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Blackhawks edge Red Wings for third straight win

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Chicago Blackhawks 2, Detroit Red Wings 1
Three Stars of the Game
Patrick Sharp
G: 1Shots: 7
A: 1Hits: 1
PTS: 2PIM: 0
+/-: 1TOI: 21:07
Patrick Kane
G: 1Shots: 2
A: 0Hits: 0
PTS: 1PIM: 2
+/-: 0TOI: 21:18
Brendan Smith
G: 0Shots: 0
A: 0Hits: 2
PTS: 0PIM: 5
+/-: 0TOI: 17:50
DETROIT – In a game that saw the intensity in an Original Six rivalry ratchet up a level, Patrick Kane and his Chicago Blackhawks continued the challenge of getting it done without star captain Jonathan Toews.

While Toews continues to be listed as "day-to-day" back in Chicago with what's believed to be a concussion-related injury, the Hawks won their third straight game on Sunday by downing the rival Detroit Red Wings 2-1 at Joe Louis Arena.

"It was definitely one of those games where you kind of feel it out to begin with and then as the game goes on it gets a little bit more intense," said Kane, whose goal with 1:19 left in the second period stood up as the eventual game-winner.  "It's a great rivalry. Both teams were missing big players from their lineup and it's good to see other players step up [for us]."

The Blackhawks (36-24-7) were also missing defensemen Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body)and Steve Montador (upper body), while the Red Wings (43-20-3) played without star defenseman and captain Nicklas Lidstrom (ankle), star center Pavel Datsyuk (knee) and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (wrist fracture).

Detroit also lost defenseman Jakub Kindl (upper body) early in the first and starting goalie Jimmy Howard (lower body) after the opening period to really stress their remaining active lineup -- especially the five defensemen who were left.

"It's a little hard and sometimes it can be a little frustrating because you don't know who you're going to go out with next shift," said Wings rookie defenseman Brendan Smith, who logged 17:50 and got in a fight in just his sixth game of the season and NHL career. "It's tough on everybody once you drop to five [defensemen]. I just think you have to play the situation. We're all good hockey players here and I'm glad they had a lot of faith in me in a lot of different situations."

Smith even played 2:10 on Detroit's power play, which went 0-for-4 overall and missed on all five shots generated with the man-advantage.

Chicago's Ray Emery started in goal and made 23 saves to pick up his third straight victory for the Hawks, who improved to 3-0-2 against Detroit this season with just one more game left to play – again in the Motor City – on the last day of the regular season. Each of the five games played thus far has been decided by one goal, with the first three finishing 3-2 and the last two -- both won by Chicago -- finishing with 2-1 final scores.

"Every time we play them it's a tough game," said Hawks forward Patrick Sharp, who scored the game's first goal just 3:17 into the first and then set up Kane's marker with a blind backhand pass to the slot from behind the net. "It was a fun game to be a part of. There was lots of pushing after the whistles ... not a whole lot of talking out there, but there's some bad blood, that's for sure. It's a good divisional game."

Sharp's goal actually deflected past Howard off a point blast that hit Niklas Kronwall in the chin first before changing direction on the way into the net. It didn't take Kronwall long to make up for it, however, as he scored Detroit's lone goal just 2:46 after Sharp scored to knot the game 1-1 just 6:03 into the first.

After that, however, neither team could get one past the opposing team's goalie until Kane took the pass from Sharp in the slot and stickhandled to his backhand to slide the puck under the outstretched catching glove of backup Joey MacDonald (12 saves) – who replaced Howard to start the second and played well.

The Red Wings have now gone winless in three of their last four games on home ice after reeling off an NHL-record 23 straight home victories and will hit the road on Tuesday to play the Philadelphia Flyers. They're now shorthanded because of multiple injuries and are also just 16-16-1 away from the “Joe” this season.

The Wings also traded veteran defenseman Mike Commodore to the Tampa Bay Lightning hours before the trade deadline expired – after they'd made a trade just a week earlier to get Kyle Quincey and give them eight NHL blueliners.

Suddenly, they've got five healthy bodies on the back end and might need to recall defenseman Doug Janik from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League if Lidstrom and/or Kindl can’t make the trip to Philly.

Is Red Wings coach Mike Babcock concerned about all the guys in the training room getting work done on their bodies right now?

"I'm not because there's nothing I can do about being concerned," he said. "It's just one of those things. You get injured every year and you gotta fight through them and other guys gotta pick up their game to help you win. That's all you do."

As for Sunday's game, it was another classic battle between old rivals.

In the Chicago locker room, several players just sat at their stalls immediately afterward looking a little whipped from trying to keep the hard-charging Red Wings at bay for most of the third period.

They got a little help from the goal posts and crossbar, not to mention a couple of Wings players misfiring on one-timers and just missing big openings entirely, but Emery came up with a number of big stops and the Hawks also played well in their own end of the rink to grind out the win.

"Huge win for us," Kane said. "I think that's three in a row, so we've got a little confidence and we're playing good too. We're not giving up many goals and we're playing good defense. You'd still probably like to see a little more pressure there in the third period to get an extra one, but [Emery] stood tall in there and got us a big win."
scoring summary
1st Period
PPG - Patrick Sharp (25) ASST: Marian Hossa (37), Nick Leddy (28)
1 - 0 CHI
Niklas Kronwall (14) ASST: Darren Helm (16), Brad Stuart (11)
1 - 1 Tie
2nd Period
Patrick Kane (16) ASST: Patrick Sharp (30)
2 - 1 CHI
3rd Period
Power Play Stats
Power Plays1/30/4
Power Play %17.6%23.8%
% on Road19.5%20.7%
% at Home15.8%26.6%
League Rank20th2nd
penalty summary
1st Period
Kyle Quincey  Interference against  Viktor Stalberg
Patrick Kane  Hooking against  Henrik Zetterberg
2nd Period
Dylan Olsen  Tripping against  Jiri Hudler
Duncan Keith  Roughing against  Valtteri Filppula
Daniel Cleary  Cross checking against  Sami Lepisto
Andrew Shaw  Fighting (maj) against  Brendan Smith
Brendan Smith  Fighting (maj) against  Andrew Shaw
Bryan Bickell  Boarding against  Niklas Kronwall
3rd Period
Todd Bertuzzi  Too many men/ice - bench
goalie stats
Ray Emery
Ray Emery
SA: 24TOI: 60:00
Saves: 23EV: 18 - 19
PIM: 0PP: 5 - 5
SV%: .958SH: 0 - 0
Joey MacDonald
SA: 13TOI: 39:00
Saves: 12EV: 10 - 11
PIM: 0PP: 0 - 0
SV%: .923SH: 2 - 2
Jimmy Howard
SA: 5TOI: 19:55
Saves: 4EV: 2 - 2
PIM: 0PP: 1 - 2
SV%: .800SH: 1 - 1


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Peter Laviolette was named as the second head coach in Nashville Predators history on May 6, 2014.
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Peter Laviolette was named as the second head coach in Nashville Predators history on May 6, 2014.

Prior to being hired by Nashville, Laviolette was named as the 17th head coach in Flyers history on December 4, 2009. He also spent parts of five seasons as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes (2003-04 to 2008-09), where he compiled a 167-122-34 record in 323 games.

In 2005-06, Laviolette led the Hurricanes to a 52-22-8 regular season record finishing first place in the Southeast Division and setting franchise records in wins (52) and points (112) in a single season. In the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Laviolette guided Carolina to a 16-9 record and their first Stanley Cup Championship, when they defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 3-1, in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final on June 19, 2006. He was also named a finalist for the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL Coach of the Year in 2006.
Prior to joining the Hurricanes, Laviolette served as head coach of the New York Islanders for two seasons (2001-02 to 2002-03). As head coach, he registered a 77-62-25 regular season record and led the team to Stanley Cup Playoff berths in both seasons after the Islanders missed the postseason seven straight times between 1993-1994 and 2000-01.
Over parts of seven season in the NHL as head coach (2001-02 to 2008-09), Laviolette has compiled a record of 244-184-59 in 487 games coached with the Islanders and Hurricanes.
Prior to serving as the Islanders head coach, Laviolette served as an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins in 2000-01 after serving as head coach of the Bruins’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Providence Bruins for two seasons (1998-99 to 1999-2000). In his first year at the helm, he led Providence to a 56-16-4-4 regular-season record, and a 15-4 record in the Calder Cup Playoffs to lead the team to the Calder Cup Championship. He was also the recipient of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as AHL Coach of the Year.
Internationally, Laviolette was named head coach for Team USA at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, and was also head coach for Team USA at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships in 2004 and 2005, guiding the US Squad to the bronze medal in 2004. He has also served as an assistant coach for Team USA in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, where he led the US to the semifinals. Prior to his coaching years, Laviolette appeared in the 1988 and 1994 Winter Olympics as a player, and served as captain of the 1994 Olympic squad.
A native of Franklin, Mass., Laviolette was born on July 12, 1964 and played 11 seasons of professional hockey, mostly in the AHL and International Hockey League, and appeared in 12 games with the New York Rangers during the 1988-89 season.

