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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10(6), 2401-2411; doi:10.3390/ijerph10062401
High Dental Caries among Adults Aged 35 to 44 Years: Case-Control Study of Distal and Proximal Factors
Department of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual of Montes Claros, Unimontes Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Av Dr Ruy Braga, Campus Universitário Professor Darcy Ribeiro, Prédio 6, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Vila Mauricéia, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais 39.401-089, Brazil
Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270901, Brazil
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Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether a high degree of dental caries severity is associated with the distal and proximal determinants of caries in a group of Brazilian adults aged 35 to 44 years. A population-based case-control study was conducted using two groups—a case group with high caries severity (DMFT ≥ 14) and a control group without high caries severity (DMFT < 14). The sample comprised adults from metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Brazil (180 cases and 180 controls matched for gender and age). The exam was performed by calibrated dentists using the DMFT index. The statistical analysis used the Mann-Whitney test and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression (the conditional backward stepwise method). The mean DMFT was 8.4 ± 3.9 in the control group and 20.1 ± 4.5 in the case group. High caries severity was associated with regular visits to the dentist, low income, use of private/supplementary dental service and not petitioning the authorities for community benefits. The results of the study underscore the importance of considering distal and proximal factors in the assessment of the severity of dental caries. Greater caries severity persists among low-income families and among groups with a low degree of social cohesion.
Keywords: oral health; dental caries; adults; epidemiology; socioeconomic status
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Costa, S.M.; Vasconcelos, M.; Abreu, M.H.N.G. High Dental Caries among Adults Aged 35 to 44 Years: Case-Control Study of Distal and Proximal Factors. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10, 2401-2411.
AMA StyleCosta SM, Vasconcelos M, Abreu MHNG. High Dental Caries among Adults Aged 35 to 44 Years: Case-Control Study of Distal and Proximal Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2013; 10(6):2401-2411.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCosta, Simone M.; Vasconcelos, Mara; Abreu, Mauro H.N.G. 2013. "High Dental Caries among Adults Aged 35 to 44 Years: Case-Control Study of Distal and Proximal Factors." Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 10, no. 6: 2401-2411.
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LOWELL, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/01/13 -- TRC Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRR) announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Vincze and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Bennet will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss the financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended December 28, 2012.
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Even though a brand-new year is nearly upon us, love goddess Venus is still moving backwards until January 30, which means that romance may be delayed as we roll into 2014. Rather than start a new romance or begin a new chapter with someone you love, there's a good chance you'll be drawn to reconnect with an ex, or revisit old relationship rituals.
It may be hard to escape the ghosts of relationships past now, but you don't have to go back to the way things were. As you reminisce about old love, think of it as a way to learn from the past. If you made a mistake, forgive yourself and look to the future. If you didn't get what you wanted, reflect on what you could do differently going forward.
With Venus retrograde in Capricorn, clear boundaries and expectations are essential to happiness in love. This is the most serious, practical version of Venus; so if your love life feels ungrounded, use this retrograde review cycle to help you get back on track.
If you're attached, spend time reviewing what's worked well for the two of you -- and clarify the experiences you'd like to leave in the past. Single? Enjoy quality time with friends and family. Instead of chasing a new flame, focus on clarifying your relationship needs and wants.
A ritual to release the past, like letting go of keepsakes and your own personal fears, can help clear love baggage that's affecting your relationship. If you've been dealing with an ongoing love issue, some acceptance can help you move forward.
Second chances for missed romantic opportunities are possible in February, when Venus is direct again. Allow the pace of love to stay slow in January and you'll be in the right frame of mind to move forward romance-wise when Venus gets back on track in February -- just in time for a stellar Valentine's Day!


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Cisco Secure ACS for Unix contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the 'error', 'SSL', and 'Ok' variables upon submission to the LogonProxy.cgi script. This could allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between the browser and the server, leading to a loss of integrity.
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Switzerland will vote to give all adults guaranteed $2,800 monthly income.
Grassroots organizers were able to collect the 100,000 signatures required to force a referendum on the proposed initiative. The move is the latest by Swiss grassroots activists who are pushing for reforms following the European financial crisis.
Activists dumped 8-million 5-cent coins on Oct. 4— one coin for each person living in Switzerland— in the center of the Federal Square outside of Switzerland's parliament in Berne.A very handy reminder that there's what most Americans consider left-wing, and then there's the kind of conversation on social justice you sometimes find in European democracies. However foreign the notion of guaranteed monthly income may be to many Americans, Switzerland also passed a piece of progressive drug policy last week familiar to American liberals — the decriminalization of marijuana.
It's interesting to point out that Switzerland is probably the most pro-market, and libertarian of the European democracies. So this is a big deal. It also shows how different American "conservatives" are from European ones (particularly since the latter tend to emphasize things like helping the poor and maintaining social safety nets).
In case you want some evidence for Switzerland's free market credentials:
- Switzerland ranks as the 4th "most free" economy according to the conservative Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World index (the US ranks 18th).
- Switzerland ranks as the 5th "most free" economy, according to the conservative Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom (the US ranks 10th).
- Former Libertarian activist, Nick Wilson, ranks Switzerland as the 2nd "most free" country in the 2013 State of World Liberty index (the US doesn't make the top 10, but does make the top 20%).
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Jay Zâs video for Picasso Baby, which airs Friday on HBO, is the latest in a recent love affair between music and art. Simon de Pury reports.simon de pury blows and i wish he knew that
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Amy May, I'd be really curious to know more information about bm being helpful for cancer treatment. That is very interesting. And also, well wishes for you mom, of course.
Katico, I have my fingers crossed for you. Everything is sounding pretty optimal.
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The need for the combined performance and reliability analysis of fault tolerant systems is increasing. The common approach to formulating and solving such problems is to use (semi-)Markov reward models. However, the large size of state spaces is a problem that plagues Markovian models. Combinatorial models have been used for modeling reliability and availability of complex systems without paying the price of large Markov models. However, assumptions of two-state behavior of components (and that of the system), independence assumptions of component state transitions, and restrictive repair assumptions decrease the potential of combinatorial models for realistic systems. The authors propose a combinatorial algorithm for the combined performance and reliability analysis of coherent repairable systems with multistate components, allowing interdependent component state transitions. An example illustrating the algorithm is also presented.
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The Best MLB Leadoff Hitters in the Game Today
By Jeff Bryce ,
There are a lot of top caliber baseball studs who are leadoff hitters or should be leadoff hitters.
Some have more power than others, some hit for a higher average, some are faster than others, and some have higher on-base percentages than others.
Let's take a look at the best leadoff hitters or some who are not leadoff hitters who should be hitting leadoff.
One great thing about all of these leadoff hitters is that they are all clean players who don't have to worry about having a tainted career.
The most important thing about being a leadoff hitter is having a high on-base percentage and scoring a lot of runs. A leadoff hitter having exceptional and blazing speed and being able to steal a lot of bases is a plus and makes that leadoff hitter even better than others.
You can't go wrong with having Ichiro as the best leadoff hitter in all of baseball and even possibly one of the best to ever play the game and hit leadoff. He is an on-base machine along with blazing speed who hits for a high average and scores a lot of runs.
Yes, this guy is getting older, but seriously, can anyone even tell? He continues to dominate and make hitting and batting leadoff look so easy.
This guy is 36 years old, but he plays like he is in his 20's and still has a lot of talent left in him, and has many more years left to play, and won't be slowing down anytime soon. Ichiro has a .333 career average, and at age 36 he hit .352. That is ridiculous. He was also a great player in Japan for years. The 2009 MLB Silver Slugger Award Winner.
