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Hubert was a key factor in the game's opening five and a half minutes, as Carolina got off to the quick 14-4 start. Hubert won the opening tip from Len, then alertly blocked Shaquille Cleare's layup attempt as the Terps tried to quickly answer Reggie Bullock's opening three. Hubert then was credited with two steals in the next 60 seconds, both of which led to baskets by Bullock in transition (and an 8-0 lead). The next time down court, Hubert held his ground on the baseline, defending Len long enough for an alert Marcus Paige to swoop in for yet another steal.
Hubert's fine start didn't end there. He continued to make it difficult for Len to get the ball (Maryland turned it over five times in all before Len's first field goal attempt), had an offensive rebound, and found James Michael McAdoo with a good pass in space to drive that led to a trip to the foul line for McAdoo. Finally, his defense held James Padgett up long enough to allow McAdoo to arrive for a big block to spring Dexter Strickland for a fastbreak layup-and-one.
To be sure, Hubert also had his only shot blocked in that stretch, and Len finally did score against him on an impressive move. The point is, Hubert made Len work hard to score, and also showed that he is not content to be simply invisible on the offensive end.
Hubert's inspired early play was a critical factor in Carolina's fast start, and set in motion a virtuous circle of events from a Tar Heel perspective that allowed the lead to snowball up to 22 points by halftime. Numbers crunched by Inside Carolina stats guru Adrian Atkinson help quantify Hubert's overall contribution: Carolina allowed just 14 points in the 14-plus minutes (26 Terrapin possessions) Hubert was on the court, and the Tar Heels allowed nearly 60 percent more points per possession when Hubert was not in the game.
That's the performance of a young man staking out a clear identity as a basketball player and a clear role on this team and in this program. Carolina has a long tradition of tall, awkward or gangly looking forward/centers who, despite initial impressions, turned out to be pretty valuable contributors.
Three comparative cases that come to mind are Warren Martin (1981-86), Kevin Salvadori (1990-1994) and Serge Zwikker (1993-1997). All of those players were bit-part contributors in their first year of eligibility--indeed Salvadori and Zwikker were redshirts their first year on campus, before spending their freshman season of eligibility as little more than mop-up men. But by the end of their sophomore years, all three of those players had begun to make significant contributions on the court. Martin converted 60 percent of his shots from the field as a sophomore in 12 minutes a game; Salvadori shot 55 percent from the field while seeing his minutes rise from three minutes to 15 minutes a game; Zwikker had his coming-out party as an offensive force to be reckoned with by scoring 19 points in 20 minutes in the 1995 NCAA first round win over Murray State, helping spell an ailing Rasheed Wallace who played limited minutes.
Desmond Hubert is not nearly as skilled an offensive player as any of those former Tar Heels, and is not likely to become so either. But he doesn't have to be in order to be an important player for this Carolina team right now.
Hubert's defensive qualities not only give Carolina a fighting chance to neutralize major inside talents like Len, they also allow the Tar Heels to apply more pressure in halfcourt defense. Hubert's opening block not only set the tone for the game, it sent a message that Carolina could erase defensive mistakes. The Tar Heels in fact went on to notch a remarkable nine first-half steals, and force 15 first-half turnovers over all.
There are always those who will point at players getting significant minutes on a team that is struggling and say "so-and-so is not an ACC center" and the like. There is something comic about the expression, because the fact is if you are playing for North Carolina (or any one of 11 other schools) and getting time, you are an ACC player, period. But usually the phrase is not meant to be taken literally, but to be understood as claiming that said player is not of the same caliber as most players in the conference (or in the school's history) at that position.
It's fairly clear that Hubert is not one of the most talented big guys Carolina has ever had, and it's very unlikely he would be one of the top six big guys taken if there was an open draft of all players now on ACC rosters. True, but irrelevant.
What's relevant is that Carolina in recent games has been markedly more effective defensively when Hubert is on the court, and that this Carolina team needs defense-fueled fast break opportunities to establish confidence and put up good offensive numbers. Even if Hubert doesn't score a hoop—and he is looking more confident and aggressive around the basket—the offense and team as a whole functions better when Hubert is making plays like he did in the opening minutes Saturday.
Of course the question facing Hubert—and all the Tar Heels—is whether, having shown what they are capable of at their best, they can replicate it. For this cast of Carolina players to make real headway, multiple players need to display and sustain significant breakthroughs in their level of play.
Against FSU, P.J. Hairston was that guy, and though he didn't shoot well versus Maryland he still brought strong energy and made some great hustle plays. Against, Maryland, Desmond Hubert delivered a performance the Terrapins probably weren't counting on. If Hubert becomes a player Roy Williams can count on for consistent contributions within his skill set, he could yet play a key role in this team's sustained improvement—on both ends of the court.
Thad is the author of "More Than a Game: Why North Carolina Basketball Means So Much To So Many" (now available to be read for free online here: More Than a Game - ONLINE). A Chapel Hill native, he operated the manual scoreboard formerly located at the end of the UNC bench between the 1982-83 and 1987-88 seasons in Carmichael and the Smith Center. Thad wrote regularly for Inside Carolina and UNCbasketball.com from 1995 to 2005. He's an associate professor of leadership studies at the University of Richmond.


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Pyne's attorney, James Champion, believes the jury made a mistake and says he's received calls from at least one juror admitting to "feeling awful" in the wake of the second-degree murder guilty verdict.
After "A Perfect Family," a 48 Hours special about the family and the killing aired Saturday, thousands weighed in on whether they felt there was adequate evidence to convict 22-year-old Pyne.
The jury of the online public is split, perhaps leaning toward acquittal of the young man based on a lack of evidence carrying the case past the "beyond a reasonable doubt" threshold.
Read some of the discussion on the 48 Hours Facebook page or the 48 hours website.
Champion, Jeffrey Pyne's Grand Rapids-based attorney, originally from Highland Township where the killing occurred and the Pyne family resides, said an appeal is definite.
"At least one juror that's been contacting me just feels awful," Champion says. "What I believe happened is they would have acquitted him on first (degree murder), but anything that you put in front of them as an alternative there going to take, because it doesn't look good, right?"
Champion calls this "splitting the baby," having a gut feeling that something criminal occurred but not enough evidence to support the hunch and put someone in jail for life, the mandatory sentence for a first-degree murder conviction in Michigan.
Perhaps sensing this might be the case, the prosecution made a strategic decision to offer up an alternative to the jury, second-degree murder, which carries no minimum sentence and up to life in prison.
Logically, though, this seems strange.
Throughout the trial, there was testimony to the effect that the killer must have had intent. The medical examiner said the killer likely delivered lethal blows with a blunt object, splitting Ruth Pyne's scalp, crushing her skull and causing severe injury to her brain.
This alone would have likely led to Ruth Pyne's death, examiners testified, but the killer took it further, turning her over while subconscious and stabbing her in the neck 16 times.
Based on this premise, if you believe Jeffrey Pyne delivered the injuries, he should be guilty of first-degree murder. A reduction to second-degree murder, in the eyes of the law, essentially means Pyne meant to inflict great bodily harm, and possibly death, but did so without forethought, in the heat of passion.
The main difference between first-degree and second-degree murder is the malice of forethought. Was it a killing that occurred in an act of passion, or was it plotted?
