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|2010, 3rd round, 19th pick by Falcons
Friday's 60-second rant: Payton's absence glaring in key moments
The post-bounty Saints simply lost their edge in the absence of Sean Payton, as Thursday night's loss perfectly depicted.
Falcons' depth on defense a key to success
Injuries and personnel decisions have tested the Falcons' defense this season, and it has allowed the team's depth to shine through.
Falcons pick off Brees five times, beat Saints
The Falcons raced to a 17-0 lead and the defense made it stand up, picking off five of Drew Brees' passes in a 23-13 victory over the Saints.
Falcons need to find selves against rival Saints
If Falcons are to earn the national recognition they crave, they'll have to take down their biggest rival — the Saints — on Thursday night.
Week 13 playoff scenarios
According to the playoff scenarios released by the NFL on Tuesday, five teams can clinch postseason berths in Week 13.
Rodgers gives Falcons' run game needed spark
The Falcons put any speculation that they were ready to abandon their running game to rest, but set off more questions about who should be playing a bigger role at running back in the process.
NFC South Spin cycle: Falcons keep hanging on
It will not quiet the skeptics, but the Falcons did ensure this would be their third consecutive double-digit win season on Sunday.
Falcons extend NFC South lead, defeat Buccaneers
Matt Ryan threw for 353 yards and overcame two big turnovers by leading another late touchdown drive to give the Falcons a 24-23 victory over the Buccaneers.
Key matchup: Bucs RB Doug Martin vs. Falcons run defense
We look ahead to Sunday's game in Tampa, when the Falcons' run defense will get its first look at Doug Martin, in today's Key Matchup.
Falcons OL Hawley suspended four games
Falcons OL Joe Hawley was suspended for four games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
NFC South Spin cycle: Stage set for Falcons-Bucs battle
The Panthers hit a new low, but the rest of the NFC South was victorious Sunday, including the Falcons and Bucs, who will meet next week.
Rivera, Mularkey, Shurmur don't come through in clutch
Embattled head coaches have something in common: They all make late-game situational mistakes that cost their teams.
Falcons survive Cardinals despite Ryan's five picks
Matt Ryan overcame a career-worst five interceptions, and the Falcons rallied for a sloppy 23-19 victory over the Cardinals.
Release of Edwards not disruptive to Falcons' harmony
Ray Edwards did not fit well with the Falcons and some within the organization likely felt that way long before he was released.
Falcons make roster moves
The Falcons signed WR Tim Toone and TE Chase Coffman to the active roster and placed TE Tommy Gallarda on injured reserve.
The Atlanta Falcons activated Peters from the reserve injured list Friday.||||||| Peters, a third-round draft pick in 2010, has started 30 of 31 career games for Atlanta. He has been sidelined since May because of a stress fracture in his left foot. Peters is likely to work behind Peria Jerry when the Falcons (6-0) visit Philadelphia (3-3) on Sunday.
Peters, a starter the last two seasons, returned for limited activity Monday in his first practice this season.||||||| Peters, on the reserve injured list with a stress fracture in his left foot, will be eligible to make his season debut on Sunday at Philadelphia.
The Atlanta Falcons placed starting defensive tackle Corey Peters on the injured reserve list and waived third string quarterback John Parker Wilson on Sunday.||||||| Peters missed all of training camp and preseason with a left foot injury. The earliest Peters can return is Oct. 28 at Philadelphia. He must sit out the first six games. Peters, a third-round pick from Kentucky in 2010, started 30 of his 31 games over the past two years. Peria Jerry is starting at nose tackle to replace Peters, who has 73 tackles, four sacks, one interception, one fumble recovery and three passes defensed in his career.
Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith said Monday that Peters will not participate this week when the Falcons practice this week in Jacksonville and play the Jaguars in a preseason game on Friday.||||||| Peters was injured in practice Sunday and had to be carted off the field, but the team doesn't believe the knee was structurally damaged.


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Lopez, 37, is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and the Maple Heights Police Department for Gross Sexual Imposition of a minor under the age of 14.
Lopez is an illegal immigrant and has been deported twice. He works as a day laborer doing odd jobs in construction.
He is described as a white male about 5 feet 3 inches tall and 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
He is believed to be hiding on the west side of Cleveland and has a previous address near the 14300 block of Kennerdown Road in Maple Heights.
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Stripped (Sixty-Six Sunsets Stripped) is a print-on-demand homage to Ruscha's 1966 "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" using Google image search results.
Stripped is part of ABCED, a collaborative project realized by the ABC Artists' Books Cooperative on the occasion of Ed Ruscha's 75th birthday. ABCED includes 33 books by 22 artists and launched at Amsterdam Offprint, the London Art Book Fair and the New York Art Book Fair in September 2012.
ABCED and Stripped are featured in "Ed Ruscha / Books & Co." at Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue (5 March–27 April 2013).
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text: Sorry to burst the linebacker-seeking fans' bubble: The Eagles almost assuredly will not be drafting one in Round One. In 14 years at the helm of the Eagles, Andy Reid has drafted only five positions in the first round — the offensive and defensive lines, wide receiver, cornerback and quarterback. And the last time they picked a QB in Round One was in 1999, famously, when they took Donovan McNabb over Ricky Williams. It was unpopular at the time, just as taking a quarterback this year might be. Don't rule it out — with Vince Young flopping and not likely back, Mike Kafka still a question and Michael Vick having an injury-prone history, it would not be stunning if the Eagles drafted one fairly high. The first round? Perhaps not, but Reid has not shied away from some interesting and risky draft moves. He has found his draft quarterbacks after McNabb as high as the second round (Kevin Kolb) and as low as the sixth (Andy Hall). But when you consider what Reid has traded Kolb and A.J. Feeley for down the road, the investments were very good business for the Eagles in the end.


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Just wait until you get CPS Gold/Platinum. Even better!
I'm close, but too far to make it to the Irvine, CA center during normal hours (silly day job), but it's cheap overnight via UPS, and literally by 10-11am they've received it and gotten me an estimate. Even faster than they can get it into the online system so I just called up the CPS 800 number and the next day my camera was on it's way back to me. Really fabulous service, and a discount to boot!
Unfortunately there does not seem to be any such scheme in India
I will be calling them tomorrow anyway so I guess I'll ask again.


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text: When a boxer dreams of becoming world champion one would imagine he envisages unification bouts with boxing megastars, followed by fame and money. To make this happen there needs to be a confluence of factors: a respectable governing body, able promoters and interested boxing fans. For Bury's Scott Quigg, there is a way to turn it all around – fight the biggest name possible, preferably a domestic rival.


