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Brazilian Dynamite: Gracie Submits Akebono
OSAKA, December 31,2004 -- Royce Gracie submitted former Sumo Yokozuna Akebono to cap off a night of action at the K-1 Premium Dynamite 2004. Held at the Osaka Dome, the annual New Year's Eve extravaganza featured seven bouts under a variety of Free Fight Rules (based on K-1's ROMANEX Rules); a trio of regular K-1 Rules fights; and a unique meeting between Bob Sapp and Jerome LeBanner, which saw the combatants alternate sets of rules in each round.
The main event saw Akebono, in his Free fight Rules debut, fighting for Japan against Jiu-jitsu master Royce Gracie of Brazil. Bred of the mixed martial arts world's most respected family of fighters, Gracie is a three-time UFC Tournament Champion.
With his pedigree, one might have expected this to be an easy fight for Gracie -- but the weight difference here was incredible. Gracie tips the scales at just 81kg (179lb), while Akebono weights in at a whopping 220kg (484lbs), darn close to three times as much. Plus, Akebono had been working with famed personal trainer Mak Tanaka (Oscar De La Hoya, B.J. Penn, Magic Johnson). And so there was some reckoning, from the standpoint of physics in particular, that Akebono might be able to simply smother Gracie into submission.
The bout, scheduled for two ten minute rounds, lasted just 133 seconds.
Things started with Gracie light on his feet, throwing a kick or two, looking confident. When Akebono lumbered forward to engage his opponent, Gracie offered minimal resistance and the two tumbled to the canvas.
Akebono ended up on top, but did not have a favorable mount. As Akebono shifted his weight in an attempt to reassert himself, Gracie slowly began to squirm for position. He first got a leg up, then commenced to work his magic. Methodically, the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu master delved, deeply, into the blubbering mass atop him, finally extracting an arm. Then, with consummate skill, he worked a wrist lock. Poor Akebono began to wince in pain, and with no chance of escaping, had no choice but to submit.
"I did everything my trainers told me not to do," said the dejected fighter afterward.
Gracie, meanwhile, was delighted with his performance: "I had a strategy and I discussed it with my family and my team. I knew I had to bring Akebono to the ground, and I knew the best way to do that was to let him come to me! It worked perfectly, what you saw tonight was exactly what I trained to do!"
There was tremendous fan anticipation for the penultimate bout, a clash of the titans between K-1 veteran Jerome Le Banner of France and American Bob "The Beast" Sapp. This four-rounder was fought using two distinct sets of rules -- the first and third rounds conducted under regular K-1 Rules (three minutes each), the fighters switching to open-finger gloves to mix it up under Free Fight Rules (five minutes each) in the second and fourth rounds.
Although Sapp had wanted to start this one with a Free fight Rules round, LeBanner of course preferred the first round be conducted under K-1 Rules, and used his 10 years of experience to pull rank. And so, with K-1 Rules set for round one, the Frenchman came out looking for a quick KO, which he very nearly got.
This was not a pretty sight for Sapp fans -- after a signature charging start, the big guy spent the balance of the round doubled over, his guard pressed close to his face, absorbing punch after punch from LeBanner. Midway through, after a dozen unanswered blows, Sapp collapsed and LeBanner looked in great position to finish his dazed opponent. But Sapp retreated, turtled over, ran away, and otherwise did whatever he could to get through the round and stay in the fight.
In the second, under mixed martial arts rules, things improved greatly for Sapp. Here The Beast was able to execute a quick takedown and get into a full mount position. He began to rain down the punches, but luckily for LeBanner, ran out of steam after a minute or so. Although he stayed on top for almost the entire round, Sapp was unable to use his dominant position to inflict the damage required to win. Neither was he able to work any sort of submission hold here, and soon it was time for round three and the 10 ounce gloves, and LeBanner again had his chance.
Sapp had some success with a defensive charge-and-clinch strategy in the early going of the third, but soon LeBanner was again throwing in kicks and punches at will which put an exhausted Sapp in graceless retreat. Despite all the punishment, Sapp showed a lot of heart and stayed on his feet, and soon it was LeBanner who was tired and unable to finish.
The fourth saw some new variations on the same theme, Sapp using his size to dominate but not able to put the necessary power into his blows to end it. There was a reversal, though, and when the two went north-south, LeBanner got a number of knees in on Sapp's head. Again, however, there was not enough sustained pressure. LeBanner spent some time in side mount in the late going here, as did Sapp, but neither man was able to punish for a tapout or position for submission. Sapp was on top and threatening to maybe do something with LeBanner's right arm when time ran out. Under the agreed upon rules, the fight was declared a draw.
Said LeBanner post-bout: "I wish I could have beaten Bob in the K-1 Rules rounds, but I made it through the mixed martial arts rounds so it was a learning experience for me, and I am happy with the result."
Sapp, who dedicated the fight to the memory of sparring partner Masaki Miyamoto's father, who recently passed on, said he was also pleased with the fight: "I took some damage in the K-1 rounds and got tired, but I was better in the mixed martial arts rounds. I think if a mixed martial arts round had come first I'd have had more energy and could have done better, but that's the way it goes."
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The event's opening fight was one of the night's most surprising. It saw Frenetic French kickboxer Cyril Abidi step in against Bobby Ologun for a Special Free Fight Rules bout. (Here, a down due a strike resulted in a 10-count, no kicks were permitted against a downed fighter, and no kicks or knees to the head were permitted under any circumstances.)
The Nigerian-born Ologun has ridden his lovable misfit foreigner persona to popularity on Japanese television, and most experts expected him to look no less out of place in the ring with Abidi.
