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Darrius Heyward-Bey had the best statistical game of his career on Sunday. The former first round pick finished off the game against the Detroit Lions with 8 catches for 155 yards and a touchdown. What was perhaps most impressive about Heyward-Bey's performance is how many of his yards were picked up after the catch as he almost never went down on first contact and fought incredibly hard for every inch he could.
However, despite how well Heyward-Bey played against the Lions on Sunday, what will likely be remembered are the two major mistakes he made, both of which can be considered to have played a major role in the Raiders losing the game.
The first major mistake came late in the third quarter. The Raiders had just made a huge stop on fourth and one and started their drive with great field position. The Raiders had a 17-14 lead and could have really made it hard for the Lions to come back had they scored a touchdown. In fact, it looked as though that is exactly what would happen until Heyward-Bey made his first big time mistake.
After back to back productive plays that got the Raiders over the 50 yard line, Carson Palmer threw a ball to Heyward-Bey. Making one of the runs I was talking about earlier, Heyward-Bey broke a couple of tackles and fought his way down inside of the five yard line. Unfortunately, as Heyward-Bey made a final push to get closer to the end zone, a Lions player stripped the ball and the Raiders were unable to recover it. Rather than going up by two scores, the Lions were able to keep it close and maintain hope of a late game come back.
While that play happened with enough time left in the game for the Raiders to make up for it, Heyward-Bey's second big mistake came too late for him or anyone else to make up for it. After Calvin Johnson finished his monster day with a go ahead touchdown, the Raiders had under a minute to get into field goal range for the win.
With under 20 seconds left in the game, Carson Palmer found Darrius Heyward-Bey open around the 37 yard line and delivered the ball right into his hands. Unfortunately, the DHB of years past reared his ugly head and he was unable to come down with a catch that would have put the Raiders easily in Sebastian Janikowski's field goal range. Instead, the Raiders wound up having to attempt a 65 yard field goal. As a result, Janikowski had to keep the ball low to drive it and Ndamukong Suh was able to get a hand on it.
Sure, there were many other plays that, had they gone a different way, the Raiders might have won. However, there is no arguing that Heyward-Bey was responsible for two of the biggest gaffs in the loss. It is great to see Heyward-Bey getting better, but these big time mistakes really need to be stopped if he is ever going to live up to his draft status.
The Oakland Raiders suffered another heartbreaker of a loss against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, holding a 27-14 lead in the fourth quarter only to watch it all fall apart in the final five minutes. The Raiders wound up taking the 28-27 defeat. There was some good news to be found in the offensive numbers, however. Let's take a look at some of the key stats.
Oakland quarterback Carson Palmer had a standout game, possibly his best since joining the team midseason. He finished the game 32-for-40 with 367 passing yards, a touchdown and no interceptions. That touchdown was a 43-yard pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey in the second quarter.
Heyward-Bey had a stellar game of his own and it's safe to say that he has fully recovered from his neck injury a few weeks ago. The receiver racked up a career high 155 yards on eight catches, averaging 19.4 yards per catch.
Running back Michael Bush led all rushers with 77 yards on 18 carries, continuing his string of solid outings.
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The Oakland Raiders suffered a heartbreaker of a loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 15 and remained a game off of the pace for the AFC West lead and the AFC Wild Card. The San Diego Chargers won their Sunday night game against the Baltimore Ravens and are now neck and neck with the Raiders in both chases with an identical 7-7 record.
The good news is that both of the teams that the Raiders are immediately chasing and hoping to overtake for a playoff berth both suffered losses today. The New York Jets were dominated by a Philadelphia Eagles offense that suddenly decided to wake up. Perhaps more importantly, the Denver Broncos had their improbable win streak snapped by the New England Patriots and have come hurtling back to earth.
If the Jets and Broncos could continue to struggle in the last two weeks of the season and the Raiders can manage to cobble together two more wins to wrap up 2011, they would still have a very realistic shot at making it to the postseason. Still, things are much more precarious than anyone would have dreamed at the beginning of the season, when Oakland was running away with the division.
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The Oakland Raiders looked like they were about to make a decisive move to get back in the AFC playoff race. Instead they're going to be spending the rest of the season needing to win their games and hope everyone else loses theirs.
The Raiders went up 27-14 on an Aaron Curry fumble recovery for a touchdown, but decided not to go for two points to make it a true two touchdown lead. So the Detroit Lions could end up winning instead of tying with two TDs, which is eventually what ended up happening.
After a personal foul penalty by the Raiders set the Lions up on the next drive near midfield, Matthew Stafford found Brandon Pettigrew for 17 and eight yards, Calvin Johnson for 24 yards, and Titus Young for a three yard score. After the Raiders picked up two first downs and ran the clock down to the two minute warning, Shane Lechler pulled off the perfect coffin corner punt down at the one yard line.
But the Lions only needed a few short completions between Stafford and Pettigrew and Nate Burleson to get out of that quandary, and then Stafford connected with Johnson for 21 and 48 yards to put the Lions into the red zone. On 2nd and goal, Stafford found Johnson in the back of the middle of the end zone to give Detroit the one point lead.
Carson Palmer (who had a great game but ended up losing anyway) found Kevin Boss for 13 and 21 yards and T.J. Houshmandzadeh for six yards, but Ndamukong Suh blocked Sebastian Janikowski's potential game-winning 65 yard field goal as time expired.
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The Oakland Raiders were presented with a huge opportunity to get back even with the Denver Broncos in the AFC West, and instead the Raiders stumbled and fumbled away a golden opportunity. The Raiders dropped a heart-breaking 28-27 defeat in a game they led 27-14 with under seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
This defeat came as the Denver Broncos were handled with relative ease by the New England Patriots. The Broncos cut the lead to 11 late in the game, but could not overcome the explosive Patriots offense in a 41-23 Patriots victory. The Broncos drop to 8-6, but they maintain their one game lead over the Raiders.
The division has gotten even crazier thanks to the Kansas City Chiefs shocking upset of the Green Bay Packers. The victory leaves their faint playoff hopes alive as they improve to 6-8. While it is unlikely, the Chiefs can still win the division if they win out, the Broncos lose out and the Chargers fit a loss in there as well. It is kind of ridiculous to consider, but given how the AFC West has played this year, nothing would really be surprising.
The Raiders also blew a golden opportunity in the wild card race. The New York Jets were blown out by the Philadelphia Eagles to drop to 8-6. They are now tied with the Bengals and a game up on the Raiders and Titans. The Chargers can join that 7-7 mix if they can defeat the Ravens on Sunday Night Football.
Suffice to say, the AFC is a mess right now. The AFC West and AFC North division races remain up in the air and one of the two wildcard races is also up for grabs. Sunday Night Football between the Chargers and Ravens does not answer any questions, but in fact could simply add more.
The Oakland Raiders have done a good job driving the ball down the field in the second half against the Detroit Lions, but they had only three points to show for it. Oakland has four drives and put up 148 yards overall, but one drive was killed by a holding penalty, and another ended in a Darrius Heyward-Bey fumble as it looked like he was about to set up an Oakland red zone opportunity. The Raiders finally got on the board early in the fourth, after a short drive set up what amounted to a pretty automatic a Sebastian Janikowski 51 yard field goal.
The Lions still only trailed by six when they got the ball back, but they were pinned deep inside their own territory, and Matthew Stafford was pressured, flushed out, and Tommy Kelly stripped and forced a fumble that Aaron Curry ran back in for what could be a deciding score. Oakland is in good shape midway through the fourth quarter, and Detroit is in panic mode.
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The Oakland Raiders haven't been able to stop the Detroit Lions. But the Lions haven't really been able to stop the Raiders either. The result has been points, points, points.
