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To Stand In Youth By That Starry (bit)Stream...
Oh just imagine how quickly your little one is going to advance into the Machine World...
One of ThinkGeek's favorite newbies is a little fella named Jack. Jack likes to say 'la la la' quite frequently (at only 2 months of age). We, as geeks, fully understand that Jack (aka, newbie) is attempting to create a new programming language based on the repitition of natural language. Jack rocks.
And we also know that many of you out there have little geekoids (newbies) that are also coming into their own discoveries about life, the Universe and the Restaurant at the end of that Universe. They already know about 42 - it's your job to never let them forget about it.
And please oh please don't ever let your kids *not* read Tolkien, The Chronicles Of Narnia, or The Foundation Series - unless of course you intend to breed orcs. Oh, and teach them binary. Yeah.
Little white creeper with a computer sketch and the phrase 'newbie' written on it. As cute as geek can be, which, according to most sources, is *extremely*. Note: the photo doesn't show it, but we have this on a lap-shoulder creeper now for easier baby-accessibility when you have to change out their cables and whatnot.


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Best YouTube Moments In Washington State Basketball: The NomineesPosted by Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) on January 13th, 2014
Last month we introduced our new project, which is centered around determining the top YouTube moment in Pac-12 basketball history. We continue the nomination portion with Washington State.
[ed note: These are just the top moments we could find on YouTube, which has a vast number and array of videos, but we won't be able to cover the entire 99 years of the conference.]
We open with this beauty of a game-saving block from forward D.J. Shelton. Down by one in the first game of the best-of-three CBI Championship series, Pittsburgh guard Tray Woodall caught the ball at midcourt with 3.5 seconds left on the clock. Woodall took two dribbles, drove into the lane, and attempted to throw in a reverse layup into the hoop as time expired. Only the ball never got there. Shelton bodied up the guard as he got into the paint, then swatted away the futile attempt with great force. A Panthers' three-point attempt as time expired fell short, and the Cougars escaped with the 67-66 win.
Down one. Overtime. Two and a half seconds left. Senior Day. Against No. 14 Arizona State. That's the scene for senior Taylor Rochestie, who then buried a three from southern Canada to spring the upset. This is what's great about college hoops, and this is definitely the highlight of the Washington State options. Read the rest of this entry »


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Lollapalooza opened in Grant Park on Friday to -- what else? -- rain and a soggy turf that required wood chips to be imported and portions of Hutchinson Field to be roped off. Inclement weather is now a regular visitor at this festival, especially after a major storm prompted a brief evacuation last year.
The opening hours Friday weren't nearly so dramatic after morning rain puddled the field. The three-day, 30-hour, 130-band mega-concert is expected to draw 270,000 people to the park, and fatten the city's wallet by more than $4 million.
Greg Kot(GK), Bob Gendron(BG) and Andy Downing(AD) give us the play-by-play of day one.
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The act of taking off all of your clothes and sitting on the toilet to take a dump.
Man, I was at Brian's apartment yesterday, and he totally forgot someone was in the bathroom. He opened the door and accidentally caught a glimpse of Jon lopezing
Lopezing: define #2
vibing on a frat couch; being in your feelings; must wear aviators
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The Beatles are coming!: the birth of Beatlemania in America
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"The Beatles Are Coming!" covers the Beatles first visit to the United States and the events leading up to the group's arrival on February 7, 1964. It is the most thorough and accurate book ever published on how Beatlemania evolved in America. The book details why Capitol Records turned down the Beatles four times before finally agreeing to release their records. It tells the stories of two small companies, Vee-Jay and Swan, who issued the group's records without success in 1963. It details the American media coverage of the Beatles in late 1963, when Beatlemania was viewed as a curious fad happening in England that could never catch on in the United States. It explains how the Beatles were booked for "The Jack Paar Program" and "The Ed Sullivan Show," as well as two concerts at Carnegie Hall. The book concludes with stories and pictures of the Beatles historic first U.S. visit in February, 1964. The book contains over 450 images, including many previously unpublished photos of the Beatles. Foreword by Walter Cronkite.
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A Minor in Possession (MIP) charge in Georgia is usually a misdemeanor, and the consequences vary. Possession charges can result in jail time, an automatic 6-month license suspension, fines, community service or probation.
This punishment is not as strict as it is in some states, such as Florida or Illinois, where the use of a fake is a felony with a fine of up to $100,000 and sometimes up to 10 years in prison.
To combat usage of fake IDs, many states in recent years have added extra decoration, such as pictures and designs, to their licenses to make them harder to fake.
Inside News Bob The Cbs Dylan Archive One such example is California, which uses a tactile date of birth and signature, illustrations of well-known California landmarks in the background, and an ultraviolet photo and date of birth. Additionally, for minors, the card's orientation is vertical, whereas for people of age horizontal format is used.
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Just about a year after the discovery of the elusive "God particle," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Peter Higgs and François Englert with the Nobel Prize in Physics today.
The prize isn't for the discovery of the Higgs boson itself, but for the physicists proposing two independent theories about how particles acquire mass.
Surprisingly, Englert and Higgs had never met each other until recently, despite working in the same field and creating theories that tried to explain the same thing. "The first time I saw him was at the Fourth of July conference at CERN [in 2012]," said Englert at a news conference today, referring to the European particle physics laboratory. When asked what he would say to Higgs when he saw him again, Englert said, "Of course I'm going to congratulate him."
Like this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the physics prize was rewarded to research done several decades ago. Both Englert and Higgs published their initial theories of particles acquiring mass in 1964. But it was only as recently as last year that physicists at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN were able to put the theory to the test, observing a particle that fit the description of the Higgs boson.
The so-called "Standard Model" of particle physics explains how subatomic particles like electrons and quarks interact with one another. While much of the Standard Model neatly falls into place thanks to the existence of the Higgs boson, there are still other problems that physicists are looking into to figure out why the universe is the way it is.
The topics of dark matter and dark energy are still at the forefront puzzles that physicists are looking to solve, Englert added. However, Englert said that there is one problem that he sees above all the rest.
"In my opinion, the most fundamental problem that is not solved today ... is the problem of the quantization of gravity," he said, referring to the fact that physicists have yet to come up with a viable framework to seamlessly integrate Einstein's General Theory of Relativity with the Standard Model of particle physics.


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stevencseidel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 56 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
High energy, enthusiastic personal trainer/happy living expert is wanting a logo that can be used in multiple ways... website design, cards, packaging etc... The logo is just a start, there are plans to launch more things down the road, i just want to start establishing an identity.
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I want to brand mySELF basically. i want something that can be used in a very versatile way... like Martha Stewart or Oprah... I am a personal trainer as well as what I like to call a Happy Living Expert. I like to help people transform their lives not just physically, but spiritually and mentally as well... encouraging people to not just exist, but to find a whole new way to LIVE!
- Item 1...I'm pretty open to color schemes, although i actually am kind of partial to that green and brown that i see around but that may be played out...what do i know? ummm, other than that I like simple designs, minimalistic and modern. clean uncluttered lines without being cold and uninviting... is that too much of a paradox? I am open to having help with a 'tagline' that could sort of encompass my philosphy of transforming lives.
