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Now Open! Featuring "Silent Coup" and "Forty Years Was"and a family of other books influenced by "Silent Coup"
"Woodward's lack of disclosure calls into question every story he has ever pitched, edited or written."
By Ray Locker and Len Colodny for The History News Network
On January 12, 1974, the nation's hottest young reporting duo had a story on the front page of the Washington Post that had tremendous national security and political ramifications: the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was receiving secrets stolen from the White House
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had the story, based on Woodward's sources. It came at a difficult time for the White House, as President Nixon was spiraling toward resignation.
Author Len Colodny's collection of research materials for his two books, "Silent Coup" and "The Forty Years War", are now at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, in the care of nationally known scholar, Dr. Luke Nichter, PhD. Dr. Nichter has recently published "The Nixon Tapes", co-authored with historian, Douglas Brinkley.
The Collection (see attached) was packed on a large truck and van and very carefully transported to Texas from Tampa on September 17th 2014 shepherded by Dr. Jerry Jones, Ph.D. the school's Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Brian Robertson, a Ph.D., historian and visiting assistant professor working with Nichter
As we move toward the republication of "Silent Coup" in June, we will be making a number of changes and additions to the web site.
Letter From the President of Texas A & M University Central-Texas to Len Colodny.
Alexander Haig, White House Chief of Staff, May 4, 1973. (UPI/Bettmann)
Who was the one source who believed that an effort might be under way to destroy evidence? Later, in "All the President's Men", the authors of the article revealed that it was Deep Throat. Sometime in the first week of November 1973, Woodward initiated a meeting with his source in the underground garage, and received startling information: "Deep Throat's message was short and simple: One or more of the tapes contained deliberate erasures."
The Forty Years War" introduces you to the most important foreign policy thinker you never heard of: Fritz G.A. Kraemer. Kraemer is the father of the "provocative weakness theory," more popularly called by Neocons as "peace through strength." Kraemer believed that power came from military strength and that any sign of weakening military resolve invited trouble from our rivals. President Ronald Reagan first adopted Kraemer's theory in 1981, and it has been a force ever since.
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Bob Woodward (U.S. Naval Institute)
Bob Woodward lied to conceal his early ties to General Alexander Haig. In 1969 and 1970, Navy Lt. Bob Woodward manned the Pentagon's secret communications room, which transmitted messages around the world, including the back channel communications for Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon. In that duty, Woodward often delivered messages from the worlds top leaders to Gen. Alexander Haig, Kissinger's deputy at the National Security Council.
This is the true story of betrayal at the nation's highest level. Unfolding with the suspenseful pace of a le Carre spy thriller, it reveals the personal motives and secret political goals that combined to cause the Watergate break-in and destroy Richard Nixon.
Investigator Len Colodny and journalist Robert Gettlin relentlessly pursued the people who brought down the president. Their revelations shocked the world and forever changed our understanding of politics, of journalism, and of Washington behind closed doors.
Dismantling decades of lies, SILENT COUP tells the truth
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Watergate.com has for almost two decades been operating as an informational site for Watergate and Nixon related stories and materials.
It will now host "The Colodny Collection", the largest private collection of Watergate and Nixon related materials, including exclusive interviews with almost all the key players in the Watergate scandal.
It is now being transformed into a research site that will allow the user to examine the evidence contained on the site, and arrive at their own opinions as to exactly what took place in the demise of the Nixon Presidency.
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Target-Date Funds: Why Higher Equity Allocations Work
Following the 2008 financial crisis, target-date funds (TDFs) were criticized for exposing investors nearing retirement to excessive equity allocations. Were those criticisms justified? How well do TDFs stack up against the venerable strategy of matching one's bond allocation to one's age? My research has yielded surprising answers to those questions and to the proper role of single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) alongside TDFs.
TDFs are grabbing a bigger share of retirement savings portfolios and getting more attention from advisors. As clients approach retirement, they will need advice about what to do after retiring – whether to stay with the same TDFs or change strategies. Part of the evaluation will involve examining stock allocations and post-retirement glide paths. Advisors may also recommend investments to supplement TDFs such as annuities. I'll use an example to show how allocations and glide paths can affect retirement outcomes, and I'll show how outcomes can be improved by adding SPIAs to the investment mix.
TDFs have become hugely popular since being named a qualified default investment alternative for 401(k) plans under the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Savings in these funds topped $500 billion in 2013's first quarter, and the rapid growth continues.
But since the stock market losses of 2008, the growth has been accompanied by controversy. For TDFs with a target maturity date of 2010 (two years from retirement as of 2008), losses ranged from 3.5% to 41.3% in 2008, according to Ibbotson®. This was devastating for many workers preparing for retirement.
Congress and Government Accountability Office launched investigations. Everyone involved began to learn about stock-allocation glide paths and the difference between "to" funds (which gradually reduce stock allocations up to a target retirement date) and "through" funds (which continue to reduce stocks over the full course of retirement). It became apparent that, even within the "to" and "through" categories, various TDFs were using widely different stock allocations.
This commotion awakened clients and advisors to the importance of allocation strategies and glide paths. These fund characteristics are critical as clients approach retirement.


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To the Editor.—
Dr Ouslander's1 review of medical care in the nursing home is the finest of its kind I have seen. I would just like to underscore some of the points made in his section on the need for more mental health professionals to work with patients in nursing homes. As the author notes, unless a greater degree of attention is paid in residency and fellowship programs to the training of geriatric psychiatrists, it is unlikely that any substantial changes will occur in the underdiagnosing and treatment of depression or the overprescription of antipsychotic, sedative, and hypnotic medications to patients in nursing homes described by the author.To attract a greater number of applicants to such programs, however, one must pay attention to the various resistances younger therapists have to embarking on such training. These include ambivalent feelings about one's own parents or grandparents, unwarranted assumptions about the
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Really, there were only two pertinent questions coming in to tonight's game:
1) How much would the Thunder beat the Kings by and 2) would Kevin Durant be able to get his 25 points in three quarters?
Answers: By 13 and yes.
Durant got 29 in fact, and did it on a decent 9-of-11 shooting, with six assists. And the Thunder put the cap on their fifth straight playoff appearance by suffocating the hapless Kings, holding them to just 36.5 percent shooting and 81 total points, 30 of them coming in a garbage time-tastic fourth quarter. So much of the current conversation around the Thunder has been about defense, and while this effort was obviously fantastic, you don't want to get too caught up in it. The Kings were missing their engine, Isaiah Thomas, and also, aren't remotely good outside of that anyway.
"We were locked in defensively," Scott Brooks said. "That's what we need to continue to do. Offensively we were moving the basketball. We were getting our shots that we wanted going into the game. The ball was really moving, 26 assists tonight. The defense was outstanding for the first three quarters."
