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MOBILE, Ala. — If they ever felt that they were overshadowed as members of the LSU football team the past four years, defensive end Lavar Edwards and wide receiver Russell Shepard certainly don't show it.
It's easy to see that they got fewer opportunities the last couple of seasons, however, because of the considerable talent Les Miles and his coaching staff have stockpiled for years on both sides of the ball.
For Edwards, the challenge was vying for snaps with Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery. For Shepard, it was Rueben Randle in 2011 and Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry this season.
They hope that making the most of their chances this week at the Senior Bowl workouts will lead to more snaps in Saturday's North-South game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, which could make a favorable impression on hundreds of NFL coaches, scouts and front office personnel.
"I'm just trying to make the best of my opportunity here, actually focusing on me and perfecting my craft and showing what type of player that I am," Edwards said this week. "This is a big opportunity to show all 32 (NFL) teams what I've got and what type of player that I am."
When asked if he may have felt slighted by Mingo and Montgomery, a pair of juniors who are expected to go in the first round of the April draft, during his time at LSU, Edwards quickly noted he didn't.
"Oh no, not at all," he said. "Those two guys were great players and they made a lot of plays.
"As long as we were winning, I was fine with it."
Shepard also said his appearance in the Senior Bowl, even though it was abbreviated, was about his opportunity to reach his potential.
"This is a chance for me to reach my potential, it's not about getting out of the shadows," he said after joining the South squad for Wednesday's practice as an injury replacement.
"This isn't about showing people that I can be the type of player I know I am," Shepard said. "I know what I'm capable of doing and what my potential holds."
Edwards, who is projected as a fourth-round pick by NFLDraftScout.com, is rated as the 13th-best prospect at his position. He's the latest in a long line of LSU defensive linemen to have a shot at making it to the next level.
Last season, Edwards had 41/2 sacks, seven tackles behind the line and one interception. The 6-foot-5, 251-pounder finished his career with 101/2 sacks and said his strength is his pass-rushing ability.
Edwards was asked about the LSU pipeline to the NFL, which has had 12 defensive linemen drafted since 2005 — four in the first round.
"We have great coaches all across the board and our defensive line coach (Brick Haley) was a former NFL coach," Edwards said.
"He taught us a lot of things and got us, everybody, prepared to make it to the next level."
At the same time, Edwards said there was a lot of added pressure to playing on the Tigers' defensive line because so much was expected of them — particularly because of the presence of Mingo and Montgomery.
"Every day, you try to work with those guys and try to get better in every way you can," he said. "You had to do that because when your time comes you can make those plays."
Edwards said he doesn't worry about projections at this point with three months of testing and evaluating to go before the draft.
"I don't really look at too many things," he said. "I don't want to think one thing and have another thing happen, so I just go with it and work as hard as I can to improve my draft situation."
Of course, he knew this week was going to be an important part of the process.
"I tried come out and work hard because you don't get that opportunity too many times," Edwards said, "so I wanted to make sure that I worked as hard as I could to help myself."
Shepard was happy to get a shot as well. After playing in the Raycom All-Star Classic on Saturday, he was back in Houston when he got a call Tuesday night to come to Mobile.
The chance to work with an NFL coaching staff on the field was invaluable for Shepard, who had just six receptions last season and is projected as a seventh-round pick or free agent.
"The best thing I can do is learn from these coaches and be humble and do the best that I can do," he said. "LSU gave me an opportunity to play there and show my skills set and play on a great team, so I'm just blessed for the opportunity here.
"I know the coaches know that I can play football, that's why I'm here. My thing is to show them that I can consume the playbook in a short period of time and that I'm just a good person."


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Once a vacant, dusty lot at the corner of Ruffner Avenue and Washington Street East, the site of the East End Bazaar has added some color and cheer to Charleston. The East End Bazaar, a project of Charleston East End Main Street, held its grand opening last year on Sept. 15. The open-air market welcomed visitors each Saturday to view West Virginia artisans and craftspeople displaying their wares, such as paintings, clothing, jewelry, handmade crafts like soaps and baskets, photography, baked goods, pottery, hand-blown glass and more. Live music and other entertainment accompanied patrons' tours.Market manager Ned Savage said the Bazaar's pilot season was "hugely successful", a response he wasn't sure the project would attract in the beginning."We expected an uphill struggle to recruit vendors at first, seeing as how we had no track record," Savage said. "What we were surprised to learn was how quickly good news travels -- the handful of pioneering vendors who took a chance with the Bazaar had a great deal of success, and soon word started to get out within the arts community and by the end of the season we had vendor applications piling in from all over the state."Public feedback on the endeavor has been overwhelmingly positive, according to Savage. He says the Bazaar gives residents a sense of pride in their community."People are excited to bring friends and relatives visiting from out of town and show them, 'this is where I live. Isn't it cool?'" Savage says local businesses are delighted with the Bazaar and most vendors will participate again next year. He says the weekly event brings more people to a part of town they otherwise might have looked over."Not only the businesses and artists who participate as vendors benefit from the Bazaar; neighboring businesses have all noted an up-tick in sales during market hours," he said. "And, probably more important, it has transformed a key intersection which has deserved attention for some time into a weekly destination and continues to positively change perceptions about the East End as a whole."Though the Bazaar is open through April to October, the market held the East End Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 1. The special event featured 15 art and craft vendors, three food vendors, wreath-making workshops, a kids' craft station, carols and more. Vendors grossed a combined total of $7,500 that afternoon, according to the Bazaar's Facebook page. Savage sees the Christmas Bazaar becoming an annual tradition.While Savage doesn't anticipate any major changes to the market come April, he said they're making a number of small additions to the space. New signage, additional seating options, a kids' play area and a Little Free Library free book exchange are among several considerations."We're considering raising the level of the stage to accent the role of free, local, live music. We're also hoping to offer electrical access to our vendors as well as free Wi-Fi Internet access to patrons and vendors alike," he said. "We're also still looking into having the space landscaped to some degree."The East End Bazaar, located at the corner of Washington St., East and Ruffner Avenue, will be open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. from April through October. Savage says though they have more than 40 registered vendors, they are always looking for more. Interested applicants should contact Ned Savage at email@example.com or 304-767-9800.Reach Shelly Davidov at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4882.
