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Saturday, July 16, 2005
Shaping Up
More press for Greg Brunner's newly cut physique, this time from Kelly Beaton of the W-CF Courier -
It was clear to all in attendance in North Liberty that night, as it has allI'm as excited as anyone by what we've seen from Brunner this summer, but I'm also pretty excited that Greg's attitude is rubbing off on his teammates.
summer, that Brunner is a man who has undergone a metamorphosis: From a freshman
huffing and puffing up the court at Florida State, to a leaner, meaner senior
who's a threat from 20-feet on in.
"Guys are just really trying to get into shape," said teammate and WaterlooI've read a lot about the benefits of proper nutrition for my own sake over the past year, and I think people often overlook its importance. There's a notion that athletes work so hard on the court and in the weight room that they can eat whatever they want, and while they can get away with more than inactive people, athletes can really enhance their performance with a healthy diet.
native Mike Henderson. "Everybody on our roster ... Brunner's cut weight, I've
cut weight, Jeff (Horner's) cut weight, Adam (Haluska's) cut weight. Erek
(Hansen's) putting on weight."
Beaton also wrote an article about former Waterloo East teammates Henderon and Carlton Reed moving in together. My favorite line -
". . .Reed, who carried a rather pedestrian 1.09-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio*Cough, cough* Um, Mike Henderson, he of the rather awful 0.66 assist-to-turnover ratio is going to teach Reed? Mike Henderson, he of the 2.3 assists per 40 minutes while playing point guard is going to show Carlton Reed, he of the 2.7 ast / 40 min while playing off guard, how to distribute the ball? Let's hope that's just unconfirmed speculation. By the way Beaton, Henderson had 59 turnovers last year, not 59 assists. At least according to ESPN, Hawkeye Sports, and Sports Illustrated.
last year, is making a concerted effort this summer to work on his ball-handling
- especially while navigating through traffic. Henderson could probably
teach his younger buddy a thing or two in that department."
Friday, July 15, 2005
Reader Response Question of the Day
Due to students' refusal to further acquiesce rising tuition rates and the resulting budget cuts, the Iowa Board of Regents must consolidate the athletic departments of Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI. Your job, as coach of the new basketball superpower, is to select your starting five from among the three schools' collective roster.
Here are the rules. . .
- Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI players only
- A player must be expected to make a roster for the 2005-06 season (e.g., Theo Davis is OK, Jared Homan is out).
- No positional requirements. i.e, you can pick five guards, but you better be prepared to back up your choices.
- Choose players that you think would best allow your team to win right now. Offense and defense both matter.
- Choose five players, and five players only. Don't say, "I'll take these four guys, and these two guys will each play 20 minutes." The less players you can choose, the harder the choices become, and the louder the debate gets.
- Incoming freshmen are allowed.
Will you build around speed? Outside shooting? Tough post play? Who will distribute the ball? Who will shutdown other teams' go-to guy? There's plenty of quality guys to choose from, but it won't be easy to cut the list down to five. Here are links to rosters to get you started.
Iowa State
Northern Iowa
You can post your starting five (and supporting reasons, if you like) in the comments of this post. I'll get my lineup out soon - by Monday for sure.
Like Jim Rome says - "have a take and don't suck!"
Thursday, July 14, 2005
New Hawkeye Hoops Stats Primer
If you're ever confused by the numbers/stats/terms I use on my blog, I'd advise you to check out my new Stats Primer. If you're new to this blog (and I think several of you are recently), you might want to familiarize yourself with the concepts in the Primer, because I won't be using many traditional stats in my posts in the near future. You'll also want an understanding of that stuff if you feel like checking the archives of posts I wrote during last season.
The Primer is intended to replace my Stats Glossary, which will be gone when I add the individual stats to the Primer.
Cyclone Quick Hits
Here's wishing a speedy recovery to Fred Hoiberg, the NBA veteran and former Iowa State guard who recently underwent open heart surgery, which included the placement of a permanent pacemaker. He was sent home after the initial surgery, but had to be taken back to the hospital after he blacked out while climbing his stairs. Doctors say he could play again, but will miss most or all of next season.
Hoiberg is a favorite of mine, not only because he's an Iowa native, but because he was such an efficient scorer in the NBA. His numbers bring smiles to the faces of stats geeks everywhere, including one of the mainstream ones. I don't want to go too in depth today, but suffice it to say that when (1) half of your field goal attempts are threes, (2) you lead the league in 3pt%, and (3) you don't miss many free throws, your efficiency numbers will look very appealing.
When I was an undergrad, I had an older professor who had spent time as an engineer, an attorney, and as a prominent city government official. He was basically retired and obviously didn't need the teaching salary, so his lectures often drifted from the course material and morphed into discussions of his colorful history, including this memorable story. He had an accident with his lawn mower one spring and lopped of the end of his thumb. He yelled into the house to instruct his wife to call ahead to the hospital. She excitedly dialed the ER, which caused a mild hysteria to spread throughout the area as rumors started flying. Once he arrived to the hospital, though, there was a collective sigh of relief. Why all the anxiety? Apparently March is a bad time to alert Ames residents that the Mayor just lost his thumb in a mowing accident.
One other link to pass along. Since I just recently got my internet up and going again, I've been bumming around different blogs to see what I've missed during the offseason. An old post at The Chris West Basketball Journal reminded of a (an?) hilarious blog that former Cyclone Paul Shirley typed up while on a road trip with the Phoenix Suns back in March. What I didn't know was that, due to popular demand, Shirley wrote a second rendition, this one during Phoenix's playoff run. There's plenty of stuff to read through on both journals, but they're well worth the time. Apparently, his blog has been so popular that Shirley will be writing a book, which he calls "a collection of all the ups and downs that have been my journey through professional basketball—overseas, the minor leagues, the NBA, maybe the occasional rock concert reference." If recollections of those experiences are as entertaining as his time with the Suns, I can't wait to reserve a copy.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Prime Time Recap - July 13
I felt that Monday's PTL action was some of the best exhibition basketball I'd seen in a while. Tonight's games veered sharply toward the opposite end of the spectrum. Turnovers, blowouts, uncalled fouls and questionable effort (even for a summer league) from some players diminished my enjoyment, but the night wasn't a total loss.
My night started in the old gym for the 6:00 game between Team 5 (Alex Thompson, Tony Freeman, Duez Henderson) and Team 6 (Erek Hansen, Ben Jacobson, Dean Oliver). Team 6 was playing shorthanded since two of their big contributors, Jordan Eglseder (Bellevue-Marquette) and Jason Bohannon (Linn-Mar), both played at last week's Nike All-American Camp. Of the remaining players, only Hansen had any size to defend the post, and only Jacobson and Oliver could be considered big scoring threats.
The game got so out of hand so early that I moved to the new gym at half time. Team 6 tried to work the ball into Hansen throughout most of the first half, which resulted in the expected dropped passes, stripped balls, and less surprisingly, blocked shots. I counted four separate times where Thompson redirected Hansen's shot, and I only saw the first half. To his credit, Hansen did knock down some mid-range jumpers, which he does consistently. Team 5 took advantage of plenty of turnovers for easy layups and dunks and ran away to a 57-31 halftime lead. Here's the scoring breakdown (first half only).
Players' schools listed here.
Team 5
Alex Thompson, 11
Tony Freeman, 12
Duez Henderson, 14
Jason Price, 2
Nate Swetalla, 16 (got hot and hit 4 threes)
Mason Stewart, 2
Team 6
Erek Hansen, 8
Ben Jacobson, 11
Dean Oliver, 2
Jake Lappe, 8
Tony Wilcox, 2
Like I said, I could only handle so much of a blowout in which one team had no offense, so I split at halftime to take in the second half of Team 3 (Adam Haluska, Grant Stout, Atila Santos) vs. Team 8 (Seth Gorney, Carlton Reed, Matt Burks). Unfortunately, this game was even more unbalanced. A 52-42 halftime lead for Team 3 exploded into a 122-87 victory over the next 20 minutes. That's no typo - Team 8's total disinterest with the concept of defense led to a 70 point half for Team 3.
