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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Aug. 23, 2012) – The ETSU volleyball team opens its 2012 season this weekend as the Bucs head to the University of South Carolina for the Gamecock Invitational, which begins Friday morning inside South Carolina's Volleyball Competition Facility.
The Blue and Gold begin the two-day, four-game tournament with a 10 a.m. match versus UNC Asheville on Friday, before wrapping up the day against Temple at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Bucs face Akron at 12:30 p.m. and wrap up play against the host Gamecocks at 3 p.m. Fans unable to make the trip to Columbia can follow live stats via Gametracker by visiting the tournament central page at http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/12-gamecock-invitational.html.
ETSU is coming off its sixth Atlantic Sun Tournament appearance in the last seven seasons and reached the conference semifinals for the fifth time in 2011. The Bucs return eight players from last season's squad and five newcomers join the ETSU volleyball family this season as the Blue and Gold look to make a strong run at the conference title. Overall, ETSU was picked to finish third in the A-Sun Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Despite having only two upperclassmen on the roster, the Bucs return a lot of talent as the five rising sophomores gained valuable playing time a season ago. Kayla Williams (El Paso, Texas) is the lone senior on the roster, but the junior college transfer played in 24 matches during her first season with the Blue and Gold and also ranked fourth in the A-Sun with 9.36 assists per set. Meanwhile, junior Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) is coming off a dominate campaign where she landed First Team All-Atlantic Sun and All-Tournament Team honors. After setting the ETSU single-season record for kills per game (4.16) and ranking second in the A-Sun in kills (503) and points (545.5) last year, Devine was selected A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year by the league coaches earlier this month.
Returning for a second season with the Bucs are sophomores Bethany Gesell (High Point, N.C.), Meredith Hardy (Kingsport, Tenn.), Katie Muey (Alexandria, Ind.), Ivey Rice (Johnson City, Tenn.), and Jamie Rutledge (Kingsport, Tenn.). Hardy landed A-Sun All-Freshman Team honors in her first season as she ranked first among freshman in the A-Sun in blocks per set (0.84) and third in hitting percentage (.246). Rutledge was also among the A-Sun leaders as her 8.28 assists per set (505 total assists) ranked seventh in the conference. Red-shirt freshman Eryn Samuels (Tampa, Fla.) missed the 2011 season and will make her debut as a middle blocker for the Bucs in 2012.
With the Blue and Gold graduating seniors Kiley Tamblyn (Torrance, Calif.), Jamie Stancliff (Advance, N.C.), and McKayla Barber (Columbus, Ind.), Devine and her staff were busy on the recruiting circuit as they brought in five new faces – Khadijah Wiley (Columbus, Ga.), Hailey Pennington (Plainfield, Ill.), Jessica Schafer (Dekalb, Ill.), Ashleigh Shain (Geneva, Ill.), and Laura Lawman (Cleveland, Tenn.).
This weekend marks the first of three tournaments for the Bucs, while early non-conference matches with Presbyterian (Aug. 28), Marshall (Sept. 3), and Western Carolina (Sept. 11) will prepare the Blue and Gold for an 18-game conference season that begins Sept. 18 at Mercer. The top six teams will advance to the conference tournament, which will be held at Lipscomb's Allen Arena from Nov. 15-17.
Gamecock Invitational Opponent Breakdown
UNC Asheville
The Bulldogs went 15-14, 7-8 in the Big South last season and were picked to finish fourth in the preseason conference polls … Asheville advanced to the conference semifinals for the sixth time in the last seven years in 2011 and return eight letterwinners … the Bulldogs have a mix of youth and veterans on the 2012 roster as Asheville lists six freshmen and seven upperclassmen (two seniors, four juniors) … Friday marks the 43rd meeting between the Bucs and Bulldogs and ETSU leads the all-time series, 22-20, while the Bucs have won the last six matches.
Temple returns seven letterwinners (four starters) from last season's team that went 8-20, 4-11 … the Owls were picked to finish 11th in the preseason Atlantic 10 Conference poll, and are led by junior outside hitter Gabriella Matautia (3.22 kills per set) and sophomore setter Tiffany Connatser (9.55 assists per set) … Friday marks the first meeting between the two programs.
The Zips are coming off a 4-25 campaign (1-15 in the Mid-American Conference) where Akron endured an injury-plagued season … Akron only lost one senior from last season's team and brought in four newcomers, while 10 letterwinners return in 2012 … the Zips return red-shirt senior and All-MAC selection Tina Dimitrijeys, while fellow senior Paiton Twitty will join Dimitreijeys at the net … this marks the first-ever meeting between ETSU and Akron.
South Carolina
South Carolina went 14-16, 5-15 last season and were picked to finish sixth in the SEC East … the Gamecocks return 10 players from a year ago and bring in seven newcomers … senior setter Taylor Burns is one of four starters returning for South Carolina, while junior outside hitter Juliette Thevenin led the team with 321 kills in 2011 ... ETSU leads the all-time series, 2-1, with this being the first meeting between both schools since 1993.
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NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered 461 new planet candidates, four of them Earth-size candidates in "Goldilocks orbits" — meaning temperatures on these planets would permit liquid water.Two years ago, mission scientists for NASA's Kepler space observatory announced the discovery of a mind-boggling 1,235 new planet candidates, each revealed by the tiny dip in brightness created as it passed in front of its host star. The next year, they announced another 1,086 candidates. This week, attendees at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society heard a new number: 461.
It might sound like a letdown, but numbers can be deceiving. Kepler's hitting a new stride these days, coming teasingly close to its ultimate goal of detecting Earth-like planets orbiting in the "habitable zones" of Sun-like stars, where water could survive on a rocky surface.Most of the newest planet candidates are less than twice the size of Earth. Four of these are in "Goldilocks orbits," neither scorchingly close to their host star nor beyond the ice line. And one — evocatively named KOI ("Kepler Object of Interest") 172.02 — orbits in the habitable zone around a Sun-like star every 242 days. This first candidate to satisfy Kepler's goal is 1.5 times Earth's size, with a balmy temperature of 46°F (8°C) — or at least that's the estimate made under certain ideal conditions, such as having the same temperature on its day and night sides.)
Meanwhile, Kepler is finding fewer of the largest exoplanets, actually seeing negative gains among the Jupiter and super-Jupiter class, because the vetting system is getting better at weeding out false signals.
Kepler's newest data release also shows an increase in the complexity of these alien arrangements: the spacecraft added 102 new multiples to its previous list of 365, including a trio of five-planet systems.
"That makes me smile," says Natalie Batalha (NASA Ames Research Center). "It was just a couple years ago when we didn't have any multiple system and now we have hundreds."
The total tally of Kepler-detected exoplanet candidates now stands at 2,740 planets around 2,036 stars. (Access an interactive table with Kepler's exoplanet candidate list here.) Follow-up observations with ground-based telescopes haven't kept pace with the spacecraft's rapid-fire discovery rate, but so far 105 candidates stand confirmed as bona fide planets.
