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MALDA: An 18-year-old college girl killed herself apparently after being rebuffed by the boy she loved.
The student, a tribal girl from Sanyasdighi village under Jatradanga panchayat in Malda, was studying first year arts in Gour College. The youngest of four siblings, the girl used to live in a rented house at Sahapur with her mother to facilitate her education.
"On Friday, when my mother left for our house in Jatradanga, my sister drank some acid stored for washing. Some local children found her in that state
and informed the neighbours. She was then taken to hospital," said the girl's elder brother. On Wednesday, the girl died in hospital.
Though her family members have no idea about the reason behind this extreme step, her friends disclosed that the girl, though a good student, was introvert by nature. of late, she
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News: Tony Yayo Gives Surprising Shout-Out To Former G-Unit Member
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 1:55PM
New York rapper Tony Yayo has made an unexpected gesture this week by publicly shouting out former G-Unit member Young Buck as he serves out a multi-year jail bid.
Brief with his words, the "Talk of New York" acknowledged Buck Marley's current jail woes.
"Free G Money," Yayo tweeted September 17th afternoon.
"Free Young Buck" (Tony Yayo's Twitter)
Last month, G-Unit leader 50 Cent reacted to Buck getting handed an 18-month jail sentence.
"I think it's unfortunate. I don't wish that on nobody, having to sit in the joint. But I don't know how to respond in a nice way to blatant disrespect that was offered. I'm the kind of person that I don't let go of things easy, I'll be honest with you. If I'm the driving force behind why the situation is what it is, I'll accept it. But when I can't see what I've done to offer it, then I think that that was just a plan that didn't go right. If it went the way they wanted it to, there would still be no white flag. That goes across the board...even with my personal relationships with women. It's always people looking for what they want out of it." (XXL Mag)
A few months ago, Buck said he hoped to patch things up with the Unit.
"It's been a long time since I've had any kind of conversation with [Lloyd] Banks, [Tony] Yayo, 50 [Cent], anybody really through that camp over that way," Buck told DJ Whoo Kid in an interview. "It's been even a long time since I heard your voice to even have a conversation and we having it on air, live for the people. ... At the end of the day, we've made history and I would never not consider not being a chance for us to make history again if ever given the opportunity or chance. My thing is, at the end of the day, we only get older out here in this situation, in life, in itself and the older I became, the wiser I became at the same time." (Shade 45)
Back in 2009, Yayo talked about his ex-labelmate getting kicked out of 50 Cent's supergroup a year prior.
"Shout to Young Buck," Yayo began in an interview. "I wish you was with us, getting some money, living the life. When I see it, I feel a little sorry for him, because he could be taking the same advantages I'm taking. I just wish that the guy thought better or was a better businessman, instead of just being a good rapper. You being disgruntled towards 50, now what do you have? You could have been with us in Peru. We went to Switzerland, Istanbul, we went everywhere man. I'm too real for the industry. Even if I was disgruntled about anything, I wouldn't care, because I'm still getting money. Still got houses, still got cars, sprinklers still come out the ground. I think people get jealous of 50 of how big he is. You wake up, [New York City] Mayor Bloomberg is talking about 50. Then in the New York Post, he had two pages. Then he was on Fox 5 [New York] news because we're doing an event for the kids and grown-ups." (MTV)
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Side Effects
Little slow at first, picks up & ends with a great succession of twists.
8.3 out of 10 (.3 comes from tit bonus)
Verdict: Get out and go see it, don't wait for netflix (I'm on to Vudu now anyways)
Identify Thief
Fan of both of the main's, but even that didn't help. All the best parts were in the previews. I actually fell asleep for a few minutes; could not wait for it to be over. Hopefully Bridesmaid's (what's her name?) upcoming one with Bullock is better. *They have a new girl SNL that's definitely taking cues from her *
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The Nine games after his return from five broken ribs that cost former Oregon St. Beaver Jacoby Ellsbury most of his season with the Boston Red Sox, and a collision in the first inning with Texas Rangers pitcher Tommy Hunter that ended with Ellsbury landing on the same ribs he had injured in the spring has sent Ellsbury for an MRI.
"It's very concerning,'' Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "The exam that [trainer Mike Reinold] gave him is very concerning. We'll get him looked at as quickly as we can so we can try to make a decision going forward.''
The news wasn't immediately encouraging about another OSU alum, as Darwin Barney went 0-4 in his first game in the batting order for the Chicago Cubs after being called up mid-week. Barney did not bat in late inning defensive appearance in his first game up.
"It's just another game," Barney remarked after the game, "except, it was with 45,000 people, and monsters like (St. Louis Cardinal first baseman Alex) Pujols (a 230 pounder who would be at home on the football field), and other guys like that."
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Mike Taylor scored 28 points and the Vocational defense forced 27 Hope turnovers to earn a 76-37 victory for the host Cavaliers.
"We will have to hang our hat on the defensive side of the ball this year," Vocational Chris Pickett said. "This is a very bright group of kids that work extremely hard and absorb everything."
Shelton Brown added 14 points for the Cavaliers (4-0), who also maintained a 36-21 rebounding edge.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Seven San Diego gas stations were robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday, possibly by the same thief.
The robberies began around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at a gas station in Rancho Penasquitos, followed by robbery at about 11:30 p.m. at a USA Gas in the 12100 block of Woodside Avenue in Lakeside. The suspect description in the Lakeside robbery matches the later holdups, according to sheriff's investigators.
At about midnight, the robber hit the Shell gas station at 7785 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. in Kearny Mesa, according to San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros.
About 10 minutes later, a nearby Chevron station at 7070 Clairemont Mesa Blvd was also robbed and around 12:20 a.m., another Chevron station at 7737 Balboa Ave - also in Kearny Mesa - was robbed in similar fashion, Delimitros said in a statement.
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Can't rhyme Krystic (mystic?) or Nenad-no way.
Cs played hard, a good offensive show,
These Golden State Warriors can be trouble, we know.
We had Johnson, Murphy, Wafer and Green
With more touches than any of these guys have seen.
Q2 Wafer went out, looks like his knee,
Another injury?? It just can't be.
Green's feeling the joy of playing with this group,
Great passes from Rondo, one an alley-oop.
After each made basket I am especially fond o'
Seeing the new guys high-fiving Rondo.
Five times we heard RAY ALLEN FOR THREE
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Q3 with low energy the Cs not the same,
Doc said before the 4th, "...now it's a game."
With 21 in the game Green was a star,
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Q4 the Warriors gave a real push
Our usual tough defense turned to mush.
For the Warriors Ellis, Lee, a little Wright,
It would turn out not to be the Warriors' night.
With Pierce taking the lead, Cs wouldn't be denied,
After a 16 point lead, the fans would have cried.
How much longer must this be said,
Ray, with five threes, is now 23 ahead.
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ANDERSON, Ind. — There are very few active NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers with a better track record than Kasey Kahne.