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NFL off-seasons are oh so long for the obsessed fan. Mock after Mock, this WR over that WR, etc.... to the point this author can pretty much identify the players many CSR members love and hate....
The Panthers opted to release Ron Edwards rather than keep the 34-year-old nose tackle due $1.67 million next season. Edwards only played 11 games in two seasons with Carolina due to injuries.
The Carolina Panthers need a new DT, after cutting Ron Edwards today.
The Notre Dame QB connection.
Here's a deep cut at defensive back, and a guy it's likely you've never heard of.
Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Ron Edwards has been placed on injured reserve after- dislocating his elbow against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.
In a win, the Carolina Panthers lose a valuable piece of the puzzle.
Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart suffered an ankle injury in his team's 30-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles Monday. Stewart did not return and its unclear if he will play this...
The Cowboys offense would like to have two good weeks in a row. The Carolina Panthers defense definitely offers that opportunity, can Dallas capitalize?
Though I'm not sure how much we learned from this game it was good to see the Panthers on the field after a long offseason. In the end all you can say is it was a preseason game and most of what...
We have reached the 2nd biggest question entering Panthers camp. In 2011 the defensive tackles were terrible, there's no other way to say it. After Ron Edwards went down the only option was to...
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Question (for not the first time in the last three years): Is Jay Cutler the Bears most valuable player? A decent argument could be made of the affirmative.
Nothing tonight worked for Jason Campbell and the Bears offense, but Colin Kaepernick had a decent outing in a supporting role for the San Francisco 49ers. Final score: Niners: 32- Bears 7.
Was Lovie Smith outcoached? Was the defense finally exposed? Has this team been relying on miracles too often just like their 2006 bretheren?
We still have a few weeks to go this season, and Jay Cutler should be back ASAP, but good lord this team looked awful tonight.
For you to consider:
1- What needs to change offensively for the Bears to make a push?
2- Defensively?
3- Is our coaching staff aligned the way it should be?
4- After the last two weeks, how do you see the NFC North ending up after 16 games?
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What will J.K. Rowling's Next Book Be About?
|A political faerie story, like she once said. Tiny little faeries running for office.
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|The Scottish Book. All about Scotland.
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I have finally finished The Casual Vacancy… I won't say anything here that could be viewed as a spoiler, more just my general reaction to the book.
It was draining and I feel a bit ill at ease… At best, I have mixed emotions about almost everyone in the book. Many of them I disliked without reservation. Many I had no use for by the end of the book. The circumstances marked out in the plot were troubling. I was glad to see that some of the characters had experienced a bit of an about face in their viewpoints but I was not convinced of their dedication to stay a new path once the shock of the circumstances wore off. One can become sentimental in a crisis and revert to standard behavior when life returns to the humdrum.
This does not rank among my favorite books. I read it out of solidarity with Jo. I will probably continue to read anything she writes. but I sincerely hope she has this genre out of her system.
Hi Lady Hawke, sorry to hear about the AC incident. Please watch for nausea and vomiting, persistence of headache, change in mental state and/or behavior like confusion, extreme drowsiness, difficulty waking, blurring of vision, and imbalance. Any of these will indicate that he has to be seen by an ER physician ASAP. He is suffering from a concussion right now. The above signs and symptoms may point to something more serious and life threatening. It's always better to err on the side of caution where head trauma is concerned.
We are still undecided if we want to attend a costume party an hour from now. If we do go, I might dress up as a ninja or simply slap on a cute mask.
Hi Lady Hawke, sorry to hear about the AC incident. Please watch for nausea and vomiting, persistence of headache, change in mental state and/or behavior like confusion, extreme drowsiness, difficulty waking, blurring of vision, and imbalance. Any of these will indicate that he has to be seen by an ER physician ASAP. He is suffering from a concussion right now. The above signs and symptoms may point to something more serious and life threatening. It's always better to err on the side of caution where head trauma is concerned.
We are still undecided if we want to attend a costume party an hour from now. If we do go, I might dress up as a ninja or simply slap on a cute mask.
Josephine: Why would you slap yourself?
LOL! That's my wake up move. Hubby and I are finding it hard to get dressed up. We should go as ourselves…couple of vegetables. That's just what we prefer to do…vege out.
JOSEPHINE, thanks, he seems to be feeling a lot better than he did for the first two or three hours this afternoon. He was a bit stunned but he has since installed the new modem, had dinner, watched a movie, played a game of Liverpool Rummy and is back to watching the news.
That's good to hear,LH. I was worried.
We ended up staying home. Laziness won.
The DS woke up feeling much better this morning.
The Storminess has already begun here in SoMD… Good news is the 20-25 mph winds & rain have pretty much denuded the bigger trees around my house of their leaves, so they will be less prone to being downed when the big winds hit tomorrow morning through Tuesday afternoon. My generator has been test run for an hour, & is ready to go. I managed to get six 5 gallon cans along with my pickup filled with gas yesterday, & ordered 4 tanks of propane which were delivered about an hour ago. My generator is dual fueled so I have enough fuel to run it continuously for about 50 hours. After that I will have to hope I can get more propane if the power is still out. It probably will go out early Monday if past is prologue. If this thing is half as bad as they are guessing the power could be off for weeks!
on a more unimportant note When I looked at the Sunday comic section I noticed
that the selection from last week was mistakenly printed. Oops!
Aloha! ;)
Arm still hurts, but it depends on the position it is in.It seems to hurt more on the weekend. I suppose that that is because I reach out with it more then. Doing laundry one-handed is not really an option, and the dryer sits on top of the front-load washer. So I have to reach up with water-heavy clothes. Lengerie is not much problem, but slacks are very heavy and the dog bed is big and awkward. I haven't needed to try towels or sheets, we have plenty of those still clean. And it is a chance to weed out the very worn ones. ;)
We may get just a bit of rain from Won's weather mess, but probably not. Our temps have been dropping and Hallowen is expected to be fairly frosty. I am glad it is on Wednesday as that means the kids won't be out too late. It also means that we probably won't get too many kids. ;)
WON, if you have phone service but the power is down, please call someone and ask them to come here and let us know you are okay. Of course, if you still have phone service you can probably post your situation from the phone.
Good evening!
Daughter was dropped off at about 11 this morning. She and her friend looked fine, but Mum looked exhausted! Apparently the girls were still talking at 3am! At least it is half term, so they can sleep in in the morning!
