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After falling at Penn on Friday, 73-66, the Big Red fell victim to a red-hot Tigers squad in a 75-57 defeat that dropped the team to 10-14 overall, 5-5 in the Ivies. The pair of road losses also dropped Cornell, which had won four of five entering the weekend, to 1-12 away from Newman Arena this season.
Cornell's most recent road woes means the Big Red slips from fourth to fifth in the conference standings, and is danger of falling further with two more road games on the horizon. Cornell will make visits this week to Brown and Yale, both teams Cornell has beaten already this season, on the penultimate weekend of the regular season.
On Friday, Cornell fell victim to another outstanding performance from Penn's Ivy League Player of the Year candidate, Zack Rosen. He scored 11 of his game-high 25 points during a late burst as the Quakers (15-11, 7-2 Ivy League) outlasted the Big Red to sweep the season series. Cornell lost to Penn, 64-52, on Jan. 14.
With the Big Red ahead, 59-55, with 4:33 left, Rosen made a 3-pointer followed by two free throws to give Penn the lead at 60-59. Chris Wroblewski's trey pushed Cornell back on top, then Rosen knocked down two consecutive 3s for a 66-62 advantage with 1:13 remaining.
After two Wroblewski free throws, Penn's Miles Cartwright answered with a 3-pointer before he and Rosen sealed it with two foul shots apiece. Rosen was 5-of-10 from behind the arc as the Quakers were 12-for-22 from 3-point range as a team. Rosen added six assists, five rebounds and three steals.
Cartwright chipped in 22 points for Penn, while Big Red senior guard Drew Ferry snapped out of a recent shooting slump to score 17 points for Cornell.
On Saturday, Princeton's T.J. Bray scored 16 points to help the Tigers (15-10, 6-3) avenge a 67-59 loss to the Big Red on Jan. 13, the first night of conference play. Princeton shot 69.2 percent (18-of-26) in the first half and took a 44-32 halftime lead.
Princeton scored the first five points of the second half, and the Big Red never trailed by fewer than 14 points after that. Patrick Saunders added 14 points for Princeton and Ian Hummer 13. Bray was 4-of-6 from 3-point range for the Tigers, while Douglas Davis (11 points) was 3-of-4.
Guards Chris Wroblewski and Galal Cancer scored 10 points apiece to pace Cornell, which committed 19 turnovers and was outrebounded, 28-21. Junior guard Miles Asafo-Adjei saw his first action since mid-December, contributing two assists and a rebound in five minutes. Asafo-Adjei suffered a leg infection while on the road with the Big Red, forcing him to miss 15 games.
After this weekend's road trip, Cornell will wrap up the regular season at home March 2-3 when it hosts Dartmouth and league-leading Harvard.
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The Tigers shots 56 percent from the floor, including 69 percent in the first 20 minutes, and had four players hit for double figures in the victory. Princeton also connected on 10-of-21 shots from beyond the arc. TJ Bray had an outstanding floor game with a career-high 16 points to go along with five assists, four rebounds and three steals. Patrick Saunders added 14 points, Ian Hummer notched 13 and Douglas Davis had 11.
Cornell's Chris Wroblewski and Galal Cancer each had 10 points to lead the visitors, who turned the ball over 19 times. Wroblewski added five rebounds and three assists. Dominick Scelfo came off the bench to score nine
Cornell seemed to lack energy early and Courtney went right to the bench trailing 10-7, putting in Dave LaMore, Devin Cherry, Dominick Scelfo, Miles Asafo-Adjei and Dwight Tarwater into the contest. That move paid immediate dividends, as the group caused a turnover and Scelfo found Tarwater for a 3-pointer to knot the game heading into the first media timeout after a crisp offensive possession.
An offensive rebound by Asafo-Adjei led to a good find underneath to LaMore for a layup. For the junior guard, it was his first action since mid-December due to injury. Princeton scored two quick easy buckets to force a Big Red timeout down 18-14 that started a 10-0 Tigers run to go up 24-14. Scelfo hit consecutive 3-pointers to get back within four, but Davis nailed a trey as the Tigers built the lead back to 10 (32-22) with seven and a half minutes to play in the half.
Princeton's 9-0 surge turned a seven-point game into a 16-point bulge and was punctuated by a wild dunk in the lane by Ian Hummer as part of a three-point play. Wroblewski went the length of the court to beat the buzzer at the half to send the visitors into the break trailing 44-32. Scelfo and Gray each hit 3-pointers late as Cornell went into the break behind 44-32.
Princeton shot a blistering 69 percent from the floor (18-of-26) and made half of its 3-pointers (5-of-10). The home team also held a dominant 16-6 edge on the glass. Scelfo's three 3-pointers gave him a game-high nine points at the break, while Wroblewski chipped in six. Bray and Davis each had eight points to lead the Tigers.
The second half was no different, as the Big Red could never make the run to get badck into the game and the home team continued to bomb away. Princeton would run the lead up to as many as 23 (73-50) with just over four minutes remaining and cruised to the victory.
Cornell will complete its road schedule next weekend when it visits Brown and Yale. The Big Red and the Bears will square off on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m., then heads to face the Bulldogs on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.
The Cornell men's basketball team continued its less than stellar play on the road, losing both games this weekend to rivals Penn (15-11, 7-2 Ivy League) and Princeton (15-10, 6-3). Cornell (10-14, 5-5) had a chance to move to as high as second in the Ivy League this weekend, but the two losses moved the team to fifth, out of contention for the Ivy League championship. The Red lost a close game in the final minutes to Penn, 73-66, before getting blown out by Princeton, 75-57.
Against Penn, Cornell was hampered by turnovers in the first half — turning it over 10 times in the half — but kept pace with the Quakers. No team led by more than seven in the half and Penn led by six, 35-29, entering halftime.
"We were a little nervous controlling the ball and we weren't making smart plays or smart passes at the beginning of the game," said senior guard and co-captain Drew Ferry. "It hurt us a little bit at the beginning, but we got it more under control as the game progressed and we did a better job of taking care of it."
Cornell came out of the intermission with much more energy, going on a 20-8 run in the first eight minutes to take a six-point lead, 49-43. All five Cornell starters scored during this stretch.
"I think we executed a lot better offensively [during that stretch]," Ferry said. "We made some shots and we were able to guard the ball — when you execute offensively and defensively, that's how you get on a run."
After this run, Penn guard Zack Rosen took over the game, scoring or assisting on 23 straight points, including three from downtown. He finished the game with 25 points, six assists, five rebounds and just one turnover.
"[Rosen] had a great game; he made some really tough shots," said junior forward Eitan Chemerinski. "We were just trying to do the best we could to keep the ball out of his hands and just try to keep him from making plays, but he just made some big plays down the stretch."
Both captains, Ferry and senior guard Chris Wroblewski, had stronger games compared to the first time the two teams competed; however, neither could upstage the show Rosen gave at the end. Ferry scored 17 points, including four 3-pointers, and grabbed six rebounds, while Wroblewksi finished with 14 points, three assists and three rebounds.
The Red was in the game until the very end against Penn; however, against Princeton, Cornell started with very low energy and was unable to mount a comeback — trailing by as many as 23 points before falling, 75-57. Head coach Bill Courtney said he was displeased by the effort his team put forward. He subbed out all five starters at four minutes into the game.
"We definitely didn't come out effectively or with the intensity that we needed to," Ferry said. "We gave them a lot of open shots and to their credit, they made their shots."
After tying the game 14-14 on a layup by freshman guard Devin Cherry, the Tigers went on a 24-8 run in the next six minutes. The Tigers did most of their damage from behind the arc, as they hit five 3-pointers during the run. Wroblewski ended the half by going coast-to-coast to score on a buzzer-beating layup, cutting the lead to 44-32 heading into the break, where Princeton shot 69 percent from the field.
