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MIPS ABI History
ABI History
The MIPS ABI took shape as a set of register usage and calling conventions established from the earliest days of MIPS CPUs. It picked up the ABI acronym and a defined binding to object code with the AT&T-inspired UnixSystem V document which is rooted with SVR4.
That process had coalesced as early as 1990 into much of the o32 ABI which is widely used today. By about 1994 the ABI was expanded to encompass position-independent code and the ELF object code syntax, and there have been no substantive and intentional changes since.
SGI pioneered 64-bit operating systems for MIPS in the early 1990s, and the o32 ABI was quite unsuitable for real 64-bit computing. SGI defined a 64-bit ABI called n64 suitable for the largest applications; and then - belatedly realising that n64's 64-bit pointer and long types bloated programs and caused portability problems to many applications which didn't need them - produced the very similar standard n32, which differs primarily in having 32-bit pointers.
From 1995 or so SGI used solely 64-bit-capable MIPS CPUs, so they had no need to revisit a 32-bit ABI. As a result the embedded MIPS world is still stuck on the 20-year-old o32 standard. A series of talks five years ago failed to come up with a replacement.
Meanwhile, the perceived deficiencies of o32 have led to the proliferation of variants and more narrowly-focussed alternatives, to the point where there are now as many as 15 incompatible MIPS ABIs. It may yet prove the least worst decision for us all to continue to use o32 forever: but escaping from o32 could noticeably improve performance and ease various kinds of compatibility. So MIPS Technologies' has proposal called NUBI to do this: but it won't make sense unless we can take the community with us and end up with fewer ABIs - not just another family to add to the overlong list.


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Young diabetics on rise: Study
Young Diabetics, Type 1 and Type 2, On Rise In The US: Study. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes became increasingly common among kids and teens in the U.S. between 2001 and 2009, according to a new study.
New York: Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes became increasingly common among kids and teens in the U.S. between 2001 and 2009, according to a new study.
Though researchers can't say why exactly these rates continue to go up, it is important to monitor them, Dr. Dana Dabelea told Reuters Health. Dabelea worked on the study at the Colorado School of Public Health in Aurora.
"This should draw attention to the seriousness of pediatric diabetes especially for the clinical and public health community," she said. "At the individual level, every new case of diabetes at a young age means a lifelong burden of difficult, expensive treatment and a high risk of complications."
Dabelea and her team analyzed data from health plans in California, Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington state, as well as from American Indian reservations in the Southwest, including more than 3 million patients under age 19.
In 2001, about 14.8 kids in every 10,000 were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, formerly known as 'juvenile diabetes,' in which the body's own immune system destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Insulin is needed to remove sugar from the bloodstream so it can be used for energy.
By 2009, that rate had risen to 19.3 kids in every 10,000, a 21 percent increase, the authors found. Type 1 diabetes was most common among white children.
In type 2 diabetes, which is much more common but not usually diagnosed until adulthood, the body still makes insulin but can't use it effectively. For the current study, the authors looked at type 2 diabetes among kids ages 10 and up.
Among that group in 2001, 3.4 kids in every 10,000 were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which increased to 4.6 per 10,000 in 2009, a 31 percent increase. This type of diabetes was most common among American Indian and black youth.
The results were published online Saturday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, to coincide with a presentation at the annual meeting of the Academic Pediatric Societies, held this year in Vancouver, Canada.
Though the study covered a large number of kids, it only included data from two years. So it's hard to say there was a steady increase in diabetes among kids throughout the country over the same time period, the authors say.
Still, the increase they saw was larger than expected, according to Dabelea, especially given that other recent studies have found obesity rates in the U.S. have finally started to plateau.
Obesity, along with diet and lifestyle, is closely linked with type 2 diabetes.
"The obesity rates in the U.S. have been relatively stable since 2003-04 with a decline in rates recently, mainly in younger children rather than in older children, so I am not too surprised in the continued rise in type 2 (diabetes) in youth from 2001 to 2009, but I am hopeful that the rate of type 2 in youth will level off over the next five years," Dr. Georgeanna J. Klingensmith told Reuters Health in an email.
Klingensmith, from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, was not part of the new study.
"I do think that we are better at diagnosing type 2 diabetes in youth today than we were 10-15 years ago, so part of the increase in type 2 diabetes may be related to improved detection of diabetes due to screening children at high risk," she said.
The increase in type 2 diabetes seemed mostly to be driven by increases among minority populations, Dabelea said.
"Since minorities typically have less optimal (blood sugar) control, less access to care and more obesity, these are strong risk factors for type 2 diabetes," she said.
Type 1 diabetes is not caused by obesity, so it could become more common regardless of U.S. obesity rates, Klingensmith said.
It's still unclear what exactly causes type 1 diabetes, but it has been steadily increasing in European countries as well, Dabelea said.
"For type 1 we can't really advise families to do anything differently," she said.
"For type 2 diabetes on the other hand, since that's so closely related to obesity it's likely that implementing programs for kids and families being careful of certain things from very early in life is going to be important."
To protect against type 2 diabetes, parents should help their children avoid excessive weight gain, eat less fried food and more fresh vegetables and get 30 to 60 minutes of exercise per day, Klingensmith said.


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The opening scene of director Antoine Fuqua's "Brooklyn's Finest" makes plain the film's thesis, the difference between "righter and wronger" and the struggle with it that cops, in particular, confront. It's a great scene -- and a reminder of what a fantastic actor Vincent D'Onofrio can be -- that nicely sets the stage for the parallel stories of three member's of Brooklyn's Finest, played by Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Richard Gere, each of which deals with the question in different ways.
It's hard to watch Hawke's performance and not draw a straight line back to his work in "Training Day," and even he would probably acknowledge that. He is in all his spittle-flying, neck vein-popping glory as a cop desperate for cash to get his family out of a house that is far too small for them. Cheadle is a smoldering ball of muscle, barely keeping a grip on reality after being undercover for so long that he's not entirely sure which side he's on. After more or less phoning it in for the past two decades, Richard Gere manages to remind you why he was, for a time, among the most promising young actors of his day. His rage is palpable, almost as off-putting as the indifference he manages to convey.