Kahne was in Anderson Wednesday morning for the grand opening of Ollie's Bargain Outlet and he was hopeful a trip to a good track could help him get some traction in the Chase.
Kahne had an impressive season leading up to these final 10 races. He qualified for the Chase with a pair of wins and eight finishes in the top five. "It has been a bit of a struggle," said Kahne of the first four races to decide the championship. "It's a big deal to make the Chase. It's what you work for the whole season. Hopefully we can run well these final six races."
So as the affable driver signed autographs and posed for pictures with about 250 fans Wednesday, he often had a smile on his face. Some of that was for the benefit of those who had waited in line to meet him. But part might also have been him thinking about the trip to Charlotte for the Bank of America 500, to be run on Saturday night.
"It is a place I've always run well," said Kahne. "Hopefully we can have a good finish. We want to move up a few spots in the standings." Normally just 12 drivers are in the Chase, but this year there are 13 thanks to a last-minute decision by NASCAR to include Jeff Gordon as the aftermath of penalties handed down after the final regular-season race.
"I'm glad that's all over," said Kahne. "NASCAR did what it thought was necessary to deal with that situation. It was a mess. Hopefully it's all behind us now."
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Manchester High School West Principal MaryEllen McGorry was placed on paid leave in September, just weeks after the school year began. Superintendent Thomas Brennan immediately hired a private consultant to investigate whatever it was the administration thought McGorry did to deserve the suspension. As the year went on, the bills racked up.
McGorry continued to collect her $103,700 salary. On top of that, the outside investigation has cost the city at least $48,000. The city also has continued to pay McGorry's secretary, Denise Michael, who was suspended as well. She was paid $27.80 an hour.
The school board on Monday approved a deal that will allow McGorry to resign, effective in April. She will continue receiving health benefits until June 30th. It seems that the whole, mysterious episode is to be swept under the proverbial rug. Parents and taxpayers should consider that unacceptable.
As it stands, McGorry, a popular principal, will leave under a cloud of suspicion. Her reputation has been called into question, but there is to be no resolution. The people of Manchester are not to know whether their administration was in error or whether one of their principals committed a serious breach of trust. The people deserve to know.
The administration has been mum about the reasons for McGorry's and Michael's suspensions, citing state privacy laws. The state's right-to-know law allows government bodies to keep personnel matters secret. There are good reasons for such a policy, but experience has shown that it is so broad as to become an excuse to keep secret information in which the public has a legitimate interest. Legislators need to look for revisions that will protect privacy while making the public better informed about the governance of public institutions.
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Caryn Christophel, Carmel, and Tyler Coppotelli, Indianapolis, announce their engagement.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Sharon and James Christophel, Goshen.
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The groom-to-be is the son of Corrine and Jeffery Coppotelli, Goshen.
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bcampbell27 Posts: 1Bought a 2011 Nissan Altima through Hertz rent to a buy program, exactly one week after I bought the car ,I was driving at 55 mph on a highway and I felt this huge drop in the transmission and the whole car shut off as I was still moving. I pulled to the side off the road and to my surprise the whole hood was melting and on fire. I couldn't get out of the car for about 45 seconds the door wouldn't open nor did the key work . I frantically kept trying the key while smoke was pouring into the car ,luckily the door opened and within two minutes the car was engulfed in flames. My insurance company and Nissan are investigating , any advice or similar experiences would be much appreciated.
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gladtobealive Posts: 1my 2006 nissan altima caught on fire while I was driving on interstate 64 east the car jerked, then sputtered there was a loud boom and other vehicles flashed lights for me to pull over i then noticed heavy smoke from the hood barely made it out and the car was on fire and then explodedi could have lost my life this was a hazard to me which was a very dangerous situation how do you find out what caused the fire so i can file a lawsuit
I was driving my 2011 Altima with 26,0000 miles on the interstate at about 65 miles per hour when it jerked 3 times and began to lose power. Every warning light in the car came on and then it died. Smoke began to come out from under the hood and in 1 minute flames were shooting out of the hood and I was dialing 911. The car was totally engulfed in flames in minutes. My son tagged Nissan Support in a twitter post and they contacted me, took a report and said they would turn it over to Consumer Affairs. Another Nissan rep called later in the day and said they were sending an inspector to view the car. I leased a 2008 Altima prior to this one and 2 weeks before my lease was up the entire electrical system on the car had failed and they wanted $1200 to fix it. Because I was already signing a lease on the 2011 they agreed to cover the repairs.
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Since your situation is personal, you might get more immediate action by hiring an attorney, who can hire and investigator to help determine the cause of the fire.
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Next was the in-person interview. I had six 30-minute one-on-one interviews with different members of the team, as well as a break for lunch to speak with the hiring manager again. Each person focused on a different area of questioning, ranging from logic questions, behavioral, and technical. The logic questions were pretty standard for the industry and they're just looking to see how you think so you want to think out loud during these.
Interview Question – I was asked to write everything I know about the wireless protocols (802.11) on the whiteboard and then questioned on various pieces of it. Answer Question
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Interview Details Phone screen with potential coworker, phone interview with potential coworker and hiring manager, dinner with several managers and all candidates, seven 1:1 interviews lasting entire day.
Intel is more concerned about finding people who fit the Intel culture, and less concerned about what you have done. No difficult technical questions were asked.
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I applied through another source and the process took 1+ week - interviewed at Intel Corporation in November 2011.
Interview Details I got the interview through a conference. Talked to a couple of engineers and they contacted me 2 days later to give me another phone interview. The phone interview was not technical; he just wanted to know what were my interests and what would be the best fit for me. After the phone interview they invited me over to the site for 6 one-to-one interviews. Four out of the six interviews were technical, and the other two were personality test + a little bit of information about the position and the organization. Next day they called me and told me I had been selected. They seem be to be very organized, intelligent, and friendly.
Interview Questions
- A lot of computer architecture questions like: Draw the Intel architecture, what is DMA and how does it work? Answer Question
- A lot of C questions like: what is a non-volatile variable, write a code to read and write to a memory location, clear a bit... Answer Question
- Many troubleshooting questions like: what could be happening if you are reading to a memory location and you get nothing back.
Also now every single thing you put on your resume because they will ask you everything they can about it. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – on the one-to-one interviews I asked one of the managers if they offered signing bonus and he told me not to worry about it that he would arrange something for me. They gave me a good offer with great relocation and a singing bonus that is not usually offered. If you are going to negotiate don't negotiate the base salary, or relocation. It is better to negotiate the signing bonus
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Difficult Interview
Validation Engineer Interview (Positive Experience; Difficult Interview)
I applied through a recruiter and the process took 4 weeks - interviewed at Intel Corporation in June 2011.
Interview Details I was contacted by HR to see if I was interested in interviewing. They said that a phone interview would be set up in the coming week. I then received an email by an engineer to set up a phone interview. Because of travel schedules, the phone interview was 2 weeks later. The phone screen was basically telling what the job is and gauging my interest and experience -- no technical questions.