"For us, our defensive intensity and execution was not where it was the first time we played them," Ferry said. "We let them run their offense and get comfortable at the beginning of the game and once they got into a rhythm and started making shots, there really wasn't a whole lot we could do to stop that."
The second half was more of the same, as the Tigers never led by fewer than 13 points. Turnovers played a factor in the Red's demise, as Cornell turned the ball over 13 times in the second half alone. The silver lining in this game was the appearance of sophomore guard Dominick Scelfo and freshman guard Galal Cancer on the court. This was Scelfo's first game playing major minutes and he made the most of this opportunity, scoring nine points in the first half. Cancer, who was shooting just 21 percent from the field in his last five games, provided a solid performance, scoring 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field.
"I think [Scelfo and Cancer] are really good players and when given opportunities, they play really well," Chemerinski said. "We're just hoping that they'll continue playing well [when given the chance]."
After this disappointing weekend, the Red knows what it needs to focus on in practice, according to Chemerinski.
"We have to continue to practice hard and continue to put an emphasis on our defense," he said. "We have to keep working hard, keep practicing hard and hopefully we'll get better results for the upcoming weekends."
|Postgame audio with Mitch Henderson, Patrick Saunders, Ian Hummer and T.J. Bray
|Box Score
PRINCETON - Making it four straight Ivy League wins, the Princeton men's basketball team rolled past Cornell 75-57 Saturday night in Jadwin Gym.
The Tigers (15-10, 6-3) used a 10-0 run to break a 14-all tie with 12:35 to go in the first half and never looked back. Princeton led by as many as 23 points in recording their first four-game win streak of the season.
T.J. Bray led Princeton with a career-high 16 points, nailing four 3-pointers while also dishing out five assists. He was one of four Tigers in double-figures along with Patrick Saunders and his season-high 14 points, Ian Hummer with 13 and Douglas Davis with 11.
Hummer moved up three spots to 22nd place on the Princeton career scoring list, now with 1,068 points. Davis also moved up on the Princeton career list, passing current Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson '83 (1,441) to stand in fourth place with 1,443 points.
Cornell (10-14, 5-5) had just two players in double-figure scoring as Chris Wroblewski and Galal Cancer had 10 points apiece.
PRINCETON — Princeton is doing its part to stay alive in the Ivy League race.
The Tigers ran their winning streak to four in a row with a 75-57 victory over Cornell on Saturday night. The win completed a second straight weekend sweep of Ivy opponents for the Tigers, who improved to 15-10 overall and 6-3 in league play.
Princeton still needs some help if it hopes to get to the top of the Ivy race. But the Tigers know all they can do at this point is win and hope for the best. The win avenged a 67-59 loss the Tigers suffered to the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y., last month.
T.J. Bray scored a career-high 16 points to go along with five assists, while three other Tigers also scored in double figures. Patrick Saunders had 14 points, Ian Hummer 13 and Douglas Davis 11.
"I thought we brought a lot of energy tonight right from the tip," Bray said. "We tried to keep it going all night. We tailed off a little there at the end of the half. We knew if we came out in the second and really put our foot to the medal we'd be fine."
Princeton shot a sizzling 69 percent from the field in the opening half, making 18 of 26 shots overall and five of 10 from 3-point range to jump out to a 44-32 lead at the break. Bray and Davis had eight points each, while Hummer and Saunders each scored seven in the opening half.
"I was really happy with the start of the game," Princeton coach Mitch Henderson said. "I thought the guys were very focused on what was going to be needed and I feel like the guys understood that this was a game up in Ithaca where, all the credit goes to Cornell, but I did not feel good about how we played."
Princeton opened the second half on a 5-0 run to extend the lead to 49-32. Cornell crept within 62-48 before a Saunders three and a 3 by Bray made it 68-48 with just less than eight minutes left. The lead grew as large as 73-50.
The Tigers still need to win out and hope for losses from Harvard, Yale and Penn ahead of them in the standings.
"I think we are playing the kind of basketball now that we know we can make a run to what we have been going after the whole season, which is the Ivy League championship," said Hummer, who had the play of the game with a monster dunk off a pass from Saunders. "We know we put ourselves in a hole after the Cornell game right off the bat. I think the kind of basketball we have been playing, if we can keep playing like that and rely on a couple of other teams to do their things we have a good chance."
The Tigers opened the game by making their first five shots from the field on their first five possessions to jump out to a 10-5 lead. Turnovers on their next two possessions allowed the Big Red to go on a 7-0 run to take a 12-10 lead. But Princeton then went on an 8-2 run to grab an 18-14 lead, with a couple of Denton Koon baskets off perfect feeds from Bray highlighting the run.
Bray had a great stretch in the first half, connecting with Koon for a pair of pretty assists and then knocking down a 3-point shot to help the Tigers erase a 12-10 deficit and turn it into a 21-14 lead.
In the game's first 10 minutes the Tigers made 11 of 14 shots to jump out to a 24-14 lead.
The first half was near perfect for the Tigers, who shot 69 percent and outrebounded the Big Red, 16-6.
"As these guys know, I don't give them much of a break," Henderson said. "I'm fairly greedy and we had eight turnovers. But we were executing so nicely on the offensive end. We see ourselves as a team that can take care of the ball a little bit better. When we took care of the ball, I thought it was very fun to watch. This was a really good performance by an unselfish group."
Princeton had 20 assists on its 29 baskets, showing how unselfish it was.
Now the Tigers just need to keep taking care of their own business and hope other Ivy teams give them some help.
In its most dominant Ivy League performance this season, the men's basketball team ripped through Cornell's defense on Saturday night for a 75-57 win. With four straight wins, the Tigers (15-10 overall, 6-3 Ivy League) have come alive in their quest for Ivy League stardom, although Harvard remains the runaway favorite for the crown. The Big Red (10-14, 5-5) slipped to .500 after the blowout loss. The dismantling of Cornell came a day after Princeton dropped Columbia (14-12, 3-7) in front of a national audience on ESPNU cameras.
Sophomore guard T.J. Bray and senior forward Patrick Saunders led the Tigers with 16 and 14 points apiece against the Big Red. Bray had a scorching outing from the field, going 4-6 on three-point shots, and added five assists, four rebounds and three steals along the way. Saunders demonstrated his ability to shoot from outside but also scored with a couple of nice hook shots in and around the paint.
Princeton raced off into the lead after breaking open a tight game early in the first period. Down 10-12, the Tigers combined sharp offense and intense defense to embark on a 28-10 run, capped by possibly the greatest Princeton dunk in recent memory by junior forward Ian Hummer.
Moving the ball quickly, Saunders delivered the ball to Hummer on the three-point line. What followed will make Cornell guard Johnathan Gray think twice about his basketball team's next visit to Jadwin Gymnasium.
With empty floor beckoning, Hummer drove into the paint before leaping magnificently into the air and ramming the basketball through the hoop with his left hand. Gray jumped up to block in vain as Hummer powered over his defender to slam home and earn a trip to the charity stripe. His three-point play gave Princeton a 16-point lead and sent the crowd into a frenzy.
"That was a big dunk," head coach Mitch Henderson '98 said. "I don't know — it seemed like he jumped, and then he jumped again."
After taking a 44-32 lead into the break, the Tigers cooled down somewhat but still outscored the Big Red by six during the second period. Four Princeton starters scored in double digits, with senior guard Doug Davis and Hummer joining Saunders and Bray in taking the plaudits.
"I thought we just brought a lot of energy tonight," Bray said. "Right from the tip, we were up, and we just kept it going all night. We tried not to hit a wall — kind of toward the end of the first half we did, but we knew if we came out in the second half and really put our foot to the pedal, we would be fine."
