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The Hebrew word for believe is from the same Hebrew root as faithclick here. It means to stand sure as a firm pillar.
Hebrew definition
H539 אמן 'âman aw-man'
A primitive root; properly to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (in Isa_30:21; by interchange for H541) to go to the right hand: – hence assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
It is the same word as 'Amen'
Messiah is the Amen…the Faithful One, the Sure foundation
Rev 3:14 And to the angel of the assembly of Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God:
Shaul connects the word for craftsmen (amen) with the sure foundation (amen)
1Co 3:9 For of God we are fellow-workers, a field of God, and you are a building of God.
1Co 3:10 According to God's grace given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, but another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds.
1Co 3:11 For no one is able to lay any other foundation beside the One having been laid, who is Jesus Christ.
Believing unto righteousness
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gal 3:6 Even "as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness," Gen 15:6
Aman-is also translated as Faithful
Num 12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
Psa 101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psa 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
Psa 111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
1Sa 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
2Sa 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Isa 7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Mic 7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Gen 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Deu 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Psa 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Psa 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Hos 5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
2Sa 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
It is clear from Scripture that to believe is an action word. To be a pillar and a firm support one must act upon his beliefs, otherwise it is not considered belief.
Believing in YHWH is more than just believing that He exists in your mind. This is why some people can say they know God but they can at the same time deny Him by their actions.
Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
This is why John tells us those who say they know Him, yet do not keep His commanments are liars. They don't truly know/believe in Him.
1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1Jo 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jo 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1Jo 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
We can say we believe with our lips, but if our heart is not saying the same thing it is a lie. We can play religion all day long but that does not equate true belief. True belief is walking out that which is in the heart.
Isa 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Mat 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Mat 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Mat 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Does James contradict Paul?
Paul says
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
James says our faith is revealed by our works
Jam 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Jam 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jam 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jam 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Yet, Paul says Abraham was not justified by works but by faith
Rom 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Rom 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Rom 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Rom 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
James says Abraham was justified by works…however in the next verse he states that his works went with his faith. He was not justified by works alone. James is teaching what faith/belief truly is. It is acting upon what is in the heart. If we believe in Messiah we will act upon that and walk in His Torah for He is the Torah made flesh. Paul does not contradict James….man's interpretations of Paul contradicts James.
Jam 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jam 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jam 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jam 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
This supposed contradiction led Martin Luther to believe that the Epistle of James should not be in the canon of Scripture. Why? It went against his doctrine of faith alone. Today many believers fall into the same category. It is true that we are saved by faith alone without works. Our actions can't save us. However, if we truly believe that the Messiah took our sins upon Himself, we will then seek to follow Him as His servants. A servant is one who serves. Not one who idolizes another in his mind, that is what we call a fan. Sadly, in our culture today, believing in Messiah is more closely related to being His fan than His servant.
Martin Luther
"Many sweat to reconcile St. Paul and St. James, but in vain. 'Faith justifies' and 'faith does not justify' contradict each other flatly. If any one can harmonize them I will give him my doctor's hood and let him call me a fool."
"We should throw the Epistle of James out of this school [Wittenberg], for it doesn't amount to much. It contains not a syllable about Christ. Not once does it mention Christ, except at the beginning [Jas. 1:1; 2:1]. I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any. Since he heard that Christians place great weight on faith in Christ, he thought, 'Wait a moment! I'll oppose them and urge works alone.' This he did. He wrote not a word about the suffering and resurrection of Christ, although this is what all the apostles preached about. Besides, there's no order or method in the epistle. Now he discusses clothing and then he writes about wrath and is constantly shifting from one to the other. He presents a comparison: 'As the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead' [Jas. 2:26]. O Mary, mother of God! What a terrible comparison that is! James compares faith with the body when he should rather have compared faith with the soul! The ancients recognized this, too, and therefore they didn't acknowledge this letter as one of the catholic epistles."
"That epistle of James gives us much trouble, for the papists embrace it alone and leave out all the rest. Up to this point I have been accustomed just to deal with and interpret it according to the sense of the rest of Scriptures. For you will judge that none of it must be set forth contrary to manifest Holy Scripture. Accordingly, if they will not admit my interpretations, then I shall make rubble also of it. I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kalenberg did."
"Only the papists accept James on account of the righteousness of works, but my opinion is that it is not the writings of an apostle. Some day I will use James to fire my stove."
Martin Luther held so firmly to his interpretation of faith alone that he was willing to disregard the book of James as Scripture. We cannot let our interpretations of Scripture lead us to think that we can decide what books belong in the Bible and which books do not. Luther was correct that the Scriptures teach that righteousness comes from faith alone but James is also correct that faith without works is dead. Faith is likened to a tent peg that is driven into a sure place. The winds and rain can crash against that tent but it won't fall because it is held firm to the sure place (Rock). This is what Messiah taught us.
Mat 7:24 Then everyone who hears these Words from Me, and does them, {This is true faith…hearing and doing.} I will compare him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
Mat 7:25 and the rain came down, and the floods came up, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; but it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Mat 7:26 And everyone who hears these Words of Mine, and who does not do them {This is the modern idea of faith…believing in the mind but not necessarily acting upon}, he shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand;
Mat 7:27 and the rain came down, and the floods came up, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and it fell, and great was the collapse of it.
Gematria gleanings
The gematria of believe (aman) is 91. When looking at some other words and phrases in Hebrew that add up to 91 we see further support for aman (believe) being an action word.
When Yahshua stated He was the Amen in Revelation 3:14, on a deeper level He was referring to He is…YHWH Elohim.
The Temple of YHWH is a picture of Messiah, His body. When we believe in Him, it is likened to being a tent peg driven into the ground that holds the tent down. When we believe, we become a part of His Body. Of His flesh, and of His bones just as the tent peg becomes one with the tent when they are joined together. When looking at the Tabernacle and the Temple in the Scriptures, not only does it teach about the Messiah but it also teaches about His Body, His Bride. Yah willing, this will be further discussed in a future study.
