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Nine Checkers goals, including a team-record five on the power play, a hat trick by Zach Boychuk, a Gordie Howe Hat Trick by Brett Sutter and six fights highlighted a 9-3 win for Charlotte in front of a sellout crowd at the team's annual Race Night event at Time Warner Cable Arena. It also marked Charlotte's fourth consecutive win, tying a season high, and improved their record to 6-0-0 against the West Division Rival Barons this season.
Aaron Palushaj, Greg Nemisz, Victor Rask, Matt Marquardt and Rasmus Rissanen also scored for Charlotte, which won for the seventh time in its last eight games. Boychuk, who also had an assist, and Chris Terry, who had four helpers, tied the franchise mark for most points in a single game. Defenseman Ryan Murphy, who the Carolina Hurricanes assigned to Charlotte earlier that day, had three assists and was plus-3 in his season debut at the AHL level.
Deep breath.
"I think that was pretty entertaining in front of a sold-out crowd," said Sutter, who finished with a goal and two assists. "Lots of goals and I liked how the guys had each other's back and stuck with it until the end and had some good fights. Those are the kinds of games that make you stronger as a team. We had a lot of fun out there."
"That was probably one of the most exciting games I've ever been a part of, especially with the Checkers," said Boychuk, who registered his second career AHL hat trick and first since Jan. 23, 2011. "You can't get more exciting than that."
It was a relatively tame 4-2 lead for the Checkers after two periods of play, though the game did begin with first-period fights from A.J. Jenks, Matt Corrente and Sutter as the teams met for the sixth of 12 times this season.
Things then blew up in the third when the Checkers scored five times, a season high for a single period, including two goals by Boychuk just over two minutes apart to seal the fourth hat trick in Checkers history. After Rissanen scored the game's final goal with five minutes remaining, there were fights involving Matthew Pistilli, Matt Marquardt and Brody Sutter within seven seconds of actual game time.
Goalie John Muse, who stopped 26 of 29 shots to win his fifth consecutive game and 12th of his last 14, and Barons counterpart Chet Pickard attempted to meet at center ice for a scrap following Brody Sutter's fight but officials separated them before they could put yet another exclamation point on a game that had several.
As out of character as it would have been for Muse to drop his glove (and blocker), the team's other key players wisely stayed out of the late melee, not that Daniels gave them the opportunity.
"Me and Boychuk didn't leave the end of the bench," said Terry, laughing. "Our names weren't called too much."
"I should have got the Gordie Howe," said Boychuk, suppressing a smile. "It was really a disappointing night that I didn't get that. I'm pretty upset with myself."
The escalation of hostilities was only natural with one club holding a lopsided edge in the season series. The fact that the entire front office of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, the parent club of the Barons, was in attendance, may have also played a role.
"They're obviously competitive guys and they don't like losing," said Sutter. "I think we know and they know that their brass is here watching, so it was probably an important game for them and that was part of the frustration."
While his players were still buzzing after the game, Daniels was in less of a celebratory mood about the game getting out of hand late.
"At that point there was no need for it," said Daniels. "At that point guys get hurt. I liked the way we stuck together as a team, but we didn't need that."
Getting back to the hockey, Palushaj had tied his roommate, Boychuk, for the team lead with his 15th goal of the season to open the scoring before the latter surged ahead with his hat trick. Boychuk's two power-play goals give him a league-leading 12 on the season. His only previous hat trick was on the last night the Checkers scored nine goals.
"Everything was going in, I was getting some bounces and the power play was clicking," said Boychuk. "There were some pretty nice plays being made out there. Chris Terry has been great on the power play and it really showed tonight."
"Other than a breakaway, he's a goal scorer," quipped Daniels, referring to Boychuk's recent frustrations in that department. "The puck seems to find him in those areas. He loves scoring goals and he knows how to finish."
The Checkers' power-play explosion came one night after the Checkers, who now rank second in the league with a 23.4 percent success rate on the man advantage, went a disappointing 0-for-5 in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Barons.
"It's just the shot mentality," said Daniels. "I liked the way we were moving the puck (on Thursday) but we weren't getting any shots."
The Checkers now get set to embark on a five-game road swing on what is undoubtedly their biggest high of the season. It comes two months after they hit rock bottom in a franchise-record, seven-game losing streak.
"It's a funny game," said Terry. "Back in November we were down in the dumps and we had almost taken ourselves out of the playoffs. We're full of confidence but at the same time we know why we're winning and why we're being successful. We have confidence and trust in all of each other and it's paying off."


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Skip to comments.Vanity: I'm done with network news - never again!
Posted on 11/07/2012 3:56:16 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
I will never watch news on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN. Chris Christie can take a hike. Schultz, Matthews, Raddow, and the rest will not appear on my TV. If they want us to head to socialism they can do it without my help.
I haven't watched those channels in years.
Last time I watched MSNBC was when Equal Time was on with Ollie North and Paul Begala. That was like 13 years ago.
I'm even done with Fox.
Same here, I stopped watching them long ago.
Gosh, I have not done network news (including Fox) in 10 years.
I deleted those channels from my television. Check out the set-ups. You won't get them when you channel surf.
The networks don't care whether we watch their drivel or not.
What they do care about is whether their sponsors think anyone watches them.
When ad revenues for the nets dry up the way they have for the NYTimes, then we'll hear the death rattle - no sooner.
Like the others I've not watched any of the networks um... ever.
Well mostly, the last time I remember even having them on was the coverage of the 9/11 attacks. I got home shortly after the first reported attack and I managed to tape every network channel I could get on different TVs. I think I got 12 or so hours (2 tapes at extended) from ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox.
I guess I need to get them converted over to DVDs sometime soon before they go bad if they haven't already.
I've already done what you suggest; doesn't help. Don't watch that awful Fox channel either. And Rush Limbaugh misled me in the past few months, thinking Obama could be unseated.
I agree about Fox! No better than any of the others!
What did fox do that particularly alienated you?
For as long as I can remember, I've always known that the media has been lying to me. But I still watched them because they were my only source of news at the time. I had no choice.
Then I discovered rush limbaugh in September 1990. My watching the regular news dropped quite a bit. When I did watch the news, it was usually to get the weather.
Then I got cable tv for the first time in 1996. I now had c-span (one of Rush's favorite news sources) which provided me with those little details and events (NRA conventions, Heritage Foundation round tables, etc) that the liberal media usually prefered I not know about and did their best to keep from me. My watching the regular news stations dropped even more. I had the weather channel and so, did not need a weather report from the msm.
Then I got a computer and internet access for the very first time in 1997. My watching days of the usual suspects on ABC, CBS, NBC, etc, were completely done (with the exception of watching the live events of 9/11)
I've long since stayed away from watching anything political on tv. No conventions, no political speeches. No election results. My tv is a tool which I use to give me only escapist, entertaining hours. I use it to watch my favorite movies and tv shows, and nothing else. I get all my news on the internet. And then only in small doses. This is what helped me get through clintons second term and obamas first term.
Juan Williams, for a start. Jerry Rivers, Bob Beckel, and Shepard Smith tells the tale. YMMV...
I quit about 5 years ago. Very refreshing and you never get any factual news on them anyway. I may watch some local news on them occasionally, but never national 'news' as it's propaganda and not news.
Who won Wisconsin,Romney?
I gave up on all of them, Fox included, years ago. Blech. I have a good view up here on the ledge...
They have to let liberals speak. I think they deliberately get low brain power libs to discredit their point of view.
