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ADVANCE WARNING: For those of you who suffer eye fatigue from reading my lengthy posts, hang in there. Yes, this one is another long one, but good news ... while packed with content, the forthcoming Parts 3 and 4 of this series are much shorter. Suffer through this one ... then we're good!
In Part 1 of this four-part post I expressed my views on the performance of the 2013 version of the Niners ... suggesting changes, at the conceptual level, that I thought needed to be made to assure that the team didn't come up short in the playoffs yet again next season. Now I intend to be much more specific about roster changes ... who should be re-signed, who should go, and who should be extended and in what priority. In addition, I'll offer my suggested replacement plan for the departed players. Those replacements could come from signing free agents or by selecting prospects in the draft. I would prefer to treat the forthcoming draft in a separate post (Part 3), but will deal with any suggested free agent additions in this post so that we know exactly what we're looking for, position-wise, in the draft.
To summarize from Part 1 of the post, my view is that the Niners need to improve the roster as follows:
- Defensive Line: Add a late-round draftee for the Practice Squad.
- Linebackers: Fill in for Bo until he returns from the PUP.
- Safeties: Use Dahl or sign a free agent (possibly Whitner, depending upon price) to pair with Reid in the short term; draft a safety to pair with Reid in the long term.
- Cornerbacks: Expect major roster turnover, focusing on adding at least two CB draftees in May.
- Quarterbacks: Replace McCoy with a better player at the #2, if possible; draft a developmental QB to replace Bethel-Thompson.
- Running Backs: Resolve a plan for dealing with the "Frank Gore issue" ... that is, deal with the diminished-production / very-high-cost problem; decide what to do about LaMichael James ... a second round selection who has contributed very little and doesn't seem to have much future with the Niners other than as a kick/punt returner ... he's suprisingly expensive for that role.
- Wide Receivers: Changes are coming ... it's just a question of how fast? And THAT will depend largely upon the answers to two questions: (a) how much will Boldin "settle for" to re-sign and is that amount really affordable? (b) how high are Crabtree's compensation expectations in a post-2014 extension and is that amount really affordable?
- Center: How best to replace the retiring Goodwin? Is a superior free agent both available and affordable? If not, we probably must look to the draft.
- Guards: Change must come whether we like it or not ... we simply cannot afford to retain both Iupati and Boone. What's the best way to resolve this issue?
- Only one question ... what kind of contract does it take to re-sign Dawson? It will get done.
As you can see, I think that there is a lot more to be done to build a Super-Bowl-winning roster from where we are than just a little bit of tweaking.
Enough of the "here's the problem stuff", let's get into it and propose some ANSWERS, including the disposition of all of the teams' 2014 and 2015 free agents. Rather than dealing directly with the lists of free agents, perhaps a more understandable discussion comes from working with positions ... suggesting who should be re-signed, who should be released, and how best to replace the departed. Let's start with the defense.
Defensive Line: The only 2014 free agent to deal with is Demarcus Dobbs ... whether or not he makes the final roster in September is in question, but he's certainly worth re-signing to provide competition throughout the off-season. The DL will also be strengthened by the addition of Tank Carradine (IR) and the further development of Quinton Dial and Tony Jerod-Eddie. I could see Baalke adding a lower-round DL pick in May for ultimate assignment to the Practice Squad (again, I will deal with suggested draftees in Part 3 of this post).
Linebackers: Given the playoff injury to Bowman, clearly the most important move at linebacker is to re-sign Michael Wilhoite to start at ILB until Bo can return from the PUP. Beyond that, we must come to an extension agreement with Aldon Smith sometime before the end of the 2014 season; given Aldon's off-the-field issues, it may be less expensive to extend him now than it might have been, but I wouldn't count on that; in any event, Aldon must be extended. The remaining question then is, if Wilhoite replaces Bowman to open next season, who replaces Wilhoite? Since we are likely to lose some of our better special teams players anyway, I would be in favor of making a free agent run at one of our old friends ... ILB/ST-ace Blake Costanzo (Chicago). Brooks' comp decelerator has reduced his 2014 cap hit by almost $1 million. Also, Willis may be a candidate for a contract restructuring. Any potential linebacker draftees to be added? I doubt it ... too many other needs.
Safeties: I think that there's little doubt that the Niners will draft another safety in May to be paired with Eric Reid in the long term. However, I don't like the idea of starting two relatively inexperienced safeties if we're intent on challenging in the playoffs. In my judgment our choice is either to start Dahl with Reid or sign a free agent. Dahl certainly would not be an upgrade, so signing a free agent is the right answer. Fine ... but who? For the sake of continuity, I would prefer that Whitner (2013 PFF rating of +11.5) be re-signed, but the obvious question is at what cost? Pure and simply we cannot afford $4.9M APY any more. IF Donte would consider something in the range of $3.5-4.0M (for multiple years but structured so that dead money diminishes quickly), I'd re-sign him. If NOT, I'd make a run at less-expensive free agent Bernard Pollard (Tennessee), with a 2013 PFF rating of +3.4. Basically, it's Donte's choice.
Cornerbacks: The most obvious elephant to deal with is Carlos Rogers. Pretty easy actually ... his production has waned and his cost is astronomical ... a bad combination. He's gone ... but not until June to minimize the cap hit. Beyond that, I think that Tarell Brown is also released ... if they were going to extend him, it would have been done by now; they offered the Brock deal to him and he declined, wanting more money. In my judgment he's just not worth more ... gone. That leaves two remaining free agents ... Cox and Wright. A couple of months ago I would have said Wright is re-signed and Cox goes, but now, I'm not so sure. In any event, one stays, one goes, take your choice ... my money is on Cox staying. The good news is that Chris Culliver will be returning during the off-season and Dax Swanson may move up from the Practice Squad. By the way, Culliver must fall in line right behind the "big four" (Kaep, Aldon, Crabs and Iupati) to be extended before the end of the next season. All that said, I don't believe that the Niners look to free agency here ... although I'd love to add a Talib (New England), a Davis (Indianapolis) or a Verner (Tennessee), we simply can't afford them. Instead, the Niners go after two bigger/faster CB' prospects in the draft in May.
Quarterbacks: Clearly Kaep is our franchise QB. He heads the list of contract extensions that must get done before the end of the 2014 season. Beyond that, we must get better at the backup QB positions. I think that the Niners should re-sign Colt McCoy ONLY if they are unable to sign a better low-cost free agent in the short term. Which 2014 free agent QBs might be better? I'd probably prefer the 30-year-old Kellen Clemens (St. Louis / 2013 PFF -4.0) over the 35-year-old Josh McCown (Chicago / 2013 PFF +16.6) ... either would be less expensive (2013 cap hits of $585K each) and more productive than McCoy (2013 cap hit of $1.446M). However, if neither is available, we probably have to re-sign McCoy. As for a future backup QB, I think the Niners look to draft a developmental QB in the mid-rounds in May.
Fullbacks: We're in good shape here. Both starter Bruce Miller and 2013 rookie Alex Debniak will be returning from IR. I also think the the Niners will bring Will Tukuafu back for the off-season programs. Perhaps most importantly, Miller should be inserted right behind Culliver as a 2015 free agent to be extended before the end of the upcoming season.
