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Residential and Commercial Floor Care. WoolSafe approved Carpet cleaning and Maintenance working in the NE and across the UK We use all cleaning systems but prefer to use a Deep Cleaning method giving superior results. Low moisture systems are ideal and recommended for both maintenance and regular cleaning to office type environments. Our other work compliments our floor care services ; Carpet treatments and stain removal Upholstery Cleaning Curtain cleaning ( Dry cleaning on location ) Hard floor cleaning and sealing including Karndean, Amtico, Polyflor Pressure washing to outside surfaces. Slip Testing to commercial hard flooring to ensure they are safe in use
Family run boiler service and repair company serving the NE of England for over 45 years. Which? Trusted Trader with a 4.9 rating Gas safe 7089 North east top rated Nest Pro Smart thermostat installer All makes and models of boilers serviced and repaired no matter the age. vaillant boilers installed with a 10 year warranty as standard System flushed and magnetic filters installed to reduce breakdown and cut gas bills. All makes of smart thermostats installed
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C w handy servicesCertificate of Excellence 2015
C w handy services does all kinds of jobs .insured,here's a short list of some of jobs done Alarms Taps Removels Plastering Pal operator Odd jobs Flat pack assembly And more Insurance can be seen upon request free quotes given Work viewed if needed at a time to suit you even a evening. Facebook page-c w handy services were you can see some of The work I've done
Platinum Maintenance (NE)
Platinum Maintenance (NE) joined Bark March 29th 2017, A family run business we are a property maintenance company covering an TS, DH, SR, NE & DL. We cover all aspects of property maintenance from all aspects of plumbing, roofing, painting, fencing, cleaning, end of tenancy clearances plus many more services. We offer a service that helps you maintenance your property without the high end costs, all work carried out comes fully guaranteed and our promise is our word, we are happy to accept payments via cash or bank transfer and also carry out emergency works on an invoice payment system (thus allowing for payday, TC's apply).
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WE HAVE TRADITIONAL VALUES AT EHC-PROPERTIES UK , WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO BE COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH OUR SERVICE , WE WILL ALWAYS CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN A POLITE ,PLEASANT AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER , JUST AS WE WOULD EXPECT IF SOMEONE CAME TO OUR HOMES. OUR AREA- WE SERVICE CUSTOMERS FROM NORTHUMBERLAND TO TEESIDE- IF IT IS A REPAIR OR COMPLETE RENOVATION WE CAN CARRY OUT A SMALL JOB OR OUR TEAM OF HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN CAN CARRY OUT A FULL RENOVATION . IF YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING THIS STANDARD OF SERVICE FROM YOUR CURRENT TRADESMAN , CALL US ON 079884 79884 FOR A NO OBLIGATION QUOTE . PAYMENTS ARE BY BANK TRANSFER OR CASH , QUOTES AND RECEIPTS ARE SENT TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS PROVIDED BY YOURSELF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES OR QUESTIONS DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL FREE LOCAL ADVICE ON ALL YOUR PROPERTY REPAIRS OR MAINTENANCE . HOWEVER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED TESTIMONIALS AND A LIST OF ALL OUR TRADES VISIT WWW.EHC-PROPERTIES.CO.UK or CALL 079884 79884
We are a End of Tenancy Company with over 23 years in Deep Cleaning. We offer - One off Cleaning Spring Cleaning Deep Cleaning Move In/Out Cleaning also oven, appliances,inside windows, when you book any of the above. Please take a look below at our Twitter page for updates, maybe we can fit in a last min if we are in your area. Twitter is updated daily. I have now recently been qualified in professional oven cleaning.
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I am a qualified building surveyor with over 28 years experience in the construction industry. I will provide detailed plans and specifications suitable for planning applications, extensions, self builds and conversions. As part of my service I will act as your agent with Local Authorities. I am also a member of the Association for Project Safety which means I am competent to act as your Principal Designer under the Construction (Design & Management) 2015 Regulations. Project fees start at £150. At Aspire Architectural Services the aim is to get you from concept to completion by providing you with up to date accurate information on Planning, Building Control and CDM Regulations to ensure your project runs smoothly. I specialise in domestic extensions, conversions and self build housing, providing a design service which allows you to be as creative as you want to be. As a building surveyor I have a great understanding of a variety of existing construction types and will use this knowledge to seamlessly link extensions to existing buildings. As well as being a qualified Building Surveyor I am an Incorporated member of the Association of Project Safety and I will ensure your Client duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 are met, any person undertaking construction work has client duties under law and I act as your Principal Designer as part of my service ensuring that you are compliant with the regulations. Upon appointment and following a survey we will discuss design and I will prepare drawings, you are free to change the drawings and make alterations as often as you wish until the design is right for you. I do not charge for alterations to drawings throughout the process and if changes are required by the planning authority these changes are made free of charge. I will also provide one free re-submission to the planning authority if your project is not granted immediate planning permission. Following completion of design I will advise you on the best way to proceed with the planning application, this can be permitted development , using the neighbour consultation route or a householder planning application. I will also discuss the differing Building Control options you have such as Local Authority Building Control or using private inspectors. Once agreed there are differing routes for the building control submission, full plans application or a building notice and I will advise on this also. Once you have planning permission and building control approval I can assist with builders quotes appraisal and provide a project management service to fit you and your project. I have over 28 years experience in the construction industry as a Tradesman, Manager and Surveyor and look forward to using this knowledge to help you achieve your aims. Thanks for considering Aspire Architectural Services
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John Linsley's Property Services
John Linsley's Property Services design and install bathrooms, kitchens. We also have a selection area that incorporates both bathroom and kitchen tiles, flooring, furniture colours and worktops. We can take care of all fitting, plumbing, tiling, plastering and electrical work. Our experienced fitters are hand picked for their skill, attitude and attention to detail
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Here at Olympia Water Fire Damage Pros we put a lot of faith in you, the client, to call and let us know how we can help you.We firmly believe that the best job is the one that starts with a conversation among friends. Contact Us.You can Contact Us by submitting a question through our form below. We look forward to hearing from you! Your home is likely one of your largest financial investments, and you need to preserve its integrity at all costs. However, when you attempt to take care of fire and water restoration tasks on your own, you are putting your investment at risk. Unless you have a background in restoration, and, the latest tools and technology, it is very unlikely you'll be able to contain, and, fix the problem correctly.Our staff is here to help. We can assess the damage and help you plan out the restoration process one step at a time.We will also provide a free, in home quote so that you can understand all the costs involved. We understand this is a stressful time. We're here to offer fire, smoke damage, water, and mold removal restoration services. Most importantly, we're licensed, insured, and available to service both business and home owners in the Seattle area. Call us today to start getting your home or property back to its original condition! We are experienced in a multitude of restoration services, and we can even provide relief for the long-term effects often experienced such as the development of harmful Mold. Here are some of the services we offer: Smoke damage restoration, Water removal, Advanced drying technology and services Tags:- Damage Restoration pros, Water Damage Restoration, Fire & Smoke Restoration, Mold Remediation, Carpet Cleaning.
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Housewarm is a Gas Safe registered central heating and plumbing services company based in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne. Boiler installations, repairs and servicing. All bathroom and kitchen plumbing.
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A-Team Plumbing
When you hire A-Team Plumbing in Albany, Ohio to take on any job, you will always get the most high quality service for the most affordable price. A-Team Plumbing also specializes in all of the following: gutter cleaning, roofing, dry wall, electrical issues, kitchen and bathroom remodeling. If you are looking for the best plumbing contractor in Albany, OH be sure to give A-Team Plumbing a call today so that they can head over soon to give you a free estimate.
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Wilkinson Maintenance undertake residential and commercial buildings maintenance and refurbishment. We are a North East based company and specialise in reactive maintenance, refurbishment of commercial properties and undertake domestic work. We offer a comprehensive range of services including joinery, plumbing, heating works, bricklaying, floor laying and electrical works. From our office in County Durham we provide a wide commercial and residential maintenance service offering local solutions on a national basis. Our wide ranging experience means that we can provide a seamless service designed to make life for our clients as straightforward as possible with everything under one roof. Whether your requirements are planned or reactive we deliver a 24 hour response through a designated Wilkinson Maintenance management team in all areas of building maintenance. We operate in all areas from Berwick to Bridlington.
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We are a local friendly plumbing and heating company working throughout the North East area. We are experienced, qualified tradesmen and customer satisfaction is always our main priority. You can rest assured that all work, whether the simplest task or the largest of installations, will be completed thoroughly and with the upmost care by our professional and committed team of Gas Safe registered engineers.
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A 16-year-old boy is helping police with inquiries after two teenagers were wounded at a party in Five Dock overnight.