Kepler's 461 new candidates come from a much longer list of 13,000 "threshold-crossing events". These TCEs represent the first step in the discovery pipeline, and the vast majority of these won't turn out to be planets, says Christopher Burke (SETI Institute). Nevertheless, Kepler recently released a list of TCEs to the community, in the hope that researchers not on the Kepler team might come up with their own methods of pruning the list. Francois Fressin (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) cautions, "We encourage the community to use these TCEs, but we don't encourage them to make crazy claims!"Another team looking through Kepler data is Zooniverse's Planet Hunters. This project enlists the aid of citizen volunteers to sort through Kepler's light curves, looking for the characteristic dip that indicates a planet. If enough people observe the same light curve, the team can eliminate false positives — a signal that looks like it's due to a planet, but isn't. So far, the group has found one confirmed planet and 31 planet candidates, 15 of which occupy their star's habitable zone. Even though all of these planets are gas giants, life as we know it could still exist on large moons orbiting one or more of them.
Pruning is an issue for Kepler's planet-candidate list, too; some false positives still slip though. The expectation, Burke says, is a false positive rate between 10% and 20%. But the actual count of impostors depends on the size and orbit of the purported planet — giant planets in close-in, short-period orbits are less likely to be real than small planets in long-period orbits, for example — so getting the pruning right is important for our understanding of the growing exoplanet population.
Fressin and others recently simulated a Kepler-like survey to account for the real survey's shortcomings, such as the planet-search algorithm's inability to distinguish between a planet and a eclipsing binary star in the background. Even with such occasional lapses, Fressin found in his simulation that 90% of Kepler's candidates are genuine planets.Once Kepler's impurity was accounted for, Fressin and his team estimated how often planets occur. What they found, using the more limited set of 2,012 candidates, is that one in six stars has an Earth-like planet inside an orbital distance comparable to Mercury's. These exoplanets are far too hot to be habitable, but Fressin will be able to apply the same method going to future data sets to refine Kepler's "magic number" — the count of stars with Earth-like planets in their habitable zones.
In related news, William Borucki, Kepler's project scientist, has just been awarded the prestigious Henry Draper Medal by the National Academy of Sciences. As detailed in this NASA press release, Borucki was recognized "for his founding concept and visionary leadership during the development of Kepler." The award is well deserved: Borucki first proposed the mission in 1984 and lobbied 25 years before it became a reality.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities had arrested at least 68 people and were seeking seven more Wednesday in a multimillion dollar Social Security fraud case in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which they say has one of the highest rates of fraud involving federal disability benefits.
Those charged include three doctors and 71 Social Security claimants accused of receiving more than $2 million in disability benefit payments. But the biggest haul allegedly went to a former Social Security worker accused of taking $2.5 million while directing claimants to doctors who would file false claims.
"There has never been a case like this in the history of the Social Security Administration," said U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez. "If this fraudulent activity hadn't been stopped, the government would have lost more than $35 million."
The former Social Security worker claimed to help clients seeking benefits and directed them to doctors who would earn up to $500 for each fake claim, said Ed Ryan, New York-based special agent in charge of the Inspector General's office of the Social Security Administration's investigations office.
Rodriguez said agents took videos of people that belied their claimed ailments. She said one who claimed back problems was a gym owner who posted a picture of himself on Facebook lifting a girl above his head.
Federal agents launched the investigation in 2009, and gradually "it became apparent that the conspiracy was much larger and far-reaching than we thought," Ryan said.
The magnitude of the fraud led the agency to move the office in charge of reviewing Social Security claims from Puerto Rico to Baltimore, said Carlos Cases, Puerto Rico-based FBI special agent in charge.
Cases noted that of the top 10 U.S. zip codes tied to people receiving disability benefits, nine are in Puerto Rico. "Not everyone is receiving them fraudulently, but it is worrying," he said. "Something is wrong."
Rep. Sam Johnson, a Texas Republican and the Social Security chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee, said he will discuss the Puerto Rican case during a September hearing.
"Clearly this isn't a case of just a few bad apples," he said in a statement. "That such fraud could occur in the first place raises serious and troubling questions regarding Social Security's management of the disability program."
Ryan said that his agency has established a unit in San Juan to help investigate possible Social Security fraud. He said 24 other cities in the U.S. mainland have similar units.
"It's basically to stop the bleeding before it begins," he said.
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STOCKTON - For the first time in more than half a century, an Arismendi is not at the helm of Dameron Hospital.
STOCKTON - For the first time in more than half a century, an Arismendi is not at the helm of Dameron Hospital.
The 100-year-old Stockton hospital's board of directors unanimously appointed an experienced hospital administrator, Lorraine Auerbach, as its new president and chief executive officer effective Nov. 3.
Auerbach succeeds Dr. Christopher Arismendi, who led the hospital the past 12 years until he was asked by the board to relinquish his post effective Oct. 23 before what may be a future partnership between 202-bed Dameron and the 619-bed University of California, Davis, Medical Center based in Sacramento.
No further information has been made publicly available on what has been characterized as the "possible pending partnership."
Arismendi was one of three brothers holding top management positions at the hospital. The others are surgeon and chief executive officer Dr. Christopher Arismendi and director of planning and development Luis Arismendi. Their father, also named Luis Arismendi, ran the hospital for 43 years until his death in 2000.
Their grandfather, Dr. Herbert Chapman, succeeded the founding John Dameron in 1924, directing the initial expansion to 55 beds in 1927 and bringing it to nonprofit status during World War II.
Auerbach was most recently president and CEO of two Daughters of Charity Health System hospitals, 357-bed Seton Medical Center in Daly City and 116-bed Seton Coastside in Moss Beach. According to the San Francisco Business Times, she resigned her post suddenly during Christmas week last year after four years.
Over a 25-year career, Auerbach has worked with large and small organizations across California. According to a Dameron news release, while at Seton she developed and implemented a strategic direction for the medical centers, raising the bar on quality and service, and putting the hospitals on more sound financial footing. She also worked to build stronger ties with the communities they served.
U.S. News and World Report last year named Seton Medical Center the fifth-best hospital out of 44 in the Bay Area, and that same year Auerbach was recognized as one of the "Most Admired CEOs" in the Bay Area by the San Francisco business community. Two years in a row, she was honored as one of the Bay Area's "Most Influential Women in Business," according to the news release.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. expert on Friday called on the United States to reveal the number of civilians it believes have been killed by American drone strikes targeting Islamic militants.
U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson said that preliminary information gathered for a new report indicated more than 450 civilians may have been killed by drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, but more work needs to be done to confirm the figures.
The U.S. provides very little public information about its drone program, especially in Pakistan and Yemen, where the CIA is involved in the attacks.
"The single greatest obstacle to an evaluation of the civilian impact of drone strikes is lack of transparency, which makes it extremely difficult to assess claims of precision targeting objectively," said the report, which was released Friday. The lack of transparency "creates an accountability vacuum and affects the ability of victims to seek redress."
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The involvement of the CIA in the U.S. drone programs in Pakistan and Yemen "has created an almost insurmountable obstacle to transparency," the report said. Emmerson said he did not believe the U.S. could use national security considerations to justify withholding civilian casualty data.
The Pakistani government told the U.N. that at least 400 civilians have been killed by U.S. drone strikes in the country — a figure that Emmerson first revealed during a visit to Islamabad in March. The report said that the U.N. has confirmed more than 30 civilians were killed in drone attacks in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Media reports indicate that at least 21 civilians have been killed in strikes in Yemen since 2011.
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Joseph "Frenchy" Deschenes, an autoworker, bar owner and field manager for the New York State Lottery, died Wednesday in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda. He was 91.
