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CARDS Magazine – Jan 2010
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You Make Me Happy
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A Wedding Thanks
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text: Just think about the advantage to Denver's offensive and defensive personnel positions if the 2011 season is canceled. We would have the same draft order for the 2012 draft class and be able to totally restructure our roster with top caliber young players. It would also give our coaches time to implement a new defensive scheme. In other words we make up for all of Josh McDs mistakes and retool our team. Not such a bad outcome to our long term competetiveness.

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12/04/2012 21:00
The 'Post's' senior archivist Alexander Zvielli tells his story in the upcoming 80th anniversary supplement.
Zvielli has worked at the 'Post' since 1945.
Photo: (David Brauner)
Jerusalem Post
will include an 80th anniversary supplement in which Alexander Zvielli, the
's senior archivist, tells his own story, weaving it in with the history of the paper.
A milestone edition of any newspaper or magazine usually features a political or cultural leader or a Nobel Prize laureate on the cover. Israel has no shortage of prominent personalities from whom to choose. But none of them personally represent
The Jerusalem Post
– especially on its 80th anniversary. The person who comes closest is Zvielli, who has held a range of different positions at the paper and who, at 91, probably holds the record for being the oldest employee in Israel and the longest employed at one enterprise. Zvielli is a walking Google; no one needs to consult the Internet when he's around. He still walks faster than most of the rest of us and he goes to the gym nearly every day. He represents knowledge, information, accuracy and endurance. He has gone the route from being a linotype operator to skimming an iPad.
It was only natural, therefore, that he should grace the cover of The Jerusalem Post 80th anniversary supplement.
It is a credit not only to him but to a series of publishers and owners of the paper that they recognized his special qualities and kept him on.
■ THE MENTION of the paper's 80th anniversary in last Friday's column elicited several responses – the first from Hilary Gatoff, who wrote," I am the proud owner of THE PALESTINE POST printed in Jerusalem on Thursday, December 1, 1932. Kislev 2 –Shaban 2.) Price 10 Mils."
It's been a long time since that particular currency existed, and only people in a certain age group would remember it. The first issue of The Palestine Post, which then contained only eight pages, is not the only historical newspaper in Gatoff's collection.
She has quite a store of historical newspapers of the 20th century.
But she does a lot more than collect old newspapers and is living proof that good things come in small packages.
Though petite in size, Gatoff has an impressive record of major achievements, including a documentary film about Mahal, the volunteers from around the world who came to fight with Israel in the War of Independence and who, in some cases, remained to help build the state. The film is part of the permanent Mahal exhibition at Beit Hatfutsot – The Museum of the Jewish People.
Gatoff, who has lived in Israel for 50 years, has also been active in the English- speaking theater in Tel Aviv, both as an actress and a producer.
She is a regular reader of the Post and knew the family of the paper's founder, Gershon Agron, whose daughter was her neighbor in Zahala and whose grandson was in the same class as Gatoff's son in school..
■ ANOTHER RESPONSE came from Marlin Levin, who for many years was the
Time Magazine
bureau chief in Israel and who, prior to that, had worked for
The Jerusalem Post
. When he saw the photo of Gershon Agron in last Friday's "Grapevine," it stirred some nostalgia in him.
The story and photo took him back 65 years to September 1947, when he and his wife, Betty, ventured into downtown Jerusalem. "We were only in the city three days, having just arrived from the US Walking down Jaffa Road, Betty happened on to a colleague from the US, Mordechai Chertoff. After they exchanged greetings, he turned to me and asked me what I did. I said that I was a journalist.
Without explaining, he grabbed me by the shoulder and said, 'Come with me.' We walked up Hasolel St. (now Hahavatzelet), into "The Palestine Post" and the office of editor Gershon Agron.
"Gershon was reading gallies of copy. He looked up over his glasses, a cigarette lorgnette in one hand, and asked Mordy, 'Who's that?' My friend introduced me as a journalist from Philadelphia. After asking me a couple of questions, Gershon ordered me to get into the newsroom and start working.
Nonplussed, I said that I had been in Jerusalem only a few days and wanted to see the country. Without looking up from the gallies, he asked, 'How long do you want?' "I said, 'Three weeks.' "Then, get back here to work when you've finished traveling,' he said curtly.
"In three weeks I was back and worked at The Post under the finest, sharpest editor that I have ever known."
■ ESRA, THE English Speaking Residents Association, will hold its Volunteer Award Event this evening at the Beit Weil Center in Kfar Shmaryahu and will honor 16 volunteers, two of whom will be receiving special Lifetime Awards – the first time such special awards are being presented. The first award will be to Barbara Blum, a retired dentist of 87 who "brings music wherever she goes," putting together programs based on songs by popular singers of a bygone age and tells her own life story interspersed with music. She was, until recently, the chair of ESRA's Herzliya branch. The second will be given posthumously to Ralph Lanesman, a retired chartered accountant who did much to ensure ESRA's finances. His wife will receive the award on his behalf.
Guest speaker will be Miri Eisen, a retired IDF colonel with a background in political science who was the official spokesperson for the administration of Ehud Olmert. It will be interesting to see if she relates to Olmert's remarks in the United States this week. Eisen's mother, Annette Bodie, is one of the volunteers in charge of ESRA's database and received her own ESRA award in 2010.
■ THE PREMIER screening of the new, award winning documentary, The Resort, hosted by the World Forum of Russian Jewry (WFRJ), took place last week at a screening room in New York's Times Square. Attendees at the screening included Israel Consul General in New York Ido Aharoni; vice president of the American Forum of Russian Jewry Dr. Igor Branovan; director of the Anti- Defamation League New York region Ron Meier and Svetlana Portnyansky, producer of The Resort, which is about the Theresienstadt internment camp, used as a model by the Nazis to dispel rumors of extermination camps by giving the false impression that Jews were being held in resortlike conditions. The film demonstrates the lie behind the façade.
Approximately 90 percent of the Jews concentrated in Theresienstadt were murdered by the Nazis. By the end of the war, only 19,000 Jews had survived out of the 160,000 who had been sent to Theresienstadt.
"The Resort is a very important film that tells the unique story of the exceptional Jews of Theresienstadt who refused to allow the Nazis to break their communal spirit," said WFRJ president Alexander Levin at a reception prior to the screening.
"This is a story everyone should know about, and WFRJ is proud to sponsor this important event to help share the story of these special Jews who, even when facing Nazi atrocities, maintained their hope and courage."
The movie reveals an unexpected story of a congregation of the brightest minds and the most elite and well-regarded intellectuals and artists of the European Jewish world collectively refusing to accept the likelihood of their tragic fate and collaborating even under the harshest of circumstances.
These artists, poets, writers, philosophers and composers left behind mind-boggling evidence of the cultural grandeur experienced at Theresienstadt despite the circumstances under which they lived.
The Resort has already received its first award at the Houston International Film Festival and has been chosen to be shown at the Montreal World Film Festival.
■ ISRAEL RADIO'S political analyst and commentator Hanan Kristal, said that at the Likud primary he had seen portraits of Menachem Begin and Vladimir Jabotinsky on either side of the stage and at the Labor primary he'd seen portraits of Yitzhak Rabin and David Ben-Gurion, but in his view today's Likud bears no resemblance to the ideology of Begin and Jabotinsky, and likewise today's Labor has lost the ideology of Rabin and Ben-Gurion.
■ FORMER KNESSET Speaker Szewach Weiss, interviewed on Israel Radio on the day that the results of the Labor primary were announced, said that the primaries don't have the excitement of yesteryear because party members who used to regard Labor headquarters as a community-cum-cultural center no longer hang out there on a regular basis the way they used to, and the buzz of eager anticipation of past years no longer exists..
■ OF ALL the gimmicks used in the Labor primary, supporters of Stav Shaffir probably came up with the most visible form of identification with their candidate. They wore red wigs.
■ NOT ONLY did the Likud princes lose their Knesset seats, but it seems that Dalia Itzik, the first and so far only woman to serve as Knesset speaker and acting president of the State, may, in this, her 20th anniversary year as a legislator, be kissing the Knesset goodbye. Itzik, who chairs the Kadima parliamentary group, remained loyal to the party, while others deserted the sinking ship to join forces with other parties and in some cases won realistic slots in both the Likud and Labor primaries. Itzik, who during her parliamentary career also served in three ministerial posts, has only a day left in which to decide whether she will remain with Kadima or will follow those who have defected and joined former Kadima leader Tzipi Livni, whose photograph in animated discussion with outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haim Saban at the Saban Forum in Washington over the weekend was plastered over much of the Israeli media. The photograph was doubtless good publicity for Livni in her campaign and hinted that Saban, who is most politically inclined and gives generously to many Israeli causes, may be one of her financial backers.
