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more like club dumbo...
I checked into the Jury Room, and claimed a seat in between an elderly Asian woman in an unending quest to clear her throat and a middle aged gay gentleman sporting an unfortunate toupee. I scrunched down and opened my book, pretending to read while surveying the freak show before me.
The number of grown men proudly donning Mickey Mouse apparel is appalling. I literally saw four or five guys parading around in a sartorial allegiance to a has-been cartoon character, one of whom must have spent a fortune on his leather "Club Mickey" jacket.
The Jury Room, the famous 307, is completely decked out in patriotic paper products, leftovers from the 4th of July bargain bin at Wallgreens ands clearly intended to instill some kind of sudden enthusiasm for the democratic process. It didn't work. Nor did the instructional video, proclaiming California the greatest state in the union and filling us in on how justice works, entertain a single soul. I was most likely the only one paying attention, and that was solely for mocking purposes. Finally, "Bentos" starts reading names alphabetically from a list and as he made it to "T", I thought I was off the hook.
No such luck.
He returned with a new list, one I was now on, and instructed us to the 2nd floor. Oh and by the way, you've all got to use the elevator because there's been a security breach and the stairway is vulnerable to terrorists or something.
Yeah, Bentos. We know.
We piled in the courtroom, strangers next to strangers, eyes meeting eyes and rolling in unison as we took some oath. I paid no attention to the oath. I merely said "I do" and prayed for dismissal.
Turns out, I've been called for an 8 week criminal trial. Now, under normal circumstances, I'm in, as I regard something like this as the real life equivalent to staying home all day and watching Law and Order. However, I've got this job I want to keep and fresh air I'd like to breathe and an aversion towards the hundred or so people surrounding me. I wanted out. And I wanted out fast. Screw the judicial process. There's crappy coffee and no place to check my e-mail. I'm out of here.
There's an old saying that juries are made up exclusively of stupid people because they're a collection of idiots who were too dumb to get out of jury duty. I'm delighted to report that not only do I own nary a Disney themed piece of apparel, nor does anyone I know, but I am officially not one of those idiots…
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- greg said...
I have successfully evaded jury duty for years because by the time they call me up, I've left the county or state. I remember getting one from San Francisco when I lived in Seattle, and one from LA when I moved back here. But I fear my days are numbered.
You COULD show up and when asked by the attorneys during voir dire, simply quote your favorite quote from the Bible - Ezekiel 25:17 - and see what happens.
- Spots said...
That's kind of tough to pull off without a jheri curl...
ewww, immigrants!! in San Francisco?? I'm not one to cry "racist" but you sound pretty bad in this post
- Spots said...
Are you new? That's nothing. I like how no one complains when I talk about hobos taking up all the good cardboard or the homos stealing all the free condoms, but when I point out the ethnic diversity of the SF Hall of Justice and one woman with a nasal issue, I'm suddenly "pretty bad."
In the great words of WC Fields, I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. And in the greater words of Don Rickles, I kid because I love.
Well, I don't love people that spit on sidewalks or cut in line, nor do I love children or animals, or really trees and sunshine for that matter.
Anyway, I'm sorry for offending the Bernal Heights crowd with their hairy armpits and hemp grocery bags. I'd try and make ammends but I'm late for my Klan meeting...
Spots is right. That post was nothing. She's got some dicey stuff in the archives. Which is one of the many reasons why I read every day. Beth rips apart everyone, most of all herself. I'm the spawn of Asian immigrants and I love this bitch.
Lighten up, Anonymous.
I'm not gonna cry racist. But you and anyone else who avoids jury duty can never complain about the OJ trail or any other screwed up verdict. And I'll make sure to point it out next time you rant about a jury verdict.
eh. the whole 'give them a jury' thing is just for decoration. the big trick, folks, is to not end up in court IN THE FIRST PLACE. problem solved.
- Vernetta said...
I'm with honorary roomie!!! I've managed to get out of jury duty so far. Giving up weeks of my own life, job, health, etc to judge someone else's wrong doings is something I couldn't manage...
- sfmike said...
I love jury duty. Years ago I was on-call at that same creepy Hall of Justice jury room and ended up in a three-day jury selection process. I never did make the cut but watched with great amusement other people trying to get out of it. The best moment was at the end, with everyone exhausted and ready for the selection to just be over, and they chose Yolanda, a young Hispanic woman dressed in blinding yellow. "Is there any reason you couldn't be impartial?" she was asked in a desultory way, and she said, with more than a hint of desperation, pointing her finger directly at the defendant who was on trial for some home invasion, "Well, he looks just like the guy who robbed my house last year!" Total pandemonium ensued.
I actually got on a jury at the lovely Superior Court on McAllister and Polk a couple of years back, wrongful termination, and the company being sued was lying so outrageously and kept throwing out so many confusing facts and figures to throw us off track, that we ended up giving the plaintiff $1,000,000 in punitive damages just because we were so pissed off that our time had been wasted for two months.
Jury duty is great.
- Spots said...
If I had mountains of disposable income and no job cramping my style, I'd be hella down for JD, provided I just got wooshed in the VIP entrance and didn't have to wade through someone's urban sociology thesis. Or, alternately, I had that stuff they gave Clarice Starling to put under her nose during Frederika Bimmel's autopsy...
- Culinarily Curious said...
Tell them that you believe 'pleading the 5th' means the defendant has something to hide. That's gotten me off two mind-numbing juries.
And on the sujbect of evading jury duty, I'm with you. If I could make the mortgage payment on the $3.10 they pay me a day -- I'd be a permanent volunteer. If I could cover my fuel expenses, I'd take the requisite vacation and consider it my civic duty.


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In the wake of news last week that the police chief of a major Mexican city in Chihuahua had resigned rather than face the threat of another police officer being slain every 48 hours, a bodyguard for the state's leader was murdered Sunday as he traveled in a convoy with Gov. Jose Reyes Baeza Terrazas.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Ciudad Juarez has vowed to stay in office even though he, like the now-former police chief, Roberto Orduña Cruz, is being threatened, according to Los Angeles Times articles Friday and today.
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We are also fans of rustic/industrial/modern furnishings. The problem is, most furniture stores that sell this type of furnishings are crazy expensive {$3000 for an industrial shelf?! No thanks!}, so on top of thrifting, we've decided to build our own shelving! We bought barn wood from this store in Indiana, and had it shipped here. I can't wait to see it go on our walls! Photos coming soon….
To end on an embarrassing note, I finally sent my passport in to get my name changed. Last time, my photo sported my too-short-sumer-hair-cut of high school. This time, I look like a drunken, high serial killer. You can see it if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram {both usernames are megangielow}. Let's just say I can't do the "serious face." :)


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Speaking with hip-hop personality Young Jack Thriller, Fab said he fully supports Fif's efforts.
