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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman believes he is the best corner in the league and the outspoken All-Pro believes he should be the NFL's highest-paid corner. According to a report by NFL.com on April 23, Sherman is a step closer to getting the long-term contract extension he feels he deserves.
Both the Seahawks and Sherman are hoping to get a deal done before the 2014 season begins. The 26-year-old cornerback is leaving it up to his agents to handle how quickly a new deal can be worked out. Whether or not he actually becomes the highest-paid cornerback in the league is left up to how much respect the team has for him and how much he is valued in a defense that led the team to a Super Bowl victory against the Denver Broncos.
"Whatever they feel I am due, I will take it as respect. It's all about respect in this game, and the only way people respect is the dollars," Sherman told NFL Media's Albert Breer. Respect is also what put Sherman on the national stage as his Michael Crabtree taunt following the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers made headlines and also made Richard Sherman a household name.
His talk on the field with his play as well as his outspoken nature off the field has defined Sherman over the last few months. His talent on the field is what will eventually get him the money he feels he deserves and how he handles himself off the field has landed Sherman on "Time" magazines "100 Most Influential People" list. Immediately labeled a "thug" after his outburst made national news, Sherman has demonstrated with his well-spoken and humorous nature why his is anything but a thug. Time's Sean Gregory summed up just why Sherman made the list.
"Sherman's rant solidified his reputation as one of the brashest and most candid players in the buttoned-up NFL. Most important, it sparked a national conversation about race, stereotyping and sportsmanship. When critics labeled the dreadlocked defensive star a 'thug,' Sherman, a Compton, Calif.-raised Stanford graduate, engaged the debate, asking if the term was today's way of calling him the N word? In a heartbeat, Sherman altered the discourse and emerged as the smartest voice in the room."


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B-CU wins three events at track and field meet
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 9:36 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 10:37 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman won three events and placed among the top 10 in 27 others at the South Florida Multi-Cultural Games in Miramar on Monday.
B-CU winners were Barry Kimbrough (151 feet, discus), Keron Stoute (6-04.75 feet, high jump) and the 4x100 relay team of Keyona Thomas, Shalaneya Bryant, Breonca Reid and Tristie Johnson (46.17 seconds).
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Each week O Heroes sits down with one of our student-athletes to get to know more about them on and off of the mat. This week we feature Erin Block, a 5-3 sophomore base on the Acrobatics and Tumbling team.
Block is working towards an undergraduate degree in General Science with a minor in Organic Chemistry. When she is not at practice or at a meet (or doing a photo shoot with Time Magazine) she is hitting the books with determination.
A superstar on the mat and in the classroom, Block also shines as an O Hero. Among other community projects, she works closely with Lane County Animal Shelter. Post-graduation, Block plans to further her education at a college of veterinary medicine in order to become a veterinarian.
One day, Block aspires to use the knowledge she will learn in veterinary medicine school to donate medical services to various animal shelters.


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Pre-Market: FedEx, General Mills Decline on Earnings; Global Stocks Rise Ahead of Fed Decision
Vincent Trivett
The housing market is also heating up, and homebuilder Lennar is riding the wave.
As the much-awaited decision from the Federal Reserve looms, stocks are heading upward. Good global economic date helped, including a huge jump in US housing construction.
The last Federal Open Market Committee meeting headed by Ben Bernanke could be the one in which the markets find out the exact start date for the "taper" of quantitative easing that was announced in May. A majority of economists surveyed by Reuters expect the Fed to start scaling back monetary stimulus in the first quarter of 2014, but some say that it could come this month.
The overall mood in global stock markets is positive.
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) futures were up 0.22% at 15,845.00 before the opening bell on Wednesday while
(INDEXSP:.INX) futures rose 0.19% to 1,776.40.
(INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) futures climbed 0.14% to 3,465.50. Bonds were little changed. The 10-year Treasury yield rose one basis point to 2.85%.
On the economic front, housing starts rose 29.6% year-over-year to an annualized rate of 1.09 million in November. Economists expected builders to break ground on new homes at a rate of 952,000. Most of the gains came from single-family houses and apartments.
This afternoon, when the Fed announces its policy decision, it will also release its forecasts for GDP and other economic data.
Corporate earnings also moved markets this morning. Shares of
(NYSE:FDX) fell 0.68% after the transportation and logistics company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that missed estimates. Earnings per share for the economic bellwether rose to $1.57 from $1.39 a year ago, when Superstorm Sandy affected the business. Analysts had expected EPS of $1.64 per share. Revenue was also slightly short at $11.4 billion.
Lennar Corp.
(NYSE:LEN) share rose 1.6% in the pre-market after the homebuilder said that fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose to $0.73 per share, up from $0.56 per share a year ago as revenue jumped 42% to $1.92 billion.
General Mills Inc.
(NYSE:GIS) fell 2.2% after reporting fiscal second-quarter profit of $0.84 per share, up from $0.82 per share, missing estimates by a penny.
Overseas economic data was also positive. Germany's Ifo Business Climate Index showed that economic sentiment this month rose to 109.5 points from 109.3 last month. Current conditions fell by 0.8 points to 11.6 and business expectations rose 1.1 points to 107.4. Britain's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell by a fifth of a percentage point to 7.4% in October.
Japan announced that the cheap yen boosted exports by 18.4% year-over-year in November, but imports also rose 21.1%, widening the country's trade deficit to 1.293 trillion yen.
Bitcoin plunged 30% after a Bitcoin exchange in China, where the untraceable digital currency is popular for storing riches out of the taxman's reach, announced that it will no longer trade it for renminbi.
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On a hike through the woods of Wonderopolis the other day, we overheard a beaver and a badger telling a joke about a skunk:
Beaver: Hey Badger! Did you hear the one about the skunk?
Badger: *sigh* No, I didn't, but I have a feeling you're going to tell me.
Beaver: Why did the skunk go to school?
Badger: I have no idea. Why did the skunk go to school?
Beaver: For show and smell! Ha ha ha!
Badger: Wow. That joke really stinks!
Do you agree with Badger? Did Beaver's skunk joke really stink? Even if you liked it, there's one thing that's for sure: skunks can really stink.
But it's not the skunk itself that stinks. It's actually a special spray that the skunk can release to defend itself from predators, such as wolves, foxes and badgers.
When a skunk feels threatened, it can squirt its special spray from glands underneath its tail. Skunks can accurately hit a target from up to 10 feet away!
A skunk's spray is made up of oily chemicals called thiols. Thiols are sulphur compounds that can cause headaches and burning or stinging in the eyes. The worst part, though, is the smell.
If you've ever smelled skunk spray, you know how unpleasant it is! Some people have described the smell of a skunk's spray as a combination of rotten eggs, garlic and burnt rubber. Phew!
It's this horrible smell that sends the strong message to predators that says, "Stay away from me!" How powerful is a skunk's smell? Very powerful! Even large bears will avoid tiny skunks to keep from being sprayed. Unfortunately, one predator — the great horned owl — has a very poor sense of smell and is rarely deterred by a skunk's spray.
Skunks don't spray unless they feel threatened. Their glands only hold enough spray for five or six strikes. If they use up all their spray, it can take up to 10 days to make more. Before spraying, a skunk will usually try other ways of scaring off a predator, including hissing, stomping its feet and lifting its tail to simulate a spray attack.
If you have a pet that ever gets sprayed by a skunk, don't fall back on old wives' tales that tell you to give your pet a bath in tomato juice. Instead, follow these "de-skunking" instructions to use a special solution of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and liquid soap to clean your pet.


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Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones enters his 19th season with the Texas Tech football program in 2014 and his 10th as Manager of the Football Training Facility.
He handles a variety of duties in the football complex, including the oversight of the work on the football training facility and the practice fields. He is responsible for managing repairs and ordering supplies to keep the building running.
Jones also helps with the communication for the football coaching staff on game day.
Jones started working with Tech football in 1996 as a student manager for the Red Raiders and also assisted with the baseball program. He was an assistant football equipment manager in 2003 and then served a year as the head football equipment manager in 2004. He was named to his current position in 2005.