Still: It's hard not to take away positive things when you hold an NBA opponent — regardless of who it is — to 51 points through three quarters. But what we all want to see from this Thunder team is not isolated events of high level defense, but consistent, night to night performances… and against good teams.
Again, there really wasn't too much doubt about the end result of this game — though the Thunder have been prone to stub their toes sometimes — but there was a question as to what kind of performance it would be. Durant's unfiltered efficiency isn't surprising, nor is Russell Westbrook's explosive 18 on 7-12 with six assists, but overall, it felt like the Thunder played pretty well.
And trust me: You can play bad and win by 20. I've seen this team do it more than once. The first half was a bit sloppy at times, but the third quarter was near perfect — 12-16, 28 points, 11 assists and almost every bucket coming at the rim. Most of it was via Durant, who scored 13 in the third, almost as if he had this feeling, this sense that maybe, possibly, he wouldn't have the fourth quarter to keep his scoring streak going.
But you know what was damn impressive about it? Durant still didn't force a thing. He got his 13 on 5-5 shooting and managed to dish out five assists in the quarter as well. His ability to force the issue without forcing the issue at all is like a superpower. Superman can fly. Kevin Durant scores points that you don't notice.
Postgame, the players that talked were asked about this one being a springboard to better things as we all fished for interesting angles, but the truth is, the Thunder beat down a bad team. They handled their business, they did their jobs and they put a win in the good column.
Oh, and they also locked up another playoff berth (officially last night, but whatever). That seems important, too.
- The Thunder's garbage time unit is doing a good job at making solid blowouts look closer than they actually were. I was getting worried for a minute that I was going to have to pull out a big select all backspace on the 400 words I'd already written about four minutes into the fourth.
- Durant has to be the most positive supporter of any garbage time unit in the league. And I'm not just saying superstar division. He dances at every make, claps constantly and is always yelling out defensive calls. It's incredible.
- It's pretty remarkable that five years ago we were all meeting the Thunder at the airport to celebrate a playoff berth, and now, it's a footnote in a forgettable game.
- Durant only had one rebound tonight. I mean, is he even trying? What's wrong with this guy?
- After letting the Kings back in the game, Westbrook picked up a technical for spiking the ball at least 20 feet into the air with it landing in the second row. A few minutes later, Westbrook just walked by the scoretable and with the arena dead silent during free throws let out an incredibly loud f-word. It was fun.
- No Reggie Jackson, who sat with a mid back sprain, something he tweaked yesterday in practice. Scott Brooks said he was day-to-day.
- With Jackson sitting, Steven Adams is now the only Thunder player to have appeared in every game this season.
- What's incredible about this streak is KD's doing it with only 75 percent of a game a lot of the time. He's had so many three quarter games. And really there hasn't been a time where I thought, "Man, he's gunning for it."
- Jeremy Lamb with 32 minutes tonight, mostly because of Jackson's absence. He knocked down shots, but the talk postgame was about the other stuff he did — defense, steals, assists. Lamb had 13 on 5-11 shooting, but added two steals, five assists and five rebounds. I continue to believe he's someone the Thunder can use a great deal in the postseason.
- Durant on Lamb being a potential playoff X-factor: "We're going to need everybody in this locker room. We just need everybody to stay ready."
- Mike Malone after Travis Outlaw called for an iffy foul Kevin Durant: "That's an MVP call."
- Andre Roberson did some positive things tonight, even on the offensive end. He's a really good cutter and while not a great finisher, he's improving. He's ready for the catch and always is active. There's something to be said for that kind of movement offensively. It creates space and makes the defense move and react.
- I feel like we don't talk about Quincy Acy's beard enough.
- Another thing about Acy: He kept going for the Garnett after-the-whistle goaltend move, but he was pulling himself up on the net to do it. Can he not jump high enough or something?
- Caron Butler made an extra pass tonight. Probably never going to do that again. Hope you saw it.
- Best moment of the game: Serge Ibaka pulled in a rebound and was looking to get rid of it to a teammate immediately, so he turned around and gave it to Hasheem Thabeet. I was hoping Thabeet would bring it up and run offense, but alas.
- Steven Adams was back to his fouling ways tonight. Picked up two in the first two minutes and then two more early in the third.
- The halftime show was like the Duggar family on unicyles or something. It was weird.
- When is Joe Bonamassa finally coming to Oklahoma City? I feel like I've been hearing that promo for two years now.
- Nick Collison had a pretty good block. Ray McCallum tried to cross him three times, Collison stuck with him and ended up rejecting the shot into the third row. Andrew Gilman had a perfect tweet to summarize it: "McCallum dribbled, dribbled, crossed over, dribbled, shot. Then Collison blocked it. The = to Indy Jones shooting the guy with the sword."
- In the locker room after the game, KD tossed Ibakasome lotion, to which Ibaka dropped. KD then gave Ibaka a little jab saying "Stone hands."
Next up: Home against the Jazz on Sunday


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There's an increasing tendency in modern society to veer towards hyperbole when it's really not deserved. A sportsman like Andrew Flintoff can be labelled a "hero" because when he's in the England cricket team, they actually stand a chance of winning a Test match. The dictionary definition of a "hero" is "a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life" and I can't remember when our dear Freddie last fixed bayonets for a death or glory charge at enemy lines. So when I heard that Relic's latest game was an RTS called "Company of Heroes", the cynical hyperbole policeman in me woke up and had a good long rant.
"What's this, a World War 2 real-time strategy? That's so 2004, darling! And what have they called it? 'Company of Heroes'? Jeez, derivative, or what? Couldn't they afford the Band of Brothers license, or something?" he raved.
After he calmed down and took a break for a cup of tea and a doughnut, I remembered that this was a game from Relic. With a CV that includes the Homeworld games, Impossible Creatures and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Relic are quite rightly regarded as being a developer at the peak of the real-time strategy genre.
'Players are given the freedom to think laterally and find their own path, out-flanking and out-thinking enemies.'
Company of Heroes is a title that began its life almost simultaneously with Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, around three and a half years ago. Like its sci-fi fantasy counterpart, it was a game borne out of everything Relic hated in the traditional RTS game, except that Company of Heroes deviates from the traditional RTS game model even further. Instead of starting missions needing to spend ten minutes simply gathering resources and building up a base, Company of Heroes instead uses cinematics rendered within the game engine to drop you directly into the action. This directness of approach is reflected in the philosophy of the whole game's design. Traditional resource gathering is ditched entirely, in favour of pursuing objectives on the battlefield. Similar to Dawn of War, strategic points are dotted over the maps and controlling them provides income for the three in-game resources. Controlling fuel depots allows you to call in vehicular reinforcements, such as tanks, whilst taking over munitions points gives your infantry squads access to heavier weapons, such as machine guns, mortars, satchel charges, and occasionally even anti-tank artillery guns. Weapons can even be salvaged from fallen Nazi troops, which gives you even more tactical options.