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Comparison of Doubled Quadrupled Versus Quadrupled Allograft Tissue Constructs for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
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The purpose of this study is to compare two different soft tissue allografts, double bundle tibialis anterior allograft or quadruple bundle hamstring allograft, used in repairing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee.
|Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
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|A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Doubled Versus Quadrupled Allogenic Tissue Constructs for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
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- Knee outcome scores [ Time Frame: One year ]The change of physical function and pain as evaluated by patient reported outcome measures (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score).
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Randomized comparison of two different allogenic tissue types, quadrupled hamstring or doubled tibialis anterior, for anterior cruciate ligament repair.
|Active Comparator: Doubled Tibialis Anterior Allograft
Procedure: ACL reconstruction
Randomized comparison of two different allogenic tissue types, quadrupled hamstring or doubled tibialis anterior, for anterior cruciate ligament repair.
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- ACL injury is the primary limitation to activities of daily living.
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- Multiple current ligamentous injuries to the knee.
- Revision reconstruction of the ACL.
- Uncorrected instability of the ACL on the opposite knee.
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Okay, I'm not panicked yet, but I am concerned. I just received my new CZ 527 Varmint in .204. With it came a test fire sheet (see attached image). It is
I'm new enough to the sport that I don't know if a group measurement is supposed to be center-to-center or edge-to-edge, so I have two measurements. 10/16ths or 13/16ths at 50 meters. Converting to yards that's 1.14 MOA at best or 1.49 MOA at worst.
I haven't been at this long, but using a sling and laying prone I can shoot 1.5 MOA with factory ammo using my old Browing BBR 30.06 that has a tapered barrel. Needless to say I'm not impressed at all with this CZ test sheet. I expected this rifle to be a tack driver. I'm not going to be shooting PDs at 300 yards reliably if this is all the better it will shoot. I could even miss a coyote! Obviously the test fires were done with factory ammo, but still...
I'm hoping there is some factor of which I'm unaware that explains the wide group. I'm going to be incredibly disappointed (actually I'm thinking of a much more perjorative word right now) if this is a 1.5 MOA rifle.
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I was one of the first chickas to go out and spend a ton of money on the new BK treatment when it first came to Houston 5 years ago or so. I was in love cause my hair was smooth shiny and tameable. I wore it straight and curly with no problems. Fast forward to now and I wish I hadn't jumped that bandwagon. My hair went from thick 3c to very thin 3c. It's noticeably thin to me. I used to have a thick bun now it's the size of a mini donut if not smaller. Talking to some stylist about this treatment they stated it is something that if used over time will change the texture of your hair. Now I'm in hair rehab. I was getting it once a year after that cause it grows out like my hair has a relaxer. My effects are more permanent not wearing off like its supposed to. If someone knows of a way to strip it out I'm down. Maybe apple cider vinegar and baking soda? :-P
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Sodexo is a global services organisation employing 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland alone.
It delivers a range of services from construction management, reception and food services through to asset maintenance, security and grounds maintenance in offices, schools, prisons, hospitals, military bases, remote sites and hospitality events and with this scope the number one priority for Sodexo is that these services are delivered safely and in a safe environment.
Underpinning the delivery of these services is Sodexo's recognition of the importance of independent third party management system certification. While robust management structures and best practice processes have long been in place across the organisation, the heritage of the organisation meant that until recently these were specific to each part of the business.
Drivers for certification
Certification is not new to Sodexo. In fact when the organisation approached Alcumus ISOQAR, it already had an impressive portfolio of management systems in place – notably ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environmental), OHSAS 18001 (health & safety) and ISO 27001(information security). Since working with Alcumus ISOQAR the company has also completed its stage one audit for ISO 22301, business continuity management.
However, as Sodexo continued to evolve, managing 60-80 certificates from multiple certification providers across the business was proving inefficient and time consuming. Keen to gain better visibility of activity to leverage the benefit of the numerous audit programmes in place, Sodexo embarked upon a formal tender process to find a certification services supplier which would support this single management system approach and thus ensure a more efficient deployment of resources throughout the business and accelerate improvement.