After the Raiders went up 14-7, back came the Lions. Matthew Stafford connected with Calvin Johnson for 17 and six yards, then found Nate Burleson running a post pattern for 39 yards. Burleson then slipped through bad Raiders tackles to find the end zone and tie things up.
But a minute was more than enough to get Oakland into field goal range. Carson Palmer connected with Michael Bush for 13 and ten yards and found T.J. Houshmandzaedh for six and 16 yards. That set up a pretty automatic 46 yard field goal for Sebastian Janikowski to give the Raiders the lead going into halftime.
Both the Raiders and the Lions have combined to put up 477 yards of total offense in the first half, averaging over seven yards per offensive play. Palmer has completed an incredible 81% of his passes for 202 yards and a touchdown, Stafford has been pretty good himself, completing 60% of his passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns. Both teams really haven't tried to run the ball much; the Lions have been ineffective, the Raiders have been pretty solid (70 rushing yards on 11 carries).
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The Oakland Raiders and the Detroit Lions have put out the offense in this game. Both the Raiders and the Lions have proven they can drive down the field on either team, as they've put up over 200 yards of offense in the first quarter.
The Raiders actually drove the ball down the field early and had the ball just outside the red zone with a 4th and 1 at the 24, but Carson Palmer overthrew his man (who was streaking past his defender on his way to the end zone). The Raiders did come back on the next drive though, using a Marcel Reece 26 yard rush and an 18 yard completion (in addition to two horse collar 15 yard penalties by the Lions) to set up a Louis Murphy touchdown.
Bad coverage by the Raiders defense led to a Calvin Johnson 51 yard touchdown, allowing the Lions to tie things up with the Raiders near the end of the first quarter.
However, Carson Palmer came right back with two connections to Darrius Heyward-Bey to put Oakland up 14-7 in the second quarter.
Don't expect this to be the end of the scoring in the Coliseum.
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The NFL playoff picture is starting to clear up in Week 15, but there is still a sufficient amount of crazy action to keep teams on their toes. The Oakland Raiders host the Detroit Lions Sunday afternoon looking to improve their playoff chances, but they received some help Sunday morning.
In a stunning victory, the Indianapolis Colts finally got their first win of the season. The Colts surprised the league by knocking off the Tennessee Titans 27-13 in Indianapolis. The win gets the Colts their first victory, but more importantly for the Oakland Raiders, the Titans take a big hit in the wildcard race.
The Raiders and Titans were both 7-6 entering Sunday and a game back of the New York Jets for the wildcard. The Raiders are looking to win the AFC West, but the wildcard is also a possibility. The Raiders need to defeat the Lions Sunday afternoon, but potentially removing Tennessee from the equation is a step in the right direction.
The AFC West picture got at least a little more interesting as the Kansas City Chiefs shocked the Green Bay Packers to improve to 6-8. In taking Green Bay's zero, the Chiefs incredibly faint playoff hopes remain alive for now. They are eliminated from AFC West contention with a Broncos win. They were already eliminated from wildcard contention due to their head-to-head loss to the 8-5 New York Jets.
The Oakland Raiders certainly will be having a few men sit this game out against the Detroit Lions this week, including wide receiver Jacoby Ford, running back Taiwan Jones, and of course, running back Darren McFadden.
There are new reports that McFadden could miss the rest of the year, devastating news for Raider Nation, especially with Taiwan Jones banged up and all the weight left on Michael Bush's shoulders. As for wide receiver Denarius Moore, he will be playing this afternoon.
Here are the full Raiders inactives via Steve Corkran on Twitter:
QB Jason Campbell, OL Bruce Campbell, RB Taiwan Jones, RB Darren McFadden, FS Michael Huff, DT John Henderson and WR Jacoby Ford inactive.— Steve Corkran (@CorkOnTheNFL) December 18, 2011
and the Lions inactives via Dave Birkett:
Lions inactives: Louis Delmas, Lawrence Jackson, Aaron Berry, Drew Stanton, Leonard Davis, Aaron Brown, Keyunta Dawson— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) December 18, 2011
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The Oakland Raiders are preparing to host the Detroit Lions on Sunday in Week 15 action. The Raiders have lost two games in a row and are anxious to get back on the winning track if they want to keep their postseason hopes alive. They'll be facing a challenge in a solid Detroit team, however. The two teams are extremely evenly matched on paper.
All of your pertinent information for following Sunday's game is right here:
Time: Kickoff is scheduled for 1:05 PM PST at O.co Coliseum.
TV: The game will be televised on FOX (KTVU FOX 2). Your commentators will be Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick.
Radio: The radio broadcast will be on KITS 105.3 (LIVE 105), or on Sirius 92.
Betting Line: This game is probably as close as it gets for the oddsmakers this week. The point spread is even on some betting sites, while other sites are favoring the Lions at between 1 and 1.5 points, according to our friends over at OddsShark.
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Oakland Raiders receiver Denarius Moore is ready to rejoin the team for the first time in four weeks following a strong week of practices with encouraging results. According to Vittorio Tafur of SFGate, Moore is feeling good and looking forward to rejoining the team.
The rookie's return should provide a much-needed boost to Oakland's offense, which has been struggling as of late. Still, Oakland's coaches are trying to make Moore's return as smooth as possible following his foot injury. They'll be easing Moore back into full-time action and responsibilities. As such, Moore is not expected to be making any punt returns on Sunday against the Detroit Lions. The movement on the returns is much more lateral and unexpected than typical routes, so the Raiders will be staying away from any activities that could unnecessarily aggravate the injury.
Bryan McCann is expected to act as Oakland's punt returner on Sunday.
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The Oakland Raiders are preparing to face the Detroit Lions on Sunday for their Week 15 matchup, but you can be certain that the team is very aware they are involved in a heated battle for a postseason berth.
You can see the full playoff picture over at ESPN, but the surest route to the playoffs for Oakland remains the same: overtake the surging Denver Broncos in order to capture the AFC West and the automatic berth that comes with division title. The first half of the season made it seem as though the AFC West would be Oakland's for the taking, but the reality of the 2011 NFL season has been much starker.
Should the Raiders be unable to gain ground on the Broncos, however, they would be trying to finish the season with a better record than the New york Jets (currently 8-5), the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals. The latter two teams have the same 7-6 record as the Raiders, but hold tiebreaker advantages over Oakland due to win percentage in conference games.
The Raiders will of course help their own cause immensely by winning the final three games of their season. They face tough competition in the Lions this week and the Chargers in Week 17, but defeating those two teams and the Kansas City Chiefs next week is well within the capability of the Raiders. In the meantime they -- and Raider Nation -- will be hoping for losses from the Broncos, Jets, Bengals and Titans. The playoff picture is far from hopeless at the moment, but the Raiders will need to keep winning in order to keep all hope from slipping away.
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The Oakland Raiders are preparing to host the Detroit Lions on Sunday at O.co Coliseum, but they will be playing the game without cornerback Chris Johnson, according to FOX Sports.
Johnson was placed on the reserve/non-football illness list on Saturday in relation to the December 5 Fort Worth, TX shooting involving Johnson's mother and sister. Johnson, who had been with his family in the Fort Worth area since December 7, returned to the team this week, but did not attend practices.
The Forth Worth shooting left Johnson's sister, 33-year-old Jennifer Johnson, dead and wounded his mother Delia, who is expected to survive. Eugene Esters, the father of Jennifer's 2-year-old child, is charged with murder and attempted murder in the case.
Chris Johnson has been battling injuries all season apart from the personal tragedy, only starting four games prior to the shooting.
