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ATHENS ---- Georgia sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has been named the 2013 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year by the league's 14 head basketball coaches, according to an announcement Tuesday from the SEC office in Birmingham.
In addition, reserve guard Charles Mann was named to the Coaches' SEC All-Freshman Team.
Caldwell-Pope, a 6-5 guard from Greenville, Ga., currently leads the Bulldogs and ranks second in the SEC in scoring at 18.0 points per game. In fact, he ranks among the SEC leaders in nine of the 13 categories for which individual statistics are kept. He has led Georgia in scoring in 28 of 31 regular-season games, and in rebounding in 15 games. He is one of just nine players in all of NCAA Division I to have scored in double figures in each of his team's games.
Caldwell-Pope has also earned a reputation for his performance in clutch situations. In the last five minutes of SEC games this season, he averaged 5.4 points (projects to 43.2 points over a 40-minute game), shooting 65 percent from the field, 63 percent from 3-point range and 83 percent from the free-throw line. He scored 31 percent of his total of 332 points in SEC play during the last five minutes.
Mann, a 6-4 guard from Alpharetta, Ga., has started at point guard in eight of Georgia's 31 games this season. He leads the Bulldogs in assists with 87, ranks second behind Caldwell-Pope in free-throw attempts with 156 and is third in scoring at 6.5 points per game. Twice he has scored his season high of 18 points, most recently on March 2 in the Bulldogs' second win over Tennessee.
Caldwell-Pope becomes the Georgia player to win the Coaches' POY award since its official inception in the 1986-87 season. He's just the second Bulldog to win any SEC Player-of-the-Year trophy since wire services began naming recipients in 1965. Dominique Wilkins won the award in 1981, also as a sophomore, as given by the Associated Press and United Press International.

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The Hannibal public schools' Parents As Teachers Program in collaboration with the Hannibal Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor "The Storybook Trail," event from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday, April 26, at Central Park in downtown Hannibal.
The event will include outdoor art and science activities as well as adventuring along the "Storybook Trail." Every child that attends will receive a free book upon completion of the trail.
Call 221-3054, Hannibal Parents As Teachers, to register for the event.
Additional sponsorship is provided by the General Mills Foundation, Park Place Sign Systems, FACT, and Scholastic, Inc.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection granted approval Wednesday for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, now owned by Kinder Morgan, to proceed with the Northeast Upgrade to its 300 line project.
The DEP Issued permits approving waterway encroachment, allowing the company to move earth, DEP spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said.
The project has met with much controversy locally because one loop cuts through the land of at least 11 private property owners, slicing through lush forest on Cummins Hill Road in Milford; down a steep ravine, over some cliffs and skimming within 750 feet of Delaware Valley High School and 300 feet of Milford Valley Convalescent Home.
This new path veers off the company's existing right of way through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, where a pipeline has existed since 1955.
The $400 million project includes constructing five, 30-inch diameter pipeline loops and modifying four existing compression stations. A pipeline loop is a segment of pipeline installed adjacent to an existing pipeline and connected to the existing pipeline at both ends.
These five loops will close out the remaining unlooped segments of Tennessee's existing 300 Line east of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, into New Jersey, to deliver natural gas to Northeast markets.
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Above-average temperatures have resulted in a few forest fires in central areas. Near Whitehorse, rivers and lakes remain in very good condition thanks to high runoff from winter snow. The remainder of the territory has good habitat conditions. Many broods have been observed for multiple species, including bufflehead, ring-necked duck and scaup.
It has been an unusually hot and dry summer, especially over the last month. Water levels are starting to decline in some areas, and fire danger is high as a result. However, many broods are being observed and most are expected to fledge soon; they will be working their way south before we know it.
Northeastern BC
Rainfall has been above average over the last two months. The moisture was welcome since the area was drier than normal over the preceding months. However, wetland habitat conditions remain in fair condition for much of the region.
Above-normal rainfall has created favourable conditions for many areas. However, some pockets in the extreme northeast have only received about 50 per cent of their average moisture over the last month or so. Many early-hatched broods are now fledged, while broods for re-nesters and late-nesting species (e.g., scaup) are still very young.
Average temperatures and above-normal rain-fall have helped maintain good conditions. Broods are abundant on many wetlands throughout the region.
The region is experiencing two extremes. Southwest areas (e.g., near the Pas) have received above-average rain this summer, which is supporting very good habitat conditions. Conversely, precipitation has been well below average in northeast areas, where wetlands are only in fair condition. Nest success appears to have been good for mallards, wigeons and ring-necked ducks.
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Liverpool Message Board
Is Brendan allowed a mistake?
Although I think that the blame should lay squarely with the players for that diabolical performance, it seems a few of us blame BR and it occurred to me - it is expected that he should be perfect in everything he does. He isn't permitted any leeway whatsoever. Every loss is a reason for him not being suitable for the job. Yet we have won 8 out of 12 games, not bad for a team in obvious transition.
There isn't a manager alive who doesn't make mistakes in team selection, transfers, tactics, the colour of suit they wear, etc. but there seems to be no acknowledgment of this by a lot of us. Why is that?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Hey Jason...back before the Millenium there was a tendancy for old retired geezers like me to stay up in the small hours when they couldnt get to sleep, and surf the net after all the kids were tucked up for the night. Old people have grey hair too so hence the expression "silver surfer". Now that some water has flowed 'neath the bridge since Sunday, I gotta say my main worry on reflection is our lack of goalkeeping cover and particularly if, as I expect, Pepe leaves for Barca in the summer. Frightening!
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Jan 28, 2013 19:33 Flag
Loki, yes he's allowed to make a mistake, and in fact a few so long as he gets it right most of the time, which I think he does. But to be charitable I should also say some of our supporters also are allowed a mistake or two also, so don't want to round on anyone.
For example, people complain he had a go at the players, as they did when he rounded on Downing for example, yet yesterday same supporters said he should have started Stewie. So was he wrong yesterday, or wrong before, not sure it's possible to be wrong both times.
Or, let's talk about Carra, the man who did not play, therefore cannot be blamed for anything that happened in the match, and therefore would have been the savior if BR had only enough sense to actually play him. But how many posts have we seen from many of the same supporters who recon it's time to put the legend out to pasture, or others who say we should give youth a chance.
Or how about why BR did not learn the lesson from the last round which resulted in an anemic showing only saved once Suarez came on. But he obviously did not learn that lesson even though he started not just Suarez, but Sturridge also.
Bottom line, while I do think it was the players who let us down as they had not learned the lesson not from the last round of the cup, but the trip to Stoke that when you come up against strong determined sides willing to use a bit of muscle, and ref who allows the more physical side of the game, you don't shy away from the fight but buckle down and show us what your made of, it's also the manager who had to take responsibility. The buck stops with Bucky. Mistakes happen, and they happen to the best of clubs, players and managers and the question is what you do next not what you can't change now it's happened. But we should also think how wrong we are sometimes. It's easy to see things after the fact, but there are few who can honestly say they've got perfect judgment.
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dsteer....Dave STOKE MANSFIELD OLDHAM not to mention WBA first game of season away these were, all debacles against hard nut battling sides that we thought we could easily overcome with tici taca relentlessly applied...I believe that every manager in The Prem now who has seen those games will be convinced get at Liverpool from kick off and give them a bit of stick especially the players they regard as "a bit soft"...look at the tackle on Joe Allen after 30secs ...and youve got them beat. Whats really worrying is they would probably be right in that assumption.
Hey Ron,
Silver surfer.. never heard that one, I like it..
No I really had no inside info, despite all my digging on all sorts of stuff. But, I hadn't even considered what you mentioned about him having a niggle or slight knock.