A few days later, HR emailed me to set up an onsite interview the following week. The onsite interview consisted of 8 1:1 interviews lasting from 30 to 45 minutes each, including one interview over lunch. The interviews were all very technical in nature, often with me at the whiteboard drawing diagrams or writing out code. Senior management was very blunt during the interviews, telling me that the job requires a major time commitment, and most people work 60-70 hours per week at that location. Several other interviewers warned me that work schedules are very demanding at this location.
8 days after the interview I was called and told that they were preparing an offer. I had to then fill out all of the application paperwork and submit for a background check. The following week, an HR representative set up an evening call to present the offer, and I was emailed an official offer letter the following day. They gave me 7 days maximum to respond to the offer, and said that I could start work within about 3 weeks of accepting the offer.
Interview Questions
- Write a class that can read or write to memory addresses of any attached peripheral. Answer Question
- What is the difference between find and grep in Unix? View Answer
Reason for Declining – The offer was a little underwhelming in terms of money, and I didn't feel that the job was a great fit for me. I also didn't like the prospect of a job that regularly requires 60-70 hours per week, as I was bluntly told during the interview.
No Offer
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Validation Engineer Interview (Neutral Experience; Average Interview)
I applied through college or university and the process took 4 weeks - interviewed at Intel Corporation in April 2011.
Interview Details I interviewed with an intel engineer on career fair. He took my resume, Three weeks later, a manger called me and asked me some basic questions. Also, he introduced his group. Three weeks later I got an on-site interview at portland, OR. There were 5 people and they asked different field questions such as analog or architecture.
Interview Question – What is the advantages and disadvantages for using Domino gates? Answer Question
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Positive Experience
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Validation Engineer Interview (Positive Experience; Average Interview)
I applied online and the process took 1 week - interviewed at Intel Corporation in March 2011.
Interview Details Applied online. Was contacted via email a few weeks later to setup a phone interview. The phone interview was basically a screening to assess general tech level as it related to the position. Was invited to their facility for the actual interviews, which consisted of 5 roughly 1 hour long interviews.
Interview Question – Describing pipelining in modern processing. Answer Question
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Validation Engineer Interview (Positive Experience; Difficult Interview)
The process took 3 weeks - interviewed at Intel Corporation in February 2011.
Interview Details Phone interview
Onsite interview
5 face to face interviews --4 technical + 1 behavioral
c, basics of memory oraganization, validation experience, puzzles, programming questions
Negotiation Details – No
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Addressing the Jim Tressel Situation
In light of the recent developments with Ohio State and Jim Tressel, we felt the need to address the Jim Tressel issue and how it relates to this site and the topic of oversigning.
First and foremost, this site is dedicated to the topic of oversigning. We have stated that from day 1 and we have not wavered from that topic; we have overlapped into some gray areas that are indirectly connected to oversigning, but we have never entered into discussions on topics that are exclusively outside the realm of oversigning. Period.
There is no denying that we have been very strong supporters of Jim Tressel and how he manages the recruiting process and the roster numbers. On many occasions we have used his numbers and video of his comments regarding the topic as an example of how the process should be handled, and even more so we have praised his efforts to avoid oversigning at all costs by awarding scholarships to deserving 5th year walk-ons. That has not changed. Regardless of how you feel about what transpired in the recent events surrounding the NCAA investigation, it has absolutely no bearing on the facts that pertain to how he has conducted himself in the recruiting process and with regards to oversigning.
Simply put, Jim Tressel's track record on recruiting, roster management, and oversigning has been impeccable, no one can challenge that, and we are not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. What Tressel did has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of oversigning and therefore nothing will change here with regards to how we feel about how he manages his roster and what he does to avoid the abuses of oversigning.
That said, it is fully understood that the debate on oversigning is often times a debate about ethics. It is also fully understood that to engage in a conversation about ethics in one area and yet ignore or defer comment on unethical behavior in another area can be deemed as irresponsible and misconstrued as having an agenda. That is not the case here. This site is about having a linear discussion about oversigning in order to have it eliminated. We will gladly take whatever criticism comes with this narrowed approach, but at the same time we hope that our readers understand that the most effective way to address the oversigning issue is to stay on point.
This site has been instrumental in leading to reform in the area of oversigning and that work will continue until it is finished. The reason for this site's success is the narrowed focus on a singular topic (oversigning), and while that comes with the flaw of not being able to expand into other areas, such as the Tressel situation or any number of other topics that come up on a daily basis, it is vital to the success of the site and will be maintained.
interesting how you narrow your approach NOW, when you espoused Tressel's integrity for so long in everything that he did. You want this site to be only about oversigning NOW, now that Tressel has been caught lying.
Where was this when you made a post trying to embarrass a poster? had nothing to do with oversigning, you just wanted to embarrass him.
or remember this?
1. Honesty in recruiting.
2. The spirit of the NCAA rules vs. The Written Bylaws.
3. College football being "Big Business" instead of Tax-Exempt Institutions of Higher Learning.
Tressel winning at all costs, including playing players that could and ended up being ineligible. College football being a big business, as shown by Tressel's and OSU's actions.
Espousing that GA should leave the SEC.
An article on Star Jackson transferring and you adamantly saying that no player would ever transfer from a big school, just to get playing time. which you stood by, until there was an OSU player doing the same, then your tone changed.
Saban addresses sports agents getting to players while they are in school, giving them cash, benefits etc, nothing to do with oversigning. But your hatred of all things Saban had you do a post about it.
Dillon Baxter told a lie about schools still trying to recruit him after USC got sanctions and you ran with it hog wild, until it came out he lied about it. I didnt notice a big post apologizing for accusing schools of over-recruiting when they never did.
you also talked about the NCAA APR.
so color me surprised that your sections have gone all over the map, with your constantly holding up Tressel as a saint for everything, and now that his hand is caught in the cookie jar, you want to narrow everything from here on out, only about oversigning.
Not to mention the fact he has taken veiled as well as direct shots at Nick Saban, who has never been suspended or found guilty of having violated NCAA rules (and no, the fact that a few football players sold textbooks is not an example of how Saban violoated anything). Of the 12 coaches that have violated Section 10.1, as Tressel did, only ONE did not either get forced to resign or was fired. Make no mistake, this is a major violation that was committed here.
If the author wants to bury his head in the sand like an ostrich, or take the "Kevin Bacon" approach:
then I suppose all it does is confirm what has been asserted again and again on this board, which is that this guy has a clear agenda and that he has simply chosen oversigning as his means of getting his agenda satisfied.
