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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
A DNA Lesson, From the Expert?s Pen
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A letter from Francis Crick to his son, Michael, two weeks after solving the DNA puzzle in 1953, is the first written description of the code and is being put up for auction.
Academy Awards (Oscars) 2013 Live Blog (Photos)
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It’s finally Hollywood’s big night! The 2013 Oscars aka the 85th Academy Awards show! The show is being hosted by “Family Guy” creator, Seth MacFarlane, which is sure to be entertaining. MacFarlane opened the show by saying of his hosting gig, “It’s an honor that everyone else said no”. The opening monologue featured Captain Kirk, ...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Race linked to childhood food allergies, not environmental allergies
Feb. 23, 2013 ? Research conducted at Henry Ford Hospital shows that race and possibly genetics play a role in children's sensitivity to developing allergies. Researchers found:
- African-American children were sensitized to at least one food allergen three times more often than Caucasian children.
- African-American children with one allergic parent were sensitized to an environmental allergen twice as often as African-American children without an allergic parent.
The study will be presented February 23 at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology annual meeting,
"Our findings suggest that African Americans may have a gene making them more susceptible to food allergen sensitization or the sensitization is just more prevalent in African American children than white children at age 2," says Haejim Kim, M.D., a Henry Ford allergist and the study's lead author. "More research is needed to further look at the development of allergy."
Sensitization means a person's immune system produces a specific antibody to an allergen. It does not mean the person will experience allergy symptoms.
According to an AAAI study from 2009-2010, an estimated 8 percent of children have a food allergy, and 30 percent of children have multiple food allergies. Peanut is the most prevalent allergen, followed by milk and shellfish. 1The Henry Ford study consisted of a longitudinal birth cohort of 543 children who were interviewed with their parents and examined at a clinical visit at age 2. Data included parental self-report of allergies and self-reported race (African American or white/non-Hispanic). The children were skin-tested for three food allergens -- egg whites, peanuts and milk -- and seven environmental allergens.
Key findings:
- 20.1 percent of African-American children were sensitized to an food allergen compared to 6.4 percent in Caucasian children.
- 13.9 percent of African-American children were sensitized to an environmental allergen compared to 11 percent of Caucasian children.
- African-American children with an allergic parent were sensitized to an environmental allergen 2.45 times more often than African-American children without an allergic parent.
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Pope, on last Sunday, says following God's wishes
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict spoke from his window for the last time on Sunday, telling the faithful packed into St. Peter's Square that the first papal abdication in centuries was God's will and insisting he was not "abandoning" the Church.
Four days before the 85-year-old's often troubled eight-year rule ends, new talk of scandal hit the cardinals who will choose his successor; one of them, a Scottish archbishop, had to deny a media allegation of misconduct with young priests in the 1980s.
With an American cardinal urged not to go to the electoral conclave due to his role in handling sexual abuse cases in the United States, and the Vatican accusing media of running smears to influence the vote, the Church faces a stormy succession.
Benedict, however, defended his shock decision to resign as dictated by his failing health; his address to tens of thousands of well-wishers was met with calls of "Viva il Papa!"
"The Lord is calling me to climb the mountain, to dedicate myself even more to prayer and meditation," the German-born pontiff said in Italian, his voice strong and carrying clearly.
"But this does not mean abandoning the Church. Actually, if God asks this of me, it is precisely because I can continue to serve her with the same dedication and the same love I have shown so far," he said, adding that he would be serving the Church "in a way more in keeping with my age and my strengths".
As he spoke, two of the some 117 cardinals who are due to enter the conclave to choose his successor as leader of the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics next month were mired in controversy.
Britain's top Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Edinburgh, rejected allegations published in the Observer newspaper that he had been involved in unspecified inappropriate behavior with other priests in the past.
The paper said O'Brien, known for his outspoken views against homosexuality, had been reported to the Vatican by three priests and a former priest, who said they had come forward to demand O'Brien resign and not take part in the conclave.
"Cardinal O'Brien contests these claims and is taking legal advice," a spokesman for the 74-year-old cardinal said.
He was the second cardinal to be caught up in controversy over his attendance ahead of the conclave, where 117 "princes of the Church" under 80 will elect a new pope from their ranks.
On Saturday, Catholic activists petitioned Cardinal Roger Mahony to recuse himself from the conclave so as not to insult survivors of sexual abuse by priests committed while he was archbishop of Los Angeles.
In that post from 1985 until 2011, Mahony worked to send priests known to be abusers out of state to shield them from law enforcement scrutiny in the 1980s, according to church files unsealed under a U.S. court order last month.
SAINTS AND SINNERS
Benedict's papacy was rocked by scandals over the sex abuse of children by priests in Europe and the United States, most of which preceded his time in office but came to light during it.
His reign also saw Muslim anger after he compared Islam to violence. Jews were upset over his rehabilitation of a Holocaust denier. During a scandal over the Church's business dealings, his butler was convicted of leaking his private papers.
But the minds of those in the crowd in St Peter's Square, some holding banners reading "Thank you Holy Father," were not on scandals, real or potential, but on the Church history unfolding around them.
"It's bittersweet," said Sarah Ennis, 21, a student from Minnesota who studies in Rome. "Bitter because we love our Pope Benedict and hate to see him go, but sweet because he is going for a good reason and we are excited to see the next pope."
Others, however, saw it as a possible harbinger of bad moons for the Church.
"This is an ill wind blowing," said midwife Marina Tacconi.
"It feels like something ugly could happen. I'm 58 years old, I have seen popes come and go. But never one resign.
"I don't see it as a good thing."
The Sunday address was one of Benedict's last appearances as pontiff before the curtain comes down on a problem-ridden pontificate.
On Wednesday, he will hold his last general audience in St. Peter's Square and on Thursday he will meet with cardinals and then fly to the papal summer retreat south of Rome.
The papacy will become vacant at 8 p.m. Rome time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, February 28.
Cardinals will begin meetings the next day to prepare for a secret conclave in the Sistine Chapel.
They have already begun informal consultations by phone and email in the past two weeks since Benedict announced his shock abdication in order to build a profile of the man they think would be best suited to lead the Church through rough seas.
On Monday, the pope is expected to issue slight changes to Church rules governing the conclave so that it could start before March 15, the earliest it can be held under a detailed constitution by his predecessor John Paul.
Some cardinals believe a conclave should start sooner than March 15 in order to reduce the time in which the Church will be without a leader at a time of crisis.
But some in the Church believe that an early conclave would give an unfair advantage to cardinals already in Rome and working in the Curia, the Vatican's central administration, which has been at the centre of accusations of ineptitude that some say led Benedict to step down.
The Vatican appears to be aiming to have a new pope elected by mid-March and then formally installed before Palm Sunday on March 24 so he can preside at Holy Week services leading to Easter.
Benedict and his predecessor, John Paul II, made sure any man awarded a cardinal's red hat was firmly in line with key Catholic doctrine supporting priestly celibacy and Vatican authority and opposing abortion, women priests, gay marriage and other liberal reforms.
(Additional reporting by Naomi O'Leary; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-last-sunday-address-says-following-gods-wishes-111516954.html
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Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche make weight as all UFC 157 fights are official
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- For the first time, women stood on the scales to weigh in for a UFC bout. Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and challenger Liz Carmouche both made weight in an uneventful weigh-in on Friday afternoon at the Honda Center.
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Michael Chiesa came in slightly over weight but the athletic commission let the small overage slide. Nah-Shon Burrell was significantly overweight and will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to his opponent. Here are complete weigh-in results, thanks to MMA Junkie.
