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As part of our season wrap-up series, the 2012 POD Awards roll on. Next up is the category for the Detroit Lions' Special Teams Player of the Year. Here are the nominees:
Signed just before the season to improve the Lions' special teams, Osgood finished 2012 with 7 tackles. He played an important role with the Lions' cover units and their improvement over the course of the season.
Palmer also played an important role on the Lions' cover units. He was actually named to Pro Football Focus' All-Pro Team for his play on special teams in 2012.
Hanson set the Lions' single-season scoring record in 2012 thanks to converting 32 of his 36 field goal attempts. He also made all 38 of his extra points.
LS Don Muhlbach
Long snappers typically are only talked about if they make a mistake, but Muhlbach received recognition for his play in 2012 by being selected to the 2013 Pro Bowl.
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A man is recovering at the University of Virginia Medical Center after being injured by a piece of metal Tuesday morning.
Rescue crews responded to Gerdau of Charlottesville – a metal scrap yard on Meade Avenue - shortly after 10 a.m.
According to Deputy Chief Landon Harris of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, an employee was working on a metal pile with a loader when the spring launched through the window and impaled him.
"We just had to get a scene assessment, patient assessment, and we used a simple method to get him down. A stokes basket via ground ladder and rope to get him to the ground," said Harris.
The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Gerdau's corporate headquarters in Tampa, Fl., say the employee was not impaled as initial reports indicated. They report the employee was struck by a metal object in his upper chest - shoulder area. They release the following statement:
Gerdau confirms that an employee was injured this morning at its metallics raw materials facility in Charlottesville, Va. First responders attended to the man until emergency services arrived and transported him to a local hospital. Out of respect to the employee and his family, no additional details will be provided at this time.

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"Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities." - Daniel J. Boorstin
Part I: Where It All Started
For me? The now defunct Columbia Women's Hospital in Washington, DC. September 22, 1994. Those who know me as a former regular poster know that I'm not very old. How old does that make me in 1999, when Daniel Snyder bought the team? Five, and still figuring what the hell that gray square thing is in the middle of the living room and why there are so many pretty changing colors. I really liked cartoons then.
When did I first discover football? Much, much later. Probably around nine years old. I'm a Redskins fan since birth, semi-knowledgeable fan (depends on who you're talking to, of course) since 12. Point is, I've lived through suffering, through high, wasted draft picks and organizational dysfunction. No sense of stability, no ray of hope. We all have. And it sucks. I would use some profanity here, but I fear that would ruin the nature of the post, so I'll stifle myself.
And here's where the quote comes in. Over time we've had our unfairly large share of celebrities and very few heroes. We haven't had a hero develop before our eyes, and I think we can here. There's something very mesmerizing about celebrities. Robert Griffin is coming here and he's already a celebrity. But he's not a hero yet. Heroes are made, developed, and heroes win... at least the good ones do. The thing is, heroes aren't infallible. They do fail. However, then they get back up and they save us. They have a drive. Celebrities often wait for good things to come. Heroes make it happen. Which brings me to my next point...
Time moves in one direction, memory in another. - William Gibson
Part II: What it Means
The speed of life is way too fast for me. I need to slow down. When I look at our future, I try to forget our past. I really want to forget what it's like to have Rex Grossman or John Beck or Donovan McNabb or Mark Brunell or Patrick Ramsey etc. etc.
But I can't. I want to move forward, and my conscious mind seems to be doing that, while my pool of memories cannot be erased. Those bad moments we remember, though, can be erased with a good memories. RG3 throws a game-winning touchdown pass, Rex Grossman throws a game-ending interception. Ultimately, ten years down the road, the happy memory is going to stick with me, and the sad one is gone forever.
Essentially, we have a collection of frustrating memories because they outweigh the good ones. Our memory bank is overpowered by gloom. And what can Robert Griffin do? He can make that pain, that anger go away. He can put a smile on our face. He can make us forget. And, he can make us remember, too.
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?" - John Wooden
Part III: Why it Had to Happen
It wasn't easy, and it was a risk. But time was running out. We needed a quarterback. It could pay off, or it could set our franchise back years. I was in shock when I heard about the trade. There's so much room for mistakes. I was doubtful, a little resentful, and utterly speechless.
Mistakes, ultimately, come from rushing and unpreparedness. If we don't think, we don't act like we should. We were pressured, and we had to do it. Maybe if we had more time, more of a chance, things might be different. Yet, as I was thinking about all of this, my muscles tightened slightly. I was sitting there, staring at my computer screen. There was no going back. We can't do it over. The potential for damage is done.
I was in shock, then in awe. We no longer have the luxury to make mistakes. And that's what this trade has done. If we do something wrong, we don't have the time to fix it. That's okay, though, because perhaps we won't make mistakes because now, more than ever, we know we can't afford to.
We are navigating dangerous, murky waters. Time will pass and we can reflect on what we could have done better or could have done different. In the end, time will prove whether our decision was a good one. If he turns into a hero, check. If he makes good memories, check. If he gives us a safety net, check. If not, maybe we'll do it very, very differently next time. That is, if there's even a need.


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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - State Police report 87 guns were stolen last year altogether in five counties of northern New York.
The Troop B Gun Investigation Unit says most firearms were taken from private residences, with a few stolen from vehicles during hunting season.
The total represents a drop from 141 guns reported stolen the year before.
Troopers say that for half the long guns taken, owners didn't provide an accurate description or serial number, making thefts difficult to investigate and guns difficult to recover.
Totals stolen include 13 handguns and 36 rifles and shotguns in St. Lawrence County, nine handguns and 18 long guns in Franklin County, four handguns and three long guns in Clinton County, three handguns and one long gun in Essex County and none stolen in Hamilton County.
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If we say that torture is intrinsically wrong, or that a particular war does not seem to meet the criteria for being a just war, does that somehow minimize the moral gravity of abortion? If we say that a Catholic not only cannot support abortion but can never vote for a candidate who supports abortion unless there is a proportionate reason, and then point out that it seems impossible to imagine what a proportionate reason would be, does that amount to an endorsement of a politician who supports an unjust war or torture, so long as he is pro-life and his opponent is not?
I think that the answer to both of these questions is a resounding "no." But a number of my readers disagree, and they said so in the comments on "Where Faith and Politics Intersect" and in private e-mails about the post. They deserve a response, and they are going to get two: In this post, I will address the question of whether a consistent opposition to evil somehow minimizes the gravest of evils facing us today (namely, abortion); and in Part III, I will explain why those who are opposed to the war in Iraq and torture not only should not but cannot use those concerns as an excuse to vote for politicians who support abortion.
And so, as King Harry cried, "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."
Abortion: A Grave Moral Evil, or the Gravest of Moral Evils?
In one of the most thoughtful comments, Matthew Warner of Fallible Blogma and the founder of flockNote and TweetCatholic, argued that it is easy for Catholics to come to the wrong conclusion about my argument because I "directly compare issues like torture, war, etc. with issues like abortion." He points out that "Morally, these are fundamentally different when they come to the teachings of the Church."
On the question of war, we are completely in agreement, and even though I (following the judgments of Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI) opposed the war in Iraq, I repeatedly noted in my coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign that a Catholic could vote for someone who supported the war, while he could not vote for someone who supported abortion. In fact, I'm not sure how I could be any more clear on this point, but I don't think it is a lack of clarity on my part that is causing the problem. Rather, those who have objected to my pointing out that we as Catholics should take the opposition of two consecutive pontiffs to the war quite seriously have been supporters of the war. What bothers them is my opposition to the war, not my imaginary lack of opposition to abortion.