Jones earned a degree from Texas Tech in exercise and sport science in 2003.
He is a high school graduate of New Deal High School and resides in Lubbock.


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Leona Marie Lookabill
Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 3:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 3:52 p.m.
Leona Marie Lookabill, 67, of North Charleston, S.C., died Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cathedral of Praise, 3790 Ashley Phosphate Road, North Charleston. A private interment will be in Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Northwoods Chapel, 2180 Greenridge Road, North Charleston.
Mrs. Lookabill was born May 16, 1945, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Edward Eybs and Dorothy Pfuntner Eybs. She was preceded in death by her parents. She was the former assistant director at the Charleston Air Force Base Commissary. Leona was an avid bowler and golfer. She was a member of the Charleston Area Bowling Hall of Fame, president of Ladies Night Out Bowling League and member of Wescott Ladies Golf League.
She will be deeply missed by her family including her husband of 36 years, John D. Lookabill of North Charleston, S.C.; son Ray O. Phillips Jr. of Summerville, S.C.; daughter Melody L. Phillips of Summerville, S.C.; stepdaughters Diana L. Ricker and husband Casey of Groton, Conn., Vicki S. Watson and husband Kenneth of Murphy and Terry A. Donaldson and husband Dan of Crystal River, Fla.; stepmother Marie Eybs of Doylestown, Pa.; sisters Leslie Tanaka of Honolulu, Hawaii, Lani Knapp and husband Rick of Wellsville, N.Y. and Evey Bowser and husband Chuck of Wellsville, N.Y.; brother Russell Vincent of Las Vegas, Nev.; half brother Eddie Eybs Jr. of Doylestown, Pa.; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and her best friend and hip sister, Bettie Boggs of North Charleston.
Memorials may be made to Hollings Cancer Center, Office of Development, 86 Jonathan Lucas St., Charleston, SC 29425.
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Sophomore Arianna Lambie (Harvard, MA/The Bromfield School) of the Stanford Women's Cross Country Team was selected as the Stanford/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3.
Lambie ran to victory at the Murray Keatinge Invitational in a time of 16:38.30 last Saturday in Orono, Maine. Lambie crossed the line 13 seconds in front of teammate Teresa McWalters for a 1-2 finish. The Stanford women won the competition with an impressive 25 points, followed by Boston College with 42 and Dartmouth with 85 points. Lambie was also the Stanford Invitational 6,000 meter course champion on September 24 in a time of 21:15.
This is Lambie's first Stanford/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week honor. Lambie and the rest of the Cardinal Cross Country Team will race next at the Pre-NCAA meet in Terre Haute, IN on Saturday, October 15.
2005-06 Past Winners
Sept. 20-Sept. 26 - Andrew Kartunen
Sept. 13-Sept. 19 - Foluke Akinradewo
Sept. 6-Sept. 12 - Kevin Schimmelmann
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Above the Deluge
The elevated structure at Houston's Simms Bayou wastewater treatment plant protects key equipment such as pumps from potential floodwaters such as those which affected the city during Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
An Easi-Set precast concrete building is set atop cast-in-place concrete piers to protect pumps from corrosive saltwater during floods. Photos: Lonestar Prestress Mfg. Inc.
To address future flooding concerns at wastewater treatment plants in coastal Texas, Lonestar Prestress Mfg. Inc. capitalized on the idea of using precast concrete structures by installing them on cast-in-place floor slabs where extra height was needed.
When Hurricane Rita plowed through the city of Beaumont, Texas, in September 2005, it had grown to become the fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Despite causing $11.3 billion in damage, it failed to raze several precast concrete buildings at the city's waste-water treatment plant.
It was the result of a lesson learned by regional coastal cities several years earlier after a vicious hurricane season in Houston, 90 miles to the west. That city's public works department is no stranger to the devastating effects of high winds and unrelenting, damaging floodwaters:
Following Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, control centers that control the pumps and equipment at Houston's Simms Bayou wastewater treatment plant and various water purification plants across Houston were under four to six feet of water.
The six-day deluge created 38.6 inches of rainfall, and two-thirds of the bayous and creeks in Harris County experienced 500-year flood events.
The stations were repaired at the time until funds were available to build new elevated equipment buildings to prevent future shut downs from flooding. In light of the extensive flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the city of Houston, and the Harris County Flood Control District began requiring buildings to be elevated to protect expensive generators and switchgear. Some buildings only needed to be raised a foot or two, while others had to be elevated as much as 12 feet abovegrade.
Officials sought a quick, effective solution for maintenance-free buildings to be elevated above the expected water levels, preserving their ability to function during and after a storm.
Rather than erecting concrete-block buildings, Houston's public works department chose precast concrete structures that would be custom-designed to meet city, state, and federal building codes and wind requirements. The buildings were made by Lonestar Prestress Mfg. Inc. (LPMI), a licensed producer of Easi-Set and Easi-Span precast portable buildings, and were de signed to enable the city's public works department to use the precast, post-tensioned portable concrete structures in elevated installations.
For the Simms Bayou plant, LPMI manufactured five precast concrete box-like structures at its plant to protect the equipment inside from the possibility of high water. Precast foundations that raised the equipment above the flood level were then backfilled to support three 80- to 120-square-foot buildings. Two additional pre-assembled buildings—160 square feet and 600 square feet—were set on cast-in-place concrete piers and cast-in-place floor slabs where greater height was needed.
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The effects of pore architecture in silk fibroin scaffolds on the growth and differentiation of BMP7-expressing mesenchymal stem cells
Zhang, Yufeng & Xiao, Yin (2009) The effects of pore architecture in silk fibroin scaffolds on the growth and differentiation of BMP7-expressing mesenchymal stem cells. In 2nd World Congress on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) in conjunction with the 2009 Seoul Stem Cell Symposium, 31 August - 3 September 2009, Seoul, South Korea.
Pore architecture of scaffolds is known to play a critical role in tissue engineering as it provides the vital framework for the seeded cells to organize into a functioning tissue. In this report, we investigated the effects of different concentration on silk fibroin protein 3D scaffold pore microstructure. Four pore size ranges of silk fibroin scaffolds were made by freeze-dry technique, with the pore sizes ranging from 50 to 300 µm. The pore size of the scaffold decreases as the concentration increases. Human mesenchymal stem cells were in vitro cultured in these scaffolds. After BMP7 gene transferred, DNA assay, ALP assay, hematoxylin–eosin staining, alizarin red staining and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction were performed to analyze the effect of the pore size on cell growth, differentiation and the secretion of extracellular matrix (ECM). Cell morphology in these 3D scaffolds was investigated by confocal microscopy. This study indicates mesenchymal stem cells prefer the group of scaffolds with pore size between 100 and 300 µm for better proliferation and ECM production
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Learn how to win child custody with this comprehensive proven knowledge, techniques, strategies & preparations that truly work and have won both sole physical & sole legal custody challenging an equally matched parent. This will better prepare you, establish a better advantaged position, focus you, and increase your chances of success long before you even begin any evaluation or hearing. This may be the best small investment with the greatest impact you buy yourself for your child's life and future together. Don't take the chance of walking into this cut-throat battle with your opponent fully prepared with facts, details, damaging accusations, and a well laid-out case against you; and you with little more than you or your attorney asking for consideration! Don't make the common mistake of pleading before an evaluating judge or psychologist that the other parent isn't the better choice, with little more than your word or accusations! What do you think your chances will be if you go unprepared, empty handed, and less convincing? Even prayers won't help much then.
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Stanford Cardinal (7-2, 0-0 Pac-12)
No. 10/10 Connecticut Huskies (9-0, 0-0 American Athletic)
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 • 6 p.m. PT
Hartford, Conn. • XL Center (16,291)
Series History: Connecticut leads 4-0
Last Meeting: Connecticut 85, Stanford 74 (March 22, 2003 at Spokane, Wash.)
