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Testing mixing models of old and young groundwater in a tropical lowland rain forest with environmental tracers
Article first published online: 29 APR 2010
Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union.
Water Resources Research
Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2010
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- Issue published online: 29 APR 2010
- Article first published online: 29 APR 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 16 DEC 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 15 NOV 2009
- Manuscript Received: 1 JUL 2009
- groundwater hydrology;
- groundwater/surface water interaction;
- groundwater quality
[1] We tested three models of mixing between old interbasin groundwater flow (IGF) and young, locally derived groundwater in a lowland rain forest in Costa Rica using a large suite of environmental tracers. We focus on the young fraction of water using the transient tracers CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, SF6, 3H, and bomb 14C. We measured 3He, but 3H/3He dating is generally problematic due to the presence of mantle 3He. Because of their unique concentration histories in the atmosphere, combinations of transient tracers are sensitive not only to subsurface travel times but also to mixing between waters having different travel times. Samples fall into three distinct categories: (1) young waters that plot along a piston flow line, (2) old samples that have near-zero concentrations of the transient tracers, and (3) mixtures of 1 and 2. We have modeled the concentrations of the transient tracers using (1) a binary mixing model (BMM) of old and young water with the young fraction transported via piston flow, (2) an exponential mixing model (EMM) with a distribution of groundwater travel times characterized by a mean value, and (3) an exponential mixing model for the young fraction followed by binary mixing with an old fraction (EMM/BMM). In spite of the mathematical differences in the mixing models, they all lead to a similar conceptual model of young (0 to 10 year) groundwater that is locally derived mixing with old (>1000 years) groundwater that is recharged beyond the surface water boundary of the system.


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Your Black Monday Open Thread
Lots going on today in the real world. My city got demolished by high winds, Texas is under water, and the stock market is going to crash after Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch fell apart over the weekend. Oh, and I'm way behind on my readings for classes since my power went out yesterday. So instead of new posts, this thread will have to suffice. Go crazy.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most prominent civil rights leader of the 50s and 60s. He was the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through his leadership and example, he led peaceful demonstrations and marches to protest discrimination. Many of his ideas on nonviolence were fashioned on the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi in India. In 1968, King was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
Key Civil Rights Activities
- Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) - This began with Rosa Parks refusing to sit in the back of the bus. The boycott's goal was to protest segregation in public buses. It lasted more than a year. It also led to the rise of King as the foremost leader in the civil rights movement.
- National Guard Called to Force Desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957) - After the court case Brown v. Board of Education ordered that schools be desegregated, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus would not enforce this ruling. He called out the Arkansas National Guard to stop African-Americans from attending "all-white" schools. President Dwight Eisenhower took control of the National Guard and forced the admission of the students.
- Sit-Ins - Throughout the South groups of individuals would request services that were denied to them because of their race. This was a popular form of protest. One of the first and most famous occurred at Greensboro, North Carolina where a group of college students, both white and black, asked to be served at a Woolworth's lunch counter that was supposed to be segregated.
- Freedom Rides (1961) - Groups of college students would ride on interstate carriers in protest to segregation on interstate buses. President John F. Kennedy actually provided federal marshals to help protect the freedom riders in the south.
- March on Washington (1963) - On August 28, 1963, 250,000 individuals both black and white gathered together at the Lincoln Memorial to protest segregation. It was here that King delivered his famous and stirring "I have a dream..." speech.
- Freedom Summer (1964) - This was a combination of drives to help get blacks registered to vote. Many areas of the South were denying African-Americans the basic right to vote by not allowing them to register. They used various means including literacy tests and more overt means like intimidation through groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Three volunteers, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman, were murdered and seven KKK members were convicted of their murder.
- Selma, Alabama (1965) - Selma was the beginning point of three marches intended to go to the capitol of Alabama, Montgomery, in protest to discrimination in voter registration. Two times the marchers were turned back, the first with a lot of violence and the second at the request of King. The third march had its intended effect and helped with the passage of the Voting Rights of 1965 in Congress.
Important Civil Rights Legislation and Court Decisions
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - This landmark decision allowed for the desegregation of schools.
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) - Allowed for any accused individual to have the right to an attorney. Before this case, an attorney would only be provided by the state if the result of the case could be the death penalty.
- Heart of Atlanta v. United States (1964) - Any business that was participating in interstate commerce would be required to follow all rules of the federal civil rights legislation. In this case, a motel that wanted to continue segregation was denied because they did business with people from other states.
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 - An important piece of legislation that stopped segregation and discrimination in public accommodations. Further, the U.S. Attorney General would be able to help victims of discrimination. It also forbid employers to discriminate against minorities.
- Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) - No poll taxes would be allowed in any states. In other words, a state could not charge people to vote.
- Voting Rights Act (1965) - Probably the most successful congressional civil rights legislation. This truly guaranteed what had been promised in the 15th amendment: that no one would be denied the right to vote based on race. It ended literacy tests and gave the U.S. Attorney General the right to intervene on behalf of those who had been discriminated against.


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Dr. Paul Nesselroade is in his 8th year at Asbury University. He graduated from Asbury in 1989 with a Bachelor's in Chemistry Education. He then got his M.A. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) in Experimental Psychology at the University of Louisville. Dr. Nesselroade took his first teaching position in 1996 at Simpson University and stayed there until 2002. Since 2002 Dr. Nesselroade has been teaching various psychology classes for Asbury.
Dr. Nesselroade has done research on self-extensions, ingroup biases, and self-other perceptions. He is currently working on research related to mindfulness.
Nesselroade and his wife, Cheryl, have three children and reside in Wilmore.
Courses taught by Dr. Nesselroade include:
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- Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:17pm by Liz Klimas
CHICAGO (The Blaze/AP) — It is a widely held belief that U.S. presidents have an extremely stressful job. Within months of entering office, people began to call attention to President Barack Obama's rapidly graying hair. Even First Lady Michelle has made mention of the salt and peppering of her husband's hair, saying earlier this year that it was "proof" he was doing well and "earning every last one of those gray hairs."
As if graying wasn't enough, many people think that the stress level associated with the presidency is linked to a shorter lifespan. But a new study is showing the complete opposite, finding many U.S. commanders in chief have actually lived longer than their peers.
Using life expectancy data for men the same age as presidents on their inauguration days, the study found that 23 of 34 presidents who died of natural causes lived several years longer than expected.
The four former presidents still alive have already lived longer than predicted, or likely will because they're in good health, the study said.
"The graying of hair and wrinkling of the skin seen in presidents while they're in office are normal elements of human aging," said study author S. Jay Olshansky, a researcher on aging at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Stress can speed up those two outward signs of aging, and it's possible that job stress has made some presidents appear to age quickly. But the study shows that doesn't mean being doomed to an early grave.
