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Two suspects are wanted in connection with a rape and sexual assault in Flatbush - and they were caught on surveillance video. The NYPD is asking for the public's help in tracking them down.
The men grabbed a 19-year-old girl who was walking around Linden Boulevard and Bedford Avenue. The suspects forced her between two parked cars and sexually assaulted her, according to police.
One of the men proceeded to walk the victim to a secluded area on Parkside Avenue where she was raped, separately, by each of the men.
The victim was treated at a local hospital.
Police believe the suspects were caught on surveillance video and need help identifying them.
Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. You can also go to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text your tips to 274637 then enter TIP577.
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The New Tigers Manager Is, Um, Man Candy?
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DETROIT (CBS Detroit) The Detroit Tigers hired a new manager over the weekend — and it turns out even with Jim Leyland gone, the dugout will still be smoking.
That's right, the ladies like Brad Ausmus.
The reaction was swift from the women of Twitter. Suddenly the hashtag #mancandy was being used in descriptions of the MLB's newest manager.
Click HERE to see the Ausmus topless photo Karsch and Anderson are talking about.
Brad Ausmus💙🐯⚾ #ManCandyMonday #ManCrushMonday http://t.co/JeETX3OrqY—
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Manager Brad Ausmus 😍🙌⚾🐯 #ManCrushMonday http://t.co/v1zWGN6f7l—
Maggie Smith (@magssmith2012) November 04, 2013
Otherwise, the verdict is out on the guy who has virtually no Major League Baseball management experience. Some applaud the bold choice, saying catchers are known to make the best managers.
Others think it was a desperate move by a team that's in no way desperate.
Player Torii Hunter made his feelings known quickly, Tweeting a welcome.
Congrats to our new manager Brad Ausmus. Welcome to the Tiger family. Your going to have a lot of fun with this team.—
Torii Hunter (@toriihunter48) November 04, 2013
Ausmus has been married to Liz Ausmus since 1995; They have two daughters.
All I gotta say is ill be going to more tiger games with Brad Ausmus as our manager! #mancandy #stud #tigers #yum #myman—
Amanda Hood (@amandahood01) November 04, 2013
But that's isn't stopping some from dreaming of their future with Ausmus. A bevy of women reported on Twitter that they plan to attend more games next year.


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All the time I see guys get themselves into bad positions with women.
They turn into the guy who's constantly asking a girl out for a date and she's constantly saying no.
They get into relationships where the girl is acting badly but he's powerless to stop her bad behavior.
Part of the problem here is that men tend to be straightforward. They take her words at face value.
They don't understanding the difference between implicit and explicit communication.
You go out on a date with a girl. The next day, you send her a text. But she's already decided she's not into you.
Explicit communication would be if she texted you back something like, "I don't think we're a match," or "I'm getting a friendship vibe from you." She explicitly told you how she feels.
Implicit communication would be if she simply didn't text you back at all. She is communicating to you that she's not interested but she's not explicitly telling you she isn't interested.
Explicit communicate is typically verbal and straightforward where as with implicit communication she's sending a message based on action rather than the surface meaning of the words.
When I wasn't so skilled socially, I had a hard time with implicit communication. It bothered me that people didn't explicitly communicate because I had trouble reading that communication.
In situations like these, I would often continue to invest in the girl even though she wasn't interested. I wasn't a stalker but it I didn't know when enough was enough.
It upset me that people couldn't simply tell the truth and be up front when they were or weren't interested.
The Key to Staying Empowered in Relationships
Once you start to get into relationships, implicit versus explicit communication becomes even more important. Much of modern dating advice goes astray over and over in the same exact way.
Your partner does something inappropriate, something bad happens, or some other issue comes up and the first word of advice is always: Have a talk about it. This is explicit communication.
If there is a sitcom-style misunderstanding in the relationship, having a talk can work. But typically explicit communication doesn't solve anything. In fact it only serves to make the problem worse.
Let's say you're dating a girl. You're unhappy because she's flirting with other guys while out on dates with you. If you chose the route of explicit communication, you would have a 'talk' with her about flirting with other guys in front of you.
The problem here is that as you are explicitly communicating with her about what you like and don't like, you are implicitly communicating something very different.
You are communicating to her that when she does something disrespectful, you open up more communication with her. You share your feelings and become more vulnerable. You add to your disempowerment by opening up and sharing your feelings with her.
Alternatively, you can use implicit communication to communicate with her.
When she's acting inappropriate, you pull away. You take your attention away from her for a period of time.
You may even cut the date short, as a signal to her that her actions are inappropriate.
Implicit communication tends to be more powerful than explicit communication because you're taking action. You're showing her that you will walk away if her bad behavior continues.
She sees that she's losing you and has to make a change if she is going to continue to be with you.
Implicit Communication is the Most Honest
While implicit communication seems complicated, once you start to look at what's going on underneath, it's really quite simple.
Almost all implicit communication in relationships is binary–either a Yes or No. You're either rewarding her for doing good or pushing her away for doing bad.
Implicit communication starts with the idea that you're the prize, that you're valuable in the relationship and if she wants more, she needs to act appropriately.
Once you learn the difference between implicit and explicit communication, you can start to read between the lines and see what's really going on in your relationships with women. You start to realize that people's words are fairly worthless and you listen to their actions instead.
That's really the only true honest signal you get from people.
A girl at a bar walks by and says to you, "That's the ugliest shirt I've ever seen in my life. Terrible." The explicit communication is that she doesn't like something about you.
But the implicit communication is that she likes you because she would not have started talking with you in the first place if she didn't like you. She's flirting–perhaps badly–but she's interested in conversation.
Likewise, you may text a girl and she's very responsive. She's friendly and fun and totally up for chatting. But every time you invite her to meet up, she's busy.
Explicitly, she's saying Yes. She's friendly and positive.
But implicitly, she's saying No because she won't hang out with you. Until she acts otherwise, you need to proceed like it's a No or else you will invest too much time and energy into a lost cause.
Watch her actions, not her words.
