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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took the brunt of the initial criticism when UFC president Dana White cancelled UFC 151 just one week out from its scheduled date.
Jones remained fairly quiet about the situation at first, even though White took him and his coach, Greg Jackson, to task for turning down a last ditch effort to match the champ up with Chael Sonnen on short notice.
When Sonnen went into attack mode – almost immediately – Jones could only sit back and take the unanswered blows for so long before fighting back.
"There's guys on the street right now that would take a fight against me just to see how they would do, let alone talk about one of the top fighters in the world, especially one of the top fighters in the world that has absolutely nothing to lose," Jones said in a recent interview on MMAFighting.com's The MMA (After) Hour. "Why would I put a world championship on the line against a very dangerous opponent for a person that hasn't even remotely earned the right to consider himself in the position to fight for a world title? That's like hitting the jackpot and I refuse to be anyone's jackpot."
Jones did eventually agree to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort in the UFC 152 main event on Sept. 22 in Toronto, but that's not to say that he thinks Belfort really earned a shot at the belt either. He does, however, have a much different outlet on Belfort as an opponent.
"I don't think he necessarily deserves (a shot at the title), but I'm honored to fight him. I respect Vitor a lot. He's definitely a worthy opponent," said Jones.
"I have zero respect for (Sonnen). I'm honored to fight Vitor Belfort. Vitor is a Christian like I am. He's an honorable man. Fighting Chael Sonnen, he's a punk. He's a thug."
Despite his own feelings for the way the situation went down, public opinion, right or wrong, has leaned heavily in Sonnen's favor on this one. Jones still feels most of the sting for the collateral damage following the UFC 151 cancellation.
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Regardless of the blame placed upon his shoulders, Jones isn't doing an about face.
"I think it's funny how Chael Sonnen became a hero out of this thing," Jones commented. "Chael had nothing to do with this and he just talked his way into the limelight somehow. I signed a contract to fight Dan Henderson, not Dan Henderson and his best friend.
"At the end of the day, Dan Henderson got hurt. That's what happened. I was ready."
Although Jones vs. Belfort is now on tap, White has stated that a Jones vs. Sonnen bout, if fans wanted it bad enough, could still happen in due time.
Jones agrees… and welcomes the opportunity answer Sonnen's attacks, but with his fists, not his words.
"He'll get his time when the time comes. I'll beat that man silly."
Wow, what a hypocrite! Won't fight Sonnen because he doesn't deserve a title shot on short notice? Didn't HE get a title shot on short notice?
There was a difference. Jones earned his title on short notice by running through people. Sonnen has earned title shots by running his mouth.
Absdolutely. Imagine Sonnen's WWF stunt in MLB or the NFL
You don't just switch up a damn "World Championships" willy nilly, cause some guy is blowing up Twitter
Tell me about it. He's a hypocrite and stupid.
""Why would I put a world championship on the line against a very dangerous opponent for a person that hasn't even remotely earned the right to consider himself in the position to fight for a world title? That's like hitting the jackpot and I refuse to be anyone's jackpot.""
Which applies equally to Vitor. So Jones is once again and forever full of shit.
Nothing out of his stupid mouth makes any damn sense. It's really curious how he can win as many fights as he does being that dumb. He's a HW with the longest reach fighting at LHW, that's why. Once he gets to HW he'll be beaten to a pulp.
For all those wankers out there who dont understand, listen, me main man says sonnen's time will come when this two bit wrestler is eligible. But first of i'd like to see him face the likes of chug le, palhares, chris weidman to name but a few. He tried to pull the same stroke he did in the second fight with Silva which got him an undeserved second title fight. Only this time Jones an his team see through all the **** talk an put *** **** to the bottom of the ladder wer he belongs
and he respects Belfort because he's a Christian too? Who gives a $hit if he's religious? They're fighting in a cage.
I believe in unicorns. Should I constantly make references to them during every interview because I can't think of anything intelligent or factual to say and point at magical grazing fields in the clouds after making the sign of the unicorn pre-fight?
Another UFC 151/Jon Jones article. Imagine that. Must be a slow month.
My two cents: Get over it and off the Chael-wagon. We just went tthrough this two months ago with AS.
Bones is the champ – he deserves his say so on who he should fight. Not the overall authority, but his opinion. Silva (my fav) does it, so its not uncommon. Two, nobody freaked out about all the other fighters who refused to step in and fight Jones at the last minute. Why should he be expected to switch his plans up. Three, why is Jones ridiculed for not changing opponents on a weeks notice, but not Machida who didn't want the 152 fight on three weeks notice? Preparation was his reason. Why doesn't that fly for Jones. Being ready for a fight is more than conditioning. These guys are the most dangerous in the world, remember. And four, as I've seen well-stated before – shame on the UFC for spreading their events so thin, that every PPV hinges on one great fight and can't survive without it. That's their fault, and pitiful that it should fall on Jones.
And out of curiosity -Why does every picture of Bones lately make him look depressed and angry?
i wonder if jones gets paid everytime that he mentions god or christianity?
…its an honor for him to fight vitor because vitor is a christian…so weird.
and if i see another article about chael sonnen talking smack about somebody, i'm going to explode. for the last year and a half the ufc has been turned into the sonnen show. it's making the sport look amateurish and stupid and i get embarassed every time i hear the guy go off on one of his rants…talk about scripted and contrived. come on chael, the only reason that people watch you is because it's like passing the crazy guy on the streets…you have to watch for a second.
well, we have all watched the crazy man and most of us have walked on, but the crazy fucker is still there.
i'll bet we hear about sonnen calling out gsp before too long. he'll say that he deserves a shot at the champion(after he beats condit of course) because he got sick from eating canadian bacon
"Why would I put a world championship on the line against a very dangerous opponent for a person that hasn't even remotely earned the right to consider himself in the position to fight for a world title? "
Shogun could have said that too.
Correction…Shogun could have said:
"Why would I put a world championship on the line against a very dangerous opponent"
"For a person that hasn't even remotely earned the right to consider himself in the position to fight for a world title? "
Jones 100% earned his title shot. It just sucked that it came on short notice in general and for Shogun.