Although the Big Red shot the ball decently in the first half, Cornell conceded far too many preventable turnovers. On several occasions, a guard would drive toward the basket and get called for traveling. The Big Red defense didn't show up, and the players lacked the same desire to get the ball.
The match was unusually fast-paced as the crowd witnessed end-to-end action. Princeton took only eight free throws, while Cornell attempted 11. While the referees were quick to call players for minor violations such as traveling, they didn't have to deal with much excessively physical play. The teams committed 12 fouls apiece, while there were at least 35 committed overall in each of the Tigers' last three home games.
Apart from the strong overall team performance, Henderson was extremely pleased with Bray's showing on the night. In addition to a career-high 16 points, Bray's passing ability, his disciplined ball control and connection with freshman forward Denton Koon were delightful to watch.
"He's been very consistent," Henderson said, "and I think this is indicative of kind of the way we see him playing for us in the future."
"For a guy that played a few minutes last year," Hummer said of Bray, "to kind of step up to the starting role as point guard running the team and playing 30-32 minutes a game — it's tough for anyone. And I think over the course of the season, he's really stepped up."
The opening minutes on Friday against Columbia contrasted with what Princeton showed throughout the game against the Big Red. Lions forward Blaise Staub drove to the basket for a layup on the very first possession of the game, which foretold Princeton's lack of defensive intensity for much of the first half. Despite five lead changes in the opening frame, Columbia built a 27-22 lead with under two minutes left in the first after a layup by guard Meiko Lyles.
However, Davis sunk two free throws to bring the game within one possession. With six seconds left in the period, junior forward Mack Darrow sunk a basket from NBA range, tying the game up at 27-27 going into the half.
The Lions took a three-point lead about five minutes into the second half, but the Tigers tied it up at 39-39. Once again, Darrow found himself with another open three-point look and hit nothing but net, sparking a 12-3 Princeton run over the next four minutes. The Tigers shot 61 percent from the floor and 91 percent from the free-throw line in the second half. Darrow shined, shooting 4-6 from the field and a perfect 9-9 from the charity stripe on the way to his 19 points and eight rebounds.
"It's no surprise to me, because he's been [making big shots] for a while," said senior guard Doug Davis, who finished with a team-high 20 points and passed assistant coach Brian Earl '99 for fifth place on Princeton's all-time scoring list. "That's what he does, make big shots."
"Mack is our most efficient player, by far," Henderson said. "If you look at the numbers, and I'm a big numbers guy — he's extremely efficient, and he makes everybody better."
Princeton continues to play catch-up to Harvard, which tallied its 27th consecutive home win after beating Yale later that evening in Cambridge, Mass. Penn stays closest to the Crimson in second place after a successful weekend. Following the away trip to Harvard and Dartmouth next week, the Tigers come back to Jadwin Gymnasium for their last three games of the season.
Riding a four-game winning streak and playing its best basketball of the season, the Princeton University men's basketball team appears to be peaking at the right time.
In any other league in the country that would mean the Tigers were playing their best as league tournament time draws closer. But the Ivy League isn't like every other league in the country. There is no post-season tournament and Princeton still needs plenty of help to win a league title.
"We've talked about a tournament as coaches," Princeton coach Mitch Henderson said. "We can worry about one thing and that is creating your own path. That is what we have focused on and where we are right now. We wish we were in a different spot but there is nobody losing any sleep over what we have done. We just have to keep doing what we do."
A weekend sweep of Columbia and Cornell helped the Tigers improve to 15-10 overall and 6-3 in the Ivy League. The Tigers still trail league-leading Harvard (9-1), Penn (7-2) and Yale (7-3) in the Ivy standings. The Tigers will play each of those teams once over their final five games, but will need some outside help to have a shot at the top spot.
"I think we are playing the kind of basketball now that we know we can make a run to what we have been going after the whole season, which is the Ivy League championship," said junior Ian Hummer, who had 13 points in Saturday's 75-57 win over Cornell. "We know we put ourselves in a hole after the Cornell game right off the bat. I think the kind of basketball we have been playing, if we can keep playing like that and rely on a couple of other teams to do their things, we have a good chance."
"I just think we looked like a completely different bunch," said Henderson, whose team will play at Harvard on Friday night. "I've watched the tape of that Cornell game probably five or 10 times now and I just don't recognize us out there. We were a little bit more of who we are tonight."
T.J. Bray led the Tigers with 16 points, while Patrick Saunders had 14 and Douglas Davis 11 in a balanced offensive effort. Bray was solid throughout, adding five assists and four rebounds as well.
"TJ was 6 for 9 with just one turnover and five assists," Henderson said. "He has been very consistent and I think this is indicative of the way we see him playing for us in the future."
Bray had one stretch where he knocked down a couple of three-point shots and dished a pair of nice assists to Denton Koon.
"I was just taking what was there tonight," Bray said. "Denton did a great job cutting and I hit him on a nice backdoor. He did a great job of cutting and my shot was feeling good.
"It's just the confidence of my teammates and coaches. They really trust me to do a lot. I just do what I can."
Bray's impressive play has not been lost on his teammates, who see him getting better every game.
"For a guy who played just a few minutes last year to step up to being the starting point guard and playing over 30 minutes a game is tough for anyone," Hummer said. "Over the course of the season he has really stepped up. He's been able to incorporate a lot of assists into his game and a lot of rebounds and he is just an overall solid player that doesn't really turn the ball over."
The highlight of Saturday's game was a monster dunk by Hummer off a pass from Saunders. It was a highlight reel moment that brought the Tigers and their fans to their feet.
"I've never been up there in my life," Henderson said of the dunk. "That was a big dunk. It seemed like he jumped and then he jumped again. It was fun. I enjoyed watching his teammates being really excited for him. That was one of my favorite moments. It got everybody up. It was hard not to smile for him."
Added Hummer: "That was the best dunk I have ever had in a game. And to dunk it on somebody; you see it all the time and to have one under your belt is pretty nice."
Hummer's teammates relished the moment as well.
"I made a look to the baseball team in the stands and I think their reaction said it all," Bray said. "It was pretty exciting."
Added Saunders: "My jaw dropped and I couldn't do anything but laugh. I was just amazed he was up that high."


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Thyroid Diseases
Are My Symptoms Related to My Thyroid?
On October 3rd, my tsh level was 4.66, free t4 .98 and free t3 2.5. But then on November 27th, my tsh was 2.35 and no changes to the free t4 and free t3. My anti thyroid peroxidase was 34 with a note stating that the assay detects anti-TPO antibodies.
I have had symptoms such as tingling and numbness in hands and feet, intolerance to cold, anxiety attacks, decreased menses, muscular pain, fatigue, blurred vision. The other symptom that I have been having is a rapid heart rate which I know is not related to hypothyroidism; instead hyperthyroidism. I have had stress tests, echos, lab work which has all turned out negative. The only thing that showed up on my lab work was decreased lymphocytes and increased neutrophils. I just wish someone could figure out what is going on with me. My mom and grandfather both have thyroid disorders. Could all of my symptoms be caused by my thyroid?
Your symptoms are not being caused by your thyroid. Both of your TSH levels are within normal limits - the fact that it was 4.66 one day and 2.35 on another day is not significant. Measuring a TSH level is like asking your own pituitary gland whether it thinks you are getting the right amount of thyroid hormone or not. It this case, your pituitary gland is assuring us that you have the right amount of thyroid hormone in your blood stream.
You need to work closely (and probably for a long time) with a good primary care physician to sort out why you are having all of these symptoms. I really don't think treating your thyroid will make any difference in how you feel.