One of the first things you notice about Team 8 is the odd body types. Aside from Gorney, who looks like the typical plodding center, you can see why this team can't defend and is on their way to a winless summer season. Burks is a poor man's Francisco Garcia, a tall, rail-thin wingman with a nice jump shot and some decent moves, but no match for Haluska, the muscular former sprinter. They also have Brennan Swayzer, a tall post player who makes Hansen look plump. The lineup is rounded out by Julian Seay, a point guard who might stand 5'6" and looks like he's spent far more time perfecting his NBA Live dynasty than his jump shot.
As for individual performances, Haluska looked capable of scoring whenever he wanted to. He must've had 30 pounds on Burks and had no trouble blowing past him for layups, but he often seemed more interested in getting his teammates involved (like Brett Wessels, who hit five threes in the half. Wessels looks like a solid shooter - it seems like he's been on fire every time I've seen him play. He doesn't offer much defensively, though). Stout and Gorney spent a good chunk of the half on the bench, so I can't say too much about their play. Reed really wanted to take on the defense by himself, which led to a few turnovers and some bad shots, but his teammates didn't exactly do much to help him out. He looks really quick on the floor this summer.
Scoring breakdown, second half only.
Team 3
Adam Haluska, 20
Grant Stout, 6
Atila Santos, 6
Justin Wieck, 8
Brett Wessels, 17
Dallas Hodges, 2
Kevin Andrews, 11
Team 8
Seth Gorney, 2
Carlton Reed, 7
Matt Burks, 14
Brennan Swayzer, 7
Julian Seay, 7
J.R. Rice, 3
The 7:30 round of games featured a matchup I was excited about for a few days. Greg Brunner's 7-0 Team 1 squared off against Jeff Horner's 3-4 Team 2. I pretty much go see Brunner's team play whenever I go to the PTL, so I've missed a lot of Horner's games. The league's top two draft picks going head-to-head was easily the marquee game tonight.
The game lived up to expectations early on. Every first half possession for Team 1 seemed to go through Brunner, and he had no trouble carrying the load. A mixture of strong post moves and short jumpers resulted in a 24 point half for the big guy. If you count the second half of Monday's game, that's a 40 minute stretch where Brunner scored 53 points (if you're scoring at home, or if you're by yourself). Horner played well himself, dropping three treys on the way to a 15 point half. Like Monday night, Team 1 held a one point halftime lead, this time at 48-47.
The second half was a different story for Brunner. He missed a couple threes early, and the team stopped going to him. He didn't make his first basket until the 14:30 mark. A few minutes later, Team 2's bench ignited a run that put the team up by 8 with 8 minutes to go. Ali Farokhmanesh and Bruce Sain each hit two threes during the rally. Team 2 held a comfortable lead until Kenyon Murray drove toward an open lane with his team down by three with about three minutes to go. He must've seen some movement out of the corner of his eye, because a seemingly easy layup from the left side turned into a reverse layup from the right side that rolled off the rim. Team 2 raced to the other end for an easy layup that pretty much put the game out of reach. Now that I think about it, it was fairly similar to the ending of the Iowa-Illinois matchup in Iowa City last year, where Dee Brown picked up a missed Iowa opportunity and raced to the other end to close it out.
Scoring Leaders
Team 1
Greg Brunner, 33
Kevin Sams, 15
Brooks McKowen, 10
Kenyon Murray, 17
Marcus Leloux, 12
Oral Wright, 4
Team 2
Jeff Horner, 27
Darryl Moore, 16
John Little, 7
Andrew Naeve, 8
Kyle Schlaak, 17
Matt Brown, 4
Ryan Kennedy, 2
Ali Farokhmanesh, 6
Bruce Sain, 8
That's all the PTL action until Monday, when there will be a couple more exciting matchups. Team 1, in first place at 7-1, will be trying to lock up the tournament's #1 seed and an easy first round game against Team 8 when they play a solid Team 7. In the 7:30 round, Team 2 plays Team 5, which will give us a chance to see Freeman go up against Horner, a battle of future vs. past point guards that might hint at who will be Iowa's PG of the present.
Heading Out The Door. . .
It's Wednesday, which means more PTL basketball later tonight. I'll be going back, so expect a recap of the games I see, in a similar fashion to my post from the other day. That will be up late tonight or early tomorrow, now that I'm returning to insomnia. The league finally decided to update their own website, and they promise fresh stats by the end of the week. Geeks like me are holding their breath.
In the meantime, be sure to check out Illini Wonk and Mark Tupper (here and here) for updates on Sherron Collins, the high school point guard who most experts rank as #2 at the position nationwide. He hasn't committed to a college yet, but it appears Iowa and Illinois are his top choices.
Monday, July 11, 2005
From The Bleachers
I was back in North Liberty tonight for what turned out to be some of the most exciting exhibition basketball I think I have ever seen. Most of the fun stemmed from the up-tempo action taking place on the court, but I also derived a certain geeky satisfaction from remembering to bring a pen so I could take notes and keep track of individual scores.
Tonight was each team's seventh game of the Prime Time League season, and I quickly noticed how much more cohesive the teams were compared to their performance from the two or three other nights I showed up to watch. Plays were smoother, passes crisper, athletes more conditioned, and alley oops better coordinated. Heck, I think Erek Hansen even hung onto a couple passes! Just kidding, I didn't see his team play tonight. (All joking aside, I heard he played pretty well.)
Team Seven 101, Team Three 87
From the six o'clock matchups I chose to watch Team 3 against Team 7, which featured Iowa's Adam Haluska and UNI's Grant Stout against Erik Crawford and Matt Schneiderman, who are current and former Panthers, respectively. My main reason for watching this game was that I hadn't seen Haluska play yet this summer. That will probably be my reason to watch his team again on Wednesday, because Adam hardly played tonight. For whatever reason, he spent 1/3 to 1/2 of the game on the bench. When he was on the court, Haluska used his athleticism to post up for short bank shots and layups, but his jump shot was consistently off the mark, and he only finished with 11 points. This game turned into a showcase of current and former UNI players. It was close until about 7:00 remained, then Crawford led a charge that enabled Team Seven to pull away.
I was very impressed with Stout from UNI in this game. I'll admit that I didn't see the Panthers play much last season, so I'm a little unfamiliar with the UNI guys in the PTL. The talent from UNI in this league has been eye-opening. Back to Stout - he handled the interior well, making the close shots and grabbing lots of rebounds, but his range was a surprise to me. He knocked down four treys, and added excellent defense. I didn't keep an official count, but he must've blocked at least three or four shots. Crawford reminds me a lot of Haluska - both are strong, quick wingmen who are just as comfortable slicing toward the basket as they are burying their opponents with threes. He and Haluska guarded each other when both were playing, and Crawford easily won the matchup. He took over the game late with some hot jump shooting and finished with 27 points.
Note - The game was tied 4-4 when I first showed up, so there are eight points unaccounted for in the following list.
Leading Scorers, Team 7
Erik Crawford, UNI..........................27, four 3FG
Jared Josten, UNI...........................15
Daniel Bohall, Iowa.........................13
Matt Schneiderman, ex-UNI...........12
David Haywood, ex-Chicago HS....10
Ev Pedescleaux, UNI.......................9
Carlos Taylor, SE CC......................7
Travis Brown, UNI............................2
Nick Iversen, Kirkwood.....................2
Jimmie Hobart, Iowa City HS...........0
Leading Scorers, Team 3
Grant Stout, UNI.............................27, four 3FG
Adam Haluska, Iowa.......................11
Atila Santos, UNI.............................11
Dallas Hodges, Wayne St...............11
Brett Wessels, Iowa.........................7
Justin Wieck, Iowa............................5
Kevin Andrews, CR Xavier HS.........5
Brian Haak, UNI.................................3
Brett Baumgart, Grandview..............3
Team One 108, Team Five 100
This looked like a fun matchup on paper, and it played out as an even better game on the court. It presented matchups like Greg Brunner (1) posting up the kid (Alex Thompson, 5) who's trying to earn minutes alongside him in the upcoming season, Kenyon Murray (1) taking on a similarly-styled former Hawk (Duez Henderson, 5), and the Chicago native, future team PG (Tony Freeman, 5) taking on Brooks McKowen(1), a former Mr. Basketball in Iowa and the state's all-time leading high school scorer.
