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The St. Louis Blues upgraded their defense for the playoff push, adding Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold. ''It's two guys that any team around the league would be looking for,'' defenseman Barret Jackman said Wednesday. ''You look around our dressing room and we have every piece we need.'' Except maybe a goalie to step up in place of Jaroslav Halak, who is out indefinitely with a groin injury. Brian Elliott, half of the NHL's stingiest tandem last season, has been a disappointment this season. He will play Thursday night at Chicago with no guarantees past that. ''We're on a one-game basis,'' coach Ken Hitchcock said. ''So, we'll see how he plays Thursday and then we'll evaluate Friday.'' The Blues were tied for eighth with Nashville and just a point ahead of Edmonton and Columbus. It's been tough slogging for a franchise that put up 109 points last year and was the No. 2 seed in the West, but hasn't been able to duplicate a mix of shutdown goaltending. ''Last year, everything went right, every goal was scored at an important time,'' Hitchcock said. ''We lived on the fine line, and the right way. ''We've played really well the last three weeks, maybe not being rewarded like some other teams.'' Elliott played well in relief in Monday's 4-1 victory at Minnesota after Halak was hurt in the first period, his first action since a conditioning stint in the minors. Now, the question is how Elliott, just 4-6-1 with a 3.51 goals-against average, deals with the stress of starting. ''I'm not going to think about the past,'' Elliott said. ''It's just about getting back to form.'' Elliott, who had a 1.56 goals-against average and nine shutouts last season, embraced the decision for a minor league rehab that gave him needed playing time without pressure. But he wasn't accepting all the blame for his statistical swan dive. ''You know, as a team we were struggling so I don't want to put the burden on my shoulders, either,'' he said. ''You have to have confidence that you are a good goalie, and it's not a one-man team out there.'' Leopold made his debut Monday after coming in a weekend deal with Buffalo and Bouwmeester could be in the lineup at Chicago if he clears visa issues. They jump ahead of Kris Russell and Ian Cole with a third defenseman, Wade Redden, traded to Boston for a conditional seventh-round draft pick. The 29-year-old Bouwmeester is under contract next year at $6.6 million and has played in 621 consecutive games, the longest current streak in the NHL, while playing in 750 games total without a playoff appearance. ''He can really play against top players and he eats up a lot of minutes,'' Hitchcock said. ''We're trying to build a team that's going to win long-term and he's a good fit for us.'' The Blues have the rest of the season to decide whether Leopold is more than a rental. ''I was glad to get the first game out of the way,'' Leopold said. ''There was a lot of emotions, anticipation, anxiety. I'm excited moving forward.'' They have 14 games left to put it together. It starts against formidable Chicago, which they haven't beaten on the road since Feb. 3, 2010. ''No excuses in here, we just need results,'' said forward David Backes, the team captain. ''We need to stick together and bring it every night, and when we do we like our chances.'' At least, they're past the trade deadline. It was almost as stressful for the coach. Hitchcock said he'd rather not know what's going on behind closed doors. ''I hate the fact you're coaching a player that might get traded,'' Hitchcock said. ''The player is nervous enough at times and especially at this time of the year, you show any different body language when you're working with him I think it throws everything in a big tizzy and I hate that. ''When it's done, tell me.''
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paula abdol has to be in american idol this season- shes a great judge- pay paula in reasonable salary guys.with out paula the american idol show is not complte with out her.
Yay, first to comment again, cool. I used to find Paula annoying at times, but Idol wouldn't be the same without her. She is on her game and she really knows and understands talent when she sees it. Simon on the other hand can either be spot on with his comments or seem hopelessly out of touch. And as for Kara – with her hand smashing on the desk and never knowing when to stop and that stupid, stupid song No Boundaries, no they have to bring Paula back. I can still picture Paula after Adam had sung "If I Can't Have You" and the look on her face was priceless. He had charmed her just like the snake charmer he is.
Well, considering how AI handled the vote fiasco – and I still feel there was something going on with that between ATT and AI – I will not watch AI again. Too bad, so many of my friends feel the same way.
I hope what the media told about they still not offering her new contract is not true, or at least they already solve the problem now. Paula brings her own energy to the Idol. I think it won't be the same without her
I feel Paula brings good balance to the show. When the other judges have ripped the contestants apart mercilessly, Paula adds that comforting touch they need.
I think they would be crazy to not bring her back for what she adds to the show also in comic relief.
Hopefully AI will realize that Paula is a critical part of AI. I think she adds to the show. She sees potential in an artist and is a good ego booster when others are too critical. I think she is smart in knowing what the public wants to hear. But I have to agree with Bruce above, after the fiasco of voting in season 8, I think my days of watching are over.
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Well, my 2 cents would be, as much as Paula's actions are some what disturbing, I don't believe they are as bad as Randy's, I am tired of hearing him making these one word comments, like "Dawg" etc. Paula does add to the show, especically the discussion bewteen Simon anf her, sometimes it is really funny.
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For me,it doesn't matter as I will not be watching this year;;Even though AI was not responsible for the voting fiasco,they sure didn't moniter it.But not having Paula will just assure the sinking of the already failing show!
The entire AI show is going to feel anit-climactic after Adam. That being said…
AI is going to lose its bite after Simon leaves the show after next year (or at least that's what he told TV Guide). And AI would lose its heart if Paula leaves. I've often commented how intuitively brilliant she is. She knew 10 weeks before the end of the show that Adam would go all the way to the finals. She just knew. I love Paula and would be sad to see her go.
It also personally enrages me to think that the men are assumed to be worth more than the women in such contract negotiations.
YES that infuriates me too!! She is worth WAY more than they could offer her.
I have to say I wonder how many years AI has left. I DO think that after Adam, future shows will seem anti-clamatic, and I also think that from this point on, judges will be comparing everyone at the tryouts, trying to find another Adam in order to be sure that the show DOESN'T go under – that is definitely going to make their job harder!
As far as Paula leaving goes, from what I understand, she has always said that if Simon leaves, she leaves. I think it would be ashame.