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? Champ Ronda Rousey (134.6) vs. Liz Carmouche (133.6) - for women's bantamweight title
? Dan Henderson (205) vs. Lyoto Machida (202)
? Urijah Faber (136) vs. Ivan Menjivar (135.6)
? Court McGee (170) vs. Josh Neer (171)
? Josh Koscheck (171) vs. Robbie Lawler (171)
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Razzies put bite on 'Twilight' as worst picture
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The "Twilight" team finally has earned some love ? or loathing ? from Team Razzies.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 2" was picked as last year's worst picture Saturday by the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that hands out prizes for Hollywood's lousiest movies on the eve of the Oscars.
The finale to the blockbuster supernatural romance dominated the Razzies with seven awards, including worst actress for Kristen Stewart, supporting actor for Taylor Lautner, director for Bill Condon and worst screen couple for Lautner and child co-star Mackenzie Foy.
Adam Sandler was named worst actor for the raunchy comedy "That's My Boy," his second-straight win after 2011's "Jack and Jill," which swept all 10 Razzie categories a year ago. Pop singer Rihanna won worst supporting actress for the action dud "Battleship."
"Twilight" movies had been well represented in Razzie nominations over the years but had not won any key awards there. Razzie voters joke that as with "The Lord of the Rings" finale winning best picture at the Academy Awards, they were waiting for the last "Twilight" flick on which to heap their scorn.
"I have a pet theory, which is that the box office on 'Twilight' films is very impressive, but my theory is that instead of 40 million individual girls going to see it, it's 8 million girls going to see it five times each. People who love those movies just adore them," said Razzies founder John Wilson. "I believe the attitude of people who really love 'Twilight' movies toward this subject is very similar to the pomposity with which the Academy Awards addresses the whole rest of the world. Our whole existence is all about making fun of pompous, so 'Twilight' really is right up our alley."
The "Twilight" finale also won for worst screen ensemble and worst remake, rip-off or sequel. For worst picture, it beat out "Battleship," ''That's My Boy," the family flick "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" and Eddie Murphy's comedy flop "A Thousand Words."
Stewart's worst-actress prize came for both "Twilight" and her fairy-tale update "Snow White and the Huntsman."
In the five "Twilight" movies, Stewart stars as sullen teen Bella Swan, who falls for ageless vampire hunk Edward Cullen (worst-actor nominee Robert Pattinson) and finds herself at the center of a love triangle with him and her childhood pal, werewolf stud Jacob Black (Lautner).
Stewart set a consistent standard of emotional stoniness throughout the "Twilight" movies, Wilson said.
"Acting should involve having an expression on your face, and she is blank, other than the morose kind of half-Goth thing her character does," Wilson said. "I didn't realize Snow White and Bella were soul sisters, because of the very limited range of what she can do. I think it was Dorothy Parker who said about Katharine Hepburn that she runs the 'gamut of emotions from A to B.' Kristen Stewart is so expressionless she might as well be a brick wall."
Sandler's "That's My Boy," which also won the worst-screenplay Razzie, flopped at the box office and continues a gradual decline in receipts for the comic actor's movies.
"He's an enormous star who is on what I call the 'down-alator' of his career," Wilson said. "He's about to step off the same cliff Eddie Murphy stepped off about 10 years ago. Eddie Murphy has never come back, and Murphy is more talented."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/razzies-put-bite-twilight-worst-picture-031240129.html
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Spain grumbles as king's son-in-law appears in court
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) - The Spanish king's son-in-law appeared before a judge on the island of Mallorca on Saturday to respond to charges of tax fraud in a six-million-euro embezzlement case that has eroded public support for the once-popular royal family.
The scandal and other corruption cases in which politicians are accused of taking millions of euros in bribes have enraged Spaniards at a time when unemployment has soared to 26 percent in a deep recession.
Inaki Urdangarin, a former Olympics handball player who is married to the king's daughter, the Infanta Cristina, is accused of using his powerful connections to win public contracts to put on events on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca and elsewhere in Spain.
His Noos Foundation is suspected of overcharging for organizing conferences about the business of sports and hiding the proceeds abroad.
Dozens of police officials guarded the courthouse in Palma as Urdangarin got out of a car and walked down a 30-metre access ramp into the building for the closed-door hearing where he will be questioned by Examining Magistrate Jose Castro.
Near the courthouse, a few hundred protesters chanted and held up signs reading "down with the monarchy" and "they call this a democracy but it isn't".
More than a hundred journalists were also on hand.
In Spain's legal system, lengthy pre-trial investigations are carried out by an examining magistrate, or judge. Urdangarin, 45, is charged with fraud, forgery, embezzlement and corruption. If convicted, he could face a prison sentence and fines.
Urdangarin was first charged and called in for questioning in 2011, but a trial could still be months or years away as the judge continues his probe and adds or dismisses charges.
Judge Castro was expected to question Urdangarin for most of the day on Saturday and perhaps into the early hours of Sunday.
Urdangarin is fighting an order that he and a former business partner in the Noos Foundation post bail of 8.2 million euros. His assets could be seized if he does not meet bail.
The judge will also question on Saturday Carlos Garcia Revenga, former treasurer for the Noos Foundation and also private secretary to Urdangarin's wife, Cristina, 47.
Judge Castro is trying to find out how much the Infanta Cristina knew about the business of the foundation. A criminal indictment of the king's daughter would be an unprecedented accusation against a royal in Spain.
Cristina is the only one of five directors of the Noos Foundation that has not been charged with a crime.
PHOTOGRAPHS REMOVED
The royal family has taken efforts to distance itself from Urdangarin, whose official title is Duke of Palma. Photos of him have been wiped off the royal website. He has also been banned from royal family events for over a year.
In Spain's severe economic downturn, more companies announce lay-offs each week. Tens of thousands of homeowners have defaulted on their mortgages and been evicted from their homes. The government has cut public salaries and spending on health and education.
Public angst over the economy has been aggravated by a number of high-profile corruption cases from the 1990s and early 2000s, when a tax bonanza from a property boom fuelled massive public spending on events and infrastructure that now look like folly.
In another case that has rocked Spain, prosecutors are looking into millions of euros in Swiss bank accounts controlled by a former politician from the ruling People's Party, Luis Barcenas, who is charged with bribery, money laundering and tax evasion.
In Palma, where a number of corruption cases have surfaced, Urdangarin has become a despised figure.
The local government held a news event earlier this month and in front of television crews ceremoniously removed a street sign "Boulevard of the Duke and Duchess of Palma" and renamed the street.
"It's a disgrace for our islands that have been so supportive of the royal family," said Esperanza Ruiz, a resident of Palma, as she shopped in a supermarket near the courthouse.
King Juan Carlos, who took the throne in 1975, was the most popular public figure in Spain in the late 1970s because of his role in supporting the transition to democracy after the long Francisco Franco dictatorship.
But for the first time, politicians have openly called for him to abdicate and hand the throne to his son, Prince Felipe, as his prestige has eroded due to the Urdangarin case, as well as his own missteps. Metroscopia polling firm figures show his approval rating has fallen to 58 percent from much higher levels.
Last year, when Spain seemed on the brink of bankruptcy and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was imposing unpopular budget cuts, the king fell and broke his hip during an elephant hunting safari with wealthy friends in Botswana.
The king, 75, made an unprecedented public apology for the trip, which had been secret until his accident.