Obama eventually won WI. It's the way the call was made that hacked me off. The Networks should not be allowed to project at all until something like 90% of the vote is in. And exit polling should be stopped as well.
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In a recent Record article by veterinarian Julie Damron, the role of veterinary technicians was described. Also mentioned is for-profit schools where a gullible student can train for this specialty.
In a recent Record article by veterinarian Julie Damron, the role of veterinary technicians was described. Also mentioned is for-profit schools where a gullible student can train for this specialty.
For two years of study plus the expenditure of $30,000, a student will be able to receive a salary of $35,000. These for-profit schools have earned a reputation for encouraging students to take out a student loan, with little expectation of successfully completing a program. They get the money; the student gets nothing but debt.
Damron also mentioned that some community colleges offer vet tech programs, which would certainly be far less expensive. One exists in the Sacramento area. But wait, these are two-year programs, which even when completed offer only relatively low-paying, dead-end jobs, with little hope of advancement.
I am reasonably certain that what attracts students to this field is their love of animals. This is certainly commendable, but hardly enough reason to choose a career with such meager pay. Further, if you had to take out a $30,000 loan, think how long it would take you to pay off that loan, and how little would be left of that $35,000 on which to live.
Also consider that this is a very specialized career which is only applied in very restricted settings - vet hospitals and animal shelters. Take a look in the phone book and count up the number veterinarians and animal shelters listed. That is the extent of your job opportunities locally.
There are other careers. For example, in six weeks and for about $1,000 or less, you can get a truck driver's license and earn as much as a vet tech, and there are usually abundant jobs available. These are available to both men and women.
Russell D. Lawson
I commend the letter of Feb. 11, "Lethal changes taking place." It is probably the best letter I've read in The Record. The writer said exactly how it is.
He said our modern, ultra-liberal, American culture coddles our criminals and has no compassion for the victims, their families or the elderly. I agree.
He said we admire those who succeed in "breaking the rules." I agree.
He brought up the fact that the majority of people have come desensitized to the murders and violence that occurs on a daily basis in this city. I agree.
He pointed out that generation after generation of freeloaders, who have never worked, will never work, and never intend to earn their own way, who are riding on the backs of the working taxpayers. I am not talking about the legitimate disabled people. The system (public assistance) obviously does not investigate thoroughly all their clients for cheating. But then if they get their paycheck, every two weeks, they have no reason to be concerned.
As far as immigration is concerned, the U.S. government is going to shove the 11 million immigrants down our throats, somehow, some way. This despite that a majority will never feel any allegiance to the U.S.
As for crime, as long as the bleeding heart federal and state courts mandate that criminals have the best of everything, then the criminal element has no incentive to change their ways. We need to make our prisons and jails a very uncomfortable place and provide only the very basic needs to the criminals in them.
Clyde Davis
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April 18. 2013 3:18AM
Up to 160 injured, as many as 15 dead in Texas fertilizer plant explosion
WEST, Texas - A fiery explosion tore through a fertilizer plant and leveled dozens of homes in a small Texas town late on Wednesday, killing as many as 15 people, injuring more than 160 others and spewing toxic fumes that forced the evacuation of half the community, authorities said.
"We do have confirmed fatalities," Texas Public Safety Department spokesman D.L. Wilson told a news conference about four hours after the explosion. "The number is not current yet. It could go up by the minute. We're in there searching the area right now and making sure that it's safe."
The blast, apparently preceded by a fire at the plant, was reported at about 8 p.m. CDT Thursday in West, a town of some 2,700 people about 80 miles south of Dallas and 20 miles north of Waco.
West Mayor Tommy Muska told Reuters that five or six volunteer firefighters who were among the first on the scene in the blast zone were unaccounted for.
"It's a lot of devastation. I've never seen anything like this," McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said. "It looks like a war zone with all the debris."
Wilson said 50 to 75 homes were damaged by the explosion and a fire that followed, and that a nearby 50-unit apartment complex had been reduced to "a skeleton standing up". Muska put the number of destroyed homes at between 60 and 80.
Wilson said 133 people had been evacuated from the badly damaged nursing home, but it was not immediately clear how many of them were hurt.
McNamara said much of the center of town had been evacuated, and that residences nearest the explosion had been flattened.
There was no immediate official word on what sparked the explosion as emergency personnel assisted victims and doused the flames. U.S. Representative Bill Flores, whose district includes West, said he doubted any foul play was involved.
"I would not expect sabotage by any stretch of the imagination," he told CNN.
A Texas public safety dispatcher in Waco told Reuters an initial explosion was followed by two smaller blasts, all of which erupted after a fire at the plant.
He said there was concern a "second silo" at the plant could explode and that authorities were scrambling to evacuate the area around the facility.
The air in town remained thick with smoke more than two hours after the explosion, and the area around the blast site was littered with shards of wood, bricks and glass.
A Reuters reporter observed that a nearby middle school and several homes were severely burned. Dallas television station WFAA reported from helicopters that roughly a three-block area of West appeared to have been destroyed.
Jason Shelton, 33, a father-of-two who lives less than a mile (1.6 km) from the plant, said he heard fire trucks heading toward the facility five minutes before the explosion.
He said he felt the concussion from the blast as he stood on his front porch.
"My windows started rattling and my kids screaming," Shelton told Reuters. The screen door hit me in the forehead ... and all the screens blew off my windows."
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco reported treating 66 patients, including children, for injuries including lacerations, burns and broken bones.
"We are seeing a lot of lacerations and orthopedic-type injuries ... things you would expect in an explosion," said David Argueta, vice president of hospital operations.
"We are being told that we have seen most of the patients, and it's now turned into a search-and-rescue operation on scene," he added.
He said nine people suffering burns had been transferred to the Parkland Hospital in Dallas. A third hospital, Providence Health Center, reported receiving more than 30 patients from the disaster.
Governor Rick Perry issued a statement saying his office had "mobilized state resources to help local authorities" deal with the incident.
A White House official said the Obama administration was aware of the situation and monitoring local and state response through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The explosion came two days before the 20th anniversary of a fire in Waco that engulfed a compound inhabited by David Koresh and his followers in the Branch Davidian sect, ending a siege by federal agents.
Some 82 members of the sect and four federal agents died at Waco. (Additional reporting by Steve Gorman, Tim Gaynor, David Bailey and Marcie Richter; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Pravin Char)


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- Pull the building fire alarm
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Only Use a Fire Extinguisher to Fight a Fire if:
- The fire is small enough to put out using a fire extinguisher
- You are trained and confident in using a fire extinguisher
Know How to Select the Right Fire Extinguisher
There are several types of fire extinguishers - each designed to put out a different type of fire:
Type A - will put out burning paper and other combustible materials
Type B - will put out fires involving flammable or combustible liquids (gasoline, kerosene, etc.)
Type C - will put out electrical fires
Type D - will put out fires involving ignitable metals
Type A B C - this combination fire extinguisher will put out fires involving combustible materials like paper, flammable liquids like gasoline, and electrical fires. This is the most common type of fire extinguisher you will find on campus and when used properly, will extinguish most fires.
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- Chose the correct type of fire extinguisher for the fire
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Here's the most efficient way that I can think of to return rows @a through @b from a table or query, when each row is ordered and can be uniquely identified by a set of columns.
In this example, we have a table called "Data", and we wish to sort by TransDate. The primary key of the table is "ID" (yep, an identity !) so we include that as the secondary sort to ensure all rows can be uniquely identified by the sort columns.