Paula, Simon, Randy and Kara all have their own oddities about them and I think they balance each other out. If Paula does leave I am sure they will find someone else who they think will fill her shoes properly.
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Burnley 1 Leeds United 0
Who knows where it will end but for now Charlie Austin just keeps on breaking records as another goal from the striker supreme made it a hat-trick of home wins for the revitalised Clarets.
A trademark Austin header in the 82nd minute gave new manager Sean Dyche his second victory in the space of four perfect days.
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And a back four which has been much maligned for large parts of the season - along with goalkeeper Lee Grant - deserved equal status as they ensured a third successive home clean sheet at Turf Moor, which is again becoming the base for a surge up the table.
After winning his opening game, Dyche understandably kept changes to a minimum with the return of the fit-again Chris McCann in place of David Edgar the only difference to his team sheet as the Clarets looked to end a five-game losing streak against their Roses rivals.
And much else stayed the same as Burnley picked up where they left off against Wolves at the weekend with a positive start which allowed the visitors no time to settle.
The Clarets pressed all over the pitch to keep winning possession and with Dean Marney and Chris McCann constantly breaking forward from midfield it was largely a claret and blue dominated first half.
Marney got himself into some outstanding positions and he almost marked his 100th-appearance for the Clarets with a goal after seven minutes.
Ross Wallace continued his recent impressive form with a fierce drive which Paddy Kenny could only parry and when Marney pounced, it took a smarter save from the Leeds keeper to block from close range.
Leeds barely mustered a threat, although the two occasions they did cause concern in the Burnley ranks came courtesy of former Blackburn forward El Hadji Diouf.
The Senegalese dragged a shot wide via a deflection and then as Burnley began to really crank up the pressure put a better chance just over the top as United mounted a rare counter-attack.
That was only a brief respite, though, as Dyche's men forced the pace further, the lively Martin Paterson testing Kenny from long range after half an hour before Marney fired into the side netting after being found by Brian Stock.
And twice just before the break the Clarets almost broke the deadlock. Only a fine save from Kenny kept out Trippier's thundering drive before Charlie Austin saw his effort from the ensuing corner deflected just wide of the post as Leeds held out.
Kenny remained the busier keeper at the start of the second half as he saved from McCann and a Wallace free-kick.
But it was largely long-range stuff from the Clarets as they struggled to find the killer blow and with almost an hour gone the hosts were forced to make a change when the in-form Ben Mee limped off with a foot injury to be replaced by Danny Lafferty.
With the Clarets unable to make their territorial advantage count, Leeds grew in confidence and with 62 minutes gone created arguably the best chance so far.
Again Diouf was heavily involved and when he laid the ball off for Aidan White, the little midfielder should have made Grant work harder with a finish that the Clarets' keeper was able to help around the post.
Under sustained pressure for the first time the Clarets showed the resolve that has epitomised their recent home performances to keep United at arm's length.
And with 15 minutes to go they almost got their noses in front. McCann's driving run from midfield had Leeds on the retreat but from his pass Austin only had time to stab the ball goalwards and his effort went too close to Kenny to extend his scoring streak.
Austin then headed at Kenny from a Marney cross as Burnley, helped by the added presence of Sam Vokes in attack, gathered themselves for a late push.
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Starting with Wallace's ball inside on half way, McCann then delivered a sublime pass inside replacement full-back Danny Pugh for Trippier to deliver the kind of cross strikers dream of.
And with Austin turning everything he touches into goals it was an opportunity he wasn't about to pass up, soaring to power a downward header beyond Kenny to keep Burnley climbing.
With Turf Moor euphoric there was one chance left for Leeds to spoil the mood but Grant's superb save from Jason Pearce in the dying moments ensured another clean sheet as Dyche's dream start continued.
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It would be difficult not to have noticed the approach of the sharp dressed man, though she only views him from the corner of her eye. It seems more and more rare to see someone so well-dressed these days. Particularly someone fairly young. Mostly she sees vests and dress shirts without jackets or ties, and that's the better dressed ones. This one, however, seems dressed to the nines.
That isn't the only thing that draws her attention to him, though, and her brow furrows.
She's rather accustomed to strangers walking up to her for various reasons. More often than not, they are lost and unconsciously drawn to her by what she represents: Order. An approachable person in a crowd. A calm amidst the storm. (Little do they know that she is often more lost than they ever considered being.)
However, this seems... different.
Perhaps it is the sweat beading his brow. Perhaps it is even the aura of Chaos she can sense surrounding him yet not actually of him, like a residue or an afterimage, a product of something else affecting another. Regardless, alarms begin to go off in her mind.
By the time he reaches her, she's already given up her covert observance, turning to fully look at him.
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One of the few perks to the domains of which she oversees, is that she always knows when someone is lying. She doesn't have to reach for the badge he speaks of to ensure that it's there, doesn't have to wonder if this is really some serial killer escaped from police custody and that's why he's cuffed. She can sense the honesty of his words and thus she believes him even before she hears the bullet ricochet from the nearby lamp post.
It's all well and good that the man had simply jumped into the vehicle.
If he hadn't, she likely would have reached out and yanked him into the vehicle and worried about any bruising afterwards. Having experienced both, she has little doubt that he'd prefer bruises to a bullet wound.
'Go, go, go!' he'd shouted.
Truly, she hadn't needed the command to jar her from whatever 'shock' most might have been in. This isn't her first time fleeing danger neither is it her first time taking someone else from harm's way.
No sooner than the last 'go' had been shouted, the vehicle had been started and she'd spun the car out of its current parking space with an ease that might make it seem as though strangers always jump into her car with bullets passing overhead.
Out on the street, her foot slams the accelerator and with the car she'd recently purchased–mostly for appearances of her mortal guise–they might as well have been flying.
So perhaps most would find it a little strange, as she weaves through traffic, that she chooses that precise moment to look away from the road and down at him, expression almost as perfect a neutral as her voice.
"What sort of danger are you in, exactly, 'Agent Wilcox'?"


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The instant I enter the room, I search for you.
It's the first thing I do; I've made it a habit.
If you're not in the room, I spend a significant amount of time thinking about how much I want you to be there.
