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The BioLogos Book Club discussion of Francis Collins' The Language of God.
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A deep love for scripture, coupled (ironically) with a lifelong struggle with religious doubt, led Robert Boyle to write several important books relating scientific and religious knowledge. We explore aspects of this fascinating interaction.
The Psalmist is saying that when we walk outside and look up, the heavens are telling us two things about God: they tell us about his glory, and they tell us about what his hands can do.
Scripture gives us multiple ways of looking at things, and a classic example of this is the parables of Jesus. Many of these involve looking at nature. For example, natural events like seeds growing—and what Jesus seems to be saying is look there is a surface reading of nature—and then there is the deeper reading, where you begin to realize there are levels of meaning that we don't pick up on our first acquaintance.
As people came together for real conversations, they actually listened to one another, which is not always common in the kind of controversial topics we were exploring—topics about origins, evolution, and biblical interpretation.
So who won? How did it go? Our response to the debate is not a blow-by-blow of the arguments made but rather a series of "big picture" reflections by BioLogos scholars.
Our News Roundup today covers a range of cultural and political stories about the relationship of science and faith, along with a few new items of interest from the cosmos.
As a Christian, I can't think of a more beautiful process for God to have blessed the production of the elements that we need for life than the beauty of stars. In fact, we are told that we shine like stars in the universe.
We can understand why man, modern man in particular, would like to mop the floors and bleach the walls. We might not be able to tame reality, but we can tame our perception of reality. We intellectualize in order to feel in control.
Ian Barbour died on Christmas Eve at the age of 90. He is credited by many to be the father of the contemporary academic discipline of science and religion.
"Dad took evolution seriously. One morning at the breakfast table, he asked my brother and me, 'What is Darwin famous for?' We both replied, 'The theory of evolution.' 'No,' Dad answered, 'the theory of evolution was around long before Darwin.'"
"So the question becomes: 'If God created through a gradual, evolutionary process, how does that square with the conviction that the world is not an accident, and that our existence is an expected result?' The Scientists in Congregation grant was an invitation to look at an evolutionary creation through the lens of Genesis."
Today's origins news roundup features an end-of-year look at some of 2013's major science highlights, a brief glimpse at what to watch for in the new year, and a few great science and faith resources from the past few weeks.
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
"Where many scholars in previous generations simply assumed that Christianity and science have always been in conflict—and not just over evolution—recent scholarship has decisively debunked that view. The main message from today's historians is complexity, not conflict."
Today's Origins News Round-up takes us from some cosmic data on the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe, to some surprising theories about the origin of life, and some interesting general news and editorial items on science and religion.
What's the evidence for the idea that God exists or doesn't exist? I think anyone who's looked at that would conclude that the strong atheist position of saying, "I know there is not God" is not an easy one to sustain.


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The Department of Psychology congratulated five new PhD recipients at Brock's recent Spring Convocation ceremonies — Dr. Danielle Molnar, Dr. William Tays, Dr. Iva Mathews, Dr. Catherine Milner, Dr. Beth Visser.
• Dr. Danielle Molnar has a SSHRC postdoctoral position at York University working with Dr. Gordon Flett. Research Associate at Research Institute on Addictions in Buffalo, New York. Part-time instructor, Department of Psychology, Brock University.
• Dr. William Tays, has accepted a PostDoc position as a Research Associate, Rotman Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
• Dr. Iva Mathews has an NSERC postdoctoral position at the University of Alabama in the Neuroscience Department.
• Dr. Catherine Milner is employed in private practice at a Psychologist's office in the areas of Clinical Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation, and Clinical Psychology.
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Fiscal Federalism and Economic Growth
This paper uses an endogenous-growth model with overlapping generations to explore the connection between fiscal federalism and economic growth. The analysis shows that federalism, which allows public-good levels to be tailored to suit the differing demands of young and old consumers, who live in different jurisdictions, increases the incentive to save. This stronger incentive in turn leads to an increase in investment in human capital, and a byproduct of this higher investment is faster economic growth.Download Info
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Regulations in the port sector will now be decided by an inter-Ministerial committee.The committee will have representation from the Planning Commission, the Shipping Ministry, State Governments, amongst others. The committee is expected to submit its report in two months.
Currently, different ports have different regulatory regimes depending on the jurisdiction of the State and the Central Government, as well as time of award.
Tariffs of major ports – which are under the Central Government - are regulated by the Tariff Authority of Major Ports (TAMP), while those of non-major ports are not regulated.
Non-major ports handled 35 per cent of total cargo handled at ports in 2010-11. In the last five years, the non-major ports have grown at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15 per cent, while major ports recorded a CAGR of six per cent.