No sorry but no correction there. Jones was fed guys like Bonner, matyushenko, And vera. Names, yes, big names in the division, no. He did beat Bader but even he was just on his way up and not the whos who of the division. Jones was impressive because of the way he won fights, not who he beat.
Has he proved himself since then? Absolutley, he has beaten a whos who since, but before he shot, no.
Scroll down just a wee bit. You just reposted my point below.
Now we have fights because one guy likes to fight against fellow Christians??? What a crock of sh*t!!!
jbj beat the likes of vera bonner and his biggest win was bader to get a title shot! so lets not go acting like he ran through top opps to get his shot. silva fought once to get his title shot. jbj was scared he might take a loss. sonnen the only man to beat silva for 5 rnds and yall say hes a bum lol.
Besides Bonnar, he finished all his fights in devistating fashion. That's how you earn a title shot these days…
Yeah I have to agree with you. Even though I don't love Jones, he did beat up his opponents so bad that he was like a 2:1 favorite over Shogun in their fight. So he indeed deserved the replacement title shot. I still think he should've accepted Sonnen's challenge, but I think the build up to their fight next year will be so huge that it will more than make up for the 151 fiasco in terms of PPV buys, etc.
A roided Sonnen beat a wounded Silva for FOUR rounds. Then he lost. He got a second chance, lost again.
He's not a bum, but he's a B+ fighter hiding behind an A+ salesman.
Jones CRUSHED everyone he fought before Shogun (you left out Hamil and Matyushenko). It wasn't just that he beat all those guys but the fact he completely dominated them and didn't take a scratch in the process.
right on, pooby!
Yes jones completely domintaed hamil with those illegal elbows of his.
macgrubber, you are joking, right??? He was killing Hamill long before the illegal elbow stopped the fight. What the hell were you watching? Hamill even knew he got his ass handed to him. The stoppage was also a farce. Mazagatti stopped it with no warning at all, and that is because he is a terrible ref.
I love all this talk of "sonnen won 4 rounds of their first fight". If your hand isn't raised at the end of the fight it counts about as much as me beating Silva on the UFC video game. In fact in one night I KO'd Brock Lesnar, and Anderson Silva!! I'm the baddest man on the plannet…I should fight John Jones next!!!
Silva won both fights…so thats 2 losses on Sonnens record. I have never seen a statistic of how many rounds a person has won…you know why because it doesn't matter if the GET FINISHED!!! Sonnen is by no means a bum…he has some impressive wins on his record. But he is a wrestler with limited skills anywhere else. Look at his record…He's lost by submission to every good BJJ fighter he's faced, with the exception of Silva TKOing him last fight. Sonnen knows that he has to run his mouth to stay relevant. Lets be real, before he started running his mouth how many "die hard Sonnen fans" were there…i would say maybe 10% of what there are now??
Lets say he looses to Griffin, which if the fight goes to the grond it could end in a very similar fashion to their first fight. Hell even standing Griffin has the edge. So he looses…then what?? His mouth will only keep him around for so long with out the skill to back it up. I like Sonnen…but him talking crap about everyone and then getting his ass kicked will only be funny for so long.
Sonnen is not "a wrestler with limited skills". He is "one of the best wrestlers on the planet with limited skills". That makes a difference. Silva is a striker with limited skills. No, he's one of the best hitters on the planet with lesser skills in other areas.
I agree he is a damn good wrestler…but thats it. You can't win a fight with wrestling alone, and he has no jui-jitsu offense and especially no defense, and he is a weak puncher. And Silva isn't just a striker…he is one of the best BJJ practioners on the planet. He just hasn't shown alot of it because he's too busy knocking people out…Silva has said many times that his BJJ game is vastly superior to his striking…and that is frankly scary..
Silva has ventured into pro boxing. But he's never entered the Abu dabi tournament.
Completely agree, I'm about tired of hearing how many rounds Sonnen won. It may have been a good point to bring up when talking about a rematch but now I think it's pretty irrelevant after his smashing the second time. Why not say they both won a round in the second fight? I guess you could argue they fought to a draw.
I just wish Jones would shut his mouth and quit taking the Sonnen bait. Maybe he's starting to think of the big paycheck that shutting Sonnen's mouth would bring. With all likelihood Forrest will do it before he gets the chance and that should reveal the Jones v Sonnen matchup to be the circus side show that it is and we can put the idea to rest.
I think john needs to stay off the jesus juice.These "champions" don't half get up themselves.Vitor has a chance because john doesn,t like guys coming to him like say machida in the first round at least.I might have a cheeky £50 on vitor for this one.
Boy took jones a few days to come up with a lame excuse geez mr jon chicken jones must have been hard to come up with a script to respond to sonnen show how small your cowardly brain is. You just made yourself the biggest hypocrite , shogun could have said that too whne he fought you but unlike you shogun is a fighter . Now you can use your thick lips to bj jackson all night you coward
You tell him brucebruce!
Shogun had more than a months notice, you cant even compare that to 8 days. Did you see what happened to Shogun? lol Jon Jones was winning and finishing fights in dominating fashion. Sonnen couldnt even beat an injured fighter on elevated t levels, was gifted a win over Bisping just to make the 2nd AS fight possible and got his ass kicked. Do you people even listen to the stuff you say?
I am an idealist and perhaps will never see the ufc the way I like it but what a silly soap opera it has become.
Chael Sonnen did not have a meteoric rise to his title contention. While he was up and coming he got busted for money laundering. Then he gets destroyed by Damian Maia.
Eventually he wrestles his way to a title shot which he did earn.
Then he dominates Silva (but loses).
Then he gets busted for highly elevated T-levels and in my mind his domination of Silva is explained – elevated T-levels, duh…
Sonnen then goes on to have mediocre fights while on his regulated T-levels.
Then he looks truly pathetic against Silva in the 2nd fight.
?Now he somehow deserves a fight against JOnes? I just don't get it.
The UFC has turned into a show-boat popularity contest.
These match-ups are undeserved and the drama doesn't match the facts.
The UFC has lost its integrity. Perhaps they never had any in the first place.
I need to learn to settle for mediocracy in life..
Amen lowlb!!! Right in sooo many ways!!