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The Raiders will hope to get a little offensive help back this weekend and have listed WR Denarius Moore and RB Taiwan Jones as questionable. Moore, a player that had good chemistry with QB Carson Palmer before getting hurt, was limited in practice, but Jones did not participate on Friday.
Unfortunately for Oakland, they'll still be without Jacoby Ford and Darren McFadden, as they've both been officially declared out. Here are the final Friday injury reports for both teams as we head into the weekend.
OUT - QB Jason Campbell (collarbone), WR Jacoby Ford (foot), CB Chris Johnson (not injury related), RB Darren McFadden (foot)
QUESTIONABLE - DT John Henderson (knee), S Michael Huff (hamstring), RB Taiwan Jones (hamstring), WR Denarius Moore (foot)
PROBABLE - WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (heel), DT Tommy Kelly (toe), DE Jarvis Moss (shoulder), WR Louis Murphy (hip), C Samson Satele (shoulder), WR Chaz Schilens (foot)
DOUBTFUL - CB Aaron Berry (shoulder), DE Lawrence Jackson (thigh)
QUESTIONABLE - S Louis Delmas (knee), CB Justin Durant (hamstring), DT Nick Fairley (foot), RB Kevin Smith (ankle), CB Eric Wright (hamstring)
PROBABLE - CB Chris Houston (knee), G Rob Sims (shoulder), S Amari Spievey (knee), DE Willie Young (ankle)
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It was looking like this was going to the be the case all week long, but 95.7 The Game's Raider's insider John Dickinson tweeted earlier on Friday that neither running back Darren McFadden nor wide receiver/kick returner Jacoby Ford were taking part in Raiders practice on Friday, signaling the likely fact that they won't be suiting up against the Detroit Lions this Sunday.
Per John Dickinson on Twitter:
No Darren McFadden or Jacoby Ford at #Raiders practice. They will likely be ruled OUT for Sunday @957thegame— John Dickinson (@JDJohnDickinson) December 16, 2011
McFadden was absent at team practices all week, while Ford was seen doing some work with trainers and some light cardio during the week, but never took part of team practices. Both being out isn't exactly a surprise, but having them against a dangerous Detroit squad would have gave the Silver and Black two more explosive playmakers on their push towards the playoffs.
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After missing two games, Detroit Lions star defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh will be back in time to face the Oakland Raiders this weekend. Fortunately for the Raiders, news of how to stop the massive talent has leaked just in time for the Raiders to implement it into their game plan. Stopping the defensive wonder is easier than one might think. Just untie his shoe laces.
A report surfaced this week that the offensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers instructed one of his offensive lineman to untie Donkey Kong Suh's laces every time they wound up in a pile after a play. Normally, such playground antics would not be able to throw a professional athlete off of his game. That being said, professional athletes are not normally as prone to child like tantrums as Donkey Kong Suh is.
After stomping on Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith in their Thanksgiving night game, Suh can be seen talking to coaches on the sideline and lifting his leg as he explains something. It was previously assumed that he was explaining the stomp, however, perhaps he was telling on Dietrich-Smith for untying his shoes.
While this story is a ton of fun and really entertaining to think about, there is actually something serious that the Raiders should take from it. Suh has the temper of, well, Donkey Kong. It does not appear to take much to get him to make a poor decision. If the Raiders can get into Suh's head on Sunday, they might be able to get him to help the Raider cause with unnecessary penalties.
So remember Raiders, go for the Suh Laces.
The Oakland Raiders have struggled in recent weeks as a result of countless injuries and a tough schedule. With just three weeks left in the regular season, the time is now for the Raiders to make their move. Mistakes cannot be made, and if they are, it's tough to see the team reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2002.
According to this report from Kate Longworth of CSNBayArea, Oakland is taking a 'backs to the wall' mentality at practice as they prepare for the Detroit Lions.
Recognizing that the season is slipping away from them, head coach Hue Jackson said there's sense of urgency on the practice field this week. And the players agreed.
"We're professionals. We're smart guys, we know what's going on," offensive lineman Khalif Barnes said. "We had a good week of practice. Guys were flying around. You could feel the intensity. I understand what he (Jackson) is talking about, it was a better week this week than the past."
The remanning stretch of schedule is not easy -- vs. Detroit, @ Kansas City, vs. San Diego -- but the Raiders still have a chance assuming they're able to play with a sense of urgency in the next three weeks.
"Our guys are doing a really good job of communicating right now, " coach Jackson said. "Guys understand that if things don't come out the way you want, you have to make adjustments and take the next step."
It's now or never for Oakland. Will they play like their backs are against the wall, or will they fall apart and have to build for 2012?
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The Oakland Raiders and the Detroit Lions have been stumbling to the finish line. Both of them have suffered from the same issue--lack of a strong running game. Both Darren McFadden and Kevin Smith have been the mainstay backs for both teams, but they can't seem to stay on the field for an extended period of time.
McFadden has been out forever, so it's no surprise that his foot injury seems to prevent him from returning to action. Smith has similar issues, but it appears that he's been able to play through it and will continue to try and play through it. Smith was able to move from not participating in practice to at least being able to perform in a limited fashion, so it might give the Lions a much-needed boost in their offensive balance.
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As the Oakland Raiders look to get some of their star playmakers back on the field for their matchup this week with the Detroit Lions, wide receiver Denarius Moore is working his way back into game shape, while receiver/kick returner Jacoby Ford is still a work in progress with his sore foot.
Moore took part in practice Wednesday and Thursday on a limited basis. Quarterback Carson Palmer said that he 'looked good' in his limited reps with him Thursday, but as Raiders insider Steve Corkran reports, he should be suiting up this Sunday:
No issues for Denarius Moore, either. He looks more and more likely to play Sunday after missing past three games.— Steve Corkran (@CorkOnTheNFL) December 15, 2011
As for spark plug Jacoby Ford, he still isn't practicing with the team, though he did a bit of light running on the sideline, which is at least something, I guess. Corkran isn't very optimistic about his return:
Jacoby Ford out of practice for another day. He also isn't on an adjacent fid working with a team trainer. Doesn't bode well for Sunday.— Steve Corkran (@CorkOnTheNFL) December 15, 2011
With Ford, Moore, Darren McFadden, and Chaz Schillens all suffering foot injuries, head coach Hue Jackson can't do much but scratch his head about it:
"I've never seen anything like it, Never seen so many of the same type of injury and it being a foot. So you go through it all. You go through the weight room, you go through in the medical department, you go through everything, trying to figure out why it's like this. I think our medical staff is working their tails off and I know our players are. But sometimes it just doesn't happen as fast as we want. And we need them. But we just don't have them right now."
Spike Lee would also ask in his commercials with Michael Jordan, What about the shoes? So what of them Hue?
"No, trust me," Jackson said. "We've done the shoe thing, orthodics, nIce shoes, bad shoes, we do it all trying to figure it out and there's no pattern."
It is a bit of a quandary for the Silver and Black, but as long as the get some more W's, everything will be all good.
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With only weeks left on the regular schedule, many folks wonder if Darren McFadden will be returning at all for the Oakland Raiders this season. His foot sprain that has haunted him for seven plus weeks now is still in progress, and now according to the Conta Costa Times, the earliest he could return is the January 1 finale against the San Diego Chargers.
Head coach Hue Jackson said with the week-to-week nature of Run DMC's injury and the hamstring injury of Taiwan Jones he would have considered bringing in another running back other that Michael Bush and veteran special teamer Rock Cartwright. That time is passed now, and Jackson must deal with what he now has.
Bush has been admirable in McFadden's absence, but not many in the league can replace a guy the caliber of McFadden. Hopefully the Raiders can get some wins leading up to the final week, and have a healthy McFadden for a potential playoff berth.
