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Michael Vick was born in Newport News, Virginia on June 26, 1980. Growing up, Newport News did not provide the safest and healthiest environment for Vick, or any child for that matter. It was a rough and tumble place that produced gang members and drug dealers, not top-notch professional athletes. The choice to stay local for college may have had a bad influence on Vick and his extracurricular activities. Growing up as a prominent athlete in Newport News wasn't necessarily a good thing. Another local athlete, Allen Iverson, was always followed around by a troublesome posse that claimed to be his friends. They knew he would be rich and famous one day so they all tried to stick around him so they could eventually live off of his success. But as Newport News was known for its crime and gangs, trouble always seemed to follow Iverson. Vick would eventually deal with a similar problem. Had he gone to Syracuse, his ties with the "local thugs" in Newport News would likely have been snapped. However, it wouldn't be until much later in his career that Vick's association with these people would bite him in the rear, no pun intended.
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Gambling is nothing new to this, or any other country. The activity of wagering bets on various sporting events has been around for hundreds of years. Traditional bets are placed on football, basketball, boxing and horseracing. But one of the most violent and cruel gambling "sports" is the underground gambling ring of dog fighting. While dog fighting is a form of entertainment and a venue for illegal gambling, it is also a means to create personal revenue. A person or group who run(s) a dog fighting ring often charge admission to fights, but also cash in breeding winning dogs. Dogs are often judged on their "gameness," or willingness/desire to fight. As this is the most valuable trait in dog fighting dogs, the more game they have, the more money they will earn. This also trickles down to puppy litters. According to the ASPCA, the owner of any grand champion, a dog that has won at least five fights, can sell the dog's puppies for at least $1,500 each.
Dog fighting in North America is illegal. This poses a big problem for those involved in the sport, but an even bigger problem for organizations such as the ASPCA and PETA. These dog fighting rings are hard to find. Invitations to them are top secret and with little or no warning. One of the most brutal aspects of this "sport" is how owners train their dogs to fight. The dogs are abused, starved, often times tied up with extremely heavy chains and beaten. This abuse is used to toughen the animals up and prepare them for fights. Another awful element of training these dogs is that owners and trainers will often roam neighborhoods and streets to steal dogs right out of homes and backyards. The trainer will then break one of the dogs legs or handicap it in some way so their fighting dog can train against a dog that will not harm them back. Such behavior is murder. It is barbaric. And organizations like PETA are doing everything they can to put it to a stop.
Vick's cousin, Davon Boodie, was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and ended up giving police the address to one of Vick's properties in Smithfield, Va. When police searched the property on Moonlight Road, they found enough evidence to seek another warrant involving animal cruelty. It was then that Michael Vick was immediately tied to dog fighting, yet Vick decided to play the innocent card and blame his ignorance for not knowing such activities were going on at his household. He initially placed blame on the family members who lived in the house for what was found there. According to an article from Sports Illustrated, Vick said, "It's unfortunate that I have to take the heat…lesson learned for me."
However, the evidence against Vick, and/or, his "friends" was overwhelming. As police searched the property, they found unmistakable evidence of a professional dogfighting operation. Deep in the woods behind the house, there were five smaller buildings all painted pitch black in an effort to hide the operation as nearly all dogfights are held at night. There were scales, treadmills to exercise the dogs, "rape stands" which are devices that hold aggressive dogs in place in the breeding process, "break sticks" to pry open a dog's jaws, syringes, as well as diuretics and nutritional supplements. Another building housed over 30 dogs, mostly pit bull terriers, as nearly another 30 were found outside on leashes that were tied to car axles buried in the ground. Months later, Vick and three other men were indicted on dogfighting charges for activity over a six year period. Vick signed a plea agreement and a statement of facts admitting to conspiracy in a dogfighting ring and helping kill pit bulls, according to ESPN.com. But Vick denied betting on the fights, only bankrolling them.
The treatment of dogs in these fighting rings is hard to describe and brutally painful to watch. The dogs are beaten and neglected during training. The dogs are then forced into a ring with another dog that may or may not kill it. And then the losing dogs are killed by their owners often minutes after the fight. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA works through public education, research, animal rescue, legislation, protest campaigns, and in the case of Michael Vick, cruelty investigations. But as PETA studied the case and examined the dogs on Vick's property, they believed that the saved dogs were beyond rehabilitation and that trying to save them would be both a waste of time and money. "The cruelty they've suffered is such that they can't lead what any dog lover would consider a normal life," said PETA spokesman Dan Shannon. "We feel that it's better that they have their suffering ended once and for all."
However, it turned out that 47 of the 51 dogs at Badnewz Kennels were rescued and brought to shelters for rehabilitation. With such an incredible number, the rescue teams credited the demeanor of the pit bull breed and downplayed the image that pit bulls have in society. Much of society is terrified of these dogs and sees them as vicious, mean and threatening. But the reality is that pit bulls are quite friendly. PETA's stance on Michael Vick is currently in limbo. The organization teamed with Vick to film an anti-dogfighting public service announcement. Vick's attorneys sought assurance from PETA that they would support Vick's return to football if he filmed the PSA. However, their initial agreement broke down and PETA is asking Vick to submit a brain scan and full psychiatric evaluation before he be declared eligible to return to the NFL
After Michael Vick admitted to conspiracy in dog fighting, killing pit bulls and bankrolling fights, he began serving his sentence early and voluntarily entered prison on November 19, 2007. Vick started serving his time at the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Va. However, by early January of 2008, Vick was transferred to a minimum security prison in Leavenworth, Kansas. In an effort to reduce his 23-month sentence, Vick entered a drug treatment program at the Kansas prison. The program at the prison takes place in units set apart from the general prison population, lasting at least 500 hours over a six to 12 month period, according to Bureau of Prisons policy. As of February 2009, Vick's lawyers expected Vick to be released to a halfway house in Newport News, Va. But as the move was being arranged, news broke that there was a lack of bed space at the halfway house in Virginia, which meant that Vick would be allowed to finish his sentence under home confinement at his 3,500-square-foot home in Hampton, Va. An anonymous official familiar with the case said that Vick would be allowed to make the move home on or after May 21, according to ESPN.com.