Radio: KNBR 1050 AM (PBP: Scott Reiss)
TV: ESPN2 (PBP: John Saunders, Analyst: Bob Knight, Sideline: Andy Katz)
The Opening Tip
One of the most difficult nonconference road swings in recent memory gets underway on Wednesday night, when Stanford (7-2) visits No. 10/10 Connecticut (9-0). The Cardinal, which faces Michigan three days later in Brooklyn, is seeking a signature win.
Media Memo
The game can be heard on KNBR 1050 AM, with Scott Reiss handling the broadcast chores, The contest will also be televised on ESPN2, with John Saunders (play-by-play), Bob Knight (analyst) and Andy Katz (sideline) providing coverage.
Scouting No. 10/10 Connecticut
Connecticut (9-0) has been a mainstay in the national rankings throughout the year and currently checks in at No. 10 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls ... Four of the Huskies' nine victories have come by two points or less, including notable wins against Indiana and Florida. The other five wins have been by double-digits ... Connecticut is averaging 78.1 points while shooting 49.1 percent overall and 46.5 percent from beyond the arc. Opponents are being held to 64.4 points while shooting only 37.7 percent overall and 29.5 percent from three-point range ... Look out for: Shabazz Napier (15.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 50.0 percent FG, 57.1 percent 3FG, 53 assists), DeAndre Daniels (13.8 ppg), Niels Giffey (69.8 percent FG, 66.7 percent 3FG) ... Shifting to the newly-formed American Athletic Conference, Connecticut finished last year 20-10 overall and tied for sixth place in the BIG EAST at 10-8.
Stanford All-Time Against Connecticut
Stanford is looking for its first win in five attempts against Connecticut, with the Huskies collecting an 85-74 victory back on March 22, 2003, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament during the previous meeting. The Cardinal dropped its only previous road game in the series, falling 76-56 in Storrs back on Feb. 7, 1998.
Stanford Against The Top-25
Stanford is 4-13 all-time against top-25 teams under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Opponent rankings listed Associated Press poll first, USA Today second.
LAST WIN OVER A TOP-25 TEAM: Stanford 76, No. 10/12 Oregon (Jan. 30, 2013 at Stanford, Calif.)
LAST WIN OVER A TOP-25 TEAM (NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENT): Stanford 82, No. 25/25 Marquette (March 22, 2008 at Anaheim, Calif.)
LAST WIN OVER A TOP-25 TEAM ON THE ROAD: Stanford 74, No. 21/21 Arizona State 64 (March 5, 2009 at Tempe, Ariz.)
LAST WIN OVER A TOP-10 TEAM ON THE ROAD: Stanford 67, No. 9/9 Washington State 65 - OT (Feb. 2, 2008 at Pullman, Wash.)
Frequent Flyers
Stanford has traveled 11,523 miles during nonconference play entering Wednesday's game against Connecticut. After playing its first road game at Denver (2,584 miles round trip) on Nov. 17, the Cardinal embarked on the first of two trips to Brooklyn (5,896 miles round trip) one week later. Toss in Sunday's flight to Hartford (3,043 miles one-way) and Stanford continues to criss-cross the country more than any other West Coast team.
Takeaways From The UC Davis Game
Chasson Randle scored a game-high 16 points to lead four starters in double figures as Stanford easily handled UC Davis 83-56 on Saturday night at Maples Pavilion ... Back on the court for the first time in 13 days due to its annual extended break for finals, Stanford displayed little signs of rust on both sides of the ball ... Stanford shot 58.5 percent overall, including 65.4 percent (17-26) in the second half. The Cardinal dished out a season-high 22 assists, knocked down 11-20 from beyond the arc and built a 40-23 halftime lead ... Dwight Powell notched his second double-double of the year, chipping in with 15 points and 10 rebounds while matching his career high with six assists ... The Cardinal's defense simply smothered UC Davis, which was limited to 34.5 percent shooting and forced into 14 turnovers ... Josh Huestis tallied four blocks, increasing his career total to 146 while tying Curtis Borchardt for third on the school's all-time list. Tim Young owns the school record (167) ... John Gage added seven points and four rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench. Gage finished 3-5 after entering the contest shooting 1-7 over his last five games ... For only the second time this year, Stefan Nastic was held without a free throw attempt ... The Cardinal has now made at least one three-pointer in 397 consecutive games, dating back to an 0-6 outing against Purdue in the John Wooden Tradition on Nov. 24, 2001.
Offense Has Been Clicking
Stanford has experienced little trouble offensively through the first nine games, reaching the 70-point plateau seven times. It's a sharp contrast to last year's early-season struggles. The Cardinal is ranked among the nation's top-50 in scoring (37th) and field goal percentage (13th).
Starting Five Has Been Impressive
Head coach Johnny Dawkins has employed a starting lineup of Chasson Randle, Anthony Brown, Josh Huestis, Dwight Powell and Stefan Nastic in all nine games. It's easy to see why, as Stanford boasts an experienced starting five that is capable of reaching double digits every time out. All four starters with the exception of Nastic (7.6 ppg) are averaging double-figure scoring. That being said, the Cardinal must find a way to jump-start its bench.
Bright Is Latest Injury Casualty
Three players are out for the year, with Aaron Bright (dislocated right shoulder) the most recent addition to a list that already includes Andy Brown (torn right ACL) and Christian Sanders (hip). Bright, who will undergo season-ending surgery in early January, is completing coursework toward an undergraduate degree in science, technology and society and is expected to graduate in June. The MVP of Stanford's 2012 Postseason NIT championship run, Bright averaged 8.7 points and 3.0 assists in 105 career games while his 316 career assists rank 10th in school history. Meanwhile, Rosco Allen (stress fracture) is expected back in two weeks.
Cardinal Cashing In At The Foul Line
Stanford is converting at 69.7 percent from the foul line while averaging 24.2 attempts per game. Chasson Randle (38-48, 79.2 percent) and Anthony Brown (28-36, 77.8 percent) lead the way, as five players have already tallied at least 20 free throw attempts. The aggressive backcourt has done a solid job of driving the lane while the frontcourt is battling on the glass and routinely drawing contact. Stanford shot free throws at a 74.3 percent clip last year, good for 35th nationally and the best mark in school history since a 76.3 percent clip in 2005-06.
Randle Returns To Form Of Rookie Year
Chasson Randle appears to have put last year's struggles behind and is performing at a similar level to 2011-12, when he produced one of the best rookie seasons in school history. Randle is averaging a team-high 18.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game while shooting 52.4 percent from the field and 79.2 percent from the foul line. His numbers from beyond the arc are also steadily improving, now up to 41.0 percent after knocking down 5-6 tries against UC Davis on Saturday. Randle has also scored in double figures in eight contests, including a career-high 33-point outing against BYU on Nov. 11.
Brown's Return Provides Immediate Boost
Returning to action after missing all but four games last year due to a hip injury, Anthony Brown has carried Stanford so far. The only player to reach double figures in all nine games, Brown is averaging 16.3 points and 6.2 rebounds while shooting 58.3 percent from the field. More impressively, Brown's blistering 60.0 percent clip (21-35) from three-point territory currently ranks fourth in the nation. His slashing, attacking style of play has resulted in an 77.8 percent (28-36) ledger from the foul line. A 2011 Pac-10 All-Freshman Team selection, Brown provides Stanford with added length and athleticism while also serving as its best perimeter defender.
Powell Displays Dynamic All-Around Game
A proven scorer and rebounder, Dwight Powell is averaging 15.1 points and 7.3 rebounds although his free throw percentage (64.1) is slightly behind last year's pace. However, two underrated aspects of his game, which he showed flashes of last year, have looked very impressive early on. For a 6-10 forward, Powell is an excellent passer, dishing out a team-best 37 assists while committing only 27 turnovers. Also, Powell has racked up a team-best 14 steals. Powell ranked third on the squad in those same two categories last year, so his production this year is no fluke. The preseason accolades continue to roll in, as Powell has been named to the John R. Wooden Award watch list and is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
Nastic Anchoring The Frontcourt
Playing regularly for the first time in his career, Stefan Nastic is averaging 7.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Nastic has reached double figures in scoring four times, a feat he had accomplished only twice overall in 53 career games prior to this year. He's shooting 57.1 percent, scoring the majority of his buckets on high-percentage shots inside the paint. Nastic is a capable free throw shooter (66.7 percent) who has a knack for frustrating his defender and drawing contact. He has totaled almost as many free throw attempts (30) as field goal tries (42).