Unlike other RTS games, there is no linear critical path which you need to follow to complete missions. Given that the environment is completely destructible, players are given the freedom to think laterally and find their own path, out-flanking and out-thinking enemies - especially in the urban maps. This should make for an intriguing dynamic in multiplayer games, where the player that can utilise (or destroy) the environment most creatively will win. Also included are so-called Medal Opportunities, which are tertiary objectives that the player may discover as they play through a mission. An example of one of these Medal Opportunities would be scoring 30 sniper kills in a single mission. These have been added to prolong the longevity of the game for players with a completist mindset, and to also add replay value.
Using the highly-detailed Essence engine, Company of Heroes is graphically more akin to first or third-person action games than a real-time strategy. The graphics engine is fully scaleable and the 3D camera is fully mobile, providing you with a view of the action ranging from traditional isometric to up close and personal, where you can see the expressions on the faces of individual soldiers. Havok physics are fully incorporated into the game engine, making Company of Heroes the most visceral RTS game ever made. Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers are clear design influences to the visual feel of the game and their cinematic level of realism is present in the game's combat. Bodies hit by artillery or mortar fire will be catapulted dozens of feet into the air, shedding limbs as they arc back to the ground. Soldiers hit by snipers will not simply fall down - they will be thrown backwards by the force of the shot with proper rag-doll physics, blood spurting from their wounds. Satchel charges and sticky bombs can be used against tanks, causing them to explode spectacularly with a tinny thunder. Flamethrowers are brutally effective against infantry, causing immolated soldiers to run around in panic as they burn, waving their arms and screaming.
Such uncompromising visual presentation is designed not only to provide you with an unprecedented level of immersion, but is also there to try and provoke an emotional reaction from the player. One of key aims of the game stated by Design Lead Josh Mosqueira was that players should stop thinking of units as a collection of disposable automatons and try to form an emotional attachment to their troops, giving them more value. This is aided by the squad experience system, which allows units to gain combat veterancy, making them more effective in battle. Something else that adds to the level of attachment that forms between the player and their troops is the squad chatter. Each soldier has hundreds of lines of dialogue (rather than the stock half dozen for a traditional RTS unit), and the AI reacts to the ongoing battlefield situation, making for some very dynamic background babble. Throughout the five single-player missions (out of fifteen in the campaign) I played, I don't recall hearing a repeated line once. Even better news for machinima makers is that Company of Heroes will ship with a movie maker tool, which will no doubt lead to umpteen in-game re-enactments of Saving Private Ryan's battles.


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TUSCALOOSA -- Between now and the first of September, plenty of poll voters and analysts are sure to peg Alabama's football team as a preseason No. 1.
But one knowledgeable voice disagrees: Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban.
"If this team is No.1, it's because of what they did last year," Saban said. "It's not what they've done. They haven't done anything. We have some good players back and we have a lot of issues and questions, especially on defense, especially with our specialists in the kicking game.
"If I was voting, I would think there is somebody who has more players coming back that had a successful team last year that is going to be more ready to compete that way."
It's coach-speak for Saban to want to lower expectations, but even national champions have questions to address. After 15 spring practices, how much closer is Alabama to those answers?
Take a look back at five questions asked by the Press-Register before spring practice with a few answers after Saturday's A-Day Game.
1. Which newcomers are ready now?
Of the 11 signees that enrolled early at Alabama, 10 wound up joining the team. Offensive lineman Darius McKeller went on medical scholarship for a chronic wrist injury, but the remaining group is still quite capable.
Cornerbacks DeMarcus Milliner (No. 4 in the Press-Register's Super Southeast 120) and John Fulton (No. 23) each made strides this spring and will contend for playing time.
Though Milliner was beaten by Brandon Gibson for the game-winning touchdown Saturday, he finished with five tackles, tying for third on the Crimson team. Meanwhile, Fulton broke up a game-high two passes. And former Vigor standout Jalston Fowler, moved from running back to linebacker, played well and often Saturday.
Perhaps the most-touted signee of Alabama's 2010 class, quarterback Phillip Sims, did not seriously challenge for one of top two spots in spring. He appears destined for a redshirt year behind Greg McElroy and AJ McCarron.
2. What's next for Saban's pet positions?
Saban coaches Alabama's secondary -- a prime concern this spring -- and accepted even more responsibility by moving defensive coordinator Kirby Smart to the linebackers and bringing new position coach Jeremy Pruitt into the secondary.
Sophomores Dre Kirkpatrick and B.J. Scott, a former Vigor standout, exited spring as the top cornerbacks to replace Kareem Jackson and Javier Arenas. The mix behind those two players includes Milliner, Fulton and LSU transfer Phelon Jones, who hails from McGill-Toolen.
"I'm pleased with the progress of the first two corners and having the two freshman guys here (Fulton and Milliner), I thought they made some progress," Saban said. "We're not totally settled at safety."
St. Paul's Mark Barron is a sure starter at safety. Another Mobile-area product, former Foley standout Robert Lester, totaled a game-high eight tackles for A-Day and appears to be the top option at the other safety spot. Junior Robby Green, who was expected to play there, is out for the 2010 season by NCAA mandate.
3. Who'll be special on the special teams?
A big question before spring is probably the largest remaining one now. Place-kicker Cade Foster would be the only true freshman in line for a starting role in 2010 if it wasn't for former Thomasville punter Jay Williams.
It became clear Saturday that Williams is a key component next season, and he isn't even on campus yet. Alabama needs help at punter, as walk-on Zach Goehler struggled to a 35.2-yard average on eight A-Day attempts.
Saban hinted that Alabama may use two kickers, with strong-legged Foster trying longer attempts and walk-on Jeremy Shelley getting shorter ones.
"I think we have two good enough kickers that between the leg strength of one guy and the accuracy of the other, we can come up with a pretty good kicking game from that standpoint," Saban said. "We really don't have a punter."
4. Will there be more pop for the offense?
The phrase "explosive plays" was repeated often during spring practice, as an experienced Alabama offense tried take advantage of all the returning skill talent by opening things a bit more.
"We've really thrown the ball effectively and made a lot more explosive plays," Saban said last week, "not only in the scrimmages but every day in practice."
Though much of that work was not revealed during A-Day, there were a few trick plays and deep passes. If this is any indication, four quarterbacks combined for 450 passing yards Saturday, while the Crimson Tide collectively rushed for 139 yards.
5. Who is the next quarterback of the defense?
Junior linebacker Dont'a Hightower returned with a vengeance this spring after a remarkably quick recovery from reconstructive knee surgery that prematurely ended his 2009 season.
Hightower didn't miss one practice or scrimmage and projects as the new 'Mike' linebacker, replacing signal-caller Rolando McClain in the middle of Alabama's defense.
In that sense, there may not be a more valuable member of the Crimson Tide's team heading into this offseason than Hightower.