For instance, a man walks on his wife in bed with another man. If leaves to retrieve a gun and returns to shoot and kill the lover, that's first-degree murder. If after observing the scene, in a fit of rage, he attacks and strangles the man to death, that is second-degree murder.
So in the case of Jeffrey Pyne, the distinction between first- and second-degree murder lies with whether the whole attack was planned; or, if not planned and a spontaneous attack, was there a "cooling off period."
That's debatable, but the prosecution argued that there was a "cooling off period" after Ruth Pyne fell unconscious from being beaten in the head with what has been speculated to be a board or another blunt object with edges.
The killer showed undeniable intent and forethought by rolling the victim onto her back and stabbing her 16 more times to ensure death, the prosecution argued.
Champion believes the timing and length of the trial may have contributed to the outcome.
"This jury they been there for 5 weeks," he said. "It was Christmas time right around the bend and they wanted to get out of there."
Pyne is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29.
His father, Bernard Pyne, maintains that his son is innocent and the real killer is still on the loose.


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Presenting Mr & Mrs Nunn — Our Runaway Wedding
Last Wednesday the lady I love more than anything eloped with me. We took a secret road trip up to Gretna Green and got married at the Old Blacksmith's! Just Spadge, myself and of course Bandit.
To me there is so much aesthetic value in the places I go & the people I see. These are my attempts to document my adventures so I don't forget them. This is my visual journal.
Last Wednesday the lady I love more than anything eloped with me. We took a secret road trip up to Gretna Green and got married at the Old Blacksmith's! Just Spadge, myself and of course Bandit.
A photo journal of a long weekend in Edinburgh – May 2015.
Today we got to take Bandit to one of our absolute favourite places in the world — Woodhall Spa. He absolutely loved it, there were loads of other dogs to play with and so many new things to sniff, chew & chase! We also didn't hate the fact that we had to drive past our […]
My lady & I have just had a week of good food, long walks & breath taking scenery. Last Friday we took a 3 hour drive north in the dark & some how managed to find the little cottage that would be our new home for the week down a little farm track.
While up in Lancashire at the weekend Spadge & I headed to Blackpool for the day. The weather was looking pretty disappointing so we got pretty excited when we saw signs to Blackpool Zoo! I didn't even know Blackpool had a zoo so we didn't have our hopes up — but it was awesome! Lions, […]
Last weekend Spadge & I had another adventure, this time we headed north over the Humber Bridge into Yorkshire. We'd found an awesome little cottage with an weekend still available despite it being the start of the high season.
As mentioned here my lady & I had a weekend away in the cabin in Kenwick. It was long over due — we haven't been since November. It felt great to escape for a little while. This time we came across a small family-run farm park called Rushmore Country Park where Spadge got to feed some baby lambs & I made friends with a pretty awesome ginger guinea pig. We also ate lots of bacon, had fish & chips, ran around the woods… you know, the usual.
As part of my birthday present last month Spadge got us tickets to the Tattoo Tea Party — awesome. So we made the trip up to Event City in Manchester to check it out. It's unusual to see so many different styles under one roof & really interesting seeing how other people deal with the pain of being tattooed. There were some mind-blowingly-good artists & it's, unsurprisingly, made me feel the need for more ink. Check out the photos and enjoy.
Last weekend my amazing smoking hot smart sexy pretty cute girlfriend, Spadge, took me away for a weekend to the picturesque village of Burnham Market in North Norfolk. We stayed in an awesome holiday cottage which had everything we could possibly need, including a coffee machine & wood burner for the cold February nights!
Spadgerina & I spent last week in Paris — wow what a city. We had a very cute little apartment about 20 minutes walk north of Notre Dame, which meant we could walk almost everywhere. We managed to get a good mix of the usual hotspots & found our own.
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Awfully Successful: Is This China's Worst Blockbuster Ever?
With movie makers worldwide struggling to discover the formula for success in China's lucrative film market, one domestically made spy thriller appears to have stumbled its way into a winning strategy: just be ridiculously bad.
"Switch," the story of a top Chinese secret agent battling multinational mobsters to recover a precious painting, has only been in theaters for a little over a week and is already considered by some to be one of the worst Chinese blockbusters to ever lurch its way across the silver screen.
Yet it has continued to pull in movie-goers, beating out Paramount's "Star Trek: Into Darkness" to sit atop the Chinese box office – a result that has left more than a few in the industry scratching their heads.


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Another weekend spent racing near Sacramento strongly reaffirmed what I had already suspected: heat and anaerobic efforts don't agree with me. At this point, you probably know how the rest of this report is going to go, but knowing that most of you enjoy reading about my suffering, I won't spare you any details.
Challenge Criterium
The crit was actually the best race of the whole Omnium weather-wise because it started at 8 in the morning when it was only about 70 degrees. The course was sort of bean shaped, with only two wide sweeping turns and an arch linking them. The length of the course was .7 miles and the pace was fast for most of the race.
I lined up in the first row and knew exactly what I was going to do, attack right out of the blocks. I knew that I had a TT coming up in the afternoon, so I wasn't really planning on getting into a break from the start line, but I wanted to see how motivated the group was and how my legs felt. After flying solo for about a lap and a half, I saw there was no chase and the legs seemed okay, so I settled into the middle of the group to see how the race would develop.
There were five primes for the taking. The first two were a gym membership and a t-shirt, neither of which I was particularly interested in. The last three primes would be for points, two for each (two points at an ominium equals to one place, in principle).
Attacks and breaks went flying fairly often, but all got chased down. About two thirds through the race, with two riders up the road, a rider from Davis tried to bridge and I jumped on his wheel. After turn two, I got on the nose and took my pull, but saw that the rest of the field was on our tails and just sat up to let someone else finish off the chase.
Fast forward to three laps to go, the pace picks up. In fact, it picked up so much, that I somehow forgot we did a lap. On what I thought was lap three, but was actually lap two, the pace almost halted for some reason after turn one and some derailleur to front wheel action in front of me required me to got a bit heavy on the brakes. This wasn't too big of a deal because I was neither off the back, or crashed out, but I knew I had to move up quickly because it wasn't going to get any calmer. As I'm making my way up the field, we pass the start/finish and I see one to go (fully expecting to see two to go).
Now I have to make up the distance in the field in one lap that I was planning to make up in two. All of a sudden, a San Jose junior finds an open lane on the inside and I'm riding his wheel past half the field, then the field swings left and that gets door shut down in a hurry. Through some maneuvering, I was able to roll in for 14th, but knowing I seriously screwed up that finish.
The South Canal TT
I was counting on making up some points in the TT, which was an out and back course, just shy of 11 miles with a set of three rollers in the first (and accordingly last) 2 miles of the course. The rollers are short, maybe 50 meters at the most, but very steep, 12 percent or more for sure. This was the same distance as the Madera TT which I killed, so I was hoping for a similar performance.
I felt good during the warmup. Despite the fact that the temperatures were now creeping up into the high 80s, my heart rate seemed to be not off the charts and the power was there.
I hit the course hard, getting my HR over 170 in the first 30 seconds or so and holding there on the way out. I was told that it was easy to go out too hard, which I realized when I started hitting 30mph on the way out and almost touching 40 going down the backside of the rollers. I made it to the turn around point in about 11:30, which was a very good time, assuming I could do something similar on the way back.