The script was, incredibly, written by a Michael C. Martin, a Brooklyn local who penned it in mostly only in hopes off winning a $10,000 prize in a screenwriting contest so that he could replace his car that had been totaled in a 2005 accident. Considering its origin, it's a remarkably good story, but there are too many slips up in logic, motivation and character arc -- and a liberal sprinkling of cop movie cliches -- to make the whole thing plausible. But it's unfair to hang all of the blame on Martin, these are the kinds of slips that Hollywood chronically makes.
And as pitch perfect as the opening scene is, only one of the three principals is truly struggling with the battle between "righter and wronger." Of the other two, one long ago gave in to wronger, and the other can't be bothered to take a side, his eyes fixed firmly on his pension.
As for the climax, while one could argue that it's an operatic tragedy, a statement on the impossibility of redemption, it's hard not to be reminded of "The Shooting," the controversial Andy Samberg-Bill Hader sketch from Saturday Night Live. Frankly, acting and directing this good deserve a better legacy. "Brooklyn's Finest" is that rare movie that doesn't measure up to the sum of its parts.


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If you enjoy arts and crafts or home repair, have you noticed a resurgence of interest in these things? I have always enjoyed crafting, but started sewing about 8 years ago. Slowly, I saw Walmart stop selling fabric as the craft stores carried more and more religious stuff unrelated to arts and craft supplies. It seemed there was a xtain right take over of my favorite stores. But in the last few years, since the recession started, the religious stuff has slowly started filtering out and fabric is returning to several Walmarts. I was in JoAnn's Fabrics on a weekday at 10 am and it was packed. It took 30 minutes just to get my fabric cut and they had an organized system. And I saw nothing religious there. Yay! With the glaring exception of Hobby Lobby, every other craft store seems to be moving beyond the religious crap. ((Locally, Hobby Lobby was a lot less busy than Michaels and JoAnn's, too.) Obviously, the demand for that is way down.
The local Home Depo also seems to be packed even near closing. Of course, Jesus and power tools never went together.
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Possibly. a lot of times the Xtian crafts are aimed at bible schools and bible studies and stuff like that--you go, stay for 3 hours, and send the kids home with a cheap wwjd bracelet they've made themselves.
I can't tell you how many times my parents tried to use places like that as a babysitting service for me. I actually made a concrete stepping stone once at one Vacation Bible School--they really take advantage of the fact that kids have nothing to do during the summer(no camp their parents can afford, no school, no local park for kids to fool around at safely, no general gathering place to drop kids off at) and use that to the fullest. I hate kids but I've actually thought about opening some sort of....sleepaway camp around here that would be cheap--held in girlscout tents or something. The big thing around here for people who regularly attend church is Awana--that actually has badges and stuff just like girlscouts, only it's for memorizing 30 bible verses(specific ones they approve of ahead of time) rather than useful things like firestarting and knots.
Anyways, crafting--I have actually picked up knitting again. I've done it before--just on the fly, my grandmother taught me, but after cleaning out my closet and finding a bunch of my yarn and needles I figured I might as well start again. I nearly finished a needle storage roll and a crochet hook roll today to hold all my stuff--I have so many and right now they're just in a random tote bag, which makes it hard to figure out where everything is. My sewing machine isn't quite cooperating, though. I have to fiddle around with the tension to see what I need to do to get it working proper again.
Knitting and crochet and sewing are all things that you can buy in cheaply enough(depending on the yarn you're choosing and the needles you buy and the project you have), and you can scale up if you really like it, and they often produce useable things. So I can see why crafting would make a comeback. Oddly enough, our Walmart never had a bunch of jesus phish lying around--it's the only "craft store" or "yarn store" for at least an hour or two in any direction, so it's always had a decent store of yarn(of course not in the colors I want....) and needles. They did clearance out a lot of their needles a while back to compress the collection into more 10" straights and simple things--they only have 8, 10, 10.5 in circulars, and only size 3 in double point needles--not a great selection, which means most of my needles are some older ones that my grandmother gave me, one set is some 8's in acrylic from Hobby Lobby--from the Yarnology line, which I have been warned that the acrylic circulars may snap in half, but I haven't had an issue so far with these, and then I got the 3's from our Walmart, and I bought a size 4 circular online on Amazon--I want to save up for a set of interchangeable circulars, though. Knit picks would be nice, but I'd settle for a boye needlemaster.
But I'm rambling. I have noticed something of an uptick in people interested in knitting. I've always been a vaguely crafty sort--in fact, I really need to get around to buying a plain canvas bag and spray-painting "You crafty motherfucker" on it sometime(this is a throwback to Pulp Fiction--he has a wallet that says "Badass Motherfucker" on it--it also cracks me up)--I eventually plan on using this bag to tote around whatever I'm working on at the time.
I've done small bits of Cross-stitch--which I don't like as much as knitting. I do origami, which, awesomely enough, works with any sort of paper you can cut into a square. I have a bag of paper stuff to cut into origami squares for this year's christmas garland. I've sewn for a very long time, especially darning and fixing my own clothes, but I've never made my own--I've only altered clothes to make them into knee shorts or a pair of trouser pants into skirt(I'm really proud of that skirt)--I would like to make a dress eventually, but that requires lining and measuring and a pattern---I loathe paying for patterns.
Part of it may be the fact that the "home made" thing is in again--it used to be somewhat shameful to be seen wearing a dress or shirt someone made at home, now it's not a big deal. Although I did get pissed at someone shaming a girl for wearing knits the other day--and it was more that she was wearing a dress, leggings, and legwarmers with a knit hat--rather than the knit hat. I think it was mostly she wanted to play fashion police and gripe about someone's clothing, rather than anything else. And if she had been wearing black legwarmers the griper probably wouldn't even have noticed.
I'm also really interested in spinning--I've looked at it before, and spun with a drop spindle, which is...slow, but I've asked my parents for a spinning wheel this year. We'll see if it happens(It probably won't) but if it does I'll have an excuse to keep cotton and wool around me all the time! There's also cat fur(we get a lot of it....6 cats), and angora rabbit fur that I could turn into very soft yarn. I'm hoping I can get a somewhat newer spinning wheel but I'll settle for a Saxony style one as long as it can spin varying sizes of yarn. I tend to oscillate between wanting bulky yarns and fingering weights.
I do get ticked off when people tell me I'm being anti-feminist by doing these "women's things"--the anti-feminist sentiment is assuming they're only for women, and scorning the people that do them--guys can do them too, and I support any guy with a healthy interest in said things--just like I expect any guy to support me if I'm looking into woodworking.