Why Alcumus ISOQAR was the supplier of choice
Alcumus ISOQAR was not a certification body supplying Sodexo, however, following a rigorous supplier evaluation process, the company was deemed to offer an approach which best suited the needs of Sodexo.
Chris Dark, Head of Safegard, at Sodexo said: ""We were adamant we wanted to work with a UKAS accredited provider, however, it was also important that we felt at ease and did not just employ a 'cold certification body' who simply ticked the boxes.
"Alcumus ISOQAR was very clear about how they could us help us meet our objectives of simplifying the certification process across our diverse business units. The team quickly understood the scale and scope of our business structure and were able to provide a competitive quote whilst working within our specific requirements."
Benefits of certification
With a number of management systems in place Sodexo was already reaping the benefits of working to the requirements of international standards, however as the company continued to grow these efforts were being compromised by what Chris believes was a 'patchwork approach'.
"Certification is a highly valuable but expensive process in an organisation the size of Sodexo. It was therefore critical to take a step back and review what we had in place and consider how it could be brought together more effectively."
"Pooling Sodexo's considerable expertise and resources in HSEQ management and auditing resources quickly became the preferred option. Once we had conducted feasibility assessment, completed the cost-benefit analysis it was evident that we could easily get far more value in a more efficient way."
When responding to tenders Sodexo has to demonstrate it is certified to relevant standards across the whole extent of its business. Now with one system in place the organisation is able to do this easily and with greater visibility.
However, it is our front line teams who benefit most from moving to a single certification supplier, they are able to focus on managing and delivering services to our clients rather than being bogged down in the office. At the same time we have improved our governance processes delivering even greater assurances that all of Sodexo's legal and statutory duties, along with our contractual obligations, are all subject to certificated management system processes for health and safety, environmental and quality management.
Training has also played a key role in the company's certification journey. As such Sodexo has sought the services of Alcumus Academy and a number of employees have taken lead auditor courses in quality, environmental and health & safety management.
Chris said: "The training has been very insightful. Ultimately it has helped displace myths around management systems, in particular quality management. Our team now feels more empowered to consider new ways of working and has been able to break down a lot of 'red tape'. I am now very confident that we have a good team of capable and qualified people to help our business demonstrate to external parties that we follow a best practice approach in all that we do."
Looking forward
Sodexo is keen that its certifications evolve in a similar vein to the growth of the business itself. Chris said: "Looking forward our expectation of ISOQAR is consistency in the quality of the service we receive and on-going auditor knowledge and competency. We are aware that a number of key standards will soon be changing and we expect ISOQAR to support us in keeping abreast of the changes, advising us on how and when we migrate to new standards and understand the challenges and associated impacts of that transition. As we continue to work together we are confident that ISOQAR will gain greater knowledge of our business which will only assist us in our quest for continual improvement.
"This is an exciting time for Sodexo and we believe there is lots of exciting work and opportunity moving forward. At Sodexo however, our focus remains totally focused on our clients and how we can continually improve services to our customers. Certification may not appear an obvious area of focus, but getting management systems in the key areas of health and safety, environmental and quality makes a difference to our operational teams and that passes right through to our clients and customers.
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Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of "hot sports takes from people who typically don't watch sports" bits, but the kids at IFC are handing over their Twitter feed tomorrow to the volunteer-run In Other Words, a Portland feminist community center and the inspiration for the reoccurring "Women & Women First" feminist bookstore sketch on the network's popular "Portlandia" comedy show.
What can we expect from the nice people over at @IOWBooks feed when they discuss the Super Bowl? Not sure, but I am guessing it's a far cry from their usual Tweets.
It's Tuesday! That means Yoga for Personal Growth with Sprout at 12 pm and the Dream Discussion group meets at 1 pm.
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Well now. I did not think to put that craft into my Super Bowl planning guides over the years, but perhaps I have been missing out.
Anyway, should be a fun time and I'm looking forward to all the sass they promise to bring, even if despite the fantasy we many of us have, Heather Graham is going not to show up and make-out with us journal reading class (or at home for that matter).
(For what's worth, I have an Etsy store and regularly read Bitch Magazine, so the Portlandia sketch "She's Making Jewelry Now" hits a little close too home, even for someone posts on a dick joke blog. So I see you, In Other Words, and the bird you put on your logo.)


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Researchers at Caltech and Harvard have used elastic silicone and rat muscle cells to create a freely swimming jellyfish.
When the researchers set their creation free in an electrically conducting container of fluid and oscillated the voltage from zero volts to five, they shocked it into swimming with synchronized contractions that mimic those of real jellyfish. In fact, the muscle cells started to contract a bit on their own even before the electrical current was applied.
The team's next goal is to have the "jellyfish" be able to go out and gather food on its own.
Then, researchers could think about systems that could live in the human body for years at a time without having to worry about batteries because the system would be able to fend for itself. For example, these systems could be the basis for a pacemaker made with biological elements.
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The honours board at Lord's are well known-anyone who scores a century or takes a fiver or a tenner gets his name on them, even if it is a neutral Test not involving England. If you need to brush up, see
and for Indian players featured there, full details are here:
However, note this extract from the Wikipedia article:
"A number of very distinguished players such as Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Curtly Ambrose and Brian Lara are not named on the honours boards."
It may be recalled that there was much heartbreak when Sachin failed to score a century in 2011, which was generally understood then to be his last Test there.