But, surprise! From the bell, Ologun charged in and effected a takedown to get into a mount. Abidi neutralized this by wrapping his arms round Ologun's head, and things stayed in a stalemate until, at the clapper, Ologun muscled free to a kneeling position to throw a dozen punches down on Abidi's head.
In the second Abidi strove to stay on his feet and strike, but Ologun, wanting none of that, threw his arms round the Frenchman's waist and the two tumbled down. Abidi briefly got in on Ologun's half guard before Ologun twisted out and got on top again. Abidi, who is at his best when flailing his arms and legs, looked listless on the mat and on the defensive, which is where he was for most of this fight. In the third, Abidi got a right hook in to trigger a 10-count. But soon after resumption, again it was Ologun who got the takedown and mount to control the pace.
There was no surplus of style in his strategy, but Ologun tangled up Abidi and planted enough punches to score points. When it went to the cards it was Ologun by unanimous decision. The Nigerian looked nothing short of overwhelmed as he sobbed with joy from the winners' circle. Afterward, Ologun quipped: "I won because I had no fear, with no fear, it is no problem!"
Francois "The White Buffalo" Botha impressed many at the K-1 World GP Final, getting past Peter Aerts and then almost beating eventual Champion Remy Bonjasky in the semis. Here the South African boxer got down in a Special Free Fight with Yoshihiro Akiyama, a Japanese judo stylist who won it all in the 81kg (178lb) class at the World Judo Championship last year. (In this fight, no kicks were permitted against a downed fighter, and no kicks or knees to the head were permitted under any circumstances. Also, one 'rope escape' -- in which a fighter deliberately touches the lower rope and a break is called -- was permitted per round.)
Botha brought a 13cm (5") height and 34kg (74lb) weight advantage to this clash, but it was Akiyama who looked bigger here. From the start the Japanese fighter took the initiative, manhandling Botha first with a takedown before slipping to a side mount, all the while supremely focused and picking his opportunities intelligently. Botha bucked free but could not get to his feet and was forced to defend with bicycle kicks. Akiyama made several passes before getting in and taking hold of Botha's right fist, slipping to the side and working an armbar to earn the submission.
In the next bout, 29 year-old Japanese fighter Caol Uno, a Pro Shooto Fourth Welterweight Champion, took on former Lumpinee Stadium Light Weight Champion Chandet Sorpantrey of Thailand. (This Special Free Fight had a 71kg (156lb) weight class and a provision that a maximum of 30 seconds could pass with the fighters on the mat before a break and standing restart.)
An accomplished striker, Sorpantrey was making his Free Fight debut here. Uno, on the other hand, is accustomed to working on the ground. It was evident that Uno wanted the takedown as soon as possible, but Sorpantrey did a good job of keeping him at bay with low kicks. In the first round, Uno got through twice for takedowns, but on both occasions, Sorpantrey wrapped the arms round and simply tied him up until the 30 seconds had timed out.
In the second, Uno got the takedown early then surprised his opponent by working round to a rear mount. With good purchase from that position he put the choke sleeper on to get the tapout in a matter of seconds.
In another of the Free Fight Rules contests, Don Frye of the United States did battle with Japanese wrestler Yoshihiro Nakao. The legendary Frye is a master of several fightsport styles, but was nonetheless winless in four bouts coming into this one. Nakao, on the other hand, was undefeated in his last three. This was a rematch of the pair's meeting in May at Saitama, which was stopped early after accidental head-to-head contact opened a deep cut over Frye's right eye.
The two wasted no time getting in each others' faces, there were heated words and a hard shove from Frye during the referee's instructions. Frye threw a few jabs before Nakao dove in for the takedown. Here Frye worked a front choke before the two got back to his feet. Nakao connected with several punches before getting in again. But Frye worked well from the full guard, getting the right up. Worrying here was another cut that opened over Frye's eye.
In the second, the two traded punches before Nakao got the takedown. Frye reversed and the two went to their feet again, went down north/south for a time before Nakao got back on with a side mount. Frye's defense was sound, but he was unable to get any attacks going here, whereas Nakao sporadically fired in the knees and punches to effect.
Again, Nakao took the initiative in the third with a takedown to the side mount. Frye looked increasingly fatigued, while Nakao just kept on coming in with knees to the midsection and punches to the head. Again, Frye tied up his opponent and controlled the distance well such that the blows which got through did not connect with severity. But in the absence of any good counters those strikes were enough to earn Nakao points, and it was an easy call for judges to give the Japanese fighter the unanimous decision.
The first of the K-1 Rules bouts on the card featured K-1 veteran Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo of New Zealand and slugger Gary Goodridge of Trinidad and Tobago. Both of men are given to quick starts, both like to step in and mix it up with the fists, and neither give an inch. In other words, this matchup had all the makings of a total war. It more like a blitzkrieg.
From the bell that the fists were flying, and wouldn't you know -- it was Sefo who had the better licks. A right hook sent Goodridge to the canvas a mere nine seconds in, and after the count it was a left hook followed by a right uppercut which put Goodridge down again. Slowly, Goodridge stood up, sort of, but was not up to the task of remaining in one position, as his rubbery legs wobbled him this way and that. The referee wisely waved his arms in the air to end the fight and Sefo had the KO victory at just 33 seconds of the first round.
The ever-improving Musashi has advanced to the final bout of the Tokyo Dome World GP two years running now, and here Japan's best K-1 fighter met American pro wrestler turned contact fighter Sean O'Haire in a K-1 Rules bout. The big O'Haire, who fights for BJ Penn's MMA Team, surprised many pundits when he brutalized Shungo Oyama with punches to take a KO victory just 31 seconds into the first round of their dance at the Rumble on the Rock in Hawaii last month.
