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Let's Improve Bunker Management
Let's Improve Bunker Management
Many farms still miss the mark when it comes to managing bunkers. Are you packing properly?
by Paul Porter
The author is a dairy specialist with Pioneer Hi-Bred International and based in Beaver Dam, Wis.
A dozen years ago I was involved with a field study in eastern Wisconsin with a local feed supplier and extension dairy specialist. Nearly 200 samples of corn and hay silage from a range of storage structures were taken and analyzed for fermentation profiles. Among the findings of that study: a minority of bunker silo samples met the density guidelines of 15 pounds per cubic foot (PCF) on a dry matter basis.
Fast forward to the last eight months — have we made much progress? Based on my bunker density measurements on several dozen farms in Wisconsin, unfortunately, not so much. Only a handful of corn silage bunkers exceeded the 15 PCF threshold; a slightly higher percentage of hay silage bunkers met that target.
How can this happen? The density targets are not new, and strategies for effective bunker silo filling are well-known. Most of these dairies were very well managed, and many of the owners/managers were surprised with the lower-than-expected density results, commenting they had more or bigger tractors packing than they "used to." It is my opinion that the two most common failures are tractor packing weight and packing depth of silage layers.
The 800 rule . . .
It's difficult to appreciate the phenomenal volume brought into corn silage bunkers with custom harvesters or well-equipped larger dairies. One dairy I worked with boasted about adding a sixth truck to deliver corn silage even more "efficiently" to the bunk. When we did the math, this dairy needed nearly a quarter million pounds of tractor weight to pack effectively. As a reminder, the calculation for tractor packing weight is 800 times the tons per hour delivered to the bunker. The table shows some example packing weight needs.
The need to keep the custom harvester moving is understandable; after all, time is money. But when you've invested tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars in the crop at the point of harvest, maybe it's time to consider paying a premium to the harvesting crew to slow down. Assuming $400 per hour to harvest and deliver corn silage to the bunker and 10,000 tons silage harvested, a dairy could afford to pay for an additional 15 hours of harvesting time if it resulted in a 1 percent improvement in dry matter recovery (or reduction in shrink) via better packing.
Oxygen is the enemy . . .
The benefit of efficient and effective packing is the exclusion of oxygen. At harvest, the quicker oxygen is excluded (thus, reducing yeast activity), the more efficient the front-end fermentation can be (providing better dry matter recovery). At feedout, the more densely packed the forage and the less oxygen infiltration at the face, the less secondary fermentation (shrink) can occur.
The simplest way to demonstrate the impact of oxygen: Think of the depth of the slime layer of an uncovered bunker six months after storage (usually 6 to 12 inches). Compare that to a well- packed, plastic-covered bunker (2 to 4 inches). Next, compare that to a bunker with a layer of oxygen-barrier plastic (near zero). Figure 1 is another visual example. This is a thermal image of a well-managed split bunker. The producer even hand-sprayed acid on the sidewall to reduce spoilage. Yet, it is clear that weeks of oxygen penetration (secondary fermentation) has deteriorated the quality of several inches of silage.
The value of going from a good manager (15 percent storage plus feedout shrink) to a great manager (10 percent shrink) is at least $3,000 per 100 cows per year (assumes 1,000 tons corn silage annually per 100 cows). Much of that improvement centers around reduced exposure to oxygen. For those questioning the math (5 percent times $35 per ton value corn silage), remember that the shrink that is occurring is highly digestible nutrients — the bugs consume sugars, not fiber. Therefore, the cost of replacing that dry matter is essentially the cost of corn grain, not corn silage. If you are using most of the good management practices listed below but only have average density, you are leaving money on the table.
If you know or suspect you have room for improvement in bunker density, here's an action plan:
1. Make sure layers being packed are 6 inches or less: thicker layers trap more oxygen, and the actual pounds of effective packing weight is greatly reduced.
2. Calculate the packing tractor weight needed versus actual packing weight. If the weight comes up short (in approximate order of ease),
• Add weight to the front or back of tractors.
• Add weights to the wheels or tires (fluid).
• Get more or bigger tractors.
• Slow down harvest.
If the last three options are not feasible (not enough room to safely add a tractor, for example), then consider adding another blade tractor, and fill two bunkers simultaneously.
A word about hay silage . . .
Given that hay silage is usually considered more difficult to pack, why are more hay silage bunkers meeting density targets? (Remember, though, a majority still could be improved.) Again, it comes back to tons per hour delivered to the bunker. Even if you harvest twice as many acres per hour with hay silage, the tons per hour for first crop would likely be about 50 percent of the corn silage and even lower for subsequent cuttings. This gives the packing tractors a chance of keeping up. Take a moment to do the 800 rule calculation for your first crop and get an estimate for your corn silage, as well.
In addition to the standard bunker silo management tips (cover with plastic, use tires, treat with a quality, crop-specific inoculant), the last 10 years have seen a number of shrink-reducing bunker management improvements including:
- Oxygen barrier plastic layer
- Sidewall and overlapping plastic strategies
- Aerobic stability technology inoculants that drastically decrease secondary heating at feedout
- Facing equipment to reduce oxygen penetration at feedout
- Other effective weighting options besides tires to minimize air infiltration under the plastic
- Care to avoid excessive packing on top that can lead to spoilage (rupturing cell walls)
If you understand, apply, and excel at the above management package, don't let poor packing be the weak link and money waster in your forage program.


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A Hamburg woman has filed a complaint about Councilman Joseph A. Collins with the town Ethics Board.
Elizabeth G. Reszka accused Collins of threatening her during a Town Board meeting Oct. 8 in an attempt to pressure her husband, Peter R. Reszka, who is chairman of the town Planning Board.
"He threatened both my husband and myself with a retaliatory FOIL," she said in her complaint, referring to a request for information under the state's Freedom of Information Law.
Requests for town documents are submitted to the Town Clerk's Office, but documents of private citizens are not subject to the law. Elizabeth Reszka said that she told this to Collins after the meeting and that he said he wanted a copy of the letter she read at a Planning Board meeting.
At the Town Board meeting Oct. 8, Peter Reszka told Collins he wanted to see the research on enterprise funds he mentioned at a previous board meeting, and he accused Collins of making it up. It was after that statement that Collins talked about the Freedom of Information request.
"His threat is not a result of ignorance but an obvious attempt to intimidate me personally and my husband through me," Elizabeth Reszka's complaint said.
This is not the first time Collins has been the subject of an ethics complaint. The Town Board, in a 3-2 party-line vote Dec. 13, 2010, found him guilty of ethics charges and of harassing an employee, and censured him.
The ethics charges alleged that he:
• Posted a flier in the Highway Department for his brother's law firm that advertised testing for mesothelioma.
• Suggested to a resident that to get action on an unsafe building, he should file a notice of defect with the town.
•Assisted an employee in filing a human rights claim against the town.
Collins denied the charges.
According to Elizabeth Reszka, Collins threatened her and her husband with legal action and said she should not have spoken out at a Planning Board hearing on a proposal from a Milestrip Road firm to build a storage area and driveway. The Reszkas live near the business.
"He's telling me I can't exercise my civil rights," she said.
Collins said he was not threatening her but did not feel she should have spoken out at the hearing, because her husband is Planning Board chairman. Peter Reszka did publicly disclose that he lives near the project area and that it would affect him, but that he has no financial interest in the project and therefore there is no conflict of interest.
Reszka should have recused himself, Collins said. "It was more about 'How do you not have a conflict when your wife comes in front of you and reads a seven-page letter?' " he said.
Collins said he talked about requesting the statement through FOIL before he realized that the statement was included in minutes from the Planning Board hearing Aug. 15.