Literally, Malakh means a messenger. As believers that is what our job is. To deliver His message to the world. It is through our actions that we deliver this message not by our mental beliefs. This is what James was talking about in the 2nd chapter of his epistle.
Notice that the word Messenger means who who walks with the message of another with a staff in his hand to provide support. That is the definition of aman. To provide support for another.
In the Scriptures, His priests (kohanim) are described as His messengers/angels.
Mal 2:7 For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek the Law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of YHWH of Hosts.
Making known His faithfulness
Psa 89:1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness (emunah) to all generations.
The word for work in Hebrew also adds up to 91. Again, we see the connection to action. The word for servant (eved) is from this same root. His servants, those who believe in Him, work for Him.


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If you look at my Books 2012 page, you'll notice that I'm reading a LOT of books about pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. This is allowed, yes?
Most of them are probably only interesting and worthwhile if you're preparing to have a kid, to be sure. But I just finished a book that I had to recommend even to all my non-spawning friends: Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth, by Mark Sloan. The sub-title really says it all, but truly, this is an excellent book if you're even slightly interested in how babies are born — and how that's changed over time. Most importantly, on the more controversial topics, like epidurals and C-section rates, I found the author to be remarkably well-balanced and even-handed.
The most interesting thing I learned in this book was that a lot of European countries allow women to self-administer nitrous oxide as a mild anesthetic during labor. It doesn't knock out all the pain like an epidural does, but it's often "just enough" for women who want a little pain relief but not the negative aspects of a full epidural (like being immobilized). We don't offer nitrous in the U.S. because…money. Namely, there is none to be made by hospitals that offer it. What a shame! I think laughing gas would be a delightful addition to childbirth.

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I just recently moved back to Sacramento after a five year stay in New York. For the last half-decade, Sactown Royalty has been by far my best source for Kings coverage- but the Sacramento Bee was second. I would check sacbee.com for analysis (as poor as it sometimes was) after I had exhausted all the articles on StR. It's always nice to have a hometown perspective.
This morning, I opened to page C1 of the sports section, and found myself betrayed.
The headline at the bottom of the sports section was this:
Lakers Show Why They're Model Team
A Kings fan should never have to read those words from his own hometown paper- it's bad enough that it's coming at us already from all directions. My Facebook feed alone is littered with gloats from bandwagon Lakers fans and people asking rhetorically whether Mitch Kupchak is the best GM in sports, not to mention Twitter or the national sports media.
I should never have to read those words from a Sacramento paper.
It got worse.
"It is about why they are the best professional franchise in the modern sports era."
Why is this appearing in a newspaper in my city?
I may never recover from 2002- most of us probably never will. The Bee, at least theoretically, is supposed to represent Sacramento. If I want to hear glowing praise of the Lakers, I can read the LA Times- or ESPN, or SI, or check my twitter feed. I don't need that from my source of Kings news.
As of this evening, I cancelled my Bee subscription, and took Sacbee.com/Kings off of my bookmarks.
Thanks, StR, for being a true bastion of Kings fandom.


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I just got through perusing the Bill James 2010 projections that have been posted on the Fangraphs player pages. Some have suggested that James' projections are fairly optimistic...that may be true generally, but it doesn't seem to be the case with his projections for the 2010 A's position players. Even so, there seems to be a few reasons for optimism next season, if you're a believer in James' method of evaluation. Here are some of the highlights:
Barton - .254/.357/.405/.762 with 5 homers
I think Barton could very easily beat this projection, but not by leaps and bounds. I think his BA and OBP will be a little higher than this and I think he'll also post a higher slugging %. I'm guessing that he'll be more like .270/.370/.420 with about 12 homers. He won't ever be an All Star, but he'll be a decent contributor, playing good defense at 1st and approaching an .800 OPS.
Sweeney - .290/.351/.403/.754 with 8 homers.
I think this is about right for Sweeney. The power just isn't there at this point in his career, and he'll be 25 next season, so if it doesn't come soon, it might never come...like Barton, if he continues to play fine defense, he'll be a positive contributor regardless.
Rajai - .284/.339/.379/.718 with 50 STEALS!
This projection seems about right as well. James has Rajai slipping down to a more-normal-but-still-high .330 BABIP, probably due to his speed. With his defense and speed, I think we'll all be pretty happy if Rajai can put that triple-slash line together next season.
Hairston - .271/.325/.478/.803 with 20 homers.
James projects Hairston to bounce back in a big way. That type of line is definitely what I expected Hairston to do when he first got here. If he can stay healthy, I think he's plenty capable of putting this line together.
Cust - .253/.385/.464/.849 with 25 homers
James loves Cust for some reason. I think this projection is considerably over-optimistic. I think Jack will get-base at about a .380 clip, but with only slug for like .440. I'm projecting more of a .240/.380/.440 line with 25 homers, which is still a nice bounce-back year for him.
Suzuki - .275/.334/.412/.746 with 13 homers
Just about right for Kurt, in my opinion.
Pennington - .251/.338/.338/.676 with 2 homers and 13 steals
Whenever someone posts identical OBP/Slugging percentages, that person is either a Nick Johnson or Bobby Abreu type of on-base machine, or is a Bobby Crosby-ian type of punchless offensive player. I believe Pennington is much closer to being the latter...man, I really wish Beane could have swooped in and grabbed JJ Hardy...I hope Pennington can play pretty damn good defense, because that slugging percentage totally depresses me.
According to James, the A's pitching staff will be pretty damn awesome, with the exception of Cahill:
Braden - 3.94 FIP
Anderson - 3.63 FIP
Gio - 4.61 FIP
Mazzaro - 3.88 FIP
Cahill - 5.12 FIP
Eveland - 4.26 FIP
Kilby - 3.33 FIP
Bailey - 3.62 FIP
Breslow - 3.68 FIP
Devine - 2.89 FIP
Ziggy - 3.48 FIP
Wuertz - 3.31 FIP
Blevins - 3.07
GRay - 3.70 FIP
OVerall, it seems like James is projecting the A's to have a pretty deep and talented pitching staff and a mediocre offense buoyed up by a few bounce back years from some vets and a few league-average performances around the diamond, with a major speed attack via Rajai and little power. As long as the team plays strong defense next season, I'd be mostly happy if these projections came true and if Beane can add some sort of league average+ hitter at 3rd (Glaus?) and some sort of veteran better-than-average starter...I'm thinking that if all of that came to be, the 2010 A's could by like the 2009 Mariners, but a bit better offensively and a little worse defensively. That should at least position the A's to be a .500 at least, which would be a very welcome change...