Born in Hamilton, Ont., Mr. Deschenes served in World War II with the Canadian Army in England. He also was a mounted police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police in Hamilton.
After coming to Buffalo in 1953, he worked at the Chevrolet plant on East Delavan Avenue. From 1969 to 1977, he owned Frenchy's Bestway Inn, a tavern at Genesee Street and Montana Avenue, then was a contract driver and deliveryman for Pepsi-Cola. For several years, he was a field manager for the Lottery. He retired in 1986.
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We commented here on the end of Daniel Okrent's tenure as Public Editor of the New York Times, and the parting shots he took at Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd and William Safire. Krugman is not one to take criticism lying down (or any other way), so he replied to Okrent, which triggered a dialogue that you can read here.
Krugman's efforts to defend himself against the charge of slicing and dicing, and flat-out misrepresenting, economic data in order to support his far-left political positions are, I think, lame, but what really jumps out at me is the intensity of Okrent's apparent loathing for Krugman. Consider the following paragraphs:
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COLUMBIA — Until the fourth inning of South Carolina's game Sunday against Georgia, there had been nothing particularly earth- shattering about the series. For the most part, the No. 15 Gamecocks played like a team peaking at the right time as they pursue a top eight national seed for the NCAA tournament. And Georgia performed like the Southeastern Conference's worst team.
Almost everything had unfolded as expected, and that basically held true for the rest of the game, which USC won 8-3 after winning 7-2 on Friday and 7-1 on Saturday. Everything, that is, except the end of the fourth inning, when tempers flared and the umpires ejected three coaches.
In the end, it was all harmlessly entertaining, a little spice in an otherwise pedestrian series, albeit a valuable one for the Gamecocks (37-14, 16-10 SEC), who finish the regular season this weekend at Mississippi State with the NCAA tournament fast approaching, 18 days from today.
The fourth inning concluded with USC's Joey Pankake being thrown out while trying to steal third base. As Georgia's players left the field, second baseman Nelson Ward and shortstop Kyle Farmer appeared to exchange words with USC third base coach Sammy Esposito. Within moments, Esposito yelled at them and several Georgia players burst out of the dugout.
Umpires diffused the situation as quickly as it escalated. But it was reignited when Georgia first base coach Jason Jacobs walked toward his coach's box for the fifth inning, saying something to USC's dugout on his way there. USC coach Chad Holbrook and strength coach Billy Anderson sniped back at him. Though there was no significant physical contact in the dustup, Esposito, Jacobs and Anderson were shown the gate.
"How I understood it to be was a little bit of a conversation between a couple of their players and Joey," Holbrook said of the disagreement's origins. "Then boys became boys. It's no big deal. I'm proud of my team for not leaving the dugout. We've coached them hard on that."
Holbrook knows Esposito could have calmed matters by walking away. Holbrook said he should learn today if the SEC will discipline Esposito, which Holbrook acknowledged was possible.
"He's as fiery of a competitor as we've got, and that's what I love about him," Holbrook said. "Hey, I was coaching third one time, and I went nose to nose with the Vanderbilt coach. It happens. Espo feels terrible about it. Sometimes, when one thing is said here and there, we chirp back. Maybe we shouldn't have chirped back, but we did."
After the game, Holbrook said he and Georgia coach Dave Perno exchanged apologizes. More pertinent to the game's outcome was the response USC got from freshman starting pitcher Jack Wynkoop after the spat, and the ensuing delay during which the umps distributed ejections.
Nursing a 6-2 lead, Wynkoop retired Georgia (18-31, 5-19) in order in the fifth, and struck out the first two batters. Before the inning, Holbrook was so concerned about Wynkoop's mindset that he told pitching coach Jerry Meyers to have setup man Adam Westmoreland warm up.
But, as Wynkoop said afterward of the delay, "It didn't affect me at all." He just threw a few extra warmup pitches, and then demonstrated his steady demeanor to Holbrook.
Wynkoop now has a 2.75 ERA, which is actually highest among USC's three starters. Jordan Montgomery is at 1.86, Nolan Belcher 2.23. That is an encouraging sign for the Gamecocks as they prepare for the NCAA tournament. So is the fact that they hit .315 while dominating Georgia and are now batting .285 for the year.
Typical of their resilient season, USC had 12 hits Sunday despite top hitter LB Dantzler sitting out with a sore shoulder. He should be ready for the Mississippi State series, which begins Thursday. If the Gamecocks win two of three, they will be in the conversation for a national seed.
The Georgia sweep kept them in it for now.
"It was a very big weekend for our team," Holbrook said. "We played about as good as we could play."


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The sp_who stored procedure is one of the most commonly used items in a SQL Server DBA's toolbox. Sp_who provides information about many crucial SQL Server user connections and processes such as login name, host name, database, command, and process ID. But sp_who displays results in a cumbersome format that contains excessive white space and forces users to waste time looking for the information that's important to them. Since SQL Server 7.0, a similar but undocumented stored procedure, sp_who2, has sneaked into the master database. Sp_who2 targets some of sp_who's weaknesses by removing certain columns, adding others, and displaying them in a more compact format. Thanks to these improvements, sp_who2 has gradually gained popularity. However, both sp_who and sp_who2 have a couple of serious drawbacks: They have limited filtering capabilities and they don't show blocks clearly. In an effort to streamline my own process analysis, I decided to write my own, modified version of sp_who.
Any DBA who works with sp_who and sp_who2 must work within the limitations of those stored procedures. First, the procedures provide only limited filtering. For example, sp_who lets you filter by login name, but sp_who2 doesn't. However, on large, busy SQL Servers, a DBA can't (and doesn't need to) look at all connections. Filtering out unwanted information lets DBAs quickly get the information they're interested in. Second, neither member of the sp_who family can show blocks clearly. A blocking chain usually includes one or more culprit server process IDs (SPIDs) that cause all subsequent blocks. (For information about detecting blocked processes, see Kalen Delaney's article "Track Down Troublemakers," August 2003, InstantDoc ID 39453 and the SQL Server Books Online—BOL—section "Understanding and Avoiding Blocking.") Detecting and fixing the blocked process at the head of the chain is essential to solving blocking-related database-performance problems. (For an explanation of how to solve blocking problems, see the Microsoft article "Resolving blocking problems that are caused by lock escalation in SQL Server" at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323630.)
Sp_who and sp_who2 also have other minor limitations. For instance, the parameter sp_who 'active' lists what BOL calls "active processes," which always include a dozen or so system processes such as Task Manager, Signal Handler, Log Writer, and Lazy Writer—processes that aren't necessarily important to daily administrative tasks but are vital to SQL Server, so DBAs can't leave them out of sp_who's results. Taking these SPIDs out of the list of runnable processes gives you a clearer look at what's going on in your databases. And I was surprised to find that sp_who2's loginame parameter doesn't filter results by login name, as its name implies. In fact, it doesn't filter anything. A close inspection of the code revealed that the login filtering part of the stored procedure is commented out. Well, quirks like this one are probably why sp_who2 is undocumented.
The stored procedure I wrote, sp_who1, is a modified version of sp_who and sp_who2 that works with SQL Server 2000 and 7.0 and has more input parameters to filter out unwanted information. In addition to inheriting the beneficial features of its predecessors, the new stored procedure provides a flexible way to investigate SQL Server connections by SPID, status, login, command, database, host, last batch, program, or any combination of these factors. Sp_who1 also helps troubleshoot performance by detecting waiting processes and potential blocking.