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Beethoven, "Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3" performed by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Sony Classical). It would be heaven on earth indeed if all the great pianists were equally superb in all repertoire, but it simply doesn't work out that way. Have the great Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes perform Grieg piano music on the piano that was, in fact, played by Grieg himself and you've got one of the great classical piano recordings of recent decades. His gifts don't disappear when they're stretched in one direction to play Schubert and in another to play Rachmaninoff. Unfortunately, as crisp and competent and engagingly performed as these performances of Beethoven's First and Third piano concertos are, there is also something just a wee bit dry about them which seems to be a combination of both Andsnes' playing and the sonic engineering. He has studiously avoided Beethoven until now and wisely says of the piano concertos that they're not really a "cycle" because "they are five very different masterpieces." No one could possibly criticize the scholarship involved from Andsnes here (read his conversation with Alan Rusbridger in the notes) but there was something to be said for the grand mid-20th century style of Rubinstein et. al., even in the semi-comic finale of the first. These chamber performances may be more apt but as good as they are, there's something missing - magic, presence, call it what you will. 3 stars (Jeff Simon)
Luciano Souza, "Duos III" and "The Book of Chet" (both discs, Sunnyside). The artist is the same. The label is the same. And the producer - Joni Mitchell's main man Larry Klein - is the same. But these two discs couldn't possibly be more fundamentally different. The great Brazilian singer says that her love of Chet Baker's singing comes from the sound of "quiet loneliness that I crave in music." She's not alone, certainly, in loving Baker's singing even though there are definitely some of us who find it immensely overrated, from its sibilantly wobbling dentures to its flat squishiness. You have to admit though he had admirable taste in what to sing and that is what Souza sticks with, for all the off-putting monotony of the disc. Much better by far is the hugely varied music on the largely Brazilian music on "Duos III" that she sings with either guitarist Toninho Horta, Romero Lubambo or Marco Perira. "Each" says Souza "has carved out a different area of the spectrum of Brazilian guitar playing as the emotional center-point of their mastery." Her collaborations with them are delicious. 2� stars for "The Book of Chet," 3� stars for "Duos III." (J.S.)


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It doesn't seem to be a particularly flashy free agent class. A lot of older players for sure.
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MARTINSBURG - The Berkeley Art Works will exhibit a selection of prints by the young photographers in the Martinsburg Boys and Girls Club photography program.
The exhibit will highlight two winning images from last year's national Image Maker's competition, sponsored by Sony, as well as a selection of local winners and entries from this year's Berkeley County Youth Fair competition. The exhibit will be on display in the Berkeley Art Works Gallery, 116 N. Queen St. in Martinsburg, from Aug. 23 through Sept. 1. There will be an opening reception at the gallery Friday, Aug. 23, from 5-7 p.m.
The Image Makers competition is a competition of photography for all of the Boys and Girls Clubs across the United States and its military bases in Europe and Asia. Two images by local photographers were two out of only 16 national winners in the 2012 Image Makers Competition. Ivana Fitzgerald's winning image was a portraiture study entitled "Pray to God for Help" and Jania Twyman's winning image was "Feather Headress."
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"Pray to God for Help," a photograph by Ivana Fitzgerald, was one of two images from the Martinsburg Boys and Girls Club to win national awards in Sony's "Image Makers" competition.
Ivana and Jania are members of Martinsburg's John Street Unit, where students study traditional black-and-white print making as well as digital photography. They take field trips; use the local club's equipment; and print, mount and frame fantastic photographs all for their $15 dues. The class members' ages range from 9 to 18. The class motto is "Think Weird."
The Berkeley Art Works is a service of The Berkeley Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in West Virginia working to ensure that Berkeley County has a vibrant, vital arts environment by promoting awareness, understanding and appreciation of the literary, visual and performing arts in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The Berkeley Arts Council is on the Web at www.berkeleyartswv.org.


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Public Works Professionals as First Responders
Integrating public works into emergency management
Philip R. Mann, P.E.
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In the early morning hours of January 29, 2012, there was a multi-vehicle traffic crash on I-75 on Paynes Prairie in Alachua County, Florida. The traffic crash occurred in the fog and involved 25 vehicles and claimed the lives of 11 people and injured another 18 people. Our community immediately went into incident management mode with notifications to fire rescue, law enforcement and public works. The result was that the interstate was closed in both directions for approximately 24 hours.
Immediately, incident command was established with representatives from the various first responders forming the command team. As the incident occurred on the interstate, the Florida Department of Transportation, having jurisdiction, assumed the lead in the public works role.
Early in the event, fire-rescue took the lead in incident command as it was a search-and-rescue operation. After the rescue phase was complete, law enforcement assumed the lead role to investigate the traffic crash. In the final phase, public works assumed the lead role for the repair of the interstate that included damaged guard rail and asphalt.
During the course of the day, first responders worked with each other in addressing the various aspects of the incident. The interagency coordination was smooth and seamless.
The seamless coordination can be credited to the working knowledge that the first responders have of the other first responder agencies and their people. Due to the communities' ongoing efforts in emergency management training, disaster preparedness drills and planned special events, the management and command staff of law enforcement, fire-rescue and public works are familiar with their counterparts in each of the other disciplines.
So how did Gainesville/Alachua County reach this type of integration of public works into the overall emergency management/unified command team? It was not easy and it did not happen overnight.
To gain a better understanding of the public works role, you first have to have an understanding of the law enforcement and fire-rescue roles. They work in a 24/7/365 environment and, in general, always work in an incident management role. When they are faced with a situation, absence any other support or information, they will resolve the situation and move on to the next scenario.
In public works, on the other hand, we are used to a normal fixed weekly workday schedule. During that normal workday, our workforce comes in and has planned projects and assignments. Incident management mode is an exception instead of the rule. It becomes vital that public works be ready to: (1) quickly transition to an incident management role; and (2) be prepared to respond and provide support 24/7.
The next step is to ensure that your agency participates in emergency management training, exercises and related events that will also involve the other first responder departments within your organization. To garner their acceptance into an emergency management role, you have to demonstrate that public works is a resource and can be counted on during an emergency, regardless of time of day.
So, how did the City of Gainesville get to the level we are today? We started in training and meetings on ways we could provide assistance and relieve other first responder personnel to perform law enforcement or fire-rescue duties. We demonstrated that we could handle traffic control, barricades, detour routes and establishing a perimeter to free law enforcement officers up from traffic posts to perform crime prevention/analysis work. We also demonstrated that, with lighted barricades, arrow boards and variable message signs, we could provide a lot of information to motorists in both daylight and darkness setting, improving both officer and motorist safety.
We further demonstrated our capabilities by giving additional assistance through our technical staff. An example is with our engineers, who have a strong physics background. Engineers provide a different view of a traffic crash scene and can provide alternative insight into environmental and design factors that may have affected the cause of the crash.
On the fire-rescue side, I remember a specific training in which an unnamed firefighter asked what good an equipment operator (such as a backhoe) in self-contained breathing apparatus would be on a fire scene. The answer was "a lot more effective than a firefighter with a shovel." That exchange emphasizes the point that we have to change everyone's line of thinking for responding to incidents.
This experience has led to our Police Department calling the Public Works Department whenever they have a major road closure to provide traffic control and establish a perimeter. They request a traffic engineer whenever there is a serious motor vehicle crash, and that engineer responds to the scene of the crash and reviews engineering and environmental factors that may have led to that crash and also provides input to the Police Department regarding the crash reconstruction.
It has also led to the Gainesville Fire Department calling the Public Works Department for major structure fires. On several occasions, Public Works staff has responded to the scene of an active structure fire with heavy equipment and equipment operators. That equipment is used to help the Fire Department get to parts of the building that were inaccessible to firefighters and allow them to complete the firefighting process.
Through our reoccurring participation and assistance in emergency management, utilizing the Unified Command pyramid has become second nature for the City of Gainesville. Whenever there is an incident, Public Works is immediately notified by either the Police or Fire Departments. They also understand that, outside of our normal business hours, we have to call staff out so they provide as much notification as possible to get our call-out process started.
Which leads me to another critical component for achieving and maintaining success—our front-line personnel. The Department has three different staff members on call at night. All staff that serves in an on-call capacity is educated on the importance of working with the other first responders and the need to respond in a timely manner.
