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Two foreign journalists, Aussie Nigel Brennan (pictured) and Canadian Amanda Lindhout, have been kidnapped outside Mogadishu while reporting on refugees. The Australian Herald Sun's coverage is hopelessly optimistic:
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said the Government was "urgently investigating" the reports. "The Australian high commissioner has made contact with Somali authorities to seek further information about the incident and to confirm the welfare of Mr Brennan," she said.
There are no real "Somali authorities," especially in Mogadishu. The Baidoa-based alliance calling itself the "Transitional Federal Government" has little sway in Mogadishu, a city contested by no fewer than four different armies: the TFG, their Ethiopian sponsors, the African Union and various loosely allied insurgent groups. The TFG can't do much to help Australian authorities.
Australian Federal Police will be sent to Nairobi within 24 hours to help officials from DFAT.
Nairobi is a long, long way from Mogadishu. The distance isn't just literal. Nairobi is a comparitively orderly, civilized place. Moga eats people.
The Somali Government confirmed it was trying to find the pair. One media outlet said Islamist group Al-Shabaab was the culprit.
Again, what can the TFG do? They're not even the most powerful party in Mogadishu. Without the Ethiopians to provide firepower and the A.U. to lend a measure of international credibility, the TFG can do very little. Getting all the relevant parties to agree to a realistic plan of action for finding and securing the journalists' release, if possible at all, will take time and major diplomacy.
Indeed, since the abduction reportedly took place on the Afgooye Road, which for the most part is Ethiopian controlled, the Ethiopian army might have the best information on the abduction. But the Ethiopians are the biggest thugs in Mogadishu. Good luck dealing with them.
As for Al Shabab … sure, they might be behind the abduction, but that's really just a guess. What's more, Al Shabab is not a rigidly hierarchical group: there are factions and subfactions and unoffical groups bearing the same brand. The best course of action to retrieve Brennan and Lindhout might be to speak to an Al Shabab representative. But even so, the rep for one Al Shabab sub-group might not know what's happening inside other sub-groups.
Australia does not have an embassy or consulate in Somalia and the DFAT website said its ability to provide consular services was extremely limited because of the dangerous security situation.
And that's the bottom line. Because foreign journos are worth potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, Brennan and Lindhout might very well be alive and even in perfect health. But freeing them means reaching their abductors through some agent based in Somalia. Identifying the abductors and enlisting an agent with real power … these are huge problems.
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Empire Grape Co. LLC in Dinuba, CA, is a new marketing entity formed in February by Peter Vallis, who has been involved in growing grapes since childhood and is a former partner in Farmer's Fresh Fruit Co., and his wife, Demitra Vallis.
Handling sales for Empire Grape are Jay Stover, who was also previously with Farmer's Fresh and prior to that spent 10 years at Fazio Marketing Inc., and Susan Lucas, who has been in the produce business for 30 years.
"What is exciting about our fall program is we are resurrecting the 'Silver King' brand," said Stover. "That is a well-known label from Delano from the past, and because it was such a well-respected label, we are going to resurrect that label and put all of our very best grapes in 'Silver King."
The "Silver King" label, which has been "out of circulation for about seven or eight years," belonged to George Lucas Farms which was owned by George and Susan Lucas, Stover said. Susan Lucas is now on sales with Empire Fruit, and George Lucas "helps us with our field operations. So they gave us permission to use the 'Silver King' brand, and we are going to bring that back."
Empire Grapes is also bringing back to the market the trademarked "Gobbl'n Grapes" label for Halloween promotions. "We own the label 'Gobbl'n Grapes' and the term 'The Official Grape of Halloween,'" Stover said. "That was the first Halloween grape promotion deal, from over a decade ago. So we are bringing that back into the industry." Empire will be packing red seedless grapes and black seedless grapes in clamshells under the "Gobbl'n Grapes label, he said.
Coming into its first fall season, Empire will have Crimson seedless, Vintage Red, Scarlet Royal and Sweet Scarlet grapes from September forward in the red seedless category, according to Stover.
For fall green grapes, "we will have the Thompsons in September, and early October, and we will have the Autumn Kings," he said. "On black grapes, we will have Autumn Royals. Aside from those, we will have a good-sized Red Globe program. We have later vineyards, so we will get into the Red Globe deal for the fall, not the early deal that is going on right now," he said Aug. 9. "We'll have Red Globes for shipping in September, October and November. We will put up a domestic carton, and we will also put up a Styrofoam box for export."
Empire's pack styles will include the stand-up pouch bag "with our own brands" as well as clamshells. "We pack, really, any size clamshell that a customer would want," from one pound to four pounds, Stover said.


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As a Lions fan things may seem pretty bleak right now. At a glance the Lions just lost a division game with serious playoff implications. That is if your just looking at immediate snap shot of standings, if the playoffs started today, but they do not. The thing is, that the Lions have played a disproportionate amount of road games to start the season, and the rival they just lost to has played a disproportionate amount of home games. The Lions may be down, they may be licking their wounds, but they are a far cry from out of the playoff hunt.
Looking at the Lions division rivals there are several different approaches that you could take, what if everyone wins out at home, and loses out on the road, what if everyone wins out at home and splits on the road? Both of those kinds of scenarios heavily favor the Lions to not only equal the Vikings, but surpass them in the standings before it is all said and done.
Lets take a look at the fist scenario. Win out at home and lose on the road, for the entire NFC North. This would put the Bears at 10-6, the Packers at 9-7, the Lions at 9-7, and the Vikings at 8-8. At this point the Lions losses to the Vikings really sting, since it would give the Packers the tie breaker for just about every scenario imaginable. However the Lions still very much have their fate in their hands. What happens if the Lions can just flip one game from this scenario, in Green Bay? Pretty simple math, the Lions end up 10-6 and the Pack finish out 8-8.
Lets now take a look at the second scenario. Win out at home and split on the road, for the entire NFC North. This would put the Bears at 12-4, the Packers at 11-5, the Vikings at 10-6 and the Lions at 10-6. Wow! Interesting Scenario eh? Once again that second Lions loss to the Vikings really comes back to sting.
That is the thing about scenarios and what if's though, reality rarely fits into a nice neat set of rules and constraints. Call it chaos theory, call it reality, call it free will, call it whatever you will. So how do we get to the bottom of all of this? Well all we have to do is look at a few factors.
Factor one, home games. This heavily favors the Lions in just about any scenario, however, it particularly favors them in concern to the Vikings. Christian Ponder is a young quarterback who has struggled on the road, much like the Seahawks Russell Wilson this season. That means that things are probably trending down for him. Couple that with the often injured Percey Harvin and the Vikings are looking some at some hardships ahead. Not to mention that their only two remaining home games are against the Packers and Bears.