"I think it's dope, man. I salute anybody whose in a position to help other people out and take their time, take their luxury, their finance, their everything into putting a situation together that helps somebody else," Fab said in an interview. "I salute 50 with that. He briefly spoke to me about it while we were heading to Australia and I think it's only right to give back to someone else." (This Is 50)
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"I did a deal with pepsi to distribute streetking its gonna be every were buy a bottle a feed some one in need. SK," 50 tweeted Monday (Janaury 2). (50 Cent's Twitter)
Along with Fab's co-sign, the G-Unit leader recently said Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz are behind Street King.
"I feel like away from the actual energy drink itself that the business model for Street King is the solution for a lot of the actual issues that are going on right now," 50 said in an interview. "When you look at Occupy Wall Street and the protestors there, it's them feeling like major corporations don't care about working class people. It's concious capitalism, it's creating a business model that's already giving back -- When Jay-Z's e-mailing me and Swizz Beatz is giving me a call, it tells me that my peers are actually watching. Just imagine if Google's under this model. It's only ten years old. That'd solve a huge portion of problems as far as world hunger's concern." (CNN International)
The rapper has also received support from boxing greats Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Mike Tyson for his campaign.
50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather wake up in a disheveled hotel room after a wild night of partying in a parody of The Hangover created to promote Curtis' Street King energy drink. One of the film's stars Mike Tyson emerges from the bathroom singing 50's "What Up Gangsta" before excitedly reminding the guys what went down. The clip flashes back to the trio sitting in a club as 50 spikes Tyson's drink with a shot of Street King. It's not long before he gets up and starts dancing with the ladies before taking them back to the room for a pillow fight. "Didn't you see me step to that tall piece of water like a thoroughbred, not a loaf of bread, but a thoroughbred?" says Tyson as he jumps up and down. (Rap-Up)
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Transition Langport, which is running the campaign, screened Bag It at Great Bow Wharf on Friday and hopes it will encourage more people to shop with re-useable cotton bags and persuade retailers either to introduce a small plastic bag charge or offer a paper alternative.
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Has gotten a lot stronger going into the senior bowl, and his hands have gotten better. Good player to put some pressure up the middle and free Von and Doom
2nd Round Kyle Long OT/OG Oregon
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VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) - A South Georgia Sheriff is acquitted of three federal charges.
A jury found Clinch County Sheriff Winston Peterson not guilty Thursday morning of perjury and two counts obstruction of justice.
The charges are part of a federal probe into corruption in the Alapaha Judicial Circuit and the former Superior Court Judge Brooks Blitch.
Peterson was accused of tipping of Blitch to the identity of an Federal Bureau of Investigation informant.
The outcome was an emotional moment for Peterson, who's been battling these charges since last year.
"When the jury read their gracious verdict, he was in tears. The strain on him was unbelievable," says Brent Savage, an attorney for Peterson.
The verdict was read after two days of testimony from District Attorney Cathy Helms, an FBI agent, a Clinch County Deputy and numerous character witnesses.
The U. S. Attorney's office believes justice wasn't served. Prosecutors told us they are disappointed with the verdict because they believe the evidence for a conviction was there.
But defense attorneys are pleased with the outcome. "Thank goodness it's over. You can't believe what the stress is on a man or woman who's under federal indictment."
And they say it may not be over. "I'm not sure if he can seek money back. It's a very expensive process to unfortunately have Mr. Zipperer and I. But I'm just elated at what happened for him," said Savage.
But while they continue the fight, their client can finally return to a normal life.
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In a letter obtained by the Times, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Rep. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) objected to Goodell's defense of the Washington team name as an "honor" to Native Americans.
"The N.F.L. can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," they wrote.
Cantwell told the Times in an interview that lawmakers would also examine the league's tax-exempt status and take other measures to keep pressuring the league for a name change.
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Two Las Vegas teens accused of drowning a pair of kittens will spend the weekend behind bars. On Friday, a judge ordered the 16-year-olds to undergo a psychological evaluation.
For the second time in as many days, the pair appeared separately in juvenile court. This time, it is over concerns of what might happen if the teens go free.
"The boys thought they were doing what's correct, and they humanely euthanized the kittens," Juvenile Probation Officer Teresa Wicks told the court.
She added that after interviewing the father of one boy, that he not only condoned their actions, but justified them.
A neighbor captured two photos of the teens after they allegedly drowned two kittens in a cup of water, using a barbecue tool to hold one kitten down.
"The way they went about handling this … was it appropriate? No," said Tom Erickson, an attorney for one of the teens.
He told the judge that his client was worried the mother cat would abandon her kittens, or that they would starve and die in the heat.
Animal cruelty became a felony in this state last year, and this is the first case where that new law has been applied.
"We have to be very careful of those types of individuals," said psychologist Louis Mortillaro, who adds that if this type of behavior is not stopped early, then it tends to repeat itself and get more violent.
"Some parents do believe that it is permissible to drown unwanted animals and I've seen this in my psychology career … then the kids would learn that's okay," Mortillaro said.
FOX5 has made attempts to speak with an adult at the home where the alleged crime happened. A man answered the door, but quickly slammed it shut.
"We need to make sure there's not some larger, underlying issue that needs to be addressed here," argued prosecutor Michael Watson.
Judge William Voy ordered the teens to remain behind bars until a plea hearing Monday morning. After that, he said the teens will undergo a psychological evaluation to determine future risk.
"You're developing sociopathic tendencies, in which case that's extremely serious, because the literature says there's not much you can do to fix that," Voy told attorney Erickson. "I'm not saying that's your client's situation but that's why the system reacts strongly."
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Was reading this article, posted on another site and came across the name Barron Miles. I can only assume it is our Barron Miles. Really happy for him that he is an Oakland assistant coach. Miles was my favorite player in the early '90s. He was not a big guy at all, but played with true heart. I have never again seen someone with such ability to block kicks. Miles gave me hope that the small guys could keep up in football too. Cheers to you Barron!


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If you have a family history of cancer, genetic testing can help you find out if you have certain genes that may put you at risk for cancer or other illnesses, or it may ease your mind that you are without certain risks. New research at Ohio State University Medical Center throws a rock in the gear indicating some of these tests are far from perfect.
The study looked at four different research labs performing four different types of genetic tests. When the results were analyzed, they found some problems.
"What I think surprised us all is the amount of administrative error that research labs are prone to," said Dr. Chris Eng, an OSU Researcher.
Researchers also found that the type of test that is considered the gold standard, a test known as "sequencing" is the most expensive and time consuming, so it's the least common. Instead, they say the less expensive tests were used more often, yielding a 65% accuracy rate in revealing genetic problems. That means, for example, that a lot of people might be told they are not at risk for cancer when they really are. The study suggests that if you're considering genetic testing, be sure to ask your genetic counselor first about the accuracy of the testing method they plan to use.
The researchers say that since certain types of tests might be better on certain types of genes, there needs to be a more consistent method of testing in place so that no one who is tested is given a false sense of security. For more information (click here) and click video news releases and breakthroughs, then click on genetic mutations linked to breast, ovarian cancers may be underestimated.
