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Full transcript on Seeking Alpha.
In Insulet's earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2015 yesterday, positive financial results with several performance records were heralded, and strong growth is expected for 2016.
– We were reminded of the divestiture of Neighborhood Diabetes to Liberty Medical to allow for focus on OmniPod and Drug Delivery (think using the Pod for cancer drugs) products.
– They are working with Eli Lilly to gain approval for use of concentrated insulins which would effectively increase (double or more) the capacity of the Pods for users with higher insulin needs. This is expected to hit the market in the next two to three years.
– Digital Insulet is the term used for all things mobile and artificial pancreas. In the first half of 2016, they expect to launch their first app which will allow for product ordering and accessing training tools. Further, quoting directing from the transcript:
In addition, later this year we will submit a 510(k) for our Bluetooth PDM and mobile app that will display key real-time data on a customer's mobile device, including CGM integration with Dexcom's G5 sensor. In fact, this will enable CGM integration in a manner that ensures that our users will always have the latest and greatest CGM sensor with the latest and greatest OmniPod.
-Insulet has entered into a licensing agreement with Mode AGC for an Artificial Pancreas algorithm. Clinical trials are expected later this year.
There was much discussion about the robust market opportunities in both type 1 and type 2 markets and why OmniPod is believed by management to be a superior choice for insulin delivery, as well as big improvements in customer retention and customer service. I will leave it to you to read those details in the full transcript.
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- Santo Domingo- U. S. and local agents Friday night seized 36 bags with more than one ton of cocaine in international waters off the coast of Bani (south) during a joint operation, National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) president Rolando Rosado reported yesterday. He said the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U. S. Coast Guard and the DNCD seized 1,000 bricks of cocaine, weighing one kilo each, aboard a boat with three outboard motors, 110 miles south of Bani, from where it was taken to Puerto Rico under an agreement with U. S. authorities. Citing the DNCD, listin. com. do reports that it's the second biggest cocaine seizure so far this year in the Dominican Republic, a country often used as a bridge for drug trafficking, destined for Europe and North America. the DNCD seized 1,236 packets with a half a ton of cocaine on a 40 foot boat during an operation at sea in March, south of the town Juan Dolio, which led to the arrest of the Venezuelans Richard Chirino, Eliezer Hernandez and Cruz Natera Fermin,. Rosado said the three were part of a network of Colombians which used the remnants of the ring headed by Ramon Rosario Puente Toño Leña, a Dominican drug dealer extradited to Puerto Rico in December. Read original at
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Their small headquarters was overwhelmed by the droves that voted early in the fall election. Even higher numbers are expected in the 2008 presidential election, when Swain County Election Director Joan Weeks predicts more than half the ballots will be cast during early voting.
"It's just more convenient," Weeks said.
Early voting used to be only for those with special circumstances, such as elderly people who couldn't stand in line on Election Day or people with out-of-town jobs. But in 1999, state lawmakers opened early voting to everyone. It's grown in popularity ever since.
Staffing individual precincts for three weeks during early voting isn't possible — instead voters cast their ballots at the county election office.
But the current office in the Swain County administrative building simply can't accommodate the crowds.
County commissioners suggested the election board could move into a building located at the recycling center. The election board discussed the idea at its monthly meeting last week. On one hand, they would have plenty of space, plenty of parking and good handicapped access. It would also have high visibility.
"That's probably the most frequented place in Swain County," said John Herrin, an election board member.
"They can always throw their garbage out when they come to see us," Weeks said.
The building at the recycling center currently houses EMS and dispatch. Both are slated to move into the new jail and sheriff's office when it's finished, supposedly a year from now. The election office can't wait until then to move in, however. The election season officially kicks off in February 2008 with the candidate sign-up period.
"To be ready for 2008 we would have to move this summer to make sure everything works," Weeks said. That means dispatch and EMS would have to squeeze up a bit during the overlap.


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Cost-benefit of an Idaho digester
Cost-benefit of an Idaho digester
While at the sixth annual AgSTAR conference last week, Jerry Bingold had plenty to announce. First, he explained all the initiatives that the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy was taking part in, and they were plentiful. Beyond their own initiative to map the carbon footprint of the U.S. dairy industry (the only industry to take a full-fledged look at the statistic: http://bit.ly/Hoards_GHGReduction) other companies and industries are now working with the dairy industry to find opportunities to work together to symbiotically benefit from renewable energy.
The major announcement was that the Innovation Center will work as part of a new national research program to work with the Idaho Center for Advanced Energy Studies focused on the economic viability of dairy farms and rural communities. The agreement states that its objectives are to:
• Collect baseline data on nutrient and manure management practices to assist in the identification of best practices for dairy farms
• Identify opportunities for dairy farms of all sizes to increase renewable energy production through anaerobic digesters, gasification, and composting
• Research best management practices for farm-based renewable energy production on small, medium, and large farms
• Analyze the U.S. utility grid infrastructure, electric rates, and renewable energy incentives applicable to dairy farm operations
• Identify opportunities to increase funding of national research on sustainable dairy practices, manure management, substrates, renewable energy technologies, and smart grid applications
• Facilitate technology-based economic development
You can read the full release at: http://bit.ly/Hoards_ICUD_CAES
But this week, the Innovation Center revealed a true cost-benefit analysis for anerobic digesters (you may remember from last week http://bit.ly/Hoards_Pipe_Dream that digesters were the main topic of the conference). The below picture gives us a great idea of all the inputs and outputs used on a 3,000-cow dairy with a digester. Further, the Innovation Center used real data from an Idaho dairy to show the potential profit of one of these devices on a similar-sized farm.
While scaling down the technology to the under-500-cow-size farm is taking some time, showing proof of a 3,000-cow digester is a step in the right direction. At the AgSTAR conference last week, the stated goal was to have 1,300 anaerobic digesters operating on farms across the country by 2020. While many presenters mentioned the lofty goal (that's one every other week), most agreed to keep moving towards it.
We're at about 165 on-farm digesters today (and growing), but the landfill industry in the U.S. has over 300 biogas collection units as of 2008 (though their "digester" is inexpensive, as the landfill itself is the digester).


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Sen. Manchin reflects on fiscal cliff decision
January 3, 2013
The climactic conclusion of 2012's fiscal showdown ended with legislation in the nick of time to avert large income tax increases and prevent significant spending cuts for government programs, but......
Now that the ignorant democrat-controlled senate has raised MORE taxes on workers in the state and nationwide, it's even MORE unbelievable that our current inept president wants to raise the debt ceiling along with the fact that these incompetents leading our country into total chaos and destruction did NOT even cut any spending to help the national debt in their quickly passed fiscal cliff bill. Answer that Sen. Manchin. HOW do you help lower our debt by borrowing MORE and spending MORE???? How does that work? It doesn't!