Arguably one of the most disappointing things in sports is wasted talent. From the four major sports (football, baseball, hockey, basketball), to lesser covered ones such as golf, boxing and NASCAR, prominent athletes have fallen from grace for one reason or another. Whether the athlete suffers from a drug or alcohol addiction, abuse, infidelity, violence or gambling, the sports world always seems to have a few current athletes that fall under the umbrella of "tremendous athlete, bad decision maker." Michael Vick is currently wearing that shoe. However, athletes aren't the only people in America that fit in this category. There have been plenty of politicians, actors, musicians and businesspersons that have made similar career-threatening mistakes. Bill Clinton, Clive Owen, Chris Brown and Martha Stewart have all done things to mar their careers and the public's view of them. Some of these people have bounced back, even better than before; while others were never quite able to rebuild their image and earn back the trust of the American public. But as Michael Vick prepares to re-enter the real world and spark a comeback to the NFL, he should take note of what other fellow athletes did right, and what they did wrong in their attempted return to the sport they loved.
Every disgraced athlete tries to take the necessary steps to return their sport and regain the respect of their fans and peers. Some athletes have had great success, while others have failed miserably. It seems to be a case by case basis and largely depends on the individual's image before their demise. Athletes like Mike Tyson could not return to their sport because of the negative reputation he had built for himself throughout his career. Kobe Bryant could return to his sport because of the positive All-American image he built for himself during the first six years of his career. And other athletes like Charles Barkley took a unique approach in their return to grace. Barkley simply said to the public, "I'm not a role model…Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids." And in a way, the public seems to appreciate Barkley's honesty and forgive him when he gets into trouble. But in evaluating whether or not Michael Vick could potentially have a successful comeback to the NFL, you have to look beyond what other athletes have done and find out, specifically, if those in the NFL would welcome or tolerate his return.
In order to get a true feel for whether or not Vick would be welcomed back at each of these different levels, I spoke with an NFL spokesperson, the nephew of an NFL owner and a current NFL player.
Victor Abiamiri: Victor Abiamiri, 23, is an NFL player who plays defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles. "I can see why some players are upset and would not want Vick as a teammate and in their locker room. It would bring a lot of unwanted attention and create a whole lot of drama," said Abiamiri. He continued, "But I also understand the players who don't have an issue with it. There is something to be said that they are Vick's dogs and it is his property, so if that's what he wants to do, do it." But the overall question asked to Abiamiri was if he would welcome Vick as a teammate. And his response was simple. "He's a hell of a player and everyone deserves a second chance," said Abiamiri. "I'd welcome him happily."
Sean Rooney: Sean Rooney is the nephew of Dan Rooney, the owner and chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers. When asked if the Rooney family would ever consider signing Vick, Sean Rooney believed that his family would not be likely to do so, but it had nothing to do with Vick's behavior. Rooney believed that his family would forgive Vick for his actions and give him a chance, as a person. But he worried about Vick's ability on the field. "If you're talking about possibly three years out of the game, I don't know how he (Vick) could not be affected," said Rooney. He continued, "Vick's legs and speed have always been his go-to and his development as a thrower has been halted for quite some time. To me, it's over."
Michael Signora: Michael Signora is the director of media relations and international communications for the National Football League. Signora was very political with his response when asked whether or not he thought the NFL would reinstate Michael Vick after his jail time. "Michael Vick was suspended indefinitely by Commissioner Goodell in 2007. He has not yet applied for reinstatement and when he does, the commissioner will consider the matter at that time," said Signora, NFL spokesman. But when asked to put on a PR hat, Signora noted how a team should handle Vick's return and pending backlash from the public. "They will certainly give thought to what message needs to be conveyed as an organization and who is the best person in the organization to convey that message," said Signora. "This will likely be done in conjunction with the player and the message he will deliver when and if the time comes."
In evaluating other fallen athlete's attempted returns to their sport, Michael Vick can learn some things from his peers in an effort to better his chances of a successful return to football. In heeding the advice and following the path of these other athletes, Vick can start to construct a plan to convince the NFL to reinstate him and convince a team to give him a chance. NFL owners, NFL representatives and other NFL players all seem to have different views on the situation and share different sentiments in regards to Vick as a player and person. But if Vick employs a simple 3-step process, he can restore his image on the way to his triumphant comeback to the NFL. If Vick can recover from his wrongdoings, rebuild his superstar image and return with grace and humility, he just might make it.
Recover: Vick has already started taking the necessary steps to recover from his mistakes. He admitted his wrongdoings and issued many apologies to his team, the NFL, his family and fans. The audience that was most hurt from Vick's behavior was the young children who looked up to him as a hero. He has personally apologized to that audience and must to continue to do so once his sentence is up.
Based on other athletes who have been in a similar situation, Vick must recover as a person before he recovers as an athlete. In order to make changes and start fresh, Vick must start with himself. Throughout this process, Vick has said that he has found Jesus and has built a strong faith that has allowed him to forgive himself and his actions. And the hope is that his personal forgiveness has been an ongoing process for the past two years. Because once he recovers as a person, he can start to recover as an athlete. And as that process continues, Vick must reiterate how apologetic he is to his fans because they are paramount in his recovery. While PETA and the ASPCA are strong and powerful organizations, Vick's fan base could overwhelm those critics and be paramount in accepting him back, enabling him to move on from the recovery process and start to rebuild his image and career.
Rebuild: History has shown that the most important element in rebuilding an athlete's tarnished image is media coverage. Obviously as Vick pleaded guilty to the dog fighting charges, there was nothing but negative stories in the media. Vick was labeled as a "thug," as story after story emerged about his bad behavior and his "gang-like entourage" from Newport News. But what Vick has going for him is that this is his only blemish on his resume. And coming from the neighborhood where he grew up, there is something to say about that. Other troubled athletes repeatedly get in problematic situations and the media pounces on them, as they are permanently labeled as a troubled athlete with no chance at a return to their sport. But like the majority of the athletes before him, Vick is hopeful to get a second chance. But he is completely at the mercy of the media. As news broke that Vick was involved in a dog fighting ring and participated in the killing of dogs, he was the topic of news stories throughout the country. Talk show hosts, radio personalities, reporters and editors pounced on every detail of Vick's plight. However, it has been nearly two years since the news broke and there has been very little written on Vick lately. But perhaps time is the one thing that Vick has on his side as he prepares for his return to football.