Fighting in his hometown, Musashi had the Osaka crowd pumped as he made his entrance. But from the bell, it was O'Haire who came in. Crouched low, leaning forward, O'Haire tossed in a number of jabs, a right, a low kick and put some knees up from the clinch before Musashi had thrown a single strike. O'Haire looked decent here, working the body blows and connecting with a right uppercut in the early going. Musashi was, as it happened, simply biding his time. Late in the round, after connecting with a couple of low kicks, Musashi planted his left foot on the right side of O'Haire's face for a down.
In the second, it was evident O'Haire had not fully recovered as a hard front kick put the American on the canvas once again, and just seconds after resumption Musashi ended the fight in a convincing fashion with another high kick.
Maybe he had been a little rattled in the first round, but for whatever reason Musashi seemed to have briefly forgotten where he was after the fight, thanking the "Tokyo Dome" crowd for their support from the winners' circle. The forgiving Osaka crowd was of course amused by the slip of tongue, and an embarrassed Musashi corrected himself with a chuckle before thanking one and all.
Added Musashi in his post-bout interview: "I didn't know my opponent so I decided to let him come at me in the first and see what he could do. In the second, I fought back, showed him what I could do."
In a K-1 Rules fight between two of Japan's most popular 70kg (154lb) weight class fighters, 2003 World Max Champion Masato took on the explosive Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto, a mixed martial art specialist. Personality-wise, these two are a study in contrasts -- pretty boy Masato the polite and soft-spoken type, Yamamoto the tough-talking punk.
The Kid has looked very strong since his 2003 debut, and entered the ring unbeaten in his four K-1 and mixed martial arts bouts. But Masato, regarded as one of the world's best stand-up fighters in his class, was determined to stop that streak here. After receiving bouquets and encouragement from 2004 World Max Champion Buakaw Por Pramuk, the two fighters got down to business.
This was a fast-paced, furious fight from the get-go, probably the best bout on the night. Masato got a right straight punch in early on, but Yamamoto the southpaw was able to counter in kind. The Kid proved more than capable in blocking Masato's high kicks, and threw a couple of low kicks of his own. A right hook got through to Masato's head halfway through and seconds later Yamamoto shocked the crowd when he put a left in to score a down. True to his mixed martial arts training (and bad-boy image), Yamamoto instinctively rushed in to finish off his downed opponent, but the referee quickly stepped up to remind the fighter that is not permitted under regular K-1 Rules.
Soon after the count, a low kick hit Yamamoto hard below the belt, and, as doctors investigated, for a long while it appeared the fight might have to be stopped. But, given five minutes to recompose, Yamamoto indicted he was ok and the fight resumed.
The second round saw no abatement in the action, both fighters nimble and quick and throwing hard strikes. Masato's legs were better, and a kick to Yamamoto's chin stunned the fighter, who turned away and so was assessed a standing count. Afterward it was all Masato, who leapt in with flying knees and kicks and then worked the knees from the clinch, looking for the decisive down. But the Kid weathered the storm, landed a couple of haymakers on the counter and continued, undaunted, to step in with punches.
The third saw Masato staying with the leg attacks, working knees and tossing high kicks. Several times Yamamoto seemed to defy nature by not only remaining standing but rallying with aggressive counters. As the clock wore down, the two commenced to literally throwing themselves at one another to end this thrilling contest.
Both young men were bashed and battered and doubtlessly ushered in 2005 nursing their bruised bodies, but it is Masato who got the trophy, by majority decision.
Masato attributed his success to superior legwork, but was very impressed with Yamamoto: "I was most surprised with his kicks," he said post-bout, "I didn't expect that at all."
Contested under Free Fight Rules was the battle between veteran Japanese Pro-wrestler Kazuyuki Fujita and Karam Ibrahim of Egypt, a gold medallist in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Fujita humiliated Bob Sapp at the Saitama ROMANEX event this May, and has pounded it out with some of the best in mixed martial arts in his long career. Ibrahim, some ten years younger, was making his debut in the sport. Could the Egyptian use youth and speed to avoid the strikes, go to the mat and out-finesse his opponent?
He tried, but he failed.
Things started out well for Ibrahim, and he showed he could stand up and throw a punch, knocking Fujita down with a left but not quite quick enough to get in and follow up. Actually, the two never went to the mat in this one, for just as Ibrahim was attempting a low kick, Fujita countered with a hard right to put the Egyptian on the canvas. Fujita quickly jumped in to finish his opponent off, but that was unnecessary, as Ibrahim, motionless on his back, was already defeated. Quickly, the referee jumped in to pull Fujita off and stop the fight.
In an undercard bout, Pro-wrestler The Predator, appearing in his second Dynamite event, won a Free Fight Rules bout against another two-time Dynamite participant, Kristof "The Phoenix" Midoux of France. This one was over in a minute -- The Predator quickly got the double leg takedown, then relentlessly worked kidney punches from a rear mount position. Midoux attempted to squirm free, but The Predator slid up and got an lock on Midoux's left arm, hyper-extending at the shoulder while twisting Midoux's neck into the canvas to force a submission.
Making appearances in the ring to express their desire to fight in K-1 next year were American mixed martial arts master Heath Haring, star Korean wrestler Che Hong Man, and popular Japanese amateur wrestler Akihito Tanaka.
The K-1 Dynamite 2004 attracted 52,918 to the Osaka Dome and was broadcast in Japan on the TBS television network. The event will be available on a delayed basis elsewhere, check with your local providers for details. Check the K-1 official website (www.k-1.co.jp) for the official results.


