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Sweet and White Potato Casserole with Apples
This rich combination of white and sweet potatoes, subtly sweetened with apple, is perfectly suited your major comfort food cravings of the cool season. This is one of my favorite comfort food recipes (which was titled Les Trois Pommes), updated, from Vegetariana.
Serves: 6
- 4 medium red-skinned or Yukon Gold potatoes
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons nonhydrogenated margarine, such as Earth Balance
- 1 large red onion, chopped
- 2 medium sweet apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup vegan sour cream
- 1 cup grated mozzarella-style vegan cheese
- 3/4 cup rice milk
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Cook, bake, or microwave the potatoes in their skins until done but still firm. Do the same, separately, with the sweet potatoes. When they're done, plunge them into a bowl of cold water, then preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
When the potatoes and sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel and slice them, then place them in a large mixing bowl.
Heat the Earth Balance in a small skillet. Add the onion and sauté over medium heat until lightly browned. Add the onion to the potato mixture along with all the remaining ingredients and stir together gently but thoroughly. Don't worry if the potatoes break apart.
Pour the mixture into an oiled large shallow baking dish. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden. Serve at once.
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NAPLES: Governor Rick Scott announced part of his plan to run the state like a private business on Monday. He made the announcement at one of the largest private employers in Naples.
Surrounded by private employees, the governor announced his plan to make state employees help balance the budget.
Under the proposal, state employees would put 5-percent of their salary into the Florida Retirement system. That would save the state $2.8 billion over 2 years.
"Private companies know you can't have a definite benefit plan you can't afford or pay for it. They got away from it years ago. Governments haven't done that," said Scott.
Announcing the plans at Arthrex was symbolic. Scott believes if the state is forced to manage its money like private businesses, it could attract more companies.
"They're going to do it if we make this state most conducive to starting businesses. So part of that is being fair to taxpayers and state government employees," said Scott.
Arthrex has been key in the fallout of a potential new company's plans to come to Southwest Florida.
Jackson Labs recently pulled their request for state funding to move a biomedical research company to Collier County.
Arthrex threatened to leave Florida if the company's move to the state was supported by public funds.
"We both agreed that was good. It passed us by and let's get back to work," said Arthrex President Reinhold Schmieding.
Schmieding says those potential jobs lost could be made- up at his company.
He says 150 new jobs will be added this year thanks to confidence in the state's new governor.
"Our intent is to stay in Southwest Florida. We're very dedicated to this community. I've been here for 20 years. My kids are here, my employees are here and staying here is our intent," said Schmieding.
Scott needs to trim nearly $4-billion to balance the state's $70-billion budget.
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Police have charged a man with murder and aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and father inside their home in Stone Mountain.
DeKalb County police went to a home in the 1000 block of Mannbrook Drive after someone called 911.
Officers found two victims inside the home suffering from stab wounds.
Officers said the two victims, Rodney Eugene Smith Sr., 58, and Michelle Teresa White, 34, were unresponsive.
A third victim, Loraine Smith, 58, suffered minor cuts and was taken to an area hospital.
Investigators discovered an argument started when Rodney Eugene Smith Jr., 35, attacked White, who is his girlfriend, with a knife.
After attacking White he then attacked and killed his father, according to police.
During the attack his mother was also injured.
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A Rio Rico man was caught by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers trying to smuggle close to 27 pounds of cocaine into the United States on Monday.
Armando Gonzalez Barajas, 33, was trying to cross the border at the Port of Nogales in his Chrysler sedan when CBP referred him for additional screening. During the additional screening a CBP drug dog alerted officers to the presence of drugs in the dashboard.
When CBP officers inspected the dashboard they found 10 packages of cocaine. The cocaine found is worth more than $243,000.
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Some Valley high school students received a first-hand lesson in American politics on Monday morning.
Thirty-five Hamilton High School students flew to Washington, D.C. to tour the area and attend the inauguration of President Barack Obama. One student, Zak Ghali, said it was his chance to witness "history in the making."
"I'd like to experience democracy first-hand," he said, adding that he hopes to meet a congressman.
Another student, Paula Beatty, said the trip was in the works for about six months.
"I'm excited to see Obama and stuff we hear about, like the Capitol, in real life."
The students are scheduled to return home Tuesday night.
Aaron Granillo, News Editor
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There may be a simpler way to customize Squarespace's audio player, like a nice GUI with buttons and sliders to edit stylesheet values, but if there is, I'm totally unaware of it! If you're using SS's audio player for your podcast series or weekly musical feature, you might want to customize the audio player to make it consistent with your brand or website color palette. You can customize it easily enough by editing the CSS property values for the following selectors --- it's a great place to start. Just copy and paste the CSS to your stylesheet, edit the property values and then save. That's pretty much it!Read More
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I used Garage Band to record and edit the audio files. Garage Band comes pre-installed on Macs. For Windows users, you might want to check out Audacity or even Sound Editor. I don't know anything about what you guys on the Windows side of the fence have to work with, but I imagine that a Youtube query would turn up plenty of good audio resources. Getting back to Garage Band, I made a short tutorial about how I use it to record, edit, and export my audio files and you're totally welcome to check it out in the screencast below.Read More
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I learned about Summary Blocks from the Squarespace blog post about magazine-style layouts. I use a Summary Block to display featured posts in the sidebar. I also use them to create "Pinterest-style" galleries for a few category archives. They're really versatile. You can also use them to create recent post thumbnails or display your content as lists or grids. Check out the step-by-step tutorial and screencast at Squarespace. Below are the settings I use for the sidebar featured-posts and Pinterest-style galleries, if you're curious.Read More
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Cool for obvious reasons. MacPaint fill pattern recreations by Alexander Caraballo, via Hey Kumo. Compatible with Photoshop CS2-CS6.