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2010 NHL Entry Draft

Merrill thinking his way to the top

Tuesday, 03.30.2010 / 10:33 AM / 2010 NHL Entry Draft

By Mike G. Morreale - NHL.com Staff Writer

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Jon Merrill admits he isn't the biggest, fastest or most-skilled player on the ice. Instead, he uses his smarts to put him near the head of the 2010 Draft class.
Jon Merrill realizes the mind is a terrible thing to waste.

It's especially true on the ice, where he's made a living out-thinking his opponents as a top-two defenseman for the U.S. National Team Developmental Program's Under-18 team in Ann Arbor, Mich.

"I'm not the strongest or the fastest player and I don't have the heaviest shot, so when I play the game, I have to out-think my opponent because I can't out-skill or throw guys into the boards," Merrill told NHL.com. "I look at a player like Nicklas Lidstrom -- I really enjoy watching the way he does it. He just controls the whole game back there just by thinking the game. That's how I want to be and I think I've done a pretty good job so far."

NHL Central Scouting had the Brighton, Mich., native rated 20th among North American skaters (No. 6 among defensemen) on its midterm list of the best talent available for the 2010 Entry Draft.

"He's very intelligent on both sides of the puck, makes good decisions, and defensively is good about keeping himself in good position," USNTDP U-18 coach Kurt Kleinendorst said. "There are a lot of things to appreciate about his game, including his size (6-foot-3 1/4, 198 pounds) and his dedication in the weight room."

Like any other aspiring skater on the board, Merrill was pleased with his ranking.

"I think it's a great honor; I guess I was kind of expecting it because I don't think my play has suffered at all," Merrill said.

Merrill was born in Oklahoma City, but moved to Michigan, where he picked up the game as a 5-year-old. It was around that time he began tagging along with his older brother, Greg, now a defenseman for the Bay State Breakers of the Eastern Junior Hockey League.

"Greg is a definite role model," Jon said. "He's a real hard competitor. When people tell me I don't play hard enough or am not competitive enough, he's there to back me up. He's such a worker and I respect and admire that in him."

Merrill, who will attend the University of Michigan in the fall, played a role in the U.S. national team's gold medal-winning performance at the 2009 World Under-18 Championships. He also paced the U.S. defense corps with 3 points during the club's three-game sweep to the '09 Four Nations Cup title, and chipped in with 3 points during Team USA's second-place showing at the 2010 Six Nations Cup in Belarus in February.

Having the opportunity to play 19 games with the U-18 team last season got Merrill into the proper frame of mind entering his first full season with the club in 2009-10.

"It was awesome, especially winning that (World U-18) gold medal," he said.
Attending Michigan long has been a dream of his, especially playing in front of a sold-out Yost Arena.

"The atmosphere in that place is unbelievable and I can't wait to get there and play for coach Red Berenson," Merrill said. "I'm just hoping to make an impact."

While there has been discussion of his needing to improve his overall speed, Merrill doesn't foresee any issues down the road.

"I don't think it'll be a big thing," he said. "It's something I'm working on every day."

"He's not a poor skater, but he's just not at that high level with getting to that gap, but once he does, he'll completely bring his game full-circle," Kleinendorst said. "He's only 18, so it's not like he's a seasoned pro yet."

But he's slowly getting there, particularly in the USNTDP's games in the United States Hockey League, where he's learning against many of the nation's finest 19- and 20-year-old skaters.

"He plays the game a lot like Jordan Leopold," said Central Scouting's Jack Barzee, who specializes in U.S. prospects. "He plays weaving and diving, sneaking and thinking, gaining the zone and moving the puck ahead and right on the tape to a guy. He's skilled and he's really come a long way in his development."

That continued development could lead to him rising in the rankings when Central Scouting releases its final list in April.

"I can tell the way our reports are coming in now that our final meeting will be a dandy," Barzee said. "I don't think where we have him will play any significant role on where he gets drafted; it'll depend on the teams that are in the immediate hunt for a defenseman like him and how many picks they have. Right now, I'd say he'd probably go anywhere from 14 to 24 in the draft."
Contact Mike Morreale at mmorreale@nhl.com


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Port Colborne’s getting sporty this weekend, and the main attraction is going to be the new Vale Health and Wellness Centre (VWHC).

The centre’s grand opening will be taking place alongside a litany of other sports and wellness related activities as part of Sportsfest. Many of the events will be taking place at the centre, but the entire city, and even the Jericho House in Wainfleet, will be hosting a variety of events.

Saturday morning will see the official grand opening of the new facility. The celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. when the Lakeshore Catholic High School school band will welcome guests with their music.

Dignitaries set to take part in the event include: Rick Dysktra, MP for St. Catharines, on behalf of the Minister of State for FedDev Ontario Gary Goodyear; Kim Craitor, MPP for Niagara Falls; Bruce Bichel, general manager of smelting and refining, Ontario operations at Vale; and Patrick Robson, chair of the board of directors at YMCA of Niagara.

There will also be some special hardware on hand. The Hockey Hall of Fame’s Art Ross, Lady Byng and Vezina trophies will be present. Former NHLers Gary Leeman, Bob Nevin and Darryl Shannon will also be on hand to help celebrate the opening.

The Port Colborne Pirates will be playing their first game in the new rink on Sunday, taking on the Niagara Falls Canucks at 2 p.m.

In Wainfleet, the first winter artfest will take place at Jericho House, 10845 Rathfon Rd. The event will feature a juried show and the sale of art from 20 local artists, and run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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- Youth basketball exhibition in the VHWC gymnasium, 1:30-5:30 p.m.

- Craft beer and cheese tasting at Canalside, 232 West St., with proceeds going to Out of the Cold. Begins at 9 p.m.

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Gene More Than Doubles Risk Of Depression Following Life Stresses

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Among people who suffered multiple stressful life events over 5 years, 43 percent with one version of a gene developed depression, compared to only 17 percent with another version of the gene, say researchers funded, in part, by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Those with the "short," or stress-sensitive version of the serotonin transporter gene were also at higher risk for depression if they had been abused as children. Yet no matter how many stressful life events they endured, people with the "long" or protective version experienced no more depression than people who were totally spared from stressful life events. The short variant appears to confer vulnerability to stresses, such as loss of a job, breaking up with a partner, death of a loved one, or a prolonged illness, report Drs. Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt, University of Wisconsin and King's College London, and colleagues, in the July 18, 2003, Science.

The serotonin transporter gene codes for the protein in neurons, brain cells, that recycles the chemical messenger after it's been secreted into the synapse, the gulf between cells. Since the most widely prescribed class of antidepressants act by blocking this transporter protein, the gene has been a prime suspect in mood and anxiety disorders. Yet, its link to depression eluded detection in eight previous studies.

"We found the connection only because we looked at the study members' stress history," noted Moffitt. She suggested that measuring such pivotal environmental events—which can include infections and toxins as well as psychosocial traumas—might be the key to unlocking the secrets of psychiatric genetics.

Although the short gene variant appears to predict who will become depressed following life stress about as well as a test for bone mineral density predicts who will get a fractured hip after a fall, it's not yet ready for use as a diagnostic test, Moffitt cautioned. If confirmed, it may eventually be used in conjunction with other, yet-to-be-discovered genes that predispose for depression in a "gene array" test that could help to identify candidates for preventive interventions. Discovering how the "long" variant exerts its apparent protective effect may also lead to new treatments, added Moffitt.