The way back proved to be more of a challenge with fatigue setting in, heart rate creeping up and a headwind slowing me down. At one point, my mouth had become so dry, I could not physically swallow, so to minimize time loss, I waited until I was on the downside of the roller, and while gravity was helping me, I grabbed a gulp of water. Except that my HR was so high, all I could do was swoosh it around my mouth and spit it back out, none of it wanted to go in, but it did what I needed it to do.
I finished in 26:04, a fairly disappointing time because I was aiming at about 25 minutes. Just like in the crit, I was 14th in the TT – my worst TT finish in the last two years – oh well.
Folsom Circuit Race
My start for the circuit race was at 2:25 pm, and it was getting hot. The course was absolutely awesome, and I wish I could race it again in much cooler weather. It was a 2.4 mile circuit, with six 90-degree turns, a couple of sweepers, a few undulations to break up the rhythm and one Euro-style roundabout. I talked to Michael and Phill before the race and they both told me to stay on the inside on the roundabout to avoid trouble, which I did.
We ended up racing eight laps or about 20 miles. I was fine in the pack for the first six laps, but as we were racing, the heat was going up and I was slowly starting to cook. Dumping water on myself no longer worked, as it was hot. With two laps to go, it was time to start making moves and as I tried to move up, my body started fighting me and I started to remember Sacramento Grand Prix. On the last lap, my body had enough and I was literally cooked. The field split right before my eyes and I just didn't have enough in the gut to bridge and ended up rolling in. I didn't check, but I'm pretty sure I was either last or almost last (unless we lost some people on earlier laps, which is possible).
Some people don't like climbs, some don't like crits, and I don't like heat. Next year, anything that will have me racing in the 90s or above at anaerobic levels, I'm not doing. Considering I only had a handful of races like that this year, I don't think I'm giving up much.
There's more coming later this week on my ever-growing to-do list and I'll go out on a limb and make some Everest Challenge predictions (oy!).


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A rundown of some of the top stories being produced in The Oregonian and OregonLive.com newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 20
Oregon Attorney General won't defend state's ban on gay marriage
Advocates of gay marriage saw the possibility of a quick legal win on the horizon Thursday after Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced she would not defend Oregon's ban on gay marriage in federal court.
Horman case: Judge to restrict landscaper testimony but minimize weight
The judge in the Horman custody case will restrict a landscaper's testimony about the suspected murder-for-hire plot but may not give much weight to it.
Oregon safety inspections lag behind huge increase in oil trains
Oil trains arrived in Oregon in late 2012, sharply increasing the volume of hazardous materials moving on the state's railroads. The Oregon Department of Transportation has 4,500 employees, but only one who specializes in inspecting the hundreds of trains carrying hazardous materials through Oregon.
State appeals court topples 50-year growth plan, setting up land use debate
The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a 50-year growth plan established by Metro and Portland-area counties Thursday, setting the stage for a debate about the state's land use system. The broad nature of the ruling means county and Metro officials will have to restart work on a plan that took years and millions of dollars to develop unless the Legislature steps in.
Is Portland's Chinatown gate crumbling?
In recent weeks at least one piece of masonry has fallen from the ornate Chinatown Gate at Northwest Fourth Avenue and East Burnside street in downtown Portland. Now, businesses, groups and the city are trying to figure out who is responsible for maintenance of the gate.
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Grand Rapids, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- The Minnesota Twins have long been recognized as an organization that goes above and beyond its responsibility to the community.
That trend continued Saturday morning in Grand Rapids as coaches from the Twins were putting on a free youth baseball clinic as a part of the Play Ball Minnesota! initiative.
More than 100 kids showed up to get advice on the basics of baseball - throwing, fielding, and hitting - as well as the game of life.
One of the coaches was Ken Mauer, uncle of Twins star catcher Joe Mauer.
This is the 51st year the Twins have put on these free clinics, holding 42 of them across the region this year.
The coaches in Grand Rapids said they wouldn't want to be doing anything else.
"The Twins Community Fund has been doing this for 50 years," Don Geng said. "Last year was the 50th anniversary, and they think they've coached about a million kids in the five-state area. The Twins really want to build up baseball and want the kids to have fun, so they send us out to help the kids get better."
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Unless you're in the small minority of economists who doubt man-made climate change and think the government should do nothing in the current economic catastrophe, you want more spending. Now. A lot of it.
Forget all the talk about thrift and budgetary restraint and entitlement reform. You know that for the economy to get going, the feds need to spend because, hey, no one else will.
When people are hunkered down, the government has to step up. There may have been a debate about what kind of stimulus bill to pass earlier this month, but there was no debating that we needed something.
And yet...at some point the recession/depression will end and we'll be faced with not only the incredible debts we had before this mess, but all the money we borrowed to pay for the recovery.
The sums are so staggering that you kind of want to get up and get a stiff drink, both to steady yourself and because the statistics are so mind-numbing they're hard to understand.
Look at it this way. The United States has a GDP of more than $14 trillion. Before all this bailout mess started, we had national debt of about $11 trillion. But that number is low because we have something like $56 trillion in national debt and unfunded liabilities, money we've promised the baby boomers in Medicare and Medicaid mostly (Social Security has a shortfall but it's small by comparison). And we've just tacked on another $9.7 trillion in guarantees from the Federal Reserve and the federal government. At some point, a truly monstrous bill will come due.
That's part of the reason why the White House isn't crazy to schedule a fiscal responsibility summit and why there will be so much interest in the president's budget address to the nation tomorrow along with the release of his first budget on Thursday. Right now we're in a frenzy of spending, but it won't always be this way. Thinking about what we could do now to lessen the impact of what's to come later, well, that's not crazy even if having a responsible money summit in the midst of a spending spree is like teaching abstinence education at an orgy.
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BEIJING - The U.S. women's soccer team is back on top.
Delran's Carli Lloyd put them there.
Outplayed and seemingly overmatched for most of their gold medal game with Brazil, Lloyd took over in overtime with a beautiful goal that gave the U.S. a 1-0 victory.
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Lloyd, the former Rutgers star, took a pass near the top of the box on the right, deftly moved around two defenders and then set a low blistering shot past the Brazilian goalie, just inside the far post for the only goal of the game in the 96th minute. The U.S. then hung on for the rest of the two overtime periods.
It is the second consecutive gold medal in the Olympics for the U.S., which has fallen short in the past two World Cups - including 2007, when the team was eliminated by Brazil, 4-0, in the semifinals.
This time, they were able to shut down Brazil's powerful offense thanks to an airtight defense and the play of keeper Hope Solo.
Solo, who only 11 months ago was banished from the bronze medal game at the World Cup for criticizing then-coach Greg Ryan for not playing her against Brazil, danced on the field several minutes after the game ended, a large, imitation gold medal around her neck, a phone to her ear and a bright smile on her face.
She had the save of the game, somehow knocking away a shot by Marta in the second half.
The Americans looked sluggish and outclassed against the Brazilians for much of the game. But just as they have all Olympics, they came through when it counted.