Thomas A Murphy, MD, FACP, FACE
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University

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While putting together the course material for the Basics of Stock Markets course, we thought that it would be necessary to go to the basics and inform all those interested in this course, as to what topics we would be covering. One of the major topics would be technical analysis. A excerpt from it's wiki -
Technical analysis is a financial term used to denote a security analysis discipline for forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume.
While fundamental analysts examine earnings, dividends, new products, research and the like, technical analysts examine what investors fear or think about those developments and whether or not investors have the wherewithal to back up their opinions; these two concepts are called psych (psychology) and supply/demand. Technicians employ many techniques, one of which is the use of charts. Using charts, technical analysts seek to identify price patterns and market trends in financial markets and attempt to exploit those patterns.
To put this simply, what technical analysis does is identify trends in the past market data without having to go into the nitty-gritties of financial analysis. Thus, all that is required as a basic building block is trend lines and trend analysis.
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Engineering has analysis built-in in its pedagogy. As a fellow engineer, I find it far easier to look and numbers and identify patterns than focusing on how balance sheets are made. In fact, during my stint at IIM-Indore, most of the engineers used to face difficulty in Accounting due to the fact that we are analytical in nature. It's inbuilt into us.
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Soccer News of Thursday, 15 May 2014
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Ghana coach insists he has no injury worries after naming his provisional squad for the 2014 World Cup.
The Ghanaian trainer announced his 26-man squad on Monday with Leicester City left-back Jeffry Schlupp and David Accam considered as the only surprise inclusions.
However, there are fears some players could be nursing injuries ahead of the global piece in South Africa.
Ghana suffered such a similar fate when unfit players were sent to the 2013 African Cup of Nations and its resultant effect on the team.
But the former Kotoko trainer believes he has no injury situation with his provisional squad.
"So far there are no injury situations in camp," he told Accra-based Peace FM "The Medical team has informed me that the players are all fit.
"So as we speak I don't think there are any issues with injuries. We now have to rally behind the team to succeed."
Appiah has given the strongest indication that only players who are fit and impress during the trial sessions with South Korea and Holland will be on board the plane to Brazil.
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Road closure information in Keighley, Silsden, and Haworth for the Tour de France have been revealed.
Bradford Council this afternoon unveiled a list of major roads to be closed along the route of the cycle race on July 6.
Movement of traffic through places like Keighley, Silsden, Cross Roads, Haworth and Oxenhope will not be permitted.
The council said that roads on and connected to the route were expected to be closed for at least eight hours.
They will close to traffic very early in the morning to allow time for the route to be prepared and infrastructure setup.
The roads must remain closed after the cyclists have passed through to last updated to disperse and infrastructure to be removed.
Pedestrians will be allowed access to the closed roads, and residents who have Backing of the route will be offered alternative parking where appropriate.
Two hours before the cyclists arrive, a procession of around 180 vehicles called the "caravan" will pass along the route, giving out memorabilia and publicity material to waiting crowds.
• See the Keighley News this Thursday for more details and a list of roads due to be closed.
* Up-to-date information about the local impact of the Tour is available at www.bradford.gov.uk/tourdefrance


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South bound bus
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To me the local buses in Sri Lanka are very reminiscent of the ''chicken buses in Central America' ( I have yet to travel to India, so I can't draw any parallels there). Unlike Central America however, it seems that most tourists steer clear of these rattly, noisy, packed metal contraptions and opt for hired taxis.
As I changed buses in Wellawaya, to avoid standing on one leg for an hour, which I was warned may be the case if I took a direct bus passing through Ella, I was befriended by a charming elderly local man. As we chatted, he asked me "Why do no tourists catch our buses?" I had been pondering the same thing, because I think local buses are awesome.
Ok sure, so you may be packed in, sweating profusely and fearing for your life as the bus swerves around cars, blasting its horn, but the interior of a local bus gives you an insight into the colour of local life. Throughout the journey men hop on and off, selling fried shrimp cakes, lottery tickets, and fruit or asking for a donation for war victims.
My 4 hour journey south (more like 6.5, with some unexpected stops at the local fruit market etc), was a lively, entertaining one. Locals of all ages smiled shyly at me, and the baby behind me poked my skin and pulled at my hair, giggling mischievously at me when I turned around to see what was happening.
"Where are you going?", "Where are you from", "married'?, "children"?
"Mirissa", "Australia", "Yes CRICKET!", "Of course, my husband is merely away on business with our 6 children". Smile. Nod. Smile.
I think much is missed from the interior of an air conditioned taxi.
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Nurses Group Says Public Was Misinformed: 'UCSF Not Ready For Ebola'Last week the State of California announced any Ebola cases will be treated at five designated UC medical centers, but on Tuesday about a dozen nurses protested at UCSF's Parnassus campus.
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2014, Rotary International Convention
Rotary International has confirmed its 2014 Rotary International Convention event will remain in Australia's global city, and will re-locate from Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre (SCEC) to Sydney Olympic Park.
After winning the initial bid in 2006, Sydney was required to resubmit an extensive proposal showcasing Sydney Olympic Park as the host venue, due to the closure of SCEC for the Sydney International Convention and Exhibition Precinct (SICEEP) development.
The 2014 Rotary International Convention will be held in June and is expected to attract up to 18,000 delegates who will spend 72,000 delegate days in Sydney and deliver an economic impact of $60.5 million to the state.
Business Events Sydney's (BESydney) CEO Lyn Lewis-Smith said, "We are thrilled to hear that the international Rotary delegation will still be coming to Sydney in 2014. Such a megaevent is an amazing opportunity to demonstrate the skill and adaptability of our industry," comments Lyn Lewis-Smith, CEO of BESydney.
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Chair of the local organising committee, Barry Thompson commented, "There were certainly serious discussions in the wake of the SICEEP development announcement. But Sydney's resubmission has proven to the Rotary International team that even without the planned venue, the harbour city will deliver an outstanding 2014 convention."
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Aileen E. Akers Roop, 80, of East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, PA, passed away at the Brandywine Hospital on Sunday, November 22, 2009. She was the beloved wife of Everett Roop with whom she shared 58 years of marriage.
Born in Pulaski, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Nanny Dalton Akers.
Aileen was an area resident most of her life. She was employed, for 35 years, at the South Brandywine Middle School in the cafeteria department. She was a faithful member of the Towerville Christian Church. She is survived, in addition to her husband, by three sons; Mark Roop and wife Joanne of Coatesville, David Roop of Reading, Timothy Roop and wife Kathy of Delaware, five grandchildren and three sisters; Doris Jones, Louise Chinault and Ann Williams all of VA.
She was preceded in death by three brothers; Donald, Allen and Duane and one daughter -in-law Ginny, wife of David.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 27, 2009 at 11:00 am from the Towerville Christian Church, 10 Hannum Drive, East Fallowfield, PA 19320 followed by interment at the Friendship Methodist Cemetery in Gum Tree, PA. Viewing and visitation at the church from 10am to the time of the service.
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The notion of psychological distance in psychology has a number of connotations as it is used broadly. It may refer to real physical distance, as it is reflected psychologically or to mental distances within a cognitive space in which concepts are held in dimensions of for example Dissimilarity, seperateness etc [1]
In perceptionEdit
It may refer to the physical distance between a stimulus and a source and the psychophysical distance involved. So for example in an optical illusion the psychological distance experienced may differ from the actual distances measures.
Personal spaceEdit
- Main article: personal space
Social spaceEdit
- Main article: Social distance
Social distance describes the distance between different groups of society and is opposed to locational distance. The notion includes all differences such as social class, race/ethnicity or sexuality, but also the fact that the different groups do not mix. The term is often applied in cities, but its use is not limited to that.