Everyone inherits two copies of the serotonin transporter gene, one from each parent. The two versions are created by a slight variation in the sequence of DNA in a region of the gene that acts like a dimmer switch, controlling the level of the gene's turning on and off. This normal genetic variation, or polymorphism, leads to transporters that function somewhat differently. The short variant makes less protein, resulting in increased levels of serotonin in the synapse and prolonged binding of the neurotransmitter to receptors on connecting neurons. Its transporter protein may thus be less efficient at stopping unwanted messages, Moffitt suggests.

Moffitt and colleagues followed 847 Caucasian New Zealanders, born in the early 1970s, from birth into adulthood. Reflecting the approximate mix of the two gene variants in Caucasian populations, 17 percent carried two copies of the stress-sensitive short version, 31 percent two copies of the protective long version, and 51 percent one copy of each version.

Based on clues from studies in knockout mice, monkeys and functional brain imaging in humans, the researchers hypothesized that the short variant predisposed for depression via a "gene-by-environment interaction." They charted study participants' stressful life events—employment, financial, housing, health and relationship woes—from ages 21-26. These included debt problems, homelessness, a disabling injury, and being an abuse victim. Thirty percent had none, 25 percent one, 20 percent two, 11 percent three, and 15 percent four or more such stressful life experiences. When evaluated at age 26, 17 percent of the participants had a diagnosis of major depression in the past year and 3 percent had either attempted or thought about suicide.

Although carriers of the short variant who experienced four or more life stresses represented only 10 percent of the study participants, they accounted for nearly one quarter of the 133 cases of depression. Among those with four or more life stresses, 33 percent with either one or two copies of the short variant—and 43 percent of those with two copies of the short variant—developed depression, compared to 17 percent of those with two copies of the long variant.

The stressful life events led to onset of new depression among people with one or two copies of the short gene variant who didn't have depression before the events happened. The events failed to predict a diagnosis of new depression among those with two copies of the long variant. Among those who had experienced multiple stressful events, 11 percent with the short variant thought about or attempted suicide, compared to 4 percent with two copies of the long variant. These self-reports were corroborated by reports from participants' loved ones.

The researchers suggest that effects of genes in complex disorders like psychiatric illnesses are most likely to be uncovered when such life stresses are measured, since a gene's effects may only be expressed, or turned on, in people exposed to the requisite environmental risks.

Also participating in the study were: Karen Sugden, Alan Taylor, Dr. Ian Craig, Joseph McClay, Jonathan Mill, King's College London; Dr. Honalee Harrington, University of Wisconsin; Judy Martin, Dr. Richie Poulton, Dunedin School of Medicine; Dr. Antony Braithwaite, University of Otago.

A chart showing that a version of the serotonin transporter gene more than doubles the risk of depression following life stresses.

Among people who had inherited two copies of the stress-sensitive short version of the serotonin transporter gene (s/s), 43 percent developed depression following four stressful life events in their early twenties, compared to 17 percent among people with two copies of the stress-protective long version (l/l). About 17 percent of the 847 subjects carried two copies of the short version, 31 percent two copies of the long version, and 51 percent one copy of each version.

(Source: Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin)

About the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): The mission of the NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure. For more information, visit the NIMH website.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit the NIH website .


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Hacker Reveals Wii U CPU Clock Details

by Zack Kaplan - December 1, 2012, 11:33 am PST
Total comments: 27 Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-w..., (Description), Eurogamer

A peak under the hood of Nintendo's latest.

Hector Martin, a hacker with experience in exploiting both the Wii and PlayStation 3, recently revealed specific details of the Wii U's CPU clock.

Martin posted some of the figures on his Twitter account:

 "1.243125GHz, exactly. 3 PowerPC 750 type cores (similar to Wii's Broadway, but more cache). GPU core at 549.999755MHz."

The specs indicate that the Wii U nearly doubles the clock speed of the Wii, while tripling the core count.

According to Martin, the internal designation of the Wii U CPU is "Espresso" and the AMD graphics chip is called "Latte," which correlate with the use of the "Project Cafe" codename prior to the console's formal naming.

When asked, Martin suggested the figures came from hacking the system, and not from a leak of information.

EyothrieDecember 01, 2012

That's a really low CPU clock speed.  I assume that the more modern GPU will be able to handle some of the tasks normally handled by the CPU.  Lets hope so, at least.

ShyGuyDecember 01, 2012

I wonder if Nintendo could increase the clock speed with a firmware update. Didn't the increase the speed of the PSP that way?

EasyCureDecember 01, 2012

Quote from: Eyothrie

That's a really low CPU clock speed.  I assume that the more modern GPU will be able to handle some of the tasks normally handled by the CPU.  Lets hope so, at least.

Hasn't that already been confirmed though? I'm sure I read it somewhere on this site.

the asylumDecember 01, 2012

wow they weren't kidding when they said the wii u's clock speed was pathetic

joshnickersonDecember 01, 2012

The Genesis clock speed was faster than the SNES, but that ended up meaning dick in the long run.

PhilPhillip Stortzum, December 01, 2012

I don't think third-parties were ever going to take the Wii U seriously, but the low whatever gives them a great excuse not to.

Shorty McNostrilDecember 01, 2012

Appparently the same guy has heard rumors that:

"If you want more evidence that MHz isn't everything, a little birdie points out that Durango (Xbox 720) is specc'ed to have a 1.6GHz CPU."

Mop it upDecember 01, 2012

Quote from: joshnickerson

The Genesis clock speed was faster than the SNES, but that ended up meaning dick in the long run.

This isn't entirely true. Genesis games generally ran more smoothly than SNES games, and that's because of its faster CPU. Just check out how much better the framerate is in Virtua Racing on Genesis compared to Stunt Race FX on SNES:

Virtua Racing

Stunt Race FX

Similarly, I imagine the low clock speed of the Wii U is the main reason why most third-party games on it have framerate issues.

That's not a good comparison since both Virtua Racing and Stunt Race FX had additional CPUs built on the cartridges. Virtua's was 23MHz and the FX chip was 21MHz (or half that in the earliest games).

Mop it upDecember 01, 2012

I know it isn't the greatest, but it's the one I remembered and I didn't feel like looking up some other games.

ThePermDecember 01, 2012

this doesnt mean anything

say clock speed = C
operations per cycle = O
and C * O = P, for power

if C = 3000 and O = 64 then P = 192,000
if C = 1500 and O = 128 then P = 192,000

also there is more m for memory
If most of O and C were  previously wasted moving around M then most of C didn't do anything worth a damn. If there is more M then there is more use from O and C

Kytim89December 01, 2012

Any chance that Nintendo weakened the CPU to reduce the generation of heat by the system, and thuse avoid a RRoD situation? This could explain why Nintendo gave the Wii U a streamlined designe in order to keep the system cool. If this is the case then I think Sony and Microsoft will do the same with their next home consoles.

yoshi1001December 01, 2012

Guess Nintendo should have put a blast processing module in the Wii U.  ;)

It's virtually impossible to compare hardware specs these days, as there are so many variables involved in performance, not to mention the needs of the game being played.

BlackNMild2k1December 01, 2012

Just tell us how many bits the Wii U is, then we will know it's true power.

Stark_NebulaDecember 01, 2012

I wish people realized that things such as architecture, threads per core, RAM/CPU/GPU efficiency, latency and a slew of other things contribute to a console's performance.

And to Mop it Up, since the ports of other games where coded to used the the CPU as the main source of processing power rather than the GPU, it would make sense. Nintendo's games probably use more power but are coded efficiently and to the specs of the system.

CaterkillerMatthew Osborne, Contributing WriterDecember 01, 2012

Hey everybody go to the general gaming section and look at the rumored 720 CPu clock speed from the same source!

ShyGuyDecember 01, 2012

Quote from: Caterkiller

Hey everybody go to the general gaming section and look at the rumored 720 CPu clock speed from the same source!

I bet those dirty GAFfers are having a bitter tears party over low speed Xbox 4 rumors.