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This week finds the AFC West firmly in the hands of the Denver Broncos, but three of the teams in the division face what may be the three best teams in the NFL: Green Bay, Baltimore, and New England. The Raiders actually have the easiest game on Sunday, hosting Detroit in the return game for Ndamukong Suh. It would not at all be a surprise if every team in the division lost this week. Let's take the games one by one:
Green Bay @ Kansas City: The Packers are coming off a game in which they dismantled and embarrassed the Raiders and made it look easy. The Chiefs are coming off a game in which they played so horribly and were losing so badly, the TV network that I was watching the game on switched to Patriots-Redskins in the MIDDLE OF THE THIRD QUARTER. Kansas City doesn't know who will start for them at quarterback. I think we can all sense where this is going. This game is the NFL's equivalent of LSU vs. Middle Tennessee State. I predict Packers by thirty-six.
Detroit @ Oakland: This game is fairly hard to peg. Whichever team loses this game will find themselves way out of playoff contention with an extremely difficult road back with only two games left on the schedule after this. The Lions dropped a couple in a row to the Packers and Saints (something most teams would do) and then barely held on against Minnesota last week when Christian Ponder played horribly and Adrian Peterson was unavailable. Which Lions team is going to show up? The team that blew out Denver 45-10 or the team that lost to the Bears 37-13?
Furthermore, which Raider team will show up? The one that played without any passion or motivation the last two weeks or the one that amassed three straight wins prior to that? The Raiders look utterly toothless on offense without Jacoby Ford or Denarius Moore. Their absence has led to Carson Palmer forcing passes and having them picked off. Darren McFadden is a lost cause and with his Lisfranc injury may be gone indefinitely. Moore may be back this week but Ford will not. Detroit has some injuries to their secondary and to just about all their running backs. The most important injury may be to Oakland safety Michael Huff, which will make it more difficult to contain Calvin Johnson, as if he needed any help. Detroit wins by six.
New England @ Denver: No matter what the Sunday or Monday night games will be, make no mistake- this is the marquee game of the week. Tom Brady and the red-hot Patriots go into Mile High to face the force of nature known as Tim Tebow. Last week we saw what Tim Tebow can do against a great defense like the Bears. Now we see what the Denver defense can do against a great offense. The last great offense faced by Denver was Detroit's and they lost that game 45-10. Tim Tebow played poorly in that game but hasn't played poorly since and Denver's defense is looking much improved as well. If Tim Tebow can somehow win this game, he will be utterly deified by the media- even more so than he is now. He will reach heights heretofore reserved for such luminaries as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Albert Pujols (at least until the next time Tebow loses a game).
However, that result is a longshot. The Redskins have a reasonably good defense and New England shredded them. The New England defense was and is atrocious, but they are great at forcing turnovers and limiting points scored upon them despite giving up ridiculous amounts of yardage. Bill Belichick will not fall into the trap of playing conservatively against the Broncos, as that path leads only to defeat. In order to beat the Broncos and Tim Tebow, one must attack constantly and never settle. If the game is close in the fourth quarter, the Broncos will win where the Redskins fell on their faces. The Patriots' best shot in this game is to put the game out of reach early, preferably before halftime. I think they will. Patriots by eleven.
Baltimore @ San Diego: Baltimore comes into this game having won four straight. San Diego comes in hot as well, having blown out Buffalo last week. San Diego needs to win this game to keep its narrowest of playoff hopes alive. However, Ray Lewis will likely return for this game. I don't think Philip Rivers will be able to have much success against Baltimore and the Chargers' running game isn't much of a threat. Joe Flacco is playing exceptionally well of late, and Ray Rice is fantastic as usual. Norv Turner is probably a lame duck coach for this game, and may soon be joining Todd Haley and Tony Sparano in the unemployment line. Ravens by twelve.
At the beginning of the week the betting line between the Oakland Raiders and Detroit Lions had the Lions as a one point favorite heading into the weekend, but has already jumped to 1.5, a strong indicator that people are putting their money on Detroit so far this week.
With all of the injury questions and two straight weeks of abysmal play on both sides of the ball, it's easy to see why many feel less than optimistic about the Raiders chances this week. Even though they may have been playing poorly, they now know their backs are against the wall if they want to make the playoffs, so hopefully they can ring out some competitive juices this weekend at the Coliseum.
Another factor is the return of the Lions dominate defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who comes back after serving his suspension for stomping on Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith during their loss to the Pack on Thanksgiving Day. Suh will be hungry for some Carson Palmer for sure, as will all of the Lions defense undoubtedly, but with Suh out there they definitely seem much scarier, if not actually being scarier.
Both these teams have their playoff hopes dangling by a thread and will likely be a tightly contested match. Bet wisely on this one, as even with Suh in the lineup the Lions can definitely be taken out by the Silver and Black.
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As the Oakland Raiders prepare for one of their stiffest tests of the season against the Detroit Lions this Sunday, there were positive signs that one of their playmakers may finally be on the mend as wide receiver Denarius Moore was limited in practice Wednesday, hopefully signaling a return this week.
Moore was seen running routes and catching passes during practice, who's foot sprain has sidelined him which for the last three games. As for Jacoby Ford, he was seen working with trainers at the team's headquarters, but did not participate in practice.
As for the rest of the squad, QB Jason Campbell (collarbone), WR Jacoby Ford (foot), DT John Henderson (knee), S Michael Huff (ankle), CB Chris Johnson (not injury related), RB Taiwan Jones (hamstring), RB Darren McFadden (foot) all did not participate in practice though DT Tommy Kelly (toe), DE Jarvis Moss (shoulder), C Samson Satele (shoulder), WR Chaz Schilens (foot) were limited on Wednesday.
The Lions left a number of players out of Wednesday's practice as well, including CB Aaron Berry (shoulder), S Louis Delmas (knee), CB Justin Durant (hamstring), DE Lawrence Jackson (thigh), RB Kevin Smith (ankle), DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (not injury related), and CB Eric Wright (hamstring). DT Nick Fairley (foot), CB Chris Houston (knee), S Amari Spievey (knee), and DE Willie Young (ankle) were all limited in practice.
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As The Oakland Raiders look to sneak their way into the playoffs this season they must have their playmakers healthy and back an the field first. Two of those aforementioned playmakers, Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore, took part in Wednesday practice at team headquarters, though each is still not back to full strength.
According to Steve Corkran on Twitter, Denarius Moore is doing some light receiver work, getting his timing and route running back into form:
Denarius Moore running short routes, catching passes.— Steve Corkran (@CorkOnTheNFL) December 14, 2011
While Jacoby Ford is getting in some work with team trainers:
Jacoby Ford jogs back out to the far field, where he and Taiwan Jones will work with a team trainer.— Steve Corkran (@CorkOnTheNFL) December 14, 2011
Although you can only infer so much from these tweets, it would seem logical that Moore is the more likely candidate to return this week than Ford seeing as he is back to doing actual football activities while Ford is still doing work with trainers. There's a lot of week left before their next game, hopefully enough time to get both of them back and healthy.
For more on the Raiders, head over to Silver and Black Pride.
The Oakland Raiders are looking at another week without running back Darren McFadden as he is sitting out Wednesday's Week 15 practice. McFadden has now been out 52 days with his midfoot sprain and there is nothing to indicate he is going to be back anytime soon. Hue Jackson has insisted surgery is not required but he also has given no real timetable as to his return.
At this point, it would seem that McFadden is a slim chance to return by Week 16. Beyond that, we could see he'll probably be back by week 17, but given how this has played out, it would not surprise me at all if we did not see McFadden back on the field this season, even if the Raiders make the playoffs. The more time he gets the better, but one has to wonder if this is more like the Matt Schaub Lisfranc injury than previously disclosed. In reality we can only speculate at this point.