We now look at the aspect of prominent players failing to reach a board-worthy performance at Lord's despite several opporunities. There are some visitors who simply did not get to play at Lord's enough.
In this list we look at those who batted (at nos 1 to 8) in at least 8 innings at Lord's and failed to score a century there (though there are some 90s headed by Atherton with 99)
Atherton has played the most Tests and innings besides scoring the most runs in this table. Among visiting batsmen, the most innings were played by Gavaskar (9) and Tendulkar (8). Both played in 5 Tests there. No other Indian makes the cut.
Prominent batsmen here include Atherton, Thorpe and Gatting at the top besides Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Dr Grace and Ponting. Some, like Ramprakash, Brearley and Ponting, did not even manage a fifty. Some like Lara did not play enough at Lord's.
We now look at those who bowled (at positions 1 to 4) for at least 8 innings and failed to take a fiver:
Hoggard heads the list here with 20 innings, far ahead of 13 by the next-placed Edmonds. Hammond, admittedly not a frontline bowler, did not even manage a three-wicket haul. The only visitor here is Lillee.
Warne and Ambrose do not seem to have played enough there.
Finally we look at those who bowled (at 1-4) for at least 10 innings and failed to take a tenner.
Only English players appear here. Anderson heads the list with 37 innings, far ahead of Hoggard with 20 and Snow with 19. Some, headed by Hendrick, did not even get to 5 wickets in a match while several including Swann and "Dylan" Willis had near-misses with 9-fors.


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There are different levels of Heaven. The first level is being on a flight to New Orleans with Ryan Reynolds. The second level is sitting in a row adjacent to Ryan Reynolds. The third level of Heaven is Ryan Reynolds spending most of the flight shirtless because a lady puked on his sweater, as recently reported in Pop Crush.
However, the lady who puked on Ryan Reynolds probably feels like she's in the 4th circle of Hades. We can totally sympathize. We shared about the times we spewed in public.
Julie once witnessed a oyster chugging contest with her radio station boss. Of course, there comes a point where the oysters reverse direction and there's no place to go but off stage and the whole crowd cheers. All the sick on stage made Julie sick as well. She needed to find a place to puke, so she walked off and her boss made the mistake of following her. She ended up being sick all over his shoes.
When Tony was 11, he was forced to ride a ride with his cousin Cindy and her husband. His cousin's husband told him to man up and ride the spinning ride. Tony ends up sitting with his cousin and her husband sits in the row behind them. Not long into the spinning ride, the chili that Tony had eaten before comes up. His cousin's husband instantly regretted pressuring Tony to ride the spinning ride.
John got into one of those milk chugging contests in high school. Everyone pooled their lunch money to get enough milk cartons. When John hit his limit, he took off running for the restroom. Of course, you're not allowed to run in the halls at school, and the PE teacher caught John by the arm to stop him from running. John turned and let loose the milk he had chugged.


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...Did James just say he shaved his.. erm.. privates over the toilet?
...Did James just say he shaved his.. erm.. privates over the toilet?
The talk around the house is that Sara is going home. Now they could pull a fast one on Ivette, but who knows. I can't believe anything from anyone anymore!
Yup, with donuts!!
Well Janelle was upset last night talking about how Jen was always hitting on Michael. So it sounds like Jen does get around. If I were a guy, I'd be grossed out by Jen! Ew, bad images of her popping Howie's zits are invading my mind... ahhhhh!Originally Posted by may321
I am 99.999999999% sure it will be Sarah going home. Probably by a vote of 6-1.
Another twist...the evicted HG coming back gets to vote????Originally Posted by Broadway
There's no place like home!
yes thats what he said.................
that would be hard to pull off b/c they vote on Wed's but good ideaOriginally Posted by captain
From what I hear and read, Yes.Originally Posted by RachelC
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But maybe julie will say, and guess what HG, Kaysar gets to vote tonight. It's the summer of secrets.....Originally Posted by Melissab73
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HEY, it could happen! lol
they could easily just let him cast his vote before eviction.
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Your_Seraphim 4 years ago#2
That should be helpful, as I haven't played him much.
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Everything you've ever wanted to know about how versatile Krieg can be. I always reach level 50 before checking out any other builds listed on the official forums. If my build is holding me well into UVHM, I don't even look at any for suggestions, but rather to see what people have come up with using the tree I didn't touch. If my build is starting to show signs of aging (like my Gemini build with Axton), then I will consult a few to see how others have allocated their points.
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I saw that massive list of guides and honestly felt overwhelmed @_@
And I always feel panicked when games have skill trees since I'm never certain which to go with, especially when they don't have options to reset skill points (luckily this game does). Hmm, guess I'll try to pick one from that list.
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Legenday_Chaser posted...
I saw that massive list of guides and honestly felt overwhelmed @_@
Why can't you just make your own build rather than have someone else tell you what will be fun?
I don't understand the panicked or overwhelmed parts either. It's entirely up to you how to play this game and given you can respec at any point, why would you just want to follow a cookie-cutter build? Like I mentioned in the other thread linked in the second post, skills hardly matter prior to level 25 and by 31 you should know which tree you want to max first.