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I enjoy rap. I like to blast it in my headset. I like the boom and the base, and the lyrics are fun and clever, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes genius. Yes, rap can be raw and raunchy and angry and offensive, but it's honest and real, and I think it's that very essence of rebellion and defiance that many of us admire. The attitude is very in-your-face. Perhaps listening to rap makes me feel a little rougher and tougher, like a wannabe party girl or gangsta, which I'm not at all. But I suppose I like that gritty confidence vicariously* in my boring (which I appreciate), sheltered life.
I've noticed that rap and hip hop have inspired many of you in the graphic design world, too. How about these cute yellow and monochrome iPhone cases from Saturday? Aren't they party rap sound bites from songs by Young MC and MC Hammer? And what about those power positive affirmation tattoos from Tattly and those catchy posters from Paper Jam Press? I think they're something like a phenomenon. Anyway, this is my first (and perhaps last) music-inspired links loved post, dedicated to all you lovers of rap and hip hop.Read More
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I've been doing some exercises in Illustrator today, mostly about placing images and then converting them into vector format. I'm amazed that the vector version is composed of thousands of paths. The computation power behind it astounds me, and even more so when I remember that the vector version can conceivably be produced as billboard-sized images without degradation, if one were so inclined.
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Global Agenda Council on China 2012-2014
The challenge
China's economy continues its rise, driven by growing imports, a substantial trade deficit and government-led investment. Outbound investment has not been a significant part of this equation. Yet, the development of foreign direct investment is offering unprecedented opportunities to the country's global economic partners. Overall, Chinese policy-makers and business leaders need a more holistic and sophisticated analysis of the issues surrounding foreign investment.
What the Council is doing about it
The Global Agenda Council on China is focusing on establishing practical and actionable recommendations for investment in new regions, such as Australia and Latin America. Africa will alsoremain part of the focus, due to its rapidly growing strategic importance to China. Concerning investment in Australia, the Council is investigating the possibility of significant investment in infrastructure, due to falling government income and investment cutbacks there. As the issue of Chinese investment in Latin America is relatively new to the Council, it has decided to focus on identifying the similarities and differences in investment relations between China and other regions. Regarding the China-Africa investment relationship, the issue is China's rebalancing and what it means for African governments and business.
The Council has divided into three groups to investigate specific aspects of each investment relationship:
• China-Africa: Cooling commodity prices and their knock-on impact on Africa; the opportunity China's departing manufacturing jobs offer to Africa; African states' leverage of China's "infrastructure advantage" for enhanced development and private sector activity
• China-Australia: Australia's infrastructure constraints and their impact on productivity, regional and economic development and standards of living; barriers to effective infrastructure investment and development in Australia, offering Chinese expertise and advances in infrastructure (on construction, engineering, financing, labour, etc.); barriers to Chinese investment in infrastructure there (regulatory, political, legal, labour, etc.), presenting specific policy responses and practical solutions
• China-Latin America: Key considerations and areas of interest investors should take into account and their similarities and differences to those of other regions; the need to build trust and improve collaboration in the agriculture sector between investor and investee, and to determine optimal areas of investment in the region while supporting the local labour force
"The development of foreign direct investment is offering unprecedented opportunities to the country's global economic partners."
Council Members will each draft a review on their sub-group's investigation. The pieces will then be compiled into a report that will be presented to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission, the Forum's most important government partners.
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Count Dante
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|John Timothy Keehan
February 2, 1939
Chicago, Illinois United States
|May 25, 1975(aged 36)
|Chicago, Illinois
Count Juan Raphael Dante (born John Timothy Keehan, Chicago, Illinois, 2 February 1939, died 25 May 1975) was a controversial American martial artist figure during the 1960s and 1970s who claimed he could do extraordinary feats such as Dim Mak.[1]
Early career[edit]
Keehan was born in Beverly on February 2, 1939, to a well-to-do Irish American family. His father, Jack, was a physician and director of the Ashland State Bank, and his mother, Dorothy, occasionally appeared on the society pages of the Chicago Tribune. Keehan attended Mount Carmel High School and boxed at Johnny Coulon's 63rd Street gym, and after graduating from high school he joined the Marine Reserves and later the Army, where he learned hand-to-hand combat and jujitsu techniques. He trained under various martial arts masters during the infancy of Western interest in Asian martial arts during the 1950s. Most notable of the early masters he trained under was sensei Robert Trias. Keehan, after gaining his black belt in karate, went on to become a sensei himself.
Keehan was the Midwest director of the United States Karate Association (USKA) until 1962. He left that organization in 1964 to form the World Karate Federation. In 1990 a new World Karate Federation unassociated with Keehan's was formed.
In Chicago, Keehan co-promoted America's first full-contact style martial arts tournament at the University of Chicago on July 28, 1963, and hosted many other such tournaments during the 1960s, pairing practitioners of different styles against one another.
Keehan also worked as a hairdresser and had reportedly worked on some of the hair designs for Playboy models of the time.
Keehan grew disillusioned with conventional karate instruction's focus on ceremony, tradition and protocol over what he felt to be "effectiveness" and began developing his own style that he would promote as "street-effective". Through these efforts, he developed a system that is now known as the Dan-te system, "Dance of Death" or sometimes (ironically, given Keehan's dislike of traditional kata), the Kata-Dante. Theoretically, by learning all of the steps of Keehan's "Dance of Death" you were thereby an effective fighting master.