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On a recent summer day at the Paramount lot, the five members of the group SuperHeavy played along to a recording of their first single, "Miracle Worker," as a camera crane swooped over an assembled crowd of a few hundred and the music boomed. Onstage in the middle of the lot's faux urban streetscape,
lipped the words and moved like himself while the big crowd bounced along to an upbeat, dance hall-inspired pop song.
Budgets being what they are, it's not often that a music video in 2011 features a few hundred extras. But, then, it's not often that Mick Jagger is part of a new band.
It's only happened once before, and that was half a century ago when he teamed with
to form a group called the
. Since then the Glimmer Twin has either worked with the Stones as a solo artist, or as part of some one-off duet with
, the Jacksons or
Onstage at the video shoot alongside Jagger, 68, were his fellow bandmates in a quintet seemingly mixed and matched at random: songwriter, producer and
, 59, who hatched this idea with Jagger; British soul
, 24; Indian film composer (
, 45; and 33-year-old Jamaican toaster Damian Marley, son of reggae singer
and best known in America for the 2010 collaboration with rapper
, "Distant Relative." The five and a backing band moved through the song over and over again while the cameras rolled.
This is SuperHeavy, whose self-titled debut comes out Tuesday on A&M/Interscope Records and features something for fans not only of Jagger's full-time band, but those with an appreciation for genre-mashing beats and rhythms. It's a project that Stone explained best one afternoon at Henson Studios in Hollywood, where the album was recorded during two different 10-day sessions in 2009. The Los Angeles-based Stewart, she said, phoned her with a proposition. "He calls me up and says, 'Hey, I have this really fun plan: Mick, me, you. We'll find some other people. It'll be a laugh. You want to come?' 'Hell yeah.' 'Cool, I'll give you a call in a couple days.' And that was it."
Jagger gave his version of the story during a casual conversation in a suite at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills a few days earlier. The idea to make some music was hatched at Stewart's place in
, with the producer and longtime friend and collaborator working on doing "something a little bit different," said Jagger.
"Not just Anglo American kind of music or genre. We should bring in a few different ideas and have a few different vocalists. He said that would be easier. I said, 'That's not going to make it easier, Dave. It'd be easier if it were you and me.'"
But they started brainstorming, and after getting a commitment from Stone, who burst into the public eye in 2003 when she was 16, they continued down their list of potential collaborators. "The idea was to throw together a group of people that were willing to experiment a bit," said Jagger, "doing this kind of crossover genre, and see what came out. We'll just take a chance on it." A few unnamed musicians were busy and declined, while others, in Jagger's words, "had their egos." Entourages were prohibited.
Marley and Rahman committed, and the five converged at Henson Studios (a compound that in past years served as home to
's studios and, coincidentally, A&M Records) to merge the ideas of a superstar
vocalist, a synth-pop pioneer, a composer of Bollywood film scores, a blue-eyed soul belter and Jamaican reggae royalty.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, especially considering that some of the five were strangers to each other.
Marley, for example, going in only knew one Rolling Stones song, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Rahman appreciated Bob Marley's work, but was unfamiliar with both Damian and Stone's work. The Indian composer's training is in the classical realm.
Jagger hadn't met Damian, but the Stones singer and Bob Marley were London neighbors in the 1970s and used to record at the same Kingston studio. "That's where I met Bob," Jagger said. "He was in a studio recording 'Catch a Fire' and we were doing the overdubs of something — 'Black & Blue' maybe.'" (Note: it was, in fact, "Goat's Head Soup," recorded, like "Catch a Fire," at Dynamic Sound Studio in Jamaica.)
This unfamiliarity didn't worry Jagger or Stewart. "The idea was to get them into a room and see what you get cooperating as writing and playing," said Jagger. Augmented with a backing band that mostly featured a Jamaican rhythm section, the five felt free to, according to Jagger, "put whatever we wanted on top of it."
A few weeks later in a sound room at his Hollywood studio, Stewart sat in front of a mixing board and started booming tracks from the sessions, some of which extended to nearly an hour, with the five riffing, rhyming and toying with ideas. "I thought that was important to catch the meeting of these people," Stewart said. He described the process as "kind of an impressionistic patchwork of songs, lots of them, or jams, that we then put into focus.'"
Stewart, who said that so far there weren't plans for any SuperHeavy performances, moved from the sound room to a video studio, where footage of the sessions was being edited for a future project. It showed Jagger and Stone singing while Stewart, with ever-present beard and sunglasses, strummed along on guitar. "It was a very natural and organic meeting of minds and musicality that got refined as we got to know each other while playing with each other," Stewart said. "It got more complex."
The result is a dozen songs that move from swaggering Stones style rock ("Superheavy") to the groove-oriented
At times the product of this culture clash borders on pastiche, and pushes dangerously close to Komar and Melamid's 1997 project, "The World's Most
Song," which created musical ideas and instrumentation based on a poll of musical preferences. "Satyameva Jayathe," for example, features Rahman's chanted opening, then moves into an urgent dance hall rhythm and Jagger screaming something in Hindi. As the music world has gotten smaller, though, these kinds of border-jumping creations have increased.
But then, "Never Gonna Change" is a sweet ballad that sounds like a "Beggars Banquet" outtake, and features one of Jagger's strongest vocal turns in years. "Energy" is a Marley-propelled banger with a tag-team vocal hook from Jagger and Stone, who display a magnetic rapport throughout the 12-song album.
"Yeah, he makes me laugh," said Stone of Jagger. "The great thing about Mick is that he's got so much knowledge, and he's always sharing. And I'm always listening. Whenever he thinks I'm not, I am, and I take it all on board." Jagger, in fact, bought her a Shakespeare book during the sessions.
And at one point, Jagger recalled, he had an interaction with Rahman that showcased another side of that knowledge. Rahman had brought in a curious Middle Eastern stringed instrument and started playing it. The Stones singer smiled broadly as he recounted being able to identify the instrument. "I was very pleased with myself. I said, 'Nice santur part, A.R.' He said, 'How do you know this?'"
Jagger replied that the instrument was popular among his peers in the 1960s. "It was a very hippy thing to have this Persian classical instrument. Of course, I hadn't heard it since 1967."
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How do Amazon rankings work? What do they mean? How does ranking correlate to actual sales?
A pretty good explanation can be found at http://www.fonerbooks.com/surfing.htm.
That's all fine and dandy, but is it correct? How many books does it take to make your ranking soar? How many in one day? How many per hour?
I decided to try and find out.
On Thursday, August 25, at 9:22am, my Amazon ranking for Bloody Mary was 76,534.
This is a record of the next 24 hours:
August 25, 9:22am - Rank 76,534 - Ordered 2 copies of Bloody Mary.
9:49am - Rank 79,435
11:00am - Rank 79,435
2:24pm - Rank 24,411 - Ordered 2 more copies of Bloody Mary.
3:21pm - Rank 28,418
4:49pm - Rank 18,953 - Ordered 2 more copies of Bloody Mary.
6:38pm - Rank 22,103
7:18pm - Rank 25,418
8:00pm - Rank 17,993
9:40pm - Rank 20,142 - Ordered 2 more copies of Bloody Mary.