For more on Darren McFadden and the Raiders, check out Silver & Black Pride.
The Oakland Raiders are coming off a demoralizing loss in which they were dominated by the Green Bay Packers, and next they're playing host to another tough NFC North team, the Detroit Lions. Oakland has been bit by the injury bug lately, and it's definitely cost them - though it's unlikely they would have beat the Packers anyway - their playoff positioning. Detroit is also battling for playoff position, currently slotted as the final seed in the NFC, and will not be a pushover, especially with defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh back in the lineup.
Odds Shark has posted some odds for the game, and the teams come out as even in the spread. Detroit is favored online slightly in some cases, and when it comes to point favorites, they're never more than one-and-a-half point favorites, with Top Bet and Bet Online having them as just one-point favorites.
Maybe that's because Oakland is looking like they might be getting a little bit closer to being healthy. Or maybe it's because the Lions are just penalized so much. The site cautions against picking the Lions on the over due to Oakland likely playing tough coming off a humiliating loss. It's probably good advice.
The Oakland Raiders had two of their biggest weapons get workouts in on Monday in hopes of getting them ready for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore have missed time with sprains and are still looking to return to practice this week.
Ford has been dealing with a sprained foot that has sidelined him for a month now, while Denarius Moore has been out for three weeks with a sprained ankle. The Raiders offense has missed them a tremendous amount in recent weeks. They face a Lions offense this Sunday that can be as explosive as most in the league, so once again the Raiders will need all hands on deck.
The Raiders find themselves a game back of the Denver Broncos in the AFC West and a game back of the New York Jets in the wildcard race. Their offense has been in a position to do just enough at times, but the last couple weeks the injuries have caught up with Oakland. If they can at least get Ford and Moore back, this offense gains a whole new dynamic.
For more on the Raiders and their troubling injuries, head over to Silver & Black Pride.
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For the past few weeks I have been raising some Black Sallowtail butterflys in my home.
I had heard that fennel attracted butterflys and I was planting a butterfly gardren, so I decided to get some!
Little did I know how much it would attract the Black Swallowtail butterfly!
First you get a egg (or in my case, tons of eggs)
They are usually yellow in color and are very tiny
Here they are pretty soon after hatching, maybe right before the 2nd instar. they are only about 1 cm long. Before this they are so small its hard to get a picture without a macro
The caterpillars have 5 different instars (or stages)
This is at a 2rd or 3rd instar, still not the green/orange color but not as tiny anymore.
Here you can see that the color has changed! This can really happen over night! So far all these pictures happened outside. This was the stage when Mr. Cardinal in my backyard would start stealing my caterpillars! I added a ceramic cardinal out to the garden and that helped a bit.
4th Instar (still has spikes on head)
4th Instar (still has spikes on head)
In this photo you can see the shedded skin, he has entered the 5th instar and will keep eating until he is ready to from a chrysalis. This was taken in the house.
Green Chrysalis (in the home)
Can you see the small piece of silk he used to attach (this one is attached to a piece of fennel, hence his color)
Brown Chrysalis (in the home)
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Think about it.
Think about where we'd be today if Shad Khan had cleaned house the moment he took over. Think about whom he'd have interviewed and hired as GM. Think about the god-awful coaches (who were oh-so-good, just ask 'em, but Shad just didn't have enough money to hire him) being bandied about as potential head coaches. Think about the energy, noise, lights and faces swirling around in Shad's head as he placed Delores and Wayne Weavers names in Pride of the Jaguars. (We have two victories since that day, by the way.)
A team in disarray, the late-2011 Jaguars were. A lackluster, short-term, miscast collection of positional coaches and coordinators with one on the players and the other on the want ads. Was there any doubt JDR was not a Gene man and was quickly on his way out the door? Wholesale coaching changes were a given.
Not-so-fast forward to 2012. Mularkey. Gene man. Seemed a genuinely good man, hard worker, but didn't inspire optimism. Assistants appeared to be competent and well respected. The unrealistic and uneducated (like me) actually believed the team's core was good and that they had a chance to have a respectable and maybe surprising season. Some of us were even stupid enough to put down big bucks, so confident were we that 5.5 wins were nothing but a foregone conclusion. Then something bad happened. The 2012 season.
The past. History. No rear view mirrors.
The year under Shad's belt has allowed him to make these recent decisions with a wealth of knowledge exponentially greater that available to him in January 2012.
Dave Caldwell? The result of talking to, with and about "more than 100 people" (or words to that effect). The magic that is Shad Khan allowed him to quickly make connections and build relationships integral to his decision-making process. He wouldn't have known Arthur Blank as well. Nor Dmitroff. Nor the at least 98 of the others who helped him form that decision. He'd have been a GM by now (or soon), anyway. I, for one, am glad it's not Fisher or Gruden or (fill in the blank).
Gus? He could well have been on the sideline at a Jags game this season, but it wouldn't have been on the home team side. Only time will tell for sure, but is there a coaching candidate last year or this any one of us would rather have wearing Jaguars gear than Gus?
The new blood Shad has brought in is not only new blood for the Jags or new blood in the league at those positions. The new blood Shad has brought in is new blood FOR the league. It's young minds not constrained by what they did at other venues. It's young minds not limited to the way the league runs an offense or a defense or how it views and evaluates draftees or free agents.
So, take a deep breath. Shake out your hands. Have a cold one.
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So looking at our Defense now as it is, I say we finish with a Top 5 Unit. The D-Line is more than complete. The secondary is coming along, and linebackers are good, but we still need an edge rusher.
So next year in the draft, if your Idzik, do you draft defense in the first couple rounds and COMPLETE the defense, where most of the starters would be 25 and under, essentially making a perennial Top 5 Defense for at least the next 5 years? Imagine our current pass rush + Anthony Barr. He is playing amazing this season. (18 Tackles, 5 TFL, 1 Sack, 3 Forced Fumbles). The way we are playing, we might be out of reach to get him, but its still something to thing about...
Do you go all in on Offense? Draft the top skill position players and lineman and get some balance on the team. Keep your top 5-10 Defense in tact, but through the draft, at least build an offense that can rank middle of the pack?
I think if we had Barr, and spent our early round picks on Defense, it would literally be almost impossible to score points on us. Especially in a passing league. Having Mo, Rich, Snacks coming up the middle and Barr blazing from the edge......QBs would have milliseconds to get that ball out.
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The North Carolina House Select Committee on the State's Role in Immigration Policy held a meeting at the State Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, March 28, 2012, to hear public comment on immigration in the state. The 12-member Committee, appointed by House Speaker Thom Tillis, is charged with studying and examining the State's laws already in effect in North Carolina as well as best practices in other states.
Rev. Msgr. David D. Brockman, Vicar General of the Diocese of Raleigh, presented a statement to the Committee on behalf of the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, and the Most Reverend Peter J. Jugis, Bishop of Charlotte. The statement explained Catholic social teaching on formation of a just immigration policy.
"This teaching is twofold," Msgr. Brockman explained. "First, we support the role of the federal government to regulate migration and to defend its borders and laws; and secondly, as Catholics, we advocate for the recognition that immigrants, as members of God's human family, are deserving of and must be granted the appropriate dignity as our brothers and sisters in the Lord."
Msgr. Brockman noted how the Bible "clearly demonstrates that this God given dignity is given to refugees, migrants, and to all those who are immigrants. Jesus himself was a refugee as a Child and an itinerant during His public ministry. He taught us to welcome the stranger (Matthew 25:35) and to realize that in welcoming the stranger, we are welcoming Christ Himself."
