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BA and brutality
Originally published: Aug 6, 2013 - 3:07 pm
These practices remind me of old school football. Bill Parcells and Jimmy Johnson are guys that allowed piles to form on the field; live tackling would occur from time to time and rarely would coaches object. Practice was physical.
Bruce Arians (BA) has taken a page from the Old School manual. BA continues to set the tone for the carnage. And I saw something on Monday I haven't seen in over a decade: 1-on-1 Perimeter Blitz Pickup.
Running backs and tight ends are lined up in the backfield and OLB, slot corners and safeties fire (rush the Q) from the perimeter. It's the RB's job to keep the blitzer from getting to the Q. The problem is there is no line, no point of reference, no help for the back; by design, it's a very unfair drill to the back. The theory is if the back can do it there, he can do it anywhere.
Theory aside, it's brutal and not for the faint of heart. If you want to know what Perimeter Blitz Pickup feels like, go into your garage, take the lid off your steel trash can and put it over your head. Have your neighbor point you toward your block wall; then, with a mouth guard in, run as fast as you can into that block wall! Your neighbors will think you're crazy, which might be useful, but you'll know what it feels like to pickup a SS Fire as a RB.
This drill, and many like them, establishes a certain expectation and attitude about the kind of football that is going to be played in Arizona. And the best thing is it has nothing to do with saying and everything to do with doing. BA doesn't need to talk about being a physical team because everybody feels what it means to be a physical team. The drills and practices speak volumes to the players.
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Making its first appearance in Texas, a prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe now appears to have been a native of the Lone Star State.
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Updated Dec 18, 2012 - 3:18 pm
Suns notes: Scola gives, Brown takes
Monday though, Scola dialed up his inner-Nash with a career-high ten assists against Sacramento.
"I've been playing for a couple of years now so I think I understand the game a little bit better," Scola said of a Suns performance matched only one other time this season (Goran Dragic, Nov. 2 vs. Detroit).
"With a little time playing for this time I've started to learn my teammates a little bit better too," Scola continued. "The number of assists doesn't really matter but the fact that if I could be effective of helping other teammates to get shots and help the team have a little bit of a flow is going to be important I think."
Scola became just the fifth non-guard to record double-digit assists in a game this season, joining Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Greg Monroe and Nicolas Batum.
The Suns caught a glimpse of what Scola could do with the basketball in his hand very early in training camp. He had a game-high five assists in the team's final scrimmage before departing San Diego.
"When you've got smart guys on the basketball court that know what to do with the ball when they get it, it makes it easier on the whole team," Shannon Brown said.
So while Scola giveth, Brown taketh away.
With 2:32 remaining in the game, Brown picked off a DeMarcus Cousins pass for his one and only steal on the night. It was, however, his 11th straight game of at least one steal, setting a new career-high.
"Just trying to lock in with the defense," Brown said of the streak. "We're going to put pressure on the guys, whether it's doubling or whether we trap a guy. I just want to be there if they try to make a lazy pass and just get it and get out and run and get some easy baskets.
"It is kind of an art to it," he added, "because you've got to be on the same page with all of your teammates. If I don't get that pass, I've got to trust that they've got my back. So, if I'm on point and I get the pass, we're off to the races."
�The starting lineup of Dragic, Brown, Dudley, Scola and Gortat is 3-0; it's the first Suns starting squad this season to win its first three games together. Alvin Gentry has used five starting lineups this season.
�Gentry on his team's season-high three-game winning streak, "What can we say? Break up the Suns, right?"
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- Lionel Hollins, head coach Brooklyn Nets - Wednesday August 27The head coach of the Brooklyn Nets joins Doug & Wolf for the ASU Sun Devil Fork Report.
- Kirk Gibson, D-backs manager - Tuesday August 26D-backs manager Kirk Gibson discusses possible changes to a six-man rotation.
- Paul Coro - azcentral sports Suns writer - Tuesday August 26Paul Coro discusses Eric Bledsoe still being a restricted free agent.
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Wicked Tour Welcomes New Elphaba and Fiyero May 2
By Andrew Gans
The company of the second North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked welcomes Christine Dwyer as Elphaba and Billy Harrigan Tighe as Fiyero beginning May 2 in Durham, NC.
Dwyer and Tighe join a cast that includes Tiffany Haas as Glinda, Marilyn Caskey as Madame Morrible and Paul Kreppel as The Wizard.
The company also features Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), Dan Pacheco (Boq), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond) and Stephanie Torns (standby for Elphaba) with Kerry Blanchard, Michael Drolet, Jeremy Duvall, Anna Eilinsfeld, Peter C. Ermides, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Samantha Farrow, Natalie Fotopoulos, Linda Griffin, Lauren Haughton, Zach Hensler, KJ Hippensteel, Ryan Jackson, Jillian Kates, Becca Kloha, Sterling Masters, Marissa Miller, Robert Pendilla, Casey Quinn, Michael McCorry Rose, Wayne Schroder, Ben Susak, Erin Wilson and Justin Wirick.
Dwyer returns to the hit musical after touring as the understudy and standby for Elphaba on this tour for two years. After graduating with a BFA from the Hartt School of Music, she toured the US, Canada and Japan playing Maureen in Rent.
Tighe also returns to Wicked after previously understudying Fiyero on this tour. He comes directly from the first national tour of La Cage aux Folles, where he played Jean-Michel.
Dwyer and Tighe join Wicked in conjunction with the tour's opening in Durham, NC. The musical will play through May 27 at DPAC. Tickets are available online at DPACnc.com or Ticketmaster.com/wicked, at the DPAC Ticket Center: 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC.
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By Mitch Howard
Sports Writer
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
After reeling off 28 wins, North Laurel's season ended in the semifinals of the 13th Region tournament in 2012. The Jaguars will have a few holes to fill from graduation, including University of Kentucky signee Zach Storm.
There will be a more to replace than Storm's 13 homeruns and 27 stolen bases. Ethan Eversole was the team's No. 3 hitter (.358) and second in RBI (33). Bubby Brooks also signed to play college baseball for Pikeville. When you include players like Ryan Shears, John Evans, and Taylor Bowling, you are losing the entire infield and the pitchers that accounted for 15 of their 28 wins.