(Writing by Fiona Ortiz; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spain-grumbles-kings-son-law-appears-court-104736621--business.html
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Monday, February 18, 2013
A Vision for Interactive Writing, Student Publishing, and Digital ...
These are my notes from Matt Hardy?s WONDERFUL presentation on February 9th on Classroom 2.0 Live about Blogging in the classroom and the platform he co-founded, KidBlog! The official title of his presentation was ?Using Kidblog to Document Student Learning.? I listened to the audio-only version of this presentation available via the iTunes-U channel of Classroom 2.0 Live. I titled this post ?A Vision for Interactive Writing, Student Publishing, and Digital Portfolios in the Classroom? because that summarizes a lot of the ideas Matt shared in this preso. If you?re not aware of Classroom 2.0 Live, definitely check out their website and try to attend their Saturday morning LIVE sessions! If you miss a session, however, the archives are GREAT to download and enjoy afterwards! For more resources related to interactive writing and student blogging, check out the ?Interactive Writing? page of ?Mapping Media to the Common Core.?
It?s important to NOT just view students as ?contributors? to a collective, shared space as a classroom blog
- Student blogs are a link from the classroom homepage
Key is ?students individually publishing meaningful academic content for an authentic audience?
- those words are chosen very carefully
- this is not about just maintaining a classroom blog
Concept of creating a digital notebook within the context of a social network
?The notebook is dead. Long Live the Notebook!?
Blogs are a great way to manage the workflow of work we do in school
- not just relevant to English / Language Arts classes
Communication + Reciprocation = Motivation (in the context of classroom interactive writing)
In traditional writing (like the ?6 Traits of Writing?) publishing is ABSOLUTELY and unfortunately an ?afterthought?
The new writing process should have PUBLISHING at the front and center of the process
- revising is organic and ongoing
- we?re using a digital workflow
- commenting and conversations lead to updates / changes
- can be community-based conversations about revising
Get students publishing in individual spaces
- realize the RECIPROCATION feedback loop is key
- students need feedback, even if it?s 1 comment
Advice: You as a teacher should write a post that everyone in the class can relate to, preferably around academic content, so students can leave comments around your content
I want students to understand the importance of sharing academic work
- this is your ?learning portfolio,? your ?learning notebook?
- it needs to ?feel academic? from the start
We drive all our book club roles / activities through their blog
Understand your blog as a teacher is the ?glue? which can hold together all the different platforms and websites which your students are using to create and share content
- embed that content into your blog!
- don?t just link: EMBED that content so it?s directly available on and in your blog and comments can ?flow? around it
- then blogs can become this amazing evidence of learning
The blog answers that very challenging and slippery question: ?What Did You Do in School Today??
- the blog becomes a WINDOW into what is happening in the classroom
Examples of embedded content from various sites available on kidblog.org/SocialPortfolios/ (Matt has created this content as demos)
Evernote can be used as your ?digital junk drawer? to keep all kinds of notes, then curate those artifacts in your blog
Consider using learning management systems like Edmodo to handle daily interaction issues like ?I forgot my homework? and Kidblog to publish work
Teachers should ARCHIVE their Kidblogs at the end of the year, this will preserve them for later years but allow the content there to ?live on? for archival purposes
- no new posts/comments can be added to those blogs
Kidblog released a free iOS app in October 2012
- for non-iOS users, you can use other WordPress apps since WordPress is the basis/back-end for Kidblog
- the web-based version / browser based interface for KidBlog is mobile friendly so an app isn?t needed
Kidblog has just recently added new servers to address increased user loads and demands!
Great idea for parents: A blog commenting party!
Kidblog is developing an ?export? feature to package up content and take it another place
Remember to follow Wesley Fryer on Twitter (@wfryer), Facebook and Google+. Also "like" Wesley's Facebook pages for "Speed of Creativity Learning" and his eBook, "Playing with Media." Don't miss Wesley's latest technology integration project, "Mapping Media to the Common Core / Curriculum."
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Leather Japan Presentation, Using a Lenovo ThinkPad
On the second to last day of New York Fashion Week, a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Powered by Intel with Windows 8 arrived, and the timing couldn?t have been better. With a full day of shows ahead, I needed to carry a tablet or laptop so that I could easily work in between shows, but got an even better option as I could take photos and even edit them on the ThinkPad! I loved that the camera provided a built-in flash and lets the user toggle between resolution options as well as make videos! It really simplified things for me, especially during this crazy hectic time, and I look forward to exploring all of the ways this Tablet will accommodate my lifestyle.
See below for pics from the Leather Japan presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, showcasing eight emerging Japanese designers and how they used Japanese leather in their collections. My favorites below, include the amazing footwear from INI, accessories from e.m., and Kenji Amadana of BAGGTERY, the bag/electronic accessory charger.
Full Disclosure: the tablet used in this post was given to Fashion Pulse Daily as part of the Intel Tablet Crew project. Click here for an infographic on Your Whole Life Inside #IntelTablets. Content and/or other value provided by our partner, Intel.
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No. 1 Denver East puts historic rout on rival George Washington, 82-20
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Denver East's Tyre Robinson stops George Washington's Jalen Johnson in his tracks Saturday. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post )
It wasn't that Denver East won. No, the Angels are the top-ranked team in The Denver Post Class 5A coaches poll and have yet to lose to a Colorado team.
And if they won handily, no surprise there either, because they are a sure bet to be the top seed into the state playoffs when brackets are announced in a week for bigger schools as Colorado heads into the final days of the 2012-13 regular season.
However, how many saw this coming?
On a warm afternoon on which the side doors of the Thunderdome had to be propped open to allow some cool airflow, the Angels slapped city rival George Washington 82-20 on Saturday in front of another packed house.
Correct, 82-20.
Denver East did whatever it wanted, whenever it wanted, in moving to 20-2 overall, 7-0 in the Denver Prep League, clinching at least a tie for the city loop crown. The Angels can win another league title outright when they face Denver South at home on Friday.
Coach Rudy Carey remained cautious against others "who want to anoint us" with a state title and is centering on preparing for the tournament, but he was like everybody else in the city's hoops mecca ? stunned at the margin, the worst among high-end city programs at the Thunderdome since it opened in the early 1990s during Chauncey Billups' sophomore season at GW and the most eyebrow-raising in Denver in decades.
"Maybe ever," Carey said. "And you know what? (GW coach) Michael Rogers is a good friend of mine, and we tried to be respectful."
The Angels rotated players, ran a delay and spread the floor once the game was in hand, but the Patriots (13-9, 4-3) had no place to go to escape an afternoon nightmare, one of those outings that will be difficult to forget.
GW, which has had eligibility issues after a strong start to the season, failed to reach double-figure scoring in any quarter and scored just five points after halftime, all of one over the final eight minutes.
The Pats were 2-of-17 shooting after halftime, made no baskets over the final eight minutes (and no 3-pointers for the game) and had serious trouble with turnovers and second chances off the backboards.
"It's how we'd like to beat everybody," East's Jevon Griffin said.
Griffin led all scorers with 21 points, 18 in the first half. Dominique Collier scored 16 to go with five rebounds, five assists and five steals. Tyre Robinson scored 13 as the crowd left early, a rarity at the Thunderdome that capped the odd outcome.
"Now, we just want to keep working hard and staying focused," Carey said.