12:03am - Rank 27,590
12:30am - Rank 19,020
9:20am - Rank 26,011
Conclusions - Got me. I have no idea what this means. Sell two books every 3 hours and hover around 20,000? Sell eight books in a day and hover around 20,000?
I called Ingram (615-213-6803), which supplies Amazon, and so far this year they've distributed 816 Bloody Mary's. I don't know what percentage of these are through Amazon.
But then I'll look at the numbers of another thriller author who released a handcover at the same time as mine---about 8 weeks ago. Her Amazon rank averages between 3000 and 8000, and she's also been in the hundreds. A call to Ingram shows she's sold 1090 copies this year.
That means I've sold about 102 copies a week, while she's sold 136 copies a week, or 19 a day to my 14 a day.
All of those ARE NOT through Amazon.
Maybe we can say she's selling 10 a day through Amazon, which is keeping her in the 6000 range. I'm selling 7 a day, which is keeping me at 25,000.
Or maybe not.
I checked my friend's recent paperback rank: 25,646. My recent paperback rank is 212,332. But a call to Ingram tells me she has sold 786 this year, and I've sold 979. Huh?
So all in all, this stupid experiment has taught me nothing. Other than: don't worry about Amazon rankings.
Live and learn.
Anyone want to buy eight signed copies of Bloody Mary?
Sunday, August 28, 2005
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NBA Draft Picks by School Part IIIPosted by rtmsf on June 28th, 2007
Today is the final installment of the three-part series where we wanted to take a look at the NBA Draft broken down by school over the history of the modern NBA Draft (1949-2006). In Part I, we examined the raw numbers and made a rudimentary attempt at tying NBA talent to NCAA Tournament success. In Part II, we broke out the raw numbers by round selected, and then further sliced that data into an examination of "Top 10" and "Top 5" selections. Today we finish off the series by looking at draft selections by decade, hoping to see how things have trended over the entire era of the NBA Draft. See Table C below.
Table C. NBA Draft Picks by School & Decade (1949-2006)
Notes: this table is sorted by the Total Draftees column, and is limited to schools with a minimum of ten or more draft picks since 1949. The yellow shading refers to the highest number in that column.
Consistency. The first thing that struck us as interesting were the schools that were fairly consistent in providing draft picks throughout the NBA Draft era. UNC, Louisville, Kentucky and St. John's do not lead any particular decade, but each school has provided at least two picks per decade throughout. UCLA and Indiana have been similarly consistent over the entire period, but each also led a decade in picks (UCLA during the 70s; Indiana during the 80s).
Less Volume, but Still Consistent. Look at Big 10 stalwarts Illinois and Minnesota, along with Villanova and Utah. We've been clowning the Gophers all week, but surprisingly, they've consistently produced between 2 to 7 picks per decade – guess it's easy to forget about Willie Burton and Joel Przybilla. The same is true for the Illini (between 2 to 7 per decade), Villanova (2 to 5) and Utah (2 to 5). Maryland, Syracuse, Ohio St., Marquette, Wake Forest, Temple, USC, Stanford, Memphis, Tennessee, Oregon, BYU, Mississippi St., LaSalle and Bradley are some of the other schools with at least one draft pick per decade.
The USF Dons Represent a Bygone Era
Whatever happened to…? The University of San Francisco, led by KC Jones and Bill Russell, produced fourteen draft picks from 1949-79, and only two since. Eight of Kansas St.'s fourteen total draft picks were produced from 1949-69, but there's only been one since 1989 (Steve Henson in 1990) – it even led the 1940s/50s with seven picks. And despite its recent renaissance under John Beilein and the proliferation of draft picks to come under Bob Huggins, West Virginia has only had one draft pick since 1968 (seven overall)! Another early producer Holy Cross (six overall) hasn't had any picks since 1969; and Grambling (nine overall) hasn't had any since 1978.
These Two Schools Have Come On Strong
Late Bloomers. The biggest examples of late bloomers have to be Arizona and Connecticut. Arizona's first draft pick was in 1974, and it has produced thirty-three more since, good enough for sixth (tied with UK) all-time. Connecticut is even more shocking – the Huskies' first pick was Cliff Robinson in 1989 (!!!), but it has produced twenty picks since (1.11 picks per year). Duke also has to be mentioned here. The Devils had good success in the early years (seven picks through the 70s), but have had thirty-two draft picks since 1980, twenty-six of those since 1990 (1.44 picks per year). They were second in the 90s with fifteen picks, and are currently tied with UConn leading the 2000s with eleven picks. No wonder they've been so good. Other late bloomers include Georgia Tech (22 of its 24 picks since 1982), Michigan St. (24 of its 26 picks since 1979), Georgetown (17 of 18 since 1980), Alabama (19 of 23 since 1982), Texas (15 of 17 since 1982), and Georgia (13 of 14 since 1982). After tonight's draft, Florida could have as many as 14 of its 15 picks since 1984, but we already knew the Gators were a late bloomer. As a bit of an anomaly among the traditional powers, Kansas didn't really begin consistent production of draft picks until the 70s (24 of 27 picks since 1972).
Coaches. The one trend we see with many of these late bloomers is how important coaches are to the talent level of a program. UNC, Louisville, UCLA, Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana have had great coaches throughout most of their histories. It makes sense that these schools have also been the most consistent at putting talent into the NBA Draft. But look at some of the other schools, particularly the late bloomers. Jim Calhoun has been responsible for every single one of UConn's draft picks; Lute Olson has been responsible for all but five of Arizona's draft picks (85%), and Coach K for 74% of Duke's all-time picks. Bobby Cremins at Georgia Tech (79%), John Thompson at Georgetown (83%), and the Jud Heathcote/Tom Izzo reign at Michigan St. (92%) show just how important a single coach can be to a program.
Final Thoughts. This has been a fun experiment, and in only a few hours, we get to update all of our data with draft data from 2007. Something tells us that Florida and Ohio State's numbers are going to be rising. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and commentary. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming…


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"We are pleased to announce a state-of-the-art IT center with progressive technology classes for students to earn high school and college credit," said Dr. Leigh Webb, Centennial High School principal. "The primary classroom will have 28 iMacs and state-of-the-art software to prepare our students for IT careers."
While the number of IT jobs in Middle Tennessee is rapidly growing, a deficit in the number of qualified applicants remains. Through this collaborative effort, the WIT Center will promote interest and training in the IT professions among the young people of Williamson County by hosting college credit courses, summer camps, IT competitions and workforce development training.
"There is a huge deficit in the number of qualified employees for the IT industry, particularly in Williamson and Davidson Counties," said Dearl Lampley, dean of the science, technology and mathematics division at Columbia State. "The concept is to develop a holistic approach to promote IT as a career and to provide that training at the high school level, the college level, and in the workforce."
Dr. Janet F. Smith, Columbia State president, presented the concept for the center to Dr. Mike Looney, superintendent of Williamson County Schools, who fully supported the idea. Webb and Lampley spearheaded the project to make it happen.
"The reality of it is, Columbia State has been one of our very best partners in making sure that we provide quality opportunities and outcomes for our boys and girls," Looney said. "We look forward to continuing this strong relationship that we have and continuing to expand the opportunities where we blur the lines between traditional high school courses and college courses for the young men and women that we serve in our district."
