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Q&A With Brandon Roy
Jan. 20, 2009
Thursday, Jan. 22 will mark a very special day in Husky Basketball history. Former standout Brandon Roy is returning to his old stomping grounds and will watch as his No. 3 is raised to the rafters of Bank of America Arena, joining the No. 25 of Bob Houbregs as the only retired hoops jerseys in UW history.
Roy completed his career at Washington in 2006 as one of the top players in school history. He was a key figure in the Huskies' three-straight NCAA Tournament and back-to-back NCAA Sweet 16 appearances. As a senior, Roy was named a first-team All-America selection by the Associated Press, becoming the first Husky so honored since Houbregs in 1953.
Roy was selected sixth overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was subsequently traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, where he averaged 16.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in his first professional season. He was a landslide winner of the 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year award after he received 127 of 128 votes. In his second season in the NBA, he was selected as a reserve to the NBA All-Star Game. Now in his third NBA season, Roy is well on his way to a distinguished professional career.
Roy recently talked to Brian Tom of GoHuskies.com about the honor of having his jersey retired and his time at Washington.
GoHuskies.com: Can you put into words what having your number retired means to you and where on the list of your accomplishments it stands?
Brandon Roy: 'Honestly, I can't put it into words because I've never really dreamed of the day of having my jersey retired. I've been thinking, 'How does it feel? Could I imagine this?' As a kid, I always wanted to play college basketball. As I got older I saw that U-Dub was realistic but I just wanted to have a good career there. I never thought I would be one of the guys they would retire (their jersey). It's hard to explain. It's humbling. It's a very humbling experience. And I think as far as my accomplishments it definitely shoots right to the top.'
GH.com: Besides having your number retired, what is the accomplishment you are most proud of at Washington?
Roy: 'I would have to say the thing I'm most proud of at Washington was when we won the Pac-10 Tournament title my junior season and we were awarded the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. And for me, that was one of the best feelings ever because I grew up watching the NCAA Tournament and to be able to be there with my teammates and to be awarded the No. 1 seed and to always have that under my belt, that was an incredible feeling. I can still remember the day like it was yesterday. It was amazing. It's an honor for me but also for the fans and my family. Just the whole experience was incredible. '
GH.com: I was in the crowd for that one. People seemed really surprised, but there definitely a lot of excitement in the air.
Roy: 'Yeah! We thought we would be a two seed. I mean, honestly. I don't think anybody would have said, 'We might be a one seed.' We thought we would be a two seed. And then that one seed came about. That was a big surprise for me that the committee would award us a No. 1 seed.'
GH.com: How did playing all four years for Lorenzo Romar better prepare you for the NBA compared to if you had left the UW early?
Roy: 'I think it prepared me perfectly for the situation I had to go into in Portland as a rookie. I had to step in right away and be a leader on and off the court. I think that's the biggest thing Coach Romar prepared me for. He didn't only develop me as a good basketball player, but he developed me as a person. So when people ask me how did it help, it's because in Portland I was placed in a situation where I was kind of the face of the franchise in my first and second year, and the only way I was ready for that was because he demanded that out of me at the University of Washington. I think every season I came back he made sure that I improved from the last season. I think he demanded that from me off the court. I think now in the NBA I take those good habits I practiced under him and I apply them to the NBA and I think because of that I've had a lot of early success.'
GH.com: Along the same lines, how is Coach Romar similar to Portland Trailblazers coach Nate McMillan?
Roy: 'I think they are similar just with how disciplined they are and the discipline they demand out of their players. Playing for both of them, you see that they are both player-coaches. They both played in the NBA, they both played college basketball, so they understand what I'm going through at there on the floor. So when I have questions, it's like, 'Coach, what did you do in this situation, what did you do in that situation,' and they both understand. The thing that I really like about both of them is that on the court, they are all business. You're not joking around with either one of them. But off the court, they joke around and you know people often say that Coach Nate is this hard-nosed guy, but off the court he jokes around with us, he talks, he tells us stories about when he was a player, and that's the same way Coach Romar was. It's similar that when they're on the court it's basketball first, but off the court they really care about their players and they take the time to get to know them personally. '
GH.com: What do you miss most about being a student-athlete and what do you miss the least?
Roy: 'What I miss the most about being a student-athlete is that in college when we traveled and everything we did was really team-oriented. It's a togetherness that you have in college. I think when you go into the NBA, guys are pros and they have their own families. But in college, you have your family but you know your team is almost first. It was the way we were always together. If we went to the movies, the whole team went. If we went to dinner, the whole team went. It's just that togetherness that sometimes I miss and not having it in the NBA. I think the thing I miss the least in college is probably the hard practices. Practices are often harder than in the NBA. '
GH.com: I know you're a little ways away from graduating. Do you have any plans to finish your degree yet?
Roy: 'Oh definitely. I want to go back, hopefully this summer, and if everything goes right I'll be able to get scheduled for some classes. Hopefully two classes and try to get closer to my degree. You know, that's something I started so it's definitely something I want to finish. And it's something that my parents want me to finish. Plus, just for myself. I want to do it for myself because it's another one of those goals that I set. Go to the NBA. Go to college. Graduate. And I definitely want to try and achieve that. Also, for my kids, I want them to look up and know that their father graduated from the best university in the world.'
GH.com: From Rookie of the Year to the NBA All-Star Game, you've had a lot of early success in your career. But yet the one thing that you hear from everybody is that you're the same humble guy that you were before. How do you let all your early success not go to your head?
Roy: 'For me, I've always accomplished things through hard work. And, on the other side, I've been that guy that's overlooked. I've always just stayed grounded in my ways. My parents at an early age taught me to never get too high on the wins and never get too low on the losses. I've always taken that with me. Even making the All-Star Game, I'm just honored by the experience, but at the same time it's so delicate that I don't want to lose it. So I stay humble and hard-working in my approach. I would probably just say it's the way I've been raised. I've been taught to treat people respectfully no matter what situation I'm in. So it doesn't matter if I'm an All-Star or the last man on the roster, I'm going to treat people with respect. And I hope I'm treated the same way.'
GH.com: How much do you follow the current Huskies squad and what are your thoughts on the season to date?
Roy: 'I keep up with them as if I still played for the team. I'm a big fan of the Huskies and I talk to Coach Cameron Dollar, Coach Romar, Coach [Paul] Fortier and Coach [Jim] Shaw. I still keep up with those guys and keep up with the [players] off the court. It seems the team is doing really well. I was hurt after that loss against Cal. I was just destroyed after that game. But I'm definitely impressed with the team. I felt like if we would have won that game, we would have put ourselves right at the top of the Pac-10. [Side note: This interview took place before the Huskies swept Oregon and Oregon State] And a lot of college basketball is gaining that winning attitude and I think they are starting to develop that. It hurts to lose games for them now. And that's what I think we finally developed when I was playing. They're definitely starting to get that back. I'm thinking the NCAA Tournament and more for this team if they can continue to develop each day.'
GH.com: Did that triple overtime game (against Cal) bring back any memories of the double overtime game against Arizona, by chance?
Roy: 'Oh yeah, it actually did. I was watching and I thought, 'Man, I can remember checking that ball, going up the left side and making that crazy shot to send the game into another overtime.' I mean, I still watch and listen to the fans and I can remember me, Will Conroy, Nate Robinson, Tre Simmons and all those guys, back out there, running up the court and enjoying those moments. It's the weirdest thing, here I am in the NBA and having fun with my new teammates, but I can still see the games as if it were yesterday.'