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Once, Jane was the big sister, teaching Lily to play make believe and protecting her from thunderstorms. But then Lily grew up. She started making friends and dating boys, while Jane wanted to go on playing make believe forever. For Jane, the line between fantasy and reality had always blurred, whereas Lily lived for a future bright with expectation and change. Inevitably, the sisters found a gulf widening between them-Lily reveling in her newfound love, while Jane could only watch, frustrated, from the sidelines. How had her little sister managed to eclipse her?A resounding affirmation that fears are to be faced, not denied, and life is to be lived, not mourned. (Publishers Weekly, starred review for The Other Shepards)
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Adam Finkel joins the Penn Program on Regulation as its first executive director and as a senior fellow at the Law School. He is one of the nation's leading experts in the evolving field of risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis, with 25 years of experience improving methods of analysis and making risk-based decisions to protect workers and the general public from environmental hazards.
Adam Finkel joins the Penn Program on Regulation as its first executive director and as a senior fellow at the Law School. He is one of the nation's leading experts in the evolving field of risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis, with 25 years of experience improving methods of analysis and making risk-based decisions to protect workers and the general public from environmental hazards. He comes to Penn Law from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Public Health, where he is a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health. From 2004-2007, he was a Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. From 1995 to 2000, he was Director of Health Standards Programs at the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and was responsible for promulgating and evaluating regulations to protect the nation's workers from chemical, radiological, and biological hazards. From 2000 to 2003, he was OSHA's Regional Administrator for the Rocky Mountain states. He recently received the David Rall Award from the American Public Health Association for "a career in advancing science in the service of public health protection." Adam Finkel's primary research interests are (1) quantifying and communicating the uncertainties in risk estimates, and critically examining the claim that risk estimates are invariably too "conservative"; (2) accounting for variations in human susceptibility to environmental and occupational disease; and (3) evaluating policies and technologies that show promise for reducing environmental and occupational exposures simultaneously, rather than transferring risks from one population to the other. He has published more than 60 articles on risk assessment and management in the scientific, economic, legal, and popular literature, and was co-editor of the book Worst Things First? The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1994). He is the principal investigator on a new National Science Foundation grant to study the advantages of quantifying uncertainty and person-to-person variation in the costs of environmental regulatory programs. In the spring of 2010, he will be teaching a course on cost-benefit analysis at Penn Law.
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A Cost-Benefit Interpretation of the "Substantially Similar" Hurdle in the Congressional Review Act: Can OSHA Ever Utter the E-Word (Ergonomics) Again? 63 ADMIN. L. REV, 707-784 (2011).
"Solution-Focused Risk Assessment": A Proposal for the Fusion of Environmental Analysis and Action." Human and Ecological Risk Assessment,17:754-787 (2011). Also five invited commentaries following the article (J. Clarence Davies, Bernard Goldstein, Bruce Hope, Gilbert Omenn, and Dennis Paustenbach), pp. 788-812.
Book Review, 9 J. INDUS. ECOLOGY 243 (2005) (reviewing CASS SUNSTEIN, RISK AND REASON).
Perceiving Others' Perceptions of Risk: Still a Task for Sisyphus, 1128 ANNALS N.Y. ACAD. SCI. 121-137 (2008) (volume entitled STRATEGIES FOR RISK COMMUNICATION: EVOLUTION, EVIDENCE, EXPERIENCE).
Protecting People in Spite of—Or Thanks To—the 'Veil of Ignorance', in GENOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND LAW 290-342 (Ch. 17) (Richard R. Sharp, Gary E. Marchant, and Jamie A. Grodsky, eds., Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2008).
Integrity of Scientific Evaluations by Government Agencies, 13 INT'L J. OCCUPATIONAL & ENVT'L HEALTH 128 (2007).
Remarks upon Receiving the 2006 David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health
Who's Exaggerating? DISCOVER, May 1996, at 48.
A Second Opinion on an Environmental Misdiagnosis: The Risky Prescriptions of Breaking the Vicious Circle, 3 N.Y.U. ENVTL. L.J. 295 (1994-1995).
"Rodent Tests Continue to Save Human Lives," Washington Times, December 12, 1994, pp. 20-22.
A Simple Formula for Calculating the 'Mass Density' of a Lognormally-Distributed Characteristic: Applications to Risk Analysis, 10 RISK ANALYSIS 291 (1990).
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The Scene: The sun is about to disappear entirely and my rooftop is now mostly illuminated by the painfully bright and orange security light next door. I am still outside moving pots around and pinching back basil flowers. My neighbor steps outside.
Me: I have been gardening for 7 or 8 hours straight. It started with a trip for some container soil and then over to the community garden to swap out a tomato for a tomatillo plant leading to hours of this, that, and the next. I can't stop. I am unstoppable. Nothing's gonna stop me now. Please make me stop.
Neighbor: Pete Flower Sunshine (not his real name but one of those local weather news garden experts with a cheesy nickname that I can't recall at this time) says it's gonna be a scorcher this weekend and that you should not do any gardening. "Do NOT garden!", he says. "Stay inside and relax!", he says. "Whatever you do, do not garden!"
Me: Well, I should have had enough by now. I don't want to be gardening in 40 degree temperatures. Tomorrow I can be found laying around with a wet towel on my head.