With non-major ports accounting for a larger share of cargo handled, various stakeholders have called for a level playing field. So, to have similar regulations for all ports, the Ministry had formed a Bill proposing a two-tier regulatory authority system - one for the Central Government ports and one for the State Government ports.
But many State Governments and private operators with stakes in the State Government ports opposed the move. In this context, the Shipping Ministry has escalated the issue to an inter-Ministerial committee. The committee will take a call on the kind of regulation that should exist in the sector.
For major ports, since tariff levels form a part of concession agreement, the concession agreement might also require a review.
"We have now constituted a committee headed by the member, Planning Commission, to look at various aspects. And in about two months, it should be possible to have a view on what should be the type of regulation," Mr K. Mohandas, Secretary, Shipping Ministry, told Business Line.
Again, within major ports, there are different kinds of contracts depending on when the contract was awarded to a terminal operator.
Since the last few years, TAMP fixes the tariff before bids are invited and allows for an escalation in tariff every year.
For contracts before 2009, the TAMP reviews charges periodically. Several attempts by TAMP to reduce charges have ended up as legal disputes, with port terminals resisting lowering charges.
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The Official Rams vs. Bucs Game Discussion Thread
Why didn't we pound it in?
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Hey Rams
Steven - How about you hold onto the ball? How about you stop cutting and dancing...HIT THE HOLE
Linehan - How about we stop throwing 2 yard slants and quick WR screens. Lets throw it down the field!!!
Marc - Stop throwing into coverage!!!!!!!
It's going to be a long season...
COME ON...LETS GET IT TOGETHER RAMS!!!!Last edited by ScottD413; -09-23-2007 at 03:24 PM.
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Re: 1st n Goal...
Because we stink.
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Re: 1st n Goal...
Because our coaches are clueless!!!
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No more stay routes!!
I've seen enough stay routes these last few weeks to last all season. They've called at least 5 tonight to Bruce, to Bennett etc. guess what - they don't work! Steve Smith makes it look easy, but come on, that's not the type of receivers we have. No more stay routes! What on earth is going on in Olson/Linehan's mind today, call any other pass play before you call a stay route again, any other route, please!
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could be 6-10 or 9-10, but its 3-10. Thanks Jeff!
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Re: No more stay routes!!
How about some play action passes???
I don't think these coaches know what that is.
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Re: 1st n Goal...
to be fair to Money,the kicks hes missed havent been "give me`s" although Money has kicked many 40-plus yard kicks and i guess the fact that he`s been so good is the reason he`s gonna get criticism over the misses!
we got too much talent/potentially talented players on our O to rely on Money,even with our Line banged up,which i must say has performed pretty good so far,the Line that is!Last edited by Drew; -09-23-2007 at 03:39 PM.
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Well folks, looks like the Tony Banks era is back!!!!!
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yep yep yep... welcome back to the 90's
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Central Electricity Generating Board
Type | Regulator |
Industry | Energy |
Founded | 1957 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served | England and Wales |
References: Broken up into National Grid Company, National Power, Powergen and later Nuclear Electric. |
The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 40 years; from 1957, to privatisation in the 1990s.[1]
Because of its origins in the immediate post-war period, when electricity demand grew rapidly but plant and fuel availability was often unreliable, most of the industry saw its mission as to provide an adequate and secure electricity supply, or "to keep the lights on" as they put it, rather than necessarily pursuing the cheapest generation route.
The CEGB was created from the Central Electricity Authority (which in turn had replaced the British Electricity Authority) in 1957. The Electricity Council was also created at that time, as a policy making body for the Electricity Supply Industry.
Under the nationalised structure, the CEGB was responsible for electricity generation in England and Wales, whilst in Scotland electricity generation was carried out by the South of Scotland Electricity Board and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.
The organisation was unusual in that most of its senior staff were professional engineers, but with excellent support in financial and risk-management areas.
Some people feel that it represented the best of Government planning, others feel that it had become a monolith that exemplified the worst aspects of central planning, and was ripe for reform. It is probably the case that, in its most successful period, up until the mid-1970s, it was managed in a way broadly comparable to large private-sector energy majors such as BP, but that it was late to respond to the changed pattern of energy growth following the second oil crisis.