Likewise with the question of torture, but here there is a twist: As I pointed out to Matthew, if John Paul II was correct when he wrote in Veritatis splendor that torture is "intrinsically evil," then torture and abortion are closer together than either is to, say, war or capital punishment, neither of which the Church regards as intrinsically evil. It is true that there may still be a definitional question regarding torture, but we should not be approaching the definitional question by trying to figure out just how far we can go before we cross the line into torture, any more than two teenagers should approach a physical relationship by trying to figure out just how far they can go before they commit a mortal sin.
Here's a good rule of thumb, in torture as in sex: If you have to ask how far is too far, you've probably already gone too far.
But even on the question of torture, given the definitional problem, there's no comparison between torture and abortion: Abortion, as the slaughter of innocents, is the gravest moral evil currently practiced in the modern world. Once again, I'm not sure how I could be any more clear on this point.
But here's where the problem comes in: To say that abortion is the gravest moral evil currently practiced in the modern world does not mean that it is the only moral evil. There is, for instance, torture (according to Veritatis splendor, Gaudium et Spes, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church) and unjust war (of which the war in Iraq, in my opinion and in the opinion of two consecutive pontiffs, is just one example).
The Single-Issue Solution to Abortion
Still, if abortion is the gravest moral evil that we face today, doesn't it make sense, as Matthew suggests, simply to become single-issue voters on abortion? Might Matthew be right that:
If all Catholics voted for the candidate (not the party) that supported the unborn for ONE election cycle, no major party would ever put a pro-choice candidate up for election ever again. Because it would be impossible for them to win. . . . Then we move on to the next gravest issue.
Maybe, but I doubt it. Why? Because many voters (myself included) voted that way consistently for years. And what did it get us?
Not a whole heck of a lot.
Why? First, in an increasing number of races, all candidates are pro-abortion; and second, abortion has often been used simply as a political tool by nominally pro-life politicians who did little or nothing to try to end it when they were elected.
Lessons From (Recent) History: David Souter and Sam Brownback
Last week, Justice David Souter announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court. Did George H.W. Bush—who favored abortion until it was politically inconvenient to do so (as did Ronald Reagan)—know that Souter would not vote to overturn Roe v. Wade? Almost certainly. At the very least, there was no excuse for him not to know; many of us who had voted for Bush in 1988 had no doubt what his nomination of Souter meant—and we were right.
Also last week, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, a convert to Catholicism who ran as a pro-life candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, voted to confirm Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of Health and Human Services, despite Sebelius's support for abortion and the extensive blood money that she had received over the years from late-term abortionist George Tiller.
So voting for pro-life candidates alone does not do the trick, since we pro-life voters never insist that they actually follow through. Instead, in the next election, we simply make excuses for them—because, of course, their opponent again is pro-abortion.
Who's Downplaying Abortion Now? The Strange Case of Arlen Specter
But the dilemma may go beyond even that: What if those who become "sure votes" for politicians and political parties who claim to be pro-life are the ones who end up downplaying the moral gravity of abortion, when the politicians they support also support unjust wars and torture?
This isn't a hypothetical question, as another political announcement last week makes clear. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania declared on April 28 that he was leaving the Republican Party and would run for reelection in 2010 as a Democrat.
"Good riddance!" shouted pro-lifers (myself included). Specter has been an ardent supporter of abortion; indeed, his opposition to President Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court was the main factor in the defeat of that nomination. If Bork had made it onto the Court, Roe v. Wade might have been overturned in 1989. Instead, we got Anthony Kennedy and the Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision (1992), which upheld Roe.
One would think that Specter's support for abortion and treachery on Bork would have made him a marked man in a party whose platform long included a commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade. But in 2004, when Specter faced a serious challenge in the Republican primary from Congressman Pat Toomey, a pro-life Catholic, he was endorsed by two pro-life icons: President George W. Bush and fellow Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.
Why? Because for both President Bush and Senator Santorum, Specter's support for the war in Iraq was more important than his decades-long support for the slaughter of innocent children. Bush and Santorum thought that their pro-life credentials could convince pro-life voters to hold their noses and vote for Specter over Toomey.
They were right.
And four years later, what did it get us? The pro-life Santorum lost his Senate seat in 2006, in large part because of his support for Specter. And now the most pro-abortion President in the history of the United States has another Democratic senator to support his abortion agenda.
Is There Another Way?
Could things have been different? Certainly. What if the Catholic Senator Santorum and the Catholic voters of Pennsylvania had taken their cues from Pope John Paul II and opposed the war in Iraq, as well as abortion? Then they wouldn't have succumbed to the temptation to support their pro-life president when he asked them to support a pro-abortion senator for the sake of the war in Iraq.
Of course, if all the Catholics in Pennsylvania had done as Matthew Warner suggests and voted solely on the question of abortion, then they wouldn't have let their pro-life president and their pro-life senator talk them into voting for Specter, either, and Toomey would have won the nomination.
But they didn't, and he didn't, and there's the rub: Pro-life voters followed their pro-life leaders in voting for a pro-abortion senator because they had come to accept, as James Hitchcock wrote in an article in the Spring 2007 issue of Human Life Review, that "involvement in political action necessarily brings with it the moral ambiguities inherent in all politics."
Moral Compromise and Pro-Life Failure
Interestingly, Hitchcock was attacking conservative Catholics such as Joe Sobran and the editors of the national Catholic weekly The Wanderer (and, in a follow-up article, me) who were both pro-life and against the war in Iraq. Yet his piece explains perfectly why allowing abortion to override every other concern has failed to advance the pro-life cause:
Abortion as a political issue brought the pro-life movement into a somewhat unexpected alliance with the Republican Party, an alliance that has made many formerly Democratic pro-lifers uncomfortable. Such an alliance necessarily places voters in the situation of in effect having to buy a whole political package. Public officials have to take positions on a wide range of issues, so that, in supporting Republicans, pro-lifers are implicated in everything that party does.
In Hitchcock's mind, that's simply the price we have to pay. The paramount importance of abortion requires pro-life Catholics to accept those positions of the Republican Party that may contradict Church teaching or the prudential judgments of pontiffs:
History seldom moves in a straight line. Plans are often upset by unforeseen events and, as it turned out, the pro-life movement was at least temporarily derailed in 2006 by the strong public backlash against the war in Iraq. By no means all pro-lifers support the war, but support for pro-life Republicans has in many cases amounted to a vote for the war, or is seen as such.
In other words, according to Hitchcock, who supported the war in Iraq, the backlash against the war hurt the pro-life cause. What Hitchcock glosses over, however, is that such a backlash would (by definition) not have occurred if President Bush had listened to the pleas of Pope John Paul II and not prosecuted that war.
Rejecting the Faustian Bargain
This is precisely why I think my old friend Fr. Rob Johansen is right when he argues that Catholics need to reject the Faustian bargain offered by our two-party system. We need to vote against candidates who support abortion, but that cannot mean blindly voting for candidates who are pro-life, without seriously considering where they stand on other issues. Otherwise, we too easily get trapped, forced "to buy a whole political package," which includes other things that, as Catholics, we might very well oppose.
And despite our best intentions, that does nothing to advance the pro-life cause, as the case of Arlen Specter, now Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, demonstrates.
More on Faith and Politics:
- Where Faith and Politics Intersect, Part I
- Where Faith and Politics Intersect, Part III
- Where Do We Go From Here?