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The following morning I decide to watch an episode of Recreating Eden, a fantastic half-hour documentary show about gardeners and gardening that you should watch if you haven't already. I am barely into the program before I find myself overcome with the urge to get outside and "finger some peas" [cough]. I MUST garden. No matter what I must get outside and garden. And so, just barely holding on until the end of the show, I rush downstairs to the street garden armed with worm castings, sea kelp, pruners, and assorted tools with the intention of doing just a little 'light' cleanup. Two hours later Davin and I are both extra sore, sweaty and covered in dirt having spent the entire time in full sun digging up a patch of daylilies that were recently crushed by yet another jerk looking for somewhere to urinate. In all fairness it was probably about 5-10 degrees cooler than the reported killer heatwave. But really, I have GOT to start planning my gardening activities and stop taking on large chores spontaneously. The garden looks just fine but I'm sure transplanting in those conditions was not easy on the plants. Do as I say, not as I do.
All-in-all I probably gardened for a total of 12-15 hours (I'm probably being generous here) over the course of 3 days. I could not stop. I had a lot to work out in my mind and a lot to procrastinate. Gardening is great for both. I didn't come out with any solutions but I do feel satisfied with the massive list of activities that were accomplished and much less panicked about the things that were worrying me.
*In a recent Toronto Star article, writer Sonia Day noted that I was "fingering a pea vine" a phrase that sounds just a little bit dirty and one that I plan to use as a euphemism for gardening from now on.


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Does Tennessee really wanna hire a guy whose defense was torched for 70 points in the Orange Bowl? That would be like someone hiring Washington's now-fired DC.
When Justin Wilcox announced he was leaving Tennessee for Washington, the first name connected to UT's open defensive coordinator position was that of Kevin Steele. (And no, we don't count Randy Shannon, because messageboards and Twitter connect him to every job in America that comes open.)
Steele is a Tennessee graduate and he has coached in Knoxville in the past. Derek Dooley tried to hire him away from Clemson when he first arrived at UT in 2010, to no avail.
The two talked about the current opening in Knoxville last week, but it was believed Steele passed on the opportunity to return home. He may have a different take on that now.
According to reports from Clemson websites — like TigerIllustrated.com, the Rivals site covering Clemson — Steele has been fired by Dabo Swinney. This after Swinney initially said he would make no staff changes this offseason.
If the report is true, then Steele could join Sal Sunseri (Alabama), Buddy Green (Navy) and Pat Narduzzi (Michigan State) as candidates at UT.
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(March 21-April 19): I invite you to identify all the things in your life that you really don't need any more: gadgets that have become outdated, clothes that no longer feel like you, once-exciting music and books and art works that no longer mean what they once did. Don't stop there. Pinpoint the people who have let you down, the places that lower your vitality, and the activities that have become boring or artificial. Finally, Aries, figure out the traditions that no longer move you, the behavior patterns that no longer serve you, and the compulsive thoughts that have a freaky life of their own. Got all that? Dump at least some of them.
(April 20-May 20): If you're a woman, you could go to the perfume section of the department store and buy fragrances that would cause you to smell like Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Eva Longoria, or Paris Hilton. If you're a man, an hour from now you could be beaming an aroma that makes you resemble a celebrity like Antonio Banderas, Usher, David Beckham, or Keith Urban. You could even mix and match, wearing the Eva Longoria scent on your manly body or Usher on your female form. But I don't recommend that you do any of the above. More than ever before you need to be yourself, your whole self, and nothing but yourself. Trying to act like or be like anyone else should be a taboo of the first degree.
(May 21-June 20): "I try to take one day at a time," says Ashleigh Brilliant, "but sometimes several days attack me all at once." I think you may soon be able to say words to that effect, Gemini—and that's a good thing. Life will seem more concentrated and meaningful than usual. Events will flow faster and your awareness will be extra intense. As a result, you should have exceptional power to unleash transformations that could create ripples lasting for months. Would you like each day to be the equivalent of nine days? Or would four be enough for you?
(June 21-July 22): When actor Ashton Kutcher is working on the set of the TV show "Two and a Half Men," he enjoys spacious digs. His trailer is two stories high and has two bathrooms as well as a full kitchen. Seven 60-inch TVs are available for his viewing pleasure. As you embark on your journey to the far side of reality, Cancerian, it might be tempting for you to try to match that level of comfort. But what's more important than material luxury will be psychological and spiritual aids that help keep you attuned to your deepest understandings about life. Be sure you're well-stocked with influences that keep your imagination vital and upbeat. Favorite symbols? Uplifting books? Photos of mentors? Magic objects?
(July 23-Aug. 22): Veterans of war who've been wounded by shrapnel often find that years later, some of the metal fragments eventually migrate to the surface and pop out of their skin. The moral of the story: The body may take a long time to purify itself of toxins. The same is true about your psyche. It might not be able to easily and quickly get rid of the poisons it has absorbed, but you should never give up hoping it will find a way. Judging by the astrological omens, I think you are very close to such a climactic cleansing and catharsis, Leo.
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Distilled water is a poor conductor of electricity. For H2O to have electroconductivity, it must contain impurities in the form of dissolved salts. I see a timely lesson in this for you, Virgo. If you focus too hard on being utterly clean and clear, some of life's rather chaotic but fertile and invigorating energy may not be able to flow through you. That's why I suggest you experiment with being at least a little impure and imperfect. Don't just tolerate the messiness. Learn from it; thrive on it; even exult in it.


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Some molecules - thalidomide, for example - come in both left and right handed versions, while others are indistinguishable from their reflections. Plus finds out about the role of mathematical symmetry in chemistry.
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Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) chirps. This species was previously split from the Scarlet-rumped Tanager, creating two species, Cherrie's (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis), which occurs mostly on the Pacific slope, and Passerini's (Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii), which inhabits primarily the Carribean slope. The Cherrie's female is much more boldly-colored than Passerini's, but males are essentially similar.
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Apparently, thieves missed the "Thou shalt not steal" part of the Ten Commandments. According to experts, the Bible is the most commonly stolen book.