"The Deadliest Man Alive"[edit]
In 1967, Keehan legally changed his name to Count Jerjer Raphael Danté, explaining the name change by stating that his parents fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War, changed their names, and obscured their noble heritage in order to effectively hide in America (the surname Dante being in fact of Italian origin). (Count) Dantès is the protagonist of Dumas' 1844 The Count of Monte Cristo). Keehan was prone to boasts that furthered his reputation, his most notorious one being that he'd participated in secret "death matches" in Thailand and China, winning by killing opponent after opponent before crowds numbering in the thousands.[2]
He began heavily promoting himself via comic book ads as the Deadliest Man Alive. One had only to mail order for his instructional booklet World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets (in which he outlined the "Dance of Death") and they would also receive a free Black Dragon Fighting Society membership card. These comic book ads account for much of Count Dante's lasting notoriety in pop culture. They read
- Yes, this is the DEADLIEST and most TERRIFYING fighting art known to man—and WITHOUT EQUAL. Its MAIMING, MUTILATING, DISFIGURING, PARALYZING and CRIPPLING techniques are known by only a few people in the world. An expert at DIM MAK could easily kill many Judo, Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido, and Gung Fu experts at one time with only finger-tip pressure using his murderous POISON HAND WEAPONS. Instructing you step by step thru each move in this manual is none other than COUNT DANTE—"THE DEADLIEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED." (THE CROWN PRINCE OF DEATH.)
The Black Dragon Fighting Society founded by Count Dante is an American martial arts organization and has no connection with and should not be confused with the Japanese Black Dragon Society, an ultranationalist secret society during the 1930s and 1940s.
The Dojo Wars[edit]
On July 22, 1965, Dante was charged with attempted arson when he and an accomplice, Douglas Dwyer (The Second Deadliest Man Alive), were arrested while taping dynamite caps to a rival Chicago dojo. Both claimed to be under the influence of alcohol at the time but Dante explained this was the result of a disagreement with the dojo's owner over payment for a tournament that Dante had arranged there.
The various enmities culminated in the Dojo War incident of April 24, 1970 where Dante and some of his students went to a rival dojo of the Green Dragon Society's Black Cobra Hall. According to press coverage, upon entering the school, they claimed to be police officers and attacked the rival dojo's students. The brief battle resulted in the death of one of Dante's friends and fellow sensei, Jim Koncevic.
Former mob lawyer Robert Cooley states in his autobiography When Corruption was King that he represented Count Dante during the trial following the 1970 Dojo War incident. Cooley recalls that Dante was ultimately acquitted but not before both sides were given a stern lecture by the judge citing everyone at fault. Cooley also suggests that Dante was a mastermind in the notorious 1974 Chicago Purolator vault robbery in which 4.3 million dollars was stolen. While not one of the suspects in the trial, Dante was allegedly questioned by Illinois grand jury and ultimately passed a lie detector test. Dante died shortly before the trial was completed which resulted in the conviction of all but one person involved.[3]
Death and legacy[edit]
Count Dante died in his sleep of internal hemorrhaging caused by a bleeding ulcer, on May 25, 1975. The Black Dragon Fighting Society that he founded came under the directorship of his personally chosen protégé and successor, William V. Aguiar. Aguiar died in January, 2005. The Black Dragon Fighting Society is now led by his son, Bill Aguiar III, who is co-founder of his own online forum and hosts the Official Black Dragon Fighting Society website. Through actions taken on behalf of Bill Aguiar III and his lawyer, Ashida Kim's websites were suspended on Oct. 5, 2005 for his illegal use of the BDFS trademarks and copyrights. Ashida has his own version of the story.[4] Aguiar's group is currently headquartered in Fall River, Massachusetts.
In popular culture[edit]
Count Dante is one of the many eccentric characters referred to in Robert Rankin's Brentford stories. A number of characters in these stories claim to have learned 'dimac' (presumably a corruption of Dim Mak, the "Touch of Death" advertised by Keehan) from a manual written by Dante. Dante himself is referred to as wearing a mask and living in hiding to avoid murder by the hidden martial masters whose secrets he has made public.
See also[edit]
- ^ Kelly, Dan (July 13, 2006). "The Life and Death of the Deadliest Man Alive". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ Kelly, Dan (April 24, 2012). "The Deadliest Ads Alive!". Hogan's Alley (Bull Moose Publishing) (124). Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ Ayoob, Massad F. (January 1976). "Count Dante's Inferno". Black Belt (Rainbow Periodicals) 14 (01): 80. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ "Dojo Politics". Ashidakim.com. October 6, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
Further reading[edit]
- Spirko, Walter. "Rival karate clubs fight on N.W. Side; one killed." Chicago Sun-Times (April 24, 1970)


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Brandon Deen has ghost problems in the Piedmont College Theatre production of Blithe Spirit. Deen, a freshman from St. Marys is surrounded by spirits played by Kristen Reeves of Suwanee (right) and junior Shelby Myers of Hoschton.
Piedmont College Theatre presents the Noel Coward comedy 'Blithe Spirit!'
Blithe Spirit, the third show of the Piedmont College 2013-2014 season, is a supernatural comic classic. After a "spirited" séance goes decidedly wrong, the cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine suddenly finds himself face to face with the ghost of his deceased wife, Elvira...much to the chagrin of his current spouse, Ruth. Love and marriage devolve into laughter and mayhem when Ruth is accidentally killed and united with Elvira on the "other side." Together the paranormal pair of blithe spirits haunt their hapless husband with hilarious consequences.
Blithe Spirit was presented Feb. 13–15, 2014, in the Mainstage Theatre of the Swanson Center for Performing Arts and Communications.
Noel Coward's play was first performed in London in 1941 and has been a staple of regional and university theatres ever since. For this production, director John Spiegel has updated the time period of the play to the present and moved the action to New England. "The message of Blithe Spirit is timeless, but to make the play's action more accessible to today's audience we updated a few of the details so we can all find ourselves within Noel Coward's classic," explains Spiegel. Despite these minor changes, this play has all of Coward's best loved conventions: scorned women, haunting ghosts, eccentric characters, and a hero stepping out of the comedy at the end. Expect magic, mystery and laughter.
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Bradford Council's Industrial Museum (above) has been given an energy boost with the switch on of new solar panels.
The energy-saving panels have cost £39,000 to install and will produce enough power to pay for themselves in about eight years.