Running Backs: Currently the RB roster contains Frank Gore, Kendall Hunter, LaMichael James, Anthony Dixon, Marcus Lattimore (NFI), and Jewel Hampton (PS). Potentially six guys for four roster spots ... but that's quickly reduced to five guys with the exit of Dixon in free agency. Love Boobie, but he deserves an opportunity to play more and that won't happen with the Niners. My most significant concerns are with Frank Gore and LaMichael James. In the second half of the season just ended and especially in the playoffs, Frank had clearly lost a step and those former five-to-six-yard runs were now more like 2 yards; and, on first and second downs, 2 yards per carry just doesn't get it done. Don't believe me? Let's remove Frank's longest run in each of the playoff games ... runs of 10, 39 and 9 yards respectively. His remaining playoff production then was 2.36 yards-per-carry on 45 attempts ... clearly not good enough. Beyond that, Frank's 2014 cap hit is scheduled to be $6.45 million ... an amount that the Niners simply can't afford in light of all of the other cap-related issues that must be resolved. On the other hand, you obviously don't cut the face of your franchise during the tough pre-Harbaugh years. I think the Niners must restructure Frank's contract ... if it were me, I would cut him to $3 million for 2014 (his last active year on the roster), but pay him $1 million per year for 2015-2019, assuming that that can be done with the limitations of the CBA ... he would get all of his scheduled 2014 comp plus a half-million thank-you, but is off the roster after the 2014 season. I would expect Frank to begin the 2014 season as the starter but with Lattimore getting more and more playing time as the season progresses. How the playing time for the season is divided depends upon how well each man plays ... Frank gets maybe 50%, maybe less. Kendall Hunter, the team's best COPRB, should be inserted right behind Bruce Miller as a 2015 free agent to be extended before the end of the upcoming season.
Now, what to do with LaMichael James? His 2014 cap hit is scheduled to be the second highest of the RBs at $905K ... but his contribution is nothing more than returning kicks and punts. Let's be blunt. Selecting James was another ill-thought-out draft choice ... James simply doesn't fit into Harbaugh's power running game at all. We're wasting his talents and he is obviously unhappy about his lack of use. We can find a far less expensive kick/punt returner. So, to reduce the cap hit, I would offer James to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for their fourth round pick (#118) in the 2014 Draft. I'm sure that Chip Kelly would love to reacquire a familiar and highly-productive weapon for his offensive system. Parenthetically, I would mention that I think the #118 pick could be used to add a far more appropriate offensive weapon for the Niners ... more about that in Part 3 of my post.
Wide Receivers: Let's start by narrowing the WR roster down. I believe that three free agents will be released right away: Mario Manningham (2014 FA) because of cost, injuries, and lack of production; Jon Baldwin (2015 FA) because of cost and lack of production; and, Brandon Carswell (IR and 2015 FA) because of injuries and lack of production. Further, I think that special-teams-ace Kassim Osgood, even though he's 33, will be re-signed at the cap-friendly veteran's minimum (and MSB) to continue his special teams contributions ... under the MSB program, Osgood's $955K 2014 salary would only incur a cap hit of $570K. Wow! That leaves us with Boldin (2014 FA), Crabtree (2015 FA) and Patton (2017), plus Chuck Jacobs and Devon Wylie from the Practice Squad, plus David Reed and DeMarco Sampson on futures contracts.
As with Whitner, I think that whether Boldin re-signs with the Niners depends completely upon his compensation expectations. If he is looking to continue his career at or above $6 million per year, there is no way that the Niners can afford to pay that and he's gone. However, at age 33, I think that Boldin fully recognizes that nobody is going to sign him for that much again. IF he is willing to re-sign for in the zone of $4.0-4.5 million APY, I think that he's back for 2014. If he wants more, it will have to come from someone else ... but I'm doubtful that that would happen.
Crabtree is under contract through the 2014 season (cap hit of $4.77 million). However, I think that it would be a big mistake to just assume that the Niners will be able to extend him at a "reasonable" amount in due course. I think it critically important to flush our now what Crabtree's contract expectations are and make a decision now as to whether they can afford that or not. If so, then extend him now before he has a chance to change his mind, which he is very apt to do. If his expectations are unreasonable (i.e., not affordable within the Niners' cap limitations, given all the other needed extensions) we need to know that now so that an appropriate decision can be made ... let him play out his contract, then walk, and receive an at-best 3rd round comp pick in the 2016 Draft, or trade him now for at least a 2nd round pick in 2014, or better yet, 2015 with a added low-round kicker.
Were the Niners to lose Crabtree due to a trade, they could consider making a run at a free agent WR like James Jones (Green Bay), Emmanual Sanders (Pittsburgh) or Julian Edelman (New England). Everybody would like to sign Eric Decker (Denver), but he will be far too expensive. In any event, the Niners will look to select two WRs in the May draft.
Tight Ends: Not much to be done here. Vernon had a very inconsistent year ... some great games and some where he virtually disappeared. I pretty much lay that one on GRo's doorstep, not on Vernon's ability or motivation. While McDonald didn't produce as a receiver as much as we might have liked this year, his blocking improved significantly, as did Celek's. Vernon is scheduled to provide a 2014 cap hit of $7.368 million, so he may be asked to restructure his contract to provide needed cap relief. Finally, Baalke could conceivably consider selecting a 7th round or UDFA Delanie-type TE prospect in May.
Offensive Tackles: Both Staley and Anthony Davis did an above-average job during the 2013 season ... they're still young and can continue to shine. The only real issue at the OT position is the lack of a competent backup swing tackle (other than moving Boone over from guard). That situation should resolve itself with the off-season return of Marquardt (NFI) and Bykowski (PS). Hopefully one of the two has developed to the point of being at least a competent backup. Would love to add an OT or OG in the mid-rounds of the draft, but other position priorities prevail.
I think it's safe to say that Jonathan Martin will not play another game for the Miami Dolphins. I have no idea what his contract status is in light of his leaving the team. Also, don't know that we could really afford him. However, it might be worth exploring some kind of a trade with Miami to acquire Martin's rights, depending upon cost. Just a thought.
Centers: I fully expect Jonathan Goodwin to retire. The key question is: as Goodwin's supposed replacement, is Kilgore really ready to become a NFL starter? Remember ... we are trying to get better, not tread water. After three years on the roster with little production and after failing to replace the 35-year-old Goodwin throughout all of last off-season, my conclusion is that no, Kilgore is not (and probably never will be) ready to be a competent NFL starter. IF that's true, we have a problem ... because there are only two above-average free agent centers in 2014 and there is only one immediate-starter center prospect in the upcoming draft. Those three guys would be Pro-Bowler Alex Mack (Cleveland / PFF +17.8), Evan Dietrich-Smith (Green Bay / PFF +12.1), and draft prospect Travis Swanson (Arkansas). Although they have the cap capacity and probably want to re-sign him, Alex Mack may very well want to move elsewhere given the circus that the Cleveland franchise has become; he's still young (28) but will command a sizeable contract ... not hopeful given our salary cap issues. As for Dietrich-Smith, there is no way that Ted Thompson will not re-sign him in Green Bay. Draft prospect Travis Swanson would be a great get in this year's draft but he is already ranked by most decent scouting services as going at the bottom of the first round; thus, we would have to select him with our first pick IF he were still available. For those of you who question the need to go that high for a center, the second best center prospect in the forthcoming draft is Weston Richburg (Colorado State) who won't be selected until the third round, but he is not ready to start at the NFL level. Tough choice. A king's ransom for a Pro-Bowl free agent or a first round draft choice? We can't afford the former, so I go with the latter.