There's no mystery behind the fact that Tressel has been absolutely pilloried by writers and media players throoughout the country. He has tried to exploit this Ward Cleaver image that people like this author have tried to put out there, and now everyone knows it was a crock. So Tressel should be held up as a paragon of virtue because he has followed his conference's set of rules? Gimme a break. We have no idea how many times he has exploited kids and quietly stretched rules for his benefit. his track record at Youngstown State has been trotted out many times both here and elsewhere. His handling of the Maurice Clarett situation was highly dubious. And now this. Tressel has priven by these actions that he is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing, and if the author of this website had a lick of sense, he would stop using a cheater as an example of how to behave.
i'm not going to go too far on this. Oversigning, where as players are run off simply because their perceived value has diminished from when they were signed is bad to me. If a player lost their chance to go to school, simply because they needed to be moved to make room for a newer, shinier player, i do have a problem with that. I do wish scholarships were 4-year guarantees, and that maybe they upped the total amount.
So i think oversigning is a good topic to be worked on. But Josh is no saint here. He has taken every chance he can to make the south look bad, hold up Tressel as a shining example that every school's fanbase should want as a coach. and now he has found out that all coaches play to win the game. They can sign the right amount of players, graduate everyone they sign, but if they dont win, they wont coach for very long. If his record was reversed VS. michigan, he wouldnt still be at OSU.
Tre said everything that needs to be said.
I believe having this website is a good idea and that the issue it attempts to address is a problem. However, the information is simply not conveyed in an unbiased manner. The response to the Jim Tressel situation simply underscores this. There is plenty of commentary on this site regarding taking the ethical high road, but apparently that is only important when it supports an underlying motive. Finally, there are a million ways to represent statistical data, and this site does reasonably well on occassion. But, to make the following statement is just unprofessional and probably reveals some of the motivation and perhaps the real agenda behind this work.
"When putting all of this together we really didn't know what to expect; we knew that the SEC signed a lot of players, but we had no idea just how many and we certainly didn't expect such a wide margin…"
Everyone at once…It's Nick Saban's fault! Jump on the bandwagon now. Blame Saban. The evidence is clear. Let's promote this sites agenda. Nick Saban (fill in the blank).
exactly what I would expect from this site. dog the integrity of the other conferences and then lightly throw flame at Tressel for his "ethics" which you have been more than happy to hammer other coaches for. i expect nothing less from most of you at this point, it's kinda pathetic.
oh yeah, star jackson just transferred from Georgia State…gonna post something about that? yeah, didn't think so.
the love affair you guys have with Bama and Nick Saban is called envy…
Simply put, Jim Tressel's track record on recruiting, roster management, and oversigning has been impeccable, no one can challenge that
So you're perfectly fine with the Sam Longo scenario? Still no question as to the transfer of a 3rd string OL just before the signing deadline so OSU could bring in more recruits? No, I'm sure Tressel would never do anything unethical like that in recruiting. I mean, look at his track record – right?
Others have brought to light the change in the schedule for Big 10 schools that you don't appear to take into consideration when discussing oversigning. Yes, the Big 10 cannot oversign with some exceptions. All that does is move the exodus of players to an earlier date so the scholarships are not included in the count given to the conference. If you really want to compare apples to apples you must assemble data on Big 10 announcement of athletes that are transferring or going on medical from the point of the season starting to signing day. You can then compare those numbers with the conference that don't have the oversigning restrictions the B1G has.
I'm not trying to argue that the B1G is as bad at the process as the SEC. I just believe there needs to be a better comparison of apples to apples. B1G apples fall from the tree earlier than the SEC. Maybe it's the climate.
Joshua mentioned the word "retention" earlier, which is why I started looking at Iowa. 34 of 117 over the last 5 classes have left the program, and prior classes indicate that number accelerates the further they move through their five years of eligibility. That's 29% and counting – almost 1 in 3 already. Honestly, that seems "in the ballpark" for the six programs (3 per conference) that I have scanned.
Iowa red-shirts 9 out of 10 players according to their fan blog. Some programs red-shirt considerably fewer, which could make for HUGE disparities over time. Alabama's currently has signed 138 over the last 5 classes – 21 more than Iowa (4 per year). Yes, that total represents a signing class. It could also be 5 less players per year red-shirted, plus a few more players departing early for the pros. I don't know.
Joshua, have you ever run the numbers by a professional statistician? I am sure your Big 10 readers could provide dozens of volunteers. We talk about outliers here – are these truly outliers, a couple of standards deviations from the mean? How do the actual retention numbers really compare? I'm genuinely curious.
This line of analysis is very interesting. I have never really been comfortable with Josh's discussion of players signed. There are a lot of exterior factor that he doesn't get into (players that don't qualify, JuCo players that only play 2 years, JuCo transfers that count twice in his numbers, etc). The crux of the matter is players getting "cut" or forced off the team (in his eyes). Your question of retention percentage is much more telling of this I believe. I'm interested to read your findings if you care to publish.
I think the thing I take from this is that Tressel is in fact not an ethical man. He has shown he will bend the rules wherever he can, flatout lie, and find any loophole he can get at. To me that signals that if he could oversign, he would, because oversigning is a loophole. The Big Ten rules just flat out do not allow him to do so. So praise the Big Ten rule all you want, but as far as Tressel, he'd do it if he could.
So the only coaches that we can be sure are actually "ethical" on this issue are the coaches(Coach Richt) in conferences that allow oversigning, and yet they do not do so.
Tressel was wrong. There is no debate. There is more yet to uncover that will further "incriminate him" or diminish the depth of the cut we Buckeye fans felt. He is not a saint although he has shown a pretty good track record. There has only been one perfect man in the history of the world and it isn't Tressel. If you want to put him on the list of things you would like to see changed about college football so be it but it has no reflection over how he has handled Oversigning. We all have our convictions and hold different values in different views. What Tressel did is undebatably wrong. He more or less ignored something until concrete evidence was provided. He hurt himself and potentialy the University by doing so. He did not lie or promise something to a recruit and then take it away from him. Both situations involve bad ethics, and I am mistake prone and no one to judge, but one as it stands now is self damaging and the other victimizes. It is not an equal comparison. You won't hear me defending Tressel's mistake though.
that we know of. Now that we have seen this, the rumors about players getting benefits when he was at Youngstown, and Clarett, Troy Smith and now Pryor and the other 4. Who knows what he promised to a kid.
Yes. Now that there is a chink in the armor, we shouldn't be surprised to see some walls come tumbling down. Dean Smith was a very homey, conservative, telegenic guy–like Tressel– who was adored by UNC fans, and he was a great man. But behind closed doors he was also known to be a hard ass who did not suffer fools gladly. Additionally, he was a coach at a time when there was very little internet usage and not nearly the level of media scrutiny there is today. Moral of ths story–if it looks too good to be true, then it probably is.
Dean graduated every player but one over 40 years. I won't say I'm in the inner circle, but I'm a couple of rings out — and the people who know him love him.
He was routinely criticized for not "over-recruiting" his players. He stuck by King Rice despite legions of fans howling for a new PG. He wasn't perfect, but he's as close as you'll find relative to a guy who genuinely believed his job was to teach kids first and win second.
And no, he did not suffer people messing with his program. At all.
My only point is that the idea that it's not a great idea to assume that the image a man propagates is exactly what it seems on the surface. Tressel, who has now been proven to be a deceitful liar, is probably still a great man, just simply not the pure guy that he or his apologists would have you believe.