"We don't actually know if they get more gray hair or more wrinkles" than other men their age. "But even if they did, we don't die of gray hair and wrinkles," Olshansky said.
Given that most of the 43 men who have served as president have been college-educated, wealthy and had access to the best doctors, their long lives are actually not that surprising, he said.
His study is published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
The idea that presidents age quickly comes from casual observation and more studious assessments. Promoters of that idea include Dr. Michael Roizen, chairman of Cleveland Clinic's Wellness Institute and co-founder of RealAge, Inc. The "real age" concept suggests that age depends partly on lifestyle factors including stress and diet that either keep people young or prematurely age them. Roizen theorizes that presidents age twice as fast while in office.
Roizen said Olshansky's study doesn't disprove that idea and only shows "that in order to run for president you tend to be incredibly healthy."
Olshansky stands by his findings.
The 34 presidents who died of natural causes were aged 73 on average at death, a few months less than Olshansky's' life expectancy estimate. But under the accelerated aging theory, their average age of death would have been 68, he said.
The 23 presidents who lived longer than Olshansky's projections died at an average age of 78, 11 years later than under the accelerated aging theory.
The four presidents who were assassinated — Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy — were aged 52 on average at death.
The first eight presidents were almost 80 years old on average when they died, at a time when the average life expectancy for men was less than age 35.
"It's absolutely extraordinary that they lived this long," Olshansky said.
That includes John Adams, who died at 90; James Madison, 85; and Thomas Jefferson, 83.
Ditto the last eight presidents who died — seven lived longer than expected; Lyndon Johnson was the only one who didn't. He died of a heart attack at age 64, 10 years less than his projected life expectancy and five years less than his life expectancy with accelerated aging, Olshansky said.
Among the more recent presidents, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford both died at 93. Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush are both 87.
Olshansky has even done some projecting about 50-year-old President Barack Obama. Given his age when inaugurated, Obama's life expectancy would be 79, but Olshansky estimates that Obama will live to at least 82 because of his education, wealth and access to top-notch health care.


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Hello Deadbeef,
If you can give me a few more details, perhaps I can help.
Can you tell me what your signal source? What sort of source impedance does it have, does it have an excitation source that can it be modulated, can it be shorted out on a regular interval to re-zero, and what bandwidth does it operate over.
You mentioned difficulties with cable. Are you have difficulties due to triboelectric effects? You also mentioned difficulties with strong fields. Are these magnetic, electric, or traveling? What sort of frequencies.
As for 1/f, one must remember that as the frequency decreases, the available bandwidth becomes less (.1Hz is ALL the bandwidth from DC to .1Hz). So, There isn't an infinite event. However, it does look more and more like drift as you go lower in frequency. The ability to turn off, or short out, the source gives you an opportunity to zero out the drift between repetitive test cycles.
Generally, the processing circuitry isn't very expensive - though the first stage amp may proved demanding. It usually costs a couple of hundred dollars for a custom PCB and a few tens of dollars for associated components.


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A gunman opening fire at a school is one of the greatest fears any parent could have.
It's a situation which has never occurred in the state but one school is preparing, just in case.
It's a worst case scenario for any school...
So why did Surrey Public School turn this nightmare into a near reality?
(Kevin Klassen, Superintendent, Surrey Schools) "It gives us a life like situation, the way life is going we have to prepare ourselves for these. With everybody involved I think it's just a good scenario so if God for bid it ever does happen, we can be prepared."
Simulating the event of a school shooting, this full scale exercise brought law enforcement and other emergency teams together to prepare for a potentially deadly attack.
(Pete Schneider, Chief of Police, Surrey) "It could happen at anytime in any community and we have to be prepared as law enforcement, as firefighters, as EMS that if someone like this would happen that it isn't mass chaos. We work together to get through this and try to eliminate from anyone being injured."
Three different scenarios were played out during the two hour exercise.
To keep it as real as possible officers used paintball guns as ammunition and a recording of screams and gun fire echoed through the halls.
Superintendent Klassen believes the simulation is important for not just the response teams but to his students.
(Kevin Klassen, Superintendent, Surrey Schools) "It's good that they get the experience. However, the anxiety's are going to be high. I don't care, if it does come to fruition, everybody's adrenaline is going to be pumping and wanting to do the right thing so it's a good experience for them."
Students, teachers, and members of the community volunteered to participate in the exercise.
It's a scene no one ever wants to find themselves in, but preparing for the worst, could save lives if this unthinkable simulation actually happened.
In Surrey, Gary Brode, KX News.
Officer Schneider said he would like to see the school perform an exercise like this once a year.


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Talk about hometown support for those Universal Little Leaguers. Today the All-star team hosted an autograph party at Mira's Sports and More on the 6000 block of Ayers. Tons of people filled the store to meet the Universal All-stars who are fresh off their trip to the Little League World Series in Williamsport.
They signed everything from t-shirts to posters and even baseballs.
The little leaguers we spoke with say it's good to be home.
Sunday, the kids will take in a Hooks baseball game.
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#5. Scott Stevensy open ice hits: Speedy open ice bone rattling hits are among the most physical plays in all of sport. Even an avid football fan would not disagree when witnessing Paul Karyia nearly vegetized trying to cross Scott Stevens' blue line.
#4. The one constant: Growing up a military brat and moving around eastern Canada the first 10 years of my life there was only one constant, no matter where I lived there would be kids playing hockey, which would always make it easier to connect with new people.
#3. Speed: Hockey is the fastest team sport in the world...It's so fast it makes Lindsey Lohan look like a prude.
#2. Stanley Cup Playoffs: The most intense, emotional, hard fought tournament in all of sport. I never played organized hockey, and can't even skate all that well yet many a night dreams of me skating around MLG with the mug up in the air danced through my head.
#1. Game Six 2002 Eastern Conference Finals: This may seem strange to some, having the number one reason I love hockey as possibly the most disappointing loss in recent Leafs history, yet in the last minute of this game when all hope was gone Mats scored the tying goal to extend it into overtime. At this moment I saw anything was possible if you just stuck with it and worked hard enough. This is the exact moment I went from a casual fan of a sport, to a lover of Hockey. And then Martin Gelinas gave me one of the swiftest kicks to the coin purse ever received.


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TOTAL IT exports, including hardware, software and IT-enabled services, are expected to touch the $60-billion mark by 2008, having increased by 164 per cent between 2000-01 and 2004-05, according to the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC).
In absolute terms, IT exports have grown from Rs 32,288 crore in 2000-01 to Rs 85,300 crore in 2004-05.