The plan: set the rowcount to the starting row number (in this case, @a), and get the value of the "starting points" for each sort column. Then, set the rowcount to the number of rows to return (@b-@a), set up a WHERE clause so that we start at the starting point, and then return the results.
This avoids temp tables and always processes as few rows as possible -- at most, @b rows. So it will get slower as you go. But, it works pretty well so give it a shot. If your ordering needs to be dynamically assigned, then this technique may not do much for you but it may help give you some ideas.
Update #1 (3/22/04) : I have slightly edited the code to fix the "first row" error, as specified in the comments.
Update #2 (4/8/07): If you are using SQL Server 2005, it is much easier ... see this.
-- for each column in your sort, you need a variable to hold
-- the "starting values". In our case, we need two:
declare @startingDate datetime;
declare @startingID int;
-- again, we want to returns results from row @a to row @b:
declare @a int;
declare @b int;
set @a = 200 -- start at row 200
set @b = 250 -- end at row 250
-- get the starting date and starting ID to return results:
set rowcount @a
select @StartingDate = TransDate, @startingID = ID
from Data
order by TransDate ASC,ID ASC
-- find out how many rows to return, and set the rowcount:
set @b = 1 + @b - @a
set rowcount @b
-- now return the results:
select * from Data
TransDate > @StartingDate OR
(TransDate = @StartingDate AND ID >= @StartingID)
order by TransDate ASC, ID ASC
-- clean up:
set rowcount 0
The WHERE clause in the final SQL statement is the key, and it is good to be familiar with this type of clause even if you don't use this exact paging technique. Look at it closely, and you will see it expresses logic to return rows within a certain range when that range is defined by more than 1 column.
For example, if you have a column called "YearMonth" with values in a YYYY-MM format, you can easily say:
WHERE YearMonth >= '2003-04'
But if you have two separate columns, one for Month and one for Year, you would express that same WHERE clause this way:
WHERE Year > 2003 OR (Year = 2003 AND Month >= 04)
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A team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Institute for Biogenesis Research (IBR) are featured on the cover of the March issue of Nature Medicine.
In an article titled "Cloned mice have an obese phenotype not transmitted to their offspring," researchers Kellie L.K. Tamashiro, formerly of UH Mānoa and now with the University of Cincinnati; Teruhiko Wakayama formerly of UH Mānoa and now with Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts; Hidenori Akutsu formerly of UH Mānoa and now with Fukushima Medical University in Japan; and Yukiko Yamazaki and Ryuzo Yanagimachi, both of UH Mānoa, the adverse effects of mammalian reproductive cloning on the health of offspring remain a key concern in the application of this technology.
In their cloning of mice, they discovered that adult-onset obesity can be yet another consequence of cloning. Their research suggests that the obesity phenotype may be a function of epigenetic medications of donor DNA that are ultimately not inherited.
Using the technique of somatic cell transfer to produce cloned mice-that is placing the nucleus of an adult cell into an enucleated donor cell, the researchers measured various parameters of obesity and found the cloned mice were heavier than controls after 10 weeks growth. The clones were not simply larger than controls, but displayed all the characteristics of obesity-increased body fat, increased leptin levels, and raised plasma levels of insulin. Importantly, the offspring of these mice were not obese, meaning that the abnormality was not passed on through the germline.
The discovery of this obese phenotype in cloned mice has implications for the advancement of the cloning technique. Research indicates that an epigenetic modification, rather than a genetic change, may be responsible for the low success rate of cloning and for producing aberrant phenotypes in surviving cloned animals. As the success rate of cloning techniques using adult somatic cells is less than 3%, reproduction by natural mating may be recommended as soon as cloning produces offspring with specific desired traits.


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The Bruins might've forgotten what scoring first felt like, forgotten the taste of playing with the lead, considering they hadn't scored first or led through two games of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with Montreal.
Patrice Bergeron practically willed them to both things last night and then helped Boston hang on for a 4-2 Game 3 win that pulled them back into the series down 2-1 to the Canadiens.
For his efforts with two assists and a plus-3 rating, Bergeron is TheBruinsBlog.net's Star of the Night.
Honorable mention: Brian Boucher (35-for-37 saves) of Philadelphia; Martin St. Louis (2 goals) Tampa Bay; Tyler Kennedy (GWG 2:43 into 3rd) of Pittsburgh; Ruslan Salei (G 1:57 into the game) and Jimmy Howard (28-for-30 saves) of Detroit.
Last night's scores
Boston 4, Montreal 2
Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 2
Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2
Detroit 4, Phoenix 2
Tonight's games
Vancouver at Chicago, 8
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Bears beat Vikings on Bennett's late TD
Chicago, IL – Martellus Bennett's touchdown catch with 10 seconds to play gave the Chicago Bears a 31-30 win over the Minnesota Vikings on a rainy day at Soldier Field.
Jay Cutler was picked off twice and lost a fumble, but finished the game 28- for-39 with 290 yards and three touchdowns for the Bears (2-0), who opened the season with a three-point win over Cincinnati.
Bennett finished with seven catches for 76 yards, Brandon Marshall had seven catches for 113 yards and a score, while Matt Forte had 90 yards on 19 carries and 71 yards on 11 catches for Chicago, which has won seven of the last eight games against Minnesota.
"I saw a lot of resiliency today out of this team," said Chicago head coach Marc Trestman. "We had a heck of an opponent today and they gave it their all. This was one of the tougher games I've ever had to coach."
Adrian Peterson rushed for 100 yards on 26 carries, while Christian Ponder went 16-for-30 for 227 yards, one touchdown and one interception for the Vikings (0-2), who have lost two straight division games to open the season after falling in Detroit last week.
"This was a very difficult loss because I thought our guys played extremely hard," said Minnesota head coach Leslie Frazier. "We just constantly battled in a tough place to play on the road. I told the players and staff after the game that I don't think I could have asked for better preparation and better fighting."
Chicago began the game-winning drive at its own 34 trailing by six with 3:15 to play.
On 3rd-and-4, Cutler got the ball to Marshall for a 12-yard gain, and the two got together for a 10-yard catch on 3rd-and-1 to again move the chains. Facing a 1st-and-20 after a holding call, Bennett caught a pass for 23 yards to get the ball to the 16. After a spike and an incompletion, Cutler sent a pass to the left and Bennett reached out for it before crossing the goal line inside the left pylon. The extra-point was good and it was a 31-30 game with 10 seconds left.
A squib kick on the ensuing kickoff was fumbled by Minnesota, with Chicago recovering and Cutler taking a knee to run out the clock.
It was special teams play that got this game started as Cordarrelle Patterson took the opening kickoff five yards deep in his own end zone and brought the ball out. Breaking it out to the right sideline, he got a few blocks and raced into the end zone to give the Vikings a quick 7-0 lead.
Devin Hester nearly answered as he was one man away from breaking his own return touchdown, but he was pushed out of bounds at the Minnesota 32.
Forte broke a 24-yard run around the right side, and Bennett caught a 1-yard score along the left side to make it a 7-7 game less than three minutes in.
Late in the first quarter, the Bears got the ball back at their own 14 and Cutler hit Bennett for 14 yards before Alshon Jeffery took a handoff 38 yards to the Minnesota 34. The next play, Cutler tossed it down the right side and hit Marshall in stride for a score and a 14-7 lead with 1:04 to play in the first.
In the second, Chicago was driving and had the ball at the Minnesota 31, but Jared Allen sacked Cutler and stripped the ball out of the quarterback's hands. Brian Robison picked the ball up and ran it in for a 61-yard score to tie the game with 7:34 left.