You mean Media Image doesn't equal Real Person?!
Who knew?
I know. Amazing, isn't it? But look at how many Buckeye fans hit the forums hard with the "I'd still want my boy to play for JT" posts. It wouldn't matter to the great preponderance of these people what Tressel has done, they still only see the image of the man, and not the real man.
What I especially like is how so many of the staunch anti-oversigners like to say that people that disagree with them are living in a fantasy world. Hopefully those same people have a mirror handy.
Listen – you guys see someone getting in trouble, you say they must be bad. What you don't get is the NCAA loves Ohio State and the way they do things.
The only thing that could incriminate anyone here is the emails between Tressel and the lawyer (a former OSU player.) Which one is going to give those away to the NCAA?
At most schools – neither. This just all quietly goes away.
Do you really think that the criminals in Auburn who just got arrested for burglarizing, the kids from pennstate who ganged up and pommeled someone, or the criminal from florida who threatened to kill his girlfriend are above the moral injustice that is selling a ring they personally own? That would just be diluted. Selling of stuff/ signing of stuff for some food, or etc happens everwhere. Coaches go into the same restaurants with signatures on the wall. You do too. Everybody knows.
In OSU's case here – they self discovered (in January), self investigated, self reported (in February), then self punished etc.
Yahoo Sports broke the story (in march) because they have a leak source within the NCAA – who again only knew because the University told them about it.
It's like, I have two kids, both of them sometimes do bad things like kids do. One of them is cannot tell a lie, and the guilt eats at them – they fess up. The other… well…
Just because someone gets caught more often (because they are honest) doesn't make them my bad kid.
OSU has the largest compliance department in the country. They are forthcoming, transparent, and thorough. I know you won't hear about it because ESPN doesn't like to report it now that they are in bed with the SEC, but OSU has been commended in the past for being a model to which others should strive.
USC by comparison got hammered because they had a staff of 1 single person in their compliance department. They were not forthcoming, they were defensive, they acted arrogant and above the rules, made no effort to dissuade agents from hanging around and they attempted to refute every claim the NCAA made. All this speaks to USC's lack of effort to fully comply.
The NCAA hammered USC. The NCAA will not hammer OSU. They will receive their penalty because they committed the crime. But the NCAA would not have known anything had OSU not told them. And like it or not, on some level, that is worth rewarding with a measure of leniency. (the NCAA does want to encourage similar behavior not discourage it altogether.)
The penalty currently applied, may or may expand or contract. But I regret to inform you that if you are hoping for a big "lack of institutional control" hammer on OSU. Its not going to happen – save your venom. It just like childs play – oversimplifying larger politics and efforts in action. OSU and USC are far from similar.
That said – Yahoo sports say there are a couple more things brewing in the NCAA office. One will break in 6-8 weeks and one likely in August. They said, if the OSU story is an 8 of 10 as a story, the one in august is easily a 10 or better.
Hope that 10+ isn't about your school, or your recent national championship, or…. for that matter was simply self reported. Cuz if it wasn't……..
Yes, OSU discovered and reported in Jan and Feb of this year. What the kids did was not that big of a deal (though much worse than checking out too many books – something Bama self-reported and had players suspended immediately for). The problem was that Tressel knew months before and didn't report it. That is a major violation, whether you want to believe it or not. It may or may not reach lack of institutional control, and OSU's good record will most likely garner them leniency, but this is a major violation and the COI will not likely be impressed with OSU's self-imposed punishment. For starters, say good-bye to every win from last year, including that Sugar bowl win over an SEC team. Look at Tennessee's punishment to be handed down well before yours as a guide. Pearl lied (but confessed soon after without a yahoo investigative story prodding) to the NCAA and the SEC suspended him for half the SEC conference games. I imagine that may be a start as well.
With Pearl gone, there is only one coach who has committed a 10.1 violation that hasn't been fired for it.
Would surprise me to see OSU set that precedent.
Are you guys looking for someone to say that Jim Tressel is perfect? No one is and that was the basis of my comment. Point A about oversigning is it gives a competitive advantage. Point B and probably the more important point depending on how you align yourself in the argument is that it is potentialy harming college kids that are not getting full disclosure. The way you guys are circling the wagons and taking shots at any visible target is pretty desperate. Anyone, from our police officers to supreme court justices are so heavily scrutinized that people attempt to use one of their mistakes and exhonerate everything that they have done theirself. If I were a police officer and got caught speeding does that mean that I shouldn't be allowed to arrest the next crack dealer I find and put him in jail? The point is pretty obvious. Jim Tressel is not Jesus. He screwed up and will be punished. I just hope that he doesn't bring others down with him the way that the Tat5 has done. The one thing that he hasn't done is abused oversigning. Would he if he could? I don't know. I can only take him at his word. A lot of you question his word because he got caught up ina lie/failure to disclose. Well if you judge him in this way then discount everything that anybody ever tells you. everyone has lied in their life. That makes the the entire world a liar. What it comes down to is that the BigTen model appears to work better than any other. If you think otherwise or think that oversigning isn't an issue, take a look at the polls. You are in the minority.
hahaha, freaking excuses. glad the SEC whoops his ass year in and year out.
Troll, that is all.
oh yeah, for the Georgia pukes on this site, ROLL TIDE….
Perhaps someone can help me with this issue. A week or so ago, I was told about a television programs that pretended to expose the "scandal" that many colleges signed players to football scholarships who had felony convictions. And that Big Ten members signed more of these miscreants to scholarships than the members of any other conference in the country.
Is this true?
Josh, enjoy your excellent effort on this site as it provides an avenue for people to understand the shady undercurrent in CFB known as oversigning. But, even as a fan of this site, I found your defense to not commenting at greater length regarding Tressel's major NCAA infraction a little empty and self-serving.
I think you have severely hamstrung your narrative here by not extrapolating on Tressel's disregard of ethical standards. Disregard of ethical standards in CFB is what this site is all about, and more so, about our general sense of right and wrong in the world. And you've explored and identified this issue in CFB oversigning as well as anyone. But, the reason why I spend time reading this blog is because there has never been a obvious bias here. By now narrowing your posts to only the ethics of oversigning, you've narrowed your ability to communicate about ethics as a goal. People who relate positively to the ethical issues raised by oversigning.com probably wont indict the author of dontcheatonyourspouse.com if she comments negatively about those who like kicking puppies.
I'm fairly certain your a BIG-10 fan, as much as we're all fans of our own conferences' perception to others, but, we are actually fans of our favorite team, as I am.
Alabama comments on Cam Newton, UCLA comments on Reggie Bush, Oklahoma comments Dez Bryant and so on…you get the point. Conference affiliation defense ends when its your rival who has stepped over the line.