Police were called to the home in Charles Street at about 8.40pm after receiving reports of a fight.
They found two 17-year-old males in the backyard with injuries.
One had sustained stab wounds to his chest and side. He is reported to be in a critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The other youth had allegedly been struck in the head with a bottle. He was also taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for treatment.
Police officers from Burwood Local Area Command are investigating the incident.
After making inquiries, officers attended Concord Hospital, where a 16-year-old boy was getting treatment for a head wound.
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A CROSS-country police hunt has ended after a man who failed to turn up for his court case was arrested in Worcester.
Nineteen year-old Ashley Mitchell was arrested in Shap Drive in Warndon, Worcester on Tuesday (29th).
Mitchell, whose last known address was in Watford, failed to attend Central Hertfordshire Magistrates' Court on Thursday, April 17 in connection with a common assault in the town, near London.
Hertfordshire Police said last week they believed he could be here in Worcester.
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Virtually none of the growth in the general aviation field in the next decade will happen in the U.S. A certain business jet company is bound to go under or be acquired. A forthcoming aircraft model will be a flop.
I hear predictions like these all the time, along with a variety of much more specific–and sometimes even much more optimistic–industry forecasts. Rarely a week goes by when I don't receive a report outlining how quickly the corporate aviation field will rebound, how many business jets will be sold over the next few years or what percent of the market very light jets will ultimately represent. Nearly all these forecasts arrive cloaked in plausible-sounding arguments, but that's the trouble with predictions: they often make perfect sense–until they don't.
The fast-moving technology field offers some of the best examples of how time can render logical-seeming prognostications entirely obsolete. I recently chuckled my way through a 2006 article in which PC Magazine columnist John Dvorak explained in detail why Apple could make a "phenomenal turnaround" by abandoning its operating system and installing Windows in the Macs it sells. But I got an even bigger laugh from his 2007 column about the then-unreleased iPhone. According to Dvorak's piece, cellphones "go in and out of style so fast that unless Apple has half a dozen variants in the pipeline, its phone, even if immediately successful, will be passé within three months. There is no likelihood that Apple can be successful in a business this competitive."
Dvorak's advice? "If it's smart, [Apple] will call the iPhone a 'reference design' and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures. It should do that immediately, before it's too late. Samsung Electronics might be a candidate. Otherwise I'd advise you to cover your eyes. You're not going to like what you'll see."
Think of Dvorak's predictions next time somebody tells you what's in store for the business jet field. Forecasts can be interesting to read and even useful. But they can also be utterly wrong. And now if you'll excuse me, I believe I hear my iPhone ringing.


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"the terrorist acts of Osama bin Laden and his organization al Qaeida ... are totally banned and must be roundly condemned as part of Islam."
¡Les doy un gran grito de "olé" a los musulmanes españoles!
¡Qué coraje! ¡Ojalá que los otros musulmanes del mundo sigan su ejemplo!
"They agree," Escudero said, referring to the Muslim leaders in the three North African countries. "What I want is that they say so publicly."
"Inasmuch as Osama bin Laden and his organization defend terrorism as legal and try to base it on the Quran ... they are committing the crime of 'istihlal' [making up one's own law] and thus become apostates that should not be considered Muslims or treated as such."


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[...] I'm thinking of just using a computer power supply and regulating the 12V line down to 7.5V and calling it a day. Problem is...I don't know how to do that.Does anyone:a) Have links to tutorials I can use to build it?b) Have a better option that doesn't use batteries?
Hi,The few modify-a-PC-PSU-tutorials I've seen have been highly specific towards a particular make and model and if what you've got is different, it won't help you any.
I used an old dell power supply to make a desktop power supply. (I can see you imagining me burning my house down now...)
You should be able to find a tutorial on your computer power supply (or at least your brand).
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Taking the 12 Volts down to 7.5 Volts may be your hardest problem.


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British version of "What in the World"
BBC's "Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral" panel including "What in the World's" host: Dr. Froelich Rainey, Director of the Penn Museum
Dr. Alfred Kidder- UPenn; authority of people and cultures of the New World
Jacques Lipchitz- sculptor
Dr. Richard Etthinghausen, Freer Galleries, Smithsonian Institution
Film Print of CBS-broadcasted television program, filmed at WCAU TV Studios. Air date was March 12, 1955.
"What in the World was the Museum's popular weekly half-hour television program which was first seen in 1951 and which ran for 14 years."
This episode features a combined show of "What in the World?" and "Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral" (the British version created by Mortimer Wheeler), with the panelists from both shows examining the same objects, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Froelich Rainey, moderator; Alfred Kidder II, Jacques Lipchitz, and Richard Ettinghausen panelists. From the British show: Glyn Daniel, moderator; Mortimer Wheeler, Froelich Rainey, and Geoffrey Bushnell.
Sheath for Dao or Headhunters Axe ("kitchen wear" "knife case"); Southern Sangtam Nagas, Assam. N.E. India;
Finger mask; used by women dancers in ceremonial festivals; Bering Strait, Alaska; Eskimo; late 19th Century
Foot bone of an elephant used as an anvil; found in England; 40,000 BC; Paleolithic Era;
Fossil; vertebrae of a fish like reptile; may have been used as a spindle wheel; found in Yorkshire, England; 150 million years ago
Bamboo toy pop gun; Uganda ; dated in the last 30yrs[1920s].


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Next Stop Hollywood, ABC1, 9.30pm
THIS thoughtful insight into the cutthroat LA pilot season from the perspective of six Australian ''unknowns'' elicits tears and high drama without the hysteria of reality-talent screamers. The true horror of the audition process, the humiliation of rejection and the euphoria of even mild success are powerfully conveyed. Ingenue Penelope Mitchell shares the giddy highs and crushing lows of her experience at the world's biggest cattle call with grace and honesty, even when the maddening issue of her working visa threatens to derail her chance of starring in a ''tasteful'' coming-of-age movie directed by Survivor host, Jeff Probst. Haiha Le (Bed of Roses), stoically accepts the dearth of opportunities available to her, gleaning wisdom, comfort and a french polish from her manicurist aunt, who built an LA business after arriving from Vietnam. Doe-eyed Alycia Debnam-Carey has infinitely better luck but is almost undone by the impossible choice she is forced to make at episode's end. Defiantly untrained Michael Clarke-Tokely (Tangle) and former Neighbours actor Luke Pegler speak with candour about their leading-man potential in a sea of potential leading men. Craig Anderson (Review with Myles Barlow) looks up his Australian acting buddy John Polson, whose television directing credits include The Mentalist and Lie to Me; and takes a role in a dubious indie slasher project. As darkly funny as it is painful, this expose of an actor's lot should make anyone who buys into the myth of overnight celebrity think twice.
Skins, Channel Eleven, 11.40pm
UNFORTUNATELY axed after just one season when it became clear that American sponsors couldn't support an honest, heartfelt portrayal of their teenage fellow citizens, this American remake of the British original is enjoying an afterlife as an Australian digital-channel filler. This episode details the complexities of father-daughter love. There are no Flashdance-style triumphs in this gritty Baltimore tale. What transpires is far more meaningful.
The Cult, 7Two, 9.50pm
MAKING clever use of the kind of creative licence only usually afforded the fantasy genre with its outlandish yet not implausible plot, this creepy psycho thriller made in New Zealand in 2009 is a skin-crawler. In tonight's episode, Gina (Kate Elliott) is tortured by the evil cult leader Edward North (Latham Gaines), as she continues to fight for her freedom and that of the ailing Andy (Kip Chapman).
Misfits, ABC2, 9.30pm
MERCIFULLY, not a series remake of the 1961 film in which Marilyn Monroe proved her acting credentials opposite Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift, but a British fantasy-drama about a gang of community service offenders who get hit by lightning and develop superpowers. Yes, really. If not for the razor-wire acting, especially from Matthew McNulty playing three identical characters, including the erotically sinister Seth, Misfits might be in danger of limiting its appeal to rusted-on lovers of television make-believe. It is instead a dark and compelling story of survival and loyalty.


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A busy end to summer in the Chilterns
It's a packed end to the cycling season with a number of local club events in the calendar. Cycle Chilterns will be supporting these in a number of ways, as well as attending a variety of other local events offering a range of activities.
Bucks County Show - Thursday 29 August
Once again we'll be attending this popular agricultural show with a Shoretrax portable MTB track and bikes for riders of all ages to have a go on. We'll have a wealth of information to help get people out on their bikes too, so pop along and have a chat. Full details here.
Pumptrack Race, Aston Hill - Saturday 31 August
The new Aston Hill pumptrack, funded by Cycle Chilterns, will be put through its paces for the first time at the downhill race weekend organised by the Aston Hill CTC member group. Work on the pumptrack is in progress at the moment and more events will be announced soon. Details about the race weekend are on the Aston Hill website.