If you are in the room, I hesitate to approach you. Should I say something, or should I say nothing at all? What if you're busy or conversing with another?
I approach cautiously, as I always do. I cross my fingers, hoping it goes well.
I tap your shoulder.
You turn, only slight surprise crossing your features as you lay eyes on me. I smile apologetically and immediately regret drawing your attention.
I panic.
I ask, 'How are you?'
You respond.
I am relieved, but just barely.
I ask another; essentially the same question. But now I am flustered. I want to say the right thing at the right time. I want to impress you.
You respond. But it is not over yet.
I ask yet another. I don't want to be seen as an inconvenient burden.
You respond.
I ask again, and the tension in my shoulders slowly eases into nothingness.
At this point I'm back to myself again, cracking jokes that are only marginally amusing, rambling like an overenthusiastic mad scientist, and playing the role of a faithful companion.
You make me nervous. You trigger the tingling in my skin. You cause me to doubt the margin of error. You manage to both lower and heighten my inhibitions.
You feed my ravenous imagination and stoke the vast fire of my inspiration.
Isn't it strange that you have such a great effect on me, yet we've never spoken a word face to face?
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Ever wonder what animals look like inside out? If your answer is
something along the lines of, 'that's disgusting,' a new exhibit at
Museum of Science and Industry just might change your mind.
Chicago Parent recently had the chance to walk through "
Animal Inside Out," an exhibit that displays more than 100
plastinated animals, from baby camels to full-size giraffes to an
ostrich with outstretched wings. Plastination, which removes the
fluids from the body and replaces them with plastics that harden,
lets visitors see everything from the animals' muscles to organs to
blood vessels to the internal circuit of the nervous system.
The exhibit is fascinating and amazing, but it's also not for
everyone. These are real animals, often with the skin and eyeballs
on one half of their body and the muscles and organs showing on the
other. While some of the kids in the exhibit were intrigued and
excited to see the details of the inside of a giraffe or reindeer,
from intestines to muscles frozen in action, other kids found the
exhibit a little too graphic. And very young children, who are used
to all the interactive aspects of the museum itself, may find it
hard because this is a 'no touch' exhibit.
We talked with one mom who visited the exhibit with her
5-year-old and 7-year-old daughters. Her younger daughter was
quickly bored with looking at the animals, while her older daughter
was fascinated and wanted to understand every detail of each
animal's inner workings.
My daughter, who hopes to become a nurse someday, said the
exhibit was one of the best she's seen in a long time. She studied
each animal and read the accompanying information about it. She was
also glad to know, thanks to a sign at the very beginning of the
exhibit, that no animals were killed for this exhibit.
But because there are things like a dog with just its blood
vessels showing, a horse head cut into three sections, and a
plastinated human male at the end of the exhibit, it's best to use
your judgment with your children before deciding whether or not to
take them into these galleries.
Liz DeCarlo is the former senior editor at Chicago Parent.
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1Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 2Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tsukuba University, 3Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, 4Department of Neurology, Emory University
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We describe a technique for the preparation of clarified human cortical homogenates, protein separation by SDS-PAGE, antigen retrieval and immunoblotting with an antibody to the Aβ peptide. Using this protocol, we consistently detect monomeric and multimeric Aβ in cortical tissue from humans with Alzheimer's pathology.
Date Published: 4/23/2010, Issue 38; doi: 10.3791/1916
Keywords: JoVE Neuroscience, Issue 38, β-amyloid, oligomers, multimers, Western blotting, protein aggregation, Alzheimer's, antigen retrieval
Rosen, R. F., Tomidokoro, Y., Ghiso, J. A., Walker, L. C. SDS-PAGE/Immunoblot Detection of Aβ Multimers in Human Cortical Tissue Homogenates using Antigen-Epitope Retrieval. J. Vis. Exp. (38), e1916, doi:10.3791/1916 (2010).
Part 1: Preparation of clarified tissue homogenates
Part 2: SDS-PAGE Sample preparation
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Part 4: Transferring Proteins from Gels to Membranes
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Figures 1a-c. Clarified homogenates containing 50μg total protein from 7 human subjects are analyzed for the presence of multimeric Aβ and APP. Immunoblotting with antibody 6E10 reveals Aβ monomers, dimers, trimers, tetramers, and APP (top band) in all Alzheimer's cases, as well as abundant higher molecular weight Aβ multimers in 2 AD cases. Synthetic Aβ40 confirms the identity of the lower molecular weight bands. AD: Alzheimer's disease, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, ND: Nondemented human. (a) 30 minute film exposure, (b) 5 minute film exposure, (c) 30 second film exposure.
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Despite the importance of Aβ aggregation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease1,4,5 , few studies have described or quantified the distribution of diverse Aβ multimers in human cortical tissue samples2. Commonly used immunohistochemical techniques do not allow for the discrimination of distinct multimeric Aβ species in fixed cortical tissue. In unfixed cortical tissue homogenates, Aβ multimers can be separated and biochemically assessed using gel electrophoresis and antibody-based detection methods. However, the Aβ epitopes that are targeted may be hidden within aggregated and post-translationally modified peptide structures, preventing the detection and accurate quantification of aggregated Aβ. Using heat-induced antigen-epitope retrieval combined with SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with an antibody to the N-terminal region of Aβ6,7, we are able to separate and detect naturally occurring Aβ multimers isolated from human brains. Distinct Aβ multimer populations in clarified tissue homogenates can then be quantified by densitometry Additionally, the combination of gel- or membrane-extraction with Aβ immunoblotting will allow for further structural characterization of naturally occurring, post-translationally modified Aβ multimers from human tissue. It will be important to determine whether Aβ multimers in human brain are SDS-resistant, or if they are SDS-sensitive and therefore broken down into smaller aggregates by SDS denaturation under defined conditions. The characterization of diverse forms of aggregated Aβ in the human brain will facilitate the search for therapies and biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease.