Huestis' Strong Defensive Play Continues
A front-runner for Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Josh Huestis is averaging 11.8 points and a team-best 7.7 rebounds in his annual quest to become the first Cardinal player to average a double-double since Curtis Borchardt (16.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg) in 2001-02. Huestis nearly accomplished the feat last year, averaging 10.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while compiling nine double-doubles. With 25 swats already this year, Huestis is tied with Curtis Borchardt for third in school history with 146 career blocks. He's also shooting 42.9 percent (9-21) from distance. Only three players boast career marks of at least 500 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks: Huestis (723, 608, 142), Tim Young (1544, 1070, 167) and Howard Wright (1599, 860, 121).
Top-15 Recruiting Class Signed For Next Year
Head coach Johnny Dawkins has announced the signing of four incoming student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. The group will join the Cardinal for the 2014-15 campaign. The class is recognized as one of the best in the country, currently ranked as high as No. 9 by ESPN.com, No. 14 by Scout.com and No. 15 by Rivals.com. Robert Cartwright (Pasadena, Calif.), Michael Humphrey (Phoenix, Ariz.), Dorian Pickens (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Reid Travis (Minneapolis, Minn.) are projected as top-100 players and four-star recruits by multiple services. This year's group represents the second top-15 class for Stanford in five years.
Projected Sixth In Pac-12 Preseason Poll
Stanford was picked to finish sixth in the 2013-14 Pac-12 preseason media poll. One year ago, the Cardinal was projected to finish fourth but tied for sixth at 9-9.
Nonconference Schedule Is Stacked
This year's loaded schedule- one of the best in recent memory- features 17 home games, nine contests against NCAA Tournament teams from last season and a pair of trips to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The challenging nonconference slate includes a neutral-site matchup against 2013 NCAA runner-up Michigan and the start of a home-and-home series against Connecticut. Matchups against BYU and Pittsburgh provide the Cardinal with an opportunity to quickly establish a high RPI before Pac-12 competition gets underway in January.
Latest Set Of Twins
Freshmen guards Malcolm Allen and Marcus Allen are only the fourth set of twins to play varsity basketball at Stanford since 1960. Twin seven-footers Brook Lopez and Robin Lopez (Fresno, Calif./San Joaquin Memorial HS) played two seasons together before both were selected in the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft. All-Americans Jarron Collins and Jason Collins (North Hollywood, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) also both went on to play in the NBA after successful four-year stints on The Farm that included an NCAA Final Four appearance in 1998. Twins Don Clemetson and Doug Clemetson (Richmond, Calif./Harry Ellis HS) competed on Stanford's varsity squad from 1960-62 after playing together on the freshman team the previous season.


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THE GAME: Oregon State will make just its third appearance in Portland in the past decade and play its first game at the Chiles Center since 2002 when the Beavers make the short road trip to play the Pilots on Friday at 7 p.m.
TRACKING THE BEAVS: The game will be streamed live via PortlandPilots.com and air on the radio on KEJO 1240AM with Ron Callan on the call. Live audio and live stats are also available on osubeavers.com and fans can follow @OregonStateWBB on Twitter for all game day information, including score updates, photos and observations.
PORTLAND PRE-GAME: As part of the atmosphere surrounding the game, the OSU Alumni Association, OSU Athletics and Our Beaver Nation have scheduled a pre-game event and transportation to make attendance easier and the night more enjoyable for fans. There will be a pre-game meet-up at Leisure Public House (8002 N Lombard Street) beginning at 4 p.m. featuring an appearance from head coach Scott Rueck and round trip bus transportation is also available to and from Portland, picking up and dropping off at Gill Coliseum. Registration information for both and additional details can be found at this link.
THE RUNDOWN: Oregon State dropped its two games at the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas to No. 13 Penn State and Florida ... OSU is on a school-record pace from deep, is 12th in the nation in 3-point field goals made per game (9.0) and 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage (.386). ... OSU is among the national leaders in a number of categories, including points per game (82.3; 24th), scoring margin (+21.3; 20th), assists per game (19.8; 10th), field goal percentage defense (.314; 10th), blocked shots per game (6.5; 8th) and rebound margin (+11.0; 24th) ... The Beavers have scored 494 points so far this season, their best offensive start since 1980-81 ... Oregon State is 18-2 when forcing their opponents to shoot less than 30 percent and 22-3 when holding them to under 50 points in the 3+ years with Rueck at the helm ... Sydney Wiese's 31 assists through the season's first six games are the most for an OSU player since 2006-07 ... Oregon State is 10th in the nation, averaging 19.8 assists per game and has assists on 119 of its 178 made field goals (66.9 percent) ... Jamie Weisner is averaging 19.0 ppg and 5.3 rpg over OSU's last three games ... Ruth Hamblin leads the team and the conference and is ninth in the country, averaging 3.17 blocks per game .. Alyssa Martin has 912 career points and is 88 away from becoming Oregon State's 17th 1,000-point scorer ... OSU is one of only two Pac-12 schools with two active players that have 100+ makes from deep.
VS. PORTLAND: The Beavers are 16-4 all-time against Portland, but the two teams haven't met since the 2002-03 season. A matchup between the local rivals used to be almost an annual formality. They played at least one game in all but four seasons between 1982-83 and the last contest over a decade ago. Oregon State won 16 of the first 17 overall in the series, but the Pilots have taken the last three. OSU's last win came on Dec. 29, 1999, when Sissel Pierce's 22-point, 13-rebound double-double led the Beavers to a 72-44 victory. Felicia Ragland's 37-point outburst on Dec. 6, 2001 is Oregon State's best individual performance against Portland.
LAST TIME OUT: Oregon State is coming off a pair of close losses at the Junkanoo Jam on Grand Bahama Island last weekend. Samantha Siegner scored a career-high 14 points, Jamie Weisner posted her fifth career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) and the Beavers cut a 10-point second-half deficit to just two, but No. 13 Penn State was able to fend off OSU on Friday, Nov. 29, 61-56. Against Florida on Saturday, Nov. 30, Weisner scored 26 points and Oregon State shot over 42 percent from 3-point range, but the Gators took their first lead late in the game and were able to hold on for the win, 73-70.
BOMBS AWAY: The Beavers have proven adept at hitting from long range this season. They are currently 12th in the nation in 3-point field goals made per game (9.0) and 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage (.386). Both marks also rank second in the Pac-12 and would set new school records if Oregon State was able to keep up the pace. OSU has five seasons in its history where it finished converting more than five 3-pointers per contest, including a school-record 6.5 in 2010-11. The Beavers led the conference in 3-point field goal percentage in 1993-94, shooting at a .383 clip that still stands as an OSU record. However, that squad only made 72 of its 188 attempts. To compare, this year's team has already hit 54 of its 140 tries from deep. Oregon State made 17 shots from long range against Loyola Marymount on Nov. 21, easily eclipsing the program's previous record of 12, which had happened on three occasions, most recently at Arizona on Jan. 2, 2011. The Beavers were just three shy of the Pac-12 record of 20, attained earlier this season by Oregon against Bakersfield. The NCAA record is 22. OSU followed that up with a 14-for-33 (.424) performance from behind the arc against Florida in the Bahamas.
NATIONAL & PAC-12 RANKS: Oregon State is among the national leaders in a number of categories, including points per game (82.3; 24th), scoring margin (+21.3; 20th), assists per game (19.8; 10th), field goal percentage (.458; 31st), field goal percentage defense (.314; 10th), blocked shots per game (6.5; 8th) and rebound margin (+11.0; 24th). The Beavers are also at the top of the Pac-12 in field goal percentage defense (.314), blocked shots (6.5/game) and assists (19.8/game).