Offensive Guards: As I outlined in my preceding post, the offensive guard play was really lacking during the 2013 season. While Boone had an off year, possibly effected by the need to move him to OT when Staley was injured and then back again, he's still improving and just needs to become more consistent. Mike Iupati presents a different situation. He has had problems with injuries, including the recent broken leg against Seattle, and diminished production after two Pro-Bowl level years. Beyond that, Big Mike will be up for a contract extension within the year. The bottom line is that he falls in line behind Kaep, Aldon and Crabtree in the big-dollar extension derby ... and we can't afford all four of them plus a number of other key contributors (Culliver, Miller, Hunter, Dorsey, Jerod-Eddie, etc.) coming up for extensions. Somebody has got to go. It certainly isn't going to be Kaep or Aldon, so it boils down to Crabtree and/or Iupati. Honestly, Big Mike is the easier guy to replace. The recurring question is: do we (a) let him play out his contract in 2014, then let him walk and get, at best, a 3rd round compensation pick in 2016, or (b) trade him now, while he still has one "cheap" year left (i.e., is still tradeable), in exchange for a higher draft pick in this year's draft? I would opt for the latter because, given the high demand for premium OGs by a number of other teams around the League and Iupati's status as a two-time Pro-Bowler, I believe that we can get a 2nd round pick for him. Will the playoff injury hamper his trade value? I don't think so because he doesn't even require surgery and is expected to return no later than the start of training camp. So, IF we trade Iupati, who plays left guard? Snyder? NO! Let's not resurrect that again! Are Looney, Seymour or Netter ready? My opinion: no, no and no. That leaves two possibilities ... free agency or the draft. IF we start a rookie (Swanson) at center, I would be very reluctant to consider also starting a rookie at guard, if we are really serious about contending once again. Fortunately, the 2014 free agent class of OGs includes some very good potential candidates that won't be nearly as expensive as a Mike Iupati ... Geoff Schwartz (Kansas City / PFF +18.6), Jon Asamoah (also Kansas City / PFF +7.9) and Shelley Smith (St. Louis / PFF +7.0), as examples. Kansas City has bigger free agent issues to deal with like OT Brandon Albert (2013 cap $9.8M) and DE Tyson Jackson ($7.2M) as well as WR McCluster and S Kendrick Lewis to be too concerned with retaining both OG Asamoah ($1.5M) and/or OG Schwartz ($700K). Thus, I would make an immediate play for free agent Geoff Schwartz (he's already known to the Niners coaching staff ... he selected KC over SF in order to be a starter after a tryout with the Niners) and/or Jon Asamoah as soon as free agency discussions can begin on March 8th. Asamoah may want to be a starter again (Schwartz has replaced him as the starter), but if not, I would sign BOTH Schwartz AND Asamoah and release Adam Snyder.
So there you have it ... my actions to "fix" the roster while playing the role of Trent Baalke. Just to recap the results all in one place, here are the actions that I proposed:
2014 (and beyond) Free Agents Released:
WR Jonathan Baldwin, CB Tarell Brown, WR Brandon Carswell, RB Anthony Dixon, C Jonathan Goodwin, WR Mario Manningham, QB Colt McCoy (IF a superior free agent #2 QB can be signed), CB Carlos Rogers, OG Adam Snyder (IF a superior backup free agent OG can be signed), and CB Eric Wright
Players Traded:
OG Mike Iupati ... to one of ten possible teams for a 2014 second-round draft choice
RB/KR/PR LaMichael James ... to Philadelphia in exchange for their 2014 fourth-round draft choice (#118)
Player Potentially Traded:
WR Michael Crabtree ... traded under two conditions: (a) he refuses to agree to an affordable contract extension, and (b) we are able to re-sign WR Anquan Boldin; in that case, Crabtree gets traded for the highest offer of 2015 Draft picks. If Boldin does NOT re-sign, the Niners will need to retain Crabtree for the 2014 season but release him thereafter
2014 Free Agents Resigned:
WR Anquan Boldin ... IF he agrees to an affordable reduced salary
CB Perrish Cox
DL Demarcus Dobbs
QB Colt McCoy ... IF a superior free agent #2 QB is NOT signed
WR/ST Kassim Osgood
FB Will Tukuafu
S Donte Whitner ...IF he agrees to an affordable reduced salary
ILB Michael Wilhoite
Player Contracts Restructured:
TE Vernon Davis
RB Frank Gore
ILB Patrick Willis
Free Agents Added:
QB Kellen Clemens (St. Louis) ... to replace Colt McCoy as QB #2
OG Geoff Schwartz (Kansas City) ... to replace the traded Mike Iupati
OG Jon Asamoah (Kansas City) ... to replace the released backup OG Adam Snyder
ILB/ST Blake Costanzo (Chicago) ... to replace backup Michael Wilhoite who will be starting for NoVarro Bowman
S Bernard Pollard (Tennessee) ... to replace Donte Whitner, IF Whitner does NOT agree to an affordable reduced salary
2015 Free Agents to be Extended (in priority order):
QB Colin Kaepernick
OLB Aldon Smith
WR Michael Crabtree ... IF he agrees to an affordable contract amount
CB Chris Culliver
FB Bruce Miller
RB Kendall Hunter
DL Glenn Dorsey
DL Tony Jerod-Eddie
S C. J. Spillman
2014 Draft Wish-List:
Starting Center
2 Wide Receivers
Strong Safety
2 Cornerbacks
Developmental Quarterback
Running Back ... to replace the combination of the released Dixon and the traded James
Kick / Punt Returner ... to replace LaMichael James
Defensive Lineman ... either DE or DT (for Practice Squad)
Developmental small (Delanie Walker type) Tight End (for Practice Squad)
And, speaking of the 2014 NFL Draft, that is the subject of the next post (Part 3) of this 4-part series. With the Super Bowl this Sunday, I'll wait until early next week to post Part 3 and then finish by posting Part 4 (my projected 2014 Niners Final-53 and Practice Squad rosters) late next week.
Thanks for reading and feel free to chew me out for any "wrongnesses" that you see.


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Q&A with the founders of Lamebook
Posted at 10:30 AM Aug 05, 2009
By Andrea Grimes
Lamebook: where we learn that James' fiancée is soon to have a mouthful and that Kyle only shares certain information--like the approximate size of his wang--with those who are not his friends. Part of the oversharing revolution, Lamebook has become one of my favorite sites when I need to be reminded that we're all fucking doomed.
So I e-mailed Jon and Matthew, the founders of Lamebook (and Austinites! And my actual Facebook friends!) to find out what makes the site go ticky-tock.
HD: Who are you, where do you live, what do you do?
Jon and Matthew: Our names are Matthew and Jonathan, we live in Austin, Texas and we both work as full-time graphic designers for different agencies. We met in college then both happened to end up here in Austin.
How'd you come up with the idea for Lamebook?