Does Chael deserve a shot this soon? No. But what is absolutley hilarious is how Jones is now once again talking smack back at Sonnen, like he was right before he punked out and refused to fight Sonnen. The reason JBJ is so annoying, is that he's inconsistent with the shit he says. If you're gonna come back and take jabs back at somebody, be a man and fight him when the perfect oppurtunity falls in your lap (UFC 151). And I can't stand Chael, but at least he was willing to fight after all of his shit talk.
Mr Sonnen must be peeing in his pants now.Jone going to split CHAEL The Looser SONNEN in half..
Sonnen peeing in his pants? You do realize that all this started because Chael jumped at the chance to fight Jones, and Jones wouldn't take the fight right? Just clearing that up. Your comment makes me think perhaps you're confused
"his time will come"? … jones had the chance to shut sonnen, he turned dow in effect that gives sonnen fodder to continue his barrage. jones ended up like the chicken$hit.
Who does deserve a shot at King Jones's title belt??? According to him its not Beltfort, Machida, or Sonnen. Besdies Hendo who else? I mean Silva, whose been around for YEARS, who has defended his title 9 or 10 times, has 15 wins in a row in the UFC and has 30 career wins is one thing, but for an arrogant prick like JJ to start claiming his all mighty reign is a ittle much. And I know he finished his pre-title fights but again he still only beat Bonnar,Vera and Bader. Gimme a break.
i haven't seen any mention of it or anything, but i'd love to see Bones fight Glover Teixeira. He's virtually unknown by most UFC fans – hence the lack of press attraction – but he is a beast ready for a brawl. Even Shogun flinched at that fight. We haven't heard Glover's name much in the states, but make no mistake… that is one bad-ass Brazilian.
kitty dont cry, we know it's your fault
The fact of the matter is Jon Jones would beat Chael Sonnen silly. These two might never fight because Chael still has to beat Forrest.
the difference between Sonnen and Jones is that Chael talks smack and is eager as hell to back it up where as Jon Jones talks smack and then just backs up……..
if you asked the Astros if they wanted to play in the World Series last season, I'm sure they would have jumped at the opportunity.
For all the naive who think that Jones is ducking Chael chew on this a bit. Jones is setting himself up for a big payday by starting a media pissing match with Sonnen. For everyone who thinks Jones reason for not taking the fight was bullshit you are right. The reason was not that he didn't have time to prepare for the fight. The real reason was he didn't feel it was enough time to build a rivalry worthy of the huge payday he would want. Jones isn't stupid. Those who think he is are not smart enough to see his reasoning. I'm sure Dana is aware of this too. Wake up, you're being played. It's strategy for taking your PPV dollars with a lame matchup. The only way Chael wins is by miracle snoozfest decision which means Jones was fighting with one arm. How else could you market this fight to otherwise intelligent people?!?
jones was scared ****less of chael out-wrestling him & finishing him because he wasn't training for a wrestling opponent – he was training to clayguida/carloscondit the **** out of dan henderson to avoid the hbomb
it was the initial explanation that he and his camp gave before he started his day-to-day explaining/complaining about everything revolved around his decision
it's not the fact that jones needs a full camp to prepare for a specific opponent, that's fine, it's about him not standing his ground with that explanation by constantly feeling the need to defend himself
Chicken Bones is a Christian that gets drives his car when he is drunk, drives on a suspended license and has children out-of-wedlock. I don't believe he is what I consider a good Christian.
Who cares? There is no such thing as a "good Christian".
I care dipstick.. He has a good point. He's a hypocrite. I dont blame him for not taking fight on short notice but dont lie and say your something your not. Christian or not, be what you say you are. I wanted him to beat Rashad but now Im starting to see what Rashad was talking about.
Show me one person who hasn't been hypocritical at one time in his life and I'll show you a hypocrite and a liar.
That's why we all deserve to burn in hell for eternity!
Well…. Tht I agree with. I know I dont live right. But if hes claiming to be a christian or satanist or hog farmer or whatever, then do it. Dont give the horse crap about fighting another christian because hes the same. Just obvious lies. Im guessing thats what the other guy was trying to point out. I think hes right. My opinion. I enjoy watching him fight, just wouldnt mind seeing him get beat now.
hey dog you sound like really smart guy lmfao
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Vinson Massif: Carry High, Sleep Low
Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 22, 2012
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Elevation: 9,100'
We made pretty good use out of today. The weather wasn't perfect, it still seems like the long, slow storm is lingering, but it wasn't all that bad either. There was still a ton of cloud hanging around when we got out of the tents at Low Camp this morning. We'd done the traditional sleep in until 11 AM so as to avoid the cold cold Vinson shadow that haunts Low Camp, but the surprise turned out to be that it really wasn't all that cold. The clouds had kept some heat in for us. Everybody was feeling good and well-rested, so we grabbed some supplies, shoved them in our packs and headed for high camp. The goal was to do a carry, to bring food up for our eventual move to high camp. But moving that food up wasn't nearly as important as getting everyone familiar with the climbing route and getting in some good exercise at altitude. We did all of that. The "meat" of the day was toiling for about three hours on the steep and continuous "fixed rope" section of the hill. By the top of the ropes, the weather had taken a slight turn for the worse, with a slight, but persistent breeze blowing new falling snow, We carried on the extra hour and a half to high camp anyway, since it seemed we were getting such good experience in and everyone was climbing strong. We were up to high camp by about 7:25 PM, meaning we were spot on the expected six hours. We just took a few minutes to cache the gear and food and then we were off down the hill. We got warmer as we descended and made pretty good time with light packs. It was 9 PM when we reached the base of the ropes and just another fifteen minutes or so brought us into camp. The sun came out while we were eating dinner and getting ready for bed, making all of that just a little bit easier.