"We lost some good kids, but we've still got a good corps group coming back," McWhorter said.
Gabe Blair's shoulder injury suffered during football season led him to taking the baseball season off. When you include his numbers with the seniors there are 20 home runs the Jaguars will have to replace.
One area North Laurel can look at as a potential strength is a return of experienced pitching, including Marcus Carson. Carson's six wins and 2.37 ERA both led the team.
"We've got 13 of the 28 wins back, so that's a pretty good start with guys that have varsity experience," McWhorter said. "That being said, we will be throwing some babies out there with zero experience."
With pitchers limited to just a couple of innings per game in the early season, including several players just joining the team from basketball, there will be a lot of arms in action early. The Jaguars have five games scheduled to the first week if the weather cooperates.
"If we get them all in, we're going to have to throw some young guns out there," McWhorter said.
So who will be in the North Laurel rotation? Just look at the roster, it will be the rotation.
Zach Hurley and Austin Thompson have varsity experience on the mound. Logan Mallory was a winner in both of his decisions last year, getting both the first win and the last win of the season.
"Then you have guys that threw a lot of JV last year that are going to be sophomores," McWhorter said.
This group includes Elijah Jervis and Byron Rice. And even younger players like freshman Ray Hays and eighth grader Weston Griebel.
"There could be more. If someone's arm is hurting you move on to the next one. I told them everybody in here is a pitcher," McWhorter said. "Be ready when your number is called to come in and throw strikes."
The offense will also have a different look without Storm in the middle of the lineup to clear the bases. Carson is the only returning player that hit a home run last year. And it's certainly not Carson's role with as a leadoff hitter with 28 stolen bases.
"It's a different kind of team. They run really well. They work really hard on their swings trying to drive gaps and hit the ball where it is pitched," McWhorter said. "Hitting opposite field to the gaps is what separate the men from the boys. That's the most successful hitters."
While McWhorter is confident he will have players with gap to gap power, he is not as confident about the defense.
"Who knows? We can't get outside on the field and we just got our basketball guys back," McWhorter said, with the cold and rain keeping the Jaguars inside almost the entire preseason.
"We've taken as many swings as we can take. Our pitchers have thrown as much as they can throw," McWhorter said.
McWhorter isn't concerned about his outfield with Carson, Hurley, and Thompson all returning from last season. With all of three also pitching, Hunter North and Griebel will also see playing time in the outfield.
"I do not worry a bit about our outfield. Our outfield is our strong suite. Our infield is where we lost everything. It's all new guys," McWhorter said. "Until they get out there and get a taste of it, you just don't know."
Cole Lewis has been getting most of the reps at shortstop. Austin Rudder can also play shortstop if needed.
"(Lewis) is quick and getting strong. He runs well and hits the ball well. We've got a lot of confidence in him," McWhorter said.
Rudder will see action at second base along with Byron Rice. Rudder will also be in the mix at third base, along with Jake McWhorter. Logan Mallory and Caleb Deaton will patrol first base when he isn't pitching. Ethan Maxey at catcher is expected to be one of the team's strengths.
"It's going to be trial and error. Whoever makes the plays and whoever hits the ball the best when it's their turn to come out there," McWhorter said.
McWhorter ranks defending 13th Region champion South Laurel as the team to beat again this year.
"They've got just about everybody back. They lost a few, but they've got some good ones to take their spots," McWhorter said. "Their lineup is dangerous all the way through."
McWhorter also expects experienced Harlan County and young Knox Central to contend. He throws the Jaguars and Clay County into the mix as well.


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reviews for: listing #32822 - Skaneateles, New York House rental
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- type House
- baths 2½
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- community
- sleeps 8
- pets allowed no
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$1,950 - $2,400 /wk
Great Get Away
Review submitted: September 20, 2011 Date of arrival: August 5, 2011
What a wonderful home! The pictures that are posted do not do it justice! The weather was not so great but we played alot of games, lots of fishing and relaxing! Everything that a family needs is in this house. My kids are asking to go back next year.
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Great Home, Beautiful location
Review submitted: August 19, 2011 Date of arrival: July 15, 2011
This was a lovely, well kept, clean home stocked with everything you would ever need, inside and out. The furnishings were comfortable and the decor tasteful. We spent many hours on the front porch bird and chipmunk watching, playing games and enjoying the nice view of the lake and hillside. Skaneateles is a 20-30 min. boat ride (or drive) away and we indulged in shopping, dining, desserts and pastries more than once.
We've rented on most of the finger lakes and would definately stay here again. Great home, beautiful Lake.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Spacious, wonderful, and inviting
Review submitted: February 13, 2010 Date of arrival: July 10, 2009
My sister's family and our family wanted a week together somewhere beautiful and relaxing. The lake home at Glen Haven was just the place. There was lots of room and tons of amenities. We swam, had fires by the water, went into Skaneateles for lunch, drove to Ithaca for hiking and just enjoyed the peaceful spots nearby. I couldn't reccomend a better place to stay.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
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The Clear, Fresh Lake was Our Main Playground
Review submitted: February 10, 2010 Date of arrival: July 18, 2008
Our family vacation at the Glen Haven Lake House is one of our favorite memories. The accommodations were perfect, and the clear, fresh lake was our main playground. We enjoyed the games (both indoor and outdoor); our daughter-in-law learned to waterski and our 1-year-old son loved the swimming area. The dock was convenient for our boat and we enjoyed excursions to the town of Skaneateles and the local restaurant across the water. It rained some of the time we were there, which gave a little excitement to our boating and biking adventures.
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful home with us; we hope to return soon.
Della & Ray
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Great Long Weekend
Review submitted: February 9, 2010 Date of arrival: October 8, 2009
I just wanted to drop a quick note about our wonderful time on Skaneateles Lake at the Songer home. The setting, house and amenities were perfect for our long weekend getaway. We were in town for the wedding and our accommodations surely outdid the hotel where the wedding guests stayed. We had one minor problem but it was immediately fixed with a simple phone call to the owner.
Thanks again for a great time and hopefully we can get back up in the future.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Wonderful Week Fantastic Home
Review submitted: February 8, 2010 Date of arrival: July 31, 2009
Dear Sharon and Steve,
We wanted to thank you again for a wonderful week in your fantastic home! (I left a note at the house but I am not sure when you will be back in town). We had the best time exploring Lake Skaneateles and your lovely house met our every need!! Thank you also for those delicious pancakes and syrup! As you can see below, we thoroughly enjoyed them!