Hester broke off another return on the ensuing kick as he was pushed out of bounds at the Minnesota 23 for an 80-yard return.
Chicago got the ball down to the one on four straight runs, but Cutler's pass on 1st-and-goal was tipped at the line and Kevin Williams came down with the ball for a touchback.
The team wasn't able to take advantage, though, as Tim Jennings stepped in front of a Ponder pass for an interception and took it home for a 44-yard score and a 21-14 lead with 2:51 to play in the half.
Minnesota answered quickly as Peterson's 36-yard run set up a 20-yard touchdown catch from Kyle Rudolph to tie the game with 1:11 left in the half.
Chicago, though, was able to get into scoring position thanks to a 31-yard catch from Marshall, as that set up a 20-yard field goal from Robbie Gould to end the half with Chicago holding a 24-21 lead.
Peterson had fumbled the ball on Minnesota's first possession of the third quarter, but the team got the ball back at its own 9-yard line and went to work.
The first play saw Patterson catch a pass for 14 yards to give the team some room. Peterson handled the ball on the next four plays for 18 yards, and Ponder later threw a bomb to Jerome Simpson for 37 yards to set up a first down at the Chicago 14. The drive stalled, though, and a 28-yard field goal from Blair Walsh tied the game at 24-24 with 2:32 to play in the third.
After holding Chicago, Minnesota went on a 13-play, 79-yard drive that was capped on a 28-yard field goal from Walsh for a 27-24 lead, and the team got another 22-yard field goal from Walsh for a 30-24 advantage with 3:15 left.
Game Notes
Greg Jennings led Minnesota receivers with five catches for 84 yards ... Chicago posted 411 yards, while Minnesota totaled 350 ... There were just seven penalties in the game, four on Chicago ... Chicago plays in Pittsburgh next Sunday ... Minnesota has its home opener next Sunday against Cleveland.


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Clarkson University Business Students Expand Education Beyond U.S. Borders
Students at Clarkson University's School of Business will get a close-up look at the global economy in action, thanks to a new global study requirement implemented this past year.
Our faculty instituted our global study program as a required component of our curriculum in response to the reality of today's global marketplace, says Michael E. Wasserman, associate dean for undergraduate programs. "Industry leaders need graduates entering the workforce to work effectively with colleagues, suppliers, and customers from all corners of the world."
In meeting this requirement, undergraduate students have the option of participating in the International Study Abroad/Exchange Program through one of Clarkson's partner institutions. These include City University of Hong Kong, Steyr University in Austria, and the National University of Singapore. Through these partner universities, students spend a semester abroad or complete a short-term program in the summer.
Students can also meet the requirement by participating in a faculty-led immersion experience. The immersion experience consists of a two-to-three week summer trip overseas. Students tour factories, businesses, and government agencies, and visit historical and cultural sites as well. Prior to the trip, students engage in pre-departure training that focuses on culture, language, history, economics and etiquette.
The real benefit, explains Wasserman, is the knowledge students gain by viewing the global economy from another country's perspective. "Our students gain a broader perspective by learning how business operates in other cultures," he says.
Assistant Professor of Consumer and Organizational Studies Sandra Fisher agrees. Fisher and Wasserman have coordinated and led groups of undergraduate and graduate students on trips abroad, including one in partnership with Schiller International University in Strasbourg, France. "The students were able to learn firsthand how cultural values and priorities affect business practices," Fisher says. "I think it helped many of them to better understand the challenges they will face in the workplace, either working with people from different cultures inside the U.S. or in overseas assignments."
It used to be enough to teach students how to work effectively in teams, says Wasserman. "But today's economy raises the bar; our students now need to work as part of international teams. We need to provide the opportunity for our students to truly be global thinkers and boundary spanners. Our global study program is designed to do just that."
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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Mozart was born in the city of Salzburg, the capital of the independent archbishopric of Salzburg, which today is part of Austria. His parents were Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart. Mozart's musical abilities soon became apparent, to the delight of his father who was also a composer and one of Europe's leading musical pedagogues. When Mozart's sister Nannerl was seven, she began to take harpsichord lessons from her father and although Mozart was only three years old, he soon began to play as well, often spending hours practicing. Throughout his childhood, he received intense musical training from his father, including instruction in clavier, violin and organ.
Recognizing his children's special musical talent, Leopold began to concentrate solely on their education and instruction. He was known to be an exacting taskmaster, who pushed his children towards perfection. Leopold decided to take his two children on a tour of Europe to display their abilities and in January 1762, the family left for Munich. Next, the group left for Vienna, where Leopold reported in a letter "We are being talked of everywhere…everyone is amazed, especially at the boy, and everyone whom I have heard says that his genius is incomprehensible."
Invitations from all over Europe poured in. Leopold tried to arrange as many concerts as possible. Leopold felt that it was God's will that he exhibit his children. While the public and private concerts and recitals were greatly successful, the work was grueling. In October of 1762, Mozart came down with what was is now believed to be a rheumatic nodular eruption now associated with tuberculosis. Although he was treated, this episode was most likely a sign of future health problems.
The family continued to tour Europe, departing on June 9, 1763 for a three-year journey. Mozart spent the long hours on the road composing. While he could not record his work, since the jolting of the carriage made writing impossible, he would work out the music, carry it in his head, and wait until he had a chance to record it on paper. A typical tour included the following stops: Munich, Augsburg, Ulm, Ludwigsburg, Bruchsal, Schwetzingen, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Worms, Mainz, Frankfurt on Main, Coblenz, Bonn, Bruhl, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Liège, Tillemonde, Louvain, Brussels, Mons, and Paris.
On December 24, the family reached Versailles, where they would stay for two weeks, and were able to experience life in the most famous of European courts. Leopold wrote in his journal, "My Wolfgang was graciously privileged to stand beside the Queen, talking to her constantly, entertaining her and kissing her hands repeatedly, besides partaking of the dishes which she handed to him from the table." That same month, two sonatas, dedicated to Madame la Comtesse de Tessé, were Mozart's first published works.
Three trips to Italy followed, from December 1769 to March 1773. A popular anecdote relates that Mozart heard Gergorio Allegri's Misere performed once in the Sistine Chapel and was so inspired that he returned home and wrote it out in its entirety from memory, thus producing the first illegal copy of this closely-guarded property of the Vatican!
During his trips, Mozart met a great number of important musicians and learned much about other composers. Johann Christian Bach, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, became a friend of Mozart. Even non-musicans caught Mozart's attention. He was so inspired by the sound of Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica that he composed several pieces of music for the new instrument.
On August 4, 1782, Mozart married Constanze Weber. The two had six children, but only two sons survived infancy, neither of whom married or had children of their own. In the same year, his opera The Abduction from Seraglio opened and was a great success. He soon began a series of concerts at which he performed his own concertos and also served as conductor. Also during his early years in Vienna, Mozart met Joseph Haydn and the two became friends. Mozart would dedicate six quartets to Haydn throughout his career.
Mozart's adult life was fraught with financial trouble and health problems. In 1786 he moved into an apartment in Vienna and composed The Marriage of Figaro; this was followed in 1787 by Don Giovanni. Although not always celebrated in Vienna, Mozart found a receptive audience in Prague, where Don Giovanni premiered. In the years that followed, Mozart produced more compositions, including The Magic Flute.