Factor Two, playing to potential. The Vikings have been exceeding expectations this season, from Adrian Peterson's amazing injury recovery to Christian Ponders flashes of brilliance, to Percy Harvin emerging as one of the best offensive weapons in the NFL, to the Vikings defense holding up much better than expected. When you couple this with the home game factor I would be very nervous as a Vikings fan going down the stretch. The Lions on the other hand have been beating themselves. Stupid penalties, special teams woes, lethargic offense to start games, and lack of execution in general. There is a lot of room for improvement for the Lions on the field.
All things considered, the outlook is not so bleak. The Bears and Packers both figure to finish somewhere around the 11-5 mark leaving the Lions and Vikings to vie for a third playoff spot in the division. While the Vikings hold the upper hand at the moment, there is a lot that can tip the scales in the Lions favor down the stretch. Don't throw in the towel just yet Lions fans. There are two very tough home games coming up against the Packers and Texans, however, should the Lions win those games, everything starts to look a lot better. Considering that the Vikings next two games are at the Bears then at the Packers it is not exactly easy sledding for them either. As a matter of fact, the Vikings remaining games are against the Bears twice, the Packers twice, the Texans and the Rams. So even if the Vikings do well down the stretch then the Bears and Packers are probably not doing so well. Hope still remains, there is a lot of football left to be played.


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The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center launches the Healthy Lubbock Initiative, the ultimate goal? To make Lubbock the healthiest city in Texas.
"We're trying to change the culture of Lubbock so that it's easier to stay healthy," says Liz Paulk, coordinator of the campaign.
She wants this awareness campaign to educate families on how to be physically active to prevent obesity.
"If a parent is active on a regular basis, on a soccer team, a softball team, walking around the neighborhood, the child will want to follow the same footsteps," she explains.
Stephanie Roman, mother of three, keeps her kids active so that they can avoid being part of the obesity epidemic.
"We go to the park all the time. We do laps around the back yard when we can get out, and that kind of thing, make sure they don't eat too much," says Stephanie.
In Texas, one out of two children is obese. That's almost half of the child population, and Lubbock isn't far behind. Specifically, affecting fourth graders in Texas and studies show that black and Hispanic children exhibited the highest risk for being overweight.
"We're very comparable in that our children are not exercising as much. They're not eating as healthy as they could be and that goes for the parents as well because parents influence what the children eat," explains Liz.
And our kids are paying the price. Stephanie blames parents' dependence on fast food as a quick solution with unhealthy effects.
"Fast food is a terrible thing. It's easy, but it's not good for them, so we just try to keep them at the house and do picnics and stuff like that," says Stephanie.
Liz says the community can overcome the obstacles preventing a healthy Lubbock by becoming aware of the problem.
"Obesity is not fate. You can prevent it, and you can break that cycle," she says.
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After watching 3 games and reading all I can find on the Panthers, here is my current 53-man roster. This is not a prediction of how I think Fox will pick em, but how I would pick em. I'm sure there will be differing opinions, so let's hear it.
QB--(3) Clausen, Moore, Cantwell
RB--(5) Williams, Stewart, Fiametta, Goodson, Sutton
TE--(3) King, Rosario, Barnidge
OL--(8) Gross, Wharton, Kalil, Bernadeau, Otah, Schwartz, Robinson, Williams
WR--(6) Smith, LaFell, Moore, Wright, Edwards, Gettis
DL-- (8) Brayton, Johnson, Brown, Hardy, Johnson, Tyler, Leonard, Landri
LB--(7) Beason, Connor, Anderson, Norwood, Williams, Culberson, Senn
DB--(9) Gamble, Marshall, Godfrey, Martin, Munnerlyn, Witherspoon, Pugh, Hudson, McClain
Spec--(4) Kasey, Baker, Jansen, Carter
Tough Cuts--
Jarrett--The most controversial. We need WR's who can make more plays and can get YAC. That's not Jarret. I think Gettis is behind him now but has more talent and upside. And, I don't think Gettis would clear waivers for the PS. LaFell is the #2 WR. Time to move on.
Irvin--Just not good enough to break the top 4 def. tackles.
Eric Moore--Same as above for DE. 4 really good ones ahead of him.
Trent Guy--like he speed and elusiveness. Hopefully can slide him to PS.
Francisco--Just not available due to injury, and with Wright, Hudson, McClain, Witherspoon, Munnerlyn, etc. ST is okay without him.
CJ Wilson--Talented but not good enough where we have good talent
I'd like to see on the PS:
I think I'd start Moore only because of game experience, but would go to Clausen in a heartbeat (even in the first game) if Moore falters.


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Melissa Leddy became a mama, to Little G, in the summer of 2011. Every Tuesday, she shares her "learn as you go" insights about first-time parenthood.
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Parenthood comes with a price tag, doesn't it? Food, clothes, school, time, energy, more time, lots more energy … In preparing for Little G, the baby daddy and I tried to be conservative in our expenditures, including those in the never-before-inhabited nursery. We abided by these tips, which helped us create a cozy yet cost-conscious […] [Read More]
Does Little G Really Need a Whirlpool Spa?
A few months before Little G arrived, I began looking into what supplies she might need. I asked friends with children for their thoughts. I skimmed articles on parenting websites. And then I browsed the aisles of a Babies R Us. Oh. My. Goodness. There was so much stuff. I did a double take when […] [Read More]


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Women's cross country set to compete in the Mountain Dew Invitational
Sept. 6, 2007
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After opening the 2007 season last weekend, the JU women's cross country team will compete in the Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday at the University of Florida's golf course.
The meet will consist of 21 schools from the state of Florida and will serve as a preview of the NCAA Regional championship course. The schools taking place are Central Florida, Embry-Riddle, Flagler, Florida, Florida A&M, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami, North Florida, Nova Southeastern, Pasco-Hernando CC, Rollins, Saint Leo, South Florida, Stetson, Tampa, Warner, Southern, Webber and West Florida.
"This will be our first effort over the 5k distance, said JU head coach Ron Grigg. "We should have some confidence after last Friday's effort. Our team finish will largely be determined by the performances of our number three, four and five runners."
The Dolphins will be looking to improve on their second-place finish last week at the JU Short Course Duals. Freshman Anastasia Fokina and sophomore Alyssa Deal led the way for the Dolphins, finishing second and third respectively. Sophomores Alison Ritter, Tiffanie Saxton, and junior Janel Grooms also placed well for the Dolphins.


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A close call for a group of divers in California who were only a few feet away from being lunch for a pair of humpback whales.The divers were in the ocean near Avila Beach in southern California shooting underwater footage when the whales breach the surface to feed on a school of fish.The divers were able to swim to the boat unharmed.As one might expect from a man who is nearly slurped up by a whale, the original video contains a little profanity. Viewer discretion advised.
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Opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort this December 7 is going to look different than it has for almost two decades.
It is a day that only comes once a year and crews are out right now making sure it goes off without a hitch.
