions questions are revealed that lead to better ideas and simpler implementations.
Don't do planning meetings
My experience working with remote teams is that the traditional planning meeting once per iteration has limited value. If you have multiple remote locations and language barriers, having everyone in a campfire room or Skype chat, can be very painful. I also find thats its very easy for people to forget the points discussed.
Estimate based on complexity
Instead of planning meetings we do ad hoc estimation meetings. In these meetings we ignore implementation details or discussions about which gem to use, we simply focus on how complex the tasks sound. Normally we spend about 10-15 minutes on estimation per week.
Plan with cucumber
Normally a developer will pick up a task and in an ideal world, they would write a cucumber outline before starting to code. At this point they should then proceed with the WHY cycle and try and determine if the task can be de-scoped.
We have taken this in a slightly different direction by turning cucumber outline writing into our planning meetings. We are using Google Drive which is pretty awesome. We are doing plan per feature rather than one big plan it all type meeting.
Collaborative editing – The team can all see the outline taking shape in real time. Readability and clarity of purpose is a real benefit to this.
Inline chat – Being able to chat inside a google doc (in the margins) is really pretty cool.
Native apps – the app for the iPhone and iPad work amazingly well. On a few occasions I have been shopping and at the same time writing an outline. Its really enjoyable to use.
We normally start each document with a Q+A session, sometimes these are copied from campfire or Skype discussions. In short the google doc becomes a dumping ground for any ideas, edge cases, whatever. We include our QA in the process so they know what is integration tested and they know what to expect from the feature when they test it manually.
I normally spend a lot of time discussing ideas with the client, I can dump these conversations in the doc for developer reference.
Does it work
It's working very well for us. Rework is massively reduced, our cucumber outlines are very readable meaning new developers have a much better source of documentation to reference. We are more Agile, complex features are identified before we start to code.
Planning is focused, we just write cucumber outlines for the tasks planned in the next iteration, although we spend a few hours a week on cucumber outlines, when a developer starts a feature, they can just copy paste the scenarios and start implementing the steps.
Because the user journey is designed outside of the developer flow, managers, BA's and clients can talk about UX in an open ended way. Developers don't start a task in PT unless it has an approved cucumber outline.
Pivotal Tracker
I have been a PT devotee for quite a few years now, its light weight and has just enough features to keep me happy. Although its got commenting its not got the formatting and scope of a google document. Its great for light chat, but if the feature is complex and you want pages and pages of text, its not that easy to read. PT is designed to be light weight and I would not change that.
Linking PT to Google Drive
This is pretty easy to do, both Google Drive and PT have good search, so all thats required is to put the PT task number into the google doc file name, it's also easy to put a link to the google doc inside PT.
That filename reveals a convention we use for naming features in PT.
usba2 = User should be able to
We try and focus as much as possible on naming features in terms of user objectives. This leads to a lot of developer freedom.
The future
We have allocated a lot of Slack time to making this process easier. You might be familiar with some of the PT / Git workflow gems available. Some of these allow you to control PT from the command line and allow git commits to be linked to PT tasks. We have some ideas on this front to integrate Google Drive with PT. The idea is that when you start a PT task from the command line it will automatically download the cucumber outline from google drive and insert it into a file.
Google Drive is stateless
One pain with Google Drive is that documents are stateless, unlike PT where a task goes through a flow until its marked accepted we need a new solution to organise our docs. Currently we are using folders to solve this. This is what ours looks like:
Since both PT and google drive have APIs we might be able to synchronise activity between PT and Drive more with a bit of dev effort.
Business analysts
If you work with a BA or there is a real interest from the business in the user journey then Google Drive might be something to investigate.


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Friday, March 3 Tulsa 6 p.m. Northwestern 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 4 St. Peters 12 p.m.
Sunday, March 5 Indiana 12 p.m. Northwestern St. (La.) 2 p.m.
Additional Games: 3/3: SPC-NW 8a.m., IU-UT 10 a.m., OSU-NWSt. 12 p.m., SPC-NWSt. 2 p.m., IU-OSU 4 p.m.; 3/4: SPC-IU 8 a.m., UT-OSU 10 a.m., NWSt.-IU 2 p.m., NWSt.-NW 4 p.m., NW-UT 6 p.m., SPC-OSU 8 p.m. 3/5: OSU-NW 8 a.m., UT-SPC 10 a.m.