Denver East 21 21 22 18 ? 82
George Washington 9 6 4 1 ? 20
Denver East ? Griffin 6 7-9 21,?Carey 4 0-0 9, ?Terroade 3 1-1 7, ?Collier 3 8-8 16, ?Robinson 4 5-6 13, ?Kelly 1 0-0 2, ?Dunn-Rhodes 0 0-0 0, ?Jones 0 0-0 0, ?Mokros 1 0-2 2, ?Zettas 0 3-4 3, ?Antai 3 0-0 9, ?Willis 0 0-0 0, Potts 0 0-0 0. ?Totals 25 24-30 82.
George Washington ? Hudgens 2 1-1 5,?Davis 1 0-0 2, ?Hewlett 0 1-2 1, ?Johnson 1 0-0 2, ?Taylor 1 2-2 4, ?Gordon 1 2-2 4, ?Tagir 1 0-0 2, ?Smith 0 0-0 0, ?King 0 0-0 0. ?Totals 7 6-7 20.
3-pt. goals ? Antai 3, Collier 2, Griffin 2, Carey.?Fouled out ? None.?Technicals ? Davis.
Source: http://www.denverpost.com/preps/ci_22607352/no-1-denver-east-puts-historic-rout-rival?source=rss
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
UMass Lowell to join America East and elevate sports programs to Div. 1
LOWELL ? Six years ago, UMass Lowell Chancellor Martin Meehan had to fight tooth and nail to get UMass system trustees to save the school?s hockey program at the Division 1 level.
Yesterday, the UMass trustees approved elevating all of UMass Lowell?s athletic programs ? male and female ? to the NCAA?s Division 1 beginning in September.
The school has accepted an invitation to join the nine-school America East Conference, which also is home to the state university of three other New England states ? University of New Hampshire, University of Maine and University of Vermont.
?This is an important day for this university,? said Meehan, the former seven-term congressman from Lowell.
?The irony is that when we came up with our strategic plan going forward in 2007, athletics wasn?t a critical part of that,? said Meehan. ?But eight months ago a committee, headed by an academic, was asked to look into athletics and recreation. It wasn?t a ?Div. 1? committee. What they found was if we were going build a national profile, increase our alumni opportunities and grow our university, this was something we needed to do.?
Under Meehan?s leadership, UMass Lowell has been riding a wave of positive momentum.
The university has increased enrollment in each of his six years, while pioneering research in physics, nano technology, plastics engineering and materials engineering in such fields as the ?Baseball Lab,? and constructing seven new buildings on campus.
The most recent U.S. New & World Report ranked UMass Lowell 170th out of the 4,000-plus four-year colleges and universities, which puts it in the upper tier (Top 200) for the third consecutive year.
The 32-member committee, headed by UMass Lowell Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Don Pierson, in the end made this recommendation after unanimous support.
Pierson said this committee, which was formed after a two-year ?20-20 Vision? Committee, originally set out to improve the school?s status with both athletics and recreation, with the thought of enrollment continuing to grow.
In fact, the school?s recreation center, which is across the street from LaLecheur Park, is one of the most popular buildings on campus.
?One of the things we looked at was we wanted to see what our peer schools were doing,? said Pierson. ?These were research institutions that ranked in the upper tier (in U.S. News & World Report). We identified eight schools, including UNH, URI, Virginia Commonwealth, Georgia State, San Diego State and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Lo and behold, we realized each of them was a Division 1 athletic school. It was a real eye-opener.?
When the committee went forward and started looking at university?s facilities, they came to realize the existing facilities were not only up to Division 1 caliber, but in some cases better than most schools in the country.
Tsongas Arena, which the school bought from the city and state in 2010, has become one of the top collegiate hockey arenas in the country thanks to $10 million in renovations. LaLecheur Park, where UMass Lowell baseball plays all of its home games and is also home to the Red Sox short season-A team, Lowell Spinners, also ranks among the best college ballparks in the country at all levels.
?When we bought Tsongas (Arena), it was losing about $1.1 million a year,? said Meehan. ?But honestly, that is one of the key reasons we are probably here today, moving to Division 1. That is a special facility that can be used for men?s and women?s basketball, too.?
UMass Lowell?s performance on the athletic fields the last decade appears to have also played a major role in expediting the process, too.
The only Division 1 program at the school, its hockey team, has performed exceedingly well under second-year coach Norm Bazin on and off the ice, making it to the NCAA Division 1 quarterfinals last winter. The current team is ranked 11th in the country and, as impressive, 15th in attendance nationally as a member of highly regarded Hockey East.
The women?s field hockey team, which won a Division 2 national championship two years ago, could probably be a national contender immediately in Division 1.
Both of the men?s and women?s basketball head coaches, Greg Herenda and Sarah Behn, have not only elevated their respective programs nationally in Division 2, but they have Division 1 coaching experience and have applied at Division 1 schools as head coaches recently.
The baseball program has more than three decades of excellence in Division 2, which has continued under, Ken Harring.
Since joining the Northeast-10 Conference in 2000, UMass Lowell has garnered 59 conference titles, 104 post-season appearances in NCAA tournaments, 214 All-American Awards and 32 Academic All-American honors.
?I said it then and I still say it now, the Northeast-10 is the best Division 2 conference in the country,? said UMass Lowell Director of Athletics, Dana Skinner, who resides with his family in Haverhill.
?It allowed us allowed us to advance our mission and our programs,? said Skinner. ?It was the right decision to join the conference in 2000 and it?s the right decision to join America East now.?
Skinner said that UMass Lowell currently has 17 intercollegiate sports. The university will be adding men?s and women?s lacrosse in 2014-15, giving 19. There is a reason lacrosse will be added.
According to Skinner, there are ?sports of emphasis? in America East - soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter and lacrosse in the spring.
Skinner said the forward thinking of Meehan, which included several purchases and new construction on campus, no doubt was paramount in getting to yesterday?s decision.
?From the time he came here (in 2007), Marty set a bar that challenged everybody to pursue excellence, relentlessly,? said Skinner. ?When you set a bar like that, you look at things a little bit differently. We would not be having this conversation had he not provided that leadership.
?Quite frankly, I believe Marty?s political experience is very valuable to UMass Lowell,? said Skinner. ?There are a lot of mine fields you have to avoid to do a lot of things he has been able to do. You have to get the student body, the faculty, the president?s office and the Board of Trustees all on the same page. He always looked at the role athletics could play in advancing this university. Today is a great day.?
Facilities up for overhaul
Here is a proposal to improve facilities at UMass Lowell over the next three years:
Year 1
Replace field hockey surface with D-I quality turf
Upgrade Costello Gym to D-I level for basketball
Replace natural grass soccer field with artificial grass
Year 2
Renovate team locker rooms
Further renovate of Costello Gym
Upgrade office space for coaches & staff
Year 3
Identify indoor practice facility
Provide High-Quality Facilities
More coaches and more compliance-academic support coming
Increase coaching & staff positions over 5-year period according to the following priorities
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Analyst: Microsoft losing $2.5B a year on Office for iOS delay
Microsoft could be leaving as much as $2.5 billion on the table by failing to get a version of Office for iPhones and iPads out the door, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Holt.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant already has?some software available?for the iPhone and iPad in the pipeline?but as with Office, they have yet to make an appearance.?It's now at the point where even Microsoft are "no longer bothering" to deny the rumors,"?according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, but the company is far from being forthcoming about an expected release date or in what form a release may take.?
According to Holt in a note to investors, he said that Microsoft could generate a greater return on Office, by as much as close to half of what Office earns today. $2.5 billion, in fact.