GH.com: Do you and (fellow Seattleite, one-time Husky signee and current teammate) Martell Webster ever gang up against former Arizona players Jerryd Bayless and Channing Frye and trade smack talk?
Roy: 'Oh yeah, it's a constant battle -- a constant struggle. Me and (former Arizona State player) Ike Diogu will sit in the locker room and talk about the old battles we had. Channing Frye and Jerryd Bayless will be talking trash, and they'll even bring in some Big 12 guys like LaMarcus Aldridge, talking about whose team would have won if we would have still been there. It's fun, man. It's competitive. And especially being in Oregon I have to hear all those Ducks mouths talking about their team and I can't stand it. It's fun. I think everyone has their college that they are loyal to and I think I do a good job of arguing the Huskies case.'
GH.com: Speaking of Oregon, if you could transplant anything to Portland that is exclusive to just Seattle, what would it be?
Roy: 'We definitely need a Dick's in Portland. That's the thing we need. Oregon doesn't have a Space Needle, either. I would probably have to say like a Dick's burger. Just something that says Seattle. '
GH.com: What Oregon has over Washington is that it doesn't have that sales tax, but unfortunately for you they have an income tax?
Roy: 'Yeah, exactly. That's the one that hits you. People always say, 'You don't have a sales tax.' And I'm like, 'Don't worry, they get their money.' They get their money no matter what.'
GH.com: When you made the NBA did you allow yourself to buy something special?
Roy: 'Really, the first thing I bought was a Cadillac Escalade. Growing up, I didn't really have a car unless I drove my parents. That was my first purchase and that was pretty cool. A little later I bought my first house and that was probably the purchase that meant the most to me. I said, 'Here I am, 21-years-old, and I'm buying a house.' I can just remember standing in the back yard, looking at the house, and saying 'This is my house. I own it.' That was a pretty special feeling. '
GH.com: You recently just had your second child. How has parenthood changed you and what are the most important lessons from your parents that you want to pass down to your kids?
Roy: 'I think parenthood has changed me because I realized that life is not about me anymore. It's not like when I was in college when I was concentrating on myself and my future. Now it's changed because everything that I do, I always think of my kids first and how it would affect them. I think the greatest gift in the world is having kids, if you're ready for it. But for me, it's the best thing ever. When games are hard, or we lose, to go home to my kids and see that they don't care about it, and they just see that I'm home, they definitely do the job of making life a lot more fun for me. The lessons that I take from my parents, I would have to say, my parents were just very supportive of my life. I think a lot of kids can't say that. Just going forward, I want to be there for my kids and give them the tools to be successful, for whatever they want to do. That's what my parents did.'
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Biotechnology is as old as the art of making bread for your toast or vinegar for your salad dressing. It also is as new as the four to five dozen companies formed over the past half decade to exploit the wonders of genetic engineering.
The awesome ability to rewrite an organism's genetic instructions - to give it capacities nature never intended - promises to become the spearhead of the revolution sweeping through biotechnology today.
The revolution is being driven as much by rising oil costs as by new prospects for directly rewriting the genetic ''programs'' of microbes. Many basic industrial chemicals that have been made from natural gas and oil now can, or soon will be, made more economically by microbes using wood cellulose, organic wastes, or other so-called ''biomass.''
''The major economic impact of genetic engineering will be even greater in the chemical and energy industries than in the health-care field,'' says Edward Lanphier of International Resource Development Inc. (IRD). This is in spite of the fact the microbes have already taken over much of the pharmaceutical industry over the past four decades. Antibiotics worth $4 billion to $5 billion have been produced worldwide so far. IRD has projected a $3 billion annual market by 1990 specifically for drugs produced by genetically redesigned organisms.
However, the multibillion-dollar market for microbe-made medicinals pales beside IRD's projection of trillions of dollars of savings and goods produced through more extensive applications of biotechnology in the chemical and energy industries. By allowing energy-intensive chemical reactions to take place at relatively low temperatures and pressures, biotechnology can cut industrial energy use significantly. It can aid secondary and tertiary recovery of some 200 billion barrels of domestic oil worth over $6 trillion by, for example, supplying xanthum gum to help push oil out of wells. By helping farmers become less dependent on oil-derived chemicals for fertilizers and pesticides, biotechnology can substantially benefit agriculture, IRD believes.
Such an assessment is not mere hyperbole from promoters. Several recent reports from diverse sources also see biotechnology burgeoning. The congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in a detailed study released last April, concluded that ''the impact of this technology will cut across the entire spectrum of chemical groups. . . .'' It added, ''crude estimates of the expected economic impacts (including medicinals) are in the billions of dollars per year for dozens of chemicals within 20 years.''
Looking specifically at agriculture and related business, a study by the Policy Research Corporation and the Chicago Group foresees an annual market of $ 50 billion to $100 billion for products made by specially designed microbes by the end of the century.
Besides producing chemicals, biotechnologists also foresee new ways to control pollution. For example, Ananda M. Chakrabarty of the University of Illinois, who patented an oil-eating bacterium while working for the General Electric Company, now is developing bacteria that can eat toxic chemicals. ''In the future,'' he says, ''instead of banning chemicals . . . we'll be able to develop our own antidotes.''
Harking back to a technique believed used by the Romans, mining engineers anticipate using microbes more extensively to recover valuable metals from poor ores. Already, bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus are used commercially to win copper and uranium from low-grade ores. By breeding or genetically designing bacteria to be more resistant to heat and acids and more tolerant of metal poisoning, it may be possible to expand their role as miners.
Such is the vision of the biotechnical revolution. However, genetic engineering has raised questions of ethical and social responsibility since it first gained public notice in the early 1970s.
Put in its simplest terms, these techniques allow biologists both to read the genetic instructions that control the development and nature of a specific organism and, to some extent, alter those instructions. For example, the appropriate genes from one species of organism that produces a certain chemical (biologists would say the genes ''code'' for the chemical) can be given to a bacterium, typically Escherichia coli, which then can produce the chemical in appreciable quantity. In this way, bacteria have been enabled to make such natural human biochemicals as insulin or a growth hormone, using the actual human genetic instructions. The insulin gene, which is fairly short, was synthesized and then given to the bacterium. In the case of the growth hormone, the human gene itself was copied directly and inserted.
The developing ability to transfer genes between different biological species , genera, and even kingdoms - across the vast biological distance between human beings and bacteria - raised concern in the mid-1970s that biologists might be tempted to ''play God'' and repopulate Earth with their own creations. Formidable technical obstacles, including lack of much fundamental biological knowledge, bar such hubris. There is a world of difference between reprogramming E. coli to make certain biochemicals and redesigning the human race.
As this has been more widely realized, the concern about tinkering with earthly life has moved into the background, although it has not faded away. It remains as a backdrop to the biotechnical revolution. As the OTA noted last spring: ''Genetics - and other areas of the biological sciences - have in common a much closer relationship to certain ethical questions than do most advances in the physical sciences and engineering. The increasing control over the characteristics of organisms and the potential for altering inheritance in a directed fashion raise again questions about the relationship of humans to each other and to other living things.''