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Good points, Eric. Could you give me a pointer here? So my with one of the women I'm interested in, it appears her implicit behavior is that she's not into it, on the face of things, thought I have good indications of interest, so it's a mixed bag. I've gone out with a promising woman in her 40s 3 times. she's successful, busy, travels a lot. She initiated wanting to go out with me. She admits she's horrible about returning texts, voicemails, email, and has the attention span of a gnat when it comes to anything non-work related, but she wants a boyfriend. I'm seeing other women too, but I"m willing to do a little extra work (up to a point) for the busy/ADD woman. Chemistry is great, we make out after our dates, I leave her with a permagrin on her face. For the 2nd and 3rd dates I emailed, texted, and left a voicemail, and it took her a few days to get back to me, she apologized profusely, and I teased her about it, asking her if I needed to fax her instead. I'm not hung up on her, but like the challenge of a little chase. I think she may be a bit clueless when it comes to dating, don't think she's had many relationships and has been single for awhile. She's been away a couple weeks, and I believe she's back in town now. I'd like to see her again want to contact her, what would you advise? Try calling her at different times until I'm able to get her on the phone? Do nothing and focus on others? Send a text or email that's a little edgy and gives an indication that I'm in demand or a high value person (if that's possible in txt or email)? It's more the challenge here, and I'd like to communicate to her (implicitly or explicitly) that she needs to up her game if she's interested in me.
Awesome, thank you. Do you have an example of something really edgy?
When you're being implicit, by pulling away etc… as a punishment for something she did (like flirting), I'm assuming you'll do so without drawing attention to it, but do you ever mention why you pulled away from her if she asks or she will just know what she did wrong and correct her behavior. Thanks. Great post that has been bookmarked.
The actions are definitely where the focus should be. Words come and go, but actions are true reflections of people's feelings and desires.
One downside to this is that a lot of guys wind up becoming passive-aggressive and playing weird mind games with girls that are into them. A lot of guys try to be "cool" and "aloof" and it just blows up in their face because they're not fully congruent. They can also attract a lot of girls that are more high-maintenance and dramatic than what they would really want.
But if you stay with her after she does something that clearly crosses one of your boundries (even if you do go silent for a bit as punishment) doesn't that indicate that you are willing to put up with that shit to a point, even if you do punish her somewhat? Should or shouldn't we have zero tolerance for bullshit and games(i.e. trying to make you jealous by flirting with others). Also, if you do something reactive to her games by playing right back doesn't that open the door to a relationship where manipulation and bullshit games run rampant. If so it sounds exhausting.
Always be willing to walk away, and veto any woman that doesn't behave as she should. There are billions of women out there – and very few men that are worthwhile. You know that you're one of those few – she needs to prove to you that she is worth your time – if she doesn't, she isn't. It really is as simple as that – don't waste your precious time.
If you are not seeing an immediate return on your investment (your time) then cut her lose and move on. The ones that are worthwhile will make it clear that they are interested, and a lot of time the best way to bring that out is to make her shit or get off the pot. You can afford to be choosy, so be choosy…
The problem I've had is distingushing between passive-agressive responses and inplicit communications. Especially with the first, I often cannot understand what is causing the problem.
The issue with your argument, is that you are devaluing women and their mental capabilities. In your attempt to "control" them, you forgot that they are human beings and actually quite able to have an honest conversation. If you are going to play mind games with a girl, then own up to the fact that you are no better than the girl who was flirting with other men. They are both mind games! and both are destructive, not constructive to a relationship. You should never try to one up your partner, it's incredibly disrespectful and shows that you do not value the other person enough to actually attempt to fix the problem.
In this case, it's talk that's useless, John. Just as you can't talk someone into loving you, you can't talk someone into respecting you. What you can do is show the other person what it feels like to lose you. Ending the relationship and blocking all communication is one way to show someone what it feels like to lose you, but then there's no way back in. So what Eric is suggesting is a kind of gradual pulling away. Yes, these are games in the sense that they are deliberate and not a spontaneous expression of how you feel. However, these games are a more nuanced tool and allow you to express a growing discontent. Ending the relationship does not.
If I can play devil's advocate for a moment, and incorporate what I'm inferring from John's comment…what is wrong with just telling the woman, "It really bothers me when you flirt with another guy in front of me. If this is going to work, don't do it again. It's a deal breaker. Do not test me on this."
The problem is not that she is flirting with other guys. The problem is her NEED to flirt with other guys. That is not going to go away just because you talk to her about it. In fact, if you play this from a weak hand – complaining about how you feel and giving her ultimatums – you will lose value and her need to flirt with other guys will only increase. There is only one way to play this from a position of strength: you have to remind her how strong and independent you are and what it feels like when you start pulling away. Just like having that discussion, it shows a growing discontent with her behavior, but it also shows your strength and power. You are powerful because you have something she wants. You are strong because you can do something that's hard to do: you can pull away even when every bone in your body is telling you to go back in there and beg for every scrap of attention attention and approval she is willing to give you.
Take your example: she takes 8 hours to text you. Wait 24 hours to respond. What if she calls you out by saying, "I don't like it when you take so long to respond to my texts." Acting like she didn't get the implicit message. What would you think of her reaction? Does she really have no idea what she did wrong? What would you do then?
Very true, a girl I got close to having sex with at a party, texted me a few days later after that for a "non sexual hangout." We were in a drive through movie, and ended up having sex. The fact that she invited me over to be alone, was implicit. Even though her words were the exact opposite.
Honestly I didn't want to date her but I knew we'd have sex if I met up with her because they'd be too much sexual tension not too. So always listen to a girls actions. The only time you have to listen to a girls words is if she's saying No/stop/get off etc.
The problem with your answer is that women don't really have a vocabulary for talking about these feeling. (Just as men who haven't been exposed to the blogs such as this don't.) Therefore, the two of you will be talking different languages, and talk right past each other.
You said you'll cease communication unless she replies to your email. What happens if she DOES reply? You talked about not wanting to 'let her off of having to say anything' and I'm not sure what that means. What do you want to hear from her? Would that change your decision? If she tells you she loves you again, how are you going to deal with that? Yes, I was wondering about this as well. It almost sounds like you resent the fact that her answer wasn't as clear as you would have liked, like it's not fair for her to end things on that note, and maybe you're looking for some kind of vindication or closure that you think only she can give you. I think you'll be doing yourself a big kindness if you decide to let go of whatever you feel she ought to say and the hopes you're still pinning on her response, and just disconnect now. You're the only person who can give yourself closure. Yes to all of this.
