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A CYCLIST who dedicated his life to campaigning for safer roads was tragically
knocked off his bike and killed.
Mark Brummell, 53, was hit by a Renault Scenic while cycling in the New Forest
in May.
An inquest into his death has heard how the former university lecturer from
Southampton was a fanatical cyclist who had spent 10 years battling for
better rights for bike riders, as part of a campaign group based in the
Dilys Gartside a fellow member of Southampton Cycling Campaign, said: "Mark
campaigned tirelessly for safer cycling conditions in the city and for
changes to the law on a national level.
"His death is a tragedy but he has died doing what he loved and would not have
wanted to have died any other way."
Driver Stephen Chard, 59, of Highcliffe, Dorset, was banned from driving for a
year after he pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.
But in a statement read to the court, Brummell's brother Nic insisted he feels
no anger towards Chard, who he believes made a 'genuine mistake'.
He said: "I'm a cyclist myself and I know how, with no malice, it is easy for
human error to cause something so serious.
"I feel this man [Chard] would not have meant to hurt or kill my brother and
just made an error. I don't feel anger towards him."
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I was at a charity dog walk this weekend at Rochester Institute of Technology and one of the groups that would be benefiting from the walk proceeds (in addition to Rescue Pit, the pit bull group I work with) was a kitten rescue group called Kitten Korner. Co-founder Laraine VanBlarcom had some kittens with her, what she called "bottle babies".So tiny!!Laraine explained that the one day old kittens had been found by a homeowner, who found them in an unsafe place and moved them for safety. … [Read more...]
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One of the down sides of covering animal issues is the tidal wave of stories about abused and tortured animals that cross your desk daily. It can really take a toll on your spirit, and for that reason I have to confess that when I see pictures of horribly tortured animals in my newsfeed I often have to quickly scroll past. Not because I don't care, but because the images keep me up at night. It's overwhelming for me to feel so helpless, and I imagine for readers as well.So when I saw this … [Read more...]
Susie the pit bull mix named "American Hero Dog" of 2014
A pit bull mix named Susie from High Point, North Carolina, has been named this year's "American Hero Dog" at the 2014 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards.Susie was only a puppy when her owner beat her savagely and set her on fire, leaving her for dead in a local park in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was rescued by a local animal shelter and nursed back to health, and then adopted by a woman named Donna Lawrence.Donna herself had been the victim of a terrible dog attack that n … [Read more...]
Why "free to good home" can be a death sentence for your dog
This image is making the rounds on Facebook. I have a difficult time looking at things like this, partly because I'm sent these kinds of pictures daily. It can be overwhelming and, after time, desensitize you.But for some reason, this one caught my eye. Maybe it's because I'm sympathetic to the "need to rehome" situation. We were there a few years ago, when I brought home a little pup to foster, decided to keep her, and then started having major behavior problems with her. In short, new dog … [Read more...]
Bloodhounds, the most feared dogs on earth?
I was at my alma mater St. John Fisher College yesterday for a day long conference on Frederick Douglass and Ireland. Scattered around the room where actual issues of Douglass' newspapers. I love history, and am always fascinated by the way the past mirrors the present. I'll talk more about abolition later this week, but today I just wanted to share an animal-related thought that jumped out at me as I read the stories from the 1850s.In one of the papers - and my stupid camera phone took such … [Read more...]
Indigo, Orphan pups and a gift of Mercy – a heartwarming dog rescue tale
Here in Rochester, NY we're fortunate to have a wonderful animal group, Pitty Love Rescue, that does remarkable work rescuing, rehabing and rehoming pit bulls and pit mixes. They, along with other great groups in our area, are advocates for responsible dog ownership and a well-trained dog community. There are sad stories - puppy mills, overcrowded shelters, abandoned dogs. Working in the inner city, and especially with such a misunderstood breed, can really take its toll on volunteers.So I ju … [Read more...]
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Regular readers of my columns and personal blog (ie: my friends and family) know there's a reason I've dubbed my house "the funny farm." Not only do I write humor ... it's just madness over here. Disorganization, clutter and chaos. And that's just me. Add in the animals and it's a non-stop barrel of fun. (No, I don't have a monkey, but that would be fun, wouldn't it?)So I thought you'd enjoy this little video I captured of our rescue pup Bailey. I think she learned this trick from the … [Read more...]
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I was excited this week to receive a notecard in the mail from the staff at Patheos, congratulating me on my one year anniversary blogging about animals and faith.Really? A whole year? Where did the time go?I love writing here. The columnists, bloggers and editors have been kind and welcoming, and I love hearing from readers who have shared photos, shared thoughts and engaged in discussions on a variety of animal-related topics. It's been a nice change from my decade-plus experience … [Read more...]
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Michael Vick featured in Humane Society videos
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The Carolinas Business Activity Index remained positive in May, although it declined materially from the prior month, indicating a slower pace of business expansion. Both the current general business activity and sales indexes declined this month. The six-month expectations indexes also retreated somewhat, but were still firmly in expansion territory. Thus, while many respondents saw slower growth during the month, the outlook for six months out remains solidly positive.
Despite the moderation in the headline index, the labor market diagnostics were quite encouraging. The current number of employees and average workweek indicators remained positive and changed little over the month, a pattern that is broadly consistent with improved hiring conditions. The movement in the current wages paid index was in harmony with the general narrative of modestly improving labor markets as well. On balance, the expected labor demand indicators were stronger than a month earlier. On the labor supply side, the current availability of skills metric backpedaled in May but remained positive. This reading is consistent with persistent, but diminishing slack in the labor force. The expected availability of skills index suggests that respondents do not expect labor shortages in the longer term.
The business spending and spending expectations indexes were positive in May, although the directional changes varied slightly. On balance, business spending appears to be on firmer footing than just a few months ago. The prices paid and prices received indexes (both current and expected) point to continued margin pressures even as increases in prices paid appeared to be leveling off.
The current general business conditions index (which was positive the prior six months) was 8 this month compared to 29 in April. The smaller positive reading suggests a slower expansion — readings greater than 0 indicate that more respondents reported an increase in activity than those respondents that noted a decrease. Not surprisingly then, the decline in general business activity was accompanied by a 23-point drop in the current sales index.
The general business conditions expectations index fell ten points to 43 in May, a still robust reading. Sales expectations experienced a similar decline during the month, with the index moving down to 38 from 47 in April. Taken together, these indexes point to continued expansion in coming months.
The softer readings in current general business activity did not translate into weaker demand for labor. The current number of employees index increased to 12 in May from 10 in April. Meanwhile, the current average workweek indicator slipped a bit, to 7 this month from 9 a month earlier. The expected number of employees metric was unchanged at 26, pointing to healthy demand for labor in the next six months. At the same time, the expected average workweek increased to 21 in May from 15 a month earlier.
The recent improvement in labor demand has been accompanied by a modest tightening in a still slack labor supply. The current availability of company specific skills index decreased to 2 from 8 during the month. Meanwhile, the comparable skills availability expectations measure moved up to 13 in May from 9 in April. Thus firms that plan to hire still do not anticipate broad based skills shortages in the near future.