SirpennywiseDecember 02, 2012

I believe more in content over graphics/computing power, The Wii did amazing things with 1/3 of the specs. With that said.

There is more to producing games than raw processing power / ram / GPU etc.. if those were all that mattered PC games would be decades beyond consoles. My home PC has 8 cores running at double the WIIu's clock speed with 10X faster GPU and yet the games don't look a whole lot better than whats on the consoles.

Numbers don't matter to the average consumer, Wii's have always been targeted at the family and they have done incredibly well with that. the graphics can be toned down as long as they keep producing amazing and innovative content.

People will continue to buy their products and game companies see that and hopefully will produce titles for them.

MagicCow64December 02, 2012

This clock speed conversation is just a distraction.

How many polygons can the Wii U output?

Polygon count is more of a function of the graphics chip than the CPU, and there's no question that the Wii U's graphics chip is a significant improvement over the other consoles.

BlackNMild2k1December 02, 2012

BITS DAMNIT that's all we need to know. How many BITS is the Wii U!?

I heard it's a 256Bit system. That's 4x as good as the Jaguar or the N64. 8X more powerful that PS2!!

But only twice as powerful as the Dreamcast.

CaterkillerMatthew Osborne, Contributing WriterDecember 02, 2012

Ok so there are or were a few of us here that really got upset over this CPU speed issue. So how long before we see a game that totally erases this out of our minds because of it's amazing visuals but who will be the first one to say, "But it could have been better with a faster CPU!"

I'm going with E3 2013 and... Chozo...

EasyCureDecember 02, 2012

Hasn't everyone been raving about how amazing Rayman Legends looks? Or does that not count because it's not based on the Unreal engine? ;)

Blur256December 02, 2012

Sure the cpu is slow However, today's gaming standards are geared toward the gpu. Without a fast gpu a system is pretty much useless while trying to run today's standard of games. Also, what people fail to realize is the fact that we haven't even seen the Wii-U's true potential, just wait till next year and we finally get a glimpse into games that are being made specifically for the system. Also, from what I hear nintendo has some sort of software in the system which actually ghosts the systems true clock speed on the cpu, either way only time will tell.

iDraTionDecember 03, 2012

It's a triple core processor, so if things are coded for it well, it seems like it should be more than sufficient.  Boiling a video game down to its numbered rating is about as accurate as boiling down a processor to its clock speed.

ThePermDecember 03, 2012

The xbox 360 had a triple core processor. What this will amount to is programmers bitching about the lack of clock speed for a few months before they realize that the system has a way better gpu than the xbox 360 and way more ram. The thing about processor power is its usually underutilized because there isn't enough ram.

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POLS=20 650-2: Basic Problems in Ancient Political Philosophy: Thucydides=20

Northern=20 Illinois University

Department of Political=20 Science

Fall=20 2010

Professor = Radasanu

Office: Zulauf=20 408

Phone Number: 753-7052

Email Address:

Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm; Thursdays=20 11am-1pm

Class Time: Tuesday = 3:30-6:10PM

Classroom: DU 466

Course = Description:

In this = seminar, we will=20 endeavor to understand Thucydides=92 teaching on justice and necessity = in=20 politics, and especially in international relations. Thucydides is often = understood to be a historian of a single war. And while interpreters = agree that=20 he makes some general claims (usually understood as =93realist=94 ones), = Thucydides=92=20 place in the history of political philosophy is difficult to assess: = philosophic=20 historian or political philosopher? We will be able to answer this = question by=20 conducting a close reading of Thucydides=92 Peloponnesian War. We will be=20 considering the following problems closely. (1) On what basis, if any, = does=20 Thucydides condemn injustice in politics and war? (2) How does = Thucydides=20 conceive of human excellence, and what is the relationship between = political=20 life and human excellence? (3) How does Thucydides understand the regime = question? What is the fundamental conflict between Athens and=20 Sparta?

Required = Texts:

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Use The = Landmark=20 Thucydides, ed. Robert B. Strassler, New = York: Simon=20 and Schuster/Touchstone Books, 1998.

Literal=20 translation of selected passages from above text (by Thomas Pangle). To=20 be handed out in class.

Recommended = Readings/Select=20 Bibliography:

Ahrensdorf, Peter. =93Thucydides=92 Realistic = Critique of=20 Realism.=94 Polity 30 = (1997):=20 231-65.

--- =93The Fear of Death and the = Longing for=20 Immorality: Hobbes and Thucydides on Human Nature and the Problem of = Anarchy.=94=20 American Political Science = Review 94=20 (2000): 579-93.

Bartlett, Robert C. The Idea = of=20 Enlightenment: A Post-Mortem Study. Toronto: University of Toronto = Press,=20 2001.* (On Thucydides: pp. 67-105).=20

Bruell, Christopher. =93Thucydides=92 View of = Athenian=20 Imperialism.=94 American Political Science Review 68 (1974):=20 11-17.

---- =93Thucydides and Perikles.=94 St. Johns=20 Review 32:1 (1981): 24-29.

Connor, W.R. = Thucydides. = Princeton:=20 Princeton University Press, 1984.

Doyle, Michael, =93Thucydidean = Realism,=94 Review of International = Studies 16 (July=20 1990), p. 223-238.

Edmunds, Lowell. Chance and Intelligence in Thucydides. = Cambridge:=20 Harvard University Press, 1975.

Forde, Steven P. The=20 Ambition to Rule. Alcibiades and Athens in Thucydides'=20 History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. =

__. "Varieties of Realism: = Thucydides and=20 Machiavelli." Journal of Politics 54 (1992) = 372-93.

__ =93International Realism and = the Science=20 of Politics: Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Neorealism,=94=20 International Studies = Quarterly 39:2=20 (June 1995), p. 141-160.

Garst, Daniel, =93Thucydides and = Neo-Realism,=94=20 International Studies Quarterly 33 (March 1989), pp. = 3-28.

Gustafson, Lowell S., ed. = Thucydides'=20 Theory of International Relations. A Lasting=20 Possession. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, = 2000.=20

Hobbes, Thomas. =93Of the=20 Life and History of Thucydides=94 (The famous intro. to Hobbes=92s=20 translation.).

Johnson Bagby,=20 Laurie M. Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of = Realism.=20 DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1993.

__ The Use and Abuse of = Thucydides,=94 International Organization 48 = (Winter=20 1994), pp. 131-153.

Kagan, Donald. The = Outbreak of the=20 Peloponnesian War; The Archidamian=20 War; The Peace of Nicias and the = Sicilian=20 Expedition; The Fall of the Athenian Empire. = Ithaca:=20 Cornell University Press, 1969-1981.

Lebow, Richard Ned and Barry S. Strauss, ed.=20 Hegemonic Rivalry from Thucydides to the Nuclear Age. Boulder,=20 Colorado: Westview Press, 1991. =

Orwin, Clifford. The = Humanity of=20 Thucydides. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2d. Ed., 1997.

Palmer, Michael. Love of Glory and the Common Good. = Aspects of the Political Thought of Thucydides. Lanhan, MD: Rowman and = Littlefield, 1992.

Price, Jonathan. Thucydides = and=20 Internal War. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., = 2001.

Romilly, Jacqueline de. Thucydides and Athenian = Imperialism.=20 Translated by Philip Thody. Oxford: Basil = Blackwell,=20 1963.

Strauss, Leo. The City and = Man=20 [1964]. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, = 1978.

Formal=20 Requirements and Basis of Grading:

=B7 =20 Attendance and class = participation:=20 10%

=B7 =20 One-page papers (300 words = maximum=20 length), due at the beginning of each class except the first and = last of=20 each semester and on weeks when other assignments are due, on question = assigned=20 previous class (30% of grade; late papers not accepted). Lowest grade = will be=20 dropped.

=B7 =20 Take-home exam (20%) =96Due = date on=20 schedule below

=B7 =20 Term paper; topic choices = provided;=20 3000 words; due on the last class of term (40%). Due date on schedule=20 below.