This game was fast-paced and intensely fought throughout, and you could sense that the crowd was really enjoying it. Team 1 started on an eight point run, but former Hawk Jason Price went on a ridiculous tear to bring Team 5 back. He hit five threes before the midpoint of the first half and had 17 points at the break. Price handled the scoring load while his teammate Tony Freeman seemed to struggle against the bigger, more physical McKowen (that would change). Team 1 was much more balanced in the first half - Brunner, Murray, and UNI's Dylan Grimsley each hit two first half threes and had 14, 10, and 9 points, respectively, at intermission. Team 1 held the slimmest of leads at 47-46.
In the next half, Freeman picked up right where Price left off. He dropped four bombs from outside the arc in the first 5:30. He could not miss on his jump shot (OK, he did miss one or two, including an ill-advised deep shot late in the game), and wound up with 22 second half points and 7 threes overall. I also thought his quickness defensively was a real asset, as he held McKowen to 10 points.
Funny thing was this - you got the feeling that hardly anyone noticed Freeman's Alford-esque torching of the defense, because the second half belonged to Greg Brunner. He pulled out all the stops - there were easy putbacks off rebounds, slick up and under moves, turnaround jump shots, and the ever-increasing barrage of three pointers. He even owned the crowd, drawing a round of chuckles with a "I didn't hear anything" remark after his teammate made a clearly audible slap at the ball. At this point, Brunner can do no wrong (which is more than I can say about this lonely bystander. The picture might not be clear, but that is in fact Mr. Pierce).
The much discussed weight loss, in my mind, makes Brunner more agile in the post. He seems to go from offensive rebound to easy layup more quickly than ever. Increased quickness shouldn't hurt his defense, either. Thompson looked quite frustrated with his inability to do anything against Brunner in the first half. Alex scored two buckets as soon as Greg went to the bench for a breather, and Team 1's coach wisely sent him back in. I know it's only a summer league and too far away from the start of the season to get too excited, but I'm getting giddy about what this guy (I'd say "kid" if it weren't for the hair) could accomplish during his senior season. I'd expect plenty more shots from spots like here and here this year. We'll get a good guage of where Brunner is rather soon when he and Jeff Horner try out for the World University Games.
As for tonight's game, Brunner was way too much down the stretch. He poured in 29 second half points to help his team pull away in a game that was tied with under six minutes to go. Brunner also pulled in a game high 17 rebounds.
Worth noting - Team 5 connected on a jaw-dropping 20 three-pointers. Team 1 managed "only" 15.
Leading Scorers, Team 1
Greg Brunner, Iowa...........................43, six 3FG
Dylan Grimsley, UNI..........................20, four 3FG
Kenyon Murray, ex-Iowa...................16
Marcus Leloux, ex-NW College.........12
Brooks McKowen, UNI......................10
Rodney Jackson, Kirkwood.................6
Ron Steverson, ex-Clinton CC............1
Leading Scorers, Team 5
Tony Freeman, Iowa...........................25, seven 3FG
Duez Henderson, ex-Iowa...................22
Jason Price, ex-Iowa...........................20, six 3FG
Alex Thompson, Iowa..........................14
Mason Stewart, UNI...............................9
Shaun Logan, Kirkwood.........................4
Nate Swetalla, Augustana......................3
Dain Swetalla, Augustana......................3
Ahhhhh, it feels good to blog again. I hope you agree.


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2 August 2004
Reflections on Australia's regressive refugee policies
M. Crock. & B. Saul Future Seekers: Refugees and the Law in Australia, Leichhardt, The Federation Press, 2002 (152 pp). ISBN 1-86287-403-4 (paperback) RRP $24.95.
D. McMaster Asylum Seekers: Australia's Response to Refugees, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2001 (272 pp). IBSN 0-52284-961-X (paperback) RRP $38.45.
D. Marr & M. Wilkinson Dark Victory: The Military Campaign to Re-elect the Prime Minister, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2003 (360 pp). ISBN 1-86508-939-7 (paperback) RRP $29.95.
H. Tyler Asylum: Voices Behind the Razor Wire, South Melbourne, Lothian Books, 2003 (288 pp). ISBN: 0-73440-536-7 (paperback) $24.95.
P. Weller Don't Tell the Prime Minister, Melbourne, Scribe Short Books, 2002 (112 pp). ISBN 0-90801-176-8 (paperback) $14.95.
Australia's treatment of refugees is a distressing chapter in our history. In the last decade and a half, both Labor and Coalition governments have done much to compromise our obligations as a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees. But the Howard Government has built on Labor initiatives with uncompromising zeal. It has maintained detention of asylum seekers, limited refugee rights to sanctuary through Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs), and created the 'Pacific solution' by excising Australian territory in the 'migration zone' and establishing offshore Pacific island detention centres. The rationale for these and other changes to migration policy has been to restore the orderly management of Australia's refugee program as well as to defend the integrity of the nation's borders from the threat of a supposed invasion of 'boat people'.
The government's tough approach to asylum seekers served it well in 2001. Whether the status of refugees will retain the purchase with the electorate as it did in 2001 is now less certain. This is in part thanks to the good working of the Australian public sphere. In Dark Victory, journalists David Marr and Marian Wilkinson have exposed the government's deception about asylum seekers. Scholarly interventions, including Don McMaster's Asylum Seekers and Future Seekers by Mary Crock and Ben Saul, have highlighted Australia's retreat from its obligations as a signatory to the Geneva Convention. Pat Weller's Don't Tell the Prime Minister extends this analysis, considering the impact the refugee issue has had on the capacity of the public service to undertake its responsibilities 'without fear or favour'.
These studies, which all contest the shift in Australia's approach to asylum and granting protection to refugees, leave us much better informed about the plight of asylum seekers and refugees. They make it clear that official justifications for a restrictive approach to asylum seekers are largely rhetorical. They show that the oft-repeated arguments that 'boat people' are really 'economic refugees' and 'queue-jumpers' who enter Australia illegally—or simply seek asylum in Australia and not those 'safe-haven third countries'—are untrue. It turns out that despite strict screening, most 'boat people' who appeal the initial rejection of their applications for asylum are found to be genuine refugees under the Convention. And refugees have a right to seek asylum even if this means crossing the seas to seek sanctuary. Indeed, many countries that first take refugees cannot offer asylum because they are not signatories to the Convention and, when they are, refugee numbers are often already burdensome.
Arguments that Australia's government has acted in the interests of domestic law and order or has prevented refugees taking unfair advantage of generous Australian welfare are also hard to sustain. Coalition refugee policy reveals further violations of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Convention, including the right to apply for asylum, the right to protection from persecution, and the principle of non-discrimination. And even when it comes to intake levels, Australia does not have a generous refugee program.
Each of the studies reviewed exposes the different ways Howard's 2001 re-election strategy politicised refugees. The government argued that it wanted to defend the integrity of the nation from multitudes of illegal (and non-Caucasian) people. But its real motivation was to cut the political ground from under Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party. Dark Victory best presents the political story behind the government's efforts to take advantage of asylum seekers by talking up the threat they posed. One intriguing aspect of this campaign was the abuse of the political process it entailed: Howard, Ruddock, and Reith all resolutely stirred the refugee pot and kept 'boat people' inanimate objects of border security ambitions. Media, lawyers, and others were all blocked from direct contact with asylum seekers and refugees. The whole design and administration of government policy was orchestrated to deny the humanity and dignity of refugees.
In identifying refugees as 'the other' in the dominant political discourse, Don McMaster's Asylum Seekers carries the debate on the shift in Australian politics to a more critical plain. Heather Tyler's Asylum: Voices Behind the Razor Wire is a deliberate effort to humanise this other by providing a voice to refugees. In post-modern terms, the politics of migration turns on a visceral opposition to 'the other'—we confirm our identity by establishing our place in the world by excluding the presence of others. Mandatory detention is a potent symbol of this exclusion, such that the other is forced to literally stand outside civil society. The force of this politics, McMaster argues, first surfaced when the Howard government abandoned the principles of multiculturalism in its first term. With citizenship increasingly framed by national, cultural and racial homogeneity, the refugee issue offered another way of reviving the excluding practices of modern conservative politics.
McMaster's postmodernist critique of the shift in refugee policy, however, itself raises important questions it can't answer. This approach misses how the conservatives consciously sought to engineer and manipulate the discourse of exclusion. Focussing on identity helps us understand government rhetoric, but it does not explain why—or how—the Government, particularly the Prime Minister and the former Minister for Immigration, Philip Ruddock, pursued the 'boat people' so fervently, or how political power is exercised and managed.