"It's the beginning of the ski season. You really don't believe it's here until you actually get on your skis and ride the lift up," said Son Vu, a local planning to ski on opening day.
Opening day at the Whitefish Mountain Resort is bright and early this Saturday, December 7 at 9:00 a.m.
"Opening day is always an excited kind of nervous," said Riley Polumbus, a spokeswoman for the Resort.
The big surprise this year had to be kept a secret until Thursday's ABC Montana newscast.
"This year we're very excited because we will be opening Hellroaring basin, this is the first time in it's 17 year existence we've been able to open this section of the mountain on opening day," explained Polumbus.
This is just one of the slopes bringing Son Vu back.
"Most of my friends and I have been waiting for the mountain to open for a long time," said Vu.
"We do have some guests in town who will be here as well as obviously a lot of locals," said Polumbus.
At the Base Lodge there is about twenty-one inches of snow, but in the mountains there are over fifty inches.
"You're worried about the temperature, but you balance it against the fun of skiing, so at this point you brave the temperatures to get some turns in," said Vu.
Chairs two, three, and six will all open at 9:00 a.m. and chair one will open just half an hour later. Skiers will also have about 1,200 square feet of extra space at the Base Lodge. Polumbus says that more than six feet of snow has fallen at the summit since the beginning of November.
Four new intermediate runs are awaiting skiers on the North side of the ski area, opening a little later in the season
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The Hope and Glory Inn in Irvington on the Chesapeake Bay has been hailed among the "30 Great Inns in the US" by Travel + Leisure, and one of the "Top 10 Coastal Inns in the US" by Coastal Living Magazine. Why so great? The Hope and Glory Inn was an 1890s schoolhouse that has been transformed into six amazing rooms. Add on six garden cottages and four vineyard cottages (called tents) at The Dog and Oyster, plus an oyster boat for cocktail cruises, a garden bath, a bar, a spa … the list goes on and on. Book Now
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Jehovah {IPA : |dʒɨˈhoʊvə} is an English-language representation of "the proper name of God" in the Old Testament, the Tetragrammaton.[1] Representations of the proper name of God more commonly used today include Yahweh and YHWH.[2]
- And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.
- King James Version (1611) of Exodus 6:2-3; other translations do not use "Jehovah" in this passage.
- "You cannot see my face, for no man can see me and live." Jehovah said further: "Here is a place near me. Station yourself on the rock. When my glory is passing by, I will place you in a crevice of the rock, and I will shield you with my hand until I have passed by. After that I will take my hand away, and you will see my back. But my face may not be seen.
- And Jehovah proceeded to answer Job out of the windstorm and say:
"Who is this that is obscuring counsel
By words without knowledge?
Gird up your loins, please, like an able-bodied man,
And let me question you, and you inform me.
Where did you happen to be when I founded the earth?
Tell [me], if you do know understanding.
- Watchtower Online Library: Reference Bible translation of Book of Job, 38:1- 4, a work done in the 1950s; other translations do not use "Jehovah" in this passage.
- My name is Jehovah, and I know the end from the beginning.
- The Book of Abraham 2:8 in the Pearl of Great Price, a work produced by Joseph Smith in 1835
- "YOU are my witnesses," is the utterance of Jehovah, "and I am God"
- Watchtower Online Library: Reference Bible translation of Isaiah 43:12. Other translations do not use "Jehovah" in this passage.
Quotes about Jehovah[edit]
- That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- King James Version of Psalm 83:18 Other translations do not use "Jehovah" in this passage.
- Anyone dwelling in the secret place of the Most High Will lodge under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to Jehovah: "You are my refuge and my stronghold, My God in whom I trust."
- O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know [me].
You yourself have come to know my sitting down and my rising up.
you have considered my thought from far off.
- Watchtower Online Library: Reference Bible translation of Psalm 139:1,2. Other translations do not use "Jehovah" in this passage.
- In the name of the great Jehovah, and the Continental Congress!
- Ethan Allen, in a reported reply as to by what authority he demanded the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga, as recounted in A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity (1779).
- O the depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable his judgments are and beyond tracing out his ways are! For "who has come to know Jehovah's mind, or who has become his adviser?" Or, "who has first given to him, so that it must be repaid to him?" 36 Because from him and by him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
- Watchtower Online Library: New World Bible Translation of the Holy Scriptures version of Romans 11:33-36; other translations do not use "Jehovah" in this passage.
- Jehovah, it seems clear, was once regarded as a devoted son the the Great Goddess, who obeyed her in all things and by her favor swallowed up a number of variously named rival gods and godlings — the Terebinth-god, the Thunder-god, the Pomegranate-god, the Bull-god, the Goat-god, the Antelope-god, the Calf-god, the Porpoise-god, the Ram-god, the Ass-god, the Barley-god, the god of Healing, the Moon-god, the god of the Dog-star, the Sun-god. Later (if it is permitted to write in this style) he did exactly what his Roman counterpart, Capitoline Jove, has done: he formed a supernal Trinity in conjunction with two of the Goddess's three persons, namely, Anatha of the Lions and Ashima of the Doves, the counterparts of Juno and Minerva; the remaining person, a sort of Hecate named Sheol, retiring to rule the infernal regions.
- Robert Graves, in King Jesus (1946)
- Jehovah and the Christian version of God brought about a direct conflict between the so-called forces of good and the so-called forces of evil by largely cutting out all of the intermediary gods, and therefore destroying the subtle psychological give-and-take that occurred between them -- among them -- and polarizing man's own view of his inner psychological reality.
- Jane Roberts, 1986


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A new report says South Carolina is one of the worst states in the country when it comes to men killing women.
Every year the Violence Policy Center ranks the states based on deaths from domestic violence and the numbers from 2010 have just been studied, ranking South Carolina second worst in the nation.
"I'm really frustrated that in South Carolina, we can't do a better job of protecting the women and children from the people who are supposed to love them the most," said Becky Callaham, executive director of Safe Harbor, which is a nonprofit that helps domestic violence victims in the Upstate.
Callaham says she hears the horrific, heartbreaking stories of domestic violence victims every day.
"We have to work and change the mindsets of people and also continue to raise awareness," said Callaham.
Traci Fant also works to help women and children escape abusive situations in the Upstate.
She runs Think Twice and knows firsthand how difficult and dangerous it can be to leave.
"When I made up my mind to leave, I felt like really it was going to be me or him and I needed to leave; really, I felt like it time for one of us to get out of the situation or it was going to turn deadly," Fant said.
Fant was able to leave with the support of family and is working to make sure South Carolina does not rank number two forever.
"You have to talk about it, because it's real, it's relevant, we're ranked No. 2," said Fant. "That's crazy to me. That's ridiculous."
Domestic violence experts tell victims to have a safety plan in place, which includes when to leave and how.
And SafeHarbor says more needs to be done on prevention, to teach the next generation about healthy relationships and to make sure there are strong laws in place to protect victims and arrest and prosecute abusers.
