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A timeworn football maxim insists special teams are one third of the game.
That sure sounds important, yet they're so often blinked at.
In unrelated interviews last week, legendary punter Ray Guy rekindled the old argument that more special-teams players belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and taciturn New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick delivered a 500-word lecture on the subject.
A few days later, superstar tight end Rob Gronkowski broke his forearm blocking on an extra point in the fourth quarter and with the Patriots ahead by five touchdowns, sparking criticism against Belichick for using a prized player on an insignificant play.
The NFL, meanwhile, continues to devise ways to marginalize special teams. Whether for injury-litigation concerns or fan boredom, rule changes continually lessen the impact of special teams to the point Steve Tasker predicts kickoffs and extra points eventually will be abolished.
And there's a segment of the football community, including players, who don't consider special teams real football.
"I just play a different sport than all these guys," Buffalo Bills kicker Rian Lindell said while trying to explain an embarrassing effort to stop Miami Dolphins return man Marcus Thigpen's 96-yard touchdown last week.
"Making that tackle would be as odd as if somebody threw me a basketball and told me to hit a three-pointer."
Despite any special-teams stigma, the Bills enter this afternoon's game against the Indianapolis Colts with a 4-6 record bolstered by a pair of victories directly attributed to the kicking game.
The Bills failed to score an offensive touchdown against the Dolphins but won with a Leodis McKelvin punt return and four Lindell field goals. A blocked Arizona Cardinals field-goal attempt in Week Six forced overtime and allowed the Bills to win.
So what is the actual value of special teams in today's NFL?
There have been 21,025 plays from scrimmage this season, with 827 of them resulting in a touchdown or a safety. That's a score on 3.9 percent of all snaps.
There have been 3,166 kickoffs and punts, with 21 of them being returned for touchdowns. That's 0.7 percent of all kicks.
Bills special-teams coordinator Bruce DeHaven noted the data shows they're barely a fifth of a game's plays on a busy day. But when he worked under Bill Parcells with the Dallas Cowboys, they came up with a couple remarkable stats.
"We always talked about hidden yardage, the starting point after kickoff and kickoff return or the net punting," DeHaven said. "If you can come up with 100 yards difference in field position, normally that equates to about seven points."
Parcells recalled that as of a few seasons ago, teams that scored a special-teams touchdown won 75 percent of the time.
But the Bills ranked first in special teams three times under coordinator Bobby April during their 12-year playoff drought. Special-teams dominance didn't get them far.
The difference between the NFL's best and worst kickers isn't nearly as vast as quarterbacks, left tackles, linebackers or cornerbacks. Whatever one special-teams unit can do so often is a push with the opponent.
It's enough to make a team tinker. The Bills this year drafted and released kickoff specialist John Potter and cut punter Brian Moorman in search of an edge.
"We look at kickoff-return start line as one of our big stats, and if you're averaging the 24 compared to the 21, that's from here to the garbage can," Lindell said, pointing to a bin in the Bills' locker room. "But it's 20 spots in the rankings."
Tasker, the Bills' seven-time Pro Bowler on special teams, made the argument special teams truly are a third of the game and not 16 to 21 percent as the play count indicates.
"One, it's the only play in football where you deliberately give the ball to your opponent," Tasker said. "It's a changeover play, which is enormous in football. Possession is what you need, right?
"Two, it's also a play where 40 or 45 yards of field position will be given or taken. Ninety to 95 percent of field position is dictated by the kicking game. Three, on field goals or field-goal defense, you're going for points on this play.
"Those 20 percent of the snaps are one-time shots."
Not so special
Sometimes, a special-teams play is weighted like an anchor.
Bills fans don't need to be told how unsettling it feels to watch a game decided not by an offensive or defensive player, but by a special-teams play.
Because of that, they won't feel sorry for how Parcells' coaching career ended. Scott Norwood's missed field goal in Super Bowl XXV gave Parcells his second championship with the New York Giants.
But the last game Parcells coached was with the Cowboys in the 2006 playoffs. Down by a point to the Seattle Seahawks with 79 seconds to play, Parcells (with DeHaven as his coordinator) sent out his field-goal unit for a 19-yard attempt. Extra points are 20 yards long.
Cowboys quarterback and holder Tony Romo fumbled the snap and was tackled.
"I don't think I'm getting over that one any time soon," Parcells said by phone this week.
Infamous gaffes are seared into our memories and galvanize the stigma that special-teamers aren't to be taken as seriously as other football players.
Take, for instance, Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian. With the Dolphins on the verge of closing out their perfect 1972 season, Yepremian turned the Super Bowl into slapstick.
Rather than kick a field goal to give the 17-0 Dolphins a symbolic 17-0 lead late in the fourth quarter, his attempt was blocked. He gathered the ball and comically tried to throw it with hands "that aren't big enough to palm a tennis ball," said Dolphins running back Jim Kiick. The ball slipped out, and Yepremian for some reason batted it like a volleyball.
Washington Redskins cornerback Mike Bass plucked the ball and ran right past a pacifistic Yepremian for a touchdown to put the game in sudden doubt.
"I was standing next to [Dolphins defensive tackle] Manny Fernandez," Kiick said by phone this week, "and I heard him say, 'If we lose this game, we're just going to kill him.' They meant it. They were angry. It could've cost us the game."
What if rugged Hall of Fame fullback Larry Csonka — also blocking on the right wing, the same place Gronkowski lines up, by the way — had cost the Dolphins the Super Bowl with a goal-line fumble? Would his teammates have wanted to kill him?
"Oh, I don't think so," Kiick said with a laugh.