Obama already stating he won't compromise (well there's a surprise!) on raising the debt ceiling again so he can KEEP this nation is debt and continue raising our taxes to keep him in tax dollars to waste our money over and over again. Wonder how he expects to collect taxes when no one will be working? Expect MORE layoffs as the clowns continue passing STUPID bills that always include TAX INCREASES on everyone. THIS is what Obama wanted. Tax & Spend!!!
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Manchin and congress itself must think the American people are stupid. I don't call raising people's payroll taxes at a time when people are having a hard time making ends meet and a lot of folks only getting part time jobs and jobs disappearing, giving citizens a break on taxes.
Manchin along with most of the senate voted on this bill KNOWING they would raise taxes on ALL workers not just wealthy folks. I truly hope when folks get their SMALLER paychecks this week, they remember this senate and vote every stinking one of these CLOWNS out of office the very next election date!!! The incompetence of this administration and congress is the most ignorant ever.
How TYPICAL that the children in congress would just blindly write another bill and pass it without a second thought. Sound familiar? Can you say Obamacare? We have a congress and administration with NO hint of any common sense.
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Users have described it as a highly addictive drug that produces a surge of euphoria, or rush.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has defined its use as an "urgent public health crisis."
Heroin aka smack, H, skag, junk, brown sugar, horse and black tar killed a record number of Ohioans in 2012, according the state Department of Health.
In Ohio, Attorney General Mike DeWine says heroin is an epidemic affecting all parts of the state from the cities to the suburbs to rural counties and it cannot be ignored.
"That's why we're looking at helping communities establish grassroots efforts and to get the word out about the danger we're facing and the impact heroin is having on our society, all over the state," DeWine said.
Fatal drug overdoses remain the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio, above car crashes, a trend that began in 2007 and started spiking around 2011.
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In November, Ohio State Attorney General DeWine announced the formation of a heroin unit designed to help communities fight the war on heroin.
His office set aside $1 million for the statewide effort and DeWine said recently he expects to use all of it.
So far, his office has assigned four agents / investigators from the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the investigative arm of the state attorney general's office, to work inside the heroin unit.
Five attorneys have been assigned to handle heroin cases, along with their other responsibilities. The team also has part-time employees focusing on drug abuse outreach efforts. They are assigned to work with local communities putting grassroots groups together, such as neighborhood groups, and to organize and promote education/prevention programs.
These newest available figures help put the problem into perspective:
* The state reported that 680 people died of heroin overdoses in 2012, up from 426 deaths in 2011, a 37 percent increase.
* The heroin increase also drove the overall number of fatal drug overdoses to a record of 1,272 deaths in 2012, up from 1,154 the previous year, according to the state's data.
DeWine said solving the problems requires everyone working together at the neighborhood level.
In November, his office announced it had created a heroin unit designed to help communities fight the war on heroin and set aside $1 million for the effort.
His office assigned several agents/investigators to work inside the heroin unit, selected attorneys to handle heroin cases and named part-time employees to work with local communities putting grassroots groups together that organize and promote education/prevention programs.
He said when his office is asked, it is poised to help.
He said that although many communities understand the problem, others do not and are in denial.
"But we are seeing more of these grassroots efforts, these groups taking shape and working hard to educate people and raise awareness, he said.
Additionally, his office has trained about 500 police officers on how to better handle situations involving heroin including overdoses.
DeWine's office has estimated that 11 deaths a week in Ohio can be attributed to heroin.
The staff surveyed all 88 county coroners for information about heroin cases. Not all of them track deaths from heroin overdoses, but the ones that do reported increases.
Along with statewide efforts to crack down on heroin dealers, there is heavy emphasis on educating people, including teens and children in school.
Drug courts, including those for juveniles, have also been springing up as society sees an increasing number of addicted teens.
DeWine said drug courts can offer offenders identified as heroin addicts all three pieces of the "more holistic approach" his office now focuses on: treatment, law enforcement and education/prevention efforts.
Edward Dyer, program director of Community Solutions Association in Warren, agreed. Dyer said court, health and counseling professionals started seeing a spike in heroin problems about four years ago.
Dyer said 60 percent of the people his agency sees are from the drug court. He said among that population, well over 50 percent have an opiate problem of one form or another.
"When we sit down and talk to people, one of their biggest concerns is heroin addiction," he said. "Even when we do programs with high school students they talk a lot about heroin. So many people have been impacted by it or know someone impacted by it. It's everywhere," he said.
Dyer said alcohol remains the most common issue with marijuana and opiates "in terms of drugs of abuse that get them into trouble."
Dyer said during one recent program, at least half of the 16 high school students present could give personal stories about someone addicted. He said the experiences they shared included a number of heroin-related deaths. He said that the Trumbull County Drug Court, which was established about 14 years ago, has always seen a degree of opiates, but the number has climbed significantly over the past five or six years.
Dyer said heroin addiction has been increasing as prescription painkiller abusers turn to the cheaper and more readily available drug. He said efforts are under way to explore alternative ways to treat addiction including behavior analysis.
"We know that painkiller addiction is one of the gateways to heroin, or opiate, addiction. Part of the process is to determine is this truly a pain issue someone is having, or an emotional issue. In some cases, we really are dealing with people who have tremendous physical pain. That pain could go back to a sports injury in school or an accident or something. We need to look at a non-medical means of coping with that pain," Dyer said.
Some experts said that in the past, where an emphasis had been placed on cracking down on dealers, statewide efforts taking shape now focus more on prevention and education.
Capt. Jeff Orr of the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force and Trumbull County Sheriff's Office said he agrees with that approach.
"Law enforcement needs to be not just out there arrresting people, but trying to do something about the problem. It's an addiction, not easy to get off of it. What good does it do to put someone in a cell when we know they'll be back on the street again doing the same things?" he said. "It's worth it to try to do what we can to educate people and prevent the problem."
Orr said many area police are more likely to see heroin and opiate transactions than other drug activities. He said heroin is at the top of the list of problems investigators address.
"It's everywhere. It doesn't matter where you are or what you're doing. It crosses all lines, all boundaries. It's in every economic, social, ethnic or racial group," Orr said. "When we go into schools and talk to kids, the first question I ask, the first words out of my mouth, are if there's anybody you know who might have a drug addiction problem. The majority of them say yes. Eventually, the conversation inevitably gets to heroin. It's a problem. It's a killer and it's real. It's something we all need to deal with."


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LOCKPORT – Two defendants successfully completed a court-supervised drug-treatment program Thursday, while a third was ejected from the program and is headed to prison.
The judicial diversion program, which offers a carrot-and-stick approach to dealing with nonviolent offenders whose crimes were triggered by drug abuse, has had few success stories in Niagara County, but two such stories came before the bench Thursday.
Christopher A. Baker, 35, of Stephenson Avenue, Niagara Falls, spent 2½ years in the program after pleading guilty to a felony for possessing cocaine in Niagara Falls on Feb. 4, 2010.
