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I will start out this article by stating which camp I am in. I have been rooting for Pryor since we drafted him and hope he will earn the starting role. That being said I did believe Flynn should start this season and give Pryor another year to mature and learn from someone who learned from Rodgers. This preseason has been challenging that stance quite a bit. Watching the first Pre-Season game I thought Flynn played well but was to put it gently underwhelming and did not inspire confidence.
Pryor had a spark and despite an interception moved the ball quite well. What I loved was in an interview he said he thought about running it but he wanted to improve his passing. I think Pryor's accuracy has improved quite a bit and should only get better. His biggest flaw is his decision making which seems to be improving as well, and I believe will only continue to improve as he plays more and more.
Both sides of the debate have some of the dumbest, blind supporters of either Pryor or Flynn but what is the most sickening is the Flynn supporters who have come out and said all the Chicago game has shown is that both QB's are weak, Yes, Flynn had an awful night but he has one last preseason game to turn that around and Pryor played amazing and looked like the real deal. Get your heads out of your @ss and support your team no matter who is at the helm.
Lastly, I will not venture to say who I think should start the season opener until I have seen the final preseason game. However I think the coaches should give Pryor the start just to see how he does against a first string defense. Outside of his last performance, I truly think Pryor earned it in my eyes with his post game interview ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7SM9xUM1g&feature=c4-overview&list=UUdi83oPe0h_-1oy2dUkiXNA) Even the toughest of Pryor critics can't argue with him, when asked whether he deserves to start, and he replies by saying he's is not one to make that decision, it's about the team hitting it's maximum potential and he and Matt are going to keep leaning and helping each other. I know it's not verbatim (trying to remember it from last night) but it was something along those lines.
Whoever starts I will support, and hoping to see Pryor start to see what he's got against a 1st team Defense.
Go Raiders baby!


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Sam Smith Q&A With Derrick Rose
So you think you know Derrick Rose. Well, actually, no one really does seem to know Rose. Heck of a basketball player. We know that. Quiet kid. Seems nice. Seems humble and friendly, if not exactly gregarious. Rose will be the lone Bulls representative here this weekend for the annual All-Star game festival. Rose will play Friday in the rookie/sophomore game and Saturday participate in the skills challenge among top guards. So the NBA world gathers here for its annual mid winter break and dunk off, the basketball world gets to know the young point guard a bit better. Here's a little bit of the real Rose I've been able to gather being around him this season:


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Lyric Arts to Stage GODSPELL, 2/14-3/16
Lyric Arts will present John Michael Tebelak's classic tale of friendship and sacrifice, Godspell, to audiences at the Main Street Stage from February 14th through March 16th, 2014.
Prepare ye for Godspell, the greatest story ever told as you've never seen it before! This beloved classic with new music from Stephen Schwartz-the award-winning composer of Wicked and Pippin-is a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love that has touched the hearts of countless theatergoers all over the world. Fresh from a 2011 Broadway revival, this updated, contemporary retelling brings one of the most enduring shows of all time to life to a whole new audience.
"It's a very serious show, and it has a very serious message, but the journey there is hilarious," says Director Robert Neu. "Some of the things we're thinking of integrating into the show include vaudeville, puppetry, dancing, gymnastics, juggling, tumbling, magic tricks, audience participation, and more!"
Robert Neu is one of two Resident Directors here at Lyric Arts. Bringing experience from plays such as 2011's Almost Maine and last season's hit comedy Becky's New Car, he believes that we will be able to make Godspell shine on the Main Street Stage. "For most of my life, when I thought of Godspell, all I thought was 'Oh, god, the seventies,'" said Neu. "But when I saw the revival on Broadway, I realized I was suffering from a lack of imagination. During intermission, I went back and bought another ticket, because I was falling madly in love with it."
Lyric Arts is also excited to welcome new talent to the stage. For some of the actors, this is their debut performance on the Main Street Stage, so keep an eye out for some rising stars.
Godspell opens Friday, February 14th and runs through Sunday, March 16th, 2014. Purchase tickets for the production by calling the box office at 763-422-1838 or by visiting the Lyric Arts website at www.lyricarts.org.


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Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan singer Donald Fagen, released in 1993. It was his first collaboration since 1980 with Steely Dan partner Walter Becker, who produced the album. The album is a futuristic optimistic 8 song-cycle about the journey of the narrator in his high-tech car, the Kamakiri (Japanese for praying mantis). It was nominated for a Best Album Grammy Award.
The album follows a lengthy writer's block for Fagen; the songs are based on personal observations about middle age (as 1982's The Nightfly is lyrically described as fantasies of Fagen's youth and 2006's Morph the Cat ruminations of old age and death).
Music videos were produced for "Tomorrow's Girls" (starring Rick Moranis) and "Snowbound" (using stop motion animation).
Fagen and Becker would embark on their first tour as Steely Dan since 1974 to support the album, leading gradually to a permanent reunion. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Release information about the album
Release Date: 05/25/1993
Tracks in Kamakiriad: Countermoon, Florida Room, On The Dunes, Snowbound, Springtime, Teahouse On The Tracks, Tomorrow's Girls, Trans-Island Skyway
Kamakiriad Album Tracklist
- Countermoon Lyrics
- Florida Room Lyrics
- On The Dunes Lyrics
- Snowbound Lyrics
- Springtime Lyrics
- Teahouse On The Tracks Lyrics
- Tomorrow's Girls Lyrics
- Trans-Island Skyway Lyrics
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Woodside Morris to see in the summer season with daybreak dance
Updated 1:42pm Monday 28th April 2014 in News By Frazer Ansell
Watford's very own morris men, Woodside Morris, will be dancing in the town on Thursday, May 1.
This annual celebration sees them performing at dawn in Cassiobury Park, by the canal bridge, and at dawn by St Mary's Church in the town centre.
Performing a mix of traditional dances from the Cotswold area and those penned by themselves, Woodside have something of a reputation for good dancing and enjoyable company.
May 1 marks the beginning of their summer season and morris men have been dancing on this day for hundreds of years by way of welcoming in the fine weather and bringing good luck for the year's harvest.
In addition to these public displays, May Day also sees the side dancing at private events at two local schools, Merry Hill in Bushey and Knutsford in Watford.
The Woodside Morris Men have been dancing as a side since 1957 and have been based in Watford since the mid 1960s.
They dance out most Wednesdays in spring and summer at venues throughout south west Hertfordshire.
They attend various festivals and other events in the UK and the highlight of 2014 is their return visit to Bensheim in Germany as guests at the Hessentag festival.
They are always on the lookout for men of any age who would like to try morris dancing. Anyone interested should call Nick Wilson on 07860 663033.
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French startup Whyd is one of a group of startups aiming to help people collect and organise music from other services
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Deezer and Orange's longstanding partnership has made France one of the most-watched countries in terms of the potential for telco bundling of digital music
September 27th, 2013 by Music Ally
Earlier this year, French industry body SNEP caused concern with figures showing that recorded music sales fell 6.7% in the first quarter of this year.