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If you go to Ball Don't Lie, you would have seen Kelly Dwyer's 1-30 player position rankings.
He has finished the small forwards and Danny Granger came in at #6. Please remember, this means he expect Granger to be the 6th best small forward NEXT year as these are projections. What he said:
"Indiana's go-to guy slipped a bit in 2009-10, dropping his points per game average down nearly two ticks and shooting the worst percentage of his NBA career. The good end to that is that Danny still dropped over 24 a game, and that at age 27 upon entering October's training camp, he'll be just about ready to enter his prime. Now all he needs is some help. Lots of it."
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During surgery, a type of doctor called an anesthesiologist is responsible for monitoring your vital signs. In addition to putting you to sleep for the surgery, he also carefully watches your heart rate, breathing pattern and blood pressure. By studying your medical history and understanding the type of surgery being performed, the anesthesiologist knows what values each vital sign should have. During the surgery he will not only monitor these values, but will use intravenous drugs to correct them if they start to deviate from accepted values.
The drugs used to control heart rate and blood pressure during surgery are all given through an IV tube, are very fast acting, and extremely effective. Throughout the surgical procedure, all of your vital signs will be maintained at very close to their ideal levels.
For elective surgical procedures like cosmetic surgery or vision correction surgery, the surgeon may want to try and get your blood pressure as close to normal as possible before proceeding with the surgery. While this is not strictly necessary, it does reduce the risk of certain surgical complications. Since the surgery can safely be delayed as long as necessary, this approach is medically appropriate in these circumstances.
If you have any questions about how your blood pressure might affect your surgery, ask your anesthesiologist or surgeon. They will be able to discuss your specific case in detail and offer suggestions on how to proceed.
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Ahhh Turkey Day - sorry for all you folks out of the country (CBF where are you?????) - but this is one of my favorite holidays. Save for Columbus day because Chris obviously found the United States and no one was here or came here before (Aliens ?!?!? ;) ) - but I digress.
I thought it would be fun to do a post to tell everyone what everyone is doing and any other random non-Bills related stuff is happening for your Turkey Day.
I will be hosting my first ever Thanksgiving - I have a whopping 19 people coming over to my house in which I will attempt to help cook for. Chances are i'm going to end up playing Batman with my Nephew while my wife bitches at me for not helping but i'll tell her i'll clean up and run 4 dishwasher loads and be done with it - but that's life right? Then i'll sit down with some sort of alcoholic beverage and watch football and sleep then wake up at some point eat some more and fall asleep again. Basically a routine family holiday and I couldn't be more excited about it.
So what about you Rumblerererer's? Traveling? Hosting? Bar scening it up tonight?
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Spring at Värsta Allé, Spånga
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Spring at Värsta Allé, Spånga
A few weeks in spring, the cherry blossoms bloom at Värsta Allé, Spånga. Something to enjoy while waiting for the bus.
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Streets are quiet this evening outside my house in Spånga.
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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Just came across this video today, the tweeting bra....yes, it tweets.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awarness Month, the tweeting bra is intended to send out a tweet to remind you of your monthly exam everytime you take off your bra!
Sort of genius, right? I expect this being the first of many things that will start tweeting the minute you open, take off, turn on or off!


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Imagine a single continent. One people. Pangea is just that-one country. After all aren't we just the human race? Sure, it's unimaginably recent that the Holocaust and slavery happened. Today gun violence and general Hate are everywhere.
We at Pangean.org Feel that everyone is equal. God (whatever you believe), or our Creator put us in these skin suits and sent us on our way. We are made to "live life" and do the best we can for our generation. What we find is a planet that is perfect in every way but the inhabitants don't get along.


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Mutual Political Masturbation: Bloomberg and Arnold
by utbrian, Tue Jun 19, 2007 at 02:42:19 PM EDT
Cross-posted from Calitics.
Was that title a bit too graphic? Well, how else can you describe this image? It seems the Governator and Mayor Mike have developed quite the relationship. Now, they are fawning over each other and the presidency. Follow me over the flip...
The Hollywood brute and the Wall Street mogul may look like the oddest couple since Twins, but there's a reason Schwarzenegger calls Bloomberg his soul mate. They're both self-confident, self-made men who rose to stardom from middle-class obscurity -- Bloomberg in Medford, Mass., Schwarzenegger in Thal, Austria -- through Tiger Woods-level determination and Donald Trump-level salesmanship. They're both socially liberal Republicans who have flourished in Democratic political cultures; Schwarzenegger is even a member of the Kennedy clan, through his marriage to Maria Shriver. (Time 6/14/07)
By the by, that article was written by Michael Grunwald, the same guy that wrote the WaPo article on Tauscher. He loves him some moderate politician story-lovin'. He can make a whole career out of following politicians without a moral core. Sweet!
And the cover story of Time Magazine isn't the end of it. Yeah, Arnold wants to make Bloomberg his proxy candidate for the presidency. From the wire yesterday:
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he has no plans to run for president, but that didn't stop Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday from predicting his fellow Republican would be "an excellent candidate."
Schwarzenegger's gentle encouragement came at a joint appearance, where Bloomberg again said he has no plans to enter the 2008 race. But Schwarzenegger said the mayor - who shares the governor's maverick brand of politics - would be a worthy addition to the large field.
"I think he would make an excellent candidate," the governor said, with Bloomberg at his side. He's "all about fixing problems and creating a great vision for the future."
Bloomberg later joked about forming a presidential ticket with Schwarzenegger and dickering over who would lead it. (AP/Fresno Bee 6/18/07)
And of course, the two got some not-so-mild encouragement from Warren Buffet in the Time article. At the end of the article, Buffet points out that there is apparently no rule on American birth for VP candidates. and suggests that a Bloomberg/Arnold ticket would be his dream come true.