At the last earnings call, Microsoft's Windows division took first place in divisional rankings by revenue. The Windows division generated $5.88 billion, while the Business division?which houses Office and other services?generated a second-place $5.69 billion.?Office is worth a great deal to Microsoft and brings in around 90 percent of the division's total revenue, just shy of one-fifth of the company's overall quarterly revenue.
For some time, it was even bigger than the Windows division.
Holt estimates that if it were to release Office for iOS for around $60, just shy of one-third of iPad users would snap up the software. Should the current iPad cumulative?sales trend continue to 200 million by the end of 2014, Holt believes that Microsoft could generate around $2.5 billion in revenue on Office for iPad alone, after Apple collects its commission fees, of course.
Holt also adds that around 30-40 percent of Mac users install paid versions of Office 2008/2011 as Windows PC users do. The figure is a bit skewed, considering that some Windows machines come with a basic version of Office already installed.
"The math is compelling, and may drive Microsoft to move Office," he wrote.
It's a rough estimate, but it's more of a point to show that not only Microsoft generate vast sums more in its Office business than it does now, but also that Apple could end up capitalizing on Microsoft's expected runaway success with the mobile software.
But here's where it gets even more interesting. Microsoft may not pay that 30 percent fee to Apple, by circumventing the need to go through the iPhone and iPad's app store altogether.
One of the problems with bringing Microsoft software to iPhone and iPad is that Apple will receive a 30 percent cut of every sale. Many Microsoft apps are available for iPhone and iPad already?not limited to OneNote, SkyDrive and Lync?and are free to download, so the company avoids paying a 30 percent cut to Apple.
Foley notes that in whatever form an Office version for iPhone or iPad may take, Microsoft will likely battle the 30 percent cut that Apple will take from an app store purchase.
The way Microsoft could get around it is by offering it as a subscription service as it has done with some versions of Office 2013, or even develop a non-app store version in HTML5 so the company can serve it up without needing to rent space in Apple's store.
But bringing Office to the iPad could ultimately lead to the?death throes of Microsoft's own strategy, notably with Surface?which remains the only tablet on the market with a 'legitimate' (used carefully, granted) version of Office installed.
Office for iPhone or iPad may seem frivolous to some, but it's an important bridge for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) users as well as ordinary enterprise users alike.
The majority of businesses still rely on Microsoft Office?in whatever incarnation, including partially Web-based Office 365?and iPad remains popular in the enterprise thanks to its back-end mobile device policy management.?
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Hedo Turkoglu Suspended 20 Games By NBA For Using Steroids
Does basketball have a performance enhancing drug problem? I?m not sure the NBA does, but the Orlando Magic might.
Four years after Rashard Lewis tested positive for elevated testosterone during the 2009 playoffs, The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu has been suspended 20 games for violating the leagues anti-drug program.
Reports are that Turkoglu?tested positive for methenolone, an anabolic steroid.?Turkoglu and Magic general manager Rob Hennigan released a statement on the matter.
?While I was back home in Turkey this past summer, I was given a medication by my trainer to help recover more quickly from a shoulder injury,? Turkoglu said in the statement. ?I didn?t know that this was a banned substance and didn?t check before taking it.
?I take full responsibility for anything that goes into my body. This was a complete error in judgment on my part and I apologize to the Orlando Magic organization, the league, my teammates, and the Magic fans. I know I have let down a lot of people and I am truly sorry for my mistake.?
Hennigan said: ?Hedo unknowingly took a banned substance. There are more than 125 banned substances on the NBA List, and we spend a lot of time educating our players on the contents of that list and will certainly continue to do so moving forward. We believe this was an honest mistake.?
Turkoglu has missed most of the season with a fractured hand that he injured during the preseason.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
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It can be difficult enough for couples living together 24/7 to maintain the flame alive.
Imagine a young military married couple where the husband is deployed overseas. Now imagine a young military married couple where the wife is deployed overseas and it is not the first time that they are separated. Imagine the same military couple spending only 25 days together during their first 13 months of marriage.
On this Valentine?s Day, we hear from the female member of this amazing military couple, Tech. Sgt. Christina M. Styer, how she and her husband have managed to keep the flame alive.
Moral of the story: If this military couple can do it under such circumstances, it should be a piece of (Valentine?s) cake for the rest of us.
Here is her story, courtesy the U.S. Air Force
At home I can barely get him to buy me a five-dollar bouquet of wildflowers from the grocery store but now that I am deployed he goes all out with hidden notes in care packages, daily emails and nightly text messages wishing me sweet dreams and expressing his love.
My husband has learned that in order to keep our flame alive, we?re going to have to give a little more and work a little harder than normal. The joys of a military-to-military marriage are a blessing but, the other side is separations that are, at times, long and taxing on a marriage.
For us, our first separation was an extreme one; my husband and I spent 25 days together during our first 13 months of marriage. This time apart taught us how important it is to find ways to keep our flame alive.
One of the most difficult long-distance relationship stresses is emotional needs not being met. When we are together a look, a touch or even enjoying daily routines together satisfies those needs, but when we?re apart it?s often more difficult to feel the special bond we share that make our relationships so special to us.
There are times that a hidden love letter will give us all we need from our significant other for a short time. There are times, however, when we need much more from our loved ones. How do we find balance between what we need and what they can give us?
I have been told that relationships should be 50-50, but I don?t feel this is realistic. If my other half is always expecting me to deliver my 50 percent, I am afraid it may leave him wanting more and disappointed on those days I cannot give my full share.
In my marriage there are times I am able to give my 50 percent, there are days I feel like I am giving closer to 80 percent, and sometimes, sadly, I realize I am only giving somewhere around 30 percent. We are all human, and sometimes we just don?t have that 50 percent to give. The delicate balance of bringing a couple to 100 percent is trial by error, and the reality is that every day cannot be a honeymoon.
Becoming aware of, and accepting, who my husband is and what he can give has helped us find balance in our marriage. For us, this is important because we, as humans, are fallible; we can be selfish, needy, and we have the ability to hurt each other when we don?t mean to.
Understanding each other ? what our needs are, what our loved one?s needs are, what we are capable of giving and what they are capable of giving ? is the key to surviving the physical and emotional distance our deployments create. Knowing these things helps us manage our expectations of each other.
Expectations are vital in a marriage, but there are times when we have to know that our significant others are just as human as we are. There will be times when they cannot meet our needs the way we want them to. When this happens, if we have not learned what they need and what they are capable of giving, we repeatedly find ourselves arguing. These arguments are often not even about what is bothering us. We can, however, avoid this.
Accepting that there are times we are going to have to meet our significant others half way, or even tell them exactly what it is we need from them and being willing to forgive them for falling short of our expectations or fulfilling our needs is vital to the strength of any marriage, especially when separation is involved.
We all fall short at times and if we want our partner to give us a pass when it is us, we have to be willing to do the same for them. It will happen because we are all human. For me, what works is saving those nightly texts and sweet daily emails and pulling out the love notes I found in a care package to fill those voids when my husband is unable to completely meet one of my needs. I know what I need and what he is capable of giving. Together, we have found a way to allow the distance to make our hearts grow fonder.
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Click here to read another touching military Valentine?s story and here to watch the video.
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Source: http://themoderatevoice.com/176271/celebrating-valentines-day-thousands-of-miles-apart/
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NRA Scare Tactics: Things You Must Arm Yourself Against
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre issued a strange warning to Americans in a Daily Caller op-ed Wednesday, suggesting that guns will protect us against everything from terrorism to natural disasters. It's not the first time he has used fact-free scare tactics to encourage people to join the NRA and arm themselves.