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Hamilton is in the midst of a French mini-renaissance.
Immigrants from Africa and Haiti are beefing up the city's French-speaking population even as the proportion of Canadians able to use the official language drops.
The number of city residents who usually speak French at home jumped 53 per cent over the past five years, to 2,245 from 1,470, according to new census data on language from Statistics Canada.
The number of people identifying French as a "mother tongue" also rose in Hamilton, Burlington and Grimsby from 11,380 to 12,660.
Over the same time period, the proportion of Canadians who reported being able to conduct a conversation in French inched down slightly to 30.1 per cent from 30.7 per cent.
"It's an interesting trend, because while the French language story in other areas is one of assimilation and decline, in Hamilton it's a story of growth," said Sara Mayo of the local Social Planning and Research Council.
The local resurgence of French speakers is due largely to immigration from former French colonial countries such as Haiti, Chad, Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Zaire, said Lisa Breton, who heads Le Centre français Hamilton.
The surge is no accident, she added.
Breton said the federal government, through Citizenship and Immigration Canada, began pumping money into programs to aid and attract French-speaking immigrants in 2006.
"The goal was to help communities with French-speaking minorities thrive, rather than assimilate and disappear," she said. "Family by family, I think word of mouth about (Hamilton) is getting out … I'd be happy if there are numbers now that show it is working."
Locally, CIC funding goes to French-language integration, training and health services at the centre, Collège Boréal and Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton.
"The range of services available in your first language is something that makes you comfortable as a newcomer," said Sébastien Skrobos, who emigrated from France last year and now works at the Le Centre français Hamilton.
After Congo and Haiti, France is still the third-most common country of origin for French newcomers making use of the centre's services.
Skrobos, 37, came to Hamilton "very unwillingly" as a teenage exchange student but ended up "falling in love with the country."
He decided to return last year and now organizes language classes to help other immigrants learn English. The group he has now is a representative sample of recent newcomers to Hamilton, including members from Cameroon, Congo, Chad and France.
The number of African immigrants ending up in Hamilton is increasing — but only as fast as local job prospects, said Teshome Woldeselassie of the African Canadian Network of Hamilton. "If you speak French, many will still probably look at moving to Montreal, if only for jobs," he said.
Across the Hamilton census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, the number of "non-official" languages cited as a mother tongue declined slightly between 2006 and 2011.
But in the city, 23 per cent of 2011 census respondents still listed a sole mother tongue other than English or French — and a couple of language groups grew explosively over the last five years.
The fastest-growing non-English language routinely used at home in Hamilton is Tagalog, a Filipino language listed by 1,655 residents — a 65 per cent increase over 2006. The number of Spanish speakers at home also jumped to 4,340, a 58 per cent increase over the last census.
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Italian: 6,090 (7,290)
Spanish: 4,340 (2,755)
Arabic: 3,970 (3,255)
Portuguese: 3,410 (3,635)
Polish: 3,365 (3,925)
French 2,245 (1,470)
Tagalog: 1,655 (1,005)
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Tenaya is a nice place to stop along California's 120 in Yosemite National Park. There area few boulders here on the Southeast side of the lake, away from the highway. Stop at the lake and have lunch, or even jump in and cool off!
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Parking is on the East end of the lake in a well-marked lot with restrooms. Walk ten minutes from the bathroom along the East end of the lake, up to the hiking trail that runs East. You'll see a ten-foot boulder here and a small trail to the left (South). Take this trail to find more boulders.
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Schwarzkopf a giant in, out of uniform
Tampa Bay remembers the larger than life figure
TAMPA - To most people, Norman Schwarzkopf will always be a symbol of the decisive American victory in the Gulf War, with his larger than life persona and overbearing physical frame.
For retired Lt. Colonel Robert Bruns, the general lived up to his reputation. Bruns said Schwarzkopf brought a style of leadership that motivated the military, from the top down.
"You felt like you were winning. You felt like you had a reason to be there. And that's so important," Bruns said. "I think that might be what we're lacking today."
Schwarzkopf was a leader that's received the most admiration since legendary four star generals like Patton and Eisenhower were in command.
Bruns flew Blackhawk Helicopter missions during the Gulf War, and attended a top level meeting with Schwarzkopf and Middle East leaders leading up to the U.S. invasion of Kuwait.
"I was able to be in a room with him with the king of Saudi Arabia one time, King Faud, before the war started," Bruns recalled.
"Even in that kind of atmosphere, he commanded the room. He was the guy. He was the big monstrous guy telling everybody, kind of controlling everybody," Bruns said.
But there was certainly more than just the man wearing the desert camouflage and the silver stars on his collars.
Because Schwarzkopf retired in the Tampa Bay area, local residents got to see him out of uniform. And for George Clemente, he was no less impressive.
"To us and many people, because he was here a lot, we saw that he was very cordial, and just an all around great guy," he said. Clemente served in the military, and his sons served under the general during the Gulf War.
"For my family he's at the very top. We just think he's one of the greatest people who was in the military," Clemente said.
Melanie LaDuc's cousins, parents, and siblings all served in the military. As a bartender at the Green Iguana, she got a thrill when the general visited the bar and signed a shirt that hung on the wall. Now she works at the American Legion serving veterans in South Tampa.
LaDuc said the greatest achievement by Schwarzkopf was getting her family members home from Kuwait alive. The U.S. victory against Iraq was so convincing, fewer than 300 Americans died in combat.
"It was a blessing," LaDuc said. "That we had taken our troops out of there, taken care of them," she said. LaDuc was asked if she thought Schwarzkopf deserved the credit.
"Yes, I do," she said, as tears welled up in her eyes. "I do."


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I do not mind if she wants to stay as long as she wants. She looks rather gorgeous. The way she walks, oh boy... so very gentle and smooth, unlike the girls nowadays who would be clumsy and aggressive like elephants rolling down a hill. The expression on her face is of curiosity and innocence, and her smile is worth staring at. She is rather quiet, unlike the girls nowadays who would talk out at such extreme volume like they have 500 Watts RMS amplifier installed in their throat or something.
She is always welcome to my house, though I believe she lives nearby. This is a friendly neighbourhood after all. Now you may ask, why blog about her? What is so interesting about her?
Well, the answer is mainly because she has been rather shy since the first time I met her. She would not let me take pictures of her. But this time around, we have seen each other on more regular basis, and she has let her walls down. And she even dared to have her beautiful body being photographed, with no cloths on.
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Isn't she so adorable? Puurrrr.....
How did I know its a she you ask me? No, I didnt know, and I didnt bother to find out, but I would like to assume its a she. No harm in that whatsoever.
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Following on the heels of Square we have iZettle.
These are different from near field communication which is no doubt coming to mobile phones as well (payment by waving phone in the air).
Then there's Mobil Speedpass, EZ Pass and no doubt many more systems like these.