Now that we have established those relationships, it is critical that we maintain them on a daily basis. We have utilized unified command and the incident command system on a variety of planned events:
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Through these professional relationships, the command level staff that works with each other on a daily basis has developed personal relationships as well. Through these established relationships, the various members of command level staff routinely call each other for assistance, advice and even direction about how to address a normal routine business issue in the other's department.
If you do not already have this type of interagency interaction and relationships, it will not change overnight. Public works staff must be vigilant at developing the relationships and interjecting itself at the appropriate locations in these incidents. It has be a grassroots effort to gain local acceptance and that can only be obtained through repeated participation in incidents and continued demonstration of the benefits that public works provides.
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The Weld County Sheriff's Office is looking for information on an apparent road rage incident Monday afternoon on Interstate 25 near the Johnstown exit.
A witness told deputies that about 4 p.m., a man in a gray 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser pointed a handgun at a female driver in a white Volkswagen Beetle, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The female driver was apparently unaware of the incident, according to the release.
Deputies stopped what they believe to be the suspect vehicle and arrested its driver, Kamaljit Ghuman, of Centennial. The Volkswagen Beetle had Wyoming license plates, according to one witness.
Anyone with information on the female driver or the incident may contact the sheriff's department at 970-356-4015, extension 2825.


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A 20 percent drop in supply is predicted in 2013.
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
A record corn crop and lower prices keep your fingers crossed are still forecast for 2013, but the same can't be said for whole cottonseed.
Wet weather in much of the Cotton Belt, but drought in Texas, slow planting rates for crops other than corn, and a nagging undertone of uncertainty about how summer might play out for agriculture in general are all parts of an uncertain dairy feed picture as spring comes to a close.
Not so uncertain, however and not so good is the outlook for cotton and the cottonseed that many dairies like to feed.
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report expects the U.S. cotton crop in 2013 will total just 4.58 million tons, compared to 5.76 million tons in 2012. That's a 20.6 percent drop that would bring a corresponding drop in cottonseed feed supplies.
Planting rates continue to lag in the 15 states that produce 99 percent of all U.S. cotton just 59 percent as of May 26, according to USDA. Analysts say slow planting tends to lead to less total planting as farmers switch to other crops, and late planting tends to result in lower yields. Foreign demand for cottonseed, especially in Asia, is up as well.
None of this is encouraging for milk producers who like feeding whole cottonseed in their rations, since already high prices appear likely to go up even higher.
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To register follow the "Group handling and feeding of calves" webinar link.
The author has served large Western dairy readers for the past 36 years and manages Hoard's WEST, a publication written specifically for Western herds. He is a graduate of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, majored in journalism and is known as a Western dairying specialist.
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5 Celebrities Who Get More Hate Than They Deserve (Part 2)
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about celebrities who get way more hate than they deserve. The reader response was overwhelming.
Far be it from me to stray from a formula that's obviously connecting with people. So, without further ado, here are five more celebrities who get way more hate than they deserve.
#5. Kristen Stewart
Why All the Hate?
I don't know, why do you hate Kristen Stewart so much? When it was suggested that I include her on this list, I scoffed at the idea. Maybe it's because I've never seen a Twilight movie, but I just couldn't imagine that people hate her that much. And then that person asked me to Google "Kristen Stewart most hated woman in Hollywood" and my computer exploded.
Read all about it in the Hindustan Times!
From what I can gather, a lot of the animosity stems from the fact that she cheated on that sparkly vampire from Twilight with the married director of Snow White and the Huntsman, which you might recognize as a film you've never seen. She starred in that movie, and then she starred in a whole bunch of unfortunate pictures of her skanking about town with a married man. And now she's the most hated woman in Hollywood.
Fine, let's talk about that.
Why She Doesn't Deserve It
I find it damn near impossible to believe that some of this hate doesn't have to do with that primal instinct to hate anything Twilight-related that burns inside all of us. That alone turns one fairly sizable segment of the American population against her, regardless of who she's banging. On top of that, she's also the female lead in a love story for teens that stars two dreamy boys. In the likability competition, she was doomed from the beginning.
Source: Your Dreams
I too know the rigors of working with pretty men.
So yes, I get all that. But things have clearly gotten worse since the cheating scandal, and that strikes me as a bit harsh. For one thing, she's practically a kid. Your skull has barely fused all the way at the age of 22, but because she stars in the film version of your daughter's favorite book, it's expected that between Kristen Stewart and a married man in his 40s, she's going to be the responsible one?
And how is this different from what Angelina Jolie did on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith? We overlook her tryst with Brad Pitt because the union ended in eleventeen kids, and because after so many public breakups, we've all come to assume that Jennifer Aniston is a broken person who's incapable of sustaining a meaningful relationship with anyone. But that doesn't change the fact that Angelina Jolie slept with a married man on the set of a movie and took down the feelings of a fellow actor in the process, just like Kristen Stewart did. It's just that Kristen Stewart hasn't made any movies worth watching (with all due respect to The Runaways), so we're less willing to forgive her for it.
#4. Jay Cutler
Why All the Hate?
If you're not a sports fan, you maybe know Jay Cutler as the guy who knocked up Kristin Cavallari (who's got a lot of nerve having a name I had to Google so I could spell it correctly). The rest of you know him as the sad-faced, doubled-chinned quarterback of the Chicago Bears. There have been a lot of knocks against him (literally and figuratively) during his time under center in the Windy City. Most famously, he was called out for being "soft" after leaving the NFC Championship game in January 2011 with a knee injury that many suspected wasn't nearly as bad as it seemed. At least not bad enough to warrant leaving such an important game.
Relevant: This man's team never wins anything.
It was a stupid accusation that (I think) has since been resolved in Jay Cutler's favor, but it doesn't matter, because people hate him for an entirely different reason these days ... Jay Cutler doesn't smile enough.
Why He Doesn't Deserve It
It's a little more than that, actually. It's not that Jay Cutler doesn't smile enough, it's more that he seems to have only two settings: "disinterested" and "grumpy." This is taken as some sort of general malaise, like he's some kind of moody loner who doesn't want to interact with his teammates. But what's always confused me is that arguments about Jay Cutler's lack of interest are regularly supplemented with complaints about moments like this:
If you didn't pick up on it, that was Cutler mouthing what were most likely the words "Fucking fans, I swear to God." There have been other incidents, like when he was caught on camera telling his offensive coordinator to "go fuck himself" during a game:
Or the time he shoved a teammate who had seemingly forgotten how to do his job:
So which is it? Those don't seem like the actions and words of a man who lacks interest in what he's doing. Even if you think those videos just prove that Jay Cutler whines too much, I'd say you're wrong there, too. I don't know all of the specifics behind him telling his coach to go fuck himself, but I'm far more likely to side with the employee than the management in a situation like that one. The image of him shoving a teammate isn't a pretty one, but ask any knowledgeable Bears fans about it and they'll confirm that the player in question is far and away the most deserving of a good shoving on the entire team. His play routinely leaves Jay Cutler scrambling for his life. You'd be salty, too.
Even the ref is shocked at how often this happens.
The shot of him swearing to the heavens in disdain for his fan base also loses a little shock value when you factor in that his team was being booed for having just played one bad half of a game during what has so far been the team's best start since they went to the Super Bowl in 2006. It's probably a bit premature to start booing, no matter how bad the game was (the Bears went on to win, for the record). Jay Cutler commented on this. To himself.
What's the problem with that? The alternative is for him to not care, and he already gets enough flack for that.
#3. Ben Affleck
Why All the Hate?
Again, you tell me, what is it that you people have against Ben Affleck? I actually Googled this and, so far, the best explanation I can come up with as to why people hate him is ... because. That's why. The always reliable Yahoo Answers provides insight like this:
Hey, you leave Shia LaBeouf out of this, you bastard!
Ignoring the obviously ridiculous points there, let's focus on the one legitimately debatable argument hiding in that Yahoo Answer ... Does Ben Affleck make bad movies?