Return: While many NFL owners, teams and players believe that Vick will suffer from his time away from football, he might also gain from it. Obviously Vick has lost a touch of his speed and will need to train vigorously in order to get back into football shape. So while time away may have hurt him physically, it has also helped society mentally. Fans and media, like any human beings, often have a short memory. Vick's bad behavior is not fresh in our minds. Other athletes who have had successful returns can credit the memory loss of society. Animal rights activists have not forgotten and they will be anxiously waiting to protest Vick's return. So Vick can certainly expect backlash from animal organizations and lovers around the country which will certainly bring negative press. But again, two years have gone by and the majority of society and football fans will have forgotten the specific details of Vick's behavior and forgive him for what he has done. PETA has also said that they will forgive, and even endorse, Vick if he takes and passes a psychiatric evaluation.
As time and society's tendency to forgive and forget are on Vick's side, so too is his God-given athletic ability. There is no doubt that one or more of the 29 NFL teams will give Vick a tryout, simply out of curiosity if nothing else. Vick was once the highest paid athlete in the history of the National Football League and a team could sign him now for very little monetary value. In terms of football, it would be a very low risk, high reward situation. But in terms of the public relations backlash, a team might not take a riskier chance all season. However, Vick seems so determined to return with a fresh start and a fresh team, that he will not blow this opportunity. Because history shows that if he is given a second chance, it could very well be his last.


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Renovations are going on at one of the older movie theater in Sioux Falls. West Mall 7 is getting major upgrades in the coming weeks, just in time for the summer movie season.
Some of the new things you'll see is new red, luxury rocker chair seats with retractable cup-holder armrests, extra-wide row spacing, and new draperies. Plus later this year, they will add high-resolution screens and sound system upgrades.
Todd Frager, president of West Mall Theaters told the Argus Leader:
We are excited to announce our new seating project and a long-term commitment to affordable movie entertainment in Sioux Falls, movies are one of the best forms of entertainment for the whole family, and our new seats and digital projection facilities will provide Sioux Falls-area moviegoers with the best value in movie entertainment for many years to come.
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Watch the One Direction 'This Is Us' Bonus Feature [Video, Pictures]
UPDATE: The video was taken down!!! [Crying... sad face]
The bonus DVD feature and footage from One Direction's upcoming movie 'This Is Us,' in multiplexes on Aug. 30, is here for your viewing pleasure.
In it, Niall Horan offers a tour of the venue while empty, while Harry Styles gets involved in a "pretty heavy cake fight" backstage. OMG! Who wouldn't want to smear icing all over Taylor Swift's ex? Swoon. That literally is sweet, right?
The most important room of the whole tour? Catering! Harry also trashes the dressing room, of which Liam Payne later offers a tour. Can we say that we love seeing Niall get his hair done?
We also see the boys at Madame Tussauds for their wax figure impressions and doing radio interviews. Louis Tomlinson gets contemplative when finding out they were No. 1, as does Zayn Malik. It's a rare "heavy" moment during 19 minutes of otherwise fun, fun, fun footage. That's it. We're changing their name from "One Direction" to "Fun Direction."
They are also backstage at The Brits in some of the footage.
Overall, it's certainly a keyhole look into the life of 1D.
The boys also issued a Vine video where Harry and Niall worked on their golf swings, like fine, upstanding gentleman who do other things besides rock out! See some photos from the golf green, too!
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March Mascot Madness, Round 3! Vote For the Best Mascot in the 2013 NCAA Tournament!
It's time for round 3 of Mascot Madness! Who will be crowned the best mascot in the NCAA?
Some of the races were pretty close, and some weredead even; Rameses and Rodney the Ram both move on to round 3, due to the first tie ever recorded in March Mascot Madness history! To be fair, It's not a long history.
Voting ends Thursday, April 4th at 12pm EST. Fans can vote once an hour from now until noon on the 4th of April, so vote early and often to help your favorite mascot become a champion.
Check it out, and vote below.
'Cardinal' of Louisville vs. 'Puddles' of Oregon
'Pouncer' of Memphis vs. 'Great Dane' of Albany
'Lacumba' of Southern University vs. 'The Explorer' of Lasalle
'Bruiser the Bruin' of Belmont vs. 'Jayhawk' of Kansas
TIE ALERT! Rameses and Rodney both move on to the next round:


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Mean Girls
Consistently amusing, Mean Girls, about teen queen angst and the horrors of high school, will hit home with its target audience while providing plenty of knowing laughs for adults and plenty to ogle for teenage boys.
If you've seen Heathers, Clueless or Jawbreaker, then you've seen Mean Girls. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is the new girl, having moved from Africa where she was raised (one of many comic head-scratchers that goes nowhere), and now trying to win
friends in a hostile new high school environment. On the verge of becoming--gasp!--friends with two geeks, one gay and one Goth, she is invited to join ''The Plastics'' (Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried), the coolest girls on campus. When she develops an unfortunate crush on the head Plastics' ex-boyfriend (Jonathan Bennett), the girls declare war on each other and all hell breaks loose. Saturday Night Live regulars Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Tim Meadows and Ana Gasteyer fill in the adult roles, and Fey wrote the script as well.
Lohan has star power in spades, and enough going on behind the eyes to at least suggest the inner life and back story absent from the script. She conveys Cady's
sudden character changes with aplomb, and her comic timing is excellent. McAdams makes the biggest impression with the showiest ''Plastics'' role and is certainly someone to watch for in the future. Her Regina George is one of the funniest, nastiest high school girls since Election's Tracy Flick. Bennett is likeable in a one-note jock role, and Daniel Franzese and Lizzy Caplan are similarly stereotyped as the Gay
and the Goth, respectively. Of the adults, Poehler,
who is always funny, stands out as Regina's alcoholic, mini-skirted mother. Fey wisely and selflessly wrote herself a straight-man role as the calculus teacher. And Meadows as the principal, quite simply, has never
been funnier. Whether he has ever been funny before is another question.
To take on a project already burdened with two strikes--Teen Comedy and SNL Movie--is either a bold move or career suicide, but director Mark S. Waters doesn't need to worry. He does a nice job of staying out of the way, and tells the story simply without relying too heavily on fruit-flavored set design, drowning every scene in music, or ruining the witty laughs with too much slapstick. And it is a very witty script, sharply observed and rich in detail. (The Halloween party scene, showing every single girl wearing lingerie and a different set of animal ears, stands out.) Fey adapted sociologist Rosalind Wiseman's nonfiction
best-seller Queen Bees & Wannabees, and the interaction between the various species of teen is note perfect. That said, Fey seems to have been given a lot of leeway due to her stature on SNL, and it shows. One example: everyone has trouble pronouncing
Cady's name, which wasn't funny the first time and still isn't 500 times later. The movie also attempts to impart a message of female solidarity, but by building the characters on the same cookie-cutter stereotypes it denounces, its girl power is undermined. Plus, the movie seems cut to within an inch of its life. If it is possible for a comedy to move too quickly, Mean Girls does, as Waters furiously connects the dots without consideration for the characters or the audience. It's like watching schizophrenics at a track meet--but maybe that's the point.