Expectations of=20 Students:

Students are expected to = show=20 evidence at each class meeting of having read the text to be covered = that day.=20 You should at least be able to give an account, either when called upon = or by=20 your own questions, of the surface of what is said. It is even better to = show=20 that you have seen relationships among different parts of the text and = can raise=20 intelligent questions about what the text seems to mean or whether what = it seems=20 to mean makes sense, either in itself or in relation to the text's = apparent=20 meaning elsewhere. Students should be prepared to be interrogated and be = able to=20 answer questions put by the professor in a manner that is both = thoughtful and to=20 the point. Students should also be prepared to present their one-page = papers to=20 the class without advance warning.

To earn an A in the course, = both=20 active and thoughtful participation and excellent written work will be = required.=20 The written assignments will be on assigned topics (unless the student = secures=20 permission from the professor to do otherwise); A=92s are earned when = compelling=20 interpretations are provided (and expressed clearly) in response to the = assigned=20 topics.

Extensions on the final = paper are=20 granted only if the student has a very good reason. Everyone should be = working=20 on the term paper throughout, so that a last-minute glitch doesn=92t = affect your=20 ability to hand in your paper in a timely fashion. =

Weekly = papers must=20 be handed in at the beginning of the designated class, otherwise they=20 are inadmissible.

The take-home exam will be = due at a=20 specific time on a specific day, via email. The time stamp of the email = will=20 determine whether the student has completed the assignment on time. = Exams that=20 are within one day late (this means within 24 hours of the due date and = time=20 =96including even five minutes of lateness), will incur a 10% late = penalty. Exams that are not handed in within 24 hours of the due = date and=20 time, will not be accepted. This strict policy is meant to uphold = the=20 integrity of this assignment as an exam.

Incompletes are given only = for an=20 unforeseeable event that makes completion of the course by the end of = the=20 semester impossible. Students are responsible for informing the = professor of=20 such events, and for securing her consent to an incomplete, as promptly = as=20 possible.

The following is intended = only as an=20 approximate schedule. Since one cannot predict what parts of the = Thucydides we=20 may wish to explore in greater depth, it is uncertain precisely how long = we will=20 spend on each book. We will move along in a timely fashion, but we may = be=20 detained at certain points longer than at others. Students are = responsible for=20 knowing what material will be covered in each = class.

August = 24

Thucydides, Book=20 One, chapter 1-23

August = 31

Thucydides, Book=20 One, Chapters 24-88*

September = 7

Thucydides, Book=20 One, Chapters 89-146; Book Two, Chapters = 1-33*

September=20 14

Thucydides, Book=20 Two, Chapters 34-103*

September=20 21

Thucydides, Book=20 Three, Chapters 1-50*

September=20 28

Thucydides, Book=20 Three, Chapters 51-114*

October=20 5

Thucydides, Book=20 Four, Chapters 1-64*

October=20 12

Thucydides, Book=20 Four, Chapters 65-135*

October=20 19

Thucydides, Book=20 Five*

October=20 26

Thucydides, Book=20 Five*

November = 2

Thucydides, Book=20 Six*

November = 9

Thucydides, Book=20 Six*

November = 16

Thucydides, Book=20 Seven*

Take-home exam handed = out =96Due=20 November 21st by email

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No=20 class

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Thucydides, Book=20 Seven

Term=20 Paper Due

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Thucydides, Book=20 Eight

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The Nizkor Project: Remembering the Holocaust (Shoah)
Nuremberg, war crimes, crimes against humanity

The Trial of German Major War Criminals

Sitting at Nuremberg, Germany
16th July to 27th July 1946

One Hundred and Eighty-First Day: Thursday, 18th July, 1946
(Part 7 of 10)

[DR. SERVATIUS continues.]

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Where, in spite of these regulations, the old methods were applied by the police, Sauckel always intervened when he heard of such occurrences. This has been confirmed repeatedly by witnesses. I refer particularly to Exhibit Sauckel 10, the statement by the witness Gotz.

Another controversial point was the marking of workers with the badge "OST", which was maintained until the year 1944 and was then replaced by a national insignia. This marking of the Eastern workers who were allowed to move freely among the population was one of the police security measures. This cannot be considered ill-treatment. The objection to this sign by the Eastern workers was based in the first place on the defamation of this badge by propaganda, and the defendant Sauckel always tried to change this insignia and to replace it by a national insignia such as the other workers wore voluntarily. He finally prevailed on this question also against Himmler. Document RF 810, Page 12.

There must on principle also be equality between a nation's own workers and foreign workers with regard to the rules concerning maintenance of discipline.

With all belligerent States the war has raised the same problem of how to deal with workers who are slackers, shirkers and saboteurs. The practice of discharge, common in peace time, is ineffective during war; but deserters from work cannot be tolerated today by any belligerent. In cases amounting to sabotage, police and penal measures had therefore to be taken, the most important of which was the short transfer to a labour training camp; in special extreme cases, imprisonment in a concentration-camp was inflicted.

The Document 1063-PS/RF 345 reveals the similarity in the applications of the regulations to Germans and foreigners.

Such police measures which are necessitated by the disloyal conduct of the worker are justifiable measures. The Wartburg Document RF 810 shows in the report of the expert Dr. Sturm that such measures were carried out in a very moderate manner, and that only 0.1 to 0.2 per thousand were thus punished.

Hence it follows that issuing of regulations concerning, the maintenance of discipline is in itself not yet an "ill- treatment" which could be the basis for a crime against humanity. Such an ill-treatment however can consist of excesses which occurred outside the competence of the defendant Sauckel. He can only be held responsible for those if he himself knew of such excesses and approved of them although he could have prevented them.

In summing up one can say that the "regulated utilization of labour" is permissible in International Law and that restrictions imposed on workers within the limits of necessity must be permitted for reasons of State security.

On the other hand, excesses in carrying out the regulations have to be regarded as ill-treatment and could mean crimes against humanity. For these, only those are responsible who have instigated them or who, within the sphere of their competence, did not prevent them.

Should the extensive scale of the charges brought against defendant Sauckel be measured by the standard of the above- stated legal considerations, it is necessary

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first of all to single out those fields in which the evidence reveals him to be absolutely free from responsibility. In the first place, it is not proved that defendant Sauckel can be connected with the biological extermination of the population. His whole interest, as has been shown, was directed in the opposite direction, since his purpose was to obtain people as labourers. With the migration measures and methods used in this respect he had nothing to do.

Work in concentration camps was just as far removed from defendant Sauckel's responsibility. Himmler's Posen speech in October, 1943 (Document 1919-PS, Page 21), reveals that the SS had erected gigantic armament plants of their own. We know that Himmler covered his extensive labour requirements by despotic, arbitrary arrests of persons in occupied territories. In Germany itself he had workers, engaged in regular employment, arrested on insignificant pretexts and brought into concentration camps, fraudulently using the regular labour offices.

This is clearly shown in Document 063-PS, containing a letter dated 17th December, 1942, as well as a letter dated 25th June, 1943, in which alone a requirement of 35,000 prisoners is mentioned. Moreover, any correspondence exchanged with reference to concentration camp labour never passed through Sauckel's offices. As an example, I refer to Document 1584-PS, containing some correspondence with Himmler's department. Defendant Sauckel's name is never mentioned with reference to a conscription of prisoners, and the witnesses have unanimously stated that defendant Sauckel had no connection with these matters. This is also confirmed by the statement of the Director of the Armament Ministry's Labour Office, Schmelter, who received the required prisoners direct from Himmler.

Another field which must be eliminated is the conscription of Jews for labour. This labour conscription is a part of labour conscription of concentration camp prisoners; it was Himmler's own personal secret sphere. This is revealed, for instance, by Document R-91, in which Himmler's office orders the arrest of 45,000 Jews as concentration camp prisoners.

By the production of a document, L-61, the prosecution has attempted to prove the complicity of Sauckel in this field. This document is a letter dated 26th November, 1942, from Sauckel's office to the President of the National Labour Office, stating that in agreement with the Chief of the Security Police and Security Department, Jewish workers remaining in the plants must be withdrawn and evacuated to Poland. As a matter of fact, this letter actually confirms that Sauckel had nothing to do with Jewish labour in the concentration camps, since Jewish workers were actually withdrawn from his department under the false pretence of evacuation. The measure is indeed solely concerned with the purely technical purpose of releasing the Jewish labourers and replacing them by Poles, an operation which could not have been carried out without the participation of Sauckel's office.