2009 Stats: .352 Average, 11 Home Runs, 46 RBI, 88 Runs, .386 OBP, .465 SLG, .851 OPS, 225 Total Hits, 32 Walks, 71 Strikeouts, 26 Stolen Bases, 31 Doubles, 4 Triples, 146 Games, and 639 At-Bats.
Career Stats: .333 Average, 84 Home Runs, 515 RBI, 973 Runs, .378 OBP, .434 SLG, .812 OPS, 2030 Total Hits, 412 Walks, 597 Strikeouts, 341 Stolen Bases, 228 Doubles, 68 Triples, 1426 Games, and 6099 At-Bats.
The only flaw that this guy had last season was that he had a career low in runs, with 88, which still isn't bad at all. This guy is on base literally almost all the time.
He has a .333 career average which is amazing along with a career OBP of .378. Those numbers are eye popping, especially coming from a 36-year-old outfielder.
Not only does this guy hit for a high average and get on base like no other, he is also one of the fastest players/runners in the game today, along with having nine Gold Glove Awards, with one of the best arms in baseball. This player can do it all: hit, run, steal, field, and throw.
Ichiro is a sure Hall of Famer and his numbers will just keep increasing every year. He won't ever hit under .300 in a season and with the shape that he is in, he should be able to play till he is well into his 40's. This guy might go down as one of the best players to ever play the outfield/right field. He has only been in the majors for nine years, too.
His career awards in U.S., not Japan: 9x All-Star (2001-2009), 9x Gold Glove Winner (2001-2009), 3x MLB Silver Slugger Award (2001, 2007, 2009), 2x MLB Batting Champion (2001, 2004), 2001 MVP, 2001 Rookie of the Year, 2001 Stolen Base Champion, 2005 Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, 2007 MLB All-Star Game MVP, MLB record of 262 hits in a season (2004), 9 consecutive Gold Glove Awards, 9 consecutive 200+ hits in a season, and 9 consecutive .300-plus average seasons.
He has won basically every award that a position player could get. The only thing left on his list is to get a World Series ring and title. Look for Ichiro to continue to hit over .300 every year, get Gold Glove awards, have 200+ hits every season, and have a couple more All-Star selections.
His MVP days are over and will never win another one of those. Ichiro is so good, that he could actually hit anywhere in the lineup, except really in the cleanup spot or five spot.
Will continue to get lots of runs, hits, and hit for high average, but never expect power and tons of RBI. Ich is one of the best things that has ever happened to the Seattle Mariners franchise along with Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, and Edgar Martinez.
Ellsbury has turned into one of the top leadoff hitters in the game today, as he is in his fourth year in the majors. He is still very young at age 26, and is continuing to get better and better.
It is a huge blow to the top of the Red Sox lineup right now with Ellsbury being injured. Losing his leadoff skills, defense, and blazing speed will hurt the Red Sox offense until he returns from the DL. He is one of the fastest players in baseball, if not the fastest player in baseball.
Boston should still have Ellsbury patrolling center field instead of veteran Mike Cameron. Believe me, I like Cameron and he is a very good offensive, power, and Gold Glove player, but he is 37 years old and isn't the same player as he used to be. However, at age 37, he is in very good shape and can still play the game, but since Ellsbury is faster, has more range in the outfield, he should stay in center field and then move Cameron over to left.
Ellsbury is one of the better all around baseball players in the game today. He is great defensively, has blazing speed, gets on base, scores a lot of runs, steals a lot of bases, and hits for a high average. Ellsbury is a run scoring, stolen base, and OBP machine.
2009 Stats: .301 Average, 8 Home Runs, 60 RBI, 94 Runs, .355 OBP, .415 SLG, .770 OPS, 188 Hits, 49 Walks, 74 Strikeouts, 70 Stolen Bases, 27 Doubles, 10 Triples, 153 Games, 624 At-Bats.
Career Stats: .298 Average, 20 Home Runs, 126 RBI, 218 Runs, .350 OBP, .415 SLG, .765 OPS, 394 Hits, 98 Walks, 174 Strikeouts, 131 Stolen Bases, 60 Doubles, 18 Triples, 337 Games, 1324 Games.
Ellsbury will never be a power hitter or drive in a lot of runs, but he can basically do everything else. Ellsbury will also probably never be a MVP-type player, but he will always be a consistent player at the top of a lineup who will do everything a leadoff hitter is supposed to do and even more. Hitting at Fenway will also boost his offensive numbers.
Ellsbury doesn't have a whole lot of awards yet in his young career, but look for him to possibly come up a couple more awards. Boston Red Sox single-season stolen base record, two-time AL stolen base leader (2008, 2009), and a World Series champion.
At age 26, Ellsbury already has a World Series championship and ring under his belt. Look for him to continue to get better and better and to win some more championships with the Red Sox. Look for him to continue to get on base, score runs, and lead in steals for a long time to come, as his future is very, very bright.
We all know the New York Yankee captain and one of the best shortstops of all time, Derek Jeter.
Jeter should be in the two spot, and should be considered one of the best No. 2 hitters in baseball history. Don't be fooled by his age of 35. Some consider him to be old, but who cares how old he is?
Jeter over his career and especially the last couple of years has emerged as one of the top leadoff hitters in the game today. He has not always been a leadoff hitter during his career. He is an on-base machine and has a ridiculous .388 career OBP.
He hit .334 last year, doesn't seem to be slowing down at all, and helped carry his team to the World Series, and captured yet another World Series title.
Jeter is a completely different type of leadoff hitter, especially one with good power, and not as much speed. Don't get me wrong however, he is still fast. He gets on base, scores runs, and hits for a high average.
2009 Stats: .334 Average, 18 Home Runs, 66 RBI, 107 Runs, .406 OBP, 465 SLG, .871 OPS, 212 Hits, 72 Walks, 90 Strikeouts, 30 Stolen Bases, 27 Doubles, 1 Triple, 634 At-Bats.
Career Stats: .317 Average, 224 Home Runs, 1068 RBI, 1574 Runs, .388 OBP, .459 SLG, .847 OPS, 2747 Hits, 885 Walks, 1466 Strikeouts, 305 Stolen Bases, 438 Doubles, 58 Triples, and 8659 Total At-Bats.
Everyone knows the saying that the team's best hitter should hit three. Well Jeter is one of the best hitting shortstops in baseball and on the Yankees and could therefore hit three. Jeter for some of his career has hit in the two and three spot.
Jeter is so good that he could hit anywhere in the lineup, literally anywhere. He is successful at hitting leadoff, and is not a typical leadoff type of guy when it comes to speed. The Yankees could bat Granderson leadoff with Jeter hitting second, Teixeira hitting third, and A-Rod hitting fourth, if the Yanks wanted to have speed at the top of their order, but with Jeter and Johnson at the top of the order, this team always scores runs and always has runners on base.
That combo of 1-2-3-4 would be nasty and is nasty. Another World Series title is happening.
Career Rewards: 10x All-Star (1998-2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), 5x World Series Champion (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009), 4x Gold Glove Winner (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009), 4x Silver Slugger Award Winner (2006-2009), 2x AL Hank Aaron Award Winner (2006, 2009), 1996 AL Rookie of the Year, 2000 All-Star Game MVP, 2000 World Series MVP, 2000 Babe Ruth Award, 2000 Roberto Clemente Award, 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, and Yankees team captain (2003-Present).