Eric's explanation of non-verbal or "implicit" communication is incredibly strong, but Power Games are still Power Games, and NOT pairing the implicit setting of boundaries with explicit communication will NOT lead to healthy relationships with healthy women. Mature women communicate explicitly, even when they might be unaware of certain implicit behaviors, or of how their subconscious behaviors might be coming across to their partners. If, for example, she's "flirting with other men" in front of you, perhaps she's already feeling insecure in the relationship, because she's tried to communicate with you explicitly and you keep closing up like a steel trap! Or perhaps she really doesn't realize that her being late a few times has sent a signal to you that you're unwanted, and that you're upset by it. Maybe, for instance, she has her own anxiety about looking pretty for your dates, so she gets overwhelmed with the process of putting on makeup and picking out sexy outfits before you're due to meet. The whole foundation of implicit behavior is subconscious–unless, we become aware of it and try to manipulate it, which is ultimately Passive-Aggressive, no matter how you slice it. If man and woman can't try to communicate with each other using words (whether or not they will ultimately be talking past one another) there is no hope for them in a partnership.
I even more firmly caution against "showing your value" through "edgy" texts. The only kind of relationship these will serve is a high-octane, adventurous, or borderline abusive one–which may be fun for awhile (and the sex might be great), but will not morph into a lasting engagement with a good woman. A high-value woman with any true self-confidence receiving an "oops" text will be certain never to be available to you again, especially if she was already on the fence! Remember that you BOTH have egos and insecurities, and you EACH want to assert your worth to the other. If you're both STUCK asserting your values in these "implicit" (but not fully honest) ways, you can never hope to make an actual connection.
It is right on, however, to come to an understanding of Actions as the major building blocks of any real relationship, or lack-thereof. But forcing a woman to always be the one to speak up about a problem first (especially consciously forcing her into the "weaker" position) inspires no trust or safety in you, and these are the building blocks of love in a long-term partnership. I can promise you that we women HATE being the ones to have to explicitly communicate about every roadblock between ourselves and the guys we like, and potential relationships in which we can't confront misunderstandings with our mates head-on do not last.
"Likewise, you may text a girl and she's very responsive. She's friendly and fun and totally up for chatting. But every time you invite her to meet up, she's busy." This happened to me this month. I said (perhaps to ou it overtly was a mistake) to her that would I would bother her no longer. She responded that me invinting her to go out out was fine, she was really busy. And obviously I concluded that she was using me to get attention and validation and duly stopped mensaging her, and to refocus in improving my game to avoid the same game mistakes that put me in this situation on the first place.
In my experience, direct is the real scam. There are average looking men in their forties out there who are beating their heads against a wall trying to get a positive reaction from beautiful women by telling them how cute they think those women are. Ha. What a bunch of nonsense. Why should intelligent, accomplished, worldly men lower themselves to the same level as teenage boys when they have so much more value to offer?


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Mr Mylchreest previously described any risk to the public as "very, very low", and said any previous safety advice has been lifted now the incident is over.


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Online Discussion on Rural Women on Wikigender.org - Now Closed
Dear friends,
Wikigender is hosting a new online discussion leading up to a side event co-organised by the OECD Development Centre and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, at the 56th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on 1 March. The discussion is on:
Equal rights to resources: the key to empowering rural women. But what's stopping it?
We would like to invite you to actively participate in this discussion, which will start on Monday 13 February at 9am and end on Wednesday 22 February. The outcomes of the discussion will be presented at the side event in New York. It would be great if you could participate during the discussion with a contribution/comment. Please let us know if you are available. We would also appreciate if you could help us publicise the discussion as much as possible, via your websites, networks, newsletters, contacts.
We are particularly interested in your contributions on the following questions:·
- How does discrimination in access to, and control over, resources such as land and property influence rural women and girls' social and economic outcomes?
- How does discrimination against rural women and girls relate to broader policy challenges such as food insecurity, climate change and poverty?·
- What are examples of successful approaches for ensuring women and girls' rights to resources (land, credit, other), both in the law and practice on the ground?·
- What actions should governments, donors, UN bodies and civil society take to address discrimination against rural women and girls?
Many thanks on behalf of the Wikigender Team and we look forward to your participation!
Kind regards,
Spread the voice and participate!
Enviado por Luca Miggiano el Vie, 10/02/2012 - 7:06pm.
Thanks Estelle for posting such an interesting discussion! I am sure that the Wikigender community will react positively to this, and I encourage users of the Land Portal to do the same. As you know, we have just closed a discussion, facilitated by the ILC Secretariat and co-hosted by the Land Portal and the FSN Forum, on how to secure women's land rights. We will be delighted to use the synthesis report of our consultation - including some inputs from your contribution! - for yours. I am also really glad that in the lead-up towards CSW56 more and more interest is built around women's rights over resources, especially natural resources, including land. These are critical issues for women's empowerment, rural development and more just societies. These are also issues that are known in policy discussions, but not effectively addressed in terms of awareness raising and implementation - and that should be adequately covered by the CSW Agreed Conclusions, and on which governments should make concrete and tangible commitments. So, thanks again to re-launch this topic with the Wikigender community and help to make the profile of these issues higher in the policy agenda.


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"...he had come to the recognition that most of what is generally considered the truth is entirely relative. Subject and object are not as distinct as most people think. If the boundary separating the two isn't clear-cut to begin with, it is not such a difficult task to intentionally shift back and forth from one to the other." (nook p. 811)
On the surface, things seem relatively clear. When the novel opens Aomame is sitting in a terrible traffic jam on Metropolitan Expressway No. 3 listening to Janáček's Sinfonietta and talking with the taxi driver who tells her there is an emergency staircase through which she can escape. When she leaves the car, and descends the stairs, she also leaves 1984 and enters 1Q84. The two worlds are parallel, different from one another, but 1Q84 is not unrecognizable.
Aomame takes exquisite care of her body by eating only what is healthy, exercising muscles which are difficult to find. Because of her knowledge of the human body, she is able to find by touch a certain spot on the back of a man's neck, a spot which when pierced with the sharpened end of an ice pick will cause instant death. It is a subtle method of killing, one which seems to bother Aomame not at all.
Nor does it bother the dowager of Willow House, a safe house for battered women, whom Aomame has befriended. Eventually, Aomame works for this seventy year old woman, hired to "move to another world" men who are found to be abusing women. In this way, Aomame takes into her own hands a sort of revenge; I can't help but wonder if she wasn't abused in some way herself before she left the Society of Witnesses, a cult from which she was brought up. Certainly she was wounded by the way her parents forced her to proselytize door to door for their religion. As an adult, she is wounded by the deaths of two of her friends who have been murdered by the hands of their "lovers".