Lots of ways to move money around without handling cash. Reminds me of an article some friends and I wrote about these things in 2002: Digital Independence. It's dated now but many of the things we talked about almost ten years ago are taken for granted now.


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As the nation scrambles to figure out what to do about the crumbling situation in Iraq, Tampa Bay-area warriors who sacrificed so much there watch with broken hearts.
"It's like a big smack in the face," said marine Michael Delancey, who was paralyzed by sniper fire in Iraq. "Everything I've done, my brothers that have died, our whole goal in everything, is just a big smack in the face. We did everything we could do set that government up for success... and here we are."
An insurgent sniper shot USMC Lance Corporal Delancey in 2006, just two weeks before he was supposed to come home. The bullet damaged three vertebrae in his back and left him a paraplegic.
Delancey tries not to let the image of his wheelchair constantly take him back to that day in Haditha.
"If I did, it wouldn't be a good thing," he said. "I always look at it like this happened for a reason."
But recent events frustrate Delancey. Haditha, for instance, is reportedly one of the Iraqi cities now under the control of the terrorist group ISIS. It's members are advancing through the country with a goal of setting up an Islamic state that would stretch from Iraq into northern Syria.
"If they reach Baghdad, they're pretty much controlling the whole country," Delancey said. "To me, that would be an even bigger smack in the face. It'd be like - we should've never even went over in the first place. The children that we helped; the families that we helped that had no say-so; that were scared for their lives; the good that we did, the media just did not focus on ... is all for nothing."
William Earl Bodette, Jr., a retired 1st Sergeant, is a friend of Delancey's and has served all over the world, including combat in Mogadishu, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
"If you asked me to go back over there, I'd go right back in a second. It's just the way it is," Bodette said. "Do I think we need to go back over there? No. I don't. We've set them up for success enough that it's time for them to do their own thing."
Bodette believes, unlike wars in the past, what's happening now is different.
"We're not fighting a country," he said. "You're fighting an idea. You're fighting an insurgency. The deal with an insurgency is - they don't have to win. They just don't have to lose."
Delancey tries to focus on the future. He's in the process of raising funds for a wounded warrior camp in Pinellas County, where America's service members can have a place of refuge with things like horseback riding.
But Iraq is never far away.
"The more I read, the more it upsets me but I still like to know what's going on," Delancey said. "We've just got to be very careful in what decisions we make."
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In many schools today religion is non existent. In our homes violent video games consume our children and we are in denial that it's not having an enormous impact. There is a clear lack of parental guidance and respect in the home .
Parents let alone can't punish there children and in NY parents can be arrested for verbally challenging there kids.
This new era of dumbing down the American family has created such a vacuum. It is now that we are beginning to see the consequences that has resulted from this abandoning of morality, discipline, and common sense.
Do you actually think that rhetoric, more government anti- family policies are going to cure what ails us?
We don't have to worry about Foreign grown terrorist coming to our country. Our new terrorist are home grown and are our very own teenage and adult children. They kill innocent people in theaters , shopping malls, massacre children , their friends, teachers, and adults in classrooms with out any regards for human life. They kill their parents and any anyone who stands in their way. Without a dou bt parents, teachers, friend and loved ones see the warning signs and yet can't act until there is a murderous crime scene where the assassin usually in a cowardly manner, kill themselves . The media, Hollywood, hip hop, and the entertainment culture must equally share blame, and not the usual rhetoric of placing the blame with lack of gun control laws.
The media is often Obsessed with black on black crime; lack of a family structure and yet none of these massacres happen in inner city and urban America. You don't see young black men killing people in the classroom , in shopping malls or movie theaters. These heinous crimes happen in suburban America with a young white male committing the mind boggling atrocities. Why doesn't the media and there so call experts discuss how these young white males consume the music, violence, Hollywood entertainment culture and perpetrate these unconscionable acts as assassins. If these assassins were black , the conversation would be about why young black male culture is a vicious cycle of terrorism and cold blooded murder.
These crimes were non existent 50 years ago. What has changed in America that the media and there so called experts refuse to bring in the media spotlight?


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Ryan Williams has been rewarded for his performances on loan at Oxford United this season by signing a new contract at Fulham.
The 20-year-old has penned a two-year deal, with the Championship club having the option of a 12-month extension.
Williams had not started a senior game when he arrived at the U's last summer, but went on to make 42 appearances this season.
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A lot of Java Developers out there sees task with Web Service implementation daunting – well, nobody can blame them really, especially that it brings a lot of complexity in development and design over the years of enterprise application development. For some though, learning it is somehow the next step in building a full blown enterprise application – Web Services – is one of the key schemes for implementing service oriented design – almost every platform available has support to the scheme, and that of course includes Java/J2EE.
In this tutorial, I will show how you will using Apache CXF to create Web Servies using JAX-WS and the Apache CXF API to call specific service from a remote application.
- Building the Web Service Application : Server Side - We need to build the application as well as the Web Services implementation code. This will be a generic WAR (Web Archive) that will house the actual implementation
- Building the Web Service Application: Client Side – Of course, we need to provide external clients a way for them to access the services – we will create a stub and give them out to clients for them to use the services.
FYI: I'm using Maven to simplify library definitions.
1st we create the Stub
this houses the interface and entities (Pojos) used to access the service. When you design your service – you usually create the class interfaces (reference) first and put it on another JAR file for re-distribution.
2nd lets build the service.
We will be hosting the service from a Web Archive deployed to an application server.
POM. xml – We will be using Spring CDI and CXF – Might as well load up all the libraries needed.
We include the stub on the server as this will act as the reference of our implementation:
We now create the Service Implementation:
cxf-servlet (or beans.xml) – this is where we will call the factory that will publish the WSDL upon loading the context.
web.xml – we need to make sure that web service request will go thru CXF – since we are using its framework. Good thing about CXF is it does all the necessary binding, marshalling, unmarshalling as well as injecting the in / out interceptors.
Build and Deploy the WAR! – After deploying the war, view the context page. You should be seeing something like this:
If you manage to view the above URL – then you have successfully expose your service and can now be called by external clients
3rd we create the client app.
Now we create a standalone Java app to call the service – we will be using Spring again to context load client beans and we need include the stub so that we can have reference to the implementation.
beans.xml – create the xml and call the proxy factory bean to create the instance on runtime
Create the Client – We will now call the bean and use the reference to call the method.
4th Test! – Test your service!
You should now be able call the Service implementation!
Download the example here
With this simple example, its really a conclusive proof that creating Web Service now is just a breeze – We took advantage of Apache CXF as a service framework to simplify the development and Springs powerful CDI that almost took care the rest.