Special-teamers often aren't considered the genuine article. Kickers and punters aren't alone as quasi-outcasts (kicker Jan Stenerud is the only full-time special teamer in the Hall of Fame).
Coverage stars such as Tasker, Mark Pike, Blasdell native Ron Wolfley, Bill Bates, Bennie Thompson, Mosi Tatupu and Larry Izzo are on the fringe, too.
"I don't think any of us will see the inside of the Hall of Fame," Tasker said, "because it's a play where most guys think 'If you're playing special teams it's because you're not good enough to get on the field otherwise."
Parcells — a gridiron man's man if ever there was one — disagreed with the idea special-teamers don't belong in the Hall of Fame. He also shot down the notion he'd be able to handle the way his coaching career ended better had he lost on an end-zone interception.
"It's a football play," Parcells said of the botched field goal, "and it shows you that everything in football's important, and everything can be game-affecting."
Special teams have become more of a science over the past 30 years. Teams used to divvy up the various units among their position coaches. Now, many teams aid their special-teams coordinator with an assistant or a kicking specialist.
"Now it's to the point where everybody's coached well," DeHaven said. "The margin for error is a lot slimmer. You've got to work your tail off just to break even. If you're not prepared, it will beat you."
Shifting rules
The NFL has been a special-teams antagonist. The competition committee routinely has tempered kick and coverage plays over the years.
"The rules changes over the past 20 years have been about making them go away and not be a factor," Tasker said. "It all boils down to making those plays more antiseptic and less creative and takes away their potential impact in the game."
To allay concerns over catastrophic injuries such as Bills tight end Kevin Everett's broken neck in 2007 and the proliferation of concussion lawsuits against the NFL, kickoffs were moved last year from the 30-yard line to the 35 to produce more touchbacks.
The NFL moved the kickoff spot back to the 30-yard line in 1994. The touchback rate dropped that year from 26.5 percent to 7 percent. It went up to 16.4 percent by 2010.
This year, 48 percent of kickoffs are touchbacks, leading many to wonder if the NFL would prefer to eliminate kickoffs eventually.
"It rounds out the game," Lindell said. "You don't want to just start at the 25 at the beginning of the game. Then it's PE class."
About 53 percent of all punts aren't returned, but that's mostly because punters have gotten so much better at directional and Australian-style punts, not because of rule adjustments.
Other rules changes that have softened special teams include field goals no longer winning an overtime game on the opening possession, no three-man wedges on kickoffs, at least two players must be outside the numbers on every kickoff, gunners can't run out of bounds on punt coverage and defensive penalties on touchdown plays being assessed on the kickoff to shorten the field.
"There's no question that the punt return or the kick return is the most exciting play in football," Tasker said, "but you've got to go through six dozen of them to get a good one."
As for extra points, Belichick has opined they're not good for the game because they "are non-plays." Kiick suggested moving the spot back 10 yards to create some drama. Tasker proposed forcing teams to run an offensive play for the conversion.
"The rules around the league over the last 15, 20 years have slowly eroded that special-teams ability to make a difference," Tasker said.
"Particularly in this day and age, when you see what looks like a great play on special teams it's because somebody on the other side has made an enormous or stupid mistake. That's the atmosphere in the league right now."
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Ash & Co. meet with a TV Star and her Igglybuff. She is set to have a show today however the Igglybuff go Missing. Can Ash & Co. find them in time for the show?
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This episode would have been better if the songs weren't so terrible. Team Rocket's song motto and Brock's "Takeshi in Paradise" were the only song highlights of the episode. I don't know if an arena full of adult men would be caught dead singing that song at the end, or the song at the beginning of Brittany's show. This is one episode where I'm betting the Japanese original was ten times better.
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How does the English version of Takeshi no Paradiasu go, anyway?
This was a fun episode, but I didn't like the song Brock performed.
I found this episode rather funny. Even though the dubbing of the songs wasn't the best, it was fun to see what they got out of them.
The songs used were:
*Natsuyasumi Fan Club
*Takeshi no Paradise
*Rocket Dan yo eien ni
*Torikaekko Please (I think)
....there was one more, but I can't place it, though I know I've heard it before. It's the one where the only lyrics were "na na na na na". Anyone know which song that originally was?
The igglybuffs and Brittany were soooooooooo adorable I didn't care how cheesy the songs were. My only real beef was the title. Could've been something more clever, like "Iggly Pop". Episode titles aren't one of 4Kids strong suits.
I liked this episode. The singing was good, and there funny moments. (Brock Singing )
Wow, this was really sub-par ._.
Jessie was really going mad in this episode. Though, her fantasies are far more amusing than Meowth's AG Boss Fantasies.
Brittany looked fine in her costume, but before, she was just O_o. Brock's just desperate for love, IMO.
Dang, Jigglypuff was a real hard-hitter in this Episode . It really beat the living daylights out of Igglybuff. And it did a nice job of poning Arbok and Victreebel.
Speaking of which, did anyoen else notice that Arbok looked really feral at one point? I think it was when it was attacking Corsola. Its eyes were narrowed to nearly straight lines, and it looked quite fearsome. I think it was just a slip-up, though, because its eyes were normal before and after.
IMO, the Igglies were better actors/actresses than Brittany. She sang OK, but the Igglybuff sang good and danced a lot better. Like Ash said, I can see why the show took off when the Igglies were added.
OMG . Takeshi no Paradise! That's the first time I've heard it in the Dub. it's pretty funny, but I have a feeling the original would be better.
Wow, that's a lot to say for such a lousy episode X_x
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I'd say this is probably the worst Johto Filler I've seen so far. And seeing as they show Master Quest episodes 4 times a weekend, that's saying a lot ._.