This Week:
Third-ranked Arizona (20-1), fresh off its Bama Bash Tournament title, will play host to the Hillenbrand Softball Invitational. The tournament will feature seven teams including the Wildcats. While it will be in a round-robin format, with seven total games on Friday and Saturday and three on Sunday, not every team will face each other. The teams include, No. 12 Oregon State, Tulsa, Northwestern, St. Peters, Indiana and Northwestern State (La.).
Game Tickets
Arizona softball season tickets are available through the McKale Center Ticket Office (520-621-2287) at varying prices for seat locations, with discounts for children and seniors. Single-game tickets are sold at McKale and at the stadium box office on game days.
Last Week: Arizona captured the title of the 2000 'Bama Bash in Tuscaloosa, Ala. over the weekend with six victories, including a pair of wins over No. 15 DePaul. The Wildcats defeated the Blue Demons in the first game of the weekend, 3-0, behind a three-hitter from pitcher Becky Lemke (11-1), followed by a 6-1 win in the championship game. Pitcher Jennie Finch (9-0), last week's Pac-10 Player of the Week, had another outstanding weekend only this time it was in the circle. She struck out 26 batters and walked one while giving up one run and picking up three victories. Finch threw two shutouts, including a perfect game against Drake - her third career no-hitter - and a 12-0 two-hitter against Georgia Tech. Arizona outscored opponents 54-3 in six games and four Wildcats made the All-Tournament team, including centerfielder Nicole Giordano (12 hits), shortstop Alison Andrade (eight hits, four doubles and a tournament-high 11 RBI), Lemke (3-0, 0.39 ERA) and Finch (3-0, 0.41 ERA; plus three home runs and eight RBI). Swinging for the Fences This Arizona squad has upheld the Wildcat tradition of socking balls out of the yard as six Cats have hit the long ball this season. Jennie Finch leads the team with 10 home runs after hitting three more over the weekend, while Alison Andrade (5), Lindsey Collins (4), Lauren Bauer (2), Chrissy Gil (1) and Toni Mascarenas (1) have also hit the long ball.
National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll
Arizona was ranked third in last week's NFCA coaches poll released Wednesday, Feb. 23. Eight Pac-10 schools are ranked in the top-25, including four in the top six spots.The poll is available online at www.nfca.org. Arizona has been in the national rankings every single period since 1990.
Notes from Left Field
In 21 games, the Wildcats have 221 hits for a team batting average of .409 and have outscored the opposition, 176-13... Arizona has collected ten or more hits in 13 of its 21 contests on the season... Junior Lauren Bauer leads the team with 15 stolen bases in as many attempts. She stole four more over the weekend. She now has 72 career steals - No. 4 on the all-time list - but still needs 41 more to catch current assistant coach Amy Chellevold who is third with 113... Nicole Giordano led the team at the Bama Bash with a .522 average (12-for-23) with three doubles and seven runs scored. She has a team-high .515 average on the season (34-for-66) with 14 walks and six strikeouts... Freshman Alison Andrade has 25 hits on the season, more than half of which (14) have been for extra bases. She has a team-high nine doubles and five home runs to go with 29 RBI... Senior Chrissy Gil, who had two career triples coming into the season, has hit three this year. She is tied with freshman Lisha Ribellia for the team lead...
Armed and Dangerous
Arizona's pitchers have dominated the opposition in recent years and this season is no exception... Junior Becky Lemke and sophomore Jennie Finch have combined to allow just 10 earned runs in 21 games... They have a combined three no-hitters on the season. The last time a pair of Arizona pitchers threw no-hitters in the same season was when Carrie Dolan and Nancy Evans each threw two during the 1995 season... Finch has an ERA of 0.56, while Lemke is close behind her with a 0.58 ERA... During the Bama Bash last weekend, Finch threw two shutouts against Drake and Georgia Tech while striking out 26 in 17 innings of work...Lemke has struck out 95 batters on the season to give her 493 for her career. She remains third on the all-time list behind Evans, who had 733, but with another two years like she had in 1999 (237 strikeouts) she could surpass that mark... Only three teams have managed as much as two runs off either of them in a single game this season (So. Miss., South Carolina and Alabama). Do Unto Others...
Sophomore Jennie Finch has managed to do to opposing pitchers what opposing batters have been unable to do to her - get big hits. Finch hit three home runs last weekend to bring her season total to 10, and she collected eight RBI... She leads the team in home runs and total RBI (30) and has a 1.018 slugging percentage... Add that to her pitching totals and she does pretty much everything but sweep the infield between games... She threw two no-hitters within a week of each other (vs. Tennessee Tech on 2/18 and vs. Drake on 2/25) and the latter was her first career perfect game... She also has two one-hitters on the season.