Jeter will continue to play for many more years and with the rate that he is going and how good of shape he is in, he will be able to play till he is 42.
He is a definite Hall of Famer, mostly because he is a five-time World Series champion, something that not many players have.
Jeter can do it all, and is one of the best all-around players in all of baseball and in baseball history.
He can hit for a high average, hit for power, can steal bags, is fast and has good range, can field a baseball, and is one of the best team players and leaders to play the game of baseball. And oh yeah, he is also on one of the most popular sports teams in any sport of all-time.
Look for Jeter to continue to dominate and be on top as one of the top players in baseball for the next couple of years. He seems to be getting better, the older he gets.
He could still possibly win a MVP Award, but it will be hard, especially because he is getting older, but look for him to stay consistent and productive, as well as win a couple more World Series. Being on the New York Yankees also make Jeter even better.
Chone Figgins has proven to be one of the top leadoff hitters in the game today.
The problem is that he won't be hitting leadoff anymore because he has Ichiro hitting in front of him. Seattle could bat Figgins leadoff and Ichiro second or third, but Ichiro is older and has better career numbers and is one of the best leadoff hitters of all time.
He was a great leadoff hitter for the Angels for the last couple of years and is really, really fast. He is younger than Ichiro by four years, making him 32 years old.
Figgins should only get better and better. Figgins could even hit anywhere in the lineup, except for the cleanup spot or five spot. Figgins scores a lot of runs, has blazing speed, steals lots of bases, and has a career .363 OBP. He is an on-base machine.
Figgins behind Ichiro gives the M's the best 1-2 lineup punch in all of baseball. Doesn't have much power, and has even less than Ichiro, but can do pretty much everything else.
2009 Stats: .298 Average, 5 Home Runs, 54 RBI, 114 Runs, .395 OBP, .393 SLG, .788 OPS, 183 Total Hits, 101 Walks, 114 Strikeouts, 42 Stolen Bases, 30 Doubles, 7 Triples, 158 Games, and 615 At-Bats.
Career Stats: .291 Average, 31 Homeruns, 341 RBI, 596 Runs, .363 OBP, .388 SLG, .751 OPS, 1045 Total Hits, 412 Walks, 613 Strikeouts, 280 Stolen Bases, 148 Doubles, 53 Triples, 936 Games, 3585 At-Bats.
Since Figgins is only 32, he is faster than Ichiro. His numbers aren't as good as Ichiro, but not many leadoff hitters numbers are as good as Ichiro. Figgins strikes out more and also draws more walks. Figgins won't consistently hit for a very high average like Ichiro, but Figgins does have potential to be as good as Ichiro.
Figgins is a very good all-around player and is also very versatile. He can play the outfield, second base, and third base. He has many tools that make this guy a good player in baseball. He can hit, run, steal, field, and is versatile.
Figgins doesn't have many awards: one All-Star selection (2009) and a World Series champion (2002). Figgins will never be comparable to Ichiro, but Figgins has something that Ichiro does not have, a World Series ring.
Look for Figgins to be consistent with these numbers throughout his career and to be very athletic and be around for awhile. But don't look for him to stack up on awards and be a MVP-type player.
Look and see if Figgins and Ichiro can be the best 1-2 top of the lineup punch in baseball and have fans eying their success. Will continue to get tons of runs, steals, but don't expect any power, or very high average.
Reyes, Figgins, and Bourn are very similar type leadoff hitters and baseball players.
Even though he was out almost all last season because of injuries, his career numbers are eye-popping. Reyes is still one of the best, and one reason why is because he is still super young.
He is only 26 years old, and he will now continue to just get better, and if he rebounds from his injury-plagued season, then he will possibly boost backup to being a higher ranked leadoff hitter.
Reyes is just like Bourn, except better and a little younger, even though he's been in the majors longer. Like Bourn, Reyes has wheels, wheels, wheels, and blazing range and speed.
Reyes may be one of if not the fastest guys in baseball along with Bourn, and will continue to dominate the basepaths by stealing bags, and stacking up on runs. Reyes has the potential to possibly be the fastest guy in baseball history, and possibly be the all-time steals leader if he keeps going at this rate. He makes stealing look so easy and does it in his sleep.
2009 Stats: .279 Average, 2 Home Runs, 15 RBI, 18 Runs, .355 OBP, .395 SLG, .750 OPS, 41 Hits, 18 Walks, 19 Strikeouts, 11 Stolen Bases, 7 Doubles, 2 Triples, and 147 At-Bats.
Career Stats: .286 Average, 63 Home Runs, 325 RBI, 551 Runs, .337 OBP, .435 SLG, .772 OPS, 960 Hits, 259 Walks, 405 Strikeouts, 301 Stolen Bases, 162 Doubles, 73 Triples, and 3353 At-Bats.
Basically ignore his 2009 stats. His career stats speak for themselves. This kid is only 26 years old and he already has 301 stolen bases; that is absurd.
This kid definitely has the potential to possibly be one of the best leadoff hitters of all time, and could even be better than Ichiro.
Reyes must be a better team leader than he already is, and must acquire a lot more awards just like Ichiro.
Reyes does have some pop in his bat as other leadoff hitters do not. He has hit over 10 home runs in three seasons, giving his team an early lead in many games.
He also racks up runs, and with this guy at the top of a lineup, he will help a team win more games than the opposing team because of his skills. Reyes might win some Gold Glove awards if he can get his defense to be better, but don't look for him to ever win a MVP award.
Reyes has a pretty good amount of awards already in his young and successful career thus far: 2x All-Star (2006-2007), 2007 Silver Slugger Award winner, led MLB in triples (2005, 2006, 2008), led NL in stolen bases (2005-2007), Mets all-time leader in triples and stolen bases, Player of the Month April 2007, 2x Player of the Week June 18 and June 25, 2006, and led NL in hits in 2008.
Reyes really does remind me a lot like Ichiro, except a faster, stronger, and more upbeat kind of player along with more pop in his bat. However, Reyes's defense is not that great, and Ichiro will always have him passed up on defense.
Reyes has all the tools to be one of the best leadoff hitters in the game today, and to continue being one of the best. He has blazing speed, stacks up on runs, has pop, and gets on base. Reyes can hit in a good amount of runs from the leadoff spot and will continue to do so.
Reyes is so good that he could really hit anywhere in the lineup and be successful, except the cleanup and fifth spot, but Reyes should stay at leadoff because at age 26 he has proven to be one of the best leadoff hitters.
Jerry Manuel should leave Reyes alone and keep him at the top of the lineup and let him do his magic and not worry about moving him into the second or third spot in the lineup.
Reyes will just keep getting better, so let's all just watch Reyes do his magic and stack up on stolen bases and runs.
Watch for him to continue to get awards, and possibly some new ones that he does not have yet. Reyes is emerging as one of the best things that has happened to the New York Mets franchise.
All I can say about this guy is wheels, wheels, wheels. This guy may be the fastest in all of baseball and makes stealing bases look easy, and can do that all day long in his sleep, even when the pitcher knows he is going to steal.
This kid is still very young and will continue to get better and better. He should continue to lead baseball in steals every year for the next couple of years, and possibly be the best base stealer of all time.
2009 Stats: .285 Average, 3 Home Runs, 35 RBI, 97 Runs, .354 OBP, .384 SLG, .738 OPS, 173 Hits, 63 Walks, 140 Strikeouts, 61 Stolen Bases, 27 Doubles, 12 Triples, 157 Games, and 606 Total At-Bats.