Twenty years ago, at the age of ten, she reached out to her classmate, Tengo, grasping his hand in a moment he never forgets. For Tengo is lonely himself, having the vision of his mother involved with a man who is not his father etched permanently in his mind. He is isolated from his mother emotionally and physically; we never see her as anything more than a painful place in his memory. His father, however, continues to cause suffering as he takes Tengo with him on his routes as a NHK collector. If customers see him with a child, he reasons, they will be more willing to pay their fees. He is not willing to recognize Tengo's shame and embarrassment, nor the way that his life differs so drastically from that of his classmates who are able to enjoy their Sundays with their parents.
Tengo and Aomame have separate lives, he is a cram school teacher for mathematics and an aspiring writer, she is an excercise instructor; they are both lonely. They both long for the feeling of being loved. They are searching for each other throughout the novel despite the distance of time and place which have kept them apart.
It seems they will never find one another. Near the end of the book I read with an increasing horror, afraid that the harm which had come to so many characters would also work against the two lovers. What right do they have to be united other than their love for one another? Other than the isolation they feel individually which can only be assuaged by their togetherness? Yet Murakami must believe in the redemptive power of a couple's love, just as they must believe in one another.* Otherwise, this novel could bring us no hope for the world in which we now live.
Aomame pressed an ear against his chest. "I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here."
Tengo shook his head. "I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us." (nook, p. 1029)
*"It is only a paper moon
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A surprising number of students are failing basic-level courses at Middle Tennessee State University and similar colleges nationwide, which begs the question of how prepared the students are coming out of high school.
MTSU President Dr. Sidney McPhee is so concerned about students getting grades of Ds and Fs, along with Ws for a withdrawal, or Is for an incomplete, in those basic education courses, that he took action.
He implemented what is called the Quest for Student Success and is calling on his faculty to help make sure each student is successful.
"This is not about us compromising our academic standards. This is not about giving away grades. Students must meet the standards. What we're saying is we expect them to do their part, and rather than blaming everybody else," McPhee said.
But it starts before students ever step foot on campus. At Oakland High School, administrators start working with students early on to ensure their success in college.
"It ensures every child that walks through our doors are going to have the opportunity to be successful," said Oakland Principal Bill Spurlock.
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Trader José Premium Lager - Trader Joe's Brewing Company
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Ratings: 72 | Reviews: 38 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by gpogo:
1.65/5 rDev -36.3%
A- Fizzy yellow beer. Small White head.
S- Bathroom, horse pee, skunk nest
T- Slight sweet taste with a nice skunky aftertaste. No alcohol taste, I wonder if there is even any alcohol in this.
M- Super thin. Am I drinking yellow water or beer? It's hard to tell.
D- Never again will I get a grab bag(barf bag) from trader joe's. The skunkiness totally puts me off in every way.
04-02-2008 01:25:50 | More by gpogo
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North Carolina
3/5 rDev +15.8%
02-01-2014 23:32:14 | More by tdm168
2.7/5 rDev +4.2%
Appearance: Nice look overall. Bright golden with active carbonation. Does not look flat at all. Still, I don't see much foam or lacing.
Smell: A floral bread smell. Skunkiness as well.
Taste/Mouthfeel: A bitter, watery aftertaste. You definitely need to drink this right after opening because the bitterness grows, even though it stays cold. Decently hopped.
Drinkability: Fairly easy to down.
Overall: A step down from Corona. Not terribly good or bad one way or another.
05-30-2010 23:12:59 | More by tjsdomer2
2.75/5 rDev +6.2%
01-06-2013 05:57:35 | More by cliff1066
2/5 rDev -22.8%
01-14-2013 14:24:24 | More by jheberle
1.18/5 rDev -54.4%
Someone brought a 6-pack of this to a party and I figured I'd tick it.
Pours a boring pale yellow color with a fizzy white head. FYB all the way with this one.
The aroma is crappy grainy adjunk. Is there actually malt in this beer? It smells like corn and chemicals.
The flavor is really bland yet really disgusting at the same time. The crappiness is off the charts. Corn, rice, grass, and water. Some unpleasant bitterness on the finish.
The palate is bland and boring, with a watery feel and higher carbonation.
I know, giving an adjunct lager an 'F' reeks of style bias, but this is an absolute disgrace to beer. I couldn't bear to drink more than 2 ounces of a beer in a style that's supposed to excel in drinkability. Epic fail.
11-07-2010 18:55:51 | More by nickd717
2/5 rDev -22.8%
02-23-2014 03:40:02 | More by DOCRW
2.63/5 rDev +1.5%
Poured from a clear Trader Joe's single bottle into a pint glass.
Pours a medium straw in color with an inch of yeasty/bubbly/I Know it won't last long head. The head actually compresses and does linger for a while.
Smell has hints of light roasted corn and malts and exceeds my somewhat low expectations actually, not bad and pretty subtle. Taste is another matter. Kind of thin and boring with a viscous malt finish. Feel is decent and offers a moderate carbonation. Drink is diminished a bit due to the unnecessary sweetness.
I can't recommend this beer, but should you come across it I think I would prefer it ice cold and direct from the bottle. No surprises there I guess...I think I'd prefer a Bud.
01-12-2009 04:09:25 | More by HalfFull
New York
3.75/5 rDev +44.8%
08-08-2012 14:00:42 | More by hkyplyr73
3/5 rDev +15.8%
11-27-2011 20:04:24 | More by rhino54
New York
1.68/5 rDev -35.1%
I popped the is-it-racistly-named-or-not Trader Jose's bottle in a standard manner, with a wrist snap at waist level which put the bottle opening some two-and-a-half feet or so from my nose. Nevertheless, the second I got the cap off my face was hit with such a explosion of skunky and repellent stench that my neck snapped back like I was in a head-on collision. Oh, don't worry, I have one of those foamy neckbraces on now and I've got a great personal injury lawyer filing a whiplash claim on my behalf.
I should probably hire another lawyer to file a claim that this swill is less safely potable than Tijuana tap water. The taste is despicable. The taste is actually more offensive than the beer's name. Only marginally better than Corona because I can actually detect a flavor or two within this mess of a beer. Pretty much a little corn and water. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery but when you're imitating (read: rippin' off) Corona, one of the worst beers on planet earth, then you're just acting stupid and your company's shareholders should question whether you are intentionally trying to tank share prices.
I had to brush my teeth after finishing this one. Never again.
07-23-2008 00:56:31 | More by TheViceBlog
3.4/5 rDev +31.3%
This a is beer is pretty good. I blind taste test with pacifico, corona. I pick this beer the least favorite beer of the three but it held its own. For 3.50 for six pack what do you expect a world class beer!
Appreance: Yellow and like a beer
Smell: Like a Corona.