At this point, I'm slowly but surely losing faith that Coates can be here, or should.. I think he's shown brilliant glimpses and put in a wonderful performance vs City, where only an awful mental error by Skrtel prevented us from a 2-1 win. I think he's still young and maybe a loan would be best. But, since you rate him (I still want to) then in a way you'd have to have been ok with him starting yesterday then? I know you say Carra could started and organized better, and I agree 100%, but again, with the uncertainy of Glen Johnson, I just see it was a very safe preventative measure. Or, we'd be faced with Robinson, Downing or Agger at left back, and I don't like any 3 there..
In hindsight, after watching the match again last night, I can lay some blame for Carra not starting, but unfortunately it is hindsight, and I was ok with the starting lineup from the get go.
Regarding some of Rodgers public comments on players and things like that, if you recall, we had a Rodgers vs Sterling thread started here, where Rodgers was tossed under the bus and everyone assumed he'd put his foot in his mouth, well, who won that battle? (And it was no battle, just twisted that way by some) Raheem signed a 5 year deal.. Then just 3 days ago, we have Downing come out and say "the boss" words about him publically and in private meetings has been a kick up the backside. Gerrard said on Sky, I like BR's "bottle".. that's no PR or smile for the camera talk imo.. As for the younger players, they're in the senior squad, they should be able to take it and will, I'm confident in that. If this was the reserves, or U-18, then I'd be vehemently against that and say he's wrong and could damage them.
For players like Coates, Wisdom, Allen, Borini, who are all fully grown internationals (wisdom at u-21), to not be able to handle that kind of talk, would say that I don't think they're cut out for first team football, and maybe should be down the road and not Liverpool Football Club.. This is just my opinion and a style I am used to as the American sports fan.. This is common as as the world is round over here, and some players skip school, ages 17 etc and go right to the pros. I'm sure they don't like it, and I can say for sure, our veteran players / captains do and say far worse behind the locker room doors.. And, I'm talking physical sometimes something like a fist !
Again, just me and my beliefs.. As for Kenny, he did go on one or two similar rants, one in particular after Bolton where he said they were disrespectful and poor, and if they didn't show something else, they'd never put on the Red shirt again and be shipped out (not sure of the date or Jan window). That's a bit harsh, and I LOVED IT! I'm a fan of it..
Loki ...probably because a lot of us adore te FA CUP and we have just been dumped out of it by a club two whole divisions below us!
If we blow it in the Europa Cup fielding yet more weakened sides withthe excuse that we must rest our important players for more important league fixtures then we wil be out of that one too ! Then what are we left with ? We have already spoiled any chance of a good day out at Wembley this season..last season we had TWO !
So what will we be chasing ? What will be left a shot at a top 4 spot...I think we will have a much clearer idea of what chance that after this next week...but if that top 4 slot suddenly becomes dependent on others and them losing consecutive games in a row for us to have any chance then this is going to be an awful anticlimatic end to our season.
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I don't think there was any lack of focus today on his part, nor disrespect in who he picked.. that was actually one of 2 sides I predicted in the Oldham thread..
That said, 2 things to consider:
- We had 3 players 21 years old and younger at the back, and aside from Carra, who was spared for a reason, he was handcuffed with no Enrique (which is a longer issue), Glen, Agger or even Flannagan who's injured now, though not terrific imo. The back was a shambles, totally shocking and Jones was horrifying..
- Second, we had the late game today, Arsenal played early the day before, and we go there in 2 days. What if (this is hindsight) he'd played Gerrard and Lucas from the start, we still lost, and one of them wasn't available for Arsenal and City? We'd all be criticizing him for that, myself included.
This was always a tricky fixture, we got them 5-1 last year, harshly on 3 own goals at our place, so revenge is a great motivation, and clearly everyone knew that..
In reality, with Sturridge, Suarez, Borini, Sterling and Henderson in support, up front, we should have score 3-4, but aside from Suarez it seems not one of them, Jordan aside, could even control a ball, let alone put one in today.. They were almost as shocking as the back 4 and Jones..
I'm perfectly fine with being labelled a big Rodgers advocate, and defending him more often than not, because that's the truth, so I thought based on what he had available at the back, faced with so little time for Arsenal, he picked a good enough side.. That's obviously just an opinion, and seems most disagree, which is of course absolutely fine.. but I think the team was shocking today, like Abu, Loki and some others.. They let themselves down, they let him down, and they let 2500 traveling fans down, along with us.. It was a diabolical performance and I couldn't even give a man of the match.. maybe Suarez or Robinson who actually played well and could have had a goal or 2 assists.
I'm big believer in holding players accountable, I know it's different here, but we're SO harsh on our athletes, and I hold our LFC players in the same regard.. I said Gerrard should have been sat on the bench early doors for some terrible performances, and now he's at the top of the league in assists, with 4 (or 5?) goals and not missed a minute in the league..
Consistency from the group is needed, just as much as it is from the top. If he didn't prepare them, or lightened up in training, then he's 100% to blame, but I don't think anyone could even imagine that, and again, we knew today an upset was ripe to happen. It annoys the FCUK out of me to be blunt! I'm just annoyed with them all, even Ian Ayre, and he's got 0 impact on today!
And, while I'm laying most of the blame on the players, I will say, BR just learned a harsh lesson on the disappointment of this situation. So maybe he should have played Carra, Lucas, and Gerrard, and dealt with Arsenal as it came.. Ironically, I'd be calling him an idiot, for that. Let's hope we show up, and I really expect us to, for Arsenal, and then carry it to City!
We won't be taking Zenit lightly, or they'll play us off the pitch and right into Siberia..
Anyone But United Anyone But United Jan 27, 2013 23:08 Flag
Herps I blame the players for that debacle. And a very spirited Oldham side who dug in and defended well.
Jones had a shocker in goal, clearly lacking confidence. Borini anonymous too and our set piece defending appalling. That really is an area that BR needs to address. BR had to rotate with Wednesday in mind and to be honest I was surprised to see Suarez start but in hindsight we needed him.
We still lack creativity, resorting to hopeful long range pit shots too often which usually end up in the stands.
At the end of the day you just have to hand it to Oldham. They earned it......
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Yeah...you got it nearly spot on Abu....we did hand it to Oldham,... they were gifted it, and as much as we can point a finger at this player and that player, ultimately the "buck" stops with the guy who calls the shots....the Manager. The team selection caught me out 'cos I was expecting a solid defence but with no Suarez or Sturridge in the usual hope that if we are chasing the game we can wheel the big guns out late on. What I didnt expect was a defence comprising a lot of youngsters pitched in against an Ale House team of hard running bruisers with just Martin Skirtl trying to bring a sembelance of order to proceedings. This sort of "banana skin" encounter was taylor made for Carra but he was left back for the day...on the bench. Shelvey too should have been on 'cos he also seems to know how to handle himself when the going gets rough, and we really did get roughed up a lot. In fact the tables were only turned when Gerrard, Downing and Shelvey came on, rather too belatedly in my opinion. Yeah Brendan is allowed to make mistakes, but FFS what I really cannot accept is him slating the "young guns" in public whilst doing the "Pontus Pilate" and washing his hands of any involvement by himself in this sad affair. If he was man enough to accept his portion of responsibility for this debacle I might find myself able to cut him some slack on the grounds that he's a young manager and we are in transition etc etc. At least we now have a very, very diminished set of targets to aim at which should hopefully ensure our players and manager now remain focused for the rest of the year, and the players do not become over tired by being in too many competitions. Is 7th in the Prem and a decent run in the Europa too much to hope for? I hope not but I've got to say that after todays publicly pronounced "dont blame me" attitude Brendan Rodgers has very little credit left in my book.
Emlyn'S Heroes Emlyn'S Heroes Jan 27, 2013 23:53 Flag
well when Bucky talked of" fourth" I was hoping he meant league position, but it seems he meant that will be the round in which we'll exit both domestic cups!
And as we seem to about to sign another "moneyball"player as opposed to an experienced "matchwise" one can I suggest that if bucky is so obsessed with youth why not go and manage in the nextgen?