We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer with your beautiful family!
Kristen and Jerry
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SI's Pete Thamel examines the changes in BC recruiting.
Pete Thamel reports that the NCAA is still looking into Nerlens Noel, referring to it as an "expansion." A direct quote from the NCAA casts some doubt on that.
The NYT's Pete Thamel falls into the trap of an old narrative
Gregg Doyel and his new conspiracy theory. Grassy knoll? Maybe, but hey, what good is a conspiracy without a theory?
This guy seems to think West Virginia is a done deal. Pete Thamel is coming around to that notion, as well.
After the very public backlash from Mark Blaudschun's Power Move by ACC article, Boston College AD Gene DeFilippo has sent a letter of apology to the presidents and ADs of the ACC.In his statement,...
Interesting read from Pete Thamel...
Recapping UConn's place in the latest round of conference realignment rumors.
With the sport of college football teetering on the brink, the NCAA enforcement committee will have to get creative when it comes to doling out punishment to the University of Miami.
This story takes the Auburn perspective in looking at the most disgusting figures in college football.
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UNK has for finalists for AD job
KEARNEY University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen today released an update on UNK's national search for a new athletics director, announcing four candidates who will advance as finalists for the position.
The finalists are Jean Berger, Mary Ellen Gillespie, Rick Goeb and Paul Plinske.
UNK in May engaged the executive search firm of Alden and Associates and appointed an advisory committee to assist with the process upon Athletics Director Jon McBride's announced resignation.
"We are very pleased at the quality of applicants for our position," said Kristensen. "The committee has worked diligently to assist me in identifying a particularly strong group of experienced and highly successful finalists with unique strengths that give us a number of pleasing options moving forward."
· Berger has served as senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator at the University of Northern Iowa (Division I) since 2008. She held a similarposition at Drake University from 1992-2005 and has 28 years of successful collegiate athletics administration experience, including at Wayne State College in Nebraska.
· Gillespie is associate athletics director for external relations at Bowling Green State University (Division I) where she has also been heavily involved in development/major gifts since 2006. She has extensive experience in development, advancement and student life at Purdue University, the North American Interfraternity Conference, and University of Iowa.
· Goeb served as director of athletics at Bemidji State University (Division II) from 2001-2013. He has prior experience as senior associate athletic director at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1995-2001) and was head wrestling coach at St. Cloud State (1990-93).
· Plinske has been director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Division III) since 2004. He was previously associate director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (1994-2004) and involved in athleticsadministration at the University of Illinois and University of Minnesota while pursuing masters and doctoral degrees, respectively.
Kristensen said campus visits are being scheduled immediately with a goal of naming the new athletics director prior to the start of fall athletics seasons.
"Jon McBride stepped down as director in May and to best meet the needs of our student athletes and programs, we embarked on an expeditious though careful search process," Kristensen said. Kristensen announced May 13 that McBride would step down July 31 for healthreasons, and will become a special assistant to the chancellor to contribute to athletics-related initiatives and projects.
"Even though we have set an aggressive timeline, I'm equally pleased with the quality of our finalists and our process," Kristensen said. "Our committee has given due time for reflection and the candidates have been able to learn a great deal about our institution, current situation and aspirations."
Chancellor Kristensen said finalists will be invited to campus in the coming few weeks and that a series of forums will be arranged to enable the campus and Kearney community to meet the candidates and give input. Scheduling details for each visit will be released as soon as details are finalized.
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Hey guys! I know what your thinking.. where the heck is the food?? I promise you I have an awesome dinner idea for you that I will be posting tonight, but for right now, I wanted to tell you about the amazing concert I went to in Vegas this weekend!
Now I have been to some great concerts. I started at a very young age going to shows with my friends. The first time I ever went to a concert was when I was 15 years old. It was Face to Face. An awesome punk band that I was obsessed with at the time. If your one of my family members or friends, you know that my favorite music EVER is punk rock. Yes, punk. I love love love me some punk music. Everyone from NOFX to the Sex Pistols from The Ramones to Rancid. I love it all. There are so many people that have told me that they cant stand it. That its 'too loud' or like my old boss Dr.Currivan told me once 'its nervous music'... haha, well sorry folks, but I freakin love it! My favorite punk group of all time is AFI. The two shows Ive been to of theirs have blown my mind, even though the second time I saw them I was 2 months pregnant with Emma. I was so nervous I was going to make my unborn child deaf that I kept walking in and out of the venue to give her growing little ears a break! ha But it was still a great show!
This concert Saturday night, was unbelievably great!! I went with two of my sisters, Jaclyn and Lindsey, and my niece Madison. We arrived in Vegas at about 2:00 p.m and had to drop Jaclyns BMW (the spoiled brat) off at the BMW dealership so she could get some work done on it, once that was done, we were off to eat at the Cheesecake Factory! As usual, it was heaven on earth! If you have not eaten there yet, then please do yourself a favor, and the next time your in Vegas go try it! You will die. And then you will call me and thank me for telling you about it. It is a little piece of paradise. Lin and I shared the lettuce wraps and this little tiny pizza thing, called a 'Pizzette'. We chowed down! It was SO good! Once we ate lunch, it was that critical time to decide on dessert. Yes, I said critical. Ask Lindsey, dessert for us is serious business. We live for it.. yes, we do. Once we received our dessert menus, we studied them very carefully. I gave in and ended up ordering The Red Velvet Cheesecake. I think the last 3 times we have eaten there Ive got it. I devour it! There are just no words at all to describe how freaking delicious it is! I wish I could come up with my own recipe for it, but then again, maybe not, because I would be a humungous fat pig and Kale would no longer want to be married to me!