■ QUITE A number of Labor supporters voiced reservations about Merav Michaeli's assured entry into the 19th Knesset on the grounds that her views are too far Left. Others were also concerned that her outspokenness and disdain for what is considered to be politically correct would be harmful to Labor's image. On the other hand, it will be interesting to watch Michaeli tackle the shrewish Miri Regev, whose ranting in the Knesset and in radio and television interviews have caused many members of her gender to recoil in horror.
There should be quite a few interesting cat fights in the Knesset next year. Michaeli's election to fifth slot only a little over a month after joining the Labor Party is in a sense a vindication of her grandfather Israel Kastner, who was assassinated in 1957 after being found guilty of collaborating with the Nazis. Michaeli, who was born nine years later, has lived in the shadow of that accusation for much of her life even though the court subsequently revoked its decision. By that time it was much too late for his family.
■ AS AN Australian-Israeli, the writer of this column was always proud of the fact that Australia cast the first 'yes' vote in November, 1947 when the United Nations voted on the partition of Palestine. She was not as happy on November 29 this year, when Australia abstained from voting because Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who wanted Australia to vote 'no' with regard to upgrading Palestinian status, was forced to yield to pressures within her party. There were mixed responses to the decision.
Here are some extracts from a speech delivered in Australia's House of Representatives on that date by Liberal MP Tony Smith, who represents the electorate of Casey in Victoria: "In so many ways, the conflict between Israel and Hamas terrorists is a struggle between the enlightened values of a modern democracy and the beknighted values of mediaeval theocracy; a struggle between Jerusalem, where women serve as Supreme Court justices, and Gaza, where a woman's sworn testimony is worth half that of a man's; a struggle between a government that rules by the ballot and a government that rules by the bullet; a struggle between a society in which liberty of conscience is protected and a society in which freedom of speech is rejected.
At its essence it is a struggle between civilization and barbarism.
"These are harsh words, but it is time for some straight talk; time to assess the cold, hard facts in the cold, hard light of day. Those facts reveal that Hamas is an armed and dangerous terrorist movement with mass murder on its mind.
"It not only seeks the destruction of Israel as a political entity but also craves the extermination of every Jewish man, woman and child. You do not need to take my word for it.
Article 7 of the Hamas covenant declares: '… the Islamic Resistance Movement aspires to realize the promise of Allah, no matter how long it takes. The Prophet, Allah's prayer and peace be upon him, says: "The hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews… when the Jews hide behind trees and stones, and each tree and stone will say: 'Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'" "In other words, the official doctrine of Hamas preaches that the coming of the Mahdi, the Islamic redeemer, will be ushered in by divinely inspired genocidal slaughter of the Jews.
"The movement is not very fond of gays either. Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar calls homosexuals 'a minority of perverts and the mentally and morally sick.' "Nor has the Arab Christian community of Gaza fared too well under Hamas rule. There has not been a Christmas tree in the central square of Gaza City since Hamas seized total power in 2007. A few years ago, the Palestinian Christian manager of a Gaza Bible Society bookstore was shot dead after being accused of evangelizing on behalf of his faith.
"The contempt shown by Hamas for the most fundamental principles of liberty should come as no surprise.
After all, no one should be surprised that theocrats do not turn out to be democrats. But what is astounding is the aid and comfort offered to hardline Islamic extremists by hardline Australian leftists.
"This past weekend, a few hundred protesters assembled in Sydney to denounce Israel for having the temerity to defend itself from incessant Hamas rocket fire. The Greens were there, Marxists were there and so were some jihadi sympathizers.
"While speaking on the Middle East, I would be remiss if I did not mention this government's disgraceful reversal of policy at the United Nations. Foreign Minister Carr describes Australia's decision to abstain from the General Assembly vote on the elevation of Palestine's status as 'a good compromise.' But it was no compromise; it was a cavein.
It was a cave-in by a beleaguered prime minister prepared to sacrifice anything, including support for Israel, on the altar of her own political survival.
"We all want to see a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but this will only be possible when those pledged to Israel's destruction finally see the error of their ways. The upgrade of Palestine's status at the UN will set back the prospects of peace."
■ ON THE local scene, it's doubtful that Australian Ambassador Andrea Falkner had considered having a Hanukka party at her residence next week, but it may turn out that way at a reception that she will be hosting for an Australian delegation of neuroscientists who are coming to Israel under the Australia Israel Research Exchange agreement. The delegation will be led by Dr. Alan Finkel, chancellor of Monash University in Victoria and president-elect of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Also in the delegation, which includes leading neuroscientists from ATSE, the Melbourne Brain Center, Neuroscience Research Australia, the Australian National University, the Mental Health Research Institute, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the University of Queensland, the Australian Neuroscience Society, the University of Western Australia, Hunter New England Health and Florey Neuroscience Institute, will be Australian Neuroscience Society president Prof. John Rostas.
■ POLISH AMBASSADOR Jacek Chodorowicz has been keeping a low profile, but on Sunday, December 9, he will participate in a memorial tribute to famed Jewish educator Janusz Korczak, who, in August 1942, declined the offer to save himself and together with members of his staff, accompanied the children in his care to the notorious death camp of Treblinka.
Korczak, whose real name was Henryk Goldszmit, became a hero of both the Jews and the Poles.
His memory was perpetuated in postwar Poland, even at the height of anti-Semitism. During the period in which diplomatic relations between Israel and Poland were severed, Polish representatives nevertheless came to Israel for Korczak memorial events and Israelis went to Poland for the same reason.
Massua, the International Institute for Holocaust Studies, in conjunction with the Polish Institute is hosting a seminar to compare the ways in which Korczak is memorialized in Israel and in Poland. One of the speakers at the Massua tribute to Janusz Korczak will be Prof. Jacek Leociak, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the deputydirector of the Korczak Heritage Research Institute. In the evening ,Chodorowicz will host a Hanukka party at his residence in keeping with a tradition established by his predecessor, Agnieszka Magdziak Miszewska, who throughout her tenure in Israel held a Hanukka party every year.
■ WOMEN HAVE broken through the glass ceiling in most professions and can be seen in executive positions in business, government, academia and in numerous institutions and organizations. A 200-strong representative gathering of such women met last Friday at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv under the auspices of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, and took delight in discovering in just how many fields women are being accepted on the basis of their talents, their know-how and their experience. One of the highlights of the meeting was women in top spots in different professions interviewing each other.
Among the interviewees were president of Hapoel Beersheba Football Club Alona Barkat and Yafit Greenberg, known professionally as Gimmel Yafit, who has become a television and radio fixture through the commercials she creates and stars in through her own advertising agency.
■ WHENEVER ISRAEL is in real trouble, Diaspora Jews show up in droves to lend moral and financial support. In most cases they are members of religious organizations.
This was particularly evident during the first and second intifadas, when many non-kosher restaurants around the country became kosher because they weren't getting as much business as the kosher restaurants, which had a steady stream of diners from abroad.
Religious organizations, primarily from the United States, were in the forefront of solidarity missions during Operation Defensive Shield.
Some also came in the immediate aftermath to see where their help was needed. Among them was a large contingent of men and women from AMIT USA who came to Israel to identify with the country and with the citizens living under constant fear of rocket attacks. Last week the AMIT delegation paid a condolence call on the Amsalem family, whose son, Itsik was killed when a missile fired from Gaza struck their home in Kiryat Malachi.
AMIT president Debbie Isaac told the family that the group represented thousands of AMIT members in the US who both sympathized and empathized with their loss and who wanted them to know that, "When we heard that an AMIT graduate has been killed, we couldn't stay away- we felt we had to be here. AMIT is a family and we felt we lost a son." Isaac said that AMIT will grant Itsik's brother, Shimon, a scholarship and will continue to aid him and his family after he graduates.
Itsik's father, Chaim Amsalem, has told the group about the hardships the family had endured after the initial trauma.. "Apart from the shock over the terrible tragedy of Itsik's death, our apartment is ruined. It'll take a long time to rebuild it, but we are trying to go on nonetheless." The family is currently staying in a hotel in Ashkelon and is finding it difficult to get back to normal life. Itsik's mother is haunted by the fact that she was unable to drag Itsik to safety when the missile landed in their living room.
Itsik was a graduate of the AMIT school in Kiryat Malachi, where the delegation visited earlier in the day, met with students and heard from them about their experiences during the series of red alerts.
■ LEKET, THE National Food Bank founded by Joseph Gitler, will hold its annual gala on January 12, 2013 at Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu. In addition to marking nine years of promoting nutritional security for Israel's needy, Leket will be honoring two individuals and one business group in recognition of their unstinting support.
Ruth Rappoport, who is known for embracing many worthy causes, will receive Leket's True Friend Award, while Gershon Simkins will be the recipient of the Distinguished Volunteer Award.