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 27, 2013 20:25 Flag
It's not just one mistake is it though? If it was then fair enough.. Thing is he's getting paid a lot and is in a huge privelidge to manage LFC.
The paying fans pay a lot to see LFC and expect good performances.
We';re in the league position we're in cos of Rodgers.. he decides on the squad, team selection, tactics..
Also FSG bear a lot of responsibility for hiring him in the first place. I'd have preferred a more seasoned manager.. and when we've a winning squad for several yrs then hire someone like Brendan as he'd not have to do much other than just play the same tactics etc..
Hi Loki
I disagree that he wasn't to blame at least in part for today's performance but yes, he's allowed mistakes.
I personally stand by he needs a minimum of 2 years before being judged - the last thing we need now is another change of manager. Equally I think it's fine to point out if someone thinks he's made a mistake for debate if nothing else.
I must say that, unless I've missed it, I haven't seen anyone calling for his head following today's result. The majority seem to feel that he got his selection wrong which I agree with.


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Hi all,
This is my first attempt at developing/debugging in Java and I'm having a bit of a problem getting the IDE (Eclipse) and tools setup, or getting them properly setup.
While I've managed to do the simple DOS shell command, pull down and compile with MVN, etc. I'm having troubles with the steps in the documentation that noted below. I believe that i have m2e and egit installed within Eclipse but I'm not sure how to test it.
The steps in bold below have me for a loss. I believe that I've added the repository correctly, but when I try the next step there is no "Import Maven Projects". There is an "Import projects" but I'm don't believe that is correct as there's not much I can do with that option.
Press the right mouse button on the repository and select "Import Maven Projects" from the menu. Select the project "/pom.xml" and press "Finish".
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We design things here. Things that look good and work better. Things the rest of the world finds irresistible. The iPhone was designed here. So were the West Coast offense and Tesla's Model S. According to a jury, Barry Bonds' muscles were designed in a Bay Area laboratory. And let's not forget Pong.
So you'd think if there were a design studio for U.S. presidents -- an incubator of ideas and ideals -- it would be right here. But the Bay Area has never sent anyone to the White House, not even a one-termer. In the spirit of Halloween, we assembled a panel of experts who took bits and body parts from past presidents to design a POTUS worthy of notice. Our very own Franken-prez.
There have been only two U.S. presidents from California -- Richard Nixon (1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980) -- and, surprisingly, both Republicans carried the Bay Area's nine counties of tree hugging, latte-loving, limousine liberals, quadrennially caricatured by the GOP.
"The Bay Area is very definitely not the rest of the country," said Ben Tulchin, a San Francisco pollster, who concluded that our ideal president would likely be pro-environment, pro-choice, pro-gay rights. He is more likely to be single, divorced or a member of the LGBT community. "He" might even be a woman.
Jeffersonian brainocracy
If voters in the Bay Area -- a seat of higher learning -- prize one quality above others in a president, it is the brilliance of a beautiful mind. And when it came to smarts, Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence, architect of the Louisiana Purchase and Monticello -- dwarfed even the other Founding Fathers. But would he have been a suitable emissary of Bay Area values?
"Everybody knows Jefferson was very smart," said Robert Merry, author of the presidential history "Where They Stand," and editor of the conservative journal The National Interest. "But if you look at what he believed, and the politics that he practiced, it's very different from what people in the Bay Area want. He was a small government man, believed in low taxes, and was a strict constructionist -- all things that are now associated with moderate conservatism."
So not Jefferson? Or would the 18th-century sage be a comfortable fit with Silicon Valley's crazy quilt of libertarians, liberals and economic pragmatists? "The American people don't really give a damn about whether the president is a conservative or a liberal." Merry said. "They essentially hire and fire based on performance."
During President John F. Kennedy's welcoming remarks to a group of Nobel laureates, he called them "the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." On that basis, we nominate Jefferson to be the brains of this outfit.
First funny bone
And JFK, whose witticisms were as easily tossed off at news conferences as occasions of state during the early '60s, provided our perfect president's funny bone. "One of the saving graces of many presidents is a sense of humor," said George Vasquez, chairman of the history department at San Jose State, who teaches a course on U.S. presidents. Kennedy used his charm to rally the nation behind a plan to fly to the moon before the end of the decade. "Kennedy defined cool," Tulchin said.
Certainly, any president produced by Bay Area designers would have the good looks of Kennedy, and the accompanying savoir faire brought to the job by Barack Obama. "In the TV era, the president is a celebrity who is in our living rooms on a regular basis," Tulchin said.
Abe was no babe
Looks, redefined as "optics" in the current political vernacular, matter here, as they do now in the nation's capital. It's no longer possible to fit a square peg into the Oval Office. "Lincoln, who was tall, gangly and not that good looking," Tulchin said, "would never have survived in a TV era."
Technically, of course, Lincoln didn't even survive the daguerreotype era, his assassination a direct result of his resolve to preserve the Union. His determination, even in the face of a war that left 600,000 Americans dead, required heart and soul. "The situation he was in would have crushed a lot of other men," Merry said.
But our experts couldn't agree on the existence of a human soul, and the true measure of Lincoln's resolve wasn't his sad, soulful eyes, it was the lasting legacy of his words. During his lifetime, they soared over a bloodstained battlefield at Gettysburg and the Capitol steps during his second inaugural. It required the sum of his many formidable parts to preserve the Union, but it was Lincoln's golden tongue that made him the president many believe to be the greatest in our history.
You gotta have heart
Heart is a quality that most presidents have had -- even when it sometimes was overshadowed by spleen -- but our Bay Area president would surely be a bleeding heart. The two presidents whose policies aligned closely with this region's values were Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.
"Johnson bullied Congress into passing the most meaningful civil rights legislation this country's ever known," noted Larry Gerston, who also teaches a class at San Jose State on the presidency. "Maybe it could be a hybrid heart from Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt, who ushered in Social Security and all the wonderful programs during the Great Depression. Those two exemplify presidents who really were concerned with the collective good. I think that's in keeping with the social consciousness of this area."
TR, as in TRees
In keeping with our conservationist instincts, our president's green thumb would come from Theodore Roosevelt, who not only started the national park system, he actually went camping with the father of Bay Area tree-huggers, John Muir. The greening of America is TR's enduring legacy, but his most endearing role -- the one that any Republican president from the Bay Area would need to share -- was as model for the teddy bear.
A visionary with hands
It took a far less lovable Republican to radically change the look and feel of the Bay Area, but in two bold strokes -- one brilliant, the other brutal -- Richard Nixon set in motion waves of emigration from Asia, first opening the door to China in 1972, then negotiating an end to the war in Southeast Asia, which eventually triggered an exodus of Vietnamese after Saigon collapsed in 1975, not long after his resignation. Nixon was famous for throwing his big, meaty hands up and flashing the "victory" sign, but when it came to reshaping the metropolitan Bay Area into a melting pot that's now nearly one-fourth Asian, Nixon was the one with a helping hand.
"There are few more visionary presidents of the postwar period than Nixon when it came to foreign policy," Merry said. "Especially his approach to Asia, which was absolutely brilliant and had a huge impact on the history of the world."
To distinguish our Franken-prez from the campaign's current combatants, our inventory of presidential body parts doesn't hit below the belt. But if lightning ever strikes a Bay Area candidate with enough of these qualities, rest assured the White House will be occupied by a man in full. Or a woman.
Contact Bruce Newman at 408-920-5004. Follow him at Twitter.com/BruceNewmanTwit.


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Morning Briefing: Polish 3Q GDP, PKN Orlen, Czech Fiscal Plan
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- 1400/1300 Czech Finance Ministry's fiscal outlook
Poland's third-quarter gross domestic product reading was worse than expected, Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen SA presented a new strategy, and the Czech Finance Ministry's multi-year fiscal outlook is on the agenda Friday.