We left Cheesecake Factory and drove over to The Palms, to check into our room. I love The Palms. It is an awesome hotel. It has the club 'RAIN' in it. About 7 years ago I went there with Jac and Deb and we danced our booties off until 5 in the morning! It was so much fun. Anyways.. so we got up to our room and unpacked. We relaxed for a little bit and then decided to go to one of the IMAX theatres that are inside The Palms. We ended up seeing 'HUBBLE' in 3D. It was about the satellite HUBBLE that Nasa launched into space in 1990. It showed some of the most amazing pictures of space. I was speechless watching it. It also made me really emotional. It showed pictures of stars forming and dying. Some of the ones that were forming looked like they were laying in clouds that looked like rainbows.. It made me wonder if thats what heaven looks like. It was really unbelievable to see. It was only a 45 minute movie, so once that was done, we headed back up to the room and started to get all dolled up for the concert!
At 7:00 p.m. Vegas time, we headed to the Planet Hollywood to go to the show! We were so excited! Vegas was so busy that weekend. It took us forever to get there. Andy ended up dropping us off in the VIP entrance! We had no clue! As we walked toward the doors to go in, Lindsey screams "You guys look! Thats the guy from Lady Antebellum!" We all turn to look and sure enough, there was Charlie the blonde haired guy that sings in the band walking some lady over to a car! It was really cool to see him in person. He is really tall! We stared in shock for a minute, and then turned around and walked inside.
The second we walked through the doors, a guy holding arm bands walks up to us and says "Hey ladies, Come to the VIP party tonight after the show! Drinks are free until 4 a.m.!" As he is telling us this, he is putting thes bands around our wrists! We all kinda looked around at eachother in shock, and just laughed.
After that, we headed up the stairs toward the PH arena. There were so many people there! We couldnt believe it! We found our seats and sat down! I couldnt wait! I felt like I was dreaming! After what seemed like an eternity, the lights went down, and out came Justin Timberlake! The crowd roared with excitement! He explained that all of the proceeds to the concert were going to be given to Shriners Hospital. They played a video from Shriners that showed all of the sick kids the money would be given to. It made me feel really good. An awesome concert, for an awesome cause!
The first performance was Selena Gomez. She did a good job. My niece Madison was dying the whole time!! She loves Selena! Then there was T-Pain, Salt N Peppa, Lady Antebellum, Christina Aguilara, P-Diddy ... They all sang about 4-5 songs each. I danced and danced the whole show! And laughed.. laughed my butt off. Im sure the people sitting behind us wanted to kill us.. but I did not care at all! ha I was having soo much fun!
So after all of those amazing performances we saw, then Justin Timberlake comes out on stage with an accoustic guitar and starts to sing some of his most popular songs. It was unbelievable. He has such an amazing voice live! There is nothing worse then going to a concert and hearing them SUCK live... but oh.. not Justin! He sounded so good. Just like he does on one of his CD's. After he sang a few songs, he had a big announcement. He blew everyone away with the surprise... He introduced to the stage...... 'SIR ELTON JOHN!" I died!
They had his red piano on stage and the legend came out and sat down and played some of his all time greatest songs!! I could NOT BELIEVE I was watching Elton John live in concert!! It was surreal... :) I was on cloud 9! Wow what a night!
Well after the show, we got back to the hotel, about 2 a.m and passed out! We woke up pretty early Sunday morning, and went and had a delicious breakfast at 'Mimis Cafe'. My breakfast inspired me for a breakfast post I will be doing very soon! :)
Like I said before, I have been to a ton of concerts.. but this was the best, so far. On the drive home I started to think back to all the concerts Ive been to and could not compare any of them to that night. I know it has been alot, but Ive never counted or wrote a list of them to see how many Ive really been to... so here it goes, in no particular order... these are the awesome shows Ive been to:
Face to Face (x2)
Rancid (x3)
AFI (x2)
Tiger Army
Britney Spears
Skid Row
311 (x2)
Social Distortion (x2)
Bad Religion
Coheed and Cambria
PussyCat Dolls
Backstreet Boys
Lady Antebellum
Christina Aguilara
Selena Gomez
Justin Timberlake
Elton John (still cant believe it )
These are the ones I can remember right at this moment. I'm sure I am missing some, especially bands that opened up for these shows. I've had so much fun and have such awesome memories of going to these shows with good friends and family. Music is such a huge part of my life.. Its a part of humanity. I think we as humans could not survive without music. I love it so much and am so greatful for the fun times Ive had at concerts... and for the many many more to come :)


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It's been a while since our last Straightup event (and since my last post), so it was great to get back to it last week. David Yoon is one of the Straightup hosts and he was our tasting guide this time around for tequila.
I don't know much about tequila, except it pays to pay for the good stuff (as many a girls' weekend has taught me). But this was the really good stuff, some of which you can't get in Canada.
Our first bottle was Milagro Reposado. This one smelled the most like "tequila" – a bit of oil, with some vanilla and wood, though, so already I was in different territory. It also had the oiliest mouth feel, but an interesting briny/mineral finish.
Next was Tres Generaciones, an old family recipe of the Sauza family, as the name implies. It was a clear tequila compared to some of the others we tasted, and it is not casked in oak barrels. This one was my favourite of the bunch. Nice taste and very smooth.
Partida Anejo was really interesting. I pegged the aroma of this one as a cactus wearing nail polish, which doesn't sound good, but it was. Taste was definitely of agave and bourbon with a light wheat colouring and long finish. This one is casked in Jack Daniels and that bourban taste came through for sure.
Then came Riazul Anejo, which is hard to find even in the States. The aroma on this one was of candy canes, or cotton candy or something, which was quite strange for a tequila. And it tasted sweet, which was also quite strange but very pleasant. Like a dessert tequila, should you need one.
It was interesting to hear about Lowland and Highland bottlings and the caskings, just like with whisky, and David assured us that tequila drinkers are happy drunks, so there's that.
The venue this time around was at Center in the Square and it was perfect for the occasion. Every time we do one, I get excited for the next one. Who knows what's next – sake?


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BIOL 108 Tropical Field Botany (NS-L) [GA] An introduction to the native, agricultural, and medicinal plants of the Old World tropics. Classroom and field work will include identification of tropical plant families, plantation agriculture, and sustainable harvest of medicinal plants. Visits with western, Ayurvedic, and tribal medical practitioners will allow a comparison of how botanical resources are understood and used in these different medical systems.
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Yorkshire race crowds top one million in 2013
Updated 3:50pm Friday 17th January 2014 in Sport By Steve Carroll, Sports reporter
MORE than one million people went horseracing in Yorkshire in 2013.