The Holy Bible is available for free at many places of worship, so perhaps there's less guilt associated with pilfering a copy. Let's hope they make it to the part about "repentance" in their stolen copy of the good book.
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The Cuba Stalemate
A Former State Department Expert on Cuba Calls the Embargo an Idea Whose Time Has Passed
Wayne S. Smith
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Matt Dillon, Spring 96
Change is not only afoot in Cuba, it is well along the road. In "The Future of Cuba" (Winter 1993/94 Cigar Aficionado) I noted that the economic reform process had begun, was irreversible and would take on a momentum of its own. So it has been. Dollarization and a tentative self-employment law have been followed by the opening of farmers' and artisan markets, and by a significant broadening of the foreign investment law. These measures, plus the need to reduce the state sector of the economy, are putting mounting pressure on the government to expand the private sector. Hence, a small business law is now being discussed and will probably be adopted sometime this year.
Cuba, in short, is on the way to a thoroughly mixed economy. The results are encouraging. From the free fall of a few years ago, when the Cuban economy was retracting by 10 to 12 percent a year, it has begun to recuperate. Last year brought a growth rate of 0.7 percent and economists estimate the economy will grow 2.3 percent in 1996. Not much, to be sure; Cuba has a long way to go to full recovery. Other reforms must follow. Still, the corner has been turned.
There have also been profound changes in Cuba's foreign policy over the past few years. It is no longer assisting revolutionary movements, no longer has troops in Africa or anywhere else and is no longer the military ally of the former Soviet Union.
Yet, none of this has resulted in any relaxation of U.S. policy toward Cuba. The principal instrument of that policy, our 35-year-old trade embargo, not only remains firmly in place but has actually been tightened. Why is this? If we can lift the embargo against Vietnam, extend most favored nation treatment to China and negotiate with North Korea, why can we not show some flexibility toward Cuba? Was there something in the genesis of the trade embargo against Cuba that produced such rigidity?
A quick examination of how and why the embargo was imposed would suggest that that was not the case. On the contrary, the embargo was established for perfectly logical reasons. The process began in the summer of 1960 when the Cuban government ordered two U.S. oil companies, Standard and Texaco, to refine Soviet crude oil at their Cuban refineries, rather than the oil they had been bringing in from their own sources. Not surprisingly, they refused. Also to no one's surprise, the Cuban response, on July 1 of that year, was to nationalize both companies' holdings in Cuba. A few days later, the United States retaliated by cutting the Cuban sugar quota, and that led, in August, to Cuba's nationalization of virtually all U.S. property on the island.
By the end of 1960, this tit-for-tat process had produced an embargo on trade between the countries--one that was expanded to include, by 1962, even food and medicine, and trade between Cuba and U.S. subsidiaries overseas. The latter was a particularly sticky point, for while the United States may consider, say, Ford of Argentina to be a branch of the American company, Argentina considered--and considers--it a company incorporated in Argentina, to be fully subject to local law and trading practices. Efforts by the United States to impose its law and practices on such companies are inevitably resented and seen by the host governments as a violation of their sovereignty. At first, however, given that most of those governments sympathized with the United States against Cuba and even cooperated with the trade embargo, the question was moot. But only for a time.
I should note at this point that I was, in a sense, present at the creation. As a young foreign service officer in the U.S. Embassy in Havana (until we broke relations in January 1961) and then during much of 1961 as an officer in the Department of State, I not only helped write some of the language that went into the embargo, but saw all the documents outlining our justification for imposing it. Essentially, these reflected three objectives:
* First, to punish Cuba for having nationalized our properties without compensation, and
perhaps even to force it into a compensation
* Second, to raise the costs to the Soviets, and to the Cubans, of maintaining their alliance and pursuing policies detrimental to U.S. interests.
* Third, to reduce the resources Cuba could pour into assistance to revolutionary movements, especially in Latin America.
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Donald Newger — May 27, 2012 10:15am ET
Which begs the question, is there more involved here than is in the surface of this issue? Let your imagination run wild and think of all the movie that could come from that though train!
Donald Newger — May 27, 2012 10:15am ET
Which begs the question, is there more involved here than is in the surface of this issue? Let your imagination run wild and think of all the movie that could come from that though train!
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Newton Criticized, Moon Cries Racism
April 1st, 2011 10:50 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink
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Earlier this week, NFL draft analyst Nolan Nawrocki went a tad over the line — in our opinion — in his review of former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton. His comments read as if they came from an opposing fan and not a professional analyst:
"Very disingenuous — has a fake smile, comes off as very scripted and has a selfish, me-first makeup. Always knows where the cameras are and plays to them. Has an enormous ego with a sense of entitlement that continually invites trouble and makes him believe he is above the law — does not command respect from teammates and will always struggle to win a locker room."
Oh, and that fake smile…
Fake smile? That's kind of "in the eye of the beholder" isn't it? Who can really say if someone has a fake smile or not?
But according to ProFootballTalk.com, Nawrocki is "one of the most respected draft analysts in the business." And according to Nawrocki he's "received calls and messages from NFL teams suggesting that he 'hit it on the head' in his evaluation."
Well, former NFL (and CFL) great Warren Moon isn't pleased with Nawrocki's criticism of Newton. And unfortunately, he blames the criticism on racism.
"A lot of the criticism he's receiving is unfortunate and racially based," Moon told CBSSports.com. "I thought we were all past this. I don't see any other quarterbacks in the draft being criticized by the media or fans about their smile or called a phony. … He's being held to different standards from white quarterbacks. I thought we were past all this stuff about African-American quarterbacks, but I guess we're not."