This letter is the sequel to a correspondence which can be traced back to the period prior to Sauckel's assumption of office, and Document L-156 is subsequently concerned with the same technical operation. The unimportant character of the matter is attested by the fact that these letters were not written at defendant Sauckel's headquarters in the "Thuringenhaus" but in an auxiliary office in the Saarlandstrasse. Defendant Sauckel disclaims knowledge of these operations and points out that the letters do not bear his original signature but were, according to the routine of his service, made out in his name precisely because they were of minor importance. The fact that the letters begin with the routine business term of "in agreement with", and not "in accordance with" the orders of the Chief of Security Police and SD, does not mean that they refer to an agreement reached, but merely to orders received from the authoritative headquarters.

Next, reference has been made to "extermination by over- working". But Documents 682-PS and 654-PS, dated September, 1942, clearly show that a secret

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manoeuvre of Himmler and Goebbels in co-operation with Reich Minister of Justice Thierack is here involved. Defendant Sauckel is not concerned.

Neither was the drafting of workers into the Organization Todt under Sauckel's responsibility. The accusations proceeding from Document UK 56 in this respect, bearing upon the methods of labour conscription in the Channel Islands, do not therefore concern him. The documents do not show that defendant Sauckel was aware of these proceedings or that he could have prevented them. This separation between defendant Sauckel's labour jurisdiction and the Organization Todt is confirmed in Document L-191, i.e., the report of the International Labour Office in Montreal.

A special development was the apprehension of labour forces by civil and military departments, which, to some extent, resulted in brutal conscription and was, kept secret from defendant Sauckel because he opposed it and wished to prevent it by every means. To a certain degree his objections were overridden by higher authority. Under this category comes the labour conscription by the SS, the Reichsbahn, Air Force Construction Battalions, Speer's Transport and Traffic Units; Fortification and Engineering Staffs and other services. The exclusion of these bodies from the accusations relative to these particular cases must especially exculpate Sauckel, since in these cases Sauckel's orders were not authoritative.

Document 204-PS illustrates in this respect the circumstances in which transport assistants were procured in White Russia.

Document 334-PS shows the same with regard to the execution of an independent drive for Air Force assistants, which can cast no guilt upon Sauckel. The commitment of adolescents, which is known as "Heuaktion" under Document 031-PS of 14th June, 1944, as a point of the charge, lay outside of Sauckel's jurisdiction and activities, as is shown specifically by this document. The Ninth Army together with the East Ministry were the originators.

A letter of the co-defendant Rosenberg to Reich Minister Lammers, of 20th July, 1944 (Document 345-PS), refers falsely to the "consent" of the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Commitment; it states, however, that the defendant Sauckel was not connected with an SS Helper Action and that he refused co-operation in this affair.

According to this, as stated by Document 1137-PS, of 19th October, 1944, a special office in the Rosenberg Ministry with its own personnel takes care of the seizure of youth. Ignoring the defendant Sauckel's agency, labour was supplied direct to the armament industry.

Circumventing defendant Sauckel's agency, measures were initiated by Hitler for direct commitment orders to the local offices of the Wehrmacht and of the civil administration, such as, for example, the labour commitment ordered in the occupied territories for the fortification of the Crimea. Document UK 68. The seizure of workers in Holland which was carried out by the Wehrmacht under protest of the labour service offices is another one of these cases; this is shown in Document 3303-PS, in Lt. Haupt's report, and confirmed by the defendant Seyss-Inquart.

An important sector, which is beyond the defendant Sauckel's responsibility, refers to all the actions executed as punitive measures against partisans and resistance groups. These are independent measures of the police; I already spoke about their judicial evaluation. Whether they were admissible and could be approved depends on the circumstances. For, example, measures against the resistance movement in France as described in Document UK 78 (French Government Report) are excluded here. Therefore, a direct responsibility of defendant Sauckel is out of the question.

Therefore, the very incriminating occurrences which are enumerated in Count III, paragraph VIII of the Indictment under "Deportation", the destina-

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tions of which were the concentration camps, are not within the responsibility of the defendant Sauckel.

Furthermore, the deportations for political and racial reasons which are also mentioned under VIII B of the Indictment, as the deportation of French people into concentration camps, are also not within the responsibility of the defendant Sauckel. Furthermore, the resettlement of Slovenes and Yugoslavs described under B (2) also must be excluded.

According to the Indictment, under VIII, H 2, only a part of the additionally mentioned approximate five million Soviet citizens are mentioned as having been seized for labour commitment, the others were removed by other means to which the regulations of the defendant Sauckel did not apply. This is not of such importance on account of the number of people, but because the presumed bad conditions could have prevailed just in that sector, since there the danger of improper treatment was greater.

THE PRESIDENT: Would that be a convenient time to break off?

(A recess was taken.)

DR. SERVATIUS: The prisoners of war also are exempted from the field of responsibility of the defendant Sauckel. These labour forces did not have to be conscripted but were only directed. This was done by means of special labour offices, which worked independently of the usual procedure in connection with the prisoner camps and collaborated exclusively with the armed forces. The task consisted only of using the prisoners of war where they were needed.

The defendant Sauckel could only request a shifting of the prisoners of war. This is referred to by the prosecution, Document 1296-PS, of 27th July, 1943, which mentions under III the increase in the use of prisoners of war in collaboration with the Army High Command.

The assignment of prisoners of war to plants took place only under the supervision of the Wehrmacht, which at the same time watched over the observance of the Geneva Convention. Sauckel is not in any way connected with the death of hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war of the Soviet Union in 1941, of whom Himmler speaks in his Posen speech, Document 1919-PS, and for whose replacement workers had to be brought in.

If, in spite of this, because of Document USSR 415 - the official Soviet report about the Lamsdorf camp - the defendant Sauckel is considered to have been connected with the alleged ill-treatment of prisoners, then this is only on the basis of the claim that the number of personnel in the camp was reported to him in the ordinary course of official procedure. The charge cannot be maintained. The document, moreover, is not sufficiently chronological after the year 1941.

The defendant Sauckel, although personally he was not competent, intervened in excess of his official duties for the care of the prisoners of war because he was interested in their willingness to work. He issued general decrees. In this way Document Sauckel 36 shows that he demanded a sufficient balanced food supply, and Document 39 shows that he demanded the same working hours as for German workers; he also pointed out here the prohibition of disciplinary punishment by the factory authorities.

A further division of the accusations raised must be made according to the time of the incidents. The defendant Sauckel took over his office only on 21st March, 1942. His measures, therefore, could have had an effect only some time later.

How conditions were previous to that is shown in some documents from the year 1941. In Document 1206-PS, feeding with horse and cat meat is suggested by leading authorities, and in Document USSR 177 the production of bread of a very inferior quality is suggested. Just a short time before the defendant Sauckel's taking office, Himmler in a harsh decree ordered the confinement of the

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workers behind barbed wire. It can be said that a low level in the treatment of the foreign workers at that time in the Reich had been reached. The idea which prevailed of the simplicity and the efficiency of the Russians is tragic.

With the taking over of office by the defendant Sauckel, a fundamental change took place which led to a constantly increasing improvement of the situation. The credit for having established a change here is due, according to the following documents, solely to the defendant Sauckel. This is shown in particular by Document EC-318, which is a record of 15th April, 1942, about the first meeting of the defendant Sauckel with Reich Minister Seldte and his specialist staff on the occasion of his taking office. It has been recorded there that it was the defendant Sauckel who made the taking over of his office dependent on the condition that the food supply for the foreigners must be the same as for the Germans and that the fulfilment of his demand was assured by Hitler, Goering, the Food Minister Darre, and his Secretary of State, Backe. It furthermore has been recorded there that the defendant Sauckel demanded the removal of the barbed wire and succeeded in this, and finally that he immediately took steps to increase the wages of the Eastern workers. The fulfilment of his fundamental demands was immediately pressed with tenacity by the defendant Sauckel against the resistance of all authorities.