Well, right about now we need a bit of a wet blannket here. Arnold isn't likely to run for VP. That's really not his style. But a closer look shows these two are actually a bit further apart than some would have us believe. Bloomberg used to be a Democrat, and then decided it'd be easier to win as a Republican, so he switched. Ok, but Bloomberg has really governed as a Democrat. Arnold has pretended to govern like a Democrat.
Bloomberg participates in the Kyoto treat. Arnold signs AB 32, the landmark global warming gas reduction act, and then guts it with one stroke of the pen. Sure, Bloomberg is no progressive hero, just look at the comments here for what seems just like what is happening in SF right now: progressives in search of a candidate.
That being said, Bloomberg is a lot more progressive than Arnold. And as a bonus, he has about a $1Billion stash for his election. That money should vault him just high enough to make sure that the Republican nominee couldn't win. In New York and New Jersey, where they are quite familiar with his act, Bloomberg does quite well, but, in the end, he helps any Dem nominee to a victory. Nationwide, he seems like quite a nice spoiler candidate for the GOP. Of course, Rasmussen asks some crazy-ass questions, like would you join a Bloomberg national party and would you vote for a Bloomberg Party Congressional Candidate. All that crazy data here. Because, you know, Bloomberg is going to spend some of that $1B/year income on just building up some sort of 3rd party. Whatever.
So, by all means, run for president Mayor Mike, and take Arnold with you. WIth Arnold out on the stump with you, we'll have an administration led by a quasi-Democrat Susan Kennedy and Democratic Lt. Governor John Garamendi. And, if, perchance the Mayor Mike/Governator Arnold ticket wins, well, can you think of a better place for Arnold Schwarzenegger than a meaningless Vice Presidency?
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Submitter Comment: Browsing around Tumblr, had a bit of a LOL at this one. Hilariously awful
What's Awful: 1. Tattooing a pregnant woman. No person with half a brain would ever do that. BIG risk of harming the baby! If that gets infected or anything, you can bet your bottom dollar the baby is going to be harmed by it 2. It looks like it's done in someone's kitchen, sooo unsanitary! and 3. I don't usually hate on people for their choice of tattoo, but that baby isn't going to be on board forever…
How can it be fixed: Pray to Jesus that the baby is not harmed. It would've been better to just go with a temporary tattoo, those ones you get at the $2 store and use a wet wash cloth to transfer them to your skin…
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Former Iggie's owners take over Havana Road Space
David Dopkin gives up pointers on packing back-to-school lunches.
From deep-fried to healthy, here are some of your options.
Bluegrass Tavern's Timothy Dyson makes the move to Dooby's.
A ton of local restaurants will be featured in this first annual festival.
We sit down with the top toque for an exclusive interview.
Chef Cindy Wolfs handles lunch at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The brewery and restaurant highlight local seafood and beer.
The Federal Hill location closes less than three years after opening.
Woody Harrelson co-hosts a charity dinner at the Inn at the Black Olive.
The social-dining experiment allows up-and-coming chefs to showcase their culinary talent.
Local businesswoman puts a unique twist on the Baltimore snowball tradition.
Enjoy deals from 35 Baltimore County restaurants.
A new take-out spot in Canton is ready for your order.
The bakery, opening on July 21, specializes in late-night cookie delivery.
Enjoy a delicious hot dog to celebrate the July 23 holiday.
Chef Jeremiah Langhorne and Spike Gjerde collaborate on a foraged dinner at Artifact this week.
Celebrate National Ice Cream month with a scoop.
Charm City Cakes awarding winners with tickets to Orioles vs. Yankees.
The new spot is the restaurant's fifth location in Maryland.
The program expands the National Aquarium's sustainable-seafood efforts.
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It's hard to deny the hot topic right now is evaluating Andy Dalton's performance during his third year with the Bengals. While a lot of opinions have been expressed (some would say ad nauseam), it seemed to me there were 5 lines of thought regarding Dalton. I was wondering how many people fit into those categories, so I created this handy-dandy survey to find out.
Feel free to add your thoughts afterward, and support your reasoning for why you voted the way you did. Or if you think there is another category I should include, discuss that as well. Keep in mind this poll is your opinion of Dalton, not a comparison to other QB's nor a discussion about whether we need a backup or not (although those can influence your vote).
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Friday, 29 January 2010
Skooter Farm HQ
I've said it before, but it's worth repeating - without Dave Skooter Farm there'd be no Sideburn magazine (or blog). Bumping into him at a race made me think I could race too. I was up working in Manchester last week and took the opportunity to call in at Skooter Farm HQ for a nose around Dave and Louise's incredible pad, dad. Here are some of the highlights.
Below: Dave with the CM200 race bike he built before there was even a race series in Britain. This is going to be his training bike when the north west contingent get their practice track up and running.
Talking of North West, there are rumours of a race in Manchester in the Spring. If it's true, who's coming to watch? G
UPDATE: Dave's excellent Full Frockle blog
10 comments:
- Giannis said...
Never thought a CM200 would look that good
- 29 January 2010 22:53
- Nick said...
If that's a practice bike, WOW
- 30 January 2010 08:15
- YZ400BEN said...
What tyres are you running on that Dave-TT100s?
- 31 January 2010 10:21
- dave skooter farm said...
Tyres on this bike are Dunlop K70's......they are on 18 inch rims. I built this bike just for fun in 1996 with no serious plans or even opportunity to race.
If I had known that 10 years later there would be a UK race series, perhaps I woulda put 19 inch rims on it and used my worn out race tyres. Then again, maybe I would have used a more competitive doner bike in the first place.... who knows??!!
SKOOTER FARM is in the process of setting up a small practice track and as it happens....I already have a neato bike with a suprising amount of poke that won't annoy the neighbours too much!
- 31 January 2010 14:07
- BCM said...
Hoffman bikes EK, we couldn't give those thing away.
- 31 January 2010 19:08
- Austin said...
I want that Hoffman! When do we get some more Skooter Farm tees, mine's falling to pieces now???