In the sociological literature, the concept of social distance is conceptualized in several different ways.[2]
- Affective social distance: One widespread conception of social distance focuses on affectivity. According to this approach, social distance is associated with affective distance, i.e. how much or little sympathy the members of a group feel for another group. Emory Bogardus, the creator of "Bogardus social distance scale" was typically basing his scale on this subjective-affective conception of social distance: ''[i]n social distance studies the center of attention is on the feeling reactions of persons toward other persons and toward groups of people.''[3]
- Normative social distance: A second approach views social distance as a normative category. Normative social distance refers to the widely accepted and often consciously expressed norms about who should be considered as an "insider" and who an "outsider/foreigner." Such norms, in other words, specify the distinctions between "us" and "them." In this respect, normative social distance is very different from affective social distance, because here social distance is conceived as a non-subjective, structural aspect of social relations. Examples of this conception can be found in some of the works of sociologists such as Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and to some extent Robert Park.
- Interactive social distance: A third conceptualization of social distance focuses on the frequency and intensity of interactions between two groups. The main idea here is that the more the members of two groups interact, the closer they are socially. This conception is similar to the approaches in sociological network theory, where the frequency of interaction between two parties is used as a measure of the "strength" of the social tie between them.
It is possible to view these different conceptions as "dimensions" of social distance. However, it is important to note that these dimensions do not necessarily overlap. The members of two groups might interact with each other quite frequently, but this does not always mean that they will feel "close" to each other or that normatively they will consider each other as the members of the same group. In other words, interactive, normative and affective dimensions of social distance might not be linearly associated.[2]
In personal construct theoryEdit
- Main article: personal construct theory
George Kelly suggested that people develop constructs as internal ideas of reality in order to understand the world around them. They are based on our interpretations of our observations and experiences. Every construct is bipolar, specifying how two things are similar to each other (lying on the same pole) and different from a third thing. They can be expanded with new ideas. He developed the reportory grid in order to produce a visual representation of the relationship of these dimensions and the psychological distances involved.
In Adlers personality theoryEdit
Adler uses the term to denote coping strategies that people use to avoid showing their shortcomings. He identified four ways in which prople extend psychological distance to avoid intimacy. These include:
- Functional illness
- Indecision or hesitation
- Ceasing to try
- Invention of false barriers
In interpersonal communicationEdit
In interpersonal communication psychological distance is sustained by the deliberate maintenance of dispassion and emotional detachment. This is seen in therapy by the attempts of therapist to maintain therapeutic neutrality
In statisticsEdit
In statistics graphical representations of factor analyses and multidimensional scaling may be said to represent psychological distance as shown by the proximity of data points.
See alsoEdit
- Cognitive space
- Construal level theory
- Social distance
- Social Distance Corollary
- Social presence theory
- Sociomapping
- Transactional distance
- ↑ Reber, AS & Reber ES (2001). Dictionary of Psychology, 3rd ed. London:Penguin.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Karakayali, Nedim. 2009. "Social Distance and Affective Orientations." Sociological Forum, vol. 23, n.3, pp. 538-562.
- ↑ Bogardus, E. S. 1947. ''Measurement of Personal-Group Relations,'' Sociometry, 10: 4: 306–311.


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REIGNING Foss Evening Cricket League champions Woodhouse Grange hold the top spot in division one at the halfway point of the season.
Grange claimed three points from recent title rivals Londesborough Park, who were unable to field a side for a fixture that has been fiercely contested in recent seasons.
York continued to surge up the table, recording their third consecutive victory during a trip to basement side Melbourne.
Skipper Chris Burn (40no) and Tom Love (30) helped their side post 114-6.
Melbourne battled to bely their lowly standing as they fell only five runs short thanks to Alex Romaniw (30no) and Oliver Steels (26). Kal Ahmed's leg-breaks proved vital for York as he took 3-21.
Dunnington also had a narrow victory over previous leaders Osbaldwick thanks to an all-round performance from Adam Iyer.
Iyer (24) and Gareth Miles (37no) made runs as the Common Roaders posted 110-6. Osbaldwick were agonisingly three runs short as Iyer took 3-28.
Heworth's victory over Stamford Bridge was much more convincing, bringing the home side level with York and Dunnington while the 2012 champions drop into the relegation zone.
Stamford Bridge made 96-8 with Danny Harper (28) top-scoring.
Heworth then raced to 102-4 with 31 balls remaining as Olly Sherwood (34no) and Steve Baxter (23) were again in the runs.
North Dalton continue to dominate division two as Jamie Nesfield and Colin Suggitt made batting difficult for visiting Thixendale.
Dale were bowled out for 89 as Nesfield (5-21) and Suggitt (3-31) shared eight wickets. Danny Broumpton (44no) then settled any Dalton nerves as they lost five wickets in chasing their target.
Dunnington Academy are pushing for successive promotions after a five-wicket win against Stockton & Hopgrove.
Kalum Perera (23no), Rich Kerrison (19) and Giles Smith (19) all made starts for Stockton in their 104-8 but were undermined by Sam Tattersall's 3-20.
Grant Bulmer (35no), Jonny Andrew (26) and Josh Tattersall (22no) were the main architects of the chase.
Pocklington are snapping on the heels of the top two after a comfortable victory against Yapham.
Yapham made 106-7 as Luke Cattle hit 38 while Andy Anderson took 3-16 for Pocklington. Pock skipper Freddie Parry then made an undefeated 25 in a successful reply.
The Retreat scored an important victory in the relegation battle, defeating fellow strugglers Bishopthorpe by eight wickets.
Alistair Byers (3-18) and Suranga Uhrahga (3-22) rolled the Bishops for 91 before Salman Syed (52no) led The Retreat to three points.
In division three, Tang Hall Tigers recorded their first victory as an all-round performance from Jack Gabbatiss defeated high-flying Bishop Wilton.
Nick Edwards made 26 in Wilton's 105-4 as Gabbatiss took 2-26. Gabbatiss then made 66 and he was supported by Johnny Flint (29) as they took only 69 balls to reach their target with seven wickets to spare.
Leaders Bubwith beat Retreat II by five wickets.
Paul Van Dijk (2-7 from five overs) and Si Houlder (2-21 from five overs) restricted Retreat to 72-5 with Nasir Shefta making 26. Jamie Sedman (21) and Rich Readman (18) then led Bubwith home with 38 balls to spare.
Heworth's youngsters totalled 133-6, which was enough to beat Aviva Vikings by nine runs, despite 39 from in-form Akush Sehgal and 38 not out from Joel Arnold. Paddy Slade's 3-27 was the pick of the Heworth bowling.
Ovington moved into the promotion places with victory over struggling Heworth Nomads.
Pete Fairclough's unbeaten 46 rebutted Craig Nichol's 3-10 as the Nomads made 97-6.
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PHOENIX - Empire senior wide receiver J.J. Gretta caught a 44-yard touchdown pass to pull within seven points of No. 4 Snowflake in the Division IV quarterfinals with less than one minute to play.
The 12th-seeded Ravens had the momentum on their side - as they did for most of the second half - but then Snowflake's Lane Whipple recovered the ensuing onside kick and the Lobos held on for a 21-14 win Saturday.
Empire (8-4) outscored Snowflake 14-7 in the second half but was not able to rally from a 14-0 deficit at Washington High School.
It was the team's first loss against a Division IV opponent this season.
Snowflake (10-2) fumbled away its first possession of the third quarter and Empire recovered but went three-and-out.
Then the Ravens defense stopped Snowflake near midfield and blocked the punt. Junior Michael Dobiecki recovered the ball at the Lobos 36.
Four plays later, on fourth-and-6, Empire coach Jorge Mendivil reached into his bag of tricks.