The Strauss Group will receive the Award for Corporate Social Change. The Strauss Group was partially responsible for the rise of the social justice movement, whose members were not prepared to pay the high cost of cottage cheese and other dairy products. It must be noted that Ofra Strauss, who heads the Strauss Group, is involved with numerous philanthropic causes. But some people can't see past their cottage and automatically brand tycoons as heartless money-grabbers instead of taking note of the fact that they also give money to worthy causes.
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text: Let's just get this out of the way right now so no one has to think about this game ever again. For the second time this season, the median predicted scores for the two teams were the same, but the median margin of victory was Northwestern +3. The first time was the Ohio State game. So, I guess at least now we know that if the consensus among Northwestern predictions suggests a tie game, we should expect a soul-crushing loss.


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With the latest suspension for Game 3, Radulov is officially the Predators VY. I can't look at it any other way.
Just like VY, he thought his skill and talent put him above the team. He thought the team rules applied to others and not him.
Just like VY, who had a reputation for not being all in, his effort on Sunday was appalling by those who have played the game. Some on the thread were offended that NBC got a switch off the big tree and proceed to use it on him during an intermission. Not me.
Just like VY, I had my doubts about him but I was willing to set those aside if he helped the Predators win. After Sunday and this NO MORE!
I hope Poile and Trotz make him a permanent scratch for the rest of the playoffs. He doesn't deserve to be on the ice with our team.
If you watched HBO's 24/7 Rangers/Flyers. The Rangers coach kept making Sean Avery a healthy scratch every night. Eventually, the Rangers released him and sent him back to their top minor league team. With the number one headache down in the minors, the Rangers have flourished as the top team in the Eastern conference. This team and this organization have flourished without Radulov and still can. Starting tomorrow night the return of Predators hockey and we get back in this series.


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Chris Brown and Rihanna Will Soon Make Public Couple Debut
A source close to Chris Brown says it won't be much longer before he and Rihanna make their public debut as a bona fide couple. Breezy reportedly 'cares about' Karrueche Tran, but has finally realized that his place is with Rihanna.
According to a report from Hollywood Life, the source says that the recent public sightings of Breezy and Rihanna in New York are leading up to that big public debut.
"I know [Chris] cares about [Karrueche Tran], trust me, he cares about her a lot, but I think in the back of his mind he knows he belongs with Rihanna. And Rihanna knows that too because she's the one who's been on his a** constantly. She's been charging him real hard for the past — how many months — like 6. She's on it hard and she ain't going to stop until he's all hers. She know what she's doing. Oh well, at least they both can go about their business in public instead of doing their dirt in the middle of the sea and sh** like that. I'm happy for them," the source says.
Do you believe this will really happen? Will Chris and Rihanna go public as a real couple? Will they live together and go about their daily business like a normal couple, too?
It would seem that there might be serious trust issues between Chris and RiRi that need working out before they take up residence together. His time with Karrueche Tran and her purported time (in bed) with Drake not only require explaining, but forgiveness and a willing to move on as well.
If there is a very public debut for Chris Brown and Rihanna as a couple in the near future, how do you think it will play itself out? Will there be a big announcement at a party or will Rihanna find a way to do something momentous on stage?
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I've vlogged (i.e. video blogged) about the Wise Leader's Way, a simple 3-step formula to turn you into a more successful leader.
This real-life case study shows you another example of the Wise Leader's Way in action.
I had a sushi lunch yesterday at a Sakae Sushi, a Singapore-based "trendy, quick-service kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi concept that has become synonymous with a fun-filled, value-for-money and healthy dining experience." (as quoted from their website)
I expected and got a tasty meal at a fair price. What I didn't expect was a refreshing example of the Wise Leader's Way.
Putting 'Service' Back In 'Customer Service'
As we stepped up to the front door of the restaurant, we were greeted with a warm smile by a gentleman in a light gray shirt, dark dress pants and a tie. He motioned us to follow a server to our table.
Minutes later, we noticed him talking to a server who was new on the job. He told her what it meant to work in the service industry, and how being more attentive at her job would go a long way.
We enjoyed stellar customer service from start to finish. When my dining companion choked on a piece of wasabi, he was by our side in seconds with a glass of lukewarm water and words of care and concern.
For us, this is an extremely rare sight in local food & beverage outlets. We're more used to seeing wait staff get scolded or shouted at for not doing their job well, and non-attentive servers are often the norm. This was a breath of fresh air. We had to learn more.
"Every work encounter can be a teaching moment for your staff. Use it wisely." – Maya Mathias Click To Tweet!
How Andrew Lim Used the 3-Step Wise Leader's Way
1. What's Really Going On?
We chatted with the gentleman in between our main course and dessert. He told us his name (Andrew Lim), that this was his first full week as an area manager at Sakae Sushi, and that he was at the restaurant to learn more about how the business worked.
With several years of experience in the food & beverage industry under his belt, Andrew had developed strong ideas about what it means to serve the customer. Unlike many food outlets that seemed to only be interested in 'going for the kill' and pushing as many menu items onto the customer as possible, Andrew had come to realize that a great customer experience meant more repeat visits and, eventually, much greater customer lifetime value.
Andrew wisely put himself in his customer's shoes and wondered "Why and how does great customer service impact the bottom line? And what can I do to nurture excellent service?"
2. What Alternatives Are Available?
After considering the many ways this could be accomplished, Andrew had decided to lead by example and use any instance of a poor attitude as a teaching moment. He believes that change happens one server at a time, one restaurant at a time, and he was willing to guide young staff members on their career path in the food & beverage industry.
3. What Would His Role Model Do?
We didn't chat about Andrew's specific role models, but it was clear from his words & behavior that he admired managers who
- lead from the front by modeling the actions they want to see and inculcate
- believe in nurturing and serving customers for the long haul
- focus on using the human touch with customers and coworkers
How have these beliefs served Andrew? They have propelled him into a managerial position in the industry, and he dreams of one day opening his own restaurant to serve up healthy doses of customer service that sells. With his focused dedication, I know he will succeed and wish him the very best.
Like this story? Does it help you appreciate the Wise Leader's Way even more? How will you use the Wise Leader's Way in your job? Share your thoughts & results in the comments below.
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Melissa Putnam dropped her son Evan off at daycare and headed to work, but there was something different about him she picked him up.Putnam said she called LA East Daycare in Beckley to get some answers. She wasn't happy with what she heard."They were left unattended long enough for them to get into a building or facility that was within the playground area of the children, spill a can of gas and begin splashing around in it," Putnam said.She then proceeded to climb the ropes of law enforcement, but was told no crime occurred."I believe LA East did take corrective measures to ensure children wouldn't be exposed to that in the future," said Capt. Jeff Shumate, with the Beckley Police Department.Shumate said when it comes to who's keeping an eye on your children, do your research."Most of those daycares will have people that you can contact who they've cared for those children," Shumate said. "And I would advise, contact those parents and see if they've had any issues with the childcare provider."Putnam said she's thankful the incident wasn't worse."As Kristen Keller mentioned, 'What if mom or dad had been a smoker?' Well we both are," she said. "It just so happens, by the grace of God that day, my husband didn't light up on the way home."
The owner of LA East Daycare said this was an isolated incident with a gas can in a building with a lawn mower. He said corrective measures have been taken, and he is sorry it occurred.


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The Ravens offense performance last year wasn't up to expectation and some believe that the lack of speed on the field was the reason for its down fall. The Ravens offense had new faces/players playing out of their original position such as David Reed, Ed Dickson, Anquan Boldin, Marshall Yanda, Michael Oher, Donte Stallworth, Dennis Pitta, and T.J Housmanzadeh.
The Ravens offense would seem to be unstoppable with so much talent but they were stoppable. The Ravens offense showed flashes of explosiveness but why wasn't it explosive all the time? Was it because Derrick Mason is 37? Was it because Cam Cameron didn't know what he was doing? Was it because T.J Housmanzadeh is 33? Was it because Boldin is 30? Was it because our starter wipeouts were slow? Was it because Michael Oher isn't a fit for the blind side? And was it because Donte Stall worth wasn't used much? The answer is not what I stated above but the real answer is the lack of chemistry.
The Ravens indeed lost a great deal of chemistry by trading Mark Clayton and losing Jared Gaither to Injuries. Cam Cameron play calling/Slow wipeouts on field gets most of the blame for the offense down fall but how can you expect anything to work if their isn't consistent chemistry. Joe Flacco/Cam Cameron was faced with an offense with no connection of consistent chemistry and this is why you had games where play calling didn't turn out right, Joe Flacco not seeing Anquan Boldin wide open, offensive linemen looking lost, and etc.
The Ravens do need to draft a young/fast wideout but that is not their revolution for their offense but instead more chemistry is. If the Ravens can go 12-4 with an offense with lack of chemistry then imagine how it would be once chemistry is truly at the level it supposes to be. The Ravens offense also would benefit from a player that provide energy like Anquan Boldin with his speeches, a play maker like Desean Jackson, entertainer/ dancer like a Kelly Washington, and more leadership. The Ravens offense yet again will be face with some changes and hopefully the changes doesn't effect the chemistry like last year offense.