"The pace at which IT exports are growing gives us the impression that the target of $60 billion by 2008 will be achieved," the ESC Executive Director, Mr D.K. Sareen, said in a release.
Between 2000-01 and 2004-05, export of computer software and related services (excluding ITES) has almost doubled and if this trend continues, export from this segment will touch Rs 1,00,000 crore ($25 billion) by 2007-08, ESC said.
The council said the export of IT-enabled services has grown by 121 per cent between 2002-03 and 2004-05, recording the highest percentage of growth in the IT sector. Exports have gone up from Rs 10,500 crore to Rs 23,300 crore during this period.
Electronic hardware exports between 2000-01 and 2004-05 grew by 67 per cent, increasing from Rs 4,788 crore to Rs 8,000 crore during the period.
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The unwanted medication collection will take place this Friday, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the UPMC Hamot Women's Hospital lobby.


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From the Imperial Valley News:
A body was discovered in the Palo Verde mountain area on Monday, said Lt. George Moreno from Imperial County Sheriff's Department.
The Palo Verde mountain area is 60 miles northeast of Brawley.
Authorities have not confirmed if the body is that of missing mixed martial arts fighter, Evan Tanner, who had fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Tanner, 37, has been missing since last weekend.
Tanner's friends from Oceanside, where Tanner resides, had been texting him without reply since Wednesday before they reported him missing on Friday.
On Sunday, a campsite was discovered in the Clapp Springs area of the Palo Verde mountains. Tanner's motorcycle was found at the campsite. A body was found today when a sheriffs deputy was flying around the general location of the campsite.
This is terrible news.
From Evan Tanner's blog:
I'm hoping that very soon I'll be sitting out in the quiet of the desert beneath a deep blue midnight sky, listening to the calm desert breeze. The idea going into the desert came to me soon after I moved to Oceanside. It was motivated by my friend Sara's talk of treasure hunting and lost gold, and my own insatiable appetite for adventure and exploration. I began to imagine what might be found in the deep reaches of the untracked desert. It became an obsession of sorts.
"Treasure" doesn't necessarily refer to something material.
Today, I ran to the store to pick up a few things, and with the lonesome, quiet desert thoughts on my mind, I couldn't help but be struck with their brutally stark contrast to my current surroundings, the amazing congestion in which we exist day to day. The landscape as far as I could see, crowded, choked, with me and the rest of the species, an almost writhing mass of organisms, fighting over space and resources,....on the highways, in the parking lots, on the sidewalks, and in the ailse of the stores. And to think, there are still places in the world where man has not been, where he has left no footprints, where the mysteries stand secure, untouched by human eyes. I want to go to these places, the quiet, timeless, ageless places, and sit, letting silence and solitude be my teachers.
I've been gathering my gear for this adventure for over a month, not a long time by most standards, but far too long for my impatient nature. Being a minimalist by nature, wanting to carry only the essentials, and being extremely particular, it has been a little difficult to find just the right equipment. I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment, could cost me my life. I've been doing a great deal of research and study. I want to know all I can about where I'm going, and I want to make sure I have the best equipment.
One more week. I think one more week, and I'll be ready to go.
Hopefully Tanner is ok.
HT MMA Mania
[UPDATE from Luke Thomas]: Cage Potato has the confirmation from Tanner's manager:
Hayner said that Tanner had gone into the desert on a motorcycle expedition and had run out of gas. Tanner was attempting to walk out of the desert, Hayner said, but apparently didn't realize how far away from civilization he was and died of exposure in the triple-digit heat. Tanner's empty campsite was spotted Sunday, and an aerial search located his body earlier this afternoon.
"Here was a famous UFC fighter who didn't have enough food to eat at times. I'd call him just to make sure he had food in his fridge, but he never let it get him down. Starting over was kind of a theme in his life. He hardly ever lived in the same place more than six months," Hayner said. "He moved out to Vegas and then found it too shallow for him, so he moved out to Oceanside and had a great place, he was learning to surf, and he was really enjoying his day-to-day life."
I'll have more on this tomorrow. All I can say right now is that it is very cliched after someone's tragic death to remark you'll remember "not how they died, but how they lived". Tanner, unfortunately, makes it hard not to do that. While the circumstances of his passing are exceedingly unfortunate, he sought out the adventures life had to offer. And he battled personal demons the entire way through. It wasn't as if the thrill he sought came at no price. Yet, he soldiered on. He never quit. He put on the yoke and continued to pull. He demonstrated the type of character virtually no one in your lifetime can match.
What impresses me most about Tanner in his life are the same qualities he displayed in the Octagon: he didn't always win, but he was known for gutting out amazing wins from the very brink of defeat. Rocked, battered, beaten and bruised, Tanner never quit. What more can be asked of a man?


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#1 thing to remember: You are not god and cannot change things when people die. Your 0500 pt had been dead for several hrs and nothing anyone was going to do would change that fact.
Show compassion for the family members and move on.
#2 get used to the fact that everyone will at some point die.
We can some times make a difference in peoples illness or injuries.
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I'll tell you I remember 4 codes I've been on real well... The first code I was ever on was when I was 16 years old and it was my friends (who was also apart of my company) grandmother. So you want to talk about something there. I was a bit affected about it but a few days later I got over it.
The 2nd I remember was back in August of 2011 when we were dispatched to a confined space rescue.
We pulled the guy out of the well and I started CPR on the guy who was blue and covered in human waste. (I just found out I got a Unit Citation from Firehouse Magazine for this)
The 3rd was the first Cardiac arrest I ran. I was first one there and it came in as a heart attack. Found the guy down and not breathing told the communications center and started CPR.
The 4th was new years eve which was my first save. That was one of the best feelings ever.
So keep your head high we don't kill them all. Eventually you come across someone you can save.
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Much like the starter of this thread, I to started in the fire service very young. I was hired just before my 19th b-day. I had the benefit, however, of having a grandfather, father, and older brother in the fire service, so I grew up hearing about the gross and terrible things that my dad did yesterday at work. My first code was my very first call on my very first clinical for EMT class. I remember thinking that it seemed pretty normal, which I realize is very strange. Throughout my first year on the job, I ran 5 codes, including an infant. None of them bothered me. Out of the blue, I had a call that stuck with me. It was not a death, not violent, not a pediatric, but a simple home-to-hospital transfer. The pt. was a 30-something mother of 3 who was a terminal cancer patient. Her skin was a pale green, was very edemic, and had no strength. Looking around, we saw pictures of her and her kids (no father) and old pictures of her in beauty pageants. She was barely recognizable. When we asked how she was doing, she said that she was going to the hospital to die, so that her kids wouldn't have to go through it in their home.
That stuck with me for a while.