Strong attendances at York, along with Go Racing In Yorkshire's Summer Festival which brought more than 100,000 racegoers to the county's nine tracks, combined with a warm summer and a mild end to the year to bring in the crowds.
A delighted John Sexton, chairman of Go Racing In Yorkshire, said: "Topping one million racegoers on our racecourses during 2013 was a fantastic achievement and I couldn't be more thrilled.
"It was a sensational year for racing in Yorkshire, with a memorable Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival which attracted great crowds, a very competitive first 'Future Stars' Apprentice Series (won by Gary Mahon), nine wonderful Ladies Days capped off by the final at Doncaster in October and last, but not least, an extremely successful first-ever Go Racing In Yorkshire Winter Festival which helped tip the aggregate attendance over the one million mark."
Sexton added: "Racing in Yorkshire is going from strength to strength and, buoyed by these figures, we can look forward to 2014 and beyond with real confidence."
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25 killed in Venezuela prison riot, dozens wounded
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Twenty-five people were killed during a prison riot and dozens wounded when two groups of inmates waged a gunbattle inside the penitentiary while hundreds of relatives were visiting, Venezuelan officials said yesterday.
The violence erupted at Yare I prison south of Caracas on Sunday, and at least one of those slain was a relative of an inmate, said Iris Varela, the government's prisons minister.
It was the latest and deadliest in a series of bloody clashes that have flared in Venezuela's overcrowded prisons and become a major problem for President Hugo Chavez's government.
Varela told state television yesterday afternoon that 17 of the 25 dead had been identified so far. She said some of them had been shot multiple times in the head. Forty-three other people were wounded, including 29 inmates and 14 visiting relatives, Varela said.
About 900 women who were at the prison to see inmates when the fighting broke out were still inside, she said. It wasn't immediately clear why they weren't coming out.
Varela indicated the situation had stabilised by yesterday morning and said authorities planned to talk with inmates "to try to impose order there." The mother of one prisoner said armed inmates still held the facility.
Varela said those behind the killings "are going to have to answer for this." She didn't provide details about how the inmate's relative died.
Carlos Nieto, an activist who monitors human rights in Venezuelan prisons, said the gunbattle lasted about four hours and involved groups fighting for control.
Yajaira Morroy, the mother of a 27-year-old inmate at the prison, said her son suffered a gunshot wound in a leg and had been trying to help a relative of another inmate who was wounded and then died. She said her son managed to reach a guard post and was taken to a hospital.
Morroy said during a telephone interview that the situation inside the prison had calmed and that some relatives who had been stranded inside were able to come out. But she said that armed inmates were still in control of the facility and that National Guard troops had not gone inside.
Nieto said the riot shows that the "most serious prison problem, the weapons possessed by inmates, hasn't been solved." He noted that less than a month ago, another bloody riot erupted at another prison in Merida state.
Violence has proliferated inside Venezuela's prisons, where inmates often obtain weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt guards.
The watchdog group Venezuelan Prisons Observatory says 560 people were killed in Venezuelan prisons last year. It also says the pace of the violence increased during the first half of this year, with at least 304 inmates killed.
Venezuela currently has 33 prisons built to hold about 12,000 inmates, but officials have said the prisons' population is about 47,000. Hundreds are held in Yare I, though a precise count wasn't immediately available.
Following a deadly armed uprising last year in the prisons El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II, just outside Caracas, Chavez announced plans for changes to the country's troubled penal system including building new prisons, improving conditions and speeding trials for inmates who have yet to be sentenced.


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MIAMI — For his entire NBA career, green has been Ray Allen's dominant color, either in Milwaukee, Seattle, or Boston. So it was strange Monday to watch Allen at the AmericanAirlines Arena practice facility, launching midrange bank shots in a white top and black shorts, fraternizing with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
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Here is the whole story from 2nd Samuel 9 – Read it and take it in.
1 Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?" 2 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant." 3The king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet." 4 So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar." 5 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!" 7 David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the and of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly." 8 Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?"
9 Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson. 10 You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. 12 Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.
Now that you read it – ponder on these thoughts (some are mine and some are from a variety of other sources).
David's grace to Mephibosheth is a wonderful picture of God's grace to us.
1. The name "Mephibosheth" means shameful and he live as a shameful man – we too before God's grace comes upon us are shameful men and women.
2. Mephibosheth was considered the king's enemy – we too are enemies of God before His grace comes upon us.
3. Mephibosheth became lame through a fall (v. 3) – we too are lame and crippled because of the fall of Man.
4. And Mephibosheth was in a far country (v. 4) – before God's grace comes to us we are living far from God in a foreign land.
5. Mephibosheth was called by the king (vv. 4-5) – When God's grace comes upon us we are called by the King of Kings who is God.
6. David sought Mephibosheth — Mephibosheth did not seek David. God seeks us and we do not seek Him.
7. Mephibosheth came before the king in reverent submission (v. 6) – this too is how we need to come before God when he offers us Grace.
8. Mephibosheth was received in all his deformity – God does the same for us, he receives us just as we are.
9. Mephibosheth was received for the sake of his father (v. 7) – we receive the grace of God because of our heavenly Father.
10. When Mephibosheth came to David, he learned to have a proper estimate of himself (v. 8 ) – when God's grace comes upon us we see a proper picture of who we are.
11. Mephibosheth was reconciled to the king by an act of the king's own mercy (vv. 9-10) – we are reconciled to God because of the mercy of God.
12. And under the king's table Mephibosheth's crippled feet were covered – we too become whole people because of the grace of God that covers us.
What we need to recognize is that David's grace to Mephibosheth is also a pattern for us in serving and ministering to others. This example of David is how we need to live, serve, and minister.
1. We should seek out our enemies and seek to bless them and not harm or humiliate them.
2. We should look for the poor, weak, lame, and hidden to bless them and show them the love of God – even if we get nothing in return.
3. We should bless others when they don't deserve it and bless them with much more than they could ever want or need.
4. We should bless others for the sake of someone else – honor other by honoring their family.
5. We must show the kindness, generosity, and grace of God to others if we wish to be significant and make a difference in the world in which we live.