Why He Doesn't Deserve It
You'll likely note that this entry is significantly shorter than the rest. The reason for that is simple. There's really nothing for me to argue. In the debate about whether or not Ben Affleck makes bad movies, there's a lengthy history of critical acclaim and accolades that need to be explained away before you can even hope to argue that he does.
Reindeer Games, Jersey Girl and Gigli are the three movies regularly mentioned as definitive proof that Ben Affleck fucking sucks. While there may be legitimate complaints about all of those films (namely, that each and every one is objectively awful), you absolutely cannot argue that these films define the career of Ben Affleck. Everyone has bad films to their credit; it's how things work. But we're talking about a man who's won an Academy Award for a screenplay he wrote. Discount the importance of awards shows all you want, but the fact remains that most people who work in film go their entire career without even coming close to that kind of success.
And it wasn't an isolated incident. In recent years, he's either written or directed (and usually starred in) critic favorites like The Town, Gone Baby Gone and Argo.
What I'm getting at is this: You don't need me to convince you that you're incorrect if you think Ben Affleck makes shitty movies. You just are.


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The 5 Worst Attempts to Start a Catchphrase in Rap History
It's no secret to anyone who knows me or follows this column that rap music is completely responsible for the way I speak. I looked at and accepted the "establishment's" vocabulary, sure, but I knew there were other ways to express myself. So I let rap music, and all of the words invented by rappers, augment my personal vocabulary.
Plenty of rap-coined words and phrases catch on and make it all the way to mainstream vocabularies, sometimes seriously ("blunt," "dope," "chill" and "grill" [meaning teeth] all have their origins in rap and all are more or less accepted by the majority of Americans), and sometimes ironically (there was a period in the early 2000s when everyone added "izzle" to the end of everything, and no one knew if we were joking or not).
It's always fun and exciting to learn a new piece of slang, but sometimes a rapper is so clearly trying to force a new word or phrase into the public lexicon that it's almost embarrassing. They'll desperately repeat their own "fo shizzle" in the hopes that it infects pop culture. It's like those Jersey Shore folks saying "GTL" in place of "gym, tan, laundry"; they just want to coin a phrase that will catch on so they can be immortalized. But not everything is destined to be an izzle ...
In the rap world, danger lurks around every corner. It's a scary life full of thieves, drug dealers, crooked cops and other nefarious characters up to no good. Obviously, one must protect oneself (including one's neck) from these types of ruthless villains, which is why many rappers carry around guns (or claim to carry around guns, or surround themselves with armed bodyguards). Obviously they couldn't legally carry around guns, so they'd rap in code, referring to guns as "biscuits."
I'm from New Jersey. "Biscuits" are biscuits.
Examples of Usage
In the Outkast song "Red Velvet," from their 2000 album Stankonia, rapper Big Boi very clearly refers to his gun as a biscuit. He warns his opponents that, while they might have bodyguards, he lets his ... n-word "tote the biscuit." He goes on to explain that the biscuit will get blood on your hat and leave you slumped in your Cadillac. A biscuit can kill you, and the biscuit is obviously a gun.
You didn't need a picture of a gun to illustrate what a gun looks like, but here we are.
In the first verse of the Eminem and Dr. Dre hit "Guilty Conscience," Dre and Em play the good and evil halves of the conscience of a man who is considering robbing a liquor store. Eminem, irrepressible rogue that he is, encourages the man to rob, while Dre, always the voice of reason (he's a doctor), advises the man to "drop the biscuit," as "it's not worth it to risk it." The man agrees (thank goodness!), and abandons his scheme. Contextually speaking, it would be absurd to assume Dr. Dre was referring to an actual biscuit, or anything other than a gun.
Why It Never Really Caught On
Clearly, "biscuit as gun" bounced around in the rap world for a while, but it never quite broke into the mainstream (there's no scene in any movie where a stern police chief orders his brave but reckless cadet to "hand in his badge and standard issue police biscuit" [except for the movie I'm writing currently]). "Gat" and "piece" both caught on as gun slang, but "biscuit" never made the cut. As is often the case with rappers, the problem is that folks in the rap community weren't communicating with each other, and as a result, wires got crossed. While some artists were working hard trying to push the whole "biscuit is slang for gun" angle, a few others had an agenda to make "biscuit" a synonym for "attractive lady" (fourth definition down).
Obviously, this leads to confusion. It's why I've always said that lack of communication is one of the biggest problems in rap (after all of those other much bigger problems).
When Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck assures me that he rolls "with groups of ghetto bastards with biscuits," does he mean that I should fear the firepower that his associates carry, or be envious of all of the attractive women they've managed to acquire? I live every day of my life assuming I'm going to run into Inspectah Deck, and I'm still not sure if I should run from him or ask if I can be one of his ghetto bastards.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Deck, I meant can we be ghetto bastards?"
"Bring Da Ruckus," the song from which that lyric springs, is conspicuously vague about this. Inspectah brings up the fact that his buddies are just straight loaded with biscuits, and then he quickly switches gears and describes his method on the microphone (it's bangin').
"My friends and I are just SILLY with biscuits. But, hey, you don't want to hear about that; let's talk sports or something."
And that's why we, as a society, will never adopt "biscuit" as slang for "gun." The rap industry just couldn't get its act together long enough to agree on a definition.
(Also it's kind of stupid.)
"Scrub" as a slang word actually originated in basketball (scrubs were the shitty players who only played at the end of the game, when they couldn't really impact the game in any profound way). I've never actually used "scrub" in that context. I went to a lot of middle school dances and bar mitzvahs in the late '90s, so I heard TLC's "No Scrubs" about 150,000 times, and their hyper-specific definition of a scrub has been burned into my brain.
Scrubs. Scrubs scrubs scrubs. Scruuuuubs.
In "No Scrubs," the ladies of TLC (Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez and at least two other people, I think) warn women to stay away from shitty guys known as "scrubs." According to these women, a scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly (it is implied that he actually is not fly). He's always talking about what he wants, but he doesn't have a whole lot of money. A nogoodnik (my word choice, not TLC's. Obviously).
Pretty straightforward, and -- oh, there's more? Oh. OK, apparently, a scrub is also someone who consistently hangs out the passenger side of his friend's car and hits on women (I think we're to assume that he doesn't have a car of his own). The game of a scrub is weak ("game" refers to one's ability to hit on members of the opposite sex), and he looks like trash. He lives with his parents, and he has a shorty but doesn't show love ("shorty" can refer to a girlfriend or a child, but the ambiguity isn't important here; what matters is that he isn't showing love, and that's unforgivable).
Finally, a scrub is someone who can get no love from the members of TLC.
Examples of Usage
The above three paragraphs are the college essay version of "No Scrubs." No further examples should be necessary.
Why It Never Really Caught On
That sure is a specific guy TLC is talking about. There's a general theme of brokeness and shittiness throughout, but mentioning the unloved child (or girlfriend on the side) really brings this scrub into a pretty sharp focus. This is no longer an archetype or role that we can assign to people we know in life; it is an ultra-specific portrait of a guy that one of the members of TLC knows and hates.
"OK, you're broke, you live with your mom, you keep asking for my number ... but you never hang out of your friend's car, so you're not a scrub. Just shitty, I guess?"
This is a weird entry that people will surely have problems with.
Jay-Z and Timbaland have a song called "Lobster and Scrimp." They don't say "scrimp" in the song, they say "shrimp," and they are in fact referring to the seafood. No one ever talks about why "scrimp" is in the title, and even though they never say it once in the song, the Urban Dictionary definition of "scrimp" is seafood. Shrimp.
I don't know why. I don't know why to any of this.
Examples of Usage
Lobster and Scrimp.
-- "Lobster and Scrimp"
Why It Never Really Caught On
Because "shrimp" is a perfectly acceptable word for shrimp already, calling shrimp "scrimp" saves no time and adds nothing, and because "scrimp" already has its own definition.