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Holiday Lights in the Garden: Stroll through a garden of tropical plants glowing with more than 500,000 twinkling lights, and make sure to check out this year's new laser light show and an expansion of lights into the vinery garden. It's at 5:30 p.m. at Florida Botanical Gardens, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. $2, 11 and younger free. (727) 582-2100.
St. Petersburg Opera: Seasonal Sparkle: The St. Petersburg Opera chorus and orchestra join with soloists for a holiday concert that includes a portion of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, excerpts from The Nutcracker ballet and favorite carols and songs. It starts at 7:30 p.m. at Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $21.50-$64.50. (727) 822-3590.
A Christmas Carol: This long-running production of the Dickens classic tells the story of the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future. See it at 7 p.m. at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $25-$50. (727) 791-7400.
Wild Wonderland: Lowry Park Zoo closes at 5 p.m. and reopens at 6:30 for the annual evening winter festival with twinkling holiday lights, live reindeer and penguins, visits with Santa, the Arctic Freeze Ice Slide and more. It's at 1101 W Sligh Ave. in Tampa. $13, $11 ages 3-11, 2 and younger free. (813) 935-8552.
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"My whole life has been dedicated to service," Sister Catherine Gilvary said. "I love my God, and I love my people."
Gilvary, who has served as campus minister at Lycoming College for the last 17 years, soon will be serving other people throughout the Diocese of Scranton.
The life-long educator is leaving her post in Williamsport to work as the diocesan for the diocese full-time. She previously had been working in the position part-time since 1996.
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Gilvary, a licensed and nationally certified counselor, has served in a number of positions throughout her career. She said she has been a teacher, a guidance counselor, a dean of students at Marywood University and the spiritual director at the Pocono Spiritual Renewal Center.
Of all of the positions she has had, she said campus ministry was a magnet that just attracted her and noted the kids are big part of the attraction to the ministry.
"Campus ministers are wonderful people because they are in the ministry because they want to be," she said.
"Young people don't let you get away with anything," Gilvary said. "They look for people who are accountable and can hold up their end."
The students have kept her on her toes and have taught her more about life.
"If I don't learn something new from my students every day, I haven't been paying attention," she said, noting the students help her keep a positive attitude about the future.
"They know how to stand up for one another," she said. "They know they can count on one another when they need it."
Gilvary has dedicated much of her life to educating others and got her inspiration to become a nun from the sisters who taught her in school.
"They were great educators," she said. "I looked at them and thought that's what I want to do, something bigger than myself. My life couldn't be all about me."
For her, becoming a sister, cemented the idea that life is much larger than one person.
"It's not all about you," she said. "It's about God's relationship with his people. I'm in love with a God who loves unconditionally."
While Gilvary said her decision to leave was because she was ready for a change of pace, she said leaving Williamsport after 17 years will be difficult because of all of the people she has met through not only the college, but also United Churches of Lycoming County, of which she was a member of the board of directors.
"I've met wonderful people in Williamsport," she said. "I've been born under a lucky star."
"If I don't learn something new from my students every day, I haven't been paying attention."
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Blue Brick
October 4, 2011, 01:10 AM
When 38 Special officially designated a +P label and when was the pressure officially lowered? Thanks.
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October 4, 2011, 01:39 AM
I'm not totally sure but I think pressures have been slowly going down for well over 15 years now. I know .357 Magnum ammo was dropped from 40,000 CUP to 35,000 CUP in direct reaction to all the ultra light .357 Magnum revolvers that are being produced.
October 4, 2011, 02:01 AM
Shrug. There is one lesson in .357 bore revolvers - stick to 158 grain bullets. After that:
If you want/need .38 standard, buy Buffalo Bore Item 20C.
If you want/need .38 +P, buy Buffalo Bore Item 20A.
If you want/need .357 magnum, buy Buffalo Bore Item 19C.
Get the hint? ;)
October 4, 2011, 02:29 AM
No no... go with gold dots.. ;)
Steve C
October 4, 2011, 04:01 AM
Technology and units of measurement have changed over the years. The old CUP (copper crush) method of measurement and testing has given way to the more accurate strain gauge and PSI. There is no direct mathematical correlation between CUP and PSI so there is often some confusion between units of measure.
Manufacturers that used to publish velocity taken from solid chamber test barrels of length longer (11 to 14") than typical handgun barrels (4 to 5") and without any of the cylinder/forcing cone gap of revolvers have gone to publishing more real world velocities by using shorter and vented test barrels to simulate 4" revolvers.
The standards published by SAAMI are considered the "official" ammunition pressure standards however SAAMI is a Trade organization and these "standards" are modified by the members occasionally. Remember that SAAMI maximums are not a requirement on the manufacturers but a upper limit they voluntarily subscribe to.
October 4, 2011, 07:45 AM
European CIP standards are also PSI and have not dropped as the SAAMI standard has. CIP is a mandated government safety standard. SAAMI might be a voluntary standard, but it is also a legal standard used for lawsuits.
October 4, 2011, 08:57 AM
Max for the 38 is 21,500 PSI.
+P is loaded by Win and Rem and other mainstream ammo makers at 18,500 PSI. (THIS is a powerful load?????)
Standard 38 is loaded to 16,000 PSI (730 FPS with a 158 grain bullet. Wow. A BB gun almost catches it.)
All the hysteria around +P is hilarious. +P is nothing more than marketing hype. A plinking load at best.
October 4, 2011, 11:59 AM
According to my old Speer manuals:
SAAMI & the industry introduced +P ammo ratings in 1974.
As of 1975, .38 Spl standard pressure was 18,900 CUP.
+P was 22,400 CUP.
As of 1998 it was 17,000 PSI and 20,000 PSI.
As of today it is 17,000 PSI & 18,500 PSI.
Blue Brick
October 4, 2011, 03:58 PM
Thanks, RC
October 4, 2011, 04:12 PM
the CIP (European) spec for .38 Special--there is no separate 'plus-p' rating--and that is the metric equivalent to 21,500 psi. This specification was developed in 1984, IIRC, and it has not been adjusted / changed.
So, a reasonable conclusion might be that all '38 Special' revolvers manufactured since 1984 by companies subscribing to these standards will withstand loads to CIP standards.
Jim H.
October 5, 2011, 03:08 AM
I'm so tired of hearing "testing methods have changed" or "they switched from CUP to PSI. None of that matters to me, performance matters. When the old data states using a charge of 6.8gr X powder delivers 900 fps and the new data states 6.2gr of the same X powder is still delivering 900 fps, that can't happen. (but they are telling you it is happening)
October 5, 2011, 06:51 AM
Buffalo Bore's published velocity for their .38 158 grain +P is 1000 fps. I was impressed so I bought some. Knowing some manufactures embellish their ads I chronographed 5 rounds from a 4" S&W. Low was 1137 fps, high was
1149 fps.:what:
I have no idea what the pressure is but there are no pressure signs. The recoil is noticeably more than Winchester .38 158 grain +P. Buffalo Bore now rides in my K-frames.