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Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 21, 2012
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The longest day of the year is a little redundant in a place where the sun doesn't set… we'll take it anyway. Summer has come to Antarctica. But that doesn't mean the living is easy. We still have the tail end of that storm to contend with. At least we hope it is the tail end. There is still a lot of cloud stuck on Mount Vinson, but it did seem a bit better than yesterday, on the whole. So we packed up the camp and moved up the mountain. We left Vinson Basecamp at 2:10 PM, which is not too late to be starting out (in case you are wondering). Our plan revolved around using the late evening sunshine that Low Camp is famous for. It only took us until 6:40 PM to pull in to the camp at 9,000 ft. Conditions on the route were calm, cloudy, and not exactly cold. We each did a bit of sweating, which can get problematic in a place that is perhaps -10 F but everyone took good care and we sailed through without difficulty. On the way, we picked up our cache of supplies where the Branscomb makes the big ninety degree turn from South to West, and that pretty much completed the sled hauling "approach" portion of this climb. Camp went up fast as we ran stoves for dinner and melted snow for drinking water. It is just after midnight now, and all are in bed. There is a thin layer of cloud still blocking our sun… but it isn't like it is the end of the world or anything.
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Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 20, 2012
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Same storm, different day. We are still at Basecamp and this big system of clouds and wind is still hitting the Ellsworth Mountains. It came on a bit more today, with thicker clouds and hours of light snow falling, but so far we have been spared the big winds. The teams we flew in with journeyed on up to Low Camp despite the weather today, so we are alone at base, but none of us is particularly worried that we are missing some golden opportunity.
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Vinson Massif: Stormy at Basecamp
Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 19, 2012
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Elevation: 7,200'
We had higher hopes for today. But no, we didn't go anywhere. It was stormy with a forecast for more, so we sat at Basecamp. The mountain was partially visible from time to time, but mostly it was socked in with a thick layer of cloud covering all but the bottom of the western face. As the afternoon wore on there was even a little wind right here in Basecamp (which is rare) but mostly it was just calm cool and cloudy. The team rode it out in the tents; reading, writing, talking, eating and sleeping. By evening the sun had broken free of the clouds that were piled up against the mountain and things got downright pleasant for a while. Fingers crossed for more pleasantries tomorrow.
Best Regards,
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
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Vinson Massif: Team Refreshes on the Basics and Caches Supplies Uphill
Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 18, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Vinson Massif
Elevation: 7,200'
Clouds and murk rule the Ellsworth Mountains for the moment. But even so, the weather isn't all that bad down here on the Branscomb Glacier. We did a normal mid-morning wake-up at Vinson Base (earlier than that one risks discomfort from cold shadows and down glacier breezes). A leisurely breakfast was followed by a brief review of the basic mountaineering techniques we'll employ for travel on the lower mountain. In mid-afternoon we set out to carry loads up the long gentle hills between base and the big ninety degree turn of the glacier at the foot of Vinson's massive Western escarpment. This carry wasn't performed so much out of a great need to get supplies up the hill, but more out of a desire to test systems and our legs and lungs. All good. We cached the load at around 8,700 ft and walked easily back to our 7,000 ft Basecamp. We even got a few grand views of the endless ice to the west. These had to suffice for scenery since the clouds closed in while we were eating dinner and put us in a world of gauze and grey. The sun will come out tomorrow. Possibly.
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Vinson Massif: Team #2 Arrives in Antarctica
Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 17, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Vinson Massif
Elevation: 7,200'
Union Glacier camp was a busy place this morning. There were snowcat sledge trains and big-wheeled vans and tracked vehicles and snow machines of every sort and size zipping from A to B, plowing things flat, and simply hauling freight and people. Fuel drums were being fed to the Twin Otters and names were being written on luggage tags. The ALE staff were in overdrive and sixty outbound climbers and Antarctic enthusiasts were pleased, mellow and smiling. It was "Ilyushin Day".... Out with the old and in with the new on a grand scale.
My successful climbing team packed their bags and knocked their tents down in about five minutes… Ready to go home but also a little sad to be leaving this cold paradise. Around 1:30 PM, the big four engine Russian jet touched down with a great roar of reversed thrust out on the ice runway. My old gang got in one big offroad van with Seth Waterfall and headed for the plane and Punta. I'd shaken their hands and advised them to have a heck of a victory feast in town. They'd earned it. I stood for a while watching all the action and before long another big offroad van pulled up with my new climbing team.
Nicole, Brian, Joe and Bart were snapping pictures in all directions and smiling broadly. We got acquainted and oriented, waited a bit and then hurried up for a flight to Mount Vinson. By then it was dinner time and the Union folk felt bad about kicking us out of camp without a big feed, but clouds were closing in and we needed to get to the mountain. Mission accomplished (with a big pan full of hot pigs-in-a-blanket for inflight food) despite the encroaching storm, there were still a few thousand peaks to be seen out the windows of our ski plane. We landed at Vinson Basecamp around 8 PM and built our tents in our new home. My climbers haven't yet seen their mountain as it is cloaked in mist and light falling snow, but they will see plenty of the big hill, soon enough.
Best Regards,
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Vinson Massif: Team Winds Down at Union Glacier Basecamp
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Seth Waterfall | December 16, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Vinson Massif
Elevation: 7,200'
An easy and slightly surreal day for the team, after so much walking and dealing with discomfort… to be thoroughly inactive, waited upon and flat out comfortable in the luxurious dining tent at Union Glacier.
The team wasn't visibly anxious to be missing out on exercise, nor did anyone seem worried over whether the Ilyushin airplane would fly on time. We sat, we ate, we concurred. Life is good. There was a persistent and slight breeze blowing all day long at the Union Glacier camp, but the air temperature is so warm (compared to anywhere on Vinson) that we routinely walked from tent to tent without gloves or jackets, crunching along on well-packed snow.
If all goes well, the plane will fly from Punta Arenas tomorrow and the RMI Vinson team will head back to South America and a victory feast with Seth Waterfall. I'll stay in to greet the next RMI Vinson team and get started on a new adventure. Many thanks to those who have followed our trip for the past two weeks. Your comments were passed on to us (we don't surf the web, but we exchange email with RMI headquarters) and produced many smiles on twelve sunburned faces.