ASTI, whenever my daughter has a "sleepover" there is very little sleeping done. Even though I go to bed and even if they are not being loud there is something about people moving around in your house, carrying on with activities, that keeps me aware, if not completely awake. My daughter is generally cranky and useless following a sleepover. It must be close to a reasonable bedtime there for your daughter. Maybe you'll have a bit more privacy once she is off to sleep.
Lady Hawke, I have been a Cruel Mummy so far, and have turned down all pleas to host a sleepover. I have a horrid feeling that the fun of last night might result in a fresh attack.
Daughter is making a very good show of being NOT TIRED AT ALL, but there are very dark shadows under her eyes. They resemble Heath Ledger as The Joker, lol.
ASTI, I do not enjoy sleepovers. There is always a tremendous mess as well. It is amazing how the mind of a child interprets the words, "Don't make a mess. If you make one you are cleaning it up, not me." The next morning will look as if a bomb went off in the living room and kitchen and there will be assurances that, "See, we didn't make a mess."
Hello! Dr. Lew.
Hello Master Lew
Hey ironsos and MM. :) I hope yall are well!
Hi, DR LEW! How did the trip and presentation go? Are you learning to manage? We don't hear from our new graduates with new jobs much.
Hi LH, trip and presentation went really well. I ended up having a good conference – it was quite interesting to see how the dynamic changed now that I'm faculty and not a student. I was wondering if it would be different, and it actually was. While none of my friendships changed, I did see some shifts in relationships with people who were a little ahead of me – there were some people that I now felt like I was on more even footing with. The types of conversations I had also were different. There was a lot more of discussion of students, teaching, advising, etc. I quite enjoyed the new dynamic. Definitely made me feel more established. I even had students coming up to me to talk about my research and graduate program – really cool. I felt like a real scientist. ;)
Additionally, I absolutely nailed my talk. Best research talk I've ever given – nothing but good feedback and a lot of excitement. Just what I needed!
As for managing, I'm not doing a great job. I'm spending far too much time with the new boy. O:)
DR. LEW, all grown up! Isn't it amazing what a piece of paper and a job can do?! It transforms you.
Again, just give it time. You can't fix what has taken years to fall apart in a few weeks or months. So, give it its due time and enjoy your new life and your new boy.
Aloha!! ;)
The hound is still hanging in. The growth sticks out as large as a tennis ball, but he seems to not feel too bad. He has lost quite a bit of weight, but it seems to be maintaining where it is now. Of course, we are giving him additional goodies. He likes ice cream and baby food meats and hot dogs. He also likes the food for small, spoiled dogs mixed into his regular food. We just hope he is in good spirits until the end. ;)
Off to bed. ;)
DEANIE, I'm glad you don't think the dog is suffering, that he is getting some pleasure from the spoiling.
We had a bit of an earthquake. I felt my chair lurch and I heard the rafters creaking overhead. It was a 3.9 with the epicenter 39 miles west of here.
Hi Dr LEW, yuppers that lil' parchment changes everything! LH, there have been a lot of quakes popping up all over North America in the last few days… The weather here has gotten progressively worse overnight. The rain is unreal, & the winds have been strong at times but not overly so all things considered. The weather geeks say it will get real 'exciting' over here starting around 5 or 6 pm and get downright 'hectic' by midnight! Took a quick look-see around outside about an hour ago and so far everything is still in its place. The power is still on, but there have been a few outages reported just north of here. I got my fingers & toes all crossed, but realistically I am almost sure there will be an outage later today or tonight. Just too many old trees near power lines around here.
Power just went out here @ 1:15 am, I'm on the generator right now. Whatever happened did not happen anywhere near here as far as I can tell. Just took a look up & down the road where the power lines run, and all looks ok as far as I can see. I guess something must've happened closer to town. Oh well… Lets see how long it takes for it to come back. I suspect no sooner than this weekend!
1:15 PM not AM… lool…
The HMS Bounty has been lost along with two passengers off the coast of Hatteras, North Carolina. This is the ship that was built for the 1960 production of Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando. The ship was sailed on the course of the original HMS Bounty during the filming of the movie. It was also used in Pirates of the Carribean, Dead Man's Chest.
The HMS Bounty was sailing from Connecticut to Florida when it started taking on water and lost propulsion. They signaled for help and started abandoning ship into two 25 foot life boats. Three passengers were washed away by a large wave while transferring to the life boats. They were only able to reclaim one of them.
This is all a desperate situation going on along the east coast. The lost of the HMS Bounty is a small personal loss. It is the first tall ship I ever toured when it was on display in Florida when I was a child. It had recently been reworked and turned into a cruise ship. I had imagined I would like to sail on it.


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As high pressure tracks across our area, we'll see our coldest temperatures of the season. Avoyelles, Rapides, and Vernon Parishes are under a Hard Freeze Warning for tonight. That means these freezing temperatures will stick around for several hours.
Sunday's forecast looks great, but as we head into Monday we'll see our forecast begin to change. A cold front will move through the area early Tuesday morning. As a result, we'll see plenty of rain for Monday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.We could see 1-2 inches of rainfall. We may also see a few thunderstorms, although severe weather is not expected. On Tuesday a surface low will develop on the southern end of the cold front, which will bring more rain for CenLa on Tuesday night and Wednesday. By Thursday a second, weaker cold front moves through bringing another chance for showers and T-storms.
Enjoy the dry, cool weather while you can!
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Neighborhood Block Party
Rally the neighbors- kids and adults alike- to form a committee because it's time to organize the first annual Neighborhood Block Party - a fun event for all replete with carnival games, food and laughter!
Organize a meeting to take place in one of your homes abotu a month in advance. Then send out the call via email or have families post neighborhood signs to promote the big event, like "Yoo-hoo! Calling all neighbords! Get ready for the time of your lives - the carnival is coming to Holly Drive this Saturday, and the greatest show on earth!" Be sure to include the date, time and any other relevant details. Make sure to plan with plenty of time to see the carnival attractions, enjoy food and treats and catch up with friends.
As the committee is brainstorming carnival activities, toss out idea starters like, "Okay, we need booths where we toss a ball, throw a ring, win a prize, test our skill, etc." It's great to have kids involved when designing the carnival booths because they'll know just what to do. And be sure to come up with a title for each booth: Out of this World! or The Hungry Monster! or Go Fish!
Here are some suggestions sprung from my own brainstorming session:
Photo Board (Out of this World)
On a large sheet of cardboard or foam core, draw a figure or two - think silly, out of this world, etc. Be sure an adult is in charge of cutting out the peek-a-boo holes for heads to pop through. Then paint the scene. Have a foot stool handy on the day of the carnival in case some visitors need a leg up.