July 10th, 2013 by Music Ally
Tech blogs celebrating the death of French anti-piracy scheme Hadopi are a little premature: while Hadopi itself is toast and filesharers no longer face the threat of having their internet connections...
June 26th, 2013 by Music Ally
Our lead feature digs behind the shock SNEP figures that suggested the French digital music market tanked in Q1 this year. Downloads are down and streaming is struggling to take off, it claims.
May 14th, 2013 by Music Ally
France appears to be the latest country mulling a levy on sales of smartphones, tablets and other consumer electronics devices, with the proceeds funnelled towards the creative industries.
February 5th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
We've heard lots about the growth of streaming-music subscriptions in Scandinavia in recent weeks, but what about elsewhere in Europe? France now has 500k people paying for streaming music according...
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News: Rick Ross Talks Joint Birdman Album/Movie, "We Start Filming At The End Of This Year" [Video]
Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 12:00PM
Rick Ross recently updated fans on the status of his upcoming joint The H album alongside Birdman and said fans could expect to see a movie accompany the project.
While keeping details scarce, the "Boss" said filming would take place next month.
"We gonna let that [album] go next year," Ross promised in an interview. "The whole concept behind it was we wanted to do different so and do a movie. Taking the movie process is a whole lot longer than the music, so we've just been leaking records here now just to let 'em know it's coming. But we actually start filming at the very end of this year." (Hip Hop Official)
Baby previously said the album was completed.
Plans are still on the table for a Birdman and Rick Ross album. The rappers' collaborative effort is in the bag and just waiting a release date. "Ross and I finished the album already. It's called The H," Birdman revealed to Rap-Up.com. "We'll probably put it out in the summer." The Cash Money Records CEO has a lot of admiration for his fellow paper chaser, who's currently promoting his group Triple C's debut Custom Cars & Cycles. "I respect Ross. He gets money and his music is hot." (Rap-Up)
Ross initially hinted at the possibility of dropping a joint project with Baby.
"[Me and Birdman] have so much music already recorded," Ross said in an interview earlier this year, "so anytime he in the studio in Miami I come through and we stay working. We gonna handle the business on that real soon so that will be coming." (Wild 101.1)
He also has said the Cash Money Records boss gives him a street feeling.
"When I hear Birdman rapping, it's a feeling I used to get when I'm in the streets that you could only get from that big homie that was making money," Ross said in an interview over the summer. "That's the feeling I get when I hear Birdman." (MTV)
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Star Dreck is tonight at 8pm! You should be excited. What is Star Dreck you ask, it's awesome. Oh, you want a real explanation….hmmm…here are the basics:
Kumail Nanjiani and Matt Mira are huge Trekkies, but even they have to admit that some of them just don't hold up. So why not join them as they introduce you to some of the worst Star Trek episodes in existence, and then proceed to rip them to shreds. With the help of Moshe Kasher will they boldly go where no fan has gone before?
It's fun. It's a safe place. You can admit that there are bad Star Trek episodes. It's OK. Matt and Kumail will help. You can do it.
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We presume Robert Rodriguez didn't keep him waiting around for the script (ZING). Just over a week since it was reported that Rodriguez wanted Mel Gibson for a role in "Machete Kills," it looks like he got him.
Deadline reports that Gibson "is in" for a part in the upcoming sequel, which should briefly distract from the controversy about the whole Joe Eszterhas/still-an-anti-Semite/probably-needs-a-therapist/should-stay-on-the-pills controversy that flared up (again) earlier this month. It's also a nice way for Gibson to remind everyone that his upcoming, old school flavored action vehicle "Get The Gringo" is going to VOD next month. Maybe this will all build to remind people that Gibson is still a great entertainer? Maybe. At least until he yells at someone next. But he surely isn't wasting time in trying to rehab his image.
No word yet on what role he'll play in the tale that will find Danny Trejo hired by the U.S. government to head into Mexico to take down a cartel leader and madman billionaire who plan to launch a weapon into space. Also no word if Rodriguez has managed to lure Michelle Williams, who he also wants for a role, but it does look like Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez are back as well. And while Gibson is an interesting get for the movie, don't expect it to change the box office. Audiences didn't care when "The Beaver" was released under similar conditions, and we're guessing his role will be a small one.
Either way, expect The Wrap to have a comment from Eszterhas about this casting soon as part of their non-stop, 24/7 Mel Gibson coverage.
filmexec | April 24, 2012 12:24 PM
Good for Robert Rodriquez a brilliant move! It will cause a buzz about the film and
"All publicity, is good publicity!" The film will probably double it's previous ticket sales
by all the fans of action films and those that will go to hopefully see a train wreck
of a actor! I think they will be disappointed. Mel Gibson's problem is not that he can't
act but it's (IMHO) because he has never had anyone confront him about his
insane ideas about Jews and Women over the years. In this A$$-Ki$$ing Hollywood no
one has ever had the Guts to confront him about these issues for fear of being thrown off
the "Gravy Train". I do feel sorry for the people that want to see his career end as that
reminds me of the Women that was about to be stoned for Adultery. Jesus said "Anyone
who has not sinned, through the first stone!" Mel Gibson needs help, that's for sure, but
to see the hate generated against him is out of proportion with his ignorant ideas. Why
isn't anyone more interested in seeing Roman Polanski prosecuted for his "Real Crimes"
against an underage girl? Think about it? As stupid as Mr. Gibson's comments are; he
didn't commit any crime against the anyone and I hope he never does? In this country
we have the right to express our opinions no matter how stupid they are! Don't wish him
Bad, Wish him to get the help he so "desperately" needs.
Scott | April 24, 2012 7:58 AM
Excellent! Love watching this guy at the movies - a million times better than the bland little boys in most action flicks today. And kudos to Rodriguez for recognizing that and not being afraid of doing his own thing.
Berk | April 23, 2012 9:40 PM
My money is on Gibson playing the cartel bad guy covered in bronzer and using a Speedy Gonzales accent like Michael Parks did in Kill Bill v.2.
Kevin Klawitter | April 23, 2012 9:37 PM
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Theresa Kobuszewski [Koby or Tracy] (July 15, 1920 – March 22, 2005) was a pitcher who played from 1946 through 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.[1]
Born in Wyandotte, Michigan, Theresa Kobuszewski was a feary and respected underhand pitcher for fifteen years before joining the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as a 26-year-old rookie in 1946.[1]
Kobuszewski played for the Keller Girls softball team at Mack Park, which was the original home field of Detroit's Negro National League franchise Detroit Stars, and then joined the Women's Army Corps(WAC) in 1942. In the process, she was the winning pitcher in the championship game between the Army and Navy teams. Her softball experience made her an attractive selection for AAGPBL scouts. Unfortunately, she could not adjust when the league switched for a strictly overhand pitching in 1948.[2][3]
Kobuszewski entered the AAGPBL in 1946 with the Kenosha Comets, playing for them one and a half years before joining the Fort Wayne Daisies in the 1947 midseason. In her rookie season she finished with a 3–9 record and a 2.71 earned run average in 123 innings of work, spanning 21 games. She improved to a 11–15 mark and a 2.42 ERA in 1947, striking out 47 batters in 208 innings while playing with both Kenosha and Fort Wayne.[4][5][6][7]
In a two-season career, Kobuszewski collected a 14–24 record in 51 games, despite a solid 2.53 ERA. She also helped herself with the bat, posting a .242 batting average (30-for-124) in 52 games, whiledriving in six runs and scoring 15 times.[7][8]
Since 1988 Kobuszewski is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than individual baseball personalities. She died in Trenton, Michigan, at the age of 84.[1][9]


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Lyell Canyon forms a deep groove in Yosemite's eastern stretches, with steep walls extending two thousand feet upward to Kuna Crest on the east, and Amelia Earhart Peak on the west. It winds southward from Tuolumne Meadows, a high base camp for summer recreation in Yosemite, and ends in cirques below Yosemite's highest peaks in the Lyell Range. At the head of the canyon, the skyscraping granite monoliths of Mts. Lyell, Rodgers, Simmons, and Maclure draw great quantities of snow from winter storms every year, forming permanent snowfields and glaciers which slowly melt all summer and drip downwards to form the quiet beginning of the Tuolumne River.