I was thinking more of the stuff to sit around that says "Give thanks" or some bible verse. You are right, there is less of the other Jesus kid crafts, too, and more stuff like Hello Kitty - which probably means kids are doing more crafts at home. People send their kids to bible school because it is free babysitting - imo.
It sounds like your sewing machine needs an adjustment. I sew everything from sheers to fleece to denim. So mine could use a cleaning and adjustment, too. However, I was able to sew velvet yesterday with no problems. I have a Huskaverna Viking Romeo and it's one tough machine. I would like to get one of those computerized ones that does embroidery and/or a serger. I haven't met anyone with a serger who didn't love it.
I went to JoAnn's on a lark and have been back everyday since! LOL! I wanted to make my girls Christmas dresses, because the stores are selling the same old dresses they have had for the past two years. Nothing new or interesting. JoAnn's had those "prom dress" fabrics on a big sale. I finished the dresses and decided to make black velvet boleros to go with them. Real velvet is really expensive! No one even knew where it was. That poor male clerk looked all over and finally ended up calling three other clerks to find it.
I have young cousins who say they want to learn how to sew, but I told them they had to be proficient at laundry and ironing or I wouldn't teach them. One went off in huff at the thought of doing laundry. I think the other is thinking about it. I think one day, she may take the plunge and learn how to wash clothes and iron.
That feminist bias against all things once considered "female" is stupid. Really, are we all supposed to afford maids or robots to do the housework or just live in complete filth? I know women plumbers and men who sew. My BIL can crochet and knit wonderfully.
Mine's a Kenmore 385.15615600--which yes, it needs all those numbers. I can't find a similar model anywhere OR a manual anywhere online--even Kenmore's actual website refers me to another website for manuals--and then such a website gifts me with cabinet manuals, claiming they're the same thing.
But I've had troubles with this machine from the start. I think it's honestly the tension for the top strand--it's marked 0-9--and I have it on 3--you think that'd be low enough tension, right? NOPE. Too tight. I may just have to sit down and fiddle with it until it cooperates--I'm not sure exactly what's wrong. the wheel may have been spun(it's a vertical wheel) over the numbers again--so it may be tightened to the equivalent of something else. Who knows. I need to find patience for it one day and a scrap of cloth to work with for about an hour.
I -wish- we had a Jo-ann's. I think the closest one is in Meridian, MS--an hour away. I wish we had a local Yarn store, too. In Tuscaloosa we had one, but I think it closed, and I wasn't into yarn too much the one time I went into it. Que Sera, sera--We did have a Hobby Lobby in Tuscaloosa, as well as a Michael's--Hobby Lobby was Closer, but I spent less money there--usually I'd just scour the sale racks for stuff they were clearancing out--Michael's usually had better yarn sales, but less clearance. I did find my watercolor gouache there for $10, so there's that--and I got my skein of Fisherman's Wool there when it was on sale for $10.
....I'm trying to use up all the cheap rough acrylic I have from my sister before buying more yarn, though. I have a pattern for Kimono Slippers saved to my dropbox(I only use free patterns, and then I usually save them in pdf form to my dropbox, which syncs to both computers).
LOL laundry and ironing--I've done my own laundry since I was Twelve--and I prefer it that way, I have a very specific place where I put everything and I don't expect anyone else to know where things go. And ironing--today I was ironing after each major seam to keep the needle roll looking crisp. I often keep an iron nearby whenever I sew to press seams ahead of time. Doesn't want to do laundry or iron. smh. <sigh> I actually don't iron -except- when I'm sewing. Most of my clothes are the wash and wear type--I think my wardrobe is probably 90% cotton. I recently had to dump mothballs into my closet to scare the monsters away. My favorite top got like 5 holes in it recently. I had to sew them all up.
I know, if 'cleaning' is "women's work" and "anti-feminist" then what about cooking? I have to eat, I can't just live off of fast food and never clean up after myself. Feminism is not sacrificed at the Alter of housework--it's simply foolish to assume one thing or the other is "_____'s work and men/women shouldn't do it because it's demeaning." It's not demeaning if I have to do it. And I've helped my dad along on plumbing jobs--I've put together cabinets, I've helped lay tile before. I even taken apart computers, I've replaced a phone screen, 3 harddrives, and built two computers from parts. I've installed 3rd-party software on our home router to speed it up--it's not 'men's work' it's just 'work' that I gladly do because it's a learning experience.
Similarly, I once was in college at a dining hall with the Quizbowl team--and I pointed out that most girls I knew--after having the required freshman year of meal plan, they usually dropped the mealplan entirely--an IDIOT cut in and said "well that just shows women are going to the proper place, in the kitchen." I nearly HIT HIM but I countered with "well really it just shows that most of my guy friends are choosing fast, quick, and easy over quality of food when it comes to their meals"--which that was true, the meals at dining halls, which I calculated it up--on the cheapest, they ended up being about $5 a meal block--which I figured out by freshman year that I can make better-tasting food for less than $5 a meal--even without a stove or hot plate(I did sneak in a little toaster oven sophmore year--I had a room to myself and I wanted toast, dammit)--but the meals in the dining halls were regularly chili dogs, sub-par french fries, oversalted fried rice, salad dressing that tasted like straight mayo--the food was extremely poor quality and I actually had a discussion one day--lots of people noted getting sick a lot less when they stopped eating at the dining halls. That, and the silverware would often be nasty or....moist, and then they were always out of the decent food on their menu--like it'd say "grilled chicken sandwich" and I'd go 'well that sounds tasty' and I'd go to get it--nope, we're out, want a hot dog instead? And then the best place to eat at cost EXTRA and was built into the dorm of the athletes--they'd regularly have smoked salmon, and of course, they had a special athletes-only meal plan that meant it didn't cost them extra to eat there. The next best place to eat was only open during lunchtime during the week--and it was always completely packed, and I never seemed to have classes nearby it. They also closed the one place that took meal plans after 10pm(I tend to stay up late to do classwork)--after my freshman year, so really, there wasn't much reason to keep buying a meal plan. The other big reason was that the meal plan was about a thousand dollars or so--it kept going up. Freshman year I calculated that the cheapest meal plan was 160 meals at $8, the next one was some more meals at $6, and the next one was more meals at $5, and the last one was unlimited meals, which my mom got me, thinking oh, it'd be convenient and I could get food to go home with--first of all they would refuse to give me a container to bring food home in(which you have a choice when you get the meal plans, container, or eat in--if you get a container you can't be seen with it in the building, if you eat in you can't get a container later, etc)--well usually this meant if you wanted to not starve about 3 hours later--you needed to eat a ton at the place. Which the food itself--as I illustrated above, wasn't worth the money--so basically we wasted money my freshman year on the unlimited meal plan, and then the next 3 years I refused to pay about $1,000 a semester for sub-par food.