Mozart remained ill and scholars disagree about the cause of his death at 1:00 am on December 5, 1791. Possiblities include trichinosis, mercury poisoning and rheumatic fever. Scholars also blame the practice of bleeding for causing Mozart to become substantially weakened as his health worsened. When Mozart died, he was working to finish his renowned Requiem. Constanze hired Franz Xavier Sussmayr, Mozart's only pupil, to finish the work, which premiered the following year.
The Mozart Project, http://www.mozartproject.org
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NC Rep. Larry Brown dies at age 69 in Pinehurst
PINEHURST, NC (AP) — A colleague of North Carolina state Rep. Larry Brown says the Forsyth County Republican has died at age 69.
Funeral home operator Rep. Jamie Boles said Brown died about 2 a.m. at First Health Moore Regional Center in Pinehurst. Boles is handling the arrangements. He didn't have a cause of death but said it was from natural causes.
Brown was a retired postmaster and former Kernersville mayor who began serving in the House in 2005. He was named chairman of the House Government Committee last year and lost a three-way GOP primary in May.
Boles said Brown had a vacation home in the Pinehurst area. Boles called Brown a compassionate legislator who had the interests of his constituents and local governments at heart.
Funeral arrangements hadn't been made early Thursday.
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Europe Worry
"I think that people are worried about Europe," Moscovici said, reiterating that the EU will continue its efforts to lift the 17-nation euro region out of recession. His German counterpart told reporters the focus should remain on expanding the workforce.
"High unemployment must be avoided," Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told reporters in Moscow.
Europe is the weakest component in a three-speed global economy that includes fast-growing emerging markets and a medium-paced U.S., South Korean Finance Minister Hyun Oh Seok said in an interview yesterday. He said the EU has reduced the risk of a new shock and now needs to pursue structural reforms, noting that the euro area's crisis-fighting strategies haven't always been effective.
'Being Victims'
Markets overreacted to Bernanke's initial signal that the Fed may start to cut back on its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases, Italian Finance Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said in an interview today. He said there's now an understanding that central banks will provide liquidity as long as needed.
"Emerging economies make a lot of being the victims of policies of industrial countries, including the European ones, that push up the value of their currencies," Saccomanni said. "But you know, one could easily make the counterargument -- assume that we were following very tight policy in a situation like this, I think the spillover on the emerging economy would be even harder."
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I'm taking a French class at the Alliance Française and, after running DIY EBC (0.0.7) on my French textbook, I realized that all of the diacritics (ç, é, è, ü, ...) were missing! That's because recognition was happening in English only, the default. To fix that, I've added an option allowing you to select up to three recognition languages. If that seems excessive (unless you live in Switzerland or South Africa), keep in mind that some of ABBYY's "language" options include C++, CHEMISTRY, COBOL, and Digits -- among others.
I also added an ABBYY Finereader Auto-Detect feature for the Welcome screen. Separately, the program will now display ERROR messages if you proceed through the wizard without Scantailor or ABBYY installed.
Also, please help us get the Mac and Linux versions to work! It shouldn't be too difficult if you know Mac or Linux and Python!
Daniel Reetz, the founder of the DIY Book Scanner community, has recently started making videos of prototyping and shop tips. If you are tinkering with a book scanner (or any other project) in your home shop, these tips will come in handy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn0gq8 ... g_8K1nfInQ
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Thank you for all your effort. I hope this summer I can start using it. Lucky you did French, because also the German language has strange letters not seen in English. What to think of the Scandinavian languages.Or even Russian and Greek.
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February 16. 2013 11:48PM
'Worn out' Merrimack council eyes next round in tollbooths bout
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Sunday News Correspondent
MERRIMACK - With another proposal to eliminate the tollbooths in Merrimack making its way through Concord, local officials are not highly optimistic it will be successful, but say they are willing to compromise.
"We have been doing this for 10 or 12 years," said Thomas Mahon, town council chairman, describing the unsuccessful efforts to remove the tolls as insanity. "We are sort of worn out."
Senate President Peter Bragdon is proposing
Senate Bill 3
, which would eliminate the ramp tollbooths at all three F.E. Everett Turnpike exits in Merrimack. His bill is being co-sponsored by Sen. Chuck Morse, R-Salem, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Mahon claims there has been so much meddling with a very constrained turnpike system, that there are nearly no options to make improvements. He is asking Bragdon to take a practical business approach when handling his request, making sure the financial issues are clear before presenting the bill on the Senate floor.
Bragdon said his proposal could reduce revenue by $650,000 to $2.5 million if the three tollbooths are eliminated, but stressed the loss could be absorbed by the total $70 million in revenue from the turnpike system.
"It is very difficult to get some financial figures," Bragdon told the town council on Thursday.
Councilor Nancy Harrington told Bragdon that city officials want all three tollbooths gone; however, she said the reality is that state officials will not want to give up Exit 10 because of the major revenue from Merrimack Premium Outlets, BAE Systems and Fidelity Investments.
"I am a realist," she said, adding the majority of the town would benefit if just Exits 11 and 12 were eliminated and Exit 10 had to remain.
Councilor Tom Koenig echoed the comments made from his fellow board members, contending it is unfair for Merrimack residents to have to pay all of the tolls when Manchester and Nashua are without tollbooths.
But he agrees with Harrington, saying that if all three of them cannot be removed, at least one or two of the tolls being eliminated would be beneficial. However, Koenig maintained that some motorists would then avoid certain exits that have tolls and instead use an exit that does not, which could cause extra traffic on town roads.
"We have been paying for 30 years," said Councilor Dan Dwyer. "They should be on our side. They should be listening to common sense, but they are not."
Typically in politics, Dwyer said, if you go for everything, you will likely end up with nothing. Still, he said, anything - even the removal of one tollbooth - would be a victory for Merrimack.
"We would have a weekend festival," he said, promising that the town would pick up the tab to physically remove a tollbooth. "Don't worry about the cost of removal. We will take care of it."
Another councilor, Jackie Flood, had a different approach. She described Exit 10 as a "cash cow," saying it would worry her if the exit was removed and it then caused a significant financial burden on the turnpike system.
Instead, she said, the better option would be to switch to a gasoline tax, where half a penny could go a long way toward eliminating the tolls, which she argued is an inefficient way to collect revenue. The gas tax, however, would be globally fair, Flood said.
"Something needs to be done," Bragdon told the council, adding the ball needs to start rolling now in the Senate. He admits that the proposal to remove the three tollbooths would result in a financial hit, but it is a loss the turnpike system can handle, said Bragdon.
According to Bragdon, proposed Senate Bill 3 will receive resistance if it reaches the House of Representatives, but he believes there may be an opportunity for some "horse trading," with negotiations possible.
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Shibinette appointed CEO of New Hampshire HospitalBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 18. 2017 8:06PM
CONCORD - Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers announced Monday the appointment of Lori Shibinette, as Chief Executive Officer of New Hampshire Hospital.
Shibinette, the deputy commissioner at DHHS, will assume her new post effective Oct. 20.
"After conducting a national search, it was apparent that Lori is uniquely suited to the position due to her experience in healthcare management, policy and innovation, as well as her clinical background," said Meyers in a statement. "While Lori has successfully led several important initiatives in her time as Deputy Commissioner, she is the best candidate for this role."
As CEO and Administrator of Merrimack County Nursing Home, Shibinette was responsible for the management of a 290-bed nursing facility and a 29-bed assisted living facility, as well as a staff of more than 500 employees. As deputy commissioner at DHHS, Shibinette has been involved in the oversight and management of both the Glencliff Home and New Hampshire Hospital, including the implementation of the recommendations from an independent sentinel review panel.