- 1 February 2010 08:51
- dave skooter farm said...
hey Austin!!
how are ya?
Been thinking about perhaps a small run of the RICH KING shirt.....however,Last year, we passed on our race supplies service to RED MAX SPEEDSHOP...So not really got an outlet to sell 'em other than at the races.
Don't know how much demand there would be, either?
I'll talk to the printer and see what the smallest run would be....
maybe we can work something out.
You got no plans to come racing these season?
- 1 February 2010 11:50
You make em Dave n i'll sell em !
- 1 February 2010 12:21
- Austin said...
there ya go Dave, you make em he'll sell em. just make sure you keep one aside for me before they sell out!
my sr should be finished soon but can't see i'll ever race it, my complete lack of ability at sand racing would make me more of a hazard than a competitor at short track.
the big skooter farm sticker on my guitar case does get quite a few comments as it's dragged round the country though, especially when i mention the jailcell link!
- 1 February 2010 13:27
- dave skooter farm said...
Didn't ya do a slide school one time?
Maybe dip a toe on an X-plate?
Come under the Skooter Farm race tent.... along with our new recruit Pete Wilkinson...we will look after you!!
BTW, we recently played a few shows and did a new recording with 75% of JAILCELL RECIPES...
We got a new singer and a name change......BAIL-BOND.
We played with GERIATRIC UNIT (ex-Heresy)...Steve Charlesworth says hello! give me a private message and we can talk further.
About the shirts.....Steve Red Max,
I will give ya a call...see if we can work something out......
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Kai Time On The Road reaches milestone 10th season
KAI TIME ON THE ROAD, Maori Television's longest running series, leaves no plate unturned in its milestone 10th season, which premieres on Sunday July 15 at 7.00pm.
The popular cooking show's celebrity chef Peter Peeti checks out the food scene around the country over 26 mouth-watering episodes.
KAI TIME ON THE ROAD premiered in 2004 when Maori Television started broadcasting, making it the channel's longest running show.
Peeti says the variety of food featured and the different ways it is cooked in different parts of the country have helped make the show so successful and enduring.
"People and food make a great recipe for success," he says.
This season sees Peeti, an accomplished hunter, diver and fisherman, traverse the breadth and width of the country in search of local dishes with an indigenous flavour.
From Bluff to Gisborne to Putaruru, he leaves no plate unturned.
Going out on an oyster boat in Bluff and "diving for the biggest paua ever" was a highlight, as was feeding stingray by hand in Gisborne, he says.
"But after feeding them by hand I didn't want to eat them… They were off the menu. I thought I can't do this, I can't cook them up,'' he laughs.
Peeti also pays former Masterchef contestant and cult hero Cameron Petley a visit in his hometown of Putaruru, where they cook up a belly of pork; and he takes a trip to Invercargill to harvest and cook Toheroa.
KAI TIME ON THE ROAD is produced by Reuben Collier and Jo Santamaria from Maui Productions in Rotorua.
Production manager Tanya Morrison says reaching the 10th season is a huge achievement, which will be acknowledged in the final episode.
She says KAI TIME ON THE ROAD has come a long way since its debut.
"When we go back to the start, there's been a significant improvement… whether it's the reo, the way it's filmed, the way it's edited, or its presentation.''
KAI TIME ON THE ROAD wouldn't work without the hard work of all the people involved behind the scenes, says Morrison.
"That's the secret of the show… everybody is so passionate about it.''
Following demand for the recipes that have featured on the programme, Maui Productions published the Kai Time cookbook, which went on to win the 2009 Gourmand World Cookbook Award.
Tune in to KAI TIME ON THE ROAD this season to discover many more recipes to cherish.
KAI TIME ON THE ROAD embarks on a culinary adventure of New Zealand for its 10th series, starting Sunday July 15 at 7.00pm.
Episodes 1 – 5
Episode 1 – July 15
The Kai Time waka heads out in search of fresh Ngati Kuri snapper at Parengarenga Harbour.
Episode 2 – July 22
If there was ever a place to sample the flavours of real wild food, it's the small settlement of Waimana in the Te Urewera National Park.
Episode 3 – July 29
Our travels take us to Tairawhiti to a place that catches the first sun rays along the East Coast a place called Tatapouri.
Episode 4 – August 5
Kai Time is at the annual Trout Tournament in Rotorua, a fun family orientated weekend competition with more than $15,000 worth of prizes.
Episode 5 – August 12
The "Kutai" or "Kuku" is on the menu for Kai Time whanau and we don't even have to get wet to get them as we follow the trucks of fresh mussel sacks to Tauranga after they leave the mussel barge in Coromandel.


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Dayton Leroy Rogers
One That Got Away
With the Molalla forest case looming in the future, the prosecution had another chance to get a death sentence for Dayton. It was the good guys' ace in the hole, and they would play it. For the next two months, Turner and his colleagues worked closely with the D.A.s office and presented the worst serial murder case in Oregon's history to a grand jury. On May 4, 1988, Dayton was indicted on several charges of aggravated murder under various theories of law for the deaths of Reatha Gyles, Lisa Mock, Noni Cervantes, Cynthia DeVore, Christine Adams, and Maureen Hodges. He was not charged in the death of the unidentified victim, although the investigators were certain that he had murdered her, too. As before, Dayton pleaded innocent. This time around Christopher E. Burris, not Arthur Knauss, was hired to represent him.
Turner and his fellow detectives spent the next eight months rounding up additional witnesses to interview, as well as reinterviewing many of the others. They carefully went over the evidence, and they put their case books in order. By the time the trial began, they knew the case frontward and backward.
Jury selection, which began on February 6, 1989, took nearly two months to complete. Ironically, considering the types of crimes Dayton was being charged with committing, an all-woman panel of twelve was seated, with an additional female as an alternate.
When the trial finally opened on March 30, 1989, this time in the courtroom of Clackamas County Circuit Judge Raymond R. Bagley Jr., Eglitis outlined his case for the jurors, contending that a knife identical to the one that was used to kill Jenny Smith was found near the Molalla forest victims' bodies. He described the torture, the grisly details of victims having their feet sawed or cut from their bodies, and how one, Noni Cervantes, had been eviscerated from a machete having been inserted in the area of her vagina and subsequently sliced up the middle to the sternum. By the time Eglitis was finished with his presentation of what the jury would be considering, there was little left for the imagination.