Junior quarterback Grayson Weeks took the snap and pitched it right to Gretta on an end-around and he threw to a wide-open freshman Ethan Eagerton for a 32-yard touchdown to trim Snowflake's deficit to 14-7 with 6:36 left in the third quarter.
"We gave (Snowflake) film we hoped wouldn't show that play a lot, so we were able to execute it real well," said Gretta who had five catches for 80 yards.
"Ethan stepped up and made a great catch off a bad throw; it didn't have a very good spiral but it got there."
The Lobos extended their lead to 14 points midway with 7:10 left in the fourth quarter when senior quarterback Chase Walden scored his second touchdown of the game on a 5-yard run.
Empire turned the ball over on downs but then forced Snowflake to punt with three minutes to play before Gretta caught his 12th touchdown of the season with 51 seconds left to make it 21-14.
Weeks said Empire has been a second-half team all year and thought the play went "exceptionally well" on Saturday. He finished the game with 14 completions for 209 yards. It was the third time this season he passed for more than 200 yards.
"Grayson was a little nervous in the beginning," Mendivil said. "He wasn't setting his feet and wasn't hitting the routes he normally hits. Toward the end, he started making good throws and we had the up-tempo."
Mendivil said he was proud of his team, which had six seniors, including Gretta and running back Spencer Woody, who had 88 totals yards. Woody surpassed 1,000 yards rushing on the year last week.
State schedule
Friday Division II semifinals
• No. 1 Salpointe Catholic vs. No. 4 Peoria Centennial, 7 p.m. at Amphitheater High
• No. 3 Ironwood Ridge vs. No. 2 Tempe Marcos de Niza, 7 p.m. at Gilbert Campo Verde High
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Timber Rattlers front office adds awards to postseason haul
Rattlers win Midwest League Larry MacPhail Award; Zerjav named Executive of the Year
By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | September 18, 2012 11:18 AM ET
GRAND CHUTE, WI - Two days
ago the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won the Midwest League Championship on the
field. On Tuesday, the Timber
Rattlers were named the winners of the Midwest League's Larry MacPhail Award
for 2012. The league also named
Timber Rattlers President and General Manager Rob Zerjav as the Midwest
League's Executive of the Year.
The Midwest League's Larry MacPhail Award is presented to the team that demonstrated outstanding and creative marketing and promotional efforts within its community, its ballpark (including non-game day events), and in media and promotional materials. By winning the Midwest League award, Wisconsin is up for the National Larry MacPhail Promotional Trophy. The Rattlers are competing with winners from other minor leagues and the national winner will be named at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have made Time Warner Cable Field one of the most family friendly destinations in all of Wisconsin by bringing affordable and fun entertainment to its front gates. During their 18th season, the club demonstrated exceptional and creative promotional and marketing efforts within its community and at the ballpark
"I am extremely proud of the job our staff has done this season to create fun and meaningful promotions to entertain our fan base," said Zerjav. "We all take a lot of pride in being an impactful member of our community and with every promotion the Timber Rattlers try to tie it back in some way to a local charity. The Timber Rattlers organization is honored to receive this prestigious Midwest League award."
The Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
native started with the Timber Rattlers as an intern in 1997.
He worked his way up through the front office and was named President and
General Manager in 2003. He has
shepherded the organization through stadium expansions, a naming rights
agreement for Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium, an affiliation
change to the Milwaukee Brewers, and a major stadium renovation that is
currently taking place and scheduled to be completed for the 2013 season.
"This has been a magical season for the Timber Rattlers organization and to receive this award on top of winning the Midwest League Championship is truly humbling," said Zerjav. "Our entire staff is top notch and I couldn't receive this award without all of their help and support."
is the second time Zerjav has been named Midwest League Executive of the Year.
He also won the award in 2007.
Wisconsin is already preparing for next season. The 2012 Midwest League champions will open on the road on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The 2013 home opener is on Monday, April 8 at 6:35pm against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
Full and partial season ticket packages for 2013 are available now by calling (800) WI-TIMBER or (920) 733-4152 from 9am until 5pm Monday through Friday.
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If you could write down the words
moving through a man's mind as
he masturbates you'd have a quick
bonus bonk read, I used to think.
But words were never adequate
or the point in the bar where the girl
is a boy the boy is a girl the two girls
exchange underpants the one with
the dildo is the boy each needs to know
what the other is feeling, so the thrill
of humiliation is visited on one and
the other is disbelieved, perennial virgin,
with teeth marks on her buttocks
hiding in the closet and the power
between them is distributed unequally
the other on her knees in ecstasy
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Poem: Ode To Pornography
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Big hitting Quiney seals victory for the Stars
Melbourne Stars opening batsman Rob Quiney was in explosive form to help the Stars cruise to an impressive 8 run victory over the Brisbane Heat in front of a record crowd at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Almost 30,000 fans watched Quiney smash five boundaries and six sixes during an impressive 60 ball innings which saw him score 97 runs before he was dismissed by Ryan Harris in the final over.
David Hussey added 45 runs during a 3rd wicket stand of 105 with Quiney as the Stars took control of the game after the early loss of Matthew Wade (5) and George Bailey (10).
With Quiney leading the way the Stars posted a total of 177-7 which proved to mush for the Heat to chase down despite an encouraging start by Brendon McCullum (36) and Matthew Hayden (22).
The pair recorded an opening stand of 39 before Hayden was dismissed by Clint McKay (3-22) in the 4th over; McCullum continued to lead the attack but once he was bowled by Shane Warner (1-22) four overs later the Heats challenge faded.
With wickets falling at regular intervals the home side slipped further and further behind the required run rate thanks to some tight bowling from McKay and James Faulkner (1-36).
Michael Neser (30) and Ryan Harris (25) offered some resistance but it wasnt enough as the Heat slumped to a total of just 169-7 to lose their second straight game.


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May 16, 2012 3:00 am
Just because he might get 3,000 hits doesn't mean voters can't put up a fight.
I like Johnny Damon. I really do. He's been a perfectly good player, or better, for a lot of years. But as much as I like Johnny Damon, I love the Hall of Fame much more. I love the Hall of Fame even though it refuses to love me back, what with its induction of Jim Rice, its refusal to tell BBWAA voters that PEDs were far too pervasive to ban an entire generation, and its inconvenient location preventing yearly pilgrimages. I love the Hall of Fame, so I will defend it from Johnny Damon.
Johnny Damon's biggest supporter for the Hall of Fame, interestingly enough, is Johnny Damon. Damon told Tyler Kepner, "I think even if you look at my numbers now, how high I am on the runs list [33rd], how high I am on the doubles list [43rd], and you also have to take into account the ballparks that I've played in. I've played in some pretty tough ones for left-handers. If I played in Yankee Stadium my whole career, my 230 home runs turn into 300, easy." He is also 56th all-time with 2,730 hits. Damon also makes "a case for being a clean player in our generation."
October 18, 2011 9:00 am
The Rangers have gone through some lean times since their last consecutive playoff appearances, but they've emerged from their struggles stronger than ever.
ARLINGTON, Texas—Darren Oliver has lived through the Rangers' two "golden eras."
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June 2, 2011 11:00 am
Mike looks at the struggling closers in Colorado, Texas, and LA, and the guys in line to replace them.
It's Thursday morning, it's blazingly hot here in the Northeast, and I've got the only cure: 1,800 words on the fantasy prospects of below-the-radar relief pitchers. This week, the focus is on three additions to the list who we've seen before and who just might be finding their way into more valuable playing time in the days ahead.
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October 6, 2010 12:30 pm
One last ranking of all 30 major league teams in 2010, from the Yankees to the Pirates.
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February 15, 2007 12:00 am
Dan shows that young, fresh faces aren't necessarily what makes for the best ballclubs.