The CEGB was established by section 2 of the Electricity Act 1957.[2] It consisted of a Chairman and between 7 and 9 members appointed by the Minister of Power as having experience or capacity in "the generation or supply of electricity, industrial, commercial or financial matters, applied science, administration, or the organisation of workers"
The Board was under a duty to develop and maintain an efficient, co-ordinated and economical system of supply of electricity in bulk for all parts of England and Wales, and for that purpose to generate or acquire supplies of electricity and to provide bulk supplies of electricity for the Area Boards for distribution by those Boards. It also had power to supply bulk electricity to the Scottish Boards or electricity undertakings outside Great Britain.
Control of the National Grid[edit]
At the centre of the CEGB's infrastructure was the National Control Room of the National Grid located in London, which was part of the control hierarchy for the system at that time. There were also both Area and District Grid Control Rooms, which were originally located at Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, St Albans, East Grinstead and Bristol. The shift Control Engineers who worked in these control rooms would cost, schedule and load dispatch an economic commitment of generation to the main interconnected system (the 400/275/132kV network) at an adequate level of security. They also had information about the running costs and availability of every power producing plant in England and Wales. It was, at these control centres that they would constantly anticipate demand, monitor and instruct the power stations to either produce or reduce electricity production, or stop producing electricity altogether. They used what was known as the "merit order" which established a system of ranking each generator in the power stations based upon how much they cost to produce electricity. The objective was to ensure that electricity production was always achieved at the lowest possible cost.
Research and development[edit]
The CEGB had an extensive R&D section with its three principal laboratories at: Leatherhead (Central Electricity Research Laboratories, CERL); Marchwood Engineering Laboratory (MEL); and, Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories (BNL). There were also at one time, five regional facilities. These Scientific Service Departments had a base in each Region. A major SSD role was solving engineering problems with the several designs of 500MW units. These were a significant increase in unit size and had many teething problems, most of which were solved to result in reliable service and gave good experience towards the design of the 660MW units.
In the 1970s and 1980s for the real-time control of power stations, the CEGB R&D team developed the Cutlass programming language and application system. After privatisation, CUTLASS systems in National Power were phased out and replaced largely with Advanced Plant Management System (APMS) - a SCADA solution developed in partnership by RWE npower (a descendant company of CEGB), and Thales UK.[3] APMS itself has since become obsolete.
In contrast, PowerGen, later taken over by E.ON, undertook a programme to port the entire system to current hardware. The most current version of Cutlass, known as 'PT-Cutlass Kit 9', runs on Motorola PPC-based hardware, with the engineering workstation and administrative functions provided from a standard Microsoft Windows PC. This version of Cutlass is known as kit 9 and is fully compatible (barring a few minor exceptions) with the DEC PDP-11 version (kit 1) released by PowerGen and has a high level of compatibility with the final version of kit 1 formerly used at National Power.[4] It is currently used at four UK power stations: Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Cottam, Fiddlers Ferry, and Ferrybridge.
The present electricity market in the UK was built upon the breakup of the CEGB into four separate companies in the 1990s. Its generation (or upstream) activities were transferred to three generating companies - 'PowerGen', 'National Power', and 'Nuclear Electric' (later 'British Energy', eventually 'EDF Energy'); and its transmission (or downstream) activities to - the 'National Grid Company'.[5][6]
The shares in National Grid were distributed to the regional electricity companies prior to their own privatisation in 1990. PowerGen and National Power were privatised in 1991, with 60% stakes in each company sold to investors. The remaining 40% in both companies were held by the UK government. The privatisation process was initially delayed as it was concluded that the 'earlier decided nuclear power plant assets in National Power' would not be included in the private company - 'National Power'. A new company was formed, Nuclear Electric, which would eventually own and operate the nuclear power assets; and the nuclear power stations were held in public ownership for a number of years.[7]
In 1995, the UK government sold its 40% stakes in both PowerGen and National Power. The same year, the assets of Nuclear Electric and Scottish Nuclear were combined as well as split. The combination process merged operations of UK's eight most advanced nuclear plants - seven Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR) and one Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) - into a new private company founded in 1996, 'British Energy' (now 'EDF Energy').[8][9] The splitting process created a separate company in 1996 called 'Magnox Electric' - which would hold a proportion of the old CEGB's nuclear stations, its older Magnox reactors. The assets of Magnox Electric were later combined with BNFL.
Although electricity privatisation began in 1990, the CEGB continued to exist until the Central Electricity Generating Board (Dissolution) Order 2001, a statutory instrument, came into force on 9 November 2001.[10]
Powergen is now E.ON UK, owned by the German utility company E.ON. National Power split into a UK business, Innogy - now known as 'RWE npower' owned by the German utility company RWE; and an international business, 'International Power' - now fully owned by the French company GDF Suez.