And he of course, assumed I chose not to eat there because I "wanted to go to my proper place". Psh. Moronic. I was simply fed up with the meal services, and decided they weren't worth the money considering I could cook better food. Most of the guys I knew, on the other hand, could barely cook ramen and pop popcorn while I was making homemade chicken pot pies senior year when I finally got a full kitchen at my disposal.
I also get put in charge of any food-making operations that my mother doesn't have time for, because my parents(psychotic as they are...) trust me to get things done when they tell me to do them. I did deer hors'd'ouvres(or however they're spelled...)the other day. Deer meat, hammered flat with a meat hammer(use a PLASTIC cutting board) and smchear it with food processer-ed onion, bell pepper, and some sour cream(I mix it all together to smear on, because I'm lazy), then wrap with bacon and stick a toothpick through it. Normally my mom uses like 2-3 toothpicks, but i figured out a way to wrap the bacon and only use one--and this was the first time I was put in charge of making them. My dad was supposed to cook them, and then at the last minute he asked me to, and since they were going to a...party? football game? they were going on a trip, let's say that--they were going on a trip, so I pulled out a disposable tinfoil pan from the stack we have in the pantry, made a tinfoil lid, and brought it out there on a tray to sit with me while I obsessively checked the grill for flare-up's every 5 minutes. I grilled them all on low and possibly overcooked them, but my dad didn't return with any, so I assume they all got eaten. Which marks it a success in my book. I got to try two of them--and they tasted like the other deer hors'd'ouvres I've ever tried, so I guess I got it right.
You have to iron when you sew or what you make will look like crap. There's a lot to ironing. For one thing, you don't want to melt the fabric. I iron the pieces before I start and then I iron every seam. I think things turn out better that way.
Unless you want it to shrink and look funny or the dye to come off on your hands while you sew, you'll have to wash it first. If she's too much of a spoiled brat to throw some clothes in the wash at 13 and learn how to use an iron, then she's not ready to learn how to sew. I am not interested in teaching anyone to sew who is not interested in taking care of her things. I was surprised when her grandma (my aunt) backed me up and told her that there was no way she could learn to sew without knowing how to wash clothes and iron first.
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Being crafty has nothing to do with being feminist or anti-feminist. I have been sewing and assembling my computer, bricklaying and spinning, doing carpentry and weaving.
I have been knitting while reading a book. But I do not darn socks, even though that was one of the things that girls were taught at school, when I was a kid.
And this is my choice of a sewing machine:
Poor Americans, attacked by Jesus even in the craft stores! I never saw him lying in ambush behind the knitting wool here. But many people are taking up sewing and knitting again, and I link it to the banking crisis. People feel insecure about their future and tend to spend less and save more, what better can you do than take up a hobby that produces usable or even beautiful things at rather low cost. I´m working at a sweater and started to hand sew a quilt, and it helps me to pass the time I spend with my demented aunt or my Asperger brother-in-law.
The amount of vague 'jesus' stuff disturbs me sometimes.
"Testa-mints? Don't mind if I do! They're sacrilicious!"
Although Bibleman and Veggietales are both disturbing in their own right. Who the hell came up with talking vegetables?
A few years ago, about half or more of the stuff in the kids' crafts section was xtain oriented. I'm sure it was all stuff for bible or Sunday school. I'm just glad that these craft stores are finally recognizing that not everyone wants a plaque that says jesus loves you or wooden crosses for kids to paint.
I'm thrilled more people are getting into the things I enjoy. I was tired of looking all over creation or paying 10 times too much for fabric.
Well, Jonel, if you want a good, sturdy machine, I think the Huskverna Viking is one of the best. I have 16 stitches, I have used about 5. I would like to take a sewing class. I can do the basics, but I would like to take a class or two. The machine came with several running feet that I have not used. I would also like a ruffler atttachment. Two little girls = lots of ruffles.
My first machine was a $40 Singer which only had forward and backward in one stitch. The bobbin was a huge pain. I taught myself how to sew on it. Ithink I will forever hate Singers because of that machine. The Huskaverna Vikings are more expensive. I think mine was $300. It was a gift. I have a friend who has a $3,000 computerized sewing machine. She just threads it and it makes embroidered patches while all she does is hit the pressure foot.
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Game On! Sports Schedule for February 12, 2013
It seems like every game in the Big 10 is a big game this year and tonight is more proof of that.
Michigan and Michigan State, both ranked in the top 10, square off in pivotal battle – the first of two meetings between the schools this season. The Spartans come in tied with Indiana for first place, but the Wolverines are only a game back, so a win for them tonight will create a real bottleneck at the top of the standings.
Denver at Toronto 7 p.m.
Portland at Miami 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Memphis 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah 9 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles Lakers 10:30 p.m.
Houston at Golden State 10:30 p.m.
NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25
(4) Michigan at (8) Michigan State 9 p.m. (ESPN)
(25) Kentucky at (7) Florida 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Carolina at New Jersey 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Boston 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Florida 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Winnipeg 8 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Chicago 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Edmonton 9:30 p.m.
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Twitter has been abuzz in the last few hours with plenty of rumors about Joe Paterno's deteriorating condition, but Michael Sisak of the Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Citizens' Voice, citing a source, says Paterno is "near death":
On Saturday afternoon, Paterno's wife, Sue, called close friends of the former coach to the State College hospital where Paterno has been undergoing treatment since Jan. 13 for complications from his fight against cancer.
Paterno, 85, wanted to say a final goodbye, Sue said, according to the source.
Those close friends included his longtime secretary. Members of Paterno's extended family were also summoned to the hospital.
The blog Onward State has also reported that Paterno was taken off a respirator this morning. We will update accordingly.