The testimony presented at the hearing represented both sides of the issue. It clearly demonstrated the urgent need of the federal government to undertake major immigration reform. In his remarks, Msgr. Brockman said without action by the federal government states throughout our great nation have attempted to address the issue legislatively on a local basis.
Pointing to a 2007 document issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Msgr Brockman cited the five principles featured in the Bishops' document that could serve as a guide in creating either a national or state immigration policy.
"Both Bishop Burbidge and Bishop Jugis acknowledge that there are many emotions which are often ignited by the immigration debate," Msgr. Brockman said, "but together, they call on 'all people of goodwill to continue to debate in the spirit of mutual respect, ever mindful that together we must work for peace and protect the dignity of each and every person.'"
At the conclusion of the meeting, Committee Co-Chair Rep. H. Warren announced that the Committee will not delay its report to the House Speaker until later in the year. He explained the decision is based upon the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court will review the Arizona immigration law during its current session and hand down a decision by June. Rep. Warren said Committee will take the Court's decision into consideration in preparing its recommendation.
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Internal migration between US-states - A Social Network Analysis
AbstractIn this paper we use the novel (at least in regional science) technique of social network analysis and apply it to one of the most analyzed topics in the discipline, US internal migration. We want to see whether social network analysis can yield any new insights into this well known process. We want to compare the technique to more conventional methods of analysis in migration. The paper will give an overview of recent literature about internal migration between US states and summarize the main findings. It will then present an overview of social network analysis, define key concepts and describe the main components of the technique. This discussion will also involve a discussion of currently available software for social network analysis. Then, we will apply the technique to the official data about internal migration between US states as published by the US bureau of the census, to see whether the technique can reproduce the main results of the traditional techniques and whether it can yield any new insights.
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In 30 years of reloading I've never had a problem with case failure. Over last summer I suffered two case head failures in two separate guns. My Taurus 709 was destroyed due to a cracked frame and my Kahr CW-9 had the side panel blown off and action bar bent. One load was a max Bluedot recipe and the other a max Power Pistol load. Since both guns have unsupported chambers my question is how many times can I reload a 9 mm case fired in unsupported chambers?


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The Seahawks drafted Wisconsin/NC St. QB Russell Wilson at #75 last night, and that along with the free agent singing QB Matt Flynn, now gives them 4 QB's, so could the Panthers be interested in 1 of their extra QB's?
The other 2 Seahawks QB's are last year starter Tervaris Jackson, and his rookie backup Josh Portis, and unless someone gets injured, 1 of these 2 QB's will either be cut or traded. Here's the info on both QB's:
QB Tarvaris Jackson (6-2, 226) is a 29 year old veteran who started for the Seahawks last season (15 games, passing for 3,091 yards, with 60.2% completitions, 14 TD's, 13 ints., and a 79.2 QB rating), and started for the Vikings in the past. Like Cam he has the ability to run (4.69-40), but he isn't very effective (2.7 YPC in 2011), and doesn't feel pressure well (42 sacks in 2011).
QB Josh Portis (6-2 7/8, 211) from California (PA)is 24 years old, but he didn't throw a pass as a rookie last season. Like Cam he runs well, 4.62-40, 1.65-10 (just a little slower than Cam's 4.59-10 and 1.59-10), with even a faster 3-cone (6.84 to Cam's 6.92), and 20-yards shuttle (4.12 to Cam's 4.18) times than Cam, also posting a 40 inch vertical (35 inches for Cam). He might be more of a practice squad QB than a #3 QB.I personally still feel that ECU's QB Dominique Davis is a better option as an UDFA, and a 2012 practice squad player.


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The Xbox 360 S is awesome. It takes the original design of the Xbox 360 and makes it smaller, quieter, and even a bit faster (no your graphics won't look better, but the cpu is actually a little more efficient which translates into fewer hangups and a bit more responsiveness when using tools like the Xbox Guide button or the Xbox Live Dashboard). While the Playstation 3 is a formidable console, both it and the Wii simply CANNOT compare to the online offerings of Xbox Live, which is where the real glory lies. With thousands upon thousand of arcade titles at reach from your own living room with demos on pretty much every single one AND tons of exclusives available (like Braid, Castle Crashers, Minecraft, Fez, Trials HD/Evolution to name a few). Plus you have so much digital entertainment in your own living room, with tons more coming as Xbox Live evolves into perhaps the most adopted home-entertainment system. Kinect only furthers the potential of Xbox, and is seeing great support from big titles. I love my console.
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Christmas festival in goa - Though Christians form a minority in the Goan population, the festival sees massive involvement of people from all over the state and the country, regardless of caste and creed. Dance, music and parties are the major features of the grand event. Even the hotels, resorts, nightclubs and discotheques try to celebrate the celebrating christmas in goa in their own exclusive ways. A special range of cuisine is produced, inviting tourists and vacationers from across the globe.
Celebrating christmas in goa - Party till you drop is how Goans take it. Wherever in Goa, you will never find any dearth of good spirit and enthusiasm. Gifts are exchanged among friends and relatives. Santa Claus arrives to present nice gifts and chocolates to the children. Goa's catholics dress themselves in the finest of clothes and flock to attend the midnight masses which is known as Missa
Goan festivities - Goa is a colorful vibrant city. And its vibrancy is not confined within four boundaries of its heritage sites and monuments only. There is something else also that extends beyond these. This is festivals in Goa.
There are many holidays and Goa festivals that are celebrated and enjoyed to the full. And these are the best times to see the great religious mix of people. On national holidays banks and post offices in Goa remain closed. As per festivals are concerned, Hindu religious festivals are celebrated on the basis of lunar calendar whereby dates are found to vary each year. However, Christian festivals are observed on fixed dates.
Goa festivals are celebrated round the year. And the most common thing found in every celebration is feasts and processions. It is believed that long period of Portuguese colonization has played an important role in the way festivals are observed in Goa. In fact Hindu festivals in Goa are also not untouched of its influence. It can be said that the Portuguese influence has rendered unique Goan character to them and has brought more elegance and style.
Most of the festivals in Goa are celebrated the same way they are celebrated in other parts of India. However, these festivals have a distinctive Goan touch. Some of the most famous Goan festivals comprising Hindu and Christian when you can actually see the true religious spirit of the natives are listed below.
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(BEIJING, September 9) -- So Wa-wai of Hong Kong SAR claimed the bronze in the Men's 100m T36 on Tuesday at the Bird's Nest.
"I am not very satisfied with my performance today. I stood at lane 9, which I was not used to, which affected the pace of my steps. So I am a little bit depressed. But I am looking forward to winning my best event, the T36 200m race, on September 15," he said after his 100m run.
The 26-year-old athlete, a gold medalist in three Paralympic Games, is also the world record holder of the T36 class of the Men's 100m and 200m. In 1996, So won his first Paralympic gold medal in the 4x100m Relay race in Atlanta. Since then, he has collected four gold, two sliver and two bronze medals, as well as setting three world records in subsequent Paralympic Games.
So was born with jaundice, which affected his listening and the balance of his limbs, but even as a child, he was keen on running. When he was 10 years old, his enthusiasm for running was discovered by coach Poon Kin-lui, who took So under his wing for formal training. Five years later, their hard work was rewarded for the first time with a gold medal in the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games.
The runner almost missed this year's Paralympic Games, for his father, the bread-earner of the family, was injured on the job, and So was forced to work to support the family. It was Andy Lau, a famous Hong Kong celebrity, who gave So a full-time job with the freedom to train at any time. Thanks to Lau, So was able to continue his training to prepare for the Beijing Paralympic Games.