The current business spending indexes were positive again in May, but generally softer then in April. The current business services spending index increased to 9 this month from 7 a month earlier, recouping much of the ground it had lost in April. By contrast, the current total capital expenditures measure moved down eight points in May (to 11). At the same time, the index for current expenditures on equipment and software eased back to 14 in May following two straight monthly readings of 17.
Indexes reflecting business spending plans for the next six months generally leveled off after jumping in April. The business services spending expectations metric moved up to 15 in May from 8 the prior month, but the total capital spending expectations measure fell to 25 from 32. The equipment or software expectations index was unchanged at 24. All told, these indexes suggest that business spending will continue to solidify over the next six months.
On the heels of several months of commodities price increases, respondents indicated that the rate of increase in general prices slowed somewhat in May. The current prices paid index edged down to an annualized rate of 3.3 percent in May compared to a 3.8 percent pace in April. Meanwhile, the prices received index also decreased to 1.8 percent from 2.2 percent. Despite these changes, margin pressure appeared to change little over the month. Meanwhile, the expected prices paid index inched up to 3.9 percent from 3.8 percent in April and the expected prices received measure slipped to a 2.6 percent annualized rate from 2.8 percent.
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In this world of Wikis and Tweets, of Digging, of Stumbling, of Flickring, YouTubing, and of endless Facebookery, it is no surprise that Jewish text study is getting into the social media game.
To wit: The New Jerusalem Talmud, and the JPS Tagged Tanakh.
The NJT is essentially a discussion forum for hot-button religious, political and other issues. It describes itself as "a set of websites devoted to multi-dimensional presentation and commenting on the world's biggest controversies... a better-than-wiki resource for you to discover the full and fair view of the most important issues facing our planet." While it does not begin from the traditional text, its format imitates the traditional layout and structure of the Vilna Edition Talmud. The NJT begins each "Daf" ("page") with a "Mishnah" (created by in-house scholars), and then collects input from readers on a blog, vetting and compiling these in order to create a "Gemara", which will eventually (says the NJT website) be printed. (Editorial scholarship that sorts and curates user-generated content makes this process "better-than-wiki", the NJT website states.) "Rashis" on one side of this "Gemara" are notes providing background, support, documentation and context. "Tosafot" on the other side provide interesting side points and tangents. While the site seems quite new, it will be interesting to see if it manages to live up to its impressive aspirations.
The Tagged Tanakh, a project of the Jewish Publication Society, is also rather new, currently operating in a sort of beta-test. It defines itself as "a collaborative platform... that joins vetted content and user-generated commentary around the Jewish Bible. The words of the Torah create the foundation of this dynamic database. These words can be cross-referenced, annotated, and connected-tagged-to other forms of media, including videos, maps or games." Unlike the New Jerusalem Talmud, the Tagged Tanakh does center primarily on a traditional text. Like the NJT, however, the user-generated content is the main attraction being offered.
This is the feature which differentiates these sites from their counterparts in online Jewish study, and it is what makes them social media. Many sites provide traditional Jewish texts in a user-friendly online format, whether in Hebrew, English translations, or both. But these sites above hope to create new texts / sources, presumably to be studied later by others. In a sense, the idea is to "democratize" text study and religious deliberation -- to allow all comers to become, as it were, a Jewish sage.
But both these sites differentiate themselves from other user-driven social media platforms by vetting and curating content. This will (hopefully) prevent digression and co-option, and increase the quality of the product, while maintaining an open door for new ideas.
Is this kind of "democratization" a good thing? I have ambivalent intuitive reactions: positive, because it may cause Jews to become newly interested in Jewish text study; and negative, because there may be a danger that a focus on user-generated content will come at the expense of focus on traditional texts, and because this focus may confirm and legitimize my generation's narcissism.
Daniel Sieradski, an artist and cultural documentarian, would be disappointed in my views on "do-it-yourself-ism". Writing this February in the journal Sh'ma ("A Jew-It-Yourself Mini-Manifesto"), Sieradski wrote:
Through creative interpretation and experimentation, the "Jew-It-Yourself" generation has introduced a reframing of social, cultural, religious, and political views through a series of inter- and extra-institutional initiatives that are slowly transforming the Jewish world, making it accessible and relevant for new generations...Though it sounds selfish, self-indulgent, or narcissistic to some, this radical subjectivity is nevertheless a core tenet of our faith. Rav Kook wrote in HaOrot that "all our endeavors in Torah and scientific studies are only to clarify whatever comprehensible words it is possible to distill from the divine voice that always reverberates in our inner ear."
I am not sure I agree with Sieradski's reading of Rav Kook as endorsing subjectivism; if our studies in Torah, and in science (as Rav Kook mentions) can clarify our inner grasp of deep truths, then perhaps it is because these studies contain processes or content which are authoritative. Either read of this quote is possible, I think.
Writing in the same journal, Rabbi Steven M. Brown outlines a history of technological innovation in text study ("The Text and Technology"), likewise endorsing technological change:
The technology of learning has been changing throughout history, and its impact has been profoundly important in the democratization of learning and the access to knowledge by the masses. The move, for example, from parchment scroll to books was an enormously powerful intellectual change. It physically represented the change from linear, sequential narrative to random access. Rolling a Torah scroll quickly from Genesis to Deuteronomy to check a parallel passage is far more difficult than checking a bound Chumash.
But Rabbi Brown, writing in 1999, is dealing only with new platforms for the delivery of traditional texts, not the creation of new texts for religious study. Indeed, when defending new technologies, part of Rabbi Brown's argument seems to be that new delivery methods need not be feared when, and explicitly because, they do not offer new content: "In an age when the methods of delivery of knowledge and information are rapidly changing, we must not confuse the medium with the message, the technology with the content." It would be interesting to hear how Rabbi Brown's views may have developed today, since social media has so thoroughly transformed the concept of web connectivity from presentation to communication.
Ultimately, despite my reservations about these user-generated content projects, I think they deserve support. The Talmud (you know, the old dusty Babylonian one) says (Pesachim 50b) that a mitzvah performed out of an ulterior motive can come to be performed for the right reasons, in time.
What do you think? Are these user-generated text study tools the greatest innovation since the printing press? Pure narcissism? Both?


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GIEE 2011: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers
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Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries – Deconstructing Gendered Practices in Engineering Education
- Anne-Françoise GilbertAffiliated withUniversity of Bern
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This paper aims to provide a theoretical basis for the argument that interdisciplinary education may be a way to improve the gender balance in engineering. For that purpose, it focuses on gendered and gendering practices in engineering education as a key to understand the underrepresentation of women. Opting for a social studies of science approach, mechanisms of disciplinary reproduction in engineering are examined. First, historical processes of institutionalization of engineering disciplines in the late 19th century are addressed and their gendered dimension skeched out. Then, using a piece of comparative ethnographic fieldwork at a university of technology in Switzerland, educational practices in two engineering disciplines are contrasted, namely mechanical engineering and materials science. Drawing on Bernstein's typology of educational codes, the link between educational practices, disciplinary identities and the (re)production of gendered identities is explored in these two fields. Finally, this analysis provides the basis for a critical assessment of different types of interdisciplinarity in the context of engineering education and their respective potential for degendering engineering curricula.