"This is not only an incredible day for the Cougar Nation, it's an incredible day for our community," said Anderson. "I think this is a wonderful step in the right direction, and it fits in with the board's strategic plan. On behalf of the board, I'd like to thank Columbia State for partnering with Centennial High School to make this a reality."
Smith said the partnership was initiated for growth and opportunities for the students of Williamson County and as a way for students to transition into college and careers.
"This partnership shows that we all are working together for the betterment of the students," Smith said. "This is a way we've not worked together before, and it's the wave of the future. I think the lines will be blurred, and through continued support, I think we can only have a much stronger education system for our students that are here."
Webb noted that the first classes available this fall will be offered in two tracks, the first of which will include networking, while the second track will offer computer programming and web development. She explained that students will be able to sign up for the IT courses as electives or part of the 3-year track that fulfills the Tennessee high school graduation requirements.
The WIT Center will open this fall and provide high school students the opportunity to take courses through Columbia State's dual enrollment program, which will allow students to earn both high school and college credits simultaneously. Courses will include computer applications, mobile app design and robotics.
The WIT Center is made possible by funding from Columbia State and will occupy an existing classroom, which is currently under renovation, at Centennial High School. In addition to the iMac computers and software, the center will house a large, interactive teacher workstation and four large TV screens to maximize teachable space.
"It's a wonderful day that Columbia State and Williamson County Schools have joined together," Smith said. "Centennial will house the initial WIT Center of Excellence, and it's our hope that it's the first of many to come."
Photo Caption: A rising senior at Centennial High School, Alyssa Ward was a member of the design and branding committee. Her design was selected as the official logo for the WIT Center.
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Last reminder that the deadline for eligibility in the drawing for a free room at the Sheraton during the conference week – to be eligible you must register for the conference and the hotel on or before March 28. Please go to www.Philly2009.org and click on the Registration button to learn more details about this great prize. The drawing will be held during the first week of April and the winner notified shortly thereafter.
Other conference news: The preliminary program will be on the website about April 1. You will be impressed and excited by the many wonderful sessions that will take place.
- Click on the Research Opportunities button to see a wonderful Philadelphia Resource Guide. This is must reading to learn about all the resources available for carrying out research while there.
- Click on the button for Jewish History of Philadelphia to learn about the rich Jewish history of the city.
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Robert E. Lee
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Patrick R. Cleburne (1828 - 1864)
The most popular Confederate division commander was the "Stonewall of the West"-Patrick R. Cleburne. Appropriately, the native of County Cork was born on St. Patrick's Day and became the only product of the Emerald Isle to become a Confederate major general. Failing the language requirements for a druggist's degree, he served with the British 4lst Regiment of Foot as an officer for a number of years before purchasing his way out.
Emigrating to America, he became a druggist and then a highly successful property attorney. He joined the Confederacy, and his military assignments included: captain, Company F, lst Arkansas State Troops (early 1861); colonel, lst Arkansas State Troops (early 1861); colonel, 15th Arkansas (designation change July 23, 1861); commanding 2nd Brigade, lst (Hardee's) Division, Army of Central Kentucky, Department #2 (fall 1861 - March 29, 1862); commanding 2nd Brigade, Hardee's Division, Army of the Mississippi July 2 - August 15, 1862); commanding 2nd Brigade, Buckner's Division, Left Wing, Army of the Mississippi (August 15-30, October - October 8, and October - November 20, 1862); commanding 2nd Brigade, Buckner's Division, Hardee's-Breckinridge's Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 20 - December 1862); major general, CSA (December 20, 1862 to rank from the 13th); commanding the division (December 1862 - November 30, 1863); commanding division, Hardee's (Polk's old)- Cheatham's Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 30, 1863 - January 1864, January-August 3 1, and September 2 - November 30, 1864); and commanding the corps (August 31 - September 2, 1864).
At the head of the Yell Rifles, he served in Arkansas before being named as commander of the state unit. Transferred with William J. Hardee to central Kentucky, he was promoted to brigadier general and fought at Shiloh and during the siege of Corinth. Taking part in the Kentucky Campaign, he was wounded at both Richmond and Perryville. Promoted to major general, he commanded a division at Murfreesboro, during the Tullahoma Campaign, and at Chickamauga. A favorite of Jefferson Davis, he is credited with covering the retreat from Chattanooga after his splendid defense of Tunnel Hill.
That winter he proposed that in order to reinforce the Confederate armies slavery would have to be abolished in a "reasonable time" and blacks be recruited for military service on the promise of their freedom. The proposal was rejected by the Richmond authorities and would not be passed by the Confederate Congress until a couple of months after Cleburne's death. Cleburne went on to command his division, and briefly the corps, through the Atlanta Campaign and then with Hood into middle Tennessee.
At the battle of Franklin on November 20, 1864 he became the senior of six Confederate generals to die in this fight, which did little more than commit mass suicide against the Union works. His death was a calamity to the Confederate cause perhaps only exceeded by the death of Stonewall Jackson. First buried near Franklin, Cleburne's remains were later removed to Helena, Arkansas.
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(Dedicated to the memory of all the souls who kept their Sacred Contract at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who are now part of our Ancestor network, enabling us to grieve, to release and transform our ancestral pain. Thank you.)
The cultural transformation from the love of power to the power of love is the drama of our times. Ours is an era that future historians will look back upon, marveling at the magnitude of the challenges and changes we are now experiencing. They will call it a time of Great Awakening, a time when the best and the worst of humanity played their parts in the fate of human evolution. But if future generations are alive to tell this story, it will only be because the best of humanity prevailed and pulled together with a love so profound that the seemingly impossible was achieved. –Anodea Judith, from "Waking the Global Heart"(2006)
A Long Awaited Event
This month on Friday, December 21st, a long-awaited event will take place. It is the dawning of a new age of human evolution. It is called the Age of Illumination, by some indigenous people and me, and multitudes of people will be gathering all around the planet to celebrate the birth of a more enlightened era. (See website www.birth2012.com) In preparation for the 2012 Shift, we have grown our collective consciousness by initiating a willingness to choose Love over Fear. Potent evidence of this shift is our learning how to release and transform the pain of the past rather than transferring it and resigning ourselves to a life of struggling and suffering. It has become more socially acceptable to seek Forgiveness than to seek Revenge.
Mister Rogers Rides Again!
And who knew, that it would be Mr. Rogers who would present me with a powerful insight and teaching for navigating this Age of Illumination. (Well, I really am not surprised because his teachings helped me transform fear into gratitude back in 2008. But that's another story for later.) A documentary was released earlier this year called, "Mister Rogers and Me," that honors Mister Rogers for the amazing impact his gentle and powerful ministry to children had on adults. The film shows Mister Rogers as a true wisdom keeper, messenger and healer, and I was most affected by the following quotes:
"Deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex. Simple is not the same as easy. Simple is often very difficult. Simple is right. Human life is very deep and our modern lifestyle is not. "
–Mister Rogers
Wow! Ain't that the truth! And, I add to these quotes that deep and simple is hard to become because it's about telling the truth, to ourselves and others. The Age of Illumination requires a conscious effort on our part to choose what is right, and to do it simply through faith, Grace, and gratitude.