- May 5, 2009 at 1:47 pm(1) Tom Piatak says:
An excellent analysis.
- May 6, 2009 at 1:46 am(2) Ken Jones says:
"We need to vote against candidates who support abortion, but that cannot mean blindly voting for candidates who are pro-life, without seriously considering where they stand on other issues."
But we don't vote against anyone, ever. The best we do is vote for the other guy, or not vote at all. There will be no notice of the Catholic Vote unless it is cast. Not voting (witholding) is like not speaking or not doing. (All that is necessary for evil…)
So beyond writing in the name "Authentic Catholic Candidate" or some other recognizable evidence of intent, how do we demonstrably indicate our displeasure with the popular candidate in an election?
Maybe it's time to forego tax-exemption and join this battle as a worthy competitor.
- May 6, 2009 at 7:56 am(3) Scott P. Richert says:
There will be no notice of the Catholic Vote unless it is cast.
Everyone assumes that, but where is the evidence? I discussed this in my latest response to Matthew Warner on Part I of this series. In brief, by becoming "sure votes" for pro-life candidates, even when those pro-life candidates don't follow through with their promises, then we remove any reason for pro-abortion candidates to reconsider their position.
The usual response is that we simply need to hold pro-life candidates accountable. But we never do. Why? Because even when they fail to live up to their promises, we make excuses for them in the next election, since the other guy is pro-abortion. "You've got to vote for someone, and you can't vote for the pro-abort."
But if we Catholics are in playif were willing to go to the mat and withhold our votes from both major partiesthen Democratic candidates have a real reason to reconsider their support for abortion. And Republican candidates have a real reason to make sure that, if elected, they actually follow through.
- May 6, 2009 at 11:53 pm(4) Ken Jones says:
"Everyone assumes that, but where is the evidence?" Scott, there is no evidence to be found, I maintain, because this is an attempt to prove a negative. I suggest that to withhold your vote for any reason at all has the sole effect of reducing the total votes cast. Since we do not vote against candidates in the USA, but only for them or not at all, no clear reason is seen. Conjecture might abound, and your story is as good as mine in that arena.
To be a positive force, one must first be recognized as existing. In my opinion, not voting doesn't do anything to further our recognition because the reason isn't tracked.
Ten thousand votes for Benedict Sixteenth might raise a few eyebrows, though.
- May 7, 2009 at 10:42 am(5) Scott P. Richert says:
I think, Ken, that we desire the same thing. I'm approaching this not only as a Catholic but as someone whose degree is in political science. Trust mepoliticians do indeed take note of the "undervote," as it is known, and pollsters go to great lengths to try to determine why people do not vote.
I'm all in favor, as I've noted above, of voting for third-party candidates if they are closer to Catholic moral teaching than either of the major-party candidates. Write-ins are a bit more problematic, though, because in most jurisdictions, write-in votes are only counted if the person whose name is being written in has declared himself a write-in candidate.
Thus, 10,000 votes for Benedict XVI will likely do nothing, because they won't even be tallied, so they'll never be brought to the attention of the politicians at whom they are aimed.
Politicians and pollsters do recognize nonvoters as existing. In fact, in some ways, they pay more attention to them than they do to "sure votes." When creating electoral strategies, they start by determining how many votes they likely will win without much effort, and then they build coalitions from there.
If a significant number of Catholics made it clear that, to win our votes, politicians need to begin to pay attention to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church, then politicians looking to create a winning coalition might actually attempt to address us on the issues.
And, if elected, they might actually follow through, because they will know that we could indeed drop out again.
- May 11, 2009 at 12:44 pm(6) Matthew Warner says:
Hey Scott – thanks for the follow up post and the great thoughts. I went ahead and posted a response on my blog if anyone is interested:
- August 11, 2012 at 9:32 pm(7) Mary Ellen says:
OK…I'm confused. We withhold our vote from both candidates either not voting for the office at all or voting for someone we know will NOT win: One of the two major candidates wins anyway. Will this make the Catholic vote inconsequential all around, as in "Who cares how the Catholics vote since it doesn't make any difference to us anyway? I am not for or against this—I'm trying to understand how what I (and other like-minded people) do during an election can make everyone in the process sit up and take notice.


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The legislation is set to win approval in the Idaho Senate, perhaps as early as today.
House Bill 597 was already approved by the Idaho House of Representatives and exited the Senate Resources and Environment Committee Friday with a "do pass" recommendation.
The measure would undercut the authority of the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board, which has authority over outfitters and guides whether they operate on public or private property. According to the bill, private landowners or their employees could offer services for hunting or other activities without obtaining a license from the board.
Some hunters fear the bill will make it more difficult for average Joe hunters to gain permission to hunt on private property and will turn game animals into a commodity.
"Fish and game is the property of the state and not the property of landowners," said Paul Waldon of Boise. "This was touted as a private property issue. Well doggone it, just because you own property doesn't necessarily give you the right to harvest on a paid-for basis the fish and game of the state."
Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, unsuccessfully attempted to have the bill held in committee. He believes the bill, which is supported by the Idaho Farm Bureau and opposed by the Idaho Sportsman's Caucus Advisory Council and the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association, was written to retaliate against the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board for what he calls an overreach by the board. He said legislators heard stories of the board trying to tell landowners who offered things such as hay rides or corn mazes that they needed to be licensed.
"I think the Outfitters and Guides Board overstepped their authority and this bill is a reaction to their overstep, and I think it goes beyond what is necessary," he said. "I think it's an overreaction to an overreaction."
Like Waldon, he believes the state should have some oversight when it comes to commercial use of public resources.
"I believe the wildlife is a state resource, it's a state asset, and we are setting up a bifurcated system by which some people you would require (to have an outfitter or guide) license and some people you wouldn't in order to harvest one of the state's resources," Cameron said.
Landowners and the hunters they host would still have to have hunting licenses and tags and follow rules set by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. But the state, through the Licensing Board, would no longer have a role to play in promoting the health and safety of the outfitted public on private property.
That is OK with Joseph Peterson, manager of the Flying B Ranch near Kamiah.
"The Outfitters and Guides Association is adamantly opposed to this, and I'm on the board of directors, but I disagree with them on this particular item," he said. "The Outfitters and Guides Act passed because outfitters lobbied to do that for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of the public. The outfitters originally pushed for it. I disagree because I'm of a very strong libertarian bent."
He said if the bill passes, any landowners who plan to take advantage of it and offer guiding services, should be aware it comes with an added liability risk. In most cases, Idaho law shields landowners who give free access to hunters and anglers from civil prosecution resulting from accidents. But he said that goes away the second they accept compensation.
Peterson doesn't buy the arguments from those who think the bill will lead to a decrease in public access to private ground. He points out that the customers of outfitters are members of the public.
"Oftentimes landowners do not allow anyone on their property unless there is some monetary compensation. So in many cases I have leased property that has increased the public access to it," he said. "It actually has potential to open some property that heretofore has not been open."
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Dinner times are a bit frantic at my place so you have to forgive me for not managing to take a photo of this meal. I'm sure you can use your imagination!
I cooked this stuffed potato recipe on Monday night as a way to use up some sour cream and corn.
It would still be scrumptious and satisfying if you omitted the bacon for a vego option. It was easy pretty quick to whip up the filling and do the potatoes in the microwave at the last minute. The ingredients are pretty cheap, and you can substitute the sour cream for cream, yoghurt, cream cheese, ricotta or whatever diary you have to hand. Everyone was happy with it – except the three year old who randomly had a problem with the corn (as three year olds sometimes do). I did have some stuffing mixture left over as part of lunch the next day.