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Well, I have the exact opposite to say. It's one of the best Johto fillers ever made.
1. The Team Rocket in it's entirety returns after four years. I don't know about the audiance but I think TR (well, Jessie and James) can actually sing.
2. Speaking of singing. 4Kids actually had the sense to cast someone who could sing to be Brittany's voice actress. I'm so annoyed when they cast people who can't sing to play a singing character.
3. Wobbufett strutted it's stuff which had gotten rare. It's still funny that this patient Pokemon hold all of TR's wins against the twerps since "Princess vs. Princess".
4. "Brock's Paradise" (the dubbed version) finally appeared and it was funny that it's only song that he knows and nearly passes out. His voice is so bad it only adds to the comedy.
5. Jigglypuff was amusing to say the least. We hadn't seen it really pound anything since the Clefairy were trying to make it to space. But man did it make up for lost time. Even Arbok and Viccy weren't spared from its wrath.
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Man if I were a dubber, I would've stuck my fan made "English" version in there...
But I understand that this rendition is longer than the one in Houen...is this true?
It is. What we saw of the Hoenn one was quite short.
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This episode is pretty great. I especially liked how the narrator fell asleep along with everybody else.
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I don't know if anyone noticed it, but during this episode when Jigglypuff was going through the twerps backpacks it stumbled upon Misty's hankerchief that she'd later give to Ash in "Gotta Catch Ya Later".
I really liked this episode. In fact it was one of my favorite episodes in the Johto league (a favorite not because of the starring character but the whole episode had good stuff)
I loved the dub title
I loved Brock's routine and his song. I even sing it when I dont even notice
I loved Brittany's songs
I loved Jessie and James' performance
I really loved that in the beginning, the Igglybuff were dancing to the actual 1st Japanese opening song which I found 00ber cool.
Not to mention the episode overly rocked!
I give this episode 10/10: one of the best Pokemon episodes in PokeHistory
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Eh, blah, what I thought was Torikaekko Please was really Mama no Daiji na Pokemon, which is also where the na na na-stuff is from.
Ah well. I should really watch the original episode some time.
This filler ep was good, but the only problem was Team Rocket and their "performance".
When I first saw this ep. in broadcast, I came into the second act on the TR scene. So when I saw Brock dressed in Latino costume, I was all WTF.
Otherwise, this is a funny filler, done up by the best animation director, and filled with Japanese Poke tunes. I had fun. Did you?
Honk if you prefer the Japanese version to the English dub!
This is definitely one of the better Johto fillers. We had an interesting character, and one of the only times where the character of the day is a singer (it may even be THE only time). Brock's Paradise was hysterical, but I haven't seen this episode in ages, so I can't really remember any specifics.
After hearing the song I wrote my own "English" version of the whole thing and recorded myself singing it...
I never actually saw 'Camerupt', to which I was severely disappointed not to(was out of town without TV). Must've been as funny as 'Mawile's scene was, LOL.
Honk if you prefer the Japanese version to the English dub!
This episode for me has got to be the worst I've seen. The audience, I mean wtf.. with their pinkness (and another word-ness, I'm sure all of them were guys wearing pink, weird), TR were the best act there (the only ones who could sing in my opinion, which is worrying in Brock's case with his voice actor being a singer as well) and all they did was boo *eye roll* all the rest of the music was eugh.. though Brock not knowing any other song is always a little funny. That entire scene annoyed me, it's usually fast forwarded/muted depending on how I feel.
Strangely enough that's all I can remember from the episode, the horrible music. [sarcasm]Woe is me.[/sarcasm]
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He was really flat in this version...
The episode was ok, although I prefer Britney's Engish singing voice more then her Japanese singing voice. Brock's song hilarious. xD In english that is, and Jigglypuff sure is one ebil pink ball isn't she?
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The songs were all lousy except for Brock's one, that one was harlirous
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I've been worried, almost sick, about one unaccounted-for box. It had Ivy's first dress in it, and I had carefully packed and marked so that I could find it quickly after the move. But it's alluded me these past two weeks and sometimes I can't fall asleep at night because of it. I had always imagined that when Ivy got her pink room we'd hang it on a pretty hook on her wall. When we picked out the paint color -a story of its own, to come- I had already packed away the dress.
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Most accessible of these "Zulu-village hotels" is Shakaland, 14km north of Eshowe off the R68 at Norman Hurst Farm, Nkwalini (035 460 0912, www.shakaland.com). Built in 1984 as the set for the wildly romanticized TV series Shaka Zulu, Shakaland is a reconstruction of a nineteenth-century Zulu kraal and quite unrepresentative of how people live today. However, the theme park just about manages to remain on the acceptable side of exploiting ethnic culture, and offers the chance to sample Zulu food. Tours for day visitors include an audiovisual presentation about the origin of the Zulus, a guided walk around the huts, an explanation of traditional social organization, spear-making, a beer-drinking ceremony and a buffet lunch with traditional food. The highlight, however, is probably one of the best choreographed Zulu dancing shows in the country, with the dramatic landscape as the backdrop; it's worthwhile putting up with all the other stuff just to see it.
In a different league, Simunye Zulu Lodge (035 450 0101, www.simunyelodge.co.za), along the D256, off the R34 and 6km north of Melmoth, offers a far more authentic experience of Zulu culture, introducing guests to contemporary ways of life as well as traditional customs. Visitors are conveyed to the camp by horse, ox wagon or 4WD, and get to see dancing, visit a working kraal and meet local people.
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No. 14 Men's Volleyball Downs No. 13 Ohio State, 3-1
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 14 Ball State men's volleyball team led by sophomore Marcin Niemczewski and junior Shane Witmer would down No. 13 Ohio State 3-1 (20-25, 26-24, 25-20, 26-24) Wednesday evening at St. John Arena. Ball State's win marked the first time the Cardinals have won on the Buckeyes' home court since the 2006 season.