The programme of the labour commitment of 20th April, 1942 - Document 016-PS - accordingly initiated immediate steps against cruelties and chicaneries and demanded that foreign workers should be correctly and humanely treated; the hope is even expressed that a propaganda effect in Germany's favour would be achieved by the way in which the labour commitment was carried out. This idea was frequently reiterated later.

An economical commitment of workers was urged in order to counteract the waste which was occurring on the part of influential agencies.

A year later, on 20th April, 1943, the defendant Sauckel again addressed a declaration regarding the procedure to be followed by all persons concerned with labour commitment. This is the repeatedly mentioned "Manifesto of Labour Commitment", Sauckel Document No. 84, which was issued as a warning and an appeal addressed to all agencies which opposed the serious responsibility of the defendant Sauckel. Goebbels opposed it under the pretence that the title was too presumptuous and the propaganda feature of the document essentially too weak. Other agencies just disregarded the copies sent to them and did not forward them, whereupon copies were sent directly to the industries concerned. How this manifesto was handled by the reluctant agencies is shown by its designation, "notorious manifesto", which was unanimously adopted for it in a session of the Central Planning Board on 1st March, 1944, Document R 124, Page 1779a.

Defendant Sauckel was reproached with being over-zealous. I refer to a remark made by General Milch who was interrogated before the Tribunal, in which he refers to the Central Planning Board and criticises the allegedly too lenient treatment of loafers and declares that if anything was undertaken against them, agencies were immediately to be found in Germany which would protect the "poor man" and would intercede for the human rights of others. This is Document R 124, Page 1913.

The attitude of defendant Sauckel was generally known and has been confirmed by various documents. Thus agencies approached him with regard to complaints and deficiencies, not in order to make the defendant Sauckel responsible for them but to solicit his help, because everybody knew how seriously and eagerly he advocated improvements.

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John Mayer on Jessica Simpson: Sexual napalm. Which is a good/bad thing.

Vicki Hyman | NJ Advance Media for By Vicki Hyman | NJ Advance Media for The Star-Ledger
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on February 10, 2010 at 10:01 AM, updated February 11, 2010 at 12:23 AM
john-mayer-jessica-simpson-jennifer-aniston.jpegJohn Mayer kisses and tells about his relationship with Jessica Simpson in the March issue of Playboy.
jessica-simpson-jennifer-aniston-john-mayer.jpegJessica Simpson
John Mayer promised to stop dating and to keep himself out of the tabloids in the wake of his public breakup with Jennifer Aniston, but that vow didn't last long.

First he gave a racy interview to Rolling Stone in which he waxes poetic about masturbation, among other things. Now he tells Playboy magazine that former girlfriend Jessica Simpson was so wild in bed, he would have paid her to keep having sex with her.

"Sexually it was crazy. That's all I'll say," he says, then says more. "It was like napalm, sexual napalm." And then he says more, but we'd have to censor it so much it's not worth the trouble. Suffice to say, he comes off badly.

While he's willing to dish on Simpson, he was more gentlemanly about Aniston, whom he called "the most communicative, sweetest, kindest person." (So why is Jennifer Aniston more deserving of discretion than Jessica Simpson? Is it because she's more a target of public sympathy than public ridicule? After thinking about it some more, we've come to conclusion that he probably thinks he's paying her a huge compliment. What gal doesn't want her bedroom behavior discussed in Playboy? To top it all off, he also insists to Playboy that "my entire life, I've tried to be a nice guy.")

He also tells Playboy that he's only slept with four or five women since splitting from Aniston last year -- "but even if I said 12, that's a reasonable number. So is 15. Here's the thing: I get less (sex) now than I did when I was in a local band. Because now I don't like jumping through hoops." And he says that he's not sexually attracted to black women, likening his member to a white supremacist. At that point in the interview, we started to think this was performance art and stopped reading.


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Things to watch on TV when it's dead?

Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger By Alan Sepinwall/The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger
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on December 23, 2008 at 7:47 AM, updated December 23, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Chris Littman at The Sporting News got to the bottom of why so many "Chuck" villains are being named after '80s pro athletes. I feel much better knowing that it wasn't completely random.

As this is an extremely slow stretch on TV, it's gonna be a slow stretch on the blog. Most of my time is occupied with working on my two best-of columns (coming Friday and then Monday), plus diving deep into my pile of review screeners for shows premiering in January and/or being paneled at press tour. Most of last night was devoted to the start of "Damages" season two, which so far I'm enjoying a lot more than what I watched of season one.

So, today's open question for those of you whose TV addiction is strong enough that you'd frequent a blog like this: what do you watch during this barren period before the first week of January? Or do you simply (gasp!) not watch that much TV?


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ABC News visits Jersey City in segment on snow

The Jersey Journal By The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal
on February 19, 2014 at 10:29 AM

ABC News visited Jersey City last night for a segment on the snowstorms and rock salt shortage affecting the region.

Besides speaking to Mayor Steve Fulop outside City Hall on Grove Street, the national nightly news program visited Van Reypen Street, which The Jersey Journal on Monday called one of the worst roads in the city after last week's storms left it covered in a thick sheet of ice.

ABC News showed a clip from a video showing a child basically ice skating on Van Reypen.

ABC Entertainment News|ABC Business News

Van Reypen Street was much improved yesterday, the day after the city received a shipment of 500 tons of rock salt.


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Trying officer in your pages

rick-garrison.jpgView full sizeOff-duty Jersey City Police Officer Rick Garrison was speeding when he was involved in a 7-car crash, officials said.

As a retired Jersey City police officer, I feel that your coverage and rush to judgment of Officer R. Garrison's unfortunate motor vehicle accident in Bayonne recently is an act of "trial by newspaper coverage." Not unlike all American citizens, by law, Officer Garrison is innocent until proven otherwise, in a court of law, beyond a reasonable doubt. He must have his and all the facts of this tragedy presented and heard at that time, and not smeared before, either in print or other means.

I am sure, along with all the families of those affected, that this officer and his family are in shock and traumatized greatly. All that is asked of the press, and other media sources, is they not prejudice the case, but rather provide dignified and good journalistic coverage, keeping in mind the sensitivity of the issues, and all the families who are suffering beyond words.


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Lance to kick-off re-election campaign for 2012

Asia J Martin / The Cranford Chronicle By Asia J Martin / The Cranford Chronicle Hunterdon County Democrat
on March 08, 2012 at 10:57 AM, updated March 08, 2012 at 11:06 AM

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Congressman Leonard Lance will kick-off his 2012 re-election campaign with multiple stops throughout the new Seventh Congressional District on Tuesday, March 13 beginning at 9 a.m. in Hunterdon County.

The Seventh District lawmaker will also announce the chairmen and county co-chairmen of his re-election campaign. Also joining Lance will be local legislators and elected officials, state conservative leaders, supporters and volunteers.

Date: Tuesday, March 13

Hunterdon and Warren Counties Campaign Kick-Off
Time: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Location: Front Steps, Historic Hunterdon County Courthouse Main Street, Flemington.

Morris County Campaign Kick-Off
Time: 11 a.m. to 12 noon.
Location: Publick House Tavern & Inn, 111 Main Street, Chester.

Somerset County Campaign Kick-Off
Time: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Somerset County Administration Building, 20 Grove Street, Somerville.

Union and Essex Counties Kick-Off
Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Summit City Hall, 512 Springfield Avenue, Summit.


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Knicks Links: Carmelo Anthony's return to form and the loss of Amar'e Stoudemire

Alex Raskin, By Alex Raskin, The Star-Ledger
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on March 27, 2012 at 8:55 AM, updated March 27, 2012 at 8:57 AM
USA+BASKETBALL+NBA-1.JPGJust how long will it be for the Knicks to see the return of Amar'e Stoudemire's smiling (or screaming) face? No one can say for sure right now.

Monday was a night of highs and lows for the Knicks. New York did beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 89-80, to put two and a half games between the two teams for the final spot in the Eastern Conference Playoff picture. But despite a resurgent 28-point effort from the previously slumping Carmelo Anthony, the night will be remembered for the loss of Amar'e Stoudemire, who is now out indefinitely with a bulging disc in his back. Point guard Jeremy Lin is also day to day with a knee injury, but Stoudemire's back seems to be much more treacherous.