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October 16, 2006 12:00 am
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July 12, 2006 12:00 am
Jay has the newest rankings, plus a first-half breakdown of all major league teams.
April 9, 2003 12:00 am
The Snakes bury John Patterson, the Red Sox sort through a batch of soft tossers, the Marlins vie for a 25-catcher roster, and the Devil Rays solve all their problems by grabbing Al Martin and Damion Easley.
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October 3, 2000 12:00 am
My initial predisposition is to pick the Mariners. They've got baseball's best player and Edgar Martinez, and both of them outhit Frank Thomas to the point that the Big Hurt's MVP campaign should be DOA. On top of the two great ones, the Mariners have got a starting rotation that is, if nothing else, physically ready to pitch (with one exception). So why can't I shake the feeling that it isn't quite that simple?
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Hans asked a while back if I'd discuss stateful vs. stateless classes for the RemoteObject tag. I don't think I have anything definitive or official to say, but I'll go through my own thought process as to how I decide what kind of class I'm going to use. First, the default is stateless, so I try to err on using a stateless class unless something compelling comes along to make the class stateful. With that in mind, some reasons to consider stateful classes (not in any order).
- How long does it take to instantiate an instance of your class? A new stateless class will be instantiated every time you call any method, so instantiation should be cheap. Now we all know that instantiation is never cheap, so in the future I could see us supporting some sort of pooling mechanism where classes would need to be obtained and released. Anyway, if it takes a long time to instantiate your class, it might be worth keeping it stateful assuming it doesn't also hog massive memory.
- How many users will be logged in at once? If the number isn't too high, perhaps you can save some instantiation time by making the class stateful. Too many users at once and you'll be taking up memory, especially if your class is holding references to other classes and preventing garbage collection.
- Are you load-balancing your server? This would strike me as a reason to try to avoid stateful classes as you'd then need to transfer this class across to another server as well. However, as long as your class can be load balanced by your app server if stored in a session variable you can set it as stateful.
- How much information is needed across operations? For example, does some sort of token need to be passed to every operation that your RemoteObject will then pass to a commerce server? Are there multiple tokens to pass? A stateful class would allow you to set a token once, then not have to pass it through each method (which saves a little space and time on the wire). However, you then pay the expenses mentioned above of space on the server (memory). What if you stored that information in a 3rd place, like a database or regular file and accessed using a shorter token? If you were passing a lot of information a stateless approach means a lot of network traffic and a stateful approach means a lot of server memory . The database approach might be a reasonable compromise, however the cost here is the database access for every operation (and any network costs between the database and your app server).
I think I could probably keep building on this list, but you are hopefully seeing a pattern. Like most optimizations, you are making a choice between time and space. You generally save time by having a stateful class which means potentially less network traffic between Flash client and app server and fewer instantiations. However the expense is that you end up using more memory on the server as every RemoteObject and relevant data is stored for each session. Sometimes the choice will be obvious, and sometimes you'll need to run tools like profilers and heap analysts to give you more data to reach a decision.If anyone has stories of how you've made your own decisions feel free to share. And maybe some other folks who've done more work with the RemoteObject at Macromedia will jump in as well.


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News Wrap: Immigration Bill Clears Hurdle in Senate
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HARI SREENIVASAN: Immigration reform cleared a big hurdle this evening in the U.S. Senate, with votes to spare. The test involved a motion to debate an amendment aimed at picking up Republican support for the broader bill. It calls for spending $30 billion dollars over 10 years to double the Border Patrol and build 700 miles of fencing.
The amendment divided Republican ranks.
SEN. BOB CORKER, R-Tenn.: We're going to put in place very tangible triggers, triggers that cannot be moved. You can't move the goalpost because of interpretation. They're there. They're concrete. If we meet them, people will have the pathway to be the kind of productive citizens that they would like to be.
SEN. JEFF SESSIONS, R-Ala.: The legal status, the Social Security card, the right to work anywhere in America is given within two months of the passage of the legislation. You're making promises 10 years down the road that I'm saying are not likely to ever happen. In fact, I don't think they will happen.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Supporters of immigration reform are pushing for a final Senate vote by Friday.
It turns out that IRS targeting of groups for intensive reviews was broader and lasted longer than first reported. The agency's acting head, Danny Werfel, announced the discovery today. He said agents screened not only for the name tea party, but also for Israel, progressive, and occupy when groups applied for tax-exempt status. Werfel said the screening was still going on last month, before he suspended it.
Wall Street had another long day, amid worries over China's economy and rising interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 139 points to close at 14,659. The Nasdaq fell 36 points to close at 3,320.
Flooding in Northern India has now claimed more than 1,000 lives. That word came today with search teams in a race against time in mountainous Uttarakhand state. On Sunday, soldiers struggled to construct a rope bridge over a raging Himalayan river to help evacuate thousands of people still stranded. Monsoon flooding and landslides have wiped away hundreds of homes and washed out roads over the last week.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela lay in critical condition today at a hospital in Pretoria. Word came over the weekend that his health had deteriorated as doctors treat him for a lung infection.
We have a report from Rohit Kachroo of Independent Television News.
ROHIT KACHROO, Independent Television News: Zindziswa Mandela, here to see her father, is joined by her mother, Winnie, what looks like the daily routine that has formed over 17 days.
But inside here, things have changed. The famous patient was said to be seriously ill. His condition is now even more serious than that. As well as the daughters and granddaughters who came to see him, the defense minister, ultimately responsible for his health — this family matter is a matter of state too. The president also went to see him last night, a rare glimpse of emotion as he recalled his visit.
PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA, South Africa: He was already asleep. And we were there, looked at him, saw him. And we then had a bit of a discussion with the doctors, as well as his wife, Graca Machel, and we left. And I don't think we — I can be put in a position to give further details. I'm not a doctor.
ROHIT KACHROO: The ailing icon here on his 94th birthday was taken to hospital with a lung infection. Optimism about a speedy recovery has disappeared. But, from his family today, there is still hope.
MANDLA MANDELA, Grandson of Nelson Mandela: We are hoping that my grandfather will recover steadily. He is under good care, under the supervision of nurses and doctors.
ROHIT KACHROO: The tributes are gathering, many from children who have known nothing but democracy, but who understand the importance of this man and these moments.
HARI SREENIVASAN: President Obama is scheduled to visit South Africa later this week as part of a three-country tour of the continent.
Ten car bombs rocked Baghdad today, killing 40 Iraqis. They added to the 2,000 deaths in sectarian strife since the beginning of April. Today's attacks targeted Shiites as they marked the birthday of a revered imam. Other bombs struck at districts with a high population of Sunnis.
In Lebanon, fighting raged for a second day between army units and followers of a hardline Sunni cleric. The clashes in Sidon were the latest spillover of violence from neighboring Syria. Tanks drove through the streets as soldiers fired at Sunni militants holed up in a mosque complex. Security officials said at least 16 soldiers and 20 militants have been killed.
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of paying for sex with an underage prostitute and of abusing his power. Berlusconi is 76 years old. A court in Milan sentenced him today to seven years in prison and banned him from ever holding public office again. The sentence will not take effect while Berlusconi pursues an appeal.
High-wire artist Nik Wallenda has set his sights on his next challenge, now that he's walked a tightrope across part of the Grand Canyon network. He did it Sunday evening on a two-inch steel cable 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge in Northeastern Arizona. It took just over 22 minutes to cover the quarter-mile, all without a safety harness or net. Wallenda now says he wants to walk a wire between the Chrysler and Empire State buildings in New York.
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The internet had lit up with outrage and the Twitter feed was going off the dial as
It was August 31 and, for Alan Bedford Jones, Australia's leading shock jock, it was pay day. He had just made his famous comment to National Party deputy leader
His new shares were worth $880,000 – nice money for most of his listeners, but disappointing in the shock-jock economy. For Jones, this was just the beginning of sorrows.