Career Stats: .262 Average, 9 Home Runs, 70 RBI, 185 Runs, .327 OBP, .349 SLG, .676 OPS, 314 Total Hits, 114 Walks, 275 Strikeouts, 121 Stolen Bases, 40 Doubles, 19 Triples, 417 Games, 1200 At-Bats.
The reason why Bourn is one of the top leadoff hitters is because of his blazing speed, making him swipe so many bags and getting a lot of runs as well as having a career .329 OBP. He won't ever hit for a super high average like Ichiro or collect many RBI, and he has no power. But he will continue to get on base, along with getting bunts for hits, and continue to dominate the basepaths.
Having such blazing speed makes Bourn one of the top defensive outfielders in baseball. He is a Gold Glove player with lots of energy and speed.
Career awards are very minimal: 2009 Gold Glove winner. He is still very young.
It is a shame that he is on the Houston Astros who aren't too good, but Bourn will still be noticed. He is still young and will be able to get better and work on his other aspects of the game.
He will probably improve a lot of his numbers, even his stolen base numbers. Look for him to increase the amount of stolen bases he gets in a season, which will possibly lead him to be the all-time stolen base leader in baseball.
Let's all just sit back and watch Bourn run, swipe bags, and play some amazing defense and hope he can improve even more. Bourn is the the type of player who will always hit either leadoff, second, eighth, or ninth. He won't be productive anywhere else in the lineup.
Bourn is becoming a key part of the Astros' offense and defense and is one of the newest best things that has happened to the Houston Astros. He will never be compared to Biggio, Bagwell, or Berkman.
This is Span's third year in the majors, and what a stud he is turning into. If he can continue to get on base the way he does, his ranking of being a leadoff hitter will go up. Span is still very young at the age of 26 and will just continue to get better and better. Span is THE OBP MACHINE; he has a ridiculous .388 career OBP so far in his career.
Span has the capability of playing all outfield positions, but has emerged as a top fielding center fielder with great range and speed in the outfield. Span is no power hitter, but he will literally do everything else. He won't ever lead in stolen bases as well, but he is fast and will swipe some bags. He will continue to get on base, score many runs, and hit for a high average, as well as play excellent defense in the outfield.
2009 Stats: .311 Average, 8 Home Runs, 68 RBI, .392 OBP, .415 SLG, .807 OPS, 180 Hits, 70 Walks, 89 Strikeouts, 23 Stolen Bases, 16 Doubles, 10 Triples, 145 Games, 578 Total At-Bats.
Career Stats: .300 Average, 14 Home Runs, 118 RBI, 173 Runs, .388 OBP, .416 SLG, .804 OPS, 289 Hits, 129 Walks, 153 Strikouts, 44 Stolen Bases, 35 Doubles, 17 Triples, 248 Games, 962 At-Bats.
Out of all leadoff hitters in the game today, Span is one of the best when it comes to getting on base and has one of the highest OBP amongst leadoff hitters. Span is just going to continue to get better and better and climb up in leadoff hitter ranks.
Span has very little career awards thus far but the only one he does have is the Bill Boni Award (Twins' Most Outstanding Rookie, 2008). If there was an award for most impressive leadoff hitter in baseball or Mr. OBP, then Span would have that award.
Span will never win an MVP award as he is not one of those type of players, but he will continue to get better and stay consistent as he gets older and has even more experience. He is everything that a leadoff hitter should be able to do. If Span was faster and had the speed to swipe more bags and be the fastest guy in baseball, then he would possibly be the best in all of baseball.
Look for this kid to continue to get on base like no other player or leadoff hitter in baseball as well as show off his defensive skills in center field. Span has a very bright future as do the Twins. Minnesota has many young players that will keep them in contention for the next couple of years easily with Span, Mauer, and Morneau.
Awww yes, the flyin' Oriole. Roberts is a stud and has always been at the top of his game along with being a premier leadoff hitter and speedsters in the game today.
Now that he is injured, however, it is a huge blow to the Orioles. Like they need any more problems as they are already starting off the year as one of the worst teams in baseball. He continues to stay productive, but he is aging but is still putting up productive numbers.
He's fast, but he's not one of the fastest guys and typical leadoff hitter as Reyes or Bourn. He is has a career .355 OBP which is amazing. Roberts definitely has some pop along with an underrated glove, with above average speed. He is a great team leader and stands out and will always be known for that, but he will never be one of the best to play the game or hit leadoff.
2009 Stats: .283 Average, 16 Home Runs, 79 RBI, 110 Runs, .356 OBP, .451 SLG, .807 OPS, 179 Hits, 74 Walks, 112 Strikeouts, 30 Stolen Bases, 56 Doubles, 1 Triple, 632 Total At-Bats.
Career Stats: .284 Average, 77 Home Runs, 443 RBI, 729 Runs, .356 OBP, .421 SLG, .777 OPS, 1274 Hits, 512 Walks, 674 Strikeouts, 256 Stolen Bases, 318 Doubles, 77 Triples, 4490 Total At-Bats.
It's a shame that Roberts is on the Baltimore Orioles and in the AL East. He and his team will not be that good or make playoffs very often. Roberts has formed into the face of the Orioles franchise.
There have been rumors the last couple of years for him to be traded to another team, particularly the Chicago Cubs, but nothing has happened.
There is still a possibility for him to be traded, especially now that he is injured with an ailing back.
Career Awards: two-time AL All-Star (2005, 2007), and AL Player of the Month (April 2005).
Out of leadoff hitters, Roberts definitely has some of the most pop, at least last year. Look for Roberts to possibly pick up a couple more awards and stay consistent, as long as he comes back healthy and can stay healthy.
He can do it all: hit, run, has pop, fast, swipe bags, and field. He is a very good thing that has happened to the Baltimore Orioles, and is a great team leader and player. Roberts could possibly hit in other areas in the lineup. This guy will probably not lead in any stats of any kind, but will stay productive and consistent.
Look for Roberts to stay productive for his team and hopefully for them to have a winning season. Look for him to possibly change scenery.
Carl Crawford should not be a No. 2 hitter; he should be a leadoff hitter. Teammate Bartlett however is a pretty decent leadoff himself. We can all remember his famous AL All-Star game-winning catch last year by his amazing home run robbery.
Crawford has emerged as one of the top players in all of baseball and one of the best outfielders in the game today. This young guy is really fun to watch, and has every tool to make him one of the best players in all of baseball.
This guy too has wheels, wheels, wheels. He makes swiping bases and fielding look so easy. He has a career .335 OBP making him get on base a lot.
Crawford has so far been a successful baseball player and continues to get better, and has gone form being on one of the worst teams in baseball years ago, to one of the better teams. He is the face of the Rays franchise. Too bad his Rays are in the AL East.
2009 Stats: .305 Average, 15 Home Runs, 68 RBI, 96 Runs, .364 OBP, .452 SLG, .416 OPS, 185 Hits, 51 Walks, 99 Strikeouts, 60 Stolen Bases, 28 Doubles, 8 Triples, 606 At-Bats.
Career Stats: .295 Average, 85 Home Runs, 502 RBI, 655 Runs, .335 OBP, .437 SLG, .772 OPS, 1296 Hits, 247 Walks, 664 Strikeouts, 362 Stolen Bases, 185 Doubles, 92 Triples, 4392 Total At-Bats.