Poland's gross domestic product grew 1.4% in the third quarter of 2012, slowing for a third consecutive quarter to a level unseen since the second quarter of 2009, as a broad economic slowdown takes grip with sagging investment and stagnant consumption, the Central Statistical Office said.
Although Poland still remains the fastest growing economy in the region, it's likely to slowdown even further in coming quarters before some improvement in the second half of 2013, Polish Finance Minister Jan Vincent-Rostowski said earlier this week.
Poland's PKN Orlen SA Friday promised to increase capital expenditure and boost profitability in its new five-year strategy.
PKN Orlen wants to spend about 22.5 billion zlotys ($7.1 billion) over 2013-2017 with 41% of the amount marked for investments in oil and gas exploration and energy production, as it takes part in the country's push to utilize unconventional gas resources and build natural gas based energy plants.
The Czech Finance Ministry is slated to release its latest update on the government's fiscal consolidation strategy through 2014. The plan is expected to confirm intentions to lower the budget deficit below 3% of gross domestic product next year and closer to 2% by 2014.
POLAND: Polish companies that face the challenge of financing large infrastructure projects will increasingly turn to issuing long-maturing bonds, Dariusz Daniluk, chief executive of state-run Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, said Thursday.
"I think 50-year or 60-year bonds is the natural path Poland will take for power and infrastructure investments," Mr. Daniluk told a conference on energy policy in Sopot on the Baltic coast. "Profitable investments find financing sooner or later."
HUNGARY: Banks operating in Hungary saw demand from companies for long-term loans, which firms mostly use to finance production-related investment, falling again in the third quarter and expect that trend to continue, the National Bank of Hungary said Thursday.
HUNGARY: Hungary plans to lower its public debt estimate for the end of next year in the draft 2013 budget due to its forecast for a stronger forint and lower nominal gross domestic product than its earlier estimates, state news agency MTI reports Thursday.
Marcin Sobczyk and Patryk Wasilewski in Warsaw contributed to this article.
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1. it states that you are using the dlna feature by time and not by range,
(why is that?)
2. The transcode codecs are video=mpegac3
(can we change those?) if so wouldn't it benefit us to change them so we do not have to force transcoding of certain file types?
3. i remember between versions 1.0 and 1.04 you changed the file types that ps3 was compatible with from :
j2048b wrote:shagrath wrote:between 1.0 and 1.04, I changed m4v from ps3's incompatible video to compatible video
so if your m4v is not playing, you have to force the transcode into #transcoded# folder
So is there a way to make m4v's and mp4's back to incompatible such as it was in version 1.0? this way there will be no transcoding and we will be able to copy the files to the ps3?
(as of now we have to force transcoding of m4v,mp4 and it does not allow us to copy those files over to the ps3)
in version 1.0 all of my videos showed up as mpeg-2's and would work flawlessly! and i could copy them over to the ps3!
4. or would it be better to use the ps3.confg file to put in the force transcodes under the forcefully transode extensions area?
5. does the media renderer support DTS in a mpeg file?
(if we change this to = true will it stream DTS from iso's and mpeg files?
what files can be streamed as is and not transcoded?
(last item in ps3.cong)
I would really appreciate any help to the answers of these questions!!


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By Kenneth E. on May 18, 2012
A couple of good whitepapers on setting up EM 12c Cloud Control, one on sizing guidelines and the other on high-availability (HAA/MAA) architecture.
The sizing document, entitled "Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control Sizing Guidelines" and dated April 2012, is available here. It will be especially useful for Fusion Apps customers. Customers using EM 12c to monitor and manage Fusion Apps will fall into either the "medium" or "large" category, since each Fusion Apps instance (i.e., with all of the Product Families) has over 800 individual targets. Also note that the document does not take into account JVMD or ADP, both of which are likely to be present when monitoring Fusion Apps.
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Even though it was downgraded to a Category 1 storm, Hurricane Irene still packed a serious punch. My family and I spent several nights in darkness, and our front yard turned into an ankle-deep bog. But we were lucky: Hurricane Irene caused massive widespread flooding, power outages, more than 40 deaths, and is now being considered one of the costliest catastrophes in US history.
There must be some silver lining to this widespread disaster. One possibility: ensuring that the states that experience the most hurricanes are also the most equipped to handle them -- with the best public health and disaster-preparedness programs. After all, hospitals that perform the most high-risk surgeries also see the best outcomes, because they have the most experience. Arguably, a similar situation exists for disaster preparedness.
Of course, all states should be prepared to respond to the myriad hazards that threaten public health, from epidemics (natural or man-made) to chemical and radiological threats to natural disasters. But, when it comes to natural disasters, hurricanes are particularly likely to test certain states' capabilities. Why hurricanes? Unlike tornadoes, which typically cause very local destruction, and earthquakes, which are infrequent in the United States -- not to mention, completely unpredictable -- hurricanes are frequent, largely predictable, and cause enough extensive damage to challenge states' wherewithal on a regular basis.
The National Hurricane Center lists the states that have been hit by the most hurricanes from 1851 to 2004. The top states are: Florida (110), Texas (59), Louisiana (49), North Carolina (46), South Carolina (31), Alabama (22), Georgia (20), Mississippi (15), Virginia (12), New York (12), Connecticut (10), Massachusetts (10), and Rhode Island (9). In addition to prevalence, these states also experienced at least one major Category 3-5 storm in that time period.
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) is a nonprofit organization that assesses states' public health and health care capabilities. Since 2003, TFAH has been issuing "Ready or Not?" reports that assess the readiness and capabilities of the nation's public health infrastructure. The goal of the initial report was to assess the impact of the $2 billion invested in public health preparedness after the 2001 anthrax crisis. Scoring was based on ten indicators, including use of federal bioterrorism funding, bioterrorism response plans, and alert capacity. Since then, TFAH has been issuing yearly "Ready or Not?" reports. In 2005, the scope of the report expanded to include crises beyond bioterrorism, such as naturally occurring epidemics and natural disasters. Unfortunately, scoring criteria has changed from year to year, making comparisons across years impossible.
The 2010 report, however, had the most comprehensive scoring criteria -- including an examination of public health funding, states' abilities to convene emergency-response teams within 60 minutes at least twice during 2007-2008, and activation of an Emergency Operation Center, whether as part of a drill, exercise, or real incident. States received total scores ranging from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest score):
The red states are the high-hurricane-frequency states. None of the 50 states scored lower than a 5. Three states scored a perfect 10 -- Arkansas, North Dakota, and Washington -- and yet none of these are high-hurricane-frequency states. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and South Carolina, which each scored a 6, are sometimes in the path of a hurricane and were recently waterlogged by Irene. One would expect high-frequency-hurricane states like these to score at least an 8. But this is not the case. Why?
While basing conclusions on a single report's scoring system could be viewed as problematic, it does provide a starting point for change. It would certainly be worthwhile to find out if states' disaster-preparedness capabilities correlate with actual disasters. In other words, states that are frequently hit by predictable disasters like hurricanes should have the best public health and emergency-response capabilities in the nation.
What should states' capabilities include? Adequate funding, experienced, highly-trained personnel, up-to-date equipment, documented all-hazards policies and procedures, emergency operation centers, emergency response drills, integrated communication capabilities, and prepared hospitals are some of the key components for adequate disaster response.
The public must understand that state and local governments are the first responders to these crises. Political leaders who severely cut their emergency response and public health budgets ultimately hurt their defenses and have no one to blame but themselves if a disaster strikes and they don't have the personnel or resources to react quickly and effectively.
The role of the federal government is to provide assistance to state and local governments during times of crises; its role is not to parachute in and save the day.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Baltimore outside linebacker Terrell Suggs had three of his team's nine sacks the last time they faced the 49ers. Yet, he recalled little of that having to do with poor play by 49ers left tackle Joe Staley.