Taste: It a greaat taste for a cheap beer. One hundred times better then, Ice house, Sol or Natty. Nice and sooth with no naste after taste.
Mouthfeel: It was full body witha smooth and wet.
Overall I woould buy this beer again for just price and taste. It does not compare to Corona , pacifico but for half the price what do expect.
05-14-2013 16:03:52 | More by bbluemzbeer
South Carolina
2.3/5 rDev -11.2%
another one to crack and drink for the sake of drinking it cause i could not leave the house, poured into a pint glass on 1.11.11.
the pour was just what i would expect with a light golden color and a tall fizzy head that quickly falls and leaves next to nothing in its wake. small doses of bready hints in the nose and a really small dose of grass as it warmed. flavor again nearly non existent with the smallest of grains and breads and corn and rice. but it comes and goes in seconds. just a pratically useless beer that i guess serves its purpose in life.
overall it is what it is. dont think i will go down this path again.
01-13-2011 01:36:35 | More by mikesgroove
2.75/5 rDev +6.2%
10-31-2013 01:49:46 | More by tommy5
1.05/5 rDev -59.5%
Twelve oz. clear bottle with twist-off cap pours a pissy clear yellow with white foam head. Looks like tainted water, seriously.
Smells like Pepe Le Pew...very, very skunky and that's about it.
Taste is sweet malt and adjuncts that have a wonderful skunkiness to the finish. The skunk actually helps balance the sweetness, but a wedge of lime might make this brew almost drinkable.
Watery and fizzy in the mouth, wonder if there is any alcohol in this one. The only thing that may help this offering is extinction...sorry.
Just a little note...my girlfriend likes it???
01-08-2008 02:48:18 | More by scottoale
3.1/5 rDev +19.7%
a: low white head fades to a thin layer, beer a pale yellow in color
s: typical of Central and South American pilsners...sulfuric "skunk" hops dominate and are appropriate given the style, pale grains, nothing terribly off, actually pretty crisp and not half bad
m: medium carbonation, light body...could some more carbonation for a crisper feel
t: a clean flavored Mexican pilsner with a sulfuric noble hop flavor and very clean grains
d: would be like water on a hot day...best near freezing, of course
single bottle, other half destined for the brat pan
04-26-2008 00:58:09 | More by blackie
1.75/5 rDev -32.4%
11-26-2013 09:16:41 | More by largadeer
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
Trader Jose' Premium Lager has a rather thin, white head, a hazy, straw appearance, some bubble streams, and negligible lacing left on the glass. The aroma is of sweet grains. Taste is of some hop spice, sweet grain, and not much else. Mouthfeel is light, and Trader Jose' Premium Lager finishes dry and easy drinking and dull.
08-28-2014 13:48:08 | More by RonaldTheriot
New York
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
10-05-2013 10:43:48 | More by Noelito76
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
It has super pale yellow body. There is a thin white head and a thin ring I don't want to call lace. The aroma was very mild. It smelled of grass and corn. The flavor was about the same. It has a watery body that is some what slick feeling. On a positive note it is very easy to drink.
12-21-2009 12:08:48 | More by MTNboy
2.48/5 rDev -4.2%
What you see is what you get with this beer. The tastes are very familiar with other Mexican lagers. the exception here is the course nature of the hops. very raspy. The metallic smell and the light and clear body is the same as other beers on the market. While not a first choice, I would have to say that for the style, its okay. I simply don't drink this style.
11-30-2011 14:48:27 | More by jneiswender
North Carolina
2.28/5 rDev -12%
So today I go to Trader Joe's for some groceries and they have a whole aislefront devoted to this and the TJ Dark. I'm only human so I picked up a few of each, knowing full well it was a Corona clone and probably going to suck. Made in Tecate, for what it's worth. They get to brag that it's imported.
The pour is quite unimpressive. Pale yellow, headless and looking dead. Also, the nose is brutal: skunky, with slight citrus and adjunct notes.
Tastewise, things could be worse. It's bland and has little hop or malt to recommend it but it's also inoffensive, thin, and reasonably smooth. I could drink it on a hot day and it would be a serviceable lawnmower brew.
This is not good at all but not quite a drain pour. TJ's needs to stick to the quality styles for its clones or find someone else to make them.
04-27-2008 03:04:58 | More by daliandragon
North Carolina
2.73/5 rDev +5.4%
A: Pours a crystal clear pale to medium yellow in color with moderate to heavy amounts of active visible carbonation and some hints of lemon yellow. The beer has a two finger tall sudsy foamy bright white head that reduces to a large patch of medium thick film covering the majority of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of sweet malts and grainy malts with a light amount of corn adjuncts. There is also a light amount of grassy hops.
T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of sweet and grainy malts with a light to moderate amount of corn adjuncts contributing to the sweetness. There is a light amount of grassy hops flavors towards the finish which contribute a light amount of bitterness which lingers for a short while.
M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp upfront and slightly creamy in the finish.
O: This is not a great beer by any stretch of the imagination but it is definitely drinkable and went really well with the spicy quesadillas that I made for dinner tonight. Alcohol is well hidden and it easy to drink, but it is just not overly complex. Not as sweet as some of the other examples in the style.
07-19-2014 02:32:17 | More by dbrauneis
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
06-24-2012 23:40:33 | More by Jsmitty1967
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
09-30-2012 22:55:36 | More by Eastside151
Trader José Premium Lager from Trader Joe's Brewing Company
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LONDON, England — Growing up in a single-parent household in Nottingham — a city labelled the third most violent in Britain — could have meant a different outcome for 41-year-old Andrew Palmer.
In the late 1970s when his Jamaican parents separated, Palmer's mother was left to raise five children on her own in a neighbourhood dominated by gang and drug activities.
But when he was approved as one of the few blacks among 8,000 persons to carry the Olympic torch around Britain last month, Palmer could only credit this accomplishment to his mother's Jamaican background as a disciplinarian which ensured that her children did not go down the path of doom.
"We grew up on strong Jamaican discipline as she was all about instilling our Jamaican heritage in us," Palmer told the Jamaica Observer.
So entrenched was he in the Jamaican culture that Palmer recalled that it was not until he was in his 20s that he started eating non-Jamaican foods, having grown up on a diet of cornmeal porridge and Saturday soup, among others.
It was that solid background which Palmer said helped to steer him from the path that many of the neighbourhood kids had taken.
"Being brought up in the inner city, our mother made sure we never got involved in crime, drinking or drugs like some of the kids I went to primary school with," he said.