Note to Moon: Do a quick Google search on "Ryan Mallett" and "character issues" and then kindly shut the hell up.
Racism is a very real issue in our world and it's not going away. As long as they under-educated in our society continue to pass their imbecilic beliefs from one generation to the next, racism will continue.
But it doesn't help matters when someone like Moon blames something he doesn't like on racism. It trivializes a very real issue. It's called "crying wolf."
Newton — in this case — is basically being called a two-face by Nawrocki. Mallett — the white ex-Arkansas quarterback — has basically been called a two-face in multiple media reports. There have also been rumors of drug use and a lack of leadership skills. Those who dig into the matter seem to find no meat on them bones, however.
Moon has an ax to grind because he was sentenced to several seasons in the Canadian league before finally being given his shot in the NFL. At which point he threw up some Hall of Fame numbers.
But Moon came out of college in 1978.
JaMarcus Russell — black — was selected #1 overall in the 2007 NFL draft. A year earlier Vince Young — black — was selected #3 overall, ahead of Matt Leinert and Jay Cutler.
It's not 1978 anymore and Moon's claims simply don't ring true.
Newton isn't dealing with criticism because he's African-American. He's dealing with criticism because players are vivisected before each year's player selection meeting.
And it's the same kind of criticism Mallett — who's white — has been facing.
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University of Louisville women's basketball senior Monique Reid has scored 16 points in the first two games of the season for the Cardinals.
But Reid has only played in 20 minutes combined during victories over Texas A&M and Portland.
The 6-foot-1 Reid, a former All-State player from Fern Creek High School, still has lingering effects from a season-ending knee injury she suffered last December. Reid played in eight games before receiving a medical redshirt for an osteochondral injury that required surgery.
"I have come a long way," Reid said. "From where I started, I think it's really good right now. I feel like I can play again."
Reid said she's having issues with some soreness in the knee sometimes after games and U of L coach Jeff Walz said he feels like she's "not all the way back because when she gets some contact, she doesn't like it."
"I think it's more mental right now," Walz said. "She has to believe that she is OK. She has to trust it and that will get there for her. I've just got to get her back to have the confidence in her leg and knee so she can go full speed."
Reid had 10 points and four rebounds, but turned it over four times in 13 minutes in a win against No. 15 Texas A&M. On Sunday, she had six points, two rebounds and two turnovers in seven minutes against Portland.
Walz said he could have played her longer against Portland but the game was lopsided and he would rather "keep getting that knee stronger."
"This is my last year, so I want to go out with a bang," Reid said. "But I really don't have any expectations. I just want to give it 100 percent when I am out there. My whole thing was not to be bitter about my injury, but get better.
"I feel like I am getting back."
Reid averaged 13.1 points a game during the eight games she played last season but said when she was injured it was tough on her.
"I was really nervous and scared," she said. "I didn't know what I was going to do with my life without basketball. So, I feel blessed to have an opportunity to come back. I am ready to try and make it all right as a senior.
"I never felt sorry for myself, I just knew I had to work hard to try and get back."
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Thank you NBC for showing Jessica E's medal ceremony. I wanted to hear a full stadium singing their hearts out. Excellent!
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With apologies to Mark Twain, reports of Spurs guard Manu Ginobili's demise were greatly exaggerated.
And no one is more grateful than the Spurs, who are now one victory away from winning their fifth NBA championship because Ginobili stepped up Sunday night like the gamer he's always been since he was a kid in Argentina.
Starting for the first time this season, Ginobili broke out of his scoring slump in the NBA Finals with a vintage performance that sparked the Spurs to a 114-104 victory over the Miami Heat at the AT&T Center.
Ginobili, who turns 36 next month, finished with a season-high 24 points and led the Spurs with 10 assists.
He looked more relieved than happy when he spoke to the media after the game.
"I needed to make a couple of shots," Ginobili said. "Not that I made that many. From the 3-point line, I still shot 1 for 4. But I just had a better overall offensive game, and I needed to feel like that. So good that it happened in an important situation."
Ginobili hit just 10 of 29 shots and scored only 30 points in the first four games of the Finals, but he responded with the kind of game that has endeared him to Spurs fans since his first season in 2002-03.
"I was angry, disappointed," Ginobili said, referring to his subpar play before Game 5. "We are playing in the NBA Finals, we were 2-2, and I felt I still wasn't really helping the team that much. And that was the frustrating part."
Ginobili looked tentative in the Spurs' 109-93 loss to the Heat in Game 4 Thursday night, finishing with just five points on 1-of-5 shooting.
Ginobili gave Spurs boost they needed
With the sellout crowd of 18,581 chanting "Manu, Manu," Ginobili was aggressive on both ends of the court from the get-go in Game 5. He connected on 8 of 14 field-goal attempts, including a 3-pointer on his first shot. The trey opened the scoring and put the Spurs ahead to stay.
Ginobili made his first two shots and posted his first 24-10 game (points-assists) since 2008.
"The first two long-distance shots went in, and that helped," he said. "I knew that I was going to be more aggressive regardless if those shots didn't go in. But I really didn't expect a 24-point game. It didn't happen all season long.
"The assists just happen. When your teammates and we shoot 60 percent, it's easy to get assists. I think I passed the ball pretty well last game, too. It just happened that we couldn't score."
Ginobili said he was heartened when he heard Spurs fans chant his name after he got going. Feeding off Ginobili's energy, the Spurs led by as many as 20 points in the second half before the Heat drew to within eight in the last two minutes.
"To feel that I really helped the team to get that 20-point lead, it was a much-needed moment in the series," Ginobili said. "So I'm glad to see it happen."