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I've been wanting to write part 2 to my first post, My Top 10 Best Chick Flicks, because really, as a chick flick lover, how could I only limit it to 10? Chick flicks, to me, are the ultimate "feel good" movie, even though they may not exactly be the most realistic. But one can dream! Here are 10 more must best chick flicks…
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Bend it Like Beckham (buy here): Right after I published the first article, I smacked myself for forgetting this gem. Probably one of the most funniest chick flick ever. The plot is that the daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditional cultural beliefs and runs off to Germany with a football team. So yep – it's a girl's soccer movie! It also stars Keira Knightley and it's so, so hilarious.
Fave quote: "Lesbian? Her birthday's in March. I thought she was a Pieces."
Beastly (2011)
Beastly (buy here): This is not so much a chick flick; it's more of a teen romance; and if you get past the terribly unrealistic plot (as in, Lindy and her father's storyline, not that the guy turns into a beast) then it is thoroughly enjoyable. This is the "modern day" Beauty and the Beast story, based on the book by Alex Finn, and I don't know, it was just such a sweet, lovely little movie. It stars teen queen Vanessa Hundgens and the drop dead gorgeous Alex Pettyfer. I really enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite movies even though it was a big flop, ha.
I love it for several reasons. The piano score throughout the movie was absolutely breathe-taking (there are many variations in the film but this one is my favorite), the beautiful imagery, and also… Alex Pettyfer… more like PRETTYfer am I right? They made him look like a monster and he still looked hot. Go figure. Also, the last 30 seconds of the movie will also make you LOL so bad. Mary-Kate Olsen also stars and she was perfect for this role, I loved her outfits.


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The Hindukush Range has some of the most majestic and least explored mountains in the Himalayas. The giants of the Hindukush can be seen from flights between Europe and Pakistan. Because of the proximity to the Afghan border very few American expeditions have ventured into this area. While the Americans stay away, the French bag first ascents every year.
Getting There
You can take a flight from Islamabad to Peshawer, and then a flight from Peshawer to Chitral. Chitral can also be reached by crossing the Shandur Pass from Ghizar (nearest airport would be Gilgit). From Chitral daily vans leave for villages close to the three major peaks: Tirich Mir, Buni Zom, and Noshaq.
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Crescent residents vexed over police action in the Gorge
THE people of Crescent district in St Catherine are angry that up to late yesterday evening they were kept in their community after police personnel padlocked the emergency gate in Dam Head in the wee hours of the morning to rescue four motorists trapped in the Bog Walk Gorge.
The residents say they want better arrangements to be made to handle emergency situations.
The four motorists ran into difficulty while making their way through the Gorge shortly before four o'clock in the morning. The roads to the Gorge had been rendered impassable due to mud, silt, trees, and debris that were washed down by heavy rains associated with the outer bands of Tropical Storm Isaac.
"Apparently they disobeyed the warning signs and the warning messages and ventured into the Gorge. About 200 metres from Kent Village they were trapped and water came in front of them and water behind them, so they were marooned there for sometime," Detective Sergeant Ruben Gunter from the Linstead subdivision told the Jamaica Observer.
The policeman, who had to walk to the Gorge due to the adverse road conditions, said that the motorists were eventually rescued by police officers and personnel from the fire brigade shortly after seven o'clock in the morning. No one was injured, although at least two of the vehicles were trapped in the water for a long time.
"One was a Dodge pickup and the other a Hiace were able to drive through the water after some of it receded, but the other two, one was removed by a wrecker and for the second one, a fire truck used a rope to pull it through, because it was covered in water," the officer stated.
But while police personnel were busy doing their assessment of the area, residents of Crescent district, which is commonly referred to as Five Miles or Ackee Walk, were prevented from entering or leaving the area. Some had got up early that morning to venture out of the community, only to realise that the floodgate at Dam Head was padlocked.
Among the irate residents was Wesley Garnette, who was prevented from driving his vanload of ackees to a nearby factory outside of Dam Head. While he understood the need for caution, given the constant flooding of the Gorge, he felt a police officer should have been posted to monitor the gate.
"Suppose somebody get sick now in the community, how it go?" he asked.
He was among a few of the persons who gathered at a shop in Dam Head, wanting to drive into, or from the Crescent district community, but had no idea how to do so. They all felt that the gate should have been built beyond the community to prevent any inconvenience to the over 600 residents living between the gate at Dam Head and the Bog Walk Gorge.
"The last time they locked it, a lady just had baby and was coming from the hospital and she had to come off here (Dam Head) and walk the rest of the way in," said Peter Brown, who lived outside the area but wanted to go into the community to check on his farm.
Officials had erected the gates at the turn to Sligoville near Bog Walk and at Dam Head over two years ago to minimise risks to motorists wanting to drive through the Gorge during the heavy rains.
Detective Sergeant Gunter told the Observer that police personnel were stationed near Bog Walk to ensure that no-one passed through, however he was not sure why no one was placed at Dam Head.
"We don't allow people to come in and go out from inside there, because we don't want at the end of it all, other persons disobey and come in. Some people will use the excuse that it is Kent Village they are coming and then the police allow them to come in, and then at the end of it all they come in and get trapped and inveigle [us] to come and rescue them," he said.
Meanwhile, the National Works Agency said that the Williamsfield to Glengoffe main road in St Catherine in the vicinity of Mount Industry and the Zion Hill Bridge to Free Town main road were also impassable yesterday. The agency said that teams had been dispatched to the affected areas to help reopen the roadways.
Late yesterday, the ODPEM issued a statement that the Gorge had been reopened to vehicular traffic.
Heavy showers Saturday night also resulted in power outages in several communities. The Jamaica Public Service, up to yesterday afternoon, said it was still trying to restore sections of its power delivery system which had been damaged by severe lightning and heavy rains. The electricity provider said that it was also working to address issues with its toll-free line.
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Out Of Africa (And Into The Marais)-------
Yaz Kurhan, better known as her nom de jewelry Yazbukey, is not one to hide her light under a bushel. For her "Fabulous African Saga" accessories and new home decor, Kurhan took over Tigersushi in Paris' Marais neighborhood for a collection launch party with her likeminded friends, including stylists Catherine Baba and Elisa Nalin (above left, with Kurhan), Purple's Caroline Gaimari, Lanvin's Elie Top, Sarah Lerfel from Colette, and Michelle Harper, in town from New York for Couture week. Fancy friends, however, doesn't make for a stuffy hostess: Kurhan comfortably installed herself on a throne made of plastic grocery-store crates (made for the occasion by Diplomates, the Paris art collective) and greeted her guests.
Kurhan chose Africa as the theme for her Fall collection, based on childhood memories growing up in Saudi Arabia. "My dad was part of the Turkish embassy there and he organized the Islamic conference for many years," she said. "I remember playing with the children of all the African dignitaries at the conference, and although I've never visited Africa, I got a feeling for its diversity from that experience." Kurhan, who divides her time between Paris and New York (where she dreams up accessories for Zac Posen's Z Spoke line), continues to work in Plexiglas, creating flattened versions of everyday Africana, including flora, fauna, and everything in between. Case in point: There are tiger's paw necklaces with scratch-mark traces, snake sunglasses, and banana hair pins—as well as a ghetto blaster bag. And for the first time, plastic wall decals join the wearable offerings, including a portrait of Naomi Campbell and a lion's head.