Concern about public safety has been more persistent. Again in the mid-1970s, biologists worried that they might create novel microbes that were dangerous life and that might escape from the lab. They urged strict volunteer guidelines to ensure nothing dangerous was let loose. In 1976, they were formulated as the National Institute of Health (NIH) guidelines, which became binding on federal agencies and grantees but remained voluntary for others. Some communities, such as Cambridge, Mass., asserted their own authority to control DNA work within their jurisdictions. Safety committees were also established at universities to supervise recombinant DNA research.
Except for some concern that the NIH guidelines were not generally binding on industry, there was wide agreement that reasonable public safeguards had been established. Dangerous experiments with such things as pathogenic organisms were either banned or very strictly controlled. Much other research had to be done under tight laboratory conditions.It became apparent that biologists had been overly cautious. Most, if not all, of their bacterial rejiggering was no more exotic than what occurs naturally. Even E. coli with the ability to make human growth hormone is believed to pose no threat, for it would not be likely to survive outside of the carefully controlled environment of laboratory glassware or industrial vats. This has led biologists to seek a relaxation of the guidelines which many of them now consider needlessly restrictive and even alarmist. Most other countries with biotechnical research have already come to this conclusion. In Britain, for example, only the most potentially dangerous experiments need prior approval. Now the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) urges relaxation in the US. On Sept. 9, by a vote of 16 to 3 with one abstention, the RAC gave preliminary approval to a proposal originally put forward by David Baltimore of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Allan Cambell of Stanford University. Guidelines now mandatory would become voluntary. Conditions for working with redesigned organisms would be relaxed. Only two dangerous types of experiments would continue to be banned - those using genes able to synthesize extremely toxic poisons and those which would transfer drug resistance if this were deemed detrimental to public health.It remains to be seen whether or not the RAC recommendation will be sustained. Debate within the committee was intense, even though most members reportedly acknowledged that past fears had been exaggerated. Also, local communities with recombinant DNA facilities would likely be uneasy with any weakening in the rules. Boston, for example, now has an ordinance to compel compliance with current standards and Cambridge has toughened its 1977 law to control privately funded DNA work more closely.Molecular biologists hope that local communities will recognize that the supposed dangers of their work are much less than had been thought and will not reimpose restrictions that NIH now is prone to relax. Nevertheless, many of those working in this new biological field do recognize the importance of public participation in resolving this issue. ''We need to provide an established, available, open forum for consideration of these issues over the next five years,'' says Mr. Baltimore, ''so the public can understand . . . their concerns have not been forgotten.'' Meanwhile, back on campus, new ethical issues have arisen as the lure of big money reaches into academic laboratories. This is not just a matter of university professors being enticed into industry. A number of them are staying on campus but dividing their time and loyalty with outside companies, some of which they have helped establish. Another factor is the inflow of industrial money to set up special arrangements for priority access to discoveries in exchange for research funds. In July, for example, the Du Pont chemical company announced a five-year, $6 million deal with Harvard Medical School to support research in molecular genetics, with Du Pont receiving an exclusive license on any practical discoveries. This followed within a month the announcement of a similar 10-year, $50 million arrangement between Harvard and the German chemical company Hoechst AG. The immediate payoff in application of recombinant DNA research is expected to be in medically related areas such as drug manufacture.As though such deals for exclusive licensing weren't enough of a threat to free publication of academic research, the scientists themselves are beginning to conceal their findings in hopes of gaining patents. ''The lure of the dollar makes people clam up,'' says Doris Merritt of NIH, the main sponsor of DNA research in the US.''We are already beginning to see serious threats against the usual modes of scientific communication,'' warns Stanford University president Donald Kennedy. He explains: ''Proprietary restraints on the free exchange of data have already begun to crop up at biomedical research meetings and are presenting challenges to the policies of scientific societies and journals accustomed to open publication. Even more damage has been done to the informal routes of communication that characterize most vigorous fields of basic biological research.''Noting that the problems brought by big money in the commercialization of biomedical research are harbingers of what will happen in other areas of the new biology, Kennedy has called for a conference to lay down some ethical guidelines, just as biologists once met to establish safety guidelines. At this writing, he has had no takers. Indeed, the thinking in regard to ethical standards for universities in this matter is in disarray.Meanwhile, there is the question of the public's interest in the fruits of research that has been funded largely by tax money. At a hearing on this issue before subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee, Rep. Albert Gore Jr. (D) of Tennessee expressed a widely held concern when he said, ''My gut feeling is that the taxpayers are not being given sufficient consideration.'' He said he felt ''uncomfortable with the arrangement with Hoechst'' which he thought would allow foreigners to tap knowledge paid for by US citizens.For their part, both universities and the companies involved point out there will be a rich return from taxes paid on any profits. For example, J. Leslie Glick, president of Genex Corporation says, ''We project the financial return to the public (as cost savings and corporate taxes) in the year 2000 on worldwide bulk sales of products whose manufacture will have been affected by recombinant DNA technology to be $4.7 billion.''The ethical issues are far from being resolved. They hang as a small but dark cloud on the otherwise bright horizon of biotechnology. Also on that horizon is the question of how far scientists should go in tinkering with organic life. Biologists and the rest of society will have to face up to that one someday.

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Cal-Stanford Football Media Notes
Nov. 12, 2000
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A young California football team hopes to end the 2000 campaign on a positive note and provide a springboard for a promising season in 2001 when the Golden Bears host Stanford in the 103rd edition of the Big Game. Cal will try to reverse a trend that has seen Stanford win five consecutive and 9 of the last 11 Big Games. Stanford holds a 52-39-11 overall advantage in a series that dates back to 1892. It rates as the 10th most played rivalry in college football. In games played in Memorial Stadium, Stanford has an 18-15-5 advantage and has won two straight. Last season, Stanford clinched a Rose Bowl berth by scoring the last 17 points in a 31-13 victory in Palo Alto, despite a brilliant finale by Cal's Deltha O'Neal, who had a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD, a 58-yard punt return for a TD and an interception in the Cal end zone. However, behind walk-on quarterback Wes Dalton, the Bears generated only eight first downs and 130 yards of total offense. In the last game in Berkeley, Cal had only 198 yards of total offense, including minus-36 rushing yards, while Stanford had just 10 rushing yards, in a 10-3 Cardinal victory.
The 2000 Season: A Year of Missed Opportunities
In this year of relative parity in the Pac-10, there are many teams that can point to a few plays that could have made a major difference in the win-loss column. However, Cal would certainly lead the parade of those who will be saying 'What if?' during the off-season. Cal came within a failed two-point conversion of tying Illinois in the final 90 seconds. The Bears gift-wrapped 18 Washington State's 21 points in a 21-17 defeat, via punt game mistakes. Cal had an 11-point fourth quarter lead at No. 9 Washington and was within two points of No. 14 Oregon State in the fourth quarter two weeks ago, until a missed sack gave the Beavers new life. Last week, Cal had a lead early in the fourth quarter at No. 6 Oregon. After the Ducks took an 18-17 lead, Cal looked like it had recovered a fumble at the Oregon 32-yard-line and in position to take the lead again with less than 10 minutes left in the game. However, after a long huddle, the officials awarded the ball back to the Ducks and Oregon eventually won an eight-point decision. Next year, Cal hopes to use its experience and maturity to turn those agonizing defeats into victory celebrations.