In Don't Tell the Prime Minister, by contrast, Patrick Weller investigates the political organisation and management of government, by examining in detail how the Government managed one episode of the Coalition's refugee policy—the 'children overboard' affair. Weller's study is a telling indictment of the Government's abuse of political authority. His recount of events demonstrates the failure of senior public servants to question misrepresentations of fact, and their preparedness to kowtow to the agenda set by the political lieutenants of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence. Weller documents a dramatic transformation in the organisation of the state: governance has become inherently politicised. (Heather Tyler's Voices Behind the Razor Wire also reveals the public service's treatment of applications for asylum.) This corruption of state prompts Weller to call for the restoration of integrity in government, for the reinstatement of public administration in the spirit of Westminster traditions. It is not difficult to endorse Weller's aspiration, but he offers little by way of practical advice about how we might get there, or which political agencies might be mobilised to effect change.
Fortunately, we get some clues from Heather Tyler. She documents how government policies have been challenged, exploring the freedom rides and actions by the Refugee Action Coalition to breach the walls of detention centres, refugee protests, the illegal filming of detention centres shown on the ABC's Lateline program. Tyler's work suggests that Australians can challenge the misuse of government and Australia's retreat from its Convention obligations by building on the social movement that has emerged in defence of refugee rights. Political momentum could be developed further by empowering the voice of 'the other' and placing these voices on par with everyone else; that is, to breach the divisions that have been fanned by the conservative political program.
Another way forward is through the law and international arena. Judicial appeals against the rejection of asylum applications, and the defence of refugee rights in law challenge one important arm of the state. Campaigns that draw on institutional instruments outside the arena of national politics, either locally through State government sponsored or independent community welfare activity, or internationally, through Amnesty International or the UN Commission on Human Rights, will continue to weaken the legitimacy of Australia's system of processing and detention.
All these endeavours to break down the razor wire of detention centres challenge the legitimacy of government policy. To be sure, interventions that challenge Howard's refugee policy are heavy with despair, but they also ignite hope. And this hope is being felt. The purchase of the conservative rhetoric appears to be diminishing, and an emboldened Labor Party appears to be responding to the shifting public sentiment by pulling back from its bipartisan support for Howard's tough policies. Even members of the Coalition are publicly questioning the economic sense, if not morality, of government policy.
These pressures have resulted in the recent changes to the Temporary Protection Visa regime, such that asylum seekers holding TPVs are now eligible to apply for mainstream visas. Although there is no guarantee that all applicants will be successful, this is certainly a welcome development. We can only hope that the remaining elements of Australia's inhumane refugee processing regime will be dismantled in the near future.
Stuart Rosewarne is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Sydney. His research and teaching interests are in environmental and ecological economics, critical socialist ecology, international political economy, and the political economy of gender.

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What Sizes Do You Usually Do....round To Serve 250
Decorating By jen1977 Updated 18 Jan 2010 , 2:13pm by _Jamie_
Using the Wilton guide, the servings are under or over 250. What sizes do you usually do if a client wants to serve 250? Thanks!
Rarely can you get a cake to come out to EXACTLY the number of servings the client wants. You usually need to ask them if they want a little more or a little less.
6/8/10/12/14 round serves 12/24/38/56/78 = 208
6/8/10/14/16 round serves 12/24/38/78/100 = 252
6/8/10/12/14 square serves 18/32/50/72/98 = 270
6/8/10round + 12/14/ squares serves 12/24/56/72/98 = 236
Do you think the difference between the sizes (ie....2 inch difference and 4in difference in the same cake) looks funny?
Ask them if they want more or less cake.
Or add a groom's cake.
Do you think the difference between the sizes (ie....2 inch difference and 4in difference in the same cake) looks funny?
i do them all the time, but you be the judge:
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Aussie taxpayers set to fund courses in quackery like homeopathy
It looks like Aussie taxpayers are going to have the pleasure of funding coursed in quackery.
Profit-making colleges would receive taxpayer funding to teach students unproven alternative remedies such as homeopathy, flower essence therapy and iridology under the Abbott government's proposed higher education reforms.
The move comes as the government considers stripping the private health insurance rebate from any policies covering natural therapies not supported by evidence.
As well as deregulating university fees and cutting university funding, the government's higher education reforms would extend funding to private colleges, TAFEs and sub-bachelor degree programs at a cost of $820 million over three years.
Accredited private colleges would become eligible for grants of $6323 a year for each student enrolled in courses such as homeopathy, naturopathy and mind body medicine. This is more than public universities would receive per student studying law, economics, languages or the humanities under the new funding structure. Read more »


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Inhibitors of Angiotensin II in Proteinuric Mesangioproliferative Glomerulonephritis
This study has been completed.
University Magna Graecia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 28, 2010
Last updated: April 30, 2010
Last verified: January 1997
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Detailed Description:
This study evaluates prospectively the effects of an anti-angiotensin II regimen on renal outcome in patients with mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis followed-up for 10 years.
|IGA Glomerulonephritis
|Drug: Ramipril or losartan
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Long-term Treatment by Inhibitors of Angiotensin II at Low Doses in Non-nephrotic Proteinuric Patients With Pauciimmune and IgA Mesangioproliferative Glomerulonephritis
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Ramipril Losartan
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: IgA Nephropathy Glomerulonephritis Mesangial Proliferative GlomerulonephritisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University Magna Graecia:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- renal function and proteinuria [ Time Frame: at the end of first year of observation ]
In particular, the end points of the study were a loss >20% of basal GFR and a decrease of basal daily proteinuria < 20% at the end of first year of observation.
GFR was calculated using both the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study equation and measured creatinine clearance. For each patient, a time-averaged (TA) proteinuria were calculated as an average of the mean of every-6month period's 24-hour proteinuria measurements.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- serum levels of creatinine [ Time Frame: at the end of first years of observation ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 1997
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
anti-angiotensin II drugs
Never treated patients with non-nephrotic proteinuria (1-3 g/day), microhematuria, no-evidence of renal failure or other relevant diseases and with diagnosis of I-II stage IgA- or pauciimmune-MsPGN were considered eligible.
Drug: Ramipril or losartan
Ramipril (5 mg/day) was started soon after the enrollment and continued throughout the follow-up, having Losartan (50 mg/day) as alternative.
Other Name: renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors
Detailed Description:
After signing informed consent, enrolled patients started treatment with ACEi. We decided to prescribe to all patients the same drug (ramipril) at the same dosage (5 mg/day). All patients were examined every 2 months during the first year of follow-up and every 6 months thereafter. At each visit, they underwent a complete physical examination. If the target blood pressure of <140/90 mmHg was not achieved with ramipril monotherapy, addition of other antihypertensive drug(s) was allowed. Patients complaining adverse side effects attributed to ramipril were switched to losartan (50 mg/day). The patients were also prescribed a normal protein (1 gram/kg/day) and moderately salt-restricted (6-8 grams/day) diet throughout the study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- proteinuria ≥ 1 g and < 3 g/24 hours stable during the 3 months of run-in
- microscopic hematuria (with at least 10 red blood cells per high-power field), without other signs or symptoms of systemic diseases stable during the 3 months of run-in
- no-evidence of renal failure or other relevant diseases
- biopsy diagnosis of I-II stage IgA- or pauciimmune-MsPGN
Exclusion Criteria:
- estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) <80 ml/min/1.73m2
- previous immunosuppressive treatment
- blood pressure (BP) >150/90 mmHg
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01115426
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01115426
|"Mater Domini" Hospital
|Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, 88100
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Magna Graecia
|Study Chair:
|Giorgio Fuiano, Professor
|"Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Nephrology Unit
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Presta P, Minutolo R, Iodice C, Comi N, Casoria V, Fuiano L, Caglioti C, Conte G, Fuiano G. Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors reduce the progression of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis: 10 year follow-up. Eur J Intern Med. 2011 Dec;22(6):e90-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.08.021. Epub 2011 Sep 28.
|Responsible Party:
|Pierangela Presta, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Nephrology Unit
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01115426 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 28, 2010
|Last Updated:
|April 30, 2010
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Glomerulonephritis, IGA
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Angiotensin II
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Antihypertensive Agents
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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'Texas economist' brings encouraging news to the Panhandle
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:11:00 GMT —
The economy is something all of us are thinking about and during First Bank Southwest's Panhandle Economics luncheon on Thursday, speaker Ray Perryman addressed the latest trends.