Cyclists' Breakfast, National Trust Ashridge Estate - Sunday 15 September
Cycle Chilterns are holding a Cyclists' Breakfast at this year's Chilterns Countryside and Food Festival, organised by Chilterns Conservation Board.
The festival is a great day out for all the family with children's craft activities, local produce and more. As a special treat, anyone that arrives by bicycle between 10am and noon will be given a voucher for a hot drink and breakfast bap or pastry at Brownlow's cafe. National Trust will also be running a special membership offer. Full details are on the events page.
Berkhamsted Bikefest - Sunday 22 September
Returning after a break in 2012, the Bikefest is organised by Transition Town Berkhamsted as part of their work to improve their town. There are a range of cycling activities for all ages. We'll be running a led ride beforehand. Full details will be available soon.
Bucks MTB Family Fun Day, Wendover Woods - Sunday 20 October
Organised by the Bucks MTB affiliate group, the day's activities will include bike orienteering, group ride games, individual challenges and more, all finished off with a BBQ in the gorgeous surroundings of Wendover Woods. More details about the event are on the Bucks MTB website.
Many of these events are already listed on CTC's event listings calendar, along with lots more rides and races taking place across the country. We'll be adding more information soon, along with details of other events in the area.


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In their New York Times bestselling book, "Taming Your Alpha Bitch: How to Be Fierce and Feminine (and get everything you want!)" Rebecca Grado and Christy Whitman show women that many of the behaviors they think will lead to success, are contributing to their dissatisfaction, and may even be holding them back from greater prosperity.
Women have gotten the message that in order to succeed, they have to adopt a more masculine, aggressive manner. And although they may achieve some gains through these methods, they're also finding themselves feeling more stressed, overwhelmed, and on-edge than ever before.
As a psychotherapist with over twenty five years of experience (Rebecca Grado) and a life coach with over ten years (Christy Whitman), they have seen the struggles and limitations women face everyday when trying to "have it all." Together they've identified four behaviors that women often employ to get what they want.
When women are acting forceful, controlling, competitive or disruptive they are not in alignment with their true power and strength, and thereby not utilizing their full potential. They are in fact, sabotaging their profession aspirations and personal relationships, by going from strong, confidant Alpha females, to intimidating, dominating Alpha Bitches. . This tough, aggressive stance can only get them so far. In the long run, it depletes the resources necessary, and pushes away the support needed, for further advancement.
In order to achieve all that they desire both professionally and personally, women must shed the Alpha Bitch persona, and step into their authentic feminine power. (Make no mistake, this is not a throw back to the passive, submissive archetype that women have worked so hard to move beyond.) "Taming Your Alpha Bitch: How to be Fierce and Feminine (and get everything you want!)" shows women how to take the next step in achieving the ultimate success, happiness, and fulfillment they are seeking.
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A theory hashed by ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons and his friend Dave Cirilli. It that explains the reason why teams inexplicably become better after their star player leaves the team for any reason (trade, injury, etc.). Two elements must be present for a situation to be explained by the Ewing Theory: 1) The team has a star player who receives a lot of attention but never wins anything, and 2) The star player leaves the team and everybody writes the team off.
The Knicks lose Patrick Ewing to an injury in a 1999 NBA playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. Everyone writes them off. The Knicks then win three of the next four games and win the series to advance to the NBA finals.
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February Networking Mixer: Networking, Lunch, De-Stress for Sucess
Networking from the Heart | Yvonne Elm Hall
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Join us for a Business Networking Lunch
Speaker Topic this month is: De-stress for Sucesss
- Self Care ideas for de-stressing
- Foods to help with stress
- Making you a priority so your business can flourish
- Yoga chair moves
$5 of every ticket sold will benefit a local charity. This month's charity is A True Smile Foundation and our donations will fund research to find a cure for the genetic disease Ataxia-Telangiectasia.
11:30: Sign-In & Business Networking Mixer: Bring your business cards & work the
room for productive connecting.
12:00: Buffet Lunch: Grab your plate, find a seat & get ready to absorb brilliance!
12:05: Welcome
12:10: Charity info from Betsey Johnson, Excutive director of A True Smile Foundation 12:15: Speaker Presentation: Kattie Bressack of Balanced Beings
Connect after the meeting through our Facebook group! If you didn't get a chance to meet or introduce your self to everyone .. don't worry there will be PLENTY of time to continue conversations in this online group.
When & Where
Dominique's Kitchen
522 S Pacific Coast Hwy
Redondo Beach,
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (PST)
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In the almost three years since he was awarded the Medal of Honor, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry has met three presidents, shared a photo with basketball star LeBron James and rapper Jay-Z, and hitched a ride with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
But as he prepares to leave the Army, Petry said he's still the same Ranger and man he always was.
Earning the nation's highest award for valor "changed a lot of my activities, but I think, as a person, it hasn't changed me at all," Petry said.
"I don't have to wear that [medal] around my neck 24/7," he said. "I get to hold on to it, but it doesn't belong to me. It belongs to every man and woman who has served in the U.S. military, especially those who paid the ultimate sacrifice."
Petry, who is still assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment and works with wounded soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., is undergoing a medical evaluation and hopes to be medically retired this summer.
The 34-year-old, who has more than 14 years of service, initially planned to stay on active duty at least until he reached the 20-year mark. But he decided last fall it was time to get out.
"I'm having more challenges in my life, and I'm looking at starting phase two of my life, going back to college, finishing up my degree," he said.
Petry declined to discuss in detail his medical issues, but he said the psychological challenges have "increased," and he is having trouble with his knees and legs.
Petry lost his right hand when he threw an enemy grenade back toward the enemy, saving the lives of two fellow Rangers. He also was shot in the legs during that firefight in Afghanistan.
"My arm is just one of the injuries I had that day," Petry said. "My legs give me more trouble."
The gunshot wounds destroyed much of the muscle in his thighs, he said.
"That's not one of those things you can keep training," he said. "The muscle tissue is just completely gone. I have pain from standing for long periods of time, and my knees are starting to go out."
Sometimes his legs buckle when he walks, and his wife, Ashley, has nicknamed it his "pimp walk," Petry said, laughing.
Always upbeat, with a sharp sense of humor, Petry said he has no complaints.
"With the kind of injuries I had, it's something I'm going to have with me the rest of my life," he said.
A changed life
On May 26, 2008, Petry and his fellow Rangers from 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, flew by helicopter to capture a high-profile, high-value target in Paktia, Afghanistan.
The element almost immediately came under enemy fire, and as he and Pfc. Lucas Robinson went to clear a courtyard, Petry saw two enemy fighters about 15 to 20 feet away, firing AK47s from their hips.
Petry was hit in both legs — one bullet went through his left leg and continued through his right — and Robinson caught a bullet right on the edge of his armor, near his rib cage.
The Rangers got behind a chicken coop, a building 8 feet tall and about 30 feet wide.
Petry lobbed a thermobaric grenade at the enemy, while Sgt. Daniel Higgins ran to join him and Robinson. While Robinson and Higgins secured one side of the chicken coop, Petry secured the other.
Sitting with his back against a wall to look at his legs and radio that they were still under fire, Petry heard a grenade blast.
He yelled for his soldiers to keep their heads down and continue pulling security. As he turned to check on Robinson and Higgins, Petry saw a grenade "sitting there in the middle of all three of us."
The pineapple grenade was only two or three feet away from Petry.
"I leaned over and threw it as fast as I could," he said.
The grenade exploded as Petry was releasing it back toward the enemy. Petry's right hand was gone, but he quickly snapped back to his training. He put a tourniquet on his own arm and called up a report on the radio.
When reinforcements arrived, Petry pushed them away and continued to make sure his soldiers were OK before agreeing to get medical care.
President Obama awarded Petry the Medal of Honor on July 12, 2011.
Earning the medal has given him the opportunity to travel and reach out not only to troops but to communities across the country, Petry said.
"It's been a two-way road where I've gained a lot and given a lot," he said.
Rubbing shoulders
He still fields numerous requests for appearances, and Petry said he can't accept every one.
"You have to make a decision. Is this beneficial to the Army?" he said. "I love my job working with the wounded guys, but also I know it's important to get out there and share that medal and what it represents. This medal represents the military, and I think that's where it needs to be."
One of his weirdest encounters was his accidental meeting with Albright, Petry said.
Petry attended the Oct. 7, 2011, memorial service for Gen. John Shalikashvili, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who died in July of that year.
The van he came in was full, and he needed a ride to the parking lot of Arlington National Cemetery.