Bears Bid Farewell to 16 Seniors in Their Final Game in Cal's Memorial Stadium
Saturday's game will mark the final appearance for 16 California seniors, including six starters (2 on offense, 3 on defense, 1 punter). The starters are punter Nick Harris, offensive tackle/center Reed Diehl, tight end Brian Surgener, defensive end Andre Carter, defensive tackle Jacob Waasdorp and cornerback Chidi Iwuoma. The other seniors are offensive tackle Chris Chick, fullback Roy Jackson, safety Juan Jimenez, tight end Keala Keanaaina, defensive end Shaun Paga, cornerback Harold Pearson, receiver Phillip Pipersburg, linebacker Jason Smith, offensive lineman Robert Truhitte and safety David Watts.
Bears Look to 2001 With More Favorable Schedule and Lots of Experience
Cal began the 2000 season facing a schedule that one magazine (Inside Players) rated the third toughest in the nation, while Sports Illustrated ranked it as the sixth most difficult in college football. It has been all of that, and more, as the Bears have faced teams ranked No. 19 (Illinois), No. 9 (Washington) and No. 6 (Oregon), along with a USC team that was previously ranked No. 8, all on the road. The cumulative home record of those four teams this year is 18-6 (including a perfect 12-0 for Washington and Oregon). In addition, the Bears took on then-No. 13 ranked UCLA and then-No. 14 ranked Oregon State at home. Playing that level of competition, and having five of the first eight games on the road, is a recipe for growing pains for a young football team with only five senior starters. The good news is that Cal has a much more accommodating schedule next year, when the Bears' 18 returning starters (9 offense, 8 defense, 1 kicker) are expected by many to lead the team into the upper echelon of the conference. The Bears will host an Illinois team that currently has a 5-5 record and a BYU team that is currently 4-6 (and in the market for a new coach). The only non-conference game on the road is at a struggling Rutgers program that is currently 3-6 and will also be replacing its coach. Cal gets both current Top 10 teams Washington and Oregon at home, where the Bears will have a more hospitable environment to hopefully protect the fourth quarter leads that they saw go awry this season. In all, Cal has six home games, plus a short bus ride for the Stanford game. While the 2002 schedule isn't completely finalized, there's a good chance that Cal could have as many as eight home games that season.
Youthful Nucleus Bodes Well for Cal in 2001 and 2002 Seasons
Cal's encouraging play over the last half of the 2000 season has given a boost of optimism that the Golden Bears will not only show significantly better in the win-loss column, but could even contend for one of the top spots in the Pac-10 Conference. The Bears were obviously a very young team this fall, but that inexperience turned into maturity as the season wore on. The Bears competed on even terms with the top teams in the Pac-10 posted a 2-3 record down a stretch run that included match-ups against teams ranked No. 13, No. 9, No. 14 and No. 6 in four of the past five weeks. The three loses to teams that are all currently in the national Top 10 were in doubt until the final minutes. The most encouraging aspect of the strong finish is that Cal has done it with a very young line-up. Out of Cal's 22 starting positions, 14 are manned by either freshmen or sophomores. On offense Cal starts four freshmen (Chase Lyman, Geoff McArthur, Mark Wilson, Marvin Philip), four sophomores (Kyle Boller, Joe Igber, Scott Tercero, Ryan Stanger), one junior (Brandon Ludwig) and two seniors (Reed Diehl, Brian Surgener). On defense, Cal starts one freshman (Josh Beckham), six sophomores (Jemeel Powell, Nnamdi Asomugha, Tully Banta-Cain, Matt Nixon, John Klotsche, Bert Watts), one junior (Scott Fujita) and three seniors (Andre Carter, Jacob Waasdorp, Chidi Iwuoma). Overall, on Cal's two-deep depth chart, which goes 44 deep, there are 24 freshmen and sophomores.
Bears Show Quick Strike Ability, but Losing Time of Possession Battle
While Cal's offense has definitely improved in the second half of the season, demonstrating a quick strike ability that has been effective in producing points, but not in running a lot of time off the block. Last week, Oregon had a dominant time of possession edge of over eight minutes (34:23 to 25:37). That has been somewhat of a trend in the last month as UCLA had the ball five more minutes than the Bears, Washington more than 10 minutes and USC almost seven minutes more than the Bears. In averaging 29.0 points per game over the past five games, the Bears have scored 16 touchdowns. Three have come in non-offensive areas (interception return, punt return and fumble recovery return). The other TDs have been drives of some significant length, but they haven't been long drives in terms of time of possession. The 13 drives have averaged 58.0 yards, including eight drives of 65 yards or longer. However, those TD drives have averaged only 1:48 in time of possession. Last week, Cal had an 87-yard drive, but it took only three plays and just 0:46 off the clock. During that five-game span, Cal opponents have averaged 77 plays compared to Cal's 66 plays.
Nick Harris Finishes Brilliant Career as One of 10 Ray Guy Award Finalists
Nick Harris broke the NCAA career record for punting yardage two weeks ago as he became the first punter in NCAA history to kick for over 13,000 yards in a career. The senior All-America candidate has passed the former national record held Cameron Young of TCU, who punted for 12,947 yards from 1976-79 on 320 punts. Harris also should break Young's 320-punt record this week, as he needs just three punts to claim that mark, as well. Harris only ranks 35th nationally in punting this season with a 41.58 average, but that stat is misleading. He has been asked to punt for placement rather than distance most of the season as 22 of his 69 punts (31.9 percent) have come with a line of scrimmage inside opponent territory. He's has 34 punts downed inside the opponent 20-yard-line (50.7%). Included in that total are 10 punts inside opponent's 5-yard-line. Harris was named this past Friday as one of 10 finalist for the Ray Guy Award for the nation's top punter.
Reed Diehl Ends Cal Career as Symbol of Versatility
In a true testament to his unselfishness and putting the team first over his personal NFL ambitions, Reed Diehl has started at three different offensive line positions during the 2000 season. The 6-4, 305-pound senior is regarded as a solid pro prospect at center, but he's only played there in six games. Early in the season, Diehl moved to the left guard slot to fill in for the injured Brandon Ludwig. After returning to center in the mid-season, Diehl was asked last week to move to left tackle to shore up that position. Moving around to different positions is nothing new for Diehl as he began his playing career at Cal at the tight end position, where he served as a force in the running game in 1997. He actually can point out that he caught a 2-yard pass at Washington State that season. In 1998, he played right guard and in '99, he split time between left and right tackle. This year, Diehl has not only played three different positions, but he also has played through injuries that may have stopped others from seeing the playing field. He sprained his knee in the pre-season and then suffered a nerve problem in his leg in the opening game. He sat out the Illinois game with that injury, but has been back in the starting line-up for the rest of the way.
Andre Carter Completes Collegiate Career, Looks Like Sure High Draft Pick
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Supermoto racing is a fast-paced, highly technical motorcycle sport that uses a hybrid course with paved and unpaved sections. Supermoto thrilled fans and attracted a tremendous TV audience when it became a mainstream phenomenon in the 1980s. As the thrill of monster trucks, mud pits and truck rallies died down, so did the hype surrounding supermoto racing. Nearly 20 years later, interest in the sport began picking up in Europe and the United States. This grueling motorsport requires riders to tackle a variety of terrain, including a paved road course, a flat-track dirt course and a technical motocross-style dirt track with jumps and obstacles. Riders compete for the fastest time using on- or off-road cycles customized with racing tires.