Some of this river water travels into lakes and through valleys, eventually connecting with the San Joaquin river and Pacific Ocean. But some of it takes a different journey, traveling through a two-hundred-mile-long network of sluices, turbines, pumping stations, tunnels and ornate temples which form one of the most impressive hydroengineering projects in existence: the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power System. The project provides drinking water for 2.5 million Californians, and around a gigawatt of hydroelectric power for use throughout California.
Some experts say as high as 1.21
The trek I embarked on would take us for several miles along this placid, meandering stream on our way to the latest highpoint in our ongoing 58-part series: Parsons Peak Ridge, in this installment of Your California: Mariposa County.
Vital stats
Population: 18,251 (almost 2 Sold-Out Haas Pavilions)
Major Towns: No.
Highpoint: Parsons Peak Ridge, elevation 12,153 ft
Location (Berkeley terms): South of Tahoe
Major Landmarks: Yosemite National Park, California State Mining and Mineral Museum
University of California Affiliations: None officially, but I suspect the fourteen million Berkeley
students who climb Half Dome in any given year as their only trip outdoors have to count for something.
The weekend, for me at least, began in terror. Having slept out in the open the night before, sans tents for quick camp setup, I was especially aware of the potential presence of bears in the Tuolumne Meadows campground. For whatever reason, this seeped into my subconscious as I slept. It was still dark when my friend's watch alarm went off at 4:00 AM. I was right in the middle of a dream when I became aware of something prodding my shoulder. In my half addled, half dream state, on the ground, in the dark, I thought it was a bear and screamed at the top of my lungs, which woke myself and most of the campground up. Turns out it was my friend, waking me up. Off to a good start. We packed up camp and headed south out of the campground, into the backcountry.
No dogs. No bikes. Dogs on bikes OK.
Surrounded by cold Pacific water on three sides, San Francisco is blessed with a particularly mild climate. Fog all summer and rain in the winter are usually the only weather items of note. But the rainfall does not amount to much, and as San Francisco is at the end of a long peninsula on sandy soil, the city lacks access to a large, dependable water supply. In the early days of the gold rush, the lack of a steady water supply and rapidly growing population meant water was precious; hotels charged exorbitant prices for drinking water, and street peddlers sold water at up to $1 in gold, per bucket, a small fortune at the time. Washing was rare, and bathing was practically nonexistent. In 1851, the Mountain Lake Water Company was formed to tunnel in water to downtown from puny Mountain Lake in the Presidio, and the Sausalito Water and Steam Tug Company was formed to import water from Marin via barge. San Francisco burned down six times between 1850-1852.
"Darling, I'm parched. Set sail."
It was just after 4AM, and the smell of doused campfire permeated the close air. I'll admit, while sometimes I have to, I do not particularly enjoy hiking at night. It's too dark to appreciate the scenery, and it's difficult to ascertain one's bearings in the landscape. The headlamp light can be scattered and every shadow and twitch of the brush puts one on edge. Any animal life will appear as two glowing eyes slowly approaching in the darkness and it's hard to shake the voice in the back of your head saying "Probably squirrel. Potentially Cthulu." But at the same time, without any distractions and a temperature hovering in the 40s at 9000-foot elevation, precious little distracted us from the business of moving directly towards our destination. Midsummer can bring thunderstorms to the high Sierra which threaten mostly in the late afternoon; therefore it's ideal to gain the summit at the latest by 1pm. It was primarily this reason, the 12 mile one-way distance, and the three thousand foot climb which caused us to leave so early.
Thank god for carpool lanes.
In 1858, after ten years of disjointed supply, outrageous demand and everyone's eyebrows singed clean off, the city of San Francisco signed an exclusive contract with the Spring Valley Water Company to provide the city with water from the Alameda Creek Watershed and other east bay sources, via Niles Canyon and a series of Peninsula reservoirs, thus beginning a long and contentious utility relationship. While certainly conditions were better than the previous decade, the supply and price of water always fluctuated greatly, to the chagrin of city managers. In 1872, the first rumblings of an idea to tap the snows of the Sierra via a huge siphon project emerged, but for many years the idea would remain beyond the scope of the region. In 1873, the city of SF tried to buy out the SVWC but was turned down by voters on grounds of cost. The legacy of the SVWC is marked with a unique landmark, however: a classically styled temple off of I-680 near the unincorporated community of Sunol, marking the spot where the supplies from Alameda Creek, Pleasanton, and Arroyo de la Laguna united before traveling through Niles Canyon to the rest of the Bay. In 1910, this system provided up to 6 million gallons of water per day to San Francisco. It would be dwarfed by what was to come.
Back near the future supply of San Francisco's water, dawn broke slowly through the forested canyon as the trail, mostly level, ducked around low hills on its way towards the Tuolumne. After about a mile or two, we joined up with the river and began the long sandy march towards the Ireland Lake cutoff. No wind blew, and a low mist hung over the stream.
Mist forms when the dewpoint is lower than the relative humidity in the atmosphere. Or, when there are souls.
The city of San Francisco grew immensely between 1858 and the turn of the century. However, by that time the city charter had grown hopelessly out of date, granting far too much leverage to "boss rule" among the corporate leaders of the city and state. Graft and corruption were rampant, and railroad companies held immense power. It was no coincidence that Proposition 7, which started the California direct-democracy system with regard to ballot initiatives, was passed soon after, in 1911. Perhaps most indicative of the levels of corruption steeped in the state, Stanford University was founded in 1896.
Fifty miles north of Graft U, a reform-minded journalist by the name of Franklin Lane, who studied journalism at (and was awarded an honorary degree from) the University of California and Hastings Law School, was one of several tasked with writing a new charter for the city in 1898. Previously, Lane cut his teeth writing for several anti-corruption publications in the
Bearded Gilded Era, and was a constant champion against graft. The Reform Charter of 1898 was mainly focused on consolidating urban power into a "strong mayor" system, eliminating bureaucracy in order to battle corruption, but it also contained the provision that the city must secure its own water supply. The idea of damming Hetch-Hetchy Valley in the Sierras and forming a long, gravity-driven siphon across the central valley gained much more impetus with the passage of this charter.