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Cycling in Brisbane Australia
This junction at the corner of Herschel Street & North Quay (a key entry point to the bikeway) has been a joke for years but the recent 'upgrade' has made it worse.
Council had MONTHS to fix this and they only started on it just prior to the bikeway reopening recently. It's disgusting.
It has been like this for a few months now. Flashy, visible bikeways are all well and good but when they can't even get the BASICS right, what hope is there?
My suggestions to improve this:
Also, here is another photo illustrating the general disregard for pedestrians in this city.
(Corner of Hamilton Place & O'Connell Terrace, Bowen Hills)
That large box (I think) is part of the traffic control system for the new (fugly) overpass which ends just near the Courier Mail building in Bowen Hills. WTF does it have to be THERE? WHY?
As you can see, not only is the footpath surface nice and smooth for the elderly & wheelchairs but they have numerous 'traffic calming' devices to slow them down. We can't give those freeloaders quality now can we? Meanwhile the road is smooth & unobstructed.
If anyone from council reads this, can you people please do a proper job? It's like nobody really gives a $#!t and that's really making me angry, very angry.
This makes me want to earn less, pay less tax and tax deduct every thing I possibly can... I don't do this currently because I think taxes are important. However, when Governments show flagrant disregard for citizens (and the money earned from them) it makes me think twice, it really does.
Does one have to slip and sue Council to see anything change? If so, that can be arranged.
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Has anyone raised this one with BCC?
At the end when they turn off onto a contraflow lane there's a series of raised yellow kerb units. They would be OK if they had reflectors & edge posts along them but as they are they would be too easy for people to not see in the dark or wet weather. Locals who use the route regularly might remember them but visitors would have no warning of them.
I ride there frequently and they don't bother me... but then I don't fang around that corner quite that fast. Big & yellow and from memory, retroflective. If they weren't there I'm sure motorists would either sit on the lane or park on it. Perhaps a better solution is a line of planting - preferably something that flowers. :)
As for visitors to the area who might not have any warning of them, surely if someone has never ridden there before they would turn the corner with care?
That reminds me of some women from Adelaide who came here complaining about the 'grates' up on Parkland Drive at Roma Street Parklands and how they were a terrible danger. I was trying to work out what the hell she was on about (as that's my regular route) and I discovered that she was riding well IN the gutter and the width of the grills wouldn't allow a 23mm wheel to pass through... ever. Of course she 'noticed' the hazard and felt the need to report it.
If it is a hazard, and you see it, is it really a hazard?
I agree with Paul.
I have had no problems with them , first off you should not be crossing them as they are the lane boundary & they stop cars from parking there.
plus there bright yellow
In a perfect world we'd all notice such things but the fact is that sometimes we miss things for various reasons. (Like cars should see bikes but too often SMIDSY.) In Sydney when I was much younger & less experienced I once crashed over a central median island because I took a corner too wide in wet conditions at night and simply didn't notice the concrete strip that was disguised by the light shadows. OK it taught me to watch more carefully but I could have easily been killed if the on-coming traffic didn't stop.
I've got good night vision but not everyone has. My wife and many people I've spoken to mention that they just can't see things well at night.
In the case of those kerb units I'll admit I've only seen them in the film and most people will notice them in most conditions. But there are people & conditions in which they will not be so easy to notice. So why not build it more visible in the first place. Did they originally have edge posts so locals noticed them when they were new, shiny & more visible. But the posts have been broken off and not maintained while the kerb has dulled with age?
In the case of the gully grates, I've never had a problem with them although they can be annoying when trying to cut up the inside of traffic queues. (Perfectly legal.) But I do know that many people are not so aware of them and they have caused serious crashes. One guy I was riding with up a hill had a car cut too close to him and the rider had no choice to try to ride over the grate. He fell into it, ruined his front wheel and fell off. Luckily he was going slow, managed to almost stop and didn't fall badly on the road under traffic. The fact is that those grates do cause crashes, are a legal liability for councils and there is simply no reason why cycle friendly grates can't be used. Most road & storm water designers of the time simply did not think about the hazard they created for bikes or pedestrians. These days, "cycle friendly" grates is used by DMR & councils and I doubt you could even buy one that bike wheels can fall down. (Although be careful of the TMR ones that have parallel raised bars that can "tram track" race wheels. They can still cause a crash.)
"The fact is that those grates do cause crashes"
The ones she was complaining about certainly don't cause crashes and never could. Physically impossible as the grills are far too narrow. Not quite sure what she was expecting there - flyscreen?


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JERUSALEM — Israel deported two pro-Palestinian activists overnight, but another 118 were still in custody after flying into Israel as part of a pro-Palestinian protest, an Israeli official said Sunday.
"A couple of Belgians were returned overnight, and 118 pro-Palestinian activists are still being held in our prisons," immigration service spokeswoman Sabine Hadad told AFP.
"We hope it will be possible to return them to their home countries in the next 48 hours. It will depend on what spaces are available on departing flights," she added.
The activists are currently being held in Beersheva's Ela prison, in southern Israel and the Guivon prison in Ramleh, near Tel Aviv.
Most of the activists being held are French, but nationals from the United States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Holland and Spain were also in detention.
The activists were participating in the "Welcome to Palestine" campaign in which up to 800 activists planned to fly into Israel and head to the Palestinian territories on a peaceful mission to visit Palestinian families.
Israeli authorities mobilised diplomatic and security forces to try to head off the incoming activists.
Officials said that by notifying foreign airlines of ticket-holders who would not be admitted to Israel, they had prevented hundreds from boarding at their ports of departure.
Of those who managed to arrive, four activists from Germany and Holland were authorised to stay after giving a written commitment "not to provoke disorder" and "to avoid places of (Israeli-Palestinian) confrontation."
Israeli news website Ynet said on Saturday that around 50 European pro-Palestinian activists who managed to enter Israel despite the security procedures at Ben Gurion Airport had crossed into the West Bank.
The "Welcome to Palestine" campaign took place as a flotilla of ships trying to break a blockade on Gaza was prevented from leaving Greece.
The timing of the fly-in campaign led some to dub it a "flytilla," although organisers denied their mission was linked to the attempt to run the blockade.
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Have you heard I like Anibal Sanchez this year? No? What rock have you been living under? Does your rock have an address? Do you get mail addressed to "Rock?" If someone throws a rock onto your street, does it confuse the postman?Please, blog, may I have some more?
2012 Fantasy Baseball Draft
This is almost the end of the 2012 fantasy baseball rankings. With these top 80 starters for 2012 fantasy baseball, there's a few names that I'm really gunning for on my teams… My deeper teams. On last year's top 80, there were a few guys that shot up the rankings (Hellickson, Anibal, Garza and Zimmermann), so I imagine a lot of you won't need most of the names on this list, but there will be some.Please, blog, may I have some more?
If you got into football a little early (shame on you) and stopped paying attention to baseball, you probably missed out on what Salvador Perez did. He got 158 plate appearances for the Royals down the stretch and hit .331/.361/.473 with three HRs.Please, blog, may I have some more?
In our 2012 fantasy baseball rankings, we've gone over so many flippin' players I've lost track. This is, I believe, the top 60 starters for 2012 fantasy baseball, but you're best to check the title to be sure. If it is indeed the top 60 starters, then you're in luck.Please, blog, may I have some more?
The royal we just went over the top 20 starters for 2012 fantasy baseball. For those that skipped the title, this post is the top 40 starters for 2012 fantasy baseball. If you're looking for the hitters, it's under the 2012 fantasy baseball rankings, which is also at the top of the page.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Well, that took care of the hitters. They're done. That cake is done. Unless you count Utility-only players, the Hall of Fame committee doesn't count them, not sure why you do. Maybe you like players so unathletic that they can't even play first.Please, blog, may I have some more?
I'm no Nostradumbass, but I'm telling you there's not going to be a whole lot of greatness coming out of this post. We're Cousteau deep right now. The first tier have some nice flyers that you may drop after a week or so and the other schmohawks in this post are, well, schmohawks.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Brad Peacock isn't even ranked in the top 150 starters for CBS. Then again they have Javier Vazquez ranked 47th overall and he retired, so there's that. Here's what I said when he was traded to the A's, "Peacock had a great season in Double- and Triple-A last year, putting up a 2.39 ERA and a 177/47 K/BB line.Please, blog, may I have some more?