Again, Crawford should be a leadoff hitter. He has all of the right tools to be one of the best leadoff hitters in the game. He can hit, has some pop, steals bases, is a great fielder, has blazing speed and range, and gets on base.
Crawford can really hit anywhere in a lineup and will always be productive, and has now become one of the best No. 2 hitters in baseball, but he could be one of the best leadoff hitters in the game. He is so fast, and has the potential to be one of the fastest base stealers and players in baseball history, and also has some pretty good pop. He is only 28 years old also, and continues to get better.
Crawford will pick up more RBI hitting in the two spot, and will also hit more home runs, but hitting in the leadoff spot will lead him to steal even more bases, get more runs, get more at-bats, and get on base even more.
Career awards: three All-Star selections (2004, 2007, 2009), tied MLB record with six stolen bases in one gGame (against Red Sox on May 3, 2009), four-time stolen base champion (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), and 2009 AL All-Star Game MVP.
Look for Carl to continue to stack up on awards and just continue to get better and better and swipe bases from right and left. He is a face of the Rays franchise, but it is a possibility for him to have a change of scenery next year through free agency and will get a huge raise, unless he stays with the Rays, which is a possibility.
He will continue to possibly hit for more power and will be considered one of the best left fielders in baseball. Look for Carl to stay productive and consistent and just get better and better.
Bottom line is he needs to be a leadoff hitter, but he is so good and is one of the best No. 2 hitters in baseball. He can hit anywhere in the lineup and is a great team player and leader.
There are many other players today who are really good leadoff hitters, or could be leadoff hitters, but just didn't make the cut as being one of the best. I must mention briefly who they are:
Juan Pierre (White Sox), Rafael Furcal (Dodgers), Jimmy Rollins (Phillies), Dexter Fowler (Rockies), Carlos Gonzalez (Rockies), Nyjer Morgan (Nationals), Rajai Davis (Athletics), and Hanley Ramirez (Marlins).
Fowler, Gonzalez, and Morgan are emerging as some really good leadoff hitters and could end up being some top ones. Pierre, Fowler, Furcal, Rollins, Morgan, and Davis are good leadoff hitters mostly because they are really fast and are some of the faster players in baseball, and get a lot of stolen bases, and get on base. They have pretty good career OBPs as well.
Ramirez is too good of a hitter to hit leadoff and can literally hit anywhere in the lineup, including cleanup. He might be one of the best young players in all of baseball, and has the potential to be a Hall of Famer and top player in baseball history and a MVP player. He has all the tools to be one of the best all-around baseball players: power, average, and speed. I would bat him either two, three, or four. Ramirez is definitely more of a three or cleanup hitter.


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With the NFL season kicking off Thursday, this week's edition of Varsity magazine posed the question to a number of UW student-athletes: Which NFL team is your favorite?
You can read the responses in Varsity, but here are a couple from members of the UW football team that didn't make the magazine. Also be sure to check out our Badgers in the NFL page for updates on all 30 former UW players that made NFL rosters.
Bart Houston - Redshirt Freshman QB (Dublin, Calif.)
"Even though I'm from California, I'm a Green Bay Packers fan. My dad is a lifelong Packers fan and actually named me after Bryan Bartlett 'Bart' Starr. My full name is Bartlett, but I've always chosen to go by Bart."
Rob Havenstein - Junior RT (Mount Airy, Md.)
"The NFL was never really my thing. My brother really liked the Baltimore Ravens, so I cheered for anyone who was playing the Ravens. Then I came to UW and didn't have anyone to root for, so I started cheering for the Ravens again because they were winning. But don't tell anyone that. I've been telling everyone I'm a lifelong, diehard Ravens fan."
Corey Clement - Freshman RB (Glassboro, N.J.)
"It was the Philadelphia Eagles, but once my man Terrell Owens left I went with the Dallas Cowboys. But then they fell off and T.O. left, and after that my NFL fandom fell off. So, I really don't have a favorite NFL team right now."
You can read the responses in Varsity, but here are a couple from members of the UW football team that didn't make the magazine. Also be sure to check out our Badgers in the NFL page for updates on all 30 former UW players that made NFL rosters.
Bart Houston - Redshirt Freshman QB (Dublin, Calif.)
"Even though I'm from California, I'm a Green Bay Packers fan. My dad is a lifelong Packers fan and actually named me after Bryan Bartlett 'Bart' Starr. My full name is Bartlett, but I've always chosen to go by Bart."
Rob Havenstein - Junior RT (Mount Airy, Md.)
"The NFL was never really my thing. My brother really liked the Baltimore Ravens, so I cheered for anyone who was playing the Ravens. Then I came to UW and didn't have anyone to root for, so I started cheering for the Ravens again because they were winning. But don't tell anyone that. I've been telling everyone I'm a lifelong, diehard Ravens fan."
Corey Clement - Freshman RB (Glassboro, N.J.)
"It was the Philadelphia Eagles, but once my man Terrell Owens left I went with the Dallas Cowboys. But then they fell off and T.O. left, and after that my NFL fandom fell off. So, I really don't have a favorite NFL team right now."
Sophomore OL Tyler Marz (61) found a home at left tackle in the Badgers' season-opening 45-0 win over UMass last Saturday. The 6-foot-5, 321-pound Marz got his first career start when he lined up at left tackle against the Minutemen after bouncing around a number of positions during fall camp.
Your last name is pronounced (MARE-its) nothing like its spelled. Does anyone ever get it right on the first try?
"I don't think so. No one did through high school and no one has during college. It's become a first day of school tradition of sorts. It's a 100 percent German name, or at least that's what my parents told me."
You've had the opportunity to sit behind some NFL-caliber offensive linemen in your career at Wisconsin. What have you been able to learn from them?
"A lot of technique stuff like hand and foot placement, as well as learning to dive into the playbook. They always gave me pointer here and there, such as what defenses are going to do against you -- they were all very smart that way. It has been a positive to have those guys in front of me and leading me on."
What is it like to block for the high-caliber running backs at Wisconsin?
"Having those three guys (James White, Melvin Gordon, Corey Clement) back there, and knowing that they are hard runners, is awesome and it's great to block for them. It is our job to do that, so we come in here every day, work hard and do that. Hopefully the outcome is that they all do get 100 yards every time out. That's our duty and that's the goal we have for them every day."
What has it been like to work with new offensive line coach T.J. Woods?
"He's been great. He's really good at teaching the defensive looks, a lot like what the upper classmen linemen will do. He's really good at teaching technique, even if it's the slightest thing like working your feet, or balance. Overall he's just a great coach."
You had a rapid ascent up the depth chart during fall camp. What's it like now to have the opportunity to be a starter?
"It's a great feeling. All of my hard work up until now is paying off. Now I have to keep adding on to that and keep building. I got my first start out of the way on Saturday and got some of the nerves out. Now I can keep building on that because there is a lot that I need to keep working on. I'd like to improve my technique, speed, physicality and dive into the playbook even more and overall become a better player."
You were a three-sport star in high school (baseball, basketball, football). What was your favorite sport?
"I did a lot of basketball growing up, I was in AAU stuff and I played spring and summer baseball. Football was actually the sport I took up last, but I started to focus on it more as I started getting some looks from colleges."
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The UWBadgers.com Gameday Blog had all the coverage of Wisconsin's 45-0 season-opening win over UMass on Saturday, Aug. 31.