By choosing not to comment on Tressel, you have also narrowed the perception of who and which team you support… again, at the very least that's the perception. Telling it like it is, is what has built your credibility here. And even though you addressed in your post above that there are indeed ethical connections, stating…
"that to engage in a conversation about ethics in one area and yet ignore or defer comment on unethical behavior in another area can be deemed as irresponsible and misconstrued as having an agenda"
when you have occasionally discussed ethics outside of oversigning, and at the same time offering as the only defense…
" That is not the case here. This site is about having a linear discussion about oversigning in order to have it eliminated. We will gladly take whatever criticism comes with this narrowed approach, but at the same time we hope that our readers understand that the most effective way to address the oversigning issue is to stay on point."
while also stating that you have now narrowed the approach to stay on point (when its uncomfortable?), rings hollow to those who want equity across the board, be it politics, business, or CFB blogs. Don't stop the crusade against oversigning, its an important problem that needs to be addressed and enforced across the board. And I hope you wont compromise your credibility by remaining silent on Tressel…the point being that ethics can never be compartmentalized, its an all-in concept.
Still a fan of the blog, emai me if needed.
Saban kicks players off the team who break rules instead of lying to the NCAA for them. What a jerk.
Yeah, Saban kicks them off if he needs their scholarship, and only then.
I've really lost a lot of respect for Tressel due to the way he's handled this situation…and I'm not even talking about the NCAA infraction. I'm talking about his public comments on the matter. In the initial press conference, he admitted guilt but was quick to try to explain it away with talk about confidentiality and concern over his players being involved in a federal investigation. The AD even joined in saying that he's sure that Tressel's decision came from the heart. I think people were offended by the way Ohio State tried to spin the situation.
And we got another example last night. It's pretty clear that the increase in suspension to 5 games is due to the fact that the overwhelming majority of the public and media felt like a 2 game suspension – against Akron and Toledo – was a joke. But Tressel tried to spin it by claiming that he unselfishly wanted to handle the adversity together with his players. Sometimes it's better to drop the spin and just be honest: "After further consideration, I've decided that a 2 game suspension is inadequate and have requested that the suspension be extended to 5 games. I believe that this suspension is much more appropriate for the very serious offense that I committed."
I can see all the comparisons with Tressel to Saban to Lane , and the OSU players to Newton ,and recruits who stole equipment and took money from boosters.
It's just terrible and such a complete unfair advantage in CFB for these kids to get tattoos for selling their own stuff. It really hurts college football!!!
Even worse is not taking an email seriously from a whacked -out lawyer who was previously disbarred!
That coach should be fired and all those players should be thrown in jail for selling their own stuff!! CFB will never be the same!!!
Tressel's problems do not arise from the extra benefits, but from not being forthcoming to his enforcement staff or to the NCAA (lying to them by signing a form saying he had no further information). The comparison is not to Saban or Lane – no, a better comparison is to Bruce Pearl, who lied to the NCAA during their investigation but later confessed of his own conscience – not needing a Yahoo reporter to bring it out. Bruce Pearl was also fired today. Just another example of the SEC putting wins above ethics I guess.
I really wish people would lay off the Tressel thing for a bit.
Was Josh perhaps guilty in the past (pre-Tat5 admission) of taking his praise of Tressel for his position on oversigning a step or two too far in order to make a more broad statement on ethics in college football, with Tressel as the standard for proper conduct? Sure, you can make that case ( as many have, over and over again).
But since the Tressel admission, Josh has made it clear what his stance will be: he'll continue to praise Tressel for his conduct in regards to oversigning but leave it at that. So why can't everybody accept that and move on from there? Josh was hardly the only person to deify Tressel as a paragon of virtue prior to this scandal. Are we not all entitled to a mulligan on this one?
I mean, sure, if you catch Josh trying to praise Tressel for his ethical conduct beyond oversigning in the future, then hammer him for it. By all means. But until then, give him a chance to treat the issue the way he said he would. It seemed reasonable to me.
Fair enough, but where is this virtuous stance on the Sam Longo (non)story? The kid announces his transfer (to at that time an unknown school) just before signing day when OSU was oversigned. Tressel not only oversigned this class but had to clear room on the roster to lessen the impact. Not even a peep from Josh on this behavior which you know would be immediate front page material were it to happen at Alabama.
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Worst professor I have ever had. She does not manage time well for class activities, she is constantly changing her mind about assignments, she does not grade everything she says she will, and she will grade you based on how much she likes you and not much else. DO NOT TAKE HER IF YOU CAN HELP IT!
Wow, this class is total bull crap. Haven't learned anything, her style of teaching is ineffective. Made the class put together arts and crafts which has nothing to do with law or management.
Left town without finishing grading. Whole class got an incomplete because grades were not turned in. Rarely responded to e-mail.
She's a bit disorganized and forgetful, but she means well I think. Those of you expecting the class to be about Law will be unpleasantly surprised. Many silly assignments, like cutting out newspaper articles and silly management tools (dragons, colors, etc.) They really should split this class into 2, one for Law and one for Management.
Worst professor I have ever had at ECU. Not only did she not grade half of our work (also giving me a B when if she had graded everything we did I would have had an A) she routinely belittled and embarassed students in the classroom. When you go to her office for help, she will not provide you any guidance or anwer your questions. Bad teacher,
She is a terrible teacher. She is unclear with assignments. She is lazy, doesnt show up for class and didnt grade half of our assignments. She gave me a B when I was one point away from an A and did extra credit, which I got no points for, so I did not get credit for it. I could go on all day about this lady. She should be fired.
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The lzip file format is designed for long-term data archiving. It is clean, provides very safe 4 factor integrity checking, and is backed by the recovery capabilities of lziprecover.
Lziprecover is able to recover or decompress files produced by any of the compressors in the lzip family; lzip, plzip, minilzip/lzlib, clzip and pdlzip.
Lziprecover makes lzip files resistant to bit-flip (one of the most common forms of data corruption), and can safely merge multiple damaged backup copies.
If the cause of file corruption is damaged media, the combination GNU ddrescue + lziprecover is the best option for recovering data from multiple damaged copies.
If a file is too damaged for lziprecover to repair it, all the recoverable data in all members of the file can be extracted with the '-D' option.
Lziprecover is able to efficiently extract a range of bytes from a multi-member file, because it only decompresses the members containing the desired data.
Lziprecover can print correct total file sizes and ratios even for multi-member files.
When recovering data, lziprecover takes as arguments the names of the damaged files and writes zero or more recovered files depending on the operation selected and whether the recovery succeeded or not. The damaged files themselves are never modified.
When decompressing or testing file integrity, lziprecover behaves like lzip or lunzip.
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Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of defense for the case where the backups are also damaged.
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Learn more about lzip in the Lzip Home Page.
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Year 10 of war in Afghanistan.
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A bill to help banks snuck through the Senate with no debate.
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A Pakistani diplomat says President Obama exaggerated the terror threat to Europe.
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Albany - Drivers continue to speed through school zones in Dougherty County, so the County is adding blinking lights to warn motorists to slow down.