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Australian legend Craig Alexander, the world's most successful Ironman and Ironman 70.3 athlete in recent years, will contest the Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket on
2 December – the latest addition to a stellar line-up of elite professional athletes heading to the island.
A three-time Ironman World Champion and the first athlete to win Ironman and Ironman 70.3 World Championships in the same year, Alexander has signed up for Laguna Phuket alongside another legend of the sport, Cameron Brown, the 10-time Ironman New Zealand Champion.
They join triathlon's latest double World Champion in the Laguna Phuket pro line-up, Leanda Cave of Great Britain – newly-crowned 2012 Ironman and Ironman 70.3 World Champion, and only the second athlete to achieve this feat in the same year after Alexander.
One of the most respected triathletes among his peers and a favourite of fans worldwide, 39 year-old Alexander – known as "Crowie" – has proved himself the most versatile swimmer, runner and biker across all distances of triathlon.
Winner of the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Ironman World Championship and 2012 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship, Alexander is also the Ironman World Championship record holder and won his Ironman 70.3 World Championships in 2006 and 2011.
And as Laguna Phuket Triathlon (LPT) Champion in 2002 and 2004, he's relishing a return to the island to compete for a slice of the US$25,000 Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket prize purse.
"After too many years away, I'm really looking forward to returning to Phuket to race the Ironman 70.3," he said. "It's certain to be a unique race in an amazing country."
New Zealander Brown, Ironman World Championship second-placed finisher in 2001and 2005, won Ironman New Zealand in 2001-2005 and 2007-11. He was
runner-up to Alexander at the inaugural Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship held in Melbourne in March.
Debbie Dionysius, Assistant Vice President of Destination Marketing, Laguna Phuket, said: "We're absolutely delighted that these two legends are coming here for our event – with so much top talent in the line-up it's going to be a fantastic sporting spectacle."
Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket, the third running of this iconic triathlon, is preceded on 25th November by the 19th edition of the legendary LPT.
Both LPT and Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket each attract a field of around 1,000athletes from around the world and are linked by a Tri-Fest of training and social activities at Laguna Phuket during the week between the two Sunday races.
With some athletes opting to take on the challenge of competing in both events there are a number of intriguing duels in store, one of the most prominent between Laguna veteran Belinda Granger of Australia and Czech Olympian Radka Vodickova, both vying to become LPT's first-ever women's triple Champion before lining up against each other again a week later in the Ironman 70.3..
However, Leanda Cave – nearing the end of an epic season that has set new standards for women athletes, with another Ironman 70.3 title win in Miami on 28 October – remains the leading female contender in Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket.
"I can't wait to get to Phuket," she said during preparations at her training base in Tucson, Arizona for her last event before Phuket, Ironman Arizona "It's been such an incredible season for me and I want to round it off in the best possible way by winning Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket."
In LPT, first-ever triple Champion Massimo Cigana returns to defend his title in a bid to be a four-time Champion and is looking forward to the challenge. But he faces stiff opposition from elite pros such as American Chris Lieto – the Ironman renowned as the fastest cyclist in triathlon – who's keen to make up for his Phuket debut last year when he was forced to retire from the 70.3 after crashing out on the rain-hit bike course.


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C'thun wasn't made possible because of nerfs, he was impossible due to bugs.
OT: No, there's no more news than a few tells about him being easier than Lei-Shen, but more demanding.
Also add to that the 30 tries per week.
It's disappointing that none of the guilds on him has even released a ss of the boss, or perhaps a video of the intro.
Most people would rather die than think, and most people do. -Bertrand Russell
There is not a flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. -Howard Zinn
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. -George Orwell
"There is a pervasive myth that making content hard will induce players to rise to the occasion. We find the opposite. " -- Ghostcrawler
"Almost every time I have gotten to know a critic personally, they keep up with the criticism but lose the venom." -- Ghostcrawler
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Circa Master Zip Folis is Awesome!!
I have been waiting for a zipper folio to accommodate the extra large rings for a long time. Thanks so much for listening to us dedicated circa users. The interior pockets are very useful...Read complete review
I have been waiting for a zipper folio to accommodate the extra large rings for a long time. Thanks so much for listening to us dedicated circa users. The interior pockets are very useful for staying organized.
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Master Zip Folio - Disappointed :(
I have been using Circa for a little over a year now, and I have been extremely pleased with the quality of the paper and accessories and the flexibility of the system. For the...Read complete review
I have been using Circa for a little over a year now, and I have been extremely pleased with the quality of the paper and accessories and the flexibility of the system. For the first year, I used the translucent covers, but now that I am sold on the system I decided this year to spring for a leather cover. Well, it has been a challenge to say the least. I first ordered the leather foldover notebook (Junior) and although the leather was soft, the notebook was flimsy and frequently came disengaged from the rings. Especially when I used rings larger than the 3/4". So I decided to try the Master Zip Folio, since it is designed to accomodate rings up to 1 1/2 ". Well that one didn't work either. As some of the other reviewers stated, the notebook does not fit comfortably within the binder, and I also found it to be extremely stiff and bulky. Also for the price, I expected the leather to be a lot softer. But I'm not giving up on finding a Circa notebook just yet. Although it seems to have gotten mixed reviews, maybe I will give the cloth foldover notebook a try, and hope that it works out for me. Overall, I still love in the Levenger/Circa products, but I have to say, I have been a little disappointed trying to find a cover to suit my needs. Hopefully the 3rd time will be the charm!
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By Stardock7
from New York, NY
I've been looking for something like this for a very long time! I really don't like having my disc exposed, and wanted a binder to enclose all my papers and 1.5 discs. My alternatives were either Franklin Covey or Filofax, but I didn't want to go with a ring system because it doesn't afford the freedom that discs can bring. Then I got the catalog and saw this binder and ALMOST didn't purchase it based on the couple of bad reviews, since I have the 1.5" disc and thought they would not fit. Thank God I trusted Levengers, since they have never let me down and have an excellent customer service (I've been a customer since 2001). The package arrived promptly - I believe it was 3 days - and it was everything I hoped for! The way it looks, so luxurious, and it fits my 1.5" rings perfectly - and here's the kicker, I'm using the 1.5" rings from the Staples ARC system, which are BIGGER than the levenger ones and still they fit fine. Please note that this binder comes with two sets of clear covers and it's own 1.5" rings. Highly recommended!Note to the Levenger's design team: Please start making binders like these with fun colors like Filofax does. I would love to have something in a bright Orange, Fuchsia or Pink (like their Original line) - I already have all the black, brown, red that you offer, I want fun now!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By MarcN
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Although designed for 1 1/2" rings, I substituted 3/4" rings and have just enough room for my iPad 2...I'll be attending a meeting where there will be lots of notes on different subjects and this is the perfect size and weight for a single carry all. My rollerball is already waiting to fill the pages in the handy pen clip.
Great Folio!
By schneesmom
from Marietta, GA
I've had the Master Zip Folio for 2 years now and have never had a problem with it. I have 1 1/2" rings in it and it zips and does not bulge. I love how it keeps everything in order. I also have 2 leather non-zip Circa notebooks, but I really love my black zip one the best.
By MCSG
from Detroit, MI
I read all the reviews and got a little freaked out by the negative reviews - YET - this is the only product anywhere that says it would hold a 1.5" circa notebook - and I wanted it to zip to hold all of my (highly organized) stuff and make it a little more "private" while I am working and to keep it tidy when in and out of my bag... I called Levenger and asked for someone to dig deep to get me some answers -- based on the bad reviews - was Levenger looking into a re-design, etc... They asked, and no re-designed scheduled; and did not have much else to say about it other than if I was not satisfied, I could return it or exchange it. I know and have experience with Levenger's commitment to customer satisfaction, but I didn't want to go through the hassle of ordering and sending it back -- I wanted the issues addressed that got the bad reviews -- alas, after all my digging - the Levenger service person reminded me that if I was not 100% satisfied - EVEN IF I got it personalized, which I always do -- they would give me my money back or send me something else. So - I ordered it - it arrived 2 days later (normal shipping) - i love it when things come fast.... It WORKS - and you fellow addicts need to know!! I have (on purpose to test it) - 1.5" rings, and 1.5" of papers and folders and tabs, etc... some of the papers are just put in there, on top of the notebook (notebook itself has 1.25" of stuff in it - cover to cover). I've only had it for a few days so over time I will have to see how the zipper holds... I will not usually have 1.5" of paper in there, but I wanted to test it!! and it is snug with that much paper, but it does zip... and with just less than that (notebook alone), it zips comfortably. Additionally -- I do not have any issues with it not laying flat, as another reviewer stated -- it lays perfectly flat, even when the zip is snug. I gave 4 stars on style because I would like other color options like pink or purple; and I am torn about whether or not I want a handle on the spine. I gave 4 stars on value because it is rather expensive, but it is beautiful - it is Levenger.