With the win Ball State improves to 8-5 on the season and 4-2 in MIVA action while Ohio State falls to 7-7 on the year and 4-3 in league play. Ball State last won in St. John Arena back on April 7, 2006 in a three-set sweep.
Niemczewski put up a match-high 18 kills on the night and added eight assisted blocks and a solo stuff. Witmer had a blistering .406 hitting percentage that helped him register a career-high 17 kills. Witmer's previous career high was 15 set at Limestone on Jan. 27, 2012. The junior passed 18 balls on the night without committing a reception error and had four digs and three assisted blocks.
Leske had a strong night at the net with 10 assisted blocks and a solo block to go with six kills and a .545 attack percentage (6-0-11). Fellow middle attacker Kevin Owens added a solo block and two assisted blocks and three kills.
Junior Matt Sutherland got the start and got under 10 digs and tallied eight kills. Libero David Ryan Vander Meer registered a team-high 10 digs while senior setter Graham McIlvaine had 46 assists, five digs and three kills.
The first set started back and forth with neither team able to mount much of a run. With the match tied at 7-7, Ohio State was able to string together three points to take a 10-7 lead. Ball State was able to get within one point, 14-13, after two Witmer kills, a kill from Niemczewski and an ace from Leske.
From their Ohio State took the next four out of five points to force Ball State to call a timeout down 18-14. A kill from Sutherland was followed by two kills and a block by the Buckeyes to push the Cardinals to use their final timeout of the set down 21-15. Ohio State would go on to win the set, 25-20.
Ball State would call its first timeout of the second set after Ohio State rattled off three points to take a 12-10 lead. A Buckeye service error and two kills from Niemczewski along with a kill by Owens gave the Cardinals a 15-14 lead. Three kills from Witmer along a Niemczewski-Leske block helped guide Ball State to a 22-19 late in the second set.
Coming out of a timeout, the Buckeyes knotted the set at 22-22 with two consecutive kills. A kill by OSU's Miles Johnson followed by a Michael Henchy service error brought the set back to even at 23-23. On the next play, Leske would put up a big solo block to give Ball State a potential set point at 24-23. Ohio State did not go away getting a kill from Johnson. Consecutive kills from Witmer gave Ball State the second set, 26-24.
The Cardinals trailed early in the third set put were able to string points together off kills from Witmer, Niemczewski and Sutherland to knot the set at 14-14. Ohio State took an 18-15 lead after two Ball State attack errors forcing the Cardinals to call a timeout. Three consecutive attack errors from the Buckeyes tied the set back up at 18.
Ohio State would get a kill off a blocking error to take a 19-18 lead but from there Ball State took control. A kill from Niemczewski followed up by a left-handed kill from Leske gave the Cardinals a one-point advantage. Ohio State would call a timeout after the next point when Niemczewski drilled a kill home. A Leske-Witmer block followed up by a service ace from Sutherland gave Ball State a 23-19 lead. A service error by Ball State followed by an Ohio State attack error set up Witmer kill to give the Cardinals the 25-20 win.
The fourth set was knotted late with Ball State calling a timeout with Ohio State up 18-16 off two kills and a Ball State attack error. Coming out of the time out the teams would trade points back and forth put a Witmer kill followed by a kill by Sutherland and a Niemczewski-Leske block would give Ball State a late 21-20 advantage. The fourth set would be tied at 23-23 and 24-24 but would end off the hand of Witmer with two consecutive kills to give Ball State the 26-24 set win.
Ball State hit a .252 (55-22-131) on the night while Ohio State managed a .232 clip (55-26-125). The Cardinals held the advantage in blocks, 17-8.
Ball State starts its nine-match home stand when it hosts Barton on Friday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Stay tuned to BallStateSports.com for more news and information on Ball State men's volleyball.


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Kirk Smalley from Stand for the Silent visited the University of Toledo, and spoke to a large audience in the Field House in March. This compelling speech will be presented on this website starting Monday, April 1.
Kirk and Laura Smalley's eleven year old son, Ty Field-Smalley, took his own life after being suspended from school for retaliating against a bully that had been bullying him for over two years.
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The Nebraska Sandhills are an ocean of green with the recent rains and cattle prices are at all-time highs — so what better time and place for ranchers and their partners to gather here.
The first get-together was at the mid-year meeting of the Nebraska Cattlemen held in Gothenburg in mid-June.
Then, June 26 saw the Sandhills Affiliate of the Nebraska Cattlemen enjoy a day at the Dismal River Golf course, south of Mullen.
"Our Winter Ball held in February is at the eastern end of our area, so we wanted to have something at the western end, "stated Marc Ericksen of Mullen, vice president of the NCSA.
The NCSA encompasses all or part of Blaine, Thomas, Hooker, Grant and southern Cherry counties. The timing for both precedes some of the busiest times for ranchers, who are calving and haying.
As one drove through the lush green hills, the hay crop should mirror the cattle prices — some of the best in recent years.
This is the second year the officers of the NCSA have organized and the Dismal River Golf club has hosted this cattlemen's get-together.
"This is the first year though that the DRG allowed us to include a day of golf for those that wanted to enjoy this pristine, professional golf course," stated Brenda Masek, president of the NCSA.
The primary reason this could happen was that the DRG now has two separate 18-hole courses.
"The 'white course' — a.k.a., 'Nicklaus course,' named after pro golfer and designer, Jack Nicklaus — was the first course. The 'Red course,' aka the Doak course, is named after Tom Doak, the premier golf course architect, who designed it and it opened last July," explained the DRG director of golf, and this writer's tour guide out to the links, Pat Kilbride.