With more outfielders than random hairs growing from my grandfather's ear, we take it to the top 60 outfielders for 2012 fantasy baseball. And, just like your grandfather's ear hair, a lot of these guys are gross. I don't know what happened to the outfielders, they just went and got ugly.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Traditionally, the backstop has been a bitter bane of the fantasy owner's existence. Owners either spent mega-dollars on one of the heavy hitters at the position or contented themselves to spend the season with a Kurt-Suzuki–sized hole in their lineups. The mayhem came to a crescendo a few years back when Joe Mauer's ADP crept into the 1st round.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Pic: Miesha Tate shows off her 'awesome' butt, expects Ronda Rousey to follow suit
UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey may think her fellow Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 18 coach Miesha Tate is "fake," but that "awesome" butt of hers (via Instagram) is 100-percent real. "Cupcake" credits the stretch pants for her perfect posterior and expects "Rowdy" to go out and pick herself up a pair ... perhaps suggesting her UFC 168 opponent needs a bigger spare tire in her trunk? We'll see who makes an ass of themselves on Dec. 28 in Las Vegas.


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Softball drops two on first day of USF The Game Tournament
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The JU softball team didn't have the same luck they had on its side yesterday after dropping contests to No. 21 Texas Tech, 5-1, and Colorado State, 2-1, on Friday in the first day of the USF The Game Tournament in Clearwater, Fla.
The Red Raiders (31-1) used a two-out grand slam in the top of the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie against the Dolphins (16-11) for the win. The Rams (6-23) got two early runs and used a strong performance to secure the victory in the second game.
"We weren't as sharp as we could have been today," said JU head coach Amanda Lehotak. "There were missed opportunities in both games that could have helped us get two wins. We will learn from the mistakes tonight and look for a better day on Saturday."
Offensively, junior Amanda Schmidt homered against the Red Raiders, while freshman Karson Tuck finished with two hits. Junior Brittany Eppley had an RBI double in the second game.
Junior Sarah Sigrest (8-4) took the loss in the first game after allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits, four walks and four strikeouts in seven innings. Sophomore Olivia Kline (8-5) was tagged with the loss against the Rams, allowing two runs on five hits in 4.2 innings. Eppley struck out two in 1.1 scoreless relief frames.
Against Texas Tech, freshman Meagan Balding and Tuck led off the second inning for JU with singles, while Kline advanced the runners to second and third in the next at-bat on a ground out. Senior Katie Kelly tried to bunt pinch runner senior Annike Don in from third with a suicide squeeze, but Red Raider first baseman Sandy Jenkins was able to throw Don out at home. Texas Tech starter and eventual winning pitcher Kelsey Dennis followed by getting Eppley to fly out to right field to end the inning.
In the third inning, Mikey Kenney drew a one-out walk for the Red Raiders. Stephanie Drewry followed with a sharp single to third that got thrown around the Dolphins infield which allowed Kenney to score for the 1-0 Texas Tech lead.
The Red Raiders got two on with two outs in the fifth inning, but senior Katarina Engler made a diving catch in left field to keep the JU deficit at 1-0.
Schmidt redeemed herself from a third inning error in the sixth for JU by tying the game at one on a two-out home run to left field.
In the top of the seventh inning, Sigrest got the first two hitters out before allowing a single to Kenney. Drewry followed with a single, while Emily Bledsoe was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Sigrest went to a 2-2 count on Cydney Allen, but she hit a long fly ball over the left field fence to clear the bases and give Texas Tech a 5-1 advantage.
Tuck led off the JU seventh inning with a single to center field, but Dennis got a force out at second and retired the next two batters to secure the Red Raiders victory.
Dennis (9-0) scattered four hits and struck out six in seven innings to stay perfect on the season.
Against Colorado State, the Rams took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on two-out bases loaded hit by pitch.
With two outs in the Rams fourth inning, Brianna Donahue drew a walk off of Kline. Morgan Doughty advanced Donahue to third with a single to right field in the next at-bat. Ivory Allen laced a sharp single off Kline's glove which allowed Donahue to score and gave Colorado State a 2-0 advantage.
The Dolphins scratched across a run in the fifth inning Eppley doubled home sophomore Morgan Kibler to cut the deficit to 2-1. Kline followed with a walk, but Rams reliever Kelsey Jo O'Brien got junior Kayla Ouellet to fly out to left field to end the inning.
O'Brien pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh inning to secure the Rams win.
Rams' starter Kelli Eubanks (1-0) earned the win after pitching four scoreless frames on no hits and four strikeouts. O'Brien allowed one run on two hits in three relief frames.
The Dolphins look to bounce back in the tournament tomorrow against Dartmouth at 12:30 p.m. They will round out the day against Winthrop at 5:30 p.m.


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A Valentine's Day message from Lionel Richie!
- 2:15 pm Friday, February 14th, 2014 by Post Staff
Lionel Richie gives a special Valentine's Day Shout Out!
Click here to see his video message
Richie announced this week the extension of his worldwide tour "All The Hits All Night Long" which comes to Cruzan Amphitheatre in July. Tickets go on sale Feb.21 with Live Nation.
Stroll Antique Row in West Palm Beach this Friday
- 11:18 am Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 by Staci Sturrock
The South Dixie Antique Row Association is starting a new tradition this Friday, Dec. 13: a Holiday Stroll through the boutiques and galleries that will benefit Toys For Tots.
The stroll will take place from 5 to 8:30 p.m., and music, complimentary treats and drinks are on the agenda.
Marine Corps reservists will be on hand to collect toys and donations for Toys for Tots.
Antique Row is on South Dixie Highway, between Belvedere Road and Southern Boulevard, in West Palm Beach.
A look at the Worth Ave. tree lighting
- 11:43 am Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 by Dan Scapusio
Ann Norton Sculpture Garden sets up Holiday House
- 9:06 am Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 by Staci Sturrock
The busy elves at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens work year-round for this moment: the opening of the annual Holiday House.
Now in its seventh year, Holiday House is home to clothing, furniture, artwork, collectibles and decorative items — new, vintage and designer.
Located on the grounds of the West Palm Beach sculpture garden, the house is open Nov. 21 to Dec. 6 (Wednesdays through Sundays) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and during the Festival of Trees (Dec. 7-14) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m.
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Christmas comes early for 'The Best Man Holiday' at the box office
- 4:39 pm Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 by Kevin D. Thompson
If anyone still needs proof that black folks do go to the movies, I present the following evidence: "The Best Man Holiday" grosses over $30 million this weekend — coming very close to besting "Thor: The Dark World," which earned $38 million. While everyone seems shocked that "The Best Man Holiday", a sequel to 1999's "The Best Man," did so well, I'm not.
For starters, black audiences are always hungry to see themselves on the big screen — and not just in a Tyler Perry movie. Case in point: "Lee Daniel's The Butler" grossed over $100 million. That "The Best Man [More]
Junior League's holiday market to deck Convention Center halls
- 3:31 pm Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 by Staci Sturrock
'Tis the season to go shopping, and on Saturday at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, more than 100 local, national and international vendors will sell upscale clothing, handmade gifts and droolworthy jewelry.
The occasion: the Deck the Palms Holiday Market. The hostesses: members of the Junior League of the Palm Beaches. The draw: dancers, singers and bands; gourmet concessions; raffles; and a visit from Santa Claus.
Now in its third year, the market is expected to attract well over 1,000 shoppers. Doors open to the general public at 10:30 a.m., and the browsing and buying will continue through 6 p.m.
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Choose Your Nutcracker
- 12:31 pm Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 by Barbara Marshall
Whether you call the little girl central to the story "Clara" or "Marie," The Nutcracker defines the Christmas season for dance fans. This year, two companies bracket the holidays with performances set to Tchaikovsky's classic score.
This year, Ballet Palm Beach releves up to the barre by performing the season's first local Nutcracker on Thanksgiving weekend. The small Palm Beach Gardens-based company, along with dance students from The Esther Center, brings four shows to the Eissey Theater from Friday, November 20 through Sunday, December 1. Tickets are $15 to $35 available at www.balletpalmbeach.org.
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"The Rockettes" add new show and what to do with the kids on Monday
- 10:38 am Friday, November 8th, 2013 by Janis Fontaine
This just in…
If you were disappointed that tickets to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes at the Kravis Center were sold out, here's another chance to see the dazzling scenery and special effects and sparkling costumes on a 50-foot LED screen at 5 p.m. Friday Dec. 6 and 11 a.m. Saturday Dec. 7. Tickets start at $25. Info: 561-832-7469; Kravis.org
And speaking of stages…
Wondering what to do with your child on Monday? Join the fun at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre with a free, fun-filled "Monday Funday" Open House from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, from 1 [More]
Dentists buy back Halloween candy for U.S. troops
- 10:54 am Thursday, October 31st, 2013 by Carlos Frías
Don't stash that excess Halloween candy with the Christmas gifts.
The dentists of America have a better idea: They'll buy it back from your kids.