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Many thanks to Elaine Pranski and Carolyn Suwyn for excellent technical assistance and to Harry LeVine III, M. Paul Murphy, and Marla Gearing for important conversations. Funding was provided by RR-00165, PO1AG026423, P50AG025688, AG030539, the Woodruff Foundation and the Emory University Research Committee.
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This application claims the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. � 365 of International Application PCT/US03/16714, filed May 28, 2003, which was published in accordance with PCT Article 21(2) on Dec. 18, 2003, 2003 in English and which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/386,319, filed June 6, 2002.
The present invention generally relates to network communications and, more particularly, to a method and system for interworking wireless local area networks (WLAN) with the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network by making an Interworking Function in the WLAN appear to the UMTS network as a Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) Support Node (SGSN).
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) currently includes up to a 'third generation' (3G) mobile communications system developed within a framework known as IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications-2000). UMTS will play a key role in creating the mass market for high-quality wireless multimedia communications. UMTS will enable many wireless capabilities, delivering high-value broadband information, commerce and entertainment services to mobile users via fixed, wireless and satellite networks. UMTS will speed convergence between telecommunications, information technology, media and content industries to deliver new services and create revenue-generating services. Compared to its 2G or 2.5G wireless cellular counterpart, UMTS will deliver low-cost, high-capacity mobile communications with data rates on the order of 2 Mbit/sec under stationary conditions with global roaming and other advanced capabilities.
One drawback of the UMTS network is high cost of spectrum and low data rates as compared to WLANs (Wireless Local Area Networks). It is thus advantageous to complement UMTS with unlicensed band, high data rate WLANS such as IEEE 802.11 and ETSI Hiperlan2 to save UMTS radio resources and increase the efficiency of the UMTS RAN (Radio Access Network). Interworking may be provided between a WLAN hotspot and a radio access network such as UMTS to allow a user to utilize either the WLAN or the radio access technology, or both, depending on the location of the user. The interworking between the WLAN and the radio access technology may provide the user with roaming capability as the user moves between, and through, the coverage areas of the WLAN and the radio access technology in order to efficiently use the capabilities of the access networks.
Therefore, a need exists for a system and method, which utilizes WLAN bandwidth to supplement UMTS bandwidth to increase overall performance and efficiency. A further need exists for an architecture where the WLAN coverage area interacts with a UMTS network through an interworking function (IWF) that communicates with the UMTS Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) Support Node (SGSN) as another SGSN over a Gn interface specified by the 3GPP standard body. Yet another need exists for a method for seamless interfacing of UMTS with WLANs through the use of interworking.
An interface for connecting networks includes an interworking function provided between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a Public Mobile Land Network (PLMN) to provide communication interactions between the PLMN and the WLAN. The interworking function includes a dual-protocol stack, which interfaces the WLAN protocols and PLMN protocols to provide seamless communications between the WLAN and the PLMN such that an increase in available service bandwidth provided for users of the PLMN is maintained.
A method for interfacing two wireless networks includes connecting a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a Universal Mode Telecommunications System (UMTS) network through an intra-PLMN (Public Mobile Land Network) interface. The WLAN is interfaced to the UMTS network by providing an interface towards the UMTS and the WLAN and using an interworking function such that communications received from the WLAN appear to be from another Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) Support Node (SGSN) and communications sent to the WLAN appear to be from within the WLAN.
The advantages, nature, and various additional features of the invention will appear more fully upon consideration of the illustrative embodiments now to be described in detail in connection with accompanying drawings wherein:
It should be understood that the drawings are for purposes of illustrating the concepts of the invention and are not necessarily the only possible configuration for illustrating the invention.
The present invention provides a method and system for utilizing available bandwidth in wireless/radio networks. An architecture is provided where the wireless local area network (WLAN) coverage area interacts with a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network as another Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) Support Node (SGSN) through an intra-PLMN (Public Mobile Land Network) backbone.
A number of architectures are provided to interwork between the WLAN coverage area and other radio access technologies (RATs), such as UMTS. A novel approach is presented to assist in using any existing WLAN coverage area to complement UMTS networks by defining the WLAN's interworking function (IWF) as another SGSN. One advantage includes that QoS (quality of service) negotiation, mobility, and AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) procedures of the 3G network are re-used. Advantageously, the present invention can work with any system (e.g., General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)/code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000) that needs to interwork with WLANs.
It is to be understood that the present invention is described in terms of an illustrative WLAN-UMTS system architecture; however, the present invention is much broader and may include any wireless/radio network system(s), which are capable of providing telecommunication services. It should be understood that the elements shown in the FIGS. may be implemented in various forms of hardware, software or combinations thereof. Preferably, these elements are implemented in hardware on one or more appropriately programmed general-purpose devices, which may include a processor, memory and input/output interfaces.
Referring now in specific detail to the drawings in which like reference numerals identify similar or identical elements throughout the several views, and initially to
The present invention is illustratively described in terms of a UMTS network 12 and a WLAN wireless network 14 (e.g., IEEE 802.11 (a, b, e, g) and HIPERLAN2 standards may be employed by these networks). UMTS mobile network 12 (e.g., a third generation (3G) network) communicates with a radio access network (RAN) 8 which comprises a Node B 11 and Radio Network Controller (RNC) 9. WLAN (14) is preferably connected to UMTS network (12) through an intra-PLMN (Public Mobile Land Network) interface. The RAN 8 in turn is attached to a Core Network (CN) 13 which comprises packet based services such as a SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) 28, circuit based services, such as a MSC (Mobile Switching Center) 21 and gateways to other PLMNs, such as GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Nodes) 24. Core network 13 supports connections/interfaces with public switched telephone networks (PSTN) 5 and the Internet 7.
Other components may be included in a core network 13. For example, a home location register 50 may be provided which stores the home locations of mobile stations (MS) 40. By the present invention, network 12 (e.g., a PLMN) is interfaced to a wireless LAN 14 through a Gn (or Gp) interface by employing an interworking function 25. MS 40 connects at an access point 30, and MS 40 is seamlessly switched between WLAN 14 and UMTS 12 in accordance with the present invention when MS 40 roams between the radio access networks.