The winning goal started when Amy Rodriguez held off two Brazilians and put the ball up for Lloyd who gave it a light touch with her right foot and then left-footed it from a yard outside the area. Brazilian goalie Barbara dived, but the ball scooted past her and settled in the far bottom corner of the net.
Marta gave Brazil a chance in the 102nd minute, but she was tackled by Heather Mitts and then, after getting the ball back, was blocked first by Kate Markgraf and then by Christie Rampone. Brazil peppered the U.S. goal in the final minutes of overtime, but couldn't connect.
As the final whistle sounded, the Americans charged across the field, hugging anyone in sight. Someone handed out flags, and several players took off, running. It was their third Olympic gold in the past four Olympiads.
The Brazilians, meanwhile, were disconsolate. Barbara lay on her back, sobbing, while Cristiane sat on the ground crying. Marta, who had been so brilliant all night only to see her team come up short yet again in a major tournament, put her hand to her head.


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Oregon generally goes easier on its schools, its teachers and its students than most other states. And it spends significantly less per student than the national average.
Those conclusions can be drawn from examining the path Oregon policymakers have chosen, as revealed by the Top 5 education policy questions of 2013 tallied by the Education Commission of the States.
Oregon doesn't make students pass Algebra II to get a diploma, doesn't issue As or Fs to schools based on their results and hasn't determined how much, if any, of a teacher's job performance should be based on their students' test scores, that commission says.
The education policy outfit, based in Denver, was set up by states to help legislatures and legislators keep track of other states' education policies, learn what policies are yield good results and otherwise be well-informed about state school policies and practices.
Every day, the nonprofit commission fields questions from harried legislative staffers, journalists on deadline and even curious parents about what states are up to when it comes to education, from preschool through college.
This year, the commission tallied the most-asked questions about education. And Jennifer Dounay Zinth, co-director of the group's Information Clearinghouse, provided Oregon- and Washington-specific answers to four of the five. (The commission's school funding expert, Mike Griffith, is on vacation and unavailable to give the Oregon answer to the money question.)
- No. 5 most-asked question: How many states require Algebra II for graduation?
Answer: 16. Washington is one of them, beginning with the class of 2013. But Oregon does not require Algebra II.
Zinth says that issue rose on the national radar when two states, Florida and Texas, decided to pull back from requiring Algebra 2 for all students.
- No 4 most-asked: Are more states dropping high school exit exams in favor of end-of-course exams?
Answer: Yes. Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania all are moving from a generic graduation test on math and reading to tests keyed to required high school courses, including Algebra I. Those tests are generally much more advanced than the broader-based more generic tests.
Once again, Oregon is not part of the trend. Oregon plans to continue asking students to pass reading, writing and math tests that are not geared to any particular course.
- No. 3 most-asked: Which states assign letter grades to schools?
No. 2-most asked: Are states using student achievement to evaluate teachers?
Answer: Yes, nearly every state is wading in to require test scores as an element of teacher evaluation, and most are hungry to learn what is working -- and not -- in other states, says Kathie Christie, the other co-director of the Information Clearinghouse.
Again, Oregon is not on board with this trend, making it a notable exception. The Obama administration has warned Oregon it will face serious consequences if it doesn't come up with an approved plan to make student achievement gains a "significant" factor in teacher and principals job evaluations.
Washington faces a similar warning because its current rule says that school districts "may" rather than "must" use student achievement gains as part of teacher evaluation.
- The most-asked education policy question of 2013: How does our state's funding formula stack up nationally?
But there are some facts that are relevant. Oregon is among the 28 states where most funding is contributed and controlled by the state, not by the local school district, according to National Center for Education Statistics data for 2010-11.
And Oregon awarded its schools much less per student than the national average -- about $9,500 per student, compared with $10,700 nationally, according to that same NCES report. That means Oregon allots 11 percent less per student than is true nationally.
Oregon's per-student spending in 2010-11 was 0.7 percent higher than the previous year. It would have been about 3 percent less than in 2009-10 if the federal government had not kicked in stimulus funding to cushion the blow.
Oregon school funding rebounded this year, thanks largely to an $800 million increase in the state's two-year allocation for K-12 schools in 2013-15. It remains to be seen whether that had brought Oregon higher than 89 percent of the national average in per-student spending.
-- Betsy Hammond


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These Jalapeno Chedder Biscuits are 3.1 Net carbs each. GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a muffin top pan with cooking spray and set aside. MAKING 2. In a large bowl add in the almond flour baking powder and garlic powder salt and
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Low carb dishes under 10 net carbs per serving. GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. MAKING 2. In a food processor jar add in almond pulp flax seed meal coconut oat fiber sugar free
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Don Dillon of Camp Hill, PA. misses his putt throw to the 8th hole basket July 20, 2013 during the Professional Disc Golf Association Championship as part of the 2013 National Senior Games competitions at the Veterans Memeorial Park Disc Golf Course in Parma.
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We love public transportation. It's a marvel of convenience, economy and environmental... oh, who are we kidding? It's a slow, sticky ride crammed into an uncomfortable conveyance full of stinky weirdos. But at least now we can catalog these weirdos, thanks to a new report from The Onion. Observe:
Anthropologists Classify 43 New Species Of Weirdo Within Subway Ecosystem
In a discovery that has greatly expanded the scientific community's fundamental understanding of oddballs, a team of anthropologists from Columbia University announced Friday the identification of 43 new species of weirdo residing within the New York City subway system.
The findings, set to be published in the July issue of Science, are the culmination of 10 years of research spent observing weirdos in their natural habitat of subway cars and platforms throughout the New York metropolitan area, where the peculiar creatures groom themselves, feign seizures, nibble on raw kale, scratch the same word exactly 63 times into train car windows, and scream at no one in particular.
"Studying these newly classified weirdos has significantly broadened our knowledge of the subway system's vast diversity of lowlife," said lead researcher Anita DePalio."For example, our team found whole populations of misfits whose elaborate locomotion involves traveling from car to car while peddling vials of scented oils, as well as a new variety of clod who drops peanut shells all over the floor of the 5 train. We even discovered a fascinating subspecies of drunk that not only dances in the absence of music, but also ritualistically urinates off the platform whilst uttering thick vocalizations of Armenian profanities."
"There's a whole thriving ecosystem down there, and we're only beginning to understand how freakish it truly is," DePalio added.
Among the new species of weirdos the team encountered, researchers identified several new species within the scuzzbag genus. Some of the species catalogued include the following:
The Common New England Lunkhead
The Midwestern Largemouthed Numbskull
The Red-Faced Southern Lout
The Platform Bench Toenail Clipper
The Mediterranean Agitated Mumbler
The Nocturnal Whistling Sleazoid
The Ponytailed Howling Slimeball
The Hairless Tattooed Lamebrain
The Sweaty Bug-Eyed Jabberer
The Flatulent Red-Tailed Windbag
The Smelly Bottle-Bag Rattletrap
The Red-Pantsed Hipster Blabbermouth
The Lumbering Migratory Scumbucket
The Yammering Weird-Bearded Nitwit
The Spotted Intoxicated Transvestite
The Self-Centered Reclining Seat-Hog
The Female Slumped-Over Wheezer
The Thick-Neck Jersey Galoot
The Overly-Friendly Urine-Soaked Warbler
The Western Hairy-Backed Wacko
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DETROIT, MI - Police are investigating a traffic stop involving Detroit City Councilman George Cushingberry Jr., who was pulled over with an empty bottle of rum and a strong smell of marijuana coming from his car.