Recap the action as it happened here: Gameday Blog: Wisconsin Football vs. UMass
Wisconsin football head coach Gary Andersen spent Wednesday in Bristol, Conn., spreading the word about the Badgers across a number of ESPN platforms. Re-live the sights and sounds of Andersen's day at the Worldwide Leader in Sports:
- Transcript: Andersen Press Conference | Photo Gallery
CHICAGO -- When the ACC's coordinator of officials, Doug Rhoads, suggested that South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney's resounding hit on Michigan tailback Vincent Smith might have led to Clowney being ejected from the game under the new "targeting'' rules, it sent shockwaves through college football.
Some washed ashore here Wednesday at the Big Ten Media Days.
"I was shocked by that (Rhoads' interpretation),'' said Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland. "If that warrants an ejection maybe they should put flags in the running back's belt and we'll pull them out instead of playing tackle football. That was a perfect tackle.''
Others felt the same way, including Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner, who handed the ball to Smith on the play in question. "It was a good football play,'' he said of Clowney's memorable tackle in the Outback Bowl. "I don't think he could have been ejected at all.
"They're trying to make football kind of a soft game if that's the case.''
Offering the running back's perspective, UW senior James White joined the chorus. "I thought it was a clean hit,'' he said. "It looked like a pretty good form tackle to me. But they're trying to look out for player safety. You just hope they're consistent with it.''
That was also Gardner's take on how games might be officiated. "I was watching a roundtable with (South Carolina's) Steve Spurrier,'' he noted. "He was saying it would be hard to implement it if not everyone was calling it the same way. I just hope it's fair.''
The objective is to penalize those players who launch (or leave their feet) to deliver a hit above the shoulders, especially when they use the crown of their helmet to strike an opponent. Purdue defensive tackle Bruce Gaston didn't see Clowney's hit in that light.
"From a defensive point of view, it was a good hit,'' Gaston said. "It was a hard hit, it was a hit that every D-lineman, I can safely say, would love to get. As far as the rules, I can't comment because at the end of the day I don't have anything to do with them.
"I always think there's the need for greater safety. But the sport we play is football. It's a very physical sport and everyone knows that once they put the pads on in the Big Ten.''
Obviously, the intent is to protect defenseless players. Such as Smith? "He's getting the ball so he may be defenseless,'' Gardner said. "But the goal for the defense is to get the ball (Smith fumbled on the play). He (Clowney) did what he had to do to get the football.''
Although ejections would be reviewable by the replay official in the press box, the new guidelines on targeting -- or high hits -- has stirred much discussion and debate, particularly because it's so subjective in nature, maybe too much so.
"It puts a huge amount of pressure on the officials and there's such a very fine line to be drawn,'' said Wisconsin Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez. "I understand the intent of the rule. But, boy, you can't take the aggressiveness out of the game.
"You're trying to eliminate someone going for the head, the kill shots. But an ejection for just a clean hit, a hard hit, I would really question that. You have to send a message some way. I just don't know if this is the right way. But it's sure going to send a strong message.''
Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini, a defensive architect, voiced his concerns Wednesday. "The scary thing for me is the application part of it,'' he said. "I don't think it's an easy thing to call. In my opinion, it's going a little bit overboard right now.
"I understand where it's coming from,'' he continued. "It's about the safety of the players and we're all for that. We just have to make sure that we're not messing with the integrity of the game or the sport and how it's supposed to be played.''
Borland echoed that sentiment. "You can't change the game too much,'' he said. Yet, he recognized the need for change given the severity of the penalty. "Ejection is a strong word. You can't afford that, especially if you're a starter and key player.''
Does a defensive player have to condition himself to tackle differently? "I don't think you can afford to do that,'' Borland said. "A fundamentally sound tackle isn't going to warrant an ejection, so you have to focus on being fundamentally sound.''
Borland is well aware of the increased sensitivity to head injuries, concussions.
"Our athletic training staff does a great job with it,'' he said. "We appreciate them taking care of the players and caring about safety. Obviously it's an issue (nationally) with some of the things that have been going on with former NFL players (i.e. lawsuits).
"That said, it's a risk that you take on when you play football. It's up to you to be responsible if you sustain a concussion to take yourself out of the game or let someone know. The issues arise when guys try to tough it out.
"You can't play around with your brain.''
You can't play tentative or hold back on defense, either. "You've heard all of your life as an athlete, if you're trying not to get hurt, you're likely to get hurt,'' Borland said. "You have to play hard. And if you play sound, you should avoid most injuries.''
Sporting a shiner, the result of a broken nose that he sustained during a 7-0n-7 passing drill Monday night on campus, UW wide receiver Jared Abbrederis pointed out, "You want to make sure you keep the players safe. But it is football and we signed up.''
Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen doesn't want to get anyone hurt nor does he want to "take a game away from a kid if we don't have to.'' He cited the need to educate players on big hit opportunities and called the targeting rules a work in progress.
"It absolutely puts more emphasis on judgment by officials,'' he said. "That's the hard part for me as a coach. Those decisions are going to be made in a bang-bang emotional time. And you just have to hope that they are made right.''
- Video: Ball earns 'Most Dominating Performance' award
Montee Ball dominated plenty of defenses in his three seasons as a running back for the Wisconsin football team, but his effort in the Badgers' win at Purdue last season has earned special attention.
The career-high 247 yards and three touchdowns Ball racked up against the Boilermakers earned him the "Most Dominating Performance" award as part of the sixth-annual BTN Awards Show on Wednesday.
Ball's 247 yards were a career high on the ground, and his third touchdown of the day marked the 72nd of his career. That made him the Big Ten's all-time leader in TDs, surpassing Badgers great Ron Dayne's career total of 71 scores. According to NCAA statistics (which did not include bowl games until 2002), Ball became just the third player in FBS history to score 70 or more touchdowns in a career.
The individual effort was part of an overall domination by the Badgers' offense, which gained 645 total yards, the second-highest tally in school history.
Ball finished his Badgers career as the NCAA's all-time leader in touchdowns, with 83, and career record-holder for rushing touchdowns, with 77.
Jeff Lewis will be asked to make the transition from the offensive backfield to the defensive backfield when the Badgers convene for fall camp in August.
Gary Andersen played a hunch during his first year as Utah State's head coach, and it paid dividends for the Aggies and Curtis Marsh, a running back that Andersen converted into a cornerback.
Prior to Andersen's arrival, Marsh started three games in each of his first two seasons at Utah State and finished as the team's third leading rusher in 2007 and 2008.
Overall, Marsh had 124 carries for 487 yards. He also had 28 catches. Upon taking over the program, Andersen was looking to plug some holes and shifted Marsh to the secondary in 2009.
"It was maybe my idea,'' Andersen said, "but it was his athleticism and his God-given ability and his want-to that made him able to turn himself into a very good corner in two short years.''
Marsh was a quick study. As a senior, he was Utah State's sixth-leading tackler and earned second-team All-WAC recognition. In the 2011 draft, he was taken in the third round by Philadelphia.
During his first two seasons in the National Football League, the 6-foot-1, 197-pound Marsh has appeared in 22 games, mostly on special teams for the Eagles. He owes it all to a position change.
During a Wednesday radio interview, Andersen said, "It has worked for me in the past -- very well sometimes and sometimes it doesn't work so well moving a running back over there (defense).''
In 2007, Andersen was the defensive coordinator at Utah and got considerable mileage out of cornerback Sean Smith, a converted wide receiver. He was Miami's second-round pick in the 2009 draft.