For the next five weeks, the jury heard horrifying testimony from many of the women whom Dayton Leroy Rogers had violated and tortured at one time or another but who had miraculously survived. Each explained in graphic detail, often tearfully, the atrocities that Dayton had committed against them.
One former prostitute testified about her fifth and final date with Dayton, an encounter that lasted in excess of six hours after he picked her up on Southeast 82nd Avenue and drove her to the Molalla forest.
"He got out of the truck," she testified, "and went over to the side where you could see over the forest. He said how beautiful it was. I went back to the truck and started to get undressed. He came up behind me and started to put the bondage devices on. When I told him they were too tight, that they were cutting into my wrists, he said that's what he wanted to do.
"He started biting on my breasts," she continued. "He was biting and tearing. I told him to please stop. 'That's too rough! This isn't right!' I cried and I begged for him to stop. And the more I pleaded and begged, the worse the abuse got. When I screamed too loudly, he became concerned and put something up against my neck, which I assumed was a knife. He told me to be quiet, or else I'd really have something to cry about. I didn't say anything, and I tried to stifle the sobs as much as I could."
"Did you say anything to the defendant?" asked Eglitis.
"What were you doing then?"
"Just existing."
One of Daytons relatives also testified, telling the jurors how he helped Dayton establish his business and then closed it down after Dayton's arrest. He told of how he found all of the suspicious items in the wood stove inside Dayton's shop, including items that appeared to be the metal inner portions of shoes. He burst into tears twice during his testimony and diverted his eyes away from Dayton most of the time he was on the witness stand.
In tears and in tones that were barely audible, Floria Adams, the fifteen-year-old daughter of victim Christine Adams, testified that decorative studs, star-shaped grommets that were found in Dayton's wood stove, came from her mother's pants. Sobbing, she told the jurors that she recognized the studs.
Bob Thompson, the Oregon State Police criminologist who worked closely on the case, explained how he had found pieces of colored glass in Lisa Mock's hair and how, although he hadn't been able to determine their source, they were similar to glass parts found inside Dayton's wood stove. He also testified that hairs found inside Dayton's pickup were macroscopically and microscopically similar to head hairs he compared from the remains of Lisa Mock, Noni Cervantes, and Cynthia DeVore.
"This man," said Eglitis in his closing argument, pointing at Dayton, this man is obsessed, totally consumed in a sexual way with a woman's feet and dominance. What is the ultimate act of dominance? It is to remove that foot. We submit that is what happened in the Molalla forest."
Eglitis also reminded the jurors about all of the orange juice containers and miniature liquor bottles found at the Molalla forest crime scene, insisting that they made up a part of Rogers"signature."
"If there is a signature to a crime, under those circumstances you can look at the signature," said Eglitis, "and see the identity of the killer. This evidence is the mark of Zorro. It's the signature. The defendant, ladies of the jury, not only committed these murders, but he might as well have written his name on the victims' corpses."
As in the Jenny Smith case, there had been little doubt at the trial's outset that Dayton would be convicted of the Molalla forest murders, which is precisely what happened on May 4. After barely six hours of deliberation, the jury found Dayton guilty of aggravated murder on all counts. For the first time in public, Dayton, dressed in a conservative dark-blue suit, displayed emotion by covering his head with his hands. Shaking his head, he could be heard saying "No" repeatedly.
Only the question of his sentence remained. Much of the testimony the jury would hear to decide his fate centered on Dayton's character, his worthiness to remain alive, and psychological arguments about his past violence.
James B. Hupy, a vocational instructor at the Oregon State Correctional Institution, explained how he had taught Dayton the skills he needed to become a mechanic when Dayton was in prison for the 1976 attack on the two Keizer, Oregon high school girls he had picked up when the girls skipped school. Dayton learned fast, said Hupy. In barely two years he went from being a person with little or no mechanical skills to someone with high skills. Hupy said he selected Dayton to be his apprentice a few months before Dayton was due to be released from prison.
James E. Miller, another vocational instructor at the prison, testified that he knew Dayton before he was arrested for the 1976 offenses. The two of them, he said, played table tennis together at Seventh-Day Adventist social gatherings. Miller explained that he was surprised when he ran into Dayton in prison, but despite his offenses, he was determined to help him. In fact, Dayton helped organize Adventist church services at the prison, which attracted about a dozen inmates. Dayton always played guitar at the services and seemed sincere in his religious convictions.
When the psychological testimony was presented, psychologist James R. Adams explained that Dayton committed violent acts only under particular circumstances, such as when he was intoxicated and sexually aroused in a scenario that included bondage and foot fetishism. For him to become violent he also must possess a feeling that he had been cheated, either emotionally or sexually, and he must always have a helpless woman as his victim. He also needed to maintain a reasonable certainty that he wouldn't be caught for his crimes, and his victim must be someone he can dehumanize, such as a prostitute. Adams's contention was that Dayton needed all of these factors present for him to become violent. In prison, said Adams, those factors would not be available to him, and he would not be a threat to men.
On the other hand, said John B. Cochran, senior forensics psychologist at the Oregon State Hospital, Dayton would in fact pose a continuing threat even in prison. Cochran detailed a homosexual relationship that Dayton had been engaged in and contended that, without availability of women as victims, it would only be a matter of time before he began selecting male victims.
Cochran, who has studied many serial killers over the course of his career and has served as a consultant to the Green River Task Force, explained that the very act of murder can be very pleasurable for sexually sadistic serial killers such as Dayton.
"If you compare it with normal, everyday sexual experiences," he said, "there just is no comparison."
Cochran elaborated by explaining that most serial killers fantasize about murder so frequently that killing becomes second nature to them. Some even develop a sexual bond to the murder weapon they use.