By ATLLevengerFan
from Atlanta, Ga
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Great Buy
By Granky
from Danville, CA
The day I lost my Waterman is the day I purchased the zip folio and a new Parker Ingenuiy pen (also a gret pen). I also wanted to keep a Kindle in it. The Kindle is kept in place with a strip of Velcro on the front of the Circa notebook with one inch rings. Add an assortment of note and business cards, stamps, envelops, and a post-it/flag holder strip; and I am ready for a week of study groups and church meetings. The bible, commentary, and PDF class materials are all on the Kindle.
Can't make it work
By LynnS
from Nevada City, CA
I originally review this zip master folio after using the 1.5" rings .. no go, way too tight. Then I moved to 1" rings but till too tight. My folio does NOT match the stated dimensions. Mine is max 10"x12" and the zipper makes it even less. If it really were the stated dimension, it might work. Levenger .. please measure and let me know what you get. Then add in the 1.5" for the ring and you will see the design issue, sigh. Leather is beautiful but it just doesn't work. This should probably be at least 13"x11" because the zipper reduces the dimensions. Wonder if the master without zipper is better?
Merchant response: Thank you for your detailed review regarding our Master Zip Folio. Customer satisfaction is our #1 priority, and we offer a 100% guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied with any purchase, we encourage you to contact us directly at 1-800-545-0242, and we'll do whatever it takes to make it right. We stand by our products and go the extra mile to ensure that our customers are delighted with every purchase.
A Review and Response
By schumpert
from Winston-Salem, NC
I purchased this item after reading the reviews on Levenger.com and a few of the reviews were rather disappointed in the product.I do not see or have all the issues that the disappointed reviewers wrote upon. While the zip folio does not lay completely flat, it does lay nearly flat, enough so that I can easily open it and leave it open and write upon whatever I am working on with relative ease. The folio also seems to be stretching a bit with use so I do not foresee this being a problem.It is true that 1.5" rings are probably over the limit of this folio. I am using a notebook with the new 1 1/2-inch Circa Clincher Discs and in some ways even they are a little too large. My notebook fits in the folio, but it is also a tight fit and stretches the zipper outward when closed. It's actually as if the folio were not wide enough to encompass the notebook. Even a quarter inch extra width might help this problem.Having said all of that, however, I do not regret the purchase and while it is not everything I hoped it would be, I have been very satisfied in the ways I've been using it. Right now I keep my Clincher notebook and a Junior Agenda inside the folio at all times and I have no problems. I have not used the pockets as much yet, so I will have to come back to this review at some point and add in my thoughts on their functionality.
Need some colors!
By Circafan
from Tallahassee, Fl
I have the smaller folio that I bought five or six years ago but it's getting worn and I'd buy another right now, but I don't want black! Please, let's have some colors in 2010!
Disappointed Levenger Lover
By ohio writer
from Columbus, OH
Received this as a holiday gift because my family knows I love everything I've ordered from Levenger--but this is badly designed. Barely accommodates the rings that come with it, like the review below, and worst of all, it does not open all the way to lay flat! Like most busy professionals, I need to have my planner open at meetings so I can flip through pages for notes, dates, etc. This is awkward and not designed to open flat because the leather's too stiff and the zipper placement won't allow it. I like my Circa notebooks, but the agenda flops around in this binder, so I can't imagine it will wear well over a year-plus timeframe. Leather quality is rough and not very pleasant to the touch, unlike my other fabulous Levenger leather goods. I was so excited to receive this, too. Sending it back.
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on December 7, 2012 - 1:04 AM
Kissmas Bash 2012 is upon us. The annual multi-act show presented by Top 40 station Kiss 98.5 FM will take over First Niagara Center beginning at 6 p.m. Monday.
This year's concert features a headlining set from Jamaican-American pop-reggae-rap star Sean Kingston. Sharing the lineup are Massachusetts pop-rock quartet Boys Like Girls; British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran; a pair of YouTube sensations in the form of 16-year-old dance-pop singer Austin Mahone, and fraternal twins Megan & Liz; the electro-pop of Owl City; and "American Idol" Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips, whose freshly released debut album charted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart last week.
Tickets are $15 to $80 (box office, www.firstniagaracenter.com or www.Kiss985.com).
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PORTAGE - For years Portage has been a run-first, pass-if-needed team.
The Mustangs have also had their fair share of playoff disappointment during those seasons.
The No. 1 seed in the District 6 Class A playoffs just might have the tools to shed that reputation this year.
Portage cruised past Blairsville, 49-14, in the District 6-A quarterfinals Friday at Portage Area Stadium. While the Mustangs certainly ran the ball well, piling up 316 yards on the ground, quarterback Michael Bryja proved he can make his squad two-dimensional by going 6-for-8 with 137 yards and a touchdown through the air.
"They did a good job passing the ball. Bryja is a good quarterback, and he throws a nice ball," Blairsville coach Rick Artley said. "That's what made us pay more than anything. It wasn't really the run game in the first half, it was passing. They did a great job."
The most clear example that Portage coach Gary Gouse has faith in both Bryja and the passing game came in the second quarter. Blairsville had just finished off a six-play, 56-yard drive capped off by a Scott Thompson touchdown run that cut the Mustangs' lead to 21-7 with 30 seconds to play before the half.
Portage got the ball at its own 36 after the kickoff. Rather than sit on a 14-point lead, Gouse had a talk with Bryja.
"I made the decision we were going to go for a score there," Gouse said. "I went over to Michael, and he said 'let's do it coach' and I said 'OK, let's go' and bam, bam, bam he went to work with it. I was really proud of how he handled himself."
Bryja completed three passes to C.W. Miller, a 34-yard bomb, a 16-yard sideline route and capped off the drive with 5 seconds to spare after rolling out to his left and finding Miller in the end zone for a 14-yard score.
"After I completed that first pass, I had tons of confidence," Bryja said. "I just went out there and put the ball where it needed to be. My line gave me great protection, and C.W. came up with some very nice catches.
"That gave us so much momentum. If we wouldn't have scored right there, it would have changed the whole game."
Instead, a deflated Blairsville team gave up a 59-yard touchdown run to Caleb Kephart on the Mustangs' first play from scrimmage in the second half, and the game was basically over.
Portage will host the winner of the Penns Manor, Bishop Guilfoyle game tonight in the semifinals next week.
"Both of those teams are very good," Bryja said. "But if we play like this, I think we can beat them."
The way Portage played Friday was basically perfect. It allowed just one touchdown on defense (Thompson returned a kickoff 85 yards for Blairsville's other score). The Mustangs' Nick Lutz made all seven of his extra points, and Portage did not commit a penalty.
"Our kids played their guts out," Gouse said. "They battled and played really, really well. Our offense got going, the line blocked well and our defense played well."
Kephart finished with 175 yards on just 15 carries and scored two touchdowns.
"They run the ball with a pulling guard and take you to the football," Artley said. "We knew where they were going, but they were good enough to dominate us anyway, especially in the second half."
Blairsville finished the season 6-5, while Portage improved to 9-1.
"Whoever we play next, it will be a great program," Gouse said. "BG is a heavy favorite, so we'll see what happens. I know Penns Manor has a big front line, so they should hopefully give them a good game."