Citing such personnel moves in general, Andersen said, "You have to be creative sometimes. Every team in the country has holes, they have issues, they have scenarios they go through.''
The Badgers, for example, are seeking to replace three starting defensive backs: Marcus Cromartie, Devin Smith and Shelton Johnson. Safety Dez Southward is the lone returning starter.
During spring practice, Reggie Mitchell, a converted cornerback, got most of the reps opposite Southward. But Mitchell, a redshirt freshman from Pittsburgh, Pa., has since opted to transfer.
Additionally, a potential safety candidate, junior college transfer Donnell Vercher (Fresno City College), will not be attending Wisconsin, prompting Andresen to get "creative'' with his depth chart.
"I have great respect for Reggie and I have great respect for Donnell,'' Andersen said. "We'll move on, we'll still turn on the lights and we'll still jump out there the first day of fall camp. There are a couple of pieces to the puzzle. Dez is the foundation of that safety group and he will continue to be and we will continue to build some young men there (around Southward).''
The first order of business was moving tailback Jeff Lewis to safety. Lewis is a 6-2, 212-pound redshirt junior from Brookfield Central. Last season, he had four rushes for 13 yards while serving as an understudy to Montee Ball and James White. In 2011, he had 33 carries for 187 yards and one score.
"We're going to experiment with that (move) and see how that goes through the summer for him (Lewis) as he prepares himself to play some safety,'' said Andersen, who obviously won't be able to fully evaluate the switch until fall camp. "He's excited and we'll just see how it goes.
"It doesn't always work,'' he reiterated, "but Jeff was unbelievably receptive. He's a tough young man. I don't know how many times he got tackled in the spring. But it was a lot. He played the last practice with a broken thumb and he just kept on banging because he knew the team needed him.''
Andersen also feels comfortable with some of his other options.
"We'll be OK, we'll be just fine at that spot,'' he said. "We didn't really have a starter at the safety position (opposite Southward). As we went through (spring), Reggie did some good things; some other kids did some good things. Trotter and the gang will handle it well and we'll play well back there.''
Michael Trotter, a redshirt junior from Racine, Wis., started three games at safety last season after Shelton Johnson was injured at Oregon State. Michael Caputo, a redshirt sophomore from Imperial, Pa., also received some playing time. Andersen expects other candidates to emerge at safety and corner.
One could be freshman Keelon Brookins, a mid-term high school graduate. Brookins didn't get on the field during the spring because he was rehabbing from a knee injury. The 5-11, 201-pound Brookins, who's from St. Paul, Minn., blew out his ACL during his senior year at Tartan High School.
Cornerback Sojourn Shelton, who's from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and came early in with Brookins, had a solid spring game. "I expect Sojourn to compete and be on the field in the fall in some areas,'' Andersen said. "As far as how much he's involved in special teams and the defense, time will tell.''
Andersen stressed that Shelton needs "to take a step forward in the summer'' phase of training or what Andersen likes to refer as the Third Quarter. On his calendar, the First Quarter is winter conditioning, the Second Quarter is spring ball and the Fourth Quarter is the season.
"I really believe that you win games in the third quarter -- it's the time that team comes together,'' said Andersen, noting the importance of developing leaders from "being together in those situations when the coaches aren't around and they have to coach each other for running practices.''
The Badgers are in the midst of their summer camp season. On Saturday, they will play host to their youth camp-- kindergarten through eighth grade -- at Camp Randall Stadium. The one-day only session will run from 10:30 a.m. through 4 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend.
Registration must be completed online at UWCamps.com.
If you're asking if Vince Lombardi could still be successful in today's NFL, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is answering, "Absolutely, no question. Good coaches are flexible. They adjust.''
Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In honor of what would have been Lombardi's 100th birthday on Tuesday -- he passed away in 1970 -- many have reflected on his Hall of Fame coaching career with the Green Bay Packers.
Celebrating his legacy, ESPN named Lombardi as the Greatest Coach in NFL History as part of its series on the top 20 coaches of all-time. TV analysts and sportswriters made up the selection panel.
"When I think of Lombardi, I think of discipline,'' said Alvarez, 66, the former UW head coach, who's a member of multiple halls of fame, including the Rose Bowl and College Football. "I also think of someone who had a great understanding of the game.
"Lombardi was meticulous like Woody Hayes (the former Ohio State coach). The way Lombardi coached football was not real fancy, but it was done right. It was about fundamentals -- that was driven into you -- and you were going to do the same things over and over until you perfected them.
"When I was in high school and college (in the '60s), Green Bay had made the turn and had become the best team in football. Everybody thought of Lombardi the same way; the same way you think of him today. Greatest of all-time? You can't argue against Lombardi.''
But could he survive in today's game?
"I think so because he would have had control of the franchise,'' Alvarez said. "He would have run the team and he would have been as strong as any player on that team. It would be unlike a lot of pro teams where a coach comes in and it's a temporary stop.
"If you don't get along with the $20 million-dollar-a season guy, it's short-lived. If you don't get along with the owner, it's short-lived. That would not have happened to Lombardi. The way Green Bay was structured, and considering how powerful he was, it reminds me of Bill Belichick in New England.''
As far as Lombardi dealing with today's easily-distracted athletes, Alvarez said, "All we ever hear about is how tough he was, but let's not forget about some of the players that he had -- like Paul Hornung and Max McGee. Those guys raised as much hell as anybody.''
One of the time-honored stories in the NFL was McGee breaking curfew and partying into the early morning hours before the first Super Bowl thinking that he wouldn't have to play against the Kansas City Chiefs. But after Boyd Dowler was injured, a hung-over McGee was forced into action.
McGee caught the first touchdown pass and finished with seven catches for 138 yards.
"All of the players respected Lombardi, but they still got away with a little bit, too,'' said Alvarez, chuckling. "Can you imagine today with all the social media coverage if someone went out until the wee hours of the morning before a Super Bowl? But Lombardi could adapt to that stuff.''
Rounding out the top five behind Lombardi on ESPN's list of greatest NFL coaches was Bill Walsh, Don Shula, George Halas and Chuck Noll. Growing up in Burgettstown, Pa., some 25 miles outside of Pittsburgh, Alvarez was well aware of Noll's success in resurrecting the Steelers.
"I looked up to and respected a lot of NFL coaches, but I really liked Noll because that was a bad outfit that he turned into a great outfit,'' Alvarez said. "I liked coaches who did it the right way with fundamentals, toughness, good defense and hard-nosed football. I loved guys who coached that way.''
Nobody should be surprised, since it was also the Alvarez way of coaching.
Wisconsin has the fourth-best game day atmosphere behind Alabama, Notre Dame and Florida. Lindy's Sports College Football Preview says so.
Gary Andersen was the third-best coaching hire this past off-season, behind Western Kentucky's Bobby Petrino and South Florida's Willie Taggart. Athlon Sports Big Ten Preview says so.
Andersen was also the new hire that inspired the third-most confidence behind Oregon's Mark Helfrich and the aforementioned Taggart. The Sporting News' College Football Preview says so.
Wisconsin's Jacob Pedersen is the second-best tight end in the country. Lindy's says so.
Wisconsin's Dave Aranda is one of the top new coordinators. Athlon says so.
Wisconsin-Ohio State is one of the Games of the Week, if not the Year. TSN says so.
You get the idea. Everybody has a say in the 2013 preseason college football magazines.
But the beat writers who cover the teams and players have less of a say than you think.
Jeff Potrykus and Tom Mulhern cover the Badgers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal, respectively. Both are respected, experienced reporters; among the best.