"Lori has been an exceptional Deputy Commissioner," said Meyers. "I have every confidence that she will bring her extensive skills to the CEO position at New Hampshire Hospital to continue to address pressing mental health needs. In her new role, Lori will also oversee the Glencliff Home and will remain a member of the Department's Executive Management Team."
Meyers thanked Don Shumway, who has served as CEO of New Hampshire Hospital on an interim basis.
"Don's wisdom and capability has left an indelible mark on DHHS through his years of service," said Meyers.
Meyers said he is working with Gov. Chris Sununu to identify a potential new deputy commissioner of DHHS.


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Title: Charles C. Albright papers, 1901-1920
Primary Creator: Albright, Charles
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Notes/blueprints on "Surveying 3"
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Chemistry lecture notes, circa 1903
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: 5 folders
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: MSF 431, Charles C. Albright papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries


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How Do We Interpret Christopher Dorner?
It is only in Hollywood movies that the anti-hero or social bandit gets away. As with most outsiders and social deviants they are brought to "justice," the State is simply too powerful, with too many resources, and the inexorable will to persist and pursue, without exhaustion, that deems escape a relative impossibility.
According to still-developing news reports, Christopher Dorner, the rogue Lost Angeles Police Department officer who has been the subject of a manhunt in California by thousands of police and other personnel after killing four people (Monica Kwan, her fiancé Keith Lawrence, and two police officers), has apparently committed suicide. Despite the outcome--it appears that he chose death--Christopher Dorner is now part of the American cultural mythos. While it is uncomfortable for many to think of him as part of a grander narrative, Dorner is in fact a symbol that speaks to our collective subconscious.
Thus, he is a canvas onto which we can project our national anxieties and obsessions. Christopher Dorner is racialized as an African American. He is gendered as a male. Christopher Dorner represents authority, conformity, and State power, as a (former) police officer. Those identities are intersectional.
For some, Christopher Dorner was a hero who dared to speak truth to power and rode roughshod over the LAPD and those he identified as his enemies who were guilty by virtue of their support of a racist police organization. To them, Dorner has Eric Hobsbawn's "social banditry" flowing in his veins.
For others, he was a criminal who went "crazy" and offered up a manifesto like those "liberals" have a habit of doing. As with Trayvon Martin, what you see may largely be a function of where you sit politically, ideologically, and racially. Ultimately, Dorner is the object who represents the intermixing of several long-standing American cultural and historical narratives; he is a nexus, a focal point for the birth of many memes.
Dorner is the African-American, "hulking, 270-pound former college football player" who was armed and dangerous. He was the 21st century echo of the "giant negroes" who attacked "innocent" white people as heralded in sensationalistic American newspaper headlines in the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries.
Some others would like to argue that he was Bigger Thomas or Tarantino's reimagined Django.
I would suggest that Dorner has little if anything in common with the former, Richard Wright's iconic character, except for being black and male.
Jamie Foxx's Django is more compelling. However, while the allusion is pithy and timely, Dorner was not fighting the white slaveocracy, living out a fairy tale slavery counter-factual, and willing to die (and kill) for the love of a good woman. Dorner and Django are both forces of vengeance; however, their goals are not the same. Those differences are not to be overlooked.
Was Christopher Dorner either a bad nigger or a badman, two of the classic archetypes in Black (American) literature and folklore?
I have no ready answer, as either formulation is compelling, while also being insufficient to capture Dorner's deeds and words. The bad nigger was a black person (usually male) who defied white authority, norms of black respectability, and did not care about the consequences. He usually was feared by the mass of black folks because we would be left to suffer for the consequences of his actions. Decent black folks were also the victims of his mischief, violence, and anti-social behavior.
The badman was just that, he was a "bad man." He was Stagolee or the Blues Man who did his own thing despite white racism and cowardly black folks who simply wanted us to be quiet to get along. The badman was a trickster figure who had the finest clothes, carried a pistol, enjoyed the prettiest women, and possessed the baddest car or horse. The badman was the king of the block--and dared someone to tell him otherwise.
Christopher Dorner was a "bad man" in the literal sense: he killed, and was the target of a massive manhunt, and one who went out, quite literally, in a blaze of gunfire and violence.
In the literary sense, Dorner is not a badman...yet. But, that is the power of cultural memory.
Perhaps, Christopher Dorner will be transformed through popular culture and storytelling into a figure talked about for decades and centuries to come, with multiple versions of his tales and exploits, shaped by the griots and bards for their respective audiences?
While Dorner has many attributes that locate him firmly within Black (American) folklore, popular culture, and memory, I would argue that he is most accurately described as an Age of Obama version of The Spook Who Sat By the Door.
Penned by Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is an underground book (and then film) classic. The story focused on the exploits of Dan Freeman an African-American CIA agent who in an epiphanic moment came to realize that he was working for a corrupt and racist government. The main character then goes rogue, just as Dorner has done, and organizes a cadre of Black Nationalist freedom fighters to "take down the man." The Spook Who Sat by the Door was later remade as a film during the blaxploitation film cycle of the 1970s.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door would be caricaturized and mocked by many who saw it as "typical" "black paranoid" thinking born of the failed revolutionary dreaming of the 1960s and early 1970s. The Spook Who Sat by the Door would also be marginalized by its later association with blaxploitation--what some cultural critics have described as "degraded cinema."
The Spook Who Sat by the Door has endured as a book and a movie because it spoke to the realities of Cointelpro, police brutality, the CIA connection to the crack cocaine epidemic, Iran-Contra, the evils taught at places like The School of the Americas, and because it validated what many black and brown folks have long-known: the United States has historically operated in such a way that White Power and White Government are inseparable.
In total, Christopher Dorner is a Rorschach test. We will see in him what our life experiences, cognitive maps, and life worlds, have taught us about violence, trust, the State, racism, and the police. Irrespective of how individual members of the public perceive Christopher Dorner, institutional power sees him, and folks like him, quite correctly, as a threat.
He is a heretic of sorts. As such, special punishments, contempt, and rage are reserved for those who defy conventional norms, wisdom, and authority.
In a similar example, more money is often spent apprehending bank robbers than was stolen in the heist. This occurs because the banking system cannot allow a person to escape because such a choice would be a sign of weakness. Consequently, such a short term cost benefit analysis would encourage more robberies in the long term.
Christopher Dorner dared to tell his version of the truth regarding the LAPD's history of corruption and racism. They do not like tattletales and "snitches." Dorner was a particularly noxious threat to the status quo both because of his violent actions, as well as the symbolic power of his words and deeds.
You can call him Django, Bigger Thomas, a badman, a bad nigger, or Dan Freeman. Regardless, Christopher Dorner will not live to tell anymore tales. I would suspect that he knew such a fact and had already accepted it. Such a decision made him all the more lethal.
As he sat, surrounded, in that cabin with his foes having now encircled and closed in, was Dorner meditating on his role as an anti-hero to some, a villain to others? Did he make peace with the outcome and the consequences of his decision to shoot and kill several people? He fought "The "Man." But, in the end, did "The Man" really win? Given the bloody end of the Christopher Dorner saga the public will likely never get a clear answer.
Christopher Dorner will live a life much longer than the 30 years he spent on terrestrial earth. The 24/7 news cycle will quickly move on. But in many communities Dorner is going to be discussed—both positively and negatively—for quite some time to come.


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"We did really well this year. If I knew at the beginning of the year that we would make the playoffs, considering our competition, I would be very happy. We had a very good year," Dancher said.