Twisted up Croquet
Hey it's summer - who doesn't love croquet? Take it to a new level by adding a little mini-golf twist to the game. You may jazz up a croquet set or make your own by bending coat hangers into the shape of an arch and using a whiffle bat and ball as a putter. Embellish the wicket by adding a painted shape made from cardboard, foam core or card stock - whatever you have on hand.
The Hungry Monster
Again, using cardboard or foam core, draw and paint a monster or another type of critter with an open mouth. Be sure an adult cuts out the hole for the mouth. The challenge is to toss "food" into the mouth while standing behind a designated line. For "food," I stuffed a balloon with beans and then stuffed it into a second balloon for security. One tip-- it's easiest to cut off the spout of each balloon and fill from there!
Go Fish!
Keep that cardboard coming to paint an underwater scene. You can even have kids create different underwater creatures and features on separate pieces of paper that can then be cut out and added to the scene for a 3-D effect. For the poles, gather up a few sturdy sticks from the backyard and tie a length of string or yarn to the end. Attach a clothespin as a "hook." The kids "cast" over the board where some one hiding behind it clips on a little prize.
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PLATTSBURGH — Friday's hottest ticket in town was to the New York State Museum's traveling exhibit, "The First Step To Freedom, Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation."
For 12 hours inside SUNY Plattsburgh's Burke Gallery, viewers had timed tickets in hand to walk through the exhibit featuring the historical 19th-century document written in Abraham Lincoln's own hand, as well as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s typewritten 1962 speech delivered on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in New York City.
Cara Lee was among the first to see the exhibit, which included pylons with text crafted by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.
"I know it was a really important part of the path to freeing slaves," said Lee, who was representing the Student Association. "It's a really big part of history, and it's a big deal it's here on our campus."
Plattsburgh State Art Museum Director Cecilia Esposito welcomed those assembled, which included students, community members and representatives from the New York State Museum and New York State Library.
New York State Regent James Dawson commended the 19th century New York State Legislature for having the presence of mind "to purchase this seminal document for the grand sum of $3,000."
Dawson's wife, Caroline, opted out of work to attend the exhibit.
"I'm pretty interested in the subject," she said. "I work over in Burlington. He asked if I was coming. I said of course, I'm coming."
College President John Ettling placed the relic into historical context. Lincoln waited for a decisive Union victory, Antietam in Maryland on Sept. 17, 1862, to read the executive order that freed slaves only in the Confederate states on Jan. 1, 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation was "a pivotal document in the history of this country and one of Lincoln's finest moments," Ettling said.
Joan Huntsdon, who is associated with the Penfield Homestead Museum in Crown Point, waited patiently for her time before Lincoln's draft, which featured his Civil War-era glued-in newsprint of the Congressional Confiscation Act.
"We have a flag that was carried into battle at Antietam," Huntsdon said. "He (soldier Chester Rhodes) was killed and is buried there (Antietam)."
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right off the bat, Inhofe hammers Hagel's "record as deeply troubling and out of the mainstream…"—
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's president and Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday discussed next week's United Nations conference that aims to resolve Syria's three-year conflict, calling on regional nations to "fight terrorism."
Iran is President Bashar Assad's strongest regional ally, extending him billions of dollars in credit since the crisis began in March 2011. The United States, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Persian Gulf suspect Tehran is also shipping him weapons.
Syria's state news agency SANA said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed Tehran's support for Assad's government as it heads to the conference. Zarif's visit comes ahead of the Jan. 22 conference in Montreux, Switzerland.
The U.N., which is hosting the talks, has not yet invited Iran to attend, although a final decision has yet to be made. The prospects for success at the talks appear slim at best, however.
Assad warned against what he described as the dangers of Saudi Arabia's brand of purist Islam, telling SANA: "Wahabi ideology now threatens the whole world, not only regional states."
"The Syrian people and others in the region now know the dangers of this terrorist ideology and everyone should participate in confronting and eradicating it," Assad was quoted as saying.
Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia, archrival of Shiite Iran, is among the strongest backers of Syria's opposition fighters who are trying to end four decades of Assad family rule in Syria. Assad belongs to the minority Alawite sect, an off-shoot of Shiite Islam, while most opposition fighters are Sunnis.
The agency quoted Zarif as saying that "countries of the region should unite to confront the challenges and fight terrorism in order to achieve security and stability."
The Syrian government says it is fighting "terrorists" who came from more than 80 countries. Last year, Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group openly started taking part in Syria's civil war, fighting along Assad's forces.
In 2012, the chief commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, said the unit had high-level advisers in Syria but denied it has fighters there. More recently, however, analysts say that Iranian troops and commanders have taken on a more direct role in the conflict.
In November, Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency said a commander in the Guard had been killed in Syria. It said Mohammad Jamali was killed by "terrorists" a few days ago but did not provide details.
The Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed opposition group that is supposed to lead the anti-Assad groups in the talks, will make a final decision on whether to attend them on Friday.
Also Wednesday, a small opposition coalition of a dozen groups with roots in Syria said it will not take part in next week's peace talks, basing its decision on the fact that the coalition has yet to decide whether to go. All opposition groups have been put under pressure to take decisions within four days before the talks, it added.
"This method to hold a conference in order to decide the fate of people and a nation cannot be described as serious," the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria said a statement. The group has been tolerated by Syria's government, although several of its senior figures are in jail.
Elsewhere in Syria, activists reported violence in different areas including the northwestern province of Idlib, where a local commander of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was killed by members of a rival rebel group.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the ISIL commander in the town of Saraqeb was a Belgian citizen of Algerian origin and was killed along with another foreign fighter when they were ambushed by a rival rebel group.
Hundreds of people have been killed over the past two weeks in fighting between ISIL and other Islamic groups in northern and eastern Syria.
Syria's state TV said government forces killed "dozens of terrorists" in different areas including Idlib, the southern province of Daraa and the eastern region of Deir el-Zour that borders Iraq. Syria's state media refers to rebels as terrorists.
Also Wednesday, activists reported that a car bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens in a northern Syrian town near the Turkish border.
The Aleppo Media Center said at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in the town of Jarablous, which has witnessed clashes between rival opposition fighters over the past days. The Observatory put the death toll at 26.
The Observatory said the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members detonated the car bomb, adding that most of the dead were from a rival Islamic group.
Turkey's private Dogan news agency said nearly 20 wounded people, including women and children, were brought to the Turkish border town of Nizip for treatment.