Cédric Rivrain: Wrap Star-------
When Cédric Rivrain's first solo exhibition opens at Brachfeld Gallery in Paris tonight, it'll give new meaning to the term bandage dressing. His subjects include fashion It girls Olympia Le-Tan, Gabrielle Greiss, and Charlotte Chesnais, but they're more likely to be depicted in Band-Aids than Balenciaga. "My mother was always taking me shopping and my father is a doctor. I guess that's why I combine beautiful things with anatomical studies," said the illustrator, who has sketched for everyone from John Galliano to Martine Sitbon. "Bandages are kind of jewelry and can be as ornamental as a garment." Don't expect mummies at the wrap party; jewelry designer Yaz Kurhan of Yazbukey is hosting at Club Montana.


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I work for a affordable housing 501c3 that provides home ownership opportunities to lower income residents. We are looking to set up public use computer that will be available to anyone living in our mobilehome park. However, we are looking to install a kiosk type of software that requires a username and password for use that will protect the machine's operating system from user manipulation as well as filters certain
inappropriate websites. I am hoping that this software will also, "wipe" the machine clear of any downloads, saved items or other user data after each use.
Thanks for sending me any ideas you ma have!
www.antamedia.com/kiosk came recommended to me, but I haven't used it myself. Windows 8.1 has these features baked in, by the way, in a feature called Assigned Access.
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Thanks Isaac for the info. I will definitely look into these two ideas!
There are several linux distributions with guest mode. I have used slax in the past for building kiosk for public library use. Content Filtering can be done easily via OpenDNS


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Universal Polerouter Cal. 138 SS Bumper
Universal changed the movement of the
Polerouter to a micro rotor
after one year of production. You can find great information about Polerouter movements at this link. I am very lucky to have received one of the first generation of Polerouters with a bumper movement. The name bumper was derived from the springs (you can see them at 5 o'clock or below the GENEVE inscription) that limit the rotation of the rotor. Please also note the quite unusual shape of the rotor. It is shaped to align with the gear train bridge. Please note that the left side of the rotor almost touches one of the bumper springs. From the first picture, you can also see that the rotor is actually a lot more massive.
Power reserve miracle!
According to Dr. Ranfft's movement database the Universal caliber 138SS (center seconds) has a power reserve of 36 hours. After applying a bit of oil on top of the center seconds wheel, my Universal Polerouter ran for 35 hours 55 minutes! I am aware that this movement probably needs an overhaul. But to find that its power reserve is still according to its specifications is a miracle. The four service marks I found on the inside of the case back are probably an explanation for this. The movement has obviously been serviced regularly.


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There was a lot of action in the Drew Peterson case this week. The trial was supposed to begin, but instead was put on hold.
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Police are investigating a fatal car versus pedestrian crash that happened at about 12:45 p.m. on Sunday.
Sgt. John Delaney of the Springfield Police Department told CBS 3 that a 57-year-old woman from Wilbraham was crossing Allen Street in front of the Family Medical Center.
Delaney said the woman suffered extensive injuries as she was thrown onto the hood and then over the vehicle.
She was taken to Baystate Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m.
The identity of the woman is being withheld until next of kin are notified.
The driver of the car has not been cited as of this time.
Delaney said this is the third fatal crash in the city in less than a week.
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Would the SEC look to the ACC in expansion?
Interesting to see Tony Barnhart's opinion on the potential of FSU joining the SEC if big ten expands. "The SEC decides the best way to compete with the Big Ten is to put a lock on the South. So it takes Clemson, Florida State, Miami, and Georgia Tech from the ACC. Now the new SEC looks like this: New East Division: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Florida State, Miami, South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee. New West Division: Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Vanderbilt."


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Visiting Hours
A Twentieth Century Fox/Canadian Film Development Corporation Film
Original Theatrical Release Date: May 28th, 1982
Lee Grant (Shampoo, Damien: Omen II) stars in this chilling 1982 Canadian slasher set mostly inside of a hospital. William Shatner (!) co-stars as her would-be savior, and most importantly of all, Michael Ironside as the best horror movie creep of the early 80's. With Lee as a laid-up in the hospital TV Show Host, the picture touches on some feminist themes, but it has the intelligence enough to never hit you over the head with them.
Already for a slasher of the time Visting Hours has carved out a nice blood line for itself with a good cast and smarts, but the film also delivers the scares. With it's great setting and diabolical killer, the film steps above many of the the rest and was certainly one of my most memorable movie going experiences. By the time you get to the final act with Ironside dressed in a bizarre get-up (see pic below) you'll be simultaneously saying What The F! and holding onto your seat. I know I did. Oh, and, dig the girl with the crimped hair (Lenore Zann from Happy Birthday To Me)


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As I have been reading the explosion of articles here on TDS as of late, I keep reading the same basic comment in various forms; the Rockets need a forward that can stretch the floor in order to give Harden and our guards the room to drive to the basket and Howard the room to operate down low. Another form of that same comment has been that Greg Smith is expendable because he can't stretch the floor.
So I asked myself two questions: 1. What type of player constitutes a "stretch" four? 2. Is a "stretch" four what this particular Rockets team needs?
Since the answer to question #1 varies upon who you talk to, I made up my own. I believe that a "stretch" PF is a player that can shoot well enough and often enough from long distance (a distance yet to be determined) so as to prevent the defense from being able to clog the lane, take away driving lanes and make it easier to double team the post. Please feel free to give your definition in the comments section.
As for the answer to question #2, I think that I still up for debate. I do believe that the data seems to indicate that more PF's are taking shots from longer distances these days; however the data also indicates that these same "stretch" PF's may have less than the desired impact while on the floor due to their deficiencies in other aspects of the game. For example the data indicates that most of the "stretch" PF's in the game today are weaker rebounders and defenders than their traditional counterparts.
I chose 17 of the top PF's in the game today and I analyzed three different distances on the floor to see where they took their shots from in the 2012-13 season. Those three distances, which will be referred to as "stretch" shots from here on out, are the three point line, 16-23 ft, and 10-15 ft. I then ranked the PF's according to various percentages and statistical categories to get a better handle on how the "stretch" PF's stacked up against the more traditional PF's.
Players Analyzed
The 17 PF's that I chose were: Dirk, Love, Ryan Anderson, Garnett, Bosh, Al Jefferson, Boozer, Horford, Aldridge, Ibaka, Lee, Griffin, Josh Smith, Millsap, Randolph, West, and Duncan. This list has the players listed in order of total number of "stretch" shots attempted per game; with Dirk taking the most and Duncan taking the least number.