In arguing that Dayton's life be spared, Christopher Burris said that his client was a sick man who should be locked away forever, not put to death. He cited Dayton's good prison record, that he was a model prisoner who helped establish church services and had experienced no conflicts with other inmates. Burris suggested that the murders and other crimes Dayton committed were not carried out in a deliberate state of mind.
Eglitis, on the other hand, characterized Dayton as a walking time bomb. He said it was only a matter of time before he began his pattern of deceit all over again. He described Dayton as clever, one who was capable not only of luring and then deceiving his victims but of deceiving and manipulating the psychologists who had examined him. He had done it time and time again and would continue in the same pattern if given the opportunity.
"He can in every respect," said Eglitis, addressing the jury in his bid for the death penalty, "including his appearance, walk among you without giving any indication of the horrors that are within him. Dayton Leroy Rogers is a walking time bomb. He is an act of criminal violence looking for a place to happen. He's capable of fooling psychologists. He's capable of fooling psychiatrists. I hope to God he's not capable of fooling you."
On Wednesday, June 7, 1989, after more than seventeen hours of grueling deliberation, the jury voted unanimously that Dayton had murdered his victims deliberately and without reasonable, if any, provocation, and that he would be a continuing threat to society whether behind prison walls or on the outside. Judge Bagley sentenced Dayton Leroy Rogers to death by lethal injection.
"It was righteous justice," said Turner, solemn-faced but obviously pleased after hearing the verdict and sentence. "Righteous in the sense that an all-female jury convicted him and decided his fate."


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To BobC and Sconner... I always hear evolutionists say there there is astonishing evidence for such a beleif.
This isn't true. When I was in highschool (just 8 years ago) I was taught that the point of evidence for one of your neoderthal men was a tooth- a single tooth. When I researched this myself, I found out that tooth belonged to an EXTINCT PIG. See, the evidence against the argument had already been found, and yet it was still being taught in my classroom. This is because they had no other evidence.
Evolution is a religion, requiring as much or more faith that beleiving in creation science does.
The truth is, there is a God, He created the world and everything in it, including the very people who show hate for Him and His creation today. Sometimes it's easier to try to explain Him away than it is to accept that there is a God powerful enough to know the deepest parts of you. And to love you in those dark moments. That would require feeling things deeper than you'd ever have to if you beleived you came from a monkey.


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Can a public humiliation like this change a person's behavior? Or did the judge overstep her bounds in coming up with an unusual punishment to fit the crime?
Although not a minor offense to the family involved, it's questionable to merit incarceration in an already crowded prison system. But would a monetary fine or hours of community service end a neighborhood conflict of 15 years?
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IS THE era of the ''super side'' done and dusted? We're only a month into the new season, but there's already one thing standing out. Namely, the failure of anyone to … well, to stand out.
That was a tag Carlton carried prior to Saturday. But the Blues' disappointing loss to Essendon raised some legitimate queries about their ability to rise to a challenge week in, week out. And the loss of key midfielder Andrew Carrazzo for up to two months might raise a few more about their structure.
You could argue, after an epic slog in Perth on Saturday night, that the stand-out baton has been passed to West Coast. But the Eagles had only beaten three strugglers before Saturday, and only won their first serious test of the year, against Hawthorn, by less than a kick.
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The Hawks? They could easily be 4-0 right now. The fact they're 2-2 (and perhaps the memory of last year's preliminary final) instead prompts some issues about their capacity to hang tough enough in the tight finish.
Last year's grand finalists? Just going. Collingwood should get better with players steadily returning from injury, but it's by no means a given. And as Hawthorn could be 4-0, so could Geelong easily be 0-4, hardly intimidating in just doing enough to beat Richmond by 10 points at the Cattery yesterday.
There are two other unbeaten sides besides West Coast, of course. Essendon, which, good as it was against Carlton, had been somewhat underwhelming in its previous three wins, and remains a work in progress.
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Sydney, meanwhile, continues to do something of a snow job on the experts, but would happily concede it has some tests to pass yet before we start revisiting 2005. And let's not forget Fremantle, whose only loss has come at the hands of the Swans, and which shed a considerable monkey from the back with a great win on the road last Friday evening.
The current top trio has certainly got off to a good start in 2012. But none could rightly call itself a heavyweight. And the contrast to the past few years, when there's been usually a couple or at least one team head and shoulders above the pack, seems stark.
In 2011, Collingwood and Geelong lost a total of just five home-and-away games from a combined 44. The Magpies lost to only one opponent (three times) in the whole year, and still weren't good enough to land the premiership, at least consoled by the fact that opponent did.
The season before, Collingwood had lost two games in a row shortly before the mid-season break, but looked dominant beforehand, and more so after, when it dropped only one of its last 16 on the way to a premiership.
In 2009, St Kilda won 22 of 25 games and still didn't win the flag, the team that did, Geelong, losing only one more. And the year before that, Geelong, Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs occupied the top three spots on the ladder from round two right up until grand final day.
Perhaps it's time to stress this isn't a lament. Quite the opposite, in fact. Even the past few years of dominance have provided twists in the tale, usually right at the critical moment, Geelong's second loss of 2008 on grand final day the obvious example.
But we might be privy to a few more ups and downs in 2012. And we mightn't have to wait until the final game of the season to see them, either. Because it's becoming increasingly apparent that while the bottom teams are a long way off the pack, there's every possibility of a logjam at the top.
Twelve wins have been enough to earn a club a spot in the finals in each of the past five years. Last season, it was only 11-and-a-half. Indeed, in 2009, Essendon got in after losing more games than it won.
This time out, it might require at least 13 to get there. A fair raising of the bar when you consider 14 wins was good enough for a top-four spot in five of the past seven seasons. And with three of the 2011 top four parked in the lower half of the ladder for now, the chase, even before we hit May, is well and truly on.
The super side may indeed be dead. In which case, you can only say long live the pretty good side. Or in 2012, a whole collection of them.