Mroue reported from Beirut.


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After touching the highest levels of the season last week, dara wheat and flour prices witnessed some correction on Friday. Dara wheat and flour prices went down by Rs 50-60 for a quintal and 90-kg bag respectively.
Sewa Ram, a wheat trader, told Business Line that slack buying and expectations of new tenders for flour mills mainly pulled dara wheat down. Food Corporation of India is expected to resume its sale under the open market sale scheme, he added.
Despite not much buying in the market, any major alteration in wheat prices is unlikely and it may rule around current levels for the next few days, he said.
Bulk buyers are keeping themselves out of the market at present as they are waiting for the prices to come further down, he added. In the physical market, dara went down by Rs 50 and quoted at Rs 1,540-1,550 a quintal. Around 45 tonnes of dara variety arrived from Uttar Pradesh the stocks were directly offloaded at the mills. Mill delivery was Rs 1,540-1,545 while delivery at the chakki was Rs 1,550 . On the other hand, Desi wheat was ruling between Rs 1,950 and Rs 2,070.
On the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, wheat for September delivery increased by Rs 12 to Rs 1,585 a quintal, after touching a high of Rs 1,600 earlier in the day. October contracts were up by Rs 16 to Rs 1,566 . Spot wheat on the exchange was traded at Rs 1,664.35.
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Middleweight action between two former teammates on The Ultimate Fighter 17 was featured on the main card of tonight's (Fri., Dec. 6, 2013) UFC Fight Night 33: "Hunt vs. Bigfoot" event from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia, as Clint Hester took on Dylan Andrews.
"Two electric strikers who know each other well," as Jon Anik put it.
The two came out swinging hard punches early and a couple of them connected relatively clean, including one from Hester that certainly appeared to rock Andrews, if only momentarily.
It's no surprise, then, that Andrews nabbed a takedown not long after. He worked from top position for an arm but Hester was too strong underneath and managed to reverse position. Andrews next submission attempts failed but he would grab another takedown not long after they stood up again.
The story changed in the second when Hester decided he'd had enough of Andrews destroying his lead leg and snatched himself a takedown. Not only that, he controlled from top position and did just enough damage to keep himself there.
Then, a stoppage in between rounds thanks to injury.
Indeed, Andrews, at some point, had thrown out his shoulder and was visibly hurting. That forced the doctors to come in and call an end to the proceedings in the name of fighter safety.
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United States travel is replete with historic landmarks, but few can compete with Gettysburg National Military Park. The site of one of the most iconic battles in the Civil War, this Pennsylvania park has become a large tourist draw over the years, and this is especially true this week, which marks the 150th anniversary of the battle. According to CNN, hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to make the trip to the park over the next week to see reenactments of what was considered the turning point of the war. Although Gettysburg may have the spotlight this week, there are many other Civil War highlights in the U.S. that will appeal to the history buff travelers, and here are a few:
Fort Sumter National Monument
This South Carolina fort is where the entire conflict started. Southern forces fired upon northern troops stationed at the fort, which would begin four years of bloody fighting that divided the national. Aside from admiring the historical significance of the monument, you can tour the fort, including walking its walls, which provides a view of what the soldiers would have seen more than 150 years ago. You should also explore the museum as the perfect complement to your visit.
Shiloh National Military Park
Gettysburg is certainly not the only famous battle of the Civil War, and the Battle of Shiloh is among the most well-known. It was a costly victory for Union forces, and today it stands as a solemn reminder of the price paid my thousands of troops during the Civil War. Be sure to tour the Shiloh National Ceremony located in the northeast corner of the park. Its location in southern Tennessee also places it in some of the most beautiful landscapes in the U.S.
After visiting where the conflict began, it's only fitting to visit Appomattox, Va., where the Civil War officially ended. Located 25 miles to the east of Lynchburg, the park in Appomattox features more than two dozen buildings, many of which have been restored to resemble how they appeared in 1865. Among the most famous of these is the Appomattox Court House, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee officially surrendered, bringing the war to an end.
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Newsom's $72 million corporate giveaway
City economist Ted Egan yesterday released his analysis of the payroll tax exemption for new hires that Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed, one of several business tax cut proposals that we discuss in this week's Guardian. Egan estimates that the net revenue loss (which takes into account taxes paid by the new hires) to the city would be $72 million over the next two years.
"The proposed policy will have a strong positive effect on local hiring, albeit at a steep costs the City's General Fund," Egan wrote, later adding, "The policy would also make the City's serious current budget deficit worse, and likely lead to significant employment reductions in the City's workforce."
While the tax breaks amount to only about 1 percent of businesses' payroll costs, Egan's models predict they would spur the creation of 4,330 jobs, or about 5 percent of the jobs lost since 2007. Yet he also notes that the unemployment rate in San Francisco has been dropping in recent months and the economy is predicted to add about 20,000 jobs in the next two years even without this subsidy by taxpayers.
Both Newsom and Egan have tried to cast these tax breaks as similar to the approach being taken by President Obama. Egan writes, "The policy is a targeted tax cut that mirrors the President's New Jobs Tax Credit, which is supported by a wide range of economists."
But the big difference is that the federal government can deficit-spend and doesn't have to reduce its own spending, which would have a negative impact on economy, as Egan's report acknowledged a few pages later: "Because the City cannot run a fiscal deficit from one year to the next, the lost revenue would necessitate reductions in City staffing and services, like any revenue shortfall."
The report specifically doesn't analyze the impact of that reduced government spending on the local economy, with Egan writing that, "is not considered, because the City could adjust to that impact in many ways." New taxes, for example, which Newsom has avoided proposing as a partial solution to the city's gargantuan $520 million projected budget deficit.
In an interview with the Guardian this morning, Egan also affirmed what he has told us before, that the consensus among economists is that direct government spending stimulates the economy more than tax cuts, even though these tax cuts tied to new hiring are better than general tax cuts.
For example, Egan said that another current Newsom tax cut proposal – a $2,000 tax break for businesses that provide health care to employees – "would have a negative effect on the economy" because it doesn't encourage hiring.
While the report is generally favorable to the notion of these targeted tax cuts, it doesn't make a recommendation. And it does take away a key argument that Newsom and other believers in trickle down economics generally make, that the tax cuts will ultimately be paid for by increased economic activity. Instead, the report shows the cuts will cost $85 million of two years and the new hires will generate $12 million in increased sales, hotel, and other taxes. Even stretching that analysis out over 10 years, assuming the new hires remain employed after the tax exemption ends, the reports says the policy will still cost the city $42 million.