Sixteen cattlemen and women braved the 25 mph winds to enjoy a day of golf.
"We kept scores, but did not compete against only our team member. Just a day to be away from the ranchwork," stated Tessa Atkins, secretary of the NCSA.
She golfed with her Dad, Al Atkins.
Their ranch is between Halsey and Purdum.
Atkins Ranch was one of the sponsors of the delicious steak meal served afterwards. Other sponsors included Minert-Simonson Angus Ranch in Dunning, Hoffman Herefords in Thedford, Western Nebraska Bank in Purdum, Peterson Law Office of Valentine and Elanco Animal Health.
"We could not offer this without our sponsors. We thank them immensely," stated Brenda.
The golfers had a tough day thanks to the wind — a lot of shanks, birdies and bogies and looking for golf balls in the rough of the tall grass prairie extended their playing time and their fun.
"The course is a challenge in itself, but when you put this much wind in the mix, it is that much more difficult," explained Patrick. "Rain and lightning have kept the golfers in the clubhouse, but never the wind."
When the fun was over, the food and news important to the industry began for over 55 producers and sponsors.
Pete MyClymont, executive vice president of the Nebraska Cattlemen, with his handouts, discussed the "Ditch the Rule!"
MyClymont explained that the EPA's Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule expands its jurisdiction in an attempt to regulate more water and land features across Nebraska and other states. It is especially important, he said, that producers all across the U.S find out more information and write the EPA with talking points.
The other topic he brought to the attention of the audience was the new exemptions for agriculture, which will aim to streamline and update exemptions, including the change for producers and their CDL status or individuals driving a "covered farm vehicle."
Terry Vinton of Mullen, one of three brothers back on the family ranch, discussed the opportunity he recently had when he was invited to visit Germany with a contingent of Nebraska agricultural representatives.
"I was the face of the USA family farm and ranch in the 'Farm to Fork' program. Hopefully we changed the viewpoints of the Europeans thinking that farms and ranches are large corporate entities. I discussed social sustainability — my involvement in our family ranch. Environmental sustainability — that of good stewards of the lands under our care. Economic sustainability was how with care, our premiums can increase, such as with NHTC beef (No hormone treated beef). I feel The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with Europe will do us far more good than NAFTA did with Canada and Mexico. Distributors over there cannot get enough of our beef."
Bill Rishel, past president of the Nebraska Cattlemen from North Platte in his presentation also discussed the state of sustainability in the beef industry.
"Years ago sustainability was when enough money was made to pay the bills. We've gone a long ways past that primitive concept. Sustainability includes so much more. The No. 1 issue for the long term is 'how do we keep the next generation involved in the business?' The capital required is unbelievable. The increase of technology and knowledge gained by researchers at UNL, and MARC (Meat Animal Research Center) at Clay Center is setting the stage for Nebraska to be the epicenter of the beef industry. It cannot happen, though, as JD Alexander pointed out, 'If you are not going to be at the table, you are going to be on the menu.'"
Rishel explained that comment farther, "In other words, we have to be at the table to define what and who we are or others will do it for us."
He applauded the research done on the Life Cycle Assessment of beef production.
"It is the first ever done on any life cycle of any livestock and has corrected misconceptions about environmental issues of our industry. It has helped the NCBA (National Cattlemen Beef Association) and its state affiliates at the global beef roundtable. We must show our corporate end users that our product is environmentally sound, socially responsible and economically viable."
The most important aspect gained from the evening ... no beef producer can be a solo player to be sustainable in this industry. It takes a team effort, and unlike sports teams, the "team beef" season is 365 days long. ❖


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Fans got quite the shakedown on The Voice Monday thanks to an eye-opening, sexy and unexpected hip shake from Jasper, Ala., native Shelbie Z., who turned it up several notches on the show's first evening of knockout rounds.
The hairdresser and beauty-pageant coach not only owned Carrie Underwood's morning-after confessional "Last Name," she also showed real star potential and plenty of attitude, playing with her long blond hair provocatively but letting her growling vocals steal the night for Team Blake.
"So much presence and charm and personality – wow," Cee Lo Green exclaimed, while Christina Aguilera called it "one of the most confident performances in the knockouts I've seen."
Blake Shelton couldn't help but choose Shelbie Z. over rock-inspired Briana Cuoco – the sister of actress Kaley Cuoco – who underwhelmed on No Doubt's hit "Don't Speak."
Jamaican-born singer Tessanne Chin moved on to the live rounds with another strong showing for Team Adam, beating out Ashley DuBose with a commanding take on Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger."
Also headed to the live shows are Nic Hawk, whose neo-soul take on Aguilera's early hit "Genie in a Bottle" earned praise from her and the other coaches for its unique appeal, and Grey, a Florida wedding singer whose rich voice shined on Clarkson's "Already Gone.
Houston's Amber Nicole, 17, who showed skill beyond her years on Jessie J's "Mama Knows Best" for Team Christina, lost out to New Hampshire's Josh Logan, who surprised with a soulful version of Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City." But she was saved on a steal by Green.
For Team Christina, Olivia Henken moved forward on the Linda Ronstadt classic "You're No Good," beating out biker-bar singer Destinee Quinn, who struggled with pitch on Carrie Underwood's "See You Again."
The evening's rock contingent was strongly represented by Team Cee Lo's energetic Kat Robichaud, who ousted Monika Leigh with a jamming version of Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know."
"Kat, you are a rock star," Adam Levine gushed. "You really are. A couple times it looks like you are about to kill someone. Super intense. You got the crazy look. You were just so natural up there."