See also[edit]
- Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry
- Energy policy of the United Kingdom
- Energy in the United Kingdom
- ^ The CEGB Story by Rob Cochrane (with additional research by Maryanna Schaefer) (1990)
- ^ Electricity Act 1957, section 2
- ^ Farewell to CUTLASS
- ^ http://esolangs.org/wiki/CUTLASS CUTLASS on Esolangs.org
- ^ Page 68 "Lessons from Liberalised Electricity Markets" IEA / OECD (2005)
- ^ "Funding Universe - History of BNFL". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "International Power PLC History". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "EDF agrees to pay $23 billion for British Energy". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "The sale of the Government's interest in British Energy". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ The Central Electricity Generating Board (Dissolution) Order 2001] full text


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Rugby World Player and Team of the Decade
Posted 4 years ago
By Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World Magazine
The new edition of Rugby World goes on sale today with our Player and Team of the Decade announced.
But what do you think? Would you have selected a different player or different members of the team.
Does a side with 4 Kiwis, 3 Englishmen, 2 Welshmen and 2 South Africans reflect the Noughties?
HE STARTED the decade with a hat-trick in his first Six Nations Championship and finished it as one of the key reasons why Ireland went the whole of 2009 without suffering a defeat. So in the eyes of Rugby World there's only one man who should be named Player of the Decade: Brian O'Driscoll.
The man from Blackrock College will earn his 100th Ireland cap in the coming Six Nations and more than any other has written his name large and bold across the decade that will be known as the Noughties.
Whether as captain of Ireland, Leinster or the Lions, O'Driscoll has shown exemplary form over a sustained period – form that wins him our accolade above and beyond a host of players who have left an indelible mark on our great game.
O'Driscoll may be our Player of the Decade, but he doesn't captain our Team of the Decade. That honour falls to the captain without peer, England's Martin Johnson.
The decade produced two World Cup winners, in England and South Africa, so naturally those teams had a number of players on our shortlist. But it isn't all about World Cups as New Zealand managed to earn four representatives in our starting XV without even making a final.
Similarly, the rise of Argentina in this decade and Wales' two Grand Slams had the judges scratching their heads
and working out how we could keep our team down to 15 players. A number of big names missed out, such as Lawrence Dallaglio and Neil Back, as we looked for balance in our side and the recognition of players like Sergio Parisse, who may never win a Six Nations or World Cup but should nevertheless always figure when we're looking for legends of our game.
Full team
Mils Muliaina – New Zealand
Jason Robinson – England
Brian O'Driscoll – Ireland
Matt Giteau – Australia
Shane Williams – Wales
Dan Carter – New Zealand
Agustin Pichot – Argentina
Gethin Jenkins – Wales
John Smit – South Africa
Carl Hayman – New Zealand
Martin Johnson (c) – England
Victor Matfield – South Africa
Richard Hill – England
Richie McCaw – New Zealand
Sergio Parisse – Italy
Subs: Rodrigo Roncero, Mario Ledesma, Sylvian Marconnet, Juan-Martín Fernández Lobbe, Fourie Du Preez, Jonny Wilkinson, Yannick Jauzion, Juan Martín Hernández.
By what do you think? Name your Team and Player of the Decade and tell us why you have made your choices.
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11:31 AM on 6th January 2010
While I agree with most of your team of the decade I cannot understand Stephen Jones of the Sunday Times' piece in Rugby World re a choice of the current world's top players. Not only does O'Driscoll not appear in the top three but isn't in his top 10!! (and we Irish believe he should have been chosen as the IRB player of the year ahead of Richie McCaw having captained Ireland to the Slam, the team remaining unbeaten throughout 09, his key role in Leinster's Heineken Cup win, performance with the Lions and 6 tries and 1 drop goal during the 6 nations – what does he have to do?). Simon Shaw is ubderrated but ahead of Paul O'connell?! I think not. And what about Brussow, Elsom and Habana? Jonny was bonny but now past his sell by date. No I'm afraid there is only 1 Stephen Jones who knows a bit about rugby and he's the Welsh fly half!!
1:19 PM on 6th January 2010
You'll never get everyone to agree with you on an exercise like this. Picking Robinson as a winger on your team of the decade is odd though. England's success came through the pack and Wilkinson. There are many other people who would have a shout for wing but, for me, Habana would have to get the nod, even if that means having two left wingers. Not sure Pichot was the scrum half of the decade (although I understand your desire to include an Argie). Definitely sure Richard Hill was not the blindside of the decade – he only played a few years of the decade!
7:17 PM on 6th January 2010
Would love to know what format was used to decide this list? Some very odd choices, seems more an exercise in trying to pick a team that will draw the least amount of controversy and keep most people happy.