Facing the realities of life and pursuing his athletic dreams have greatly helped So nurture good characteristics and broaden his mind. Support from society has also motivated his sense of responsibility to help and encourage people with disabilities.


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Emmanuel Adebayor is relishing the prospect of pulling on a Tottenham shirt again after finally completing his move to the London club.
Over three months after scoring in Tottenham's victory over Fulham, Adebayor put pen to paper on a permanent deal after reaching a compromise over his pay-off from Manchester City. The Togo hitman vowed to pick up where he left off yesterday and admitted that he was relieved to leave the Etihad Stadium to join up again with Spurs.
"I am pleased to be signing for Spurs on a permanent basis after finally agreeing my departure with Manchester City," he said on the official Spurs website. "It may have taken longer than expected but I am delighted to be back at Tottenham Hotspur. I really enjoyed my time here last season and I am hoping we can achieve great things together again.''
Despite spending three and a half years at bitter rivals Arsenal, Adebayor became a fans' favourite at Tottenham last season, mainly because he scored 18 goals and struck up a sound understanding with Rafael van der Vaart while on loan at the London club.
"I'm back!!!! Tottenham here I come!! I'm hungry for goals...Get ready," Adebayor tweeted.
With nine days to go until the close of the transfer window, manager Andre Villas-Boas is starting to put the finishing touches to the Spurs squad he wants to win a trophy this season.
The Portuguese sold out-of-favour centre-back Sebastien Bassong to Norwich on Tuesday and it may not be long before another Tottenham defender, Michael Dawson, leaves the club after QPR made a bid for the England international.
Although he is the club's captain, Dawson was left out of the squad that travelled to Newcastle at the weekend.
There is likely to be further transfer activity at White Hart Lane before the window shuts. Tom Huddlestone has been linked with a loan move to Stoke and fellow squad players David Bentley and Giovani Dos Santos may depart.
Tottenham also remain in talks with Real Madrid over the protracted sale of Luka Modric. Villas-Boas will also be looking to add to Tottenham's ranks, with Manchester City midfielder Adam Johnson the latest player to be linked with the north London outfit.


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The Rams are in a dilemma thats for sure. So many needs to fill on such a young roster. Their energetic young defensive-minded head coach is faced with a very tough task going into this offseason. Take the safe pick in Suh, the all-world DT out of Nebraska, or look for the new face of the franchise in Clausen or Bradford.
One thing's for sure, they need the help at both positions, so whatever their choice come April, it will certainly fill a void for a team that is desperate for a reincarnation.
Suh remains the undoubted star of this class. His domination of Collegiate opponents earned him the highest amount of Heisman votes ever for a strictly defensive player (Charles Woodson plays some offense and returns kicks). He is one of the can't miss prospects in this years draft, along with Berry and McCoy. So what about QB?
There seems to be a lot of questions surrounding Bradford and Clausen; some regarding injury, and others focusing on maturity and leadership. Whatever the issue, is either QB worth the #1 pick in the 2010 draft? The future of this franchise rests on this decision.
So, here is a scenario that may be too good for the Rams to pass up. How about Jason Campbell? Campbell is still young, and could have a renewed start in a new system surrounded by a bookend LT who was drafted last year in Jason Smith, a group of young WR's, a superstar RB, and a young defensive that keeps adding pieces to eventually become good.
If the Rams decide Suh is their man come April, will most certainly have to address QB later in the draft(which could be a huge risk), or attempt to trade for an aging vet like McNabb or Vick, both of whom wouldn't be a likely fit in St. Louis. With Jason Campbell's future up in the air in DC, it would make sense to acquire about the young QB, who is just entering him prime. He could probably be had for a second round draft pick(and maybe a later rd pick added in), but the Rams should certainly be willing to sacrifice that to become instantly better.
Will this move, that makes sense for both teams, ever come to fruition? Will the Redskins opt to release or trade their maligned signal caller, to gamble their future on a rookie? Only time will tell, but for two franchises who are seeking a new identity going into a new decade, it is a way for both to have their cake and eat it too.


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When Analyst Relations Get Social is a short and interesting post by Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang (bio, Twitter handle) on the fact that analyst relations professionals should not consider themselves gatekeepers, but facilitators. On this, we at SageCircle completely agree. Frankly, the best AR programs have always had the facilitator attitude.
For those AR programs that still want to be gatekeepers, social media is making it harder and harder to maintain control of every interaction with the analysts. As Jeremiah points out:
"…For example, I can easily tweet out "anyone in the sharepoint team have have a moment for some questions" and I'd suspect they'd quickly respond in seconds, whether or not the AR person was involved. …"
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Folks brought out their lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy a movie in downtown Youngstown Monday night.
The outdoor movie series kicked off with Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" on the Covelli Centre lawn.
If you missed the film, you still have time to catch another one.
The 10 free movies are offered almost every Monday through September 9th.
The city of Youngstown, the Covelli Centre and Golden String teamed up for the series. The nonprofit organization, Golden String, is raising money through a concession stand.
In a news release, organizers say that all children must be accompanied by an adult and that parents should use their own discretion on what films are appropriate for young children. All movies are PG or PG13.
In case of a rain date the movie will be shown the next day.
The movie schedule is below:
July 1 - Men in Black 3
July 8 - Paranormal
July 15 - Jack Reacher
July 22 - Lion King
July 29 - NO MOVIE
August 5 - 42 (The story of Jackie Robinson)
August 12 - The Birds (1963)
August 19 - The Avengers
August 26 - Oz Great and Powerful
September 2 - NO MOVIE
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JooJoo takes a month off, gets its groove back
In the last chapter in the JooJoo/Crunchpad saga, the JooJoo needed to take a break. It wasn't you, it was them. They needed to enlist in a period of self-discovery (and fix their capacitive touchscreen problems) so they pushed back their launch date by a month. Well now it looks like Fusion Garage — makers of the JooJoo — has put that time to good use and come back with a new look and better features.
To start, the JooJoo now has an interface that you can look at. Gone is the random solid color screen and tiled interface. It has been replaced by a full screen image, left menu and icon column that makes the screen look oh so much better. Gone is the pinch gesture dedicated to backing out of applications. Now it's a much more intuitive swipe down that displays a menu with home, navigation controls, status and URL/search function (similar to Android). They've also added gestures including scroll wheel using two fingers and single-finger pan control.
In addition to revising the onscreen keyboard (it now has smaller keyboard that you can position for one hand typing and the full screen keyboard supports multiple touch input) Flash is now fully up and running. YouTube runs smooth and quick and, although you can still use it, doesn't require the H.264 player the JooJoo used in the past to play video files. They've also changed the case color from the classic black to a champagne brown.
While these changes may not be enough to breath life into the already delayed and litigated device, they're certainly improvements that we're happy to see. The main question will be exactly how well the cloud computing concept of the JooJoo stands up to MID capability of the basic iPad model. Will anyone take a chance on it and see?
Update: The FCC just published their overview of the JooJoo and the news isn't so great. It will be powered by an Intel Atom N270 processor. That means a not-so-good battery life between 2 to 3.5 hours. That's not a time frame you want to hear considering this is supposed to be a mobile tablet.
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Close to 85 students in Grade 12 from Rainbow District School Board and the Sudbury Catholic District School Board donned legal gowns to prosecute and defend the case of an accused charged with first-degree murder.
Second-place medals were awarded to the team from Lockerby Composite School.
Students from Confederation Secondary School will go on to the Northeastern Mock Trial Competition to be held in early March. Regional winners will compete in the province-wide finals in Toronto in the spring.