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As researchers and medical professionals continue to study breast cancer, a new study discovered a link between breastfeeding and the risk of developing aggressive breast cancer.
According to a joint study by the American Cancer Society, Breastcancer.org, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Washington University in St. Louis, breastfeeding is linked to a 20 percent lower likelihood of breast cancer in its aggressive form. "Further evidence to support the long-term protection of breastfeeding against the most aggressive subtypes of breast cancer is very encouraging and actionable," said Breastcancer.org president and founder Dr. Marisa Weiss in a news release.
Although the study proponents believe that further research is needed to confirm the positive effect of breastfeeding on breast cancer, several benefits can already support the promising results of breastfeeding. "Breastfeeding is a relatively accessible, low-cost, short-term strategy that yields long-lasting natural protection," said Weiss. Besides, breastfeeding is the best nutritional source for child development.
Researchers hope that the study will push women to engage in breastfeeding for their babies. "We need to encourage women who are able to breastfeed to do so for their breast health, in addition to the health of their children," said Dr. Paolo Boffetta of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The study and its details were published in the Annals of Oncology.


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The airport was the smallest thing I have ever seen, with the terminal a total of 50m long. We checked in and hopped into our 5 seater cessna plane! An unmaintained plane cruising over the jungle... - safe enough! The propellas span and chocked, as we tooked off rattling and shaking down the runway and we were up! With not much speed we got some altitude and headed off towards small Indian village of Canaima.
Ciudad Bolivar isnt the most interesting place for myself, and wouldnt go out of my way to see the town. Apparently it has some really interesting galleries here though that would be nice to see. However, my trip to Europe has made me Gallery and Museum'd out, haha! I am just really looking forward to getting into the jungle I guess...


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I'm sure we'll set something up for the time your down though
Not to worry, I'm sure we'll sort somthing out.
Glad I learn't to weld did level 2 and level 3 arc and mig welding.
If it's any use there's an old fella in Southampton who is very good, looks like a bit of a hick outfit but does a good job. NEWMANS. If interested I'll try and find his number.
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Folks working on a data specification for flu shot locations are looking for input. The Google Doc is open to comments.
It seems Google Flu Tracker over estimated this years peak. Why?
But the latest US flu season seems to have confounded its algorithms. Its estimate for the Christmas national peak of flu is almost double the CDC's (see 'Fever peaks'), and some of its state data show even larger discrepancies.
It is not the first time that a flu season has tripped Google up. In 2009, Flu Trends had to tweak its algorithms after its models badly underestimated ILI in the United States at the start of the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic — a glitch attributed to changes in people's search behaviour as a result of the exceptional nature of the pandemic (S. Cook et al. PLoS ONE 6, e23610; 2011).
Google would not comment on thisyear's difficulties. But several researchers suggest that the problems may be due to widespread media coverage of this year's severe US flu season, including the declaration of a public-health emergency by New York state last month. The press reports may have triggered many flu-related searches by people who were not ill. Few doubt that Google Flu will bounce back after its models are refined, however.
- Nature via @cageyjames
New research in Australia has investigated the relationship between risk of Ross River virus (RRV) infection and proximity to mosquito-breeding habitat, using the Leschenault Estuary as a case study.
RRV is a mosquito-borne disease that occurs throughout many areas of Australia. Activity of RRV is largely dependent on environmental conditions favouring mosquito breeding.Unusually wet conditions in late spring and early summer can lead to large numbers of mosquito vectors of RRV on the South West coast. ...It is the first study in Australia to use GIS to examine the links between risk of mosquito-borne disease and proximity of residence to known mosquito-breeding habitat.Department of Health Lead researcher Dr Michael Lindsay says "opportunities for such studies are limited by availability of reliable data about time and place of exposure of a statistically significant number of patients with confirmed infection".Geographic information systems (GIS) were used to map historical RRV case data from the Leschenault region during one of the largest outbreaks in WA, between July 1995 and June 1996.
Results suggest mosquito mitigation may be part of development in RRV regions.
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Detail - A cardiac resynchronisation therapy device is typically implanted in the upper chest.
Implanting a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) heart device is not an open-heart procedure. Before surgery, medication is usually given to make you sleepy and comfortable. The procedure can be performed under local or general anaesthesia.
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Celebrate the Sochi Winter Olympics with your students! Find biographies of famous athletes and reading comprehension activities. Follow the games with our fillable stat sheets. Decorate your classroom with our clip art and themed word walls.
Tip: to find our most recent materials for the 2014 games, sort by newest.
Bobsled coloring page in black and white. Trace and cut out the bobsled pattern to make a great shape book.
Unscramble the words that relate to winter Olympic events. Students will enjoy the puzzle and become familiar with sports that will be competed in during the Winter Olympics.
Cartoon penguin bobsledding coloring page in black and white. One in a series of cartoon animals demonstrating winter Olympic events. Combine illustrations for a fun book for kids to color.
Cartoon penguin bobsled team coloring page in black and white. Students can color the page and combine it with the other cartoon Winter Olympic events pages to make a book.
This coloring page of a cartoon polar bear participating in biathlon, a winter Olympic sport, is great to color and combine with other winter Olympic events coloring pages into a book.
Cartoon polar bear playing ice hockey coloring page in black and white. Combine this winter Olympic illustration with the other cartoon images of animas participating in Olympic events to make a book.
Cartoon snowman alpine skiing coloring page. Color the page and combine with others of winter olympic events to form a book.
Cartoon snowman curling coloring page in black and white. Color and combine this with the other kid fun winter Olympic pages to form a book of events.
Winter Olympic coloring page featuring the Olympic rings for the XX Games, a past Olympic game held in Turin, Italy.
Olympic medals coloring page in black and white. Students can color the medals gold, silver, and bronze like those given out at the winter and summer Olympic games.
Cross country skier coloring page in black and white. Students can color the skier participating in one of the events in the Winter Olympics, cross country skiing.
Coloring page of a freestyle skiier with an Olympic emblem. Combine this coloring page with others of winter Olympic events to make a book.
Nordic combined skiing coloring page. Color and combine this with the other winter olympic event pages to complete a book.
Coloring page of a skelton racer. A winter Olympic event scene that can be colorded and combined with others to make a book of the Olympic events.
A cartoon snowman and a penguin combined nordic skiing coloring page. Color and combine with other pages demonstrating winter Olympic events to make a book.
Snowman freestyle skiing coloring page. Color and combine this page with others of cartoon snowmen participating in winter Olympic events to form a book.