As had been said by many, you never "get used to it". I recall a good friend and paramedic once told me, "You can't save them all." "It isn't your fault that the patient is in the condition they are in. You didn't make them drive drunk and crash, you didn't make them eat all of that nasty food that gave them the heart attack, you didn't make them take the drugs they overdosed on, and you didn't make them have the medical condition that you have been called for. You were called to fix whatever it was that was the result of that person's actions. You will give it 110% effort, using all of the training and tools you have at your disposal, and whatever the end result, you just need to know you did everything you could, and whatever happens... Happens."
If it starts wearing on you, GET HELP!!! Seek assistance from your Employee Assistance Program. Don't let this career KILL YOU!! There are people out there who can and want to help you. Don't let that old macho bull*** stand in the way of your mental health. I've been doing this since 1973, and I guarantee you, there are times where you just need to have some help getting through it. ASK FOR THE HELP, AND ACCEPT IT!!
Best wishes on a long and productive career. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Sounds like a lot of good advice here. I am going through my first application process with a paid department. I have no fire/medic experience as I am coming from a construction career. However, if I am lucky enough to get chosen to serve, I feel fortunate that my wife of 8 years has been an ER nurse for 12 years, with a few of those years being at a trauma center. She has seen it all as well and would be an invaluable resource to be able to "unload" to and actually be able to understand and sympathize with what I would be dealing with.
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I've been in a really weird mood today and I don't know why. I feel more tired than I have been the last 3-4 weeks despite having one of the best sleeps I've had in ages. Add in to that I've not really done much at all today other than normal stuff. I did sit for 45 mins in the car watching the kids slowly start to scream but thats almost normal. It's weird. I've been taking it out on qanyone I've been near today and thats not on so sorry folks. I've no idea whats up so I can't even use that as an excuse.
In other news I'll hopefully be heading out on friday to wet Erica's head. Just hope everyone can make it as hopefully it will be a grand night. Although I fear I may have to substitute cans of beer with cans of coke in fake beer cans so that i can last the pace early on.


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Tommy Widdrington has added further strength to the Boro defence via the recruitment of defender Anwar Uddin.
Uddin began his football career at West Ham United, working his way up through their youth and reserve teams where he was captain. He was in West Ham's victorious 1999 FA Youth Cup winning squad, the final a victory over Coventry City.
In February 2002 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday but moved swiftly on to Bristol Rovers. After a long run in the side an injury forced him to the sidelines. The following season he was loaned out to Hereford United and Telford United before his eventual release.
Anwar next signed for Dagenham & Redbridge during the summer of 2004 and he went on to captain the club. After a loan spell at Grays Athletic Anwar left Dagenham to sign for League Two club Barnet and he was again appointed captain ahead of the 2010–11 season. After a spell as caretaker assistant manager he joined Sutton United last season.
As the ink dried on the paperwork Widdrington commented "I am delighted to welcome Anwar to the club. All through our discussions he has really bought in to what we are trying to do at Priory Lane, he is up for the new season without a doubt. His experience is all part of the mix, the chemistry, that I am working towards building."


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New Spurs boss AVB keen to beat former club Chelsea to Porto hitman Hulk according to Daily Mail.
Don't say, I didn't warn you!
Two things caught my attention:
"negotiate a drop in the fee with Porto." "Hulk wants wages of around £100,000"
If my memory serves me correct, Hulk's wage demands were reported to be slightly north of the £100K figure. I could be wrong, though.
Anyhow, does anyone else think Pinta da Costa would be ready to lower his £38M asking price?
One of my wishes has been to see Levy and Pinta da Costa enter into a negotiation, just for the heck of it!
DM have been clever. Bringing out a Hulk angle as the Oscar deal is as good as done. Even the CBF (Brazilian Football Federation) has confirmed, that Oscar has been released for medicals.
Brazilian Football Confederation personnel confirmed that Oscar was released for the medical - Feeling is he has already signed for Chelsea— jon cotterill (@Pitacodogringo) July 17, 2012
Now the main point of contention:
Notice that the selling of Oscar to #CFC & Nilmar's transfer to Al-Rayyan means it's not likely Leandro Damião leaves #Internacional.— Paulo Freitas (@Cynegeticus) July 17, 2012
There were rumors earlier, which claimed AVB wanted to bring Leandro Damião to Spurs. Now if we go along with Paulo Freitas' angle, that is unlikely to happen. Would that push AVB into 'hijacking' Hulk bid?
I've been adamant, so far, that if Hulk leaves Porto, then it will be to Chelsea. However, with the Oscar deal set to be confirmed, I am feeling, Hulk deal may well not happen.
Hulk doesn't wish to go to PSG, which was the other club that could afford his price tag. If Spurs sell Modric for a hefty amount, it may give them enough finance to broker the deal. Although, unlikely, in my opinion.
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No one witnessed the accident. His body was discovered by a hiker, an emergency room physician, around 3 p.m., more than 1,000 feet below the gully. The hiker checked for vital signs, WMNF spokesperson Tiffany Benna reported, but found none.
The body was carried out by four U.S. Forest Service snow rangers, a mountain Rescue Service member, and the caretakers of the Harvard Cabin and Hermit Lake shelters. The recovery effort concluded at 6 p.m.
"Our sympathies go out to the family and friends of Mr. Watts," Lead Snow Ranger Chris Joosen said.
The Forest Service issued a safety reminder with the report of the young man's death.
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Alexion Thumped After Drug Failure
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) shares were taking a pounding after the company's heart drug failed to meet the main target of a study in which it was aiming to prevent heart attacks in a moderate- to high-risk group of patients.
Lately, the shares were plunging $8.19, or 27.7%, to $21.37. Volume was extremely heavy, with 20 times more shares trading than the daily average for the last three months. By midsession, more than 10 million shares had changed hands, compared with about 458,000 on a normal day.
The trial of Alexion's pexelizumab was designed to determine whether the drug could reduce the rate of heart attacks and death 30 days after coronary artery bypass surgery, with or without another valve surgery, compared with a placebo. The drug did reduce both outcomes, but fell short of the threshold for statistical significance.
The trial, which was also conducted to study the drug's safety, involved 4,250 patients at 250 sites worldwide."We are clearly disappointed that pexelizumab did not meet its primary endpoint in [the study]," said Leonard Bell, chief executive of Alexion. "We look forward to completing an analysis of the data and obtaining a more in-depth understanding of these results." Alexion expects to present the trial results at an upcoming scientific meeting. The Cheshire, Conn., company says it's looking at the implications of the study on another phase III trial in which the drug is used in patients who've had an angioplasty procedure. During an angioplasty, a small balloon is inflated in a blocked artery to improve blood flow. Alexion works on a number of therapeutic products aimed at treating patients with a wide array of severe diseases. The company says it remains on track to complete a late-stage trial on its leading drug candidate, eculizumab, for a rare blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Results from that trial are expected in the first quarter of 2006.