This unique racing sport was developed in 1979 by British-born Gavin Trippe, a member of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame. As a racing promoter and journalist, Trippe invented supermoto and was responsible for introducing European-style motocross to riders in the United States. Originally, Trippe conceived supermoto as an all-star event where the best riders from many racing disciplines would compete to become the best racer on a combination of technical surfaces. Trippe organized the first supermoto event for the influential Wide World of Sports that was broadcast by ABC. The Superbikers event was an instant hit and became an annual event held at the storied Carlsbad Raceway in California. When the Wide World of Sports was canceled in 1985, the popularity of supermoto racing suffered. This dare-devil sport was reborn in 2003. In the U.S., the American Motorcyclist Association established a supermoto tournament. The sport also earned a championship spot in ESPN's X-Games. Today, supermoto racing is a highly evolved sport with dedicated riders and established teams in many countries.
When supermoto racing was born in 1979, it was truly ahead of its time. The sport has an ever-growing following with tournaments regulated by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). As a magazine publisher and journalist, Gavin Trippe promoted cycle racing internationally and introduced new sports to new audiences. The success of supermoto racing is a testament to the competitive innovations pioneered by this legendary promoter. After 30 years, it's safe to say that supermoto is here to stay.
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Facebook wants more people to broadcast their actions on the go wherever they are in the globe as its live streaming service Facebook Live is now rolling out on Windows 10 computers and tablets.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Google Maps Will Feature Local Search Ads for Businesses
Expect to see more digital strangers along your physical routes: Local ads are coming to Google Maps.
Now that nearly one third of all mobile searches are related to location, Google is looking for more ways to connect marketers with users walking, biking, driving and otherwise commuting around any given city.
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Google's new Android app revamps the clipboard for scientific field experiments. The app, called Science Journal, measures and records data in real time, and then converts that data into easily readable graphs and charts.
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Microsoft bringing Minecraft to China
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It's fair to say that relations between the U.S. and China are strained, especially in regards to technology. Security researchers have often traced cyberattacks big and small back to China, for which the Chinese government often denies,
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Instagram's big redesign goes live with a colorful new icon, black-and-white app and more
Instagram's new icon is pink. Well, it's pink and purple and yellow and orange. It's definitely different. And that's not all the company has changed today. Instagram this morning is rolling out a radical redesign of its mobile application, which not only includes this new, brightly colored app icon but also a revamped user interface that does away with color in favor of a black-and-white look and feel.
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'Battlefield 1' Shows Why 'Call of Duty' Should Have Gone Back To World War II
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'Dark Souls' Online Multiplayer Still Not Working Properly, Bandai Namco Working On Fix For The Issue
"Dark Souls" has been experiencing issues with its online servers, but a fix is en route. Bandai Namco says it's aware of the problem affecting the "Prepare to Die" matchmaking service and it's working on patching things up. (Photo : Steam)
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After Facebook's stellar quarter, which sees users spending massive amounts of time on its mobile apps, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram, the company announced this morning it's bringing this popular trio of apps to Windows 10. Facebook and Messenger are now rolling out to Windows 10 on the desktop and Instagram is arriving on Windows 10 mobile.
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NVIDIA is testing online game sharing for GeForce Experience
You know that awesome PlayStation 4 feature that lets you digitally "pass" your controller to a friend over the internet? Soon you'll be able do that on a PC, too. The next big update to NVIDIA's GeForce Experience software includes something called GameStream Co-op -- a feature that pipes your games audio, video and controls to a friend over a low- latency stream. It's basically the same thing as PS4 SharePlay and it sounds just as spectacular.
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Around the United States, this week's off-year election results were mixed.
But as political activists of all stripes gear up for the big 2000 vote next November, there's a clear message for the parties.
"The only lesson is, we are in a very competitive political environment nationally," says Stu Rothenberg, editor of a political newsletter. "Anything can happen, depending on the candidates, on the personalities, on the campaigns, on the money."
Voter loyalty to political parties continues to decline and, increasingly, races are decided by how voters feel about the individual candidates and the issues they choose to highlight.
In general, pragmatism is in and strong ideology is out, especially as the nation enjoys peace and prosperity and the more moderate suburban vote grows in numbers. Does that mean next year's race for control of Congress - currently held narrowly by the GOP - will result again in a closely balanced mixed of Republicans and Democrats? Not necessarily. But it does mean the parties are going to have fight each race locally, and not count on any major national trend or message to carry along weak candidates, analysts say.
In the South, the long-developing Republican transformation has clearly stopped short of a full GOP rout. Republicans are celebrating their historic takeover of the Virginia legislature, where they will now hold a majority (albeit slim) for the first time in a century. But Democrats countered with a surprise in the Mississippi governor's race, where Lt. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) appeared poised to defeat former Rep. Mike Parker (R).
In Kentucky, Democratic Gov. Paul Patton easily won reelection. But Mr. Musgrove's victory means Mississippi now joins South Carolina and Alabama as Deep South states whose governorships are once again Democratic.
"The South has reached a fairly level playing field between the two parties. At least right now, there's no built-in advantage for either party," says Hastings Wyman, Southern Political Report editor. "Much depends on what's going on in the state or the local area and how the campaigns are structured, and what the issues are and the candidates are."
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That's how, in successive months, a Republican can win reelection to the governorship easily in Louisiana, while next door, in Mississippi, the statehouse is changing hands to the Democrats, says Mr. Wyman.
To the extent that Southern Republicans can tie candidates to liberal national Democratic figures like Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) of Massachusetts and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Republicans still have an advantage in the South, analysts say.
"But it's a lot easier to do that in a federal race than in a local race where the Democrats now run as down-home Democrats," says Mr. Rothenberg.
In Mississippi, Musgrove appears set to take over from the term-limited Republican governor, Kirk Fordice. Analysts suggest that Mr. Fordice's messy personal life may have spurred voters to elect a Democrat, even though the Republican nominee, Mr. Parker, had nothing to do with it. At press time, Musgrove was ahead of Parker by about 6,000 votes. If neither man finishes with a majority, the Democratic-led state legislature will decide the race.
In the larger scheme of Southern politics, many factors that gave the GOP momentum in recent years have lessened in importance. The race issue has abated, the economy is glowing, and anger has diminished.
"You don't have a middle class afraid the Democrats will tax their money away in any significant way," Wyman says. "In foreign policy, there's no communist threat, no nationalism going on. All of these things were big factors in the Republican growth in the South. They're not there anymore."
In Virginia, where the state legislature has finally made its long-predicted switch to GOP control, the elections were run locally, but the result does have national significance: This new legislature will redraw the congressional districts based on the 2000 census, and that will mean at least two additional Republican seats in the US House of Representatives, says Larry Sabato, a political analyst at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
A scare for Bush?
Mr. Sabato also notes a Virginia race that should give GOP presidential front-runner George W. Bush "the willies." In a tight race for the state Senate, Leslie Byrne (D) defeated Jane Woods (R) by just 39 votes, with the help of an independent candidate who siphoned votes from Ms. Woods.