Best Regards,
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Vinson Massif: Team Ready, Bags Loaded, Hoping for Flight Tomorrow
Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 16, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Vinson Massif
Hi RMI,
We gathered with about 30 other climbers this morning for our pre-trip briefing with ALE. Mike Sharp, one of the owners, gave a very detailed presentation about what is going to happen over the next few days. As you might imagine, logistics for getting to the "bottom of the world" are complex. Even though we have already traveled thousands of miles to get to Punta Arenas, we have about 2,000 more miles to fly and two different airplane types to go before we get to Vinson Basecamp. Covering everything from flight plans to arial maps of Union Glacier and the climbing route to ways for dealing with the extreme cold, it is critical information to know before we fly out of here and land in the middle of Antarctica.
After the meeting, we weighed our bags and sent them off to the airplane so they can be loaded and ready for our flight.
Weather permitting, we are planning for an early flight tomorrow, with the airport transfer scheduled for 7:00 am. Next dispatch will hopefully be from Union Glacier.
All the best,
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Vinson Massif: A Quick Descent
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Seth Waterfall | December 15, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Vinson Massif
Elevation: 7,200'
There was a wind blowing in the night at high camp. It was just a few miles per hour, but it was steady and we'd been exceedingly lucky in not having any wind for four days up high, so it was a worry. But a needless worry, since by morning it was gone. We ate, we packed and by ten in the morning we were walking downhill with great big packs. Everybody was thinking about getting those big packs down the steep fixed ropes… the last real obstacle to our safety, but we caught those ropes and slopes in perfect condition. They were still in shadow and the tracks of teams that had descended several days earlier were still in perfect condition and useful as stairs. We made it to our old digs at low camp in just a few hours, packed and repacked there and then plodded down the Branscomb Glacier toward Basecamp. Cresting the final hill, we saw two Twin Otter airplanes sitting patiently and waiting to take us away. This was a pleasant surprise as we hadn't really discussed an exit strategy yet with ALE, our logistics company. At Basecamp by four in the afternoon, we shuffled duffels and boarded the planes. Some of us were treated to a magnificent scenic flight as the pilot performed a mountain reconnaissance for future climbs on our way back to Union Glacier. The Twin spiraled around one Matterhorn after another and dove through tight v-shaped passes. A smooth landing at Union got us in just in time for dinner. A wonderful dinner, whilst sitting in chairs, with backs. True luxury. We caught up with fellow climbers from the mountain (who we hadn't seen for days) and with the wonderful staff at ALE. Life is considerably warmer and easier at Union Glacier, and the team is excited about being a step closer to home, but we're all still buzzing over the mountain that we lived on for the last nine days. And climbed.
Best Regards
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Vinson: Team #2 Readies in Punta Arenas, Chile
Posted by: Dave Hahn | December 15, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Vinson Massif
Our second Vinson trip of the season has officially started. After some fairly long flights and a few delays, we all arrived in Punta Arenas yesterday. Fortunately all our gear has also arrived.
With all the excitement of a new adventure starting and the fact that it does not get dark here until almost 11:00 pm, it was well after midnight before we decided to call it a day.
Since there was not a whole lot on the agenda today, we took full advantage of this by sleeping in and having a late breakfast.
We finished up the last of our equipment needs by checking out a few of the local gear shops and a stop at the grocery store to buy some additional snack food. At the same time we able to explore a little bit of this neat little town.
With our bags more or less packed up, we headed out for a nice dinner at La Marmita. The food is incredible here and it is no wonder why it sits at the top of the restaurant list for Punta Arenas.
Tomorrow we will have our briefing with ALE (Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions), to go over the details of our flight to Vinson and the rules of climbing in such a remote and pristine environment.
Will check-in tomorrow.
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- Publisher: Atari
- Release Date: Mar 15, 2005
- Summary: Act of War: Direct Action tells a highly realistic, near-future story of a US elite force fighting an international plot to overthrow the current world order. While offering a "First Look at Tomorrow's War", the game takes you through a frightening and believable reality filled with suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict, wrapped in a top-quality strategy gaming experience. Act of War: Direct Action offers players the opportunity to zoom in and engage in the battle from street level perspective on urban battlefields such as San Francisco, Washington DC, London and Moscow, with incredible detail and without slowing down any of the action. Act of War features a single-player story mode and various multiplayer modes including 8-player online skirmishes. [Atari]… Expand
- Developer: Eugen Systems
- Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy
- # of players: 8 Online
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
Positive: 38 out of 43
Mixed: 5 out of 43
Negative: 0 out of 43
Act of War beautfiully bridges the gap between action and strategy and provides an all out assault of the senses thanks to the incredble level of visual detail, intuitive control and an aural symphony comprised of the sounds of destruction.
What sets this game apart from the rest is the life-like and believable urban zones in which you are forced to set up your defence or attack strategies.
A good, fast-paced strategy game that should appeal to traditional RTS lovers and more impatient gamers alike.
The strategic elements are in place for the most part, it has an interesting take on resource collecting, and the 3D engine makes the explosions nice to watch.
The game is beatifully made even if we miss the possibility of smashing through a house with a tank, as one could in "Heroes: Soldiers of WWII."
The A.I. is quite good, particularly at the tactical level, where you don't have to baby-sit an army.
Score distribution:
Positive: 10 out of 10
Mixed: 0 out of 10
Negative: 0 out of 10
Mar 31, 2012This game is awesome. It is one of my favourite games of all time up there with homeworld 2. Both of these games are so great i find it hard to decide which is the ultimate. These guys really stepped in and picked up where westwood dropped the ball, dropped the live action cutscenes and went "in game 3d"… Expand
Sep 22, 2011I played this RTS religiously for about a year before I moved on and found out about Dawn of War. Anybody who likes RTSs at all should try this little-known gem from Atari. To put it simply, Act of War is in my opinion the perfect Command and Conquer game. It takes everything that made Command and Conquer great and dials it up to 11. This is strange because Act of War isn't actually an official Command and Conquer game. IMO, Act of War got exactly the right scale of combat. With DoW 2, you have small intimate squad battles. With Supreme Commander, you've got a ginormous scale with epic battles across entire peninsulas. Act of War had the perfect average of scale with good infantry action (even inside buildings!), while also allowing for devastating nuclear strikes and massed tank rushes. They even managed to pull off air combat in an innovative realistic fashion, which Relic later mimicked in CoH. Even Command and Conquer 3 came out later and tried to follow the magic and execution of Act of War, but I think they fell short. About the *only* complaint I can ever make about Act of War is that the infantry are individual units rather then squads, but I played it before DoW so that didn't bother me at the time.… Expand


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Two issues:
1) We sucked at times getting rebounds and let Odom and Gasol rule the paint.