"The job growth is not as fast as we would like for it to be. The drought has been a big drain on the agricultural sector which is a big part of this local economy, it's slow right now", said President of Perryman Group Economic Research Corporation, Ray Perryman.
But, the big question: What about double dip recession?
Thankfully, says Perryman, that's where we might catch a break.
"I think we're going to avoid the double dip recession. We've weathered a lot of things and continued to have a modest amount of growth. I think we'll be able to keep that up for the next few months and then when corporate America feels a little better about the world I think you'll start seeing more positive things happen", said Perryman.
Although our Texas and local economies aren't skipping out on the recession, he says we are faring better than the rest of the country.
"Texas has gained about 30 to 40 percent of all the jobs that have been gained in the entire country in the past eight to nine months. We did not overbuild as much as other places, obviously the oil and gas sectors had a really nice run for the past couples years", added Perryman.
Not surprisingly, areas we are suffering in are byproducts of the drought.
"The one negative being with what happened in agriculture. The cattle industry, the cotton industry, pretty much across the board", said Perryman.
B ut Perryman says with enough knowledge, prayer and even rain, we might slowly start to see a turnaround.
"When the economic turnaround happens, they can take that knowledge and hopefully create jobs, investments, whatever and really give our economy a boost", said CEO of FirstBank Southwest, Smith Ellis.
"It's raining today...more rain would help a lot of things along", laughed Perryman, "on the whole, given what's going on around the country I think everybody can be quite grateful that they live in a place like this".


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Sheriff's Dept. seeks Family Dollar robber
The Pima County Sheriff's Department is searching for a man who robbed a clerk at a southwest-side store at gunpoint and then fled on an ATV Sunday evening.
The robbery happened around 6 p.m. at the Family Dollar, 2820 W. Los Reales Road, near South Cardinal Avenue, Chief Deputy Chris Nanos said in a news release.
An armed man entered the store, pointed a weapon at the clerk and demanded money, the release said.
The clerk gave the man an unknown amount of money and he ran toward the Circle K next door and got on the back of a white ATV, the release said.
The suspect is described as being in his late 30s to early 40s and standing 5 feet 6 inches tall.
He was last seen wearing a brown shirt, khaki shorts, a khaki baseball cap and sunglasses.
The driver of the ATV was wearing a red shirt.
Anybody with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.
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Two shot outside Foothills apartment
A man and a woman were wounded Monday in an early morning shooting at a Foothills apartment complex.
The victims were driving away from the complex in the 4500 block of East Sunrise Drive, near North Swan Road, around 1 a.m. when someone began firing at the vehicle, said Deputy Tracy Suitt, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman.
Harold High, 27, and Angelique Williams, 22, were injured but got out of the vehicle and hid until deputies arrived, Suitt said.
Both were taken to the trauma center at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
High had life-threatening injuries, but after having surgery he is expected to be OK, Suitt said.
Williams had wounds that were not considered life threatening.
Suitt said the victims don't know who shot at them.
Anybody with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.
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400 arrested in AZ
on DUI charges during July 4 weekend
Arizona's highway patrol officers, sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement officers arrested nearly 400 people on suspicion of driving under the influence over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
State officials say the 389 arrests were made between Thursday and Saturday. That marks an increase of 28 DUI arrests over the previous year.
Most of the arrests stemmed from misdemeanor offenses, but some did involve repeat offenders and extreme DUI charges, in which blood alcohol concentrations are usually over 0.15.
State officials say the goal was to reduce crashes and fatalities on the streets and highways by enforcing DUI and traffic laws.
The weekend crackdown across Arizona also netted more seat belt violations and drug arrests this year. But there were also more officers participating this Fourth of July.


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Ever since Starhawk was officially announced, I've been looking forward to the title. I never played its spiritual precursor, Warhawk, but the idea of Battlefield in space with light real-time strategy elements was too good to pass up. The fact that developers Sony Santa Monica (God of War) and LightBox Interactive made a lot of bold claims about their spiritual sequel didn't help alleviate my yearning for Starhawk.
When the game arrived I cracked into it with glee, tossing it into my PlayStation 3 and saddling up for some epic space western action. Or so I thought. The truth of the matter is Starhawk doesn't really live up to expectations. In some areas it definitely delivers, but in others, not so much.
For starters, LightBox and Sony Santa Monica made a big fuss about Starhawk's single-player campaign. Warhawk never featured a single player mode; it was solely a multiplayer experience. With Starhawk, the developers wanted to give the guys/gals who love to fly solo something to enjoy. Unfortunately, the single player mode of Starhawk suffers from the same syndrome as early Battlefield titles; the mode is simply multiplayer with computer-controlled bots instead of actual people.
Single player is essentially an appetizer for multiplayer. The campaign lasts for maybe a handful of hours and is solely concerned with familiarizing you with the ins and outs of how to play Starhawk — from shooting weapons, to building defensive structures, to piloting the game's badass mechs called Hawks.
It also doesn't help that the story stringing together each level is paper-thin. You play as a space miner named Emmett Graves, who gets caught in the middle of a war between honest Rift-energy miners and a group of ruthless savages called Outcasts. The story's twists are predicable, and its characters instantly forgettable. You'll walk away from single player wishing you didn't waste the hours playing it.
It's a damn shame, really. I, for one, wanted this game to deliver something worthwhile in the single player arena. But as we've learned before, a multiplayer tutorial disguised as a "full single player campaign" does not equal a good time.
Thankfully, Starhawk's multiplayer mode swoops in to save the day. If it wasn't blatantly clear already, multiplayer is definitely the focal point of Starhawk. The mode is robust and continually rewarding.
There's never a battle that isn't engaging, whether it's on the ground with foot soldiers and tanks, or in the air with multiple Hawks dog fighting in space. Being able to create defensive strongholds on the fly with the "Build and Battle" system adds another strategic layer to matches.
Because of the diversity in gameplay available, Starhawk's multiplayer mode consistently remains a fresh and engaging experience. Better yet, if you can find a team of players that share your enthusiasm for stratagems, Starhawk becomes an even deeper multiplayer experience. Committing to learning the intricacies of combat rewards players with a game that's much more than another brainless online shooter.
If you're thinking about buying Starhawk for the single player affair, please reconsider. You'll regret the purchase. But if you're looking for the next big thing in the multiplayer arena, Starhawk is a solid option. The multiplayer mode might be easy to pick up and play, but the breath of layers to it makes the experience a rewarding one on a consistent basis.
CraveOnline received one advanced copy of Starhawk for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. Before starting our review, we completed the game's boring single player mode and played a handful of hours in the multiplayer component. Our greatest accomplishment was squashing someone with a respawn drop pod. It was awesome.
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This just in: The House's 'refined' plan
Read it here. Financial impact. The news release. And the Democratic response.
Writes Rep. Dean Cannon:
During the past 72 hours, members from both sides of the aisle have focused on making two refinements to the current plan that would address all the concerns raised above without substantially departing from the basic framework of our agreement with the Senate. We respect the prerogative of the Senate Leadership and appreciate their partnership throughout our work on property taxes this year, and we are optimistic that these refinements to the current plan will make a good plan significantly better. The two refinements we are proposing are as follows:
1. Guaranteed Save Our Homes Benefit – For non-school taxes, instead of doubling the homestead exemption, this approach would guarantee a minimum Save Our Homes exemption of at least 40% of the county's median home value. This approach will target relief precisely toward those homesteaded property owners who bought homes in the last few years and new homestead property owners who need it most.
2. Protection of a 5% Save Our Homes-like cap on non-homestead and commercial property - Capping assessment increases on all non-homestead and commercial properties at 5% will help restore fairness, equity and predictability to our property tax system by providing real protections against any outrageous tax increases in the future. It would provide much the same taxpayer protections for renters, affordable housing, second-home owners and small business owners that primary homeowners currently enjoy.
These two refinements do not significantly affect the bottom line of the current tax proposal, which is currently expected to provide roughly $11 billion in total relief over four years. The refinements we are suggesting maximize those same $11 billion by targeting the bulk of it toward the people who need it most while providing the protections that non-homestead and commercial property owners deserve.