County Commissioners have agreed to spend $10,000 to install flashing lights in front of Lamar Reese and Martin Luther King Elementary schools. Many of the county schools already have these lights, and commissioners say now drivers have no excuse to speed in school zones.
"Without these blinking lights, we're not getting people's attention. That must change. Parents shouldn't have to worry about cars speeding through school zones and causing a safety problem," County Commission Chairman Jeff Sinyard.
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Summer in Reggio Calabria
LocationReggio Calabria, Italy
Program Description
The JMU's Summer Program in Reggio Calabria is a four-week program in which students who have completed the beginner level of the language, can earn 6 credits by attending classes in language and culture. The prerequisites established by the JMU Dept. of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures will be followed for each course.
Students attend classes every day, M-F, at the University for Foreigners "Dante Alighieri". Language classes are taught by the University for Foreigners' professors. Courses in culture and literature are taught by the JMU professors, Giuliana Fazzion and Valentina Riso. If we have Int'l Business majors, business classes are taught by Prof. Damanpour. Every weekend there is a cultural trip; there are at least 3 guided tours.
Location DescriptionThis is a four-week program based in Reggio Calabria, at the Università per Stranieri Dante Alighieri. The program gives students the opportunity to earn JMU credits while living in Calabria, the region whose name means "land that produces beautiful things".
Reggio Calabria is a beautiful location on the water in the famous Stretto di Messina which separates Italy from Sicily. The seafront that faces Sicily, defined as "the most beautiful kilometer in Italy", has a breathtaking view of the volcano Etna. The people of Reggio Calabria are very hospitable and kind towards visitors and foreigners. The University is based in the downtown area of Reggio Calabria, a three-minute walking distance from the Sicily- facing seafront, defined as "the most beautiful kilometer in Italy" by the famous poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, with a breathtaking view of the volcano Etna.
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AccommodationsStudents will stay in apartments for the duration of the program. All lunches and 2 special dinners are included in the program fee.
Additional Items to ConsiderStudents will buy cell phones on location; there is a trip every weekend, one of which will be 2-days long; students live in apartments; each apartment can host 4 or 6 JMU students.
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Develops procedures ensuring equitable treatment for all faculty/professional staff, screens candidates not under tenure or multi-year contracts, and recommends to the University President those qualified for retention. Cannot serve concurrently on Departmental Tenure & Recontracting Committee.
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A Lubbock pastor is behind bars. Investigators say he offered to bring a foreign woman to the South Plains for an education. What she didn't know was that she would reportedly be paying with sex. NewsChannel 11's Jennifer Vogel has been tracking this story from Lubbock to Levelland.
Investigators have been working over a month collecting e-mails and recorded conversations. And what they found was a pastor who allegedly offered to be an American sponsor, but turned out to want more.
Investigator Kevin Davis said, "The first night she got here as a matter of fact things went wrong." The 21-year-old victim met James Clark in her hometown in Kenya in August 2005. Clark was the current pastor at the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in Lubbock.
The affidavit says Clark told the victim he was on a church mission trip. According to documents he promised the 21-year-old girl an education and a better life. That promise brought a 21-year-old girl from Kenya all the way to Levelland to go to South Plains College. But it was the first night she was here when things started to go wrong. Davis said, "After she'd been in college a week or so, he began to tell her it was time to pay back the loan. It was not her understanding this was a loan, it was her understanding this was a mission effort."
The victim knew something was wrong and confided in her college counselor. She said she was being forced into prostitution. She then told investigators, "I only had sex with him because I was afraid he would have me deported if I did not have sex with him."
"When we see a person in a place of trust, like a pastor, who is engaging in sexual exploitation of someone less fortunate it's hard to fathom, it really is hard to fathom." Davis says they have e-mails and recorded conversations that detail their relationship.
In one e-mail conversation, Clark wrote, "If you do have sex, then charge me for it; suppose I ask you for sex every time you ask me to pay your bills..."
A few days ago, the victim recorded a conversation at Clark's home where he told the victim she could stay if she had sex with him and his friends. Davis warns, "Other women may be in the same position as our victim. There may be females out there who think he is in control, I can assure you he is not in control."
Clark is in Hockley county jail on a $150,000 bond. He could face 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on "compelling prostitution by force" charges. He's expected to be charged with "human trafficking" in federal court next week.
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Eau Claire (WQOW) -- Given the stats on leukemia, Tony Navarre considers himself one of the lucky ones.
He's an Eau Claire Memorial high school grad who later student-taught at North H.S. Now, he's a teacher and coach at Homestead High School in Mequon.
It's estimated that nearly 50,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with leukemia this year, and the disease will be fatal for approximately half of those people.
Tony Navarre was back in Eau Claire Saturday to coach his Highlanders hockey team against his alma mater. Before the game, Navarre said he and assistant coach David Craig, another Memorial alum, were nervous, going up against their mentor, Memorial coach Mike Schwengler...but after everything Navarre has been through in his fight against leukemia.....he doesn't sweat the small stuff anymore.
Schwengler can recall Navarre's impact as a Old Abes player and captain.
"First year we get down there [to the state tournament], in '99, we're playing Madison Memorial," Schwengler says, "we're down 3-0, he picks up the puck in the 3rd period, skates it up ice and gets it down into their end, first thing he says when he comes to the bench is, hey, guys, they're not that good, if I can skate it down the ice, anybody can, you know, he did it from a smile from ear to ear, and he was a great leader, he was a captain for us, a phenomenal teammate, and a phenomenal kid."
That kid, is now an adult and a fellow head coach.
Navarre says, "And one of my captains actually said, 'Geez, Coach, when we go up to Eau Claire, who are you going to cheer for, us or Eau Claire Memorial?' I said, I'm a Highlander now, so I gotta stay with my guys at Homestead."
"You know, to be able to come back here," says Homestead senior forward Thomas Fazio, "with Coach Navarre, the first time back to where he played in high school, after all the things he went through, to share that first moment with him is pretty exciting."
What Tony Navarre has been through in these last few years was a faceoff against an incredibly tough opponent: leukemia.
"Two and a-half years ago he was in a coma," says Schwengler, "nobody knew what was going to happen."
What did happen was a successful bone-marrow transplant. Tony Navarre is now healthy.
"The sports community was huge in getting me healthy," says Navarre, "the basketball team did fundraisers at Homestead, the hockey team and soccer team came and helped with all the things that I couldn't do because I was too sick."
"We were able to help him a lot," Fazio says, "we did yard work for him, we also did a lot of fundraising by selling T-shirts, and I also know they also sold T-shirts all the way up here. To help him get through that whole experience that he went through, I know that made us as a team stronger, and when he came back to be our head coach, it's just made everyone a lot closer."
Tony Navarre says his battle with leukemia has given him a new perspective on life.
"You just try and focus on those good things in life that happen," Navarre says, "and the small victories and the successes that your players and your family and those kinds of things, it's been awesome."
In the game between Homestead and Eau Claire Memorial, the Highlanders players had their share of small victories and successes. But there weren't enough of those, as the Old Abes prevailed, 5-3. Chalk one up for the mentor, Schwengler, versus his pupil, Navarre.