Cushingberry was cited for failing to use a traffic signal. He said the empty bottle of alcohol was old, and the marijuana smell came from his passenger, who is a medical marijuana patient.
Police Chief James Craig got involved and said no further charges would be issued against Cushingberry. Police, however, say an internal investigation is underway to determine why the city council member wasn't arrested.
Weather: Temperatures are warming up today, but that could bring new headaches for homeowners. Thawing pipes could explode and melting snow on roofs could form ice dams capable of damaging homes. Temperatures are expected to reach above freezing today, topping out at 36 degrees.
DMC: The Detroit Medical Center is launching an educational effort today to support Detroit area community members with health insurance basics and how to access services under the new health care law. More than 70 Detroit area partners have committed to DMC's "Path to Health"—including prominent Detroit clergies, nonprofit organizations, health care providers, social services and state services.
Chess at DIA: The U.S. women's chess champion is to play simultaneous matches today against 50 children at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Irina Krush, winner of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship the past two years, will play area students who belong to the Detroit City Chess Club. The club was formed 10 years ago by Kevin Fite.
Retirement home homicide A 66-year-old Detroit man faces a competency hearing Friday in the shooting deaths of two women last year at a retirement home. Mike Reda is charged in Wayne County Circuit Court with two counts of first-degree murder, as well as attempted murder and other felony charges. Fifty-nine-year-old Deborah Socia and 61-year-old Maria Gonzalez where shot with an assault rifle on Oct. 20 at the two-story, 80-unit Pablo Davis Elder Living Center in southwest Detroit.
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Were Cobb and Douglas Prejudiced? A Critical Re-analysis of their 1928 Production Model Identification
Cornelis A. Los
Alliant International University - California School of Management and Leadership; University of California at Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business; EMEPS Associates
February 19, 2005
In 1928, Cobb and Douglas (C&D) presented a system analysis which established the first empirically identified production model, which forms the foundation for Solow's growth theory and research into productivity growth factors, such as "technological progress" and "human capital development". C&D claimed that their production model ("function") showed neutral economies of scale, i.e., constant returns to scale, with a labor production elasticity of 3/4 and a capital production elasticity of 1/4. A simple CLS analysis shows that C&D's data were incorrectly identified by an (n,q)=(3,1) linear model. C&D's claim that their neutral "constant returns of scale" was the inevitable scientific conclusion of their analysis was also incorrect, since that conclusion is strictly determined by their subjectively chosen projection direction. In fact, the data shows that with their model and identification technology constant, increasing and diminishing returns to scale are all three compatible with the uncertain data. Their (n,q)=(3,1) model was never identified with an acceptable level of scientific accuracy, with a maximum coefficient value variation of 212%. In contrast, a simple two-equation (n,q)=(3,2) system model can be accurately identified from C&D's data set, with an acceptable level of accuracy, with a maximum coefficient value variation of 7.4%.
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Keywords: System identification, noisy data, production model, elasticities, projections, complete least squares, accuracy
JEL Classification: B23, B24, B49, C21, C31, C52, C53
Date posted: February 22, 2005
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CLACKAMAS – As runners from McMinnville crossed the finish line in first place in both the boys and girls races Thursday at the Pacific Conference cross country district championships, Forest Grove head coach Sue Fleskes couldn't prevent a smile from creeping across her face.
Fleskes couldn't keep from grinning because in each race, despite a Grizzlies runner finishing first, a pack of Vikings was right on their tail.
McMinnville's Whitney Rich won the girls 5,000-meter race in a time of 19:32, while teammate Nic McDaniel claimed the boys race in 16:57. But the story of the meet was the Vikings.
The Forest Grove teams took first place in the boys and girls races and swept the junior varsity titles as well.
"What a blessing. These kids have worked so hard," said Fleskes, who was named the Pacific Conference's boys coach of the year after the race. "It's a team effort. They train as a team. They support each other as a team and I just couldn't be prouder."
In the boys race, the Vikings were led by senior Judd Parson and sophomore Seth Berdahl. Parson finished the race third in 17:06 with Berdahl right behind him in fourth at 17:11.
Berdahl said the plan going into the race was to run in a pack with Parson.
"We were trying to work our way up and make it as close to first and second as we could," Berdahl said. "So it worked out well because we ended up third and fourth."
In the girls race, Forest Grove packed runners together again for great results as five Vikings finished in the top 15. Senior Elena Torry-Schrag led the Vikings with a fifth-place finish in 20:42, while Rubi Vergara-Grindell finished two seconds behind her in sixth place.
In the final results, the Viking boys finished 12 points ahead of Tualatin, while the girls edged out second-place Newberg by five points.
And that was just the varsity.
In a sign of potential future dominance, the Vikings swept the junior varsity meet as well. In the boys division, despite a Grizzly finishing first again, Camden Kennedy and Randy Avendano finished second and third, respectively, to lead the Vikings to a tie-breaker win over McMinnville.
In the girls division, Emily Parker, Tara Campbell and Chloe Janko claimed spots three through five to push the Vikings to a five-point win over Newberg. Fleskes said she was expecting a successful overall meet from each Viking squad, but to sweep all four categories was a huge surprise.
"So many of the races were so close," she said. "It speaks well for our future. Our program has struggled in the past. In 2000 we just had enough kids to fit into my car and another car. Now we took two buses and 70 kids. We have great kids, and I couldn't be prouder."
While the JV wins show potential for the future, this year's team isn't done yet. The varsity will head to Eugene on Saturday to compete in the Class 6A state meet at Lane Community College.
Fleskes said the Vikings are doing things differently this season for the state meet. This year, the team is treating it like a business trip.
"This is not the end all, be all," she said of the conference meet. "We've always gone down to the state meet on Friday and spent the night, but we're not going to do that. We're going to travel down on Saturday. No distractions. Sleep in their own beds.
"We're going to try to make a difference at state this year."
The 6A meet begins with the girls race at 2:25 p.m. and the boys at 3 p.m.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Free from Vancouver soap opera, Cory Schneider looking forward to first camp with Devils
Cory Schneider is used to questions about goaltending competitions, so it seemed appropriate that the first he was asked during today's media availability at the U.S. Olympic team's orientation camp concerned the one he'll face to make the team that will play in Sochi, Russia in February.
His competition will be the other five goaltenders that were invited to the two-day camp at the Washington Capitals practice facility in Arlington, Va. – Buffalo's Ryan Miller (the incumbent from the 2010 silver medalists), Los Angeles Jonathan Quick (the Conn Smythe and Stanley Cup winner from 2012), Ottawa's Craig Anderson, Detroit's Jimmy Howard and Anaheim draft pick John Gibson (likely here just to get his feet wet for 2018) – plus any other American-born goalie who stands out over the first three months of the NHL season.
"First off, I think it's great for USA Hockey to have such depth in goal," said Schneider, who will be bidding for one of the three goaltending slots on the 25-player roster that will be announced on Jan. 1. "I think 5-10 years ago it was tough to find goalies that match up with some of the other countries in the world and now it seems like we have three or four guys who can potentially play that role, so that's encouraging to see. But, personally, for my prospects, it's going to be tough.