We both decided it was time to start a website that posts all of the dumb shit from Facebook. So we threw out some name ideas, landed on Lamebook, registered the domain then sat on it for about 6 months collecting material until finally we decided to act (while personally learning quite a bit about web development).
What are, in your opinions, the worst Lamebook offenders?
J: That's a tough call. But personally I'd have to say the mushy relationships post get to me the most. I understand if you're in love with someone or have feelings for them, but posting that on the wall (which shows up in everyone's feed) is like digital PDA. Ugh.
M: I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I think the worst are the fights/breakups between couples. But the worst are usually the funniest, so I guess that makes them the best Lamebook offenders.
Do you ever get hate mail from those who've been called out? What's your response to them?
Haha, yes we do. So far only a few people have called us out and I'm pretty sure every message so far has included something along the lines of "I'm gonna sue you!" We're not out to piss people off but understand that if the internet is laughing at you, you might get a little heated. In these cases we generally don't respond.
Would you take down a Lamebook post if asked?
J: Yes. If people find themselves on the site there is a link where the
offended can send a request to be removed. And we (unfortunately) will
take them down. But depending on their friendliness in asking it may
take a few days.
Does it get tiring blurring out all those photos all the time?
J: I don't mind blurring the photos so much but you do have to be careful not to miss a last name here and there. The tiring part, although entertaining, is sifting through all of the submissions.
How many submissions do you get versus how many you post?
J: We average about 75 submitted emails a day, each including an average of 2-3 attachments, and only 6 posts make it to the website a day. So I guess that comes out to something like a 3 percent success rate.
Has Lamebook taught you any valuable life lessons?
J: Lamebook has taught me that those ideas you have that normally just sit around as an idea, can actually amount to something if you follow through and make a go of it. It's also taught me that people will most likely agree that you're lame if you have a 20 post, online argument about some missing DVD's with a former roommate.
M: Agreed. :)


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This week
Cat adoption: The Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County is offering special days to provide cats with a home. Hours will be extended to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Special adoption rates are $40/cat or $75 for two. All adoptions free for anyone over 55. Special rates for senior cats. Visit awsjc.org for more information.
Insect program: Cacapon State Park will offer a special program about insect songs at 7:30 Wednesday evening in the Fairfax Room of the Lodge building. It is free and open to the public. For more information, call 304-258-1022, ext. 5209 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Donate: The Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County is participating in Applebee's Dining to Donate program. Dine at Applebee's in Charles Town from 11 a.m. to closing Thursday and 20 percent of your bill will be donated to the Animal Welfare Society.
Breakfast and portraits: The Shepherdstown Fire Department's Junior Firefighter program will host a pancake breakfast and family portraits event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Shepherdstown Train Station. Digital copy of portraits provided with donation. For more information, call 304-728-0426.
Concert: The Millville Pentecostal Church will host a hymn sing at 6 p.m. Saturday featuring local singers and musicians. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-725-5155.
Dinner: The Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle will host the 2013 Elimination Dinner and Silent Auction fundraiser starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Parish School in Martinsburg. Tickets are $50 per couple. To purchase tickets, call 304-263-1832.
Reunion: The descendants of Phillip Setzer Orndorff, Mary Jane Tevault, Jacob Sylvanius Miller, Mary Catherine Reynolds, Bethuel Middleton Nesmith and Alice Dortha Franks will hold their family reunion starting at noon Saturday at the Capon Ruritan Building in Yellow Spring. For more information, call 770-382-4406 or 540-740-3994.
Tryouts: The 12u Summit Point Tsunami Girls Softball Team will be having tryouts for the 2013-2014 season from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday for a workout session and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday for the official tryout. Tryouts will be at 4095 Leetown Road in Summit Point. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to register and warm up. A copy of an official birth certificate is needed. For more information, email email@example.com.
Mobile office visit: A staff member from the office of Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito will be at the Jefferson County Senior Center in Ranson from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Looking ahead
Picnic: The Jefferson County Farm Bureau and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce annual picnic will start at 6 p.m. Aug. 1 at Twin Ridge Orchards in Shepherdstown. Adults/$16, children 4-10/$8, 3 and under/free. RSVP by July 25. For questions, call 304-725-5458 or 304-725-2055.
Birding trip: The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will sponsor a free birding field trip on the historic Claymont property outside Charles Town starting at 6:30 a.m. Aug. 5. For more information, call 240-440-4221 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Soccer tryouts: Tryouts for the Fall 2013 Boys Soccer team will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 5 through 8 at Terry Marcus Field. Tryouts are mandatory in order to participate. All players will need to provide a current/valid physical form, AD questionnaire, and insurance waiver in order to participate.
Meeting: The Eastern Panhandle Business Association monthly meeting will be held at the Epic Buffet at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races starting at noon Aug. 9. RSVP by August 7 to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Welcome service: The Bolivar United Methodist Church will welcome Pastor John Unger II and his wife Cara to the church with a special service and potluck luncheon starting at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11. The church will furnish the chicken, rolls and beverages. Bring a favorite dish to share.


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The Strategy of the Vertical Passing Game
"Al Davis' "vertical game" was, in short, built on stretching the defense vertically while using all available receivers — deep, intermediate, and short — to take what the defense gave up anywhere on the field. Al's secret — and it is the same secret Gillman discovered and Walsh extended — is that the surest way to hit those deep passes is to consistently hit the underneath ones." Very good stuff.


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The fourth annual SPOTlight Music and Art Showcase will be held Thursday, 5-8 p.m., at the Pavilion, 5516 Cogswell St.
Admission is free to the event that features music by Zulkamoon, Jont, Matthew Hornell, the Spot Band, and an art gallery displaying art from Spot participants.
The Spot is a free drop-in music and art program for youth (30 and under) held Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Pavilion. A new session begins Tuesday.
Supported by Connections Halifax, Nova Scotia Sea School, and HRM recreation, the Spot promotes creativity within a supportive and positive space. Artists and musicians are invited to give workshops to teach new skills and inspire the participants.


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Top UFC welterweight contender Johny Hendricks has a bone to pick with Georges St. Pierre.
"Big Rig" scores a pair of incredible first minute knockouts against the likes of Jon Fitch and Martin Kampmann sandwiching a decision victory over Josh Koscheck to put him in serious contention for number one contender.
The Team Takedown fighter called out GSP after his last victory, wanting a shot at the welterweight title, but instead, he's finding himself forced to fight one more time while "Rush" defends his belt in a grudge match against rival Nick Diaz, who's coming off a loss and a year-long drug suspension.
Hendricks will be battling Carlos Condit next month (March 16, 2013) in the co-main event of UFC 158, stepping in place of the injured Rory MacDonald and if he doesn't earn a title shot with a victory, perhaps he'll be right about the champion not wanting to fight him.
The former national champion wrestler spoke to MMAmania.com during a recent appearance on The Verbal Submission about being the number one ranked welterweight contender, St. Pierre being scared of him and why he chose not to sit and wait for his title shot in this exclusive interview.
Check it out:
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): The "official" UFC rankings debuted and you were number one. What was your reaction when you found out?
Johny Hendricks: You're always excited to see your name up there. You've got to think that I've only been doing this for a short amount of time, and to see your name up there, I know I worked hard for it and what it means more than anything is that I'm almost to my goal. I'm one step from my goal and that is to hopefully get my belt.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Does it bother you that Nick Diaz is getting the shot at the belt despite that fact that you're higher ranked?