Note: When ranking, I used Kevin Love's data from 2011-2012 since he was hurt much of last year and I don't believe that using last year's results would truly help in this comparison. And let me just say right now that Kevin Love is a different breed than any other player on this list. He shot the second most three's per game, the second most "stretch" shots per game BUT he also had the most rebounds per game (when using his 2011-2012 stats).
So in order to give us a better comparison of the typical PF position in the NBA today I removed Love's stats and only ranked the other 16 PF's.
Initial Results
After crunching the numbers I found two interesting results; interesting because I expected today's "stretch" fours to actually be shooting from further distances more often than they actually do.
1) Only four of the 16 PF's attempted 1.0 or more three's per game. The fifth ranked PF only took 0.7 three's per game and the remaining 11 PF's took 0.5 or fewer three's per game. In order of attempts per game the four players were Ryan Anderson (6.0), Josh Smith (2.6), Dirk (2.9), and Bosh (1.0).
2) Only five of the 16 PF's attempted more combined "stretch" shots per game than their combined shots per game from nine ft. or less. In order of total "stretch" attempts per game the five players were Dirk (10.8), Ryan Anderson (8.7), Garnett (7.4), Bosh (7.0), Ibaka (5.1).
Shooting Percentages
I ranked the 16 PF's according to best FG% from the three "stretch" distances. Below I listed the rankings for the five "stretch" shooting PFs and the results are what you might think they should be because "stretch" shooters are naturally better shooters than the typical PF. The lowest number (ranking) represents the highest shooting percentage at that distance – in other words the player ranked #16 was the worst shooter for that distance and #1 was the best.
10-15ft % - 15th, 12th, 4th, 2nd, and 1st
16-23ft % - 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1
Three % - 12, 8, 4, 3, and 2
Defensive Categories Here I ranked the 16 PF's according to three defensive categories. Below I listed the rankings for the five "stretch" shooting PF's. Again, the results are what
youI thought they might be in that the typical "stretch" shooter appears to have less of a presence on the defensive end.
Defensive Win Share (DWS) - 16, 15, 11, 9, and 7
Defensive Rating (DRtg) - 16, 14, 10, 7, and 4
Defensive Rebound Percentage (DRB%) - 16, 15, 14, 8, and 4
No explanation needed on this one. Again, the results speak for themselves.
Rebounds per game (RPG) – 16, 15, 14, 12, and 10
Overall/General Player CategoriesHere I ranked the 16 PF's according to five general categories which are typically used to depict a players overall impact on the game. Below I listed the rankings for the five "stretch" shooting PF's.
Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus (RAPM) - 15, 10, 9, 5 and 4
Hollinger's Value Added (VA) - 16, 14, 12, 10, and 6
Player Efficiency Rating (PER) - 12, 10, 9, 6, and 5
Win Shares per 48 (WS/48) - 14, 13, 10, 5, and 3
NBA Efficiency Rating (EFF) - 16, 14, 13, 11, and 10
Bottom Line For Me
I am not a mathematician so if any of you math wizards want to correct the following data please feel free to do so (or there might be someone that wants to explain my bottom line analysis better).
Of the 45 available rankings for "stretch" PF's (9 categories x 5 players) only 12 of the total rankings put a particular player in the top 50 percentile. Conversely, of the 99 available rankings for PF's who attempted more combined shots per game from nine ft. or less than their combined "stretch" shots per game (9 categories x 11 players) 60 total rankings put a particular player in the top 50 percentile.
In other words the five "stretch" shooting PF's only outranked the "non-stretch" shooting PF's 17% of the time in these nine categories that I analyzed (is this statement correct?)
Final Thoughts
Based on the data I analyzed, I do not believe that a Ryan Anderson type of player is what the Rockets should be looking for. I say that because I believe that his deficiencies in rebounding and on defense outweigh any positives he adds to the Rockets because of his ability to stretch the floor. I believe that the Rockets should be looking for a more traditional PF who can rebound and defend PLUS keep the defense honest by being able to consistently knock down a jump shot out to about 18 ft.
I think that an Al Horford type player would be perfect for this team since he has the ability to do all that I just described as the ideal PF for the Rockets. He may not be as flashy as Aldridge or intimidating as Ibaka but he outranked both of them in seven of the nine categories I used to rank the players...and by a wide margin in many of the categories.
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I have an htaccess file in the root directory of a site, and it contains a number of 301 redirects, most of which work fine. But some do not. Here's an example:
Redirect 301 /page/?qs=query_string http://www.domain.com/page.html
Please note that, in this example, "/page/" is an actual page in and of itself (there's a document "/page/index.php"). When I put "/page/?qs=query_string" in the location window of my browser, nothing in the URL changes, and the page displays the "/page/" content as if there were no query string in the URL. The second part of that is actually to be expected, since the page isn't looking for the variables in the "bad" query string, but why isn't it redirecting?
Suffice it to say that I'm not an expert on redirects, so thanks for any help!


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Congratulations to our dear friend Ckmneon, who informed me via email that his wife is pregnant!
To quote some episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, "Wow! I've got great sperm!"
While the fact that his wife is an Ohio State person puts the baby at great risk (think the whole "crack baby" scare thing from the 1980s), we must still celebrate with as many pop culture, country music, and sports references as possible!
First, a picture of Ulysses S. Grant!
Here's a picture of Patton about to piss in the Rhine!
Here's Chesty Puller!
Goodnight, Chesty Puller, wherever you may be,
After you, the Corps will roll, Corps will roll, Corps will rolllllll,
On to victory!
Finally here's a masculine, regal, sultry, sexy, and authoritative Merle Haggard song. Women want the Hag, men want to be the Hag.
And since our friend is about to have a baby, and will therefore no longer ever sleep ever again, here is the Hag again, this time to sing about staying up all night BECAUSE HAHA YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY AND WILL THEREFORE NEVER SLEEP AGAIN.
Also, his name had better be Joseph Vincent Ck or Joseph Paterno Ck or Merle Paterno Ck or some variation thereof. I will also accept Mario Lemieux Number 66 Paterno Ck.
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There are many factors that go into draft selections, including player abilities, positional depth of the draft class, and team needs. Unfortunately for all of the Rams' armchair GM's, it's unclear how these factors apply to the new regime. A consensus of mock drafts and scouting reports reveal the overall impression of player abilities and positional depth, but it's difficult to project those impressions through the eyes of Fisher and Snead. Additionally, it's presumptuous to project the full spectrum of team needs as seen by the new front office. On the surface it would seem that certain positions—i.e. middle linebacker and defensive end—would not be considered team needs. However, it's important to keep in mind that these players were anointed by the previous regime. As Fisher said, "we're starting over."
While it's great fun for all of us to put on our GM hats of speculative hubris and plot the picks that will return our franchise to glory, I thought I might take pause from the redundancy for a bit and delve into the mind of the man in charge—coach Jeff Fisher. I'm not ignoring the fact that GM Les Snead has major input into the draft day decisions, but it's fair to assume that the $7 million head coach will be the capo dei capi on draft day. Here's a look at the historical draft tendencies of Coach Fisher during his time in Tennessee—1995-2010.