2) Blown D perimeter assignments cost us the game...damn it!
1) I found it really frustrating that Gasol and Odom ruled the paint during key parts of last nights game. Fucking Odom...couldn't even marry the pretty sister.
Miller and Yao did a good job, but the O did kind of die with Chuck in there. Where was Hill? Unless he pissed of RA or something, it is probably then not playing because RA doesn't trust him yet to play in that high a stakes game. Thats fine, the guy is still realtively young, etc... But we needed help down there big time. It probably won't matter to let the guy develop until the trade deadline but we need another big guy down low to D up. We don't even compare to LA or Boston's big man rosters. Granted many teams down either but we want to win damn it!
Sorry...had to rant there.
One idea I have on this one is the possible taking on of the Brand contract from Philly and therefore helping us land Iggy. At this point I dont think they are up for trading or anything but that trade does kill two birds with one trade. I know the contract is huge but just an idea to get iggy and help bang with the bigger teams.
2) Bad time to loose your man in the key game. I dont know what the situation was and why Brown and Blake were open to shoot those threes but it killed us. Brooks and Martin are unbelievably good being out there at the same time. They play off each other and light up the basket....but...they have to get better on D. There is just no excuse and no way we are going to win games without them getting better and not loosing this many D assignments at key points in close games. We have a great duo...dont want ot break this up but this killed us.
Idea going forward.
So again, this is just an idea that came to me: getting Iggy and then taking on Brand's huge albatross of a contract. I know this may be contrary to what some people think and it is a huge risk, but maybe worth taking at the trade deadline if we are still well in the running to make a big splash in the playoffs. Brand or a player of that size and ability playing in the paint last night may have won the game for us by getting more rebounds and just making Odom and Gasol less potent. Just an idea.


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Li Xiao Yang comes to us via the suggest post from Chioeve, nice suggestion!
I don't have much time, so I'm going to phone this one in.
Ya Di is a model/actress from the Yunan province in Southwest China, who gained popularity as a Cosplay babe/internet celebrity….
Kaka (卡卡), should not be confused with a considerably less famous foot-to-ball player. As refined gentlemen that you all no doubt are, I am certain that none of you cavalier types would consider lowering yourself to watch such an unrefined game and so my reference to a certain other Kaka will go unnoticed.
Besides, which one would you prefer to see naked?
Jinova (伊诺娃)is a stunning Chinese MOKO model. Born on the 1st of January in the year of the Snake, in a previous incarnation she once sat as a top general in the court of Qin Shihuang!
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The Roy Jones haters would have been flipping over his interview on Friday Night Fights. He was adamant about still being one of the best p4p of all time. He then gave a list of people that he would like to fight. It went something like this...
1. Joe Calzaghe
2. DLH (he said he wasnt really interested in the fight but he'd do it at 166.)
3. Benard Hopkins
4. Jermaine Taylor
5. Kelly Pavlik
He seemed very confident about fighting any of these guys, and from his reaction while talking about this, I think he'd beat any of them too. I see his point, he kept saying over and over, that p4p he is still ONE of the best in the game today. He's obviously thinking about mopping up as many 168> as he can before he retires, and him beating at least 2 people on this list should put him back near the top, IMO at least. If he can make the weight, then why shouldnt he be recognized as a great if he's beating the top 160-168 in the game???
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November 8, 2010
There's nothing quite like the look on the face of a crook who unexpectedly finds that he didn't get away with the crime after all. And two former County investigators who finally cracked a long unsolved murder case are now being recognized by their peers for making sure justice was done.
On July 30, 1995, a driver found the nude body of Shannon Conway on Craven Road just west of Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos. Evidence at the scene included a blue jacket and a Mountain Dew soda bottle lying beside her. An autopsy revealed she had been beaten, raped and strangled.
At the time of her murder, Conway was homeless and living in the Ocean Beach area. A friend last saw Conway getting into a gray pickup truck at a convenience store. Witnesses
described the driver as having clean cut hair and possibly serving in the military.
A man was initially arrested in the rape and murder case, but was released when DNA evidence and his fingerprints did not match those found at the crime scene. The case then hit a wall.
In 2007, San Diego Sheriff's Detective Rick Scully evaluated the case with the help of District Attorney Investigator Dan Ahrens. Investigator Ahrens, a former homicide detective with
the Oceanside Police Department, had been assigned to the Sheriff's Department to assist in cold case investigations. They reconstructed the crime scene, evaluated all evidence, conducted numerous interviews around the country and submitted additional evidence for DNA analysis.
On July 28, 2008, a DNA match led Detectives Scully and Ahrens to a prisoner in Mississippi. Michael E. Williams was serving time for molesting his son and step-daughter. Until
his Mississippi conviction, Williams had never come into contact with law enforcement.
Williams' fingerprints were obtained and later matched to latent prints found on the soda bottle found next to Conway's body. Scully and Ahrens conducted two interrogations of Williams at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, but Williams denied knowing or killing Conway. He also denied owning a gray 1987 Mitsubishi pickup truck, despite two Mississippi traffic citations the detectives found issued to him in 1995. Williams could not explain how his prints and DNA came to be at the crime scene.
The detectives conducted an in-depth investigation into Williams' background and discovered he had been in the Navy in July of 1995 and was assigned to the Naval Training Center in Point Loma during the time of Conway's murder. Military records they obtained revealed that Williams had been declared a deserter just days prior to Conway's death.
A murder warrant was issued against Williams in 2009 and he was extradited to California. In July of this year, just prior to his preliminary hearing, Williams pleaded guilty to
raping and killing Conway. In August, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Legally, Williams must finish serving his 40-year prison sentence in Mississippi before he can begin serving his life sentence in California. Williams still has 37 years to go.
The tenacious efforts of detectives Scully and Ahrens to solve this cold case brought justice and some measure of closure to Conway's mother and family. The California Peace Officers' Association is honoring the pair with its "Best Cold Case Solved" award. Scully and Ahrens will receive the award at the association's COPSWEST expo in Ontario on November 15.