Starting in 1890, and throughout his five year mayorship from 1897-1902, Mayor James Phelan battled tooth and nail with the Department of the Interior, seeking approval for construction of a dam within Yosemite National Park. After several years of legislative back-and-forth, approval was finally gained in 1913 during the Wilson administration, which oversaw the passage of the Raker Act, granting full water rights of the Tuolumne River to the City of San Francisco. Wilson's Secretary of the Interior? None other than Franklin K. Lane.
Statute 4, Provision III, Article 1.2: No, you may not have a drink.
We marched upward through the brown grass toward Ireland Lake. It is a spartan, round body of water, with little surrounding vegetation, just below Amelia Earhart Peak. Parsons Peak Ridge rose directly to the south. It seemed almost comical that, a hundred years ago, men in stuffy suits argued over who "owns" the water we were now circumventing. Laws, paper, pens, and arguments seemed a world away. Some Ptarmigans were the closest thing to slapfighting politicians we heard all day, and they did their best job in wigging out once they realized their camouflage wasn't as good as they thought.
Hey buddy, wanna buy a P?
It took 31 years for the project to be completed. In addition to creating Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, an auxiliary dam on Lake Eleanor was built first to provide electricity for the construction of the main dam. A 150-mile long pipe aqueduct was constructed, as well as power stations at Moccasin, tunnels near Oakdale, and pipelines both spanning the bay and circumventing it to the south. The first water did not reach the bay area until 1934. Pulgas Water Temple was built and dedicated to the completion of the massive project.
"Up yours, Sunol"
We, however, were climbing the final slopes to the summit and CoHP, and reached the top around 11AM. The route was class 1 all the way, no scrambling necessary. The talus was monotonous, but views opened up to the Lyell group to the south and all the way to the valley to the west; Half Dome could be identified clearly in the distance. High clouds had gathered but did not threaten rain, only wind. Unfortunately I could not find the register, so the record of my having been there is lost. After half an hour and lunch, we started the long walk home.
Looking back, I figured I had spent a good amount of energy required to move myself to the top of Parson's Peak Ridge. Hauling my fat 165 pounds of mostly water 24 miles and up and down three thousand feet took tremendous sweat and exertion over a total of 12 hours on my part. In the 60s, Cherry Lake Dam, Lloyd Lake Reservoir, and additional powerhouses were created along the line to provide additional electricity generation and water storage to the Hetch-Hetchy system. An ongoing project to seismically upgrade the entire system is still currently in place. In any case, the stats are astounding: 260 million gallons per day, 280 miles of pipelines, 60 miles of tunnels, 11 reservoirs, 5 pumping stations, two water treatment plants, and 1600 gigawatt-hours per year generated in renewable electricity, dwarfing my pathetic excuse for what I called energy expenditure.
Now it needs three treatment plants
Even though an average modern computer takes significantly more thought and precision engineering than many large-scale infrastructure projects of yore, to me, I will never have anything but awe for these large-scale works. To move water over 150 miles in manmade structures by gravity alone from a far-off mountain to a tap that I might drink out of, and have clean, safe drinking water for decades, going on a century is nothing short of astonishing. I applaud our early leaders who had the vision and gumption to make such a thing happen and highlight the best a government can produce. I hope, in the future, similar stories may emerge from our brief frame in history.
Go California, and Go Bears.
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Not sure why I "wait" or "force" majestic moments into the mundane. Or why I am influenced by paintings. But that is what it is.
I was looking at this image and was wondering to myself how one is to reconcile the fact that the scene looks probably "biblical" and yet the man to the left is actually wearing basketball shorts.
Slowly I'm trying to accept the possibility that this may well be a new aesthetic in local photography... like how we're supposed to "accept" telephone or electrical wires in a scene.
I enjoyed processing this one, looking for the ryhthm of the image so that I can precisely apply light and shadow touches to the frame without forcing it, so to speak. And... originally shot in b/w
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---- — ALTAMONT — South Central has held a share of the National Trail Conference regular season title for the last two years, and advanced to last year's championship before falling to St. Anthony.
History had a chance to repeat itself Saturday in Altamont, but the second-seeded Cougars prevailed behind some early offense and a strong pitching performance by Tyler Ross in a 3-2 win over fourth-seeded St. Anthony Saturday.
The Cougars' first four batters reached in the game and three scored. Those would be the only three, but they would be enough as Ross held the Bulldogs at bay all afternoon.
"I'm happy for the seniors, I'm happy for Tyler, who has struggled at times," said South Central coach Curt Jones. "Today, he stepped up and he didn't really have that inning that seems to bite him."
St. Anthony had one last chance late in the game, cutting a 3-1 lead to 3-2 in the sixth on an Alex Hoelscher RBI single. The Bulldogs loaded up the bases with two outs on a bloop single by Scott Rentfrow and a walk by Zach Gardewine.
With speedy Jacob Lorenz at the plate, Jones visited his southpaw on the mound. The mound visit paid off as Ross got Lorenz to lift a fly ball to center to Dre Hill for the final out of the inning.
Ross would go on to get the heart of the Bulldog order in the seventh 1-2-3, clinching the title, South Central's first NTC tournament championship since joining the conference in 2012 from the Midland Trail Conference.
"He said 'I need to calm down,'"Jones said of the mound visit. "I used my last trip, and we're here to calm down. He did."
St. Anthony grabbed a run in the first inning when Lorenz was hit by a pitch and came around to score on a two-out RBI single by Braden Puckett.
The Cougars got going early in response. Gavin Ratermann led off with a single, and advanced to third on a ground-rule double by Devin Smith. Kyle Bray rapped a single in the infield that hit the rip and took a weird hop into the outfield, scoring Ratermann. Noah Powless drove in a run with an RBI single, and Brett Harmeier worked a two-out, bases-loaded walk to make it 3-1 heading to the second.
All three runs came off Scott Rentfrow, who was pulled from the mound after the first inning. Alex Hoelscher came in to pitch and blanked the Cougars for five innings.
"We talked all week, and Scotty's been one of our most consistent pitchers," said St. Anthony coach Kenny Koenig. "He led us through a few big games this year, we thought we'll give him the start. They hit him well."
St. Anthony would only put two men in scoring position between the second and fifth, with an Austin Bushur double and Lorenz reaching third with an infield single and a pair of stolen bases.
Still, like the rest of the game, Ross came up big when necessary, especially with Lorenz on third in the fifth inning, striking out Neil Williams and Bushur to end the frame.
"He texted me this morning, saying 'I want to play. I want this,'" Jones said.
After five first inning hits, South Central mustered just three off Hoelscher over the game's final five innings, with no runner advancing past second base.
"We decided to get Hoelscher in there, and he threw real well," Koenig said. "I'm glad to see him throw well."
Bushur was 2-for-4 with a double, Lorenz was 1-for-3 with a run, while Hoelscher and Puckett each went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Hoelscher also tossed five shutout innings with three hits, one walk and six strikeouts.
Rentfrow gave up five hits, three runs and one walk while striking out two.