Here's's daily aggregation of Knicks news from around the Web:

• Carmelo Anthony not only played well for the Knicks on Monday, he played through pain after injuring his groin in the third quarter, wrote Mark Hale of the New York Post: "Anthony hopes to play tomorrow against the Magic, but he can’t guarantee that. When he strained his groin last month, he missed seven games. And both Stoudemire and Lin, after being injured in Saturday’s win over the Pistons, said they planned to play last night — and neither did.... 'It’s not nearly as bad as it was the first time. I was able to get back out there and still play,' Anthony said after last night’s game. 'I don’t think it’s too bad. Just want to take it day by day. [Today] get re-evaluated and see what happens from there... 'It aches a little bit right now. If I had to play [today], I probably would. But we’ll see.'"

• In addition to Stoudemire, Lin, Jared Jeffries (knee) and Bill Walker (elbow), Hale picked up some positive news on the Knicks injury front: "Tyson Chandler’s ailing left hand and wrist are healing, a very welcome and important development for the Knicks. Chandler said yesterday he has improved dramatically. He did not have any tape or protection on the wrist for the game... 'I’m just trying to get the motion back and get used to not wearing the tape,' he said. 'It’s feeling a lot better than it’s been.'... Chandler has a bone bruise and possible ligament damage, and he missed two games earlier this month to rest."

• As Tim Smith of the New York Daily News wrote, now we'll find out what the Knicks are really made of: "With Stoudemire out indefinitely, the Knicks are going to have to fight for everything they get over the course of the final 16 games. Whenever back problems and Stoudemire are mentioned in the same sentence, you think the worst. Last year during the playoffs against the Celtics, Stoudemire pulled a back muscle that required an entire offseason to heal. The Celtics eliminated the Knick in four games... The Knicks did not play a particularly crisp game against the Bucks, but they had enough stopping power to keep Milwaukee point guard Brandon Jennings under wraps. Jennings had only 15 points and the Bucks managed to score just 28 in the second half while shooting just 36.5% from the field."

• Baron Davis was turnover prone in Lin's absence, but the Knicks backcourt wasn't nearly as bad as the playoff rival Bucks' pairing of guards, wrote Frank Isola of the New York Daily News: "The Bucks should have had an advantage in the backcourt with Baron Davis getting his first start in a Knicks uniform. But Milwaukee’s new tandem of Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings were beyond brutal. Ellis shot 2-for-14 and Jennings, the only Milwaukee starter in double figures, scored 15 on 6-for-22 shooting that included countless missed layups... With Lin’s streak of 25 straight starts at point guard ending, Davis had a rough go as his replacement. The veteran scored 13 points with seven assists, but shot 3-for-12 and had nine of the Knicks 23 turnovers."

• Isola also discussed Lin's willingness to take a day off from the Knicks' brutal schedule: "Lin had started 25 straight games dating back to Feb. 6 against the Utah Jazz and in the days and weeks following became a cultural phenomenon. Lin thrived under former coach Mike D’Antoni and has more than held his own since Woodson took over nearly two weeks ago. But Lin has also been knocked around fairly regularly and the physical demands of the position have finally caught up to the second-year guard from Harvard... 'Just thinking that more rest would be beneficial right now and that’s basically it,' Lin said of the decision to take at least one game off. 'Just trying to make sure that we give me a chance to rest so that I don’t force anything before I have to.'"

•'s Jared Zwerling painted a picture of some of the Knicks' offensive challenges in the wake of Stoudemire's back injury: "Since Mike Woodson replaced Mike D'Antoni on March 14, the Knicks have been averaging just below 100 points per game -- 99.4 to be exact... That point total has enabled the Knicks to stay in front on the scoreboard in what has been a down scoring season -- across the board in the NBA due to the condensed schedule -- while also putting a clamp on opponents the Woodson way... Now, the Knicks need to find a way to make up 17.6 points per game because star power forward Amare Stoudemire is out indefinitely with a bulging disk in his back. And several people close to the team believe it's an injury that will keep STAT out for the remainder of the 2011-12 campaign, including the playoffs."

•'s Ian Begley noted that Anthony is well aware of the challenges he faces: "Anthony knows much of the offensive burden will be on him if Stoudemire is out for an extended period of time... 'A situation like this requires me to step my game up a little bit more, take it up a notch,' Anthony said. 'I love moments like this.'"

• Begley also pointed out some of the players that will receive more playing time in Stoudemire's absence: "Woodson said that Steve Novak and Josh Harrellson will have an increased role with Stoudemire out. Reserve forward Jared Jeffries would also be a candidate for a bigger role, but he is out for at least two weeks with a sore right knee."

• Christopher Hunt of remarked on the Knicks guard rotation, which was largely ineffective against the Bucks: "The offense struggled to find fluidity most of the game. The team shot 35 percent from the floor with 23 turnovers. Without Lin in the lineup, the Knicks were searching for a ball handler whenever Davis went to the bench. Interim coach Mike Woodson used Mike Bibby when Davis came out but J.R. Smith then became the primary ball handler. Toney Douglas remained glued to the bench."

Jeremy Lin is New York' most-beloved athlete,'s Mike Mazzeo reported: "The Linsanity craze may have come to an end, but in the eyes of New York sports fans, Jeremy Lin is still No. 1... The New York Knicks point guard captured 70 percent of the vote and upset New York Yankees future Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera in the Finals to take home the title of the Big Apple’s Most Beloved... The No. 4 seed in a 16-man bracket, Lin easily ousted the top seed, Yankees captain Derek Jeter, in the Semis to reach the Finals. Rivera, the No. 2 seed, dispatched the No. 3 seed, New York Giants Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning, to take on Lin."

• As HOOPSWORLD's Stephen Brotherston wrote, Anthony's defense is capable of pushing New York to victory: "The New York Knicks are proving they can be an effective and dangerous team without leaning heavily on the offensive talents of Anthony and Anthony is showing he can contribute at both ends of the court. The roller-coaster season that has been the Knicks may have finally found some consistency under the defensive boot of Coach Woodson and a more defensive-minded Anthony has been a big part of this success."

Metro New York's Tony Williams explained how Chandler helped to turn the tide against the Bucks on Monday: "The Bucks looked as if they were going to run away with the game, as they used a 12-0 run midway through the second quarter to go up by as many as nine points, but that was as good as it got. New York slowly chipped away and regained the lead for good midway through the third quarter and never looked back. It helped that the Knicks used an 18-0 free-throw attempts advantage at the foul line in the third quarter and also had nine of their 13 total offensive rebounds, showing that they were the aggressor.... Chandler, who has been the anchor of the defense since arriving, said he took it upon himself to lead by example. He noted that with his sidekick out indefinitely, there will be a slew of guys playing out of position at the power forward position – including Anthony, who started at power forward. Chandler said the onus on getting all to jell will be on him... 'It’s very important that it starts with myself and to be able to communicate with guys that may be playing out of position,' Chandler said. 'I have to make those guys feel comfortable on defense.'"

• The Knicks went small against the minute Bucks' roster on Monday, but that's not a permanent solution to Stoudemire's absence, Scott Cacciola of The Wall Street Journal wrote: "He had the luxury of playing a miniature lineup against the small-ball Bucks—Jordan never left the bench—but he won't be so fortunate Wednesday when the Knicks are host to Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic."


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Police: Naked man lunged at off-duty officer at Red Bank cleaners

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RED BANK A naked Long Branch man was charged after he allegedly lunged at an off-duty police officer and threatened arresting officers Monday afternoon at the Brownstone Cleaners.

Patrolman David Hicks was off-duty when people passing by told him there was a naked man at the cleaners, Capt. Darren McConnell said. Hicks went to the shop and tried to find out why John Jones, 49, of Long Branch, was in the buff when he lunged at the police officer and a struggle ensued, McConnell said.

Hicks had already called in the incident to on-duty police, McConnell said, and arriving officers helped get Jones under control and arrested him.

While being arrested, Jones also threatened to kill an officer, according to a complaint.

McConnell said he did not know why the man was naked or at the cleaners.

Jones was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest by purposely and knowingly threaten to kill a law enforcement officer and making terroristic threats. He was being held at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold on $30,500 bail with no 10 percent option, the complaint said.

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