Color the cartoon penguin racing down the hill in the winter olympic sport skeleton. Combine the coloring page with others we have on winter Olympic events and make a book.
Snowman cross country skiing coloring page. Cartoon image that students can combine with other coloring pages to make a winter Olympic events book.
Students will enjoy coloring pages of cartoon characters including a penguin luge, to a pair of figure skating polar bears performing Olympic events. Here are all our winter Olympic coloring pages in one download.
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Hotel JM is in the heart of Jeju, walking distance from Cheju Halla General Hospital and Shilla Duty Free. This hotel is within close proximity of Halla Arboretum and Jeju Stadium.
Make yourself at home in one of the 36 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Computers with complimentary wired and wireless Internet keep you connected, and cable programming is available for entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
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Fantasy Cheat Sheet: Rodgers, Flacco poised for air show
Peyton Manning and Tony Romo treated us to a fireworks show in Dallas last week. Could we see a similar show this week in, of all places, Baltimore?
We know Aaron Rodgers will hold up his end of the deal. And we also know his defense will likely force him to keep his foot on the pedal all game. The Packers rank third from the bottom in the league in both pass coverage and pass rush, according to Pro Football Focus. They're allowing nearly 300 passing yards per game, and were torched by Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffin III earlier this year. Joe Flacco isn't anyone's idea of a rock-solid fantasy quarterback, but he and Torrey Smith should have a field day against the Packers. Flacco put up 347 yards against the Bills two weeks ago and posted an impressive 8.4 yards per attempt in a tough matchup with the Dolphins last week. This is his friendliest opponent to date. He's usually on the outside of the starting class, but I think he'll jump into that group on Sunday.
We'll be updating here Sunday morning with important news as it breaks. Meanwhile, Alessandro Miglio and Eric Edholm will be taking your start/sit questions in The MMQB's live chat from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET.
10:40 a.m. update: Our first update of the morning holds good news for Andre Johnson owners. The Texans receiver says he will play today despite a shin injury. Official actives/inactives will come out in about an hour, but you should feel good about rolling with Johnson today.
10:50 a.m.: Thankfully, Marshawn Lynch will not make his owners wait until Seattle's late kickoff to learn whether or not they'll have his services this week. Lynch is starting despite a hip injury. Make sure he's in your lineup. Tennessee ranks 26th against the run, according to Pro Football Focus' metrics.
11:05 a.m.: Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Darren McFadden will play today. The news doesn't change much for me, though. I don't want any part of a banged-up McFadden, likely in a timeshare, against the Kansas City defense. Stay away unless you're desperate.
11:15 a.m.: Tim Twentyman of the Lions official website reports that Calvin Johnson is out on the field running routes. He did not do that before being a surprise inactive last week. That's a great sign. You want him in your lineup if he plays.
11:30 a.m.:The actives and inactives are official, and we've got some wide receiver news to discuss. First of all, Megatron is active. Play him and Matthew Stafford as you normally would. Mike Williams is inactive. That's good news for Vincent Jackson owners. He could end up pushing toward 20 targets today against a soft Philadelphia defense. Get him in your lineup.
11:45 a.m. Adam Schefter is now reporting that it's no guarantee Larry Fitzgerald plays through his hamstring injury. The Arizona passing game hasn't really delivered since Week 1, it has a tough matchup with San Francisco, and it plays late. There are simply too many red flags here. I'm benching Fitz today.
12:11 p.m. Time for this week's kicker update. Blair Walsh had to leave practice this week because of a hamstring injury, but he's active for the Vikings. The injury was to his plant leg, so he shouldn't have any problem following through on kicks. He could lose a yard or two off his range, though.
12:30 p.m. I'm getting a fair amount of questions on DeSean Jackson today. Don't let the matchup with Darrelle Revis scare you. Jackson is one of the top-10 fantasy receivers in the league. That doesn't change because Nick Foles is under center, and it doesn't change no matter who is lined up against him. You don't win by benching DeSean Jackson.
12:45 p.m. Stop me if you've heard this one before. It's going to be a big risk to play Danny Amendola today. NFL Network's Albert Breer reports that Amendola has a full tear of his hip adductor on one side and a three-quarters tear on the other. The tears are healing, but his playing time will depend on how he can tolerate the pain. I wouldn't dive down multiple tiers to avoid playing him, but I'd rather avoid him, if possible.
The Gronkowski Watch continues
It's another week in the life of a man with America's most discussed forearm. Ever since last Sunday, it appeared this would finally be the week that Rob Gronkowski would make his season debut. However, he has yet to be cleared by the omnipresent Dr. James Andrews and is a game-time decision for Sunday's main event against the Saints. Even if he were cleared, I wouldn't necessarily roll with him if you had another strong option on your roster. You never really know what a guy will look like or what his role will be in his first game back from injury. Given that this game doesn't kick until the late afternoon, relying on Gronk is way too great a risk this week. He clearly is getting close to playing, so the saga should end next week at the latest.
Garrett Graham, your time is now
What do you do when your big, pass-catching tight end out of Wisconsin goes down for at least eight weeks with a fractured fibula? You turn to your other big, pass-catching tight end out of Wisconsin. With Owen Daniels out, Garrett Graham steps into the breach for the Texans. Graham carried the tight end torch in Madison after Daniels graduated, and I don't see any reason why he can't keep the Daniels' flame burning in Houston, as well.
GONOS: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em -- Don't get comfortable in Week 6
Daniels had a huge role in the Houston offense, owning the middle of the field for Matt Schaub. He had 40 targets this year, which ranks sixth among tight ends. The Texans aren't about to minimize the role of the tight end because Daniels is on the shelf. Graham only plays limited snaps and is rarely Schaub's first read, but he has managed 15 catches for 141 yards and three touchdowns this season. He's not the athlete Daniels is, but there's no reason he can't give the Texans a strong impression of their starting tight end. Schaub has completed 56.1 percent of his passes to the sidelines, but 73.9 percent of them in the middle of the field. On top of that, Andre Johnson is questionable with a shin injury. If he is out, as well, Graham could be in for a huge day. I've got him as a Top-10 tight end for the rest of the fantasy season.
Garbage-time mania in Denver
Nobody doubts that the Broncos are going to pound the Jaguars. They may not cover the record-breaking spread, but this will almost certainly be a three- or four-touchdown game at some point. The potential for garbage-time scoring here is as high as we've ever seen. The Jaguars may be the worst team in the league, but that doesn't mean they can't provide a useful day for the fantasy community. In fact, you want to start your Jaguars this week. All of them. Perhaps even Chad Henne.