We remain confident and optimistic that both the House and the Senate will see the wisdom of this approach and open this idea to full consideration by both chambers as soon as Monday. We expect to file bill language later today or tomorrow so that we can begin the amendatory process that we have observed throughout the year.


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House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the legislation, which would block President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit his efforts to reduce nuclear weapons.
The House bill containing the provisions on sex-related crimes that the Obama administration supports as well as the detention policies that it vigorously opposes must be reconciled with a Senate version before heading to the president's desk. The Senate measure, expected to be considered this fall, is $13 billion less than the House bill — a budgetary difference that also will have to be resolved.
The defense policy bill authorizes money for aircraft, weapons, ships, personnel and the war in Afghanistan in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
Shocking statistics that as many as 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year and high-profile incidences at the service academies and in the ranks pushed lawmakers to tackle the growing problem of sexual assault. A single case of a commander overturning a conviction — a decision that even Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel couldn't change — drove a deliberate Congress to act swiftly.
Both the House and Senate were determined to shake up the military's culture in ways that would ensure victims that if they reported crimes, their allegations wouldn't be discounted or their careers jeopardized.
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"This is a self-inflicted wound that has no place in the military," Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who lost both legs and partial use of an arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq, told her colleagues in the debate on Friday.
The House bill would require a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for a member of the armed services convicted of rape or sexual assault in a military court.


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Dynamic include - tricky? Do-able?
I have a program which puts out a series of tables, with calls like the following:
out.write(myTableFunction(SourceName, sourceElement, "fieldname", "cname", new String [] { "errorField" }, new String [] { "Hdr1", "Hdr2", "Hdr3", "Hdr4" }, new String [] { "fld1", "fld2", "fld3", "fld4" }, new int[] { flag1, flag2, flag3, flag4 } ))
It does this for about a dozen tables. Each table call actually covers about 5 lines of code, as you can see. Each table looks like that, but each has a different number of columns, new header text, data fields, etc.
So far, so good.
The problem is that WHICH tables are to be shown changes pretty often.
Rather than touching my main code, I'd love to just break each table call into a separate file, and then (based on a list which I could grab from a configuration file), include just the ones listed, dropping any ones which are no longer on the list.
My first stab was something like this; notice that I'm just trying to include the same file over and over, just to prove the basic concept works. If it did, I would then grab the filename ("fn") from the array pulled from the configuration file.
<% for (int m = 0; m < 4; m++) { String fn = "./myincludefile.jsp"; %><jsp: include '<%= fn %>' /><% } %>
when elements weren't defined. So I stuck in the standard includes, and then it complained that the sourceElement variable was not defined in myincludefile.jsp, which is of course true. It's defined in the calling program (master JSP).
It seems like there should be a simple way to just pull the plain code in, as if it were typed there, before the compiler needs to parse it. Maybe there is, but it's escaping me, and Google queries have been defeated by my not being able to find a sufficiently descriptive way of asking the question.
Any ideas? Have I even made the problem clear enough?


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In this decade's version of the NHL, trailing a game heading into the third period is almost a sure path to defeat.
Apparently the Canadiens haven't read the memo. They scored two goals on their first three third period shots to take a lead, gave up a late goal and then won in a shootout to move two points ahead of the Senators in what is clearly a very intense battle to win the Atlantic Division.
This season the Canadiens have trailed going into the third period 31 times and somehow have managed to come back to win eleven times. No team in the league comes even close to accomplishing eleven comeback wins.
I suppose we can post all kinds of theories about this phenomenon but I think it comes down to speed. When the Canadiens have their skating legs they tend to wear down opponents through the first two periods and then take advantage. How else to explain the Canadiens 73-61 third period edge in third period goals after scoring 47 in the first and 60 in the second. And they have outscored opponents 9-6 in overtime.
The Canadiens played the first half of this game well enough to have mounted a considerable lead. But as we've seen more often than not this season, Montreal goals are hard to come by. A badly timed penalty to Philip Danault led to a power play goal midway through the second and the Senators, feeding off the momentum, took the lead just over a minute later while outshooting the Canadiens 9-2 through the last nine minutes of the period.
Lack of puck-luck on the part of the Canadiens is something that might be self induced. But in this game the hockey gods might be credited for the Canadiens comeback. Philip Danault got a nice bounce in front of the Ottawa goal to tie the game and somehow Brendan Gallagher, who had another of his relentless nights, found a hole on Craig Anderson from a nearly impossible angle to give the Canadiens the lead.
One could nitpick about this game but in the end it was a terrific bit of entertainment. I would have liked to see the Canadiens so-called "good players" playing more effectively; meaning, the top line of Galchenyuk, Pacioretty and Radulov, especially Galchenyuk who seems to have trouble maintaining game-to-game consistency. But they did work hard and Danault, Andrew Shaw and Artturi Lehkonen made up for whatever was missing from the top line. That line produced the first two Canadiens goals, five scoring points and twelve of the Canadiens 32 shots. Second best line was Plekanec/Byron/Gallagher.
….It was another dreadful night on the faceoff dots. The Canadiens lost almost two thirds of the them with Galchenyuk at 29% and Plekanec at 38%. The Karlsson goal that sent the game into overtime came off a clean faceoff win from Danault by Derek Brassard.
….The Canadiens came into the game ranked 27th on the road in penalty killing and gave up another one. At the same time the Canadiens power play has now gone seven games without a goal.
….For those keeping score at home, seven of the Canadiens last ten wins have come in either overtime or shootout.
….As I wrote earlier, all nitpicking. They won the game on the road. How they did it isn't very important in the long run.
The second half of the back to back games will be at the Bell Centre Sunday night. The Canadiens enter that game with a two point lead over the Senators who still have that pesky game in hand. This game will start a six game home stand, their longest of the season. After the Senators it will be Detroit Tuesday, Carolina Thursday, Ottawa again next Saturday followed by Dallas and Florida to close out the month. At first glance it appears to be a favourable schedule but these things have been known to come off the rails. And if 93 points is the cutoff point for making the playoffs ass eems to be conventional wisdom, the Canadiens need tow in three of their final eleven games to clinch a spot in the post-season show.


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Fewer college students being offered credit cards
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As credit card companies ramp up their offerings to college students across central Missouri, some students at University of Missouri say they plan to avoid credit cards altogether.
Senior Josh Witmer said he plans to avoid getting a credit card for as long as possible until he has a full-time job.
â??I never wanted money to be buying things with anyway, except for food and rent and things like that,
Witmer said. â??I just feel like itâ??s better if I wait until I am in a better position.â??
Ryan Law of the University of Missouriâ??s Office for Financial Success said over the past several years, he has noticed the number of MU students signing up for credit cards is on the decline.
â??When I used to ask how many people have credit cards, it was very common for every student to raise their hand,â?? Law said. â??Now when I ask, itâ??s about 50 percent of the students.â??
â??Thatâ??s not just freshmen, thatâ??s up through the college years,â?? Law said.
Law said the decline can be partly attributed to fairly new rules governing how credit card companies can interact with students. He said when the Credit CARD Act of 2009 went into effect in 2010, credit card companies were banned from marketing credit cards within 1,000 feet of college campuses.
â??Not as many students are receiving credit card offers anymore, because there are restrictions on who can receive credit card offers. But, credit card companies are still very aggressive when it comes to getting in front of students and trying to get them credit cards,â?? Law said.
Law said credit card companies will partner with local businesses that are outside of the 1,000 foot exclusion area. However, some students are still cautious to sign up at all.
According to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the average college student comes out with around $4,000 in credit card debt.
MU Freshman Zachary Davis said he uses his credit card conservatively for that reason. â??I want to have a high credit score so that I can actually get a good rate, a decent r ace for buying a house or something like that,â?? Davis said.
Law said the best way to minimize credit card debt is to make a budget and stick to it. He also said students should read any credit card agreement carefully before signing up.


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ON TAP: After kicking off its season at No. 22 Auburn last week, Arkansas State remains on the road this week with a game Saturday at Louisiana-Lafayette to begin Sun Belt Conference play. Saturday's game will be televised by the Sun Belt Network, while every A-State game can be heard live on 107.9 FM in the Jonesboro area and the live radio broadcast can be accessed through the Arkansas State athletic website (AStateRedWolves.com).