But while he was proud of completing college and establishing his own graphic design business, he was convinced there was still more he could do.
"I wanted to help kids get out of these areas, and sport was the vehicle to get them involved," he said.
Palmer therefore set up a programme to tackle gun and knife crimes as well as to address the issue of teenage pregnancy.
Two years later, the programme was reviewed by the Government and the stamp of approval was given.
"It is a very small city, and to be third in the country for crime was not a good thing because I was seeing around the area where young people were involved in crime, and to think that my nieces, nephews and son could one day be influenced by that, I had to do something," he said.
So severe was the situation at one point that a community group appointed him mediator to intervene in gang wars.
"They wanted me to wear a bullet-proof vest and go out and mediate between the gangs," he explained.
The programme is reaping great success as Palmer said many of the 228 kids who have passed through the programme have secured jobs as coaches and are helping other at-risk youths.
"We have got kids from inner cities who are now professional footballers who were going down the road of crime," he said.
Palmer said he gets a lot of youth, who are from West Indian and particularly Jamaican background, in the programme.
"We tend to get a high number of them because of the single-parenting and the fact that there are no fathers as role models around in many of these households," he said.
The day he carried the torch, Palmer said he took it to a number of schools to inspire kids to want to excel in like manner.
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Wordsworth defined poetry as strong emotion recollected in tranquility. I feel much the same about blogging, except that here it is nearly a month since last we spoke, and I don't have a blessed thing to say to you. Not, mind you, because things aren't happening. It's just that there's been very little tranquility in which to process them.
That's not a complaint. I remain busier and happier than ever, but I will need more time to make sense of it all. I seem to be in a sort of liminal library space, where things happen, but are difficult to explain. Bullet points might cheapen that, but for the sake of not losing touch with you entirely, let's try, shall we?
- Vacation. I took one. It was great. I never did quite catch up afterwards, though. Price of library success…
- NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month, for the uninitiated, otherwise known as "LAV disappears in November." This year, I wrote an urban Amish paranormal fantasy romance. No, you may not read it. :)
- In the Library With the Lead Pipe. I've been asked to join as a guest author/editor. I'm thrilled beyond belief; however, I'm also stumped as to what to write about first. Until I get my act together, please check out what my sterling teammates have to say.
- Future Perfect Task Force. A new responsibility about which I will speak more later!
- Branching Out. I'm currently in the middle of a fun job-shadowing adventure that I intend to write more about at length. It's very different from the work I normally do, and it's definitely helping me become a better librarian.
- Facebooking. I'm now part of the library's social media team, and as such I help maintain good patron relations by ineracting with our library users on Facebook. It's an advocacy week around here, so as you can imagine I've had lots of photos and such to post. If you haven't friended us yet on Facebook, consider this your engraved invitation.
- Winter RAT. Another surprise I intend to write about at length. You'll just have to die of suspense until I reveal what that acronym stands for. Just thank the powers that be that I am not in charge of naming things around here, as my twisted sense of humor might be the death of us all…
- 2011 Reading Plan. I know, I know, how could I possibly read more than I do? But I'm starting to feel like I need a plan. Despite getting the best education I could afford, I've discovered there are still huge holes in it. Ergo, I'm having people I respect and admire compile lists of things I should read, and I'm plundering the Zs for all those lovely books about what to read next.
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Actually, before I go into that though, I am going to touch on some recent history, and how that ties into what is currently happening right now. First, the roster for the Raiders has in recent years had some nice players added through the draft, but not many, and not nearly enough; too many missed gambles have contributed to a talent deficit that still exists, and is still waiting to be fully addressed. Unfortunately, it has been difficult to address it, regardless of need, due to the salary cap being a yearly mess. Yes, Al would be able to get from under it, but there has not been any flexibility for pretty much the last 15 years or so, and it has had a cumulative effect. Poor free agent signings only added to the issue without making much difference on the field. So, with that history being noted, on to the first quarter of the season.
DL - The issue really isn't that the starters suck, which is what some idiots are saying, but that there isn't sufficient depth to provide sufficient breathers. There is really only one rotational DT in Bryant, who does well but is still somewhat green, and it is no better at DE, where there is only Tollefson, who is seviceable, but still a drop-off in talent. Bringing in Carter will help provide a better pass rush, but the lack of depth is hurting the whole team, not just the defense. This unit can be seen as a strength, but only if it is able to either rotate to stay fresh, or be kept off the field by the offense being more effective.
LB - Another paper-thin unit that has not played that badly, but gets run down. Wheeler has looked very solid, and I expect he will get a multi-year offer after this season. The hope is that he will stay where he was allowed a real chance to start, on a team that is making the right moves. Burris has been a pleasant surprise so far, with great hustle and work ethic; the question is when or whether he will hit the rookie wall. McClain has struggled at times, and at other times played solid ball. I don't know that he will ever be as good as he was in college, but he is improving his play overall, and that's a plus. Still, we need to upgrade at MLB, unless the plan is to go to a 3-4 alignment more when injuries are less of a concern.
S - As yet, I still see this position as a weakness. Although the injuries to the DB's came early, I didn't see much difference from last year to this; there simply aren't enough plays being made. I have seen Huff as replaceable for years; the problem is that he tantalizes with athletic ability more than production. Branch is solid against the run, but weak on coverage; Mitchell is the same, but even more of a liability in the passing game; Giordano would be so much more effective with the physical gifts of any of the other three, because he plays heady and hard, but simply doesn't have quite the raw ability needed to be reliable.
DB - This is currently the weakest position on the team, mostly because of injuries. Once the position was purged, the team (Al) was set on making do with players that had been drafted, players that were unfortunately not good enough to step up, or even keep. As we have clearly seen, good DB's can be hard to find on the waiver wire, we don't have the salary cap to sign them if there were, and we don't have the draft picks to make trades; we have to make do with what is available. Bartell and Spencer looked serviceable, but they went down. Now we are using guys that nobody else wanted, and fans are expecting that they should be playing like All-Pros; quick hint: it doesn't happen that way. Lee and Adams look like they can be good nickel and dime backs, but they are what they are, and the fact that we have converted a safety to play DB should tell you all you need to know about our depth, and what is available on the market.
Here is what I see: we cannot afford many blitzes, putting DB's that are already struggling in even more precarious positions, unless we want to see more big scoring plays against us. Our DL has shown some ability to pressure the passer, but less and less as the game goes on, and they get gassed from the combination of lack of rotation and not much help from the offense. When we have blitzed, we have struggled to get to the passer because we don't have guys that are strong in that department, and so give up easy plays to the opposing team. Overall, tackling has not been bad, certainly better than in years past. Which leads to really only one conclusion: we have to play bend don't break.