UPDATE: (6:41 p.m. EST): The AP is reporting that Paterno's "family says doctors have 'characterized his status as serious.'" [Twitter]
Source: Paterno in grave condition [Citizens' Voice]


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LOS ANGELES (January 4, 2013) — The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is pleased to announce that the Crakmedia Network has signed on to become its newest corporate sponsor.
"It really was an easy decision for us to sponsor ASACP because we are committed to upholding Best Practices for a safer Internet and support ASACP's continuing efforts to combat illicit child pornography and minors' access to age-appropriate materials," states Crakmedia cofounder Xavier Farooghi.
"As fathers, it's something we believe is really important and we hope that our sponsorship will assist ASACP in furthering its efforts, and anticipate a long and mutually rewarding relationship," adds Crakmedia cofounder Nicolas Chrétien.
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bigstrads wrote:migya wrote:bigstrads wrote:migya wrote:It looks like 5pm this Saturday Oakland time is good for me, bigs, d1mex and andrew7744, maybe GSW as well, as he said weekends are good for him.
Please confirm that this time is good for you as soon as possible guys, just to be sure we are all on the same page
So thats what.............Saturday 5pm Oak time, 1am Sat night (Sunday am) for me and 9am Sunday morning for you Mig?
It's actually 7.47pm here so it looks like I'm 15 hours ahead of Oakland time. Would be 8am Sunday morning for me, not sure for you but looks like a fair time for all of us
Cool.............ok so =
Its 5:00pm Saturday afternoon for Oakland people
12:00am Saturday night for me over here.
8am Sunday morning for you Mig.
Im cool with that, lets get some votes.
So far GSW, me and Mig is ok with it.
Yea, the other guys have to say what they think.
It's your pick in the H2H draft buddy


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The Clinton-de Blasio union
Bill Clinton will make a very public display of affection for Bill de Blasio Wednesday when the former president swears in New York City's incoming mayor at a ceremony outside City Hall — cementing a longstanding relationship that could be a boon for Hillary Clinton if she runs for president.
At a time when the Democratic Party is tacking to the populist left, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren is galvanizing the base by taking on Wall Street, Clinton will need to show she's in sync with the liberal grass roots should she wage another bid for the White House. There aren't many figures who could do more to shore up her progressive cred than de Blasio, who swept into office on an unabashedly populist message.
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"As church people say, he can 'witness' for them," said James Carville, the longtime Democratic strategist and former Bill Clinton adviser. "He can go up, talk about her, how she stands up for people. It could be very, very helpful."
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The swearing-in ceremony will firmly affix the Clinton brand to a candidate who crushed his opponents by lamenting "a tale of two cities" under billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg — one where poverty and homelessness is rising, the other where the wealthy continue to enhance their rarefied standing.
Veteran Democratic strategist Tad Devine, nodding to the chatter about liberal alternatives like Warren, said that if de Blasio's time in office is successful, "he's potentially a really strong ally" for Clinton if she runs.
"That [progressive] element of the Democratic coalition will listen to him," Devine said. "He's in a unique position to … talk about Hillary Clinton, running her campaign, knowing her well. He's going to be able to talk about her in human terms, which could be very helpful with an element of the Democratic Party that may want to put some distance between her and them because they're to the left of her."
The de Blasio message has echoes of that projected by Warren and other major national progressives who've crusaded against Wall Street excess over the past four years.
Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, which has focused heavily on income inequality, suggested that focus is not going to change anytime soon. She noted that de Blasio, with whom Tanden worked on Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign in New York, elevated the issue.
( PHOTOS: Stars line up for Hillary Clinton 2016)
"Bill de Blasio's campaign raised fundamental issues around economic fairness and ensuring everyone gets a fair shot," she said. "Those issues are the challenges of our time and will affect our politics and national policy for years to come."
The Clintons' relationship with de Blasio dates to before her 2000 Senate run, when he came recommended by his longtime friend, Harold Ickes, a veteran Clinton insider, as her campaign manager. Prior to that, de Blasio served in the Clinton administration, working in the Department of Housing and Urban Development under current New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
De Blasio was a surrogate for Clinton in early-voting presidential states in 2008, campaigning in Iowa and attempting to boost his former boss. He remains close with a number of people in her orbit, most notably Tina Flournoy, who currently is chief of staff in Bill Clinton's personal office. Flournoy is a former teachers union official who worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign.
Aides to the Clintons did not respond to emails for comment about their relationship to the incoming mayor.
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De Blasio's stint as Clinton's campaign manager was marked by discord and he was ultimately layered over by another adviser, Patti Solis Doyle. A New York Times story in August reported that a number of people close to the Clintons saw de Blasio as overly deliberative in his decision-making during that 2000 campaign.
Still, the ties between de Blasio and the former first couple's orbit remained over the past decade, in part but not solely, because of Ickes's proximity to Hillary Clinton's world. The Clintons stayed neutral during the mayoral race, as much out of a desire not to be drawn in by Anthony Weiner — who is married to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin — as any other reason.


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Highlights From Chicago Craft Beer Week 2012
The eleven days of Chicago Craft Beer "Week" are wrapping up, finally giving Chicago beer drinkers a chance to take a break. The festivities launched with the Beer Under Glass event at the Garfield Park Conservatory on May 17 and closed out with well over a thousand people breaking in Revolution Brewing's huge new production facility. The days in between had hundreds of events including a craft beer scavenger hunt, beer trolley tours, beach parties and a mini golf course in a beer barrel warehouse.
There is a lot to get excited about in the Chicago craft beer world. (Even when Beer Week is over, we still get to enjoy the city's great breweries Half Acre, Revolution, Haymarket, Piece, Goose Island, and more.) The vibrant Chicago craft beer community always does an excellent job taking care of its locals, and Craft Beer Week was no exception. We drank a lot of local beer this week, but here are a few of the best.
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September 14, 2012
James D. Pettit, deputy assistant secretary of state for Overseas Citizens Services within the Consular Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, will visit with Loyola University New Orleans students during a career counseling session on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 12 p.m. in the Audubon Room of the Danna Student Center. The talk is open to all students and is being offered by Loyola's Career Development Center.
Pettit will discuss the mission of the U.S. Department of State and provide answers to students who are considering careers in foreign service. He will also give an overview of his work at the department, as well as safety tips for overseas travel.