Heat a very little oil in a frying pan (or use a non-stick one) over a medium heat.
Add spring onions, bacon and mushrooms and fry gently til they've taken on a little colour.
Peel each corn cob, stand it up on a chopping board and run your knife down the cob to slice off the kernels. Add the kernels to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes.
Wash the potatoes and lay them in the microwave on a piece of paper towel around the outside of the plate. Cook on high in 2-3 minute bursts until soft.*
Once cooked, use a sharp knife to cut a large circle in the top of the potato, then 'dig' out a hole with a teaspoon. Put these off-cuts of potato in with the bacon and corn mixture. Mix in the sour cream at the same time and heat through.
Put hollowed out potatoes on plates, spoon corn mixture into them (pile them high!) and top with grated cheese. Serve with a leafy green salad.
*This is a very good way to cook potatoes without oil and salt. Each type of potato takes a different time to cook. The ones I used took 12 or so minutes, but some take as little as 5 minutes.


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After a tumultuous year of putting off a return while a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, center Andrew Bynum is finally ready to step back onto the court. The Cleveland Cavaliers' offseason free agent signee was medically cleared and will be active for Wednesday's season opener against the Brooklyn Nets, the Akron Beacon Journal's Jason Lloyd reports.
Bynum just began playing five-on-five in practice and will only see restricted minutes. The 7'1 center won't be in the starting lineup but will come off the bench to play a single stint, Cavs coach Mike Brown said.
Bynum hasn't played in an NBA game since May 21, 2012 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. After sitting out all of last season after the Lakers traded him to Philadelphia as a key to the Dwight Howard deal, chronic knee issues only allowed Bynum to return to full practice a few weeks ago.
The 26-year signed a two-year, $24.5 million deal with numerous protective measures this offseason. To protect the team should Bynum's knee issues become a major issue again, the second year of the contract is a team option and only $6 million of the first year's value is guaranteed.
Update: Bynum is expected to play about 15 minutes vs. the Nets.
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DB Corey Ivy waived by the Steelers
Adam Schefter is reporting that Corey Ivy was waived by the Steelers. I don't know a whole lot about this guy, but would he be a good look by the Colts for depth? NOTE:Schefter is also reporting that the Colts claimed Anthony Madison off waivers from Pittsburgh. Isn't this the guy the Colts waived yesterday?


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Friday morning, the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and City Councilman Tom Martin were on hand as ground was broken at 82nd and Iola Avenue. The project manager of Cascada Office Park says SouthWest Lubbock is the perfect place to build. "[With] The number of houses going up, commercial business and activities, we think this is one of the most active areas in town and are happy to be here," said Project Manager, Scott Collier.
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Playstation presser Show-stopper : Demon Souls2
Howdy folks. Some of you will be familiar with me posting on the Dark Souls forums / extended CoffeeJezus post. I'm a big fan and am looking forward to Dark Souls 2. However, I like healthy competition and I don't see any reason why we can't have Demon Souls 2 (yes, I am dropping the stupid 's') and Dark Souls 2 competing and driving innovation.
So Sony has this big press conference coming up on the 20th. Presumable there is a big hardware announcement. But you have to back that up with games. Sony cannot say that Dark Souls 2 will be exclusive to their console, but they do hold the exclusive rights to Demon Souls. I think they should run a teaser/announcement trailer for it towards the end of the presser. It would be an awesome addition to the line up.
So, beyond that basic suggestion of "give me games I like", lets discuss what features this should include. I would suggest things for Dark Souls 2, but they have already begun working on that game and it is likely the vision for it is clearly laid out. Demon Souls 2 though is up for grabs. Here is the mechanics that I have been thinking of, please add your own thoughts:
Customizable movesets for weapons:
So, for every weapon, on top of the upgrades and branching paths that are already established, you can change what moves work with what weapons. This would have to be carefully balanced, but that is one of the strengths of Dark Souls and Demonss Souls. An example would be, you have a claymore sword. You can attach let's say 4 attacks to it triggered by R1, R2, second R1 swing, and R1 and back. So pretty much the existing commands; maybe that gets expanded. You pay souls to swap out the overhand smash with a lunging thrust for example. That move costs X amount of stamina and does Y amount of damage relative to the swords stats. This isn't too exciting, but would allow the player to have more fine control over what moves they get with each weapon. If you like the moves from this weapon, but not the stats, you can put the moves on a different weapon.
Some suggested limitations:
- It costs souls to make the changes. Every time. You cannot afford to keep changing moves every 5 minutes so you still have to be strategic.
- (maybe) you have to sacrifice a weapon with the move you want to add the move to your current weapon. Maybe you just suck the moves out without destroying the weapon
- Some combinations are not allowed. No stabbing with a club or great axe. No overhead bash with a rapier.
So, a fun mechanic, but wait until you see how it integrates with the next suggestion.
No weapon clipping. Every weapon will have collision detection with every enemy and surface:
So, in Dark Souls, weapons bounce off of shields and bounce off of walls. Some times. Mostly. Except when it was a pain to model it all. Screw that. I want to be forced to plan my attacks based on the environment. This goes for enemies too! No more Black Knights stabbing me through walls please!
Alright, so if every weapon bounces off of blocked attacks, and bounces off of every wall; that is going to be a lot of clanging. Let's go whole hog with this idea. Your katana (which they constantly tell us is fragile but isn't really) takes durability damage every time you are blocked or hit the wall like a dufus. So, how do you fight in tight corners, corridors, etc? You pick the right weapon. OR, from above you customize your moveset to where you are going to fight! The big swings do more damage, but are at bigger risk for bouncing off of a wall/ceiling/pillar. Now things are better balanced. Sure, you can put all big swings on your 2-handed ax, but don't go anywhere with walls. I really like this added layer of both realism and strategy. Part of why I love Dark Souls is that it always feels "real." The "if you died, you can see how it was your fault" is supported by the fact that you look at what happened and go "yep, that would really have happened." Except when weapons clip through walls for no good reason.
Some restrictions on this idea too:
- Enemies are subject to the same rules. Every mob will be vulnerable to being drawn into making a big swing and clanging off of a wall. This could be a cool new strategy instead of using your shield block to make them stagger
- A "good hit" does not cause durability damage or staggers. For example, a hit that connects with an opponent doesn't damage your blade, nor does cutting a table down. Walls, pillars, shields do though.
- Maybe as a side benefit the walls would not have a 2 foot invisible "block all arrows" area? I hate seeing my arrows stuck in the space right beside a wall. It just looks dumb.
So, give me thoughts on these mechanics. Do they sound fun? Do they sound likely/doable? Do you have your own suggestions?