Sup. John Avalos, the chair of the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee who has been skeptical of Newsom's tax cut proposals, has set a Feb. 24 hearing on the proposal.
Basically, this is a policy decision rooted in ideological beliefs: Should the city subsidize private companies at great cost to the public treasury, payroll, and services? Does the public sector exist solely to serve private corporations? Economic conservatives who are hostile to government generally think so, but progressives think it's crazy to make deep cuts to government spending and services just to subsidize private sector economic growth, most of which is going to occur naturally anyway.
Update: Egan just got back to me on my question about how much cuts to local government spending impact the local economy, and his model shows that it has a huge negative impact, far greater than what Moody's estimated last year was the $1.60 per dollar spent that last year's federal stimulus bill provided.
Egan writes: "I ran our model to simulate the withdrawl of $1 million in local
government spending, and it led to a loss of $2.11 million in local "GDP",
i.e. the value of all goods and services produced in San Francisco.
So that means the local GDP multiplier for local government spending is
2.11. Hope that's useful."
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The MMA Rant 1.19.13: Ronda Rousey's Conspiracy, Quinton Jackson Wants Out, More
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on 01.19.2013
From Ronda Rousey's conspiracy theory about Sandy Hook and Rampage Jackson's rants against the UFC to the final Strikeforce card and more, 411's Scott Kuczkowski takes a look at the week in MMA!
Welcome to this week's edition of The MMA Rant. There wasn't a ton of news this week aside from the demise of yet another MMA promotion. Everything else outside of that little topic either surrounded the upcoming Bellator card or the fallout from the last Strikeforce Card. Weeks like this make me look forward to the periods when there is a UFC event every weekend for several weeks in a row.
Before we go any further, let's tackle some reader comments from last week:
Our own
Jeff Harris
is becoming my biggest fan:
According to the NSAC Overeem has passed like 5-7 drug tests and he will likely be tested again for the Silva fight. I'm fine with him getting big fights as long as he's tested a lot. Sometimes you got to move on and continue planning. I'm sure UFC will be cautious and try to have back-up again though.
Well, I'm glad he's being tested regularly, as it would be naïve to ignore his recent drug test failure and the suspicious nature of his physique's transformation over the years. The point I was making last week is that even if Overeem tests clean 100 times, his last win still came via the use of performance enhancing drugs and his wins prior to that (Fabricio Werdum, Todd Duffee, Brett Rogers, and Kazuyuki Fujita) don't exactly make him a world-beater. Am I being overly critical of Overeem? Perhaps, but it's only because I think the guy gets praise he hasn't truly earned.
adds his two cents:
At this stage I don't know who else you'd have fight for the title other than Overeem, is why I think he gets the title talk. Any other heavyweight in the top 5 would be coming off a loss, or just one win. So sure he's been out a while, but he's got star power, a few wins in a row, the last guy he beat was a former HVweight champ. I just really don't see who else you'd have as the next contender.
Stefan Struve and Mark Hunt are the only HVweights I can think of who are on a winning streak, with Roy Nelson who has won two in a row. Trouble is, they're all middle of the pack fighters at this stage. But Struve and Hunt, those two are set to fight in March perhaps? Can you see either the winner of that, or Big Country being given a title shot?
Perhaps Antonio Silva if he actually beat Overeem, or Werdum?
First off, his last win probably should have been changed to a no-contest after his drug test failure. I have no idea why some fights are simply ruled no contests after a drug failure and others aren't, but it's something that should probably be standardized in the future.
Outside of Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos, the entire Heavyweight Division consists of middle-of-the-pack fighters. This has been the case for quite some time, but that still doesn't stop guys like Frank Mir from getting a crack at the belt when the UFC sees fit to give them one. I'm not saying Overeem can't work his way into contention, but I think pretending he's earned a title shot now is a little premature. Let's see him win a fight without a testosterone level that's off the charts before we proclaim him the #1 contender.
Stefan Struve would be a tough sell but I think a lot of people would love to see Mark Hunt in a title fight. Much of that might be misplaced nostalgia or just wanting to see an underdog win the big fight, but the UFC would be foolish not to consider Hunt at least as a possible opponent now that he's got a nice following on Twitter and 3 wins in a row.
Strikeforce: Goodbye and Good Night.
The final Strikeforce event unfolded this past Saturday, and since Showtime was free this weekend, I decided to catch the entire event. Overall, I'd have to say that although the event was pretty good, I couldn't help but feel a little underwhelmed. It was nice that the show opened with a little trip down memory lane and highlighted some of the biggest moments in the Strikeforce history, but I think they fell short a little bit by not showcasing the fighters who built the promotion and will be moving forward in their careers. This would have been a good "springboard" of sorts for those fighters, but the show instead seemed to concentrate on moments instead of people. I understand that Showtime and Strikeforce aren't in the business of making new stars for the UFC, but showing some loyalty to the guys who helped build the promotion would have been nice.
Some other notes from the night:
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs. Ed Herman
was a somewhat lackluster fight. I actually thought Herman might put up more of a fight than he did and I was a little disappointed this ended as quickly as it did. While Herman did Zuffa a favor by taking this fight on short notice, I can't help but feel this loss (especially the one-sided nature of it) hurts him in the long run. Jacare looked great and could be a good addition to the UFC Middleweight Division.
Mike Kyle vs. Gegard Mousasi
ended much like I expected it to. Kyle is a powerful guy, but his ground game has always been substandard and will keep him from ever being anything more than a decent fighter with a puncher's chance. Mousasi will probably enjoy some success in the UFC, but I don't see him ever wearing the title. While Mousasi is a talented grappler, his deficiencies in wrestling will always see him as the underdog when he faces guys who sit at the top of the UFC's LHW division.
Josh Barnett
looked great against a guy who clearly didn't belong in the cage with him. Barnett of course is not on the list of guys being immediately brought over to the UFC, and that frankly could be because he'd fulfilled his Strikeforce contract and his next contract has to be restructured. While I think there are some good matchups for Barnett in the UFC and I think the UFC needs every worth-while Heavyweight fighter they can get their hands on, I'm not naïve to the challenges Barnett poses for the UFC as a promotion. His commitment to pro-wrestling combined with his steroid issues make him a wild-card of sorts and difficult to trust as a fighter, much less pay him what he feels he deserves. My suspicion is Barnett will never see the inside of the octagon without some serious concessions on his part.