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why they are the defending Super Bowl champions. As usual the Pats D excelled against Peyton Manning. So much for the Patriots and their wounded secondary being "ripe for the picking"
Maybe Cottrell should make it mandatory for our LBs to watch the Patriots LBs game film this offseason. I know they run a different D, the 3-4 but still....those guys are awesome, plain and simple.
But can they beat the Steel? I hope not..."Meet at the quarterback!" -Purple People Eaters
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New England will beat the Steelers. Burger boy will play just as bad as he did against the jets and the pats will not miss figgies and lose the game!
I get the most pissed off looks from people with my VKG 4 LFE Wisconsin license plate, and I LOVE IT!!
Today they showed...
I hope not...those Bostonians will never shut up about it if they do...the "Dynasty" crap, Hench with his "City of Champions" BS, etc. ad nauseum. Their fans are the most fairweather fans ever and think that they are the experts when it comes to sports...F the Patsies!!!BANNED OR DEAD...I'LL TAKE EITHER ONE
Today they showed...
Yes, the Pats stepped it up again. Sickening isn't it, all that perfection on D. Hopefully the Steelers will be able to run it at them all day.
I can't believe it has come to this, but I will route for the Steelers. I have been working my mind into this mentally for the majority of the season.
There is some ill feeling between the Steelers and the Vikings fans from long long ago. It is just not natural but I will have to do it. I have been talking Steeler this and Steeler that all season long and now I am having a hard time routing for them. But I will even if it kills me 'casue I can't route for the Pats or the ATL. I don't want to route for the Eagles either.
Wish list is an all Penn SB.
Today they showed...
The Pat are to the Colts what the Giants are to the Vikings.
I'll be hoping the Steelers and Atlanta win next weekend. Though it pains me, they are the lesser 2 of the 4 yuks playing. IMO
Personally, I don't think there is intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?
Today they showed...
I would rather see the pats win so the vikes aren't the only team to go 15-1 in the regular season to not win the superbowl!! Plus, I don't mind the pats, they have a great owner, a humble QB and head coach, and have done a great job having guys fill in and make plays. They aren't flashy they just win, and I kind of like that!! I don't know any Bostonians and I have no clue what the fans are like out there, but I already consider the pats a dynasty with what they've done the last few years, especially in this day and age of free agency!
I get the most pissed off looks from people with my VKG 4 LFE Wisconsin license plate, and I LOVE IT!!
Today they showed...
I like the Pats better than the Steelers. Seriously though, it must be nice to have a team that is so well coached and with players who actually know what their job is on defense.
I m like a Ja Rule poster, cause I'm off the wall.
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Ok, here's the thing. The video of the Rangers player baiting Hillen into a penalty was taken down, and that was my main example of what I want to talk about. I'll try to explain what I saw from memory, and I guess you'll have to trust that I'm not making it up.
Rangers player peeks around and sees no refs looking, swings a chicken wing at Hillen.
Now. Is it "legal" to deliberately take a swing at someone when the refs aren't looking, knowing you won't get caught? I would say yes, if you don't actually make contact so video reviews don't get you suspended, that is the way things work in the real world. The refs can only call what they see. Should the refs be making every attempt possible to see everything all the time? Sure. Are they responsible if a player catches them looking somewhere else before deliberately provoking someone? No.
What would, say, Avery do if someone did this to him? He would scream as if shot in the gonads and crumple to the ice as loudly as possible, attracting attention of the refs. What he would NOT do is retaliate, which is exactly what the Rangers player wants you to do.
So Hillen retaliates, and the ref shrugs it off - "Oh, I must have missed something." Then Hillen retaliates AGAIN. Ref HAS to call it. Rangers won this exchange.
To me, that's a legit playoff hockey play, which you do precisely to draw a penalty. Hillen totally fell for it.
So why did the penalties go 5-0 in the Rangers favor in game 6? I posit that part of the Rangers' game plan was to leverage the typical home ice advantage you get from the refs and bait the Caps into as many penalties as possible. Since they were deliberately waiting until the refs' backs were turned, OF COURSE there were no penalties called. They are also a disciplined team that showed during the regular season that they are capable of playing without committing penalties. The Caps are not -- they committed a few penalties they shouldn't, and also got baited into a few extra penalties as well.
The Caps fell for the Rangers' provocative tactics hook, line, and sinker. Taking a loud dive after a provocative, refs-backs-turned chicken wing isn't embellishment. It's how you show your opponent that they are not getting into your head. The Caps did the opposite, coming apart at the seams in game 7 and whining afterwards about the biased officiating.
In playoff hockey (as in life), there are predators and prey, and the Rangers were the predators in this series. Now I'm not sure this is entirely true, but I strongly suspect that the biased penalty outcome of the series was not the Refs' fault, but rather a result of a successful tactic employed by the Rangers to take advantage of the Caps' mental weakness.
From that perspective, Ovechkin's whining about the officiating is particularly worrisome to me. Instead of viewing the officials as part of the game that you can take advantage of (by, say, waiting for their backs to be turned before swinging a bow at someone), he views them as a harsh reality imposed on him by meanies, something he has no control over. It's not true at all -- you actually get to choose how you respond to a sneaky elbow. You can choose to cry and whimper (or the male equivalent, taking a retaliatory cross-checking penalty) or you can take a dive with a sly smile.
The refs truly don't care about fairness. Their job is to call what they see, not to call a "fair" game. They know that shenanigans occur behind their backs, but they just don't care. It's not their job to see everything, only to call what they see. And you can't fault them for calling a penalty when you react stupidly to provocation. Your stupidity is your fault. This is the essence of emotional intelligence -- you actually get to choose how you react. An emotion is the body's response to a thought, and you get to choose your thoughts. Your angry reaction to an attempted slew foot is not imposed on you from the outside - it's all you. If you think "OMG HE TRIED TO SLEW FOOT ME THAT'S SO UNFAIR" you will get angry and retaliate and get called for a penalty. If instead you think "OMG REF LOOK HOW THIS ATTEMPTED SLEW FOOT HAS ALMOST CRIPPLED ME FOR LIFE" not only will you not get angry but you might actually draw a penalty.
The Caps have shown this mental weakness for several years now, and I think it starts with Ovie and Backstrom and Green. If your team leaders are showing grace under pressure and doing everything they can to win, controlling every variable in their environment to their advantage to the greatest extent possible, that will spread to the rest of the team. If instead you whine and cry at the unfairness of it all...
If Ovechkin was truly a winner, he would say "You know, the Rangers did a good job baiting us into penalties we didn't need to take. That's an aspect of playoff hockey that we haven't mastered yet, and it showed in the outcome of the series." But instead he was a whiner.