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The world of health costs can be a mind boggling place. I know that personally, as a college student, its hard to care about health costs. I know that when I'm sick, I go to the doctor and get prescribed a medication and the bill gets sent to my mother. Why should we start caring? Because in the very near future, we will all be on our own, paying our own health care costs.As we enter our later years, we will be more and more at risk for disease. A way that you can lower health costs is by taking advantage of health care benefits for preventive care. You may not know this, but under theAffordable Care Act, preventive visits now do not require a copay. For instance, certain vaccinations, blood pressure screenings, cholesterol screenings, STI screenings and many others are offered free of copay. This is a great opportunity to make sure that you are perfectly healthy and to avoid future costs! Don't wait to be sick to go to the doctor's office, you will have a much friendlier relationship and association with healthcare and healthcare providers if you take preventive measures. Take responsibility for your own health and get screenings done! It is much better to know that you are healthy rather than finding out suddenly that something is wrong and have to pay endless copays and out of pocket fees for treatment. These preventive care resources can be specific for men, women and children!
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Thats some serious Bioground whoring But very essential - I fucken loved his Love Addiction CD. 'Outstanding Emptiness' by the man is fucken deep n chuggy
You checked out much of Fred Everything Slade? Check out 'Forever' on the From The Vault,Pt.1 release on Bombay. really cool, as is 'Night Lights' out on Intonation (definetly 'Our Music' on the flip). Ashen & Walker - Music in My Life (GOTSOUL) -- check it too
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Charles Krauthammer: The real news from Obama's Israel trip
Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21
Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids?
Consider that the most revered parent in Palestinian society is Mariam Farhat of Gaza. Her distinction? Three of her sons died in various stages of trying to kill Israelis - one in a suicide attack, shooting up and hurling grenades in a room full of Jewish students.
She gloried in her "martyr" sons, wishing only that she had 100 boys like her schoolroom suicide attacker to "sacrifice . for the sake of God." And for that she was venerated as "mother of the struggle," elected to parliament and widely mourned upon her recent passing.
So much for reciprocity. In the Palestinian territories, streets, public squares, summer camps, high schools, even a kindergarten are named after suicide bombers and other mass murderers. So much for the notion that if only Israelis would care about Arab kids, peace would be possible.
Israelis have forever wanted nothing more than peace and security for all the children. That's why they accepted the 1947 U.N. partition of British Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state. Unfortunately - another asymmetry - the Arabs said no. To this day, the Palestinians have rejected every peace offer that leaves a Jewish state standing.
This is not ancient history. Yasser Arafat said no at Camp David in 2000 and at Taba in 2001. And in 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered a Palestinian state on all of the West Bank (with territorial swaps) with its capital in a shared Jerusalem. Mahmoud Abbas walked away.
In that same speech, Obama blithely called these "missed historic opportunities" that should not prevent peace-seeking now. But these "missed historic opportunities" are not random events. They present an unbroken, unrelenting pattern over seven decades of rejecting any final peace with Israel.
So what was the point of Obama's Jerusalem speech encouraging young Israelis to make peace, a speech the media drooled over? It was mere rhetoric, a sideshow meant to soften the impact on the Arab side of the really important event of Obama's trip: the major recalibration of his position on the peace process.
Obama knows that peace talks are going nowhere. First, because there is no way that Israel can sanely make concessions while its neighborhood is roiling and unstable - the Muslim Brotherhood taking over Egypt, rockets being fired from Gaza, Hezbollah brandishing 50,000 missiles aimed at Israel, civil war raging in Syria with its chemical weapons and rising jihadists, and Iran threatening openly to raze Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Second, peace is going nowhere because Abbas has shown Obama over the last four years that he has no interest in negotiating. Obama's message to Abbas was blunt: Come to the table without preconditions, i.e., without the excuse of demanding a settlement freeze first.
Obama himself had contributed to this impasse when he imposed that precondition - for the first time ever in the history of Arab-Israeli negotiations - four years ago. And when Israel responded with an equally unprecedented 10-month settlement freeze, Abbas didn't show up to talk until more than nine months in - then walked out, never to return.
In Ramallah, Obama didn't just address this perennial Palestinian dodge. He demolished the very claim that settlements are the obstacle to peace. Palestinian sovereignty and Israeli security are "the core issue," he told Abbas. "If we solve those two problems, the settlement problem will be solved."
Finally. Presidential validation of the screamingly obvious truism: Any peace agreement will produce a Palestinian state with not a single Israeli settlement remaining on its territory. Any settlement on the Palestinian side of whatever border is agreed upon will be demolished. Thus, any peace that reconciles Palestinian statehood with Israeli security automatically resolves the settlement issue. It disappears.
Yes, Obama offered the ritual incantations about settlements being unhelpful. Nothing new here. He could have called them illegal or illegitimate. It wouldn't have mattered - because Obama officially declared them irrelevant.
Exposing settlements as a mere excuse for the Palestinian refusal to negotiate - that was the news, widely overlooked, coming out of Obama's trip. It was a breakthrough.
Will it endure? Who knows. But when an American President so sympathetic to the Palestinian cause tells Abbas to stop obstructing peace with that phony settlement excuse, something important has happened. Abbas, unmasked and unhappy, knows this better than anyone.
Charles Krauthammer is a columnist for The Washington Post.
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Each ticket holder will have the choice of one free ticket to next year's Super Bowl, plus $2,400 in cash (three times the face value of the game ticket). The ticket to next year's Super Bowl is transferable.
The second option is one free ticket to a future Super Bowl game of the fan's choice, including next year's if so desired. In addition, this option offers round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations provided by the NFL. This offer is personalized and not transferable.
"We are ultimately responsible for the fan experience and we want it to be the best it can possibly be," Goodell said.
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This is the NFL's reaction to critics of the original offer — option one, that included the free ticket to next year's game — who brought up the point that if the ticket holder's team wasn't in next year's game, then it's not a fair deal for those fans who traveled to Dallas to see the Steelers or Packers. This allows the fan to wait to see if his team returns to the Super Bowl and use the ticket for that game.


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Another blast of frigid air is expected to descend on the Hoosier state starting Monday. Indiana Assistant State Fire Marshal Robert Johnson is urging Hoosiers to exercise caution when using heating equipment, such as wood stoves or space heaters, to heat their homes. Johnson says keep any and all combustibles away from space heaters and most importantly, make sure you have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in your home.