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I read something that made sense once, but don't ask me where.
You are supposed to wrap your thumbs around the bar to prevent the bar from falling onto you if you lose control.
I'm looking at the "Bench Kings" article (not alloywed to post in the appropriate topic for some reason), and I see that they don't do that.
I personally prefer the grip shown in the image with thumbs running parallel to the bar. I've successfully unlearned that cuz I heard it was safer, m'kay?
Any thoughts? Does it matter? Can I go back to benching my favorite way?
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It's definitely safer to wrap the thumbs. You'll notice that all the pics from that article show them benching with at least 1 spotter, who I can only assume has a great deal of experience (so do the guys benching, I might add).
I don't believe your thumb has much to do with bench press. I've read that it all comes down to comfort. As for safety- you can do other things like use a spotter or bench inside the power rack. I used to bench with my thumbs back, but one time the pink dumbbells slipped and gave me a booboo (fabricated story).
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I just don't think it's worth the risk. You are still at a stage where you can get used to wrapping your thumbs, and it will become comfortable when things get really heavy and dangerous.
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Mostly I would think it would come down to the weight you do, and if you think there is a problem with the way you are doing bench which is unsafe (ie no spotter).
I personally dont, and probably wont wrap my thumbs, like lawndarts said, could be hurtful lols
Look up "bench press accidents" on youtube and you will want to wrap your thumbs around the bar. You'll get used to it quickly. Even if you had a 80lb bench if that slipped out of your hand you could cause some serious damage
I bench with a false grip, always in a power rack as well. I am actually stronger that way. I don't remember which article it was but Louie Simmons once wrote/spoke about trying to bend the bar when benching. This helps you to use your triceps more. For me (and a few others) using a false grip does this without having to think about it.
Hope that helps. BTW, I trust a power rack way more than spotters but you definitely need to use at least one whenever benching, regardless of the grip.
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I don't see how wrapping your thumbs around the bar is NOT comfortable.
It can help you guide the bar back into the 'groove' should your form waver slightly. With the thumbs in the ''suicide grip'" position it is more difficult.
Also http://www.wannabebig.com/forums/sho...he-Bench-Press
See the last two sentences of the 4th paragraph for relevance to the topic.
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i use a thumbless grip. i find it to be far more comfortable although it is more dangerous. even using a grip with thumbs and a spotter, if you lose your groove, odds are your spotter will be completely unprepared (almost guaranteed if its a random) and you will still eat the bar.. having said that, the position of your head relative to the bench rails should be considered.
Going suicide grip takes stress off of your pecs and distributes it elsewhere. I'm 90% sure I read that from Dave Tate.
As to the methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
if your thumbs can stop hundreds of pounds from rolling out of your hands i want them. then it comes to your wrist/forearm, if they can counteract the momentum of weight rolling out of your hands that your thumbs are sure not to let go i want them too and if your shoulders and back are strong enough to restabilize the weight after youre sure your wrist/forearms and thumbs wont give out given the awkward angle you've just placed your arms at i'll take a set of those too.
Just set up properly keep your head in the game and have confidence. I went from using my thumbs to suicide grip because my thumbs pushed the weight to far back in my hands causing me to put ridiculous stress on my forearms.
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I have benched 605 raw in competition and 820 in a bench shirt. Both were done with a false grip (no thumbs). If the bar is going the wrong way with that much weight, thumbs are not going to help at all.
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Now if you are an elite lifter use whatever grip works for you.
10 people a year die bench pressing. Read that again, they DIE while bench pressing. Thats all Im gonna say.
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Just use your thumbs
Ultimately the choice is yours...just know the dangers involved. If you don't then do a youtube search for the former USC player Stafon Johnson...this guy had a spotter while using the suicide grip and dropped 275lbs on his neck.
For a guy like me with unimpressive numbers, the risk does not justify the rewards. Obviously I will continue to challenge myself because I believe weight training, more than any other sport, is all about personal responsibility because it is such an individual pursuit.
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For newer lifters, the extra control the full grip gives keeps some discipline to the movement.
For elite lifters... all bets are off. You know how to bench, you know how the bar behaves, and if you lose it it'll likely be for some other reason.
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I do agree with you about the safety aspect. All bench press benches should be equipped with roll bars like those in the Dave Tate bench form video.
Last edited by riptied1; 09-08-2010 at 07:32 AM.
While my original post was sensationalized for effect, the intent was to illustrate that unless you're a professional power lifter who actually gains some benefit from the suicide grip, using the standard hand position is probably safer considering just how many accidents are attributed to this particular exercise.
Case in point:
Last edited by Rugg; 09-08-2010 at 09:34 AM.
I also was worried about my suicide grip- so I dropped the weight and tried to build back up with the wrapped thumb grip.
At a certain weight- probably anything over 225- I get painful pressure through my elbows and shoulders.
My positions are very strict and limited due to shoulder surgeries.
So- I just make sure my safety bars are set properly and go suicide when the pain kicks in.
One size does not fit all
*** advice please on head position- I had read an article that stressed keeping the head firmly preesed back into the bench and then noticed that I was lifting my head during the lift.
Is it OK to jam a pad under your head or does that still negate the positives by keeping your head pressed flat ?
Last edited by BROWNTBDD; 09-09-2010 at 08:23 AM.
From the vid I guess I can see some point, but I just can't understand how that happens. I have a crazy tight grip on the bar even though I don't use my thumbs. I can do reverse curls without wrapping my thumbs with over a 100 lbs.
Here's a public service announcement for anyone who wants to use a false grip "Squeeze the bar into your palm with your fingers."
By the way, sensationilizing something is better known as lying. Please stop exaagerating. Also, not one of those deaths is attributed to false grip benching. See how much thumbs being wrapped helped the guy below. There are plenty more vids where this one came from.