In mayoral votes around the country, the Democrats scored a string of victories, including a narrow win in Philadelphia. In Indianapolis, a Democrat will run the city for the first time in 30 years.
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(No. 21 in a continuing series on artists who should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but are not)
For this week's installment, we're taking the Nostradamus approach. We're going to look into the future to the 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony.
This production is the one guaranteed to finally bring the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the attention it deserves – on par with the Grammys, the Emmys … even the Oscars. We're talking real media attention here. We're talking network or top cable television.
We're talking a major, worldwide audience.
Why? Just check out the projected lineup.
First up, Lady Gaga gets the show running (and possibly off the air) as the mistress of ceremonies, appearing in a see-through roll disguised as a cheesesteak straight from Philly. Covered in fried onions and hot peppers, Gaga introduces Bette Midler. The censors work overtime while Midler inducts Cher, who performs several of her outfits, er hits.
Assuming we're still televising live (maybe HBO or SHOWTIME are the only options), the now rapidly expanding television audience next witnesses Alice Cooper inducting KISS. Before performing, Gene Simmons accepts his induction by giving the Hall of Fame committee a severe tongue-lashing for making his group wait so long for its well-deserved recognition. He then sets the committee on fire with one good exhale.
It's a tough act to follow, but the recently inducted Neil Diamond takes the podium to welcome Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who finally receive induction. Diamond informs the audience that Warwick and Bacharach will perform a medley of their hits. It is well-intended, but, after two hours, the duo has to be interrupted halfway through their catalog to allow time for the remaining inductees.
Next up, Neil Young attempts to bring sanity to the proceedings with a first-ever combination induction, welcoming fellow Canadians The Guess Who and Rush into the Hall of Fame. The effort fails, however, as two million Canadians, unable to get tickets to the affair, crash through the doors, overrun security and storm the stage, carrying off their heroes. Later, Randy Bachman says, "That was a nice gesture, but what about Bachman-Turner Overdrive?"
Don Rickles makes a surprise cameo, calling Bachman "a hockey puck," while Burton Cummings looks at Geddy Lee, who simply replies "eh?"
Finally, we come to the night's highlight, what the capacity crowd really has been waiting for and what this article is about…Ex-President Bill Clinton – or maybe Keith Richards – or it could be Willie Nelson – then again it's possibly Charlie Sheen. Whoever remembers to show up has the distinct honor of inducting…pause for suspense…Jimmy Buffett.
Jimmy Buffett?
But where is he? Should I write it? Naw, I don't have to tell you. Do I? Ok. He's wasted away again in Margaritaville. Badaboom.
No, seriously, he takes the stage and the Parrotheads go wild. Every television in the world is now tuned to the ceremony.
Jimmy Buffett? Is he Rock & Roll? Those dedicated to putting everything into a category would probably say "No, he's country" or "No, he's folk" or "No, he's Calypso." Well, it doesn't matter what you call him, because Jimmy Buffett is one of the Rock Era's biggest superstars, has been for what seems to be ages, and his music stands for everything Rock & Roll should be.
His lyrics, often biting, humorous or both, speak for themselves. His concerts, resemble large, very large, parties. And what could be more Rock & Roll than his band's name – The Coral Reefers? His fans – the Parrotheads – outnumber the population of many countries.
Even "Rolling Stones" album guide has trouble knocking Buffett, proclaiming, "…his songs offer companionable escapist fantasies, while his legendary live performances – a 2008 charity performance, his first in Hong Kong, saw Buffett perform for free in addition to picking up the tab for the concertgoers tequila and beer – served as mobile Floridian beach parties. Buffett's fans – the colorfully attired 'Parrotheads' – have become as much a part of the cultural landscape as the man himself."
Free tequila and beer and the Coral Reefers? What could be more Rock & Roll than that?
Buffett is a best-selling author and a successful businessman, but the foundation of his financial empire is and always has been his music. His success, mainly centered in North America, seems even more remarkable as he has done it all with just one major hit record, the classic "Margaritaville." Buffett's only top 10 hit in both the United States and Canada brought his "beach bum" persona to the mainstream in 1976 and he's built on it ever since.
Prior to that, his recording career, which began in 1969, had been highlighted by the single "Come Monday," which reached No. 30 in the U.S. and No. 23 in Canada. It came off the "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time" LP, which languished at the lower end of the album charts.
But the next long-player – "A1A" – established a pattern for Buffett that continues to this day. Hit albums without hit singles. "Margaritaville" proved the exception, helping "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" reach No. 12 while giving Buffett his first platinum LP. The follow-up "Son Of A Son Of A Sailor" also achieved platinum status and became Buffett's first top 10 LP. It served up the single, "Manana," an excellent 45 that provided the memorable lyric, "And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs." Somehow, like practically all Buffett's singles, it bombed.
But Buffett's 12-inchers kept selling steadily and, as proof of his popularity and longevity, he didn't even peak until 1994, 25 years after his chart debut. In that year, his "Fruitcakes" reached No. 5 and went platinum. The following year, "Barometer Soup" topped out at No. 6, going gold, and in 1996 "Banana Wind" climbed to No. 4 and went platinum. In 1998 "Don't Stop The Carnival," a failed musical that makes an excellent listen, stopped at No. 15, but in 1999 "Beach House On The Moon" returned Buffett to the top 10, hitting No. 8.
In 2003, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," a duet with Country superstar Alan Jackson topped the Country charts and the next year Buffett had his first No. 1 album, "License To Chill." In 2006, he narrowly missed duplicating that feat when "Take The Weather With You" stopped at No. 4.
For 40-plus years, Jimmy Buffett has taken us on a musical journey. Sometimes the subject matter has been serious, often it has been humorous, and certainly it has been difficult to categorize. But if Rock & Roll is the music of the people and the Hall of Fame is supposed to represent the cream of the crop, Jimmy Buffett should be inducted.


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Melissa Gilbert was America's sweetheart when she played Laura Ingalls Wilder on the TV series "Little House on the Prairie" between 1974-1984.
Born in Los Angeles, Gilbert was the adopted child of actor Paul Gilbert and his dancer/actress wife Barbara Crane. The couple also adopted Jonathan Gilbert who would play Willie Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie." Jonathan went on to earn a BA at Hamilton College and a MBA from Baruch College.
Paul Gilbert and Crane divorced with Crane remarrying Harold Abeles and having a daughter who became actor Sara Gilbert.
This could make things interesting. Is there a "Little House on the Prairie" reunion in the making? Melissa Gilbert keeps regular contact with the woman who played Laura Ingalls' nemesis, Nellie Oleson–Alison Arngrim. Arngrim still gets into touch with her inner Nellie Oleson, with Nasty Nellie Tours.
What about some action from Sara Gilbert's show, "The Talk." Sara Gilbert, who starred in "Roseanne" as the smart middle child (1988-1997) and had a recurring role in the hit comedy series "The Big Bang Theory, is the co-host and executive producer of the talk show, "The Talk" on CBS.
Gilbert was the queen of the mini-series in the late 1970s.
Gilbert was married to a cousin of Randy and Dennis Quaid, Bo Brinkman (1988-1992), also an actor. They divorced in 1992. She then married Bruce Boxleitner (1995-2011).
How dance worthy is Melissa Gilbert? Gilbert had a spinal disc replaced and her lower spine fused in 2010.