I view this as totally fixable. First the Caps need to realize the outcome of this series was not imposed on them by the league or the refs, but by the Rangers, and they need to realize the Rangers' tactics were successful only because the Caps allowed it. They CHOSE to treat the Rangers' sneakiness as unfairness imposed on them from the outside that they have no control over. Wrong! If instead they had simply chosen to accept sneakiness as a legit playoff hockey tactic, the penalty outcome wouldn't have been so lopsided, and probably they would have taken the series easily.
It would probably help for Oates to take the players aside and say, ok, in this situation you do this. Throw up your hands and scream bloody murder. And we, the fans, can help by being forgiving of "embellishing." Embellishing is a sign of mental strength. It's how you communicate to your opponent that sneaky underhanded tactics won't have the intended effect.


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first up, we saw the popping in action on their multi-dimensional potato and tortilla chip "popper" that delivers tons of pressure to make the airy taste and texture you get from the product. there's no oil used in the popping process, all that's added is a little bit of all-natural safflower and/or sunflower oil into the flavorful blend of seasonings at the end. then, we were able to taste the freshly popped chips and watch the in-depth quality control process.
the quality control is fantastic to see — handpicking the broken chips, the "ugly" duckling chips that just don't look good enough for your bag, and taste testing to make sure the flavoring is well rounded — they stop at nothing to make sure you get the best product possible.
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The City of Tarpon Springs could pave the way for the largest and most technologically advanced indoor gun range in the southeastern United States.
European Equities, of Clearwater, wants to pump millions of dollars into a blighted piece of property on US 19 to make it a destination for gun enthusiasts.
Linda and Dick Kosloski can see the vacant Days Inn motel at the end of their street in the well manicured Stonehedge on the Hill mobile home community.
"It's definitely an eyesore and whatever they put in there is going to be for sure an improvement," said Linda Kosloski.
The dilapidated motel has sat vacant for a decade and has drawn lots of complaints from people who live and work around it.
"I'm sure there's people been living there that maybe shouldn't be," said Tarpon Springs Resident Susan Selby. "It's a little bit scary when you're out there walking your dog or walking up the highway."
By early next year, European Equities plans to tear the motel down to build the Reload Gun Range.
European Equities President David McComas says it would be nearly 60,000 square feet with 45 shooting lanes and a full tactical range for law enforcement. It would also have a cafe, classroom space, and 10,000 square foot store. A high-tech ventilation system will filter gun smoke from the air and automatic machines will collect bullet fragments for recycling, according to McComas.
Several Stonehedge residents told News Channel 8, as long it's soundproof, which McComas says it will be, they're all for it.
"I think it will be good. It's got to be an improvement," said Dick Kosloski.
The Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board will vote on the project Monday at 7 p.m. It will move on to the City Commission for a final vote April 15. The developer has also scheduled a meeting with nearby residents next week.
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Who would you be without your history?
Can you imagine who you would be, how you would think and behave if you woke up one day and couldn't remember a thing from your past?
(Presuming you would still know how to walk, talk and most things you know.)
Are there experiences you'd be happy to let go?
Are there elements of your past that you would be sad to forget? Even difficult times, would there be things you wish you could still remember, to know you survived?
If there are things in your past that you wish you could change, is there any way you could come to peace with those today? Can you think of any words or actions that could change something in the present?
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Dec 3 2011: Without the history of my own life I would be a far less compassionate person. I was born in a 'tough it out' family where compassion was almost unknown. Fortunately for me, I was born with a strong and healthy body and a good mind. Many who are born with these advantages are unable to feel for others. My experiences shaped my capacity for compassion. I thiink that if my memory were erased the cumulative shaping of my schemas would remain and I would retain this current self even without experiences to reference. So, while I would be happy to be unable to remember painful episodes of my life, I would not do so if it altered the cumulative result of these experiences.
I would never want to let go of my children's childhoods and the joy that they brought me.
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All I hear is Brady vs El Tigre, O.G. 81 vs New Money 81, Witten vs Watson, Maroney vs MB3 (although not nearly as much as you might expect, given that they were at Minnesota together), but how do the respective Defenses match up?
Overall for the season?
Points allowed defensively:
Pats: 65
Boys: 68
Note: For the season, Dallas has given up a total of 96 points, but I'm only counting the ones actually given up by the defense. The other four TDs came off of Tony's INTs and Special Teams... let's try not to do that any more.
Total yards allowed:
Pats: 251.4 ypg
Boys: 285.4 ypg
Note: Dallas played a poor defensive game in the season opener, giving up 35 points and 438 yards. In the four games since, they've given up an average of 8.25 points and 247.3 yards. It's perfectly fair to point out that they have done this against bad offensive teams, but the fact is, in the NFL, you simply can't fake it week in and week out. Both teams are being payed to show up and win, and anytime you can consistently dominate the competition you rightly deserve any and all props that come your way.
Yards allowed per play are almost identical (4.6 for the Pats, 4.7 for the Boys), teams have simply run more plays against Dallas because The Red Ball Express has put up more quick strike scoring drives.
Passing yards allowed:
Pats: 177.2 ypg
Boys: 204.8 ypg
Note: Let's look a little deeper here, because as true football fans know, yardage doesn't always tell the full story. Both teams are getting good pressure (14 sacks for NE, 12 for Dallas), but Dallas has an edge in opponent's passer rating (64.8 against 70.9 for New England).
Both teams are giving up nearly identical completion percentages (58.4 for Dallas, 58.8 for New England) and yards per attempt numbers (6.3 for NE, 6.3 for Dallas), but Dallas had picked off two more passes (10 to 8) and given up one fewer passing TD (6 to 7), which accounts for their better rating against the pass.
Dallas has been a little more susceptible to the deep pass, but probably not as much as you might think. Dallas has allowed 14 plays of over 20 yards to New England's 11, but the Cowboys have allowed two plays of over 40 yards to the Pats zero.
Rushing yards allowed:
Pats: 74.2 ypg
Boys: 80.6 ypg
Note: Yards per attempt are identical (3.6 to 3.6), and both teams have given up exactly one rushing TD. Dallas has given up two fewer rushing first downs (21 for Dallas, 23 for NE), but teams have run on them a little more often (111 times vs 102 times for the Pats), which explains why NE has a slight advantage in yards against.
This one's a push, folks. Any statistical variations have more to do with the fact that Dallas has put up quick scoring drives more often than the more methodical Pats, therefore giving the opposition more opportunities to run plays against them.
You could make a very slight case that Dallas has faced a higher quality of running back, given how Derrick Ward and Ronnie Brown have lit up the league, and how good Brian Leonard looked last week when he wasn't getting punched in the mouth by Brady James on every play, but I wouldn't put much stock in that. Pats gave up a TD and a couple of extra yards to Marshawn Lynch, but both teams did a good job against him.
Third down percentage:
Pats: 29%
Boys: 38%
Note: Pats get the edge here (best in the league), but it should be noted that 38% is still good enough for eighth overall, and is well within an acceptable range for an elite defense, comparable with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have almost identical numbers in attempts, completions, and percentage allowed. The Steelers are currently the best team in the NFL in both yards and points allowed.