The show's closing contest pitted two closely matched men for Team Cee Lo: folksy performer Cole Vosbury and military vet Jonny Gray.
Playing his guitar, the bearded Vosbury showed off a passionate vocal on an unexpected song choice with Passenger's "Let Her Go." Said Green: "Your cool is going to be one of the most attractive things about you."
Meanwhile Gray, an engaging and natural performer, bounced across the stage as he sang the Beatles classic "We Can Work It Out."
"These are two of my regrets right here," Levine said of both men as he told Green, "I don't care who you pick because I'm picking the other one."
But as Green chose Gray, and Levine jumped up to make good on a steal of Vosbury, his nemesis Shelton stepped in to challenge him.
Shelton had joked about both singers, who wore hats and have long hair: "It's like someone is filming a Western at another studio across the way with horses tied up out there."
The country star tried to warn Vosbury against choosing Levine. "If you go with Adam, there is a good chance you'll be leaving here on a moped, dressed a little more metro," he said.
"[Blake's] very charming. Don't look him in the eye," Levine warned the contestant.
Vosbury, who graciously offered his love of Maroon 5's music, bought Shelton's funny plea.
"Cole and I will be riding off in the sunset on our horses together," Shelton, a three-time winner, gloated.
The knockout rounds continue Tuesday.
The Voice: Shelbie Z. Shakes Things Up for Blake Shelton
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By Joanne Bruno | September 10, 2012
Somehow, someway I've gotten it into my head that learning to like beets will make me a better person. They'll make me smarter, funnier, have more friends…or at the least give me one more vegetable to add to my healthy eating repertoire.
Liking beets just doesn't come naturally to me the way it does to some people, but I've found that when you combine vegetables you don't like with things you're completely enamored with…they suddenly become tolerable. So in this salad I've tossed them with summer's most delicious stone fruits – peaches and pluots – as well as some feta cheese, whose strong tangy flavor pairs perfectly with the beets' sweet earthy tones. The resulting dish is so tasty that even I, a former beet hater, can look forward to eating it.
Joanne Bruno is a food writer and third year MD/PhD student. Find more of her delicious ramblings over at her blog: Eats Well With Others.
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Intel must be the gift that keeps on giving to AMD. In late
2009, Intel was forced
to pay AMD $1.25B for its years of monopolistic behavior in the processor
market. Now, AMD is benefiting directly from Intel's
Series 6 (Cougar Point) chipset woes.
In late January, Intel explained that it had uncovered a
SATA problem with Cougar Point that
could cause performance degradation over time. As a result, Intel stopped
shipment of the affected chipsets, will take a charge of roughly $1B, and won't
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for the shortfall due to the Cougar Point
AMD earlier this year unveiled
its Fusion processors that feature onboard DirectX 11 graphics. AMD says
that netbooks using the chipset will have over 10 hours of battery life.
AMD has also been in the news recently thanks to the ouster
of Dirk Meyer as CEO. Meyer was removed from his position due
to a lack of vision when it comes to mobile computing devices like
smartphones and tablets.
quote: Your talking about CPU types, If a new CPU comes out in which its FSB exceeded a chipsets ability, then its a problem that requires a new board. But overall, for Socket-A - the last Socket A type boards would run every Socket A cpu ever made.
quote: far longer than intel's 1st gen i3-5-7.
quote: If a new CPU comes out in which its FSB exceeded a chipsets ability
quote: LOL, Core i3, Core i5, and some Core i7's have gone through 3 such major north bridge changes caused by integration on the CPU die. F
quote: The fact remains, AMD's products over the last many years have had a great track record of backwards compatibility, and regardless Intel's reasonings, they have not.
quote: The argument that AMD has not changed anything just makes me laugh, AMD has had their memory controller on die since 2005. As a result they were ahead of Intel so they did not have too, are you seriously trying to imply that is a bad thing?


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"We bonded like crazy. It was like we'd known each other forever," Lavigne, 29, tells PEOPLE exclusively. "It's a very intimate process, and you have to really open up when you're songwriting. When it was over and I had to go work with other people, it sucked. So I called him and asked him to come back to L.A. to do some more writing with me, and he was like, 'Hell yeah!' "
Soon the two had fallen for each other romantically – and written enough love ballads to fill several albums.
"We wrote a song called 'My Little Secret,' about keeping our relationship under wraps," says Kroeger, 38. "And others like 'Let Me Go,' 'Hush Hush,' and 'Give You What You Like.' Our writing partner must have been like, 'You guys are making me sick!' "
A month and six days after they began dating, Kroeger proposed to Lavigne with a giant, 14-carat rock, and they were wed a year later in July 2013 during a wild, three-day party at a castle in the South of France. They even debuted one of their new love ballads during the wedding.
"We played our duet 'If I Said I Loved You' for our guests and danced to it for our first dance," Lavigne says. "Our guests got to hear an exclusive song! It's our love song," Lavigne says. "We had to play it at the wedding."
So now that they're married, are babies on the agenda? Sure, says Kroeger, just not anytime soon. Lavigne is busy promoting her new album, and Nickelback are about to go on tour to Europe and South Africa.
"We both want it," he says. "We just need to find a time we're both home to get around to it!"
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After posting plenty of photos of them together, Rihanna finally came clean, much to readers' chagrin, that she and Chris Brown are back on as a couple. The pop star, 24, and Brown, 23, have had a rocky past after he was charged with assaulting her in 2009. She told Rolling Stone that the reconciled relationship was important to her, despite any public scrutiny it would invite. "Even if it's a mistake, it's my mistake," she says. "After being tormented for so many years, being angry and dark, I'd rather just live my truth and take the backlash. I can handle it."