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Jeff Gentil: As much as I want to pick UC to win a big game on the road, I'm just not sure they're good enough. Sure Brendon Kay is pretty much on fire, but until I see Ralph David Abernathy IV has switched permanently to slot receiver I'm not convinced UC is putting its players in the best position to succeed. So the offense will be stagnant at times. I'd like to be wrong and this team will build on the "big" win at Memphis a few weeks ago. But again I'm not sure they're capable. It will be another "how did we lose to (insert team here)" games. Rutgers 24-21 on a blocked Tony Miliano field goal in the final minute.
Justin Post: I've been Mr. Debbie Downer for the past week or so regarding this football team, and, unfortunately, I'm not changing my tune just yet. I'd be happy, happy, happy, though, if they proved me wrong on Saturday. Vegas opened this week with the Bearcats as a slight favorite, and it's since switched to Rutgers - but barely. My gut says that's about right: Rutgers capitalizes on a special teams mistake and wins 27-25.
bearcatlair: UC 31, Rutgers 28. With still a lot to play for, UC is still motivated and while not as talented as recent years (I think Butch knew 3-4 yrs ago he was leaving for greener pastures, and didn't recruit too hard), they really do seem to have great chemistry and leadership and play to their potential most of the time.
Matt DuMont: In the beginning of the year, this was the game I had as UC's first loss of the season. Well, we all know that first loss came a while ago. The Bearcats are rolling right now. It seems they have finally found themselves on offense. The guy who we all wanted benched at QB at one point, now leads the country in completion percentage. This should bode well for Brendon Kay and the offense seeing as how they are going against the 3rd to last scoring defense, and 2nd to last total defense in the conference. Let's not forget that Gary Nova is a turnover machine. I think the Bearcats defense will force at least 2 INT's and capitalize on them. I have yet to predict a UC loss, and that doesn't change this week, Cats win a close, entertaining and high scoring game 35-31.
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I spent my weekend unfriending people on Facebook for imbecilic comments about the tragedy in Sandy Hook. Around 200 of them. All ignorant assholes. All. It is unfathomable that grown people are so stupid.
Go forth and learn some critical thinking skills. Please, for the sake of humanity. Despite everything, I'm just so thankful that our schools are filled with so many incredible teachers and administrators. We are lucky to have people like that who love and care for our children so much.
Anyway, all of the unfriending wasn't because people had opinions that differ from my own, it was just the need to go into a 400 comment war with others about it is just ridiculous. It's just such an incredible waste of time. What is fighting on Facebook about gun control going to do for anyone? It's just creating more anger and rage. I actually saw a guy call his OWN MOTHER "a stupid and hateful bitch" because she had the audacity to disagree with him.
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This article written by a mother struggling with a child who has mental illness is one of the most poignant things I've read since this tragedy. She is absolutely right, "No one wants to send a 13-year old genius who loves Harry Potter and his snuggle animal collection to jail. But our society, with its stigma on mental illness and its broken healthcare system, does not provide us with other options." For about the hundredth time in the past few days, I found my self uncontrollably sobbing.
This is the exact situation we face in our schools. We have students enrolled who we know are dangerous and who routinely scare their professors and frighten their classmates. We use all of our resources to try to get these students help, but you can't force someone into counseling or treatment. Therefore, we have to be extremely cautious around a student that poses a serious threat until that student graduates, drops out on their own accord, or does something dangerous enough that we can refuse to re-enroll them. Until then, our hands our tied. Tragically, Virginia Tech and countless other schools have paid the price for this failed system.
One of my first thoughts about the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting was that the University of Colorado was incredibly lucky that they were not the target. School is extremely stressful for a thousand reasons and the office area I work in deals with the majority of students appealing decisions about enrollment, grades, academic misconduct, and academic suspension. No student is happy when they are in that situation and a student struggling with mental illness on top of disciplinary actions is a scary situation.
So, oops on the rant. Did not mean to go there. I was just going to talk about how stupid people are on Facebook (which by the way, if you have time for a 400 comment fight then you need to GET A JOB LOSER) and then gripe about that hideously ill-fitting thing Kristen Stewart wore. Anyway, that's that and I don't have the time or energy to write something else . I just hope that as a nation we can look at these tragedies outside of just the narrow scope of just gun control. Our mental healthcare system is a failure and it's impossible to ignore any longer. We shouldn't be afraid to work in our schools and we certainly shouldn't have to be afraid to leave our children in them.


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I say this because, in my experience, managers and workers often have different motivations when it comes to lean. Managers are often motivated by numbers, especially when they figure prominently in their annual goals and objectives, and especially when they have dollar signs in front of them.
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May 10, 2013
Jon Postel was an American computer scientist who helped to develop the basic protocols on which the Internet is built. Among other accomplishments, he is remembered today for the formulation of a robustness principle, now often referred to as Postel's Law.
Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.
March 30, 2013
Usability has become a top concern for corporate CIOs in recent years. A big reason for this has been the success of Apple, since the difference between the iProducts (iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, etc.) and their competitors is often summed up in a single word: usability.
Unfortunately, once we enter the walled garden of corporate IT, we quickly find many more weeds than flowers, in terms of the quality of the User Experience (UX) being offered. It is tempting to think that we can fix this problem simply by investing more time, energy and dollars on usability labs, UX experts and associated training for corporate developers, but in my experience a more nuanced approach is called for.
Here are my top five recommendations for those who would attempt to improve the user experience for IT applications.
December 3, 2012
Microsoft aficionados have been claiming that the new Surface "has all the convenience of a tablet plus the benefits of a PC." It occurred to me this morning that this would be a bit like Schwinn and GM announcing a partnership to produce a vehicle that has "all the convenience of a bicycle plus the benefits of an automobile — just snap on the other two wheels and you can get some real driving done!"
The question, in both cases, is whether the engineering appropriate for one device will serve the needs of the other....