Introducing sp_who1
Web Listing 1 contains the complete sp_who1 stored procedure. When you download the listing at InstantDoc ID 45034, you'll notice that the code looks significantly different from the sp_who and sp_who2 code you're used to. Let's take a look at the features I included.
An impressive feature of sp_who1 is that it takes more than 10 input parameters for filtering. Table 1 shows summary descriptions of these parameters and how to use them. The parameter @spidpool has a variable capacity, allowing an average of 100 SPIDs, which is more than enough for a typical DBA's use. In my experience, if I need to check more than half a dozen SPIDs, I regard the task as more than spot-checking, and I can usually find a better filter to help me. For example, I might filter the SPIDs by the name of the database the SPIDs are connected to or by one user-machine name (hostname) where the SPIDs originate. Also, note that the variables @waittime and @blocked have different meanings when you supply them with a 0 value. When you use @waittime = 0, you see all the waiting processes, whereas @blocked = 0 lists all the nonblocked processes.
Table 2 compares the three members of the sp_who family. Without input parameters, all of these stored procedures will query the master.dbo.sysprocesses table with no filtering or sorting. When you want to sort with sp_who and sp_who2, you're limited to sorting by SPID. But I think sorting on columns other than the spid column makes more sense because a SPID is less meaningful than other identifiers such as database name or login name. I wrote sp_who1 so that it sorts results by database, login name, status, and command—an order that covers most of my routine needs. I decided to filter out system background processes because I believe few DBAs are really interested in them. I used @status = runnable to paint a cleaner picture of processes that are more important than the active value that sp_who and sp_who2 use. And filtering a pool of selected SPIDs that all users are interested in eliminates the need to run the stored procedure repeatedly. Sp_who and sp_who2 have to run once for every SPID. So, if you have five SPIDs, the stored procedure has to run five times. With sp_who1, you need to run the stored procedure only once, and you get the same results as you would with sp_who's and sp_who2's five separate runs. And sp_who1 displays the SPIDs you're most interested in on one screen.
The power of filters increases when you combine them, so I made sure sp_who1 had this capability. I call this feature multiple filter panning, and you'll love the "gold" that the panning turns up. You can vary the combinations of filters you use, depending on your situation. For example, some users run programs that connect to multiple databases. I can use @loginame and @dbname together to filter user connections by login name, then further filter by specifying the database that has a problem. Sometimes I use @status, @command, and @program together to find out which users are using our Asset Inventory application to perform inserts. Using combined filters like this gives you the advantage of convenience and efficiency. With the right combination of filters, a DBA can find a specific SPID in a second instead of wasting time searching for a needle in a haystack.
Neither sp_who nor sp_who2 provides the several wait-related columns that you can use to locate blocks. But sp_who1 has enhanced block-finding capabilities. In the sysprocesses table's blocked column, non-zero values indicate processes that are blocked. If you have very many blocked processes, tracing the initial blocking SPIDs can be tough. Sp_who1 automatically traces and reports which SPIDs are at the head of each blocking chain it finds.
If you've used sp_who, you're likely unimpressed by the inefficient way it displays results in text mode. Sp_who leaves too much blank space in columns, so users have to scroll through big empty spaces to get the information they need. This problem is compounded by the fact that most companies use human-friendly names (e.g., short names instead of names of 128 characters). Sp_who1 retrieves the maximum size of the current data in the columns and uses it to dynamically adjust column width. This feature ensures both column integrity and width efficiency.
I included a parameter-validity checking feature that I hope will give users more informative messages than sp_who and sp_who2 do. To see what I mean, try running sp_who 123456. The input value is outside the allowed range (between 0 and 32767), so the stored procedure returns an empty result. In sp_who1, the range violation generates an error and stops the code from executing, which saves system resources.
I included several features to make sp_who1 more user-friendly than its predecessors. One bonus feature is a summary heading for each sp_who1 session. The heading shows the date and time you executed sp_who1, the SQL Server name, and the total number of connections and runnable processes. I reasoned these data are of general interest and always good to have. In addition, sp_who1 displays eight more columns than sp_who and five more columns than sp_who2. The increase in the number of available columns is helpful when you're investigating database slowing and blocking is involved. And sp_who1 displays duplicate spid columns at the left, middle, and right positions of the query result so that scrolling back and forth through results is less painful. In this sense, sp_who1 deserves a Mr. Considerate title.
I have evaluated the performance of all three stored procedures, and they demonstrate nearly equal performance. But given sp_who1's added features, its performance is impressive. Several factors contribute to sp_who1's good performance. One is that sp_who and sp_who2 access the sysprocesses table without any index; query-execution plans for both stored procedures show that they require a table scan. And sp_who2 stores sysprocesses's content in a local temp table, whose life cycle starts from a SELECT INTO statement and ends at a DROP TABLE command. In contrast, sp_who1 uses two global temporary tables in a different way. If sp_who1 finds an existing global temporary table, it will try to use the table by executing a TRUNCATE TABLE command. You know that truncating a table is a nonlogged operation, which affords better performance than creating a new table. Using a global temporary table instead of a local one has an additional performance benefit: If several DBAs are executing sp_who1 at the same time, they can share the same set of global temporary tables to minimize frequent hits in the tempdb database. Sp_who1 also minimizes blocking on sysprocesses by specifying the NOLOCK locking hint. In a system table such as sysprocesses, the effect of rolling back an uncommitted transaction isn't significant, so sp_who1 doesn't care about dirty reads. And finally, SQL Server 2000 introduced a new table variable that can reduce temporary table usage, so if you're using sp_who1 in a SQL Server 2000–only environment, table variables might replace temporary tables and further boost the stored procedure's performance.
Seeing is Believing
It's time to get your hands dirty. Open Query Analyzer and run sp_who1. You can start by comparing sp_who, sp_who2, and sp_who1 in parallel. Note that the total SPID count should match for all three stored procedures. Now, let's run some code to simulate a block and see how sp_who1 works. Open five Query Analyzer windows. In the first Query Analyzer window, run the following statements:
BEGIN TRAN UPDATE pubs..authors SET phone = '212 575-3378 WHERE au_fname = 'Sheryl' AND au_lname = 'Hunter'
In the second Query Analyzer window, execute the following statements:
BEGIN TRAN INSERT INTO pubs..employee VALUES ('ABC12345M', 'Richard', ', 'Ding', 10, 100, 1389, '2004-05-17') UPDATE pubs..authors SET phone = '212 575-3368' WHERE au_fname = 'Sheryl' AND au_lname = 'Hunter'
In the third Query Analyzer window, run this command:
DELETE FROM pubs..employee WHERE pub_id = 'ABC12345M'
In the fourth Query Analyzer window, query the employee table by using the following statement:
SELECT * FROM pubs..employee WHERE emp_id = 'ABC12345M'
You'll notice that in the second, third, and fourth Query Analyzer windows, the query-execution button stays red, indicating that the query isn't finished. In the fifth window, execute the statement:
sp_who1 @blocked = 1
Voila! Figure 1 shows the Query Analyzer results you should see. Pay attention to the SPIDs that are circled in red. What has happened is that SPID 62 updated the authors table by changing one author's phone number in an uncommitted transaction. Thus, SQL Server couldn't release the exclusive lock on the row. SPID 63 opened a new transaction and inserted a new employee record without a problem but was blocked by SPID 62 when it tried to correct a typo in the author's phone number. Because the transaction was open, the lock on the employee table was still in place, which blocked the delete from SPID 64 and select from SPID 65. In the series of blocks that Figure 1 shows, SPID 62 was the head of the blocking chain. The other three blocked connections were listed under SPID 62. To solve the blocking problem, you should first focus on getting SPID 62 to commit its transaction so that SPID 63 and subsequent SPIDs can commit their transactions.