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Legenday_Chaser (Topic Creator)4 years ago#6
I just like having a sort of structure when I play games with skill trees. Makes it easier for me. Years of playing games like Maplestory, Elsword, PSO2, etc where they have trees and branches have made me hesitant to just do "anything." Plus I like dealing a lot of damage and like builds that help provide that.
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I found that Light the Fuse didn't do enough damage to get me second winds in PT2+.
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Haven't tried Light the Fuse in PT2 yet, but in PT1 it was pretty great, if only for the mobility. Then again, I had my explosive damage boosted up so high that it really only took one throw on most enemies to come back. On a side note it's kind of funny that, once I decided to change away from a crunch to a slab mod, I hardly ever even dropped into LTF/FFYL in the first place. >_>
Personally, I'd say it's worth trying out at least once. Whether or not you keep it is up to you.
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I don;t think it'd be useful in UVHM since the enemies have so much health in that. But the mobility is very good. Only problem is most teammates see a moving teammate and they won't try to rez you which i found to be very annoying.
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There was an interesting article recently on sportsillustrated.com regarding San Diego State and the Mountain West Conference. As the article points out, the MWC looks like it may very well only get two teams into the NCAA Tournament this season, after getting five teams in last season and finishing as the No. 1 ranked RPI conference in the country.
Pete Thamel, the author of the article, points out that while San Diego State keeps winning, there are still "plenty of reasons to be skeptical." Thamel said that the conference in general has "tanked" this season, largely because UNLV has been "one of the country's biggest busts." Thamel's points are well stated about the MWC and the Aztecs.
Many of his points could equally be applied to the Pac-12 and West Coast conferences as well.
Right now, Gonzaga is the only WCC team that's a safe bet to make the NCAA Tournament. BYU suffered a huge blow in losing to Portland and as of Jan. 30 is listed among the "First Four Out" by Joe Lunardi of ESPN. Lundardi currently has Saint Mary's among the "Last Four In" as a No. 12 seed taking on Oregon in the play-in round.
No other team in the conference has a remote chance at an at-large bid and thus would have to pull off a shocker in the conference tourney to crack the field. If the Bulldogs of Gonzaga aren't careful, they could find themselves on the outside looking in if such an upset did take place in the conference tournament.
Meanwhile in the Pac-12, Lunardi currently has seven teams in the NCAA Tournament, but only one higher than a No. 7 seed. There is only one team, Arizona, that is essentially assured of a spot in the tournament at this point.
Of the other six teams, Oregon and Stanford are both among the "Last Four In" playing in the opening play-in round, and Arizona State and California are both "On the Bubble." That leaves Colorado, a No. 10 seed with its best player out for the season, and UCLA, a No. 7 seed. UCLA should be fairly safe, but the Bruins really don't have any quality wins other than knocking off other non-Arizona Pac-12 teams.
From the state of Utah, there is but one team currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament, and it's not the Cougars, Utes, Aggies, Wildcats or T-Birds. Try the Wolverines of Utah Valley, on top of the revamped WAC with a 6-0 conference record. Go figure.
Here is the seventh edition of the Pac-12/MWC/WCC power rankings (games through Jan. 29).
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Preferential Trading and Welfare: The Small-Union Case Revisited
The welfare analyses of preferential trading arrangements have been characterized by generally inconclusive and messy results. In this paper, I attempt to give order to the analysis of one important case: a union between two small countries. The analysis has two key advantages over the existing literature. First, the model employed is fully general in that it allows for goods that are exported and imported by both partners as well as those that are exported by one and imported by the other partner. Second, the results are derived for finite changes in tariff rates rather than being limited to infinitesimally small changes. The main results of the paper can be summarized as follows. First, assuming all goods to be normal in consumption, if two small countries form a free trade area or exchange some tariff preferences, their joint welfare falls or rises as their joint output, valued at world prices, rises or falls. Second, if, in addition, the numeraire good uses only labor and all other goods use labor and a sector-specific factor, the exchange of preferences or free trade area necessarily lowers the union's joint welfare. Third, a union member is necessarily hurt by its own preferential liberalization. The higher are its external tariffs and the larger its imports from the partner, the more it loses from extending the preferences. Fourth, in the specific-factors case just mentioned, a union member necessarily benefits from the tariff preference it receives from the partner. The more it exports to the partner and the higher the latter's tariffs, the greater the gain. Finally, in the specific-factors case, an FTA benefits a member more the larger its bilateral trade surplus with the partner and the lower its external tariffs relative to the partner.
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Broker will manage convenience channel for fruit snack firm
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mariani Packing Co. Inc. has selected national convenience store broker TNT Marketing Inc. to represent its products nationwide.
As Americans seek more nutritious snacking options, dried fruit is a natural fit for the on-the-go consumer. Mariani offers guilt-free, nutritious choices great for lunching and munching.
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This is Volume 2. Have you listened to Master of the Senate, Volume 1 yet? And don't forget Volume 3.
©2002 Robert A. Caro, Inc.; (P)2002 Books on Tape, Inc.