The U.S. Department of State is the lead institution for the conduct of American diplomacy, and the Secretary of State is the president's principal foreign policy adviser. The primary responsibility of the U.S. Department of State and its employees is to fight terrorism, protect U.S. interests abroad, and implement foreign policy initiatives while building a freer, prosperous and secure world. The mission of the Bureau of Consular Affairs is to protect the lives and interests of U.S. citizens overseas and to strengthen U.S. border security through the vigilant adjudication of visas and U.S. passports.
Pettit has served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine (2007-10), as consul general at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2003-07), and as consul general at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna (1999-2003). In Washington, he previously served within the Visa Services Directorate, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, the Taiwan Coordination Office and the Office of Cuban Affairs. He has served two previous tours at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and at the American Institute in Taiwan and the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara.
Pettit received a bachelor's degree in international studies and Russian from Iowa State University, and a master's degree in National Strategic Studies from the National War College. He speaks Russian, Spanish, German and Mandarin Chinese.
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Rayburn angler cranks up $125,000 worth of FLW bass
October is the month for some exceptional bass fishing on lakes within a quick-hit run from Beaumont, or for that matter, Southeast Texas in general. With each passing cold front, water temperatures on lakes like Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend drop into that magical zone that tells bass it's time to chow down and fatten up for the lean winter months to come. The water temperature on both Rayburn and T-Bend is holding right at the 75 to 77 degree mark. That's perfect for catching bass on topwater lures like a Stanley Ribbit or a Super Spook Jr.
Last weekend, bass fishing on Sam Rayburn was good enough to lead Dallas angler Phil Marks to a $125,000 payday with a final-day catch of bass weighing 32 pounds, 12 ounces. He finished 16 pounds, 5 ounces ahead of the second-place angler in the last tournament of the year for the FLW Tour.
"Marks' five-bass limit Sunday gave him a total weight of 82 pounds to win the tournament and $125,000," said Julie Huber with FLW. "The catch gave him the win in impressive fashion over Keith Combs of Huntington, who caught a total of 20 bass weighing 65-11 and earned him $25,710."
Marks said his bass were caught on cranks and jigs in ditches and on main-lake flats.
"I was targeting ditches with main-lake flats, looking for subtle changes within the flats," said Marks.
During practice, he found a high spot in the middle of a drain. That's where he caught a 5- and 7-pounder in back-to-back casts on Saturday. Sunday, he caught four bass in 20 minutes in that same area.
"My key baits were the Strike King 6XD and a prototype Strike King 10XD," said Marks. "The 10XD has the frame design of the 5XD and is designed to give off a lot of rattle and displace a lot of water. It's a big bait designed to catch big bass. Four of my 20 bass were caught with the 10XD."
On Sunday he caught three bass on the Strike King crankbaits and two on the Strike King 1-ounce football-head jig. His 8-pounder came on the 10XD.
Dove season is winding down
The season on doves in the North and Central zones will close on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The South Zone will be open through Sunday, Oct. 28.
Overall the dove season has been as good as predicted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. But it's also been one that involved baited fields and hunters taking over their limit, according to Mike Cox with TPWD. And guess what? Game wardens were right there with those illegal hunters.
East Texas game wardens were patrolling when, just before sunset, they heard multiple shots coming from a wooded area. They made their way through the trees and observed three dove hunters having a great hunt but not retrieving the doves that fell into the woods. If they had, they would have found the two game wardens. After the wardens hid in the brush for about 30 minutes, one of the hunters announced to his friends, "I am done. I have 23." The wardens looked at one another to make sure they both heard the same thing when the hunter yelled again, "I am done. I have 23 doves."
The wardens took his word for it and announced their presence, separated the hunters, and discovered one with 20 doves, not 23. The other two hunters were within the daily bag limit.
One of the wardens walked the hunter who was over his limit back to the hunter's truck to retrieve his license. At the truck, the warden observed dove feathers that appeared to be from earlier in the day. The warden made a statement to the hunter, "This morning's hunt was good, wasn't it?" The hunter promptly agreed that it was really good and then realized what he had done, and said, "Oh, no." He admitted that he had also shot a limit in the morning. Citations were issued for exceeding the daily bag limit and failure to retrieve game.
And then there was the case that involved a dove hunting outfitter set up on a baited field.
Armed only with a tip about a website from an informant claiming an outfitter might be baiting a dove field, game wardens pieced together an investigation that led to several citations. After locating the hunting operator online, the wardens called to book a hunt.
"Imagine the outfitter's surprise when his new customers showed up in game warden gear," said Cox. "The operator admitted to spreading three yards of wheat seed down the middle of a 300-acre pasture with a tractor and frontend loader."
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Label 56, the Baltimore-based record label that released music by End Apathy — the band fronted by alleged Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page — released a statement Monday afternoon, regarding Page's relationship with the label. It reads:
Label 56 is very sorry to hear about the tragedy in Wisconsin and our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who are affected. We have worked hard over the years to promote a positive image and have posted many articles encouraging people to take a positive path in life, to abstain from drugs, alcohol, and just general behavior that can affect ones life negatively. Likewise we have never sought attention by using "shock value"/ symbols and ideology that are generally labeled as such. With that being said, all images and products related to End Apathy have been removed from our site. We do not wish to profit from this tragedy financially or with publicity.
In closing please do not take what Wade [allegedly] did as honorable or respectable and please do not think we are all like that.
Thank you, Label 56
The record label is owned by Clemie Richard Haught Jr. and was incorporated on Nov. 30, 2005, according to legal documents. In addition to releasing music from End Apathy, Label 56 distributed albums such as Bully Boys' "White Kids Gonna Fight," Sadus' "Out For Blood" and the White Wash/Brutal Tactics split "Southern Aggression."
Last February, Label 56 released a split seven-inch record featuring two songs each from End Apathy and Definite Hate. In an email describing the releases, End Apathy is described as "aggressive California 80's skate punk sound." Definite Hate is described as "Southern White Boy Music ;) [sic]."
Another Definite Hate album, "Violent Victory," (which was not released on Label 56) has cover-art that "feature[s] a gruesome drawing of a disembodied white arm punching a black man in the face," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the nonprofit civil rights organization that tracks hate groups. SPLC claims Page was a member of Definite Hate, as well.
In an April 2010 interview conducted by "Rick 56" that has since been removed from Label 56's website, Page said he had played guitar and bass in other bands, including Max Resist, Aggressive Force and Blue Eyed Devils. Page concluded the interview by saying, "I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone at Label 56 for believing in End Apathy and putting out our music!"