Also up for discussion: does Sony need to announce either a Dark Souls 2 or Demon Souls 2 connection to the PS4? (I am really digging the idea of calling it "PS IVy" instead of Orbis, but I don't think that is likely)


text: NextEmbracing New IdeasNAHB Research Center becomes Home Innovation Research Labs.By John Caulfield Suppose you have an idea for a new product or process that you're convinced will rock the home building world. That's great, but raising money to turn that idea into reality is going to be an uphill slog when investors might need to wait decades before this idea gains a foothold with builders and contractors.That's what Virginia Tech concluded from a study it did about the pace of innovation in the housing sector. "This is a laggard industry," asserts Michael Luzier, president of the Home Innovation Research Labs, which is what the NAHB Research Center now calls itself as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2014.It might seem counterintuitive that the lab—which has 400 to 500 manufacturer-clients and 500 builders participating in its green building program—would choose to include "innovation" in its name for an industry that seems allergic to anything new.Blame this aversion on industry fragmentation, a complicated supply chain, locally enforced regulations, and what Luzier refers to as "a regional vernacular" in architecture and design "that has deep roots." Consultants told the NAHB Research Center it needed to better communicate what it does, and its rebranding is an attempt to clear up what Luzier admits is "incredible confusion" in the marketplace about the facility's purpose.According to Luzier, companies use the Home Innovation Research Labs for three primary reasons:Its depth of expertise in integration with regulations and codes.Its status as an objective third-party validator of a manufacturer's solution. "Every smart company wants a third partner to control for the impact of internal research," Luzier says.Its ability to help suppliers solve problems, such as those relating to certain provisions within building codes.On April 1, all participating manufacturers had to begin using Home Innovation Research Labs' certification mark. Currently, Home Innovation is encouraging co-branding to alleviate potential confusion among code inspectors. "Our mark is meant to prove compliance in a regulatory context and code," Luzier explains. The certification also provides a degree of efficiency—a shortcut, if you will—for inspectors.Luzier admits that consumers typically aren't familiar with the lab, but surveys show that with a description of Home Innovation's work, homeowners say a certification mark on a product would help guide their buying decisions. Some green builders already use the brand in their advertising, and more might be inclined to do so in the future as the Federal Trade Commission cracks down on bogus green marketing claims.Learn more about markets featured in this article: Washington, DC. Advertisement Keywords: SubjectBuilding Science Marketing Green ProductsLocationWashington, DCPersonMichael LuzierOrganizationFederal Trade Commission NAHB Research Center Home Innovation Research Labs View more keywords SubjectBuilding Science Marketing Green ProductsLocationWashington, DCStateMARYLANDPersonMichael LuzierOrganizationFederal Trade Commission NAHB Research Center Home Innovation Research Labs Virginia TechSection / SubsectionNextBylineJohn Caulfield View fewer keywords More from BUILDERSponsored EDUCATIONBlower Door Basics CourseBuilding ScienceCutting Back on Jobsite DebrisGreen ProductsUntapped Material: Industrial Hemp's Potent Potential MarketingDust Off Your Old LeadsFannie Mae Plans to Sell DC HQMichael LuzierNAHB Codifies National Green Building Standard Federal Trade Commission10 Business Trends That Will Shape Housing in 2013Home Innovation Research LabsHome Innovation Issues Call for Consensus Committee Applications NAHB Research CenterNAHB Research Center Becomes Home...Virginia TechVirginia Tech's LumenhausMARYLANDBaltimore, MD - April 2014 - New Home Closings Numbers Suggest Market Decrease Getting SteeperJohn CaulfieldGaining Ground With Land StrategiesNextNIST Test House Reports Energy... Join the DiscussionPlease read our Content Guidelines before posting.


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I have a little problem with summary indexing seemingly ignoring some fields.
My logfile looks like this:
I've scheduled an index-populating query called "index-populating-query" that runs every 15 minutes and saves its results to the summary index:
When I run this query from search, Splunk correctly shows all the discovered fields on the left hand side: tx, orderId, outcome, execution_time_ms.
But when I run queries against the summary index, it seems that the fields tx and outcome aren't contained in the index:
produces an empty result set, and
shows the fields orderId and execution_time_ms on the left hand side, but no outcome or tx.
Does anyone have an explanation for this behaviour?
I noticed that the missing fields are the ones that aren't following a comma in the log file.
The outcome field could probably be extracted during my queries against the summary index using a regex (e.g. rex "(?i) outcome=(?P<outcome>[^,]+)"), but doesn't that somehow defeat the purpose of summary indexing?
asked 30 Jun '11, 01:07
In general, summary index generating searches need to use a transforming/reporting command such as timechart, stats, chart, etc.
So, you could change your search to be something like:
Then, your search against the summary index becomes something like:
And would yield a result like:
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is there a way to preserve the fields while still populating the index with the full set of events like the requestor has?
im running into the same issue, but need to run ad hoc search commands... not just preset timecharts.
for ex. ironport logs all of the "from, to, subject, etc" attributes as separate events on new lines. most searches i run need to return the full results associated with that mail.
so i am using a summary index to store the events in transaction form, and then run my searches against that.
(05 Dec '11, 15:16) jshaynes
here is the command used to populate the summary index:
eventtype=cisco_esa [search | fields mid] | transaction fields=mid mvlist=t | collect index=summary
there is more context in this answer, where folks were recommending the summary index for this use case, even though it isn't the standard usage:
(05 Dec '11, 15:18) jshaynes
If you insist on storing each message id in the summary index, you can try:
However, it seems like this is a heavy handed and probably wrong approach. You would probably be better off using a python script or building some additional business logic in via the Splunk view system, depending on how you want to represent the data.
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The Golden State Warriors! The first image that would come to the mind of an NBA fan would be of the splash brothers shooting 3s , then David lee grabbing a rebound and putting it back in . Regardless of what comes to mind , we all agree that they are strong , not solid but strong .
What makes the warriors so good?
Their perfect fusion of offense and defense .
They have top 5 scorers at guard and wing positions , with two other players with the potential of being top 10 scorers at their positions. (Just so we're clear , I'm talking about Curry , lee , thompson and Barnes)
Lets talk defense . They have great individual defenders in Bogut , rush , barnes and thompson . With Mark Jackson's emphasis on defense , he has turned this club around .
With playoff's experience and their young core , they will be even better . With their versatility on offense and their improving team defense , they can take on any team and push them to their limits .
They are closest to beating the heat and they will take them to 7 games if they play them in the finals . Not because they took spurs to 6 games but because they are modelled to beat the heat - even if they don't know it yet .
What do you need in a basketball club to beat the heat?
Great , versatile and shooting offense . Inside presence and inside defense . And a defender capable of slowing down lebron .
1. Offense : Biggest example would be of spurs , ofcourse . They used long range bombs , attackers and post presence to compete with Miami! Warriors have all three . Where the warriors surpass the spurs offense is the fact that their primary ball handler is also their best scorer with the ability to drive inside and make shots for himself and others . Parker could do all that but is nowhere as good a shooter as Curry . Spurs had danny green , gary neal and others fill up the long range . Warriors have a great offense with shooters and versatile scorers . Due to the splash brother's ability to shoot the long ball , they don't need another shooter on the floor to fill up that void .
2. Inside presence and inside defense : The word INSIDE is the key here . Everyone knows rebounding is Heat's biggest weakness , they repaired that with the Birdman . But the fact remains , you take rebounds away from Heat , you WILL beat them . The Bulls , Pacers and Spurs showed this . Inside defense is necessary for lebron and slashers . Pacers-Heat series should be enough proof . Warriors have great inside presence with lee and Bogut and a great defender for inside in Bogut .
3. A defender capable of slowing down Lebron! : We need a special defender to slow down lebron . After all , lebron is a special player . The pacers used George , the spurs used Green and Leonard . Who can the Warriors use? A combination of Rush , Thompson and Barnes looking at the present roster . But they need a guy specifically for slowing down lebron and versatile enough to contribute in other areas . Andre Iguodala is that guy and with Brandon rush backing him up , fatigue won't be a problem .
So , all the warriors need to do is get Iguodala in the offseason and they will be set .