Simply put, third down defense will decide this game, one way or another. New England was flat-out bad on third downs offensively against Cleveland (2 of 12, 16%), and if Dallas can continue that trend, then they will win the game.
Conclusions: I have no frickin' clue who's going to win this game, but what I do know is that the Dallas defense is flying waaayyyy under the radar, comparatively speaking, and will likely put up a much tougher fight than anyone suspects against the "unstoppable" Pats.
If I'm a starter on this Cowboys D, I'm seething to go in this game, because all I've heard about in the last week is about how Tom Brady is going to roll into my house and slap me around. Everyone keeps talking about how this is a matchup of the two best offenses in the NFL, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if the winner in this one is the first team to break 20, most likely with a field goal late in the game.


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'Paranormal Activity 3′ Just What Halloween Ordered
By Tim Posada, 10/27/2011
"Paranormal Activity 3" is why Halloween exists. Finally, a horror movie that reminds us why we were once scared to let our feet hang off the edge of the bed. How about those moments we panicked over when something fell in the kitchen at 3 a.m.? "Business as usual" for a franchise is normally the mark of death come the third installment, but this low-budget, blockbuster prequel dishes out a familiar dose of jumps and thrills that's anything but monotonous.
The strength of "PA3" lies not in special effects but its ability to milk every cinematic moment. A film constructed like a viral video created by a home camcorder has one major advantage: making us guess what lies just beyond the border of the frame. As usual, we never see the paranormal entity in full form, but it's there, laughing at us as we tilt our heads or move closer to the screen for a clearer look. If every filmgoing experience was like this, I'd never see another film. It's an exercise in suspenseful discomfort. What's going to happen next? Don't know, but keep watching because you never know when something's about to lunge at you or make a crashing sound off screen. Key moments play right into horror film expectations, while others turn those same conventions back on us.
If you're into this franchise, then "PA3" has many (not all) of the answers you've been waiting for since the first film. But don't ask anyone; half the fun is the journey — finding out on your own. "PA2" might've been scarier, but "PA3" still packs a terrifying punch, and effectively expands on the storyline elaborated on in the second film.
The characters are stock as usual. We've got the boyfriend, Dennis (Christopher Nicholas Smith), who can't help but attempt to visually chronicle the paranormal events occurring in the house (because trying to prove the devil's existence always turns out OK…right?). Just like the other films, you have to wonder if his actions only anger the unseen antagonist. Next, there's Julie (Lauren Bitner), mother of young Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi Rey (Jessica Tyler Brown), the sisters portrayed in the prior films. Julie just wants to be a good mother to her children, but the invisible vagrant has different plans for the younglings.
As the rabbit leads further into hell for these characters, we also meet Dennis' buddy, Randy (Dustin Ingram), who surely believes in God now that he's witnessed the existence of Satan. We also get one more chance to hang out with the sisters as we once knew them: the older Katie (Katie Featherston) and Kristi Rey (Sprague Grayden). There are a few more faces, but let's not dwell on details that might give away the end –– and what an end it is.
Like "PA2", cameras are strategically placed in certain parts of the house — they even create a rather clever device that allows one of them to rotate (not bad for a film set in the '80s) — along with a handheld that takes us, the oh-so-vulnerable spectators, straight into the action (even though we secretly pray for the shot to cut, thus signifying brief relief from the ongoing visual tension).
There's an art to amateur cinematography, and Magdalena Gorka Bonacorso, a Polish cinematographer who's no stranger to mockumentary-style shooting (doing similar work in another mockumentary, "I'm Still Here", and several documentary shorts), knows just how intentional "accidental" footage must be. Trust me, you'll never look at a talking Teddy Ruxpin stuffed animal the same way again after a few unsettling visuals, thanks to Bonacorso.
Fresh off their recent acclaim for the 2010 documentary (or mockumentary, depending on your analysis of the film's authenticity), "Catfish", directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman take their knack for the handheld cam to new frightening heights. Sure, some might call "PA3" a step down from what some critics called a modern-day Hitchcockian tale, but let's just be thankful promising filmmakers still come near the often awful horror genre. Few films bask in the unknown like "PA3", and for that we must thank the franchise's latest directing duo.
"PA3" isn't scary because of what happens; it's all in what gets left out. What hopefully won't get left out now is a fourth film (how could they not after setting a new weekend record for the highest grossing horror film). Here's to "Paranormal Activity 4"; may more of the same be just as delightful.
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Two men have been arrested following the Queen's visit to Wales.
One man was arrested after attempting to gain access to a section of road which had been closed off to the public, as part of a security operation, during the Queen's visit.
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LFM's Govindini Murty at The Huffington Post: This Holiday Season, What Happens When All of Our Cultural Memories Go Digital?
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Recent developments are making it clear that control of digital information, and in particular of online artistic content, is the new front in the twenty-first century war of ideas. The UN's International Telecommunications Union recently voted to allow individual nations to censor the free flow of the internet. This move was welcomed by authoritarian governments like China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Russia – and condemned by democracies like the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and Australia.
Combine this alarming development with the fact that many people now store their photos, videos, writing, and other creative works in online clouds, without ever creating hard copies or backing up their data – and the result is the potentially explosive ability of authoritarian forces to erase vast areas of our cultural memory at the push of a button. Without physical copies, no longer does a dictator have to go to the trouble of staging public burnings of art and books, as in 1930s Nazi Germany or 15th century Florence under Savonarola.
The freedom of the individual artist to speak out is more important now than ever, as today's authoritarian nations seek to silence artists at every opportunity. Russia's jailing of the women's punk rock group Pussy Riot, China's jailing of dissident artist Ai Weiwei, and Iran's jailing of filmmaker Jafar Panahi are all examples of modern autocracies crushing citizens' rights to creative expression. Apparently nothing is more threatening to today's political fanatics than a free, creative individual.
And now the UN is going to give these authoritarian nations official sanction to censor the online work of artists, filmmakers, writers, and creative thinkers. This is a worldwide cultural catastrophe in the making.
Yet this isn't the only danger that faces the preservation of our cultural memories; a new form of techno-utopianism poses a serious challenge to the preservation of our creative works. The problem in technologically advanced cultures like America is that we sometimes value technology for its own sake more than we do content. We equate advanced technology with greater value, so we rush to upgrade software, devices and formats without making any corresponding effort to ensure that prior digital files and formats can still be used.
Obviously it's important that we progress technologically. As a filmmaker I embrace digital filmmaking tools for their ability to democratize the movies, and as a writer I wouldn't even be writing this post if it weren't for the freedom of speech enabled by the internet. But as the digital revolution matures, we must give thought to how we manage and protect the enormous new quantity of digitally-created works.