9:31 PM on 6th January 2010
I know this is a UK based Magazine, but I have to diaagree with BOD being named player of the decade sure he had a couple of good games, but has played in 8 losing sides against the All Blacks 7 with Ireland 1 with The B&I Lions. His influence over a game is not the same as Richie McCaws, who should have been the true player of the decade
10:21 PM on 6th January 2010
any player is made look good in the all blacks what would o driscol have achieved if he played with the players mcCaw has
11:42 PM on 6th January 2010
The All Blacks got two Grand Slams, a Lions whitewash, six Tri-Nations trophies, a record undefeated run at home, by far the best winning ration of any team (in fact, one of the best in history), scored the most tries by a bucket load and played the most attractive rugby.
They didn't win the World Cup, true, but this is a bias selection in favour of Northern Hemisphere teams – including players from teams that barely made it out of their respective World Cup pools…
The case for Argentinean players is overstated too.
11:18 AM on 7th January 2010
He'd have to get into the team first!
2:05 PM on 7th January 2010
Wrong opinion ECHO, this evaluation o categorizing is about the quality of the players not about the titles, do you really think what juan martin hernandez is not the best number 10 of the world? think again and tell me man
8:39 PM on 7th January 2010
Do you notice that 6 of 23 players are born in Argentina?
11:05 PM on 7th January 2010
6 players born in Argentina, you would think they would have had a better test record in the decade then. I do believe they lost all 7 tests they played against South Africa and lost the 4 they played against the All Blacks. I would back Carter against Hernandez any day of the week
12:15 AM on 8th January 2010
The number of Argies (Parisse was born there too) reflects that they are probably better individuals than a team as a whole ?
Pichot over Du preez ?
Juan Fernandez lobbe has been excellent in the last 2 years, but leaving players like Burger and Juan SMith from South africa or Soialo from NZ is a real nonsense
if you consider the last decade
Well at the end of the day they want to sell magazines in the UK, and controversy always sells !! -
1:53 PM on 8th January 2010
Of course O'Driscoll is the player of the decade. Whereas McCaw has been the best player in the world over the last 3 to 4 years, when he was awarded newcomer of the year in 2002 O'Driscoll was already an international force having come onto the scene 2 years previous and having an outstanding Lions tour in 2001. I am always amused when people from NZ (who I absolutely love by the way) start talking about everything they have won as a nation when you are talking about individual players. If O'Driscoll had been born a kiwi his trophy cabinet would have exactly the same silverware as McCaw's. Sayinf O'Driscoll would'nt make the team is just silly when you consider the No.13s that have been there in the last 10 years. Good players but nowhere close to the calibre of O'Driscoll. You have to remember that O'Driscoll spent most of his career as part of a mediocre Irish side and had to do his own creating and a hell of a lot of defending.
5:48 PM on 8th January 2010
Hernandez isn't the best flyhalf in the world, and I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. The reason why the All Blacks win so many matches is not because of some mystical spell they cast every time they play – it's because of the players they have.
5:53 PM on 8th January 2010
Oh, please.
McCaw has been playing international matches since 2001. He won his first cap against Ireland in fact, and won Man of the Match that day (O'Driscoll was playing I believe!). If O'Driscoll had been born in NZ, he would have had to win a place first – against the likes of Mauger and Umaga at that time. People seem to forget that the reason why NZ wins so many matches is mainly because the players themselves have to compete so hard just to get into the team.
8:05 PM on 8th January 2010
What Im seeing here is a clear north/south devide in world rugby. The fact of the matter is that BOD has been the most influencial player in the northern hemisphere for the past decade. He is world class in every aspect of his game. You only had to look at how the Lions tour of 2005 crumbled when he was brutally 'taken care of' in the first test. Its a wonder the Lions didnt target McCaw…not as influential methinks.
6:28 PM on 9th January 2010
Covey, BOD may have been influencial in the Northern Hempishere, but this is a world team not a NH team. As to whether or not BOD was taken care of, he has still only played in 1 winning Lions side and that was against Australia, he was not in the side that recently beat South Africa
10:43 PM on 9th January 2010
BOD Player of the decade, have these guys been into Aunty agnes speciail tobacco? Mc Caw 1st…..2nd daylight…..3rd…???
and no I am not a kiwi or all blacks supporter..and 1 aussie WTF?? yes I am a Wallaby
5:13 AM on 10th January 2010
The Lions tour in 2005 was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. You cannot argue that BOD continuing would have made any difference to the series result.