WLAN interworking function (IWF) 25 bypasses the RNC 9 and connects to SGSN 28 (assuming packet switched (PS) services). The GGSN 24 takes care of the mobility for packet data, but the IWF 25 will need to communicate with the SGSN 28 to provide the mobility for the handoff between the two physical layer interfaces of network 12 and 14. This can be achieved by implementing the Gn interface between the IWF 25 and the SGSN 28 as shown in
The SGSN-GGSN portion may become a bottleneck in handling high data rate WLAN hotspots. In that case, another option may be that a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel 31 between GGSN 24 and IWF 25 is used only for downlink traffic coming from the GGSN 24 for user equipment (UE) at MS 40. For all other traffic, the WLAN 14 provides a common Internet access to the UE. This reduces the traffic through the SGSN-GGSN.
The WLAN 14 includes a plurality of access points 30 which are provided to permit wireless user equipment (UE) or mobile stations (MS) to access and use the WLAN. By the present invention, the IWF 25 interacts with the UMTS network 12 over the Gn interface as another 'logical' SGSN in a similar fashion as when UMTS SGSNs communicate via the Gn interface. In this way, the UMTS network 12 interfaces through IWF 25 in a WLAN environment as though the IWF 25 were an SGSN.
Referring to
As one skilled in the art would understand, the user plane stack of MS 40 in
The present invention provides at least the following advantages. The quality of service (QoS) negotiation, mobility, AAA procedures of the 3G network are employed making the entire system more efficient from the standpoint of increased bandwidth, quality and compatibility. The present invention can work with any system (GPRS/CDMA 2000) that can interwork with WLANs.
Advantageously, deployed WLANs, in accordance with the present invention, provide needed bandwidth to maintain QoS for all users. In addition, WLAN radio resources may be used in the WLAN PLMN to free up radio resources of the 3G RAT that a user is moving out of. Communication between the UMTS network and WLAN of the present invention is seamless by employing an IWF to create compatible protocols and information exchange.
Referring to
In step 101, a routing area update request is made by MS 40 to the IWF-SGSN 44. If MS is in packet mobility management (PMM) idle, IWF-SGSN 44 makes a context request over the Gn interface to old 3G SSGN 46 in step 102. If in idle mode, SGSN 46 provides a context response to IWF-SGSN 44 in step 105. If MS 40 is in a PMM (Packet Mobility Management) connected mode, an SRNS (Serving Radio Network Subsystem) context response is made to UTRAN 42 in step 103 and a response is sent back to 3G-SGSN 46 in step 104.
Security functions may be handled between MS 40 and IWF-SGSN 44 in step 106. WLAN procedures may be employed here. Additional security procedures may be provided in step 107 to authenticate the new IWF-SGSN 44. These security measures are optional since authentication of the old SGSN 46 may preclude the need to re-authenticate the new IWF-SGSN 44. In step 108, a context acknowledgement is sent from IWF-SGSN 44 to SGSN 46. In step 109, IWF-SGSN 44 sends an update packet data protocol (PDP) context request to GGSN 24, which updates its PDP context fields and responds with an update PDP context response in step 110. Thus, the GTP (user and control plane) tunnels are established between the GGSN and IWF-SGSN 44 for subsequent data/signaling transfer between the WLAN and UMTS networks.
In steps 111-120, the new SGSN (IWF 25) 44 informs the HLR 50 of the change of SGSN by sending Update Location (SGSN Number, SGSN Address, and International Mobile Subscriber Identification (IMSI)) to the HLR 50. Requests, responses and acknowledgements are performed. Steps 111 and 114 perform a Iu (interface between RNC and SGSN) release sequence when MS 40 sends an explicit signaling connection release to UTRAN 42 upon being validated by the old SGSN 46 in steps 102-105 depending on a Packet Mobility Management (PMM) state of MS 40. A similar procedure is performed to update location in the visitors location register VLR between an old VLR/MSC 52 and a new VLR/MSC 48. Steps 120-125 provide this update sequence.
The new SGSN (IWF) 44 may not implement a Gr interface (an interface between an HLR and an SGSN) with HLR 50 and so (to reduce the complexity of the IWF), in this case, steps 111-126 and 129 may be skipped. In step 126, a location update accept is sent to IWF SGSN 44 from the new VLR/MSC 48. The routing area change is updated, accepted in step 127 and completed in step 128. In step 129, PTMSI (Packet Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity) reallocation may be performed and completed if needed.
The method as described with reference to
1. UMTS to WLAN Entry
If the UMTS SGSN covers one routing area (RA) and the WLAN coverage area is another RA, the WLAN IWF can broadcast the new routing area identifier (RAI) (pre-allocated by the UMTS network). By comparing the RAI stored in user equipment (UE) or mobile station (MS) in GPRS Mobile Management (GMM) context with the RAI received from the IWF, the MS or UE detects that an RA update (inter-SGSN) needs to be performed. The procedure is described with reference to
2. WLAN to UMTS Entry
Upon re-entry into the UMTS network, the UE again performs an inter-SGSN routing area update and repeats the method of
Again, the three cases mentioned above are employed to illustrate different scenarios:
It is assumed that an MS has been authenticated by the UMTS network before it moves into a WLAN coverage area. The IWF 25 will implement 3G procedures to authenticate the UE. In steps 102/105 in
However WLAN security procedures should be implemented so that the MS 40 sends ciphered P-TMSI, old RAI, old P-TMSI Signature, and other parameters to the IWF (new SGSN) 44, which can then send them to the old 3G SGSN 46.
The IWF has interfaces towards both WLAN and UMTS networks. It listens to the mobile's data and signaling on the WLAN interface (if co-located with Access Point) and forwards the relevant signaling (SM/GMM related) and data to the 3G SGSN over the Gn interface. However only limited functionality of a UMTS SGSN actually needs to be incorporated in the IWF. More specifically, the IWF would need only the Gn interface towards the 3G SGSN/GGSN. Other SGSN interfaces such as Gr etc. need not be implemented in the IWF making it simple. The Gn interface helps the IWF to do session management, mobility management and AAA functions by reusing the 3G procedures. The mobile's adaptation layer sends the SM/GMM signaling over the WLAN interface to the IWF adaptation layer which then sends out the SM/GMM messages to the 3G SGSN/GGSN over the Gn interface.