Nate Marquardt vs. Tarec Saffiedine
demonstrated that a sub-par opponent with a good gameplan can upset even the most highly-touted fighter. Marquardt demonstrated in this fight why he'll go to the UFC and at best have even wins and losses against the Top 10 in the division. Saffiedine may very well go 0-2 in the UFC before getting his release or becoming fodder for the undercard.
Strikeforce: A retrospective.
As a promotion, Strikeforce faced many of the highs and lows that plague every promotion. Beginning as a kickboxing promotion, Strikeforce, with the help of Frank Shamrock, entered the theater of MMA and made an immediate splash in March of 2006. Through the years, Strikeforce did consistent business and slowly built a west coast following, featuring such stars as
Cung Le, Frank Shamrock, Gilbert Melendez, Josh Thomson,
and many others. Following the demise of EliteXC, Strikeforce gained the services of Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler, Scott Smith, and Jake Shields. These acquisitions, coupled with a network deal with NBC and a broadcast deal with Showtime, placed Strikeforce firmly in the #2 position of US MMA promotions under the UFC. This new-found clout allowed them to negotiate with a sign such fighters as
Fedor Emelianenko
Dan Henderson.
Despite these deals, the financial backers of Strikeforce decided to invest their money in different markets, and Strikeforce was purchased by Zuffa. What followed was supposed to be "business as usual," but things were everything but. After losing many of their top draws and having to cancel two of their last three scheduled event, Strikeforce put on its final event last Saturday night.
Unfortunately, Strikeforce will probably be remembered for its failures rather than its successes. I don't know if this is fair, but the truth is that the final years were filled with poor decisions and mismanagement. There is an argument that this could be attributed to the purchase by Zuffa or the involvement of Showtime, but ultimately Strikeforce will be lumped in the annals of history with the likes of Affliction, EliteXC, PrideFC, and the IFL. While their initial events were ground-breaking, the Heavyweight Grand Prix turned out to be a complete bust, their system of awarding title shots was illogical, and some champions were consistently MIA. I put the majority of the blame on Scott Coker, as he was the one at the helm when the majority of the mistakes were made. These mistakes will probably keep him from achieving anything other than a mid-level position with Zuffa (if he gets one at all).
Ronda Rousey is catching a degree of flak for posting on her Twitter feed a video that supports a conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook tragedy was faked. She also added comments that supported this assertion.
First off, I find nothing more distasteful than the people who used this tragedy to further their political agenda or trivialized it by floating ridiculous conspiracy theories. I think both groups of people need a strong dose of reality with a dash of empathy for the victims. That said, while I'm a tremendous proponent for free speech, I think it is irresponsible when topics like this are entertained by those who could be considered spokespersons for the UFC. I'm not saying Rousey or the rest of the champions need to be slaves to political correctness, but there should be a personal understanding that their words can be interpreted as the stance of the very promotion they represent. Rousey doesn't just speak for herself; she lost that privilege when she became an MMA sensation and star. Rousey speaks for of all Woman MMA fighters, the entire UFC Woman's Division, and in some cases, the UFC – that's the kind of clout a champion and spokesperson carries with them. While she's entitled to believe whatever she wants and even Tweet it to the entire world, she should understand that her words are no longer just her own.
Nick "The Tooth"
has again popped up in
Dana White's
video blogs and I have to say the guy got really boring, really fast. Sure, it was sort of cool watching him get schooled by
Joe Lauzon
in a grappling match, if only to see what would happen to a mere mortal when they decide to tangle with a UFC fighter. Since that point he's tried to become this hybrid of Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville, but without any of the innovation those guys brought to the stunts that made them famous. Nowadays we see Nick either licking a wall covered with other people's gum or acting like a vagrant in various UFC offices. I get that the guy is Dana's friend and would probably wipe his ass for him if Dana asked him to, but that doesn't mean I want to see him on video blogs. I get it Dana – you think Nick is a funny guy; but I watch your blogs to see the behind the scenes stuff with the fighters – not to watch Nick humor you.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
is an idiot. The fact that he can sit there in interview after interview and pretend that the UFC has done anything to limit his career or disrespect him is preposterous. This is the type of drivel that makes me suspect Rampage may already be suffering from the onset of dementia from the multiple concussions he no doubt suffered during his MMA career.
This is how unfairly Rampage was treated: The UFC brought Rampage over from the WFA by buying the company just to get him, gave him a title shot after only one fight with the promotion in which he beat a natural middleweight, allowed him to coach two seasons of The Ultimate Fighter, booked him in the main event in his hometown against his arch-rival, bailed him out of jail after he went crazy on crack and energy drinks, took him back after he publicly retired, gave him a title shot off a win over a sub-par opponent, and booked him to fight in Japan. What more did he want? It sucks that Rampage has become such a one-dimensional fighter that he doesn't stand a chance against a decent wrestler, but that's not the UFC's fault.
Upon his UFC release, Rampage's only hope is to land in Bellator, because there isn't any other promotion out there that can afford to pay him (and I don't think Bellator will offer him anywhere near UFC money anyways). Perhaps in a couple of years, we'll see Rampage on the streets, talking about how "The Man" kept him down throughout his career and now he's broke and homeless (which won't be his fault either). I'm not wishing him any undue ill will, but such is normally the case when a person can't take ownership of their own problems.
Pat Curran
Michael Chandler
turned in impressive performances this past Thursday on Bellator's SpikeTV debut. Curran used his reach and tight stand-up game to outpoint and defeat
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
in a hard fought battle while Chandler overwhelmed and steamrolled
Rick Hawn
in a fight I thought would be much closer than it was. In other action,
Renato "Babalu" Sobral
put on what I hope will be his last fight, in which he was again knocked out in brutal fashion. Sobral has a storied MMA career, but he's 2-3 in his last 5 fights, and all of those losses came by way of knock out.
And that's it for this week…I hope this was good for you.
Thanks for reading.
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WASHINGTON --- All the talk leading up to the Indiana-Syracuse matchup in
the Sweet 16 centered around Syracuse's dynamic 2-3 zone defense and how
Indiana would score against it.
On Thursday night, we found out why.
The four-seeded Orange stifled top-seeded Indiana all night with their
length and athleticism, and the Hoosiers' season ended with a 61-50 loss
at the Verizon Center.
"It was tough to penetrate it," said Indiana forward Will Sheehey. "They
were long on top. We tried to enter it too many times, and we'd turn it over."
"They're length is not really something you can practice against," senior
guard Jordan Hulls added. "We turned the ball over, we didn't hit shots."
Indiana (29-7) turned the ball over 12 times in the first half and trailed
by double figures for most of the game. The Hoosiers never really did
solve the Syracuse zone, though they did get themselves back in the game
early in the second half by forcing the Orange into numerous turnovers.