Potrykus wrote the Wisconsin preview and an accompanying feature on Andersen for Athlon Sports. Mulhern wrote the UW preview for Lindy's. Last year, he also filed a Montee Ball feature.
But neither has any input on the preseason Top 25, All-America and all-conference teams, player ratings, position rankings and league predictions that appear in each of these magazines.
It's standard operating procedure. As a whole, the contributing writers, like Potrykus and Mulhern, don't have a voice beyond their team preview and any sidebar or feature.
Among other things, they are responsible for a team's depth chart, which can be problematic because of deadlines. Potrykus had an April 1 deadline. The UW had only six spring practices by then.
"I joked about this with Mulhern,'' said Potrykus, who has been covering the Badgers since the mid-'90s for the Journal Sentinel. "The worst part was the depth chart they wanted, especially with a new staff at Wisconsin. I might as well have pulled names out of a hat. I'm not joking.
"All kidding aside, that's literally how difficult it was to try and put together a depth chart. It's mostly guesswork, which is frustrating because you can't give their readers -- who buy that publication -- nearly as accurate of a picture as you would like.''
Mulhern had a little more flexibility with his late April deadline.
"I was helped by the fact that I could wait until the end of spring practice,'' said Mulhern, who has covered UW football since the late '90s for the State Journal. "But even with that, they had no official depth chart put out by Wisconsin. This year it made it more difficult with the coaching change and a little more stuff up in the air.
"It really is guesswork. You're trying to project things -- four or five months down the road -- and there are really not a lot of concrete answers that time of the year (March-April). I appreciated having the entire spring, but it didn't make it that much easier.''
All of the preseason magazines have regional covers. Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland and wide receiver Jared Abbrederis are on the cover of the Athlon Sports Big Ten Preview.
Borland shares The Sporting News cover with Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez. UW tailback James White and Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner are on the Lindy's cover.
In Lindy's player ratings, Gardner is listed as the No. 17 quarterback. Ohio State's Braxton Miller is No. 2 -- behind Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel -- while Martinez is No. 13. No other Big Ten QB is rated.
White was curiously not rated among Lindy's top 25 running backs. Melvin Gordon is No. 20 and comes with this disclaimer, "Gordon or tag-teamer James White? Gordon will be the breakout star.''
Ohio State's Carlos Hyde (No. 7), Nebraska's Ameer Abdullah (No. 10) and Northwestern's Venric Mark (No. 11) were all rated above Gordon. But what about White's omission?
"Just based on returning numbers (2,571 career rushing yards), he's got to be in the Top 25,'' Potrykus said. "I honestly think he's going to have his best year because I think they're going to throw to him whether he's lining up as a receiver or coming out of the backfield.''
On the Top 25 snub, Mulhern cited how White has often languished in the shadows of others and noted, "That kind of plays into the way his career has gone, going back to high school when he was kind of the overlooked guy with Giovani Bernard (at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)."
Bernard was the 2012 ACC Offensive Player of the Year at North Carolina and a second-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals. Mulhern suggested that White has thrived when he has not been viewed as the quote-unquote featured back. "I think he kind of likes that role,'' he added.
Lindy's has Pedersen listed as a second-team All-American behind Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. Athlon and TSN have Borland tabbed as a third-team All-American.
Wisconsin is No. 19 in Athlon's preseason Top 25; No. 24 in TSN; and No. 26 in Lindy's. Potrykus and Mulhern have Ohio State atop the Big Ten overall, followed by Michigan and the Badgers.
The Sept. 28 Leaders Division showdown between the Badgers and the Buckeyes in Columbus in prime time should be special, but it will share the day with LSU at Georgia.
Which is fitting since Wisconsin and LSU may be sharing the field in the near future.


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This thread is about an american lawsuit, against an american company, by an american with a site hosed in the united states. And somehow we are hijacking it by talking about american copyright law? File your suit in france, and then the french law will count. By the way, it doesn't really matter where the websites are hosted. If google were simply and american national company instead of a multi-national, the ONLY law that would apply to them would be US law. That is where the copies would be made, and where they would be hosted.
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followgreg - 12:33 pm on Feb 23, 2007 (gmt 0)
Back a few months ago I did not see them going down in quality as much as they are for the past few weeks. I still don't understand why our lowest quality sites, never updated, with almost 0% related backlinks but almost 100% identical are getting on top in very competitive areas. Once again I'm thinking: my site looks like s..t so Google determines I have no cash to spend on adwords so it ranks high... I can't believe that they stick to it, it looks like nothing works up there, too busy competing in the software industry maybe... Seriously, in fact I believe that Google has gathered a lot of info through webmaster central/Analytics/Gmail. Google understood the internet like no other, but this doesn't mean that they understand users at all. At least not with the info they currently have. Veterans don't seem to be worried here, but it's been 3 years that I learn and monitor Google from webmasterworld and it is the 1st time I see so little quality sites on SERPS, low end SEO tricks winning the game, going worst each week. ....future will tell.
The more I look at it the more I think that they can't control their algo anymore.
It's really spam world on SERP's currently, the less quality backlinks the better rankings.
In many areas I monitor it is a neverending flux, which tells me either they play the adwords game or they just have it so wrong that nothing makes sense.
Am I making (ad)sense somehow with this?
Now they are using it, but they don't know how to do that very well.
If it goes on like this I feel that low end spam is about to become the best practice. A different type of spam, such as faking users behavior to put down competitors and increase your own sites quality factors. I don't don't think that Google can ever pull out an algorithm that can prevent that very well.
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By just-drinks.com editorial team | 16 October 2007
Independent spirits company William Grant & Sons has appointed Simon Hunt as managing director of William Grant & Sons North America and Mexico and president of WGS USA, with effect from 15 October.
Hunt will be responsible for overseeing the company's business in North America and Mexico, reporting to CEO Roland van Bommel. He will also be a member of the company's Executive Committee, alongside other regional directors.
Hunt, a former Royal Marine Commando or "Green Beret", was previously CEO and president of Pernod Ricard subsidiary Malibu-Kahlua International. Before that, he held a number of marketing and brand innovation positions at Allied Domecq and Diageo in both the US and the UK.
"With his wealth of experience in general management, marketing and sales, Simon will drive the company's strategy in the USA, Canada and Mexico and build the value of the brands in this increasingly important region," van Bommel said. "His appointment comes as we focus efforts on the value growth of our portfolio of brands, including Glenfiddich, The Balvenie and Hendrick's Gin, by strengthening our capabilities within the business."
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Companies: William Grant, Pernod, Ricard, Kahlua, Allied Domecq, Diageo, Glenfiddich
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a. - Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
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Far Away Places lyrics
Lyrics → Artists: R → Roy Drusky lyrics → Far Away Places lyricsRoy Drusky — Far Away Places lyrics
Roy Drusky Far Away Places lyrics was added to the site 23 Jan, 2007 and since that time has 0 hits and voted 0 times. Other popular Roy Drusky lyrics are: Today, Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You) and When The Snow Is On The Roses.
Far away places with strange sound and names far away over the seaThose far away places with the strange sound and names are calling calling me
Go into China or maybe Siam I wanna see for myself
Those far away places I've been readin' about in a book that I took from a shelf
I start gettin' restless whenever I hear the whistle of a train
I pray for the day I can get under way and look for those castles in Spain
They call me a dreamer well maybe I am but I know that I'm yearning to see
Those far away places with the strange sound and names calling calling me
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