This holiday season we're celebrating blockbuster movies like Les Misérables and The Hobbit, but the irony is that these films are based on classic novels by Victor Hugo and J.R.R. Tolkien that were written in the pre-digital age – and are still around today because they've been widely distributed in paper hard copies. But what about fresh artistic and literary works created today? Where will they be fifty or a hundred years from now if they only exist in digital form? Even if they are classics, who will have the chance to adapt them into tomorrow's movies or other, future forms of storytelling if they are erased within a few years by government censors – or are unreadable because tech companies have upgraded tablets/e-readers to the point that they can't read prior digital books?
Our iPhones and iPads are obsolete within two or three years, files saved on external drives often can't even be read five years later, hard drives crash, memory cards fail, and continual software upgrades make computers even just a few years old practically inoperable. So why do we assume that matters will be any different with our movies, photos, and songs – in short, all of our cultural memories?
Keanu Reeves' fascinating documentary Side by Side (2012), directed by Chris Kenneally and produced by Justin Szlasa, is one of the best examinations I've seen of the digital revolution's impact on the art of the movies. (As a positive outcome of digital technology, you can see the film on Amazon VOD.) What I appreciate about Side by Side is that it turns to our leading filmmakers to ask them what the digital revolution means for storytelling. The film interviews over seventy notable film directors, editors, and cinematographers – from Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, James Cameron, and David Fincher to Walter Murch, Anne Coates, Vittorio Storaro, and Michael Ballhaus.
Side by Side speculates as to whether our digital moviemaking output will potentially be unreadable in the near future due to the escalating pace of technological change. As Michael Goi, recent President of the American Society of Cinematographers, points out in the film, there have been more than eighty video formats to date – and many of them cannot even be read today. By contrast, archivist Ed Stratmann of George Eastman House notes that he can still take out a film reel from 1895 and play it on a film projector today.
The same is true for paper books. One can hold up any book from a decade ago or a century ago and still be able to read it. Isn't there a virtue to this kind of simplicity? Shouldn't good technology consist in allowing people to focus on ideas and content – rather than on the expensive, soon-to-be-obsolete devices that deliver the content? And what will happen when all of our books are digitized and the original paper copies are discarded – as is already happening in libraries worldwide?
George Lucas deserves much credit for promoting the digital filmmaking revolution, and he expresses optimism in Side by Side that there will be a solution to archiving and readability issues:
"All of everything in the whole world is stored digitally. Yeah, so there's problems with it – but they're going to solve those problems. I'll guarantee that. There's too much digital information out there not to figure out a fool proof way to store it forever."
I hope Lucas is right, because the move to digital seems irrevocable, but I've yet to see viable solutions offered to filmmakers and other creative people to allow them to save their work and migrate their data to new software and new formats every couple of years.
The digitizing of cultural output and its storage online is giving governments, U.N. agencies, and tech companies unprecedented ease of censorship. There is a potential for intellectual and creative repression on a worldwide scale that George Orwell or Ray Bradbury could only have dreamed of when they envisioned the dystopian societies of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451.
As Martin Scorsese says in Side by Side of the potential erasure of our digital creative works:
"That's a danger, I think, in the continuation of our culture. What do you go back to when you need to go back to the well? Where do you get the nourishment culturally, artistically, intellectually? Where do you get it?"
The irony seems to be that the more we remember, and as the quantity of digital technology grows, the more we are in danger of forgetting.
So as you celebrate this holiday season, be sure to save your digital memories by printing them out or backing them up. And beyond that, do everything you can to speak out for internet freedom. It's the best safeguard today for the rights of filmmakers, artists, dissidents, and storytellers to create and share the cultural memories that we live by.
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Last spring the local newspaper ran an article about the approaching deadline for movie theaters to convert to digital projection since Hollywood was looking forward to stop distribution of actual film copies of their movies. I blogged about it then http://onthenorthriver.com/2012/04/01/digitally-converted-by-hollywood/ and still worry about it now.
At even the bargain price of $50,000 for digital, how many small theaters, churches, and community centers will be able to continue to show films after their first run?
What about foreign films, are they going to adopt the same data format as Hollywood or are we going to continue the idiocy of Regions? Or worse, introduce their own standards of data encoding and physical interface?


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Detroit Tigers – 5/1
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St. Louis Cardinals – 10/1
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Baltimore Orioles – 18/1
New York Yankees – 40/1
Arizona Diamondbacks – 45/1
Cleveland Indians – 45/1
Kansas City Royals – 45/1
Washington Nationals – 75/1
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Toronto Blue Jays – 250/1
Colorado Rockies – 350/1
San Francisco Giants – 350/1
Seattle Mariners – 350/1
New York Mets – 500/1
Philadelphia Phillies – 500/1
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Just thought this was an interesting find. I know how many of us feel about the DuBose era (they don't make enough soap to remove the memories). Still, I do like to check in on the former Bama coaches every once in a while to see how they are holding up. I had forgotten that he left Milsap for Memphis, but hey.... I needed a few more words to reach 75.


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For those of you bored with your current computer games, or are looking for one for someone else, here is one I dug up a little while ago.
"World of tanks". Kind of MMO-ish. There's three nations' tanks, roughly from the earliest types up towards the end of the second world war. There's five kinds of tanks. You have light, medium, heavy, self-propelled gun, and tank killers. That's a lot of tanks! The Russians, for example, have I think about 31 available.
Anyway, when you start out, you're given the bottom-barrel light tank from each nation for free. Even if you are destroyed, it is repaired for free. Ammunition has to be paid for, and there are a couple of options depending on your gun system. As you play with each tank, after each match, depending on how well yourself and your team did, you will be given both money and research points. There's a tech tree for each nation, and a subtree for each tank. You can research better engines, tracks, turrets, guns, radio systems, and the next tank along the tree for that nation. You also get a crew with each tank that you can develop as well. For example, when you buy a new tank, as with your starting tanks, you are given a crew to man it free of charge. The skills for each member of the crew starts at 50%. As you play matches with that tank, that will slowly increase. You can pay in-game currency to train that crew member to 75% (worth it, if you're planning on using that tank a while!) to speed things along, or you can use the "gold" currency to get them to 100% right away. (When the game launches, this will be a free-to-play game with a microtransaction store. The gold is the currency you pay for) Once a crewman reaches 100%, he can then train in other skills, like camouflage, firefighting, triage for injured crewmen, and the like.
Ok, game mechanics. I like how this game has put everything together. It all plays very nice and realistically. Tanks have an aiming cone that reduces the longer you sit still, up to a point, giving you more accuracy. A better trained gunner aims in quicker and tighter, of course. If you drive into some bushes and wait and don't move (Not even the turret!) you will become invisible at longer ranges. (Here's a good piece of coding: Say someone tries to write a wallhack / aimbotting style cheat. It'll be ineffective, since the way the game runs, the server itself stops sending the other team's client info about where your tank is, until someone finds you!) If you're in a bush, and have another bush in front of you, then you won't see incoming tanks until they're very close, either. However! If another team member sees a tank ahead of you, and you're both within radio range of each other, then the tank will be visable to you, and you can fire on him. From his point of view, he's getting shot at by someone he can't see.