Johny Hendricks: I was very, very upset when I first heard about it. Here's the thing. I go to church a lot and I put a lot of stuff into faith. Maybe God was saying, "Maybe you're not ready, the time is not right for you." Who knows, maybe I get to fight him in the United States instead of having to fly to Canada.
Right now, man, realistically, it sucks. It sucks knowing you've done everything you can and you've done everything you're supposed to do and someone takes that away from you. The thing is, I flipped it. I flipped it to where I'm not mad, I'm training harder, I'm training better. It gave me that extra drive. Maybe that's what I needed, to push myself that much harder. I'm there right now training like there's no tomorrow. I've got more fights to get better and train for a five round fight. That's what I'm doing right now. The main focus of my camp is that I get one more fight to get better and improve on skills i need to improve on. It's actually a blessing.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): After your last fight where you knocked out Martin Kampmann so violently, you stated you were going to sit out until you got a title shot. What changed which made you decide not to wait? What was your reasoning for accepting another fight?
Johny Hendricks: My reasoning was, whenever you look at these guys. I wanted to sit out, but after talking to my manager and my coaches, I realized, what if something happens? Say Nick Diaz wins. Now, not only is it five months from there fight to my fight, now we've got to wait another six months for GSP to have a rematch because you know they'll give him a rematch right off the bat. Hell, what if he wins the rematch and they do a third fight? It might be 18 months until I get a shot at the title. Six to eight months isn't that bad, but we know Nick Diaz. He's tough off his back, he's hard to finish and it's a fight where anything can happen. Let's defend that number one spot again and see what happens.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Now I don't know if you paid attention to the UFC 158 press conference, but when someone asked Georges St. Pierre why he decided to fight Nick Diaz over you, he said he felt Diaz was the real number one contender because he felt you lost to Josh Koscheck. What is your response to that?
Johny Hendricks: My reaction was like, 'Really?! You're an idiot.' He said that Condit really did beat Nick Diaz, know what I'm saying? He said, 'I'm fighting the true number one contender Carlos Condit,' and now, he's going backtracking and saying, 'Well, I think [Hendricks] lost.' Who cares? You don't get to decide. He's not a judge. He's not a judge. He's a fighter. He's paid to fight and he's paid to fight me. The fact that he was able to ask and get this request [to fight Diaz], the only thing this is, is it gives me more drive. It's not like I didn't have enough but what's gonna happen is, whenever I look across the cage, he's not going to see fear. He's not gonna see anything. All I want to do is I want to fight him. I want to look across and see GSP and that might be something he's not used to. I don't know. I don't know why he didn't take the fight but I guess I wouldn't want to fight me as well.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Some fans think GSP is ducking you by taking the fight against Diaz instead, which is believed to be an easier fight. Would you go as far as to say that?
Johny Hendricks: I've been saying even more that he might be scared. I do not know why he didn't take the fight. All I know is he just proved what I thought. I am the number one contender. GSP should be fighting me and no one else. Why he didn't, only he knows and his camp knows. I'm a strong wrestler and I haven't had to prove it. I fought Josh Koscheck and the only time I got taken down was when I threw a knee. It was a mental mistake on my part and Josh Koscheck capitalized on it.
Wrestling is GSP's bread and butter. We know what's gonna happen when GSP fights. He's gonna touch gloves, he's gonna dance around, throw some punches but we know his end goal is to take you down and grind you out and have it be a five round decision. We know this. It's been proven for the last four years. With me, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I don't even know what I'm going to do. I don't even know if I'm gonna win. The only thing that you know is gonna happen in my mind is this, I know I'm gonna get in that Octagon, I'm gonna look across the cage, I'll see my opponent and the ref is gonna say "fight." The thrill of not knowing, that's what I enjoy about it and that might scare him. I don't know.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Have you been told that if there's an injury in the main event, you could be plugged in to fight for the title. Nick Diaz isn't exactly the most reliable guy. This has happened to him before.
Johny Hendricks: Yeah, I don't know. My coaches might know, but as of right now, I'm training for both guys. In my mind, that's what I'm thinking too. Dana said that no matter what, GSP is defending the belt that night so there is always that hope that he might do something and I might get my title shot, but I'm not banking on that.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You've had several fantastic flash knockouts recently. If you had your way, would you like to have a big knockout in the opening seconds or would you prefer to have the fight go two rounds or even three to showcase what you've been working on?
Johny Hendricks: I'd love to fight three rounds. I love fighting. The worst part of my life is that Sunday when I wake up and I know my training's done. The big bonus is getting to spend time at home with my family, so it's a good and bad. I love spending time with my family but then I don't have anybody to look forward to fighting. When the fight ends early, it sucks for me. I like being in combat. Whenever I'm out there, I want it to last longer. I let my body take over and if I see the opening to knock them out, I'm gonna take it. I'm not gonna just pass it up. I just want to put on a show for the fans.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You've been trying to get the GSP fight for a while now. You called him out after knocking out Kampmann and that didn't pan out. What will you do if you go out there and get a quick knockout and instead of giving you a title shot, GSP goes and fights Anderson Silva or something?
Johny Hendricks: If I ever saw him, I'd probably slap him. Like, really? If that happens, then everything that we believed is true. Everything we've talked about, everything all the fans are trying to figure out, we know it's true. Here's what I really believe. He wants to finish on top. What if he retires after this fight? That's something I've thought about too. What if he retires, then comes back out of it and fights Anderson Silva. That sucks. You always want to retire when you're on top and not when you're on your way out.
If that happens, I don't care. I don't care about GSP. I only care about the belt. The only reason I'm calling GSP out and wanting to fight him is because he has the belt. If anyone else had the belt at 170, I'd call them out. No one remembers second place. They remember who was the champion and that's what I'm trying to strive for.


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According to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office, Alan R. Pickett, 17, of Wilton, posted on Facebook that guns should be brought to Saratoga Springs High School and underclassmen and teachers should be shot.
He was arrested by officers for Making a Terroristic Threat and arraigned in Wilton Town Court. He was remanded to the Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $1,500 cash bail or $2,500 bail bond pending another court appearance.
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I mentioned in the primer that this had the makings of a trap game. South Florida plays just so extremely well at home despite being away from their true home court the Sun Dome this season. The Bulls play the kind of defense that forces opposing coaching to throw their offensive plays out the window and start from scratch. It's a swarming kind of defense that prevents teams from outright driving the lane and creates few open looks on the perimeter. Unfortunately it seemed Mick didn't make the adjustment and went with what the Bearcats had done well all season; Shoot threes. The Bearcats made 3 of 14 today getting one each from Cashmere Wright, Dion Dixon, and Jaquon Parker. Open looks were few and far between but when UC was able to shoot an uncontested shot, they couldn't bury it.
Overall, USF plays at an extremely slow pace on offense and defense that gets other teams out of rhythm. You could tell the Bearcats wanted to pick up the tempo and generate fast breaks. They were able to get a few but before the game got out of hand, Bulls Head Coach Stan Heath would call a timeout to allow his players to regain control of the pace, which was as I said, agonizingly slow. That definitely played an effect in UC shooting just 34% from the field even though they won the rebound, steals, and turnover battles.