Pac-10 Weekly Honors
Finch was named the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 23-29 for her performance at the Bama Bash. It was her second honor of the year. She was also named the Player of the Week Feb. 29 after hitting .643 (9-for-14), including 12 RBI, four home runs, and nine runs scored at the Wildcat Invitational... Additionally, Becky Lemke won Pitcher of the Week honors Feb. 15 for her performance at the Fiesta Bowl Classic in Tempe, where she earned a 3-0 decision over then-No. 3 Fresno State.
2000 Team Nucleus
The 2000 Cats maintain their speed, defensive power and solid hitting ability from last year with the return of all starters. Three juniors were third-team All-Americans -- pitcher Becky Lemke and first team All- Pac-10 outfielders Lauren Bauer and Nicole Giordano. Junior third baseman Toni Mascarenas was named second team All-Pac-10 along with Lemke. Three Cats were honorable mention all-league picks -- senior outfielder Lindsay Robinson, sophomore pitcher Jennie Finch and senior outfielder Chrissy Gil. Other returning letterwinners include junior pitcher Teresa Ayoub, senior second baseman Katie Swan, junior first baseman Erika Hanson and catcher Lindsey Collins. Freshmen Lisha Ribellia (IF), Leneah Manuma (1B) and Lindsey Rice (OF) join junior transfers Allison Andrade (IF) and April Richardson (IF) to round out the squad.
Arizona Coach Mike Candrea
In his 15th season at Arizona, Candrea carries a record of 761-160 (.826). He is the active and all-time winningest Division I coach by percentage and in the top 10 in victories. Last season, Candrea became the eighth Division I coach in history to win 700 games. His players have earned 49 All-America honors and six Academic All-America honors, plus he has coached three players to the Honda Softball Award as national player of the year. He has taken the Wildcats to the College World Series the past 12 consecutive years and has reached the NCAA Championship game in eight of the last 10 seasons.
Cats Depth Chart p B. Lemke, J. Finch c Lindsey Collins 1b Jennie Finch, Erika Hanson, Leneah Manuma (inj.) 2b Katie Swan ss Allison Andrade, April Richardson, Lisha Ribellia 3b Toni Mascarenas, Lindsey Rice lf Lauren Bauer, Lindsay Robinson cf Chrissy Gil rf Nicole Giordano dp Jennie Finch, Erika Hanson, Teresa Ayoub


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Used as a test market, franchise owner finds user-friendly website as a way to engage customers.
(SPRINGFIELD, MO)—Facebook has become a happy medium advertising venue for Brian Cates, owner of the PODS of Southwest Missouri franchise located in Springfield.
With the rise of social networking sites, business is booming on Facebook. Official statistics report its fastest growing demographic is those 35 years and older, with more than 300 million active users, and 150 million active users logging on to the site at least once a day. (Source: www.facebook.com/home.php#/press/info.php?statistics)
"Springfield is a perfect, ordinary town with about 400,000 residents," Cates said. "When Facebook started to gain popularity we jumped at the opportunity to feed our local market with digital ads to help educate consumers through a targeted local advertising initiative."
To his delight, Cates' PODS® franchise garnered from 10,000 to 30,000 impressions daily with 70,000 individual users meeting his geographical and personal demographics.
"The impressions don't always lead to sales, but it is building PODS franchise and corporate brand awareness, he said. "We change the ad to keep it fresh and know exactly when something works because the numbers jump. One week we may advertise long-term storage aimed at college students (there are seven colleges or universities in Springfield), and the next week promote long-distance moves or short-term storage."
Cates says he brought his Facebook initiative to PODS corporate offices based in Clearwater, FL, presenting to 100 franchise owners in 160 markets. It quickly became a best practice pillar for corporate and has helped pave the way for other PODS® franchises to use Facebook for advertising and as a Fan Page for customers.
"Facebook is a powerful testing medium that provides valid statistics as to the performance of an ad," Cates said. "It's not my end-all marketing solution, but it is very effective. People can file it away for a day when they do need moving and storage and, hopefully, PODS will be at the forefront of those thoughts."
About PODS, Inc.