Justin Blackmon is my No. 7 receiver for the week
He's a guy I'm starting pretty much every week the rest of the year, regardless of matchup. With Henne likely pushing 50 pass attempts, Blackmon will have an opportunity to build on his 136-yard, one-score 2013 debut. Cecil Shorts is dealing with a bit of a groin issue, but he's listed as probable and should play. You want him in there, too. The run game will likely be squeezed out of the picture, but Maurice Jones-Drew could be a big factor in the passing game with the Broncos likely sitting in a deep protective shell. And yes, even Henne could be a sneaky start if you're willing to gamble a bit. Assuming he throws in that 50-attempt neighborhood, all he'll have to do to get to 300 yards is manage about six yards per attempt. That feels awfully realistic. If he can pick up two touchdown passes, he'll finish the week as a Top-12 guy. Start him in two-QB leagues.
But wait, there's more
Are you in a deep league or looking on the fringes for a running back or flex? How about Montee Ball? True, he hasn't done a thing in his rookie year, but the Broncos could be killing a whole lot of clock in the second half, and they may not want to risk Knowshon Moreno in that role. Ball may not touch the rock before halftime, but he could still get 12-15 garbage-time touches.
Nick Foles gets the call for the Eagles and your fantasy team
Few backup quarterbacks are as prepared to step in and lead as is Nick Foles. It was just two months ago that he and Michael Vick were locked in a legitimate battle for the starting role in Philadelphia. Even though it always felt like Vick had the edge, Foles got a fair shake in training camp and the preseason, and that means he got a ton of reps with the first-team offense. He also has the trust of Chip Kelly and offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur. The Eagles won't be able to do all the exotic things they do in the run game with Foles in place of the injured Vick, but they won't have to take any passing plays out of the playbook.
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Foles put up a big day in relief of Vick last Sunday, throwing for 197 yards and two touchdowns. The matchup this week admittedly isn't great. Tampa Bay ranks 10th in the league in pass coverage, according to Pro Football Focus, and picked off Drew Brees twice while holding him to 7.0 YPA. Still, it's hard to sit the guy who is captaining the Eagles' ship. There's talk of Darrelle Revis shadowing DeSean Jackson all day, an unwelcome bit of news for the Eagles, but I've still got Foles as a Top-12 quarterback this week.
The Danny Woodhead Revolution continues
Undersized, scrappy pass catchers cast off by the Patriots are the new market inefficiency. Wes Welker is enjoying the fruits of a historic start in Denver, and Woodhead has emerged as a PPR monster in San Diego. He's a surefire start this week no matter the format. In the last four weeks, he has 17, 12, 10 and 18 touches, and is up to 36 targets this season. Ryan Mathews is expected to play despite suffering a concussion last week, but Woodhead could still see an increased role. The Colts defense struggles mightily against the run, which could help if Woodhead gets more carries, but he could easily push into double-digit targets this week. That could mean upwards of 100 yards and a touchdown.
Injury News lightning round
• Calvin Johnson (knee) has participated in practice most of this week, but he's a game-time decision on Sunday. The Lions play early, which makes this an easy decision.
• Larry Fitzgerald remains questionable because of his balky hamstring. Combine that with Arizona's shaky performance and the tough matchup with the 49ers, and I'd look elsewhere.
• You don't want any part of the Patriots' backfield. Stevan Ridley (knee) and Brandon Bolden (knee) are both healthy, but chances are they both play. LeGarrette Blount will also factor in heavily, making this a nightmare situation for fantasy owners. Stay away, unless you're desperate.
• Marshawn Lynch missed practice Friday because of his hip and popped up on the weekend injury report as questionable. He should be good to go, but be aware of it. The Seahawks play late, but you definitely want to roll the dice here, especially because it's not a huge risk. Make sure you have someone who plays late that you can plug in for him in case he can't go, though.
• Darren McFadden (hamstring), Rashad Jennings (hamstring) and Marcel Reece (knee) are all a bit banged up, though all could play against the Chiefs. This situation is just too muddy for me, and the matchup is terrible. I wouldn't play any of them unless I was forced.
• Vernon Davis (hamstring) was a full participant in practice and is good to go Sunday.
• Stevie Johnson is a game-time decision due to a back issue. He has a tough matchup with the Bengals and Thad Lewis under center. Stay away.
• Zac Stacy was a full participant in Friday's practice but is listed as questionable with a rib injury. Give more credence to the participation in practice. He's a solid flex play assuming he starts.
• Miles Austin should play against the Redskins on Sunday night, but don't trust him in his first game back. Terrance Williams has emerged for the Cowboys, it's a night game and you can't really be sure of how large a role Miles will have in the offense. You may want to get him back in your lineup in the future, but keep him on the bench this week.
BELLER: Stat Focus -- How your roster can benefit from Justin Blackmon
GONOS: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em -- Is it worth starting any Raiders this week?
BELLER: Player Stat Projections -- A.J. Green primed for a huge game
SI STAFF: Composite Player Rankings -- Expect another strong week from Bryant
BELLER, FLOOD: Weekly Roundtable -- Is Alshon Jeffery the real deal?
FLOOD: Waiver Wire -- Stacy stepping up as Rams' starting running back
McQUADE: Risers & Sliders -- Top players struggling to produce stats
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The International Monetary Fund has denied austerity measures are to blame for the sluggish Irish economy, saying that other factors are keeping growth flat.
Greece, Portugal and Ireland are complaining that the Fund underestimated the economic and social impact of drastic spending cuts and tax hikes in the bailout programs, but a senior IMF official said that was not the problem in Ireland.
The pace of the EU-IMF rescue program "has struck an appropriate balance and continues to do so for the period ahead, enabling Ireland to make steady progress in reducing fiscal imbalances while protecting the still fragile economic recovery," Ajai Chopra, deputy director in the IMF's European Department, said in a statement.
"With overburdened bank, household and SME (small and medium sized business) balance sheets, and weak growth in trading partners, a number of factors besides fiscal consolidation have been a drag on growth in Ireland," he said.
The IMF recently admitted that it had underestimated in Greece how deep the "fiscal consolidation," or austerity measures, in its bailout plan would force the economy into recession.
Critics say the severity of the measures are to blame for Greece's inability to get back to growth.
At issue was a revision of its "fiscal multiplier," which IMF economists use to estimate the impact of various actions, like spending cuts, on the economy.
The admission that the IMF got it wrong in Greece has been taken up by other countries undergoing IMF-European Union bailouts, with countries arguing for easier adjustment terms to cope with slower-than-expected growth.
Ireland sought an 85-billion-euro ($108.01 billion) EU-IMF rescue package in November 2010 after it was devastated by the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
As part of the rescue, Ireland agreed to painful austerity measures including spending cutbacks, state asset sales and tax hikes.
But growth has not returned as soon as hoped - last month the IMF forecast the Irish economy would expand a bare 0.4 per cent this year, if growth picks up in the second half as expected.
Since the IMF reassessed its multiplier, Irish officials have called for less austere reform requirements to encourage faster growth.
But Chopra argued that "in the current discussion of the impact of fiscal adjustment on growth, it is important to note that no single fiscal multiplier is applicable to all countries and circumstances".
"And although there is uncertainty around any estimate of multipliers, there is no compelling evidence that a higher multiplier was at work in Ireland than the one assumed under the program."