1:29 PM on 10th January 2010
Gentleman please stop this,
These lists are generally a non starter because its opinion based. Got to laugh at the wallaby comment as the only wallaby that should be in there is Mortlock ahead of giteau lol.
Mccaw has just been recently named IRB player of the year and imo should have gone to BOD. Can see the reason for the fallout between the 2 players and any1 could argue for either.
Im half Irish so do lean towards BOD. Not cos im from NH but because he is pretty good at rugby(by the way he is considered an arrogant a-hole by quite a few irish).
Who would go for Elsom above Hill. I think that is a toughy as Hill was the most influential in a WC winning team.
BBC Scrum V have got exactly the same pack for this but backline from different planet!!
It has Habanna instead of Shane(i agree and im Welsh 1st but as said above would have both in), Latham for Mils(disagree), Mortlock for Giteau(agree), Gregan for Pichot(close call as both legends), Rokocoko for billy whizz(see left wingers) and wait for it Wilko for Carter (lmfao)!!!!!
Suprised aswel that Castrogiavanni doesnt get a mention on the bench in either side.
Any thoughts guys?
4:07 PM on 13th January 2010
Está bien el equipo, déjense de joder. Yo lo pondría a Juani de titular. Y por ahí porngo a Mortlock como dijo el anterior. Y ya está.
4:28 PM on 14th January 2010
Fairweatherjohn in reference to your comment about BOD " (by the way he is considered an arrogent a-hole by quite a few irish)"
If you lived over here you'd know that's a load of rubbish. The guy comes across very grateful for what he's achieved. I've never seen him act or give off an air of arrogance.
No surprises for guessing what province the biggots are from that are filling your head with that nonsene. If people over here don't like the man because of the province he plays for or the city he's from or his accent or the school that he went to well no further comment required. Arrogant, he's anything but !!
1:10 PM on 19th January 2010
Echo – Brian O Driscoll would walk into any kiwi team since you guys started playing rugby. Player of the decade without doubt. Keep them coming though……your hilarious!
9:10 PM on 19th January 2010
Conrad Smith, Tana Umaga, Joe Stanley, Frank Bunce, Bruce Robertson, Just to name a few good centres so Paul, BOD would not walk into anyside, he is an over rated prima donna
9:28 AM on 20th January 2010
Rugby Fan – good centres no doubt but the not in the same class as O Driscoll. Pull your head out of the sand buddy!
6:36 PM on 26th January 2010
It's all conjecture really. But O'Driscoll certainly wouldn't 'walk' into an All Blacks team of any era. No player does. O'Driscoll may have an untouchable aura in Europe (Ireland especially), but McCaw has won more games under his influence than any other player during the last 10 years. You're the one who needs to pull his head out!
11:37 AM on 27th January 2010
Echo – comparing McCaw to O Driscoll is like comparing Pele with Bobby Moore. I know who I'd prefer to watch. I enjoy watching great tries and O'Driscoll has scored his fair share of those being the highest scoring centre in history, despite playing for Ireland. Name a better all black centre? The truth shall set you free my friend!!
1:59 AM on 30th January 2010
O'Driscoll has got 106 caps to his name, during which he scored 38 tries, so he's not quite as prolific as you may think. Tana Umaga actually got 36 tries in 74 tests, a much higher strike rate, although most of these were on the wing.
Moreover, if you take the view that I do – which is a good centre is one who sets up his wings to score – then the abiding question is why aren't there many more prolific Irish wings playing alongside O'Driscoll? Conrad Smith does that, as did players like Bruce Robertson in earlier eras, and the number of tries being scored by the likes of Sivivatu, Rokocoko and Howlett, outside him, speaks for itself.
10:03 AM on 8th April 2010
Can not help but notice no French player in this team,the form team in Europe over last ten years.One example Richard Hill great player but he was injured for most of the three years he played in this decade. Imanol Harinordoquy number 8 I know but has to get into the squad for his consistency over the last six years in this decade. I am sure we could go on on a number of other choices.
5:28 AM on 30th May 2010
Ok people,
I'm here for a little perspective. I'm a Yankee so I don't have any Europe vs. Southern Hemisphere bias going on. No players from my country were named and rightly so. I'm a neutral party. I know that everyone is going to say that, as an American, I know jack squat about rugby and should just stay out of it but I do play the game and I have followed these players, so I do have an informed opinion.First of all: Comparing BOD and McCaw as players is asinine because they play very different positions.
You can compare their successes as captains but you can't compare the way they play.From here I'm going to list my player of the decade and team of the decade without giving any opinionated reasons why. What you see is what you get.