Bottom Line
Well shy of classic, Mean Girls lacks both Heathers' and Election's commitment to its darker instincts and Clueless' indelible characterizations, but it's still probably the best teen comedy in years, and certainly the best SNL movie since Tommy Boy. Faint praise? Like, totally.


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"If we look at soybean characteristics, the roots of most varieties take up chloride at the same rate," says Widick, who spoke at the 2003 Arkansas Soybean Research Conference held in Brinkley. "There aren't any great differences amongst varieties.
"Some varieties we've, perhaps improperly, referred to as 'chloride excluders.' They keep most the chloride from the leaves and stem of the plant instead storing the chloride in the roots."
Other varieties are known as chloride "includers." These varieties take in chloride and rapidly move it to the top of the plant. If there is enough chloride available, includers can concentrate the offending substance to the point of killing the plant.
Foliar symptoms of toxicity occur in chloride includers almost exclusively, says Widick. It's rare that an excluder will show foliar symptoms although yield and growth may be reduced.
"Mild symptoms include faint chlorosis between leaf veins. If symptoms increase, the chlorosis will become more severe and will show severely at leaf margins. In the most severe cases, leaf tissue will die and drop."
Widick says about a decade ago, the second field identified as suffering from chloride toxicity harvested 4 bushels per acre. "That is a terrible yield loss. Chloride excluder varieties normally yield around 35 bushels."
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Chloride toxicity most likely will occur where elevated levels of chloride have been used in irrigation over an extended period. Widick shows a picture of a field with areas of scorched-looking plants.
"The field where this picture was taken had a well that was pumping over 50 pounds per acre inch of just chloride. That was equivalent to 100 pounds of table salt per acre inch of water. That's quite a bit to expect a soybean field to overcome. But it's especially interesting to note that, in most cases, the problems are seen in fields in a soybean/rice rotation."
Widick next shows a map put together by Bill Baker (who used to run the University of Arkansas Soil Testing Laboratory at the Cotton Branch Experiment Station in Marianna) that shows where Arkansas chloride hot-spots are. The hottest, which show up on the map in red, contain 211 to 290 parts per million of chloride.
There is one such spot in Chicot County. There are also some scattered problems in Desha County where, Widick says, "We've recently heard some horror stories. The point is, at some level, this problem affects almost all the principal soybean growing areas of the state."
Widick says he's often asked by farmers what chloride problems will mean specifically: Yield troubles? Physiological changes in the plants?
"It's rather difficult to predict what a producer can expect to see from a chloride problem. 10 bushels per acre
Some years it may not even be visible. Weather, obviously, enters into what symptoms are seen. If rainfall is adequate and chloride affected irrigation water isn't used, symptoms are less obvious. However, when chloride-containing irrigation water is used, yields can be cut to less than 10 bushels per acre."
Other problems can be associated with predicting chloride accumulation in a field. Typically, among the first couple of questions Widick encounters from the newly afflicted are: Can we soil test for it? How much is too much?
Unfortunately, soil testing isn't much help in working with chloride. Chloride ions move rapidly in the soil as water is added or removed. There can be large differences in chloride levels between sites that are just a few feet apart. You can also find large differences in chloride content of the soil in samples taken from the same site 24 hours apart.
"So, really, other than to prove chloride is in the soil, a soil sample won't help much," say Widick.
"We began screening for chloride reaction in the state variety tests around 1991. We began by studying all the state variety entries in the field. The results were erratic, so we moved to a greenhouse screening program."
With the program still running, the screening results are now available to the Extension Service. That data, in turn, is available to growers and soybean industry representatives.
"We begin this process by receiving seed from Don Dombek (University of Arkansas variety test coordinator) and various seed companies. These seed are planted in a potting mix at an ASU greenhouse. When unifoliate leaves are expanded, we transplant five plants of each variety into a Styrofoam sheet. We then suspend the sheet over a complete nutrient solution."
'Salting' the plants
When three fully expanded trifoliate leaves, the researchers add a chloride treatment to the nutrient solution. The chloride is added in three installments of sodium and calcium chloride, made in 48-hour intervals. This reduces the possibility of shocking the plants.
Following the third treatment, the researchers harvest the leaflets of the two uppermost trifoliate leaves. The leaves are dried in the oven at 40 degrees C then ground up using a mesh screen.
"To do the chloride analysis, we extract 0.10 of a gram of plant material and mix it with 50 ml. of distilled water. This mix is then shaken for 20 minutes and the leaf material is then removed by filtration."
After being put into sampling tubes, the samples are put into a digital chloridometer – a machine normally used to test chloride levels in human blood. After running these tests, researchers are able to identify excluders and includers.
Widick says the excluder characteristic is controlled by one dominant gene: Ncl. Inclusion occurs in plants that carry the recessive form of the gene in the homozygous condition: nclncl.
"Ncl has been traced back to CNS, one of the parents of the old variety, Lee. Lee served as the foundation of the southern soybean breeding programs. Today, many southern varieties have the excluder gene present. Exclusion of chloride is relatively rare in the northern varieties."
There is a lack of selection for exclusion, says Widick. Few breeding programs have been actively screening for chloride reaction among their experimental strains.
"Thus, varieties developed from a cross of one excluder parent and one includer parent may have some plants that are includers and others that are excluders."
Finding excluder seeds in such a parentage case is a game of probability. For example, the chances of picking five excluder (or includer, for that matter) seeds from a seed lot containing equal numbers of includers and excluders: 1/32.
"Every year, we hear from two or three farmers with wells pumping chloride," says Widick "If you've got a well with high chloride content, I suggest you avoid varieties with a high incidence of includer seed."


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U.S. cotton production for the 2002-2003 crop year is projected to be down two million bales from the past year, Memphis cotton merchant William Dunavant said at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Atlanta.
"Under the current farm program, we project about 14.6 million acres, which should produce about 18 million bales — considerably less than the 20 million-plus this season." Growers planted about 16 million acres in 2001, producing a record crop.
"I think the price of competing crops and the reduction in the cost of the insurance program for cotton will be the major factors for the projected acreage decline" for the 2002 crop, he said. "This past season, the insurance price in the Mid-South states was 63 cents; next year, it's projected to be about 50 cents."