THE PRINCIPALS: Both Arkansas State and Louisiana are coming off season-opening setbacks against a nationally-ranked team from the SEC. The Red Wolves dropped a 52-26 decision at then-ranked No. 22 Auburn, while the Ragin' Cajuns were handed a 55-7 defeat at the hands of then-ranked No. 23 Georgia. Saturday's game between ASU and UL will be first head-to-head game of the season between two Sun Belt Conference opponents.
HEAD COACH STEVE ROBERTS: Arkansas State head coach Steve Roberts is in his ninth year at Arkansas State after leading the Red Wolves to the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Championship and to bowl eligible seasons three of the last five years. During his first eight seasons as the Red Wolves' head coach, he guided ASU to 41 wins for its most over an eight-year span at the school since 1985-1992. Roberts was named the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year. Under Roberts, the Red Wolves have had 70 All-Sun Belt Conference selections, a Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, SBC Offensive Player of the Year, two SBC Defensive Players of the Year and an SBC Newcomer of the Year.
DOUBLE DUTY: A-State head coach Steve Roberts is one of just 12 coaches in the FBS that in addition to handling responsibilities as a head coach, also works as a position coach. Roberts has coached special teams since his arrival at ASU in 2002. Below is a list of head coaches in the FBS who also are position coaches:
ASU, Steve Roberts (Special Teams)
Ball State, Stan Parrish (Quarterbacks)
BYU, Bronco Mendenhall (Def. Tackles)
UConn, Randy Edsall (Safeties)
Kent State, Doug Martin (Quarterbacks)
Louisiana, Rickey Bustle (PK, LS and PR)
UL Monroe, Todd Berry (Quarterbacks)
Nevada, Chris Ault (Quarterbacks)
San Diego St., Brady Hoke (Defensive Line)
Tulsa, Todd Graham (Safeties)
Utah State, Gary Andersen (Def. Tackles)
Virginia Tech, Frank Beamer (Kickers)
ROBERTS CLIMBING VICTORIES LADDER: Through his first eight-plus seasons as the Red Wolves head coach, Steve Roberts already has the fifth most victories among ASU's 26 all-time head coaches with 41 wins. Larry Lacewell (1979-89) holds the record for victories with 69 and is followed by Bennie Ellender (1963-70) with 52 wins, Bill Davidson (1971-78) with 51 and Forrest England (1946-53) with 49.
ROBERTS AND ASU STADIUM: Arkansas State head coach Steve Roberts has led the Red Wolves to a 29-10 record at ASU Stadium over the last eight years for .743 winning percentage. Not only that, the Red Wolves are 20-5 at ASU Stadium over the last five seasons . . . Arkansas State is 14-4 in home conference games since 2005, its only setbacks coming against Troy in 2007 and 2009, Middle Tennessee in 2006 and Louisiana-Lafayette in 2009. The Red Wolves are 20-8 in home conference games all-time under Roberts.
ROBERTS IN CLOSE GAMES: Ninth-year skipper Steve Roberts has seen numerous close games during his tenure with the Red Wolves, holding a 23-17 record in games decided by eight points or less (41 percent of all his games). Following is his record in close games:
Margin Roberts record
1 point 1-1
2 points 1-0
3 points 5-8
4 points 8-1
5 points 1-2
6 points 2-2
7 points 3-1
8 points 2-2
THE ARKANSAS STATE-LOUISIANA SERIES: Arkansas State holds an all-time record of 18-19-1 against Louisiana-Lafayette in the series that dates back to the 1953 season. As Sun Belt Conference opponents, the Ragin' Cajuns lead the series 5-3. UL Lafayette won last season's meeting in Jonesboro, 18-21, but the home team had won the previous eight meetings. Eight of the last 10 meetings have been decided by six points or less, including the last two years. Saturday's game will be the 39th meeting all-time between ASU and Louisiana-Lafayette. ASU's 38 games played against the Ragin' Cajuns ties the second most (along with Southern Illinois) against any opponent in school history. The last time A-State won at Louisiana-Lafayette it was competing as an NCAA Division I independent, defeating the Ragin' Cajuns 20-7 in 1992.
FAMILIAR FOE: While Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette have both played as members of the Sun Belt Conference since the league's inaugural football season in 2001, it is not the first time the two teams have shared a league. The Red Wolves and Ragin' Cajuns were both members of the Big West Conference from 1993 to 1995 and the Southland Conference from 1971 to 1981.
THE LAST TIME vs. THE RAGIN' CAJUNS (Jonesboro, Ark. - Nov. 7, 2009): Facing a 21-3 deficit, then-freshman quarterback Ryan Aplin came off the bench in the third quarter to rally the Arkansas State Red Wolves to within 21-18, but a late interception by Louisiana-Lafayette's Lance Kelley ended ASU's final drive and the Ragin' Cajuns held on for the 21-18 Sun Belt Conference victory at ASU Stadium.
With the Red Wolves trailing 21-3, Aplin directed a 16-play, 68-yard drive that ended with senior tailback Reggie Arnold's two-yard touchdown run with 12:39 remaining to cut the Cajun lead to 21-10.
Just over two minutes later, Aplin had the Red Wolves in the end zone again when he hooked up with freshman wideout Taylor Stockemer on a 64-yard completion to set up a five-yard scoring run from Arnold. Aplin scrambled in for the two-point conversion to put the Red Wolves within a field goal at 21-18 with 10:10 remaining.
Arkansas State took over again at their own 33 with 5:07 to play and drove to the Ragin' Cajun 39 before Kelley stepped in front of Aplin's pass for the interception with 2:52 remaining, and ULL was able to run out the clock to preserve the win.
The Cajuns jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the game, getting a 1-yard touchdown run from quarterback Blaine Gautier in the first quarter and a seven-yard scoring run from quarterback Chris Masson with just over three minutes remaining in the half.
Arkansas State got on the board with a 36-yard field goal from senior Josh Arauco with 36 seconds to play before halftime to make it 14-3 at the break.
Louisiana-Lafayette extended its lead to 21-3 when Masson scored on a two-yard run with 5:48 to play in the third.
Aplin led the ASU offense on the day with 154 yards, completing 8-of-14 passes for 147 yards while rushing for seven more. Senior cornerback Cordarious Mingo notched a career-high nine tackles to lead the ASU defense.
JENNINGS HONORED: Senior safety M.D. Jennings was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday for his performance against nationally-ranked Auburn. Jennings posted double-figure tackles (11), including a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss, in a game for the fourth time of his career. He also recorded his second career forced fumble, fourth fumble recovery of his career and his third career sack.
UNBUCKLE THE BELT: ASU is 6-3 all-time and 5-3 under head coach Steve Roberts in Sun Belt Conference openers. The Red Wolves fell to Troy 30-27 in their first league game last season, a year after defeating Middle Tennessee 31-14 in their conference opener. ASU will play Louisiana in its SBC opener for the first time ever.
EARLY START TO CONFERENCE PLAY: Prior to this season, the earliest A-State had ever played a Sun Belt Conference opponent was the third game of the season (Troy in 2009). A-State has not played three of its first four games against league foes since the 1995 season when it was a member of the Big West Conference. ASU's next three games include outings against two of the top four teams in the conference's preseason coaches poll (UL Lafayette, 4th; Troy, 2nd). ASU is involved in the only Sun Belt Conference games being played both this week and next, facing UL Saturday and ULM on Sept. 18.
AN ARKANSAS STATE VICTORY WOULD . . . give A-State its first road victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in 18 years . . . improve A-State's record in Sun Belt Conference openers to 7-3 . . . put ASU up one conference victory over every league opponent . . . give ASU its third consecutive Sun Belt Conference victory dating back to last season.
NEW OFFENSE SHINES: Arkansas State's new offense put up some impressive numbers in the Red Wolves' season debut against nationally-ranked Auburn last week. ASU hung 26 points on the Tigers, its second most against a top-25 opponent since 2002, and piled up 366 yards of total offense that was the third highest among all SBC teams last week.
PASSING GRADE: A-State posted 323 passing yards against Auburn, the 10th most in school history and the most recorded by an ASU team since recording a school-record 418 against Memphis in 2004. The Red Wolves also attempted 49 passes that tied the fourth most in school history, while its 33 completions fell only one short of the school record 34 against Jacksonville State in 1995.