"Mesmerizing....A tale rife with drama and hypnotic in the telling." (Newsweek)
"A panoramic study....Combining the best techniques of investigative reporting with majestic storytelling ability, Caro has created a vivid, revelatory institutional history as well as a rich hologram of Johnson's character." (The New York Times)
"Caro must be America's greatest living Presidential biographer....No other contemporary biographer offers such a complex picture of the forces driving an American politician, or populates his work with such vividly drawn secondary characters." (BusinessWeek)
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"An off-read for one of the best!"
Yes - Two reasons: 1) Most obviously, you can't listen to volume 3 without volume 2 and after volume 1, you can't help but to want more and more of this.
There were so many repeats that at least once every 20 minutes it happened. There were other very odd starts and stops and perhaps part of a chapter missing. All in all, I don't know that I think it is that big of a deal - however, Grover Gardner is such an incredible narrator and commands such incredible admiration for his narration, the constant repeats and breaks are all the more shocking. Seems as though Vol. II was rushed in order that Volume 3 could be released. I will note that in Vol I and III Gardner was and then returned to his near flawless command of the story. However, Vol. II is the worst recording (in terms of repeats and cut-offs) I've ever listened to of the nearly 50 audio books over the past two years.
"Surprising editing mistakes mar a great book."
Caro's insight, depth, and prose style -- combined with the narrator's performance -- make for a fascinating book.
Many audio books include an editing error or even two: typically a repeated sentence. This book, astonishingly, includes EIGHT OR NINE such repetitions. It should be reedited to reflect the quality of the author and narrator.
"Glitchy recording great story."
I love Caro's series. This segment has a few glitches, it repeats itself many times throughout the recording,it skips back 10 seconds. I also think it is not fair that the first book is one segment, the second book is one segment, and the third book is three segments. The first book is 40 hrs. Why must the third book be broken into three 15 hr sections?
"Master of the Senate in 3 Audible Acts"
Tour de force!
The history of the U.S. Senate that opens this volume.
I don't think I have listened to another GG narration. But GG was a great choice for this vast undertaking. He's there for the duration and never gets in the way. A real pro.
I think it would be the story of Leland Olds.
"great but repeats"
This is a great book, with rich historical detail. I love how Caro sets the right context by offering numerous historical sketches in which to set the moments of Johnson's life. Gardner's reading is superb, warmly bringing the subject to life. However, this wonderful book and presentation are marred by the audio recording in which, on a regular basis (sometimes once a chapter), sentences are repeated. Overall, an excellent product!
"gripping story of the workings of the US Senate"
gives the most exhaustive treatment to both the career of Lyndon Johnson, the workings of the senate and the ascendancy of the united states in the striving for equality
Lyndon Jophnson because he hit his full stride as a politician, statesman and person
the details of the voting rights act amendments
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it is a shame that this book has to be sold in three seperate volumes by audible. it is an exhaustive and very long book, which is understandable but Audible should come up with packaging it more econimically
"An excellent clear history"
This history is worth reading / listening to for all who are fascinated by the personal effort and thought that goes into the best politics. Well written, well researched.
"Great book, great narration, shoddy editing"
Putting aside the fact that it takes three credits to listen to this whole book (which is annoying, but sort of understandable given its length), the amount of repeated lines in this edit is pretty lazy.
"Odd Repeated Sentances"
Great book, but this volume had sentences that would repeat for no reason. I am also disappointed that audible split up this book into three pieces. This made them three of the shorter "books" I have purchased on Audible.
"Sloppy Editing"
Great book and good performance, except that at half a dozen points the audio includes multiple edits of the same passage. Inexplicably sloppy.
"Great book, great narrator, surprisingly poor edit"
The book is brilliant, the story fascinating and the narration excellent.
But the editing of the second part of the three-part audio book is surprisingly poor. On more than a dozen occasions bits of text are repeated as the audio track suddenly doubles back by a few words or even a few sentences. The first part was edited professionally without such errors. It looks like by the time of the second part time or budget was too short to avoid repeatedly making a basic mistake.
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Merle Haggard's Hall Of Fame Induction, 1994
Country Music's ultimate honor is being inducted into the prestigious Country Music Hall Of Fame.
In 2013, the inductee's included Bobby Bare and the 'Gambler', Kenny Rogers.
Only the very best of the very best are members of this iconic club.
It was 1994 that the Hall welcomed a man who I believe is the greatest country music singer (and one of it's greatest writers) of all time.
Here's the night the Country Music hall of Fame welcomed it's newest member, the great Merle Haggard.
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Monday, April 30, 2007
You Don't Win on Defense
Last week I had the rare opportunity to take off the Dean hat and put on the Academic hat, and actually attend a small academic conference. It was dedicated to questions of higher education and the changes being wrought in it (and on it) by various economic forces. Most of the speakers hold tenured positions at R1 universities, except for a few representatives from K-12 teachers' unions. I only found out about the conference through a personal connection, and I'm fairly sure that I was the only person there affiliated with a cc.
Although I share political sympathies with most of the people there, I found the (almost universal) line of argument they used hopelessly tired and defeatist. And they didn't have the first clue what to make of me.
The assumption they all started with is that the normal and natural state of things is that public universities devote themselves to bringing the classical academic disciplines to the masses, in return for which the masses gladly pony up support for ample tenure-track positions. Any deviation from this vision – whether because of students choosing other majors, universities employing adjuncts, proprietary colleges springing up, or even students starting at cc's and transferring – is clearly less desirable, and to be explained through references to Republicans, globalization, and the Iraq war. The way back to the golden age, they all agreed, was through an unspecified alliance of faculty, labor, and students, whose interests, it was assumed, naturally converge. The various speakers differed in their estimation of the likelihood of that actually happening, but the way forward, to them, was clear.