Blairsville0 7 7 0 - 14
Portage7 21 21 0 - 49
First quarter
P-Kephart 12 fumble return (Lutz kick), 5:03.
Second quarter
P-Giles 3 run (Lutz kick), 10:33.
P-Bryja 1 run (Lutz kick), 1:44.
B-Thompson 1 run (Stipcak kick), 0:30.
P-Miller pass from Bryja (Lutz kick), 0:05.
Third quarter
P-Kephart 59 run (Lutz kick), 9:58.
B-Thompson 85 kickoff return (Stipcak kick), 9:42.
P-Kephart 24 run (Lutz kick), 7:18.
P-Onder 9 run (Lutz kick), 4:03.
RUSHING: Blairsville-Robinson 11-37, J. Faulk 3-24, Shirley 1-9, A. Faulk 1-2, Thompson 11-(-25). Portage-Kephart 15-175, Onder 8-70, Dividock 8-56, Randazzo 5-20, Giles 3-12, Bryja 2-(-7), Herman 2-(-10).
PASSING: Blairsville-Thompson 7-13-1-128, Rydbom 1-1-0-6, Shirley 1-3-0-11. Portage-Bryja 6-8-0-137.
RECEIVING: Blairsville-Livingston 5-83, Robinson 3-51, Fetchko 1-11. Portage-Miller 3-64, Randazzo 3-73.
INTERCEPTIONS: Blairsville-none. Portage-Dividock.
First downs1223
Passing (comp.-att.-int.)9-17-16-8-0
Yards passing145137
Total yards192453


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Top Definition
Latin American expression, derived from "muchacho". English equivalent: dude.
Can be used as a mark of affection or to indicate a strong emotion.
Can be used as a mark of affection or to indicate a strong emotion.
Chacho! You scared the shit out of me!
автор: Loulmey 16 ноября 2007
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A small mustache below the mouth and above the bottom of the chin; another word for soul patch.
Shave that Chacho off; it's not a mustache or a beard!
автор: Dooba Doobason 4 сентября 2010
a Group of bad-ass motherfuckin guys, that don't take shit from no one. They usually hunt in pairs of 3. It is said that they posses powers beyond human understanding.
Them chachos are the shit!!!!1!
автор: Doodgy 21 ноября 2011
Short for Muchacho in Spanish. Muchacho is slang for boy or guy.
Whattup chacho?
You're my chacho!
You're my chacho!
автор: Danny Boy 1 мая 2003
Similar to nachos but the salsa on the tortilla chips is replaced with chili. The word is derived from a combination of the words chili and nachos.
Patrick loves to eat chachos!
автор: Morthanfaith 5 апреля 2010
Notorious mispronunciation of the word "chaos".
Girl: "And then there was a lot of chachos!"
Boy: "Nuclear war will only create more chachos."
Boy: "Nuclear war will only create more chachos."
автор: Stacii 23 октября 2006
A hypocrite who can't spell
I was totally browsing these forums, and I came across a dude who couldn't spell for crap and was completely making no sense, always being a hypocrite. He was such a Chacho!
автор: ChachoJones 27 июня 2011


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The 5 Ways We Define Love (And Why They're Wrong)
There have been many terrible songs, poems, and movies made about love, but a surprisingly small number of Cracked articles. Today, I intend to fill that void. Come with me as I seek the most accurate definition for this thing that makes the world go 'round. Spoiler alert: "A thing that makes the world go 'round" is a bad definition for love.
It is, however, a great definition for the law of conservation of angular momentum.
#5. Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
When we were very small or when our parents were a little bigger than very small, there was a very famous book and movie called Love Story. Think of it as the Titanic of the early '70s.
And much like Titanic, it sucked and only losers liked it. Like millions and millions of sucky losers.
Anyway, the most famous line from Love Story is the phrase "Love means never having to say you're sorry," which is actually said twice in the film. The first time by Jennifer (the poor but feisty girl) to Oliver (the rich but kind boy) after he tries to apologize for losing his temper. Later in the film, after she dies (because that's what lovers in shitty love story movies do), Oliver says it to his father (the rich ogre), who apologizes for not approving of his son's relationship.
I get it. Jenny taught Oliver something. Point made. But what did she teach him? I don't know. We could argue and debate what exactly that means, but I'm not going to. Maybe it means if you're in love the person you're with knows your heart and doesn't sweat the small stuff. Maybe it means love is having no regrets, as in never being sorry for being in love, but that's stupid, because the phrase is said in the context of apologies that have nothing to do with that. I'm not sure. Neither are you. Neither is my boss, Jack O'Brien. I asked him, too. No one knows. (Although Jack did send me a note that read, "Love is not having to answer your stupid questions, loser," which I think was a bit harsh.) But I tell you what: If you have strong opinions on the phrase, write your best guess in the comments and then delete that comment. This is the Internet. There's no capacity for that level of comprehension. We only understand things with graphical rating systems.
So how good is "Love means never having to say you're sorry" as a definition of love?
I'm giving that a 1 out of a possible 5 hearts, 5 being an excellent definition and 1 being pretty crappy, although probably not as crappy as Love Story and Titanic are in terms of movies.
Why only 1? Because love may be confusing and hard to understand, but definitions of love shouldn't be equally obscure.
#4. Love Is Lots of Mind-Blowing Orgasms
Some people go looking for love with their genitalia. Literally!
Wait. No. Not at all literally. What's the opposite of that again? Right, figuratively. Let's try that again.
Some people go looking for love with their genitalia. Figuratively! (Or metaphorically; that works, too.) And if you ask those people to explain their thinking, it's always the same: First they remove their genitalia from the genitalia of the person they're having sex with before they give you their full attention. Then they flash you the "one second" finger because their naughty bits are dripping with the affection of their partner's unmentionables, so they take a "wet wipe" that they carry with them at all times and give their workings a quick once over so you won't be distracted as they answer your serious question about love. Then the act of rubbing themselves clean while an inquiring stranger watches gets them hot again and unless you begin to service them immediately, they go back to the boning that you so rudely interrupted. And who can blame them? Seriously, what is wrong with you? Why would you take a love survey in the middle of that?
Oh, jokes! What do people see in them? Anyway, for many, love and sex are inextricably tied. Look on the cover of any Cosmo magazine. It's all how to give your boyfriend a mind-blowing orgasm -- not how to make him care about you more. (Spoiler alert: butt stuff.) Guys are told over and over that marriage means sleeping with the same chick for the rest of your life. The obvious analysis then becomes "Oh shit, then I better make sure the sex is awesome. The most awesomest sex, if that's the only kind I'm gonna get!" Nevertheless, while high-quality sex is an important part of anyone's existence and a balanced breakfast, it's a shitty definition of love. There is no orgasm good enough to sustain 50 years of marriage. Therefore ...
Ideally, you will have wonderful, satisfying sex with the person of your dreams, but you can't gauge how much someone will fill your heart by how much they spill your ejaculant.
Don't believe me? Well, let me put it in a way the Internet understands:
#3. Love Is Never Arguing
Y'know, when I got engaged, someone asked me how I knew it was time. I replied somewhat facetiously that my girlfriend and I had gone three months without having a big fight. "Uh-oh," this person replied, because she didn't understand jokes and because she also sucked. See, in her world, love is a calm blue pond you sit and soak in with your lover while casually drinking herbal tea until both your hearts, full and content, gently stop beating. (Then, as is the case with death, the two of you void your freshly dead bowels, changing the pond into more of a blue/brownish hue.)
Some weirdo's conception of love.
Look, getting along and not arguing is important for love. Not arguing is great. It's very pleasant to date someone with whom you don't argue, but as a definition of love? Um ...
Think of all the people you don't argue with: your postman, your dentist, your co-worker who doesn't wash after flushing. It's a sign of nothing. Love should be alive, and it can be messy. If you can't argue with someone, then you probably can't talk to them, either. If there's not enough passion to make you angry, then there's probably not enough love to make you smile. Not a polite pleasant smile, but a big love smile. A smile that makes your ears hurt.
No, that's not a good definition, either.