PICK YOUR POISON: OSU has shown its ability to beat teams in different ways. More than half of the Beavers' roster stands over 6-foot-3 and they've used that height to average 35.0 ppg in the paint, outscoring their opponents 210-118. In its 102-80 win over Sac State, OSU outscored the Hornets 66-18 down low. Its next time out against Loyola Marymount, the Beavers resorted to their outside game, shooting 53.1 percent from deep (17-of-32) and scoring more than half of their 92 points (51) from behind the arc.
OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS: The Beavers have scored 494 points so far this season, their best offensive start since 1980-81, when Aki Hill-led Oregon State scored 545 points in its first six games. OSU would average a school-record 81.6 points per game that year en route to a 22-6 record and the Beavers' first appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 national rankings.
RECORD-SETTING WIN: The Beavers' 102 points against Sac State are the sixth-most in program history and the first time in triple digits since putting up exactly 100 against the same Hornets on Nov. 16, 2008. Oregon State last eclipsed 102 when it scored a school-record 117 against Portland St. on Jan. 8, 1982. The win also came in front of a non-conference record home crowd of 4,139 for the program's "Beavers Beyond the Classroom" promotion, in which it welcomes elementary and middle school students from around the area to Gill Coliseum. That number bested the 4,118 fans that watched Oregon State defeat Montana, 62-51, on Dec. 22, 1995.
DRASTIC DEFENSE: Known as a great defensive team, OSU has already held two of its four opponents this season to less than 30 percent shooting and under 50 points. In the 3+ years Scott Rueck has been the head coach, the Beavers are 18-2 when forcing their opponents to shoot less than 30 percent and 22-3 when holding them to under 50 points. Their .346 field goal percentage defense was an OSU record in 2012-13 and the 16th best number in the nation. Since 2006-07, all but one of Rueck's squads has finished in the top 25 in the nation in field goal percentage defense.
BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE: Freshman Sydney Wiese has proven herself to be an able distributor at the point. She is second in the Pac-12, averaging 5.2 assists per game, and ninth in the league with a 1.7 assist to turnover ratio. Her 31 assists through the season's first six games are the most for an OSU player since Mercedes Fox-Griffin had 36 after the first six contests of the 2006-07 campaign. With 31 guaranteed games this season, Wiese is on pace to hand out 161 assists, which would rank ninth in Oregon State history and set a new freshman record.
SHARING THE ROCK: As a team, Oregon State is 10th in the nation, averaging 19.8 assists per game and has assists on 119 of its 178 made field goals (66.9 percent). No Beaver squad has averaged more than 15 assists in a season since 1997-98 (15.4) and 1994-95 was the last season OSU assisted on as large of a percentage of its made baskets, 64.7 percent (561-of-867), a school record.
WEISNER AWAKENS: Sophomore sensation Jamie Weisner had somewhat of a slow start to the season, scoring 19 points combined over the first three games. Over the Beavers' last three however, she has returned to form as the team's dynamic playmaker, averaging 19.0 ppg and 5.3 rpg. She posted her fifth career double-double against No. 13 Penn State last Friday and came just one point off her career high against Florida on Saturday, pouring in 26. It was Weisner's sixth career game with 20 or more points and, amazingly enough, her first against a non-Pac-12 foe.
YOUNG & RESTLESS: The Beavers feature an extremely young roster in terms of NCAA Division I experience. OSU has 11 players, nine of which are underclassmen, who collectively have 10 varsity letters (0.9 average). Ali Gibson (junior) and Alyssa Martin (senior) are the only players with more than one year under their belts. Scott Rueck went undefeated and won the NCAA Division III title at George Fox in 2009 despite returning no starters and bringing in 10 freshmen.
NO CHANCE: The top blocking team in the Pac-12 the last three seasons, OSU is again leading the conference and is eighth in the nation in blocks per game (6.5). The Beavers swatted 10 of Bakersfield's 62 shot attempts on Nov. 11 as Oregon State reached double digits in that category for the first time this year. A season ago, OSU had four games with 10+ blocks after doing it a school-record five times in 2011-12. Ruth Hamblin leads the team and the conference and is ninth in the country, averaging 3.17 rejections per contest. Only two Oregon State players have ever averaged more than three blocks per game, El Sara Greer (3.07; 2010-11) and Patricia Bright (3.48; 2011-12).
OWNING THE BOARDS: OSU has outrebounded four of its first six opponents by wide margins and is 24th in the nation, pulling down 11.0 more per game than its opponents. The Beavers are averaging 49.2 rebounds per game after eclipsing the 40+ rpg mark last season for the first time since 1996-97. The school record for rebounding average is 44.5, set during the 1990-91 campaign.
A LOOK AT THE LONG BALL: Alyssa Martin is second in the Pac-12 among active players in 3-point field goals with 136, which is also third all-time at Oregon State. Ali Gibson isn't far behind, with 104 career makes from deep, seventh in OSU history. Oregon State and Colorado are the only Pac-12 schools with two active players that have 100 or more makes from behind the arc.
MORE FOR MARTIN: Alyssa Martin also has 912 points in her career and is just 88 away from becoming Oregon State's 17th career 1,000-point scorer. She has scored more than 220 points in each of her previous three seasons.
SO INTERNATIONAL: Oregon State had four student-athletes suit up for national squads at various age levels this summer. Playing for Canada, Jamie Weisner dominated competition at the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women in Lithuania in July, averaging 17.0 points on 54.5 percent shooting, 6.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists en route to making the All-Tournament Team. Ruth Hamblin was promoted to Canada's Senior Women's National Team for exhibition tournaments in Europe (2.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg) and China (1.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg). Gabriella Hanson led Sweden to an eighth-place finish at the FIBA U18 European Championships for Women in Croatia in August, leading her squad in rebounds (7.2), assists (2.4) and steals (2.4) per game. Ali Gibson made her international debut with the Puerto Rican National Team at an exhibition tournament in São Paulo, Brazil in mid-August.


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The last half of the twentieth century saw the advent of a new conservative movement in the United States, a coalition that shared a common determination to redefine the American government, culture, and economy. In this volume Ronald Story and Bruce Laurie present a rich variety of primary sources, including speeches, cartoons, party platforms, and editorials, that speak to the remarkable impact of the conservative movement, from its solvent think tanks to its grassroots support. Outspoken intellectuals such as William F. Buckley and George Gilder, charismatic political figures such as George Wallace, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan, and powerful organizations like the Southern Baptist Convention and the National Rifle Association weigh in on such issues as the death penalty, taxation, gun control, affirmative action, abortion, and foreign policy. The authors' lucid introduction traces America's turn to the right from the demise of New Deal liberalism to the election of George W. Bush in 2000, examining the conservatives' motivations and strategies and the key events that fostered the rise of conservative attitudes. Each document is preceded by a headnote, helping students understand how the author and his or her line of thinking fit into the story of the movement. A timeline, questions for consideration, and a list of suggested readings also aid comprehension of the material.
Author Biography
RONALD STORY taught social, political and military history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and elsewhere for many decades before retiring in 2006. Among his works are A Concise Historical Atlas of World War II (2005), Five Colleges (1993), Sports in Massachusetts (1991), A More Perfect Union (1984–1995), The Forging of an Aristocracy (1980), Generations of Americans (1976); thirty articles and essays; and two digital works, The Jackie Robinson Educational Archives (1998) and The American Civil War (1996).
BRUCE LAURIE is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches courses in U.S. labor, comparative slavery and emancipation, and historiography. His books include Beyond Garrison: Antislavery and Social Reform (2005) and Artisans into Workers (1989). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society and is a Co-Education Director of a Fulbright Summer Institute at Amherst College.
BRUCE LAURIE is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches courses in U.S. labor, comparative slavery and emancipation, and historiography. His books include Beyond Garrison: Antislavery and Social Reform (2005) and Artisans into Workers (1989). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society and is a Co-Education Director of a Fulbright Summer Institute at Amherst College.