The more plays that we force the other offense into, the better the chances of creating turnovers, or forcing mistakes on their part. Playing a gambling, attack-style defense right now, with all the injuries and other problems, just means being put into deep holes. That means that even if the offense is doing better, they need to go to passing mode sooner, McFadden now becoming a receiver or decoy, just what some people are howling about now. I look forward to the time when we are able to bring the heat, to force quick plays that are ripe for mistakes, to create confusion on the opponent sideline as they try to figure out what adjustments to make. Until we are capable, however, that style will just bring heartache...


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LAS VEGAS - The world's biggest gaming convention kicks off in Las Vegas this week. Thousands of people are in town to attend the Global Gaming Expo (G2E). This year, Internet gambling is expected to be the hot topic.
Hundreds of gaming manufacturers will showcase their innovative Internet gaming, or iGaming, technology this week. They say iGaming represents the future of this industry.
Governor Brian Sandoval (Nevada-R) signed historic legislation this year, clearing the way for Internet betting sites to operate in Nevada. Two sites are already running.
Two more states – New Jersey and Delaware – have also legalized online poker. Other states are considering legalizing online gaming.
Some discussion at G2E will focus on geo-location technologies that ensure no one is gambling from a place where gambling is illegal. The show will also examine age verification technologies that ensure no underage people are gambling online.
"There's a lot of best practices around the world on how you can properly roll out or regulate an online gambling environment for customers that's safe and secure," said American Gaming Association Vice President of Communications Holly Wetzel. "So, that's what our goal is. So, that's what the discussion is centering around here."
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Nebraska used clutch pitching and a bevy of 2 out hits to take down the top team in America in a rematch from last week.
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Nebraska baseball coach Darin Erstand may be quitting coaching to become an actor, starring in a western series about a man who just can't take it anymore.
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Do Referral Programs Bring You Better Customers?
Are referred customers more valuable than non-referred customers? This is the question that researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Pennsylvania set out to answer in their paper "Referral Programs and Customer Value" (pdf here).
Some background to start with:
The researchers tracked around 5,000 customers that a leading German bank acquired through its referral program. A 25 Euro reward was given to existing customers for each new customer brought in.
The profitability and loyalty of these new customers were tracked for 33 months and compared against a random sample of about 4,600 customers acquired through other methods in the same period.
What they found:
The study revealed several interesting differences between referred and non-referred customers. It turned out that profit margins, retention rates and lifetime customer value were significantly higher for referred customers. Here are some of the key insights:
1. Referred customers have higher profit margins
Referred customers started out with profit margins that were more than 25% higher than non-referred customers. After 29 months, the higher margins of referred customers became equal to those of their non-referred counterparts.
The researchers think that the initial higher profit margins were due to the referred customers being a better fit for the bank. This was because the referrer would likely select friends that he or she thought would be a good match for the firm.
Another possible reason for the higher margins was that friends of the referring customer would be more like them and have similar needs and values. And the bank could use these similarities to better serve the new customer and get higher margins.
However, these advantages gradually vanished as the bank accumulated the same amount of information about both referred and non-referred customers. Also, non-referred customers who weren't a good match for the bank were more likely to leave as time went by.
Even though profit margins became equal over time, the study still found that the average lifetime customer value of referred customers was 16% higher than that of non-referred customers.
2. Referred customers were less likely to leave
The research showed that the probability of remaining a customer by the end of the study was 82% for referred customers and 79.2% for their non-referred counterparts. Analyzing this data, researchers found that customers acquired through the referral program were 18% less likely to defect than non-referred customers.
In a nutshell, referred customers were more profitable and less likely to leave than non-referred customers.
How does this apply to me?
So what does this all mean? We now know why referral programs work and why it's worth paying for them – because they help you attract more loyal and profitable customers. Applying the study to your own business, we can see that referral programs don't just bring you more customers, they bring you better customers.
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FLINTSHIRE Council has high hopes of securing funding to build two state-of-the-art care facilities.
The two Extra Care facilities would be built in Holywell and Flint, and according to a report to be discussed by councillors, indications are that the local authority could get £1.926 million in funding as part of the Intermediate Care Fund.
The fund, developed by the Welsh Government, could see the council receive £642k in capital funding and £1.284 million in revenue funding.
The report said: "Our aspiration is to use a significant proportion (£550k) of the capital allocation to support the development of additional Extra Care facilities.
"Capital funding would provide leverage for investment in the cost and delivery of Extra Care and enable us to realise the commitment in our corporate improvement plan to develop a further two Extra Care provisions."
The report said they were also looking at reconfiguring a small number of existing sheltered housing flats to provide a resource for short term support in the community.
If they are awarded the money, the council would look to enhance capacity and ability in delivering existing services from the revenue funding.
The fund, only available in 2014/2015, is targeted at supporting older people, particularly the frail, to maintain their independence and remain in their own home.
The report added: "These services can help avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, inappropriate admission to residential care, as well as preventing delayed discharge from hospital.
"The fund can be used to build on existing good practice and increase the scale of provision of integrated services. It can also be used to pump-prime funding to assist transformation and change and to test new models of delivery."
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When Fox Sports proclaimed that the Seattle Seahawks were the city's only champion other than the 1979 SuperSonics, a few of the city's professional basketball players had a bit of a problem.
The WNBA's Seattle Storm, who won the the 2004 and 2010 WNBA championships, took to Twitter to ask a pretty valid question: What about us?
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The 5,000,000 Mark
It's pretty crazy to think about. Just 14 months ago I published my first iPhone game for kicks just to see what would happen. Last month we crossed 5,000,000 downloads:
What a crazy fun journey. Glad so many of you could ride along while I was figuring this stuff out. What is crazy is I'm now hearing some MASSIVE success stories.
Angela Hayes for example (who was in my App Elite) is doing $350 per day profit. Today she had her first $500 profit day. So awesome!
Talk soon,
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That is so awesome! Well done Trey and well done Angela keep it up
How are you doing Trey?
I know you're good at marketing . I think you could do a webinar or even a product dedicated to promoting apps. If we don't get people downloading our stuff, we won't make any money.
Best regards,
Hi Trey,
Always been a big fan of your work man!, I'm currently in process of my 1st game being built and the way I'm going to monetize the game is purely like Kolos Journey, "With an upgrade to remove ads", does this app still make you a bit of money even today? Could you perhaps present some figures on kolos journey?