In fact, Suggs said he had a "hard time" against Staley in the Ravens' 16-6 victory over the 49ers on Thanksgiving in 2011.
"He's a very good offensive tackle," Suggs said. "He's highly underrated, but he was a Pro Bowler this year, so he finally got his just due. ... He's a great player."
Suggs has been a great player in his own right. But this season, he played in only eight regular-season games as a result of Achilles and right biceps injuries and recorded only two sacks.
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"It's something I did in college as far as the zone read," said Dixon. "The main thing about (Kaepernick) is he can throw the ball as well, and I'm trying to do the exact same thing practice. It's a chess match. Sometimes we're going to win and sometimes we're going to lose."
"I was in Paris for a swim meet," Phelps, a Baltimore native, said when asked if he recalled the first Ravens Super Bowl appearance in 2001. "We tried to set the alarm to wake up in the night, but we slept through it."
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Vital, attractive 25-year-old Jason DaSilva is on vacation at the beach when he falls down and can't get up again—a moment he had been waiting for since he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis months before. Until then, his diagnosis hadn't seemed real; now he would be forced to face the harsh realities of the degenerative disease: loss of vision and muscle control, among other challenges. When I Walk, which premiered at Sundance, documents DaSilva's journey of self-discovery and facing MS with an unbreakable spirit.
In denial, DaSilva tries rigorous exercise, hoping it will slow the process of the disease, but to no avail. He turns to his mother for support, who reminds him that he has been fortunate to be able to live in North America and to pursue what he loves: filmmaking. Her straightforward perspective reminds DaSilva of life's brevity and that we must each make the most of what we have. He chooses to create opportunity, turning the camera on himself and documenting the painful decline of his body. DaSilva gets a scooter to navigate the streets of Brooklyn, he struggles dressing himself, and begins to lose his vision. He goes to India, hoping yoga and meditation will provide some relief; he goes to Lourdes, praying for a miracle. A miracle does arrive, but not in the way expected. He meets Alice Cook, and the pair fall in love and marry. DaSilva's journey of self-discovery as he learns to live with his disease doesn't sugarcoat the harsh reality, but his film is ultimately an uplifting one: an energizing and inspiring story of healing and love.
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I started the C25K program back in the beginning of December. I skipped to week 3, possibly a foolish move on my part but I had been doing 6 days a week of pretty hard strength/cardio intervals all of 2012 so I thought I was able to handle it. My legs felt strong, I wasn't laboring to finish the runs and the first few weeks were overall pretty easy. At the end of December I decided to just try to run 5k in the neighborhood one day and finished it in 26:29. After that run I felt a little pain in my lower right leg, on the inside of the tibia (or is it fibia, I can never remember) just 3-4" above the anke. The pain got better and I ran 5k again just 3 days later but slower. The rest of the day I had that feeling like "I shouldn't have done that." My leg hurt even more so I iced it during the day a few times. After a couple of days the pain was nearly gone, just a little going down stairs. After 4 days I ran again, taking it easy and staying only on the flat parts of the road. The pain came back, but not at the level of the last run. It was just a dull annoying pain, nothing sharp. And it's more of a localized pain in a very small area. I can't seem to find a place that hurts when I press on it and I don't feel any bumps. Does this sound like a stress fracture?
Right now I have backed off my running schedule to just twice a week at a slow pace. I have my first 5k next weekend and I plan on going even if I have to walk it. After the race I am going to stop running for at least 6 weeks while I do low-impact stuff to keep up my fitness level. Sucks to have a setback like this when I was just starting to make good progress. But I am definitely not going to push too hard too fast when I resume running again!
I was talking to a very experienced runner here at work and he mentioned tendonitis. After some research into "posterior tibial tendonitis" that sounds a lot like what I am feeling. After this lower leg pain started I began to feel a little pain in the arch & heel of the same foot. That does seem to point towards PTT and weakening of my arch as a result. Either way it still is going to require the same amount of rest and easing slowly back into running.
EDIT: Just wanted to add that I have had problems in the past with arch pain on the same foot. Possibly pointing towards a weaker tendon.
Sounds familiar...I developed a similar problem in November. Pain is about 2-3 inches above left ankle horizontally across the tibia. Saw GP day after thanksgiving and response was stress fracture or tendonitis. X-ray didn't show much, so her best guess was tendonitis. RX stay off for 1 week and if no better will refer to ortho. Stayed off it 2 weeks and did a slow 3 mile run. Saw ortho, she looked at x-rays and said there was "stress reaction", plus tendonitis. So, before the bone cracks/breaks it turns to mush. RX, no impact activity until pain free for a week, start slow and on soft surfaces (avoid concrete, asphalt, hard packed trails in that order where possible). My brother (he's a personal trainer) likes to say I've shredded my tibia...
The general rule of thumb is that during exercise, fractures will tend to hurt more as time goes on. This should apply as well to other structural injuries or degeneration when there is an inflammatory component, whether these are due to trauma or repetitive motion. Fractures are often detected by pressing directly on the suspected location and/or bending the bone at that location to produce pain. This test is hard to do yourself and should be done by a professional, a coach, trainer, or somebody who knows how.
Some injuries referred to as fractures are actually a separation of muscle/tendon from its attachment to bone, or the skin around the bone known as the periosteum. The bending test would not produce pain in this case, but direct pressure should. However, if this were the case I think you would feel it more consistently during exercise. Feeling it going down stairs implies damage to flexor-related tasks, as there is a longer range of eccentric contraction in the plantarflexors during this movement, and little or no loaded extension.
There are tendons wrapping around the inner ankle, and the potential for tendinitis or tenosynovitis at the suspect location, but pressing (palpation) should reveal pain.
Graphics like this one show structure with muscles stripped away for viewing purposes. Some people, even professionals, stop there and say, "ahah, pain is felt there, so the problem is the Flexor Digitorum, Hallucis, or Tib P. Tendon." Not so fast, there is other very important stuff not shown. The most important part is conceptual. The brain often represents pain as joint pain, even when it is derived from muscles remotely operating the joint.
If the problem is muscular, but minor, it often feels better after exercise has warmed up the muscle(s) involved. Less minor muscular problems can result in a group of muscles stiffening in an attempt to "splint" the area. The stiffening often lessens after exercise brings blood flow, even when the tissue is still compromised, but can also increase to limit damage. Splinting can also happen in response to a fracture or other structural problem for the same reason. Major muscular problems will usually stop you in your tracks even better than a hairline fracture. When my Tib/Fib were broken in an accident, I got up and walked until the leg bent inward ala Joe Theismann. There was no complaint from the muscles at that time, which were uninvolved, and the bone did not hurt -yet. By this I mean to illustrate that the link between injury and pain is not direct. There can be pain without serious injury, and vice-versa.
Tendons can degrade over a period of time with little pain involved (tendinosis). If the tendon surface becomes rough and begins to irritate the surrounding sheath, what we call tendinitis or tenosynovitis is the result after repeated use. This then goes beyond structural changes, to irritating inflammation. The resulting condition should be easily found and felt. Other subtle injuries may only be revealed by MRI.
Muscles tend to throw their pain around into uninvolved locations, so the fact that there is no muscle where you feel the pain is not that important. What is important are the specific actions/stresses that invoke the pain, and what is being stressed at that time. Consider the entire power train from muscle through tendon, attachment, periosteum, finally ending at bone. All, some, or one of these members can represent pain in an area that does not reveal pain on direct palpation. When pain appears where it cannot be directly invoked, this is most surely the case. An abstract diagnosis based on pain and location alone is not enough.