Jones' private finances have been a hidden skein running beneath the public controversy that has engulfed 2GB and Macquarie for the past two weeks since his reference at a Liberal Party function to Prime Minister
If Macquarie's ban on all advertising on Jones' breakfast program remains in place for another three weeks, it will almost certainly cost Jones $440,000 – and probably as much as $880,000, as his remaining options lapse.
But there is a bigger story behind this saga, that begins with the growth in ratings that 2GB's shock jock line-up has achieved — and how hugely profitable their opposition to the Labor government has been.
Profiting from politics
Fighting the carbon tax is a business – it's arguably the most successful business in Australian media right now. Alan Jones has earned a fortune for his employer from his determined campaigning against the tax.
The rise of the shock-jock economy is one of the biggest, unremarked media stories of the past three years.
The comparison made most often is with US broadcaster Rush Limbaugh. But the 2GB phenomenon is not just about Jones. The rise in ratings at 2GB has been across the board. All of the talkback channel's hosts have been firing, notably Ray Hadley's morning shift.
And 2GB has been killing its rivals: the surge helped push advertising revenue for Harbour Radio (which holds the 2GB licence) up 42.5 per cent in a shrinking media market.
Its accounts suggest that John Singleton, who owns 77 per cent of Macquarie Radio, and Mark Carnegie (16.9 per cent), have created a media company which its critics regard as a political weapon, but which is a major money-spinner. The logical comparison is not Rush Limbaugh but Fox News.
"The comparison with Fox News is probably reasonable," says Rod Tiffen, who was a consultant on the Finkelstein media review. "Both work on polarising the community and reinforcing prejudices."
The latest Nielsen ratings survey shows 69 per cent of 2GB listeners are aged 55 or over. In fact, just less than 50 per cent are 65 or over.
A Sydney phenomenon
Jones is a Sydney phenomenon. His breakfast show is syndicated in regional NSW, Queensland and the Top End, but none of the other state capitals – not even Brisbane.
There's a ferocity in Sydney talkback radio that doesn't rate in Melbourne, notes Jock Given of Swinburne University of Technology. It makes Jones' success almost incomprehensible to half the country.
It's a long way from the heady days in 2002 when John Singleton wooed Jones away from 2UE in what was billed at the time as "the biggest media deal in Australian history".
Reports at the time said while Jones would be picking up $4 million a year, the real payout was a 20 per cent stake in Harbour Radio, a subsidiary of Macquarie Radio which holds the 2GB licence. But the contract had not been signed by the time Jones started work for 2GB. When it was finally signed nine months later, Singleton was only offering Jones 20 per cent of the increase in the value of the company after he arrived.
The Australian Broadcasting Authority immediately opened an inquiry which criticised Harbour Radio for late reporting of a change of control. It meant that whatever equity holdings Jones had would immediately be under ABA scrutiny.
When Macquarie Radio floated in 2005, Jones ended up with 11.25 million options with a 22.4¢ exercise price. He also held a special share that ensured he was paid an amount equivalent to the dividends he would earn if the options had been exercised.
It was a neat way to sidestep the ABA's control issues, and for a while it all looked rosy. Macquarie shares quickly went to $1.80 and Jones was sitting on a $17.7 million windfall. Then the global financial crisis hit. Macquarie shares plummeted. They were at 28¢ and Jones' options were worth $627,000 in November 2008 when shareholders agreed to pay them out for $4.5 million cash. The payout, while nothing to sneeze at, was nothing like what had been reported in 2002.
Rebounding from a Rudd ratings hit
Late 2007 was a low point for Jones' ratings. With the federal election that brought Kevin Rudd to power, his ratings fell to 13.4 per cent, and 2GB's share hit 11.1 per cent. Results were slightly stronger in 2008, but they really began to rise only in 2009. The average rating for 2GB through the eight-rating period in 2009 was 14.5 per cent. It was 15.3 per cent in 2010 and 16 per cent in 2011.
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The jump in Jones' ratings coincided with the failure of the climate-change talks in Copenhagen in late 2009 and the Liberal coup that made
But that surge in early 2010 had an electrifying effect on 2GB's profit line. For four years straight, Harbour Radio's ad revenues had been flat at $36 million to $37 million, but in 2010 they jumped to $43.9 million.
In 2011, they leapt to $53.5 million – at a time when the total radio ad market was shrinking, Harbour Radio's ad revenues had jumped 42.5 per cent in two years.
Syndication boosts revenue
"The core business improved across the board, due to wider syndication of all 2GB programming and ratings improvement," Loewenthal says. He points also to Macquarie's half share in Melbourne radio start-up MRT, though this would not affect Harbour Radio's numbers.
While there were some syndication gains, the bulk of the rise came from higher ratings. These may only have been up a few per cent, but that produced huge leverage.
"It's the power paradox of media," Given says. "In a fragmenting market, advertisers will pay a premium to the media operator that can aggregate the biggest share of the market."
Macquarie's other station, 2CH, underlines this. Its ratings share is a third to a half of 2GB's but it earns a tenth of the revenue.
Carbon tax bump fades
Where did the higher ratings come from? The period when Jones and 2GB's ratings took off coincided with Gillard's announcement of a carbon tax in late January.
Through those months, when Jones was railing at Ju-Liar, when he was addressing campaigns with Tony Abbott while protesters behind them held up "Ditch the Witch" banners, or while he led the Convoy of No Confidence to Canberra, Jones' ratings were in the stratosphere and 2GB was raking in the advertising money. It wasn't just Jones – all of 2GB's hosts were on fire, particularly Hadley, whose share reached 20.7 per cent.
But if you look at audience numbers, the breakfast shift is critical. In the latest survey, 2GB's average number of listeners from Monday to Sunday was 85,000. Jones' average was 151,000, while Hadley averaged 128,000.
It is telling that Jones' ratings picked up again in the weeks before June 30 when the carbon tax was finally introduced, and since then they have fallen away, as the grim forecasts of gloom and doom have failed to materialise.
Melbourne weighs
The 2012 results were slightly down but Macquarie in the annual report said for 2013 it was "confident that our Sydney operations will deliver a similar earnings result to last year of around $15 million EBITDA". This last number is important because it is tied to Jones' bonus. Back in 2008 Jones picked up a new options package: four million shares to be vested in three yearly tranches from October 2011 until his contract expires next June.
Half of each tranche depended upon bettering the 2010 profit (earnings before interest, depreciation and tax) for the breakfast shift, while the other half depended upon Macquarie achieving the net profit after tax in the board forecast for each year.
By 2010, Jones had decided he didn't like this deal. The biggest issue seems to have been Melbourne, where the losses on Macquarie's half share in station MRT (an investment overseen up by Tate and Clarke) were soaking up money. In fact, while Jones was referring to Gillard, former Victorian Police Commissioner
In 2010, Macquarie shareholders approved a variation that linked the options more closely to Jones' shift at Harbour Radio, and allowed directors to waive the qualifying conditions to vest the options, but also included any legal costs incurred by Jones' breakfast shift in the calculation. In early 2011, Macquarie announced that Jones had refused to sign the new agreement –which ties the board's hands when it comes to his current problems.
Will Jones walk?
A year ago, Jones' options were worth $4 million. Today that's down to $2.56 million and the present ad ban makes it unlikely he will qualify for either half of the third tranche, costing him $880,000.
He can't be happy. And that's bad news for Macquarie, staring at the deadline next June when the contract on their walking cash machine expires – just as the Labor government that has been so helpful for them faces election defeat.
Watch this space. This may not be pretty.
The Australian Financial Review