St. Anthony takes second in the conference after finishing the regular season 3-4 in the NTC, with a lot of new faces on the field and in the dugout as well.
"We're confident going into the spring," Koenig said. "It was one of those years where we lost some games we shouldn't have lost. It's tough in the fall.
"As a four seed, it's nice to get second place, but we felt we could have won it."
Ross gave up seven hits in seven innings, walked just one and struck out seven. Bray was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run, Powless was 1-for-3 with an RBI, Smith was 2-for-3 with a double and a run and Harmeier was 1-for-1 with an RBI and two walks.
The Cougars advanced to Super Sectionals before falling to Windsor/Stew-Stras in the spring, and the conference championship can't hurt their chances in the fall.
"It's a game of inches, a game like this, overall, I thought it was a really good game. We were lucky enough to get that one extra run," Jones said. "These teams were always on our schedule. Now when we play them, it counts. It's always gratifying to win a conference championship, I can't deny that."
St. Anthony 100 001 0 2 7 2
South Central 300 000 X 3 8 1
WP – Ross (7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 K, 1 BB) LP – Rentfrow (1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 K, 1 BB)
St. Anthony: Lorenz (1-3, R, 2 SB); Bushur (2-4, 2B); Dasenbrock (1-4, R); Brad. Puckett (1-3, RBI); Hoelscher (1-3 RBI); Gurtner (1-3); Rentfrow (1-3)
South Central: Ratermann (1-4, R); Smith (2-3, 2B, R); Bray (2-3, RBI, R); Powless (1-4, RBI; Hill (1-3); Harmeier (1-1, RBI, 2 BB)
Blue Devils take third
Altamont found itself in its second straight nine-inning game Saturday, and the result was the same, with their opponent grabbing three runs in the ninth to best the Indians.
Windsor/Stew-Stras scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning, led by a two-run double by Hayden Cole.
Both W/SS's Mark Jones and Altamont's Garrett Ziegler pitched complete games, with Jones walking seven and striking out just one, but limiting the damage Altamont dealt out. Ziegler allowed 11 hits and six earned runs, striking out seven in the loss.
Trevor Cornett put Altamont on the board in the first inning, driving in two runs. Brady Winn was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
The Indians led 2-0 early, but fell behind 3-2 after the the fourth inning. Altamont tied it up in the bottom of the sixth inning to force extras, where the Blue Devils would pull away.
Nick Miller was 2-for-3 with two runs for Altamont. Winn went 3-for-4 on the day.
Cole finished the day 1-for-3 with the two-run double, two runs and a steal. Bryce Bugger was 3-for-4 and Brandon Helmuth was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
The Blue Devils take third by winning the consolation game. Altamont takes fourth in the tournament after sharing the regular-season championship with a 6-1 conference mark.
Altamont 200 010 000 3 8 2
WP – Jones (9 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 K, 7 BB) LP – Ziegler (9 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 7 K, 5 BB)
W/SS: Allen (1-4, 2 R, 2 SB); Helmuth (2-5, RBI); Cole (1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, SB); Bugger (3-5); Kramer (2-4, RBI, SB); Deremiah (1-5, RBI); Jones (1-4, SB)
Altamont: N. Miller (2-3, 2 R, 2 BB); Cornett (1-4, 2 RBI); Winn (3-4, 2B, RBI); C. Miller (1-5); Ricketts (1-3


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As I mentioned a while ago, I've got another series of My Life in Books all ready to go. This is the third series - the first was March 2011, the second was March 2012, and although I intended to wait until March 2013 for Series Three, I realised that I couldn't wait that long. And you all seemed to enjoy before too, so... it seems I now run a spring and an autumn series!
For those who didn't see previous series (and you can catch up with them here) I copied the idea from the BBC series of the same name - bloggers, in pairs, pick favourite and important books from different stages of their lives. My twist on it is that these choices were emailed to their co-participant, who then tried to guess what sort of person the blogger was from what they read...
All 14 bloggers I approached said yes, which was lovely - and there are some wonderful suggestions coming up for you this week. By the end of the week you should have 70 recommendations (well, one Victorian novel did come up a lot.) I'm going to be away until Wednesday, so hopefully things will all appear neatly and in the right place - if formatting goes awry, it'll have to wait til then to get fixed...
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"These A's are simply better. "A lot better," says veteran Eric Chavez. "When you talk about a team being suited to winning a championship, you go back and look at the White Sox, the Angels, the Yankees. They were all fundamentally sound, and that's the way we are now."
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"But no team could overcome the injuries that dogged them in the end. Crosby, the second-year shortstop with the powerful bat, came up limping after a collision with Orioles catcher Sal Fasano on Aug. 27. Crosby missed three games before going for an MRI, and he went into the trainer's room in Anaheim looking for the results. "What do you guys got?" he asked. Broken left ankle, he was told. "You've gotta be kidding me," he replied, slumping into a chair. At the same time, Harden was struggling with a muscle strain, and Kotsay's back gave out. The A's went 11-17 in September; the Angels won the West. Six months later, Crosby is sitting on a table in Arizona, ankle good as new, thinking about what might have been. "I knew we had one of the best teams in the league," he says."


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As of 3:41 p.m. Monday, another statement was posted to the Chateau Ste. Michelle Facebook page:
Like the thousands of excited concert-goers at the sold-out? Mavis Staples and Bonnie Raitt show Sunday night, we were startled by the sudden black-out and disappointed when the show had to end abruptly just as Bonnie was closing it. We learned later that winds caused a tree to fall across a primary power line, which led to an area-wide power outage! Last night's show was the first in the 29 years of the Chateau Ste. Michelle Summer Concert Series to suffer such an extraordinary event, and we sincerely thank our loyal concert-goers for their understanding. Bonnie and Mavis put on a wonderful show with great music nonetheless!
Update at 3:23 p.m. Monday from the Chateau Ste. Michelle Facebook page:
"We regret the abrupt ending of the Bonnie Raitt concert on Sunday night as she was closing the show. Winds caused a tree to fall across a primary power line, which led to an area-wide power outage. Bonnie Raitt thanks her fans for their understanding. On behalf of Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples and Chateau Ste. Michelle we apologize and share your disappointment."
A tree branch on a power line left 1,300 Woodinville customers without power Sunday night, according to Puget Sound Energy.
It also cut short the sold-out Bonnie Raitt/Mavis Staples concert at , according to those attending.
"We were at the Bonnie (Raitt) concert last night at the St. Michelle winery and at about 9:20 - all the power went off with a big sizzle," Martha Tyler told Patch in an email. "The show was over, many were disappointed."
She also said as they drove home they noticed many neighborhoods seemed to be without power.
The power officially went out at 9:17 p.m. near 14335 132nd Ave. NE, PSE officials said. They say the cause was a tree branch on a power line in that vicinity.
Nika Manfredi said she was at the when the outage occurred.
"Fortunately, they have their own generator and lots of candles," she posted on Woodinville Patch's Facebook page.
Power was restored at 10:28 p.m.
Kika Baa posted on the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery Facebook page after the concert ended, asking for reimbursement information.
" Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Please tell us how you will be reimbursing patrons of the Bonnie Raitt concert than ended so abruptly!!!! Love the venue and Bonnie!!!! Please make it right!"