Here are some problems that can be solved by gun culture, according to the NRA:
1. School violence ? In the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, LaPierre said that putting more guns in schools is the "one thing" that could prevent future tragedies.
"If it's crazy to call for armed officers in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy," he said on "Meet the Press." "I think the American people think it's crazy not to do it. It's the one thing that would keep people safe."
Armed security at Columbine High School failed to stop the deadliest mass shooting at an American high school in 1999, when two students killed 15 people and wounded 23 more.
2. Latin American drug gangs ? In his Daily Caller piece, LaPierre writes:
Latin American drug gangs have invaded every city of significant size in the United States. Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world, and though the states on the U.S./Mexico border may be the first places in the nation to suffer from cartel violence, by no means are they the last. The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border. So the border today remains porous not only to people seeking jobs in the U.S., but to criminals whose jobs are murder, rape, robbery and kidnapping.
LaPierre doesn't site his sources, maybe because Phoenix is not the kidnapping capital of the world and the U.S. does not rely upon armed civilans to secure the border.
3. Hurricane looters ? LaPierre went on to reimagine the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in his op-ed:
After Hurricane Sandy, we saw the hellish world that the gun prohibitionists see as their utopia. Looters ran wild in south Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. And if you wanted to walk several miles to get supplies, you better get back before dark, or you might not get home at all.
Sandy looters pillaged a pharmacy in Coney Island but most looting cases were thrown out and crime in New York City slowed during the storm. There were no murders for five days after it hit. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough declared this claim and the drug cartel warning "so laced with racial overtones" that Republicans should condemn it.
4. Violence against women ??Guns not only protect against the border rapists LaPierre warned about in his op-ed, but they can serve as an equalizer for women in other violent situations, said Gayle Trotter of the Independent Women's Forum, a neoconservative group originally formed to defend Clarence Thomas against sexual harassment allegations.
?Guns make women safer,? Trotter said at a Senate hearing in January. ?Using a firearm with a magazine holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, a woman would have a fighting chance even against multiple attackers.?
LaPierre has been making this argument for almost 20 years. In a 1995 interview with Spy (via the Atlantic), he said:
"At the scene of every crime, there's only going to be two people: the criminal and the victim," LaPierre said, explaining the NRA only wants to make sure the victim can defend herself. "And that's why more American women every day are joining the NRA, is that they're fearful of the collapse of the criminal justice system, and they want to exercise their right to personal protection."
Guns escalate violence against women far more often than they stop it. As Slate's Amanda Marcotte points out, a gun isn't usually within the victim's reach during a domestic dispute and women are about 83 times more likely to be shot to death by an intimate partner than they are to kill one with a gun in self-defense.
5. "Wand-rape" of female fliers ??"Armed Americans have an obvious role in stopping terrorists in their tracks," and racial profiling in airports could replace invasive TSA screenings, according to LaPierre.
?You see red-faced, teary-eyed, 15-year-old girls enduring security wands orbiting their breasts while electronic squeals detect the metal in their underwire bras,? he said in 2002 following the 9/11 attacks. ?You see women cringe as security men let their wands linger between their legs... I guess it's okay to wand-rape someone's daughter in public, but no profiling."
He went on to recommend targeting potential terrorists who fall into "fairly narrow categories of gender, age, nationality and religion." The problem with profiling, other than it being racist and humiliating, is that it makes us less safe by giving terrorists obvious "blind spots" to exploit.
ALSO: Workplace homicides, pizza boy murders, the academic ruling class, Rambo on crack, hurricanes, tornadoes, riots, terrorists, gangs, lone criminals, Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest and armed thugs jacked up on meth who just smashed out your patio door with a pavestone.
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South Africa Self-Storage Operator Stor-Age Holds ?Kick-Off? Promotion During Rugby Tournament
Stor-Age, a self-storage operator with more than 20 facilities in South Africa, recently held a ?kick-off? promotion during the Cape Town Tens rugby tournament in which 1,200 people entered for a chance to win a Golf GTI automobile. Six participants were chosen to vie for the car by kicking a rugby ball at a Stor-Age box on the field.
The three competitors whose kicks landed the closest to the Stor-Age target moved to the final round, where each had one shot at hitting the field?s rugby poles to win the car. All three attempts missed, leaving the car unclaimed. However, Patrick Dieroff won a drawing between the three finalists to win a Big Boy road scooter.
?Although no one won the car this year, the promotion was a huge success for Stor-Age,? said Chris Oosthuizen, national marketing manager. ?It was great to see the hype around the competition and to know that individuals have been practicing their kicks for weeks. More importantly, it was exciting to see an increase in the awareness of the Stor-Age brand itself and the concept of self storage. We thank our partner Etana for making the competition possible and congratulate Patrick on winning the Big Boy scooter.?
Etana is a South African insurance provider.
This is the second year the self-storage operator has offered the ?kick off? promotion. Last year, Doug Mallet, the son of professional rugby coach Nick Mallet, took home the top prize with a winning kick.
Stor-Age operates more than 20 self-storage facilities throughout South Africa, with a corporate office in Cape Town.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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Two charged in Chicago teen shooting
By Tracy Connor and Andrew Rafferty, NBC News
Two suspects have been charged in last month?s shooting death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who performed at President Barack Obama?s second inauguration, police announced Monday night.
Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, each face one count of first-degree murder for the death of Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot two weeks ago in a park near her school, just days after returning from Washington, D.C., officials said.
Ward was the shooter and confessed to police that Hadiya was not the intended target, police said. The shooting was allegedly meant to be a retaliation for Williams, who was shot last year.
Reached by phone Monday evening, Hadiya?s mother, Cleopatra Cowley, said she was ?ecstatic? about the arrests and urged for the young? men to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
?Look at what they've done to me and my family. We put so much work into raising my daughter. We had hopes. My son no longer has a big sister. They deserve to feel something that is remotely comparable,? Cowley told NBC News. ?But my daughter is dead and even if they are rotting in jail, they will still be alive.? ?
Chicago police superintendent Gerry McCarthy called Hadiya?s family ?rocks in supporting us in this investigation.? During the press conference he said he hopes the high-profile murder will lead to meaningful change in the city?s gun law.
He also stressed that it wasn't tips from the community that led to the arrests, but rather relentless detective work.
?This was one of the most methodical, practical investigations that I can remember,? said McCarthy.
Since her death, Hadiya has become one of the faces of the Obama administration?s efforts to reform the nation?s gun laws. First Lady Michelle Obama attended the teenager?s funeral Saturday, and Cowley has been invited to attended Tuesday?s State of the Union.
?My baby deserves a revolution and I pray that what happened her to her will have an impact,? she said.
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College wrestling notebook: Rider coach looks forward to Sunday challenge at Penn State
Penn State?s rugged February wrestling road trip has ended with the Nittany Lions going 3-1, losing only to Iowa. Penn State will be home on Sunday for Senior Day festivities at 2 p.m. at Rec Hall. The match is once again a sellout.
Rider will be the foe and odds are that the match could end in Penn State?s fourth shutout of the season. But Rider coach Gary Taylor, who won his 390th career match on Sunday when Rider defeated Drexel 26-12, is looking forward to it.
?That?s going to be a tough trip,?? Taylor said in a school release. ?For Penn State to give us that opportunity and gain some exposure for our program, I am thankful to their coaching staff.
?It helps a program like ours to compete in that environment. It?s a very special environment and it is going to be sold out and lively.??