Founded in 1998, PODS currently provides service to a population of more than 239 million consumers, and moving and storage services in 48 U.S. states, Canada and Australia. To date, the company has completed more than 200,000 long-distance relocations, exceeded one million deliveries and has nearly 140,000 PODS containers in service.
PODS secure containers are constructed of a steel frame and are available in three sizes: approximately 8-by-7-by-7 feet, 8-by-8-by-12 feet and 8-by-8-by-16 feet. The 12-foot and 16-foot containers have been tested to withstand winds of more than 110-mph when partially loaded. For more information or to schedule service, visit PODS.com or call 800-776-7637.
Interview contact:
Brian Cates, franchise owner/operator
PODS, Inc.
(417) 827-7637
Media contact:
Consortium Media Services
(805) 654-1564
Tina Vervoorn, ext. 117
Melissa Healy, ext. 116


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Monday is Memorial Day. Many businesses and services are closed or have special hours. A Memorial Day service, sponsored locally by the American Legion Post 34 and Flowers by Paulette, will take place at the Lancaster Cemetery on East Lemon Street. The program begins at 11:30 a.m. After the ceremony, graves will be decorated at the Lancaster Cemetery and St Mary's Cemetery by those in attendance. Post 34 will also decorate those buried at the Stevens Greenland Ceremony, on South Duke Street.
Sunday, the 1st begins Long's Park Summer Music Series. This week (25 – 31 May) is also Hurricane Preparedness Week.
The Eighth Annual Compeer Lancaster Art Auction will be held Friday evening at the Mulberry Art Studios. The event will offer selections from various local artists, including Andy Smith and Mimi Shapiro. The fundraiser will benefit the Vet2Vet initiative which helps veterans suffering mental health issues. The items to be auctioned can be previewed at www.compeerlancaster.org. The Studio is located at 21 North Mulberry Street. The auction begins at 7 p.m. Previews begin an hour prior. Tickets are $15 per person.
The Rotary Club of Lancaster will hold a fundraiser at 6 p.m. on Friday, 30 May, at the Lancaster Museum of Art. The "Bands & Brews" fundraiser offers wine, beer, hors d'oeurves, and music. Tickets are $25 and are available by calling 717-387-2471. The Museum is located at 135 North Lime Street.
The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) has a great selection for summer classes, both continuing education classes and youth specific classes. Online registration is now open at www.pcad.edu.
James Warhol's exhibit, "Visiting a Pop Icon," continues at the Demuth Museum. The exhibit by Andy Warhol's nephew will continue through 6 July. The Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturday and again Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Museum is located at 120 East King Street.
Miesse Candies is the theme of its sponsored art exhibit this month at the Friendship Heart Gallery. The Gallery is located at 118 North Water Street. The exhibit runs through 5 June.
The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) has a great selection for summer classes, both continuing education classes and youth specific classes. Online registration is now open at www.pcad.edu.
Sunday, being the first Sunday, is Open Model Session at the Fulton Street Arts Cooperative. From 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. grab your own supplies and come to the studio at 321 East Fulton Street. The cost is $10. The event is for those 18 and older.
The Lancaster Barnstormers are at York Monday but will return home Tuesday to play two series of triples. First they welcome the Long Island Ducks on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then they face the Sugar Land Skeeters the next three days.
Lancaster has been selected to be part of CRIZ – City Revitalization & Improvement Zone – which a state law created last year. The zone is designed to encourage growth and revitalization and will consist of roughly 130 acres in the City. Essentially taxes that local businesses pay in to the state will come back to directly benefit this effort here in Lancaster. This also mean however a little more paperwork for area businesses and property owners in the CRIZ zone. The first reporting deadline is approaching. State and local forms are due on or before 15 June. For more information on CRIZ, visit http://cityoflancasterpa.com/business/criz.
Club News
The relatively new Fossil and Mineral Club will meet Tuesday. Local geologist Kerry Matt will host the session. The 7 p.m. meeting will be held at Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Avenue. There is a $3 charge for non members.
Diabetes Awareness
Help fight diabetes. The Lancaster Walk to Cure Diabetes will be held Sunday, 1 June. It is sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) and will be held at the Clipper Magazine Stadium. You can still register to walk at www.walk.jdrf.org.
Food & Drink
Celebrate the grand opening of a new restaurant Issei Noodle Lancaster on Tuesday, 27 May. The ribbon cutting event will be held at 2:30 p.m. with Mayor Rick Gray attending. The restaurant is located at 44 North Queen Street.