Now the Bearcats are 20 – 9 overall but most importantly 10 – 6 in the Big East. Losing to South Florida today and with Georgetown winning broke a three-way tie for 4th place in the Big East with Cincinnati now on the outside looking in. While they are assured a 1st round bye in the conference tournament the Bearcats will now need to win their final two games of the season in addition to just about everyone ahead of them losing to claim the 4-seed and a 2nd round bye. In the bigger picture of the NCAA Tournament this is definitely a setback and UC can't afford to drop both of their final two games of the season. I wouldn't be surprised if this loss puts the Bearcats back on the bubble.
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Albany- The governor's plan to offer more state help to church-affiliated charities was defeated at the state capitol. Places like the Albany Rescue Mission may not be able to apply for state grants. The Georgia Constitution prevents faith-based organizations from getting state money.
For two years, Governor Sonny Perdue has tried to change that. So far, he's failed. Thursday, the state Senate voted down the Governor's proposed constitutional amendment by one vote, a disappointing decision to many religious charities.
The Albany Rescue Mission depends on private donations. Money from the state could help the mission run two programs that do the most to help people, their food program and assistance for women and children. The mission is operating at capacity, feeding nearly four-thousand meals a month and housing up to 18 women and children.
"This particular time of the year, after the holiday's we're okay for a while, where it really starts to hit is in the summer all of the donations have dried up and it really gets critical then," said Brother Larry Hample.
Governor Perdue even made a point of stopping in Albany last month to visit the Albany outreach center to show support for the Amendment, and he hasn't given up hope yet. Supporters of the plan are asking the Senate to reconsider the issue on Monday.
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Easy and quick link to commen TrackMania pages
Author: ZwoetzenThis plugin offers several MyCodes to easy and fast link to common TrackMania pages, such as TM eXchange, TM CarPark, TM Tube and many more.
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Next to creating simple text link, it is possible, to let place an image of the linked content (or the video itself in case of TM Tube) by the plugin.
Next to adding an own settings group in the AdminCP, where you can specify in detail, which tags should be available and which not, the plugin also adds an dynamical created help document, where all users can read the use of the different (activated) tags in detail.
1. Upload the files of the archive to your forum.
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Do you know what you're gonna be doing in ten years (and spare me the 2012 jokes)? I for one am 22. I don't know what I'm going to be doing in, like, two months. Ten years from now, I will be 32 (yeah, this is a mathy site sometimes). I don't even have a concept of what '32′ is.
And yet, Troy Tulowitzki knows that in ten years, he will be playing for the Colorado Rockies and making a lot of money to do so. Kinda nice to have that kind of security, no?
Today, Tulo put his name to a seven-year, $134MM contract extension that will kick in in the 2014 season and run throughout the 2020 campaign. This extension is to his current deal that will still govern his 2011-2014 salaries; he had a club option in 2014 for $16MM that becomes guaranteed with the new deal. From 2015-2019, he'll pull down $20MM per year, with a drop to $14MM in 2020 and a club option for $15MM in 2021 that, in all likelihood, will be bought out for $4MM.
So! Is this a good deal? Well, it depends mostly on two things. (1) How highly do you think of Tulowitzki? (2) To what degree do you think that teams who ink players to long-term deals like this deserve a discount? And, as an addendum to (2), what do you think will become of the inflation rate as we move toward 2020?
Let's start with the first one. I don't think anyone would make a serious case that's he's not one of the ten best position players in baseball; he did, after all, finish 10th in WAR last season despite playing in just 122 games. I also don't think it's out of the question to place him among the top 5 in the game, as his combination of elite defense at shortstop plus one of the best bats in the league is a potent one. And whom would you place above him? Albert Pujols, certainly. Maybe Joey Votto, if you buy into his 2010 being his true talent level. Evan Longoria? Ryan Zimmerman? Tulo outhit both of them this season, and could very well have surpassed their fielding numbers had he played the whole season. Hanley Ramirez doesn't have Tulo's bat. Joe Mauer is probably up there, too. Beyond that, who's even in the conversation?
In any event, suffice it to say that Tulowitzki is an elite player. He's a careeer .290/.362/.495 hitter, which is stellar for a shortstop…but belies just how good he's been in the past two seasons, where he's hit a combined .306/.379/.560. Part of the reason for the uptick in hitting is – and I'm just guessing here, but bear with me – is that he just finished his age-25 season. Which surprised me, and makes what he's been doing in the league all the more impressive. He's a player with an outstanding glove and phenomenal talents at the plate…and he's about to hit his prime. Really, the only thing that looks like it could slow him down is injury.
Critics of the extension will jump at the chance to point out that he played just 122 games last year, and 101 in 2008. They will likely ignore two important arguments, though: one is that he played 155 games in 2007 and 151 in 2009, and the other is that, of his three major injuries, only one was of the non-freak variety – a torn left quad suffered in '08. Later in '08, he missed time after shards of a bat that he broke cut open his palm; in 2010 he hit the DL for 32 games after having his wrist broken by a pitch.
Obviously, I'm a big fan of Tulo's, and believe that his performance has merited the kind of money the Rockies will be paying him. But let's take a closer look at the financial side of things. The Rockies' payroll in 2010 was $85MM, but it's shortsighted to say that Tulo's deal is going to cost the Rockies nearly a quarter of their payroll. For one, the team has increased payroll in each of the past four seasons, and will go past $85MM with the recently-announced re-signing of LHP Jorge de la Rosa (at 2/$21.5MM with a player option for a third year). So obviously, the team is willing to commit money to the on-field product. But even throwing out the issue of ownership, simple inflation will make the deal seem more palatable.
I'm just going to quote Dave Cameron on the numbers here, because I'm not all that sharp on my inflation rate calculations (Finance class was, like, two whole semesters ago).
…if we see 10 percent salary inflation over each of the next four winters, $20 million per year now would be equivalent to $29 million per year in 2015. Over a six year contract, this deal would be a $45 million savings over what they would have to pay Tulowitzki in that market, given that he had aged normally and was still perceived in exactly the same way.
10 percent yearly salary inflation is pretty aggressive, though – that is the kind of annual raise we saw during the dot com and housing bubbles, where spending exceeded rationality. If we lower than rate to 5 percent, then $20 million now is equivalent to $24 million in four years, and the Rockies would only be saving $24 million over a six year deal handed out when Tulowitzki became a free agent.
Given how low the economy's inflation rate has been of late (average of 1.7% in 2010, and even worse in 2009, where we actually had months of deflation), and what's looking like the unlikelihood of its rebounding anytime soon, I'd agree that expecting 10% salary inflation is a bit foolish. So let's run with that 5% figure, and assume that the Rockies save an average of $4MM per year versus the fictional free agent contract. That $4MM is essentially the hometown discount, the tradeoff for teams being willing to take on the risk of paying a player over a long-term contract. Evan Longoria's contract is the most extreme example of this; shortly after making his debut in 2008, he and the Rays agreed to a 6-year, $17.5MM deal that saw him earn less than a million dollars last season and will put just $2MM in his pocket this season. Longoria would probably pull down over $20MM per year as a free agent, so it should come as no surprise that his is the most team-friendly contract in the game. The Rays took on the risk of paying a rookie guaranteed money for the next six seasons, so Longoria had to leave some – ok, a lot of – dollars on the table.