As he walked down the line of cars, Petry noticed a Mercedes with an empty back seat. He asked for a ride, and the woman in the driver's seat gladly obliged. It wasn't until someone pointed her out that Petry realized he had just asked Albright for a ride.
"We got in the car and she was just down to earth, a great person," he said. "We joked and had a good time. That was the oddest by-chance running into somebody."
Another trip that stands out for Petry was being at Ground Zero in New York on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
"That was most impacting for me," he said. "That was emotional, and words can't explain the emotions that were felt there."
That night, the owner of the New York Jets invited Petry and his wife to the Jets game against the Dallas Cowboys. The Petrys were ushered into a celebrity box, where they saw former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush. Also in the box were actors Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller.
"I told my wife, 'Holy cow, the Fockers are here,' " Petry said, referring to the 2004 movie starring the two men. "They were all really nice people."
Later that night, the Petrys went to the neighboring box, where basketball stars LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony and rapper Jay-Z were sitting. Their kids are "huge basketball fans," Petry said.
"We took a picture with LeBron and Jay-Z, and LeBron posted it on Twitter," Petry said. "Both of them were really nice guys. That's probably one of the more inspiring things. You get to meet some of these people and hear about what a lot of them do for our military that is not publicized. It's a good feeling."
The future
Once he retires, Petry plans to get his degree in business management with a minor in accounting. After that, anything is possible, he said.
He may start a business or run a franchise. He'd like to participate in a USO tour. Or he may run for political office, he said.
"There are a lot of changes going on, and I want to be able to influence change as well, and [maybe] I can do it on a larger scale, going down the politician road," he said.
If he runs for office, Petry envisions it'll be a short-term endeavor.
"I think a lot of politicians are great during their first or second terms, and then it's always good to get fresh ideas," he said. "But I've got a few years to plan it out and say, 'This is where I want to go in life.' For right now, I'm definitely sticking to my goal of getting my degree."
Petry also hopes he'll have more time with his family — his wife and their four kids, ages 10 to 23.
Whether in uniform or out of it, Petry knows he'll always have ties to the military.
"The military is my second family," he said. "It's tough to say goodbye to the military, but I know I'm not saying goodbye forever. I'll still be active in other ways."
To those who continue to serve, Petry had this to say: "Keep up the fight, but, ultimately, take care of one another, not only in combat, but in garrison, as well."


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Text mining, also referred to as text data mining, roughly equivalent to text analytics, is the process of deriving high-quality information from text. High-quality information is typically derived through the devising of patterns and trends through means such as statistical pattern learning. Text mining usually involves the process of structuring the input text (usually parsing, along with the addition of some derived linguistic features and the removal of others, and subsequent insertion into a database), deriving patterns within the structured data, and finally evaluation and interpretation of the output. 'High quality' in text mining usually refers to some combination of relevance, novelty, and interestingness. Typical text mining tasks include text categorization, text clustering, concept/entity extraction, production of granular taxonomies, sentiment analysis, document summarization, and entity relation modeling (i.e., learning relations between named entities).
Text analysis involves information retrieval, lexical analysis to study word frequency distributions, pattern recognition, tagging/annotation, information extraction, data mining techniques including link and association analysis, visualization, and predictive analytics. The overarching goal is, essentially, to turn text into data for analysis, via application of natural language processing (NLP) and analytical methods.
A typical application is to scan a set of documents written in a natural language and either model the document set for predictive classification purposes or populate a database or search index with the information extracted.
Text mining and text analyticsEdit
The term text analytics describes a set of linguistic, statistical, and machine learning techniques that model and structure the information content of textual sources for business intelligence, exploratory data analysis, research, or investigation.[1] The term is roughly synonymous with text mining; indeed, Ronen Feldman modified a 2000 description of "text mining"[2] in 2004 to describe "text analytics."[3] The latter term is now used more frequently in business settings while "text mining" is used in some of the earliest application areas, dating to the 1980s,[4] notably life-sciences research and government intelligence.
The term text analytics also describes that application of text analytics to respond to business problems, whether independently or in conjunction with query and analysis of fielded, numerical data. It is a truism that 80 percent of business-relevant information originates in unstructured form, primarily text.[5] These techniques and processes discover and present knowledge – facts, business rules, and relationships – that is otherwise locked in textual form, impenetrable to automated processing.
Labor-intensive manual text mining approaches first surfaced in the mid-1980s,[6] but technological advances have enabled the field to advance during the past decade. Text mining is an interdisciplinary field that draws on information retrieval, data mining, machine learning, statistics, and computational linguistics. As most information (common estimates say over 80%)[5] is currently stored as text, text mining is believed to have a high commercial potential value. Increasing interest is being paid to multilingual data mining: the ability to gain information across languages and cluster similar items from different linguistic sources according to their meaning.
The challenge of exploiting the large proportion of enterprise information that originates in "unstructured" form has been recognized for decades.[7] It is recognized in the earliest definition of business intelligence (BI), in an October 1958 IBM Journal article by H.P. Luhn, A Business Intelligence System, which describes a system that will:
"...utilize data-processing machines for auto-abstracting and auto-encoding of documents and for creating interest profiles for each of the 'action points' in an organization. Both incoming and internally generated documents are automatically abstracted, characterized by a word pattern, and sent automatically to appropriate action points."
Yet as management information systems developed starting in the 1960s, and as BI emerged in the '80s and '90s as a software category and field of practice, the emphasis was on numerical data stored in relational databases. This is not surprising: text in "unstructured" documents is hard to process. The emergence of text analytics in its current form stems from a refocusing of research in the late 1990s from algorithm development to application, as described by Prof. Marti A. Hearst in the paper Untangling Text Data Mining:[8]
For almost a decade the computational linguistics community has viewed large text collections as a resource to be tapped in order to produce better text analysis algorithms. In this paper, I have attempted to suggest a new emphasis: the use of large online text collections to discover new facts and trends about the world itself. I suggest that to make progress we do not need fully artificial intelligent text analysis; rather, a mixture of computationally-driven and user-guided analysis may open the door to exciting new results.
Hearst's 1999 statement of need fairly well describes the state of text analytics technology and practice a decade later.
Text analysis processesEdit
Subtasks — components of a larger text-analytics effort — typically include:
- Information retrieval or identification of a corpus is a preparatory step: collecting or identifying a set textual materials, on the Web or held in a file system, database, or content management system, for analysis.
- Although some text analytics systems apply exclusively advanced statistical methods, many others apply more extensive natural language processing, such as part of speech tagging, syntactic parsing, and other types of linguistic analysis.[citation needed]
- Named entity recognition is the use of gazetteers or statistical techniques to identify named text features: people, organizations, place names, stock ticker symbols, certain abbreviations, and so on. Disambiguation — the use of contextual clues — may be required to decide where, for instance, "Ford" can refer to a former U.S. president, a vehicle manufacturer, a movie star, a river crossing, or some other entity.
- Recognition of Pattern Identified Entities: Features such as telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, quantities (with units) can be discerned via regular expression or other pattern matches.
- Coreference: identification of noun phrases and other terms that refer to the same object.
- Relationship, fact, and event Extraction: identification of associations among entities and other information in text
- Sentiment analysis involves discerning subjective (as opposed to factual) material and extracting various forms of attitudinal information: sentiment, opinion, mood, and emotion. Text analytics techniques are helpful in analyzing sentiment at the entity, concept, or topic level and in distinguishing opinion holder and opinion object.[9]
- Quantitative text analysis is a set of techniques stemming from the social sciences where either a human judge or a computer extracts semantic or grammatical relationships between words in order to find out the meaning or stylistic patterns of, usually, a casual personal text for the purpose of psychological profiling etc.[10]
The technology is now broadly applied for a wide variety of government, research, and business needs. Applications can be sorted into a number of categories by analysis type or by business function. Using this approach to classifying solutions, application categories include:
- Enterprise Business Intelligence/Data Mining, Competitive Intelligence
- E-Discovery, Records Management
- National Security/Intelligence
- Scientific discovery, especially Life Sciences
- Sentiment Analysis Tools, Listening Platforms
- Natural Language/Semantic Toolkit or Service
- Publishing
- Automated ad placement
- Search/Information Access
- Social media monitoring
Security applicationsEdit
Many text mining software packages are marketed for security applications, especially monitoring and analysis of online plain text sources such as Internet news, blogs, etc. for national security purposes.[11] It is also involved in the study of text encryption/decryption.
Biomedical applicationsEdit
- Main article: Biomedical text mining
A range of text mining applications in the biomedical literature has been described.[12]
One online text mining application in the biomedical literature is PubGene that combines biomedical text mining with network visualization as an Internet service.[13][14] TPX is a concept-assisted search and navigation tool for biomedical literature analyses[15] - it runs on PubMed/PMC and can be configured, on request, to run on local literature repositories too.