"A lot of what I do I draw from him," says Navarre about Schwengler, "he was, you know, just an amazing influence on what I try and do with my team up at Homestead. I still call him coach, I want to be able to instill in my players what he was able to instill in me, just you know, a love of the game and a passion to play, and a passion to get better."
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So! Orcs Must Die 2 DLC just hit today, and I'm all pumped, because Orcs Must Die 2 is currently my pick for Game of the Year, as insane as that sounds... aaaaand then I realized that Salias and I are the only Polynauts I am aware of who own Orcs Must Die 2. Over on GAF, someone posted the list of games currently being on Steam the other day, and OMD2 was fairly low... but Payday: The Heist was even lower.
Now, I have this suspicion that there isn't a single game I enjoy cooping more than Payday: The Heist. Mangs, I love it so much you don't even know. The game is fun, it requires intelligence, it constantly surprises me, and it's basically what Left 4 Dead would be if Left 4 Dead had an appropriate price point, far more missions, and no stupid melee stuff. I am pretty glad to see that over twenty of my Steam friends own Payday, but that means two thirds of my friends don't own it. Plus, I've got twice the level that my friends do, partly because I've owned it the longest and because I'm constantly getting people to pick it up.
So those games frustrate me, because I wish more of my friends played 'em. I'd love to do some co-op on Payday with people, and I have a blast trying to raise my score in Orcs Must Die 2 so I can top my Steam friends on the leaderboards.
What about you? Surely I'm not the only guy who feels this way.
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Anyone who has spent time in a wine shop knows how fraught the task of choosing a bottle can be. Double that when buying for a friend. Here is a familiar scenario: Someone strides into the shop, impatient because he or she is running late for a dinner party. This guest wants a special bottle to give to the soiree's hosts, but has no idea what they like or what they're serving. The shop's staff suggests a few possibilities before the guest makes a hurried decision. In the end, if the bottle isn't opened that evening, and the hosts never mention if they liked it or not, the guest never knows how it was received.
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Many former US intelligence officials and Iran experts believe last month's explosion at a military base near Tehran was part of a covert effort by the US, Israel and other states to disable Iran's nuclear and missile programs, The Los Angeles Times reported late Sunday. The huge explosion ripped through…
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Winner of the Obie Award. First presented by the famed Los Angeles Theatre Center. "Playwright Donald Margulies presents a modern family drama with an unusual, but fitting combination of themes: schizophrenia, parent-child separation, and the transmittal of Holocaust trauma across generations." Los Angeles Reader. "
a profoundly important new work
Margulies has written a virtually flawless play, one that could well prove to be an enduring masterpiece." Drama-Logue. "
diabolical ingenuity and rueful tenderness
lovely and devastating
a glowing reminder of the particular pungency and intelligence of this playwright's vision." NY Times. "
among the most complex and daring Holocaust plays I've seen
Margulies has taken the naturalistic approachand pipe-bombed it
Much as [he] parodied Neil Simon-esque writing in What's Wrong with This Picture? To find emotional truths in the Brooklyn-apartment Jewish comedy, and much as he turned Arthur Miller inside out in the mordantly hilarious Loman Family Picnic, in THE MODEL APARTMENT he skews the angle on Holocaust plays. Shaking pieties with compassion
he shifts sentimentality into a dark and honest pain." Village Voice.
Book/Item: THE MODEL APARTMENTBook Type: DPSPrice: $9.00ISBN/Code: 978-0-8222-0767-2
FEE: $80 per performance.THE STORY: A brilliant and bizarre black comedy about a pair of elderly Holocaust survivors and their outlandish, deranged daughter, which, in a series of sometimes hilarious, sometimes moving scenes, traces the pervasive, baleful effect of their earlier trauma on the "better life" they have tried to build. Having retired to Florida, Max and Lola are dismayed to find that their new condo is not yet ready for occupancy and that they are obliged to stay temporarily in a "model apartment"a tacky, gaudily decorated horror with a fake television set and refrigerator where even the ashtrays are cemented in place. Max and Lola had hoped to escape not only the nagging memories of their earlier lives, and the terrors of present-day Brooklyn, but also their fat, schizophrenic daughter, Debby, whom they had tried to "pay off" with generous amounts of cash before their hasty departure. But Debby, who seems to symbolize for them the awfulness of their past and their failures in the present, soon appears, followed in short order by her boyfriend, Neil, a slightly retarded black teenager whose limited sensibilities have been further numbed by the grinding horrors of the urban ghetto. Sometimes moving (as when Max, dreaming, imagines Debby as the lovely, innocent daughter he lost to the Nazis) or darkly comic (as when Max and Lola gingerly query Neil about how he and their daughter first met), the many short scenes coalesce into an affecting, if sometimes disquieting whole, which makes it chillingly evident that those who are unable to confront and overcome the demons of their past are doomed to be forever haunted by them.


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Police building tops city's priority list for 2014 bond measure
Original post made on Sep 13, 2012
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on Sep 13, 2012 at 10:30 am
No way.
Not while we're still paying ridiculous out of market defined benefit pensions to a bloated city bureaucracy, not to mention wasting money on pet projects such as bike bridges, children's theater, etc.
Palo Alto voters are a saavy, informed lot. They know how rich this city is, and that the inability to pay for infrastructure is a result of city government's mismanagement of the large revenue base that it is already afforded.
I have a suggestion. Put out RFPs for all city functions except police, and let the private sector bid in and deliver the services at market rate. That will quickly fix the pension issue (a major fiscal disaster waiting to happen that the city council seems completely overwhelmed and ill equipped to address) and take care of the wasting of taxpayer dollar on the overpayment of city workers (the infamous "100K street sweepers" come to mind).
on Sep 13, 2012 at 10:37 am
And hidden away at the end of the article is a recommendation to hire two more people to do what?????
The mismanagement of city funds is glaring. I do think we need a new police building and probably new fire stations, but what we don't need is all the chiefs and admin that we have. How about firing the chiefs, keeping the indians, merging with local north SC County departments and streamlining the running of police and fire departments. How about saving costs by getting rid of those on the top and spending more money on those that do the work.
As it is we have too much money being spent on things we consider luxuries and can't find enough money for infrastructure.
Stop it already.
on Sep 13, 2012 at 11:25 am
Why do the comments about the police building always sound like the writers are discussing their naughty children? The need for a new public safety building is not related to previous real or imagined poor spending practices on the part of the city government.
"I won't give you another penny until you do as I say" is a very shortsighted (and ignorant) point of view. If there is an earthquake, and there will be, all you nay-sayers are just as much at risk as the rest of us. I will get no joy out of saying "I told you so" when I can't get any help in the aftermath.


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I could able to send the image and text to the mmc and as well as i can view it on the mobile(T68i). but i am unable to attach amr file to it. Please any one let me know in this issue. and also please let me know where can get the amr files
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