My gut feeling, based on your exercise history and symptoms, is involvement of the plantarflexor power train, most likely involving the Soleus muscle or Tibialis Posterior. Minor stiffening of these muscles is frequently misdiagnosed as tendinitis or tenosynovitis involving the achilles or above shown tendon group. Your workout history of "pretty hard strength/cardio intervals all of 2012" should be felt in these muscles before there is any danger of the other pathologies. If we can rule out sudden trauma (which you surely would have noted), a gradual dysfunction in the plantarflexor muscle group should have become evident by now, and could respond favorably to lighter workouts. Fractures and tendinitis would probably not care as much about intensity, as long as there is movement and your weight is roughly the same. Sure, you might have shredded a tendon or two over the last year, but your muscles would probably have complained before then, and probably are now.
Icing often dulls the pain, and can to a certain extent bring warming flow of blood to an area, but icing the pain site is not the same as icing the actual injury. In addition, too much icing can slow the healing that blood flow is intended to produce. Hopefully you have not tried to stretch it out too much, since that reproduces the same strain that may have led to the injury. What you need to do, regardless of the actual pathology, is to relax the power train so it can heal. You can't relax bones and tendons/sheaths, but you can ease the stress on them by relaxing the muscles that supply the stress. Don't overdo this, but putting pressure into the belly of the rear calf muscles, which are your primary plantarflexors, can help. You should feel some texture differences in there, perhaps a few taught bands of muscle that do not relax. Enough pressure in the right spots should cause them to release, and gentle movement through your range of motion should complete their return to normal tone. Circulation in muscle is enhanced by normal tone and gentle movement. It is inhibited by stiffness and inactivity. Regardless of what you or others may believe about your injury, you can believe that better circulation will result in faster recovery.
In the meantime, I'd only use ice sparingly when there is evidence of swelling. Avoid using it as pain control, along with anti-inflammatory meds, because sometimes, pain is your only sign that things are healing, and your only motivation to forbear. Inflammation hurts, and is the only natural way injuries get torn apart and rebuilt. Learn to differentiate between this type of pain, and the type that communicates impending injury or serious trauma that require direct intervention. Arthritis and other auto-immune inflammation are a different type with a different cause and solution, and I think you are not likely in danger of this now.
Regarding your workout, jumping to week 3 is a sign that you tend to push things a bit. Any time you push ahead of your body's ability to adapt, the rate of wear and tear will exceed the rate of recovery. Then, you spend a lot of down time losing whatever you gained. I know it sounds like I'm schoolin you, but it's better to push too little, than too much. Overall, you get more training in that way, and a stronger body with less compensatory adaptations that lead to chronic pain and frequent injury. Pro athletes who err on the wrong side spend too much time on the sidelines, and eventually lose their source of income. We can learn from their example. I'd rather go down due to unexpected causes like Joe, than to redshirt myself by pushing too hard. Live to fight another day!
Arch and heel pain are primary symptoms of Soleus muscle tightness. The pain often manifests in the area of the Achilles tendon as well. Myofascial pain of this type has nothing to do with the actual arch, heel, or tendon.
Wow, great info there! Thank you so much! Sounds like I might need to use our knobby foam roller a lot more. I just used it after a mild strength training session and really got into my calves and IT band. It was painful but I probably needed it.
Just be careful not to overdo it. Too much massage can make things worse. Aim for release and nothing more. Good luck!
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Brianna Brink posted 13 kills and Logen Bourque tallied her 11th double-double of the season to help the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi volleyball team clinch its 18th win of the season with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-22) sweep over Lamar Wednesday at the Dugan Wellness Center.
Brink hit a solid .591 in the match while Bourque recorded 35 assists and 11 digs to propel the Islanders' offense. Shayla Maldonado powered the defense with 17 digs of the Islanders' 53 digs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (18-11, 12-5 SLC) hit .252 in the match and held the Cardinals (9-20, 7-10 SLC) to just .123 hitting.
The Islanders opened with a 2-0 lead after a strong offensive outing in the first two sets. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi hit .278 in the first set, which featured 12 ties and seven lead changes. The team held the Cardinals to just .150 hitting and Sarah Sanchez propelled the team with four kills while Bourque passed out 12 assists.
The Islanders and Cardinals battled back-and-forth throughout the first set until Lamar pushed ahead 13-11 on a 3-0 run. The Islanders rallied back to knot the score at 14-14 after a kill by Shaquinn Parker and a ball handling error by the Cardinals. After trading points over the next several players, the Islanders forced Lamar to call a timeout at 20-19 after Ashley Phelps recorded a kill and Sanchez followed with an ace. Following the timeout, it was all Islanders scoring five straight points to seal a 25-19 victory.
In the second set, the Islanders jumped out to a 9-3 early lead and stayed in front through the whole set. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi built a 16-9 lead after a 4-1 run that included a pair of kills by Brink, a kill by Sanchez and the two teamed up for a block assist. The Cardinals however rallied back to cut the Islanders' lead to two after Megan Schwartz tallied three consecutive kills. Following an Islanders' timeout, Parker tacked on a kill before both teams traded kills. After straight kills by Brink, the Islanders scored three consecutive points to capture the second set 25-18. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi hit .294 in the second set behind Brink's five kills.
The Islanders squeezed out a third-set victory after battling with the Cardinals throughout the set. After the Islanders built an 8-7 lead, Lamar scored six straight to take a 12-8 lead and the team maintained its lead until an 8-2 run by the Islanders gave the home team a 19-18 advantage. Both teams rallied before Phelps picked up a kill and Parker gave the Islanders the lead for good with a solo block at 22-20. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi clinched the set and the match with a 3-2 run to win 25-22. Brink registered six kills in the set while Maldonado posted seven digs.
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The Terrebonne Garden Club awarded May's Civic Pride Award to Courtyard by Marriott in Houma. Hotel staff Chris Couvillion and Richard Hendrix accepted the award.
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WHERE: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
WHO: Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell, Brandt Snedeker, Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Jordan Speith, Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan are among the 156 pros entered. Celebrities include: Don Cheadle, Kurt Russell, Matt Cain, Alex Smith, Andy Garcia, Kid Rock, Wayne Gretzky, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Ray Romano and Andy Roddick.
FORMAT: Foursomes rotate among the three courses Thursday-Saturday. On the final day, the low 60 pros (plus ties) play at Pebble Beach, as do the low 25 pro-am teams.
PURSE: $6.6 million ($1,188,000 to winner)
TV: Thursday-Friday -- noon-3 p.m., Golf Channel; Saturday -- 10-11:30 a.m., Golf Channel; noon-3 p.m., CBS; Sunday -- 10-11:30 a.m., Golf Channel; noon-3:30 p.m., CBS
SCHEDULE: Monday -- Practice rounds at all three courses, 7 a.m.; Tuesday -- Practice rounds at all three courses, 7 a.m.; Charity Shootout at Pebble Beach, 1:30 p.m.; Wednesday -- Practice rounds at all three courses, 7 a.m.; 3M Celebrity Challenge at Pebble Beach, 11 a.m.; Thursday-Saturday -- First tee times at all three courses, 8 a.m.; Sunday -- Final round at Pebble Beach, 7:30 a.m.
LAST YEAR: Snedeker shot four rounds of 68 or better, including a final-round 65, to win by two strokes at 19-under 267. Snedeker and partner Toby Wilt also tied for first in the pro-am with Michael Letzig and amateur John Erickson at 31-under 255.
TICKETS: One ticket good for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, $60. Daily tickets for Thursday through Sunday, $60. Weekly badges: $150.
PARKING: No charge Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday through Saturday, spectators are urged to park at Cal State-Monterey Bay and use the courtesy buses. Follow "AT&T Golf" signs on Highway 1. Parking for the disabled is available at the Spanish Bay Beach Parking Lot; follow "AT&T Golf" signs.
NOTES: Mickelson, the 2012 winner who's making his 20th straight appearance, will be looking to tie Mark O'Meara with his fifth career title after a disappointing 60th last year. McDowell will be returning to the site of his 2010 U.S. Open win with his father as his amateur partner. Bill Murray won't be playing for the first time in five years due to a film commitment. Jimmy Walker, who won the Frys.com Open in October, will look to become the first player to complete the Northern California "double."