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DWTS 13, Week 9 results: So long Solo
As expected the U.S. Women's Soccer Team Goalkeeper, Hope Solo was the person who left the ballroom. Solo had the lowest score Monday night and also had a sour grape comment.
In reality, Hope Solo had never realized a good dance frame and never seemed comfortable in heels. Her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy had a verbal altercation with judge Len Goodman earlier in the season as well. Solo and Chmerkovskiy had 49 points for their three dances on Monday night, compared to Ricki Lake and Derek Hough's 67.
Solo and Chmerkovskiy were the best score (with David Arquette and Kym Johnson) for the cha cha cha with 24. The same score tied them with Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus, Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke and Ricki Lake and Derek Hough for the low score in the foxtrot. Solo and Chmerkovskiy were also the low score for the paso doble, tied with Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer and Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus with 21. Solo and Chmerkovskiy were the low score for the Argentine tango (24) and for the cha cha cha relay (4).
That means the three couples in the finals are:
- Ricki Lake & Derek Hough: 67
- J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff: 56
- Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke: 65
DWTS 13, Week 9 (semifinals): So long to Hope Solo?
Last night on "Dancing with the Stars," there were some surprises and some heroics. At the end of the evening, Ricki Lake and Derek Hough were the top scoring team after three dances with 67 points. In second was Robert Kardashian and Cheryl Burke with 65 points.
With the final four, we only two locals: Los Angeles-born reality TV personality Rob Kardashian who attended USC and current Los Angeles resident Ricki Lake.
Lake was born in Hastings-on-Hudson in New York, but after her divorce, she had moved to Los Angeles. In September of 2010, her rented Malibu home burned down although she escaped without injury. In a way, Lake is exactly like the character who made her famous, Tracy Turnblad, a heavyset girl who could dance. She's about 30 pounds lighter now and can she dance!
Lake and Hough scored a perfect 30 for their saucy samba. Kardashian and Burke got a 10 from judge Carrie Ann Inaba who must have been impressed by the butt shaking. Their samba performance tied them with J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff who also scored a 28.
This week in the Argentine tango, they tied for second with J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff. However, Kardashian's routine had more actual dance content. Also DWTS allows lifts in the Argentine tango, at the local Emerald Ball competition, no lifts are allowed in that dance.
Martinez and Smirnoff had little footwork and it was mostly stunts (lifts, dips and other tricks). The judges noted that for a non-dancer to perform such lifts was a real accomplishment, but that isn't really what Argentine tango is about.
Los Angeles professional Argentine tango dancers Sandor and Parissa performed (along with DWTS pros Tony Dovolani, Kym Johnson, Kiki Nyemcheck, Sasha Faber, Oksana Dmytrenko, Anna Trebunskaya), but it was essentially stunt after stunt and didn't give the audience any idea of the more nuanced aspects of the dance. Kardashian's routine had more actual dance content than Martinez's.
Hope Solo might have had difficulty with the higher Latin heel if she was using them, but her Argentine tango routine was also a series of tricks and without smooth transitions. Yet doing lifts and tricks with shoulder pain isn't easy.
Kardashian and Burke were the top team in the cha cha cha relay and were also the last couple to perform.
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were the lowest scoring team of the night. Solo's frame isn't good–her shoulders are always forward and she still seems uncomfortable in heels. Both J.R. Martinez and Solo have problems with flexed feet but Solo's is one that is more obvious.
Yet one must give credit to both Solo and Martinez. Martinez twisted his ankle badly on Saturday and yet soldiered through three routines without whining. Imagine Chaz Bono doing that. Solo has an old shoulder injury which she feels every time she's holding a dance frame and had to take some pain management shots.
- Ricki Lake & Derek Hough : 30+29+8=67
- Robert Kardashian & Cheryl Burke : 28+27=10=65
- J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff : 23+27+6=56
- Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy : 21+24+4=49
Ricki Lake as a winner would also be a triumph for a woman of a certain age and a heavier frame. And we love that fellow USC graduate Kardashian is showing how much confidence dancing can bring.
We hope the two locals, Lake and Kardashian, make it to the finals along with J.R. Martinez.
DWTS 13: Compare Argentine tango
Ricki Lake & Derek Hough – Argentine Tango
- Song: ?
- Score: 29 (9,10,10)
J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff – Argentine Tango (Week 9 )
- Song: "Bust Your Windows" by Jazmine Sullivan
- Score: 27
- Song: "Libertango" by Bond
- Score: 27
Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Argentine Tango
- Song: "Whatever Lola Wants" by Sarah Vaughan
- Score: 24
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DWTS 13: Compare Instant Jive
J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff – Instant Jive (Week 8)
- Song: "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard
- Score: 30
Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Instant Jive (Week 8)
- Song: "The Best Damn Thing" by Avril Lavigne
- Score: 25 (8,9,8)
Ricki Lake & Derek Hough – Instant Jive (Week 8)
- Song: "Land Of A Thousand Dances" by Wilson Pickett
- Score: 24
Rob Kardashian & Cheryl Burke – Instant Jive (Week 8)
- Song: "Maneater" by Hall & Oates
- Score: 24
Nancy Grace & Tristan MacManus – Instant Jive (Week 8)
- Song: "Upside Down" by Paloma Faith
- Score: 20 (7,6,7)
DWTS 13, Week 8: JR is a perfect 60
BURBANK, Los Angeles County, CA–Last night, was perfect for J.R. Martinez as he topped the leader board with perfect 30s for both his dances. That means, Martinez and his partner Karina Smirnoff had the first and second perfect scores of DWTS season 13.
The big breakthrough last night was Hope Solo. She finally was able to dance with heels and she received three nines for her quickstep. Solo, more than Lake, has the stamina. Solo and her professional dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy ended the night tied for second with Ricki Lake and her partner Derek Hough.
Solo and Chmerkovskiy scored one point better on their instant dance.
The instant dance favors the female celebrities. If they've finally learned how to follow, then their professional partner will lead. All the professional dancers have experience with instant dances because most competitions require heats where the music played isn't chosen beforehand.
For that reason, Smirnoff's strategy and Martinez's accomplishment (receiving a perfect score) are particularly noteworthy. Yet we also want to give Robert Kardashian credit for his efforts to lead. It's not an easy experience for a total novice dancer like Kardashian and Burke has did a good job preparing him for it.
Nancy Grace seems a bit lost. Sure she's older than the other competitors, but she doesn't take the stage or emote. There's a lot of stiffness between moves and she doesn't take advantage of the still moments. We think it's time for Grace to go although we do love her partner Tristan MacManus and we've finally managed to get used to his lovely accent.