It was unspeakably depressing. These are intelligent people, well-meaning and well-read. And the best they could do was to hope that a broad-based social democratic labor movement would spring up from out of nowhere and magically transport us all back to 1968, when we didn't squander public funds on stupid wars in Asia.
Wait, check that...
It wasn't until the drive home that I realized that the word I heard most frequently was 'defend.' We need to defend the university against 'corporatization,' need to defend tenure against the forces of ignorance, etc.
No, no, no. If your only moves are defense and magical thinking, you're doing something fundamentally wrong. You don't win on defense.
Looking back on it, these folks feel so utterly besieged that they can't conceptualize much beyond hitting back. They're so busy playing defense that they haven't given serious thought to what it is that they're actually defending. It's hard to make conceptual leaps when you're fighting rearguard actions, and it's hard to get a good look at the landscape when you're covering up.
Worse, it's hard to talk honestly about what reforms really need to be made when you've adopted a bunker mentality. At that point, any recognition of the necessity of change brings with it the fear of a slippery slope to perdition.
When I raised a few points at the conference, I was treated as a sort of space alien. They were so far gone, they couldn't recognize an ally when they saw one. It made me sad.
To my mind, bringing higher education to the masses is the goal. That's the first-order good, the thing we shouldn't compromise. Most of the trappings of traditional higher ed – tenure, geographically defined service areas, expectations for published research nobody will read – are, at best, second-order goods (and sometimes not even that); at most, they're instrumental. To collapse the second into the first is to make the kind of basic category error that allows new institutions to come along and change everything. Better to keep our priorities straight, and not waste time defending the indefensible, the obsolete, or the irrelevant.
History is littered with the carcasses of institutions that refused, on principle, to change. I care too much about higher ed to stand idly by and let that happen without a fight.
On a related note, I am glad to hear the "larger forces" (ie AHA, Chronicle) are actually starting to notice that CCs play a vital role in what we do in academe - especially for students.
One of the best things I did in grad school was adjunct at a nearby cc knowing that they were going to be hiring more humanities professors than the other types of institutions. And, it demonstrated to teaching-oriented 4 year institutions that I could hold my own in a primarily teaching environment on top of my previous K-12 experience.
Great insight, as always!
Later, with Vietnam, the door was opened wider and wider -- to include people going to graduate school to avoid the draft. With a new pool of labor available, administrators tried using adjunct labor to teach classes profs didn't want to teach and which consist of more and more of 'the people', while collecting the same amount of tuition. Since administrators (which are often also tenured faculty) can do math, they can see the profit to be made on the backs of adjuncts.
Finally, since the drive now is to have people go to college or end up destitute, every course release or research sabbatical needs to be covered by someone, and since other tenured profs are busy doing their own research or sabbatical, adjuncts are necessary to actually DO the teaching.
Sorry for the rant, but from the point of view of a CC faculty member, the R1 prof perspective brings out the worst in me.... and the fact that they don't even realize we've taught their students for the first two years so they don't have to -- and they still barely recognize our existence doesn't help!
Actually, I don't believe that you are an ally of these folks. You seek to dismantle tenure (you've said so before), and these folks cherish it.
I think the "solution" to this problem will be different for each school. With funding based on enrollment falling, colleges will turn increasingly to other sources of income. R1 will continue to push reasearch for the funding it brings. What I'd be interested in hearing about is what the community colleges can do in the environment to bolster themselves (since research seems not to be your answer to this problem).
This is not the only goal or necessarily even the most important goal. You also have people developing medical devices, more efficient wireless protocols, better imgaging systems to detect cancer,...
(The universities in the bay area also seem to be good at incubating startup companies.)
"Bringing higher education to the masses" is NOT the goal of research institutions like the University of California.
inside the philosophy factory said "with Vietnam, the door was opened wider and wider--to include people going to graduate school to avoid the draft." Nope. A student deferrment was good for four years, and after graduation, you went right to the top of the list of potential draftees. Graduate school did not keep you out of the army.
You repeatedly say, both explicity and implicitly, that your hands are tied, that you occupy a functional position between a slew of competing interests, and the best you can hope to do is satisfy the bottom line while not sacrifcing too much. In fact, you've practically lectured me on this very point.
And okay, I say, I see your point and position and it's not enviable -- though you get a good salary and have health benefits. But when you then turn around and claim you're an ally, well, sorry I suddenly feel something in my throat.
You're an ally of yourself, DD, not anyone else. And that's fine. That's the stance every manager I have ever encoutnered takes. The trick is to make the job work in such a way that everything works as smoothly as possible. Granted, it's an ongoing process, but that's the goal. And if hiring adjuncts, or beige adjuncts gets you through the day, well, man, you don't even blink. You do what you gotta' do.
As for the seige like stance you encountered at this conference, well, obviously as one of tose indirectly aiding in the seige, it stands to reason that their attitude would be perplexing.