Calls and emails to Label 56 were not returned as of late Monday afternoon.
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When Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy made statements saying that gay marriage is "inviting God's judgment on our nation," people instantly began a movement against the fast food chain.
There were boycotts, politicians making statements, protests outside the restaurants and more. Soon, it had escalated into a national controversy, with vehement support from both sides.
But, in the end, it seems to have paid off for the chicken chain, reports Bruce Horovitz at USA Today.
According to a study by research firm Sandelman & Associates:
- Consumer use was up 2.2 percent in Q3 compared to the year prior
- Market share up 0.6 percent
- Total ad awareness up 6.5 percent
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And then, they hugged.
The judge in Cleveland County Superior Court had never seen it � in 26 years on the bench.
But there they were.
The family of Margaret Tessneer � gone some 10 years now, the victim of a horrible rape and murder � and the family of Donald Eugene Borders, the man convicted of that crime.
In a world so hell-bent on justice, it�s always the redemption, the love, the forgiveness that carries the true power.
It reminds of the story of the shooting at an Amish school back in 2006. Five children were killed by a gunman who then took his own life.
When faced with such tragedy, the Amish responded in a most un-American way. Rather than scream for justice and revenge, they prayed.
Not just passively, or as a part of some sort of lip service.
Consider understanding, rather than confrontation
They went to the family � of the shooter � and prayed.
One Amish man reportedly held the father of the shooter in his arms as the man sobbed.
We also think of a recent first-person account we read by Shane Windmeyer, who is an active leader in the gay and lesbian community.
Windmeyer had led some of the efforts to boycott Chick-Fil-A, for some of its practices he viewed as anti-gay.
But then an amazing thing happened � Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy reached out to Windmeyer. They met and spent considerable time talking � not from a confrontational position, but one of understanding.
They listened.
And, in the end, they became friends.
While Cathy did not alter his core view that marriage is between a man and a woman, he did make significant adjustments to Chick-fil-A�s charitable donations � steering them away from organizations viewed as �anti-gay.�
For his part, Windmeyer ended his group�s boycott of the restaurant.
The common thread here is that these people decided not to put a premium on hardness of heart. They decided not to be driven by revenge, or hate or judgment. And they did this without abandoning principles. The Tessneer family still grieves the loss of their dear Margaret and, presumably, they still want to see Borders serve every day of his life sentence.
But why let that hate carry over to the man�s family. The Borders family could have demonized the Tessneers, for wanting to hold Donald Eugene accountable for their actions. But instead, they embraced love and compassion.
How many times do we all face that fork in the road?
Do we castigate the overworked waitress or do we cut her some slack?
Do we pounce on our children for a mistake? Co-workers or subordinates?
Unfortunately, our culture doesn�t put a premium on these things.
But maybe the families of a murder victim and murderer can set us on a better path.
If they can hug each other � if Shane Windmeyer can become close friends with Dan Cathy � if the victim of a school shooting can comfort the father of the killer � if all this can happen �
What can you do?


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For the third year in a row, the
Neuromuscular Disease Foundation (NDF) has hosted a fundraiser to raise awareness of the debilitating disease that attacks the muscles. This year, NDF hosted a celebrity red carpet event at a fabulous Beverly Hills estate. Sponsored by
L.A. Downtown Motors – Mercedes Benz, proceeds from the event directly goes toward the support of the NDF, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research programs at UCLA Medical Center, Hadassah Center in Jerusalem, Ishizo Nishino in Japan, and the Mary Crowley Medical Research Center at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. In a town that can seem to be glossed over with many fallacies, it was good to be a part of a cause that is real; a cause that can positively affect the outcome of humanity and the prolonging of life itself.
Upon arrival, guests were immersed in the vibrancy of the evening's hot pink décor that draped throughout the estates palatial settings. The deejay pounded out electrically charged beats that filled even the outer regions of the estates patio and pool area with a never ending stream of beats. Guests snacked on a bevy of savory treats from pizza to thin butter crackers with rich Gouda. The open bar on the patio area kept glasses full with wines and cocktails, while guest circled about chatting and laughing. One of those guests was Gila Michael, NDF's founding chair. Michael iterated how important awareness is to the foundation through events such as this third year fundraiser.
"There is a tremendous amount of cutting edge research being done globally," states Michael. "This truly is a global effort. Unfortunately, one of the difficulties in dealing with this disease is the lack of money to carry out all the necessary research." The organizations goal is to raise $5 million over the next five years aiding the ability to help service victims of the disease. One guest stated that in order to realize this goal, it is going to take the support of everyone at the event and all those that didn't make it out. He is absolutely correct. It is going to have to be collaborative effort, nonetheless. Since the formation of NDF just a few years ago, world-renowned researchers around the globe have been working to find a cure for neuromuscular diseases such as Alzheimer's, Hereditary Inclusion Body Myophy (HIBM), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Lou Gehrig's disease. NDF's mission is to fund vital research and to support progressive medical advances in order to bring the cure for neuromuscular diseases within reach.
Although this is a serious cause, the night was about fun and that was what guests had on their minds. As models strolled around showing off new fashion designs from
Lyric Culture, guests enjoyed the VIP experience of massages given by
Savvy Le Chill. But that wasn't all that guests were treated to. A live auction and a raffle give-away allowed some of the nearly 400 in attendance to walk away with a little bit of swag! Two of the models from Lyric that I got to speak with, Ashely and Tiffany, showed of the cool jean and T-Shirt designs of Lyric Culture. They not only felt good about showing off the designs of the label, but also they felt good about being a part of an event that aimed to show support and awareness of such a deserving cause.
Celebrities and special guests in attendance included Stephen P. Webb, ex Mayor of Beverly Hills, Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson, Bahar Soomekh, Amy Bailey, George Gray, Gunner Wright, Wayne Jobson, Adam Gaynor, Danny Arroyo, Suzette Tomlinson, David Dastmalchian, Kali Hawk, Brody Hutzler, Shelby Young, Tom Malloy, Adam Tsekhman, Jason "Heat" Rosell, Carrie Keagan, Lisa Cash, Jessica Hall, Ben Decker, and Kyle Carlson.