Thus, the present invention preferably maintains mobility and AAA procedures of the 3G network. The service provider needs only one point of attachment to serve the 3G network as well as the connected WLANs helping the provider retain tight control over the customer base in the WLAN as well. The simple IP-based Gn interface of the SGSN may be implemented in the IWF towards the SGSN making the present invention scalable. As described earlier, the other complex SGSN interfaces such as Gr (towards HLR) etc. can be skipped. The PDP addresses are still allocated by the same GGSN while the terminal (MS) is in the WLAN making MM easier.
In present UMTS networks, the data is encapsulated using GTP-U from GGSN to SGSN and then again from SGSN to RNC requiring more processing time. The present invention also has the advantage that the dual GTP encapsulation as in the UMTS network (GGSN-SGSN and then SGSN-RNC) is avoided since only the GGSN-IWF encapsulation part is done in the WLAN coverage area as the data is forwarded from the GGSN directly to the IWF and vice versa as shown in
The present invention provides a dual stacked mobile and an IWF which employ an adaptation layer (AL), which enables the ability to use existing SM/GMM procedures from the mobile to the 3G SGSN for Session and Mobility management. This advantageously provides seamless handover between two networks. Re-use of the mobility management, session management, authentication scheme specified in a UMTS system when a user moves into a WLAN coverage area guarantees the service level be maintained during user's handover.
Having described preferred embodiments for wireless local area network (WLAN) as a logical serving GPRS (general packet radio service) support node (SGSN) for WLAN/universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) interworking (which are intended to be illustrative and not limiting), it is noted that modifications and variations can be made by persons skilled in the art in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that changes may be made in the particular embodiments of the invention disclosed which are within the scope and spirit of the invention as outlined by the appended claims. Having thus described the invention with the details and particularity required by the patent laws, what is claimed and desired protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.
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Stuart Duncan Preston, writer and art critic: born 1915; died Paris 9 February 2005.
Stuart Preston was for many years the art critic of The New York Times, his urbane reporting of exhibitions keeping him at the centre of the New York art world for 25 years, and assuring him the friendship of figures such as Glenway Wescott and Monroe Wheeler, the photographer George Platt Lynes and the actress Ruth Ford.
But he is best remembered as a legendary figure who trailed through London society in the Second World War, and was known as "the Sergeant", or even "the Sarge". He was indeed serving in the US Army at the time, attached to Headquarters, but his good looks (which included earlobes that trailed lazily into the cheek), his huge eyes and round head and his bassoon-deep voice propelled him into the heart of society.
Emerald Cunard was excited to have him on her list, announcing, "I'm expecting the Sergeant after dinner, isn't that delightful?" and worrying when he did not appear: "I wonder where the Sergeant is? He promised faithfully to come if he could." She was devoted to Preston, though she complained that he never said anything memorable, to which Harold Acton replied that he did not have to - he was a character from a Henry James novel. As the Paris-based author James Lord put it:
There is some truth in this, but Stuart's story would have turned out to be of the Master's more melancholy . . . those few brilliant, exhilarating years of social glory . . . laid up a heavy burden of nostalgia for the decades to come.
When Sybil Colefax reported the news that the Sergeant was ill and confined to bed in St George's Hospital, there were cries of lamentation amongst her guests. London's beau monde hastened to his bedside. King George VI is said to have exclaimed: "Every day I meet brigadiers and generals. Why can't I meet this sergeant that everyone is talking about?"
Stuart Duncan Preston Jnr was the elder son of Stuart Duncan Preston, a Harvard graduate of 1906, and his wife Madeleine O'Brien. His parents were rich and well connected and he was educated at Yale (in the class of '37). Evelyn Waugh characterised his father in 1949 as "Spats, noisy, I thought a little tipsy".
By 1938 the young Preston had gravitated to London as a friend of Harold Nicolson's. That summer Nicolson introduced his protégé to James Lees-Milne, saying: "The next time we see Stuart over here, he will be in uniform." And so he was. Preston arrived in London in December 1942, settling on a straw mattress in a billet in North Audley Street. He was taken up by Nancy Mitford and the Duff Coopers, finding Diana "wondrous, incredibly flippant, brilliant and witty". Weekends at Panshanger, lunches at the Connaught or Brooks's, and an evening at Argyll House with Sybil Colefax caused him great excitement. Lees-Milne noted that he was "attentive to the old and throws off anecdotes and literary quotations like pearls before swine". According to James Pope-Hennessy, he wore a "permanent smile of appreciation".
The famous illness began in February 1943 and lasted five weeks. Preston went down with jaundice ("grey" now, rather than "saffron") and was admitted to St George's Hospital, where he was blissfully happy in the heart of London, able to see Apsley House from his bed. Stephen Spender came twice a day, partly to discuss his "poetic perplexities" with a willing listener, Harold Nicolson would come from his office to hold his hand, "Chips" Channon popped in, the Marquess of Queensberry recited Shakespeare sonnets at the bedside, Logan Pearsall Smith (soon besotted), Raymond Mortimer and Eddy Sackville-West were there, and Lady Cunard arrived while the men in the ward were washing. As Lees-Milne described it:
The whole of London congregates round the Sergeant's bed. Like Louis XIV he holds levées. Instead of meeting now in Heywood Hill's shop, the intelligentsia and society congregate in public ward no 3 of St George's Hospital.
Some became more than just attracted to him. Alan Lennox-Boyd, then a Parliamentary Secretary, tried to kiss him at Chips Channon's house in Belgrave Square, where he was staying, but Rex Whistler walked in on them. Preston was indignant and refused to treat the situation as a laughing matter. Lennox-Boyd almost had a nervous breakdown as a result.
In April 1943 Preston departed on a commando course, for which he was ill fitted, and a year later he sailed for the Continent, leaving behind him a reputation that would haunt him all his life. "He is a feather on the stream of life," concluded Lees-Milne:
Feathers can be decorative but they are easily blown about. But he is a very clever feather all the same.
From his perch in London society, it was only a matter of time before he was drawn upon for a character in an Evelyn Waugh novel. Alas, from there, he found himself further immortalised in the diaries of Waugh's diaries, and worst of all, in his opinion, those of James Lees-Milne, the first volume of which was published in 1975. Far from turning this to his advantage, he felt himself mocked, and in his later years no one called him "Sergeant" in his presence without redress.
After the war, he returned to New York and set himself up in a smart apartment on East 71st Street (he later moved later to a grander one on East 72nd Street). By 1950, Waugh was writing to Nancy Mitford: "Sergeant Preston is as bald as an egg and very watery-eyed. I suspect he drinks." In 1961 he caricatured him as Lieutenant Padfield ("the Loot") in Unconditional Surrender:
The Loot knew them all. He was in every picture gallery, every bookshop, every club, every hotel. He was also in every inaccessible castle in Scotland, at the sick bed of every veteran artist and politician, in the dressing-room of every leading actress and in every university common-room, and he expressed his thanks to his hosts and hostesses not with the products of the PX stores but with the publications of Sylvia Beach and sketches by Fuseli.
This produced a characteristically loyal rebuke from Mitford: "But you are horrid about the good old Serge & I'm afraid he'll mind."
Preston consistently denied that he was the ghost of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoirs, The Glitter and the Gold, published in 1953, but, whatever the precise arrangements, he had an editorial hand in that book, for which he is acknowledged in the preface. Consuelo wrote of her woes as the reluctant wife of the ninth Duke of Marlborough. The book was a best-seller, and, even if it was biased sharply against the Duke, it gave a valuable portrait of Edwardian society at the end of the 19th century. At times Preston was forced to remonstrate with Madame Balsan, questioning whether she had really told the Tsar of Russia that the people were starving and might revolt. "I was there. You werr'unt," she replied, and the story was not deleted.
As an art critic, he leaves less of an impression. He wrote extensively about artists such as Jackson Pollock, Rothko and De Kooning, but did not make a marked difference to their careers. He was the author of various art monographs. In 1945, he wrote an introduction to Titian's Europa in the Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts and, in 1953, a study of El Greco. In 1966 came Farewell to the Old House, a history of the Metropolitan Opera House between 1883 and 1966. In 1972 appeared his Edouard Vuillard, and in 1975 he wrote the commentary for Simbari, a lavishly produced celebration of the work of the contemporary Italian artist Nicola Simbari. These volumes comprise his published works. In 1958 his portrait was painted by Andy Warhol.
Preston adored France. "I read Proust as a child, and I began a lifelong love affair with France," he said. Yet he lived in New York until 1976. When he did move, Harold Acton commented: "What did Henry James say? All good Americans go to Paris to die?" Certainly his life thereafter did not match his heyday, but he did himself a disservice by bemoaning the lack of the once fashionable invitations, to the point that fewer came.
There was no one kinder to a researcher. Casually, he would mention: "Look in Jean Giraudoux . . . You will find a description . . . I beg you to consult Lord Bertie's memoirs . . . Louise de Vilmorin! You can apply all the adjectives to her - brilliant, beautiful, mischievous, cruel, they all fit." He was invariably right and his clues never failed to lead to pots of biographical gold.
Occasionally he was resurrected in the cause of research. In 1982, at the age of 90, Lady Diana Cooper invited him to lunch in the garden of Warwick Avenue, when her granddaughter Artemis was researching the letters between herself and Duff. Preston was in his element, basking at the feet of his heroine, pocket histories of long-forgotten figures tripping off his tongue. As he left, he proffered a Diana book for inscription. Innocent of mischief, she began to write: "To my dear old Sarge". The other guests waited in horror for the reaction.
In Paris he entertained at the Travellers' Club, and was solicitous to Diana Mosley, a much-loved friend and virtual neighbour, until her death in 2003. He made occasional forays to London. The former Adonis had become a dishevelled figure occasionally to be seen, at the 100th birthday party for Frances Partridge or attending memorial services, dressed in an old overcoat with velvet collar. He was not well enough to witness himself depicted on stage in Hugh Massingberd's production of the Lees-Milne diaries, Ancestral Voices.
I have a curious, lasting memory of him - when he arrived at his own request at my wedding in France. My best man and ushers observed a shadow pass across the door, obscuring the sunlight that streamed into our lunchtime estaminet. The bassoon voice enquired in American French: "Est-ce qu'il y a la possibilité de quelque chose à boire?"
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on Feb 02, 2014 @ 09:32 pm
So I'm not worried that I'm pregnant, I'm single and not sexually active at the moment, however, I am late by about 7 days...and this is not a normal occurrence for me, considering my last 12 period have occurred like clockwork....every 28-29 days. I'm just wondering what can cause this...I'm not going through any changes, I'm not travelling, I'm not more stressed than usual at work or at home - in fact, this didn't even happen during a period in my life when I WAS travelling, and/or not eating properly, etc, bc of being stressed....could this just be a random episode of not ovulating? Does that happen and is that normal? Or could this be some hormonal imbalance that I should get checked out for?
|Same here! on Feb 10, 2014 @ 06:28 am
Well, ok..
So, I was kind of wondering the same thing - I'm actually 2 weeks late on my period, and my other cycles have been regular - and on time. I haven't been sexually active, or changed anything in my lifestyle - So I have no idea what's going on.
I actually booked an appointment with my doctor for this week, so hopefully she can give me some answers - and I can send them along to you as well.
|Maybe... on Feb 11, 2014 @ 08:21 am
Are you hanging out with one of your girlfriends more often, or do you have a new roommate?
I know this will sound nuts but your period may actually change to follow another females cycle. This happened to me when my sister in law moved in with us over the summer one year. My cycle changed and synchronized with her.
Some say it's an urban legend and others think it's true. I believe :)
|Actually totally fact on Feb 11, 2014 @ 10:40 am
The first thing I thought of was exactly what @amandainmtl said, it has actually happened to me before that I moved into a house with a few other girls and my period was late because we were all syncing up. I know getting your period late is scary but I don't think it's exactly cause for alarm juuusttt yet. Definitely check in with a doctor but remember, periods are not an exact science!
|You'll be okay on Apr 16, 2014 @ 08:03 pm
Hey! I usually have clockwork cycles myself and I ended up getting it 4 days late this month. I didn't think anything could really cause it to be late, but you'd be amazed. Little things can set your body off. Also, another thing to consider, maybe you have ovulated, you just ovulated late.
Remember it isn't just outside influences that can disrupt your period, there can be stuff going on in the inside, too! Perhaps your body is switching up the cycle. Scarleteen, a wonderful sexual health website for young people, has an article about missing periods. They say that it's normal for a woman to have a late or missed period once or twice a year. If you don't end up getting it, I wouldn't worry unless you don't get it the next month. You're right when you say it could simply be a case of not ovulating.
If you haven't had sex, than relax. She'll show up in her own time. :)


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Sharpe has an early top three.
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The 6-foot-2, 260-pounder squats 475, bench presses 300, and runs a 5.0 in the 40-yard dash.
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Arena – Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho (12,820)
Television - CBS (Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wenzel)
Radio - Wisconsin Radio Network (Matt Lepay, Mike Lucas)
Series – Wisconsin Leads 2-0
Last Meeting - Xavier won, 57-48, on Dec. 10, 2001 in Cincinnati
Wisconsin Probable Starters
1 Marcus Landry (Senior Forward, 12.5 ppg)
3 Trevon Hughes (Junior Guard, 11.9 ppg)
12 Jason Bohannon (Junior Guard, 10.5 ppg)
30 Jon Leuer (Sophomore Forward, 9.0 ppg)
45 Joe Krabbenhoft (Senior Forward, 8.4 ppg)
Off the Bench
11 Jordan Taylor (Freshman Guard, 1.7 ppg)
24 Tim Jarmusz (Sophomore Forward, 3.4 ppg)
33 Robert Wilson (Freshman Forward, 1.6 ppg)
43 Kevin Gullikson (Senior Forward, 1.0 ppg)
52 Keaton Nankivil (Sophomore Forward, 4.5 ppg)
Xavier Probable Starters
5 Derrick Brown (Junior Forward, 13.8 ppg)
11 B.J. Raymond (Senior Guard, 14.1 ppg)
20 C.J. Anderson (Senior Forward, 10.2 ppg)
25 Dante Jackson (Sophomore Guard, 6.5 ppg)
31 Jason Love (Junior Center, 7.0 ppg)
Off the Bench
12 Brad Redford (Freshman, Guard, 5.4 ppg)
22 Jamel McLean (Sophomore Forward, 4.4 ppg)
32 Kenny Frease (Freshman Center, 5.4 ppg)
52 Terrell Holloway (Freshman Guard, 5.6 ppg)
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After spending all night doing the dirty work on defense, Trevon Hughes got a more glamorous role at the end: Shooter of the crazy, spinning, bank shot with the game on the line.
Otherwise known as the game-winner for Wisconsin.
Hughes banked in a twisting shot over Florida State's outstretched arms with 2 seconds left in overtime to lift the Badgers to a 61-59 victory in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday night.
FSU's Toney Douglas (26 points) hit a three-point shot with 1:16 left gave the Seminoles a 59-56 lead but, smothered by the Wisconsin defense, he missed another one that would have put it away with less than 10 seconds to go.
That set the stage for Hughes, who had the ball all the way after a timeout, trailing by one with 8.3 seconds left.
He dribbled left, spun right into the lane, then flipped the game-winner over Douglas and Chris Singleton. Drew contact, too, and made the free throw for a three-point play to make it 61-59.
Jason Bohannon - Hughes' "shooter" - led Wisconsin with 16 points, including a 3-pointer with the shot clock going off for 52-50 lead with 55 seconds left in regulation.
"Coach said, '20 minutes is guaranteed to us and nothing after that,"' Joe Krabbenhoft said. "He said let's take advantage of those 20 minutes on both ends. Every loose ball has got to be ours. Smile. Have fun. Just go out there and have a ball."
Series Notes
Wisconsin is 2-1 all-time vs. Xavier.
UW is 17-9 all-time vs. teams from the Atlantic 10 conference.
Wisconsin Notes:
Wisconsin recorded its biggest comeback victory of the season Friday night, erasing a 12-point halftime margin. The last time the Badgers overcame a double-digit second-half deficit was in a 2007 NCAA tournament first round game vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, when UW won after trailing by 12 points with 14:40 to play. That marked the fourth time under Ryan that UW has won an NCAA tournament game after trailing by double digits in the second half.
Jason Bohannon led the Badgers with 16 points vs. Florida State. That was the fourth time Bohannon has led Wisconsin in scoring this season. UW is 4-0 in those games.
Wisconsin improved to 20-12 on the season. This is the sixth time in Bo Ryan's eight seasons at UW that the Badgers have cracked the 20-win plateau. Prior to Ryan's arrival, Wisconsin had four 20-win seasons.
The Badgers are allowing just 59.0 points per game, which ranks 13th in the nation. Florida State scored exactly 59 points in Friday night's overtime contest. UW is 15-1 when holding its opponent under 60 points this season.
Including last season, Wisconsin has been to the Sweet 16 three times in the last six years. Only Duke, Kansas and Texas have made more appearances in the Sweet 16 (four) than Wisconsin over that span.
Xavier Notes:
Xavier has won 26 games, marking the third straight year and the 10th time in Xavier history that the Musketeers have won 25 games or more.
Xavier is 5-2 on neutral courts this season after its first round win.
Xavier is making its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and its eighth in the last nine years, including the NCAA Elite Eight last season. Xavier has made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances in the last 27 seasons.
Both head coach Sean Miller and assistant coach James Whitford have ties to the Wisconsin basketball program. Miller was an assistant at Wisconsin in the 1992-93 season, while Whitford is a 1994 Wisconsin graduate who spent three years as a student manager for the Badgers. Whiford was a junior when Miller was an assistant on the staff.