His charge was reduced Thursday to a misdemeanor, and County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas granted him a conditional discharge.
Defense attorney James J. Faso Jr. said Baker, who risked nine years in prison if he washed out of diversion, got through it without a single sanction from the supervising judge, an unusual occurrence in the program where relapses are common.
"It caused me to do a complete 360 with my life," Baker told Farkas. "If it weren't for this program, I don't know where I'd be."
Meanwhile, County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III allowed another successful diversion participant to change her plea from a felony to a misdemeanor.
Cynthia M. Aponte, 21, of Channing Place, Town of Tonawanda, is to be resentenced May 2 on her revised to plea to attempted third-degree criminal mischief.
Aponte entered diversion in December 2011 after pleading guilty to a role in the attempted firebombing of the North Tonawanda home of the estranged husband of the sister of Aponte's boyfriend Oct. 12, 2011.
She drove the boyfriend to the house and watched as he threw a plastic bottle of gasoline at the dwelling, but it bounced off the siding and burned itself out on the lawn.
The would-be bomber, Stephen J. Ralston, 22, is on probation.
Back in Farkas' courtroom, the news wasn't good for diversion participant Daniel S. Solomon, who was kicked out for walking out on a treatment program.
Solomon, 23, of Pine Street, Lockport, is to be sentenced April 25 for second-degree forgery.
He faces up to seven years in prison and in the meantime, is being held in the County Jail after not posting $10,000 bail.
Solomon pleaded guilty July 26 to altering a Lockport doctor's prescription May 6 at the Rite Aid drugstore at South Transit and Summit streets.
Solomon, who was a daily heroin user who often combined that drug with heavy drinking, changed the number of pills and the number of available refills on a prescription for Soma, a muscle relaxer. Farkas said it seemed that Solomon had been doing well in diversion until the walkout.
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A photo taken on a family trip to Idaho and posted to Facebook has gone viral, but it is the story of Jesse and Kelly Cottle, of San Diego, Calif., that bears repeating.
It tells of service, sacrifice and love.
In 2009, Jesse, now 28, stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan and lost both his legs. After recovering in a hospital for several months he met Kelly, 24, at a swim meet that saw one of his first attempts to use his prosthetic legs.
Aug. 18 marked their first wedding anniversary.
"His personality and who he is just outweighs his injuries by so much that you forget about it after a while," Kelly tells ABC News, while Jesse says, "If I hadn't stepped on that IED I wouldn't have met her. I wouldn't take it back ever."
While in Boise to visit her family recently, "Someone had suggested taking photos in the water," said Kelly. "I was carrying Jesse back to his legs, and the photographer was like, 'Oh we'll get a couple of shots of you together.' It wasn't planned or anything."
As of Tuesday afternoon, the photo had nearly 8,000 likes and 1,000 shares – and comments overflowing with admiration, awe and affection.
"It's an amazingly inspiring story that has touched the lives of many Americans," the photographer, Sarah Ledford, who posted the shot to her Facebook page, told ABC. "Jesse is not a hero for stepping on an IED, he's a hero because of the way he has handled what was handed to him and how he chooses to continue to conduct his life with his positive attitude."
And Jesse's take? "The photo really says it all. I actually look at it very much as a symbol for our whole relationship in general. She's physically carrying me, but there's times where she's carrying me emotionally. It's a perfect representation of who Kelly is."
Photo of Wife Carrying Double-Amputee Marine Husband Goes Viral
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Government inquiry cites Dallas Morning News findings on international transfers of pedophile Catholic priests
The Roman Catholic Church has moved sexually abusive priests across international borders and kept them in ministry, criminal authorities in Australia have concluded.
Their finding mirrors that of our landmark 2004-2005 investigative series, Runaway Priests: Hiding in Plain Sight. We identified over 200 cases in which accused clerics escaped justice by going abroad.
Police in the Australian state of Victoria, in a report to parliament there, cite a case I first brought to light: The Salesians of Don Bosco religious order moved a priest to Samoa in 1998, when he had one child molestation conviction on his record and was facing a new criminal investigation. The little South Pacific island nation had no extradition treaty with Australia – and when an arrest warrant was issued, the Salesians did not send him back.
That priest, who isn't identified by name in the report, is the Rev. Frank Klep. Salesians leaders told me that they hadn't tried to shield him, and that he had no active ministry or unsupervised contact with children.
But when I visited Samoa, I watched him help lead a Mass and then hand candy to young children who knew him on a first-name basis. I also talked to several teenage boys who reported meeting him alone in his room.
"Regardless of whether there was any intent to evade criminal proceedings, the reality is that his relocation, without disclosure regarding his criminal history, put that community at risk," according to the 20-page report by Victoria police. "It is apparent that the church has assisted offenders who are known to police in moving overseas."


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Despite the rhetoric coming from Washington, Democrats and Republicans are beginning to work together in the states. Jerry Brown of California passed a balanced budget, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Martin O'Malley of Maryland have passed major initiatives. But the most surprising achievements are those by Republicans who have detached dogma for pragmatic reform.
As Chris Christie has proven, the GOP can be popular and advance on affirmative programs based on sound conservative principles. He has been joined by Govs. John Kasich of Ohio, Rick Scott of Florida, Rick Snyder of Michigan, Jan Brewer of Arizona and Robert McDonnell of Virginia. These state leaders have shown a skill in managing Medicare and the affordable care act. McDonnell was able to pass a major infrastructure upgrade. Democrats agreed to give up some of their pet projects regarding education in exchange for revenue-raising efforts for highways and roads. McDonnell defied some Republican resistance to taxes, but on the whole showed leadership.
But Kasich, Scott, Snyder and Brewer defied the most rigid standard by compromising with "Obamacare." This program was demonized by tea party activists in 2010, even though it had its origins in the Republican party in the 1990s. Scott proved himself by doing what often proves most difficult - he changed his mind. By evoking the needs of the "weakest among us" Scott showed good sense and humanity. He did it because it shores up rural hospitals and Medicaid. He was influenced by the death of his mother, which he stated gave him "a new perspective." Again it showed that his mind is agile and his compassion genuine.
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If the Republican Party is to progress, the actions taken by these courageous governors are a good starting point. Dwight Eisenhour, who took power during the heyday of Joseph McCarthey and his "ism" GOP Conservatives, wanted to roll back the New Deal. After Ike, McCarthyism was "wasm" and Social Security was expanded. Add on the 1957 Civil Rights Act and the 1956 Federal Highway Act, and Eisenhower fashioned a "Modern Republicanism" to be proud of. Ronald Reagan also showed reasonableness with his Social Security deal of 1983. George H.W. Bush courageously raised taxes, even though he promised not to- once again defying rigidity.