Starting Friday, the day offices everywhere will be flush with Halloween booty, dentists will be offering prizes—even cash—for excesses of candy they will donate to Operation Gratitude/Treats for Troops, which will ship the candy to U.S. troops overseas.
"I like candy myself, but the less we eat, the better it is," said Dr. Manoj Patel, a dentist at Family Dentist of Palm Beach, whose offices will been participating in the program for the third year. "Let's be honest: [More]


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1 package frozen puff pastry, thawed
For the hazelnut filling:
1 cup hazelnut flour
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons corn syrup
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup water
Method of Preparation:
1. For the hazelnut filling, combine all ingredients.
2. Cut puff pastry into squares. Pipe the hazelnut filling down the center and fold pastry over, hiding the seam on the bottom.
3. Bake in a 400 degrees F oven for 20 minutes.
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In the latest Staring Down The Musket feature, we decided to change things up a bit. While the traditional 5-question format is fun, it can get a little tedious. So, to help us out with a little more information about the Iowa State Cyclones, we exchanged a series of emails with CanAzn of the excellent ISU blog Wide Right and Natty Lite. As you can tell by the blog name, our fan bases have a lot in common. Now, on to the exchange:
Country Roads: How's the vibe in Ames this week? I'm assuming that when the schedule came out you didn't think WVU would be one fighting for bowl eligibility this weekend. Are ISU fans even excited about this game anymore?
Wide Right and Natty Light (CanAzn): Vibe in Ames is pretty subdued this week, but that's probably because of the students being out for break. Sam Richardson has the fans really excited though, with the best debut for a Cyclone quarterback in a VERY long time.
There's no way we figured West Virginia would have 5 wins at this point. Honestly, I thought they'd be right there with OU and Texas at the top of the conference, so that shows what I know. If only you had our defense or we had your offense...
We're still very excited about welcoming new guests to Ames. We've always been a friendly fanbase, and welcoming any and all Mountaineer fans for the first time is appealing. A win against WVU likely means Tempe or San Diego for us, and that sounds a hell of a lot better than New York City. And that's not to mention seeing Tavon Austin in action. The man is amazing.
How are WVU fans feeling about the season? Did the near victory over Oklahoma give the fans some hope?
CR: We do a weekly approval poll for the coaching staff and this week's numbers are up, but there is still a feeling of discontent that will happen when you lose 5 in a row after being 5-0 and ranked 4th in the country. I think there are signs there that we could finish up with a few wins to salvage...something other than a trip to the Pinstripe Bowl. I hope WVU fans realize what a treat it is to watch Tavon in action, he's been close to the lone bright spot in WVU's offense for his entire career (apologies to Noel Devine, Geno Smith and Stedman Bailey). I would love to make the trip to Ames sometime, but this year just isn't in the cards for me. You all have been by far the most fun fan base to interact with, and it's easy to root for the Cyclones when you're not playing WVU. I get the impression that your fans pack the stadium and rock out for every game, no matter your record. Is that true? And how do you feel about Sam Richardson's impending Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week award? You have to be licking your chops to see him break out just in time for every opposing quarterback's favorite defense to come to town, right?
WRNL: Our fans definitely pack the Jack every single game. I think decades of terrible football has made us appreciate the good (very relative) seasons even more. I'll admit that it's far harder to get a ticket now than it was about 5 years ago during the Chizik era when a buddy and I traded 6 beers for an upgrade in tickets, but even when we had 2 win seasons, our attendance was still better than Baylor's with RG3. Appreciate that we're your preferred fanbase, though you'll definitely enjoy OSU and KSU's too. We've always gotten along with them. I am 99% visiting Morgantown next year, so I'm looking forward to seeing your fans' well known fanaticism in person.
Sam Richardson did his damage against KU's mediocre defense, so it remains to be seen how good he is, but I will say he couldn't have looked much better. Accuracy, timing, and decision making were all there. Luckily, it's your defense coming to town, so he should be able to pick up where he left off. Of course, West Virginia will also have the benefit of having game film to watch, so we'll see if that makes a difference.
I like that we're both Pinstripe Bowl haters. Does anyone EVER want to go to NYC?
CR: Our fans have been ridiculously fickle in recent years. Attendance was spotty during the Bill Stewart era, and everyone used the "Big East teams suck, we don't wanna go watch them" excuse ad nauseum. Then we welcome #12 Oklahoma to Morgantown for the first time ever...and have 10,000 empty seats. To me, that's sickening and a pretty good indication that our fans have been incredibly spoiled by the Rich Rodriguez era of 11-win seasons. And even in 2006, we got upset at home by USF in front of about 50,000 on a warm November Saturday. Yes, Thanksgiving break when the students are out of town has an effect, but it's still frustrating. It makes me jealous of your fan base, honestly, because that's how we used to be.
Anyway, I said all that to say this: I hope you're not disappointed next year by Morgantown. The team will be down after our offensive playmakers all graduate or declare for the NFL and no offense to you, but if fans don't turn out for #12 Oklahoma, I doubt Iowa State moves the needle much for them. Stick with the Smoking Musket crew, though, and we'll make sure you're treated right.
As for the Pinstripe Bowl, I honestly wouldn't mind if it was against a B1G Ten team instead of a Big East team. I think the reasoning there is obvious lol. And while NYC in December is pretty chilly, you have to try pretty hard not to have a good time there. Just so much to do, especially around the holidays. I'd go watch WVU play Northwestern in Yankee Stadium, but I refuse to freeze my ass off for Syracuse.
So other than Sam Richardson throwing for 3/4 of a mile, who are the other ISU playmakers on offense that will be running free through the Mountaineers secondary Friday afternoon?
WRNL: That's too bad. IF Paul Rhoads gets us to the success level that you guys are at, I certainly hope that our fans will appreciate it, instead of being spoiled. I haven't been following your attendance closely, but with how excited Mountaineer fans seemed about the Big 12, I figured they would be sold out every game, even with the disappointing record. It still gets me every time that Milan Puskar looks exactly like a bowled in Jack Trice (which should happen by 2015).
Absolutely no offense taken. We know we're "just" Iowa State, and even with some recent success, old stereotypes die hard. I'm looking forward to visiting Morgantown regardless, and will definitely hit you guys up for the tour.
That's a fair point about Pinstripe. It's also a much better drive for you guys than it is for us... and less pricey. ISU fans travel extremely well, but even so, I'm concerned about attendance if we go to NYC again.
Other than Sam Richardson, we also have 3 pretty decent running backs. None are stellar, but there's Shontrelle Johnson who is shifty and will break off big runs, Jeff Woody who's our bruiser and short yardage back, and James White, who is more or less the in between option, and was Big 12 honorable mention last year. Our receivers have been decidedly unimpressive as a whole this year, but freshman Quenton Bundrage has been getting more snaps lately and looks like he will be legit. Josh Lenz is the steady senior deep threat, who missed several games and returned last week.
As far as your defense goes, are there glimmers of progress in the last few weeks? And is there help coming next year in terms of underclassmen/recruits? I've also heard some rumblings from WVU fans that there's some buyer's remorse about joining the Big 12. I have to assume this is a vocal minority, given what's going on with realignment. Again.
CR: Mountaineer fans are definitely excited about being in the Big 12 and anyone who speaks of "buyers remorse" should be flogged on site. Other than the proximity of road games and the loss of some of our traditional rivals (which had happened anyway with Pitt and Syracuse joining Virginia Tech in the ACC), there is nothing bad about playing in a conference with better teams, more media exposure, better bowl access, and greater revenue streams. I think we need to recalibrate our expectations just a bit, as 11-1 seasons in the Big 12 are hard to come by for even the best teams. But from a national perspective, 8-4 in the Big 12 is about the same as 10-2 in the Big East. Plus, if you want to elevate the program and maybe win a national championship one day, this is the kind of company you have to keep. It's just sad to me that a string of losses (however frustrating) has had this kind of effect on the fan base where attendance is back to to Bill Stewart era levels, even for nationally televised games against TCU and Oklahoma. If we get 50,000 for Kansas it'll be a miracle.
On a personal level, I feel like there has been some glimmer of progress. Yes, we gave up 50 points to Oklahoma, but they're a darned good team. We have played very well against the run, and I feel like our pass defense is getting better in the sense that they're in the general vicinity of receivers now and are actually making some hits and playing with intensity. One issue lately has been the lack of a pass rush - I don't think we sacked Landry Jones at all, which spells doom for your secondary. I think we have some quality young players who will benefit from a lot of playing time this year. One corner (the much-maligned Pat Miller) is a senior this year, and there are only a handful of other seniors on the defense who see significant playing time. Young guys like Karl Joseph, KJ Dillon, Nana Kyeremeh, Christian Brown, and Isaac Bruce are all young guys who should serve as a solid foundation for the next few years. That being said, the coaches are definitely mining the JUCO ranks for immediate help on defense, and also at the offensive skill positions. We clearly need a stud running back (and just got a verbal from a highly ranked kid out of Butler CC) and we could use a playmaker or two at receiver as our top 3 targets will likely be departing (Tavon Austin and JD Woods to graduation, Stedman Bailey probably to the NFL draft). Unless freshman QB Ford Childress is some kind of prodigy, though, next year will likely be a rough one.