Deep & Simple versus Shallow & Complex
The old paradigms that are shifting right before our very eyes are giving way to new thought patterns designed to enable us to experience our Divinity Within, our internal power, which Gary Zukav so elegantly popularized through "The Seat of the Soul" starting in 1989. It's so time for each and every one of us to fully embrace the truth, the depth of our human existence, and let go of our dependence upon the Matrix –- the illusion that power as external. For those who haven't yet taken the red pill, the shift is going to help make that an easy and effortless choice because the Matrix is disintegrating. So I'm going to share some characteristics of a lifestyle that is shallow & complex versus one that is deep and simple. And, I'm not sharing anything you don't already know!
The shallow and complex lifestyle is primarily characterized as a life devoid of loving purpose, with limited emotional intelligence, and having no viable connection to the Divine, to Source. By viable I mean the ability to believe in the pure Love of the Universe and make right choices despite what others may say or do. The shallow and complex lifestyle is rooted in fear/victim consciousness and fuels greed (you are never enough), promotes vengeance (you are unwilling to receive the grace of Forgiveness), and breeds domestic and all forms of violence and injustice (you transfer pain instead of being able to transform it). Common belief systems operating within a shallow and complex lifestyle are as follows:
"It's not me, it's them. The world is out to get me."
Control drama and attachment: "If I don't do it, it won't be right.
"I'm not enough. What do I have to do/say/be in order to be liked or loved?"
"I'm better than them. I can't let them win."
"Why do things always have to change and make it harder for me?"
The deep and simple lifestyle is primarily characterized as a life full of loving purpose, with unbounded emotional intelligence, and having a viable connection to Divinity within and that which is beyond human capacity to imagine or know. The deep and simple lifestyle is rooted in love/Grace consciousness and promotes gratitude and appreciation (you are enough), ignites compassion (willingness to ask and receive the grace of Forgiveness daily), and creates significant opportunities for personal and interpersonal peacemaking and reconciliation (you are able to transform your pain instead of transferring it). Common belief systems operating within a deep and simple lifestyle are:
"All that can show up is what I believe about myself. The world is out to gift me.
"I trust that my efforts are never in vain, but may not produce the outcome I would like. I can learn to trust the process."
"I am enough, and people can love me exactly the way I am. I choose to grow myself to be in full alignment with my loving purpose."
"I am unique and my difference is to be valued, not compared to others. I believe in win-win, not win-lose because there are no disposable people on this Earth."
"Change is challenging but inevitable. Growth is optional, and I choose to embrace change as a growth opportunity. I believe in the truth of my Sacred Contract."
Choosing Love over Fear
Learning to live a deeply and simply requires a mental and spiritual attitude that is grounded in the pure Love of the Universe. To master the Love Posture is no different from any other skill-building process – it must be practiced. And, a key ingredient of the practice is learning to regulate how we think, behave and relate to ourselves and others. Below are 5 elemental Love Postures I recommend for deep and daily practice during the coming year. I will discuss them in contrast to the 5 primal Fear Postures associated with the shallow and complex lifestyle, which must be transcended in order to support our human evolution of consciousness. These Postures will be the foundation of my elemental rituals, radio/media communications, and writings during 2013.
Fire Posture - Acceptance and Faith: When I accept the truth of my Earthly existence, both the good and the bad, I can then impact the quality of my living through my Faith in my Divine existence. As a human being, when bad things occur, I will go into denial (This can't be happening to me!) and plunge into despair (There's something wrong with me!). But I can choose to transcend this reactive response and adopt a creative response, by going beyond the limits of my trouble box through asking and thanking my God for revealing the treasure that is always embedded in the challenge. Immaculee Ilibagiza's "Left To Tell" is an awesome example of the power of Acceptance & Faith. She survived the Rwanda Genocide in a closet-sized bathroom with 6 other women, and taught herself to read English while enduring starvation for 90 days.
Water Posture - Trust & Unconditional Love: Trust can be easily broken, but it can be repaired, because the ability to trust resides within and is not dependent upon the actions of someone else. And, people can grow and heal from their pain and fear, which is the belief of unconditional love. The lack of trust in a relationship fuels the need for external control (Men/women/teens can't be trusted!) and attachment (I need to figure out how to get that person to do and be what I need in order to trust). Once someone demonstrates that they are untrustworthy a boundary must be set, but we can't make someone change. What we can do through the grace of Forgiveness and unconditional love is to release our attachment to the victim role we played, and accept the person as an evolutionary teacher, come to reveal our pain so we can heal it.
Earth Posture - Personal Sovereignty & Vulnerability: We must be grounded in the truth of who we are –- Divine beings on a mission to choose love over fear-- in order to have relationships that are authentic, loving and supportive of our truth. Until we are able to believe that people can love us for our truth, our insecurity and co-dependency (external focus on what someone thinks of me and no internal consideration of what I think of my Self), are evidence of an undeveloped belief in our supreme and independent power/authority over and responsibility for our thoughts, choices, and resulting behaviors. Authenticity emerges from vulnerability which comes from a willingness to feel and to experience "not knowing." In a numbed out culture, emotional intelligence is hard to come by, although in her Ted Talk video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=
X4Qm9cGRub0 that has over 800,000 views and counting, Brené Brown says, "Vulnerability (tenderness) is the birthplace of love, joy, happiness, and fulfillment."
As we continue learning to appreciate the depth of our human existence, our connectedness to everyone and everything, we will stop denying our feelings and giving our power away under the delusion that these actions will insure our safety, our happiness, and our experience of love.
Mineral Posture - Curiosity and Excitement: As humans, our natural curiosity and ability to learn is what makes life exciting. Before standardized testing, a person was more able to discover and value their genius – like Phyllis Wheatley, Thomas Edison, and my grandfather, who could fix anything in and around the house. None of them took an SAT or an ACT. Arrogance and our addiction to anxiety are the obvious results when the love of learning and discovery of loving purpose is overshadowed by competitive measurements of intelligence to determine quality of life.
Education/learning has become a survival mechanism versus a tool for living on purpose. People leave academia more afraid than when they went in because traditionally there are no conscious spiritual growth opportunities involved in the learning process. Education/learning becomes an accumulation of knowledge in order to prove that one is worthy of "white collar" employment, and salary above minimum wage. Education is not meant for achieving meaning and purpose in life, and it ought to be. Education/learning is supposed to involve authentic communication, sharing of knowledge, practicing wisdom, and making a significant contribution to the community. How shallow our educational systems are for the emphasis on "making a living,"(math & science over wood shop and orchestra) or feeling superior to those who don't have a college degree. A deep and simple lifestyle is fueled by your ability to remain curious and excited about your purpose, that of all life forms, and the power of love until the day you die.
Nature Posture - Fulfillment & Gratitude: Fulfillment is the experience of fullness and satisfaction in the heart and soul, and gratitude is the attitude that enables us to live fully. We feel fulfillment and then we act grateful. Then along comes some form of trauma that awakens our pain body which teaches us coping mechanisms for numbing and ignoring the pain. And, when we numb our pain we also numb our ability to feel what is enough. Combine this with satisfaction overshadowed by competition, and the forgetting of the cosmic law that to everything there is a season, we will embrace greediness (The more I have, the better I will be), and envy (The grass is always greener on the other side) as postures for success. Of course we will only succeed at becoming more insatiable and frustrated by a no-win pursuit of happiness.
Thank God we live in an ever-changing Universe that is cyclical in nature. Thank God we also have free will. Thank God we can choose to transcend these postures of fear and embrace the postures of love (acceptance & faith, trust & unconditional love, personal sovereignty & vulnerability, curiosity & excitement). The practice of Love postures not only greatly contributes to the transformation of our pain, but it will always manifest fulfillment. This in turn will enable us to practice "gratitude attitude." Melodie Beattie, author of that classic self-help book, Co-dependent No More, says, "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more."
In Conclusion:
It is my hope that conscious awareness of the 5 elemental Love postures will enable you to recognize and shift away from the thoughts and behaviors of the 5 primal Fear postures. The more of us who commit to walking the Awakened Path, the more our ability to choose Love over Fear will become as easy and natural as rolling off a log.
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Reggie Wayne's injury cast a pall over the Colts' invigorating win against Denver. He crumpled to the turf without sustaining contact, and now there's real fear he's done for the season.
An open Wayne tried to reach back for an underthrown ball in the fourth quarter of last night's game (gif here), and immediately clutched at his right knee. Team doctors initially diagnosed him with a torn ACL, which would end the 34-year-old's season and possibly more. An MRI will be conducted today, and though the Colts are "hoping for a miracle," it doesn't look good.
Wayne had to be convinced to return when Peyton Manning left down, but he's proven himself more than just a veteran presence on a young team. He leads all Colts in receptions, yards, and targets, and leaves behind a not-particularly-balanced passing attack that relied almost solely on him, T.Y. Hilton, Darrius Heyward-Bey, and TE Coby Fleener.
Andrew Luck knows that if hadn't underthrown that pass, Wayne doesn't get hurt. "I put a lot of blame on myself for missing him," he said in the locker room. "I don't think there was anyone within a square mile of him."
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Heritage Action gets the message
When Speaker John Boehner declared in December that conservative groups like Heritage Action for America had "lost all credibility," Washington was stunned.
For years, the powerful organizations had pushed congressional Republicans further and further to the right, keeping score of every vote — even if a "no" vote meant shutting down the government.
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But Heritage Action is now rolling out a less confrontational approach by holding its first-ever Conservative Policy Summit on Monday to celebrate ideas from conservative stars like Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas, and Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho on everything from health care to education. It's a sign that the conservative wing of the party heard Boehner loud and clear. Heritage Action is willing to adapt — but it isn't going away.
"We wanted to do something that highlights the fact that there's a bold, conservative reform agenda," said Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham.
The question: Will a gentler and more proactive Heritage Action pull the same weight on Capitol Hill, where it has often shaped the priorities of House Republicans by trying to block bills, not pass them?
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The strained relationship between Boehner and groups like Heritage Action — The Heritage Foundation's lobbying arm — has brought the long-simmering GOP civil war into full view.
In an interview last week at Heritage Action's Capitol Hill offices, Needham said Boehner's comments in December were a distraction, and he defended his organization's work lobbying Congress.
"What we're trying to do is educate the grass roots and give the grass roots voice in Washington," Needham said. "We're not trying to make this about us. The speaker clearly is trying to make it about the groups."
But there are still clearly hard feelings on Capitol Hill, where top Republicans blame Heritage Action for pursuing an unworkable strategy to gut Obamacare that triggered the government shutdown.
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"The problem is that they aren't 'educating' the grass roots, they're misleading them," a GOP leadership aide said. "For example, by telling them we can defund Obamacare with control of only one House in Congress. And when it turned out they didn't actually have a plan to win in the Senate, let alone get President [Barack] Obama to sign anything into law, the only effect was to damage the party and disillusion committed conservatives across the country."
The influence of Heritage Action and other conservative groups appears to have declined recently, especially in the House. Scores of Republicans defied Heritage Action's opposition to bipartisan budget, government funding and farm bills that passed the House by comfortable margins.
The group faces its next test as the House GOP wrestles with immigration reform — a policy that Needham says shouldn't be addressed this year. Boehner has backed down from his push for an overhaul in 2014, saying last week that it will be difficult for congressional Republicans to pursue legislation because they don't trust President Barack Obama.
Heritage Action and similar groups built their clout in Washington by developing so-called scorecards that rate lawmakers on how they vote on key legislation. Though Heritage Action isn't shuttering the scorecards and will continue aggressive email campaigns, lawmakers say the threat of a low rating doesn't pack the punch it once did.
"I don't look at them," said Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who received a 39 percent rating from Heritage Action. "More and more members need to understand, they represent their constituents, not outside groups."
Others said a bevy of new lawmakers who had never before experienced a shutdown are now unlikely to pay much attention to outside groups going forward.
"Their influence has waned since they became such a political arm. When they were a think tank, when it was Heritage Foundation, I think a lot of us read their material, listened to it, went to it for advice," said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). "Since they became so political, a lot of people said: 'I don't need that anymore.'"
Needham said interest in Heritage Action is at an all-time high and pointed to the defeat of a farm bill in June 2013 as the group's greatest victory in the past year.
"This summer, when 62 voted against the farm bill, conservatives, the grass roots were the most powerful people in the world. A week ago … the same exact number for all intents and purposes vote against it and allegedly conservative grass roots have no voice in Washington anymore," Needham said.
The House and Senate passed a version of the farm bill last week with commanding majorities. Obama signed it into law on Friday.
Now, as lawmakers embark on a five-year journey to write the next farm bill, Needham has big ambitions. He hopes to be in the room with the House Agriculture Committee to exercise the muscle Heritage Action showed in 2013. He hopes to repeat the same playbook by bending transportation and education re-authorization bills to the right later this year.
Needham, who sees his organization as an underdog up against a "broken" Washington, said he has no regrets about how the shutdown played out. In fact, he'd "absolutely" do it again.
Conservatives "felt like there was a fight; they felt like Washington, D.C., the House of Representatives actually heard them say this was a fight we want you to get engaged in. And they did it for 16 days," Needham said. "They're disappointed that Senate Republicans not only didn't fight, but seemed kind of emotionally invested in the strategy failing and they actually worked against it."


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Murphy is a major work in progress. It took about 8 months for him to get over his fear of the box. As you know, we tried him on meds, but took him off. On Friday, he was able to do full runs, only running off once! He was ale to function with another dog in the lane behind him, which is HUGE for him.
I know this is kind of a minor brag, but I'm so proud of my little hound puppy. I never thought we could get even to this point. Erin is an awesome instructor and has had a lot of patience with him, even when I haven't.
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Tires are 235/55r19 and replaced OEM Hankook 725's that were near warning indicator at 21k. The Hankooks were smooth at any speed, but were harsh on broken concrete. They would also spin in the wet pretty easy at 21k. I did a lot of research. Michelin's Latitudes were recommended but were more expensive than the Cooper Ultra T at the places I looked. I have driven 1k with the Coopers and I love them. They are much smoother over broken concrete, not harsh at all. They are quiet. They are excellent in the rain. I have had them up to 80mph and they were smooth. My flex is FWD. It was quite easy to spin the tires with the Hankooks. The coopers have been grippy in the wet and the snow/ice. We have not had any deep snow yet, but I think they will be ok for a 19 inch tire. I do think my mpg is down a little. But the Hankooks were like rocks and didn't seem to have any friction. But you need to roll 2k miles or so to really judge. As the miles accumulate, I have noticed the tires seem to be getting better on rolling and traction. As for steering response, I don't think they are as sharp as the Hankooks, but they still are very good. Very nice trade off, as I don't run autocross in my flex. I am very happy with the tires and recommend them to anyone.
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I have these tires on a couple of my vehicles! absolutely one of the nicest tires out there. Smooth riding and great performance! Good in snow! Life of the tires is also great!
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These tires a great!, I've put them on three different cars, they are quiet, they ride nice, wear nice, and last. I travel 35,000 plus per year for work, and these tires last, cut though the snow, and handle great on wet pavement.
I bought these tires from Discount tires direct. I had my fingers crossed hoping they would be good tires at such a low price. They have gone beyond any new tires at any price. The blimp tires that came on the car just sucked. They are extremely quiet, handling is like a different car wet traction is great and snow traction was surprisingly good.
From day 1 this tire vibrated for the first 15 minutes of driving from flat spotting. Never improved, and only got 25,000 miles out of them and had to replace them with a different brand. Will never use Cooper tires again. I have them on 3 of my vehicles but will be replacing these as well.
These tires were garbage I have never had a tire go bad in under 12,000 miles. But these did. I tried to get reimbursed for the tires and cooper refused the worst customer service I will never own a cooper tire again. Very disappointed
I just rotated my tires and what a surprise. These tires are wore out. I use to get 44-50,000 miles on the CR4's and they discontinued them.
I then put on the Zeon's they went 16,000 miles.
I was told by my garage the Zeons were not even rated for my Maxima. However they are still on Coopers suggested tire list.
These CS5's went 21773 miles . I told my wife if she drove her car we would have to change tires once a year. She puts on 10,000 miles a year and i had the car aligned and i rotate the tires. They don't wear unevenly THEY WEAR OUT. Apparently all that friction sitting in the garage. So if you are looking for a good tire I already did the testing for you. Don't buy these. Trust me I have all of the records and take my word for it. I care, otherwise I wouldn't take all this time to warn you.
I own an auto repair shop, and we sell tires. Put a set of these on my wife's car, and didn't tell her. She was going out of town, and called me wanting to know what I did to her car to make it so quiet. The CS5 ULTRA TOURING is one of the best riding, quietest , tires I have ever sold. The price point makes it very easy to sell.
I was ready to trade in my 2016 Ford Fusion. Once I replaced the Goodyear Eagles, which were horrible in weather, I am now happy with my car. What a difference! Great wet traction, no noise. Wondering how well they will do in snow. Well worth the $175 per tire.
got these installed today and what a difference tire dealer steered me away from michlin and goodyear and parelli cooper was the best tire for my 2013 edge 20 inch option wheel he runs same tire on his sportscar and his rogue nice and quiet and all the noises my car made are gone I gave 4 stars because they are new today time will tell if they stay great
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Checking in on… the Big EastPosted by Brian Goodman on March 2nd, 2011
Rob Dauster of Ballin' Is A Habit is the RTC correspondent for the Big East Conference.
A Look Back
Players of the Week: Ben Hansbrough and Tim Abromaitis, Notre Dame: Ben Hansbrough was sensational this week. In three games, he averaged 27.7 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game. He shot 25-40 (62.5%) from the field, 12-20 from three (60%), and 21-25 (84%) from the line. Efficient much? Abromaitis was just as good. Prior to this week, Abro had scored 13 points just once since January 8. He scored at least 22 points in each games this week, averaging 26.7 PPG and 5.7 RPG. He shot 27-49 (55.1%) from the floor and 17-29 (58.6%) from three. When those two are clicking like that, the Irish are going to be very tough to beat.
Team of the Week: Louisville: The Cardinals just keep rolling along. After sweeping Rutgers and Pittsburgh this week, Louisville has now won three games in a row to move into a tie with St. John's for third place in the conference standings. Finishing in the top four would give the Cardinals one of the double-byes in the Big East Tournament. The bad news? The Cardinals lost Rakeem Buckles for the season with a torn ACL in the win over Pitt.
Power Rankings (overall and conference records, and last week's ranking in parentheses)
1. Pittsburgh (25-4, 13-3) (1)
Last Week: 2/24 vs. West Virginia 71-58, 2/27 @ Louisville 59-62 OT
This Week: 3/2 @ South Florida, 3/5 vs. Villanova
I've been saying it all season long — Pitt is susceptible to being upset when they are pressured. Ashton Gibbs, Brad Wanamaker, and Travon Woodall are all terrific basketball players, but none of them are what you would consider a great ball handler. It cost them against Louisville. But they were also hurt against the Cardinals with their inability to get to the offensive glass. The biggest reason Pitt is such an offensively efficient team is their ability to score on second and third shots.
2. Notre Dame (24-5, 13-4) (2)
Last Week: 2/23 @ Providence 94-93, 2/26 vs. Seton Hall 60-48, 2/28 vs. Villanova 93-72
This Week: 3/5 @ UConn
See the above "Player of the Week" feature to read about the surprise near the top of the standings.
3. Louisville (22-7, 11-5) (5)
Last Week: 2/22 @ Rutgers 55-37, 2/27 vs. Pitt 62-59 OT
This Week: 3/2 vs. Providence, 3/5 @ West Virginia
See this week's "Team of the Week" to see what has the Cardinals rolling into March
4. St. John's (19-9, 11-5) (4)
Last Week: 2/23 vs. DePaul 76-51, 2/26 @ Villanova 81-68
This Week: 3/3 @ Seton Hall, 3/5 vs. South Florida
The Johnnies just keep on winning. After knocking off Villanova on Saturday, their streak has been extended to seven consecutive wins in the Big East (seven of eight overall, as there was a trip to UCLA thrown in that mix). The catalyst has been Dwight Hardy, also known as the "Baddest Man on the Planet", who is averaging 28.3 points per game over the last eight games to throw his name into the mix for Big East player of the year.
5. Syracuse (24-6, 11-6) (6)
Last Week: 2/26 @ Georgetown 58-51
This Week: 3/5 @ DePaul
Here's my concern with Syracuse: they blew a big lead to Georgetown, who was without Chris Wright, and had to rely on Scoop Jardine to save the day. Scoop's a good player, but he's not exactly what I would term "consistent." They got nothing from Kris Joseph or Brandon Triche in the game. Rick Jackson is a glorified glue guy (and I mean that as an enormous compliment). Road wins at Villanova and Georgetown will move you up in the Power Rankings, but I'm not buying this team in the long term.
6. Connecticut (21-7, 9-7) (7)
Last Week: 2/24 vs. Marquette 67-74 OT, 2/27 @ Cincinnati 67-59
This Week: 3/2 @ West Virginia, 3/5 vs. Notre Dame
I wrote an extensive post on the Huskies and their reliance on Kemba Walker's offensive output yesterday. Essentially, the key for UConn on the offensive end is to get movement going around Kemba. Defenses are going to collapse on him, but help defense is much tougher when the offensive players are moving without the ball. UConn struggles when they are reduced to standing around and watching Kemba try to score.
7. Georgetown (22-7, 10-7) (3)
Last Week: 2/23 vs. Cincinnati 46-58, 2/26 vs. Syracuse 51-58
This Week: 3/5 @ Cincinnati
The Hoyas clearly still have fight in them, but without Chris Wright, this team is thoroughly mediocre. They simply don't have enough offensive firepower. Wright is the Hoyas' best playmaker and best creator. When he isn't on the floor, Georgetown's offense is no where near as dynamic or dangerous.
8. Villanova (21-8, 9-8) (8)
Last Week: 2/26 vs. St. John's 68-81, 2/28 @ Notre Dame 72-93
This Week: 3/5 @ Pitt
Villanova is in a free fall. Honestly, I have no idea what to make of this team. They've lost five of seven and seven of 11. They certainly have talent on their roster, especially in the backcourt, but for the second straight season, the wheels have come off.
On the Bubble:
9. West Virginia (18-10, 9-7) (9)
Last Week: 2/24 @ Pitt 58-71, 2/27 @ Rutgers 65-54
This Week: 3/2 vs. UConn, 3/5 vs. Louisville
West Virginia probably isn't in any danger of missing the NCAA Tournament, but if they lose to both UConn and Louisville this week, then bow out in the first round of the Big East Tournament, the committee is going to have to take a look.
10. Marquette (18-11, 9-7) (10)
Last Week: 2/24 @ UConn 74-67 OT, 2/27 vs. Providence 86-62
This Week: 3/2 vs. Cincinnati, 3/5 @ Seton Hall
Marquette's win over the Huskies on Thursday all but sent Buzz Williams' team to the NCAA Tournament. If they can close out against Cincy and Seton Hall, they will lock up their bid.
11. Cincinnati (22-7, 9-7) (11)
Last Week: 2/23 @ Georgetown 58-46, 2/27 vs. UConn 59-67
This Week: 3/2 @ Marquette, 3/5 vs. Georgetown
Cincinnati can probably feel a bit safer than Marquette at this point. They have fewer losses and a better RPI. But with Marquette and Georgetown on the schedule for this week, they need to play like they're still trying to get in.
Off The Bubble:
12. Rutgers (14-15, 4-12) (12)
Last Week: 2/22 vs. Louisville 37-55, 2/27 vs. West Virginia 54-65
This Week: 3/2 @ DePaul, 3/5 @ Providence
13. Seton Hall (11-17, 5-11) (13)
Last Week: 2/26 @ Notre Dame 48-60
This Week: 3/3 vs. St. John's, 3/5 vs. Marquette
14. Providence (14-15, 3-13) (14)
Last Week: 2/23 vs. Notre Dame 93-94, 2/27 @ Marquette 62-86
This Week: 3/2 @ Louisville, 3/5 vs. Rutgers
15. South Florida (8-21, 2-14) (15)
Last Week: 2/26 @ DePaul 86-76
This Week: 3/2 vs. Pitt, 3/5 @ St. John's
16. DePaul (7-19, 1-13) (16)
Last Week: 2/23 @ St. John's 51-76, 2/26 vs. South Florida 76-86
This Week: 3/2 vs. Florida, 3/5 @ Syracuse
A Look Ahead
There are some really important games down the stretch that will determine the seeding for the Big East tournament as well as seeding (and bids) for the NCAA Tournament. With five teams currently sitting with seven or eight losses in the 7-11 spots in the standings, the race will be on to see who gets those last two first-round byes.


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Rev Wright Says Obama Tried To Pay For His Silence
The Reverend Wright scandal continues to plague the Obama campaign as new allegations of bribery surfaced over the weekend. In an interview, Reverend Jeremiah Wright - the controversial pastor of the church Obama attended for more than 20 years - claims that the president's campaign workers offered him "hush money" to disappear from the public eye. Wright also claims that Obama himself visited with Wright and tried to persuade him into accepting the money.
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We'll start with the ownership change at both the Balboa Bay Club & Resort and Newport Beach Country Club. The big news that Delaware-based Seven-One Capital-Business Inc. is buying both properties from International Bay Clubs Inc., means relatively no news in the way of any noticeable changes on the golfing front.
NBCC General Manager Perry Dickey said business will remain as usual at the club that hosts the annual Toshiba Classic every March, which leads to Jeff Purser, tournament director for the Champions Tour event.
In a sense his views are similar to Dickey's.
In an email, Purser used the words "wonderful" and "excited" when describing his relationship with IBC and Seven-One, headed by Chinese businessman Winston Chung. The Pilot has reported that Chung plans to keep management in place.
Purser said he and his team will cooperate with NBCC during this transition time and he looks forward to the future together.
Can you believe it's only seven months until next year's Toshiba, the 18th rendition scheduled March 12 through 18, 2012?
NBCC has hosted the Toshiba Classic for 16 of its 17 years. Nick Price held on for a one-shot victory over Mark Wiebe in this year's tournament.
Lehua Wise and Mike Fergin, both assistant pros at Mesa Verde Country Club, teamed to tie for first place in the Southern California PGA Metro chapter's Meeting/Education/Triple Play tournament Aug. 1 at Valencia Country Club. Wise and Fergin combined for an 11-under-par 61 to equal Russ Onizuka and Scott Heyn, who represented Black Gold Golf Course in Yorba Linda.
Wise finished tied for 16th at the Callaway Golf SCPGA Assistant Championship. She shot 74-72–146 at The Country Club at Soboba Springs on July 25.
It was good to see golfers with area ties in the Costa Mesa City Championship field. Big Canyon Country Club member Will Tipton (70-73–143) and former Newport Harbor High player Travis Russell (69-74–143) tied for seventh while another former Sailor, Marcus Mercado-Kiel, tied for 11th with rounds of 67-78–145.
Former Orange Coast College golfers Kord Tagley (70-76–146) and Joe Doody (72-74–146) tied for 16th at Costa Mesa.
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Now country singer Darius Rucker has appeared everywhere from Burger King commercials to 'The Bachelorette.' Now, he's in Charleston, S.C. -- on a street sign!
The 'Wagon Wheel' singer, who hails from the Charleston area, was on hand last week (Aug. 12) when a new road, Darius Rucker Boulevard, was unveiled in his honor. The road leads up to the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina, where Rucker played with his former band, Hootie and the Blowfish, shortly after the venue opened.
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Prepare the fish. Cut the pieces of fish into 1-ounce strips. Set up a breading station of flour, lightly beaten eggs with water, and seasoned panko bread crumbs. Season all with salt and pepper. Dredge the pieces of fish in flour, egg then bread crumbs. Once all the fish is breaded deep-fry in small batches in (375 degrees F) oil. Drain on paper towels and season with salt. Keep warm until ready to serve.
Prepare the pink chile mayonnaise. Put the chipotles in a blender and puree until smooth. Add the sour cream, mayonnaise, adobo sauce and lemon juice and continue to process until the mixture is consistent and creamy. Season with salt and pepper and refrigerate until ready to use.
Prepare the mango-radish salsa. Remove the peel and pith from the limes and cut between the membranes to remove the segments. Put these "supremes" into a bowl and squeeze over the juice from the membranes. Add the remaining ingredients and mix. Season and refrigerate until ready to use. You can also place all of the ingredients into a food processor and puree for a smoother salsa.
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