The IMF has been fighting pressure to ease austere reform terms in all the countries undergoing bailouts since the review of the multiplier.
On Thursday, IMF's Portugal mission chief Abebe Aemro Selassie told Lisbon that there is no way around a new, strong budget squeeze to reduce debt and return to capital markets.
In the face of public anger over tax increases, Selassie said it was "imperative" to press on with further measures.
"Debt remains high, and to ensure full recovery, the country needs to contain it," he warned.
"Portugal also needs to ensure that it can finance itself again at reasonable rates. This means that fiscal adjustment is imperative and needs to continue."


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The entrepreneur and young start-up community was identified by Nokia as the priority customer target for the launch of its latest range of E-series business handsets in Australia. Feel worked with the exceptional fellows at Maud and Fuel Communications in Sydney to realise the bespoke nature of the brief and take the opportunity to break away from Nokia's traditional visual communication style.
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Well it's official: Spring is here.
With daffodils shooting up light rockets all over the island and another week of dry and sunny weather, our guests this week have really been able to make the most of their stay with us: enjoying our variety of nature walks; sitting outside in the sunshine with a cool glass of lemonade and some of our younger residents even went on an outdoor Easter egg hunt, around the gardens, earlier in the week.
Though the mornings are still a little too frosty, the days are getting warmer and warmer, with temperatures having gone into double digits most days, leaving some of our unprepared visitors with a little bit of sunburn.
Let's hope that our luck with the weather persists another week and we can avoid the dreaded April showers
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Thursday: Expect to see the first signs of dark grey clouds and some light showers ln the afternoon.
Friday: More dark clouds and light rain showers expected to fill the sky throughout the day
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This is not looking good at all…Sony why?!?! you know the answer .
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GameStop's stock price dropped six percent on Thursday following reports that new technology patented by Sony could eliminate the pre-owned games market.
The technology – which tags individual game copies with information about previous use – could potentially be used to restrict the use of a game to one machine or user account. This could mean bad news for the US retailer – a major player in the pre-owned market.
The market responded to the news with selloffs of GameStop shares, resulting in the retailer's share prices falling by $1.57 to $24.09.
Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities moved to appease investors, claiming Sony would be unwise to implement the technology to its full potential. "Sony would be materially hurt if its console blocked used games and competitor consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo did not," Pachter wrote in a note to investors.
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Adopt a "Lucky" dog from Sarge's
The folks at Sarge's Animal Rescue Foundation are pleased to announce a plan to give adopters a special opportunity. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the usual $100 adoption fee for seven dogs will be waived. All of Sarge's foster dogs are shown on the website, http://www.sargeandfriends.org/, and somewhere in the descriptions of seven dogs the word "lucky" will appear. Adopters are encouraged to find the dog of their dreams, submit the application to adopt, and if "lucky" is in the dog's description, the adoption fee will be waived! Of course, a heartfelt donation in any amount will be gratefully accepted. The St. Patrick's Day Special runs from Saturday, March 9 through Saturday, March 23, covering three Saturday events. Events will be held at both Petsmart in Waynesville and Sarge's Adoption Center on March 9 and March 23, and at the Adoption Center on Saturday, March 16. For more information, call Sarge's at 828-246-9050 from 10AM to 3PM, Monday - Thursday.


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A complaint by assistant referee Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri over sideline abuse from the Stormers could be costly for the South African franchise.
It is alleged that New Zealander Eden-Whaitiri suffered persistent verbal abuse by either a player or member of the Stormers' sideline staff in the 18-16 victory by the Cape Town-based team at Palmerston North's FMG Stadium on April 26.
It is understood that the case will be heard tomorrow night in Sydney after apparently being put back 24 hours.
3News reported tonight that Eden-Whaitiri had accused the Stormers of calling him a cheat and subjected him to constant abuse including suggestions he should "go back to club rugby".
In a statement, Sanzar said an investigation of the Stormers' "match day misconduct" was under way and no further comment would be made.
Chief executive Greg Peters declined to expand on the issue and couldn't offer any comment when contacted.
It is understood the Stormers know who is responsible for the alleged abuse. 3News added that Sanzar did not want Eden-Whaitiri to officiate on the sideline at the Blues vs Stormers match at North Harbour Stadium last Friday night which was won 18-17 by the home team, but that his New Zealand rugby bosses insisted he did.
The network said before the North Harbour Stadium match that referee Glenn Jackson had told the Stormers no abuse would be tolerated and Stormers skipper Jean de Villiers apologised to Eden-Whaitiri for the team's behaviour a week earlier.
The Palmerston North match was an often stormy affair in which the Stormers came from behind to win, with wing Bryan Habana's charge down of an attempted conversion by Beauden Barrett just before halftime proving crucial.
Hurricanes lock Jeremy Thrush was sent to the sinbin for a professional foul by referee Steve Walsh and prop Ben Franks was probably lucky not to join him following a series of penalties.
Cases of misconduct are often brought against players, but almost never against a team, which suggests Sanzar could take a firm line in order to prevent similar issues occurring.
It is understood that most top officials receive varying degrees of abuse during matches but that this was on a different scale.
The sanction could be anything from a written apology, to a fine or loss of competition points.
The latter would be extremely damaging to the Stormers' chances of making the playoffs.
Apart from their excellent win over the Hurricanes, the team coached by Allister Coetzee have struggled this season despite a tight defence and are in 10th place in the overall standings and fourth in the South African conference.
The Hurricanes, 11th overall and fourth in the New Zealand conference, are in South Africa preparing for a match against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein this weekend and had nothing to do with the complaint.
A spokeswoman said today that the franchise had little knowledge of any issues from the game.
Matt Peters, who was the sideline manager at the game, said he couldn't comment as it could hinder the integrity of the investigation.
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Anthropology professor Chris Begley is Transylvania's own Indiana Jones. An archaeologist who works primarily in the jungles of the Mosquito Coast of Honduras in Central America, Begley has a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago, and has worked extensively in the field in Central and South America, including Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Peru. He has also worked extensively in eastern North America.
As part of the festivities for the inauguration of Transylvania's 25th president, R. Owen Williams, Begley will lead a tour of Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park with Steven McBride, a fellow archaeologist who is director of interpretation and archaeology at the park. This Civil War-era Union camp saw nearly 80,000 Union troops pass through, including 30,000 African-American soldiers. The tour of the park will include visits to the remaining historic structures and earthworks including the area to be excavated by Transylvania students later this year, and insights about the camp that archaeologists have discovered over the last several years.
Students in Begley's classes have worked in the field in Athens, Ky., and visited sites in Iceland, Honduras, and Guianas during May term travel courses. Introduction to archaeology, Latin American prehistory, sustainable development, Appalachia and the environment, and cultural geography are just some of the courses Begley teaches at Transylvania.Space is limited for this inauguration event. To sign up for the tour of Camp Nelson, visit the inauguration webpage and register online. For more about Chris Begley, visit his bio page.