The Academic League is a 5-on-5 countywide competition among 60 public, private and charter schools at three levels: varsity (juniors and seniors), junior varsity (sophomores and juniors) and novices (freshman and sophomores). The county is broken up into three divisions: central, southeast and northern, with MBHS in the central division.
MBHS finished the 2013 regular season with a 7-1 record and qualified as a wild-card team, despite tying Madison for the division title. The Bucs lost the division on a tie-breaker because of a last-second, one-point loss to the Warhawks.
Despite the success the past few years, Dancher will be looking toward the 2014 season as a rebuilding year, with five of the seven varsity level players graduating. The graduating MBHS academic players will be team captain Brett Linley and fellow seniors Brett Ambrose, Daniel Fennell, Yewande Maraiyesa and Thomas Schoettle. The other varsity players who participated in the semifinals are juniors Jerrilyn Goldberg and Tierra Gonzales.
In preparation for next year, Dancher said he decided to get his younger players some experience in the regular season.
"Several of our juniors and underclassmen got some playing time with the varsity while the ninth- and tenth-graders were able to participate with the junior varsity. We'll have some new kids next year and you never know who will turn up," Dancher said.
In five years under Dancher, the MBHS Academic League team has grown from seven players to around 25 today, and has been able to draw students from all over the city thanks in part to the schools' international baccalaureate satatus.


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A few of the details might've varied, but tonight's installment of American Idol was, at its coal-black, mercenary heart, a less dusty reenactment of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
Oh, sure, Ryan Seacrest went with his standard, "This…is American Idol!" intro (as opposed to the more ominous "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dyin' time's here"). And no, there weren't any feral, bloodthirsty ragamuffins in the front row (just some smiling or occasional booing family members of the contestants). But there was indeed a chiseled Australian dude (sporting better highlights, a more exacting ear, and a shaper sense of humor) and a dominatrix overlord (played by Nicki Minaj instead of Tina Turner).
Make no mistake, though, the "two men enter, one man leaves!" carnage was no less brutal or bloody. Ten wannabe Kelly Clarksons entered the Las Vegas stage that typically houses The Beatles: Love show, but only five advanced to the semifinals and a chance to find out if America's speed-dialing populace wants to hold their hands, so to speak. (Ten of the guys will compete Thursday night, then 10 more ladies next Wednesday, and 10 more guys next Thursday, leaving us with 20 semifinalists in total.)
The 120-minute telecast featured only a few full-fledged train wrecks, but three or four performances which hinted that — with a little improvement/confidence boost — our Season 12 winner might possibly be in the house. If a secondary story arc emerged, it was the exceptionally salient feedback offered by judges Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj (and occasionally Mariah Carey). Let's hope these highly paid individuals continue to "knock it out of the park" and earn their salaries instead of falling back on empty "that was beautiful"/"you look beautiful" platitudes favored the last two years by Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez.
As for Randy Jackson, on a night where blood spilled freely as a Game of Thrones battle scene, the "fourth judge" somehow managed to avoid being told "goodnight" by Keith and sent to a hasty, tearful retreat down the exit ramp of doom. Oh well, there's always Thursday night, or one of next week's episodes, right? (Yes, Nigel Lythgoe, it's never too late to trim the panelist whose feedback is a haphazardly welded combo of whatever Nicki and Keith already said.)
Anyhow, let's cut to the set list for the first "sudden death" episode in Idol history — along with my letter grades for every performance:
Jenny Beth Willis: Trisha Yearwood's "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" | As someone who's covered Idol for a living for nine years running, I pride myself on having a pretty good recall of the show's myriad contestants and their bodies of work. Alas, though, aside from the fact that girlfriend tried to make a public case for the ghastly union of pink tulle and black lace, all other details of her performance have already washed away from my memory banks like common decency and good judgment from the brains of a Kardashian. (Oh, don't be upset — I'm just kidding: The Kardashians don't have any brains!) Grade: C+
Tenna Torres: Natasha Bedingfield's "Soulmate" | In all fairness to Tenna, I'll admit I had as much of a problem with her piteous song choice as I did her actual vocal. I mean, really, you want to make your first impression on Idol voters with the lyric "most relationships seem so transitory"? Why not sing a few lines from the U.S. Tax Code or the list of ingredients in a can of Red Bull? Anyhow, despite the judges' praise for Tenna's "vocal control," I heard quite a few rough patches in the lower notes of the opening verse, and some hinkyness of tone when her voice opened up on the big, belty parts of the chorus. Still, I've got to hand it to Nicki for pointing out that Tenna's super-heavy hairstyle aged her by a good 10 years. Since she'll be back on our screens for the semifinals, here's hoping she also scraps the severe blue eyeshadow and troweled-on clown-blush, too. Grade: C
Adriana Latonio: Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way" | I'm not sure why Ray Chew and the Idol band gave Aretha's R&B classic such a tinny, soulless arrangement, but Adriana brought to it a rich, husky tone and a relatively unfussy delivery that catapulted her from potential cannon fodder to legitimate contender. Keith and Randy's standing ovation perhaps set the bar a tad low for that sort of thing — what the heck would they have done if confronted by Joshua Ledet's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"? Showered him with hundred-dollar bills? — and left me wishing the judges had instead used their time to give the 17-year-old some constructive advice. Like, for instance, she ought to tackle something upbeat and current on Top 20 night to avoid any dismissive pigeonholing as an old-fashioned or outmoded balladeer. Grade: B+
Brandy Hotard: Travis Tritt's "Anymore" | I have to admit it took me a few seconds to realize that Brandy hadn't been tied up in her dressing room and replaced by The Bachelor's crazy/vicious recent evictee Tierra LiCausi. (Seriously, I wouldn't put anything past Tierra if it earned her more primetime exposure. Also: She and Brandy could totally be cousins!) Unfortunately, though, that kind of backstage drama wasn't available to add a little spice to a vocal that was as basic as an egg-and-cheese sandwich at your local diner. Brandy wasn't terrible by any stretch — as Mariah noted, she had some lovely moments in her middle register — but the psych nurse's flaws, however, allowed Keith and Nicki to flex their astuteness. The former noted an "emotional-connection inconsistency," while the latter wondered "why are you smiling when you're singing 'my tears, my resistance'?" In Season 12, a "pageant delivery," as Nicki called it, just isn't going to hold up. Grade: B-
Shubha Vedula: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" | Shubha's performance was as a little like her silver space pants: Not entirely right, but certainly not boring. I loved the way she began "Born This Way" while seated at the piano, slowing the Gaga track down to a cabaret-style ballad. After just a few bars, though, Shubha was on her feet — and the arrangement took on a stiff, midtempo vibe that found the 17-year-old over-enunciating and shimmying arrhythmically while throwing in run after unnecessary run after unnecessary ruu-uh-uh-uh-uhnnnnn-uh. Still, while Keith was right that the performance became "confusing" by virtue of Shubha trying to "cram a lot" into a 90-second window, it has to be pointed out that she deserved credit in three areas: Hitting a good 90 percent of her notes right on the nose; showing some real creativity in reimaging a well-known hit; and choosing to go uptempo on a night dominated by ballads. Alas, though, the judges weren't quite ready for such a complicated jelly, choosing safer (but blander) performances over Shubha's flawed but daring effort. Grade: B
Kamaria Ousley: Kelly Clarkson's "Mr. Know It All" | I hate to side with Randy Jackson on anything, but he was speaking the truth when he said there was nothing redeemable about Kamaria's vocal this week. As Nicki pointed out, it was as if the experienced background singer decided to put some "throaty-twangy" effect on her voice — my notes read "sounds like she's swallowing a giant vitamin while singing" — and barely hit a single note in the process. I mean, things were so grim I was actually relieved when Mariah dug deep into her bag of "say something nice" and complimented the woman's shoes. (Fashion side discussion: Should Idol keep Kamaria on staff to help Kree, Tenna, Adriana and Amber pull their looks together? I'm voting "hell yeah"!) Grade: D+