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On Wednesday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department issued a statement saying they are "currently investigating" the case, and "Jose Conseco has been named as the suspect in this investigation. At this time no charges have been filed and our investigation remains ongoing."
"Per department policy neither victim information or investigation details are available for release," the statement continues.
Police did confirm they are hoping to speak with the former Oakland A's star – and he has agreed.
In the meantime, Canseco, 48, has taken to Twitter to profess his innocence in a series of Tweets that he has since pulled down. In one Tweet, he reportedly called out his accuser by name, asking her, "Will u take a polygraph cause I will."
And he later Tweeted, "Lets play truth or dare. I dare [redacted victim's name] to tell the truth."
Canseco, a two-time home run champion and six-time all star, was one of the game's biggest stars in the late '80s and into the '90s. In 2005, Canseco penned the New York Times bestseller Juiced, a book that addressed the use of steroids by baseball players.
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Hamburgers, coffee and now ... ashes?
Taking a page from fast-food chains and doughnut shops, a handful of area clergy are offering "Ashes to Go" to mark the start of the Lenten holy season on Ash Wednesday next week.
Seven area Episcopal priests will distribute ashes outside their churches or in other public spaces, including a couple of Metro Rail stations and the campus of Fredonia State College.
Commuters can even have the sign of the cross traced on their foreheads without leaving their bucket seats.
"Being there when people are looking for God is what's important," said the Rev. Vicki Zust, who will meet drivers in the parking lot of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Clarence from 5 to 6:30 p.m. "We're here for whoever will find this meaningful."
During the morning commute, the Rev. Sean Leonard will distribute ashes from the parking lot of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Orchard Park.
"The intention is for people to have that connection with God at least for a few minutes," said Leonard.
The Rev. Cathy Dempesy and Bishop R. William Franklin of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York will be at the Allen Street Metro Rail station from 7 to 8 a.m., available to subway riders and passers-by.
The clergy will pray while distributing ashes, in the sign of the cross, on the recipient's forehead – a Christian mark of repentance that dates back centuries.
"Through this simple act, we hope to create a moment of grace amidst the busy-ness of people's daily lives," said Franklin.
Anyone is welcome to receive the ashes, said Dempesy, who is rector of the Episcocal Church of the Ascension, a few blocks from the station.
Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day season of penance leading up to Easter, the holiest day on the Christian calendar.
"Ashes to Go" began in St. Louis in 2007 and spread to 80 churches in 21 states last year.
Episcopal clergy in Kenmore, Dunkirk, Lockport and Westfield in Chautauqua County will be participating this year.
Some fellow clergy and parishioners have bristled at the unusual outreach, saying it trivializes a beautiful church tradition that belongs inside a sanctuary.
Zust said she was aware that some people might scoff at the effort, especially in Western New York, where traditions run deep.
"To some extent, you always worry about that. But then I remember Jesus got scoffed at all the time for taking God into the streets," she said.
Churches are still offering regular Ash Wednesday services, as well, said Leonard. "Ideally, we'd love for people to step inside for an hour and be part of a service," he said.
But practically, many people won't or can't do that, he said.
Some people are intimidated by churches; others have work and family commitments and can't spare even an hour on a Wednesday.
Besides, added Leonard, "Jesus never did his ministry inside a church."
Although informal, ashes will be distributed only by clergy, per the norms of the Episcopal Church.
"It isn't like we're just going to be slapping ashes on people's foreheads. We're going to pray with them," said Dempesy. "It's not like the ashes are some sort of ecclesiastical giveaway. There's going to be some decorum to it."
Zust and other clergy said there's a spiritual craving for the ashes, even among people who don't regularly go the church.
Last year on Ash Wednesday, about a dozen people that Zust "had never seen before" walked into St. Paul's Church at different times during the late afternoon seeking ashes.
Zust obliged, even though the church had morning and evening services that included ash distributions.
The experience convinced her that the church should try "Ashes to Go" this year.
The ashes, along with a prayer that reminds recipients that they are dust and will return to dust, "seems to strike a chord with people," said Zust.
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ALBANY – Officials in a Rensselaer County town say it was their fault, not State Sen. Catharine Young's, that the Olean Republican got a property tax break for her second home near the Capitol.
Hours after Young blamed the situation on a mistake by her husband, who handles the family's finances, the assessor in the Town of North Greenbush said that following Young's purchase of the condo, town officials erroneously failed to remove the Basic STAR property tax exemption for the previous property owner.
In a letter to Young, Town Assessor John Harkin, a Democrat, said a "careful reading" of the local school tax bill would have shown that the property was still getting a STAR exemption. But he said it "appears there was no affirmation action taken by either you or your husband to claim this STAR exemption."
"It certainly appears to me that this was an honest error by both parties. Sorry for any troubles this has certainly caused you in the past few days," he wrote. In a written statement Thursday evening, Young said, "I am very relieved that this is cleared up, and the town was able to trace that the exemption was applied by them erroneously. The amount will be paid in full tomorrow."
Young's office said the exemption was worth about $200 a year, but with interest from a penalty, the total amount Young will reimburse the town is $4,214.42.
Harkin said the condo has been on the tax rolls in Young's name since at least 2001. The Albany Times Union reported Thursday that the senator was a "double-dipper," getting a STAR exemption on both her Olean home and the condo she purchased sometime after being elected in 1998.
Young told the newspaper that she learned of the error over the weekend and that she was going to repay the town any financial benefits she received over the past decade. The STAR program allows for a partial exemption for some of the property taxes owed on a resident's primary residence, but not on second homes.
Harkin told The Buffalo News that he considers the matter closed since Young earlier this week applied to end the exemption and repay the town.