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Bearcats Drop BIG EAST Opener at Providence
Sept. 24, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The University of Cincinnati men's soccer team fell, 2-0, at Providence in its BIG EAST Conference opener this afternoon at Glay Field.
PC (6-2-0, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) got a pair of second-half goals from Marcos Ugarte three minutes apart, sending UC (3-5-0, 0-1-0) to its third straight defeat.
"We gave up two goals in a five-minute stretch off poor marking in the box," said head coach Hylton Dayes. "Credit Providence for taking advantage of our mistakes. We are going through a tough stretch as far as results go and we need to find a way to bounce back."
Cincinnati held a 4-2 lead in shots in a scoreless first half.
In the 62nd minute, Ugarte gave the Friars the lead with his first goal of the season on a header from a Jimmy Petrucelli cross. Just three minutes later, Ugarte tallied again with a tap in off a pass from David Datilus to push the lead to 2-0.
The teams finished with eight shots each, but the Bearcats were shut out for the third time this season.
Joey Barnard (McKinney, Texas/McKinney) made three saves in goal for the Bearcats.
UC returns to Gettler Stadium to take on crosstown rival Xavier on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Kickoff between the Bearcats and Musketeers is set for 7 p.m.


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Food has rotted in the fridge and freezer, and it needs to be buried in the garden.
Around the house lie the signs of a hurried exit: a washing basket overturned, dirty crockery in the sink. To his relief, the guns are still in their strongbox.
"It is an eerie feeling coming back home," says Vince.
"There used to be an archway of trees on the road outside - you can see they are gone.
"The steeples of churches are down. The place looks entirely different."
Agonising wait
Marrero, in Jefferson parish, is full of streets like August Avenue, avenues of flimsy wooden buildings now filled with fallen trees and downed telegraph poles.
It has escaped huge flood damage, but much work will need to be done here - without water, power or light.
Most of the Leccos fled to Houston. Vince, his children aged nine and 10, and his parents all left, but his wife - a nurse - stayed to help at a local hospital.
"I spoke to her today for the first time," says Vince, with tears in his eyes.
"We have been so worried for her - she has missed the kids unbelievably."
Across the street, Darlene Ruth has refused to leave, but says she is still in shock.
Listening to radio reports makes it hard to know what to believe, she says.
"We thought there was a gang on the way to loot and kill us all. We feel abandoned," she says.
The family has a generator and neighbours who left told them to raid their homes for food.
"My son came out of the house yesterday with a mobile phone, he had my father on the line," she says.
"It was the first time we had heard he was OK. That has been the hardest part - the not knowing."
'A new beginning'
A few blocks away, Chuck Abbott is trying to clear the debris from his driveway.
Elsewhere in the city, a struggle goes on to impose a little normality amid the chaos.
In the historic French Quarter - which escaped much of the flooding that afflicted areas just a few hundred yards away - Voodoo Bar owner Gilligan is wiping down a fridge stacked with bottles of warm beer.
He offers up a toast to "a new beginning".
On Sunday, a defiantly exuberant parade took place on Bourbon Street. A dozen revellers dressed to the nines said they were determined to show that life goes on.
Across New Orleans, the adversity has forged a real community spirit among those determined to stay.
Philip Turner, 62, says he is going shopping. He knows a shop where tinned food is still on the shelves, waiting to be claimed.
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JEC Europe 2013: And on the second day, the snow melted
A relatively rare European snowstorm brought much of the continent to a halt on the first day of the JEC Europe 2013 show. But the show went on . . .
The JEC Europe 2013 trade show, being held this week in Paris, got off to an auspicious beginning with a rare and dramatic snow storm on Day 1 that shut down much of Europe and kept some exhibitors and many attendees either at home, stuck in an airport or stranded at a train depot. All the same, enough composites professionals slogged through the ice and snow to make the first day successful, and sun on the second day banished much of the moisture. CW editors were among the attendees and offer some highlights.
In the Innovation Awards corner of the hall, the big attraction has been the award-winning carbon fiber passenger cell of the forthcoming all-electric BMW i3 car (see photo). Featuring SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany) carbon fiber produced in the U.S., and due on the market later this year, the i3 represents the first production vehicle to use carbon fiber in the passenger cell and deserved the attention it received. The question looming over the i3 has been what the body panels would be manufactured of. Official word is scarce, but injeciton molding machine maker ENGEL reports that it has sold two large machines to BMW for use in its Leipzig, Germany, facility "to manufacture lightweight components for car body shells." The car is not identified, but if one reads the tea leaves, and understands that the Leipzig plant is being used for primary asembly of the i3, then it's probably not unfair to assume that the i3 body panels will indeed be plastic.
Carbon fiber manufacturer Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., USA) held a press conference on Day 1 and reviewed the role its materials are playing on the Airbus A350 XWB, which is more than 50 percent composites by weight and expected to fly for the first this summer. Hexcel's HexPlay, HexTow and Acouti-Cap products are used variously in the A350's fuselage cockpit, fuselage, vertical tail and horizontal stabilizer, wing covers and spars, wing leading and trailing edges, center wing box, belling fairing and other parts. All told, said Hexcel officials, each A350 XWB represents $4 million in revenue from composite materials. Equally, if not more, interesting was Hexcel's introduction of HiTape UD, a dry carbon fiber for automatic placement applications and out-of-autoclave vacuum infusion processing. Hexcel says it's targing the material to aerostructures applications and exhibited on its stand a demonstration panel molded by Spirit AeroSystems (Wichita, Kan., USA) using the new HiTape UD product (see photo).
Radius Engineering (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) got some attention on its stand for the 7m/23-ft carbon fiber multispar flap molded in one shot using the same qualified resin transfer molding (SQRTM) process, which provides autoclave-like consolidation outside of the autoclave. The flap, which Radius says is designed (but not necessarily destined for) an Airbus A320, is made with Cytec 977-2 prepreg and molded in a compression molding machine built by Radius. The tool features aluminum mandrels in the core. Additional pressure, per the SQRTM process, is provided also by resin injected around but not into the fabric by a Radius injection system.
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Aston Villa's owner, Randy Lerner, would not stand in the way if England approached Martin O'Neill to be their head coach. The Northern Irishman is once again being linked with the job of national coach after England's 2-1 defeat in Moscow on Wednesday, and the American entrepreneur yesterday indicated that it would be something of a privilege for the club to supply the next manager.
"As a newcomer I am hesitant to use too many words but clearly it is one of the great honours you can achieve in football anywhere, any place," said Lerner, who owns American football's Cleveland Browns and took control of Villa from Doug Ellis just over a year ago. "So if that were to happen I suppose you have to admire that kind of achievement and opportunity. I would not stand in his way, God no.
"I don't know that I have necessarily any great insight; that is between Martin and the FA. I think that to some extent there is some welcome flattery in the whole thing. Obviously they would be interested in Martin because of the way he has handled himself at Aston Villa and that speaks well so far for his first year and first part of this season."