Indiana State Fire Marshal Jim Greeson says, "We have already seen the tragic consequences of the improper use of heating equipment in Indiana this year," said Indiana State Fire Marshal Jim Greeson. "Three children perished in a Hammond house fire as a result of a propane-fueled space heater being near combustible material." An electric space heater is blamed for a recent house fire in Crown Point, which fire officials say overloaded an electric circuit, which started a fire inside a wall. To hear more our interview, click News Audio On Demand at http://regionnewsteam.com/
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The Chicago Fire Soccer Club welcomed community partner, City Year Chicago at Sunday's home opener against the New York Red Bulls. City Year, an education-focused non-profit organization that combats the nation's dropout epidemic by uniting young people of all backgrounds for a full year of full-time service in high-need schools. Because of the Fire's support and the support of all of our team sponsors, City Year Chicago is able to place 206 corps members in 20 schools, impacting 5,000 5th through 9th grade students through academic supports, mentoring programs, after school activities and parent engagement initiatives.
As the partnership continues in 2014, the Club extended an invitation to all 200 members of City Year Chicago to attend the Fire's first home game at Toyota Park. Those who were able to attend joined Fire owner Andrew Hauptman on the field prior to the match for photo op and recognition.
The Club will also have presence at City Year's Family Engagement Night Tuesday evening as members of the Chicago Fire Foundation and Community Relations Department will be in attendance.
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Select shots from the Fire's 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls presented by MiAllstate.
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One took over the defending continental champions. Despite his 15 trophies as a manager, there were questions about how much better he could make them. Two-thirds through the season, he's taken the champions to a new level of excellence.
Another replaced a legend in taking over the league champs. His experience and consistency made him a safe choice, but how would he lead the club into a new generation? Today the team sits seven places out of first.
The third assumed leadership of a historically successful club dealing with a few tough years. Fans wondered what would come next as contracts turned over and a new crop of youngsters presented themselves. With five coaching trophies, he's highly knowledgeable with regards to the competition and what works in the league, but fans eagerly wait to see how he'll plot the path forwards.
Which of the above new coaches came to the Fire? If you separated Frank Yallop from Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich and David Moyes at Manchester United, good for you.
Coaching changes are so commonplace that they're not in and of themselves particularly remarkable. In the Barclay's Premier League so far in the 2013-2014 season, already five managers have been fired; that's on top of the six managers who left clubs before the season already started. That means more than half the teams changed managers this year.
And in general with sports, personnel changeover is as much a part of the grind as winning and losing. It's as much if not more common in the current adolescent stage of MLS, where parity dominates, new teams are forthcoming, and personnel rules and financial regulation necessitate almost constant player movement.
But what do the changes mean for the Fire?
This year is a new beginning. Even though the ownership and front office maintain a steadfast commitment to the club's history and traditions, the technical staff was overhauled leading into the 2014 season. MLS legend Frank Yallop replaced Fire legend Frank Klopas. He brought C.J. Brown, another Fire legend, along with, and added assistant coach Clint Mathis on top.
And the change touched the players as well. Some consistent starters from seasons past, like Austin Berry and Jalil Anibaba, are gone. Led by Harry Shipp and Benji Joya, a new crop of youngsters are fighting veterans for their places. Meanwhile, except for Sean Johnson in goal, Jeff Larentowicz in the middle, and the reigning MVP Mike Magee (whenever he's back fit) up top, every place in the side is up for grabs.
Things change, okay, but this is now a totally different Fire team than the one we've seen the past few years. New players and new management means a new culture, new approaches both on and off the field. A 4-1-4-1 formation is in the works. But the gutsy 10-man point in Portland and loss at Chivas showed that old habits take time to correct.
Even though the Fire were frustrated to miss the playoffs a few times in recent years, they have the league MVP and enough player talent on paper to threaten the top teams in MLS. Yet by overhauling the technical staff, the Fire signaled a loftier statement: Being mediocre is not good enough, no matter how much successful history the club has.
Without going into huge detail about the strategic plans, the Fire players have said that this preseason felt different, that Yallop was fostering a different environment than Klopas's.
It's important because whether we like it or not, this season will be defined by the changes the Fire made this offseason. Change is here.
The questions though: How much do you change, and how much do you keep? What is actually new? How exactly do you convey and impose a plan without sacrificing whatever was working before? What effect can a plan even have if there are many unpredictable and external issues?
It doesn't look like Yallop is going to blow everyone away with some avant garde tactical system. Although the lineups have changed, in the first two games we saw tactical variations of familiar set ups, even if the advertised 4-1-4-1 was never totally deployed. We saw a cautious balance between MLS veterans and excited young guns.
In the media, we've seen a focus on working hard and coming together as a team - like the tactics and team selection, it's a communications strategy that isn't going to draw too much attention.
But don't let the low key approach fool you. Yallop's project with the Fire is massive. Whether he ends up tearing through the league like Guardiola, or taking a few steps back, like Moyes, certainly Yallop's plan must be taken seriously for the long term. Change might be part of the game, but plans in this game only work when they're given time to come to.
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After a lackluster performance last weekend out in LA, the Fire are in Portland for what should be a much sterner test against a Timbers team unbeaten in home regular season play for over a year (1:30pm CT on My50 / TWCWI). The Timbers will also be looking to avenge the 2-2 draw in the team's only meeting last season where a brilliant Fire comeback left Caleb Porter seething. Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
A tweak in formation option A: Packing the midfield
Against a Portland team playing their usual 4-3-3 formation, a safer option for the Fire, especially away from home, is to play another holding midfielder alongside Jeff Larentowicz in an attempt to pack the midfield. Portland rely on late runs from players like Will Johnson and another holding midfielder would ensure the Fire would be able to track these runs more effectively.
Logan Pause would be the prime candidate to partner Larentowicz in the engine room. Portland always look to get playmaker Diego Valeri on the ball and rely on his through balls to create many of the team's chances. Pause and Larentowicz read the game extremely well and are masters at intercepting the kind of balls Valeri will be looking to play.
This option requires that the Fire drop one of its attacking players, which in this case could be Chris Rolfe who is battling an injury. The approach could be seen as a negative one, but playing against a team unbeaten at home for over a year and one that scored the third highest amount of goals in the league last season, the Men in Red also need be realistic.