When the Republican party stares down its vocal minority, good things happen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois played a big role in passing the nuclear test ban treaty, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the voting rights bill of 1965. By 1968, Dirksen played a role in the open-housing act. Despite doubts,the GOP helped to advance a progressive agenda. Business-oriented progress improves the economic environment. This was the essence of Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism."
Perhaps the tea party has been instructive for Democrats. It might be the natural reaction when they become too partisan. In years past they have held up a number of judicial appointments and stalled some GOP initiatives.
They rejected Robert Bork in the 1980s, not because he had a poor judicial record, but because of his beliefs. Playing that game too much sparks bad habits. Harry Truman's low-balling campaign of 1948 convinced Republicans that it was time to be nobody's nice guy.
Democrats have suggested these Republican governors prove that substance trumps ideology. The triumph of business progressivism over partisan bibble-babble, whatever the source, is a welcome change. These GOP governors deserve praise and support.


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Velez Scores inn Field Hockey's 1-0 Win Over Ohio
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State field hockey team earned a 1-0 shutout win over MAC foe Ohio Saturday afternoon at the BSU Turf Field at the Briner Sports Complex. Red-shirt sophomore Bianca Velez scored the goal that gave Ball State its first MAC win since the 2011 season.
With the win the Cardinals improve to 6-10 on the season and 1-3 in MAC play while the Bobcats drop to 6-9 on the year and 2-2 in conference action.
The teams went scoreless in the first half despite the Bobcats drawing five penalty corners and taking eight shots. The Cardinals were credited with one shot in the first 35 minutes. Velez made two defensive saves to go with sophomore goalie Shelby Henley's four saves of the half.
The Cardinals were able to capitalize on one of its three penalty corners of the second half when junior Tori Widrick fed sophomore Natalie Jardell who set up Velez in the 60th minute. The goal marks the fourth of the season for Velez while Widrick and Jardell earned their fifth assist of the season respectively.
Junior Jenna Rosenberry earned a defensive save in the second half to go with nine saves from Henley. The Cardinals would end the game with 13 saves while the Bobcats' had two.
Ohio held the advantage in shots (19-6) and penalty corners (11-3).
NEXT UP: The Ball State Cardinals will travel to Indiana University to take on the Hoosiers on Sunday, Oct. 27th for a 1 p.m. game. The game will be streamed live on BTN.com for a fee. Indiana holds the advantage in the all-time series at 16-5. The Cardinals earned a win last season over the Hoosiers when Allie White scored a last-second goal to down IU 3-2.


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My favorite tekken character is a tie between Hwoarang and Devil Jin.
hwoarang is sexy in Tekken 2. ^__^
the best charicter has to be steve the boxer.
The path the devil Jin takes to conquest leaves nothing else to be desired as in his wake is left the tattered and torn pieces of misconstrued malignance...The path to conquest leaves nothing else to be desired!!!!
i'd have to go with Jun or Asuka. more Jun though. i like juns outfits and hair style, yet Asuka has a cute personality.
i would have to say jin and devil jinthey are so coolanna williams is okay too
i like jin and devil jin course i hate that panda "face to face with the undead kill or be killed!"
I used to have known all his moves on PS 1 he isok
They really know how to use their legs... Likes headphones... A lot.
I know that it may be a weird choice, but I like Lee. He's cute and I know all his kick combos in the games he's in. I also like Kazuya. :D "Violet forever! "
l can play with king i am nothing. i am betsuni
welps mine christina, asuka, jin, hworang, and devil jin
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I'm not trying to draw any reaction though, I'm just discussing topics on a hockey board.
I could be making threads all about Crosby, but I try to limit myself to just threads about him. I don't bring him up out of context, like Franzen is. I don't get it, just because you don't like my opinion doesn't make it trolling. Feel free to actually discuss ideas instead of other posters.
Like how you seem to think scoring only means goals. That's rich, you must be such a hockey encyclopedia, can you please share some more of your great insight?
Aw, more victim talk. How cute. Here's some insight, when people refer to the "points leader" they actually say "points leader". It's a general concept, not an absolute one. Hopefully it's not too difficult for you to grasp.


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The SBFHL was started for the 2006-2007 NHL season and is a mandatory participation; full-keeper or dynasty league run through CBS sports
. This league started out with 8 original teams and has gone through two expansion drafts to broaden the league to 12 total teams.
The SBFHL is a head to head points based league with a very deep scoring system using over 20 different stat categories. Our league uses a two conference setup with two divisions in each conference. Most of our league business is run over our forums and we have a very active league. Some of our league info is listed below:
* League Forums
* Cost of 37.50 dollars (payable via Paypal) with payouts for 1st place, 2nd place and Pick Em' winner
* 20+ Week Regular Season
* Full Keeper League
* Mandatory Participation
* Daily Lineups
* 22 Player NHL Roster
* Separate Prospect Players Roster
* 2 Conferences (4 divisions)
* 3 Round Playoff Format (6 weeks 2,2,2)
* Season Awards
* Off-Season Trades
* Tradable Draft Picks
* Yearly Entry Drafts (Held over the forums)
* Injured Reserve Spots
* Real Traveling Trophies
Here is the scoring system that we currently use:
(G) Goals- 5
(A) Assists- 5
(+/-) Plus Minus- 2
(PIM) Penalty Minutes .25 (only reason to keep an enforcer on the roster)
(FOW) Face- offs Won- .10
(HT) Hat Tricks- 15
(SOG) Shots On Goal- .25
(PPPTS) Power Play Points- 2.5
(SHPTS) Short Handed Points- 5
Game Winning Goals- 5(OTG) Over Time Goals- 5
(PSG) Penalty Shot Goals- 5
(DEFPTS) Defenseman Points- 2.5
(SHOG) Shootout Goals- 2.5
(BS) Blocked Shots- .25
(Hits) Hits- .25
(GGP) Goal
Games Played- 2.5(W) Wins- 7.5
(S) Saves- .35
(GA) Goals Against- (-1)
(SO) Shutouts- 15
(OL) Overtime Loss- 2.5
(SHOL) Shootout Loss- 5
If you are interested in joining our league please sign up to our New Owners Signup List. We do a lot of recruiting from various hockey message boards so if you are interested in joining a premier league please sign up here: http://www.sbfhl.net...hp?showtopic=28
Here is a link to our complete Prospect Rosters for all 12 teams:
We currently have a few teams open and their rosters are posted below. The teams that have openings are actually some very good teams. We also have not conducted our 2012 Entry Draft as of this summer so I will also post the draft picks for the teams who are available:
Detroit Cougars
Backstrom, Nicklas C WAS
Desharnais, David C MON
Little, Bryan C WPG
Bailey, Josh C NYI
Ennis, Tyler C BUF
Stamkos, Steven C TB
Kovalchuk, Ilya LW NJ
Oshie, T.J. RW STL
Stewart, Chris RW STL
Dubinsky, Brandon LW NYR
Brown, Dustin RW LA
Doan, Shane RW PHO
Vanek, Thomas LW BUF
Green, Mike D WAS
Nikitin, Nikita D CLB
Yandle, Keith D PHO
Zidlicky, Marek D NJ
Ellis, Ryan D NSH
Lidstrom, Nicklas D DET
Bryzgalov, Ilya G PHI
Lundqvist, Henrik G NYR
Prospect Roster
Josefson, Jacob F NJ
Silfverberg, Jakob F OTT
Smith, Brendan D DET
Schultz, Justin D ANA
Lack, Eddie G VAN
Hackett, Matt G MIN
Unsigned 2011 Draft Picks
Phillips, Zack F MIN
Jaskin, Dmitrij F STL
Mayfield, Scott D NYI
Gibson, John G ANA
Unsigned 2010 Draft Picks
Forbort, Derek D LA
Bennett, Beau F PIT
Toffoli, Tyler F LA
Draft Picks
24th Overall Pick
36th Overall Pick
48th Overall Pick
Milwaukee Eagles
Kesler, Ryan C VAN
Kopitar, Anze C LA
Richards, Mike C LA
Weiss, Stephen C FLA
Henrique, Adam C NJ
Kane, Evander LW WPG
Landeskog, Gabriel LW COL
Fleischmann, Tomas LW FLA
Kreider, Chris LW NYR
Lupul, Joffrey RW TOR
Marchand, Brad RW BOS
McDonald, Andy LW STL
Stafford, Drew RW BUF
Hamonic, Travis D NYI
Josi, Roman D NSH
Pietrangelo, Alex D STL
Shattenkirk, Kevin D STL
Chara, Zdeno D BOS
Byfuglien, Dustin D WPG
Elliot, Brian G STL
Dubnyk, Devan G EDM
Holtby, Brayden G WAS
Prospect Roster
Barrie, Tyson D COL
Barberio, Mark D TB
Rundblad, David D PHO
Martin, Jones G LA
Kuemper, Darcy G MIN
Irving, Leland G CGY
Unsigned 2011 Draft Picks
Strome, Ryan F NYI
McNeill, Mark F CHI
Puempel, Matt F OTT
Rattie, Ty F STL
Khokhlachev, Alexander F BOS
Sproul, Ryan D DET
Clendening, Adam D CHI
Unsigned 2010 Draft Picks
Coyle, Charlie F MIN
Jarnkrok, Calle F DET
Spooner, Ryan F BOS
Gudbranson, Erik D FLA
Draft Picks
5th Overall Pick
8th Overall Pick
9th Overall Pick
20th Overall Pick
22nd Overall Pick
35th Overall Pick
44th Overall Pick
Please PM me if interested!


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Perhaps Woods needs extended time off to deal with these injuries and rest for the PGA Championship later this summer, but Woods is unlikely to do that. Still in endless pursuit of Jack Nicholas' major record, Woods will push forward even at the risk of hurting himself long term.
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|House of Wax
Horror films just aren't what they used to be.
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|How Green Was My Valley
The world was so much better back then. Kids were well-behaved. Everybody was nice to one another. New cars cost a nickel. Hurricanes never hit land. And if your intern didn't swallow, it wasn't considered sex.
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I won't lie – if you are an adult who ends up watching "I Am Number Four" without being accompanied by at least one minor, you'll probably find a squad car parked behind your VW Minibus when you exit the theatre. I have a sneaking suspicion that these films are only produced as part of a larger campaign to smoke out pedophiles.
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|I'm Not Scared
There's really nothing meaner than a ten-year-old who finds another ten-year-old in a hole.
|03/14/2003 - 20:31
|Ice Age
"Ice Age" goes out of its way to imply that Native Americans are terrible parents by suggesting that a hairy elephant and a sloth would do a better job of taking care of the kid.
|03/15/2002 - 03:16
|Ice Age: The Meltdown
Frankly, I think when you have to resort to having Jay Leno voice a character in your animated movie, things have hit rock bottom.
|03/31/2006 - 02:55
|In Good Company
The best strategy for "In Good Company" would be to file for creative bankruptcy.
|01/14/2005 - 21:13
|In Her Shoes
This film's relationships start out like ships with so many holes in them that it would take nothing short of a miracle to stop the boat from sinking and killing everyone on board. By the end of the film though, all those holes are completely patched up, the hull looks brand new, and the owner is selling the thing for a huge capital gain and smiling all the way to the bank.
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|In the Bedroom
Any person with a brain can see trouble coming in this film like a runaway eighteen-wheeler sporting neon vanity license plates that spell "TRUBL."
|01/11/2002 - 20:48
|In the Company of Men
This movie's premise, hailed by critics as "daring," is actually the path of least resistance.
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|In Too Deep
...Now here's a man with an ego problem.
|08/25/1999 - 21:16
|Independence Day
What should we expect from the makers of "Stargate"? Finesse is not exactly their strong point. Sure, they're pretty good at blowing up stuff, but what four-year-old isn't?
|07/03/1996 - 21:26
|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
This third installment in the Indiana Jones saga confronts the logical tertiary cranium of that three-headed Hydra that is male sexuality: the Oedipal complex.
|08/30/1999 - 21:27
If its theme were any more artificially sweet, this movie would be classified a carcinogen.
|10/04/1996 - 21:30
|Inside Man
It's like climbing on a scary-looking roller coaster and then having to sit there as it crawls along at three miles per hour.
|03/24/2006 - 21:33
Now that (director Christopher) Nolan has made a name for himself, he's finding projects where all he has to do is turn the camera on and point it at the Oscar-winning actors.
|05/24/2002 - 21:38
|Interview with the Vampire
"Tom Cruise, Brad Pittand Antonio Banderas suck chicks."
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Nobody liked the carefree, nostalgic, childlike aura of "The Hudsucker Proxy." No one's going to like the same in "Intolerable Cruelty." The Coens have just repeated another failure.
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Samsung Galaxy S III rocks Quadrant, AnTuTu and NenaMark 2 benchmark tests
0. phoneArena 04 May 2012, 04:27 posted on
We've been writing about the Exynos processor prowess all night, but now we are posting our own impressions to back it up. While we were checking out the Galaxy S III for the first time, we made the extra effort to install a few benchmark applications in order to see just how good that fancy new processor is. We run our standard set - Quadrant Standard, AnTuTu and NenaMark 2...
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1. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
2. joeymk (Posts: 101; Member since: 26 Jan 2012)
Why would i need performance, when is made all by plastic? I DO NOT want 600$ phone made from plastic.
3. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
You want an 800$ phone so made from glass that shatters from something almost as easy as dropping it on carpet?
5. JSern (Posts: 282; Member since: 22 May 2011)
Or just get a Nokia, with quality and cheap!