An improving economy should see U.S. cotton consumption increase to 7.8 million bales, according to the Dunavant analysis, with exports hitting 10 million bales. Carryover would rise only modestly, from 8.7 million bales to 8.9 million.
Cautioning that "it's only January, and a lot can happen with both production and consumption over the next 12 months," he said the projected U.S. numbers "are not bullish."
World production is expected to drop sharply next season, Dunavant said, from 95.9 million bales in the past season to 89.5 million bales. Consumption will rise slightly, going from 90.55 million bales this season to 91.8 million next season.
That will create a decline in world carryover from 45 million bales to 42.7 million. And while world production is showing some response to lower prices and improving textile economies, "That will still be too much cotton," he said.
Production in China will be down, but "still a big crop of 21 million bales," a result of significant yield upturns from transgenic and other improved varieties, but larger crops are expected from Pakistan, India, Central Asia, and West Africa, even though acreages will be down slightly.
Southern Hemisphere countries "will be very, very responsive to price — lower prices, less acreage; higher prices, more acreage." Brazil's Mato Grosso area has "unlimited production potential," if price warrants.
China is expected to import two million bales next season, Dunavant said, "although not all will be U.S. cotton; price and quality will dictate the area of growth they purchase." Mexico will continue to be a big customer for American cotton, he noted, depending on how they recover from their textile recession. They currently have "a substantial volume" in contracts with U.S. merchants that haven't been performed on, and some are expected to be rolled into next season.
Turkey's purchases of U.S. cotton will rise by about 100,000 bales, but India and Pakistan "will not be major buyers next season." Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia "will continue to be large buyers."
Australia has taken away a lot of markets for U.S. cotton, Dunavant noted. "Their quality is very much desired by foreign spinners and it competes very well with California-style cotton."


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A recent Michigan State University study says the high rate of divorce is bad for the environment.
Although not groundbreaking in it's conclusion, the report highlights an interesting relationship between social policy and environmental science. It points out that two divorced households consume more water, energy and physical space than one married household. Therefore, as divorce rates increase, so does the consumption of valuable resources and an overal degradation of the environment.
"In the United States alone in 2005, divorced households used 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and 627 billion gallons of water that could have been saved had household size remained the same as that of married households. Thirty-eight million extra rooms were needed with associated costs for heating and lighting," Michigan State researchers Jianguo "Jack" Liu and Eunice Yu reported.
Liu, though, says environmental policy is more complicated than people often think, and policymakers need to consider divorce in the broader debate on environmental policy.
The report's authors make an interesting point. However, the author of this blog would also add that the toxic effects divorce have on the environment and all the other negative effects on society should be balanced against the toxic emotions on individuals and their children may suffer if they live in a loveless or high conflict household without seeking some intervention- up to an including in some instances, divorce.
Read more about the study at The Huffington Post.


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I've exhausted all my personal funding options, what now?
Depending on what stage your business is in, there are a variety of resources you may want to consider. But first you have to determine if you have REALLY exhausted all of your personal resources. Have you:
- Maxed out your credit cards?
- Borrowed against your home equity?
- Borrowed against business assets?
- Borrowed from friends and family?
- Borrowed against your retirement funds?
- Cashed in your IRAs?
Investors are looking for business owners who have "skin in the game." Think of a traditional breakfast of bacon and eggs. The chicken invested but the pig has skin in the game!
I have a business idea but I'm not sure if it has merit. What should I do?
Before you seek Angel funding, we recommend that you contact one of the many Edison incubators in the region a discussion. The incubator can provide entrepreneurs with:
- Business/idea assessments
- Technology/staffing support
- Access to legal counsel
- Educational resources
- Business management mentoring
- Access to capital
- Strategic business guidance
What is a technology-based business?
ARCHAngels has a broad view of technology-based businesses. You may be an ARCHAngel Company before you assume your business is not technology-based, give us a call and we'll let you know for sure.
My business isn't technology-based, but I'm looking for more information and financial assistance, where can I go?
We recommend that you contact the Small Business Association (SBA) for more information and guidance for your business.
Am I guaranteed to be connected with an Investor?
No. ARCHAngels provides selected companies with an audience of accredited investors that are actively seeking businesses in which to invest. However, this doesn't guarantee that every business idea will find an investor. Many of the businesses that have presented through ARCHAngels have received the capital investment they sought. Those that have not, have met with investors who have provided a portion of the funds they needed or found valuable advice and links to other resources.
Will just one person invest in my idea?
No. Typically Angel Investors pool their money together to achieve the desired funding amount. Angel Investors may contribute a portion as little as $10,000 to the overall deal. This minimizes the investor's risk and offers the entrepreneur a wider variety of experience in investors from which to draw knowledge and advice.
What are you looking for in a Business Plan Executive Summary?
- Overview
- Product/ Service
- Company Status
- Investment Being Sought
- Product/ Service
- Description (include pictures/diagrams if appropriate) including target buyers
- Status in Development
- Intellectual Property
- Value Proposition
- Current products/services in market
- Unmet needs
- How your product/service fills those needs (and any proof of claims)
- Market
- Market description (size, etc.)
- Customer types (names)
- Current competitors
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Channel approach
- Sales and marketing plan
- Team
- Leadership and relevant, summarized background
- Key alliance partners
- Advisors
- Financials
- Summary pro-forma income statement (with historicals if appropriate)
- Milestones achieved each year
- Exit Strategy
- Milestone for exit, and expected timing
- Exit approach and comparables
- Investment Offering Detail
- Amount
- Security Type
- Valuation/ownership
- Use of proceeds (what milestones will be accomplished) and length funds will last
- Status of round
- Contact information
- Your contact
- Company info (web site, etc.)
How do you select the businesses that will be given the opportunity to present?
There are a variety of components that the committee reviews when selecting those business ideas for presentation at the quarterly meeting. Besides ensuring the business is technology-based, investors are looking for their potential return on investment. Your business plan summary should clearly indicate the expected rate of return and turn around time.
If your business plan lacks maturity, is not well thought out or doesn't clearly provide a feasible business valuation, we will be less inclined to move you to the next step in the process.
How should I value my business?
You'll want to confer with your accountant to better determine the value of your business, but an easy rule of thumb is this:
If you do not hold a patent for your process or product and if you have not sold your product to a customer, then your business will have a value far less than you may imagine.
What will the ARCHAngels sponsor do to help?