IN THE ZONE: The Arkansas State offense was perfect in the red zone during its first game, scoring on all four opportunities against Auburn. ASU scored three touchdowns and kicked one field goal to end the game perfect in those situations.
TACKLE BOX: Eleven ASU players either tied or topped their career high for tackles in a game last week against Auburn. While five of those players were competing in their first game as an ASU player, six were returning players. Among the six returning players were Tausean Holmes (7 tackles), Dorvus Woods (4 tackles), Najel Byrd (4 tackles), Graham Bates (3 tackles), Chaz Scales (3 tackles), Tim Starson (2 tackles).
APLIN PUTS UP CAREER-BEST NUMBERS: Ryan Aplin posted the best passing numbers of his young career against No. 22 Auburn. The sophomore quarterback completed 28-of-42 passes for 278 yards, all career highs, and one touchdown to help lead Arkansas State to 366 yards of total offense. Aplin's 28 completions tied the third most in school history for a single game and are the most by an ASU quarterback since 2004. He completed a 61-yard pass, the second longest of his career, to set up his 10-yard touchdown pass that gave ASU a 6-0 lead. He directed scoring drives that started from ASU's 18, 26 and 45 yard lines, as well as Auburn's 27.
IT'S GOOD: Playing in his first collegiate game, true freshman kicker Brian Davis accounted for a team-high eight points against No. 22 Auburn. Davis was successful on both his field goal attempts and made 2-of-3 extra points, his only miss getting blocked. Davis' first field goal was from 26 yards out and pulled ASU within 28-16 of the Tigers, while his final field goal from 41 yards brought ASU's total score to 26 points.
NEW FACES: Twenty-one players competed in their first career game at A-State last week at Auburn, including three true freshmen, eight redshirt freshmen, two sophomores, six junior-college transfers (all juniors) and two juniors . . . . . Additionally, six players started their first career game at ASU, including Dorvus Woods (DL), Justin Robertson (DE), Walter Moody (CB), Darron Edwards (CB) and Tausean Holmes (DB) on defense and Anthony Robinson (WR) on offense . . . . . . ASU had at least one player attempt his first career punt (Neely Sullivent and Dean Gericke), first career kickoff (Bobby Zalud) and first career extra point and field goal (Brian Davis). Tausean Holmes, Roderick Hall and Dwayne Frampton all returned their first career kicks and/or punts as well.
96th SEASON UNDER WAY: Arkansas State kicked off its 96th season of football last Saturday. ASU holds a 412-444-37 record since the inaugural 1911 season and has played in seven bowl games. A-State did not field a football team from 1942-44 due to World War II. ASU also didn't have a team in 1918 as World War I was ending.
STRESSING ACADEMICS: The Arkansas State football team won the Sun Belt Conference Team Academic Award for the 2009-10 academic year, marking the seventh time over the last eight years it has accomplished the feat.
THE TOP 25: Auburn was the 12th ASU opponent ranked among the nation's top 25 teams at the time of a game with the Red Wolves under head coach Steve Roberts. Following is a list of ranked opponents that ASU has played under Roberts:
No. 2 Alabama (2008), L, 0-35
No. 4 Texas (2007) L, 13-21
No. 4 LSU (2004) L, 3-53
No. 6 Auburn (2006) L, 0-27
No. 13 Iowa (2009) L, 21-24
No. 16 Virginia Tech (2002) L, 7-63
No. 17 Missouri (2004) L, 20-52
No. 18 Nebraska (2009) L, 9-38
No. 22 Auburn (2010) L, 26-52
No. 25 Memphis (2004) L, 35-47
No. 25 Mississippi (2002) L, 17-52
SENIOR RECOGNITION: Every year at ASU's Football Media Day, head coach Steve Roberts gives his seniors a chance to address those in attendance at the press conference. This year's 21 seniors are: Jeff Blake, Tom Castilaw, Sifa Etu, Adam Gaston, Derious Glover, Bryan Hall, Lucious Henderson, Drew Hilton, Tyson Holligan, M.D. Jennings, Alex Kautai, Alfred Louis, Javon McKinnon, Walter Moody, Derek Newton, Dominic Padrta, Kiano Prater, Anthony Robinson, Isaiah Shepard, Jonathan White and Marquette Williams.
TEAM CAPTAINS: ASU's senior class will alternate throughout the year as team captains. The team will vote on permanent captains at the end of the year. Following is a list of captains for each game:
Auburn: Etu, Robinson, Gaston, Hall
PRESEASON ALL-SBC ACCOLADES: Three Arkansas State football players were tabbed Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference, including Defensive Player of the Year Bryan Hall, offensive lineman Derek Newton and linebacker Demario Davis.
PRESEASON PREDICTIONS: The Red Wolves are predicted to finish third in the conference according to the league's 2009 preseason coaches poll, announced July 19 as part of the Sun Belt Conference Media Days. ASU received 53 points, while first-place Middle Tennessee won the vote with 75 points.
STRONG D: Arkansas State has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the Sun Belt Conference and among the top 50 teams in the nation each of the last four years in total defense. Below is a break down of ASU's defensive statistical rankings for the last four years:
Year SBC Rank National Rank YPG
2009 1 41 340.5
2008 2 46 336.5
2007 1 43 362.3
2006 2 32 309.4
NATIONAL COVERAGE: Arkansas State will play at least two nationally televised games for the second consecutive year in 2010. The Red Wolves will catch Middle Tennessee at home on Nov. 2 in a game televised by ESPN2 and Navy on the road on Nov. 20 in a game televised by CBS College Sports. Prior to last season, the last time ASU had played a nationally televised game was in the 2005 New Orleans Bowl.
TELEVISION TIME: Arkansas State currently has seven televised games scheduled for the regular season, the second most in school history. A-State played eight regular-season games on television last season for the record. The Red Wolves have three league games (UL Lafayette, ULM, FAU) set to be televised on the Sun Belt Network, while the Auburn game will be carried by Fox Sports South, the Troy game by the Troy/ISP Network, the Middle Tennessee game by ESPN2 and the Navy game by CBS College Sports.
TURF INSTALLATION COMPLETED: Installation of a new and state-of-the-art field turf surface inside ASU stadium was completed as scheduled after a final inspection of the project was conducted in late July. The field is in practice and playing condition for the beginning of the Red Wolves fall camp today. The new GeoSurfaces field turf is slightly thicker than the previous product, which was installed when ASU originally transitioned from a grass field to an artificial playing surface prior to the 2006 season. The field also has a sand base for the first time in addition to the "no fly-out" rubber installed. The field also has a new look with two new Red Wolves logos, white Sun Belt Conference logos and black trim around the outside of the playing field.


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CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. -- Sheriff's deputies want the public to keep their eyes out for a man wanted on a felony warrant.
Deputies rushed out to a home on Southeast Tumala Mountain Road on Wednesday, where they thought Brandon Stavenjord was holed up. They called in the SWAT team, but it turned out Stavenjord had escaped before they arrived.
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Monday, October 04, 2010
Natural gas futures must fall well below $3 before producers begin to curb production, according to a Reuters poll, lower than the break-even price for drilling, reflecting a market still in flux from the advent of shale gas.
Henry Hub natural gas futures prices stuck below $4 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for the past five weeks, the longest stretch below that mark in a year. Traders are searching for evidence that marginal drillers may finally begin to idle rigs.
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"Break-even costs for drilling in the Haynesville and Marcellus, two of the most prolific shale plays located in Louisiana and Pennsylvania are below $4/mmBtu," said Tom Sherman, analyst with Bentek Energy in Evergreen, Colo., in line with current prices.
"Gas prices below $3 for a long period would certainly curb drilling programs for dry gas but costs for liquids-rich gas in plays like the Eagle Ford and Granite Wash [shales] are lower than $3," he adds.
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1870 Census of York County, Nebraska
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Household Number: 178
Cuttler, Ammon
Age: 28
Sex/Color: M/W
Occupation: Farmer
Value of Real Estate: 800
Value of Personal Estate: 200
Place of Birth: Ill
Male citizen 21 or older: yes
Bassett, Charles
Age: 2
Sex/Color: M/W
Occupation: At home
Place of Birth: Iowa
Bassett, R. A.
Age: 6/12
Sex/Color: F/W
Occupation: At home
Place of Birth: Neb
Month, if born within the year: Dec
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