Chris Mallott wrote on their page, "Ha! Show ended early anyway. A bit unexpected, but Mavis Staples was wonderful! Bonnie was great too, just suffered from power outage. Great time regardless..."
Patch is checking with the winery to find out if any patrons will be reimbursed. According to their website:
"Tickets are non-refundable except in the event of a cancellation, and then tickets are refundable at the original point of purchase only."
There will be no refunds, Chateau Ste. Michelle officials said Monday afternoon.
Check back for updates to this story.
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Contents Index
Accompanying Notes
Table of Contents
By G.H.O. BURGESS, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.Z.S.
TORRY ADVISORY NOTE No. 1
The Torry Research Station, with its sub-station in Hull, the Humber Laboratory, carries out research into problems of fish handling, preservation and distribution. It is part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
As every fishmonger knows to his cost, fish is a highly perishable foodstuff that must be handled with the greatest care and speed if it is to reach the consumer in good condition. This pamphlet has been written in order to tell you, the fishmonger, the scientific causes of deterioration in fish, and to recommend ways in which you can do that little bit more to retain the freshness of fish while it is in your care
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.
Emphasises the need for care in handling fish from catching
to sale because fish is a highly perishable foodstuff. Explains bacterial spoilage
in simple terms, describes how chilling reduces the rate of spoilage, summarises
the advantages of using ice for chilling, and notes the consequences of poor
handling practice. In general, the bacteria that cause spoilage in fish are
described as psychrophilic or psychrotrophic, and can grow slowly below 0°
C, even down to about - 10° C. In this Note and others,
end of shelf-life is regarded as the point of condemnation as unfit to eat.
For cod (Gadus morhua) this is equivalent to 14 to 16 days of storage,
chilled in melting ice. Briefly mentions the need for good hygiene and regular
cleaning with reference to Notes 23 and 45. Measurements are given
in British units; Note 40 gives conversion factors
to SI units. Read in conjunction with Notes 12, 14, 91
and 92.
(FAO in partnership with Support unit for International Fisheries and Aquatic Research, SIFAR, 2001).
Why fish goes bad
Where the bacteria come from
The effect of temperature on bacteria
The control of temperature
The advantages of ice and how to use it
What you can do
Contents Index


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Stripped to Their Real Selves: Richard III by The National Theatre of China
We were rushing out in order to catch our train back to Leeds when Zhang Yifang, who acted Queen Elizabeth in the play, stopped us and asked us to see the photographs exhibited in the hall. The images of the intended staging – with costumes, masks, and set – displayed how the production would have looked if the missing container transporting these materials had arrived safely. Zhang felt that the performance would have been much better with those absent accoutrements. We told her we had already studied the pictures carefully as suggested by Director Wang Xiaoying after we had earlier gone to congratulate him and the company for the successful performance at the Globe. Certainly, we well understood how regretful all the company members felt. Yet there was also a positive side to the unexpected storm that had delayed the shipping container of costumes, props and scenery: it helped the audience perceive the real selves of the performers, the strength of their acting profession, and the quality of the company. I couldn't help thinking that the current production might have even been more powerful than the one had the performers worn facial patterns, masks and ornamental costumes.
The style attempted by Director Wang in the Chinese Richard III is both intercultural and intracultural.
The intercultural aspect is inherent since Shakespeare's play is performed by a group of Chinese actors in Mandarin; it is also overtly symbolized in the production's logo where the title Richard III is written in an unusual intercultural manner utilising English letters formed into a shape of a written Chinese character (see Fig. 1). From this image in the working process created by Stage Designer Liu Kedong,[1] one can see that 'R' (on the left hand side) is used as a Chinese 人 to become the top part of a triangular shape within which the remaining letters of the name 'Richard' are placed.
The intracultural elements are expressed by the different ways of acting. Three of the company's actors are from jingju (or Beijing Opera as it is known in the West), with one of these performers, Zhang Xin, playing both Lady Anne and the Prince of Wales. Zhang faces a challenging task because she switches between two acting styles when she performs Lady Anne, especially in the scene when Lady Anne is wooed by Gloucester. Zhang commented at the interview:
It is very difficult. Jingju is stylized with conventions while spoken drama is natural. Body movements, gestures and even voice are all different between the two genres. For example, the jingju female role speaks with a high pitch and we call it 'false voice' while for spoken drama, I have to use my natural voice. And when I act the Prince, I'm in my natural voice but blend in some of the skills of 'false voice' in order to show his young age. During the rehearsals, I lost my voice for weeks. It took the director and me a long time to decide when and where I should use which style.[2]
From the set-piece of Gloucester's seduction of the widowed Lady Anne the Chinese Richard no longer appears limping or hunchbacked. Although, in the intended staging, at the end of the play Richard's body distorts and blood flows down (see Fig. 2), this visual effect did not occur in this performance due to the absence of the set.
Wang Xiaoying interpreted the character at an interview I helped arrange for the Royal Shakespeare Company inBeijing:
We really want to express our understanding of the desire and ambition for power. We want to examine how the search for power has tortured human nature and how easily it has pushed an ordinary person to the edge. … I think Richard IIIdoes not have to be constrained by an ugly image, although a deformed figure has been the convention on the stage. Our creative work should not merely focus on his deformed body, and perhaps his disabled limbs can become an excuse. I think a man, who is good at plotting and scheming and enjoys the absolute power, does not need any external reason (including his physicality) to be evil. If we try to understand the cruelty and sinister in the complexity of human beings, we can perhaps regard Richard IIIas someone who is physically healthy but with psychological deformity. Thus, my Richard IIIis an image who, alternatively, looks robust but also shows his psychological deformity.[3]
Interestingly, the interpretation would seem to echo the Chinese veteran stage director Xu Xiaozhong's words of Macbeth, [4] 'the fall of a would-be hero',[5] which was presented on the Chinese stage in 1980. Indeed, Zhang Dongyu,[6] the actor playing Richard, claimed at the interview that Richard III to him was 'a hero'. The insertion of three raven-like witches in the production, with additional lines, further serves to remind audiences of Macbeth. However, one might question whether such an approach rather arbitrarily conflates the characters of RichardIII and Macbeth whereas the original characters created by Shakespeare are quite different.
[1] Liu Kedong gave me an interview inBeijing on 21 March. Both images used in this article are kindly offered by him.
[2] Zhang Xin gave me an interview after the show on 29 April.
[3] Wang Xiaoying gave an interview in Beijing on 21 March. The words after the ellipsis were written to me by Wang when he proof read the interview notes.
[4] Those who are interested in this 1980 production can see Li, Ruru, Shashibiya, Staging Shakespeare on the Chinese Stage, Hong Kong University Press, 2003, pp69-82.
[5] Bao Guoan 1981. "Yici jiannan de chuangzuo [The Difficult Creative Process]", Xiju xuexi [Drama Studies], Issue 2,Beijing: Zhongyang Xiju Xueyuan, 114-121.


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I've noticed over the past couple of games that the Spurs can't seem to land the three-pointer like they used to. True Manu recovered his three point prowess against the Pacers, but with Manu this year, we don't know how long it'll be before he goes back to inconsistency.