Panning for Gold
As I mentioned earlier, I included in sp_who1 a feature that I call multiple filter panning, which lets you apply filters in any combination you choose to narrow down the range of returned results you're interested in and exclude the results you don't want. Let's look at how this feature works. Imagine that user John Woo reports that his trading report is stalled; he'd noticed that the report had been running sluggishly since he left the office yesterday. Other traders aren't having any trouble running the report, so you run sp_who1 @blocked = 1, but find no existing blocks. You decide to take a look at the trading database, and you try to limit your search to information related to John Woo's report by combining the following parameters:
sp_who1 @program = 'Trading Report', @loginame = 'Boston\Jwoo', @hostname = 'Johnwoo', @dbname = 'trading', @lastbatch = 'Oct 20 2004 8:30:00:000AM'
Your query returns one SPID that meets all your search conditions, as Figure 2 shows. You notice that John last ran the trading report at 8:40 am. The process in question tried to perform an INSERT operation on a table in the trading database in an open transaction. You can see that the waittime is enormous (more than 2 hours) and the lastwaittype shows NETWORKIO. These details suggest a problem in the network connection between John's PC and the SQL Server. It turns out that the network administrator did some rewiring work last night in the server room, and when you ask him to help troubleshoot John's faulty PC connection, the administrator finds a malfunctioning hub port. Once he switches John's cable to another free port, the problem goes away. This is just one scenario in which you can use the power of multiple-filter panning in sp_who1.
Make Yourself Unique
DBAs often need exclusive access to a database. For example, imagine you're trying to restore a database called target_db. You keep getting the error Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use. With sp_who1, you can easily see who is accessing target_db. Run the following statement:
sp_who1 @dbname = 'target_db'
Then, you can use the KILL command to clean up the SPIDs that the statement returns and safely perform the restore of target_db.
Just a Click Away
Nowadays, database professionals are over tasked, and flexible and efficient tools help improve their productivity. Sp_who1 has several unique features that can save a DBA's time and effort. To make the stored procedure quick and easy to use when you need it, I recommend you save in a file a list of sp_who1 statements containing the parameters or combined parameters you use most. Leave this file open in a Query Analyzer session while you work, and you'll be just one click away from investigating abnormalities in your SQL Server databases.


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Our friends at the Claremont Institute have enlisted a formidable array of lovers of wisdom to recommend books new and old as gifts to friends and family or to ourselves in the spirit of the season. Leading off the powerhouse lineup is the great Michael Barone.
To seize on one example of a book that I had never even heard of before but that sounds like must reading for the politically inclined, attend to the recommendation of Rhodes College's Professor Michael Nelson:
I moved to Tennessee on January 16, 1979, four days before Lamar Alexander, the state's newly elected Republican governor, was constitutionally scheduled to be inaugurated. Just before noon the next day, Alexander received a phone call from the U.S. attorney, informing him that the FBI was convinced the outgoing governor, Democrat Ray Blanton, planned to spend his last few days in office selling pardons to violent criminals in the state prisons. Alexander called the Democratic leaders of the state legislature as well as the chief justice of the state supreme court and the state attorney general, also Democrats, and with their public support, was inaugurated at 5:56 that night on live local television. Watching all this as a newcomer, my reaction was: what an, uh, interesting state. The story of Alexander's early inauguration—the only one of its kind in American history—is told with page-turning intensity in former Nashville Tennessean reporter and Alexander campaign aide Keel Hunt's Coup: The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor, Put Republican Lamar Alexander in Office Early, and Stopped a Pardon Scandal.
Bipartisanship you can believe in!


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Friday, August 12, 2016
Always read food labels when searching for nutrient-rich foods. The amount of calcium in one serving of a food item is listed as a percentage of the Daily Value of 1,000 mg of calcium. So if the label states "Calcium.........20%", one serving contains 200 mg of calcium.
Cheese, yogurt, and milk are excellent sources of calcium, supplying approximately 300 mg per cup of milk/yogurt and 200 mg per ounce of cheese. Low-fat dairy products have as much calcium as the full-fat versions. Green vegetables such as turnip greens, kale, and broccoli are good sources of calcium with 30-100 mg per ½ cup. Note that spinach and Swiss chard provide little calcium due to binders that do not allow the calcium to be absorbed. Foods that are fortified with calcium (meaning that calcium has been added), such as fortified juices, soymilk, tofu, cereals, breads and bottled water, provide varying amounts of calcium. Try to include sources of calcium in your snacks and meals throughout the day since calcium is absorbed best when taken in smaller amounts. For optimal calcium absorption, include sources of vitamin D in your diet or exposure to ultraviolet light.
For those who cannot digest dairy products well due to lactose intolerance, eat small amounts of dairy products or try lactose-free products or lactase enzyme tablets. If your diet does not contain enough calcium, you can take over-the-counter calcium supplements. These supplements are available in a wide range of forms (even chewable), strengths, brands, and prices. Remember to discuss any calcium supplements that you are taking with your health care professional since they can interfere with the absorption of medications, such as specific antibiotics.
This article originally appeared in Nutri-bytes (January 2010), a service of the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and was adapted for use on NetWellness with permission.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—Bill Sullivan has started re-stocking the women's basketball roster for 2013-14, with four transfer players.
Forwards Sharnese Neal, Kaylia Richardson and Nyjah Porcher and guard Ashley Lutz join the Bucs for the upcoming season.
Neal (6-0, Sr.), a three-year letterwinner at NCAA Division I Bethune Cookman, brings size and experience to the post. She played in 75 games, making 20 starts for the Wildcats, averaging 3.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. She shot 35.7 percent from the floor and 55.5 percent from the line.
"As a mature player and person, Sharnese brings experience and leadership to our team this year," Sullivan said. "We are impressed with her skill set, her versatility and her work ethic."
Richardson (5-10, Jr.) played one season of basketball at Ancilla College in Indiana. As a sophomore, she led NJCAA Division II in scoring average at 24.1 points per game and was 10th in the nation in rebounding averaging 13.3 rebounds per game. She shot 55.8 percent from the floor and 67.1 percent from the line. She chipped in 1.1 blocks and 1.9 steals per game. She spent her freshman year on the volleyball team for the Chargers, where she was their leading hitter.
"Kaylia recorded some impressive stats in scoring and rebounding for her junior college team," Sullivan said, "and now we are eager to see her continue her exceptional play at the NCAA level."
Porcher (5-10, Jr.) played two seasons at Community College of Rhode Island, helping lead the Lady Knights to a 25-7 mark as a sophomore. She lead the team with 14.6 points and 10,7 rebounds per game, shooting 47.8 percent from the floor and 68.6 percent from the line. She was also third on the team with 3.2 assists and 2.1 steals per game.
"Nyjah played for an outstanding junior college team where she helped lead them to the national tournament," Sullivan said. "She is a proven scorer and rebounder and is known as an exceptional defensive player as well. We expect Nyjah to be an immediate impact player for us."