6. joeymk (Posts: 101; Member since: 26 Jan 2012)
11. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
really, you would rather buy a lesser phone, because its made out of tin and glass????
how rediculous.
Yea, im sad by the lack of ceramic, but plastic is not only light weight, its a heck of a lot more durable than glass or tin like HTC and Apple uses. It doesnt cost that much less than glass or tin either.. the "premium" part is all in your mind.
Besides, 4 of 5 will cover it up with a plastic case anyways, so thats pointless to care that much about it.
you buy it for the hardware and for the experience, who cares what the outside is made out of as long as its durable
15. Commentator (Posts: 3685; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Give HTC some credit, they use aluminum, not tin.
16. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
I wrap my leftovers in aluminum .. very premium
17. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
lesser according to the great fanboy remixfa
20. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
premium would be titanium and crystal. plastic tin aluminum and glass are common every day cheap ass materials. there is nothing premium about them. between the group, good plastic is the most durable and lightest.
nothing to do with fanboy, everything to do with reality. try it some time.
19. Commentator (Posts: 3685; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
And I kill the environment with plastic. Great way to be inspired by nature.
31. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
I know, it's not like you can go to the plastic plant & get some fresh plastic. Also doesn't it take like 10,000 years or so for plastic to finally biodegrade?
If they are going to tout the nature thing with the Samsung Galaxy S III maybe they should have used the rumored ceramic backing or even went metal, since metal is found "naturally" on this great planet of ours! lol
38. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
you kill the environment with everything you do. ever write on paper? that was a tree? drive your car? thats made with tons of toxic stubstances, as well as it runs on one.
find me a cheap, durable, 100% environmentally friendly material to use and we can talk. You want a phone made out of recycled egg cartons?
28. sleepyjohnny (Posts: 151; Member since: 16 Dec 2009)
you also fly in it and drive in vehicles made of a large percentage of aluminum.
39. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
that is true, but that is aircraft quality aluminum, not phone quality. there is a difference :)
49. sadaivadai (Posts: 156; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
So if Samsung offers you a a ceramic made Phone and a Plastic made phone with everything else same which one would you buy ???
4. FoneAddict (Posts: 259; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
I like Samsung, but I have to say what happened to their design department??? This is meant to be a Flagship product yet it looks like a mid tier phone. Yes it's powerful and super fast but if I am going to spend hundreds of dollars on it I expect it to look the part. This looks like your standard Samsung plastic box. Using a Pentile screen is also unforgivable, so disappointed with Samsung.
Kudos to HTC for going outside their comfort zone and coming out with a fresh cool looking design in HTC One X.
9. Retro-touch (Posts: 273; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
I'm sure Samsung must have considered different materials and plastic was chosen for durability and weight (lighter). Pentile is not even discernible at 720p unless you use your phone with a magnifying glass, I can't even see the sub-pixels on my Samsung Captivate (480x800 pentile) and I have perfect vision so IMO your whining for nothing. i'm not in love with the design either but if I could afford to buy it I would in a heartbeat.
The One X software has minor bugs such as the browser, guaranteed the software of the GS3 will be coded properly
14. androidsbiggestfan (Posts: 76; Member since: 09 Aug 2011)
Samsung and properly coded software, yeah right!
21. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
even I giggled at that. love Samsung for the hardware, but their software generally lacks. of course they do have the king of modders, cyanogen himself, working for them now so it might be different this time.
7. CharlieAtInfinity (Posts: 253; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
Why Samsung Why? the old S2 was better looking than this!!!
this looks more like a Nokia phone!!!
24. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
look is a matter of opininon,i actually think it looks good and think it will look even better in person...i think its one of those things that look better i person.reason i say this is all the people that have actually had an hands on with it say it looks nice and feels great in the hand and the people moaning about the design are the ones who have yet to hold one(myself included) i do think the s2 is a good design but i always wished it was more curvy so am more than happy with the curves of the s3...also the plastic used in the s3 is also polycarbonate like the one x and lumia,the only difference is samsung have put a gloss finish on theres.
26. abhishek48 (Posts: 164; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
hmm... i am not sure.. it just looks like tmobile galaxy s2, which people think was the best look wise gs2.... anyways looks of this are not grt... nor were the looks of gs2.... sensation and lg thrill always look better than samsung phones
8. Adithya7184 (Posts: 317; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
that's why i like samsung very much. dont mind weather its a plastic or glass, htc must learn from samsung to make a powerful device.
a beautiful design will not make a powerful device.
Kudos to samsung GS3...powerful and innovative phone ever....Take my money....
10. jasrockett (Posts: 66; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
I got a head ake trying to watch that. I realy appreciate what you guy do for us but man ....
12. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
look at all that I/O in quadrant. OI. i wish there was a way to take out the I/O test so you could test the important parts of the processor without the blue fluff. from the looks of it, it wins in every category, but id still rather see it without the I/O.
18. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
lol 11k on antutu that is not that much better then the T3. So according to you it is only slightly better then the T3 on the One X
25. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
quit trolling me until you have something of Merritt to say. its bad enough that I have to deal with taco's ignorant trolling on me all day, don't add to it.
save the benchmark score comparison for retail release. never trust prerelease benchmark ...they will either go up like the sgs1 and sgs2 did or they might go down (unlikely) like the s4 did between its reference device to real life.
29. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
So what they have time to cheat on their score? Face it the 4412 is better then the T3 but not a whole at better maybe up to 15% but not more. Talking about Merritt, you are the biggest samsung fanboy here, you troll a hell lot more then I do. HTC, and with snapdragon. You are the one going off topic. The S4 reference and real life are very similar.
35. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Why dont you pull up the specs and tell me that again about the S4.. the qualcomm reference benchmarks vs the OneS/X
I have to "face" that the 4412 is the best chip out there.. just like I was saying it would be? Wow.. man.. thats gonna hurt.
Again, wait till commercial release to make comparisons. Otherwise you have a high likihood of having egg on your face when its over. Commercial results are almost always different from prelaunch results. And irregardless, the S3 has a lot going on at any given time than the One series, with that "natural interface" junk always leaving the FFC on to watch you and more... and it still won.
Just chillax. The SGS3 has already taken the crown anyways. Cant wait another week or 3 for official commercial resuts?
36. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
How about you did it and see for yourself.
You are the one that said the 4412 going to blow the T3 out of the water and all the other chip. Let see you said that the S4 is slightly better then the 4410 so accord to you it is only slightly better.
And for someone who said he is the guru of processor her. You know that the different that the two chips has just in scores has more to do with optimization the raw power. Anyone who has use custom rom knows that. And the 4412 is made in house and yes their optimization is the best. People on XDA has said it for years.
41. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wait for the commercial device. is it really that hard?
you only compare COMMERCIAL to COMMERCIAL, because thats what we call "the real world".