Farmer's markets are a great way to get fresh locally grown food. The Lancaster Central Market is the oldest continuing operating market in the nation! Stop by Tuesdays and Fridays, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Market is a great place to buy fresh seasonal items.
Lancaster chef and former White House chef will speak Tuesday at the St Anne-Neumann Seniors meeting. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the Lancaster Farm & Home Center on Arcadia Road.
The Roaring Brook Market & Café is hosting a Pop Up Dinner on Saturday, titled "When Life Hands you Lemons." The cost of the dinner is $35. It will run 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Market is located at 155 East King Street.
It is still Taco Night at Lancaster Dispensing Company on Monday. They will open at 5 p.m. Carmen & David's Creamery is also open Monday, with regular hours of 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an open house on next Thursday, 29 May, concerning the nearby Peach Bottom nuclear power plant. The purpose of the open house is to discuss the agency's annual review of safety performance at the plant. The open house will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Exelon Generation Co. LLC operates the twin-reactor plant, which is located in Delta, York County. The meeting will be held at the Peach Bottom Inn, at 6085 Delta Road, Delta.
Government offices will be closed Monday due to Memorial Day.
The Women's Infants and Children Program (WIC) has been in Lancaster County now for 40 years and is celebrating. On Wednesday, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. families are invited to the Community Action Program (CAP) building at 601 South Queen Street for a celebration. Steven Courtney will provide music and entertainment. There will be healthy cooking demonstrations, garden projects and face painting. Lancaster Barnstormer's Cylo will even be stopping by then. The event is free and open to the public.
Health & Fitness
Many places may well have special hours on Memorial Day. Universal Athletic Club will be open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday.
The Lancaster City Football Club is organizing a soccer squad together to represent Lancaster. The goal is to start playing here in August. Coaches will be Bryan Fossi and Steve Small. Follow them on Twitter @FCLancasterCity or on Facebook.
Tellus360 is hosting the AO Lancaster Watch Party - U.S. v Azerbaijan Tuesday at 10 p.m. Tellus360 is located at 24 East King Street.
The Lancaster Bike Club has several rides scheduled. For more information, go to www.lancasterbikeclub.org If you live in Lancaster City, you must register your bike with the LCPD. In the event that your bike should ever be lost and then turned in, LCPD would be able identify the owner by the registration sticker. The cost is just $1 per bike. Registration is done at the station.
Refresh your body with yoga! Wednesday morning, enjoy a Pop Up Yoga session at Commonwealth on Queen, 301 North Queen. Pop in for a great morning workout at 7 a.m. Tellus360, 24 E King Street, offers yoga class on the roof on Tuesday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. and again on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Yoga on the Roof will also be held Sunday at 12:30 p.m. The West End Yoga, 221 West Walnut Street, holds classes throughout the week as well.
The Lancaster County Park Pool is open Memorial Day Weekend and then on weekends until 10 June when it opens every day.
Did you miss Lancaster's March Against Monsanto? Interested in food safety and gaining more knowledge as to what is actually in your food? GMO Free Lancaster County will have an informational table next Sunday at Long's Park's first Summer Music Session.
The Lancaster County Historical Society will present a Regional History Colloquium on Thursday afternoon. The session will focus on the Pow-Wow as the Pennsylvania German people practiced it. C. Eugene Moore will be leading the discussion. According to the LCHS, the pow-wow can trace its origins to the Middle Ages and is still practiced today by some persons of Pennsylvania German descent. The Colloquium will be held at 4 p.m. at the Society, 230 North President Avenue.
Library Events
Knitting can be a relaxing craft. Learn how to knit at the Library! This free session is held every Monday at 6:30 p.m. and is for children and teens. The Library also holds Citizenship Lancaster classes at 6 p.m. every Monday. The sessions are designed to help people become citizens of the US. Registration is required. To register, call the Library at 717-394-2651 ext. 105. Tuesday, the Library offers Legos & More as well as a Teen Gaming session. The Lancaster Public Library's History Book Club meets Wednesday. On Tuesdays and Saturdays the Library holds regular Literacy Classes for those wishing to communicate better in English. Tuesday classes are at 1 p.m. and Saturday classes are at 11 a.m. Classes are free but do require registration. The Library is located at 125 North Duke Street.
The Lancaster Science Factory will demonstrate a model steam engine on Monday, 26 May from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Factory is located at 454 New Holland Avenue.