Lutz (5-8, Jr.) comes from Labette College in Kansas, where she was one of the top long-range threats. She averaged 14.9 points per game and shot 37.0 percent from three-point range.
"Ashley has the ability to spread out defenses with her long distance shooting. We love Ashley's court sense, her unselfishness and her skillful passing."
The Bucs, who went 15-13 last season, have seven letterwinners, including four starters back. Lutz joins a stacked backcourt, including leading scorers Colette Eule and Tyler Hardy as well as point guard and three-point shooter Jackie Perez. In the front court, the Bucs return starting center Danika Pisconeri, as well as reserves Emily Schahczinski and Alesha Jenkins and swing player Ella Ramonas. The Bucs expect to add at least three more players.


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2015 (Columbus/Austin): Has yet to make a First-Team appearance in 2015 ... was loaned to the Austin Aztex (USL) on May 1 ... made his debut for the Aztex vs. Oklahoma City Energy FC (May 1), coming on as a second-half substitute ... made his first Aztex start against Real Monarchs SLC (May 9) ... again started vs. Arizona United SC (May 16) ... came on at halftime in the club's international friendly vs. Valencia CF (May 27) ... was loaned to the Richmond Kickers (USL) on July 22 ... made his Kickers debut with a start against New York Red Bulls II (July 25), notching four shots and a team-best three shots on target ... Bedell started in Crew SC's 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round contest at Richmond (June 17), recording his first professional brace en route to a 3-1 victory ... again started in the Round of 16 at Orlando (June 30).
2014 (Columbus): Bedell made 16 appearances -- seven starts and nine substitute appearances – and scored two goals over his rookie season. He made his League/club debuts in the 2014 season opener on March 8. Bedell made his first appearance at Crew Stadium as a substitute against New York (April 26). He came on for an injured Jairo Arrieta in the first half at New York (July 12) and scored his first MLS goal. He made his first League start versus Montreal (July 19). Bedell scored the opening goal in a start at forward against Crystal Palace FC in the club's international friendly (July 23). He did not dress for the club's postseason opener against New England (November 1), but he made his MLS Cup Playoffs debut by coming on as a halftime substitute in the second leg at the Revolution (November 9). Bedell made one appearance in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament by starting at forward in the Fourth Round match against Indy Eleven (June 17), but was issued a straight red card for a foul that kept him from playing in the Fifth Round match at Chicago (June 25).
At 6-foot-6 in stature, Bedell (pronounced: "ba-dell"), scored 23 goals and recorded 22 assists in his four-year college career at University of Detroit Mercy. In his freshmen season, he played in all 19 matches – including 17 starts – and led the team in assists with eight, tying a school single-season assist record at 10th all-time. In his sophomore season in 2011, he added three goals and four assists before a breakout season as a junior. In 2012, Bedell was named Horizon League Player of the Year, Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-League with his League-leading 11 goals. His five assists that season was also tied for the League-lead. In his senior season, he was selected to his second consecutive Horizon League First Team and First Team All-Horizon League. Bedell added eight goals and five assists in his final year on the Titans squad .
Bedell was a participant in the Black & Gold's College Combine, hosted by Columbus' First Team technical staff on December 14, 2013.
The Livonia, Michigan native also played for the Crew Soccer Academy Wolves program in Michigan.
Bedell was a four-year varsity letter-winner at Winston Churchill High School, finishing his career with 26 goals (fourth all-time) and 31 assists (second all-time). He earned All-Michigan First Team Honors in 2009 as the Chargers were Kensington Lakes Athletic Association South Division champions in both his junior and senior seasons. Additionally, Bedell earned Scholar-Athlete awards all four years of high school and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Additionally, Bedell played with minor-league club Detroit City FC (NPSL) during the summer of 2013.
Bedell was signed on March 5, 2014. He was selected in Third Round (45th overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft on January 21, 2014.
Bedell is the son of Tom and Karen Bedell. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies and sleeping. He particularly enjoys action and comedy flicks. Bedell's favorite vacation destination is Aruba and would love to travel anywhere in Europe someday. He enjoys listening to country, alternative and house music and lists Fallout Boy as his favorite band. His role model is his father and idolizes Cristiano Ronaldo's game. Outside of MLS, Bedell supports Manchester United and is a Detroit Red Wings fan. Bedell traveled to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup in 2010 as a fan and also played high school basketball.


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Can I get a "Yeah?" Look at this thing—it's a wheelchair tank designed for all-terrain use. We think the story says it all:
My wife, five kids and I were in a cabin in the woods. To our surprise a herd of elk came walking through our camp. My kids, having never seen an elk before, woke up and rushed outside. My wife got in her power chair and wanted to see them too. As we went outside the elk had moved on about 100 yard and you couldn't see the through the dense tress. We started walking to get closer but had to keep stopping and help my wife get her wheelchair unstuck. Anyone who has a loved one in a wheelchair knows what a pain in the nether regions that can be.
After two years of research, the builder decided on tank treads and the rest, as you see, is history. No pricing, but we'll contact him for an interview next week. [Thanks, BananaBoy]
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(AP) - Alex Smith is headed to Kansas City, the first major acquisition by the Chiefs since Andy Reid took over as coach.
(AP) - Alex Smith is headed to Kansas City, the first major acquisition by the Chiefs since Andy Reid took over as coach.
A person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Chiefs have agreed to deal for the 2005 top overall draft pick who lost his starting quarterback job in San Francisco to Colin Kaepernick last season.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade does not become official until March 12, when the NFL's new business year begins.
Fox Sports first reported the deal.
Smith sustained a concussion Nov. 11 and Kaepernick played well in his place. Coach Jim Harbaugh stuck with him even when Smith got healthy, and Kaepernick led the 49ers to the NFC championship and a close loss to Baltimore in the Super Bowl.
The 28-year-old Smith struggled for most of his career in San Francisco, plagued as much by coaching and coordinator changes as by his own indecisiveness. But when Harbaugh became coach, Smith blossomed. He was among the league leaders in passer rating (104.1) with a 70.2 completion percentage when he was injured in a 24-24 tie against St. Louis.
Smith never started again for the 49ers, but now will replace Matt Cassel in Kansas City.
The Chiefs went 2-14 in 2012, earning the top pick in April's draft. But with no standout quarterbacks coming out of college this year, they quickly turned to finding a veteran.
Reid was fired by Philadelphia after 14 highly successful seasons, although the Eagles went 4-12 last year. Kansas City made him the first coach hired to fill a vacancy in January — there were eight of them — and the Chiefs also fired general manager Scott Pioli.
Now Reid has found his quarterback, and Smith has found another starting job.


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In China, many patients suffer from chronic prostatitis are taking the herbal medication to treat their chronic prostatitis.
(PRWEB) March 23, 2012
State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C (SIPO) has recently published a patent of herbal formula for treating prostatitis. New herbal medicine Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill invented by Chinese herbalist Li Xiaoping has applied to thousands of prostatitis sufferers and proven to be extremely effective against prostatiti, orchitis, urethritis and cystitis etc. As this medication is effective and free from adverse side effects, there is no need for chronic prostatitis sufferers to take long-term antibiotics anymore.