Did I ever say i was a processor guru? can you please link me to where i said that?
Its part optimization, its part more advance processor tech inside the processor itself. Just because the Krait is smaller doesnt mean its more advanced.
42. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Can someone PLEASE get rid of these trolls that follow me?
My god.. one day they might accidentally be right about something.. then the world would end!
37. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
He you are too lazy here you go
1 to 2 percent different so in fact very similar. So how have egg on their face?
40. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
direct comparison between the HTC one S AND One X, as well as the reference S4 device.
egg? i had egg for breakfast.
13. A.aoudi (Posts: 125; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)
Just cant wait to get my hands on it.
22. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
The I/o is the green part on the blue.
43. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
yes, you were actually right about that. I just glanced at the picture real quick and went from memory. The point remains, erase i/o from the score.
23. henrickrw (Posts: 408; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
27. ananya22 (Posts: 93; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
Is this worth the upgrade from s2? i feel like keeping my gs2 and wait for the next nexus maybe. its great i know tbat but still doesnt blow away gs2 so significantly that may make me go fr it in a heartbeat.
44. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
its about a 50% power improvement, after they added all the bloatware and gave it a huge resolution bump. Its about a big of an upgrade as any line of phones is going to get.
once its rooted, stripped down to bare ICS, and streamlined, i forsee major power out of this device.
47. ananya22 (Posts: 93; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
Would you have given up an 8 month old gs2 for this? and i was trying to compare the diff between sgs1 and sgs2 with sgs2 and sgs3. S2 felt like an incredibly huge update from sgs1 to.me. This not quite as much from s2. what do you think?
30. cdnfreak (Posts: 26; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
couldn't care less how it looks, as long as its fast, I plan on putting a otterbox case on it and that's all I'll ever see.
32. hitechredneck (Posts: 97; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
thats interesting 5324 pts huh? Sony experia S hit 6400 from a dual core snapdragon
33. x7black7x (Posts: 118; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
it looks good
take it in your hand and you'll feel it!
great ergonomics good design(i like it in white color more)
the software this time which samsung are providing us is great
s voice
pop up play
direct call
eye tracking
htc doesnt have these special features
34. thnkthru3 (Posts: 73; Member since: 25 Dec 2011)
Either way this is going to be one well supported phone. I can not see spending $700 - to $800 on an unlocked phone. Well actuall my wife can't see me spending that kind of money for a phone so it works out to the same thing:-) Can't wait to hear about an AT&T version:-) (I'll even take unsupported rumors at this point.)
45. andrew1953 (Posts: 176; Member since: 13 Nov 2011)
Who cares what its materials are? I am more concerned with its components and how efficient the device is. I like the big,bright Super Amoled screen (1280*780 screen) and memory-64GB plus another 32GB on micro SD card. As long as it has voice guided navigation,an FM radio,facebook,Twitter who could ask for anything more. Seriously,even if the materials maybe disappointing, technologically-features I think its brilliant. I just wish it had a stylus like the Note.
46. lastoutlaw (Posts: 8; Member since: 25 Nov 2011)
Lets keep it simple.
Design: Galaxy S3 < One X
Performance: Galaxy s3 > One X
Performance matters more than design to me :D
48. fraydoe (Posts: 57; Member since: 27 Dec 2011)
samsung i love you not for your looks, its whats inside that really counts *touches chest*
50. DylRicho (Posts: 17; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
My HTC One S has got 5186 before and constantly gets in the 4900-5100~ area, so this is not much of a great score, considering the One S is dual-core and this is quad-core. If I'm honest, I was expecting better than that.


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GENEVA (AP) — The Red Cross said Friday it is trying to reach foreign journalists who were wounded during fighting in the Syrian city of Homs.
French journalists Edith Bouvier and William Daniels have asked for help leaving the embattled city after Bouvier was wounded in shelling Wednesday that killed American-born veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik.
The Geneva-based aid group "is attempting to reach all persons affected by the ongoing violence including the wounded journalists in Homs," International Committee of the Red Cross spokesman Hicham Hassan said.
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What happened Saturday in Columbus was the furthest thing from a typical Penn State defensive effort anyone has ever seen, and the Nittany Lion players can't wait to show everyone they're much better than that.
"Once you have a loss like that, you want to get that bad taste out of your mouth," linebacker Mike Hull said.
The bad taste was a 63-14 loss to Ohio State.
The loss looked bad, but the players aren't getting caught up in the huge point differential.
"It doesn't matter if you lose by one or lose by 100, it all hurts the same," safety Malcolm Willis said.
It does matter, though, when the opponent gains 686 yards, the most ever allowed by a Penn State defense.
"Losing by that much kind of just exposed some things," Hull said, "but really, I think a loss is a loss, whether it's by a point or seven touchdowns."
The Buckeyes had more talent on offense than PSU had on defense. But that only accounts for some of the problems.
The rest, and why the game got so far out of hand, came down primarily to communication issues by the Lions' defense.
"We need to communicate better as a defense, and some of the things that we're doing we need to clean up because a lot of guys aren't on the same page, like you saw last Saturday," Hull said.
Essentially what happens on every play is that the defensive players go through a series of checks to determine how the opponent is lined up and what play it will try to run. Through extensive film study, Hull said, the defenders should know the tendencies entering the game.
But problems arise when some players come to one conclusion based on what they're seeing, while others read their checks and come to a different conclusion.
"We weren't really confused," Hull said. "It's just sometimes whenever there's a lot of different checks to make, some guys are doing one thing and other guys are doing another thing. You have to play 11 guys as a unit."
The schemes, designed by defensive coordinator John Butler, appear to be relatively complex, based on comments this week by coach Bill O'Brien about the need to simplifying things.
Hull was asked if the schemes are too complicated or too difficult to learn.
"No, I don't think it's too difficult to learn," he said. "Last year we had a lot more in. It's just a matter of things changing week to week, different offenses posing different problems. Teams are going faster paced nowadays, so it's hard to get everyone on the same [page], everything communicated before the snap."
Neither O'Brien nor the defensive players made available to the media this week would go into much detail about exactly what it means to simplify things. Hull suggested that one aspect is making fewer checks once the offense starts its motions.
It boils down to just playing by instincts more, making football plays and trying not to overthink things on checks.
"It would just help people play faster so they're not thinking as much," Hull said.
"Us playing faster just means our communication level is at its highest," Willis said.
Hull said practices this week have been "real energetic" and that the players "were smacking people out there." They're angry at what happened Saturday, and they know the only thing they can do about it now is to play better this week against Illinois.
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A man who was fatally shot Wednesday night on the city's East Side lay bleeding at the scene for 20 to 30 minutes before an ambulance arrived, multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of the incident told The Buffalo News.