Software applicationsEdit
Text mining methods and software is also being researched and developed by major firms, including IBM and Microsoft, to further automate the mining and analysis processes, and by different firms working in the area of search and indexing in general as a way to improve their results. Within public sector much effort has been concentrated on creating software for tracking and monitoring terrorist activities.[16]
Online media applicationsEdit
Text mining is being used by large media companies, such as the Tribune Company, to clarify information and to provide readers with greater search experiences, which in turn increases site "stickiness" and revenue. Additionally, on the back end, editors are benefiting by being able to share, associate and package news across properties, significantly increasing opportunities to monetize content.
Marketing applicationsEdit
Text mining is starting to be used in marketing as well, more specifically in analytical customer relationship management. Coussement and Van den Poel (2008)[17][18] apply it to improve predictive analytics models for customer churn (customer attrition).[17]
Sentiment analysisEdit
Sentiment analysis may involve analysis of movie reviews for estimating how favorable a review is for a movie.[19] Such an analysis may need a labeled data set or labeling of the affectivity of words. Resources for affectivity of words and concepts have been made for WordNet[20] and ConceptNet,[21] respectively.
Text has been used to detect emotions in the related area of affective computing.[22] Text based approaches to affective computing have been used on multiple corpora such as students evaluations, children stories and news stories.
Academic applicationsEdit
The issue of text mining is of importance to publishers who hold large databases of information needing indexing for retrieval. This is especially true in scientific disciplines, in which highly specific information is often contained within written text. Therefore, initiatives have been taken such as Nature's proposal for an Open Text Mining Interface (OTMI) and the National Institutes of Health's common Journal Publishing Document Type Definition (DTD) that would provide semantic cues to machines to answer specific queries contained within text without removing publisher barriers to public access.
Academic institutions have also become involved in the text mining initiative:
- The National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM), is the first publicly funded text mining centre in the world. NaCTeM is operated by the University of Manchester[23] in close collaboration with the Tsujii Lab,[24] University of Tokyo.[25] NaCTeM provides customised tools, research facilities and offers advice to the academic community. They are funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and two of the UK Research Councils (EPSRC & BBSRC). With an initial focus on text mining in the biological and biomedical sciences, research has since expanded into the areas of social sciences.
- In the United States, the School of Information at University of California, Berkeley is developing a program called BioText to assist biology researchers in text mining and analysis.
Further, private initiatives also offer tools for academic text mining:
- Newsanalytics.net provides researchers with a free scalable solution for keyword-based text analysis. The initiative's research apps were developed to support news analytics news analytics, but are equally useful for regular text analysis applications.
Software and applicationsEdit
Text mining computer programs are available from many commercial and open source companies and sources.
- AeroText – a suite of text mining applications for content analysis. Content used can be in multiple languages.
- Angoss – Angoss Text Analytics provides entity and theme extraction, topic categorization, sentiment analysis and document summarization capabilities via the embedded Lexalytics Salience Engine. The software provides the unique capability of merging the output of unstructured, text-based analysis with structured data to provide additional predictive variables for improved predictive models and association analysis.
- Attensity – hosted, integrated and stand-alone text mining (analytics) software that uses natural language processing technology to address collective intelligence in social media and forums; the voice of the customer in surveys and emails; customer relationship management; e-services; research and e-discovery; risk and compliance; and intelligence analysis.
- Autonomy – text mining, clustering and categorization software
- Basis Technology – provides a suite of text analysis modules to identify language, enable search in more than 20 languages, extract entities, and efficiently search for and translate entities.
- Clarabridge – text analytics (text mining) software, including natural language (NLP), machine learning, clustering and categorization. Provides SaaS, hosted and on-premise text and sentiment analytics that enables companies to collect, listen to, analyze, and act on the Voice of the Customer (VOC) from both external (Twitter, Facebook, Yelp!, product forums, etc.) and internal sources (call center notes, CRM, Enterprise Data Warehouse, BI, surveys, emails, etc.).
- Endeca Technologies – provides software to analyze and cluster unstructured text.
- Expert System S.p.A. – suite of semantic technologies and products for developers and knowledge managers.
- Fair Isaac – leading provider of decision management solutions powered by advanced analytics (includes text analytics).
- General Sentiment - Social Intelligence platform that uses natural language processing to discover affinities between the fans of brands with the fans of traditional television shows in social media. Stand alone text analytics to capture social knowledge base on billions of topics stored to 2004.
- IBM LanguageWare - the IBM suite for text analytics (tools and Runtime).
- IBM SPSS - provider of Modeler Premium (previously called IBM SPSS Modeler and IBM SPSS Text Analytics), which contains advanced NLP-based text analysis capabilities (multi-lingual sentiment, event and fact extraction), that can be used in conjunction with Predictive Modeling. Text Analytics for Surveys provides the ability to categorize survey responses using NLP-based capabilities for further analysis or reporting.
- Inxight – provider of text analytics, search, and unstructured visualization technologies. (Inxight was bought by Business Objects that was bought by SAP AG in 2008).
- LanguageWare – text analysis libraries and customization software from IBM.
- Language Computer Corporation – text extraction and analysis tools, available in multiple languages.
- Lexalytics - provider of a text analytics engine used in Social Media Monitoring, Voice of Customer, Survey Analysis, and other applications.
- LexisNexis – provider of business intelligence solutions based on an extensive news and company information content set. LexisNexis acquired DataOps to pursue search
- Mathematica – provides built in tools for text alignment, pattern matching, clustering and semantic analysis.
- Medallia - offers one system of record for survey, social, text, written and online feedback.
- NetOwl – suite of multilingual text and entity analytics products, including entity extraction, link and event extraction, sentiment analysis, geotagging, name translation, name matching, and identity resolution, among others.
- Omniviz from Instem Scientific - Data mining and visual analytics tool.[26]
- SAS – SAS Text Miner and Teragram; commercial text analytics, natural language processing, and taxonomy software used for Information Management.
- Smartlogic – Semaphore; Content Intelligence platform containing commercial text analytics, natural language processing, rule-based classification, ontology/taxonomy modelling and information vizualization software used for Information Management.
- StatSoft – provides STATISTICA Text Miner as an optional extension to STATISTICA Data Miner, for Predictive Analytics Solutions.
- Sysomos - provider social media analytics software platform, including text analytics and sentiment analysis on online consumer conversations.
- WordStat - Content analysis and text mining add-on module of QDA Miner for analyzing large amounts of text data.
- Xpresso - XPRESSO, an engine developed by the Abzooba's core technology group, is focused on the automated distillation of expressions in social media conversations.[27]
- Thomson Data Analyzer – enables complex analysis on patent information, scientific publications and news.
Open sourceEdit
- Carrot2 – text and search results clustering framework.
- GATE – General Architecture for Text Engineering, an open-source toolbox for natural language processing and language engineering
- Gensim - large-scale topic modelling and extraction of semantic information from unstructured text (Python)
- OpenNLP - natural language processing
- Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) – a suite of libraries and programs for symbolic and statistical natural language processing (NLP) for the Python programming language.
- RapidMiner with its Text Processing Extension – data and text mining software.
- Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) – a component framework to analyze unstructured content such as text, audio and video, originally developed by IBM.
- The programming language R provides a framework for text mining applications in the package tm
- The KNIME Text Processing extension.
- KH Coder - For content analysis, text mining or corpus linguistics.
- The PLOS Text Mining Collection[28]
Until recently, websites most often used text-based searches, which only found documents containing specific user-defined words or phrases. Now, through use of a semantic web, text mining can find content based on meaning and context (rather than just by a specific word).
Additionally, text mining software can be used to build large dossiers of information about specific people and events. For example, large datasets based on data extracted from news reports can be built to facilitate social networks analysis or counter-intelligence. In effect, the text mining software may act in a capacity similar to an intelligence analyst or research librarian, albeit with a more limited scope of analysis.
Text mining is also used in some email spam filters as a way of determining the characteristics of messages that are likely to be advertisements or other unwanted material.
See alsoEdit
- Approximate nonnegative matrix factorization, an algorithm used for text mining
- BioCreative text mining evaluation in biomedical literature
- Concept Mining
- Discourse analysis
- Identity resolution
- Name resolution
- Named entity recognition
- Noisy text analytics
- Stop words
- Sequence mining: String and Sequence Mining
- Text classification sometimes is considered a (sub)task of text mining.
- Web mining, a task that may involve text mining (e.g. first find appropriate web pages by classifying crawled web pages, then extract the desired information from the text content of these pages considered relevant).