ARCHAngels sponsors work closely with every business owner to refine their business plan summary, hone their presentations skills, review the actual speech and to properly prepare them to effectively communicate their business idea to the audience.
Who is on the selection committee?
The ARCHAngels selection committee consists of about a dozen volunteers who are experienced community leaders, investors, service providers, business executives and public service members.
I've been approached by an investor – what are the next steps?
ARCHAngels does not get involved in the actual negotiation between entrepreneurs and investors. At this point you should meet with the investor, then seek legal and financial advice.
I've previously presented my business plan summary and not been selected, can I reapply?
Absolutely. If you are a technology-based business not selected because of some aspect in your plan that you've since rectified, or your business is further along in the process and you feel confident in being a good candidate for Angel Investment, then you should reapply. Often a business idea is not selected because the business plan summary was missing critical elements that an Angel Investor is looking for, i.e. a feasible exit strategy, management team, marketing strategy, expected market share. There is no limit to the number of times you can apply so long as some aspect of your business plan summary has changed.
Learn more about the Resources for the Entrepreneurial Path.


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Meet the Key Players in FX's New 'Fargo' Series
FX's adaptation of the 1996 film, Fargo, premiered on April 15, 2014 and has certainly upped the dark comedy and mystery with a modern twist. The 10 episode TV series, set in 2006, is executive produced by the original creators of Fargo, the Coen brothers, and stars quite an eclectic cast. Click through to meet some of the show's big players. Fargo airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. on FX.


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Many independent health club owners are concerned about whether or not they should drop the price of their club's membership. They may have a low-price club opening nearby, or they may think lowering their price is the best way to operate in a sluggish economy and will help provide an advantage in their local marketplace. I have not seen this strategy work. In fact, it may cause some long-term problems.
One of the primary factors that determine a health club's success is how that club is positioned in the local marketplace. Club owners can take one of three strategies when positioning their clubs:
Differentiation: In this strategy, you go after the entire market, but you position your club as clearly differentiated from other fitness facilities in the area. This strategy is normally used by operators whose health clubs are highly innovative and whose member services are generally high quality. Members will pay a membership premium for these types of fitness facilities because of their perceived greater value.
Price Leadership: In this strategy, the main differentiator for the health club is lower membership fees. Health club owners who do this successfully have figured out how to operate at a low cost and can then sell memberships for less with the same profit as other health clubs.
Segmentation: A segmentation strategy involves focusing on a target segment and then adopting either a differentiation strategy or a price leadership strategy within that particular segment. Women-only or personal training facilities are good examples in this area.
It gets dicey when health club owners try to mix all these strategies. Bad things start to happen, particularly when the club starts getting beat by membership price as well as differentiation.
Now, let's go back to the original issue. The economy continues to be sluggish, and low-price providers are opening all over the place. Should you change your health club strategy to compete on price rather than on differentiation? To compete on price, you would have to go back to your original business plan (you have one, right?) and determine where to cut operating costs. Is cutting staff an option? By how much would you reduce overhead? Could you significantly reduce your cost of member service by eliminating group exercise and child care? You can't cut your price and keep all your current expenses. You'd just be fooling yourself.
In many cases, low-price competitors have exposed the lack of a strategy for many independent health clubs. That's not to say you won't have pressure on membership pricing in some cases, but getting back to basics is what's important.
In almost every club, sizeable expenses are associated with the front desk, nursery and group exercise areas. You must find ways to turn these areas into revenue producers. Furthermore, offer bonus opportunities for staff-generated ideas about reducing costs or improving revenues. Some great ideas can come from both staff and members.
Jim Thomas is the founder and president of Fitness Management USA Inc., a management consulting and turnaround firm specializing in the fitness and health club industry. With more than 25 years of experience owning, operating and managing clubs of all sizes, Thomas lectures and delivers seminars and workshops on the practical skills required to successfully build teamwork and market fitness programs and products.


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Major Section: PROGRAMMING
Example LET Form: (let ((x (* x x)) (y (* 2 x))) (list x y))If the form above is executed in an environment in which
x has the
-2, then the result is
'(4 -4).
Let expressions bind variables so that their ``local'' values, the
values they have when the ``body'' of the
let is evaluated, are
possibly different than their ``global'' values, the values they
have in the context in which the
let expression appears. In the
expression above, the local variables bound by the
let are
x and
They are locally bound to the values delivered by the two forms
(* x x) and
(* 2 x), respectively, that appear in the
``bindings'' of the
let. The body of the
let is
(list x y).
Suppose that the
let expression above occurs in a context in which
has the value
-2. (The global value of
y is irrelevant to this
example.) For example, one might imagine that the
let form above
occurs as the body of some function,
fn, with the formal parameter
and we are evaluating
(fn -2).
To evaluate the
let above in a context in which
x is
-2, we first
evaluate the two forms specifying the local values of the variables.
(* x x) is evaluated and produces
4 (because
x is
-2) and
(* 2 x) is evaluated and produces
-4 (because
x is
x and
y are bound to these values and the body of the
is evaluated. Thus, when the body,
(list x y) is evaluated,
4 and
y is
-4. Thus, the body produces
'(4 -4).
Note that the binding of
y, which is written after the binding of
and which mentions
x, nevertheless uses the global value of
x, not
the new local value. That is, the local variables of the
let are
bound ``in parallel'' rather than ``sequentially.'' In contrast, if
Example LET* Form: (let* ((x (* x x)) (y (* 2 x))) (list x y))is evaluated when the global value of
x is
-2, then the result is
'(4 8), because the local value of
y is computed after
x has been
bound to
Let* binds its local variables ``sequentially.''
General LET Forms: (let ((var1 term1) ... (varn termn)) body) and (let ((var1 term1) ... (varn termn)) (declare ...) ... (declare ...) body)where the
vari are distinct variables, the
termi are terms
involving only variables bound in the environment containing the
let, and
body is a term involving only the
vari plus the variables
bound in the environment containing the
let. Each
vari must be used
body or else declared ignored.
let form is evaluated by first evaluating each of the
obtaining for each a
vali. Then, each
vari is bound to the
vali and
body is evaluated.
let forms are just abbreviations for certain uses of
lambda notation. In particular
(let ((var1 term1) ... (varn termn)) (declare ...) body)is equivalent to
((lambda (var1 ... varn) (declare ...) body) term1 ... termn).