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At about 80 miles in, we finally came to a little town called Sugar Grove. I saw a slapped together structure that by all appearances seemed to be the town's general store. As I went in covered in my usual post ride grime, I saw a sign that said, "pot-pie," and another that read, "bait shop." I thought nothing of it, interpreting the phrase "pot-pie" in the most literal of ways, and went on in in search of some desperately needed water.
As I opened the door, the overpowering scent of Marijuana engulfed me. I was so out of it, I still didn't make the connection. Upon entering, I saw a lone little man sitting behind a counter, and nothing else. I thought, well, they must just keep a low inventory at this general store, so I blurted out, "do you sell water and do you have a public restroom" he replies, "we sell medicinal Marijuana, and that's all we have here" Crazy. He was a nice guy, and ended up giving us two big ice cold bottles of water courtesy of Pot-Pie, LLC. Crazy. Medicinal marijuana in small town Colorado, who knew!
When we finally pulled in to Ordway, I promptly headed to the local bar. The fashion is definitely taking a turn towards "western". Everything feels so "cowboys and indians, cattle drives and ranchers". It's awesome, almost theme-parkish and it makes me giddy and excited to explore. For men, the look as all about cowboy crossed with rocker. We're talking leather vests, metal studs, black jeans, leather brimmed hats all a la Kid Rock. For the women, whatever they don, it's bedazzaled to the max, covered in sequins, and topped off with lace trim and a disco ball for a belt buckle. Needless to say, Brooke and I stick out like sore thumbs here with our biker tans, baggy shorts and t-shirts.
So into the bar I go, feeling tough from the long ride and happy to be in Colorado! I walk in, and sit down next to a bearded guy sipping a shot and drinking a beer. We start to talk-- and I'll be honest, in the regular daylight, with all of my normal faculties in tact, I wouldn't have given him much room to woo me with his tall-tales from the plains of Colorado. But, in the glow of the budweiser sign mounted above his head, his eyes looked wise, rather than skittish and unable to focus due to alcohol consumption. They looked like they might hold the answers to the mysteries of Colorado's wilderness, as opposed to looking half crazy and prone to rampant exaggeration and compulsive tall-tale telling. It was like we were in the 1800s and we were cowboys sitting around a fire exchanging stories of fighting off indians, and wrangling cattle, and killing rattle snakes with our bare hands. Ok, not quite, but you get what I'm going for.
He begins, and I eagerly let him launch into several crazy stories. He begins with "ya all seein' lots of blood splatter out there on the road, but nuthins there, huh? This stretch of road's like a fast food joint for the animals better at crossing the road." Next, we start talking snakes. We'd seen tons of them today, all dead on the road. So, he asks if we've seen a snake called a Red Racer. He's says, "them's fast...I'll be driving in my truck, I'll see one of 'em, and I'll get on the gas real good, and think I've got him! I wait for the thud, and there isn't one! You can't hit 'em theys so fast!" And, he goes on, he says, "they'll chase you-- they love to chase, you run, and they follow you for miles." In his words, "they see ya, they pick their head up, look over sideways-like at ya, and they start after ya..."
We talked about tarantulas, how they'll be ambling along at a spider pace, and then (again, his words with accompanying hand gesturing) "blammo! they jump up at ya, and they can jump high!" He tries to hit tarantulas too, and he says "ain't there a one of 'em that's ever been hit on the road, they jump right out the way." Apparently, the migrate in big groups that cover the entire road. Tall tale, or truth, I'm not sure. But, he says they head south for the winter, and we'll be through Colorado before tarantula migration season. Lucky us.
We stopped for breakfast in Eads, CO & shipped 8 lbs home.
15 miles of abandoned rail cars.
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For the last five years, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. have collaborated to sort and deliver cards to military bases and veteran's hospitals around the world.
"All you need is a pen and piece of paper to share your appreciation of the sacrifices our men and women in uniform make each day in their service to our country," said Billy Baxter, Alabama Red Cross Executive Director. "The American Red Cross serves and supports members of the military, veterans, and their families by providing emergency communications, educational resources, comfort and assistance each day. The Holiday Mail for Heroes program continues in the Red Cross tradition of service to those who serve."
Pam Fikes, director of the Walker County Red Cross, said volunteers with the local organization have been involved with the program, called Holiday Mail for Heroes, since it started.
"It means a lot to them to do something for the service men and women," she said.
However, this is the first year the card creating party will be open to the public. Fikes said all the materials for making the cards will be provided.
The Walker County Red Cross is holding the party on Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at 1101 Viking Drive, Jasper. If you would like to attend please RSVP to Pam Fikes at (205) 387-1478 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fikes urged residents to RSVP because the local Red Cross facility can only hold around 30 people at one time.
Fikes said several volunteers from area businesses have already agreed to participate in the event, and she knows their help will be appreciated.
"The servicemen and women deployed overseas love getting cards and mail," she said. "Anything we can do to brighten their days and make them think of home we would love to do."


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SCOTIA, N.Y. -- Supporters of a head-shop owner vindicated on drug charges are now demanding a second look at old cases involving a bad informant.
Donald Andrews, Jr.'s attorney, Kevin Luisbrand, showed the in-store surveillance video taken from the Dapp City Smoke Shop in Scotia last March that shows the informant planting drugs.
Luisbrand said it proves that an unnamed police informant set up Andrews by planting crack cocaine in his Scotia shop.
It was only after Andrews requested the Grand Jury watch the surveillance video that investigators realized they had a bad informant. The video shows the informant event takes a cell phone picture of the drugs, which was used as "proof" of a drug by detectives who were waiting outside.
The felony charges we're dropped, but Andrews supporters are now demanding that seven old cases involving the same informant get a second look.
"With an informant like this, he will lie and plant things and he can't really be trusted," said Robert Outlar, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
The Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino told NEWS10 the informant is facing perjury and possession charges, but they do not believe there were any other problems with this informant – except that he skipped town. Dagostino said his officers are now hunting him down.
The informant was used in seven cases, two of which led to convictions.