- w-shingling
- ↑ Defining Text Analytics[dead link]
- ↑ KDD-2000 Workshop on Text Mining
- ↑ Text Analytics: Theory and Practice[dead link]
- ↑ (1982). Proceedings of the 9th conference on Computational linguistics 1: 127–32.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Unstructured Data and the 80 Percent Rule[dead link]
- ↑ Content Analysis of Verbatim Explanations
- ↑ http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/6311Template:Full
- ↑ (1999). Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics on Computational Linguistics: 3–10.
- ↑ http://www.clarabridge.com/default.aspx?tabid=137&ModuleID=635&ArticleID=722[dead link]
- ↑ (2006). Handbook of multimethod measurement in psychology.
- ↑ (2009). Proceedings of the International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems CISIS'08 53.
- ↑ (2008). Getting Started in Text Mining. PLoS Computational Biology 4 (1): e20.
- ↑ (2001). A literature network of human genes for high-throughput analysis of gene expression. Nature Genetics 28 (1): 21–8.
- ↑ (2001). Linking microarray data to the literature. Nature Genetics 28 (1): 9–10.
- ↑ (2012). TPX: Biomedical literature search made easy. Bioinformation 8 (12): 578–80.
- ↑ Texor
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 (2008). Integrating the voice of customers through call center emails into a decision support system for churn prediction. Information & Management 45 (3): 164–74.
- ↑ (2008). Improving customer complaint management by automatic email classification using linguistic style features as predictors. Decision Support Systems 44 (4): 870–82.
- ↑ (2002). Proceedings of the ACL-02 conference on Empirical methods in natural language processing 10: 79–86.
- ↑ Alessandro Valitutti, Carlo Strapparava, Oliviero Stock (2005). Developing Affective Lexical Resources. Psychology Journal 2 (1): 61–83.
- ↑ Erik Cambria; Robert Speer, Catherine Havasi and Amir Hussain (2010). "SenticNet: a Publicly Available Semantic Resource for Opinion Mining". Proceedings of AAAI CSK: 14–18.
- ↑ (2010). Affect Detection: An Interdisciplinary Review of Models, Methods, and Their Applications. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing 1 (1): 18–37.
- ↑ The University of Manchester
- ↑ Tsujii Laboratory
- ↑ The University of Tokyo
- ↑ (2008). Text mining and visualization tools – Impressions of emerging capabilities. World Patent Information 30 (4).
- ↑ :: Welcome to Abzooba ::. Abzooba.com. URL accessed on 2013-10-13.
- ↑ Table of Contents: Text Mining. PLOS.
- Ananiadou, S. and McNaught, J. (Editors) (2006). Text Mining for Biology and Biomedicine. Artech House Books. ISBN 978-1-58053-984-5
- Bilisoly, R. (2008). Practical Text Mining with Perl. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-17643-6
- Feldman, R., and Sanger, J. (2006). The Text Mining Handbook. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83657-9
- Indurkhya, N., and Damerau, F. (2010). Handbook Of Natural Language Processing, 2nd Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-8592-1
- Kao, A., and Poteet, S. (Editors). Natural Language Processing and Text Mining. Springer. ISBN 1-84628-175-X
- Konchady, M. Text Mining Application Programming (Programming Series). Charles River Media. ISBN 1-58450-460-9
- Manning, C., and Schutze, H. (1999). Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-13360-9
- Miner, G., Elder, J., Hill. T, Nisbet, R., Delen, D. and Fast, A. (2012). Practical Text Mining and Statistical Analysis for Non-structured Text Data Applications. Elsevier Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-386979-1
- McKnight, W. (2005). "Building business intelligence: Text data mining in business intelligence". DM Review, 21-22.
- Srivastava, A., and Sahami. M. (2009). Text Mining: Classification, Clustering, and Applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-5940-3
- Zanasi, A. (Editor) (2007). Text Mining and its Applications to Intelligence, CRM and Knowledge Management. WIT Press. ISBN 978-1-84564-131-3
External linksEdit
- Marti Hearst: What Is Text Mining? (October, 2003)
- Automatic Content Extraction, Linguistic Data Consortium
- Automatic Content Extraction, NIST
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Lord Evermore - Sunday, July 29, 2007 - linkWhat the heck are RDDR and UDDR? My only guess is the U might stand for the UMA design, but I don't know if that would be preferred for the server or workstation. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - linkRDDR = Registered DDR
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Martimus - Monday, August 06, 2007 - linkThanks. Reply
xpose - Saturday, July 28, 2007 - linkThis is the best future roadmap article I have ever read. I am actually excited. No really. Reply
najames - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkI am an AMD fanboy, of 7 computers I have at home, only the 5 year old laptop has an Intel chip now. Dual cores are actually likely all I REALLY need. That said, I am sick of a bunch of hype and no new products. It's all blow and no show. I don't care about years down the road because it could all change between now and then.
AMD/ATI could be a good thing too if they make good, polished drivers, 100% working for what was promised. How about throwing people a bone to make them switch, maybe even make some kick butt Linux drivers too.
We were all on an AMD bus and nobody has been driving since the X2 chip. They taunted Intel and handed out huge bonuses, but forgot about any new development. I have to credit Intel, they kicked butt with Core 2, and seem to be doing more butt kicking going forward.
I watched Hector on CNBC last night and he didn't look like he had a clue what was going on. Granted they weren't asking him details of any processors, but he was dodging basic business questions. Why do I have several hundred shares of AMD? Reply
Regs - Monday, July 30, 2007 - link
Why do I have several hundred shares of AMD?
Because those relatively cheap shares, compared to Intel's, might be worth hundreds of times more one day from that stuff you call blow. Blow = prospects in business terms.
I would say the same thing as you did though at first. It's obvious AMD and ATi's pipeline dried up and unfortunately both consecutively. You can argue that the 2900XT is a good card, performs well, etc..etc.. but that doesn't explain why AMD offers crapware for main stream (where the real money is). As for AMD's CPU line up...well..you can only sell old for so long in the technology sector without taking a hit. Reply
kilkennycat - Friday, July 27, 2007 - link.... dump ATi. The marriage made in hell. New products unable to meet schedule and with inferior performance, thus no way of rapidly recovering development costs by pricing for performance.
Dave Orton sure did a neat sell-job on AMD, walking away with $$millions when AMD paid a 20% premium for a chronically non-performing company barely managing to eke out some tiny profits during the last couple of years. No wonder Mr. Orton was finally shown the door. Reply
kleinwl - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkWhat is the problem with AMD, did they not receive enough feedback that UVD is a "must have" on high end units. I don't want to have choose between good gaming performance and movie performance... I am paying a ridiculous premium already for hardware... the least they could do is make sure it has all the bells and whistles. Reply
kilkennycat - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkHighly likely that nVidia will solve this problem at both high and low end with their next family of GPUs. Stay tuned for the end of 2007. The first part out of the chute is also likely not to be the highest end but that which replaces the 8800GTS at a price close to $200 with full HD hardware decode... nVidia is very well aware of the cost-performance hole left by both AMD/ATI and themselves in their current GPU line. Reply
strikeback03 - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkwith that Phenom demo box, I think they have finally found use for a 1000W+ power supply Reply
Spoelie - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkGiven the size of the heatsink on the cpu, I'd venture power consumption is inline with other engineering samples, 120w or less max TDP Reply
Spoelie - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkOh my bad, you're right when taking the three 2900XTs in consideration.
Where's my edit button :( Reply
Spoelie - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkAt least 2 times in the article, the text builds up anticipation for a graph, but it never comes, the most telling example is on page 6, but one or two pages before it it happened also. Both graphs are supposed to be from Intel. Reply
Justin Case - Monday, August 13, 2007 - linkExactly. They say "Two years ago Intel used the following chart to illustrate the need for multi-core CPUs", and then the image is an AMD slide, not an Intel graph. Reply
Omega215D - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkIf they plan to integrate an on die PCIe controller on the CPU how would this affect overclocking? Reply
Regs - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkI'd imagine just like how it was when AMD intergrated the memory controller, mobo makers will just have to add more bios options. Reply
yacoub - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkWhile paging through the article, the thing that stood out most to me was the AMD graphic on page 5 supposedly demonstrating how much more performance Bulldozer is going to offer without a single number on the graph. I guess they want us to measure its performance increases in pixels. hehe :) Reply
LTG - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkAnand you're really good at distilling out the bottom line from massive amounts of marketing talk and slide ware.
flashbacck - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkWhoever decided those acronyms were necessary should be fired. Reply
fzkl - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkLike mentioned, the obvious great benefit of having low power x86 chips on mobile phones is the software aspect. PC applications can now run on phones reducing aspirin needs for developers. However, what does this mean in terms of security? Can we see mobile phones needing frequent patches, antivirus, firewalls like in the case of desktops?