My first goal was to gain an impression of the overall draft value put on certain positions. To do this, I assigned point values to all of the picks—7 points for a 1st round pick, 6 points for a 2nd rounder, 5 points for a 3rd, etc. The positions are broken down to quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, offensive lineman, defensive lineman, linebacker, and defensive back. Listed below are the positions ranked in terms of their value, listed with their total points, along with their percentage of the total overall draft points.
Defensive Back: 111 points (22.84%)
Defensive Lineman: 106 points (21.81%)
Wide Receiver: 74 points (15.23%)
Offensive Lineman: 52 points (10.70%)
Running Back: 50 points (10.29%)
Linebacker: 49 points (10.08%)
Tight End: 27 points (5.55%)
Quarterback: 17 points (3.5%)
The leaders of this list fall in line with the conventional view of Fisher's priorities—he's known for having an affinity for the defensive side of the ball. What stands out is the emphasis placed on wide receivers compared to offensive lineman.
On offense, Fisher's first priority has always been protecting the quarterback—averaging a league rank of 10th in fewest sacks allowed over his coaching career. In terms of plan of attack, the assumption has always been that Fisher favors the running game over the aerial. However, this data suggests that the offensive desire may be much more balanced. If the wide receiver emphasis continues in the 2012, the difference between Sam Bradford and Vince Young may put the prowess of Fisher's passing attack back on the map.
The above data does well to show Fisher's overall emphasis, but it's a bit too ambiguous to provide a true round-by-round mock-draft-aid, because it melds quality with quantity. In order to better gauge whom the Rams might draft where, I wanted to assess the emphasis of certain positions in certain rounds. I used the same positional breakdown, and categorized them into three groups: premium picks—rounds one and two, mid-round picks—rounds three, four, and five, and late-round picks—rounds six and seven. Listed below are the positions ranked in terms of total players taken, along with their respective percentages of the total number of picks in each category.
Premium Picks—rounds one and two:
Defensive Lineman: 10 players taken (34.48%)
Defensive Backs: 5 players taken (17.24%)
Wide Receiver: 4 players taken (13.79%)
Running Back: 4 players taken (13.79%)
Offensive Lineman: 2 players taken (6.90%)
Quarterbacks: 2 players taken (6.90%)
Tight Ends: 1 player taken (3.45%)
Linebackers: 1 player taken (3.45%)
This is a bold bias, with over one-third of Fisher's first and second round picks being spent on defensive lineman. It gives credence to the speculation that the Rams could pass on Justin Blackmon to take someone like defensive tackle Fletcher Cox. Fisher has twice spent a first round pick on a receiver, but never higher than 16th overall. He's drafted a defensive lineman in the first round four times, but again, never higher than 15th overall. He's only drafted in the top-ten three times in his career—taking quarterback Steve McNair 3rd overall in 1995, defensive back Pacman Jones 6th overall in 2005, and quarterback Vince Young 3rd overall in 2006 (though it was widely publicized that the Vince Young pick was motivated by the wishes of Tennessee owner Bud Adams).
Even with this data delving, it's hard to nail down exactly whom the Rams are eying at pick six. However, based on the heavy premium-pick-bias towards defensive lineman, it's safe to assume Rams will add a defensive trench-man before the end of the second round.
Mid-round Picks—rounds three, four, and five:
Defensive Backs: 18 players taken (26.09%)
Wide Receivers: 13 players taken (18.84%)
Offensive Lineman: 11 players taken (15.59%)
Linebackers: 10 players taken (14.49%)
Defensive Linemen: 9 players taken (13.04%)
Tight Ends: 4 players taken (5.80%)
Running Backs: 3 players taken (4.35%)
Quarterbacks: 1 player taken (1.45%)
The top-end bias in the mid rounds is not nearly as egregious as it was with the premium picks, but there is an emphasis on defensive backs. Outside of Cortland Finnegan, the Rams have a long list of question marks at the cornerback position (though I do have love for Bradley Fletcher). Additionally, the team lacks a true ball-hawk center-fielder at the safety position. Expect multiple defensive backs to be taken in the middle rounds, especially if the team is unable to land Morris Claiborne in the first.
This also seems to be the earliest point Fisher is willing to use picks on offensive linemen or linebackers—two perceived needs of the current team. He found linebacker Stephen Tulloch late in the 4th round in 2006 and guard Leroy Harris in the middle of the 4th round in 2007—both solid starters in the NFL.
Late-round Picks—rounds six and seven:
Defensive Backs: 10 players taken (24.39%)
Offensive Lineman: 8 players taken (19.51%)
Running Backs: 6 players taken (14.63%)
Linebackers: 6 players taken (14.63%)
Defensive Lineman: 5 players taken (12.20%)
Wide Receivers: 5 players taken (12.20%)
Tight Ends: 1 player taken (2.44%)
Quarterback: no players taken.
Again we see an emphasis on defensive backs, a trend that's sure to continue with the pass-happy offenses of today's NFL. Fisher is known for taking flyers on some small school defensive backs in the later rounds. He drafted ascending Raven's cornerback Cary Williams out of Washburn in the 7th round of the 2008 draft and Cortland Finnegan out of Samford in the 7th round of the 2006 draft. Other picks, or lack thereof, of note are at the quarterback position—only once has Fisher taken a quarterback outside of the first round. If Bradford's backup isn't currently on the roster, he'll likely be found in free agency.
This investigation may not yield conclusive results on whom the Rams will take should they stay in the six spot, but it does provide some insight to Fisher's overall emphasis and his tendencies in certain rounds. Happy amended mocking to all.


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If I only made a lot... :)
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|A night at the museum with wine & cheese
• WHAT: Wine and Cheese Tasting Party
• WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 12, 7:30-9 p.m.
• WHERE: John Paulding Historical Museum in Paulding
• WHO: Sponsored by the historical society; host is local wine connoisseur Mark Marenberg
By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING – Take your sweetie out for Valentine's Day on Feb. 12 by attending a wine and cheese tasting party to be held at the John Paulding Historical Museum. This event promises to be a fun-filled, bubbly, tasty evening.
All proceeds will go to the John Paulding Historical Society.
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Theres something about the second gif that I can't and haven't survived.
Everyone's watching the livestreams and I'm just sitting here enjoying the liveblogging going on from it. The iCarly and SNL commentary in this fandom is fucking golden.
I was never going to reblog this picture because, I dunno, it just didnt strike me, until I noticed the incredible feels I got when I saw the Royal Couple cuddling like that couple in group photos. You know the one I'm talking about? When there's a group of friends at a party and they all strike together for a photo and you look back in a few years and you're like Ohhhh, those guys were togetherrrrrr.
I knew there was a reason she was my favourite character. She's my spirit animal, that's why.