Accrording to Mayo Clinic, the type of prostatitis which caused by a bacterial infection can usually be treated successfully with an antibiotic. However, bacterial infections as a cause of chronic prostatitis occur in only a minority of patients. If the prostatitis is not associated with a bacterial infection, the disease can become chronic and is known as non-bacterial chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome. The specific cause of CPPS are unknown in western medicine. Many patients spend a lot time and money in finding a curable treatment, which always comes out in vain.
China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences says that the new herbal medicine Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill has been bringing about a striking effect on treating chronic prostatitis. TCM theory holds that it is heat gathering and blood stasis what cause prostate inflamed or the symptoms of inflammation. To radically eliminate the symptoms, patients need to relieve internal heat, clear toxin, remove blood stasis and promote blood circulation. So the key herbs of Dr.Lee's formula are applied precisely. Besides, how to recuperate the damaged tissues and help them recover to the best is also a assignable apart. Dr. Lee's medication make it. That is why the natural medication is a step forward in the treatment of chronic prostatitis.
"Comparing to antibiotic treatment, herbal medication relieves prostatitis symptoms slowly but surely," says Dr.Lee. "What's most important, this natural medication deals with prostatitis with no side effects. People wouldn't get resistant to it." The testimonials by patients shows men who were suffering from chronic prostatitis for years taking numerous antibiotics to no avail, and then healed with the herbal medication. Now Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill is the permanent cure for prostatitis!
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PHOENIX — As Carl Crawford rehabilitates his surgically repaired elbow at the Dodgers' spring-training facility, he's quietly trying to fix something else.
One of only a handful of position players to already report to camp, Crawford is slowly rebuilding his psyche, which he said was battered in what he described as a "toxic" environment in Boston.
Reflecting on his two miserable seasons with the Red Sox, Crawford said, "I knew with the struggles I was having, it would never get better for me. I just didn't see a light at the end of the tunnel. It puts you in kind of a depression stage. You just don't see a way out."
The Dodgers offered him one last summer, when they took on more than $100 million Crawford was owed over the next five seasons in order to persuade the Red Sox to part with first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.


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It is incredible to think that almost 35 years after his sad and premature death that Steve McQueen remains one of the most recognisable and iconic Hollywood stars. Barbour certainly thinks McQueen is a legend. The British brand has been adding to its McQueen inspired range. In keeping with McQueen's on (and off) screen persona it is tough clothing that …
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Waxed cotton is right now, but Belstaff or Barbour?
The waxed cotton jacket emerged as a serious fashion proposition a few years ago now, but there are lots on the streets again and who can wonder? Light enough for you to wear on the Tube, waterproof by definition and adding a timeless Englishness to an otherwise casual outfit, it's near perfect for spring. Another reason for its re-appearance, aside from sheer practicality, is the popularity of Barbour as yet another classic British brand being rediscovered.
When We Were Casuals – for all your Fila, Reebok and, um, deerstalker needs
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David Murphy looked around at the loaded bases, the drawn-in infield and the left-handed Oakland pitcher on the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning of a crucial game for the Los Angeles Angels' playoff hopes.
Murphy saw nothing but a chance to be a star — and to send the Angels' improbable playoff surge into another day.
He drove a pinch-hit single into left field to end it, and the Angels kept the pressure on in the AL wild-card race with their sixth consecutive victory, 5-4 over the Athletics on Monday night.
After celebrating wildly with his teammates and getting an ice water bucket dumped on his head, Murphy praised the tenacity of a team that was all but...


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Keith J. Bushong, 81
Keith J. Bushong, 81, of Spencer, passed away at Owen Valley Health Campus on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. He was born in Anderson, Indiana on September 28, 1930 to Norman and Kathryn (Comstock) Bushong. He was a graduate of Anderson High School. He served in the United States Army. Keith worked for Delco-Remy as a machinist. He was a member of the Owen County Amateur Radio Association and enjoyed gardening and beekeeping.
Mr. Bushong is survived by his wife of 50 years, Mary Lou (Wilcoxon) Bushong; a son, Mark Bushong of Carmel; two daughters, Rebecca (Chad) Mobley of Vincennes, and Kay (Brad) Ogle of North Carolina; a brother, David Bushong; three sisters, Margaret Williamson, Phyllis Estelle and Gail Morse; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Alice Beemish and Norma Shanahan.
A memorial visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be made at: www.westparrishpedigo.com.
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'Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant, whom I have chosen.' Isaiah 43:10
Suggested Further Reading: 1 John 5:1–5
Some of you have not much to spare when the rent is paid and food is bought, yet with all that, you want no man's pity, for you are rich to all the intents of bliss. When Mr Hone, who wrote the 'Every-day Book,' was travelling through Wales—he was an infidel—he stopped at a cottage to ask for a drink of water, when a little girl said, 'Oh yes, sir, I have no doubt mother will give you some milk. Come in.' He went in and sat down. The little girl was reading her Bible. Mr Hone said, 'Well, my little girl, are you getting your task?' 'No, sir, I am not,' she replied, 'I am reading the Bible.' 'Yes,' said he, 'you are getting your task out of the Bible?' 'Oh, no,' she replied, 'It is no task to read the Bible; I love the Bible.' 'And why do you love the Bible?' said he. Her simple, childlike answer was, 'I thought everybody loved the Bible.' She thought full sure it was the greatest treat in all the world, and fancied that everybody else was delighted to read God's Word. Mr Hone was so touched with the sincerity of that expression, that he read the Bible himself, and instead of being an opponent to the things of God, came to be a friend of divine truth. Let us in the same way show to the people of the world who think our religion to be slavery, that it is a delight and a joy; that it is no more a burden to us to pray than it is for the fish to swim; that it is no more bondage for us to serve God than for a bird to fly. True godliness is our natural element now that we have a new nature given us by the Spirit of God. On that matter be witnesses for God.
For meditation: Do you obey God because you feel you have to or because you really want to? The motive and spirit of our acts of obedience are important to God (2 Corinthians 9:7). Church leaders have the responsibility of fostering the right attitude (1 Peter 5:2–3).
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Our "31 in 31" series takes another detour today as we visit India, a country hit hard in recent days by some of the worst flooding in decades. (We promise that we'll get to Vietnam soon!)
By Ellie Whinnery
Public Relations Manager
From earthquakes to floods, Asia has been hit hard in the past few weeks with natural disasters. As we did yesterday, we've altered our blog schedule today to visit one of these areas – India.
Heavy rains over North Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in southern India have caused serious flooding. According to Reuters, more than 250 people have been killed and more than 5 million people are in emergency shelters. ChildFund International is working with the local governments and partner organizations in southern India to address what some are calling the worst flooding in 40 years.
Many families were forced to leave their homes for higher ground because their villages are surrounded by water. The floods washed away livestock and destroyed crops. Many roads collapsed, making it difficult for ChildFund teams to reach local communities.
Major power outages have made communications difficult. In Karnataka, ChildFund assessment teams reported that 14 villages in the Vimochana Child Development Project were affected. Seven villages in Gangavati in the Koppal district also were impacted. Five villages in Kurnool district where ChildFund works have been severely impacted, with collapsed houses and crops destroyed.
In Andreh Pradesh, more than 250,000 people in 200 villages have been moved to higher ground. ChildFund efforts are focused on securing safe drinking water and minimizing waterborne diseases.
For the latest information on this situation, click here to visit our Emergencies page. For more information about our work in India, click here.