If this were to be the case we would have successfully made a simple device like the mobile phone(in usage terms) a high maintenance product which a layman might have trouble with. Reply
sheh - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkx86 doesn't imply any OS or API. Linux, which is commonly used today on all kinds of devices, can work just as well on x86. Conversely, nothing prevents virus writers from writing viruses for Linux running phones.
beyoku - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkwhat happened? Was this article recelty pulled off or something?
NDA??? Reply
Guuts - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkLooks to me like he's trying to get the images working... Reply
erwos - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkFusion looks like it'll be a fantastic chip for UMPCs and laptops. Hopefully they'll manage to squeeze more than CPU one core on there, too. Bobcat looks similarly fun - x86 phones! VIA was also discussing this idea, and I could really go for it.
That said, AMD is really under-delivering with Barcelona - I suspect the next few years will be pretty rough. Intel has set a low ceiling price for the Barcelonas ($270 - same as the Q6600), and that's not going to be good for AMD's margins. Reply
mlau - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - link
x86 Phones!
Embedded is ruled by ARM, Freescale, mips and sh derivates; amd and intel are going to have a tough time getting a super-ugly system like pc-x86 (with it's
legacy baggages "bios", "acpi" [you know, the stuff windows requires to run], ...) into that space.
Spoelie - Friday, July 27, 2007 - linkyou do not need to have those things to run an x86 cpu
loot at EFI for example, in use by apple on their x86 based macs = no more bios. Reply
qpwoei - Sunday, July 29, 2007 - linkThe real problem with x86 is that it's inherently not power efficient. To get good x86 performance requires lots of transistors and lots of power due to complex decoders and schedulers. A much simpler architecture like ARM requires very few transistors to run efficiently (at the expense of slightly less compact executable code), and is much more suited for battery-powered devices.
Not to say that there won't be x86-powered devices in the future, just that I don't expect them to really gain much of a foothold in any place where battery life is important (eg: phones). Reply
ss284 - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkReturn of the Jedi Reply
Imaginer - Thursday, July 26, 2007 - linkIt better be as good as "The Empire Strikes Back"! :D Reply


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Even if this seems to be a bit outdated but in my oppinion children shops like Toys r Us or other comanpys should not sell such an device like the iPad.
It's the same with Computer Games, there are too much children out there that start to play Games with around 8 Years or even earlier. I've seen one of those kids by myself, being a 12 Year old loner for the simple reason that he sits infront of the xBox, iPad, Computer the whole day.
On the other hand the iPad has a good amount of other features and is not only made to be used for playing games all-night-long. It's great for people that have to complete tasks while being on some kind of vacation, business tasks or writing.
Like it has been said already, kids are getting fat, lazy and unhealthy. Even worser, being loners.


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Ryan Moore joined Brendon de Jonge and Jonas Blixt atop the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open leaderboard when his bogey-free 6-under-par 33-32=65 boosted him to 19-under 194,
World No. 3 and pre-tourney co-fave Jordan Spieth arrives for his fifth NORTHERN TRUST ranked 3rd in the FedExCup standings and has a first-round reservation at 8:26 am ET off No. 10 tee with Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Thomas.
Søren Kjeldsen will taken on the role of local hero when he pitches up at Himmerland Golf Resort & Spa for the 2017 Made In Denmark.
Patrick Reed came from just off the pace to win last year's NORTHERN TRUST, and he returns this week for a chance to defend his title, this time at a new venue.
Thomas Pieters is the clear 9/1 market leader to win the European Tour's Made In Denmark for the second year running.
Second-round co-leader and World No. 59 Webb Simpson pieced together a 3-under-par 35-32=67 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship to conclude on 18-under 262, down one place to solo 3rd, four adrift of 54-hole leader and champion Henrik Stenson, who shot 64.
Making his 39th career PGA TOUR start (36 pro), rookie and World No. 146 Ollie Schniederjans painted a bogey-free 6-under-par 32-32=64 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship to post 21-under 259, good for a career-best solo 2nd, one shy of overnight leader and champion Henrik Stenson, who also shot 64. UPDATE: Schniederjans jumps 50 spots to a career-high 96th in OWGR.
Overnight leader and World No. 9 Henrik Stenson, a pre-tourney co-fave at 14/1 outright, birdied four of his final six holes en route to a 6-under-par 33-31=64 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship to reach 22-under 258, good for a one-shot win over Ollie Schniederjans and his sixth PGA TOUR title in his 170th career start. UPDATE: Stenson climbs three spots to 6th in OWGR.
World No. 454 Rory Sabbatini authored a 6-under-par 30-34=64 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship to wrap on 17-under 263, up seven places on the live leaderboard to T4 and tying Ryan Armour for the 72-hole clubhouse lead. UPDATE: With play completed, Sabbatini finished season-best T4, five shy of champion Henrik Stenson.
Second-round co-leader and World No. 543 Ryan Armour fired a 6-under-par 31-33=64 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship to post 17-under 263, up eight spots on the live leaderboard to T3 and good for the 72-hole clubhouse lead. UPDATE: With play completed, Armour finished a career-tying-best T4, five back of champion Henrik Stenson.
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Your pregnancy is
called high-risk if you or your baby has an increased chance of a health
problem. Many things can put you at high risk. Being called "high-risk" may
sound scary. But it's just a way for doctors to make sure that you get special
attention during your pregnancy. Your doctor will watch you closely during your
pregnancy to find any problems early.
The conditions listed below
put you and your baby at a higher risk for problems, such as slowed growth for
the baby,
preterm labor,
preeclampsia, and problems with the
placenta. But it's important to remember that being at
high risk doesn't mean that you or your baby will have problems.
Your health plan may have its own list of what makes a pregnancy
high-risk. In general, your pregnancy may be high-risk if:
Other health problems can make your pregnancy high-risk.
These include heart valve problems,
sickle cell disease,
lupus, and
rheumatoid arthritis. Talk to your doctor about any
health problems you have.
You will have more visits to the doctor than a woman who does not have a
high-risk pregnancy. You may have more
ultrasound tests to make sure that your baby is
growing well. You will have regular blood pressure checks. And your urine will
be tested to look for protein (a sign of preeclampsia) and urinary tract
Tests for genetic or other problems also may be done,
especially if you are 35 or older or if you had a genetic problem in a past
Your doctor will prescribe any medicine you may need,
such as for diabetes, asthma, or high blood pressure.
Talk to your
doctor about where he or she would like you to give birth. Your doctor may want
you to have your baby in a hospital that offers special care for women and
babies who may have problems.
If your doctor thinks that your
health or your baby's health is at risk, you may need to have the baby
Some women will see a doctor who has extra training in
high-risk pregnancies. These doctors are called maternal-fetal specialists, or
perinatologists. You may see this doctor and your
regular doctor. Or the specialist may be your doctor throughout your pregnancy.
You can help yourself and your baby be as healthy as possible:
Your doctor may ask you to keep track of how much your
baby moves every day.
Like any
pregnant woman, you need to watch for any signs of problems. This doesn't mean
that you will have any problems. But if you have any of these symptoms, it's
important to get care quickly.
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you think you need emergency care. For example,
call if:
Call your doctor now or seek
medical care right away if:
The March of Dimes tries to improve the health of babies
by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and early death. March of Dimes
supports research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies'
lives. The organization's website has information on premature birth, birth
defects, birth defects testing, pregnancy, and prenatal care.
The National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD) is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The
NICHD conducts and supports research related to the health of children, adults,
and families. NICHD has information on its Web site about many health topics.
And you can send specific requests to information specialists.
Other Works ConsultedMehta SH, Sokol RJ (2007). Methods of assessment for pregnancy at risk. In AH DeCherney et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 249–258. New York: McGraw-Hill.National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2012). High-Risk Pregnancy. Available online: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/high_risk_pregnancy.cfm.Seely EW, Ecker J (2008). Medical complications in pregnancy. In EG Nable, ed., ACP Medicine, section 16, chap. 9. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2009). Folic acid to prevent neural tube defects. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicetaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsnrfol.htm.
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This article was published 27/4/2013 (1576 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It is traditionally a day all about sifting for silver linings and spitting out answers on positive steps forward and building blocks. It's about looking in the mirror, of coming back stronger next year and blah, de-blah, blah.
The Winnipeg Jets are used to this now, having been there, done that last year and in the four springs before in Atlanta. And so, as they gathered Friday for exit meetings and one last required session with the media, there was an all-too-familiar feel to it all for those asking the questions and those answering them.
Statistically, the Jets did improve -- moving from 11th in the Eastern Conference to ninth and enjoying a marginal jump in a winning percentage from .512 a year ago to .531.
But amid the back-slapping and farewell handshakes a fire still roared in many bellies, including captain Andrew Ladd.