Rider is 10-6 overall and 3-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Elsewhere over the college wrestling weekend, Iowa defeated Nebraska 31-7 as No.1 Derek St. John at 157 defeated Nebraska?s No. 4 James Green 6-4 and Iowa?s Mike Evans of Cumberland Valley and Blair Academy downed Robert Kokesh 9-6. Evans trailed 3-0 at one point but recorded three takedowns against Kokesh.
Iowa, which drew a crowd of 9,514 for the Nebraska match, will close out its home season on Saturday against Edinboro. The feature match will be at 133 between No. 2 Tony Ramos of Iowa and Edinboro?s third-ranked A.J. Schopp from Tyrone High School in District 6.
Edinboro defeated Kent State 20-19 on Sunday as the Fighting Scots? Warren Bosch at 197 avoided getting pinned (he gave up a five-point technical fall) by top-ranked Dustin Kilgore at 197 and the Scots won by one.
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Harvard upset Lehigh for the first time since 1998 (14 straight losses) 25-16 as Walter Peppelman of Central Dauphin won at 157 with a 48-second fall for the Crimson. Peppelman is ranked eighth.
Cornell downed Bucknell 37-3 as Marshall Peppelman of Central Dauphin won at 174 for the Big Red. Top-ranked Kyle Dake of Cornell at 165 pinned 10th-ranked Corey Lear of Benton in 53 seconds.
Virginia downed Old Dominion 27-6 on Sunday. Jon Fausey of Line Mountain won at 174 for the Cavaliers but Joe Spisak of Boiling Springs was beaten by 16th-ranked Chris Mecate at 141 pounds. Zach Nye of East Pennsboro was not in Virginia?s lineup at 184 on Sunday.
Illinois defeated Northwestern 24-10 as Tony Dallago of Central Dauphin was victorious at 184.
Elsewhere, Michigan dumped rival Michigan State 24-15, Minnesota held Wisconsin to just one win in a 34-5 victory, Clarion downed Cleveland State 23-9, Bloomsburg blanked George Mason 39-0 and Maryland beat Duke and North Carolina State.
On the small-college level, Messiah notched a pair of easy victories over Gettysburg (41-6) and Washington and Lee (48-6). Josh Thomson (184) of Mechanicsburg won two bouts for Messiah but brother Zach (174) was not in Gettysburg?s lineup. Stevens Tech and W&L also defeated Gettysburg.
Millersville defeated Lycoming 18-15 as the Marauders? Brock Thomson of Middletown beat Matt Neff 4-2 at 149.
Drexel downed Franklin & Marshall 27-9, and Shippensburg defeated Anderson, S.C., 42-6 on Friday.
Source: http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/02/college_wrestling_notebook_rid.html
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Your Guide To Not Watching the State of the Union
President Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Kissimmee, Fla., in September.Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The State of the Union is the most predictable, rote, pointless exercise of pomp in American politics. That?s good news for you. The pre-speech period, roughly 24 to 48 hours of spin and leaks, spoils the policy details that?ll be remembered when the speech is complete. (I say ?policy? because they obviously can?t predict which lawmakers? eye-rolls will make the Top 10 .gif lists.)
Based on my own close reading of this stuff, here?s what will be happening in the House of Representatives tonight.
Obama blames Republicans for things Republicans actually did, which will be seen as unfair. The White House?s on-the-record guff to reporters has been notable for only one thing: its snark. It was not enough for White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer to give Politico?s Mike Allen a preview of the speech. He had to gild the lily, prederiding the ?Beltway lens of the reporters who cover it and the pundits and politicos who tweet about it.? (Pfeiffer just cracked the 43,000 mark in Twitter followers.) This White House both understands that Republicans are trying to undermine it and fails to explain how they do so.
In 2012?s State of the Union, for example, Obama promised to create the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group to go after banks more aggressively. The group fell to pieces on the launch pad. In the litany of ways that the administration failed to attack the foreclosure crisis, this ranks low, but it?s instructive?Congress never appropriated the money to staff it. ?I think part of our frustration in the first four years,? said White House consigliere Valerie Jarrett on MSNBC?s Morning Joe, ?[was] often times seeing Republicans putting their short-term political interest ahead of what is in the best interest of our country.?
The president might make that point by mentioning the bills and nominees held up by Republicans in, respectively, the House and the Senate. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats will hold an exasperated news conference on the GOP?s filibuster threat against a possible director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It?s the sort of process whine that would get more attention if the president signs on.
Republicans ask why Obama?s still not endorsing their bills. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, which wasted most of the last term looking for a scandal in the Solyndra bankruptcy, pre-empted Obama by challenging him to discuss the Keystone XL pipeline. In their words (written in the first person but not actually attributed to any member of the committee), the pipeline was like a magic lamp wrapped in a magic carpet: ?With recent incidents of terrorism and unrest across the globe threatening energy prices, and negative economic growth and stubbornly high unemployment here at home, the Keystone XL pipeline would seemingly be a blessing and welcome component in any effort to rebuild the middle class.? And it?ll rid you of that stubborn belly fat!
An emotional appeal on gun rights grips America. In all of the soft-focus stories on the speech?s invited guests, two names matter: Ted Nugent and Gabrielle Giffords. Texas Rep. Steve Stockman, an embarrassing member of the class of 1994 who lost in 1996 but managed to come back in 2012, has invited Nugent to attend the speech, despite Nugent being (humorously!) on record threatening the president?s life. Giffords, invited by Sen. John McCain, is the most compelling figure in the gun control (sorry, ?gun safety?) movement. Democrats know that the mere sight of Giffords, or the sound of her voice, spurs a Pavlovian response: The listener cannot help but hear and think about ammo clips and background checks. Stockman knows ? actually, there?s no way to end that sentence.
Republicans accuse Obama of ignoring the debt, while basically agreeing with his approach to it. In his first State of the Union speech four years ago, the president returned again and again to the crisis of national debt. Washington, he said, had ?responsibility to ensure that we do not pass on to [our children] a debt they cannot pay.?
That was $5.2 trillion ago, and Republicans will shame him for every dollar. ?The debt has a direct impact on unemployment,? said Sen. Marco Rubio, sort of mystifyingly, in a Weekly Standard preview of his response to the speech Tuesday evening. ?Every dollar that is being lent to the government is a dollar that is not being invested in our economy.? The Washington Post?s preview of the speech warned that the White House says the president won?t say much more about debt, because ?if policymakers can agree on a strategy for replacing across-the-board spending cuts set to hit next month, Obama will pretty much have achieved what he has called ?our ultimate goal? of halting the rapid rise in government borrowing.?
But Republicans and Obama agree on the concept. Getting to a balanced budget, someday, isn?t a matter of austerity anymore. If the economy grows, the deficit shrinks. Rubio told the Weekly Standard that a ?pro-growth? policy would generate ?an additional $4 trillion in revenues over the next decade.? Anyone with a basic grasp of math and chart-reading can see that the deficit is already shrinking, even before President Rubio gets his hands on it.
Obama tells a horrendous, sub-Tosh.0 quality joke. He always does this, in bold defiance of his lack of comedic timing. (His funniest writer, Jon Lovett, left years ago to create a sitcom.) Last year, he took credit for the elimination of a regulation that was classifying dairy spills as disasters akin to?and as expensive in court as?oil spills. ?With a rule like that,? he said. ?I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk.?
Whatever joke Obama tells, it will be followed in the transcript with the annotation ?(laughter and applause).? Don?t believe everything you read.