Table of Contents
|p. v
|p. vii
|Introduction: The Making of a Movement
|p. 1
|First Steps, 1945-1968
|p. 5
|Expanding the Base, 1968-1980
|p. 12
|Clean Sweep, 1980-2000
|p. 20
|The Documents
|p. 33
|First Steps, 1945-1968
|p. 35
|America Turns the Corner, July 11, 1947
|p. 35
|Platform of the States' Rights Democratic Party, 1948
|p. 38
|Lincoln Day Address, February 20, 1950
|p. 40
|Farewell Address to Congress, 1951
|p. 43
|From The Conservative Mind, 1953
|p. 46
|Publisher's Statement on Founding National Review, November 19, 1955
|p. 49
|Why the South Must Prevail, August 24, 1957
|p. 52
|From The Blue Book of the John Birch Society, 1959
|p. 54
|From The Conscience of a Conservative, 1960
|p. 59
|The Sharon Statement, 1960
|p. 64
|From Capitalism and Freedom, 1962
|p. 66
|Rendezvous with Destiny, October 24, 1964
|p. 69
|Who Is Accommodating to What? May 4, 1965
|p. 72
|Expanding the Base, 1968-1980
|p. 75
|George Wallace for President Brochure, 1968
|p. 75
|Two Speeches, October 20, 1969, and October 30,1969
|p. 77
|Defense of the Republic, April 7, 1970
|p. 81
|Capital Punishment, December 3, 1971
|p. 82
|Confidential Memorandum: Attack on American Free Enterprise System, August 23, 1971
|p. 84
|"You in a Heap o' Trouble, Son," March 17, 1972
|p. 89
|Labor Day Radio Address, 1972
|p. 90
|Act Before It Is Too Late, September 1974
|p. 94
|From Affirmative Discrimination, 1975
|p. 97
|The Taxfighters Are Coming! November 1975
|p. 100
|Interview with the Washington Star, January 18, 1976
|p. 103
|Common Sense and the Common Danger, 1976
|p. 107
|The NEA: A Washington Lobby Run Rampant, November 1978
|p. 110
|American Weakness, September 1979
|p. 113
|Building the Moral Majority, August 1979
|p. 114
|Nomination Acceptance Speech, 1980
|p. 118
|Clean Sweep, 1980-2000
|p. 122
|From Wealth and Poverty, 1981
|p. 122
|Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, March 1983
|p. 126
|Social Security: Continuing Crisis or Real Reform? 1983
|p. 129
|Resolution on Abortion, June 1984
|p. 132
|Report on Privatization, March 18, 1988
|p. 134
|Opinion on the Juvenile Death Penalty, 1988
|p. 139
|George Bush's Hidden Tax: The Explosion in Regulation, 1992
|p. 143
|Abortion Drawings, 1993
|p. 147
|From Dead Right, 1994
|p. 149
|Resolution on Homosexual Marriage, June 1996
|p. 153
|Middle-Class Families Need a Flat Tax, 1999
|p. 158
|Anti-Christ Philosophy Already Controls America and Europe, September 1999
|p. 160
|Nomination Acceptance Speech, 2000
|p. 163
|A Chronology of the Conservative Movement (1947-2000)
|p. 167
|Questions for Consideration
|p. 171
|Selected Bibliography
|p. 173
|p. 181
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The Patriots were holding onto a slim 13-7 lead into the third quarter, and certaintly did have ample opportunities to build on that lead, but one key drop might very well have been the game changer and sealed their fate.
With the Patriots threatening on the Ravens 34-yard line, Tom Brady lofted a pass to Wes Welker, an easy catch, not like his Super Bowl drop last year. It was 3rd and 8; the catch would've kept the drive alive, well past the 1st down marker. The ball hit him right in his hands and then out of them, falling to the ground for a mind-boggling incompletion.
So long two score advantage, hello punt team. Their decision to punt while deep in Ravens territory is admittingly a head scratcher from a coach with one the league's biggest cajones when it comes to situations like that. But as they say, it is what it is.
The Ravens then took the ball and the lead, marching 72 yards down the field, capping it off with a 5-yard Dennis Pitta touchdown.
"It was just a missed opportunity," Welker said via the Boston Globe.
In Welker's defense, he was the victim of a Bernard Pollard helmet-to-helmet hit three plays earlier, but Welker isn't making excuses, saying he was fine after the hit.
"Obviously they're a good defense. They have good rushers, good defensive backs, good linebackers, so across the board they're tough," he said. "It's always hard, you put a lot into it, all year-round, and you want to finish strong. We just didn't do it."
So Welker finishes his 2012 season under the franchise tag and faces uncertainty in the offseason. When asked about the possibility of the game being his last time in a Patriots uniform, he responded "I'm really not worried about it at all. It's a tough loss, and [I'll] just try to get over it at the moment."


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The first ever music school in Rwanda due to open shop in March is in final phase of implementation, according to the school's director Mighty Popo. This idea of starting the school had been in the pipeline for a long time, but now it's about to become a reality.
Speaking to a celebrity magazine, Sunday Night on Isango FM, Popo said that the school was in short of only a few materials but promised that in a few days' time the school's doors would be open. He said, "The school will officially open its doors on 10th March 2014. The materials and equipments we have so far are enough although we are short of a few items here and there."
The initiative, launched by Workforce Development Authority (WDA), will see thirty students admitted in the first intake. The thirty were selected through a live singing competition in December 2013.
The school comes as an answer to the problem of untapped talent among the youth which have more often than not gone to waste due to lack of clear orientation.
Speaking briefly after the selection exercise, Mighty Popo remained optimistic that the music school would go a long way into molding future music stars both in the country and in the region. Although a total of sixty four had registered for admission, only fifty nine turned up for the finale.
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There are few of us who have not ended up having some medical intervention at some point in our life. And with that comes the phrase we all hear and cringe when we do (make an informed choice). First we in many cases do not know where to begin and second if we do who has the time or feels well enough to make the inroads to have the knowledge for this choice.
Years ago, 10 to 15 to be exact, we saw a family physician or general practice doctor whom we trusted and this person would at the very least give us some guidelines for research. Today the choices have multiplied many times over and between insurances and specialties (in medical care); we need a degree to know where to begin our research. And a second opinion is more often than not 'pie in the sky'; because if the insurances say they will not pay for the second opinion and the medical providers are limited in this or that specialty.
Our health and health care has been the debate for many years; unfortunately we can't seem to see the light for all the foliage. (It is very important to have the light to growth the foliage; however the foliage has now over grown the plants.) The next part of this dilemma is this scenario on an emergency basis. When going to the ER due to an injury or illness, we must put our trust in those medical personnel working there. And we can all hope for our medical power of attorney to be there; however this is frequently not the case.
This article outlines the common pitfalls when seeking medical care. Take the time now to research a medical advocate, you will be happy you did. Check with the local Social Service Agencies. It does not even touch on the situation of having a caregiver. Read well, think prolifically and decide with the knowledge we are all doing our best.


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Trine 2: Complete Story launches alongside PS4 tomorrow in North America and Frozenbyte has released the trailer for it. Enjoy below. Trine 2: Complete Story supports DualShock 4′s touch pad, allowing the user to draw boxes or planks with the wizard, and moving them around to interact with the environment. It also supports full HD 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second gameplay. It will run you $19.99.
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It appears that the faith which they have in the power of love to help them strive to become better people has inspired Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez to turn to religion together. The young couple have taken their rekindled romance to bible study reported the New York Daily News on June 20, 2014. The couple has been looking really cute with each other and firmly committed to a new more wholesome beginning together.
Earlier in the week Bieber and Gomez were seen cuddling up to each other at a bible study event in Los Angeles. Bieber felt so inspired by this he uploaded a photo to Instagram of the pastor speaking to the gathering onstage. He wrote "Bible study with Judah Smith" under the photo.