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8:27 p.m.: NBC Connecticut meteorologist and reporter Darren Sweeney just let us know that we are "in the clear, just some heavy rain, gusty winds for #Middletown the heaviest went to your south."
The thunder, lightning and rain began to fall at just after 8 p.m. in Middletown. At 7:40 p.m., Bruce Driska, emergency operations director for Middletown, said the city's emergency operations center had been partially activated at 4:30 p.m. in city hall.
"Currently [the storm] is located 40 miles southwest of Southington, Berlin, Rocky Hill and moving east toward Middletown at 45 miles per hour," Driska said. The towns in the path include Middlefield and possibly parts of Durham.
"We're monitoring conditions to see if we need to do a full activation, but there are no current conditions in Middletown" that would warrant such action yet.
He advises residents to secure any items outdoors. "With excessively high wind gusts forecast — as high as 60 miles per hour — by the National Weather Service," Driska says, items in the yard could be blown away.
Follow the storm live by radar at WTNH here.
At 7 p.m., severe thunderstorm warnings were extended into Middlesex and New Haven counties, according to the National Weather Service, through 8:30 p.m.
Middletown is looking at potentially 60 mile-per-hour winds. "If you live in Middlesex County, it might be smart to get out there and bring in any outdoor furniture," Channel 3 WFSB Chief Meteorologist Bruce DePrest during a 7 p.m. weather alert.
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The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth report on Monday, entitled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Head of UN climate panel, Rajendra Pachauri, has said he hopes the report will "jolt people into action".
His plea may well fall on deaf ears in Argentina, where climate change is a non-topic, and as a result the standard response to its dangers is inertia.
The lack of action is worrisome – 97% of the world's scientists agree that climate change is happening and temperatures are set to rise at least 2°C by the end of the century (those are conservative estimates – many predict rises of up to 6°C) unless drastic action is taken to reduce carbon emissions, and fast.
The effects of climate change are already being seen around the continent, and Argentina is not immune. Already, between 2000 and 2010, over 600 extreme weather and climate events occurred in Latin America, leaving near to 16,000 fatalities and 46.6m people affected, generating economic losses amounting to US$208bn. Last year's flooding in La Plata, which killed 89 people and caused US$500m of damage, is one local example of such an event.
According to the much-anticipated report, rising temperatures will affect Argentina's agricultural productivity, and the country will face changing rain patterns, with increased rainfall -and likely flooding- in the pampas and east (including Buenos Aires), and droughts in the west, as glacier retreat and lower rainfall lead to decreased run-off in the rivers.
The report also highlighted that 4.3% of global deforestation now occurs in Argentina. Deforestation in the north, particularly in the Chaco forest, has accelerated in the past decade due to agricultural expansion, and is now the most important source of carbon emissions for the north of Argentina.
However, these dramatic findings were greeted by all but radio silence in Argentina. There was no mention of the subject in Monday night's cadena nacional, and no media front-pagers. In fact, none of the national media even covered the report's release, preferring to focus instead on Sunday's superclásico and whether Boca should have had a penalty or not.
Whilst the government and media ignored the report, various environmental think tanks, foundations, and NGOs responded quickly to the long-awaited findings. The Foundation for the Environment and Natural Resources (FARN), released a statement in coalition with Greenpeace, Vida Silvestre, Avina, and others, which said: "The development of more active policies on climate change adaptation are needed, as we have reached a situation in which we don't have any more time to lose.
"This IPCC report has been endorsed by governments – including Argentina's – on the international stage; and more than 100 scientists from our country have collaborated in its development. Politicians can no longer stand with their arms folded in front of this evidence."
So Where Does Argentina Stand on Climate Change?
In 2010, the last year for which figures are available, Argentina's carbon emissions were 315m tonnes, accounting for 0.63% of the global total. In a world with a globalised economy, with international trade and many nations with export-based economies, there are endless debates about how to calculate what each country's share of carbon emissions should be. Population can be an indicator as to how an emissions budget should be carved up, giving each of the countries an equal share based on population.
Argentina's population, at just over 40m, is 0.56% of the global total. So in terms of per capita emissions, the country is not doing too badly, compared to say, the US, which has 4.4% of the world's population, but is responsible for nearly 20% of emissions. But compared to Bangladesh, which has 2.13% of global population and is responsible for just 0.37% of global emissions, Argentina is contributing more than its fair share. What is undeniable is that to prevent its share from rising, any future economic growth in Argentina must be done without increasing emissions – and even by lowering them, if the world is to set itself on the right track. (Science dictates that 350 parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere is a 'safe' upper limit, but there are currently 400).
And that is where we find a sticking point, as lowering emissions through clean development is not on the government's agenda. No, the country is looking to fossil fuels to power any future growth. After last month's discovery of a new oil field in the province of Río Negro, expected to yield 15m barrels of crude, head of YPF, Miguel Galuccio, spoke of an "energy revolution" and highlighted how growth and development can be generated around the country as a result of these reserves and the huge Vaca Muerta gas fields, leaving no doubt about the key role these dirty energies will play in Argentina's development.
Add to that the government's 2011 Strategic Agrifood Plan (PEA), which targets a 60% national increase in grain production by 2020, paying little attention to the inevitable increase in deforestation and emissions (agriculture is currently responsible for 36% of the country's greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions).
These energy and agricultural plans – along with the national silence on the subject – seem to contradict Argentina's claims on the international stage, which on closer inspection sound more like an excuse for inaction. In its second report to the UNFCCC in 2007, the government admitted that the country is vulnerable to climate change, and that various government-commissioned studies have laid out both mitigation and adaptation strategies. However, it insists that substantial non-refundable international funds are necessary for their implementation. A request that is unlikely to be granted.
The World Bank estimates that poor countries need US$100bn a year to try to offset the effects of climate change, something that has been deemed an unrealistic demand by richer nations. If the historic polluters can't dig deep enough to help the poorest who are already feeling the worst effects of climate change, they certainly won't be helping Argentina – a member of the G20 with a growing economy – on its way to sustainable development.
If Argentina wants to mitigate the effects of climate change it will have to do so by itself, following the lead of the many countries, taking the threat of climate change seriously, that have started to do so. Let's return to Bangladesh. The country has a GDP that measures a quarter of Argentina's, for a population almost four times as big, yet it has managed to invest US$10bn in climate change adaptation. And so if other, poorer countries are managing to find the way, why is Argentina not acting?