It's another busy week at Tellus360. Twang Tuesday brings the bluegrass band Brummy Brothers to the stage at 7 p.m. Steve Patterson will host the Singer Songwriter Showcase on Thursday. Bob Esbenshade is the featured performer this month. The Showcase is scheduled for 8 p.m. and there is a $5 cover. Friday, Lavacave will perform at 9 p.m. Cover charge is $5.
Sunday, 1 June, begins the Long's Park Summer Music Series. Rain or shine, each week, notable bands perform at the amphitheater at Long' Park. This first week, Mingo Fishtrap will get the sounds started. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Bring your own blankets or lawn chairs. Food or non-alcoholic drinks are allowed as well. Dogs must be on leashes.
The Unstoppables Drill Team invites the community to celebrate their one year anniversary with them next Saturday, 7 June. They will hold the first annual Unstoppable Drill Team & Drum Squad Parade & Festival at 1 p.m. then. The festival will feature food and craft vendors from Lancaster and the surrounding areas. The deadline to register as a vendor is 27 May. The group is also looking for volunteers. For more information, contact 717-394-6604 extension 126.
The Lancaster County Department of Parks & Recreation is holding a bluebird trail walk on Tuesday. The walk will be 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult. On Saturday, learn how to identify trees at the "Be the Tree: ID Walk" session. The cost is just $1 per person, with a $5 limit per family. Call 717-295-2055 to register for the programs or for more information.
PPL Electric Utilities has posted its quarterly price. The new price, effective 1 June, will be 9.036 cents per kilowatt-hour. It is currently 8.754 cents per kWh. The price to compare for small business customers will be 9.585 cents per kilowatt-hour. That current price is 10.391 cents per kWh.
PPL also announced a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.3725 per share payable 1 July to shareowners of record as of 10 June 2014.
"Wizard of Oz" will be delight children Friday at the Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre. The show is scheduled for 11 a.m. and costs $10. The Theatre is located at 126 North Water Street.
The City is full of things to do and see and therefore the events above listed are by no means a comprehensive list. Subscribe to receive updates on events and happenings that keep Lancaster City Buzz-ing!


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The Cyclone Spin Unit is an unstable single propellor, or a "unicopter" recovery system, based on the dynamics of a maple seed. It was designed after many experiments were performed on maple seeds and an origami model. You can read about the background of Cyclone in Exploring Science and Design with a Maple Seed.
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Remember when the Cavaliers drafted Dion Waiters and everyone was like WTF? Well, we have now seen exactly how good a Waiters/Irving backcourt can be.
The Cavaliers went into Los Angeles last night and upset the Clippers. Had it not been for the Brandon Jennings game-winner over the weekend, they might be 3-1 right now.
Much of the game was basically a Kyrie/Dion/Andy showcase. Irving missed a few too many shots at the rim, but finished with 24 points and 10 assists. And he outplayed Chris Paul. Varejao scored 15 points and grabbed 15 boards. He's now second in the league in rebounding.
And then there was Dion Waiters. The rookie from Syracuse made seven three-pointers (out of 11 attempts) and finished with a game-high 28 points. He gives the Cavaliers something they desperately lacked last season: a non-Kyrie scoring option.
I'm not quite ready to put him into the "Dwyane Wade" column just yet; I think we're still going to go through a lot of growing pains with him. But man, the kid can play. And, just like Wade, he is not afraid of the big moment. Some of his shots down the stretch were a bit ill-advised, but he took them with confidence. He's got the talent, he's got the cojones, and if he puts it all together, he's going to be special.
Let's hope this is the start of something really good for this franchise. Maybe even something great. On draft night, many people (including myself) were concerned about whether Irving and Waiters could play together. Even though it has only been four games, I think we have our answer: yes, they can.
Now it will be about their development, and the development of the players around them.
Late in the fourth quarter, Irving hit a dagger three-pointer, an he immediately ran to Waiters and gave him an emphatic chest bump. Someday, we may look back on that as the moment when it all truly began. I couldn't help but think of Oklahoma City, and the incredible young foundation that they built. I couldn't help but think of how Durant and Westbrook and Harden used to love playing together. Thunder fans were incredibly lucky to have their franchise built around those guys; to be able to watch them grow up in front of their eyes and go from young and promising to the best in the West.
Will we be as lucky in Cleveland? Will Irving and Waiters be our Durant and Westbrook? Time will tell. But the kids have the game.