The FA has also been invited to contact Jose Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes should the position become vacant, although the chance of the former Chelsea manager accepting any position appears remote. "There has been no contact," said one of the Portuguese's closest friends. "The FA would have to contact Jorge and I am sure he would say he would want to talk. But Jose wants to rest with his family, to do things he was unable to do because there was no time while he was at Chelsea. I am absolutely sure it is not the kind of job he wants. He wants a club in Spain or Italy, not a national team."
The door also appeared to be closed on Guus Hiddink, who said: "I have not formally signed my contract yet. I have to get the final few details sorted. I gave in principle my word - if we work out these details to the agreement then it is fine. I gave my word and even by not signing it means I will happily stay here."
The FA is not believed to be in any hurry to identify a replacement for Steve McClaren and Lerner said that he hoped O'Neill would remain with Villa for the long haul. He has a rolling contract which would mean minimal compensation should the Football Association head in his direction. The FA had passed on the Irishman after an interview for the job to replace Sven Goran Eriksson in spring 2006.
The FA instead opted for Eriksson's assistant McClaren, but that is an appointment that appears to have run its course now that defeat by Russia has virtually dashed England's hopes of making next year's European Championship. Nevertheless the FA's chief executive, Brian Barwick, still continued to offer McClaren support, saying: "Steve has got a job to do, which is preparing the players for an important game against Croatia and a friendly against Austria, and he will do that. He has our support.
"At the moment, failure to qualify is not worth thinking about. We are obviously thinking about the fact that this qualification group is still up there - nobody has qualified from the group yet."
England's only chance of qualifying is to hope that Russia have drawn or lost in Israel and then win or draw respectively against Croatia in their final game, when Hiddink's team will presumably be taking three points from Andorra, who have yet to win a point, in their final game.
"Let's keep words like 'crisis' in perspective," Barwick added. "Steve's job is to prepare the team for Croatia and you can't expect me to say anything else. Steve will get the team ready and he has our support in doing that, he has a job to do.
"Steve will get those players ready and we will do what we have to do against Croatia with, hopefully, Israel doing us a favour in the game before."


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Nintendo Sold over 113,000 3DS Handhelds
Nintendo has managed to sell an impressive 113,000 of its latest handheld console, the 3DS. Despite news of a blue screen of death and another black screen error, the 3DS sold 303,000 units in Europe and 113,000 units in the UK in the first two daysafter hitting the shelves.
In fact, the glasses free 3D console has sold out so quickly that Nintendo is saying that it's their most successful console launch ever, beating out the 106,000 sales that the original Wii made in its first few days of launch. However, they have yet to beat out the PSP which in its first few days managed to sell 185,00 units, though the 3DS is on target to beat this if they continue on their current trend.


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With a 1966 boat, I''m suspicious that perhaps you and the previous 12 owners aren''t compounding through the gelcoat. It''s not even 1/4" thick to begin with. The boat may also have been awlgripped at some point, and you may be doing (compounding) what awlgrip tells you in all their literature to NEVER do to their finish. We had a 1969 Soling that seemed to do well with a chemical polish made for fiberglass cars that I got at the local automotive parts place. It stayed shiny for the 25 years we owned the boat, anyway. Perhaps chemistry is the way to go, rather than physically grinding the surface with compound. Worth a try, anyway. Good luck.
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How does one get that white oxidation out of the gelcoat. We have compounded with electric buffer and cannot get all that white oxidation of the gelcoat. The boat was made in 1966 (Lighting). The hull is baby blue. But with all this white it just looks like buffy clouds. help
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1 Record-setting Rim of the World running back Jacob Taylor made his trip to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. last weekend and liked it.
"The campus was awesome," he said. "The football program was really cool, completely outfitted by Nike. That was cool. Everybody up there is really nice and welcoming."
Taylor can see playing for Army.
"I'm really thinking I'm most likely going to go there," he said. "But I don't want to commit."
Taylor would like to have a choice, and right now doesn't have one. He told Division II schools he's not interested in going there and Army is the only Division I program recruiting him.
"It would be nice to have a choice and not be forced to go there," he said.
If he does go to West Point, he would go to the prep school that is a feeder for the academy first. That school also has a football program but that would not burn a year of college eligibility, he said.
"I talked to a couple of people (players) up there," Taylor said. "Most of them had gone to the prep school and said it's the best way to go. And those who hadn't wished they had. It's another full year to get bigger, stronger and acclimated to the college environment."
Taylor plans to sign on national signing day on Feb. 6.
2 Last weekend's grueling wrestling at the Battle for the Belt at Temecula Valley and 5 Counties at Fountain Valley provided San Bernardino County with some highlights.
At Temecula Valley, Sultana was the highest-ranking county school in taking seventh as Corey Griego (ranked No. 1 in the state) won the 170-pound weight class. Five Sultans placed at Temecula Valley.
Bloomington finished in a tie for ninth and placed three, including Derrick Jones, ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 20 in the country, who was runner-up at 220 pounds.
Jones, who pinned all four of his opponents in the first 90 seconds en route to the final, was pinned by Spencer Empey of Sparks (Nev.) Reed in 3:41 in the finals. Empey is ranked fourth in the country.
3 As soon as his father died unexpectedly in October, Chino Hills head football coach Derek Bub knew he didn't want his own children to feel like they missed out on time with their father. Bub finished out his fifth season as head coach but resigned from the position Tuesday in order to spend more time with his family.
"When my father passed away, I realized that I just needed to be a dad to my kids," Bub said.
Bub will remain Chino Hills' athletic director at least through the end of the school year.
4 Tahaan Goodman ended the suspense earlier than expected when the Rancho Cucamonga safety verbally committed to UCLA Wednesday.
Goodman, who had more than 40 scholarship offers, still was considering nine schools as of last week and trying to squeeze in as many visits as possible before Feb. 6, national signing day.
Goodman placed three hats in front of him before his announcement Wednesday: UCLA, USC and Oklahoma.
5 It's not that unusual for a coach to work at two schools in two sports.
For Ryan Williams, it's a little tougher because both schools are in the same league for both sports.
He not only coaches boys water polo at Redlands East Valley, he also coaches girls water polo at Cajon.
"It's tougher this year being in the same league (Citrus Belt) for the first time," Williams said. "It's a little weird because I know kids at both schools."
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The mission of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) is to eradicate mesothelioma as a life-ending disease. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the linings of the chest or abdomen. Asbestos exposure is the only known cause. The Meso Foundation solicits and rigorously reviews applications, and then awards significant grants, for research on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of mesothelioma. Through its web site and literature, its direct communications, and annual Symposium the Foundation provides patients, family members and physicians with hope, encouragement, and information. The Meso Foundation employs a full-time mesothelioma nurse practitioner to help patients navigate their treatments. In addition, the Foundation works to enhance awareness of this disease and to encourage federal funding for research.
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation's office is located in Alexandria, VA. The organization funds promising mesothelioma research across the world, and provides support services to patients and their families in the United States and Canada.
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