Let* forms are used when it is desired to bind the
sequentially, i.e., when the local values of preceding
varj are to
be used in the computation of the local value for
General LET* Forms: (let* ((var1 term1) ... (varn termn)) body) and (let* ((var1 term1) ... (varn termn)) (declare (ignore x1 ... xm)) body)where the
vari are variables (not necessarily distinct), the
termi are terms involving only variables bound in the environment
containing the
let* and those
varj such that
j<i, and
body is a
term involving only the
vari plus the variables bound in the
environment containing the
let*. Each
vari must be used either in
some subsequent
termj or in
body, except that in the second form
above we make an exception when
vari is among the
xk, in which case
vari must not be thus used. Note that
let* does not permit the
inclusion of any
declare forms other than one as shown above. In the
second general form above, every
xk must be among the
vari, and
xk may not equal
vari and
varj for distinct
The first
let* above is equivalent to
(let ((var1 term1)) ... (let ((varn termn)) body)...)Thus, the
termi are evaluated successively and after each
evaluation the corresponding
vali is bound to the value of
The second
let* is similarly expanded, except that each for each
vari that is among the
(x1 ... xm), the form
(declare (ignore vari))
is inserted immediately after
(vari termi).
(vari termi) pair in a
let or
let* form is called a ``binding''
vari and the
vari are called the ``local variables'' of the
let*. The common use of
let and
let* is to save the values of
certain expressions (the
termi) so that they may be referenced
several times in the body without suggesting their recomputation.
Let is part of Common Lisp. See any Common Lisp documentation
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Lilianfels Blue Mountains
A Haven of Relaxation
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Lilianfels Resort and Spa is a renowned haven for relaxation in one of Australia's most beautiful destinations. This multi-award winning resort is set amidst two acres of manicured gardens, overlooking the most spectacular scenery in the World Heritage Listed Blue Mountains National Park in NSW, Australia.
Lilianfels Resort and Spa is a 5 Star resort with 85 Deluxe rooms and Suites. Onsite recreational facilities include heated indoor and outdoor pool, tennis court, billiard/games room, library and gym.
Steeped in history, Darley's Restaurant is set in the heritage listed, original homestead of Frederick Darley, the sixth Chief Justice of NSW and is a tribute to a bygone era. Modern Australian cuisine is served in a romantic space that features beautiful stained glass windows, original ornate fireplaces, crystal chandeliers and offers guests a breathtaking view of the surrounding gardens and the Jamieson Valley.
Open: 6.00PM - 10.30 PM : Tuesday to Saturday
Not suitable or reccommended for Children under the age of 12
The Orangery
The Orangery is open seven days for breakfast. Located off Lilianfels' main lobby, morning sunbeams fill the cheery restaurant, creating a pleasant setting for guests to relax and enjoy a full breakfast buffet.
The Lounge
The Lounge invites guests to relax in plush Victorian armchairs, curl up by the fireplace with a book or simply gaze out over the spectacular views of the Jamieson Valley. Afternoon tea is served in grand tradition daily and a stylish mahogany bar is the perfect setting for pre-dinner drinks.
The Lounge offers all day dining from 10.00am to 10.00pm, sumptuous afternoon teas and refreshments served both inside and outside in the adjoining garden.
High Tea
It's teatime in the Mountains and the famous Lilianfels High Tea - a triple-tiered plate with delicious finger sandwiches, dainty cakes and light fresh scones with clotted cream and homemade jam - is being served in The Lounge. This is the beating heart of the hotel, where a warm welcome awaits everyone, whether you are here for business, leisure or just pure pleasure.
A selection of afternoon teas are available daily from 11am to 05.00 pm. Everything from Devonshire Tea with homemade fruit scones with jam and clotted cream, to a full High Tea served on a triple-tiered plate.
The Spa
The Spa at Lilianfels is a sacred space of care and serenity. The spa includes four private treatment rooms, gymnasium, hydrotherapy facilities, heated indoor pool and the spectacular infinity edge heated outdoor pool.
Offering the exquisite spa brand, SOTHYS, a treatment at Lilianfels' Spa is pure luxury. For those wishing to completely unwind, our Lilianfels Retreat Package is designed and sequenced to allow you to experience the very best while achieving the ultimate in relaxation.
Surrounded by spectacular national parks in the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains, a visit to Lilianfels Spa is like returning home.
Enliven your senses with our soothing and restorative body and beauty treatments delivered by a team of caring and talented spa professionals.
Enter a space where you are supported to discover your natural state of balance. The spa is open daily.
How To Get Here..
- Train: 2 hour journey from Sydney Central Station (which also has an efficient airport link) to Katoomba Station.
- Coach: There are several coaches departing from Circular Quay in Sydney CBD to the Blue Mountains daily.
- 500m to Echo Point lookout and 3 Sisters rock formation
- 500m to Scenic World – a must see attraction.
- 1 km to Katoomba town centre and its restaurants/ cafes and art galleries.
- 3 kms to Leura Shopping mall and sublime point lookout
- 5 kms to the Hydro Majestic hotel with views of the Megalong Valley.
- 15kms to Horse riding and Teahouses in the Megalong Valley
- 70 kms to Jenolan Caves attraction in Oberon
Stay from $229 per night
Whisk someone special away to a charming and elegantly designed Deluxe Resort View Room in the heart of the Blue Mountains. The ideal accommodation for a short escape with a loved one, our Deluxe Resort View Rooms are designed to reflect the peaceful, laid back atmosphere of its idyllic Blue Mountains setting. Reflecting a bygone era the Deluxe Resort View Room features traditional design with sumptuous soft furnishings, elegant decor with Wedgwood wallpaper, complete with a king size bed and views of the Resort & manicured gardens.
Lilianfels Resort and Spa Blue Mountains
Dining Times
Echoes Restaurant7:00am - 10:30pm
every day
The Lounge10:00am - 10:00pm
every day
Darleys Restaurant6:00pm - 10:30pm
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Bubble football isn't your standard ball sport, but bumping and bouncing around the pitch in an inflatable body Zorb definitely adds to the fun of football. Your session kicks off with a short safety briefing and run through of the rules, but once the whistle blows anything goes! With you and your teammates safely inside your body balls it's time for the mayhem to begin , and even though the aim of the game is to outscore your opponents you'll have just as much fun wiping them out! Important information:
Bubble football is a contact sport and may not be suitable for players with high blood pressure, any heart condition, epilepsy, lung conditions, pregnancy, back/neck injuries, knee injury or weakness, claustrophobia, or those who have had a recent operation.