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Now we don't. Is he huffing a sock?
As a team overall, our three point percentage has dropped from .450 to .390. True this is still second place, but it's no longer as dominating as it once was. In games past, here's our numbers:
Magic vs. Spurs- 23.1% hitting a mere 3-13
Lakers vs. Spurs- an amazing 50% with 10 of 20
76ers vs. Spurs- 33.3% with 7 of 21
Bulls vs. Spurs- 30.4% with 7 of 23
Bobcats vs. Spurs- very low 23.8% with 5 of 21
Pacers vs. Spurs- 40% hitting 6 of 15
Who knows? Maybe I'm paranoid, but I think that we may be attempting too many threes too soon and not hitting enough of them. It seems that Finley, Bonner, and Mason are starting to miss more often. Like I said, maybe I'm paranoid/stupid. But I just felt like sharing my two-bits.
I apologize for the lack of pictures (I know you people have short-attention spans and that helps you stay focused) so here's picture palooza.
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The Janitor from Scrubs with his awesome painting
Gotta love the new Batman
I ♥ Atom Bombs, but remember "You can't hug your kids with nuclear arms"
And so ends my picture palooza. Until next time, this has been KA1Z3R and "stay classy San Diego"


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USA started the second round of the WBC by losing 11-1 to Puerto Rico. The game was stopped in the bottom of the seventh under the Mercy Rule. Jake Peavy started for USA. Puerto Rico led 6-0 after two innings. Pudge Rodriguez went 3 for 4 for Puerto Rico. Carlos Beltran had a good night too (3 for 3 with homerun).
It was like watching an Astros game.
Next up is the Netherlands, which lost to Venezuela, in an elimination game.


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me talking to older people: I'm not really sure what it is I want to do with my life, but I figure that as long as I'm happy it can't be that bad
me talking to people my age: well howdily doodily my fellow young people, what's hip hop happening over here? I'm just off to inject a meth and listen to an MTV if you youngsters are 'down' also haha look at that lingo, golly gosh what a time to be alive


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As the excitement gets closer with each and every minute, I along with everyone else cannot help but start to daydream. Manifesting dream scenario after scenario, my mind gets bombarded with pros, cons, and just down right confusion. Who would fit best in Coach Schiano's scheme? Who would fit this imaginary mold of a "Buccaneer Man?" What exactly IS a "Buccaneer Man?" And what makes me even think I have enough experience or knowledge to even attempt to rationalize decisions that our GM Mark Dominik and Coach Schiano may or may not agree with? All valid questions.
Either way, I move forward, trying to come up with an entertaining and somewhat logical insight as to what I would do if I was able to make a few decisions. Obviously my main objective is to have fun doing this, but also stay within the barriers of reality. So here it goes, a loosely written analysis of what I think would better the Buccaneers for this coming season and many moving forward. Feel free to mock, "nitpick," and even patronize if you feel you must. Just remember, I by NO means have the experience or "ins" in order to successfully predict a SINGLE move they will make, but I do have an imagination, and an interest to share my ideas with my fellow Buccaneers fans.
Resigning and Cutting our own players:
Resign EJ Biggers- If the price is right, it won't hurt to retain some familiar depth. A mediocre CB with knowledge of our current system and a lot of starting experience that should come rather cheap. I'm all for it. Hopefully with all the proper moves to bolster our #1 and #2 CB situation, Biggers can now slide to where he belongs, and excel covering lesser talented WRs.
Resign Daniel Te'o-Nesheim- Along the same lines as Biggers, when Te'o stepped up, he put forward a solid effort. A high motor DE with tons of energy and drive, if I had to guess THIS is the type of character driven player Coach Schiano wants on his team. Depth is priceless, and the added bonus that Daniel should come rather cheap as well helps the Buccaneers retain a formidable backup/rotational player at a position of need.
Offer Ronde a Respectable Contract- Now a days, if you asked me who my "favorite" Buccaneer is, I would have a hard time not jumping right to Ronde. What a career, and what a player. The quintessential and original "Buccaneer Man," Ronde Barber both on the field and in the locker room makes this team better in so many ways. Being respectful and straight forward with Ronde is a MUST for GM Mark Dominik. Making him understand that we cannot shy away from opportunities to pick up impact players at HIS position, we erase the past judgement that SOME have passed on the Bucs for how they "handled" greats like Derrick Brooks and John Lynch. Ronde needs to retire a Buccaneer. And he deserves to know what the teams plans are. If he chooses to turn down the deal, it MUST be because he is retiring, not because the deal insults him.
Resign Roy Miller-Surprising, I know. But after testing the market, we should bring Roy back in. He is a dedicated man, and also personifies the type of player Coach Schiano is looking for. Ignore his "lack of stats" and listen to what his fellow teammates have to say about him. In building a successful TEAM, these types of opinions do hold some water. And in this case, EVERYONE has good things to say. Another RESPECTABLE contract should be offered, and Roy should be happy to return to a scheme and a defense that he has grown quite familiar with. Next to Gerald McCoy, these two are the COGs of the D. And will continue to be for years to come.
Let M. Bennett Sign Elsewhere-Before I am attacked, please continue through the article to see why I suggest this. The shimmer of an idea of the brothers playing here I feel is blinding most fans. Sure its a heartwarming concept, but Martellus' body of work is not very impressive, and in comparison to, dare I say his name, Kellen, he is a civilian type TE. Someone will outbid the Buccaneers for M. Bennett, as they should. He has been a great pass rusher for this team, and issues and concerts with Bowers do make me nervous. But keeping our money in the right places, and making sure we have it to extend and resign our KEY players is a concern of mine. Let someone overpay Michael, I wish him luck, but we got him for a bargain, and we got A LOT out of him, lets not be foolish.
CUT E. Wright and Q. Black-It hurts me to type Q's name in here. A horrible injury for a guy who seemed to be really working through his problems from the year prior, Black seemed to be showing some promise before that game. Unfortunately this is a business, and Quincy will be taken care of, so save the team some more money and let Quincy focus on getting healthier. And Eric Wright. Dominik needs to "wright" his wrong and admit defeat. It was a mistake and a forced hand move last offseason, but the silver lining is that he now has an opportunity to rid himself of said mistake, and retain a lot of the badly spent money in the meantime.
Free Agency- These are the guys I would grab if at all possible. IN order of importance to me.
Derek Cox CB JAX- Injury concerns and just that. concerns, but either way, his abilities outshine to a team in need of multiple players at his position. Multi-year deal that comes moderately priced. Win situation for the Bucs
Brent Grimes/Dunta Robinson CB ATL- Dominik has shown that enjoys taking a player at a position of need away from a division rival. I honestly would probably take Robinson over Grimes with concerns of age and health along with the price tag being much more respectable for Dunta. Forming a secondary teams fear is something I feel is important for Coach Schiano, having Dunta and Barron back there is quite scary if you ask me.