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Madison may be our capital, but several other Wisconsin cities lay claims to some interesting - and odd - capitals. Here are a few...
Belleville, Wis. - UFO capital of Wisconsin
UFOs were sighted in 1987, and the city has held a festival each October since.
Bloomer, Wis. - Jump Rope Capital of the World
It began in 1960 when the Phy Ed teacher began to see how fast students could jump rope. The city holds a contest every January.
Bonduel, Wis. - Spelling Capital of Wisconsin
The small city turned out 5 of the 10 state spelling bee champs in the 1980s.
Boscobel, Wis. - Wild Turkey Capital of Wisconsin
Eagle River, Wis. - Snowmobile Capital of the World
The area claims 500 miles of the best-groomed winter trails anywhere.
Green Bay, Wis. - Toilet Paper Capital of the World
The Fox River is lined with paper companies, turning out incredible quantites of tissue.
Mercer, Wis. - Loon Capital of the World
If you're headed through town on Hwy 51, say hi to Claire de Loon. She watches over the south side of town.
Monroe, Wis. - Swiss Cheese Capital of the USA
Swiss settlers in the 1840s made the area a powerhouse of Swiss Cheese production.
Mount Horeb, Wis. - Troll Capital of the World
Owners of a Scandanavian gift shop began placing trolls outside in the 1970s. The idea caught on, and the city now has 15 life-sized wooden trolls along the main street.
Muscoda, Wis. - Morel Mushroom Capital of Wisconsin
Their annual fungi festival will be held May 18-19, 2013.
Park Falls, Wis. - Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World
Park Falls has the most extensively managed ruffed grouse habitat in the world - over 5,000 acres.
Potosi, Wis. - Catfish Capital of Wisconsin
The village of 700 celebrates Catfish Days on the second weekend of August.
Sheboygan, Wis. - Bratwurst Capital of the World
The very German city has been producing Bratwurst since the mid 1800s. In 1953, the first official Bratwurst Day was proclaimed. The city will celebrate 60 years of its annual festival this year.
Somerset, Wis. - Inner tubing Capital of the World
Grab your tube and enjoy a lazy float down the Apple River.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. - Shipbuilding Capital of the Great Lakes
Home to several shipbuilders, this Door County port turns out Great Lakes and Navy ships as well as several Staten Island Ferry boats.
Wausau, Wis. - Ginseng Capital of the World
100 wild ginseng plants were planted in 1904. Marathon County now produces 90 percent of the United States' ginseng crop


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The Kentucky Wildcats are gearing up for another five-plus-win season, but luckily head coach Joker Phillips is not too busy that he can't still pick up the ol' bass GIT-tar and lay down some sweet licks for his good buddy and Cats fan JD Shelburne! He even went ahead and appeared in the video for the song, too. Hit the jump to see the worst music video for the worst country song you've heard in a while. And Joker Phillips, also.
If you haven't taken your "new country" medication, you're gonna want to muscle that down before clicking play on the below video.
Okay, so.
The takeaway here is not that Joker Phillips is involved. The man does a fine job. He sure did play the bass here. He sure did rock out the appropriate amount in the video (read: lightly sway). The takeaway is just how bad of a song and video this is, due to it being the most ridiculously "new country" thing of all time.
You've got JD "Gol-Durn" Shelburne looking like a Fabio head on a melted He-Man doll, replete with awful "new country" facial hair and flat-ironed, flowing locks. He's got the ironic Abercrombie faux-vintage split-neck baseball tee and of course let's not forget JEWELRY AND SWEATBANDS YEE-HAWWWW.
It's the smoothest, most over-produced cotton candy country song you can imagine, but makes sure to hit EVERY SINGLE country note it could, in the most singularly disingenuous way possible.
- ramshackle barn
- my granddaddy
- mason jars
- vintage Chevrolet pickup
- gravel roads
- shout-outs to tractors
- crosses on everything
If we were playing "new country" bingo, everyone would have won just now. Except not really, because we just watched and listened to "Farmboy" by JD Shelburne.
For more on Cats football, visit Kentucky blog A Sea Of Blue, plus SEC blog Team Speed Kills.
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So we're going to be in the Big Easy on Friday night, the night of Jon Miller Bobblehead giveaway. I was wondering if anyone here might be able to score me and Mr. TK a bobblehead? We may be the only people on this board with a custom-made MILLER hoodie (it's a matched set with teh Flemming). We are huge fans. jdd wants to put it on the stereo during the games. I can recompense in cash, zucchini bread, or drinks at the next meetup. Let me know and my sincere thanks!
ETA: Ms. Events has my back, as ever. So we are taken care of.


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I work as a bartender, and I meet a lot of hot guys during my shifts. Sometimes the guys stick around until closing and I get to go home with them, but once in a while the guy who catches my attention can't stick around and I end up going home alone. Last Saturday was one of those nights.
I'd been flirting with a guy who came in early in my shift, but he was there for a friend's bachelor party and had to split when his buddies decided to move on to the next bar. He'd taken my number, and I knew he'd call, but that wasn't really what I was concerned about. Our flirtations had been pretty intense, and I was really hot and bothered. There was no way I was going to get through the rest of the night without getting off.
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MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - In 1993, Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley were tried and convicted for the brutal murder of three eight-year-old boys.
Now, 16 years later, a group known as the West Memphis 3 Innocence Project is looking for clues to get the three out of prison.
"We're very hopeful," the Project's Brent Peterson said Saturday. Saturday, a caravan of 12 drove in from Little Rock to hand out flyers, not only in West Memphis, Arkansas, but also in the Beale Street area of Memphis.
"It's a very incindiary court case that's got a lot of people up in arms about the fact that we're helping the defense as best we can," Peterson said. "We just hope that people will be cooperative and will step forward."
The flyers hold information about the Project's new anonymous tip line. But that's not all.
"We have hired an investigator," Peterson said.
Because, Project members believe, people may be more comfortable coming forward years later.
"We think there's a lot that's been covered up and people have just been afraid to come forward for fear of retribution," Peterson said.
Peterson believes that while 16 years may leave memories a murky, time is on the Project's side.
"Any kind of lead can turn into something big and that's what we're hoping for," he said.
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