October 5, 2011, 08:28 AM
A 158@1140 duplicates the 38/44 load. Very stout.
October 5, 2011, 09:14 AM
If you want/need .38 standard, buy Buffalo Bore Item 20C.
If you want/need .38 +P, buy Buffalo Bore Item 20A.
If you want/need .357 magnum, buy Buffalo Bore Item 19C.
If I'm gonna spend that much on ammo, I'll get a Dillon 550, thanks. :D
October 5, 2011, 09:18 AM
When RC and/or Saxon have spoken on this subject, there is little or nothing left to be said.
October 5, 2011, 09:18 AM
During the 1970s, new high-pressure (18,500 CUP) loadings of the .38 Special were introduced, known as .38 Special +P. This ammunition is usable in .38 revolvers designed for such ammunition...
...It is important to recognize that SAAMI changed the specifications for the 38 Special in 1972. Prior to that time the standard .38 Special was very close to today's "+P" cartridges. The thought that "+P" is somehow a high pressure round has many mistakenly believing that it is "high performance" rather than the low pressure round that it is.
October 5, 2011, 09:22 AM
I'll get a Dillon 550, thanks
knowing you, your dillon will be powered by an 1100 cc Kawasaki and produce 800 rounds per second. :neener:
October 5, 2011, 09:46 AM
A 158@1140 duplicates the 38/44 load. Very stout.
Yep. Which is why I have no trouble paying that much for my carry and some practice ammo. By the same token, though, it shoots to the same POA/POI as other 158 grain loads so I can use cheap 158 gr LRN or cheap reloads for practicing. But if I'm not at the range, there's BB #20A in both my Model 10 & my Model 642.
Gary A
October 5, 2011, 10:36 AM
Wikipedia is good. Wikipedia is useful. Wikipedia is not infallible or the final word.
October 5, 2011, 10:46 AM
Wikipedia is good. Wikipedia is useful. Wikipedia is not infallible or the final word.
How can we be sure?
Thank you for posting.
Gary A
October 5, 2011, 10:49 AM
Lol :)
October 5, 2011, 02:12 PM
I edited that on Wiki
Wiki is only useful as a place to look for more information (IE the footnotes)
October 5, 2011, 02:32 PM
I'm not totally sure but I think pressures have been slowly going down for well over 15 years now. I know .357 Magnum ammo was dropped from 40,000 CUP to 35,000 CUP in direct reaction to all the ultra light .357 Magnum revolvers that are being produced.
You know, and I HATE this. I'd rather reduced .357 loads be made for these revolvers. I have a 340PD and see the importance of this though. I blew chunks out of the cylinder between the barrel and cylinder around the flash holes. Luckily Smith fixed it for me, gave me a new cylinder; this was just weeks after they came out. I was firing full power .357 mags, 125gr. XTP's over 17 grains of N110! If they'd actually burned all the powder, they'd have hurt worse than they did. Looking back, it might have been a little stupid. I know they do it primarily because of the strap failing or cutting or stretching, but blowing up titanium cylinders is also covered.
Now my 686 can totally tolerate nuclear loads. Given the 340PD was labeled the same as the 686, I figured I could fire those loads from it. Uh-uh. This is where the problem arises. It does require lower pressure loads. But I wish they'd make watered down loads just for it instead of watering down all the loads.
Or, perhaps gun makers could make firearms around the calibre, instead of creating a new creature and then changing all the load data for all firearms in that calibre in order to accomodate their new invention.
October 5, 2011, 02:37 PM
How can we be sure?
Thank you for posting.
Because it is user edited content and because it requires no academic vetting process. For instance, you can't use Wikipedia as a major reference on any academic paper. You can refer to it, but your theory or whatever can't hinge on it.
Wikipedia does shine when it comes to mathematics though. Lots of good formulas and due to the nature of the community, it does tend to be somewhat academic. But 99% of the stuff on there isn't academic.
Now I'm not trashing them, I love Wikipedia, I use it all the time. It is just that if I were writing a paper or needed hard facts, I might use Wikipedia, but then use some other source to cite from.
On here though, I have no problem using Wikipedia as a reference. The audience is what matters, and I don't consider this audience to be academic. For the most part, Wikipedia will do.
October 5, 2011, 02:42 PM
We got 1190 fps from Buffalo Bore 158 +P lhp from my 4" k frame. Recoil wasn't bad at all.
We also got 1287 fps from their 125 +P jhp also from my 4". That's nipping at the heels of the .357, especially in the newer loads.
October 5, 2011, 03:58 PM
We also got 1287 fps from their 125 +P jhp also from my 4". That's nipping at the heels of the .357, especially in the newer loads.
If you want a .357, buy one. :rolleyes: I get 1302 fps from my 180 grain handloads from a 2.3" SP101. Heavier the bullet, the less barrel length has an affect on .357. I don't carry those 180s for defense, though, carry a 140 Speer over 17 grains 2400 at 1340 fps from same SP101. The 125 grain .357 stuff is pretty pathetic from a short barrel.
October 5, 2011, 04:17 PM
strykervet: actually, IIRC the titanium cylinder failures in the 340 PD are typically linked to overenthusiastic cleaning of the chambers and thereby removing the plating therein--or something like that. At any rate, although there have been failures in M&P 340 cylinders as well (SS), they are much less likely to fail. Lower pressure rounds are not required, except for one's sanity and hand.
I've found that a 158-gr. LSWC-HP round running at about 915 fps from these short barrels is a max round--and that these do not strip out and lead the barrel excessively. Those appear to be rounds running at about 24,000 or so PSI, and I build them in 357 cases; they can be built in .38 Special cases as well 'though it's not a good idea....
Jim H.
October 5, 2011, 07:02 PM
Buffalo Bore's published velocity for their .38 158 grain +P is 1000 fps. I was impressed so I bought some. Knowing some manufactures embellish their ads I chronographed 5 rounds from a 4" S&W. Low was 1137 fps, high was
1149 fps.
Yessir, that Buffalo Bore load is plenty stout. I keep my HD revolvers stoked with it.
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Cousins Ella, Beth, and Jamie are at their family's beach house, and they're gearing up for the wildest time of their lives. Sassy Ella is majorly crushing on a cute older boy, who just happens to be her sister's new boyfriend. Meanwhile, practical Beth is surprised when she finds herself falling for her best friend George. And shy, creative Jamie gets her heart broken when her summer love abandons her.
Three girls, too many boys, and some seriously stormy romances...it all adds up to one unforgettable summer.
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One person died and another was injured after a car and pickup truck collided Monday night near 103rd Street and Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park police said.