Ok, self propelled guns: Big old cannons in small tank like chassis without a turret. Their whole purpose is in killing tanks. When you aim in on a target, your entire chassis has to turn. They are very accurate at longer range, and can do considerable damage when hitting. They're kind of like the snipers of the game. And the SPGs are plain old artillery. Here's something pretty neat... if a SPG user hits space, they instead get a top-down view of the battlefield, which makes it easier to fire on targets. They get an aiming cone as well, of course, and aren't perfectly accurate, just like everyone else.
All in all, it's a pretty good time. You gotta apply for the beta, but they always seem to get you a key same-day, so you can get in pretty quickly. Just thought I'd let you folks know about it, in case tank-games might be fun for you.


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So during tonight's game I started looking into MCW's stats to see how he was progressing this season. We all know he has the best counting stats of the rookie class this year with 17 pts, 7.2 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 2.8 steals a game. We also are aware that the Sixers are 1-10 with Carter-Williams out of the lineup and 11-13 with him in the lineup. So it seems like the rookie has had a very impactful season so far and many consider him to be a lock for Rookie of the Year honors. You'd think he's come a long way since being the 11th pick in what was considered a weak NBA draft. He hasn't.
Take a look at these numbers:
Sixers: 43.8% 2P, 29.4% 3P, 70.1% FT, 48.5% TS, 43.9% eFG
Syracuse: ('12-'13): 43.6% 2P, 29.4% 3P, 69.4% FT, 49.1% TS, 43.8% eFG
I was shocked when I saw this at first. His shooting numbers are virtually identical across the board, which is to say that the perception that his shot has improved this year is off base. The rookie came out guns blazing and stole our hearts with a strong first impression, but the reality is totally different.
Now, it is true that NBA competition is tougher, and MCW is taking more shots than he did in college but it's still discouraging. The blog writers talked about swing skills for prospects ahead of the 2013 draft and ahead of the season and MCW's swing skill was shooting. The assumption was if he could improve his shot he could be on his way to being an above average player in the league. But here we are and the numbers are still almost identical.
To be clear there are some good things Carter-Williams is doing this year. He is distributing well for a rookie, showing he can attack the paint, drawing fouls, and OHMYGOSH those steals. But he will never be a superstar unless he improves on his very bad shooting numbers and we should continue to pay attention to them moving forward. Hopefully as the season progresses and his career progresses we will see some great strides. It seems for now, though, MCW has gotten lost in the crowd while Brett Brown has spent all his attention working with Nerlens Noel on his shot.


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What I Learned on My Winter Vacation, or Is Water Good for You?
I spent the last three weeks mainly in Europe, and mainly on a cruise, but unlike Newt Gingrich, I don't purport to have learned anything about Europe's debt crisis, although the Greek, Italian and Spanish governments did all fall the moment we left each country. What I did learn, or was reminded of, is that there is a very different way of thinking in Europe. Instead of blaring out instructions at the security line at the airport, there is just one discreet sign, and if you don't do it right you are admonished for not having read or comprehended the sign. To rebook our flights when we missed a connection due to fog, we were given the instruction to "Like" KLM on Facebook, without the further instruction to then post a message asking to be rebooked (that didn't work for me, by the way, after I finally figured it out).
So I read with some interest the various stories that have circulated around the Internet with titles like "EU Says Water is Not Healthy" and "Now barmy EU says you CAN'T claim drinking water stops dehydration." And this, of course, is to answer yesterday's pop quiz, which you'll recall asked if the following statement is true:
The regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration and of concomitant decrease of performance.
This was the question asked of a particular European Union agency with respect to a particular European Union law and the answer they gave was negative. Which of course set off a firestorm of laughter and ridicule, followed by a reverse firestorm of alleged common sense explanations for why the EU was right. With respect, pretty much everyone has exaggerated something here, intentionally or unintentionally.
For reference, here are the EU Scientific Opinion and the EU regulation implementing the scientific opinion. I'm afraid they're not quite Shakespeare or even Stephen King.
First, let's parse the words a bit. The claim relates to "water" not "bottled water" or some particular brand of bottled water. The claim also states that "regular consumption" of water "can reduce" the development of dehydration, not that it is necessary for it, or that other beverages or water ingested in other ways are or are not another way to achieve it.
Now, let's affirm what the EU has done and not done. It has stated that in connection with a claim for foods within the EU, this claim is not authorized (20 days after publication in the official journal of the EU). It expressly states that it is "binding and directly applicable in all member states." Thus, the EU official who stated, as quoted in The Express as saying, "Either way the final decision is for member states", was saying something directly contradicted by the regulation's own words. A British bottled water seller has vowed to defy the ban and British health officials have not ruled out taking action against it.
Clearly, the EU has also not said water isn't good for you, or that it's bad for you, or anything of that sort. And there is some question as to whether the law the application was sent in under was the right one; is "dehydration" a disease or a condition, for instance? Yet even the most cogent defense of the ruling I've read, by a professor of nutritiion at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, takes liberties with the facts. I'm no nutritionist, and I'll accept that someone can live a perfectly healthy life without ever once ingesting water in its pure form (the comments on most of these articles include at least one person who suggests that beer is a fine substitute). I also accept that pure water alone may not solve all cases of dehydration. But the claim is not that drinking water as such is necessary, or that it is sufficient, but that it is useful. So when the professor, in defending the EU ruling, said, "Also, it could be used to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not the case," he's simply wrong. If I say that Drug X may lower your cholesterol that doesn't imply that there is something about Drug X that is special compared to Drug Y which may also lower your cholesterol. The same is true of water.
UK Hails the Return of the Nobbly Carrot and the Bendy Cucumber
Last fall, the British grocery chain J Sainsbury sought to introduce a "Halloween" range of fruits and vegetables in its stores. Included would be 'Witches fingers' - carrots with more than one finger, 'Zombies brains' - undersized cauliflowers and 'Ogres toenails' - bendy cucumbers amongst others. While selling such vegetables for Halloween decoration might have been a good idea, Sainburys had a different agenda, a "Save Our Ugly Fruit and Veg" campaign to highlight some of the European Commission's most mocked regulations, those requiring that all fruits and vegetables in 36 categories meet marketing standards in order to be sold anywhere in the European Union.
As of July 1, the regulations have been rescinded as to 26 of the 36 categories. And so, at least in some countries, the nobbly carrot and the bendy cucumber are back on store shelves. If anyone wants to buy them.
Ostensibly, the repeal of these regulations was made to cut red tape and to reduce waste of edible food in harsh economic times. But others have a different take on what the effect of the repeal of these regulations will be.
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