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Chromecast is What the Nexus Q Should Have Been
The Nexus Q was cripple for 3 reasons:
1. The biggest reason. Price. No one is buying it at $300.
2. It couldn't stream anything outside of Google Play and Youtube, making it too restricted to do anything.
3. The interface was kind of confusing about how to add to queue or access functions.
Chromecast is:
1. $35. Impulse buy territory.
2. Able to stream Netflix, Pandora, Google Play TV/Music, and Youtube. It can also do tab mirroring which lets me access any content from the web. This is what HTPCs were made for and now we get it for $35. Also, tab mirroring > display mirroring because I can actually do other stuff with the computer.
3. Simple. Click one button at the top and choose which device. It's as simple as air play.
Has Google finally nailed it?


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Chemical engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, using their own licensed catalytic fast pyrolysis process for transforming renewable non-food biomass into petrochemicals, have developed a new catalyst that boosts the yield for five key "building blocks of the chemical industry" by a remarkable 40 percent over previous catalysts. This sustainable production process, which promises to be competitive and compatible with the current petroleum refinery infrastructure, has been tested and proven in a laboratory reactor, using wood as the feedstock.
"We think that today we can be economically competitive with crude oil production," says research team leader George Huber, an Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department.
The news was published as an editor's "Hot Paper" in the December 23 edition of the world's most impactful chemistry journal, the German Chemical Society's Angewandte Chemie. The groundbreaking article is entitled "Renewable Aromatics Production by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass with Bifunctional Ga/ZSM-5 Catalysts," authored by chemical engineering graduate students Yu-Ting Cheng, Jungho Jae, and Jian Shi, Chemical Engineering Professor Wei Fan, and Huber.
"The big picture," explains Cheng, "is that, starting with biomass and using our process, you can create all the same petrochemicals that are now produced with fossil fuels, but in a sustainable way that is also economical. And now we can produce a 40 percent higher yield of those petrochemicals."
With the process carried out in Huber's lab, his research team can take wood, grasses, or other renewable biomass and create five of the six petrochemicals that serve as the building blocks for the whole chemical industry: benzene, toluene, and xylene, which are aromatics; and ethylene and propylene, which are olefins. Methanol is the only one of those six key petrochemicals not produced in that same single-step reaction.
"The whole name of the game is yield," says Huber. "What amount of aromatics and olefins can I make from a given amount of biomass? Our paper demonstrates that with this new gallium-zeolite catalyst we can increase the yield of those products by 40 percent. This gets us much closer to the goal of catalytic fast pyrolysis being economically viable. And we can do it all in a renewable way."
The new production process could reduce or eliminate industry's reliance on fossil fuels to make industrial chemicals worth an estimated $400 billion annually. The team's catalytic fast pyrolysis technology has been licensed to New York City's Anellotech, Inc., co-founded by Huber, which is scaling up the process to industrial size for introduction into the petrochemical industry.
In this single-step catalytic fast pyrolysis process, either wood, agricultural wastes, fast growing energy crops, or other non-food biomass is fed into a fluidized-bed reactor, where this feedstock thermally decomposes to form vapors. These biomass vapors then enter the team's new gallium-zeolite (Ga-ZSM-5) catalyst, also inside the same reactor, which converts vapors into the desired aromatics and olefins. The economic advantages of the innovative process are threefold: All the reaction chemistry occurs in one single reactor; the process uses an inexpensive catalyst; and fungible aromatics and olefins are produced that fit easily into existing petrochemical infrastructures.
Each person on the research team had a specific role in the project. Professor Fan's expertise is in catalyst synthesis, and he provided key insights into how to make the new catalyst, based on wedding the differing catalytic functions of gallium and zeolite. "Indeed," Professor Fan explains, "this bifunctional Ga-ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst is an excellent example to show how we can design catalysts to improve the technique for converting biomass to biofuel by integrating different functional groups on the same catalyst. We believe there is still large room for the improvement of the catalyst which will further improve the performance of our catalytic fast pyrolysis process."
Using the information supplied by Professor Fan, Jae actually synthesized and characterized the new gallium-zeolite catalyst. Then Cheng tested the catalyst with model compounds as feedstock and showed the improved performance described in the Angewandte Chemie paper. Finally, Shi re-tested the process using wood as the feedstock.
Olefins and aromatics are the building blocks for a wide range of materials. Olefins are used in plastics, resins, fibers, elastomers, lubricants, synthetic rubber, gels, and other industrial chemicals. Aromatics are used for making dyes, polyurethanes, plastics, synthetic fibers, and more.
"The ultimate significance of our research," says Huber, "is that products of our green process can be used to make virtually all the petrochemical materials you can find. In addition, some of them can be blended into gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel."
The research reported in Angewandte Chemie uses the same catalytic fast pyrolysis reactor for turning biomass into aromatics and olefins that was described in the November 26, 2010, edition of Science, but with the added dimension of the new gallium-zeolite catalyst.
Using this new catalyst, how close is the catalytic fast pyrolysis technology to going commercial? "Close," says Huber. (January 2012)


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Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz. No personnel on either vessel were reported injured. Porter is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.
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ADAMS Park is being opened up for a Bank Holiday seven-a-side competition organised by the Wycombe Wanderers Ex-Players Association.
It's the third time the competition has been staged and all money raised from the tournament will be donated to the Scannappeal charity for the breast screening unit at Wycombe hospital.
Former Wanderers playing heroes Bob Dell, Trevor Bunting, Keith Ryan and Keith Scott have all played in the last two tournaments, with current manager Gareth Ainsworth lacing up his boots last year, and many familiar faces are set to take part again.
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When several members of the New Orleans Saints, including head coach Sean Payton and GM Mickey Loomis, decided to appeal their punishments for the bounty scandal, many figured it was simply to buy themselves more time in order to get their ducks in a row before the suspensions take effect. If that's the case, they won't be buying much time. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told Darren Rovell of CNBC that a decision on the appeals from the Saints will likely come by the end of the week.
The deadline to appeal is Monday. Payton and Loomis have both appealed their suspensions, as have the Saints organization, who were docked two draft picks and fined $500,000. Former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has, at this moment, opted not to appeal his indefinite suspension.
Goodell's decision shouldn't take long considering the Saints likely don't have much new evidence to present. Goodell is the one who handed down the original ruling and he's the one who will be hearing the appeal, so the thinking is that the appeals won't do any good.
But the appeal will give Payton a few more days until he's officially suspended. That might be enough time to lure an interim coach, such as Bill Parcells.
For more on the Saints punishment, stay tuned SB Nation's ongoing StoryStream and head over to the Saints blog Canal Street Chronicles.


text: From what we have all gathered over the last few weeks Randy Wittman will be retained as the Wizard's head coach for next season. Having said that I think there's a chance this could change if the Wizards win tomorrow night's draft lottery for the rights to draft Anthony Davis. Perhaps this is why the Wizards have held out on all but confirming Wittman's job is safe, as his contract runs through next season. Thoughts?


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Do you consider yourself a collector or a user or both or some where in between partial collection but use them all.
partical colletion and use them all
Do you consider yourself a collector or a user or both or some where in between partial collection but use them all.
I would consider myself a 50/50 user/collector. I usually try my knives out for a while when a new model comes out. I am now finding myself collecting more Sante Fe Stoneworks, other customized spydies and of course the multi-colors coming out
- Ian
See pictures of my Spydies at Cougar337's Den
Wire Clips and Little Big knives....keep 'em coming!