Dashon Goldson S SF- Following the same theme, revamping the defense is a must, and creating a secondary that instills fear in a division FILLED with "down the field" playmakers is just what the Bucs need. Goldson will be the Bucs "splash" move of the off season, and rightfully so. Spend the money, and make sure Ronde knows what his role will be because of this. Again, Ronde deserves this respect. He can move to a situational player and still be utilized.
DRAFT-This is where I get excited. After the FA period is over the Bucs already seem to be heading in the right direction. Coupled with this draft, I am blown away at the possibilities. Again I know many will criticize, and maybe what I've come up with isn't very realistic in your opinion. But this article is just that. MY opinion.
1 (13)- Tyler Eifert TE-The only weapon Josh Freeman is missing. Letting M. Bennett and Martellus sign elsewhere seemed like a bad idea, but grabbing this kid, who reminds me of Jason Witten will give the Buccaneers a STELLAR offense. STELLAR.
2(43)- Margus Hunt/Datone Jones DE- This is a toss up for me. Most likely Margus will be gone which is why I am listing Datone as a second option. This will give us a pass rusher that won't break the bank just yet with TONS of upside and youth. Pair either of these guys with Bowers, Clayborn, and Te'o-Nesheim and the Buccaneers pass rush finally has the speed it needs.
3(73)-Jamie Collins OLB-This guy BLASTED the combine, and may very well be gone by this pick, but if for some reason he is there, he is a MUST grab. His athletic ability is incredible, and the fact that the Bucs run a ton of nickle and dime means that we have time to groom this young guy. Collins Foster and David become a quick youthful LB Corp that for years to come will give the Buccaneers quite a bit of success IMO.
4(109)- Ricky Wagner OT- We need depth at RT. We need a starter at RT technically. This guy after some grooming could be a quality starter and clear upgrade from Trueblood.
I cannot go much further than this without feeling like I am WAY over my head. As you can see, I have attempted to cover all bases. Slot WR is still a need of the Buccaneers so possibly in the later rounds, or maybe an undrafted FA could come in an surprise. I also feel like Michael Smith may show up this coming year and play a role. Please, I am eager to hear your reviews. I understand most of this won't happen, but again I tried my best to come up with a very realistic approach to the offseason. Let's continue to "Right" this Ship.


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I find the idea of there being a revenge factor in this Super Bowl to be one of the most interesting story lines. Both of these teams have changed a lot in the last 4 years. If you watch the Super Bowl 42, like I did a few days ago, you cannot help being struck by all the difference in the players from the current teams. Just from my observations, without in depth research, I would say the Giants alone have changed over half their starting line up. I am sure the backups have seen an even more drastic of a change. Even the coaching staffs have seen change, the Giants are on their 2nd DC since SB42 and the Patriots lost their OC and now he is back again in some role. Of course in this game it comes down to the head coaches and quarterbacks.
From what I have read and hear, supposedly Brady and Belichick have been steaming about the SB loss for 4 years and they are looking for revenge. Just looking at the rosters and comparing the talent I think the Giants have an edge over the Patriots. However, this revenge factor kind of scares me. It can give the Patriots and edge that they could use going into this game. If the players that were on the last SB team are pissed off and come out playing hard they might be able to use that anger to beat the Giants.
I can see the revenge idea going two different ways, if it is even a factor.
1. The Patriots are pissed. They still think about the lost perfect season. They come out mad and use that anger to pound the Giants heads in. This is of course a bad thing for us Giants fans and is what scares me about this game.
2. The Patriots are pissed. They still think about the lost perfect season. They come out mad and are overhyped causing them to make stupid mistakes. This further infuriates them, and the mistakes compound themselves and the Giants turn those mistakes into points winning the game fairly easily. This idea I like.
Is revenge even a factor in this game? Is it something to worry about?


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According to NFL.com Haynesworth doesn't want to talk to the Titans about re-signing with them until he tests the free-agent market. Now I wouldn't usually put much weight on this except for the fact that the Titans CAN'T tag Haynesworth cause they tagged him last year and agreed that they would not tag him this year.
So what my questions are: Does Albert actually plan on testing the market or is he just looking to see how much he's worth to just return to the Titans with that price tag? AND (and I know this is a long shot, but hey we can still talk about it) Should the Bills persue him as a FA? Could you imagine Haynesworth and Stroud playing together and what that would do to our d-line?
I'd just like to hear other people's thoughts on this.


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Lasers like Lasermax's Uni-Max and most others won't fit on these sub-compacts because they are too long.
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I have worn Desire for nearly 15 years. It is the cologne/perfume that will drive men & women simply crazy. It is simply yummy and sweat pounding sexiness in a bottle. What...Read complete review
I have worn Desire for nearly 15 years. It is the cologne/perfume that will drive men & women simply crazy. It is simply yummy and sweat pounding sexiness in a bottle. What really bothers me is the price. I up still last year paid no more than [$] for a bottle. Late last year and now it is well over [$] a bottle which is way to much. No one was buying this that I new of and men and women at all times would ask me what I was waring when I had it on. No I would not tell them but simply say it's my favorite and I don't want the world to be waring as well. There is one other that I really love that I would not tell of either. It is still at a cost that is affordable. This is a must have for men who really want to know they smell great and that smell is sending out the bait to meet your mate, partner, spouse. I hope it comes down in price I'm on my last bottle. It will make a great gift for that someone special or that someone you want to be special. Hope this helps eveyone.Blessings,
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Women love this stuff. I usually wear it once in a while. Cannot use it everyday because for me it tends to become boring. A bit pricey.
Women love this stuff. I usually wear it once in a while. Cannot use it everyday because for me it tends to become boring. A bit pricey.
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Comments about Alfred Dunhill Desire Cologne:
I use to have always a nice cologne wherever I go to have all day good smellings,car,office bedroom
- Draws Compliments
- Great Smell
- Long-Lasting
- Sensual
- Sexy
Best Uses
- Anytime
Comments about Alfred Dunhill Desire Cologne:
You will buy it again and again...
- Fragrance Type:
- Oriental/Spicy, Woody/Earthy
- Clean & Fresh
- Great Smell
- Great Value
- Not Overpowering
- Doesn't Hold
Best Uses
- Anytime
- Daily Use
Comments about Alfred Dunhill Desire Cologne:
I bought it to my uncle, he like it but he says " does not keep more than 1 hour ".
- Fragrance Type:
- Woody/Earthy
- Clean & Fresh
- Draws Compliments
- Great Smell
- Great Value
- Long-Lasting
- Not Overpowering
- Sensual
- Sexy
Best Uses
- Anytime
- Daily Use
- Evening Use
- Signature Fragrance
- Special Occasions
Comments about Alfred Dunhill Desire Cologne:
I use this daily and the fantastic scent lasts a long time.
- Fragrance Type:
- Fresh/Aquatic, Herbal, Woody/Earthy
- Clean & Fresh
- Draws Compliments
- Great Smell
- Great Value
- Long-Lasting
- Not Overpowering
- Sensual
- Sexy
Best Uses
- Anytime
Comments about Alfred Dunhill Desire Cologne:
This fragrance had a sensational smell to it I wear it all the time and I shall be ordering this again
- Fragrance Type:
- Fresh/Aquatic
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