"Ryan Miller has won a Vezina (in 2010), Quick a Cup and a Conn Smythe, Craig Anderson might have been heading that way last year if he hadn't gotten hurt, so you have to have a really good start to the year, stay healthy and just make the most of every opportunity you get. My body of work might not be as big as some of the other guys just because I haven't played as many games, but you just have to play well when you (get a chance)."
Having escaped the goaltending soap opera with Roberto Luongo in Vancouver with the draft day trade that made him a Devil, Schneider is well prepared for any scrutiny he might face trying to earn a job on the Olympic team.
Schneider, 27, has had nearly two months to recover from the shock of that trade, in which the Devils gave Vancouver the ninth pick overall. Although he'd heard his name in trade rumors previously, he admits he'd let his "guard down" a bit thinking his spot in Vancouver was safe and that the Canuck would trade Luongo to solve their goaltending logjam. Now, with a little more than two weeks to go before he reports for his first training camp in New Jersey on Sept. 11, Schneider grown used to the idea of being a Devil and sharing a net for at least one season with the legendary Martin Brodeur.
"It's going to be fun," he said. "It's the time of year when you start to sort of get energized to go back to camp anyway and it's just a little more energy and excitement for me," Schneider said. "Going to a new place is kind of like your first day of school. I'm going to try to do what I've been doing that's helped me be successful, but at the same time I have to kind of figure out on the fly and adapt and adjust to how they do things and new teammates and new systems and all that stuff.
"From everything I've heard, it's a well-run organization that does everything first class and I'm sure it will be an easy transition."
If all goes according to plan, Schneider will be the one who fills Brodeur's rather large skates as the team's No. 1 goaltender when the future Hall of Famer retires. Brodeur, 41, hasn't ruled out playing beyond when his contract expires after his upcoming season, however, and Schneider is only two seasons away from having the chance to become an unrestricted free agent.
So, that plan isn't set in stone, yet. Regardless, Schneider doesn't view himself as the guy who will replace Brodeur.
In 30 games last season with the Canucks, Schneider went 17-9-4 with a 2.11 goals-against average, a .927 save percentage and five shutouts. In 98 career NHL regular season games, the Marblehead, Mass. native is 55-26-8 with a 2.20 GAA and a .927 save percentage.
Brodeur is the NHL's all-time leader with 669 wins and 121 shutouts, a three-time Stanley Cup champion and a four-time winner of the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender.
"I understand what he's done and what he means," Schneider said. "But, in Vancouver I was supposed to be the guy who was going to replace Roberto Luongo and I've kind of found you don't really replace guys. I'm not going to be Martin Brodeur no matter what I do, but I'm trying to be me and do what I've done and that just means stopping the puck. So, if I have the success that Marty does or if I'm able to play the game at the level he has for so long, then that's what I aim to do.
"But I don't think there will ever be another Marty Brodeur for a long time, so I don't think about trying to replace him."
Compared to Schneider's two-plus years of dealing with the constant questions in Vancouver (and the rest of Canada) surrounding him and Luongo, talking about splitting playing time with Brodeur should be a breeze. Somehow, Schneider and Luongo managed to become friends through all of that.
"Some people think that Roberto and I getting along was phony or fake, but it was true. It was honest," Schneider said. "We were almost feeling bad for each other as opposed to (feeling bad for) ourselves. I think it helped me to learn to continue to be a professional. We're here to work and to win and to play, but at the same time situations arise where you have to have some tact and understand how to handle situations. So, I think I handled quite well in Vancouver, as did he, and we learned a lot from each other."
Schneider hopes to have a similar friendly relationship with Brodeur. Schneider said Brodeur sent him a message the day of the trade to say "welcome and congratulations", but he hasn't spoken to him, yet.
"By all accounts, just from people who have been with the organization, guys who have played there, he's just a first-class guy and they had nothing but good things to say about him," said Schneider, who played at Boston College with Devils forward Stephen Gionta and defenseman Peter Harrold. "There's competition there. You can't be buddies with everybody. You have to compete and win your job. But, at the same time, you can do that while still maintaining a good relationship. You don't have to become enemies or not like each other just because you're competing for the same spot."
And that's what Schneider plans to do with Brodeur. He said he hasn't talked with Devils coach Pete DeBoer, yet – "We kind of played phone tag" – so he can only make an educated guess about how the goalies will split the games.
"I don't think anyone's too worried about the situation at this point," he said. "It's similar to Vancouver. It's good to have two guys who can play the position and with what Marty's done for that team and the kind of player he is, he's going to compete hard and probably get every opportunity just like I will and that's how it should be. It's an open competition and we're both going to want to get that starting job."
Schneider is aware, of course, that his time might be limited and that, in turn, could hurt his chances of making the Olympic team. As he pointed out, he's starting out with a smaller body of work than pretty much all of his competition (other than Gibson), so he'll have to make the most of the starts he gets in the first three months of the season with the Devils.
"I've only played about 100 games at the NHL level and I'm not sure how it's going to shake out at the start of the year in Jersey as far as what the game schedule will be like," he said. "I may not get 30 games by Christmas. I may only get 10 or 15 or 20 or whatever may be. So, I just have to make sure I play really well in the games I do get and beyond that is kind of out of my control. You'd like to sort of have control over it, but, again, it's not your decision. You're playing for your team first and foremost before you're playing for Team USA."
As for his contract, the Devils are not permitted to sign Schneider to an extension until he enters the final year of his current deal (on July 1, 2014). They can talk unofficially before that, but being that Schneider has yet to even step on the ice as a Devil, it's too early for such conversations.
Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello seems to have made a good impression on Schneider already, though, flying him and his wife to New Jersey last month to show him around Prudential Center. The Schneider also found a place to live in the Hoboken area while they were visiting, so he'll be settled into his new home before camp opens.
"I've been very impressed with Lou," Schneider said. "I've met him in person a few times and he seems pretty straight and to the point. He doesn't have a lot of excess and unnecessary things. It seems like he's focused on winning and winning alone and whatever you need to win he will provide and if there's something that he doesn't feel will help the team win, then it's sort of an extraneous cost. I appreciate that and he's been upfront and honest and seems genuinely excited to have me in the fold. So, I want to reciprocate that by playing well and sort of validating his trade."
Lamoriello has been equally impressed with Schneider.
"He's exceptional," he said. "I spent some time with him, things that you do. We certainly know more about him than people might think because he went to Boston College. His coach (Jerry York) is close to me. We know what kind of person he is as far as his character and we know his abilities. And then getting to meet him, he's that person."
Schneider noted that the faith Lamoriello showed in him by trading for him already gives him a feeling a loyalty toward the organization, but conceded it's way too soon to begin thinking about whether he'd be willing to sign an extension with the Devils before his current contract expires and pass up unrestricted free agency.
"I haven't even set foot there, but I can't say one way or another at this point where I'm at with that," he said. "Obviously, it's flattering when a team gives up an important asset to acquire you. I think it means they think highly of you and I think there's something to be said for a certain amount of loyalty from that. If they do that for you, then you should in turn think about them in that way and I'm hoping that I'll fit right in in Jersey and fall in love with it and the team and the area and that I play well enough that if we talk about this in a year or two it will be an easy decision.