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on July 13, 2013 - 10:47 PM
SANFORD, Fla. – A Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter Saturday night in a case that alternately fascinated and appalled large segments of a spellbound nation.
After the jury filed out of the courtroom, the defendant's brother, Robert Zimmerman, sitting in the second row, hugged his mother, Gladys Zimmerman. The row became a swirl of tears and hugs. A man sitting next to Zimmerman's brother slapped his hands together in joy and sobbed.
"He killed a young 17-year-old. He didn't have to die like that. He should be in prison for life," said Mattie Aikens, 30, of Sanford. "So you're telling me he's gonna walk home? Holding Skittles and Arizona tea. This is not even fair! Are you serious?"
The saga of Zimmerman's shooting of an unarmed African American teenager named Trayvon Martin whittled into the American vernacular, transforming "hoodie" sweatshirts into cultural markers and provoking a painful re-examination of race relations in this country.
Even the racial and ethnic identity of Zimmerman – he has a white father and a Hispanic mother – demanded a reordering of conventional paradigms. He was frequently referred to as a "white Hispanic," a term that, for some, reflected a newly blended America and, for others, felt like an uncomfortable middle ground.
Attorneys fought over Zimmerman's fate in a heavily guarded and windowless fifth-floor courtroom, calling more than 50 witnesses during three weeks of testimony before a sequestered six-woman jury. Afternoon thunderstorms sometimes shook the building, but the participants could see nary a drop of rain as they relived the night in February 2012 when Zimmerman killed Trayvon after spotting the 17-year-old walking through his gated community in the rain.
A parallel trial seemed to be taking place outside that cloistered space, with running debate on cable television and the Internet spurred by live-streaming coverage of the trial that effectively turned millions of Americans into quasi-jurors armed with every minute detail of the case. Others jammed into the small courtroom, lining up each morning for the coveted 24 seats allotted to the public.
Zimmerman, 29, watched with an unshakably neutral expression, sitting in his customary position at the defense table in ill-fitting blazers that an older friend bought for him to wear at the trial. Once, he had dreamed of becoming a policeman or a prosecutor, and at times, he seemed to be observing the proceedings with the detachment of a moderately engaged student.
Only at breaks, when the jury had left the courtroom, did he sometimes let his blank stare crack a bit. He would circle the defense table giving congratulatory handshakes to his attorneys before being escorted by a bodyguard and court security officers to a waiting room down the hall.
Behind Zimmerman, on the opposite side of the courtroom, sat Trayvon's parents – Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton. The father, whom Trayvon was visiting in Sanford on the night of his death, watched stoically, his emotions measured best by the slowing or accelerating speed of his jaw muscles as he grinded through packs of gum.
The images on the courtroom screen and those painted by the attorneys were sometimes too much to bear. Fulton, her hair pulled tightly into a bun on top of her head, stood and hurried out of the courtroom on Friday when Zimmerman's defense attorney Mark O'Mara showed a photo of her son in death. She often turned away when close-ups of the bullet that pierced her son's heart flickered onto the screen. She wiped away tears during closing arguments.
Zimmerman's parents were banned from the court during testimony because they were witnesses but took seats just a few steps away from Fulton across the aisle during closing arguments.
Trayvon's parents were also witnesses but they were allowed to watch each day because they were immediate family members of the deceased.
The two sets of parents had dueled inside the courtroom and outside it. Each parent testified that they heard their son crying for help in the background of a key 911 call.
On April 11 – the 1-year anniversary of Zimmerman's arrest – his mother, Gladys Zimmerman, issued an open letter, saying her son had been taken into custody "solely to placate the masses." She was referring to large racially charged demonstrations, including a "Million Hoodie March," organized to protest the initial decision of local authorities not to charge Zimmerman with a crime. Trayvon's mother responded with a statement calling the assertion of Zimmerman's mother "disingenuous and disrespectful."
For all the talk of race outside the courtroom, its role inside the trial was muted – more subtext than central theme. Debra Steinberg Nelson, the stern judge overseeing the case, ruled that prosecutors could say Zimmerman "profiled" Trayvon but could not say he "racially profiled" the teen. The decision disappointed some African-American leaders here who had hoped the action inside the courtroom might deepen the national conversation about race that was happening outside the building.
Nelson, a former prosecutor who was appointed to the bench in 1999 by then-Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican, sparred repeatedly with Zimmerman's defense attorney Don West. In one of the trial's signal moments, Nelson stormed off the bench shortly before 10 p.m. while West was still talking, abruptly ending a marathon evidence hearing.
Nelson ruled that jurors would not be allowed to see text messages found on Trayvon's cellphone about fighting and guns because they could not be authenticated. "Why you always fighting?" a message from one of Trayvon's friend's said, according to a defense expert.
West had been eager to introduce the texts to further the defense claim that Trayvon was the aggressor in the fight and that Zimmerman, whom a gym owner described as "soft" and unathletic, was overpowered by the tall and slender teenager.
O'Mara and West, a former rock dee-jay with a shaved head and an imposing courtroom presence, succeeded in turning many of the state's key witnesses into assets for the defense. They got John Good, a neighbor, to testify that he saw a figure in dark clothes (Trayvon's hoodie was dark) straddling another person and doing a mixed martial arts-style "ground and pound" while "raining down blows." They also got lead police investigator Chris Serino to testify that he believed Zimmerman's self-defense account.
Includes reporting by the Orlando Sentinel.


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With trips to Lipscomb and Northern Kentucky on the horizon, the Stetson women's soccer team is set to play its first Atlantic Sun Conference weekend away from home this Friday and Sunday.
The Hatters (3-6-1, 1-1-0) opened up A-Sun play this past weekend, hosting North Florida and Jacksonville. After topping the Ospreys 1-0 on a first half goal by senior Kait Jones on Friday, Stetson fell to Jacksonville 2-1 on Sunday afternoon to split the weekend.
Stetson will play at Lipscomb (4-5-2, 1-1-0) on Friday at 8:00 p.m. The Bisons began conference action on the road, losing to Kennesaw State by a score of 2-1 last Friday. Lipscomb picked up its first A-Sun win in defeating Mercer in Macon on Sunday, also 2-1.
On Sunday the Hatters will travel to Northern Kentucky (4-6-1, 0-2-0) to challenge the Norse at 12:00 p.m. NKU dropped both of its contests last weekend, falling to 1-3 and dropping its game at Kennesaw State 2-0. The Norse, currently on a three-match losing streak, will host FGCU on Friday.
Friday's match at Lipscomb will be available to watch for free on ASun.TV. Fans can keep up with the action of both contests this weekend with Live Stats; available at LipscombSports.com and NKUNorse.com.
• Stetson won its A-Sun opener last Friday, topping North Florida 1-0. Kait Jones scored the lone goal off of an assist by Danielle Hurme.
• The Hatters have already matched their overall and league win totals from a year ago. Stetson was 3-13-1 and 1-7-1 in 2013.
• Amber Grose leads the Hatters with four assists this season. She is tied for third in the Atlantic Sun Conference in total assists, and is fourth in assists per game.
• Four different Hatters have scored goals this season; Alyssa Welsh, Kait Jones, Makeshia Lucien, and Carmen Bernecker.
• Senior forwards Alyssa Welsh and Kait Jones lead Stetson with two goals each in 2013.
• Jones is among the league-leaders in game-winning goals with two. She scored the game-winner against Troy and UNF.
• Six freshmen have made appearances for Stetson this season, and four have started for the Hatters in 2013.
• Stetson is 9-0-1 against Lipscomb in the all-time series between the two teams, which dates back to 2001 when the Hatters won 3-2 in DeLand. Stetson is 5-0 against the Bisons when playing in Nashville.
• Last season was the first time Stetson failed to defeat Lipscomb, as the two teams tied 1-1 in double overtime in DeLand.
• Northern Kentucky holds a slight 1-0-0 advantage in the all-time series against Stetson. The Norse won 1-0 in DeLand last year in the first ever meeting between the two teams.