Kristopher Pride, 25, of Buffalo, was shot shortly before 7:30 p.m. while riding a bicycle on the 100 block of Keystone Avenue near Walden and Bailey avenues, police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge confirmed Thursday. Pride was transported to Erie County Medical Center, where police said he later died.
Multiple individuals who either witnessed the shooting or knew someone who did contacted The News on Thursday to report that, after Pride was shot, he remained on Keystone Avenue for as long as half an hour before being transported to ECMC.
For some, who asked that their names not be revealed, the gap between shots being fired and an ambulance arriving called into question the city's ability to respond quickly when a life was on the line. One source gave a step-by-step account of the incident, describing how police were the first to respond to the 911 call reporting the shooting, followed by the Fire Department. The unnamed witness said police and fire personnel attempted to help the victim, who was "alive and talking," while radioing dispatch to hurry the ambulance.
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According to Lawson, Rural/Metro experienced a "huge spike in volume" Wednesday night and was responding to significantly more emergencies than in a normal period when Pride was shot. At about 7:30 p.m., Lawson said, Rural/Metro was dealing with 11 calls in the city alone and had 12 of its ambulances tied up outside area hospitals waiting to transfer patients to the emergency room.
Three minutes after Rural/Metro received the initial call, the decision was made to trigger a procedure called "mutual aid," which allows Rural/Metro to enlist the help of a peer ambulance, Lawson said. At that point, a Twin City ambulance was called to the scene of the Keystone Avenue shooting. Lawson estimated that the Twin City ambulance took between 10 and 15 minutes to arrive on the scene after receiving the call.
Multiple sources said they believe that Pride's life could have been saved if he had been transported to the hospital more quickly. Lawson declined to comment on that claim, saying he had not been briefed on particulars of the case and citing victim privacy regulations. However, he stated that, "looking at the information we have, it was just a big spike in volume at that time of night" that caused the delay.
Lawson said such spikes are both unpredictable and inevitable but tend to occur more frequently during the summer months. He added that the recent heat wave may have played a role in the unusual number of emergencies.
Lawson said Rural/Metro would factor Wednesday's incident into its continual efforts to improve response time and quality of care.
Police spokesman DeGeorge and Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield declined to comment on their departments' roles in the emergency response, saying that they had not been briefed on the incident as of Thursday evening.
The city last week granted Rural/Metro a six-month contract extension and is preparing to solicit bids for longer-term ambulance services in hopes of having a contract in place by Jan. 1.
No arrests have been made in the Pride shooting. Buffalo police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255 or email the department at www.bpdny.org.
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Anyone else notice the Rangers are drafting a LOT better than us?
Posted 15 May 2012 - 09:04 PM
Also, some of these young guys need to keep improving. How many times have we seen players surprise everyone one year and disappear the next, or look like a top 6 forward in the playoffs and then go back to normal the following regular season?
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 12:32 AM
It's why Kindl is such a disappointment to me. He's the best pick they've had in a long time and at 25 years old barely looks NHL ready.
This is one reason why I think that leaving guys out of the NHL for so long is not a good idea. I think that prospects need time to develop to a certain point, then they need to make the jump when they are ripe (not overripe). There is a transition to the nhl regardless of your age or how long you played in the AHL and I think if they don't get the shot young enough they just waste the good young years of their careers and then spend their mid 20s trying to figure it out at the nhl level. Not to mention they never get a good long shot at the NHL because the second they screw up its back to GR or riding pine and a vet takes their spot back for 20 games. Hope this doesn't happen to Smith.
You're a wizard Dylan!
Posted 16 May 2012 - 03:27 AM
Yes they've drafted well, mostly in their North-American drafting where the Wings are not known for being among the best. They've got role-players that fit in with their system. But imo the OP is overrating several guys a lot.. especially someone like Kreider. And Del Zotto has been very up and down, at times terrible and at times great.
Most of their drafted players fit the mold of hard-working, shot-blocking, not very skilled, role-player. Credit goes to them for knowing what to look for and finding it.
But remember we have Smith, Järnkrok, Pulkkinen, Tatar, Nyquist, Jurco etc. on the way. And I think the Rangers would LOVE to have Helm, or even Abdelkader.
Posted 16 May 2012 - 08:01 AM
I like this team.
Posted 16 May 2012 - 10:18 AM
Good thing no one else is thinking about drafting someone like that.
As long as the Wings draft a big, fast, hard hitting North American forward then it's all good this draft.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 10:59 AM
Also, I'd love to know how many picks they've had as opposed to Detroit in the time frame mentioned. ISTR in the mid-2000s Sather realised his strategy of throwing $$$$ at every UFA in sight wasn't working and started trading players for picks. Wings as a perreniel contender have used picks to acquire players at the deadline - 1st and 4th for Lang, couple of 2nds for Schneider, 2nd and a 4th for Stuart etc
So apart from having more draft picks, higher draft picks, and more space on the roster for prospects to progress, yes the Rangers have done a better job.
Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:04 AM
edit: That same draft year, as good as the first round was (except Rags and Blues) Shea Weber didn't go until the 2nd round at #49 and Joe Pavelski was #205 overall...I can think of many teams that wish they would've gone a different route that year...including Detroit.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:21 AM
If you get a chance take a look at that first round...wow! Too bad Detroit didn't have a first rounder that year...
Holy crap, that was a pretty impressive draft year. The Wings didn't have a pick until round 2, which they used to draft none other than Jimmy Howard.
1 Marc-Andre Fleury
2 Eric Staal
3 Nathan Horton
4 Nikolai Zherdev
5 Thomas Vanek
6 Milan Michalek
7 Ryan Suter
8 Braydon Coburn
9 Dion Phaneuf
10 Andrei Kostitsyn
11 Jeff Carter
12 Hugh Jessiman
13 Dustin Brown
14 Brent Seabrook
15 Robert Nilsson
16 Steve Bernier
17 Zach Parise
18 Eric Fehr
19 Ryan Getzlaf
20 Brent Burns
21 Mark Stuart
22 Marc-Antoine Pouliot
23 Ryan Kesler
24 Mike Richards
25 Anthony Stewart
26 Brian Boyle
27 Jeff Tambellini
28 Corey Perry
29 Patrick Eaves
30 Shawn Belle
And some notable picks from round #2...
33 Loui Eriksson
45 Patrice Bergeron
49 Shea Weber
62 David Backes
64 Jimmy Howard
And then...
205 Joe Pavelski
239 Tobias Enstrom
245 Dustin Byfuglien
291 Brian Elliott
And then some other picks I found interesting came out of this same class as well...
37 Kevin Klein
47 Matt Carle
54 B. J. Crombeen
61 Maxim Lapierre
73 Daniel Carcillo
106 Jan Hejda
112 Jamie Tardif
121 Paul Bissonnette
122 Corey Potter
132 Kyle Quincey
164 Ryan Oulahen
186 Drew Miller
271 Jaroslav Halak
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