Police said a blue Honda CRV was northbound on Metcalf Avenue when the driver of a pickup truck rear-ended the CRV at a high rate of speed.
Officers said the driver of the CRV, Carson L. Norris of El Paso, Texas, suffered critical injuries and later died. A passenger suffered serious injuries.
The two people in the pickup truck were not hurt.
Investigators said the driver of pickup may have been under the influence.
The crash remains under investigation.


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on December 16, 2012 - 1:00 AM
Big Boi, "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors" (Def Jam). As one half of Outkast, Big Boi provided the gritty grounding for partner Andre 3000's spacey and occasionally whimsical meanderings. Lest we come to the erroneous conclusion that Big Boi was never the experimental one in that fabled duo, we've got "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors," an album that covers ample ground and in the process, like the best Outkast, pushes the envelope for hip-hop in general. Littered with guest contributors – there's at least one on 13 of the album's 14 tracks, and all three bonus cuts on the expanded deluxe edition boast cameos – the album moves only a tad self-consciously between dreamy indie pop and brash electronica, synth-littered gutter rap and California punk. The further Big Boi moves from more common hip-hop tropes – of the sort that make the braggadocio-heavy "In the A," featuring T.I. and Ludacris, come across as a bit cliché-ridden – the more interesting and unusual the results. The collaborations with Saratoga Springs-based dreamy indie-pop duo Phantogram are at once the most surprising and rewarding pairings on the album. "Objectum Sexuality" finds Big Boi playing the sex-starved matador to Sarah Barthell's incongruously demure bull. This is an unusual move in hip-hop – to have the narrator's recounting of his sexual skills coolly countered by the female in the equation – in this instance, Barthell cooing "It's all you want these days, 'cause you feel nothing inside." Both "CPU" and "Lines" deepen this surprisingly organic connection between Big Boi's robust rhymes and Phantogram's gauzy atmospherics. A whole album of such collaborations would not seem to be unwarranted. Similarly, "Shoes for Running," which marries the Californian punk-pop of Wavves with the rapid-fire testimony of B.O.B., works far better on record than it might appear on paper. "Vicious Lies" works best when it's most anxious to forge new hybrids – which may explain why the most conventional modern hip-hop track on the album, the duet with Kelly Rowland known as "Mama Told Me," is the least interesting of the bunch. 3 stars (Jeff Miers)
World Music
David El-Malek, "Music from Source Vol. II" (Naive/Naxos). Among the greater pleasures of 21st century music is listening and not knowing what the devil you're listening to. El-Malek is an Israeli saxophonist raised in France (where he still lives) who records with both Jewish and Arab musicians and is steeped in jazz tradition. So what you've got here is Jewish music, Arab music and jazz music, all of it mixed together in a mish-mash which sounds utterly natural and infectious in every way – omni-folk music, like so many in our time, from folk traditions so melded together and hybridized that the result invents a whole new "folk" which might become a tradition of its own. Whatever it is, it's festive, well-played and as familiar as it is hopelessly exotic. Three stars (Jeff Simon)
Roberta Donnay and the Prohibition Mob Band, "A Little Sugar" (Motema). "I consider the early women of blues and jazz to be my grandmothers, godmothers, aunts and elder sisters," writes Roberta Donnay in the notes to this. "Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace, Ida Cox, Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Ella and Billie. These musical pioneers delivered a message to the women of their day to stand up, have courage and take charge of their lives." Well, no argument, of course, but that doesn't mean that Donnay's somewhat "cutie pie" voice and delivery are ideal for these early classics whether we're talking about Ida Cox's "You've Got to Swing and Sway," Bessie Smith's "You've Been a Good Old Wagon," "Sugar in My Bowl" and "Empty Bed Blues." (Not since Teresa Brewer's album of lusty Bessie Smith beauties has there been a voice less like Bessie's behemoth larynx than Donnay's.) On the other hand, this particular kind of stylistic ancestor worship is going around these days with some rather delightful results. When Diana Krall was on Letterman singing one of the better tunes from her hit new disc "Glad Rag Doll," you'd have thought the ever-cool host was going to burst from the pleasure of it all. Donnay is no Krall and her disc isn't even close (Krall, after all, had T-Bone Burnett as a collaborator and her husband Elvis Costello as uncredited adviser) but it's reasonably entertaining on its own. And her taste in early jazz and blues repertoire is better than that. Two and a half stars(J.S.)
Donny McCaslin, "Casting for Gravity" (Greenleaf). We're dealing with some of the cream of New York's working jazz generation with McCaslin. He's no stranger to Dave Douglas' bands and Maria Schneider's orchestra. His producer on this disc is David Binney, no less, and his keyboardist is Jason Lindner, a longtime Binney fellow traveler. McCaslin is a kind of post-Michael Brecker tenor player with a lot of Brecker's post-Coltrane approach but not nearly as much heaviness in his sound as Brecker. That he's in the most full-bodied tenor tradition though is signified by his live performances where he has the temerity to take a leaf from Sonny Rollins' book and sometimes plays in pianoless trio and even solo. Binney throws in synthesizers, vocalises and all manner of rather marvelous electronic seasonings, and Mark Guiliana's drums are rockish but full of air and taste and imagination. The result here is probably close to state-of-the-art New York City jazz making, just as abstract sometimes as it is full of inventive electronica. Awfully good. Three and a half stars (J.S.)
Bach, 6 Suites for Cello Solo performed on period instruments by Pieter Wispelwey (EPR Classic, two discs plus DVD). "The Bible for cello players" the notes call the complete Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites heard in this terrific rendering. You might even say that after Casals bequeathed regular performances of them to the cello world, you're not even a classical cellist unless you've recorded them. That seldom means anything, though, that's nearly as unusual as what you hear as the great virtuoso Pieter Wispelwey plays them on baroque cello and piccolo cello using the kinds of loose tunings Bach's musicians at Cothen would have used. "The consequences were quite drastic," says Wispelwey. "The strings were thicker, their amplitudes wider, making their speech even more characterful." Add the cellist's frequently rapid tempos and this is a highly unusual and rather wonderful performance of the six cello suites, complete with a DVD called "392" in honor of the pitch tuning of Wispelwey's cello. Leave it to Bach to write music that results in so many different but equally marvelous interpretations. Four stars (J.S.)