Sunday night's win gave San Antonio a 3-2 lead in the series, which shifts back to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday night. If a seventh game is necessary, it would be played Thursday night on the Heat's homecourt.
Tony Parker and Danny Green also had stellar games with 26 and 24 points, respectively. Parker hit 10 of 14 shots, and Green nailed six 3-pointers and broke Ray Allen's record for the most treys made in a Finals series.
But it was Ginobili, with his serpentine drives to the basket and pinpoint passing, who gave the Spurs the boost they needed for the crucial victory.
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Ginobili's teammates fed off his energy and were bolstered by his overall play.
"I think that first shot was huge, because that was not even a play for him," Parker said. "It was a play for me. And he kept it, and it was like a broken play, and he hits that three. I think the whole team, it helps everybody, because we know Manu is a big part of what we do. And we needed a game like that from him.
"I was feeling a big game for Manu. I said this morning it's a great opportunity for Manu. I was happy when Pop put him in the starting five, because you can get a rhythm."
Ginobili's slump had gotten the attention of the national media covering the Finals. To his credit, Ginobili didn't run away from the questions about his subpar play when he spoke to reporters after Spurs practice on Saturday.
Ginobili has not only been one of the Spurs' best players for more than a decade, he's also been a great ambassador for the franchise. He's a stand-up guy with a charisma that draws people to him.
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As you've no doubt heard, Hiroki Kuroda has informed the Dodgers he will not be waiving his no-trade clause, and thus will be staying with the club for the rest of the season. I have to say, I'm pretty disappointed in that. Don't get me wrong; I'm a big fan of Kuroda's. Choosing to exercise his option to stay is well within his rights, and I certainly understand and respect the view of those like Jon Weisman (and, I must say, a surprising amount of Dodger fans, at least among those who post on message boards) who see Kuroda's decision to stay amongst the turmoil as a refreshing change of pace. I get all of that, and from a human interest point of view, it's commendable.
Unfortunately, I look at it from more of a "wanting my team to win" point of view, and from that standpoint, it's hard not to think that Kuroda has hurt the chances to do that, even if only in a small way. A few weeks ago, I noted that I would be more than okay with keeping Kuroda to soak up some innings over the last few months if the deal was just going to be a salary dump, with little in the way of talent coming back. Yet as dominoes have begun to fall over the last few days, we've seen that this particular trade season is shaping up as a clear seller's market. Look at what Toronto was able to do in exchange for some relievers and eating a bad contract. Look how much the Orioles got for 36-year-old Koji Uehara, or the Mets for two months of Carlos Beltran, or the reported return for Ubaldo Jimenez if that goes through. With Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland (maybe) all having picked up starters, that left the Red Sox, Yankees, and Rangers to fight over Kuroda, the clear top remaining starter. That's an enviable position to be in.
I know rumors are just that, but when the Dodgers reportedly asked the Yankees for starter Ivan Nova and one of their three quality catching prospects, several baseball writers I respect greatly tweeted that they didn't think that was enough of a return, even if the Yankees balked at it. The Dodgers were reportedly even scouting Tiger 3B prospect Nick Castellanos, who they almost certainly weren't going to get, but at least they were shooting high. As the market took shape, my initial misgivings that the prospects may not be worth the effort turned into a feeling that the Dodgers could really get someone who would make a difference for the future. Not a superstar, of course, but at least a solid starter and perhaps a lottery ticket at one of the positions where the Dodgers have little depth.
Instead, we have 8-10 more starts of Kuroda to look forward to, and that might be it if he decides to go back to Japan after the season. I know some will be happy with that, saying that it proves he's "true blue" or makes the club better for the last two months, but I don't really see what that accomplishes. At the end of the season, his current 6-13 record will be something like 8-17, and the team will still be several games under .500 and double-digit games out of a playoff spot. Having Kuroda around, or not, was not going to change the fortunes of the 2011 club. Trading him might have helped future versions of the club, teams he'll have been long retired from, and while I'm glad he enjoys being a Dodger enough to invoke his no-trade clause, he could have also gone on a two-month road trip somewhere and re-signed in Los Angeles the day after the season ended, if he chose. His gain, short-term, is probably our loss, long-term, and it'll be a bit hard for me to watch his next start without that thought in the back of my mind.


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ATLANTA (AP) — An audit has found that a $25 million shortfall at Georgia Perimeter College was caused by chronic overspending and an inattention to finances by administrators of the suburban Atlanta school.
The review by the University System of Georgia was released Thursday.
It found that the school's senior fiscal leaders ignored or didn't notice of warning signs the college was heading toward financial disaster.
Evidence of the school's dire financial situation was available in both school financial statements and publicly available state audits. Those reports showed the college overspending its budget and using dwindling reserves to make ends meet.
However, the review states that the school's former president didn't read the financial statements and other key officials didn't fulfill their fiscal management duties.
Georgia Perimeter is the state's third-largest public college, teaching nearly 27,000 students at sites in Alpharetta, Clarkston, Covington, Decatur and Dunwoody.
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kevin 1 year, 7 months ago
Time to hold them accountable and to replace them with people that use calculators. In this day of "transparency," you have to wonder how it took so long for this to be exposed. And this is the 3rd largest college in the state? I have to wonder how bad it is in the top two. So who is minding the store for our tax money? No one. The State Board of Education should take some of the blame for this as well. They need to be watching reports more closely instead of going out to lunch on us.
notblind 1 year, 6 months ago
You can bet that the top administrators got paid on time. Until there are some severe penalties for such financial malfeasance we will never get accountability for poor management.
kevin 1 year, 5 months ago
we haven't heard another word about any firings over this. Are those same administrators still employed in that system? If so, this is all a joke on the taxpayer.