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Population: 1.1 billion
ChildFund beneficiaries: More than 630,000 children and families
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The 2001 Plymouth Neon ceases production this year. It's a four door Sedan offered in one trim level – the Highline – which comes equipped with a 132 horsepower 2.0-liter inline 4-cylinder mated to a 5-speed overdrive-enabled transmission. The Neon boasts a solid list of luxury amenities that include air conditioning, cruise control, keyless entry, power accessories, an adjustable leather-wrapped steering wheel, a remote trunk release and AM/FM/CD audio. Safety features include front and side-body airbags, ABS brakes, child safety rear door locks and traction control.


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STARKVILLE -- The Mississippi State men''s basketball team''s prospects of making the NCAA tournament are looking brighter and brighter.
But one misstep at 7 tonight against Auburn University (WCBI) could ruin those good feelings.
Once two games off the top in the Southeastern Conference''s Western Division, the Bulldogs were losing grip on their postseason hopes coming off four straight road losses.
A home win against the University of Mississippi on Feb. 11 sparked a stretch that has seen MSU (21-8, 9-5 SEC) win five of its last six games and has helped it clinch a share of the Western Division crown and a bye in the opening round of the SEC Tournament.
The run also has moved MSU back into the mix when analysts draw up their 65-team NCAA tournament brackets.
A victory tonight against Auburn would secure an outright Western Division title and enhance the team''s chances of reaching the NCAA tournament. But the Bulldogs still aren''t a lock for the tournament, so they can''t take their foot off the gas pedal as they begin a five-game launch to their second consecutive SEC Tournament title.
Five on the bounce would make for a better NCAA seed, too.
So when ESPN''s Joe Lunardi updates his latest "Bracketology" on ESPN.com, and SportsCenter runs nightly updates, the players know where they standing for the trip everyone wants to make but so many have to watch.
It''s a big deal, and MSU''s players are reminded daily about where they stand in the hunt to punch their ticket to the NCAA tournament.
MSU coach Rick Stansbury accepts today''s world of up-to-the-second sports updates and the means to receive information as just another dimension of coaching.
While some consider it a distraction, Stansbury sees the situation as a two-fold reminder, especially as a team fighting from the back of the line.
"Our kids understand there''s a lot of business not finished yet," Stansbury said. "For the most part, I think our guys have been pretty good about it. You can''t shield them from all that. Everywhere you go or anywhere you turn on a TV, it''s a big part of it. I don''t think any of them are satisfied with where we''re at."
MSU forward Kodi Augustus said players are all the same when it comes to basketball news.
"I love sports," Augustus said. "My TV is always on ESPN. You can''t not see it because it''s on TV everyday, talking about who''s in, who''s out everyday."
Tonight''s game at Auburn (14-15, 5-9) will be Senior Night for the Tigers. It also will be the team''s final game in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum. The storylines will provide added emotion the Bulldogs will need to match before they have their Senior Night against Kentucky-slayer 2.0, the No. 13-ranked Tennessee Volunteers, at 5 p.m. Saturday (ESPN) at Humphrey Coliseum.
The stir of energy and excitement on Senior Night can affect both teams, Stansbury said. And with a book-ending game at Auburn''s gym, where MSU lost by 15 points last season, the Bulldogs have a unique, relieving way of closing the last week of the regular season.
"Our thing will be the same," Stansbury said. "Our kids can take some pressure off them knowing they won a (SEC West) championship. They don''t have that added pressure on them. But again, there is a lot more laying out there for us to get. Those things just naturally happen without us having to talk about it."
For the Tigers, who are coming off a 74-59 win against LSU, tonight''s game will give them a chance to avenge an 85-75 overtime loss to the Bulldogs on Feb. 13.
Auburn guard Tay Waller dueled MSU''s Dee Bost in a backcourt track meet that saw the AU senior score 21 points to Bost''s game-high 32.
Waller has averaged 27 points and is 21 of 33 from beyond the 3-point arc in the past three games. He''s a big reason the Tigers are 2-1 in that span.
"It just seems like everything he can get off is going in," Auburn coach Jeff Lebo said of Waller. "It hasn''t been one game or two game, it''s been the last five where he''s shooting 60 percent form three.
"Even when he''s not scoring the ball, it''s big. It opens up some things for other players because they have to guard him so differently."
MSU will counter with a front court that''s become more active offensively in its win streak. Augustus is averaging 11.7 in the past four games, and Naismith Trophy finalist and newly crowned NCAA blocks king Jarvis Varnado is averaging 16.7 points in the past three.
The added production has come with steady play at the point from Bost, who has a pair of 22-point games and is averaging 5.5 assists per game in the team''s past four games.
"I think we''ve just been playing together, sharing the ball, and getting to the open guy," Varnado said. "It''s going to take a team effort to beat Auburn and Tennessee by sharing the ball and playing good team defense. We got those records out the way so we can focus on games."
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General Comments: Futures were lower as speculators sold long positions after the big rally on Thursday. Trends remain up as traders contemplate less planted area next year and strong export sales. Nearby months went down more than deferred months due to the liquidation trading. Bull spreads will be featured once again as the market tries to find some Cotton. Those looking for Cotton are having a tough time as supplies do not seem to be out there, or at least are not available to the market. Export sales have been strong for the last month to six weeks, and strong sales are expected to continue after another failed Chinese government auction held over the weekend. Buyers there said that the government wanted high prices for inferior Cotton and that they would continue to import even with higher taxes. The current low prices are bringing into question what farmers in Texas and the Delta and Southeast will plant this year. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower this year here in the US due to weak prices against competing crops. The area lost would go mostly to Corn and Soybeans. Current weather features some precipitation in Delta and Southeast areas, but western Texas was mostly dry. Delta areas will turn dry this week. Ideas are that the market can continue to work higher overall.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see mostly dry conditions, although a few showers are possible early this week. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Texas will get dry weather this week. Temperatures will average near to above normal. The USDA spot price is now 75.16 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.112 million bales, from 0.110 million yesterday.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are up with objectives of 9100 March. Support is at 80.40, 79.90, and 78.00 March, with resistance of 84.00, 85.25, and 87.00 March.
General Comments: Futures closed little changed in light volume trading. Weather remains good in Florida. Temperatures remain mild in the state, and conditions are mostly dry. Forecasts call for mostly dry conditions and mild temperatures to continue. Fruit is holding for now, and irrigation is being used by producers to hold crop condition. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is continuing, and the Valencia harvest is underway. Demand for domestically produced Juice remains down from last year. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing normal temperatures and scattered showers. Harvest is continuing, so an increase in supplies should be expected at this time of year.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions, but showers are likely on Wednesday. Temperatures will average above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are mixed. Support is at 110.00, 109.00, and 106.00 March, with resistance at 118.00, 122.00, and 126.00 March.
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Consumers urged to detail retail complaints
Consumer Affairs Victoria is urging the public to report their complaints, to help prevent dodgy trading practices.
It says people need to be more aware of their customer rights when shopping.
Last financial year, complaints about defective goods and unsatisfactory service topped the list of most common shopping gripes.
Hundreds of customers also complained they were denied refunds and returns, were overcharged or bought products and services that were falsely advertised.
The consumer watchdog received the most complaints about electrical goods, vouchers and coupons, electronics, car repairs and airline service and accommodation.
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