October 26, 2012
I first came across Ken Wilber's work late in the last century when a friend handed me a copy of A Brief History of Everything as a birthday present.
Since then, Wilber's influence has been cited by figures as diverse as Bill Clinton and Deepak Chopra, which should give you some idea of how broadly his work can be applied.
Wilber's work is tremendously dense, deep and broad and deserving of further study, and I can't hope to do justice to it in a couple of blog posts. However, Wilber offers a couple of models that I think deserve greater exposure and more general application, so I will attempt to give you my understanding of them in this post and a succeeding one.
Let me start with the Four Quadrants model.


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MADISON COUNTY, AL (WZDX) - Two men are behind bars after an investigation into child pornography and sex abuse here in Huntsville.
Now, prosecutors are asking for them to be held on $1 million bond each. Carl Herold and Charles Dunnavant are also charged accused of holding a nine-year-old boy captive for eight months.
Investigators say the two men lived at a home in Huntsville and the boy is Herold's biological son. Hundreds of pictures of child pornography were found, and now the FBI is involved.
Authorities arrested Herold last month, and have charged him with two counts of sodomy, aggravated child abuse, and three counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12. Now, Dunnavant is also charged with the same counts, plus transmitting and exposing another to an STD.
The boy, who is now nine-years-old, is Herold's biological son and the stepson of Dunnavant. Investigators say they found hundreds of child pornography pictures of what appeared to be the boy. Authorities also say they found no medical records of the boy, and he wasn't enrolled in any school in Huntsville.
Herold had moved with the boy to Huntsville back in April. Authorities allege the boy had been kept inside ever since, with no contact with others outside of the supervision of Dunnavant and Herold.
The two men are also facing federal charges related to the case. The FBI wouldn't comment on the nature of the case, but confirmed it is an ongoing investigation. Investigators also say more local charges could be pending from the investigation.
Monday in court, the state asked the judge to set Dunnavant's bond at $1 million. The judge did not rule on that request Monday.
Herold is due in court Tuesday and the state is also looking to increase his bond to $1 million as well.
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British Columbia (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
07-26-2014 20:51:10 | More by BarneyGumble
3.18/5 rDev -16.3%
Bomber from Rutager. Thanks for the always awesome trade man!
From a bomber into a snifter
APPEARANCE: Pours dark brown and yields a smaller, looser looking tan head with lousy retention. Head fades to a splotchy wisp and ring. Clear black body with medium levels of carbonation evident. A ring remains and leaves some minimal dots of lacing down the glass.
SMELL: Roasted malts, lactose sugars, sweet cream and light caramel notes. Nice, but a little mute.
TASTE: Follows the nose with light roasted notes, milk sugars and sweet cream flavors up front. Finish is mild yet lingering flavors of lactose sugar and caramel sweetness competing with the bitter chocolate and roasted notes. A little watery through the middle, unfortunately, but alright after the swallow. Better than the nose.
PALATE: Slightly thinner body and higher levels of carbonation. A little airy on the palate, goes down fine and finishes dry on the palate. A little weak here.
OVERALL: This is okay for a regular milk stout, but there are some better ones out there. Somehow I think this would be much better fresh, straight from the source. Still, a good beer that I enjoyed while watching the Premiere League at my parent's house. Thanks again Rutager!
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Appearance. Pours a dark chestnut brown, pretty much black in the glass with almost two fingers of light tan head that fades fairly fast.
Smell. Roasty and grainy dark malts, black coffee and sweet bakers chocolate with a slight lactic/metalic sourness.
Taste. Creamy black coffee, some sweet chocolate and roasty malts, and a very light lactic sourness and a hint of maple.
Mouthfeel. Medium, slick body with medium+ carbonation.
Overall. A very nice milk stout. I enjoyed it much more than the Left Hand milk stout I had recently.
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hello I am jackieb a new member and wanted to say hi
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Hey right back at you! I see it is your first post. Do you own a cub?
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Welcome to the Forum. You'll find a lot of friendly and knowledgeable Cub lovers here. Let us know if you have any questions. We always want to hear about your Cub(s) too.
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Hiyah jackieB
You're gonna love this forum ! I just joined earlier this week and even having had my 1949 Cub since 1981, I've learned more in the last few days than in the past thirty years !
Last evening, I started (there are 654 pages just in the Farmall Cub topic) reading the posts after supper; my cat got tired of just napping between me and the keyboard well after dark and I went to bed near midnight ! My goodness, hours past and only did seven pages !
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Welcome to the forum. We love to hear about you cub(s) and love to see pictures of 'em!
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Today I will be quoting much from the blog of Dan Mitchell called Luminosity; specifically, his follow up description of the sequence of an extraordinary series of non ordinary perceptions and experiences that happened to him very recently. If you take a gander at DM's blog you will find growing encounters with all kinds of non ordinary phenomena too – including, he feels, artificial intelligence objects. Indeed, there is seemingly no end to the strangeness that Dan can describe in a very sincere manner that seems genuine.
But, just this one post holds plenty to digest that I will bring excerpts below for – http://wellofhighstrangeness.blogspot.com/2011/12/follow-up.html - make sure to read all of Dan's experience at some point as he will have many details more than what I provide here in my examination of his reality. And, I really don't do Dan's story justice with this overview perhaps before getting specific – but – here goes in very oversimplified terms……………… Dan's body spent the night at his home where he had a very lucid dream that resulted in him still retaining an item FROM the dream perhaps. Dan's dream involved a bridge, which he was familiar with in normal reality, with information written on the bridge – that he wrote down immediately upon awakening from the dream. The dream also involved a very good friend of his who was at a restaurant near the said bridge in our real reality. A good friend who doesn't remember how he got home and calls Dan to ask if Dan drove him home. Dan also finds, in his pocket, a scribbled name and phone number – ultimately, Dan remembers WHO the name on the piece of paper IS in his dream – a DEAD person trying to reach their mother. Dan then retraces in real life what happened to the individuals in real time, or so he thinks. The story also involves another known person or two for verification of `real reality'. Dan, btw, is of the opinion, that reality may not be `sequential' in the manner we think of – he may be right indeed. LOL.