Published earlier this year, the comprehensive Fourth Edition of GLOBE Climate Legislation Study analyses Argentina's lack of legislation and regulation related to climate change, highlighting the 2007 presidential decree 140/2007 (the only piece of legislation related to climate change), which declared the "rational and efficient" use of energy a national priority. The report says: "Investments necessary to mitigate emissions and adapt to climate change are conceived as politically pitted against social investments in health, education and poverty in a zero-sum game. As such, Argentina has neither enacted comprehensive legislation related to climate change nor made an official pledge to reduce GHG emissions by a measurable difference."
And even that presidential decree is risible, as "rational and efficient" use of energy seems to set aside investment in renewables, focusing instead on the development of Patagonia's oil and gas fields. According to Bloomberg's annual report on green energy investment, published in January, public and private investments in renewable energy in Argentina actually fell from US$539m in 2012 to just US$94m in 2013. (This compares to US$1.4bn in Chile last year and in Mexico the figure was US$1.1bn).
All of this leaves those who do care about climate change wringing their hands: no leadership from the government, no media coverage, and no public pressure are combining to set Argentina on a very unsustainable path indeed.
It can be argued that Argentina's total emissions are only 0.63% of the global total, and as such the country will unlikely play a major role in tipping the world over the 2°C warming threshold. But does that mean it should endorse policies that go completely against the tide of global consensus?
No, business should not continue as usual. For climate change to really be tackled, all nations need to be working together in setting real, attainable targets in terms of future carbon emissions. The quick lining of pockets may seem like a good idea today, but what will the legacy of this plan be for the people of tomorrow? An old, Native American concept from the Iroquois talks about seventh generation sustainability. In making a decision, it is considered how the actions would affect those around in seven generations' time, and there is an entire process around thinking through if the idea will be beneficial to them. In Argentina's case, the undeniable response to the government's current inaction is a resounding 'no', and the country – while perhaps not having to look 150 years ahead, could well benefit from a less shortsighted approach to its management of natural resources and its land.
But unfortunately, when ecology comes up against economy, the former inevitably loses out.
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Summary of the principal impacts associated with global warming in Argentina, published by the IPCC in Chapter 2 of its 5th Evaluation Report.
- 4.3% of global deforestation occurs in Argentina.
- Increase in rainfall and technological advances have promoted the expansion of the agricultural frontier west and north of the traditional agricultural heartlands, which has resulted in environmental damage which could worsen in the future.
- Argentina has had the third greatest increase in the production of GM crops after the US and Brazil.
- Deforestation in the Chaco forest has accelerated in the past decade as a result of agricultural expansion, making this the greatest source of carbon emissions in the north of Argentina.
- In Salta and Tucumán, 14,000 km2 of forest have disappeared as a result of technological advances in agriculture and a rise in rainfall. Deforestation continued during the '80s and '90s, and by 2005 crops covered 63% of the region. In Argentina's central region – in the north of Córdoba – the area of land covered by crops rose from 3 to 30% between 1969 and 1999, and the forest cover fell from 52.5% to 8.2% during the same period. These changes have also been attributed to a synergy of climatic, technological and socio-economic factors. The losses in the Atlantic forests are estimated to be 29% of the original area in 1960 and 28% of the yungas area, principally due to migration in livestock farming from the Pampas.
- By the end of the century, plant diseases will be more common and will have a greater effect on corn, wheat, and soy production.
- In the Pampas, the current changes in the use of the land break the water and biogemochemical cycles.
- Without taking into account technological advances, wheat yield has been decreasing in the central region at increasingly higher rates since 1930 as a result of the rise in minimum temperatures during the months of October and November.
- Crop yield could drop due to water scarcity in the west.
- Water run-off in rivers has risen in the Río de la Plata basin and decreased in the central Andean region, as a result in changing precipitation patterns.
- Models predict longer periods of drought in the south.
- Glaciers and ice fields located in the Argentine Andes are facing significant recession. At the same time, expected reductions in rainfall will add to a reduction in run-off in the rivers.
- Between 1980 and 2000 there has been an increase in flooding the province of Buenos Aires and the metropolitan area.


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Tomorrow kicks off New Orleans Fashion Week, and in the upcoming week I'll be sharing a few designers and collections that have a certain Ashe-appeal. Today we're chatting with Cami Leavitt, the designer behind Camilyn Beth.
When asked to define the Camilyn Beth girl, Cami says, "Camilyn Beth believes that a girl feels her best and most confident when she is loved. Each garment's purpose is to be more than just fabric, between the local craftsmanship, the story behind the design, to the inspirational quote sewn into each piece, the Camilyn Beth girl will feel the love when wearing CB."
What is your earliest memory of fashion? When did that passion and love begin?
I have always been interest in art and fashion since I was a little girl. My prom dress was the first dress I really designed and created. My grandma helped me sew and started teaching me pattern making. After that, I was hooked!
Would you share a bit about your background in fashion and design?
I studied fashion design at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. After graduation I spent the next couple years traveling and working in various sections of the fashion industry. April of 2012 is when I officially started my business with my fist boutique order from Hattie Sparks.
Is this your first time presenting at NOLA Fashion Week? If so, what drew you to presenting here? If not, what do you like about participating in a regional fashion show?
This collection is my first runway show, and I couldn't be more excited about showing in New Orleans. New orleans is such a special city. People are so generous in helping you out and embrace emerging talent.
Do you feel that your time spent at the Couture House of Pär Engsheden in Stockholm, Sweden has impacted how you design?
Working with Pär Engsheden on the couture level of fashion was an incredible experience. He trained my eye to see perfection as we used sewing methods from Paris in the 1950s.
Your collections are made in Florida and New Orleans – was the choice to keep production in the US a deliberate choice? If so, what inspired that?
My goal as I design a garment is that, I want every woman to feel loved. Getting my collection made in America insures that employes are happy and therefore making each dress with love. I absolutely love American small business. Its great to see that as my business grows, so do other American businesses like manufactures.
Your newest collection is "heavily inspired by the 1960's art décor & iconic women like Jackie, Audrey, and Twiggy" – what is it about that era and the fashion of that time that drew you to it?
I am so attracted to the mid-century modern overall style. Little tailored dresses and sleek lines of the interior decor are classic and chic and an inspiring foundation to this collection. I like mixing my own details into the timeless styles to make them current for the modern woman.
New Orleans Fashion Week runs Saturday, September 28th through Saturday, October 5th. Camilyn Beth's runway presentation will be on Sunday, September 29th at 5:30 pm. To purchase tickets or find out more, visit New Orleans Fashion Week.