That's just awesome. 5 mill downloads is an incredible market reach.
Dude, I cant find the link to the San Diego talk you did, Kicking Ass & Taking Names: How to make money online. Any chance you could fix it the link so I can share it?
Numbers like these are always inspiring to see – averaging over 6,000 downloads a day isn't too shabby!
Hi Trey,
I cannot seem to find your opt-in page on this site,
to get on your list, did you remove it?
Do you still offer App training programs?
All the best,
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The handle on the Schick Hydro 5 looks a little sleeker than the Fusion and feels more refined. I found the grip on the Fusion a bit, well, "grippier" and easier to hold on to with slick shaving cream. The Hydro does have a bit more heft and better balance than the Fusion manual razor and felt better in my hand. The Fusion also comes in a powered version while the Hydro does not -- it sounds gimmicky, but the high frequency vibrations of the powered razor does make a difference. The Hydro also comes in a 3 blade version sans trimmer. For the purpose of this review, I compared the manual version of the Fusion ProGlide to the Hydro 5.
In terms of comfort during the shave, I'd give the edge to the Hydro -- there was almost no drag. I did have to go over the area an extra pass, so it's really a toss up here. The end result for both was a close shave with very little razor burn or irritation.
The cartridges on each razor were easy enough to eject, but the Hydro's heads took me a moment or so to figure out how to install properly and they feel a bit cheap. Overall, the Fusion cartridge feels more solid than the Hydro.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The NCAA introduced a new wrinkle in its two-day out news conferences this year. Instead of individual press conferences, it is having opposing coaches conduct a news conference together.
Kentucky's John Calipari and Wisconsin's Bo Ryan found themselves discussing the one-and-done phenomenon, experience and talent, and managing the hype surrounding a Final Four experience.
The Q&A exchange:
QUESTION: For both of you, there's so much attention these days paid on what's next for college players and going forward, are we losing sight of what a great college player is all about, just valuing a kid for what he's doing in the moment while he's in college, or just maybe being only a great college player?
BO RYAN: Well, here's all I got to say to Cal is when somebody asks me about one and done, all I remember is when my mom would give me a pork chop or a piece of meatloaf and I would ask for another piece and she would say, No, one and done.
So when you say about college athletes and what's made of this and what's made of afterwards and how many years and all that, there's a lot to be discussed. We're both on the Board of Directors with the NABC and we have talked about this quite a bit. I'm sure there's something coming down the road that's going to alter that. But all we know is we just want our players to get the most out of the experience and I think we both are coaching guys that understand what that's all about, so I think we'll be okay.
JOHN CALIPARI: First of all, does a player have to be here four years to be a terrific college player? The last four years our grade point average has been a 3.0. Our APR is as high as anybody in the country. They're college students, they're just not college students for four years, in most cases, but in some they are.
We don't talk about it and I imagine you don't either, we don't talk about NBA. We're worried about winning college games and being a great college team. Losing yourself in the team, doing less which ends up being more, losing yourself in the game.
So I don't think the kids are thinking all those things. The issue one and done has now become a bad connotation. So we're going to break out something new this week to get you guys off this one and done so that we can think about in another term, which is trying to help these kids do what they're trying to do as college students, as where they want their careers to go.
The full press conference transcript is provided by ASAP Sports. You can read it here.
The NCAA also held a news conference with one player from each Final Four team. The representatives were Scottie Wilbekin of Florida, Niles Giffey of Connecticut, Ben Brust of Wisconsin and Kentucky's Julius Randle.
Of playing at home in Texas, Randle said, "Yes, it's definitely home. I'm just excited to be playing. It doesn't matter if it was in Dallas or wherever it was. Just to have the opportunity and blessing to play in the Final Four is all that really matters to me. It's kind of been emotional for my family, all that the team's been through this year. They're just really proud of where we came from. But at the end of the day we're just excited to get out there and compete and have another opportunity to play the game."
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Game # 57: Golden State vs. Philadelphia (W) 119-97
GSW: 35-22 (Home) 20-10 (Road) 15-12
Standing: GSW - 3rd Pacific 8th West
Don Nelson
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"I think the game speaks for itself. The bench played, they were ready, the team had a great start and we opened the game well. Like I said the game will speak for itself."
On Stephen Jackson's Injury::
"Not sure, somebody ran into him. He said he was okay after he sat for a couple of minutes."
On Brandan Wright::
"I thought he played well, I thought he was active, he ran, we got him a couple of easy baskets and it was his career-high so far."
On Monta Ellis Shooting 60 percent for the Month::
"Well (Sidney) Moncrief did it for me when I was in Milwaukee and like he said, he did it without me calling a single play for him. I guess that was quite a feat. Only nine guys have ever done that and if you're keeping stats, put that one in your book. He's shooting 50% for the year. I expect him to make shots and I'm surprised when he doesn't"
Monta Ellis
On his recent play:
"I think it gets tougher and tougher every night. But I'm just more locked in, concentrating, and just trying to knock the shot down."
Mickael Pietrus
On tonight's game:
"I think it's very important for us, off the bench, to come out very focused because we have a lot of games to go before the playoffs and I think we need everybody. That's what we did last year during the last 20 games. We really stuck together and tried to play the best basketball we can and we did."
Matt Barnes
On tonight's game:
"It's time to start making that push. The west is still open, and we're in the eighth spot but it's time to start making that push. We had a good performance from the bench and overall I think we played very well. They put themselves in a large hole with our defense and we kinda just ran from there. The starters played well and we had good energy off the bench and that's how we won the game."
On the team's defensive effort:
"Our defense played well tonight. To start the game we had some lapses but overall we played pretty well. It got sloppy at times but we won and that's the most important thing."
"Monta's on fire. He's one of the hardest players in the league to guard. Once you come up on him, he's gonna go by you, if you back off he's gonna hit his shot. Monta's becoming that superstar and he's really hard to stop."


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The Arizona Cardinals have added a second offensive guard in this year's draft, using a fourth-round pick to take James Madison's Earl Watford.
Arizona used the seventh overall pick to take North Carolina's Jonathan Cooper and took Watford with the 116th overall pick after swapping fourth-round selections with the New York Giants.
Recruited as a tackle, the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Watford played both positions as a redshirt freshman before starting 23 straight games at left guard for the Dukes.
With Watford as its anchor, James Madison was 12th in rushing in the Football Championship Subdivision.
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