-- Carl Steward


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Facts and figures on Stony Brook Football's new home in 2013.
Stony Brook to join CAA Football in 2013
A new era of Stony Brook Football in the premier FCS conference to begin in 2013.
Defense tops Offense, 39-13, in spring game
Sophomore Davon Lawrence rushes for 92 yards and a touchdown
2013: Played in one game ... saw first action of the season on special teams at Colgate (10/12).
2012: Played in two games ... saw action at fullback vs. Gardner-Webb (10/20) and Pace (9/8).
2011: Did not see action.
2010: Redshirted.
High School: A 2009 graduate of New Rochelle High School ... four-year letterwinner for the Huguenots ... All-League and All-Section as a senior ... played tight end and outside linebacker ... Golden Dozen Scholar-Athlete nominee ... 2009 Scholar-Athlete Award ... member of school's national honor society ... also played basketball.
Personal: Janna Chukumerije ... born August 3, 1991 in Manhattan, New York ... son of Ozz and Oby ... brother of Zimy and Nasechi.


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The plot of the Friends finale is not being kept the huge secret that we might expect. Says executive producer/reputed taskmaster Marta Kauffman:
''When we started thinking about how we'd protect the ending, we gave up.[...] 'By letting go and becoming a little less possessive, it kind of helped. People didn't feel as strong an urge to let out secrets..."
Well, that's one way to handle it. All the hype can lead to nothing but disappointment. We'll be let down if Monica doesn't balloon up and crush Chandler to death during a vigorous sex act, Joey doesn't get trashed and wake up next to a cooing Ross (who through some wacky plot device thought he was "proposing" to Rachel), Phoebe doesn't develop a severe oxycontin jones, and Rachel doesn't have a tragic accident at the observation deck at the Eiffel Tower.
Now we're just getting our hopes up again.
Friends finale set to go gently into goodnight [Tennesean]


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Residue assays are a critical quality attribute in establishing a validated cleaning program. They are essential for accurately determining amounts of residual active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) or formulation component in comparison with the acceptable residue limit (ARL) for a given process or equipment train (1). The residue assays are validated for several parameters: linearity, precision, sensitivity, specificity, and recovery. From an analytical standpoint, recovery is from the cleaning-test sample or the swab. From the cleaning-program standpoint, the concern is the recovery of the residue from the manufacturing equipment (1, 2), which is determined through experiments in which sample equipment materials spiked with known amounts of the substance of interest are swabbed and tested. The swab and the swabbing solvent must be capable of recovering a sufficient amount of material to allow an accurate and precise measurement of the spiked component.
It is a common practice to set baseline limits for a minimum acceptable recovery (e.g., a minimum product recovery of 70%). These limits, however, are sometimes set without scientific justification. The most important aspects for product-recovery factors are that the data be consistent, reproducible, and provide an adjusted ARL that is within the method limit of quantitation. ARLs must be achievable and practical. If recoveries are too low, either the methods will need to be optimized or equipment dedicated for the process.
Although reducing the amount of testing for a cleaning-validation program is desirable, efficiencies must have technical merit and be scientifically justified. For each new drug product manufactured, quantitative studies determine acceptable swab recoveries from each material of construction that requires surface sampling. One way to reduce the amount of testing is to test a new substance on only a subset of materials. A justification based on low risk for product carryover would include testing representative materials and excluding materials that have limited product contact (i.e., <5% of total surface area). An alternative justification groups materials based on similarity in composition (e.g., metals, plastics, and glass). The former justification ignores potential residue buildup, and the latter discounts individual material characteristics.Several parameters affect the recovery of residue from equipment surfaces (3). Residue solubility, swab and solvent type, and material of construction are the three most influential parameters. These three parameters are interrelated. Each residue has an inherent cleanability, which may be related to its solubility (4). The cleanability of the residue affects the choice of cleaning procedure. The harder a residue is to clean, the higher the anticipated amount of residue to be swabbed. The amount of anticipated residue affects the choice of swab and solvent and the validation of the analytical testing method.
The materials used to recover the residue also affect recovery. The swab material must be able to absorb sufficient residue and solvent to remove the residue from the equipment material surface. The type and amount of recovery solvent must solvate the residue sufficiently for removal without leaving residue or solvent behind. The swabbing technique should be standardized to minimize subjectivity and should recover enough residue consistently so that a precise measurement is ensured. The combination of swab material and recovery solvent should not interfere with the subsequent sample assay.
Finally, the material of construction of the manufacturing equipment needs to be considered. Most equipment in the pharmaceutical industry with drug-product contact is composed of stainless steel. Component parts of equipment, however, may be made from other materials such as Teflon and rubber. The swab recovery of residue from each material of construction should be determined to accurately quantify residue levels and assess material cleanliness.
The goals for this study were to gather and statistically analyze all available historical data to achieve the following:
The result of this analysis may reduce the number of studies required for new substances in a cleaning-validation program.
Multiple manufacturing sites conducted recovery studies based on site manufacturing equipment and the current product manufacturing matrix. For this study, 16 sites manufacturing drug products accumulated a significantly diverse database during several years. The data set consisted of 1262 recovery-factor (RF) values for 48 different drug substances, formulations, or detergents on 29 different materials of construction.
The swab material and solvents were defined for each residue. The analytical methods were validated for the specific residue of interest. The swabbing technique at each site was consistent, but there were differences in procedures from site to site.


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There are some interesting results from a new Roanoke College poll.
It asked respondents about important social issues nationally, and polled people across Virginia.
On immigration reform, when offered a choice of how to deal with immigrants in the U.S. illegally, half favored citizenship if certain conditions were met. Twenty-one percent would allow immigrants to become legal residents but not citizens, and 21 percent preferred to deport them.
The poll found Virginians are pretty evenly split when it comes to gay marriage, with 45 percent favoring it (20% strongly) and 42 percent opposing it (19% strongly). Half (50%) of those who oppose gay marriage also oppose civil unions for gays.
As for background checks, strong majorities support requiring background checks for all firearm purchases at gun shows (84%). Universal background checks for all firearm purchases, including private transactions, was also high at 73 percent. At the same time, a majority (54%) think that expanded checks will have no impact on crime.
Here is the news release from Roanoke College about the poll:
Virginians generally support allowing those people currently living in the Unites States illegally to remain here legally, and half support a path to citizenship for them. Residents of the Old Dominion are split on the issue of same-sex marriage, although they generally favor other legal rights for gays. Opinions regarding gun control are mostly unchanged since a poll taken soon after the Newtown, Conn. shootings. These findings are part of the most recent Roanoke College Poll.
The Roanoke College Poll interviewed 629 Virginia residents between April 8 and April 14 and has a margin of error of +3.9 percent.
Immigration reform
Offered a choice of how to deal with immigrants in the U.S. illegally, half (50%) of the respondents favored citizenship if certain conditions were met, 21 percent would allow them to become legal residents but not citizens, and 21 percent preferred to deport them.
A majority of Virginians favored creating a database for employers to verify immigration status (78%), allowing foreign graduates of U.S. colleges with degrees in math, science or technology to legally work in the U.S. (67%), expanding guest worker programs to offer temporary visas to those who wish to work here (67%), and granting citizenship to law-abiding college graduates whose parents are here illegally (73%).
A large majority think that immigrants are changing American society (64% a lot; 31% a little), and a plurality of those who see change think it is overall a good thing (43%).
Same-sex marriage and gay rights
Virginians are mostly split on the issue of same-sex marriage, with 45 percent favoring it (20% strongly) and 42 percent opposing it (19% strongly). Half (50%) of those who oppose gay marriage also oppose civil unions for gays (28% support civil unions). One-fourth (25%) of those who favor gay marriage have changed their minds over time, while only 4 percent of those who oppose it have changed their mind.