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In just a few days Peter Cottontail will be hopping down the bunny trail and children will be chomping the ears off of chocolate rabbits. After spending your Sunday wrangling a group of sugar-fueled children, laying out a gourmet Easter feast may not be at the top of your to do list, but these sides are quick and easy and are perfect for rounding out a ham and some rolls.
My Spring Pea Salad is fresh and light. The subtle sweetness of the peas and the ricotta are offset by the tang of the sour cream and lemon, while the chives add a little bite. This salad is a combination of some of spring's most classic flavors.
The honey mustard roasted carrots are a snap to make. In just a few simple steps you have a delicious side dish. A lot of people like to make candied carrots, but my version plays on that classic sweet glazed carrot without being cloying. I really like the punch the mustard packs paired with the sweetness of the carrots.
Deviled eggs are a tried and true classic, and what goes better with Easter than eggs? I'm a big fan of classic deviled eggs, but every classic can be modified. I like the addition of dill in this version because it gives the eggs a nice fresh flavor. The sour cream in the filling is also a departure from classic deviled eggs, but it, like the dill ,adds a little zing.
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Spring Pea Salad
1 10 ounce box frozen peas, thawed
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon chives
1 lemon, zested and juiced
In a bowl mix the ricotta, sour cream, chives, lemon juice and zest. Add in the thawed peas and stir to combine. Chill for two hours prior to serving. Serves 4.
Honey Mustard Glazed Carrot
1 pound carrots, cut into sticks
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
4 tablespoons Dijon
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Toss the carrots with one tablespoon olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Spread the carrots in a single layer on a baking sheet. Roast the carrots for 25 to 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the rest of the oil, mustard, honey and vinegar. Once the carrots are roasted, toss them with the sauce and return them to the oven for eight to 10 minutes, until the sauce has formed a glaze. Serves 4.
Dill Deviled Eggs
6 eggs
1 tablespoon dill
3 teaspoons sour cream
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Place the eggs in a medium sauce pan and cover with water. Bring the pot to a boil and let boil for one minute. Place the lid on the pot and remove from the heat. Let the eggs sit for 12 minutes. Pour off the water and cover the eggs with cold water. Change the water once and allow them to sit for five minutes. Peel the eggs, slice them in half and remove the yolk to a small bowl. Mix the dill, sour cream and mayo with a fork until the mixture is lump free. Spoon the mixture into the halved eggs and chill for one hour. Serves 6.
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Fourth Consecutive Year: No Tuition Increase
Essex County College will have no increase in tuition for the fourth consecutive year, following an action at the Board of Trustees meeting June 18. The freeze, based on Interim President Gale E. Gibson's recommendation, holds tuition at the 2010-2011 rate. … Read More
SCHOOL'S OUT: Summer Youth Program Underway
ECC's youth summer program in Newark is for youngsters in grades one through six and runs from July 8 to August 16. At West Essex Campus (WEC), the Summer Program for Kids is for children ages 10 to 15. That … Read More
Debit and Credit Card Services to Expand
The Board approved a three month extension for cafeteria and catering services, through September 30, with long-time provider Metropolitan Food Service, Inc. The Board is expected to award a full-year food service contract at the September meeting. "The College is … Read More
Movin' On Up: Promotions
Three members of the ECC family received promotions at the Board meeting in June: Dr. Jill Stein (pictured left) was named chairperson of the Biology & Chemistry Division. She was the former acting chair. Tiffany Jones (center) was promoted to … Read More


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I have a windows 2003 r2 server with lot of users, websites , sql server , DNS , How can i move this to a fresh windows 2003 r2 including NTFS permissions without manually creating users , websites , db etc., its independent server, not in a domain.
Your big problem here is going to be the user accounts and NTFS permissions. To be able to move these across to the new server as they are, the only real way to do this is through backup as many have stated.
SQL is a bit easier, as you can backup all your DB's seperatly and restore them to the new server. However if your SQL db's use windows user accounts for permissions, your again going to have a problem.
With IIS, this can again be done by a restore of the metabase, or you could use a tool like IIS Export to move your IIS settings across, you'll still need to move your files though.
Your not going to find a way to do this with a single tool. With a mix of different tools then you will be able to get most of the way there, but I think your going to have an issue with user accounts and permissions without using backup.
The pretty standard way would be backup the existing server and restore the backup to the new server.
If you want you can use a disk duplication utility like Ghost or Acronis, but this can be a little sketchy if hardware configuration is radically different, including RAID controller hardware.