"But a lot can happen from now until then, so I can't really say one way or another where that's going to go."
Other topics Schneider discussed today:
On being surprised by the trade:
"I thought something might (happen). I had sort of been in trade rumors ever since they traded for Roberto (Luongo), Vancouver. Maybe I let my guard down for the first time in a while. I thought I was in the clear and that I was going to end up staying, but that's part of the game and I don't think you really understand that until you get traded. So, I've had a few months to sort of process it and there's no real feelings one way or the other. You have to show up and be professional and I'm excited to be going to New Jersey. It seems like a good organization and it's close to home and they have a winning tradition."
On where was he when he found out Ilya Kovalchuk had left the Devils to return to Russia:
"I was actually back in Vancouver for a friend's wedding. I got emails and texts and more than a few friends were quick to point out that he would rather leave and go back to Russia than play with me. He must have heard the trade that I was going there and said, 'I'm out of here.' A few friends had some fun with that. Hopefully, it's not true."
On what the Devils will be like without Kovalchuk:
"That's one of things you have to learn. I'm not really familiar with a lot of the guys on the team or how they play. Obviously, Ilya was a big part of that team and a tremendous player, but (the Devils have) always tried to do things sort of by committee and without a ton of star power."
On the Devils' ownership situation being settled:
"That can never be a bad thing to have stability like that. It sounds like the old owner (Jeff Vanderbeek) was very passionate and really had a lot vested in the team, but at the end of the day to have that stability and a little bit of assuredness of where the team is going to be, I think that's important for people."
On Luongo's comments having to go back to Vancouver after thinking he would be traded:
"I saw a few of things he said. I haven't seen the interview. He's going back there and he's got to answer some questions. I think he's at the point of his career where he's worried about playing well and he's not letting distractions get to him or the questions get to him. He seems a little more carefree and easy, but in our business it's sometimes hard to do that because there is constantly this kind of feeling that you have to have an answer for everything."
On being linked to Luongo:
"I've learned a lot from him and this story – whatever you want to call it – over the past few years has drawn a lot of attention, especially in Canada. But, as you move on – I'll be in the East, he'll be in the West – I'm sure when we play each other it will come up again, but I see him more as a mentor and a friend than somebody whose shadow I'm trying to get out from underneath. I'm trying to be my own guy and I think he helped me learned that."
On the trade giving him a fresh start:
"A little bit. Both Roberto and myself, we got along great. We had a great time together and we learned a lot from each other, but I think we were both at the point where we sort of needed to go our separate ways and forge our own paths again. He's already done it and almost has to do it again it seems like, but for me to get out of that constant question of what's going to happen – I don't know, nothing happens until it happens. So, now it has happened and it will be good to become a New Jersey Devil. That will be part of my identity and I'm willing to embrace it wholeheartedly."
On being invited to the Olympic orientation camp:
"It was great. The number of high quality goalies here, to be thought of in the same ilk as them, it's encouraging. At the same time, you feel like you belong. You feel like you're not out of place here and that I can have a legitimate shot of being on this team and it's flattering almost to be brought here and you want to do everything you can to represent your country."
On what management and the coaching staff are stressing to prepare the players for the Olympics:
"The emphasis here is that we're literally going to get there, have one day and then the game starts. There's no exhibition. There's no real practice time. So, I think they're just trying to get a sense of cohesion and have a plan in place. That way you're not on a flight to Russia going over systems and figuring out line combinations and kind of showing up like a shinny game. I think the purpose of this is, (though) guys might forget over four or five months what we talk about, at least plant the seed now and refreshing will probably (go) a lot quicker and just meeting some people.
"There's some guys here who I've never met. I've seen (them), I've heard of (them), but they may your teammate in five or six months, so it can't hurt to get to know them now."
On how much will the Olympics be on your mind over the next five or six months:
"I don't know how much directly it will be. I think success with your team in the NHL sort of goes hand in hand with your chances of making the Olympic team. If you play well for your team, then you're increasing your odds of making this team. I don't think you can think in the terms of, 'I have to play well to make the Olympic team.' You think, 'I have to play well for my team and if I do that, then there will be a better chance of making the Olympic team.'"
On players who are tough to face in the NHL, but he would love to have on the Olympic team with him:
"There's a few guys. I've been in the West the past few years and playing against guys like Patrick Kane and Bobby Ryan and Zach Parise this past year. They're tough to play against, but it would be nice to watch them do their thing on your team. And I'm sure there's some guys, being in the East now, like Phil Kessel and guys like that I'm probably going to get tired of pretty quickly when they're scoring on me."
On what he learned from Ryan Miller's performance in net in the 2010 Olympics:
"Personally, it's just that one guy can make such a big difference and usually that guy is the goalie. I think it's just the thought that you can have an impact on this tournament the way he did makes you want to be better and try play harder and try to replicate what he did because I'm not sure that they have the success they did without his performance. But, that's the thing. I think there are three or four guys here who are, hopefully, capable of having that kind of performance in the Olympics."
On putting on the Team USA jersey compared to an NHL jersey (he represented the U.S. at the 2005 and 2006 world junior championships and in the 2007 world championships):
"Just that combination of colors and that crest, I think it evokes a different emotion out of you. Being in the NHL is a privilege and something every day that it never gets tired putting that jersey on. But even fewer people still, even ones who get to play in the NHL, get to wear the USA jersey. So, I think it's just that kind of rarified air that few people get to experience that makes it even more special. In the scheme of the world, representing your country is a big deal. I don't think that's ever lost on everybody."


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Milt -- N5IA" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > Quite true Tom. But NOT TRUE for the other 80% of the country! I agree. Distance is NOT the only problem. There are propagation issues at work for different paths. K3LR is on the Ohio border!!! K3LR is not by any stretch of the imagination an east coast station. As a matter of fact in the SE we almost certainly have a propagation advantage over Tim on 160 through 40 meters. The SE is at no significant disadvantage to a similar system up in far western PA. Even if a contest goes to distance based scoring, we still have the problem of where the geomagnetic poles are located. People in the Great Plains and western Midwest are still at a decided disadvantage because of path direction. It doesn't even end there. Every extra hop requires a good path all along the hops, and losses are not linear with distance. It is seriously flawed to think distance can be directly translated into extra points in a linear fashion to "level a playing field". The playing field, like it or not, will never be level. Signal strength and opening time is not even remotely linear as we add hops, and it is also affected significantly by the path the signal takes. In the Southeast we have the advantage of a better path to Europe on low bands, even if we have a disadvantage of a longer path. I have a suggestion to fix all this. Let's just give a multiplier to whoever has the least fun. That's what we are really after, having fun. That should fix it. :-) 73 Tom _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
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My Germany
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Haunted by his parents' horrific suffering and traumatic losses under Nazi rule, Lev Raphael grew up loathing everything German. Those feelings shaped his Jewish identity, his life, and his career. While researching his mother's war years after her death, he discovers a distant relative living in the very city where she had worked in a slave labor camp, found freedom, and met his father. Soon after, Raphael is launched on book tours in Germany and, in the process, redefines himself as someone unafraid to face the past and let it go.