Player of the Decade: Brian O'Driscoll
Team of the Decade:
Mils Muliaina- New Zealand
Shane Williams- Wales
Brian O'Driscoll- Ireland
Matt Giteau- Australia
Bryan Habana- South Africa
Dan Carter- New Zealand
Fourie Du Preez- South Africa
Andrew Sheridan- England
John Smit- South Africa
Carl Hayman- New Zealand
Martin Johnson(c)- England
Victor Matfield- South Africa
Paul O'Connel- Ireland
Schalk Burger- South Africa
Richie McCaw- New Zealand
Rodney So'oialo- New ZealandI'm not going to bother with subs
On a final note I feel that, although they don't belong on this list because their best years were in the 90s, that George Gregan and Stephen Larkham of Australia deserve some recognition because they are legends of the game and they did play most of this decade.
4:00 AM on 31st May 2010
Wow, I just realized I listed three locks instead of two. Cut Matfield, my picks for Lock are O'Connell and Johnson.


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For the second post on my series of Bikes From the Forum, we'll look at Rob English's custom Time Trial bike. I live in Portland, Oregon, where the term boutique, when applied to bikes, conjures images of tweed rides, artistic frame building and custom paint jobs. Here at Fairwheel Bikes, boutique takes on a different nature — a minimalist viewpoint oftentimes not just in weight but in aesthetics.
Rob's bikes, fabricated under the name English Cycles, adds an entirely different nature to the boutique term. His bikes are boutique in the sense of craftsmanship, yet they're still focused on being utilitarian. Not in the cargo-bike sense, they're utilitarian in the quest to go fast. Rob is a problem solver, tackling engineering goals that change a lot of what we took for granted about frame and component design. This bike is a combination and ever evolving solution to Rob's TT needs. We'll look more into the, low handlebars, aero yet stable front wheel, and brake placement, I hope this gives you a good insight into this frame.
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The initial impression was mild disappointment, as the weight for the set of road hubs had increased by about 30 grams. However, that disappointment quickly faded; the retail prices had decreased significantly and the slight aesthetic changes seemed to be an improvement as well. Ironically, these long-awaited hubs ended up sitting on a shelf for the next few weeks as I got caught up on other projects. This week I've had some spare time to crack open the new and old Soul Hubs and see what's changed, which I've detailed below. Also, I've written an initial review and impression of the 2010 Soul hubs as built into a set of incredibly light and inexpensive clincher wheels. Read more
We have a fairly active community on our forum, and that community is extremely creative and loves its bicycles. I admit that I don't get over there nearly enough, but every time I do I'm blown away by the bicycles, wheels and components that get posted. So when trying to decide which bike would open our category for customer submitted bikes, I had my work cut out. How did I want to go about this. Stealth and minimal (2010 Neo Ultimate – 11.6lb)? Give a new-classic it's chance in a tastefully done replica Colnago. How about a truly loud bike, or a demonstration of how in your face simple black and white can be? Or show off Aero over grams in a weight weenie world, but why not a flashy Italian frame, or some creative photography, or a bit of exotic, OR?!?!? Read more
Recently, we were able to track down Craig Edwards from EE Cycleworks and ask him a few questions. Craig and his innovations hold an interesting place in the more recent history of bicycle components, and the man himself offers some valuable insights into both the past and future. At the present, Craig is in the final production stages of his hotly anticipated road crankset, which should set some new benchmarks for weight and stiffness. Beyond this, EECycleworks has already made a name for themselves with the emergent success of the EE Brake – a completely new road brake engineered from the ground up by Mr. Edwards himself. We at Fair Wheel consider Craig a friend as well as a business partner, and have worked with EE Cycleworks using their testing facility during our Crank Shootout. We feel that Craig has some interesting views on his own products and the direction of the cycling industry and we are excited to publish this interview. Read more
Jeremy Powers has been long recognized as one of the characters in cycling. His personality and year long hard work go a long way with fans and media alike. For proof of this you just need to look at what he somehow manages to acomplish while not racing for Jelly Belly, on the road, and for Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com. He talks music with Road Magazine, blogs for Velonews, keeps his blog up to date on Missing Sadles, and manages to fit 140 characters in every now and then. This is why when he stopped by Tucson this winter we had to grab him while we could and talk bikes, life, trucks crashing into telephone poles and Valley Fever. Read more
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In 2006, with less than 123k left in the Tour of California, Phil was poised to be the top non Pro Tour rider (15th after stage 6). That was until an unfortunate crash ended his and many others hopes during the early laps at Redondo Beach. Then in 2008, following another rebuilding 2007 season that saw him 6th overall in the NRC rankings and a winner at the Cascade Cycling Classic , Phil's season was hampered by Crohn's disease. Read more
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This week: at Purdue, Minnesota. The Wolverines have the inside track toward a league title. No one would have guessed this with Mitch McGary (back surgery) out and Glenn Robinson III leveling off.