During their bible study meeting Bieber and Gomez remained openly affectionate with each other reports US Weekly. A source commented that they appeared to be "lovey-dovey" and came and went with a few of their friends. They sat closely together and listened attentively to the pastor. Sources said Bieber and Gomez appeared to be very happy and at peace during this religious event.
Bieber and Gomez have regularly turned to Smith for spiritual guidance. On Easter Sunday Gomez shared an Instagram picture from Smith's church with the caption "He is risen, @judahsmith just thank you." Bieber first made contact with Smith back in 2010 after he attended a sermon with his mom Pattie Mallette. Mallette has said her son is really sensational and serious about his religious faith.
People often feel spiritual awareness offers them a powerful way to cope with conflict while striving to lead healthier and more peaceful lives. Certainly the sharing of a belief in the power of spiritual awareness to improve their lives and the world around them
is creating a stronger bond than ever between Bieber and Gomez now. It's really refreshing to see how the power of love and religious faith is helping them become better people than they ever dreamed of being.


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Those opposed?
I don't see any in the queue from the usual sources, so all in favor for an OOT say 'Aye!'
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
the OOT 15 minutes late. it was hung up on one of Robert's Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and apologized as a point of order.
'ARRGH' is not an acceptable answer unless followed by commands to walk the plank and/or to hand over the booty. therefore, the 'arrrgh' will be taken under advisement.
I have lobster pan fried noodles from Hop Lei on Mott St. and a 6 pack bud… I can hold out.
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the OOT 15 minutes late. it was hung up on one of Robert's Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and apologized as a point of order.
'ARRGH' is not an acceptable answer unless followed by commands to walk the plank and/or to hand over the booty. therefore, the 'arrrgh' will be taken under advisement.
Booty? well I could wake her up but it might get ugly…
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Booty? well I could wake her up but it might get ugly…
Dudes!!!! What the heck are you guys talking about????
@ brookly red:
I've got me a Henry Weinhards woodland pass IPA……
tosses one to CW and one to Red so he can have a good beer to go with his meal
Still a earworm… 😉
@ rain of lead:
Boy Bands will happen. 😉
brookly red wrote:
I have lobster pan fried noodles from Hop Lei on Mott St. and a 6 pack bud… I can hold out.
No Hunan Fried Rice?
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@ brookly red:
I've got me a Henry Weinhards woodland pass IPA……
tosses one to CW and one to Red so he can have a good beer to go with his meal
arrrgh! having a homebrew here!
throws two 'princess vika's divided sky IPA in reciprocation!
@ coldwarrior:
I'm going be nice and throw some de-caffe Dr. Peppers to everyone! 😉
and as the princess vika's divided sky IPA is quite strong and i had a long day in the sun…
g'night all!
@ coldwarrior:
Random shit
@ coldwarrior:
night CW
@ rain of lead:
I am so tired …but I need to stay up a bit more!
@ rain of lead:
@ rain of lead:
Yep now it has!
For something different. Give it a try.
httpv ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlDInVqv8cs
@ rain of lead:
It does look good with the heart in the middle. I like it. 😉
Another earworm song… 😉 How to be brave?
@ rain of lead:
@ rain of lead:
actualy 74, and that doesn't count the ones one my computer that I didn't move because they were just meh
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@ Lily:
my gravatar file probably has 50-60 pirate/skull-crossbone pics
Really? I have one. 😆
@ rain of lead:
I like the one I have…plus I'm rather computer challenged.
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@ Lily:
yeah, thats a good one
I agree, loving is better on the 2nd time
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@ Lily:
love that opening riff
Oh yes…Steely Dan…love them!
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@ Lily:
oh its not hard
I just went to google there is your design plus a bizzilion others
in every color you can imagine
I know you can copy/paste, thats all it takes
Yeah I can do that…. just afraid of messing up. 😯
I guess posting songs on the oot is
a family tradition
@ rain of lead:
Indeed! My fav Kid Rock…………
@ rain of lead:
My mood is scared and wishing I was healthy. I know what is going to get me…my heart. So I like songs that sing about hearts.
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I guess posting songs on the oot is
a family tradition
That's where all my rowdy friends hangout.
@ rain of lead:
No I haven't heard it…love it!!!!
@ rain of lead:
I'm smiling!
@ rain of lead:
Oh wow! I do! A happy song!
I'm a teenager again….
Here's a good song and a great vid. Remake of a a 1967 hit by the Tremeloes.
Well it's time for bed for me….nite rain and nite huck!
Had a good time!
Hope you both have a good nite and good day tomorrow!
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@ Lily:
are you a joker?
are you a smoker/
are you a midnight toker?
Back in the day….ladies don't tell…maybe though. 😉
Don't smoke anymore though.
Okay now I got to go guys!!! Had a fun time though!
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@ huckfunn:
Yes I am!!
/I need to make plans though…but I'm close to Houston!
Super. I'll be there, too. I'm looking forward to getting together with you, Calo, Dolphin, Lobo and several others. Shoot me an email when you get a chance. You can get it from Calo or Dolphin.
Something big is going on in Boston. Sounds like a cop was killed, 1 suspect in custody, and they're chasing another.
They mentioned possible explosives at the scene, as well.
Note on the marathon bombings from the UK.
The police scanner has identified the suspects as Mike Mulugeta and Sunil Tripathi. The latter has been missing for about 3 weeks and was on the news.
Follows Barack Obama. Lee Stranahan follows him.
@ 89 darkwords: Not sure if that is the right person. Names appears to be Ethiopian
After three days of investigations, the Boston Police Department has identified one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as Ivy League student, Sunil Tripathi.
Tripathi, who is identified by a white cap in the FBI photos released late this week, was a philosophy major at Brown University, not far from Boston. He comes from a well-to-do family; his father is a rich software engineer.
The student went missing last month without a trace. The FBI became involved in the case, even though it was a presumed suicide.
Right before his disappearance, explosives were found near Brown University, however, they were destroyed in a controlled detonation. Police have yet to implicate anyone in the bomb scare.
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Ace has a pic of of the guy up. Note the Che T-Shirt.
Bill Ayers must be proud.
He could Obama's son
AP: Surviving Boston bomb suspect identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass.
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@ 89 darkwords: Not sure if that is the right person. Names appears to be Ethiopian
Mulugeta doesn't look like an Ethiopian.
Chechans? Great. Now we get to be best friends with Putin?
The suspects are brothers with the last name Tsarnaev, law enforcement officials told NBC News. The suspect at large, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, is 19 and has a Massachusetts driver's license, they said. Law enforcement officials told NBC News that both men had international ties, had been in the United States about a year and had military experience.
I guess there i snothing stopping them from being Mohammedan converts, but they sound more like Bill Ayers wannabes than Jihadis to me. With Robert Redford coming out with a haigoraphy of the Weather Underground terrorists this summer, will no one ask the role Hollywood played in creating these monsters?
@ eaglesoars:
I didn't think of that. Could be. That'd make them Muslim, wouldn't it?
…Paul even made the magazine's cover. Time decided to go with seven different covers, and Paul landed on one of them.
Palin, who herself has also made the list in years past, wrote in the magazine that in a Washington "too often defined by the venal equivocations of a permanent political class more interested in consolidating its own power than in upholding the Constitution or defending the common good," Paul "is a voice of reason awakening the public to what must be done to restore our prosperity and preserve the blessings of liberty for future generations."
"His brand of libertarian-leaning conservatism attracts young voters, and recently he inspired the nation with his Capraesque filibuster demanding basic answers about our use of drones," Palin wrote.
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@ eaglesoars:
No. Looks like nothing to do with Islam at all, at least at the moment. Just good old American anarcho-communist seems the most likely thing right now. But it's early days yet, so let's see.
Run down of the gun fight in Watertown last night. Both perps have been identified as Chechyan.
I'm at the house in VA after finishing up in Bolivia. Scrounging around for another gig, as usual.
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@ Buckeye Abroad:
I'm at the house in VA after finishing up in Bolivia. Scrounging around for another gig, as usual.
You have spent a lot of time in South America these last few years it seems. We should have a beer and compare notes. Good luck with the search.