A tweak in formation option B: Eliminating the target striker
A more progressive option for the Fire this weekend would be eliminating the target striker completely in favor of a smaller and quicker attack. This move would see Juan Luis Anangono, a player isolated during large stretches of last weekend's match, drop to the bench in favor of a quicker, more dynamic player such as Quincy Amarikwa, a player on the cusp of a starting eleven place.
In last weekend's match against the Union, Portland were undone on more than a few occasions by some neat and quick interplay by the Philly midfielders and strikers. With this smaller formation, the Fire will have more opportunities to play this type of game.
The interplay between players such as Duka, Rolfe, Joya, Amarikwa, Alex and Nyarko could certainly cause the Timbers problems with Benji Joya's goal last week serving as a classic example of this: Amarikwa playing a brilliant through ball to Alex who in turn found Joya at the back post for a tap in finish.
While this formation would certainly make the Fire quicker, it should also provide the Men in Red with an opportunity to have more possession and even slow the game down at times, especially if the away team manages to take the lead. With possession below 45% in last week's loss, an emphasis on keeping more of the ball is also necessary.
Set pieces: a weakness for both teams
Both the Fire and Timbers have had problems defending set pieces in the past and that was apparent again during the first match of the season for both teams. Fire defender Bakary Soumare admitted fault after his mark was able to head home the winner for Chivas while Portland also gave up a goal from a corner against the Union.
The Fire's defensive play from crosses and set pieces was certainly suspect last weekend and coach Frank Yallop made no secret of his disappointment at how his team gave up goals in this manner.
Though Portland are not a very big team, players like Diego Valeri and Gaston Fernandez are some of the best set piece takers in the league and a more cohesive performance by the Fire back four is needed on Sunday afternoon. On the other side of the ball, with the Timbers also looking frail on set pieces, I expect the Fire to load the box when the dead ball opportunities arise.
Prediction: 1-1 with the Fire goal coming from Alex
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @irish_steve
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It's a very good week for documentaries as the BBC offers up "Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars," Docudrama presents the Star Wars fanboy (and girl) film "Jedi Junkies" and Virgil Films gives us "A Liar's Autobiography" the hilarious animated and semi-true autobiography of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.
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The Walk to End Alzheimer's is actually several walks in various locations, and it includes a walk in Andover that begins at Brickstone Square off York Street in the Shawsheen area of town.
The event came to Andover in 2008, and until recently was known as the Memory Walk. Many walkers carry fabric flowers with a message to a loved one, which they "plant" in a garden as part of the event.


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The highs and lows of being a professional footballer will be discussed when former Watford FC star Clarke Carlisle visits a Watford church next month.
After his chairmanship of the Professional Footballers' Association, appearances on BBC's Question Time and an acclaimed documentary on racism in football, Carlisle is renowned as one of the country's most eloquent and thoughtful sportsmen.
Clarke has played in all four divisions of the English league and promises a revealing and compelling account of his time as a footballer and at the PFA.
He will also tell his own complex personal story and examine his career, having battled alcohol problems and career-threatening injuries; from his early days playing for England Under-21s to a late arrival in the Premier League with Burnley.
He will speak at Soul Survivor church in Greycaine Road, Watford, at 6.30pm on Friday, February 7.
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Mainstream Islamist movements across the Arab world have struggled to close the gap — or, really, even define the gap — between religious ideals and the mundane realities of everyday politics.
Rising Muslim Concerns about Islamic Extremism
Sep 12, 2013
Concern about Islamic extremism is rising among many of the world's Muslims, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. In five of the 11 surveyed countries — Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Tunisia and Turkey — worries about extremism have increased since 2012.
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Jun 24, 2013
In June 2013, the death toll in Syria reportedly rose to more than 100,000. The conflict began with non-violent protests in March 2011, but quickly turned violent after harsh regime crackdowns. Twelve women from seven Arab countries, from Bahrain to Egypt and Syria, were asked what they feared most about the conflict.
Women on Syria Part II: After Assad
Jun 24, 2013
The endgame in Syria is not clear after two years of intense fighting between the rebels and government forces. But the Syrian opposition has made it clear that President Bashar Assad leave the country. Twelve women from seven Arab countries, from Bahrain to Egypt and Syria, were asked what a post-Assad Syria would be like.
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May 20, 2013
Blasphemy and apostasy laws were applied in a discriminatory manner in several Middle Eastern and North African countries in 2012, according to a new report by the U.S. State Department. "These laws are frequently used to repress dissent, to harass political opponents, and to settle personal vendettas," Secretary of State Kerry said on May 20.
Women Challenge the Muslim Brotherhood
Apr 19, 2013
Responding to the Muslim Brotherhood, leading female activists are charging that Islam actually guarantees women wide-ranging rights–and that the largest Islamist movement in the Arab world merely wants to maintain male dominance. In March, the Brotherhood had warned that U.N. passage of a draft declaration on violence would lead to society's "complete disintegration." It said that the declaration contradicted Islamic principles by allowing women to have full sexual freedom and marry outside their faith while cancelling the need for a husband's consent to "travel, work, or use of contraception."
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On April 11, G8 foreign ministers condemned attacks on residential areas in Syria and warned that chemical weapons use would "demand a serious international response." Ministers from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom also reaffirmed their support for the six Deauville Partnership transition countries ― Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen. The partnership, launched in May 2011, supports four areas key to successful political transitions: economic stabilization, job creation, good governance, and economic integration.
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Fair pay, unemployment and rising living costs are top concerns of Arab youth, according to a new survey by Asada'a and Burson Marsteller. "Being paid a fair wage" is the top priority of 82 percent of respondents for the second year in a row. Owning a home, also for the second consecutive year, remains the second-highest priority of Arab youth.
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President Obama said Syrian President Bashar al Assad has lost his legitimacy and "must go," during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 20. Obama, on his first presidential visit to Israel, warned that the Syrian regime "will be held accountable for the use of chemical weapons or their transfer to terrorists."
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"I see a Muslim Brotherhood crescent developing in Egypt and Turkey," Jordan's King Abdullah II warned in a series of interviews with The Atlantic. The monarch said the Muslim Brothers are not necessarily interested in democracy. They are "wolves in sheep's clothing."