Vote online Online voting will remain open until 11AM (Eastern Time)/ 8AM (Pacific Time) the following today, Tuesday, 8 November 2011. . Leader Board J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff : 30+30=60 Ricki Lake & Derek Hough : 28+24=52 Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy : 27+25=52 Robert Kardashian & Cheryl Burke : 27+24=51 Nancy Grace & Tristan MacManus : 24+20=44 J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff
- Waltz
- "What the World Needs Now" by Burt Bacharach
- Score: 30 (10, 10, 10)
Carrie Ann Inaba said that it went beyond his natural grace; Martinez and Smirnoff created "magic." Ricki Lake & Derek Hough
- Waltz
- "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin
- Score: 28 (9,9,10)
Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
- Quickstep
- Score: 27 (9,9,9)
- "Valerie" by Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
Robert Kardashian & Cheryl Burke
- Quickstep
- Score: 27 (9,9,9)
- "Take On Me" by A-ha
Nancy Grace & Tristan MacManus
- Tango
- Score: 24 (8,8,8)
- "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" by The Ames Brothers
J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff
- Jive
- Score: 30
- "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard
Tonioli said Martinez's timing was impeccable and Inaba said no one was close to them. Goodman said he had the X-factor AND the feel-good factor. Ricki Lake & Derek Hough
- Jive
- Score: 24 (8,8,8)
- "Land of a Thousand Dances" by Wilson Pickett
Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
- Jive
- Score: 25 (8,9,8)
- "The Best Damn Thing" by Avril Lavigne
Robert Kardashian & Cheryl Burke
- Jive
- Score: 24 (8,8,8)
- "Maneater" by Hall & Oates
Nancy Grace & Tristan MacManus :
- Jive
- Score: 20 (7,6,7)
- "Upside Down" by Paloma Faith
Online voting will remain open until 11AM (Eastern Time)/ 8AM (Pacific Time) the following today, Tuesday, 8 November 2011.
DWTS 13: Compare samba
- "Jump in the Line" – Harry Belafonte
- 30 (10,10,10)
- Score: 28 (9,9,10)
- "Conga" by Gloria Estefan
- "I Go to Rio" – Pablo Cruise
- Score: 28 (10,9,9)
- Score: 24
- "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon
- Score: 24 (8,8,8)
- "Crazy in Love" by Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
- 21 (7,7,7)
- "Get Down on It" by Kool & the Gang
DWTS 13, Week 7 Results: David Arquette quits the dance floor
David Arquette & Kym Johnson are gone. Arquette and Johnson are tied for the best cha cha cha of the season with 24 points. However, they are also the worst score for the jive with 18 points; Ricki Lake and Derek Hough are the highest scoring team with 23.
By average, Arquette and Johnson have a 22.3 average which is is above Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus with 21.1. Grace and MacManus were actually the lowest scoring team of the week with 44. Arquette and Johnson had 47 points.
Week 1: Viennese waltz
- Score: 18 (6, 6, 6)
- "Somebody to Love" by Queen
- Score: 18 (6, 6, 6)
- "Runaway Baby" by Bruno Mars
- Score: 24 (8,8,8)
- "O-o-h Child" by Five Stairsteps
- Score: 23 (8,7,8)
- "The Raiders March" from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
- Score: 25 (8,9,8)
- "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell
- Score: 23 (8,7,8)
- "We Go Together" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John from "Grease"
- Score: 24 (8,8,8)
- "Abracadabra" by Steve Miller Band
Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his mighty mouth
Maksim Chmerkovskiy bills himself as the bad boy of the ballroom, but he knows what he's talking about. Haven't fans been a little uneasy since Bristol Palin? So he had something to say last night on "Dancing with the Stars," when Len Goodman told his celebrity partner Hope Solo that she had just performed her worst dance of the season.
That rumba wasn't great, it wasn't sexy, but at least Solo looks happy. She has such an electric smile, but it's her footwork that is hard to watch.
So what exactly did Chmerkovskiy say?
It began with Goodman commenting, "This is your worst dance of the whole season." He continued, after admonishing Chmerkovskiy for encouraging the audience boos, by saying, "I've been in this business for nearly 50 years…"
Chmerkovskiy couldn't resist adding, "Maybe it's time to get out…"
At which time, Carrie Ann Inaba told Chmerkovskiy, "Don't be disrespectful like that."
Chmerkovskiy defended his comment by saying it hurts when the dancers and celebrities "hear you guys a little judgmental comment." I think we can fault his English, but perhaps the comments of the judges go a bit far out of line.
Chmervkovskiy later said, "This is my show…I helped make it what it is" and he was tired of having the celebrities "judged on their so-called potential."
We also had high hopes for Hope Solo and didn't figure out that her biggest challenge was learning to walk in high heels and be girly.
Yet, don't you think the judges are being a little bit too easy on someone like Chaz Bono? We found Bono a little whiny, particularly since he's not the oldest contestant. He's also not the first overweight contestant either.
See the clips from "Access Hollywood" with Billy Bush and Kit Hoover
"Cute little penguin," is what judge Bruno Tonioli called Bono and I thought that was kind. Bono and Schwimmer feel that the judges have a personal dislike of him. Seriously? Tonioli might have been unnecessarily cruel to singer Michael Bolton ("It was a doggy mess of a jive. You did it all very, very, very badly"), but he's been quite kind and even indulgent to Bono in my opinion.
I think Goodman could have been stricter with Bono. Bono doesn't have much personality on stage.
Remember, Chmerkovskiy spoke out about that season when the dancers and the celebrities were being overworked. That was the season Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson won the mirrorball. Season 9 the contestants were asked to perform: cha cha cha, jive, rumba, tango, paso doble, samba, waltz, quickstep, foxtrot, Argentine tango, Viennese waltz, salsa, salsa/Viennese waltz relay, foxtrot/cha cha cha relay, two-step/Charleston/bolero/lambada, hustle group, mambo marathon, team paso doble/tango, megamix and freestyle. Compare that to season 5. Marie Osmond made it to the semi-finals, but consider there were only these dances: cha cha cha, foxtrot, quickstep, mambo, jive, tango, Viennese waltz, paso doble, rumba, samba, and freestyle. That's 11 dances during season 5 compared to 20.
Season 11 had only 15 dances, including one team and a winner-take-all cha cha cha. That season was won by Jennifer Grey who sometimes got tens when there were obvious missteps, but the judging seemed to be more generous when it became clear that Bristol Palin was going to make it to the semi-finals.
Chmerkovskiy's partner that season was Grammy Award-winning singer Brandy. Brandy was cut, but Palin moved to the finals. Luckily the energetic and ever entertaining Kyle Massey with Lacey Schwimmer finished second. Chmerkovskiy's partner during season 5 was Mel B who finished second behind Helio Castroneves (with Julianne Hough).
There are personalities that make DWTS interesting and certainly Maksim Chmerkovskiy is one of them. He makes the show interesting–in terms of choreography and his clashes with his partners.
Without personalities like Chmerkovskiy, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke, I don't think the show would have been successful.
And when things get a bit dull, it's good to have pros who liven up the situation (or even a judge like Bruno Tonioli).


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Styling Individual Posts in WordPress
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A core WordPress function called
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In the event that you see your internet site and make use of the Inspect device within web browser, then you will be able to see those classes added for every post.
Following would be the CSS classes included by default predicated on just what page a person is viewing.
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A good example output would look like this:

You'll style each WordPress post differently utilizing the particular CSS classes.
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The Post Class Function
Theme designers make use of the post_class function to share with WordPress where you can add the post classes. Usually it's within the

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Style Articles In A Different Way According To Writers
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Type Posts Predicated On Custom Fields
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Next, edit your theme files to show your custom industry as the post course.
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It's going to output the following HTML:

You can now add customized CSS for the post_class you included using custom industry.
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Custom industries might have multiple values, in order to include multiple CSS classes utilizing the exact same name.
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