Anyone in Chicago or Milwaukee on 11-12th of May?
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Run down of the gun fight in Watertown last night. Both perps have been identified as Chechyan.
Hm, they don't look like brothers
@ mfhorn:
Yeah, you had that article in Salon practically praying that the bomber would be a straight, white, Christian male. Now they are Chechnyan terrorists, either Mohammedans or Occupy Wallstreeters, so I predict that the MFM interest in this story will die quickly. It will, in merely days, become hard to find out more information on these men. Already, they aren't saying if they are Muslim or not, and they have to already kno wthe answer to that question. I note from the earlier article that one of them (the one they killed) had a bomb strapped to his chest 'splodeydope fashion. Simply emulating his heros, or was he hoping for the 72 virgins? Who knows? I don't think the MFM will be interested in exploring the answers to that kind of question.
I'm confused:
Tripathi and Mulugeta are out and the Tsarnaev brothers are in ?
@ Guggi:
Apparently so. They apparently had a running gunfight with the police where they also used IEDs as grenades. The police shot and killed one of them. He's the one who had the bomb strapped to his chest. The other is on the loose. I hope they take him alive. There are still a lot of unknowns here, including their motive. As I said earlier, though, I expect the media to shy away from this story now, because the perpetrators aren't politically useful to them.
Boston bomb victim in iconic photo helped identify suspects
Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet, his brother, Chris Bauman, said in an interview.
Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing Jeff's legs apart. A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Center. He lost both legs below the knee.
"He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, 'bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,'" Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.
Jeff Bauman's face-to-face confrontation with one of them may have yielded key clues in the manhunt, which intensified yesterday ater the Federal Bureau of Investigation released video images of two men.
While still in intensive care, Bauman gave the FBI a description of the man he saw, his brother said. Bauman's information helped investigators narrow down whom to look for in hours of video of the attack, he said.
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Fall Projects for Back-to-SchoolNow that the kids are heading back to school, I like to keep a list of projects to fill my extra time during the day.
I ordered my first batch of Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint (hi, Janet!). I'll be painting my living room coffee table this shade of yellow called Aries and I want to add a dark wax:
I bought fabric to re-cover my "leather" kitchen chairs (yeah, I didn't know the definition of "bonded leather" when I bought them, big mistake). I like a pop of color, so I chose this "Dana Red" cotton from Joann Fabrics:
I want to fill up my empty upstairs hallway with a family photo wall:
(can you believe this big empty wall even exists in my house???)
Finally, I am going to work some window treatment magic with bamboo blinds in my family room, and paint my son's room (he moved out of his brother's room and into his own room...I can't talk about it yet...too upset...whimper...).
Do you have any back-to-school projects planned?
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Rensch's rules
German zoologist Bernhard Rensch (1900-1990) studied birds, land snails and other animals and was one of the contributors to the evolutionary synthesis during the early to mid-20th century. He is best remembered perhaps by one of his books, Neuere Probleme der Abstammungslehre (Newer problems of the evolutionary theory) that came out in 1947, followed by the second edition in 1954. The latter edition was translated into English with some revisions and published in 1959 as Evolution Above the Species Level. A few years ago I inherited a copy of that book from a late friend's library. For the past week or so, I have had it on my bedside table. Every nite I read a page or 2 before falling asleep.
Evolution Above the Species Level, now more than 50 years old, still offers some relevant, useful insights. Rensch apparently liked to come up with "rules" to explain many evolutionary patterns. In Chapter 4, Section D, titled "Rules of phylogenetic development", he discusses a number of them.
"One of these rules states that large terrestrial vertebrates must develop heavy columniform legs with disproportionately large bones, because with an increase in body size the volume of the body (and thus its weight) increases by the third power, while that of the bones as the supporting structures increases only by the second. Hence, such columniform legs can be seen in the large species of mammals in various orders: in elephants, rhinoceroses…
Moreover, one may state that sessile animals could evolve only in the water, because the eddying of food particles and spermatozoa towards the body cannot occur in the air, but only in a liquid medium."
After mentioning several others, Rensch goes on to list 20 more. For example:
"6. Animals, i.e. heterotrophic organisms, could not originate before the autotrophic organisms (i.e. plants) providing a source of food."
Number 6, like a few others, is quite obvious and derives from common sense. But when you start thinking about it, you realize that it is a very fundamental notion that cannot be violated without stretching definitions.
"11. Locomotion requires receptors which react to stimuli leading to food."
Other rules are more specific:
"15. In terrestrial animals, large body size can emerge only if an internal skeleton is developed, as an external one tends to become prohibitively heavy. Hence, there are not and never have been any really giant types of terrestrial Arthropoda…"
This is how Rensch explained his rationale behind these rules:
"The numerous ecological studies made during recent decades have proved that the structure of animals is definitely correlated with special modes of life and special habitats. These correlations may be summarized as more or less general rules, often applying to many animal groups. There are further rules pertaining to the functional-anatomical consequences of a certain mode of life."
And summarized his purpose as follows:
"These ecological and functional-anatomical rules may in turn be used to show the directedness of the phylogeny, from which certain lines of future evolution can be predicted.
They are intended to show how and why the evolution of organisms had to follow certain main lines."
Ernst Mayr in Populations, Species, and Evolution (another classic, now >35 yrs old, but that is still useful), extracted 5 of Rensch's rules relating to the evolution of terrestrial animals from marine ancestors to explain why there have been so relatively few transitions from the sea to land. That's a topic I have a special interest in and I will return to it in the 2nd post of this series.
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The picture below came out this week in an article in tvguide.com, which is in the most recent edition of the magazine. We've seen pictures of them separately in costume, but not together, and in costume. I must say, it is a stunning picture. The costumes look beautiful and the scenery is great. I understand that they have finished several episodes (it will be 16 episodes long) and that it will be ready for presentation in the summer, to correspond with Diana's eighth "Outlander" book, Written in My Own Heart's Blood, which will be out in June.
First look: Jamie and Claire together, in costume
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Devereaux, Yvette (M.), conductor, violinist, composer, educator; b. Los Angeles, CA. Devereaux earned a Masters degree in music from the Peabody Conservatory of Music (John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD) after completing her Bachelor's degree from Chapman University. She was the first African-American woman to be accepted into the conducting programs at both Chapman University and the Peabody Conservatory. Her principal instructors were Fredrik Prausnitz and John Koshak. She received her violin training from Earl Carlyss (Julliard String Quartet), Anne Thatcher, and John Sambuco, among others.
As a violinist, Devereaux has performed one week with McCoy Tyner (trio and string quartet), and worked with Teddy Edwards, Al McKibbon, Phil Wright, Ricki Woodard, Art Hillery, Horace Silver, Carl Randall, Jim Hughart, Billy Higgins and others.She has also worked with John Williams, Diana Krall, Johnny Mandel, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, George Duke, George Benson, Kenny G, Diane Schurr, Kathleen Battle, Diane Reeves, Barry White, Natalie Cole, Nina Simone, Stanley Clarke, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and many others.
An accomplished classical conductor, she is the founder and artistic director of the Progressive Symphony and its educational component, The Progressive Arts Academy, based in Compton, California. In 1997 she was a semi-finalist in the International Conductor Competition, Pescara, Italy. In 1995 she appeared as guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the first woman to hold the position of Music Director/Conductor of the Southeast Community Symphony in Los Angeles. She has conducted the Chapman University Chamber Orchestra and University Symphony on an international tour. As founder/CEO of Batonic Music Publishing, she supports, publishes, and records works by American composers.
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As known on Impact Wrestling as Jessie from Big Brother, Jessie Godderz was recently interviewed by ESPN Playbook. In the interview, he discussed his TNA Bound for Glory debut where he was revealed as Tara's Hollywood boyfriend. Below is the excerpt:
Debuting this past week for the 'Bound for Glory' PPV event, to me, that was surreal. I was elated. I don't think it can get better than that. I couldn't be anything higher than cloud 20.
Jessie also discusses the time when he was on Big Brother and his gym time. The interview can be seen here.