Other awards that were presented included:
Miller Maki Best Witness Award
Skyler Chartrand – Confederation Secondary School
Coaches: Karen Lische (Crown Attorney's Office) and Brad Smith (Teacher)
Award Presenter: Lucille Shaw, Civil Litigation and Defence Attorney (Miller Maki LLP)
Lacroix, Forest Best Advocate Crown Award
Shelby Ernst – Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School
Coaches: Mike Gauthier, James Ross (Orendorff & Associates) and Terry Pagan (Teacher)
Award Presenter: Andrée Lacroix (Lacroix, Forest LLP)
Weaver Simmons Best Advocate Defence Award
Pavendeep Grewal – Lockerby Composite School
Coaches: Leonard Kim (Crown Attorney's Office) and Shari Blasutti (Teacher)
Presenter: Berk Keaney (Weaver, Simmons)
Edward J. Conroy Q.C. Team Civility Award
St. Charles College Team 1 and 2
Presenter: Michael Macnamara (Edward J. Conroy)
Rainbow District School Board chair Doreen Dewar thanked the volunteer coaches from the Sudbury and District Law Association and the Sudbury Crown Attorney's Office who, year after year, provide hundreds of hours of time to this project.
"Through the Mock Trial Competition, local lawyers make an invaluable contribution to student learning by bringing the classroom into the courtroom," Dewar said.
"Many students have been inspired to pursue studies in the justice sector after secondary school. We commend the legal community for being exceptional role models for community service and student success."
The Mock Trial Competition is well established within the Grade 12 Law curriculum. In addition to meeting curriculum expectations, mock trials develop other skills in students, including public speaking, teamwork, presentation, preparation and critical thinking skills.
"Open courts and open justice are necessary for citizens to have confidence in the administration of justice," said Hennessy, who has been the Mock Trial project leader since the event's inception.
"Most people will not go to courts to watch trials. They are more likely to read about them in newspapers or other media. As these students prepare to prosecute or defend a serious charge, they can appreciate the importance of the fundamental principles of proof beyond reasonable doubt and the presumption of innocence as the foundation of the society governed by the rule of law.
"This experience increases the students' understanding of the legal process and allows them to follow media reports of local or national legal matters with a critical eye. It is our hope that these students will be engaged citizens, whose experience of the trial process will give them an understanding of important justice issues in the life of the community. We also know that this experience creates confident advocates, whether as students, citizens or professionals."


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We've recycled nearly 1 million tonnes of waste since we launched online back in 2003, providing a full range of skip hire services across the UK and Ireland from 2 cubic-yard Mini Skips, 4-Yard Midi Skips, 6 to 8-Yard Builder Skips, to 10, 12 and 14-Yard Maxi Skips and 20-40 Yard RORO (Roll On, Roll Off) skip containers.
We've even made video demos for you below to help make sure you get the right skip size for your job (there's nothing worse than having a skip that's too small for your waste!).
One of the city's most famous landmarks is Sittingbourne Museum and Art Gallery which was home to the area's first infirmary. There are approximately 227,000 objects in the museum, built in 1857, including archaeological items of a local interest to marine fossils from the Jurassic period.
Orders for skip hire Sittingbourne are plentiful and this thriving area and has been exposed to a great deal of expansion with a number of new homes being built in the area. Expansion was aided by being located so close to London, just an hour's train ride away.
The city has been a home to speedway racing for quite some time. Although the track was initially considered to be a training venue, the Sittingbourne Crusaders joined the Conference League in 1994 as well as competing in other competitions. Riders from across the UK now come to use the facility, such as its popularity.
Paper manufacturing has contributed to the area's economy more than any other. It began in 1708 with their first Paper Maker on record, Peter Archer. Sittingbourne Mill was in existence from 1769 but was purchased by Edward Lloyd, who owned the Daily Chronicle. The mill was closed in 2006 after a takeover. However, Kemsley Paper Mill remains the largest employer in the city and in any area where paper is used so much in industry.
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At Topskips we can also provide a Wait and Load service. Should you choose to use this service it can keep your costs at a minimum (it also prevents passers-by and neighbours from dumping waste into your skip!) Our wait and load wagon is sent to the required address along with an empty skip and it will wait for half an hour whilst you may dispose of all waste. This is a handy service to use for eliminating any permit costs.
Whatever your requirements are Topskips can help.
Call us for a no-obligation quote for skip hire in Sittingbourne on 08445 60 77 10.
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For more information, see our skip sizes page.
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These things are good to put into one of our skips:
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- - General Building Site Waste
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- - Clinical Waste
- - Fluorescent Light Tubes
- - Old TV's
- - Computer Monitors
- - Asbestos
- - Vehicle Tyres
- - Tins of Paint (empty or not)
- - Mattresses (in certain areas of the country)
- - Plasterboard
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PHOTO CALL: Love, Loss... Welcomes Dawn Wells, Robin Strasser, Judy Gold and More
By Joseph Marzullo
The long-running hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre welcomed its newest cast Feb. 1.
Obie Award winner Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Ruined), Alexandra Silber, Robin Strasser ("One Life to Live") and Dawn Wells ("Gilligan's Island") will continue through Feb. 26 engagement.
Take a look at photos from the cast party below.
The Feb. 29-April 1 cast will include Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid) and Erica Watson ("Precious").
Karen Carpenter directs Nora and Delia Ephron's production based on Ilene Beckerman's book of the same name that "uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to."
The design team includes Jo Winiarski (scenic design), Ren LaDassor (costume design), Jeff Croiter (lighting design), Walter Trarbach (sound design) and Maria Verel (make-up design).
Daryl Roth produces.
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An estimated $5 million marijuana growing operation was raided early Wednesday morning near Hinckley, Minn.
The search warrant was executed by the Pine County Sheriff's Office and East Central Drug Task Force. An estimated 10,000 marijuana plants were seized in the bust, in a densely wooded area on the Mile Lacs Reservation just east of Hinckley.
Investigators must dig up all of the plants by hand to preserve the evidence. Watch video of a truckload of marijuana plants being hauled away at http://instagram.com/p/cKXZh6vY9G/#
The raid was first reported by WCMP Radio, which accompanied deputies and task force officers Wednesday morning. WCMP reporter Jesse Logan told FOX 9 the average size of the pot plants he observed were about four feet tall.
"They thinned out the trees in that area so that enough light would come in," Logan said. "They still had tree cover so that people couldn't see what was going on from above."
The marijuana seized was previously reported to have a street value of up to $7 million, but that figure was reduced as evidence was collected and measured. All the uprooted plants will be dried and eventually incinerated.
It's not usual to find marijuana growing operations in rural parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, but authorities say the Pine County bust showed sophistication. Typically, marijuana is measured in kilos but there were so many plants that DEA agents had to use a 10-ton dump truck to remove them all.
"As far as outdoor goes, we find one once in a while -- nowhere near this size," Pine county Sheriff Robin Cole told FOX 9 News.
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Jason Botchford reports that O'Brien will meet with Alain Vigneault on Sunday and Mike Gillis on Monday. His reported problems are tardiness and weight issues. But many wonder if there is more to it than that. Ugh. Why now? There's only 4 games left in the season and Shane O Mac is better than Andrew Alberts...
We get to miss him opening series! Not that it'll make a huge difference over the course of the season. But I'll take it!
And daddy isn't happy. Small's father has charged the OSU coaching staff with "intentionally trying to ruin [his] son's career," after Small allegedly failed to go to class, and Tressel served up a two game suspension. Small denies any wrongdoing. What difference, if any, this makes in a squad that ranks 24th in the nation in punt returns will be seen Saturday when the Bucks square off against Northwestern (61st in the nation in punt return coverage).
Bud Selig press conference discussing the process behind the decision to suspend Game 5 of the World Series. Download the mp3 file from the link on the page and listen on your machine.
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