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HOLYOKE – When John F. Downing, president of Soldier On, wanted to inaugurate a new annual award, he went to the very top. His honoree, Admiral Michael Mullen, is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mullen, the highest ranking officer in the U.S. armed forces, is expected to attend a dinner and award presentation at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House on Oct. 29. Mullen will be honored for his commitment to improving the lives of homeless veterans. Mullen, the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may also attend a noon ground-breaking that same day in Pittsfield for a Soldier On housing complex. Downing stressed, of course, that Mullen's trip to Western Massachusetts is subject to change given the nature of his high-powered post. "Anything we do with Mike Mullen is subject to what's going on in the world," he said. ABC-TV war correspondent Bob Woodruff, who has toured Iraq with Mullen, is also expected to attend the dinner, Downing said. Woodruff suffered a brain injury during one of his assignment tours in Iraq when his convoy was struck by an improvised explosive device. The dinner is by invitation only. Soldier On is a non-profit organization based in Leeds that works with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide services to veterans in the region. Although it may seem improbable at first blush that one of the most powerful military officers in the world would come here to accept an award from a regional organization, it's not, as Downing lays it out, all that far-fetched. Downing said he went to the Pentagon, at Mullen's request, about two years ago to meet with the admiral and give his views on the issue of homeless veterans. Shortly after that, Mullen accepted Downing's invitation to speak at National Coalition of Homeless Veterans conference in Washington, D.C. Since then, the two have communicated from time to time via blogs and even Twitter, Downing said. "I would say that we have become great admirers of each other's work and want to help each other in any way we can," Downing said. Downing said his initial visit with Mullen was memorable; his workplace bristles with flat-panel screens that relay information from war zones halfway around the world. Mullen, Downing said, however, is quite down to earth. "I was tremendously moved by his ordinariness," he said. At that first meeting, Mullen said he was deeply concerned about the fates of homeless veterans and of military families that struggle to stay afloat financially after a loved one has died. Mullen has done a number of things to improve the lot of homeless and disabled veterans. Through his efforts, the Department of Defense can now electronically send a veteran's military records to VA facilities. That change is no small thing because it eliminates layers of red tape that can create lengthy delays in the treatment of veterans, Downing said. "Now, when they walk into a VA, the VA has the information," he said. "It fast-tracks them." Mullen has also been committed to seeing that the military begins preparing personnel, from the time they enlist, for their eventual return to civilian life. Under Mullen's command, the term "post-traumatic stress disorder" has been amended to "post-traumatic stress" in an effort to reduce the stigma attached to such a diagnosis, Downing said. Downing said Mullen's visit here should prove to be an emotional one for Soldier On's veterans, especially for those who served in Vietnam suffered from ostracization upon their return home. "For them to know that the number-one military officer in the USA cares about them is so powerful," Downing said.


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E3 will remain in Los Angeles for the near future
Rumours have been abound that E3 would leave Los Angeles after this year but the ESA has squashed them all with the announcement of a new deal.
The new deal between event organisers the Entertainment Software Association and the Los Angeles Convention Centre owners AEG will see E3 continue to use the venue as its home for the next three years working around plans that AEG have for extensively redevloping the centre.
ESA boss Michael Gallagher said, "We are proud to partner with Los Angeles for another three years. The City serves as a strong backdrop for the video game industrys biggest announcements and we look forward to remaining in LA. Video games are a dominant force in the global entertainment marketplace and there is no better place to display that than Los Angeles. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the City and AEG."
He continued, "ESA supports AEG's mission and vision for downtown Los Angeles and the areas surrounding the Los Angeles Convention Center. We appreciate AEG's willingness to work in partnership with our organisation to not only create a construction schedule to accommodate the needs of our guests but also their commitment to incorporate many of our suggestions into the design of the new venues. These resulting upgrades to the facility will truly benefit all conventions and further establish Los Angeles as industry leaders. We are glad we could come to an agreement that keeps E3 in its traditional home."
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Amherst is tops
Once again Amherst has received national mention, this time for being smart – from the Internet-based news service, The Daily Beast, co-founded by editor Tina Brown.
Amherst was ranked as the 10th smartest college town with one of highest percentages of adults with graduate-level degrees (43 percent) in the nation. "The three colleges within its boundaries, as well as nearby Smith College and Mount Holyoke, form a five-school educational network that dominates the local atmosphere. The academic offerings are diverse: UMass has a prestigious business school, while Amherst (College) is known as a premier liberal arts school, and Hampshire (College) prides itself on non-traditional grading and curriculum," according to the site. The town received an overall grade of B.
The top town was Chapel Hill, N.C. Others in the top 10 were Ann Arbor, Mich.; Boulder, Colo. and Cambridge.
The town earlier this fall was named one of the country's top college towns, by Hotels and Travel Reservations, a travel Web site. In May, Amherst was listed on MSN.com as the No. 1 college town in America by college adviser Katherine L. Cohen, founder and CEO of Ivywise.
Seniors all teed up
Several of the approximately 200 seniors who attended a recent meeting at the Chicopee Senior Center to hear an update of a new center from Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette and other city officials literally wore their feelings on their backs. The backs of T-shirts, that is. The shirts read "It's time" and "Walking Toward a new Senior Center." Bissonnette said the city believes the best site – so far – is the city-owned Baskin property near the former Uniroyal site on Oak Street.
The Friends of Chicopee Seniors, Inc. have pledged the group will raise $2 million toward a new center, and so far $250,000 has been raised towards that goal. Bissonnette estimated a new 20,000-square-center has been estimated at about $6 million but a figure of about $8 million is more realistic.
Getting in the swim of things
Dr. Sander J. Fasten claims to be a "floating brick" now he's begun using the Hampshire YMCA to help fill his time in retirement. We're sure he'll get in the swim of things soon enough.
Fasten was feted at a surprise party on Nov. 18 by his staff, patients and most recent colleagues at Emirzian, Mariano & Associates in Northampton. He'd run a solo dental practice for some 35 years before deciding to move on to a new chapter in his life.
C & W wasn't surprised, though, when we heard the good doctor was back in the office the following Monday – bearing a bouquet of roses and thanks to his staff.
Walk of Famer left local prints
There's a new star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, and it honors none other than Michael Jackson, who got his start in Western Massachusetts.
No, it's not that Michael Jackson; it's Michael Jackson, famed talk radio host in California.
Jackson had his early start in broadcasting in Springfield where he was an announcer for WHYN AM and FM radio and introduced the daily television show, "The Barbara Bernard Show," on WHYN TV Channel 40 that was hosted by Barbara C. Bernard, of Holyoke, who continues as a columnist for The Republican.
Jackson, who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in the same class which included Gene Autry in 2003, retired for a year but is back behind the microphone on radio station KABC in Los Angeles, hosting a one-hour financial show.
He is married to Alana Ladd, daughter of the late actor Alan Ladd, and the couple has three children. Jackson grow up in Britain and lived many years in South Africa before coming to Springfield.
As Pelham goes ...
The U.S. Senate primary Dec. 8 resulted in convincing wins for Democratic Attorney General Martha M. Coakley and Republican state Sen. Scott P. Brown. But in Pelham, Coakley received 136 votes to finish behind U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano, who got 175 votes, and Brown and his opponent, Jack E. Robinson, wound up even in town. Each man got two votes.
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