Victor Oladipo's 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 14:12 mark of
the second half cut the Syracuse to 38-32, and the Hoosiers appeared to be
in business. But they would get no closer.
Indiana shot 34 percent from the field (16-of-47), 20 percent from beyond
the arc (3-of-15) and 63 percent from the foul line (15-of-24).
"We were a little anxious, a little overwhelmed," Oladipo said. "We all
just needed to take deep breathes and slow down, and after we did that, we
started coming back. But we dug ourselves too deep a hole."
The Hoosiers tried to get the ball to the middle and have a shooter
running the baseline at all times, but they were never able to knock down
perimeter shots to loosen up the zone. When they couldn't, Syracuse packed
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Town Square
Teens enthusiastic about new school calendar
Original post made on Jan 11, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 11, 2013, 9:14 AM
on Jan 11, 2013 at 9:35 am
Really? An interview with 17 kids causes the author to say that students "overwhelmingly endorse" this new calendar?
I don't know either way, but I hardly think that this sort of claim should be made.
Is this truly "reform?" That would convey that it was improved upon. It just seems that this article is more of an endorsement rather than a reporting about what 17 carefully-selected students think.
Personally, I don't really know much about this. I am not a high school student and I will not have children in high school for quite some time. However, it seems that this article could have reflected some of the divisive issues raised when this was so strongly debated just over a year ago.
on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:17 am
How hard would it be to put up a questionnaire on Surveymonkey.com where students could answer various questions about how this schedule change has impacted their family life, and their personal life? Once there were at least 2,500-5,000 responses, then use those responses to evaluate the success of the change.
Given the increasing pressure on high school students, it would be most interesting to see how the students in each of the school types (elementary, middle, high) see the impacts of the schedule on their lives.
on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:17 am
My teen enthusiastically endorsed the new calendar as well as well as all of his friends. He said he only heard a couple of kids complain, so that would be consistent with the findings of this article. Glad the School Board recognized what really should have been a no brainer--finals before Christmas break make far more sense than finals after break.


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22 Frat Members Face Hazing Case re NIU Student's Alcohol Poisoning Death; 5 Charged With Felonies
Posted Dec 19, 2012 3:15 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
A freshman's efforts to fit in at a Northern Illinois University fraternity party ended in his death last month, due to excessive drinking.
And now 22 members of the fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, which temporarily lost its NIU accreditation after David Bogenberger's death on Nov. 2, face criminal hazing charges. Four fraternity leaders and the individual who planned the event are charged with felonies; the other 17 defendants face misdemeanor cases, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Tipping the balance in favor of criminal charges was the fact that the fraternity didn't follow standard procedure of registering the party with NIU, in order to avoid scrutiny of expected drinking, according to a DeKalb County police spokesman. Bogenberger's blood-alcohol level after his death reportedly was about five times the state's legal limit 0.08 for drinking and driving.
"He wanted to be liked. He wanted to be accepted," said family attorney Peter R. Coladarci of Bogenberger. "It's a classic case of a kid who just wants to fit in with the group."
The family said in a statement that it is still grappling with the 19-year-old finance major's death and isn't seeking revenge, but felt the criminal charges were needed to increase public awareness of the danger of hazing and excessive drinking and discourage others from behaving similarly in the future, the newspaper reports.
Also announced on Monday were student disciplinary charges brought by NIU against 31 fraternity members. The fraternity too faces disciplinary charges and could be permanently sanctioned.
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Something that has always fascinated me are the homes of teams. Whether it be baseball's ballparks, football's stadiums, hockey's rinks, or basketball's courts: I love the places that teams call home (I can name every single one in American professional sports, too). Particularly ballparks stand out to me because of the personality they take on. The ivy on Wrigley Field's outfield wall, Bernie Brewer celebrating a home run on a slide in Milwaukee, the old yet modern feel at Camden Yards, the history of baseball at Yankee Stadium, and of course, the rocks in the outfield and the Big A in Anaheim are just some of what baseball has to offer.
Because I am from the New York metropolitan area, my regional sports networks are SNY (Mets) and the YES Network (Yankees); therefore, I am surrounded in the nation's favorite market and I am not a fan of either team. I am an Angel fan! I want Fox Sports West!
Since I subscribe to MLB TV at the All-Star break to save some money, I have to rely on MLB Network, ESPN, Fox, and TBS to see my team play (for the first half). I keep track through alerts on my phone, computer, and watch for a "live look-in" on MLB Tonight when the Angels are not on those channels. My greatest chance to witness the Angels is in October when every single game is televised. In 2002, I saw it all.
I remember when the Angels won the 2002 World Series; however, I am relatively young so I will not lie and attempt to recite almost every moment of it. Particularly two items stand out to me: the Rally Monkey and thundersticks. From the series, I can recall the frustration of the fifth game when it was looking grim for the Halos and even worse when they were scoreless in the seventh, down five runs in game six. I can only imagine how the older Angel fans were feeling.
When Troy Glaus came up to bat and delivered a single followed by Brad Fullmer's, I remember the Big A erupting because of the cameo appearance by the Rally Monkey in the outfield after Dusty Baker made a pitching change. Joe Buck sent Fox out to a commercial and I felt the excitement from the people in Anaheim. Nearly 3,000 miles way, I felt like I was there! Later on, Garret Anderson (my favorite player behind Vladimir Guerrero) sent a blooper to Barry Bonds. Bonds misjudged it and I remember the curiosity of winning building up even more. Dusty Baker came out again. The crowd erupted again. Then Troy Glaus came up to bat again. It was all happening. Again. Glaus delivered a double and brought in not only the tying run, but also the winning run. The game ended with Troy Percival getting the save.
My hope turned into an expectation. How could the Angels lose game seven in Anaheim? John Lackey (not exactly one of my favorite Angels, in part due to his departure from the Halos) got the nod to start the final game. The rookie came out and pitched a pretty good game. Lackey faced twenty Giants and gave up only four hits while striking out the same amount in five innings. As for the Angels hitting, the scoring occurred early. After the Angels scored three runs in the third and they were winning by three, I felt relaxed. And finally, the fly ball in center field to Darin Erstad.
That was it. The Big A lit up and the outfield rocks were firing off a showcase of red light. As Victor Rojas would say, "light that baby up!" The Rally Monkey energized me, the thundersticks motivated me, and the performance on the field amazed me. I was on the other side of the country. Yet, I felt like I was in Anaheim.


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