Now, the Rockies aren't taking on the same risk as the Rays – indeed, they're taking on a lot more, since this extension doesn't even begin until 2014 (or '15, depending on how you look at it). So one would expect them to receive a bit more of a financial break than what they're actually getting – particularly considering the disastrous Mike Hampton contract and the Todd Helton contract that would be a disaster had they not reworked it. But even then, it's not a question of whether the Rockies are overpaying Tulo, but whether they're underpaying him by enough. Looking at it from that perspective helps take the sting out of the deal, and so does this: in the next three seasons – i.e. his age-26 through 28 years – he'll make $5MM, $8.25MM and $10MM.
The Rockies have been underpaying their star shortstop, and will continue to do so over the next three seasons. Tulowitzki's earned the privilege to be paid close to market value by the team for what should be some of the most productive years of his career, and now Rockies fans have the privilege of watching the guy don those ugly, ugly pinstripes for the rest of the decade.


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Aaron Alexis seems a study in contradictions: a former Navy reservist, a recent Defense Department contractor, a convert to Buddhism who was taking an online course in aeronautics. But he also had flashes of temper that led to run-ins with police over shootings in Fort Worth, Texas, and Seattle.
A profile began to emerge Monday of the man authorities identified as the gunman in a mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., that left 13 people dead, including the 34-year-old man. While some neighbors and acquaintances described him as "nice," his father once told detectives in Seattle that his son had anger management problems related to post-traumatic stress brought on by the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
His life over the past decade has been checkered.
Alexis lived in Seattle in 2004 and 2005, according to public documents. In 2004, Seattle police said, Alexis was arrested in 2004 for shooting out the tires of another man's vehicle in what he later described to detectives as an anger-fueled "blackout." According to an account on the department's website, two construction workers had parked their Honda Accord in the driveway of their worksite, next to a home where Alexis was staying. The workers reported seeing a man, later identified by police as Alexis, walk out of the home next to their worksite, pull a gun from his waistband and fire three shots into the rear tires of their Honda before he walked slowly back to his home.
When detectives interviewed workers at the construction site, they told police Alexis had stared at construction workers at the job site daily for several weeks prior to the shooting. The owner of the construction business told police he believed Alexis was angry over the parking situation around the site.
Police eventually arrested Alexis, searched his home, found a gun and ammunition in his room, and booked him into the King County Jail for malicious mischief.


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Feature #1039
Organizing Player page statistics
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Here are general ideas for Player pages, to maybe better organize and make better use of available info.
Separate "Overall Game Stats" into game modes, which might allow to add more stats for each mode as that would open up a lot of space horizontally. For example, things like Wins/Losses could be added. Maybe keep Over Game Stats with only stats that can be cumulative from all (or most) game modes, such as total Kills/Deaths/Suicides, rather than have game mode specific stuff. But it would definitely be nice to see kills/deaths for each game modes too.
I'm not sure how exactly it could be integrated, but showing stats with "Efficiency" would be a good way to show stats and probably make it easier to "digest" them quickly when browsing (ie: kill/death ratio, pickups/captures ratio, etc.). That way you don't have to look at all the numbers and analyze them to get an idea. However, that would add a lot of columns to add to how things are displayed currently, I don't think that could added in a single row with everything else.
If possible (assuming stats end up being split into game modes), hide game modes that player has never played.
For "Recent games" it might cool to show a bit more info about last few matches played without having to click "View" for all stats, but I'm not sure how appropriate it would be with all games modes (always fun to know the opponent in duels along with score, but "Opponent" is pretty much specific to duels, can't really show all 16 names from CTF matches). Separating Recent matches in game modes might be a bit much, but could work if less matches are displayed. This is just an idea obviously, this might not be worth it, Recent games is already fine as is.
Hmm I had more suggestions but I can't remember at the moment, will add more later if it comes back to me.
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I've worked something out: Now Duel, DM/TDM and CTF stats are shown separately in addition to the overall game stats.
Not sure if this is the way to go though, since adding even more game modes would likely clutter the top panel too much. It could be better to put the game mode details in an extra section below the global stats on top. This would also enable us to compact the top section somewhat by moving Elos into the new "detail" section, and moving the remaining fields around between the two columns.
The new layout would then be something like this
Member Since: ... Playing time: 0:06:43 hours Last Seen: 19 hours ago Games Played: 15 (15 duel) Favorite Maps: solarium, stormkeep, darkzone Win Percentage: 93.33% (14 wins, 1 losses) Favorite Weapons: MinstaNex, Shotgun Kill Ratio: 16.0 (16 kills, 1 deaths, 0 suicides) Duel stats: Win Percentage 93.33% (14 wins, 1 losses), Kill Ratio 16.0 (16 kills, 1 deaths, 0 suicides), Elo 123.0*, Rank ... DM/TDM stats: Win Percentage ..., Kill Ratio ..., Elo ..., Rank ... CTF stats: Win Percentage ..., Cap Ratio ... (x caps, y pickups, z returns), Elo ..., Rank ... * preliminary Elo
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#2 Updated by zykure about 2 years ago
It now looks like this (details for Duel, DM, TDM, CTF games; note that only duel is listed due to the other game types missing from my local xonstatdb):
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Old Dominion sophomore skipper Sally Barkow earned Collegiate Sailing Honorable Mention All-America on May 30 after helping guide the Lady Monarchs to a seventh-place finish at the ICYRA North American Championships.
Barkow, the team MVP, skippered the Lady Monarchs through the first six races of the championship event before retiring due to an injury.
Barkow capped off a solid spring season that included a second-place finish in the MAISA Women's Championships. Sailing along with crew Alison Calderbank, Barkow guided the seventh-ranked Lady Monarchs to five top-ten finishes in the spring season.
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How to Dine With Your Bodyguards
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A veritable who's who of the New York food world.
The Ripper, some black bass, and a piece of slate: fish heaven.
Better crab picking through technology.
Gluttony for a good cause.
Artisanal now serves serious steak and Oceana will have a raw bar when it moves, in today's neighborhood food news.
Justice is served, with braised pistachios.
Every home should own one!
This guy has it bad for Eric Ripert, and it makes for a really great read.
The chefs are among the new wave of celebrities tapped for the city's "Just Ask The Locals" ads.
A proposed Union Square restaurant gets put on hold, food workers are not unknown to deal some drugs, and how to tell Studio B from Plan B.
Alain Ducasse was seen dining at his competitor's restaurant, pecorino is free this weekend, and beware the mercury levels in soft-shell crabs.
They were sniping at a viewing party for the show's reunion special earlier this week. That, and all the rest of the city's best gossip in our daily roundup.
We got an excited call from Eric Ripert the other day. "I have baby eels!" the chef said.
Chef Michael Anthony is the latest to be featured in the Plate List on 'Dateline.'
Eric Ripert spilled the beans on the great unspoken secret of the organic movement: A lot of the food tastes bad.
Chefs let their parents down, Seamus Mullen will pull your iPod, and Eric Ripert comes up with a menu using ingredients from a 99-cent store.