He said her exemption was formally ended Wednesday after he called the Olean tax assessor's office to confirm that Young and her husband already had a Basic STAR exemption on their Olean house. "It was an honest mistake," he said.
Lawmakers, who get per diems when they are in Albany to cover food and lodging costs, stay in a variety of places, including hotels, apartments and condos they purchase.
Harkin said the state's Real Property Tax Services office emailed him Feb. 20 with the names of two North Greenbush property owners – Young was one of them – who may have STAR exemptions in more than two communities in New York at the same time. He said he believes the email was sent to assessors' offices throughout the state. Monday, Harkin said a representative from Young's office filed a form to remove her name from the STAR exemption list.
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It's hard to get away with anything — or sweep something under the rug — in our modern society. Not that people don't try. For example, look at the "Great Cheese Sandwich Mystery" in Barbour Coun....
Isn't the 'democrat' new school menu agenda working out fine? Thank Michelle Obama....this is your new, slimmer diet plan. NOT healthy...but you will slim down!
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**** em, make the kids bring their own food or starve. cant afford to eat? too bad. teach these kids how the real world works.********** and they are going to be the ones to learn the hardest once they get out of school. good luck getting a job at mcdonalds, they're starting to want people with 2 year degrees just to flip ******* burgers. GOD BLESS AMERIKKKA
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Truthseeker, you're about as dumb as a wedge. You mean to tell me you are now blaming Michelle Obama for Barbour County's cheese sandwich scandal. Even you should be able to see how little of your brain needs to function to arrive at that conclusion... And Puremagix, maybe it's not the sports program that has wrecked school lunches (which by your definition is an entitlement that human beings are not entitled to) - but rather the cutting of overall school budgets. Could that be part of the problem? I know you hate socialism, and if you really adore the good old American capitalist way of life, you should be cheering that the school lunchroom is being flushed down the toilet - it signals the dawn of a bright new day in education - when kids will have to provide their own lunch, their own buses, their own school buildings, their own desks, their own books, and their own teachers. Yes, someday the kingdom of heaven will arrive and we won't spend a dime on anyone.
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well magic*******, *******washingtonexaminer****/mcdonalds-want-ad-demands-bachelors-degree-two-years-experience-for-cashier/article/2526145
there is the proof stating mcdonalds is wanting people with a ******* degree. So go*****a dick. Amerikka is going downhill fast thanks to that monkey in office. Like i said, pack your kids food or you have no ******* room to complain.
go troll somewhere else you dumb arogant *****. hope you fall in a hole
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so who's got their facts in order now you dumb cow
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The real problem here is the Board of Ed administration in every single county of the state. These black holes of bureaucracy have gotten bigger and bigger while schools receive less teachers and less funding. It's sad that even the superintendent covers for the people or persons responsible for letting kids go hungry. That is inexcusable and whomever was responsible should indeed be fired...but really, when was the last time a BOE administrator was fired?
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And people like you make me puke. You must be pretty back woods*******to think he is going down any time soon. What did we do to Bush? NOTHING. Lemme guess, your mom is your sister and your daddy is your uncle? That stupidity you spew comes from a special kind of inbreeding, and Im gonna take a long shot here and assume your brother is your husband....god I hope you dont have any kids, and if you do, I hope the state saves them from your stupidity.
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Looks like Super knows the "Obama two step". Barbour County always gets least desirable superintendents. Every one we've had in the last 15 years has been fired somewhere else in West Virginia. When we clean out the board and get rid of Super he'll just go to another unfortunate county. It's the same group of people that just go from county to county until they retire. That's whats wrong w/ our educational system Governor!
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Oh really? have you now? Well, first off, you don't dictate where I post or the way I post. Go take your 400lbs ass back to the welfare office and beg for more handouts.
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Walker, Obama and his dufus mate (we think) since Michelle on a talk show few weeks ago stated she was a 'single mom,' are the two that SET THE AGENDA in this country and all Democrat leaders in all counties in the nation are following this dufus with everything he DICTATES. It PROVES you democrats FOLLOW not LEAD!
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I just love getting a liberal socialist riled up like Walker.....they STUPIDLY ADMIT they're stupid. Socialism/liberalism is a failure and it's proven over and over throughout history. THIS current President and administration is proving it also.
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ANon....you're welcome. I ENJOY making liberals 'puke.' Glad to oblige.
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The local BOE's, our schools and our governments, both local and federal, suffers from the same disease. The lack of leaders who do not put political agendas, sports programs and non-educational programs ahead of a everything else. Parents have got so caught up in sports they will take to the streets when their sports programs are threatened, but stand idly by while the school system corrupts the minds of their children by filling their heads with political nonsense and acceptance of immoral sexual practices. When you set your standards low, you can't expect anything more on your investment.
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excuse me? "wont be in here long" and just what the*****is that supposed to mean? you seem to be the keyboard warrior here. go fry yourself up some more fried chicken, and shove in that gullet hole of your. when you wanna man up and meet me that's when your opinion will matter
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I'm going to dub this the Wrongman Competition. I just love it when two crazy people duke it out for all to see. Thanks for the free entertainment, boys.
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haha just finished reading all these posts and wow sounds like pure has made a new friend. i dont think anon367 is going to lose any sleep if he gets blocked by the paper. i doubt they will block one of their highest rated users. and who cares if your a cop pure,um nobody. you should take some of your own advice and watch who you upset on here, the person on the other end just could be some psycho gun/knife/axe owner who will find u, you just never know. but until that happens its very entertaining
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Anon just keeps hilariously PROVING to everyone in here he is UNEDUCATED and probably 'inbred.'
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