2. Wisconsin (22-5, 9-5, 5th)
This week: Indiana, at Penn State. This is the other Big Ten team besides Nebraska with a five-game winning streak. After a six-game lull in January, the Badgers are on track for another top-four league finish.
3. Michigan State (22-6, 11-4, 19th)
This week: Illinois. The multiple injuries the Spartans have dealt with led to a tired effort against Michigan. Time is growing short for getting the banged-up back in shape and in the rotation.
4. Ohio State (22-6, 9-6, 17th)
This week: at Penn State, at Indiana. Point guard Aaron Craft has been named the national academic All-American of the year in men's basketball for the second straight season.
5. Iowa (19-7, 8-5, 28th)
This week: at Minnesota, at Indiana, Purdue. With three games jammed into this week, it's a critical time for the Hawkeyes to figure out how to close out games and boost their NCAA r�sum� — and hold off Nebraska.
6. Nebraska (16-10, 8-6, 48th)
This week: at Illinois, Northwestern. Both opponents this week will have had a full week to prepare for the Huskers. Not always a plus because many would prefer games over practice this time of year.
7. Minnesota (17-11, 6-9, 46th)
This week: Iowa, at Michigan. The Gophers need to reignite their offense, and fast, if they want to preserve NCAA tourney hopes. The past three games, they have scored 54, 49 and 46.
8. Indiana (15-11, 5-8, 97th)
This week: at Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio State. Because of the Assembly Hall roof being unsafe last week — a hunk of steel fell in the seats — the Hoosiers get to play three games in seven days this week.
9. Illinois (15-12, 4-10, 85th)
This week: Nebraska, at Michigan State. The Illini's 13-point road thumping of Minnesota has injected some life back into this season. Freshman Kendrick Nunn is a key to an improved outlook.
10. Purdue (15-12, 5-9, 121st)
This week: Michigan, at Iowa. Coach Matt Painter is not pleased with his team, calling the players out Monday for selfishness and failing to follow game plans.
11. Northwestern (12-16, 5-10, 116th)
This week: at Nebraska. JerShon Cobb, the Wildcats' second-leading scorer (12.2), is still hampered by foot and knee injuries. His status for Nebraska remains in doubt.
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State senators gave final legislative approval Thursday to allowing muskrats to be taken with firearms. The vote was 21-11 in favor, after a debate that revealed a deep rift between trappers who want to protect an often-valuable commodity and landowners who have to put up with problems.
South Dakota currently prohibits shooting muskrats except under special circumstances.
"When I read this, law it was an eye-opener for me. Muskrats are a problem all across the state," Sen. Larry Rhoden, R-Union Center, said in calling for its passage.
"Let's give it another year and let trappers do what they do best," Sen. Jeff Haverly, R-Rapid City, said, arguing for the bill's defeat.
The legislation, House Bill 1117, gives authority to the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission to set regulations.
Sen. Shantel Krebs, R-Renner, spoke in favor of the legislation. Krebs, chairwoman of the Senate committee on agriculture and natural resources, said it's a matter of protecting agriculture producers.
"Infrastructure (damage) is a problem. Our landowners up there are obviously battling it," she said. "That what we're trying to do here is controlling them."
The decision is now up to Gov. Dennis Daugaard whether to sign the measure into law.
Hunters would be limited to using rifles with rimfire cartridges of .22 caliber or smaller, muzzleloaders of .45 caliber or smaller, shotguns and legal archery equipment.
Rep. Dennis Feickert, D-Aberdeen, is the legislation's prime sponsor. The House of Representatives passed it 63-7 on Feb. 6.
State law currently allows muskrats to be trapped. There's also a law providing for GFP to issue kill permits to deal with nuisance situations.
The South Dakota Trappers Association doesn't want hunting to be allowed. Neither does Sen. Tim Begalka, R-Clear Lake. He said it's not safe to shoot at muskrats while they're in the water.
Muskrat pelts are currently worth $10 or more apiece.
"Why would we want people to start shooting them . . . ruining a good natural resource?" he said.
Begalka said there are fewer muskrats now than last spring because water levels are dropping.
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Sen. Art Fryslie, R-Willow Lake, said the Legislature shouldn't get directly involved in wildlife management. He said there already are solutions in place, including calling a state trapper.