"It should burn," said Ladd. "You should be thinking about that the whole summer and how or what you need to do to get better to get into the playoffs. As an individual that should irk you every time, watching the playoffs and realizing you had a chance to be a part of that and you didn't do enough to get there.
"We have to make sure we use this as motivation to make sure it doesn't happen again. This is three years in a row now for me and it just leaves an empty feeling in your stomach. It's failure to me."
An autopsy of the 2013 Jets will reveal not any one specific malady, but many causes of death. And so, from this perch here are 10 issues/questions the Jets must address between now and this time next year to evolve from spectator to participant in the Stanley Cup derby...
Change is inevitable in every pro sport, that much is a given. But two whiffs at grabbing a playoff spot also scream out for change and the opportunity to put that in action is staring GM Kevin Cheveldayoff in the face.
There are nine unrestricted free agents, nine restricted free agents and -- after two years of development -- some of their own draft picks seemingly ready to enter into serious discussion about how the 2013-14 roster might look.
The Jets currently have just 11 players under contract for next season, a year in which the NHL salary cap shrinks from $70.2 million to $64.3 million. Those 11 players total just shy of $36 million in total salary, leaving the club with some significant cap space.
The debate here: Who is a must-have for the Jets to bring back and who might block the development of a prospect if he returns?
Nik Antropov, C/W; 2013 salary: $4.75 million; Age: 33
Kyle Wellwood, C/W; 2013 salary: $1.6 million; Age: 29
Mike Santorelli, C/W; 2013 salary: $1.6 million; Age: 27
Antti Miettinen, RW; 2013 salary: $1.5 million; Age 32
Aaron Gagnon, F; 2013 salary: $525,000; Age: 27
Ron Hainsey D; 2013 salary: $3 million; Age: 32
Grant Clitsome, D; 2013 salary: $1.4 million; Age: 28
Derek Meech, D; 2013 salary: $700,000; Age: 29
Al Montoya, G; 2013 salary: $601,000; Age: 28
A good corps here, including two-thirds of the top line in Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little.
"I need those two guys," said Ladd with a grin. "Those are two guys I obviously want back really bad. They're two guys I work really well with and are two guys who have been great for this team the whole year and were consistent. We hope we can get them locked up for a long time."
Blake Wheeler, RW; 2013 salary: $2.65 million; Age: 26
Bryan Little, C; 2013 salary: $3 million; Age: 25
Alex Burmistrov, C; 2013 salary: $900,000; Age: 21
Eric Tangradi, W; 2013 salary: $726,000; Age: 24
Anthony Peluso, W; 2013 salary: $605,000; Age: 24
Zach Bogosian, D; 2013 salary: $3 million; Age: 22
Paul Postma, D; 2013 salary: $550,000; Age: 24
Arturs Kulda, D; 2013 salary: $550,000; Age: 24
Zach Redmond, D; 2013 salary: $737,500; Age: 24
Heading into Friday's action, the Jets' power play was ranked 29th, ahead of only Columbus with a 13.8 per cent success rate. Just to hammer home some of the team's ineptitude with the man advantage:
-- The Jets had 10 5-on-3 opportunities this year totalling nine minutes. Their goals? A big, fat zero.
-- In 30 of 48 games this year the Jets did not score a power-play goal. Furthermore, the troubles included one eight-game drought without a power-play goal and two stretches of seven consecutive games without a goal.
As for the penalty kill, it is ranked 23rd heading into the final weekend of the regular season with a 79.7 per cent kill rate. Consider this: If you were to remove that ugly stretch in late January-early February where the Jets surrendered eight power-play goals in 16 chances in losses to Montreal, Florida and Tampa, the team's percentage would be 83.6 per cent, ranking them in the NHL's Top 10.
This was atop the priority list heading into 2013 and, in all likelihood, remains there going forward. Winnipeg gave up 246 goals last year, an average of three goals per game. This year, that number is 144 goals in 48 games, or exactly three per game. But it's the goal differential, minus-16, that is especially alarming. Only one team currently in the playoff picture, Minnesota at minus-2, has a negative differential.
The Jets landed what they thought was a quick fix for their No. 1 centre spot last summer, grabbing veteran Olli Jokinen in free agency and then immediately matching him with Evander Kane. The results were more miss than hit. Kane's game means he often creates chances on his own, but Jokinen's numbers were awful: seven goals and seven assists in 45 games and a team-worst minus-19 rating. That hardly screams out No. 1 centre. In fact, three defencemen -- Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom and Grant Clitsome all had more points than him.
My colleague Gary Lawless bites into this in great detail in his column today, but the Jets have to discuss this among themselves:
Dustin Byfuglien is who he is -- when he's on, he's a difference- maker. A physical force with the puck who has one of the NHL's hardest shots. But the questions about his fitness -- and his durability -- aren't going to go away any time soon. If you can live with the occasionally frustrating mix of the spectacular and the disappointment -- with a cap hit of $5.2 million next season -- then he's a keeper. But if management feels he can fetch them a top-six forward to play with Kane, they must consider moving him.
No defensive blueprint can really be consistently put into action without some stability in the defensive corps. What the Jets' top six might look like next year -- with Hainsey, Clitsome and Meech unrestricted free agents, Redmond recovering from major surgery, rookie Jacob Trouba ready to push for work and Bogosian seeking a new long-term deal -- at least means the club has some options.
One glaring concern: In his first three years in the NHL, Enstrom did not miss a game. Since then he has missed 56 of 212 games, or 26.4 per cent of the schedule.
An interesting number when comparing the Jets and their opponent in the regular-season finale, the Montreal Canadiens: Winnipeg had five players this season register 20 points or more: The top line of Ladd (46); Wheeler (41), Kane (33), Little (32) and Byfuglien (28) while the Habs had 10.
That's four forwards providing a good chunk of the offence and speaks of the offensive imbalance. There are pieces to make up decent third and fourth lines, but holes in the top six at centre and right wing.
Is Mark Scheifele ready for prime time next fall? Do the Jets rush Adam Lowry because they need his size playing against the big clubs in the Western Conference? Can Trouba make the jump from the NCAA to the bigs? All juicy questions and, given the fact the Jets have 10 picks in this June's draft -- including their own first-rounder, three seconds and two thirds -- the blueprint may soon be reaping some tangible results.
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K-State Comeback Come Up Short Against Sooners
K-State Comeback Come Up Short Against Sooners
Feb. 6, 2013
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Haley Texada together a career-high effort for K-State on Wednesday night, but it was not enough to overcome No. 23 Oklahoma, as the Sooners defeated the Wildcats for the 11th straight time, 74-68. K-State has now dropped three straight.
Texada led K-State (12-10, 3-7 Big 12) with a career-high 25 points as she was 10-of-18 shooting and hit three shots from beyond the arc. She was joined in double figures by Mariah White and Brittany Chambers with 15 and 14 points, respectively. Chambers posted her 12th career double-double as she led the team with 11 rebounds. White pocketed a pair of steals, as the Wildcats tallied 11 on the night.
Oklahoma (17-5, 7-3) was led by Aaryn Ellenberg with 18 points as the entire starting lineup for the Sooners scored in double digits. Sharane Campbell added 14, Nicole Griffin netted 13, Morgan Hook scored 11 and Joanna McFarland contributed 10 points. McFarland was a force on the glass with 15 rebounds to lead all players.
The first half opened with the Wildcats hitting from deep early and opening up a 6-point lead, up 10-4 before Oklahoma would find its stroke from long range as well. The Sooners hit five shots from beyond the arc to take a 25-15 lead after going on an 18-3 run before the under-8 media timeout.
The Wildcats and Sooners would combine for 11 3-pointers made in the opening stanza, but OU would continue riding the momentum it gained to take a 35-25 lead into the half.
Bri Craig led the Wildcats in scoring in the first half with seven points hitting deep from the corner once and hitting two other mid-range jumpers. Chambers had six points with two made 3-pointers and also had five rebounds.
Out of the break K-State went on a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to only five points, but Oklahoma quickly responded with a 4-0 run to push the lead back to nine five minutes into the half. K-State began forcing OU into poor shot selection after the first media timeout and clawed to within three points, 42-39, with 12 minutes remaining in the half as Texada provided a spark with a number of layups on drives to the basket.
Again the lead was extended out only to see the Wildcats make it a one-possession game again trailing by only two points with nine minutes to play in the contest, and it was a close battle from there on out.
Texada hit a pair of free throws with 2:46 remaining to pull K-State to within three points again, trailing 63-60. After OU made a basket, the Sooners were able to put the game away at the free-throw line.
The Wildcats return to action Saturday when they hit the road to take on Iowa State at 1 p.m. from Hilton Coliseum. This will be the first meeting of the season between the two teams with the Cyclones making a return visit to Bramlage Coliseum on Feb. 23.


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