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Guess Who No Likey the Oil Prices…
- Joshua M Brown
- March 1st, 2011
An abysmal day for stocks in general as we digest the possibility of a Saudi Arabian rebellion. All this turmoil means only one thing – stubbornly high oil (and by extension, gasoline) prices.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average looked like Charlie Sheen walking out of Drai's at the Barbary Coast, squinting in the first rays of a blinding Las Vegas dawn. By which I mean it was pummeled for almost 3%.
Who else no likey the oil price surge? How about entertainment names, hotels, airlines and anything else that requires a looser consumer purse…
You know why the aluminum sector is in this beatdown list? Energy is the biggest input cost for these companies.
So which sector is thriving in the midst of the mayhem? I'll give you two guesses.
Yup, you got it.
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Museums are usually places of quiet repose and reflection. That's not quite the picture these days at the Walter Anderson Museum with the sounds of saws and hammers in the background.
An expansion project that began in August is well underway. A 2,000 square foot addition will include two new galleries, a new gift shop, and an interactive auditorium.
The expansion takes into account everything the late artist held dear.
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When the Buffalo Bills hired Buddy Nix on December 31st 2009 as their General Manager many people knew of the daunting task that was laid in front of him. The team had no head coach, no front office direction, almost no talented players on the team and no face of the franchise. To say the Bills were in a terrible situation would be an understatement. The Bills were in one of the worst positions that any team could find themselves in.
Usually you inherit a team that has a few solid players to build around. The Bills had some guys it could look to (Evans, Jackson, Byrd,) but certainly no players that had been phenomenal players year in and year out - guys that put up huge numbers regardless of circumstance - the best of the best. The Bills literally had zero players that were the face of the franchise (unless Moorman punting out of the end zone for season ticket commercials counts). One could argue Evans or Jackson - but i'm not buying it.
So there Buddy Nix stood - looked at his terrible roster and no coaches and started his mission. That started with Chan Gailey and then the hiring of George Edwards. Then they filled their coaching tree as they could - nothing ground breaking - nothing terrible - typical coaching hires. Positional coaches get hired and fired every year so often that it's almost not even worth keeping track of these guys. Heck there are only a handful of offensive and defensive coordinators that are with their teams for more than a couple of years - so you get the guys that you're familiar with and just move along. Unless their name is Dick Lebeau etc... are any of those guys heads and tails better than the other since they all get canned and hired so frequently? Maybe - maybe not - in my mind not enough to spend a whole lot of time on it - so... moving along...
Part of hiring the coaches was knowing what schemes the Bills wanted to run. The offensive part was a little easier with Chan because he's so versatile that it makes it easier. He's suppose to be a coach that teaches and puts his players in a position to succeed. Obviously there were other candidates but offensively that's pretty much what you want - a guy that can get the most out of their players. I'm not sure if when finding offensive coaches that GM's look for specific offensive schemes - so i'll defer on this one.
Defense is a different story - usually you run either a 4-3 or 3-4 base. There are other variations but typically your base is one of those 2 schemes. So in hiring a defensive coordinator you need to select a guy with good experience in the scheme that you want to run. I almost 100% sure (but can be swayed) that Nix decided from the get go that he wanted to run a 3-4 and almost painted Gailey into a corner with that one. I'm not sure how that went over in the hiring process but it seems to me that Nix wanted to run that scheme and told the prospective head coaches that was what was going to happen.
Here are the reasons I think the decision to run the 3-4 was made:
1) Nix had experience scouting for a 3-4 from 2004 on with the Chargers.
n 2004, three players Nix drafted were selected to the 2005 Pro Bowl. In 2005, six players Nix drafted were selected to the 2006 Pro Bowl. In 2006, eleven players Nix drafted were selected to the 2007 Pro Bowl. In 2007, eight players Nix drafted were selected to the2008 Pro Bowl.
2) The Bills had almost nobody that was worth keeping for the 4-3. Think about the roster at the time - specifically the defensive front 7: Kelsay, Stroud, Williams, Schobel, Mitchell, Ellison, Poz. Stroud and Schobel are/were in the twilight of their careers leaving Williams, Kelsay, Poz, Mitchell and Ellison. Would any of those players at the time warrant keeping the scheme a 4-3? One could argue Williams but i'd like to hear arguments to not switch at that time just because of him.
3) The league is a dynamic league and the 3-4 is gaining popularity again. Personally, I don't care if we run the 4-3 or the 3-4, I think we should stick with a scheme and just go forward. If the Nix thought the 3-4 was the better scheme then it was a good time as any to change to it considering the complete overhaul of the franchise at the time. I think it's a good philosophy because you can practice against it every day since all the teams in our division run a 3-4 but other other teams in the division know how to attack it as well. So it's a double edged sword. At the end of the day - pick a scheme and stick with it. As long as the Bills maintain and continue to draft as a 3-4 then there isn't an issue.
Roster Tid-Bits
So the Bills have just installed a coaching staff, switched to a 3-4 and have minimal talent on the roster. There are some players like Jackson, Evans, Poz, Byrd, McGee, Florence, Levitre and Wood that are players certainly worth keeping around - but none of them are really beasts in the NFL at this point in time. Evans the only true blue chip talent, maybe Poz but that's debatable because of injuries - same goes for Wood.
Heading into the first off season I think it's safe to say that these positions were an area of need: DE, DE, NT, OLB, OLB, ILB for defense and LT, RT, C, WR#2, WR#3, TE and QB for offense.
Byrd, Whitner, McKelvin, McGee and Florence are good enough starters to get you buy so secondary wasn't a pressing need. Considering the amount of resources that the inner circle poured into that position it's not surprising although better depth would have been nice but the secondary was in decent shape.
Evans, Jackson, Levitre, Wood are what consisted of your solid if unspectacular offensive "star power" with Evans and Jackson leading the way.
Basically when you look at the roster heading into the 2010 off season it was really, really pathetic.
Drafting, Free Agency, Development
There are many ways to build a roster - well maybe not many ways but many ways one can look at. One of the most over looked ways at building a roster is player development. Young guys that haven't had a chance to showcase themselves in the NFL. Whether it be youth, inexperience, or a better starter in front of you it can be hard to make it as a starter in the NFL. I think too many times we discount player development because it doesn't happen fast enough for us fans. Nix, however, didn't do that.
He received a lot of criticism in the first year for not doing enough as it was put. He, like many of us, was unsure of the talent that the Bills had in the young investments. Guys like Byrd, Wood, Levitre, Poz, McKelvin, Bell, Johnson could have been cut or replaced in an effort to change the culture or "bring in guys that they like". They took that first year and turned it into an evaluation year because the Bills didn't really have anybody but had guys that they wanted to find out about. So they played them all to see what they could become. Lots of those guys that I just mentioned stepped it up big time. Johnson, Wood and Bell stand out specifically either because of dealing with injuries or just becoming great football players.