What are your personal feelings on this game? I think WVU opened as a 1 point favorite, which sounds about right to me, despite the recent slide. Are Cyclone fans feeling pretty good about closing the season with a win at home? Or are the visions of Tavon Austin running free through the Oklahoma secondary enough to keep you up at night?
WRNL: What happened to the running backs? Shawne Alston looked decent against Clemson last year, Dustin Garrison was your leading rusher last year and has seemingly fallen off the face of the earth., and Andrew Buie seems like he has potential for only being a sophomore. Along those same lines, what's happened to Geno Smith? Is it just the Big 12 or is there more to it? The guy looked unstoppable at the beginning of the year.
I think that the line sounds about right. It's going to be a good game either way. I would say we're cautiously confident in a win. Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey terrify me, but if our best corner (Jansen Watson) is back from injury, we should be able to at least limit Stedman Bailey. Tavon Austin is going to be a problem for us, as you guys are using him at RB now. After losing all Big 12er Jake Knott for the season, the defense has looked worse at just about every facet of the game, but especially tackling, which is death against Austin. The defense has been on the field so much this season (and played at such a high level for the first 7 games) that you had to expect a decline coming at some point. The defense is holding on, but is the ultimate bend but don't break D: In Big 12 Conference games only, the Cyclones have allowed more first downs than any league team (209), yet are first in the league in red zone defense. We're holding just about every team to below their season average in points, so I assume we'll do the same to the Mountaineers.
Of course, holding West Virginia to below their average still means we'll have to score a bunch of points, and the biggest thing that worried me was our offense, but that seems to be improving. If Sam Richardson repeats his performance, then we're good to go. If we're back to the sputtering we showed against Texas and Texas Tech? Screwed.
CR: Shawne Alston looked like a beast against Marshall, then promptly went out and suffered a deep thigh bruise against James Madison. He hasn't been the same since. Garrison actually tore his ACL before last year's Orange Bowl, so I'm going to assume that his struggles this year are because of that and not that he simply regressed to the mean after racking up nearly half of his 700+ yards with a 300-yard day against Bowling Green last year. And Buie's only good game has been against Texas, which I still think was the result of their defense being geared more to stopping the pass and basically ignoring our running backs. Put all that together and we're neither very talented nor very healthy at running back. Tavon Austin is obviously fantastic back there, but he's not big enough to take 15 carries a game, which is why he's primarily a slot receiver. Hopefully some of our recruits this year can come in and contribute.
Geno I think is a bit of a head case. I wrote a piece about this earlier, but he cares so much about being perfect that he has a hard time letting go and just playing, which ends up hurting his performance. One thing that I think was a big detriment was Stedman Bailey's injury against Texas Tech. As Stedman got healthy again against Okie State, Geno started to look more like himself. Those two have been playing together since high school, so I think Steddy is a bit of a security blanket for Geno. That, and the rest of our receivers not named Tavon Austin have severely underachieved. At the end of the day, Geno is a very good college quarterback who should have a chance to play in the NFL if he can become more consistent.
As you said, ISU has played very well on defense this year, and should stand a good chance of slowing down the Mountaineer attack. But WVU hasn't exactly held true to form offensively either, with 14 points in consecutive games before a couple scores in the 30s and then the 49 point explosion against a pretty good Oklahoma pass defense. With the Tavon Austin RB wild card out there, I'm anxious to see how the offense looks when we go back on the road. It was interesting that you mentioned the red zone stats, because WVU really faltered in that area last year but has been significantly better this season. If we can finish drives, I'll feel better about our chances because our kicking game has been brutal this season.
Speaking of the kicking game, how are your special teams? The Mountaineers (read: Tavon Austin) have been very good in the return game, and decent in coverage until the last couple weeks, but have a horrible time kicking extra points, field goals, kickoffs, punts or anything else really. Is that an area where you think the Cyclones might have enough of an edge to turn a close game into a comfortable win?
WRNL: Your team is terrible at kicking too? Hey, we can be buds! We've been historically terrible, but Edwin Arceo has been on lately, going 3/3 on FGs and 6/6 on XPs last week. Over the whole season though? Mediocre at best. The odd thing is that he seems more confident kicking 40+ yarders than extra points. His kickoffs have not been terribly deep, though, so yes, another area where Tavon Austin scares me. I can definitely see this being a factor on Friday.
For special teams, we can start with punter Kirby Van Der Kamp, who should have been a Ray Guy finalist but narrowly missed the cut. He has 27 punts inside the 20 with only 2 touchbacks so I think we might be able to negate Austin there. As far as our return game goes, nothing special. Jarvis West, Aaron Horne, and Albert Gary have been doing the job. Very average on kickoff and punt returns.
The Cyclones tend to have a case of playing to their competition (with a few exceptions), narrowly beating a terrible Iowa team, but also falling just short of beating Kansas State. There's very little chance Iowa State turns this game into a comfortable win, unless Geno Smith absolutely implodes.
How about your feelings on the game? Can you just give us this one so we can avoid New York? I mean, it's not like you're not going to be bowl eligible after playing KU next week anyway. I'm also interested in your experiences with all the visiting Big 12 fans this year. Who was your favorite and least favorite fanbase? Any good stories?
CR: I honestly don't know what happened, but Tyler Bitancurt was 13/15 his freshman year including a game winner against #9 Pitt. Since then, he is 33/52 with 8 blocks and has missed 5 extra points, including 10/17 this year with 2 blocks and 2 missed extra points. And he's also now our punter, which should tell you something about the two punters we tried out before handing the job to him. I'm happy to hear that you guys don't have someone booting it out of the endzone on every kickoff, or kicking knuckleballs that bounce off our players for turnovers like Quinn Sharp from Oklahoma State was doing. If you end up kicking to Tavon, I'll be a very happy fan. I don't think your punting will be much of an issue, though, since you'll probably only punt once or twice the entire game. Although maybe if we can pin you back on our kickoffs, we'll have a better chance of keeping your offense on the field for 3 or 4 minutes before you score, unlike the usual 2 minute drives we've been giving up.
I feel okay about the game because the team looked much more crisp against Oklahoma than they had since beating Texas. I don't think we're as bad as we've looked the last 4 weeks, and at this point something has to give. As long as the team maintains their focus and motivation, I think we finally get a few breaks and win one. I say just okay, though, because we haven't had a losing streak like this since I was 5 years old and until we get off the schneid I'm going to be skeptical. Clearly, you guys are fielding a quality team capable of beating pretty much anyone, especially at home. My sanity won't let us give you guys this game, as I don't want to have to hold my breath over beating Kansas in the last game just to get bowl eligible. We once lost to a 4-7 Pitt team at home as 28 point favorites, so I know not to take anything for granted. How about this: we beat you guys and Kansas to get to 7-5 and go to the Holiday Bowl, Baylor wins one of their last two to get bowl eligible and goes to the Pinstripe, and you guys can have the Heart of Texas Bowl, or maybe take a spot from the B1G when they fall short on their allotment. Deal?
As for the Big 12 fans, they've been fantastic. I've really enjoyed talking to the folks who have come in from all across the country to see what West Virginia has to offer, and I hope they enjoyed their time in our beautiful state. I know our fans have made a huge effort to debunk our brutal reputation, and all the visitors I talked to were very complimentary of our hospitality. I just hope it continues throughout our time in the conference, and given the lack of hate that years of getting beat up on by Pitt, Penn State and Syracuse breeds, or the sheer arrogance of folks from Virginia Tech and Louisville, I think we will get along just fine. I'm not sure I have a favorite or least favorite fan base at this point, although some K-State folks certainly made a bad impression with a hillbilly video they made. Just a word of advice (that I don't think you need): as long as you're nice to us and don't bring out all the tired stereotypes, you'll be fine in Morgantown.
My best story is actually about a WVU fan we ran into after the Baylor game. My dad and I were at the Boston Beanery (great little restaurant/bar close to the stadium) grabbing food after the game and this 20-something who had been drinking probably for the last 36 consecutive hours stumbles up to the bar and tries to order about 4 different kinds of beer before he finally finds one they have (not that the selection is bad, but when you order a Natty Ice at a respectable establishment, you may come away disappointed). Immediately, dad and I become this man's BFFs, wherein he proceeds to brag about his girlfriend, and his wife. Somewhere in the middle of that story (I wasn't really paying attention as I was trying to catch highlights of our 70-63 win on the flat screen) either his wife or his girlfriend shows up behind him and overhears part of his tale. Naturally, she isn't too happy that she's not the only love of his life and begins to berate him in the middle of the bar. Unfortunately for her, he was too drunk to even care what she was saying and continued to brag to us about his promiscuous exploits. It was also a bone of contention between them that this fine gentleman had evidently been at the game with her, and announced he was getting up to go to the bathroom sometime during the second quarter. However, he did not go to the bathroom, he went directly to the Boston Beanery, where he had been drinking by himself the entire time. Thankfully, he ran out of cash to buy more beer and proceeded to allow his lady friend to physically drag him out of the bar, where he was supposed to get cleaned up and meet his in-laws for dinner that evening. I'm sure that meal went well.