Karina Gauvin, "Prima Donna," the Arion Orchestre Baroque, Alexander Weimann, conductor (ATMA Classique). Described as Canada's Superstar Soprano, Gauvin likes historical exploration. She joined the off-roading pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin not long ago in songs of Ravel and other impressionists. She clearly loves off-the-beaten-path Handel. Which is fine with me. A couple of months ago, when the Metropolitan Opera was airing Handel's "Julius Caesar," I was listening to it in the car having hardly the foggiest idea what was going on but noticing how every aria grabbed and held your attention, how the music quickly announced itself as the work of a master. The disc has 15 tracks. and almost all of them are Handel. (The other two, by Vivaldi and Vinci, stick out – even novices will realize Baroque was far from formulaic.) Gauvin's lovely soprano sails and soars through them all with ease. She even sounds as if she's having fun as she glides through the gilded ornamentation. The orchestra has a nice, balanced sound. Three and a half stars. (Mary Kunz Goldman)


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Slam Stewart
Slam Stewart was a superior swing-oriented bassist whose ability to bow the bass and hum an octave apart made him famous in the jazz world. He had thought of the idea while studying at Boston Conservatory when he heard Ray Perry singing along with his violin.
In 1936, Stewart was with Peanuts Holland's group and the following year he started playing regularly with guitarist/singer/comedian Slim Gaillard in a group logically dubbed Slim and Slam. Flat Foot Floogie became a huge hit and kept the group working through the early '40s.
After leaving Gaillard, Stewart was in great demand. He played with Art Tatum's trio, was featured on records with the Benny Goodman Sextet, Red Norvo (a famous session with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie), and Lester Young (a classic rendition of Sometimes I'm Happy), and led his own group which for a period featured the up-and-coming pianist Erroll Garner.Read more


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A New Jersey judge ruled today that you cannot be ticket for DWI when you're driving a ... Zamboni.
[Side note: Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc. takes a strong stance against the Zamboni name being used as a genericized term for ice resurfacers. But saying 'Zamboni' is, of course, a lot more fun.]
Apparently Zamboni operator John Peragallo had a few drinks before taking the ice at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown. The police were called and recorded Peragallo's blood alcohol level at 0.12 percent.
Peragallo appealed his conviction and Superior Court Judge Joseph Falcone ruled that four-ton ice rink-grooming machines aren't motor vehicles because they aren't useable on highways and can't carry passengers.
Peragallo had informed police that he had a shot of Sambuca with his breakfast coffee and two Valium-pills before work.


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In 1984 us canucks had two world amateur champs going in to the LA OLY GAMES. The whole hockey crazed nation was hoping shaun O sullivan a light middleweight and Willie Dewitt a Heavey weight would come home with the gold.
They both managed Silver Medals with shaun losing to frank tate and willie to man that tyson lost to in the oly trials henry tillman.
Both of are boys were knockout punchers with Willie having knocked Henry with one punch in an earlier Amateur bout.
They both embarked on proffesional carreers with shaun signing with mike trainer of sugar ray leonard fame and winning his first 11 until running into his first loss against future champ simon brown. Shaun ending his carreer at 23-5
but ended up with puglism demtia.
Willie signed on with some texans and produced a winning streak until getting knocked out by bert cooper who within a few fights almost knocked out Evander Holyfield. Willie had more fights and even beat his olympic nemisis henry Tillman by a one sided decsion. He decided to retire and now is a successful lawyer for a firm in calgary.
I guess my point to telling this tale is that both fellows had great success as amateurs and some failures as pros. One left the boxing game with his facluties intact and the other was not so lucky. As fans we are entertained by these fighters but also wish the best for our retired warriors.
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Are Summer Home Improvements Worth It?
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Summer can quite enjoyable at your own home if you have what you need to make it comfortable for outdoor (or indoor) living. However, not every improvement you make will add value to your home. In many cases, the added value to your home is unlikely to result in you recouping the total cost of your home improvements. As a result, it is important to carefully consider what you choose to do.
Before making any home improvement, you should consider the cost, and the potential reward. Some items, such as enhancing your home's curb appeal with attractive plants and a maintained yard, can help you sell your home in the future, while providing you with a beautiful home. Other improvements, though, require a little more thought and planning. And you should be aware that you want to do them right — or you could end up with an unattractive feature that detracts from your home's value.
Common Summer Home Improvements
There are some common home improvements associated with the summer time. Not all of these are as cost-efficient as others, though. Here are some of the more popular choices for summer home remodeling projects:
- Deck: If you are looking for a place to relax in the summer time, you might consider adding a deck. According to Remodeling Magazine, you can recover up to 72.8% of the cost of installing a wood deck.
- Patio: Perhaps you don't have the room for a deck. If this is the case, you might consider a patio. If you already have a small pad of concrete as a patio, you can widen it with the help of additional concrete. Add a few chairs, and a small table, and it can become quite pleasant.
- Pool: This is an expensive home improvement. An in-ground pool can add to the value of your home, but by the time you pay for it, and pay for the maintenance required for its upkeep, there is little chance that you will recover what you spent. If you are looking to use it to help you sell your home down the road, you will have to make sure you keep it in good condition. The National Association of Realtors point out that an above-ground pool can actually reduce the resale value of a home.
- Sunroom addition: Remodeling Magazine says that you will probably only recover about 48.6% of what you spend on a sunroom. However, it can be a pleasant way to enjoy the outdoors in an environment with some degree of temperature control. Buying one of those sunroom kits, though, and doing it yourself, might provide a less expensive alternative. However, in the long run it might not help your home's resale value.
- Air conditioning: Once again, adding central air can be a way to improve the comfort of your home, but you probably won't recoup the costs, including the extra energy you will use to run it. However, even though it may not increase the resale value of your home, it might be a deal clincher down the road.
Bottom Line
When you are deciding on summer home improvements, think about how you will use them, and whether you will enjoy them. For the most part, summer home improvements are going to be for your comfort and benefit. They may be nice features that can make your home a little more sellable, but they probably won't add substantially to your home's resale value. Don't think of them as a financial investment; rather, consider them as purchases that might be considered an investment your own enjoyment.{ 4 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Freshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky capped a perfect Southeastern Conference season with a 74-59 victory over No. 16 Florida on Sunday.
Kentucky (30-1, 16-0) extended its winning streak to 22 games and secured its hold on a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
The Wildcats become just the third team since Alabama in 1956 to go unbeaten in SEC play. The other two were Kentucky in 1996 and 2003.
The Wildcats used an 8-0 run in the second half to make it a double-digit lead, and then added a 7-0 run to put the game out of reach.
Patric Young led Florida (22-9, 10-6) with 21 points, and Erik Murphy added 14 points and eight rebounds.
■ No. 10 Ohio State 72, No. 5 Michigan State 70: In East Lansing, Mich., William Buford made a high-arcing jumper from the top of the key with 1 second left to lift Ohio State and forge a three-way tie for the Big Ten title.
The Buckeyes (25-6, 13-5) earned a share of their third straight conference championship and forced the Spartans (24-7, 13-5) to settle for having a piece of it along with No. 13 Michigan. The Wolverines, who won their first Big Ten title since 1986, beat Penn State earlier Sunday.
Michigan State, which led by as many as 15 in the first half, lost at home for the first time this season. The Spartans also lost standout freshman Branden Dawson for the rest of the season when he tore the ACL in his left knee during the first half.