The R1s get a lot of attention because there's a huge chunk of students at not that many schools. But there are just as many students at CCs as there are at R1s (that's real data, not an intuition). The problem is that CCs are hard to market to because they're smaller and more dispersed.
But because CCs are small, they're nimble in a way that R1s really can't be, and they're much more diverse in their approaches to teaching. Which is why some of them have become so successful that they've grown almost to the same size as some R1s.
It's an interesting time to be in higher ed.
We have three guiding principles that universities are obliged to follow, with at least nominal power to withdraw support if a university fails repeatedly and consistently at these:
1) Provide higher education
2) Perform research
3) Dissipate recent research to the broader public.
I'm not certain about the order of the two first, but I know #3 really is #3, since this is what no university is really equipped to do, and where the science clubs can get leverage.
On the one hand, this comment is largely irrelevant, since it deals with a situation that's more of everyone you described's pipe dream than the reality in the US. On the other hand, it sketches a situation where noone ignores neither teaching nor research - even the smallest colleges are expected to keep up with research if not perform world leading research - if nothing else then so that they can claim to have real researchers doing the teaching.
Please tell me, a simple engineer, what "the classical academic disciplines" are. Are they synonymous with the "higher education" that you refer to in your second statement?
Thanks, Keith
Basic fact is that the public has a choice. They can buy a product that includes lots of nice things for the people that deliver it or they can but an import with cheaper seats. I guess the public doesn't care that much about tenure.
I hope the increasingly hostile comments you've been receiving lately don't turn you away from blogging. I really value reading about academia from your perspective, even when I strongly disagree with it!
At the top, two things happened at about the same time: Vietnam and the peak in the Baby Boom entering college. Effects of one are easily confused with the other. The former had some effects on grad school enrollment, but those deferments were short lived. The bigger driver of grad school (in my field) was demand for faculty to teach all those kids going to college. When 90% get faculty jobs, the market looks pretty good. This hiring ended circa the last years of Vietnam when the enrollment crest became visible.
With those people locked in and a large pool of people trained for nothing else, adjuncts and other medium term positions were the only rational answer for the next 25 years. Just look at the age structure of large R1 universities, and the wave of retirements that are coming ... just as the Baby Boom Echo crests (and falls?).
The glacial response of R1s is why CCs will likely play an increasing role in higher ed. Lower salaries, even for full timers, and flexibility in what we can teach means we can take risks and respond to fluctuating demands.
We may also be better prepared, just by our nature, to help students cross the increasingly wide divide between the way an average HS is run and the independent learning skills needed to succeed in a college class. If you spend your time inventing the next WiFi network, or funding the students that do it, your operating level will be a bit above today's HS student. We can help.
PS to SL -
Read your posting and you might understand why people are cautious about hiring you into a full-time position.
Being defensive is, essentially, a good indication in a loosely-defined collective that there is no communal defense.
For reasons that will hopefully become apparent in a couple weeks, give or take... I like that. Not to be ominous or intentionally obscurantist.
Just, frankly, tired of trying to fix the meat grinder form the inside.
More in a bit. But in general, I think the failure you sensed is an encouraging thing. Sometimes you have to fish or get off the can. As it were. Maybe we're close to the "get off the can" stage of things, in higher education.
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Steve Burriss serves as President of UNC REX Healthcare, an affiliate of UNC Health Care. From April 2012 to April 2015 he served as the chief operating officer at UNC REX, and oversaw all operations at the 660-bed organization, at six locations in Wake County, with more than 5,400 co-workers.
Prior to his role as COO, Steve served as senior vice president of operations and ambulatory services, managing a variety of areas, including UNC REX Cancer Center, heart and vascular services, physician services and ambulatory services. Under Steve's leadership, UNC REX added three new health campuses, two joint ventured surgery centers and more than 150 physicians.
Steve joined UNC REX Healthcare in 1998 as director of human resources and was later promoted to vice president of human resources. Steve was named a "COO to know" by Becker's Hospital Review in 2013 and received recognition from the Triangle Business Journal as "40 Under 40." During his tenure, UNC REX was highlighted as one of the Top 50 Hospitals in the U.S. by Becker's Hospital Review.
Steve takes an active role in the Triangle community. He has served on the executive leadership team for the American Heart Association, the board for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the executive leadership committee for Light the Night Walk, the board of directors for the Cary Chamber of Commerce and the Health Care Works Coalition. He served as the 2015 March of Dimes' Triangle March for Babies Chairman.
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Linda serves as a John Rex Endowment Board Member and Finance Committee Member. She is also on the boards of Raleigh Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Commission and Capital Care Collaborative. In 2012, she participated in Leadership NC as a member of class XIX. UNC REX CMO Linda Butler named "100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know," by Becker's Hospital Review in 2013 and 2014.
She earned degrees in Nuclear Engineering from N.C. State University and University of Florida, and received her medical training at UNC Chapel Hill.
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Bob received his Masters of Business Administration from Pfeiffer University in 2000, and his Bachelors of Science Degree from Greensboro College. He is a Registered Respiratory Therapist, and past NC Society for Respiratory Care President & National Delegate to the American Association of Respiratory Care. Bob served in the Marine Corps from 1976-1980. He actively serves on the Board of Directors for the Community Care of North Carolina.
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