We should probably wrap this up soon, since I'll be on the road for Thanksgiving weekend soon. What's your prediction for Friday?
WRNL: But I love making rash stereotypes! To be fair, I'm also ok with you assuming that I plan my life around corn and corn byproducts. Also, that's a pretty fantastic story, though I was definitely expecting you to say he raged after they didn't have Natty Ice.
I'm hoping the Mountaineer fans that do make it to Ames enjoy it, and if they need tips or a spot to tailgate, definitely have them contact me.
Your cynicism regarding your defense gives me hope, and because of that, my prediction (and you should definitely look out for KnowDan's preview too) is Iowa State 41, WVU 38 in OT. I'm thinking our defense starts slow and you guys take an early lead, but then both our units settle down and win a close one. We haven't had an OT game yet this year, so it seems about time for it. I guess this means no deal on Heart of Dallas. I'm all about a SoCal vacation this year. How about we just blackmail the selection committees into giving you guys Tempe and us San Diego?
CR: For the record, I'm okay with corn and corn byproducts. Especially bourbon. So, thanks for that.
As much as I want to go to San Diego this year, I want more to NOT go to the Pinstripe Bowl, so I will accept your offer for us to wind up in Tempe. Our last trip to the desert (Arizona, not Lubbock, Texas) ended pretty well, so hopefully we could repeat that.
Also, as cynical as I am about our defense (and Richardson having a breakout game does not make me feel any better), I am more of a WVU homer. And I'm not sure I can take going to overtime in an effort to get bowl eligible. WVU 45, ISU 35.
WRNL: The Big 12 schedule was released yesterday, and we're set for another probable Black Friday game. How do you feel about that? Personally, I like the fact we've basically replaced Nebraska-Colorado as THE Big 12 Friday game, but it does make it difficult for travel, and for selfish reasons, it probably means that I won't get to have the full Morgantown experience next year. I suppose if this rivalry turns into a must see every year, then it's all worth it.
CR: To be honest, I'm still coping with the idea that we aren't playing Pitt this week. As much as I hate those guys (and hate is understating it...oh, and F Paul Rhoads for helping orchestrate the most gut-wrenching loss in the history of Mountaineer football) there was something that felt right about WVU slugging it out on the gridiron with them the day after Thanksgiving. The weather is cold, the sky is gray, and two old, blue-collar programs from blue-collar areas knocking the snot out of each other just summed up the weekend for me. Going forward, I think it's hard to manufacture a rivalry. I think there could be something between WVU and ISU given the similarities in our fan bases, but I just know that great rivalries develop organically over time when teams play great games with a lot at stake. WVU and Virginia Tech had that going for a while, and after they left, Louisville came in and we immediately had a series of great basketball and football games that featured large comebacks, intense play, and heartbreaking losses. Plus it didn't hurt that they're located in Kentucky, which isn't a bad trip for fans in southern WV. Do I hope the Riot Bowl turns into that? Absolutely, but we'll have to wait to see. Have a great Thanksgiving.
WRNL: I completely agree. It's fun manufacturing this rivalry for the sake of entertainment, but it'll be years until the Riot Bowl is a real rivalry for the schools. Here's hoping Paul Rhoads hoses you guys again in 2 days.
Thanks again to CanAzn from Wide Right and Natty Lite for taking the time to chat about the game. Make sure to stop by WRNL for even more sophomoric humor, daily distractions, Iowa State info, and any requisite smack talk.


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Tomlin hangs up on Jacksonville reporters
Under the heading of "He doesn't suffer fools lightly" and "Snappy answers to stupid questions," Mike Tomlin hung up on Jacksonville area reporters during a conference call. "I'm not going to cry over four-year-old spilled milk. Anybody got any legitimate questions?" asked the coach after a reporter asked if Pittsburgh forwarded tape to the league office after a loss to the Jags four years ago. When the gathered reporters seemed unable produce legitimate questions in his opinion, Mr. Tomlin abruptly hung up. Man, I'm glad he's our coach!


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SEC Media Days: Spurrier and Clowney own the room.
BIRMINGHAM—If we learned one thing from day one of SEC Media Days, it's that South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier still knows how to produce a sound bite. Just minutes into his session the "Ol' ball coach" managed to take shots at the SEC, NCAA, and Notre Dame all while simultaneously arguing players should have larger expense stipends so their families can travel to their games. You can view the entirety of Spurrier's comments here, but we hit on some of the highlights below.
Understandably, the majority of South Carolina's session was composed of questions about Jadeveon Clowney, but before we get to those, let's get to a few noteworthy comments Spurrier made on other topics.
*Remember Hugh Freeze's words about Spurrier's visor? Spurrier responded to Freeze's comments, "Hugh and I have a lot in common. We both play golf. We both wear visors. We call the plays. How could you not like a guy like Hugh Freeze?"
Well-said, coach.
*Spurrier, who's entering his 9th season at SC, also addressed how long he plans to coach.
"Yeah, I was hoping to be here eight to ten. Now I'm hoping to be here 9 to 13, something like that, 9 to 12. Something like that. I have an excellent coaching staff. I got guys that can recruit, coach, do everything. It's not a stressful job for me as maybe some coaches have."
Coaching certainly isn't as stressful when you win and the Gamecocks averaged over 10 wins a year the last three season. If they keep winning near that clip, Spurrier could be around for a long time.
*Moving to South Carolina's other-wordly defensive end, can you imagine Clowney, who's every bit of 270 pounds and who recently ran a 4.4 40-yard dash, lining up in the backfield or at tight end? Spurrier was asked about that.
Q. Any possibility at all that Clowney could play a little bit on offense?
COACH SPURRIER: Not really. We got a bunch of offensive players that are pretty good. He played a little bit in high school, though. He's capable. He's capable of running with the ball. But that wouldn't make sense, running with a ball, sprain an ankle, be standing over there with me the rest of the season. That wouldn't be very smart.
*Gamecock wide receiver (and point guard) Bruce Ellington spoke about his reaction to Clowney's famous destruction of a Michigan player in the Outback Bowl: "I actually didn't get to see it, I only heard it. It was so loud that I jumped up when I heard it."
You weren't the only one, Bruce.
*South Carolina QB Connor Shaw continued with praise of Clowney, "He's fun to watch. He's great to have on the team, he's a guy who brings everyone else together, people love him, and he's just a great guy all around. I feel fortunate to have him on the team…we don't have anyone who can block him."
*Speaking of guys who can block him, Clowney was asked about the tackles he faced last year, "The guy from Michigan was pretty good. The guy from Tennessee (Tiny Richardson) was pretty good. That's about it."
Knowing Tiny, he'll prove he's more than "pretty good" when the Vols host South Carolina this year.
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OBSERVER – CALTEX RUGBY AWARDS:The Sunday Observer – Caltex Rugby
Awards ceremony the only occasion which has been recognising the
outstanding performance of ruggerites in the domestic rugby arena over a
decade, will once again kick-off on March 8 at 7.30 pm at the Galle Face
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One of the most talented and outstanding forwards produced by the
country in recent times, CR&FC's skipper and Number 8 and former Sri
Lanka skipper Dushan Lewke has been deservingly rewarded by the readers
of the Sunday Observer for his excellent performance in the Caltex
League and Clifford Cup Knock- Out Championship this year by being voted
as the Most Popular Ruggerite For the Year 2011. While the Navy which
came up with some bustling performances to end as runners-up in both
league and knock out versions of the tournament, has been voted in as
the Most Popular Rugger Team.
It should be a memorable occasion for the Navy skipper Yositha
Rajapaksa when he receives the trophy from his father on behalf of his
team while Lewke will be receiving the coveted award for the second
occasion. Most of the ruggerites who have been picked as the Most
Popular Ruggerite have gone to represent the country with distinction.
This contest serves the purpose as a great encouragement to enhance the
players performances in the following year.Last year CR&FC's promising
fly-half Nigel Ratwatte and Kandy SC received awards after being winners
in the contest at the same venue in March 2010.
In 2011, Most Popular Rugby Players contest, Dushan Lewke received
57,103 votes while Navy's fly-half Dev Anand (54,361) and Kandy's fly
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