I am buying the knives, which I like and I am using the knives I love the most. I have about 70 Spydies and use 7 of them: C83 and C105 Persians, VG10 Caly3, Kopa Cocobolo, JB Micro-Dyad, Native, and Orange Ladybug. I do not think that I can consider my safe queens a collection. I have some Natives, but not all of them, I have some Calypsos, but not all of them, I have some Lums..... I do not have any Delicas, Militarys, Paras and many others popular Spydercos. So I just have some knives.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf"
George Orwell
Any knife without Spyderhole is defective.
My top choices Native5, G10/VG10 Caly 3.5/3 & C83 Persian Black micarta/bolsters
I just keep buying new knives that I like to use, and so have aquired quite a few.
- best wishes, Jazz.
I voted for partical collection. I try to collect and use complete knives though
There are a few that I have not gotten around to using yet, but I am not convinced that any knife will appreciate monetarily more than it will be appreciated in use!
Ken (my real name)
...learning something new all the time.
Definitely both. Have some I know I'll never carry, but always have at least one with me when I step out the door.
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I'm both. At first I had them for collecting with very few out as users. Since I had a lot of duplicates, I pulled them out of their sleep and now they are in my EDC rotation. I enjoy taking a different knife each time I step out the door. Adds a little more variety.
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I use mine. To collect means to accumulate. You accumulate knives to what end? I made that mistake with pokemon cards way back then, and I'm not going to make it again.
Don't cage up spydies.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? - Some Online Meme
I have 60-70 knives in my collection, probably only use a dozen.
On that same note, when I have all my packages that I'm waiting on now I'll have 8 straight razors and 3 DE razors (and about 100 blades for em). Had to reorganize my storage to get a drawer open for this stuff. And one more flea market coming up in 3 weeks.
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Why do people worry more if you argue with your voices than if you just talk with them? What about if you lose those arguements?
Slowly going crazy at work... they found a way to make the voices work too.
Both. I mostly collect knives that I can use, small EDCable ones. When I get new ones I retire the old ones to the collection and sometimes revisit perhaps.
But there are some that I just got to have even if I can't carry them much, some for the collectibility and some for the sheer awesomeness. I however try to use all of 'em. If they're too big to carry I'll use them in the house for whatever and some extra.
In the end having a knife in a safe is like storing porn and never watching it. Fondling it is like masturbation. Using it... You know where I'm going with this.
I would consider myself both.
I have some that I will use, and others that I own for their collectability and aesthetic value.
Both. I have some I use and some I don't. I collect Natives, Rescues and Hawkbills.
Usually, I have one of each type, either in my pockets or somewhere nearby (EDC bag, in the truck, on my desk, etc.)
Some I can't carry anyway, for various reasons. The Police and PE Civilian are a couple of examples. It's funny, I have a CCW and can carry a gun, but a knife with a blade that is too long or looks too "vicious" will get me in trouble.
58-1/2 's so far...
Latest Arrival: C14PBK PE Rescue (Thanx Jeff!)
On the Way: Nada at the moment
I use knives. I collect experiences.
I'm an admirer of Spyderco's designs. Using them is like immersing yourself in music or studying a painting in a museum. I buy some "fine" art but my preference is for usable art.
I have a handful of NIB collectibles, but they will eventually be passed on to real collectors.
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- William James, from The Will to Believe, a guest lecture at Yale University in 1897
Defintely both. Some I'll never carry, others I EDC. I carry about 20% of my Spyderco knives (12 of 60).
"Not all who wander are lost"
"To liner or not to liner? That is the question?" -- Sal
"Rule number nine: always carry a knife." -- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs/NCIS
I do both. I have about 150 in my collection. Mostly Spyderco but also have quite a few Bark River (my preferred fixed blades), and some Kershaw, ESEE, Busse, Swamp Rat, SOG, Condor, Swiss Army and Fallkniven. I have some that I'll never use but liked the lock or design of the knife. Then I have my ecd rotation which has 3 fixed blades and about 10 folders that get swapped in and out. I always carry 1 fixed blade and 1-2 folders with me. Some are more woods knives that only come out when I go hiking or camping. Not all Spydies but they are the majority of what I buy.
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To me, "collecting" implies some sort of organization, structure and goal, such as "I'm collecting Police Models and my goal is to have all the variations". It also implies a desire to preserve the best condition possible of each specimen. What I do is accumulate. I buy what strikes my fancy. When I get it, I carry it for a while and try it out. Most knives don't make the grade and end up in the big box o' knives. Some earn permanent pocket space and a few get back-ups for when they get lost, broken, stolen or worn out.
I don't believe in safe queens, only in pre-need replacements.
Both... I'm up to 36 individual models w.variations, and some duplicates of my top choices. These are just Spyderco Knives.
Some as soon as I've bought them I realize will never be used, some for good reasons, some for bad reasons.
My EDC collection consists of about a dozen models that get used for various purposes or attire. In all honesty they aren't all Spydies tho. This EDC collection is further refined to about 4 models that are my go to knives. They are users, and if they get abused so be it.
I like to think of myself as a user. My 2009 Forum Native is on display only because I'm not a fan on the Native; I do carry the USN Endura. I buy knives that I want to carry. Unfortunately for my wallet, Spyderco makes many such knives.
D3 CE, FG D4 CE Krein'd, Blue D4 FFG, Pink D4, Caly3 SE, USN E4 CE, Pink E4 CE, E4 ZDP-189 SE, FG E4 CE, E4 G10 FFG, Tenacious SE, Para SE, Para D2, Millie D2, ATR SE, Orange Assist I, Blue Rescue 93, Khukuri, Barong, Meerkat, Ladybug H1 SE, Manix 2 XHP, Rock Salt, S90V Mule Krein'd, JD Smith Sprint, Brown Matriarch SE, Poliwog, Stretch CE, Millie M4/Ti, Rock Lobster, Zulu, Rescue 79, D'Allara Rescue, LadyHawk SE, Lum Tanto Sprint, Dragonfly G10, Chaparral, Sage I, Caspian, Gayle Bradley
I use and collect. I enjoy using and hunting for that little known or seen model.
We would rather be the knife in your pocket, because is "works" better, than the knife in your showcase, because it "looks" better.


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The first week of the NFL season had quite a few upsets which hurt many team's picks -- including mine -- but congrats to badrat as he finished 13-3 to lead after week 1. Five other members finished 12-4 to tie for second. I picked a few upsets which didn't happen and didn't pick the upsets which did happen so my record was a lousy 7-9 (only one person who picked all the games did worse -- and that was Bernie19Kosar). This week I will try to redeem myself or else I may be out of the race in the first month.
Cleveland at Indy -- Browns. I think this one will be much tougher for the Browns than many fans think. Sure, the Colts looked awful last week, but they feel behind early because of two turnovers and gave up a return TD. I think Collins will look better in the offense with another week of practice, but the Colts have a bad run defense which is missing their middle LB so the Browns should be able to establish the run and get the offense going. I see a close Browns victory.
Seattle at Pittsburgh -- Steelers. I think the Steelers will come out very angry after getting beaten up by the Ravens last week and Seattle is just the kind of team they want to face this week. This game won't be close. If you're in a Survival League this would be an easy choice.
Oakland at Buffalo -- Bills. This is a tough one to call; the Bills looked great last week against the Chiefs but they can't be expected to play that well again. Oakland is a good running team but west coast teams always struggle in 1:00 games on the east.
Arizona at Washington -- Redskins. Another west coast team playing an early game. The Skins looked pretty good against NY last week and Arizona may have the worst secondary in the NFL so Grossman may have another quality game.