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I have yet to see a Porsche that can hold sevn people, haul, a boat or drive in the sand. Then again the only ones I have seen are sports cars. As for the sand, Saw a VW Bug handle driving on a Naples Italy Beach with no problem. It was light and the sand was packed. Actually I remember how popular the old VW was with those who did kit cars. They could take the old VW and turn it into something like a sport car. With the exception of speed the old VW could do everything that the porsche could do. And do it cuter.<quoted text>
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Your antique TRS that you claims is as good as a modern tablet..........ROTFLMAO
Your TRS will not even began to open up spreadsheets that I open on a daily basis with a tablet.........LOL
Yes both have a motor and your antique and my tablet both have processors......
Your antique will turn on and so will a Volkswagen......
But what one will get the job done quicker??
My Porsche will do everything and more than your Volkswagen does.
But your Volkswagen will not do 99% of what my Porsche will do......
Will the volkswagen tow my boat?
Will it drive on the sand like my Porsche?
Will it drive a 150 miles per hour like my Porsche?
Will it hold 7 people like my porsche?
Yes you have proven yourself to be a ignorantly spouting moron but there is a huge difference in the performance and that is what I was talking about......
As for the contest between a tablet and the Model 100, can your table program a micro controller with a RS 232C port. They still make them and use them in modern industry. I also run models on a deskop that would cause your tablet to crash. The point being that like tools, that different tools are useful for different situations. You would not use a screwdriver to tighten a bolt or a cresent wrench to tighten a screw.


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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Mobile Meals of Tucson has served people who are homebound because of disease and disability for more than 40 years.
The program will reach a new milestone on Wednesday when a volunteer driver drops off the 100,000th meal of the year.
Before Mobile Meals started delivering to her apartment, Ofelia Elias depended on her nephew.
"He used to go out and get TV dinners for me, but they don't compare," Elias said.
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My first post on the RSPB website was a request to identify a strange bird that turned out to be a melanistic male house sparrow. He has been back to the garden with the sparrow colony on a regular basis and I have been able to take more photos. A melanistic juvenile has joined the group within the past week and I have a photo of that too. Hopefully this means there are more on the way if the melanistic gene is in the colony.
I remember your first post. There was much discussion as I recall but I didn't have a clue. This may be Darwinism in action and the start of a whole new species. LOL
Hi MC It's a smashing looking bird.
lol TJ, just think if it is, we are privy to it, how great would that be lol
Great to see you're still getting it Monkeycheese hope you get a photo of the youngster.
The last of my photos is of the youngster. However, since I took that photo, I have noticed two or three more melanistic juveniles and it would appear that there are at least two adult males. The gene pool has certainly been affected. The original male is back on a daily basis, but rather than just feeding on the fatballs, he first collects beakfuls of mealworms and flies off with them, which would suggest a nearby nest. There are now so many sparrows in the colony that there was insufficient room in the small tree the other day during the endless rain. Some of the littluns had to find small nooks and crannies under the garage roof, while others simply got wet. I am constructing a small shelter for them which I will attach to the fence. At times there are as many as 40 of them in the garden, competing with a group of starlings that numbers about 30. Add to that 4 or 5 adult wood pigeons, a few blue tits, great tits, dunnocks and a pair of stroppy juvenile robins who are fighting for control of the garden and I have mayhem on a daily basis, all in a garden that is only 18'x18'! I wouldn;t have it any other way...


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#Packers waived WR/KR Shaky Smithson off IR with an injury settlement. 1 of 5 players placed on IR this week.— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) August 31, 2012
According to reporter Adam Caplan, the Packers waived three players from injured reserve, giving them injury settlements. WR Shaky Smithson was cut first, followed by G Ray Dominguez and TE DeMarco Cosby. But keep in mind that since these players were placed on IR before the cut-down to 75, that doesn't help the team get any closer to 53 today.


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I've noticed lately on message boards and in comments that Stephen Gionta isn't exactly well liked among the Devil's fanbase. Usually it's something about how 'he's so small' and gets 'incredibly lucky' with his scoring. In terms of his statistics for the past season, I don't really see what's so horrible about him. When I watch him I don't really see a guy who's totally dragging the team down.
In terms of general statistics, he seems like a plus fourth liner. Last year Gionta had 14 points and a 6.9 shooting percentage (hardly a product of luck) in 11 minutes of time per game over 48 games. He had a positive rating (not that anyone here cares). This would make him a very good fourth liner. The problem is that deboer uses that line as a third liner. He's provided a scoring touch, which he's displayed at every level in his career statistically. I don't really see why people think it's such a fluke, as he seems to have a quick, accurate shot and good speed.
In terms of advanced statistics, you could call him average. It kinda boggles my mind that people cite his Corsi while expressing their anger that he is still on the team. His Corsi was positive at a .38 which isn't horrendous (still better than over half of the players who played above 20 games this year), and his Corsi relative was very low at -13.8 but the Devils are a very possession heavy team. All this means is that his was well below a team of players who possess very high corsi levels (the average on the devils being about 14), something to be not all that upset about. It isn't his fault that Ryan Carter and Steve Bernier performed as well as the average second liner possession-wise.
The competition he faced was around than league average (maybe a tinge lower) in Corsi at around -.7 and were often slightly above average possession players when compared to their teams (Corsi QoC Rel = .1). They were probably mostly third liners.
He also wasn't bad at driving the play forward… he started in the offensive zone around 51 percent of the time and ended in it at 50% while averaging over a shot a game. Not too bad for a fourth line guy who's only playing ten minutes a game.
In the beginning of the year his high rating had a lot to do with an inflated on ice sv%, which actually crept back down to normal at around 90.3%.
He had a team leading 87 hits (which in my opinion weren't totally weak hits) and drew penalties well.
His only true downfall is his faceoff play. Ryan Carter wasn't too bad at faceoffs with 51% so I also don't really see why the two can't be flip flopped.
If you can get over the fact that he's such a short guy and actually watch what he does, I don't see why any team wouldn't want this guy on their fourth line. In terms of production, he performed as we'd want any fourth liner to perform, and has a history of scoring at different levels to back it up. His possession statistics are above league forward average by a good margin while facing league average. His game brings grit and speed.
Faceoffs aside, can anyone find a real knock on him?(Disclaimer: This was a comment I made that I decided to turn into a FanPost (with some elaboration))