Quite an experience, huh? ————– Again, the post is beautifully written and I hope you read it in its entirety and not depend on just the excepts I will bring in my post today. And, as flipped out as Dan's experience WAS – my take, my explanation is probably JUST as bizarre to most folks. LOL. So be it.
My `simplest' idea about all of this is how it fits into my phenomenology ideas about KINDS OF SPACES. And, that Dan in particular is triggering the `Able-To-Not-Be' reality perception structure – with all intentionality's firing due to his continued pursuit of the non consensus phenomena. And, if we are to consider Dan's tales true, which I do (I guess, or I just like his writing style) – then it must be considered that Dan is `literally experiencing' – his simultaneous co-existence `double' or doppelganger.
What is unclear is whether Dan is `pulling' the `doppelganger' out of other humans – such as his friend; OR, appearing himself as a REAL Doppelganger in the full tradition of the word. (And, if you are not familiar with the story of Eastern Flight 401 – in that story DEAD pilots were able to RETURN to our real reality AS THMESELVES before `popping' out of existence.) Perhaps we can ferret out some clues.
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Undergraduate Research in Geology
Doing research at the undergraduate level is incredibly beneficial. Students gain field and lab experience while working closely with a faculty mentor. These opportunities help prepare students for graduate school and careers in geology. Take a look below to see what some of our current and upcoming student projects are!
Current Research Students:
Shannon Fasola '14
Title: Studying Aftershocks from the Mw=7.6 September 5, 2012 Nicoya Earthquake, Costa Rica
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nelson Ham
Description of Project: Shannon is in the process of participating in a Keck Geology Consortium project. She spent four weeks last summer on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. During this time, she installed a small array of seismometers and GPS stations (see photo above) for the purpose of locating aftershocks ten months after the Mw 7.6 Nicoya Earthquake. Once a week, her team of students traveled to the stations to service them and to collect data. Her project utilizes the program SEISAN to locate the smaller aftershocks of the five largest aftershocks of the 2012 Nicoya Earthquake. Shannon will be comparing these earthquakes to the main earthquake to determine the location of stress release on the Nicoya Seismic Gap and seeing if these earthquakes can predict future potential rupture.
Outcome of Project: Shannon will present her work at the Keck Annual Research Symposium at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts in April.
Zach Osborne '14
Title: Magnetic and Geochemical Characterization of In Situ Obsidian, New Mexico
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Flood
Description of Project: Zach spent four weeks last summer doing field work in New Mexico as part of a Keck Geology Consortium research project studying the chemical and magnetic properties of obsidian. His field work involved collecting and geo-referencing obsidian samples (see photo above, Zach is on the far left) at three sites around New Mexico, including Mule Creek, Mount Taylor, and Valles Caldera. Since his summer field work, Zach has done laboratory research on his samples at the Institute for Rock Magnetism at the University of Minnesota, using a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer and an AC Susceptibility Bridge. He will use his results to determine how to distinguish obsidians according to a number of magnetic properties.
Outcome of Project: Zach will present his work at the Keck Annual Research Symposium at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts in April.
Allison Shackelton '14
Title: Pteranodon Preservation in the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca McKean
Description of Project: For her project, Allison traveled to the University of Kansas Natural History Museum over the summer, where she examined over 80 specimens of Pteranodon (see photo above). She closely examined their preservation (degrees of completeness, abrasion, fracturing, etc.) and used this information to draw conclusions about the depositional environment they were preserved in. Her work was funded by a Kresge Summer Research Grant.
Outcome of Project: Allison presented a poster on her work at last fall's national Geological Society of America conference in Denver (see photo below).
Upcoming Projects:
Cody Heinze '14
Project Description: Cody will be conducting a sedimentologic and stratigraphic study of Cretaceous conglomerate deposits that occur sporadically throughout the Driftless Area of Wisconsin. His work will involve field work to collect samples and measure section, and lab work to analyze his samples.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca McKean
Trevor Osorno '14
Project Description: Trevor will be constructing a conceptual flow model for the Spring Green flooding event.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nelson Ham
Chaz Topacio '14
Project Description: Chaz will catalog the geochemistry of Holocene basalts from Four Craters Lava Field in eastern Oregon. This data will aid in the interpretation of the eruptive histories of the four cinder cones found at the lava field.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Flood


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Finding Aid to the Edward L. G. Steele diary, November 1, 1863 - May 24, 1867
Finding aid prepared by Thomas J. Carey
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library2012
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
Title: Edward L. G. Steele diary,
Date (inclusive): November 1, 1863 - May 24, 1867
Collection Identifier: SF MSS 22/2
Creator: Steele, Edward L. G., 1842-1894
Physical Description: 1.0 volume
Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
Abstract: A daily journal kept by Edward Steele, a clerk for a San Francisco commission merchant, during the Civil War era.
Language of Materials: The diary is in English, with scattered passages in French.
The collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Edward L. G. Steele diary, November 1, 1863 - May 24, 1867 (SF MSS 22/2), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Unknown provenance. This item probably came to SFPL with another Edward Steele diary, dated 1863, SF MSS 18/3.
Researchers are encouraged to see the diary that precedes this, Edward Steele diary, 1861 March 1 - 1863 October 31 (SF MSS 18/3), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Transcription of entire diary also available in San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Edward Lindley Grey Steele was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1842. He came to San Francisco in 1861 on the ship Contest, settling and working as a clerk for commission merchants C. Adolphe Low & Company in that city; the firm later became E. L. G. Steele & Co. He would go on to become president of the Oceanic Steamship Company and American Sugar Refinery. Steele married Emma McPherson in 1869, was a longtime resident of Oakland, and died in 1894.