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This bonkers ball sport is sweeping the nation and there's nowhere better to find out why! Anything goes in bubble football and to ensure your safety this site uses the highest quality body Zorbs available. So when the tackles start flying in and you inevitably end up on the floor you'll be protected from the worst of the impact. Games take place in an indoor arena too which means no mud and plenty of bounce when you hit the ground!
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Athanasia Leivaditou-Apartment in Athens Renovation
At Design Interviews
Interview with ATHANASIA LEIVADITOU : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. ATHANASIA LEIVADITOU : The centerpiece to the home is made up of a curved kitchen ceiling that begins behind the wall cabinet and ends at the main feature of the space, a hanging bookcase with a concealed work desk. This unit separates the kitchen and passageway from the entry and den of the home. This one of a kind, custom designed and site-built unit literally hangs from the ceiling and was constructed using metal square tubing and gypsum board. It functions as a space divider and features a double-sided bookcase and desk, which swings in to be tucked away or swings out to be opened for use. It also has cleverly designed storage spaces, a completely flush built-in digital screen to play a slideshow of photos, a flat-screen LCD TV facing the kitchen and also conceals all the AV equipment for the multi-room sound system. As there are no legs for support, stools can also be stored underneath. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. ATHANASIA LEIVADITOU : To create openings and interactive perspectives. Those perspectives are critical for the harmony of the apartments space. For example, the openings within the structure visually connect the main entrance/den area to the kitchen/rear passage way. At the same time, the structure physically separates both spaces, but with lots of opening space above and below, form and function come together in perfect harmony. The size of each opening depends on the degree of privacy required. For instance, from the perspective of the main entry looking in, the opening towards the bedroom side is much smaller, (like the opening on fortress wall), than the cutout optically connecting the kitchen to the main entry. The various cutouts, along with the different textures in material (white brick, grey lacquer) and lighting effects, create an architectural collage. .
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There have been better weeks to be a football player at East Carolina.
In the wake of Saturday�s 56-28 loss to Navy, the Pirates are hoping that next week is one of them.
GREENVILLE � There have been better weeks to be a football player at East Carolina.
In the wake of Saturday�s 56-28 loss to Navy, the Pirates are hoping that next week is one of them.
Meanwhile, the players have been forced to maneuver around campus and deal with an awkwardness of their own making.
�Everyone knows you play football,� said sophomore linebacker Jeremy Grove. �When you win, they say stuff. When you don�t, they don�t really look at you. But that�s a part of the game.�
ECU (5-4, 4-1 Conference USA) gets a chance to wipe the slate clean when it plays host to Houston in a league contest Saturday. Third-year Pirates coach Ruffin McNeill said his players got an early jump on getting past a game in which they allowed a season-high 563 yards of total offense, 512 of which came on the ground.
The Midshipmen scored touchdowns on eight of 11 possessions, failing to do so only when they threw a second-quarter interception in the end zone and knelt down at the end of both halves.
�They were hurt Saturday after the game and Sunday,� McNeill said of his players. �The coaches were, too. But they bounced back Sunday night.
�I�m proud of our bunch.�
Defensive coordinator Brian Mitchell, who had his unit practice against Navy�s triple-option scheme during spring and fall camp and on each Sunday this season, said he�s not going to dwell on the loss.
�I don�t have time,� he said. �We�ve got things to do, places to go. We�re 4-1 in conference, so, hey, let�s move forward, let�s look forward and let�s get back to the fundamentals of being great technicians and swarming to the ball.�
Grove, who leads the team with 61 tackles, added that a chilly reception on campus doesn�t affect the players� resolve.
�We keep our heads up,� Grove said, �and no matter what happened the week before, we come out here ready to practice and get better.�
The question
What team holds the single-game record for rushing yards against the Pirates?
Center stage
Josh Clark got back just in time.
The senior center was activated from a four-game, preseason academic suspension shortly before Taylor Hudson, who had replaced him as the starter, injured his back.
Hudson, a sophomore, started the first seven games before his injury, giving Clark, who started the final four games of last season, time to ease back into the role.
McNeill said both players will be available Saturday and could be used in a rotation.
�I think we will (split their playing time) because we feel good about both,� McNeill said. �But if one of them�s rolling pretty good, we�ll keep that one in there.�
Sophomore quarterback Shane Carden, who works almost exclusively out of the shotgun, said the Pirates can�t go wrong either way.
�They�re two different guys,� Carden said, �but they�ve both handled the center position great.�
Clark, a 6-foot-4-inch, 295-pound Gastonia native, said his suspension will help him in the long run; he�s back on schedule to graduate with a degree in family community services in the spring.
Still, sitting out wasn�t easy.
�Being back on the field, being back a part of the starting lineup and just being in the mix, it feels like I�m back home in my spot again,� Clark said.
On this date
Ben Hartman�s 39-yard field goal in overtime lifted the Pirates to a 13-10 win at Central Florida on Nov. 2, 2008.
Tough to figure
No one, it seems, was more surprised at what Navy was able to do to Mitchell�s defense than Mitchell himself.
By midweek, the former NFL defensive back was still looking for answers.
�Dumbfounded,� he said. �Dumbfounded, period.�
Mitchell said he based his plan on stopping the fullback and the quarterback to make the Midshipmen more manageable. But the Pirates frequently had trouble stopping pitches to the outside.
Mitchell said the main adjustment he might have made would be to focus more on the perimeter, adding that the defense�s youth was a factor.
�I think if I overlooked anything, (it was) the inexperience of having a bunch of new guys that had never faced it before,� Mitchell said. �But I don�t know what I would do different in the plan. The plan, I thought with us introducing it early in the spring, fall camp and throughout the season ... it is what it is.�
The answer
West Virginia had 536 rushing yards in a 37-17 home win over the Pirates on Sept. 28, 2002.
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Scott A. Alexander, 53, of Effort, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in his home.
He was the husband of Tracey (Naylor) Alexander of Phillipsburg, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Jacob and Ania (Neiman) Schultz.
A graduate of Pace University in New York, Scott had owned and operated Main Street Antiques and Collectibles in Stroudsburg for the past four years and, prior to that, he was a car dealer (dealer principle) in Long Island, N.Y., for 18 years. He also was an accomplished opera singer.
He had been a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Gilbert.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Adam and Jillian Alexander, both of Effort, and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Bartholomew of Effort.
Memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family. Cremation will have taken place at H. G. Smith Crematory, Stroudsburg.
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Scott A. Alexander, 53, of Effort, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in his home.


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