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Oscar contender on Palestinians angers many
In this Feb. 3, 2013 photo, Palestinian Adib Abu Rahmeh, activist and resident of the West Bank village of Bilin, sits in his taxi where he has pasted a photograph of himself during a court hearing in an Israeli military prison. Dozens of Bilin men and youths were detained and arrested over the past eight years, accused of throwing stones or organizing protests against Israel's separation barrier that has swallowed much of the village's farmland. An Oscar-nominated documentary ?Five Broken Cameras? is the story of a yearslong struggle by residents of Bilin to wrest their village lands back from Israel?s military. (AP Photo/Diaa Hadid)
In this Feb. 3, 2013 photo, Palestinian Adib Abu Rahmeh, activist and resident of the West Bank village of Bilin, sits in his taxi where he has pasted a photograph of himself during a court hearing in an Israeli military prison. Dozens of Bilin men and youths were detained and arrested over the past eight years, accused of throwing stones or organizing protests against Israel's separation barrier that has swallowed much of the village's farmland. An Oscar-nominated documentary ?Five Broken Cameras? is the story of a yearslong struggle by residents of Bilin to wrest their village lands back from Israel?s military. (AP Photo/Diaa Hadid)
In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 photo, Palestinian Suraia Burnat, 42, wife of the Palestinian co-director of "Five Broken Cameras" hangs washing on the rooftop of their home in the West Bank village of Bilin. In an unusual move in the mostly conservative?Arab society, her husband Emad filmed her and their children -- even as they argued -- hoping to show audiences how a normal Palestinian family coped during years of struggle against Israel's separation barrier. (AP Photo/Diaa Hadid)
BILIN, West Bank (AP) ? An Oscar-nominated documentary about this West Bank hamlet has managed to infuriate people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
In Israel, some are asking why the government helped fund a film so scathing in its criticism of its own policies, while Palestinians are shocked that the film is winning accolades for being "Israeli."
"Five Broken Cameras" is the story of a yearslong struggle by residents of Bilin to wrest their village lands back from Israel's military.
The title refers to the number of cameras that the main protagonist, Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat, had broken by Israeli forces as he sought to film weekly demonstrations against the military. Residents were protesting the seizure of about half the village lands to construct a separation barrier running through parts of the West Bank.
The $400,000 documentary was made with contributions from Israeli and French government film funds. It is the latest in a series of well-received movies that are highly critical of Israeli government policies toward the Palestinians, yet also funded with state money.
Another Israeli-funded documentary, "The Gatekeepers," has also been nominated for an Oscar.
That film interviews the former heads of Israel's internal security service about how they suppressed Palestinians over the decades in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Their message is that military force has its limits, and that ultimately Israel must take advantage of its military superiority to seek peace.
The projects expose a contradiction in Israeli society. While the military rules over millions of Palestinians, the government funds a vibrant arts scene that is often scathing in its criticism of official policy. Many here wonder why the government would want to be party to projects that make it look so bad.
Almagor, a right-wing Israeli group that represents families who have lost loved ones to Palestinian violence, described the film as "incitement." It said the documentary demonizes Israeli soldiers and at times is anti-Semitic.
Others, though, say such films are a badge of honor. Danny Danon, a hard-line member of the ruling Likud Party, said funding critical movies underscores the vibrancy of Israel's democracy, even if it provides ammunition for critics.
"I think there will be groups who are against Israel no matter what," Danon said. "This is one example of the price of keeping a strong democracy. We are not interfering in the contents of the movies that are being produced in Israel."
The office of Culture Minister Limor Livnat, which oversees the funds that distribute grants to filmmakers, declined comment. Livnat is also a Likud member.
The documentary's protagonists are dismayed that the film is affiliated with Israel. Even though the Academy does not classify nominees in the documentary feature category by country, Israeli officials have pitched "Five Broken Cameras" as their own at the Oscars.
Palestinians said they did not want Israelis to take credit for a film that documents how they have suffered at the hands of the military.
"They say it's an Israeli film. It is not an Israeli film," said taxi driver Adib Abu-Rahmeh, who is in the documentary. "Are the people in the film Israelis? The people who suffered, who were shot, who were arrested, who were hurt, were they Israelis?"
Davidi, the film's Israeli partner, rejected the criticism. He said the movie should be seen for what it is: A human portrayal of the village residents.
"For me, documentaries have no identities," he said. "Here are the facts: The film is a Palestinian-Israeli-French co-production with a Palestinian and Israeli director," he added.
He said he would like people to stick with the facts and not get into a territorial fight on the identity of the film.
"The film tells the story of Emad and the nonviolent movement in Bilin, and that's what's important" Davidi said.
The struggle is viewed through the eyes of Burnat's wide-eyed son Gibreel, whose first birthday coincides with the start of protests and whose childhood is shaped by demonstrations, soldiers and families fraying under pressure.
"I had an idea of the film, that it should be about my family, about ordinary things, to make the film closer to the people," Burnat told The Associated Press.
In Bilin, far away from the glitz of Hollywood, there is little excitement over the movie. Few residents have seen it and hopes are dim that the sudden attention will help their cause.
"I heard there was a film. I heard it was nominated for a prize. That's important," said resident Rizan Abu-Rahmeh, a 23-year-old housewife, pregnant and clutching her pigtailed-daughter's hand near Bilin's stone-built mosque.
"But we don't want the prize. We want what's behind the prize. We want the land that was taken," she said.
Conversations with the villagers betray a weariness that is reflected in the film.
"What's an Oscar, anyway?" asked an elderly woman, Umm Hazem. Five of her seven sons were imprisoned for throwing rocks during protests over the years, and her family's lands remain behind the barrier.
"We paid a high price, and we didn't get anything in return," she said.
Over eight years of weekly demonstrations, villagers count two slain residents and dozens wounded and detained in clashes with Israel.
Of some 500 acres of confiscated land, villagers wrested back about a third of their rolling, terraced groves, or some 170 acres, after a protracted legal struggle in Israel's Supreme Court. They have exhausted all local legal avenues to claim the remaining 330 acres of land, said lawyer Emily Schaefer, who represents Bilin.
Israel has said it built the separation barrier, which snakes hundreds of miles across the frontier between Israel and the West Bank, to keep suicide bombers out of the country. But Palestinians say barrier, which frequently dips into the West Bank, is an excuse for seizing land.
Israel's Defense Ministry says Bilin residents are still able to access their farmlands through a gate manned by soldiers 24 hours a day.
Activist Kefar Mansour said it was hard to get excited about a documentary that showed their day-to-day life, even if the scenes are shocking to outside viewers. In one scene, for instance, Gibreel asks his father why he can't slay Israeli soldiers with knives after a family friend is killed.
"People outside clap when they see powerful images in the film, but for us that's like normal, day-to-day life," Mansour said.
The 31-year-old Mansour is one of the few people in town who seem excited about the Oscar nomination. "It shows nothing is impossible," he said.
Since the movie was made, Gibreel, now 8, has become a mini-celebrity, said his mother Suraia, 42, who logs into his Facebook account to keep track of her son's fans.
Suraia, a devout Muslim Palestinian born in Brazil who speaks Arabic with a heavy accent, will join her husband at the Oscar ceremony along with Gibreel ? an event few Palestinians from the West Bank ever attend.
"I love watching the Oscars. I never imagined I'd be with those people," she laughed.
"When this movie is shown (after) the Oscars, millions of people will know the story," she added. "They will know about the Palestinian cause. Many people abroad don't even know what Palestine is."
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