Twenty-one year old Steele describes his personal and professional activities in a diary kept daily, then more casually after April 1864. He muses about romantic relationships and various girlfriends (Miss Sue Hazeltine, and Miss Icy Turner, to name two) and several rejected marriage proposals. In his leisure time, Steele plays violin, billiards, and vingt un, goes drinking, and attends public dances, parties, and "Bunker Hill Balls." He drills with the City Guard, Co. B, a state militia unit, and occasionally comments on their meetings, parades, and other activities. Socializes with his landlords, Charles R. Story and wife Caroline Bayley Story, and her brother George Bayley. Shares social activities with the Monies (two sisters) and the Dows, the Bugbees, and Dr. Augustus J. Bowie. Mentions Dr. Lyon and Pilgrim Sociables. Steele's portrait is taken at Shew's photographic studio on Christmas Day, 1863. He shops at Heuston, Hastings & Co. On January 1, 1864 he documents thirty-four social calls. He mentions the death of Thomas Starr King, March 4, 1864 and the city in mourning. He moves from the Story's home to Anna Key Turner's boarding house, 933 Sacramento Street, April 1, 1864 (one source called it the most fashionable boarding-house in San Francisco). Day trips to Mare Island are described. A gap in entries following Dec. 24, 1864 continues to September 18, 1865. Steele mentions a strong earthquake October 5, 1865, and visits a medium October 27, 1865; initially very impressed, he later describes spiritualism as 'humbug.'
Steele describes his duties as a clerk, working under Samuel C. Hort for commission merchant and insurance agents C. Adolphe Low and Company in San Francisco. He notes various business transactions, buying and selling tea from China and Japan, and working on auction sales of tea with George A. Low. He mentions dealings with William Hixon, importer. Notes sales of essential oils, cochineal, rags, sugar, indigo, and other goods. "Steamer day" is often noted. Steele is regularly occupied getting vessels entered at the Custom House. The bark Clara R. Sutil, needing repairs, arrives early December 1863. Its cargo is auctioned Dec. 16, 1863: coffee, sago, tapioca, pepper.
Steele notes the sinking of the Aquila and the monitor Comanche in San Francisco on November 14, 1863, and subsequent attempts to raise the Aquila.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aquila (Ship).
C. Adolphe Low & Co.
Clara R. Sutil (Bark).
Comanche (Ironclad).
Boardinghouses--California--San Francisco--19th century.
Commission merchants--California--San Francisco.
Diaries-California-19th century
San Francisco (Calif.)-Description and travel.
San Francisco (Calif.)-Social life and customs-19th century.


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Udorn Sunshine Nursery
Ever seen a plant dance? Well, you can here. Originally earning notoriety for producing the first perfume made from an orchid, the Udorn Sunshine Nursery, just northwest of town, has since developed a hybrid of Codariocalyx motorius ohashi leguminosae that 'dances' to music. The mature gyrant has long oval leaves, plus smaller ones of a similar shape.


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Vocabulary Words
Topics : Fifth Grade, Vocabulary, Spelling
Repetition is key when learning new words and spelling! Here's a straightforward way for your child to reinforce known and new words; first by reading the word with definition, then rewriting the vocab terms and finally testing her knowledge with the sentences provided.
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After much ado, Bellator is ready to make their debut on Spike TV with Bellator 85. As you might have noticed, they withheld many of their biggest stars from their final season on MTV 2 in order to hit hard in 2013. So in season 8 we get to see the exciting fighters Bellator signed last year like "King Mo" Lawal, Babalu Sobral, and (maybe) Paul Daley.
They're kicking off the season Thursday night at 10 pm EST (7 pm PST) with a Lightweight title fight at Bellator 85. The main card will also feature the promotional debut of Sobral and Pat Curran defending his Featherweight belt against Patricio "Pitbull". Wednesday evening, all 22 fighters successfully weighed in for their fights. Watch the weigh-in video at the bottom of the post.
Main card:
Michael Chandler (154.6) vs. Rick Hawn (155)
Seth Petruzelli (204.8) vs. Jacob Noe (205.9)
Renato Sobral (205.3) vs. Mikhail Zayats (205.7)
Pat Curran (144.8) vs. Patricio Freire (144.5)
Preliminary card:
Aaron Miller (145.8) vs. Joe Camacho (145.8)
Hector Ramirez (204.8) vs. Jason Lambert (205.5)
Brian Warren (165) vs. J.J. Ambrose (164.5)
Emanuel Newton (205.4) vs. Atanas Djambazov (205.6)
Savant Young (155.5) vs. Mike Guymon (155.7)
Joe Williams (170.7) vs. Jamie Yager (170.8)
Cleber Luciano (144.9) vs. Mario Navarro (144.5)


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Jim Tressel's press conference began with a word by Ohio State Buckeyes athletic director Gene Smith, who reminded attendees that the matter at hand is a different matter than the one involving Terrelle Pryor and other Ohio State players. This press conference is specifically a Tressel press conference.
Smith said in mid-January he asked Tressel about emails that came out after the Sugar Bowl and revealed Tressel knew about Pryor's infractions earlier than he had previously claimed. He said the university and the NCAA spent a month investigating the Tressel case, meaning they were on it half as long as Yahoo! Sports.
Ohio State has self-reported a 10.1 violation, which is a major violation. A likely relevant clip of the broken rule:
Knowingly furnishing the NCAA or the individual's institution false or misleading information concerning the individual's involvement in or knowledge of matters relevant to a possible violation of an NCAA regulation.
For more on Tressel and Ohio State, visit Along The Olentangy, SB Nation Cleveland, and Off Tackle Empire.


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John Roberts, chief of the UCSF Transplant Service, talks about the risks and benefits of living donor liver transplants in a recent interview.
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