I think some GM's would have come in and blow the whole roster apart regardless - some would not have granted - but there is something to be said for being patient and sticking with your plan.
So the Bills have just transformed to the 3-4 and hired a new offensive coach - have some guys that they know they like - Jackson, Evans, Poz, Williams, Florence and some guys they still need to find out about but like - Wood, Levitre, Byrd, Bell, Nelson and are set on their quest to build a competitive roster.
Nix said from the beginning that they were going to build through the draft - not really a revelation because every team tries to build through the draft - but inside of that statement is a little more information than meets the eye (yes). In building through the draft you dont' spend big in free agency - this much is obvious. That way your not eating valuable dollars on one or 2 players that probably won't do enough to turn your team into a competitor (especially thinking about our roster) and short handing your teams ability to sign your own free agents (Kelsey extension? :-)) or guys that can really help your team when your really close to contending.
The other piece in building through the draft is drafting guys that you believe in. Guys that you know have the work ethic and dedication to be successful in the NFL. The NFL is a tough place to be successful in - it's littered with crazy talented players that fail time and time again. I think you find more success with players that are "all in" with football. Guys that are gym rats - live and die football than phenomenal talents because they have the work ethic to succeed. In a league where the talent level is so close - you need that extra drive that extra work ethic in order to be successful. I think that piece gets lost some times and it's probably more important than measurables in a league where everyone is so close. (while I was reading this Spiller, Troup, Carrington, Dareus, Sheppard and Searcy all sprung into thought - but you probably already knew that)
Going into this season we finally have a decent handle on our roster and i'm betting OBD has a much, much better grasp on our roster and knows where the weaknesses lie.
Going into our 1st season with the rebuild we had these positions as needs - IMO:
Going into our 2nd season as a rebuild I had these positions as needs - IMO:
That's 12 positions knocked down to 6. Half of the holes were filled by players in development or from FA. Edwards (FA), Williams/Troup, Bell, Wood, Johnson, Roscoe all stepped up or filled those roles nicely. Troup (and Carrington) fall into that work ethic - immeasurable category in which I feel in a year or 2 are going to become great assets to our team.
What's the most concerning part about needs heading into the 2nd off season? They are your most important positions more or less.
QB - I know of Fitzs short coming's - he's got his issues. However, was Gabbert, Locker or Ponder an upgrade over Fitz? I'm not sure - but if the Bills think one of them could have been and didn't take him at 3 then fail. I have to believe that they didn't - although they did consider Gabbert at 3 so we'll have to wait and see.
This will be Fitzpatrick's first season as the unquestioned starter though - getting all off season reps, TC and pre season to get on the path to success - so still - they really don't even know what they have in him either. They knew he did some good things and some bad things. He's certainly gained respect in the locker room (pretty big IMO) and he hasn't reached his potential yet - regardless of what anyone says.
LOLB has depth and competition - Merriman, Moats, Batten, Maybin are all stacked and ready to compete. All of them have question marks - some huge - but make no mistake that stacking talent on talent has occurred here and there is some potential for a really good player here. (Ask the Patriots how hard that LOLB spot is to fill).
ROLB still needs depth and a starter - didn't address adequately
RT - Hairston or Pears: The Bills invested a 4th round pick on a 3 year LT starter for Clemson in the ACC. He's played a critical position for the Tigers the last 3 years going up against solid competition. Having him over at RT battling Pears for the starting gig is not a terrible plan.
TE - is a mess - didn't address adequately
ILB - Sheppard is a good prospect - but much remains to be seen because Ayodele isn't getting the job done there. He does have the your work ethic, dedicated football mind though - those immeasurables that you look for in players.
I'd like to touch on Spiller a bit because of one of the articles that Brian wrote about defenses having to account for him. RB was not on my list above going into last off season as a position of need was it? Nope - I just scrolled up and checked. However, Spiller is an amazing talent - that really cannot be understated. He had a terrible rookie season for pretty much every ones expectations but the fact remains that he most likely will be a match-up nightmare for opposing defenses and is going to create room for himself and other players to do their things. You may not like the position and still maybe iffy on the player - but other teams clearly know what he's capable of and once he gets past his rookie wall I think most of us will be more than happy with the selection.
I'd also like to throw a little snippet about Bell in here too:
said Bills offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris
Injury came about for him. Demetrius (Bell) we knew his situation coming into the season. It was rehab, rehab, rehab and no strength training in his lower body because of trying to get on the field from the injury he had the year before."
For Bell to stay healthy last season was remarkable - for him to get better and better while not being able to strength train says a lot of about his character and work ethic (immeasurables). I think we're all going to like what we have in him going forward. He might not light up pro bowl birth after pro bowl birth but he's going to fill that position well enough for us to build in other areas. Depth is a major concern at LT - but Bell has shown that he can stay healthy while going through rehab and not building his strength.
Final Thoughts
So - what have the Bills done? Basically they've filled a lot of their holes with good to great players through player development and patience. It's easy to get nit picky at their first off season because they didn't fill enough holes but almost the whole roster was a hole - so where do you start? Most teams try to get 2/3 starters out of a draft - 4 is doing good. Spiller, Troup, Carrington and Easley are all role players right now but all have the attributes to succeed in the NFL (immeasurables, work ethic, dedication). I think it's easy to look at D.Nelson, D.Jones and say the Bills had a good UDFA list but we've still just seen the surface of what these guys can do too. However it is far too early to say those guys were bad picks when we really haven't seen enough out of them.
Most NFL players need 2 to 3 years to have an impact. So why don't we afford our team the same luxury? Because of our past and we shouldn't have to sit through this crap any more? Probably.
I do have concerns about QB, RT and OLB at this point but we have guys there that could get the job done - much like your Johnson, Wood, Levitre, Bell etc... last year. So while these guys have not done it - there's nothing to say that they won't get it done.
You all know that i'm an optimist and feel that we're headed in the right direction - I just wish that some would look through the same Rosy Colored Glasses that I wear and tell me if you see the same things. Do you see the competition and potential of the 4 guys at LOLB? Do you see how it's possible that Fitz goes above average for us? Do you see how Hairston or Pears could solidify our RT position?
I'm not all Rosy Colored Glasses here - I still feel that TE, ILB, SOLB are major, major weaknesses of this team. However the other positions have guys that have the capability and drive to get the jobs done. It's Buddy's job to let them see if they can accomplish their goals as starting NFL players. Then going into the next off season we'll have our new list of needs at positions - which i'm betting will get smaller and smaller as players develop and come into their own. Time will tell - but i'm betting on our roster getting more improved as time goes on. Not a nice fast quick fixer upper but a proper rebuild. One that will hopefully bring a parade to down town Buffalo.


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