Kree Harrison: Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" | I'm not sure I quite concurred with Nicki's assessment that Kree made sweet love to "Up to the Mountain" this week — to me, she sort of tapped into its positive life force via some kind of musical Reiki — but it definitely was the climax of the first Season 12 Vegas telecast, if you'll pardon the expression. Kree's got a wealth of experience in her voice and a casual weariness to her delivery that sets her apart from everyone else in the competition. I loved how Keith highlighted that while Kree is being labeled "country," that there are clear blues and Gospel influences in her voice as well. And just as important, girlfriend never oversells a note or forces a run. If Kree is willing to take some risks with unexpected song choices and daring arrangements, there's a chance she could do one better than the woman who first brought a Patty Griffin tune to the Idol stage: The incomparable Crystal Bowersox. Grade: A-
Angela Miller: Jessie J's "Nobody's Perfect" | Angela certainly ranked among the week's Top 5 vocals, but I found it fascinating how the judges focused mainly on the self-penned track she performed during Hollywood Week rather than on what she did with a Jessie J cover this time around. "Don't overdo it. Don't force anything," pleaded Nicki, without ever coming out and saying that there more than a few moments where Angela's vocal got overly bombastic and threatened to veer off pitch. A little constructive criticism about contrasting big notes with softer touches might've helped. On the plus side, though, the Massachusetts teenager stalks the stage like a seasoned veteran, and wore the heck out of that little black front-button romper. Grade: B
Isabelle: Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child" | There's no doubt Isabelle's got a beautiful, robust voice, but I felt like she threw more runs into "God Bless the Child" than Usain Bolt's entire track-and-field career. That lack of subtlety extended to her phrasing and her peculiar rhythmic choices, too, making the whole number seem as labored as Kree's felt effortless. As Mariah noted, Isabelle might've fared better with no accompaniment aside from a simple upright bass and piano. A last name might not have hurt, either. Grade: C
Amber Holcomb: Rodgers & Hart's "My Funny Valentine" | And finally, from The Office of Contestants Uncle Nigel Has Made Sure Were Neither Seen Nor Heard Over the Last Two Months of Idol, we welcomed the very lovely and very talented Amber Holcomb to the stage. I mean, if you're beasting through a song so easily that Mariah Carey threatens to smack you, then you know you're doing something right. And indeed, Amber knew exactly when to press down on the gas (vocally speaking) and when to ease up — the contrast between her simple notes and her complex runs was delightful. No, her phrasing was not as delicate or refined as Melinda Doolittle's back in Season 6 (thus my initial instinct to give her a B, not a B+), but if I'm being fair, Amber is a different kind of singer. I'd like to see what the kid can do with an uptempo Amerie or Toni Braxton track. Heck, she might even be able to take one of Britney Spears' classic melodies and infuse it with 100 percent more humanity! The good news is, if she continues down the path she began tonight, Amber should have plenty of time to show us what's in her bag of tricks. Grade:
And on that note…
Put through to the Top 20 by the judges: Tenna, Adrianna, Kree, Angela and Amber.
Eliminated by the judges: Jenny Beth, Brandy, Shubha, Kamaria and Isabelle.
Robbed: Shubha (Okay, the performance was a little peculiar, but at least it wasn't dull!)
With that intel in your ears, let me turn things over to you. What did you think of the first Vegas round of American Idol Season 12? What did you think of the judges' feedback in a live setting and how did you feel about their decisions? Who was your favorite? Did Shubha get robbed? Sound off in the comments, and for all my Idol-related news, recaps, interviews and videos, follow me on Twitter @MichaelSlezakTV!
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Senate Majority Leader Frist is under fire from some conservatives for his speech yesterday in support of expanding federally supported embryonic research. This is a difficult issue and, for that reason, it will continue to divide conservatives. As I wrote here, in "Preview of a Coming Controversy," I agree with the position Frist took yesterday.
Given the nature of this issue, it was altogether appropriate for conservative leaders such as House Majority Leader Delay to speak out forcefully against Frist's position. Delay's rhetoric was just right — "Senator Frist is a good man; he is simply advocating a bad policy."
The rhetoric that bothered me came from certain talking heads, mostly liberals, who claimed that Frist's position was based on political calculation. Citing the Majority Leader's support of legislation to have the federals courts look at Terry Schiavo's case, commentators like Juan Williams and Jeff Birnbaum on the Fox News program Special Report tried to weave a theory holding that Frist's position on these life-and-death issues is a cyncial attempt at positioning himself for a 2008 presidential bid. But, as Charles Krauthammer pointed out on the same program, Williams and Birnbaum couldn't really explain how Frist's positions advance his presidential prospects.
I cannot read Senator Frist's mind. But instead of incoherent political speculation, why not entertain the possibility that the unifying thread in Frist's views on the two issues is his desire to save people's lives, coupled with his conclusion, correct or not, that non-embryonic stem cell research and research using federally approved embryonic lines is insufficient for that purpose?
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Mary Kate Mouser (2nd left) joins John Ray (far left), Governor Jack Markell (2nd left), and Linda Wolfe (far right) to announce the findings of a recently completed report showing kids that are more physically fit do better academically.
Today, Nemours Health & Prevention Services (NHPS) division, Governor Jack Markell, along with representatives from Delaware's Department of Education announced the results of a recently completed study. The findings show a clear and consistent relationship between fitness and academic achievement as well as fitness and student behavior regardless of a student's gender, race, family income, or school district.
"The results show that exercise is good for our brains, good for our health and good for our state. I hope we can get the word out to more parents and students about the benefits of fitness," said Governor Markell.
"Through the use of the FitnessGram®, a health-related fitness assessment tool, and EschoolPlus, we were able to identify levels of physical fitness and merge the data with attendance and behavioral records for the study," stated Dr. Marina Kaplan, senior scientist for NHPS.
The study, which analyzed records of more than 80,064 students in Delaware, indicates that students who are more physically fit perform significantly better in both reading and math. Further, students who are less physically fit exhibit significantly lower scores in these subjects and also have more suspension days and absenteeism.
These findings are consistent with a number of research studies suggesting a link between physical activity, student behavior, and academic achievement. Studies have shown that physical activity is linked to better concentration, reduced disruptive behaviors, and higher test scores in reading, math, and writing.
This study is the first to demonstrate these relationships among students in Delaware. Other states, such as Texas, have conducted similar studies demonstrating that physically fit students are more likely to do better in school and less likely to have disciplinary problems.
"While this type of study cannot show a direct cause-and-effect relationship between fitness and achievement, it shows a strong connection between Delaware children's fitness and both their academic achievement and behavior," Secretary of Education Dr. Lillian M. Lowery said. "The findings support what we already know: We must pay attention to a child's entire well-being, recognizing that a student's physical health is important for the student's academic and social health."
Currently, 12 states embrace the importance of physical activity for students with policies requiring 150 minutes of physical activity each week. In Delaware, 72% of the elementary schools are engaged with NHPS in helping their students achieve this weekly goal.