Draymond Green finished 6 of 18 from the field with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
Buford scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half.
■ No. 13 Michigan 71, Penn State 65: In State College, Pa., Trey Burke scored 19 points and Michigan shot 59 percent from the field to earn a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since 1986.
Evan Smotrycz added 17 points for the Wolverines (23-8, 13-5), who needed Ohio State to beat Michigan State later, which the Buckeyes did.
Jermaine Marshall had a career-high 27 points and eight rebounds for Penn State (12-19, 4-14), including a layup that closed a 19-point deficit with 9 minutes left to 62-58 with 2:38 to go.
Ross Travis added 15 points for Penn State.
■ No. 14 Wisconsin 70, Illinois 56: In Madison, Wis., senior Jordan Taylor scored 16 points in his final home game for Wisconsin.
Josh Gasser added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers (23-8, 12-6), who have won three straight.
Brandon Paul had 22 points for Illinois (17-14, 6-12), which had only three assists, a season-low, and lost its seventh straight road game.
It was the 265th victory at Wisconsin for coach Bo Ryan, tying Harold "Bud" Foster for most wins in the program's history.
■ No. 18 Indiana 85, Purdue 74: In Bloomington, Ind., Christian Watford scored 19 points and Will Sheehey added 16, leading Indiana over archrival Purdue on Senior Day.
The Hoosiers (24-7, 11-7 Big Ten) finished the season with an 18-1 home record.
■ No. 22 Florida State 80, Clemson 72: In Tallahassee, Fla., Michael Snaer scored a career-high 23 points to lead Florida State.
The Seminoles (21-9, 12-4) finished third in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
■ No. 24 Virginia 75, Maryland 72 (OT): In College Park, Md., Mike Scott had a career-high 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Sammy Zeglinski scored 20 points as Virginia overcame a late collapse in regulation.
■ No. 25 Creighton 83, Illinois State 79 (OT): In St. Louis, Doug McDermott had 33 points and Antoine Young scored eight of his 14 in overtime as Creighton survived an upset bid in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final.


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BHILAI: The enthronement ceremony of Dr Joseph Mar Dionysius as the Calcutta diocesan Metropolitan was held at the Bhilai aramana Chappal where the Calcutta diocese's first Metropolitan is laid to rest by His Holiness the Catholicose.
Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II celebrated Holy Eucharist. Dr. Mathews Mar Severios, secretary to Holy Episcopal Synod assisted the Pontiff at the enthronement services.
All the priests and representatives from different parishes Pronounced "Oxios" along with HH Catholicose when Mar Dionysius was raised on throne by the Priests of the diocese. Priest Trustee, Fr. Johns Abraham Konat read out the bull from the Catholicose that proclaims the enthronement of Metropolitan Mar Dionysius.
Sri. Joy P O.Ommen, the Chief Secretary to the Government of C.G inaugurated the Public Meeting. His Holiness the Catholicose presided over the meeting. Dr. Mathews Mar Severios, Mathias Ramban Cor-Episcopos, Gee Varghese Ramban, Fr .P S Varghese and Fr. K.A Abraham felicitated the Metropolitan. Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius in his reply speech thanked every one of his diocese towards their love.
Earlier HH the Catholicose was given a warm welcome at the Raipur Airport under the leadership of Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius.
HH the Catholicose upon his arrival, was declared a Special guest by the Government. HH also met the Governor of the state H.E Shekar Dutt at his residence Raj Bhavan.


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...Labros studied Architecture in the UK and practicing it,in Athens, Greece.At the same time, he indulges himself in landscape architecture, digital art, sketching, photography, recycle art and design as a remedy to Soul.
Photography is a medium with which he tries to "imprint Reality" the way he perceives it. To "see" beyond the obvious.
While Digital Art and Recycle Art, gives him the ability to grasp parts of the divine immateriality that surrounds us. To project memories and comment on the present, using everyday images and objects with their own stories, into collages and works of art.
Interpretation and re-presentation resides with you...
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Excerpts from Pope Francis's homily at the Easter Vigil, 2013
"In the Gospel of this radiant night of the Easter Vigil, we first meet the women who go to the tomb of Jesus with spices to anoint his body (cf. Lk 24:1-3). They go to perform an act of compassion, a traditional act of affection and love for a dear departed person, just as we would.
But at this point, something completely new and unexpected happens, something which upsets their hearts and their plans, something which will upset their whole life: they see the stone removed from before the tomb, they draw near and they do not find the Lord's body. It is an event which leaves them perplexed, hesitant, full of questions: "What happened?", "What is the meaning of all this?" (cf. Lk 24:4). Doesn't the same thing also happen to us when something completely new occurs in our everyday life? We stop short, we don't understand, we don't know what to do. Newness often makes us fearful, including the newness which God brings us, the newness which God asks of us.
Dear brothers and sisters, let us not be closed to the newness that God wants to bring into our lives! Are we often weary, disheartened and sad? Do we feel weighed down by our sins? Do we think that we won't be able to cope? Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.
What was a simple act, done surely out of love – going to the tomb – has now turned into an event, a truly life changing event. Nothing remains as it was before, not only in the lives of those women, but also in our own lives and in the history of mankind. Jesus is not dead, he has risen, he is alive! He does not simply return to life; rather, he is life itself, because he is the Son of God, the living God (cf. Num 14:21-28; Deut 5:26; Josh 3:10).
Let the risen Jesus enter your life, welcome him as a friend, with trust: he is life! If up till now you have kept him at a distance, step forward. He will receive you with open arms. If you have been indifferent, take a risk: you won't be disappointed. If following him seems difficult, don't be afraid, trust him, be confident that he is close to you, he is with you and he will give you the peace you are looking for and the strength to live as he would have you do."
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Interlanguage development, mainly as far as written production is concerned, may be facilitated in learners who are trained to elaborate an input, which is recognized as 'meaningful', through noticing and attention management tasks, and through tasks focusing on production, which have an influence on the re-organization of forms and meaning. Therefore, the action-research aimed at verifying how written performance in ab initio students reflected the integration of language and content. Measures for written production during TTC (Text and Task Course) were: Holistic Rating (fluency and creativity), Accuracy Ratios (intelligibility index and error index) and Complexity Ratios (dependent and coordinate clauses per t-units ratio and re-elaboration of a model or text type). Data seemed to confirm the hypothesis that the positive results in written production, after a relative short time of instruction, were influenced by the training TTL (Texts and Tasks Learners) received in the TTC.
Anna Rita, Tamponi.
AnnaRita Tamponi, PhD, taught at UFRGS(Brazil) and UCL(UK), was Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania (USA). She is adjunct professor in L2 Acquisition and School Director in Italy. She published, presented papers and researched on Task Based L2 Teaching, Content Based Instruction, TELL and Lexical Phenomena in receptive/productive L2