A majority of Virginians agree that same-sex marriage would go against their religious beliefs (54%), but think that same-sex couples can be as good as parents as heterosexuals (60%), and think that same-sex couples should have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples (62%). Respondents were split on whether gay marriage would undermine the traditional American family (45% agreed; 46% disagreed). A large majority (85%) of those interviewed said they know someone who is gay.
Gun control
We asked several questions that were included in the January 2013 Roanoke College Poll, and the responses were very similar. Responses to the previously asked questions were within the margin of error in each case.
Respondents were more likely to think that better enforcement of existing gun laws (53%) was more likely to reduce gun violence than tougher gun laws (37%). Most Virginians (66%) think that guns in the possession of a law-abiding citizen are more likely to be used in self defense than in an accidental shooting (20%). More than half (55%) of those interviewed said that stricter gun control laws would make no difference to their personal safety, while just less than one-third (31%) said stricter laws would make them more safe, and 10 percent said they would make them less safe.
Strong majorities support requiring background checks for all firearm purchases at gun shows (84%) and universal background checks for firearm purchase, including private transactions (73%). At the same time, a majority (54%) think that expanded checks will have no impact on crime. Respondents were slightly more likely to think that making gun purchases more difficult would reduce crime because there would be fewer guns (39%) than increase crime because fewer potential victims would be able to defend themselves (32%).
A majority (56%) favored banning "assault rifles." A ban on all magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds was favored by 52 percent of respondents.
As was the case in January, there are significant differences in opinion between gun owners and those who do not own firearms, typically exceeding 20 percent. A majority of gun owners favor expanded background checks, but at lower rates than non-owners, and their support has declined slightly since January. Gun owners are opposed to bans of assault rifles or larger-than-10-round magazines, both of which are favored by non-owners.
Just over seven in 10 (71%) respondents said they had fired a gun at least once in their lives, and 68 percent said they were at least somewhat familiar with how guns work. More than half (58%) grew up in a household in which guns were present. About one-third (35%) of respondents were gun owners, and another 11 percent said that someone else in their home owns a gun.
"The findings clearly indicate that Virginians support changes to the immigration system," said Dr. Harry Wilson, director of the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research. "Nearly three-fourths of those surveyed would like to see some way that the status of those who are in the U.S. illegally could be changed to legal, and half are open to a path to citizenship."
"While Virginians are split pretty evenly on the issue of same-sex marriage, they are generally supportive of other legal rights for gays and they tend to think that same-sex couples can be good parents. Their concerns tend to be religious in nature and focused on the family. Opinion may be evolving on this issue, as can be seen in the fact that many more people have changed their mind to favor same-sex marriage than to oppose it. That trend is also evidenced in many national surveys."
"Several national surveys have seen erosion in support for gun control over the past few months, but that decline is not evident in this poll," said Wilson, author of "Guns, Gun Control and Elections." "Overall, residents of the Old Dominion still support stronger gun control measures, they tend to think those restrictions will have little impact. And, not surprisingly, there are still significant differences in the opinions of gun owners when compared to those who do not own firearms."
Interviewing for The Roanoke College Poll was conducted by The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College in Salem, Va. between April 8 and April 14, 2013. A total of 629 Virginia residents were interviewed. The sample of land lines and cell phones was prepared by Survey Sampling Inc. of Fairfield, Conn. and was created so that all cell phone and residential telephone numbers, including unlisted numbers, had a known chance of inclusion. Cell phones constituted 23 percent of the completed interviews.
Questions answered by the entire sample of 629 residents are subject to a sampling error of plus or minus approximately 3.9 percent at the 95 percent level of confidence. This means that in 95 out of 100 samples like the one used here, the results obtained should be no more than 3.9 percentage points above or below the figure that would be obtained by interviewing all Virginia residents who have a home telephone or a cell phone. Where the results of subgroups are reported, the sampling error is higher.
Quotas were used to ensure that different regions of the Commonwealth were proportionately represented. The data were statistically weighted for gender, race, and age.
A copy of the questionnaire and all frequencies may be found on the Roanoke College web site by clicking here.


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- Oct 1:
- San Jose Sharks preview: A hat trick of questions
- Tigersharks just keep on scoring
- San Jose Sharks preview: Seven Sharks invited to Olympic camps
- San Jose Sharks preview: Five key home games
- San Jose Sharks preview: Newcomers, departures
- San Jose Sharks preview: 2013-14 Sharks schedule
- San Jose Sharks preview: Depth chart
- San Jose Sharks preview: Boyle, Thonton and Marleau by the numbers
SAN JOSE -- They say they don't look at the coming NHL season as any sort of last hurrah.
But here's the reality: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Dan Boyle -- the three most high-profile and highly-paid Sharks over the past five seasons -- all have contracts expiring at the end of the 2013-14 season.
The three, as well as general manager Doug Wilson, play down any sense that this is it, their last collective shot at the Stanley Cup. The players all say they want to return. At 33, Marleau and Thornton aren't close to calling it quits; Boyle, 37, insists he has plenty of hockey left in him and notes he's still a long way from his 1,000th NHL game.
And while Wilson was tight-lipped as usual on contract matters, he did acknowledge that extensions have been discussed with each player.
"You know how I feel about them," Wilson said. "You know how they feel about here."
Good will and good intentions, however, are complicated by the fact that the Sharks are a team in transition. Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns and Marc-Edouard Vlasic are now the ones with the long-term deals that reflect their increased value on the ice.
But Thornton, Marleau and Boyle have been the mainstays for a Sharks franchise good enough to have made the playoffs for nine straight years, an NHL streak second only to the Detroit Red Wings. Yet the team hasn't been good enough to reach the Stanley Cup finals.
The three are still integral to the team's success and recognized among the NHL's elite players. But their productivity has declined. So has their ice time.
Combine those factors with the NHL's salary cap, and it's fairly certain the three would have to be willing to sign for less than their current salaries of $6.9 million for Marleau, $6.7 million for Boyle and $6 million for Thornton if they want to come back. But how much less?
"Every general manager has got to fit together pieces of the puzzle," said George Bazos, who is Boyle's agent. "And as the other guys make more, hard decisions have to be made on not just the older guys, but everybody on the team."
Bazos also understands that a "hometown discount" could come into play, but suggested that it might not be as deep as some might expect.
"You've got to remember that a hometown discount comes against a marketplace," Bazos said. "Now where is the marketplace? What's it going to be next year? All indications are the cap is going to increase and when that happens, salaries increase."
The only one of the three with his name on the Stanley Cup from his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boyle said he doesn't see any "last hurrah" as extra motivation this season.
"I've been trying to win here for five years," he said. "The last year or not, it certainly bothers me that we haven't won yet. But I don't look at it that way."
Marleau is the only one of the three who has spent his entire career as a Shark. He also played down the idea of this season being different.
"You want to play your best and do well. If you do all those things, it'll take care of itself," Marleau said. When the subject of a hometown discount came up, he noted "it's been done already." That was a reference to his four-year contract that is about to expire.
For Marleau, these negotiations are different in another way. Don Baizley, his agent since being drafted second overall in the 1997 draft, died this summer. Marleau said he has not hired anyone else to this point, and so far all talks have been between himself and Wilson.
Thornton talked optimistically about the Sharks veteran leadership sticking around as younger players take on a bigger share of the load. And he saw that combination keeping San Jose in the hunt.
"This team wants to be together for a long time and it'll be together for a long time," the captain said. "This team can be good as long as it wants to be."
The Sharks' next generation does see some motivational value in the fact that this could be the last go-round with all the key players in place.
"I don't think guys are worrying about that too much," Pavelski said. "But, yeah, obviously we want to win together and we've got to find a way to accomplish that this year."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow David Pollak on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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