Over at her blog, Insatiable Gourmet, our own Gael Greene delivers news of Eric Ripert's pilgrimage to Tibet to meet with his holiness, the Dalai Lama.
Chef Tom Colicchio dishes on rancid olive oil, shaving techniques, and marlin fishing.


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Drug abuse and newborns taskforce meets today
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Bondi will meet with members of the taskforce at 1 p.m. in the Senate Room of the Capital.
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I know there are some big Giordano's fans around here... and I'm not talkin about the pizza.
The Colts claimed rookie linebacker Cody Glenn off waivers from the Washington Redskins, and in turn, waived fifth-year veteran safety Matt Giordano.
Giordano, a former fourth-round draft choice by the Colts in 2005, started six of 55 career games in his four seasons with the club and totaled 78 defensive tackles. He had three interceptions, one of which he returned 83 yards for a touchdown in the 2007 season opener vs. New Orleans. Giordano also had 34 special teams tackles.
Let's see if the Bears had Giordano on the radar at all this offseason... now's their chance to add him. I'd say bye-bye to Craig Steltz in a second for Giordano.


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"At Advocate Health Care, we have an exceptionally close working relationship between physicians and the hospitals. The closer our teams work together, the better the outcomes."
Dominic Nakis began his career with the health care practice at Ernst & Ernst (now Ernst & Young). He joined EHS Health Care in 1995, which merged with Advocate Health Care.
Dominic Nakis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Masters of Business Administration from DePaul University in Chicago. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois State Society of CPAs and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.


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NORTH LIMA, Ohio - A North Lima couple is uprooting their life here in the Valley and moving to Colorado next month in order to get their hands on a new marijuana oil.
Colorado is home to some of the country's most breathtaking scenery. However, it's not the scenery that's attracting the Shaffer's of North Lima to the Centennial State.
Marijuana is drawing the young family of four more than 1,400 miles away from the only home they've ever known.
"We didn't know much about it. We thought, oh the kids probably smoke it, you know. It was just another form of excuse to try marijuana. But then as we learned the stories and did our research we had a complete 180," said Dana Shafer.
Dana and Jeremy Shaffer, who both work in the medical field, have been told by doctors there's not much more that can be done for their seven-year-old son, Hunter.
He was diagnosed with a severe form epilepsy when he was just two and a half.
"Currently he is seven-years-old. He only functions at about age three because of the amount of seizures that he has is affecting his brain function," said Jeremy Shaffer.
"There's no other seizure medications for us to try. The ones he is on now, it's ruining his liver. His liver enzymes are going up every month that we get the blood work done. He has to get monthly infusions done because his platelets are usually critical low. So as the seizures continue, he will get to a point where he can't walk, he can't talk, he can't feed himself," Dana said.
Unwilling to let that happen, the Shaffer's have decided to move so they get their hands on Charlotte's Web, a cannabis oil, found only in Colorado AND made specifically for children who have diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson's or cancer.
The oil contains only a trace amount of the ingredient that gives people a high. So, kids can't get stoned off the oil.
High amounts of another component found in marijuana, CBD, is what some scientists believe is slowing the progression of epilepsy.
Because it's still illegal in most states, little research has been done to prove that, although the Shaffer's are willing to take the word of the dozens of families who've gone before them.
"To watch him physically have a seizure and to shake and his eyes roll back and to not breathe and to drool and be incontinent, it is just not something you want to see as parents. It's been long, long years, but we're excited. We have hope that it is going to work whether it works just a little bit, we just have hope," Dana said.
The decision to move has been a very difficult one for the Shaffer's, but they feel it's exactly what they have to do, since medical marijuana is not legal in Ohio.


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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Toledo fifth-year senior Naama Shafir has been selected as one of 30 NCAA® women's basketball student-athletes for the 2012-13 Senior CLASS Award. Shafir is the first player in the storied history of the Rockets' program to make the watch list and the only representative from the Mid-American Conference in 2012-13.
Shafir is earning this prestigious preseason honor for a second consecutive season. Last year, she was announced as a candidate before suffering a season-ending right knee injury at Indiana in the fourth game of the season (Nov. 25).
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition.
On the court, the 2012-13 MAC Player of the Year candidate has appeared in the starting lineup in all 106 games of her collegiate career. The three-time all-league selection currently sits fourth in Toledo annals in career assists (569), fifth in free throws made (441), eighth in scoring average (13.7 ppg) and free-throw percentage (76.8%, 441-of-574) and 10th in points (1,452), steals (168) and minutes played (3,210). The four-time All-MAC West Division Preseason recipient has scored in double figures on 76 occasions in career, including three double-doubles. She has also dished out at least six assists 44 times while wearing the Midnight Blue & Gold.
In the classroom, Shafir is a two-time Academic All-MAC honoree and a member of UT's Dean's List on five occasions, including a perfect 4.0 GPA in Spring 2012. She currently possesses a 3.581 grade-point average in business.
In the community, Shafir and the Rockets have been involved in such projects as the Susan G. Komen "Race for the Cure," Ovarian Cancer Walk, Habitat for Humanity, Youth Clinics & Camps, Wendy's Little Dribblers and Sponsor a Family for Christmas, to name few.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The 2012-13 candidate classes include seven student-athletes who were recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as 2012 Capital One Academic All-Americans. Ten candidates were also Associated Press All-Americans and 18 players have cumulative GPAs above 3.0. The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the NCAA Women's Final Four® in New Orleans on April 7, 9.
The candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
Shafir and the MAC West Division preseason favorite Rockets open their exhibition season on Sunday, Nov. 4 against Wayne State. Tip-off is slated for 2:00 p.m. in Savage Arena. UT's regular season commences five days later at home on Friday, Nov. 9 vs. Arkansas State at 7:00 p.m.
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Tiffany Clarke, Vanderbilt
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Shante Evans, Hofstra
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Whitney Hand, Oklahoma
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House Ethics Comm. Clears Another Corrupt Lawmaker
Surprise, surprise; the House Ethics Committee has cleared Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a distinguished member of Judicial Watch's Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians list, for steering millions of federal bailout dollars to her husband's failing bank. The famously remiss committee, which is charged with investigating and punishing corrupt lawmakers, found
House Ethics Comm. Blasts Laura Richardson, One Of JW's Most Corrupt Pols
The notoriously remiss House Ethics Committee, known for allowing lawmakers to get away with all sorts of indiscretions, has finally reprimanded a corrupt member for illegally using her congressional staff as personal servants and forcing them to work on her political campaign. Southern California Democrat Laura Richardson, a member of…


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Smyrna's first Arbor Day Festival will be held this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Smyrna Community Center. The event hosted by Keep Smyrna Beautiful and the Smyrna Tree Board is free to the public with limited space.
The festival will kick off with a speech by Joe Burgess, Smyrna's own Urban Forester, who will give tips on tree selection and care. Also featured at the event is Tim Womick of the Trail of Trees, who has been referred to as Georgia's own "Johnny Appleseed." Womick will present an entertaining and informative show about trees at 11 a.m.
There will be children's activities, pruning demonstrations and tours of the Arboretum, weather permitting. Refreshments will be served at noon.
Registration is required by calling 770-431-2863 or email Ann Kirk at firstname.lastname@example.com, and provide your name, phone number and number of people that will be coming. Space is limited.