Curiosity does kill the cat if the cat represents the lack of knowledge and awareness about this disease. I look forward to seeing what steps are taken to encourage awareness and prolong life of the victims in the next year.
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Anyone going to the Locke NY shows May 8,9,10th?
Dawn is going to be looking awful since she's blowing coat but I'm thinking about taking Kaylee and the puppies since they have free 3-6 month puppy classes each show.
Just wondering if any of you wonderful pit people will be coming as well. It's a really nice show. There were people from Texas and Michigan there last year!


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Environmental Court Judge Larry Potter, reversing a previous decision, upheld a 2013 transfer of Ashlar Hall from Robert "Prince Mongo" Hodges to an acquaintance who wants to turn the stately but decaying property into a home for military veterans.
However, Potter said that while he approved the transfer of the property, other groups interested in rehabilitating and operating the building could still pursue their plans and that he will pick the plan that has the best chance for success.
"My concern is for a quick turnaround of this structure," said Potter during a Friday, Feb. 28, hearing. "If there were to be a better plan that is better financed or a much faster turnaround of the rehabilitation of the property, the plans of whatever is presented will be reviewed."
Last month, a furious Potter nullified the transfer of Ashlar Hall to Kenny Medlin after Medlin failed to produce a plan for repairing and operating the building, but Medlin submitted his plan to Potter Friday.
"Mr. Medlin has presented me a financing plan whereby he hopes to renovate Ashlar Hall and where he intends to get the resources," said Potter.
Hodges entered into an agreement with Potter's court and the city last year to find a new owner that could make the repairs necessary to bring the 11,114-square-foot building into compliance. But Hodges deeded the property over to Medlin without Potter's consent.
Two other groups are still actively pursuing Ashlar Hall.
Joe Thordarson, founder of the Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention, plans to turn the building into a center for the arts.
"The question of ownership was settled today but the question of use of the building was not, and I'm going to double-down on my pursuit of creating the Ashlar Hall Center for the Arts," said Thordarson.
Ty Cobb, founder of the nonprofit Have a Standard Foundation, said he will still pursue plans to turn the building into a center for experiential learning. Cobb's foundation operates the CoreFire Commando learning program inside the AutoZone Challenge Center at the Kroc Center, which uses challenging games to foster an environment of innovation and teamwork.
Ashlar Hall, which was built in 1897 and served as the home of real estate developer Robert Brinkley Snowden, has turned into a dilapidated eyesore.
Hodges' brother, Bernard Hodges, acquired the property for $300,000 in 1993 before transferring it via warranty deed to 1397 Central Ave LP in 1994. Robert Hodges began operating The Castle nightclub at the property after his brother acquired it, before closing the club's doors around a decade later. The building has been vacant and deteriorating ever since, racking up a host of city code violations.
Potter said his goal is to find a viable owner that can save the building from the wrecking ball.
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SAINT LOUIS, Mo. – The holidays have come and gone so it is back to business for the Bulldogs, who play their first game of 2014 at Saint Louis on Saturday. Tip off at gorgeous Chaifetz Arena is slated for 5:30 p.m. EST and the game will be televised on the NBC Sports Network.
Yale (5-6) hasn't played since a 70-62 loss at Albany on Dec. 20. Javier Duren had a big game for the Bulldogs, finishing with a career-high 26 points. The trip to Saint Louis has special meaning for Duren and fellow junior Will Childs-Klein. Both will be playing in their hometown. Duren, Yale's starting point guard, attended the Saint Louis Basketball Camp many times as a youngster. Duren, who leads the Bulldogs in assists (34) and three-pointers (17) and is second in scoring (14.4 ppg.), was the Suburban West Conference Player of the Year as a senior at Oakville High School where he was a four-year starter and 1,000-point scorer. He has played a few games in Chaifetz Arena and his AAU team practiced there often. Childs-Klein, who has appeared in four games off the bench for the Bulldogs this season, was a first team all-conference and all-district selection as a senior at Ladue High School after averaging 18.3 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks. He earned first team all-conference honors as a junior and was a second team all-district selection. Childs-Klein has never played at Chaifetz but has attended a number of SLU games.
Justin Sears is Yale's leading scorer at 17.3 ppg, which is second in the Ivy League. The Bulldogs are playing their third straight road game and have played eight of their 11 games away from home.
Start Strong – When faced with a nine-day layoff for final exams prior to the Providence game on Dec. 17, the Bulldogs struggled in the first 11 minutes and fell behind by 15. Yale outscored the Friars 61-48 the rest of the way but couldn't quite overcome the slow start and fell 76-74.
Balance On Offense – In each of the last two games, Yale had a player have a career night. Justin Sears scored 31 points against Providence, and Javier Duren had a career-high 26 against Albany. Only one other player reached double figures in those two games (Greg Kelley with 11 against Albany). The Bulldogs would be better served with a more balanced attack.
Execute On Offense – Saint Louis is allowing only 57.7 points on the season, and the Billikens force more than 15 turnovers per game. Yale will need to share and protect the ball to have success.
• Justin Sears scored a career-high 31 points against Providence on Dec. 17. He was 13-of-16 from the field.
• Duren's 26-point performance against Albany came after he went 8-of-15 from the field, 3-of-6 from three-point range and 7-of-8 from the foul line.
Yale and Saint Louis are playing for only the third time. The last meeting was a 95-70 Billiken win in the 1971 Saint Louis Invitational. The other game was a 47-37 SLU win in 1946. Yale has made two other trips to Saint Louis in its long history – in 1906 against the Missouri Athletic Club (22-19 win) and in 1940 to play Washington University (44-41 win).
The Billikens (12-2) have won six straight, including a 57-49 victory at Vanderbilt on Monday. Saint Louis' two losses have come to Wisconsin (63-57) and Wichita State (70-65). Dwayne Evans (15.4 ppg.,) leads the team in scoring, while Grandy Glaze (7.0 rpg.) is the top rebounder. Saint Louis, which has advanced to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments, is the reigning Atlantic 10 Conference champion. The Billikens captured the 2012-13 A-10 regular-season title outright, then claimed the A-10 Championship at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. SLU was picked to finish second in the A-10 preseason poll. Dwayne Evans was a first-team preseason All-Conference selection, while Jordair Jett was voted to the third team and preseason All-Defensive team. Jim Crews, the Billikens' head coach, previously coached at Army where he faced Yale on a number of occasions.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity