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Here's an early look at the Week Five action, the first shortened (and the bye isn't coming at a great time for a few teams) week of the 2011 NFL season:
1. Michigan doesn't know what to do with itself. The Tigers are up two games to one against the Yankees in the playoffs, the Red Wings are back on the ice, the Wolverines have cracked the top 15 and — uh, hello! — the Lions have ripped off eight straight wins. Yes, only four of them count towards this season, but that's actually 12 straight if you count preseason and the end of the 2010 campaign, and Jim Schwartz's boys can do no wrong. They stake the Vikings and Cowboys to 20- and 24-point leads on the road? Meh. Just throw it up to Megatron a few times and all is solved. I might even argue that Johnson (24 catches, eight touchdowns) isn't getting the ball enough. Now the Lions get a chance to make a big statement against the Bears, who have had their number the past six matchups. The Lions still don't run the ball enough or well enough for my liking, and their special teams are a little squishy, going up against some of the best units in the NFL. But they have a resilience that can't be quantified, and this will be one of the 10 biggest regular-season games in Lions history, it being the first Monday-nighter in more than 10 years. Expect Ford Field to be on fire. Well, not literally, of course.
2. The Bears remain a very capable three-phase team, and anytime you have Devin Hester and Matt Forté doing their things the way they did against the Panthers, you're probably going to win about 90 percent of those games. But can Mike Martz help himself? He showed great restraint on Sunday, opening the game with eight straight called runs, and he made it to halftime with only four pass attempts. The scoreboard (24 points) showed that Martz was calling the game properly based on the matchup. But how will he handle things this week in a hotly contested divisional game with a rabid crowd? The statistics show that the Lions are far more vulnerable against the run (20th in rushing yards allowed, 23rd in yards per carry allowed) than the pass (15th pass yards allowed, eighth in yards per pass play, three second-half interceptions on Sunday to stoke the comeback). But will Martz ride Forté? Or will he ask Jay Cutler to throw to mediocre receivers behind bad pass protection ... again and again, over and over? That's asking a lot.
3. If you're the Jets, is it time to start panicking? Maybe, but maybe not. The special teams have stood out at times, but the defense looks nothing like the last few seasons and the offense just isn't progressing. Rex Ryan is still in Mark Sanchez's corner (publicly), and he really has to be because there are forces — the state of the offensive line and the coordinator — that are beyond Sanchez's control. It likely will take Patriots week to reassess what is going on offensively and come up with a game-specific plan to redo the offensive approach. Clearly, they have no good solutions inside if Nick Mangold can't play, and I suspect he will do everything he can to face his old rival, NT Vince Wilfork. Watching Sunday night's loss, it was clear that Colin Baxter and Vlad Ducasse were not in a position to start and perform to task. Brian Schottenheimer had to know this was a possibility, and his task this week is to come up with a simpler game plan that accentuates his quarterback's strengths and hides his line's undeniable weaknesses. He outsmarted himself Sunday night with the play calling, no question about it.
4. The Patriots still have their defensive warts, and now LB Jerod Mayo is out for a month or more. But they can compensate with a little more of the run game they displayed Sunday at Oakland. The natives had been restless, calling for more Stevan Ridley, and they got their wish, along with a dose of BenJarvus Green-Ellis. The Patriots will not stop throwing the ball, but they have to be prepared for the fact that Darrelle Revis will be in Wes Welker's hip pocket all day. Welker has caught 40 passes in four games, and though he had seven receptions in the playoff loss to the Jets, his impact was minimized. Have you noticed, though, that teams are throwing deep against the Jets? Joe Flacco was under duress at times Sunday, but he escaped pressure often, and the mere fact that teams are taking seven-step drops against Ryan's defense is newsworthy. The pass rush isn't feared anymore, and the secondary (hello, Eric Smith) is vulnerable to the deep pass. This might be the week Tom Brady tries a few shots downfield. Could Taylor Price be running some 9-routes this week?
5. At some point Sunday, Buccaneers RB LeGarrette Blount and 49ers ILB Patrick Willis will collide. Actually, I am guessing it happens about six or eight times. You'll want to watch. Blount is the Bucs' most dependable option right now coming off his 127-yard performance against the Colts in which he ran through and past defenders all night. Josh Freeman and the passing game did get going too, but when it was crunch time they went to the hammer. The 49ers have played the run well this season and they limit your first downs. Neither 3-1 team has won over legions of critics to date, but they will have the chance in this game. Playing at home typically is an advantage, but the Niners were sluggish offensively at Candlestick in Week One and let the Cowboys come back in Week Two. Plus the Bucs shut them out there last season, 21-0.
6. The question I have been asked the most the past two days by fans and on radio shows: What team is the biggest surprise so far? The answer I keep coming back to: the 49ers. Jim Harbaugh was known as "Captain Comeback" as a player, and he might have enhanced that reputation as a coach with Sunday's stunner at Philly. He leaned on three Smith boys — QB Alex, OLB Aldon and DE Justin — to win the game for the 49ers, and their ugly brand of football is working as a whole. So what is the formula they use? Good run defense, winning the turnover battle (No. 1 in the NFL), solid special teams and winning third downs. The offense is still very much an unfinished product, but it has the earmarks of a good Harbaugh-coached group, even if the talent isn't all there. The Bucs' defense gave up some big plays to the Colts Monday night, but the young defensive line started taking over late and really getting to Curtis Painter.
7. There is a feeling in Atlanta that the Falcons are a pretty mediocre team after building a 20-point lead in Seattle and then having to hold onto victory. They can't get the run game going, the offensive line is not really progressing, the defense is ordinary and now, strangely, Roddy White just isn't himself. He's dropping passes, and even if he is fighting his way through a thigh bruise, the drops are coming at an alarming rate: We're up to six through four games. A couple of them in the Bucs game came in key situations. Whatever the Falcons' shortcomings, they have to get right quickly. In come the 4-0 Packers, which surely will get them up for this game, but there has to be more than that. If Tarvaris Jackson looked as good Sunday as he did against this defense, Aaron Rodgers might get immediate entry to Canton following Sunday's matchup if there is no improvement.
8. The Packers are the best team in the NFL. The Packers are better than they were at this point last season. They are not yet better than the team that won the Super Bowl. But they are close, and with no other dominant team (the Lions are not there yet) the Packers will be the team everyone looks up to for at least the next month. Would a loss in Atlanta change that? Probably not, no. But right now, it appears that the few Packers weaknesses don't match up with the Falcons' strengths. The only pressing concern in Green Bay right now appears to be the offensive line, although a smart defensive team might do what the Broncos did and corral TE Jermichael Finley as much as possible. He seemed to be frustrated by the extra attention; the problem is that the Broncos are not good enough to defend all the Packers' talent at wide receiver.
9. So which team's loss this past Sunday was the bigger surprise, the Eagles or the Bills? We'll stick with the Eagles because the talent level is stronger on both sides of the ball. But the Bills are the better team right now, as their 3-1 record indicates. They'll be the home team Sunday, and it will be fascinating to see a few things: the play of their offensive line; the performance of Ryan Fitzpatrick; and the play of the cornerbacks. The Bills' O-line, which had looked good until Sunday, will have to deal with Eagles DE Jason Babin (NFL-best seven sacks) but not Trent Cole, who is out a few weeks it appears. Fitzpatrick might have been bothered by the increased pressure, because he just looked in a funk most of the game. The Eagles have been prone to giving up some big plays and they are not picking off passes, which means there will be plays out there to be had. But can the Bills slow down Mike Vick and the vertical passing game? They rank in the bottom half of the league in yards allowed per pass play, and Vick threw for 416 yards, with DeSean Jackson hauling in 171 of those.
10. The Texans might inadvertently have done their division rivals and co-AFC South leaders, the 3-1 Titans, a favor by knocking out Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday. The Steelers' QB has a foot sprain but is expected to play this week. He likely will be under fire behind a suspect offensive line, no matter what combination the Steelers use up front. But the Steelers also should be prepared for the Titans' five- and seven-step drops. The Titans are protecting Matt Hasselbeck well, and even with the loss of Kenny Britt, QB Matt Hasselbeck is looking downfield for pass plays. TE Jared Cook has been a tremendous breakout player, and Steelers ILB Lawrence Timmons has struggled at times in coverage on backs and tight ends. The Titans might have caught a break ... and Chris Johnson might be ready to break out of his funk and right when James Harrison is out of the lineup with a broken orbital bone.
11. The timing of WR Andre Johnson's injury isn't great with the Raiders, Ravens and Titans the next three up on the schedule, but the Texans will get a second opinion and keep their fingers crossed on a speedy return. So it's next man up: Jacoby Jones is off to a quiet start (7-91 receiving), but he caught 17-235 in the three games he replaced Johnson when he had a high ankle sprain a year ago. But Kevin Walter must step up, too; he has only four catches for 49 yards and a TD, but that score was a big gift via a deflected pass against the Saints. The Raiders took a hit against the Patriots, and they are a little banged up right now with Darren McFadden and Michael Bush ailing. If you are watching this game, keep an eye on Taiwan Jones, a talented rookie with speed who could take the RB reps in this one.
12. George Whitfield, Cam Newton's QB coach during the pre-draft process, told me last week that Newton spent two 90-minute sessions this summer studying NFC South defenses. Whitfield would start the tape of Josh Freeman against the Saints' defense or Drew Brees vs. the Bucs and pause it pre-snap. Newton then would have to look at the formation, look at the defense, draw it up on the whiteboard and predict what the safeties will do, where the pressure is coming from and also what the offensive play would be. It's that kind of preparation that has Newton ranked among the NFL's leading passers, third with 1,386 yards behind Tom Brady and Brees. The Saints might be surprised at how good he is. Last year's game in Charlotte turned ugly fast and ended up 34-3, Saints. This game, however, could be the shootout of the weekend. Newton diced up the Bears and though he made some poor throws, he also is the best rookie in the NFL by a mile. And the losing is killing him, too. The Panthers won't have many answers for Brees and the Saints' offense, but the Saints might not have many for Newton, either.
13. Four of the worst teams in the NFL that have combined for two wins are facing off this weekend, with Chiefs-Colts and Cardinals-Vikings. The good news is that the Chiefs earned their first victory of the season and showed a little fire in doing so, with Todd Haley and Matt Cassel getting into it on the sidelines. Some of these teams — ahem, Vikings — could use a little more of that fire and brimstone. The Cardinals seem to be in games and have plenty of fire, but they just have lots of holes on defense. The only coaches of this group who are in trouble might be Haley and Leslie Frazier. But losing this game will weigh heavily on two of these teams, just like the Vikings falling to the Chiefs, earning them an 0-4 mark.
14. Three AFC teams are on bye: the Ravens, Browns and Dolphins, which qualify, respectively, as the good, bad and ugly. The Ravens have to feel good about their fairly dominant win over the Jets, but they should spend much of that bye week examining their passing game and how better to get Joe Flacco in rhythm. The Browns have to get healthy, with two of their best players hurt: CB Joe Haden (knee) and C Alex Mack (appendicitis). And they have to figure out how to beat teams with victories; they have yet to do that this season despite their 2-2 mark.
15. The three NFC bye teams are the Redskins, Cowboys and Rams. The Redskins are sitting fairly pretty now, and it's the defense that has paid the bills. Everyone spent the summer dissecting the QB situation, but Mike Shanahan has managed that very well while Jim Haslett's defense has taken major strides. It's amazing what having the proper pieces to run the scheme can mean. The Cowboys will have two weeks to stew about the Detroit debacle, but they should use that time wisely to reassess their offensive design. Tony Romo has been scalding hot and dry-ice cold, but there has been one constant: he hasn't played four good quarters this season. As for the Rams, it's getting downright ugly. The offensive line is the new culprit, with even promising OLT Rodger Saffold appear to take a step backwards. That unit's decline has really hurt the progress of QB Sam Bradford.


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The Braden River boys basketball team outscored rival Lakewood Ranch 23-11 in the third quarter Thursday on the way to a 54-42 victory on the road.
Trevon Young led the Pirates (15-8) with 19 points and 17 rebounds. Terrance Cummings had 11 points, and Zechariah Kendall poured in 10.
The Mustangs got 11 points from Cole Theodoropolus.
Juco baseball
STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA 5, INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE 3 -- Orlando Rivera laced three hits, and Julian Santos, Jarrett Smith and Dalton Busby had two hits apiece as the visiting Manatees improved to 2-3.
Righty Robbie Kalas got the victory, going six innings and striking out seven. Three SCF players had two hits each. They are CF Julian Santos, SS Jarrett Smith and DH Dalton Busby.
SCF (2-3) plays at 6 p.m. Friday at home against the University of Tampa junior varsity.
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Chicken, Peppers with Portabello Mushrooms over Penne
3/4 cup butter, divided
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 portobello mushroom caps
cherry or grape tomatoes
6 cloves garlic minced
2 1/2 tablespoons of flour
1/4 cup seasoned flour 1/4 teaspoon each cayenne pepper, black pepper, garlic powder, basil, salt, pepper
1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth
1/2 cup dry Marsala wine
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt and ground black pepper , oregano, basil
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded to 1/2 inch thickness
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Melt 1/2 cup butter and heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the mushroom slices in the skillet until tender. Remove from heat, cover to keep warm, and set aside.
Melt the remaining butter and heat the remaining oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the garlic until tender, then gradually whisk in the flour. Increase heat to high, and pour in the beef broth and Marsala wine. Season with kosher salt and pepper, and whisk in the browning sauce. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Mix in the mushrooms, reserving remaining butter and oil in the skillet. Cover saucepan, remove from heat, and set aside.
Dip chicken in the seasoned flour. Over medium heat, reheat the remaining butter and oil in the skillet used to cook the mushrooms. Cook the chicken 2 minutes per side, until browned. Arrange the chicken in the bottom of an oil sprayed 13x9 inch baking dish, add 1 cup of cherry or grape tomatoes, cover with the sauce and mushroom mixture.
Cover baking dish with foil, and bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until chicken juices run clear.
Cook pasta of choice or rice and serve this mixture on top.


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When I have an FM/RA flare, I feel a lot like you described here. Staying in bed has positive and negative effects on me, so I have to get moving to work out the stiffness for a while. I do find my heated mattress pad a great help for pain and stiffness. Do you have one? My husband found me one at Costco last year. He's so thoughtful sometimes.
I hope you are resting a lot for now, and beginning to feel better. If not, then it's soon time to call your dr.
My feet, like yours, got RA way before my hands. I see another discussion here about some people having their feet get symptoms before their hands, but I guess we are in the minority. Also like you, I noticed the stiffness in the evenings after sitting on the couch before the a.m. stiffness.
I hope your appointment goes well. Thanks for your kind thoughts.
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By Jason Elmquist
STILLWATER, Okla. — So much for seven to 10 days.
Less than 24 hours after giving a time frame of a week in deciding the offensive coordinator, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy already made his decision by announcing Mike Yurcich as the new offensive coordinator Thursday morning via Twitter: "Proud to announce Mike Yurcich as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at #okstate."
Yurcich, a relative unknown nationally, spent the past two seasons at Division II Shippensburg (Pa.) as the offensive coordinator, after five seasons filling the same role at Division II Edinboro University. He'll be Oklahoma State's third offensive coordinator in four seasons after Dana Holgorsen and more recently Todd Monken, left the Cowboys to accept head coaching jobs at the Division I level.
Yurcich helped Shippensburg rank first nationally among Division II schools in total offense and second nationally in scoring offense with more than 46 points per game. His only Division I experience came in 2003-04 when he served as a graduate assistant and receivers coach at the University of Indiana.
A 1999 graduate of California University of Pennsylvania, Yurcich played quarterback for three seasons in college.
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La Diada de Sant Jordi on the UES
By Jesse Greenspan
When Joan Salavedra first moved to the New York area in 1992, he couldn't find anywhere to celebrate La Diada de Sant Jordi, a Catalan holiday held every April 23 in which, traditionally, men give flowers to women and women give books to men.
He and a few friends eventually took matters into their own hands. With some help from the government of Catalonia—an autonomous region in northeastern Spain with its own distinct language and culture—they formed the Catalan Institute of America and began to put on Sant Jordi and other events for the public.
Sant Jordi, or Saint George, is the patron saint of Catalonia. His holiday is "the most important cultural event that the Catalans do," said Salavedra, who has been president of the Catalan Institute of America for the last seven years.
"It's an amazing tradition, and it's something that we have to use as Catalans to put ourselves on the map," he added. "Scotland is similar to us, and everyone knows what Scotland is. But many people look at us as Spanish, not Catalans."
This year's Sant Jordi event will take place on Saturday, two days before the official holiday, at an Upper East Side Barnes and Noble.
It will include a workshop for kids, an exchange of books and roses and discounted books on sale. Author Roger Evans will read from his recently published work on Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge, and there will be a short concert dedicated to Montsalvatge.
Many of the attendants will then head to a nearby bar to watch Barca play Real Madrid in soccer. As usual, the two teams are battling it out for first place in the Spanish liga.
"Visca Barca!" said Mary Ann Newman, a translator of Catalan literature and former director of the Catalan Center at New York University. "It's wonderful to be able to get together with the Catalan community, and the Catalan Institute is the only game in town in that sense."
On Monday, the Instituto Cervantes, a language school and cultural center on East 49th Street that is endorsed by the Spanish government, will hold its own event "in the spirit of the Catalan tradition."
It will give all visitors that day a rose and a book, and schoolchildren will come by to read passages from Don Quixote in multiple languages.
Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, and William Shakespeare both died on April 23, 1616, which—along with the influence of Sant Jordi—prompted UNESCO to declare April 23 "World Book and Copyright Day" in 1995.
But although April 23 is now recognized around the world, nowhere is it celebrated like in Catalonia. For example, in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, book vendors and florists line the major streets and many people hang Catalan flags from their balconies.
"It's a very pretty day for circulating through the streets of Barcelona," María Vázquez Estévez, head librarian of the Instituto Cervantes' New York center, said in Spanish.
These days, the gender lines are not so rigid. Roses and books are traded indiscriminately between men and women, and giving a gift to a friend or co-worker does not necessarily indicate anything romantic.
Nonetheless, Salavedra said it is a good time for flirting.
"I remember in high school, this was the day that guys would make approaches," he said. "It's kind of like Valentine's Day. It's a declaration of intentions."
Saturday's Sant Jordi event at the Barnes and Noble on East 86th Street and Lexington Avenue is free and open to the public. The kids' event starts at 10:30 a.m. and the general event starts at noon.
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This listing expired on July 1, 2013. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com for any updated information.
Location: Chincha Valley, Peru
Season Dates: June 30, 2013 - August 3, 2013
Session Dates: Single session
Application Deadline: July 1, 2013
Website: http://www.ifrglobal.org/programs/current/peru-chincha
Program Type
Field school
Affiliation: Institute for Field Research, UCLA, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Connecticut College
Project Director: Dr. Charles Stanish, UCLA, Dr. Henry Tantaleán, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, Mr. Benjamin Nigra, UCLA
Project Description
The Paracas culture of southern Peru is famous for its spectacular art and depictions of human trophy heads. In this project we will explore the nature of violence in Paracas culture to determine if it is a type of ritually confined elite competition or if it was war for political and economic ends. We also explore interregional exchange and mobility between the coast, mid-valley and highland ecological zones to illuminate the rich exchanges of goods, peoples, and ideas over long distances. Working with a number of experts from the Universidad Mayor San Marcos from Lima (Peru), students will gain a rich experience in excavations, mapping, laboratory work and analytical techniques.
Period(s) of Occupation: Paracas Culture
Project Size: 1-24 participants
Minimum Length of Stay for Volunteers: Entire duration of field school
Minimum Age: 18 years old
Experience Required: No prior experience required
Room and Board Arrangements
Students will live in comfortable, but modest housing in the village of El Carmen. Conditions at the field house are basic and students should expect shared accommodations.
All meals will be communal events and will provide plenty of nutritious but basic food in the tradition of local cuisine. The daily diet in Peru is heavily based on rice, corn, potatoes and meat. Specialized diets (vegan, kosher, etc.) are difficult to maintain in this location. Vegetarians may attend but will find options limited.
Please let us know when you apply for this program if you have special dietary needs, as well as any medical or physical conditions. We will advise you accordingly. The project is used to catering for vegetarians, those with gluten intolerance etc.
Academic Credit
Name of institution offering credit: Connecticut College
Number of credits offered: 8 semester credit units
Tuition: $4,800
Contact Information
Ran Boytner
1855 Industrial Street Unit 106
Los Angeles, CA 90021
United States
Recommended Bibliography
Arkush, Elizabeth and Charles Stanish. 2005 "Interpreting conflict in the ancient Andes: Implications for the archaeology of warfare." Current Anthropology 46(1):3-28.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Our special guest on Larry's Look this morning was everybody's home builder Ty Pennington. He brought is positive attitude and enthusiasm to Charlotte and Legacy Village as part of the DNC.
The Craftsman House United project was to finish building a house that was started at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
They did one half and Democrats will do the other half. Win finished, a local veteran will receive the three bedroom, two bath home.
Ty talked to Larry about the construction of the house and how the two sides really came together to make it such a positive experience.


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Call it "Netflix for audiobooks," but with a decidedly kid-friendly selection.
These are public-domain books read mostly by amateurs, but that's still an awful lot of good listening for just 2 bucks.
For $24.95 a month, users can stream and listen to as many audiobooks as they want on any Android or iOS mobile device.
The online audio book service has switched to a new, more limited subscription plan from the previous unlimited service.
The new Audiobooks.com app for Android and iOS lets you stream or download all the books you want for a flat monthly rate.
Why buy when you can rent, borrow, or stream books for a lot less cash?
This killer app for kids includes streaming versions of "The Night Before Christmas," "The Gift of the Magi," and "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," among others.
Audible offers a free-to-keep download of any audiobook when you sign up for a trial subscription. But be warned: you'll probably end up liking the service!
Many times people will have audiobooks in iTunes that are lumped with the rest of their music. Here is how to convert and import them so iTunes recognizes them as audiobooks.
Tales2Go is a killer app that serves up hundreds of novels and short stories, all of them suitable for prekindergarteners, preteens, and everyone in between.


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