TB at Minnesota -- Bucs. Tampa needs to bounce back after losing to the Lions last week. Luckily for them, their entire division lost last week (and since there are no division games this week, all four teams in the NFC South could be 0-2 next week).
Jacksonville at NY Jets -- Jets. The Jets got help from Tony Romo last week to win but they'll get this one easily.
Chicago at NO -- Saints. The Bears might be better than people thought but this will be a tough game to win on the road.
GB at Carolina -- Packers. Another easy pick. The question will be if Cam Newton can come close to matching his big game last week in his debut.
Baltimore at Tennessee -- Ravens. They looked great last week against the Steelers and I don't see the Titans putting up much of a fight.
KC at Detroit -- Lions. The Chiefs are looking to rebound from their humiliation by Buffalo last week but Detroit looks like the may be able to live up to some of those high preseason expectations.
Dallas at SF -- Cowboys. As long as Dallas can contain Ted Ginn in the return game they should be able to win this easily.
Cincinnati at Denver -- Bengals. Cincy may be better than people thought coming in to the season. Their defense is still pretty good and I thought Dalton didn't look bad against the Browns last week. If he can play the whole game then they should be able to win this one.
SD at NE -- Chargers. This should be a really fun game to watch (too bad I'm stuck with the Bengals). I don't know why but I think the Chargers can pull off this victory in New England. Expect plenty of scoring in this one.
Houston at Miami -- Dolphins. Five of the next six games are on the road for Miami so this is one they have to win if they have any chance of competing for the playoffs. The Dolphins hung around with NE for most of the game last week so I think they can pull it off. I think Houston will be a little overconfident after beating up the Colts last week.
Philly at Atlanta -- Falcons. In case you hadn't heard, Mike Vick is going back to Atlanta for his first start there as an Eagle. Atlanta needs a win after losing (and looking bad) last week against the Bears.
St. Louis at NY Giants -- Giants. Not a very exciting matchup for the second Monday night game. I'd pick the Rams if they were healthy but there are too many injuries on offense to see them winning this one.


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This song was written, recorded, and animated by my wife in a single morning. God, I love her. Like the last one, it's "dedicated to the drooling perverts of the Transportation Security Administration."
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Your wife can animate an entire video in shorter time than I can draw one panel. BTW she has a deeper voice than I expected.
OMGOSH! That was amazing! *applause*
She sounds like Bowie
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Potential Disasters: Underground Coal Fire On Denniston Plateau
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The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) knows that the reality facing workers and their families is a hash one. But it doesn't have to be this way. To illustrate the current situation we have pulled together a significant amount of research into 10 areas of importance, we've then condensed the information down into bite size pieces and used the power of pictures to convey the detail of what is happening through infographics. Each of our 10 tops has its own infograph...
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Dennis Perruccio of East Lyme chats with Bob Crane of Colchester while Crane relaxes by his 1956 Chevrolet parked Tuesday at McCook Point Park in Niantic. Perruccio has owned the all-original car for 38 years, having bought it from the original owner.
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June 15 - Kasabian
Kasabian mixes a bit of the Stones, Happy Mondays and Primal Scream with DJ Shadow-influenced electronics. Named after Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson's getaway driver-turned-state witness, Leicester's Kasabian brings a new sound to the table.
June 16 - Old 97's
One of the most popular bands in the alternative-country movement's rock-and-roll wing, Old 97's hail from Dallas and draw inspiration from classic country, rock, early punk and power pop.
June 16 - The Moody Blues
(Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
One of the better R&B-based combos of the British Invasion, the Moody Blues are better known for their forays into psychedelia. These days they may look like a Las Vegas lounge act, but they still pack a mean punch behind their classics "Steal Your Heart Away" and "Go Now."
June 17 - Keane, Regina Spektor
(Verizon Wireless Theater)
Hailing from Battle, East Sussex, England, Keane is leading the new British invasion. They cite Oasis, U2 and the Beatles as major influences, and you'll hear pieces of them all in their tunes.
June 23 - Skinless, Misery Index, With Passion
(Mary Jane's Fat Cat)
Longtime New York grindcore (that's death metal times ten) purveyors Skinless are still stomping away after 13-plus years of grinding out some of the heaviest of metal. Another stomper.
June 23 - Fishbone, Slightly Stoopid
(Engine Room)
The hottest, most innovative ska-punk band of the '80s joins forces with the goofiest parody of said music to come out in the '90s. At any rate, this could be the most fun show of the summer, as both bands really know how to get you on your feet.
June 24 - The Varukers, Clit 45, Scarred for Life
(Mary Jane's Fat Cat)
Mary Jane's Fat Cat is a metal club?! This summer it seems it just may be. The Varukers play punk-influenced, snot-nosed metal with an attitude. Once again, you might get stomped.
June 24 - Marc Broussard
The son of Boogie Kings guitarist Ted Broussard, Lafayette, L.A.'s Marc Broussard was destined for a life as a music man. Combining an affinity for R&B alongside the traditional Cajun sounds of his home, he draws equal parts Otis Redding and Brian McKnight, alongside a sound similar to John Hiatt's or Dr. John's.
June 25 - Vans Warped Tour '05, featuring Avenged Sevenfold, the Explosion, Matchbook Romance, Strike Anywhere, the Offspring, Atreyu, From First to Lost, Dropkick Murphys, Hidden in Plain View, A.N.I.M.A.L., Bedouin Sound Clash, Fall Out Boy, the Starting Line, Plain White Ts, Senses Fail, Billy Talent, All-American Rejects, the Unseen, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Another Damn Disappointment, Honchie, J4, Max Cady, Zero Syndrome, MCR, Same Day Service, the Bled, Murdocks, Minority, No Use for a Name, Mourning Maxwell, Stutterfly, Strung Out, the Transplants, Tsunami Bomb, the Fabulous Rudies, MxPx, the Twenty Twos, Underoath, Thrice, Valient Thorr, the Matches and more
(Reliant Park)
Punk-rock it on down at the football field. Don't worry about descriptions for all these bands. Basically you're gonna power punk yourself right out at this one.
June 25 - Pansy Division, Rachel Sage, Sarah Pinkster & the Stalking Horses, Sophie B. Hawkins
(Houston Pride Festival)
With selections way more hip than a lot of our other festivals around town, the Houston Pride Festival seems to be bringing something for everyone. The power-pop punk of Pansy Division meets the singer-songwriter musings of Sophie B. Hawkins. Wow.
June 26 - Buckwheat Zydeco
(Hobby Center for the Performing Arts)
He's Buckwheat, dammit! Respect that. Houston is no stranger to this zydeco accordion pioneer from the swamps of Louisiana, who is guaranteed to rock the house.
June 29 - Alanis Morissette, Jason Mraz
(Jones Hall)
Something tells us that tonight is gonna get real emotional. Think light rock with an expressive edge.
July 4 - Clint Black, LeAnn Rimes
(Buffalo Bayou Park)
Clint Black kicked off the mass-market popularity of commercial country music back in the early '90s, but we won't hate him for that. He's actually one hell of an energetic songwriter who eschews all rules and brings equal parts pop and rock into his mix.
July 5 - Eisley, Lovedrug, Pilotdrift
Eisley is one of the hottest bands in the Dallas area. The Tyler, Texas, natives won Best New Band in the 2003 Dallas Observer music poll and have toured with acts like Coldplay and Ron Sexsmith.
July 8 - David Allan Coe
(Sam Houston Race Park)
One of the pioneering artists of the outlaw country movement of the '70s, Coe is a country-music cult figure.
July 9 and 10 - Alkaline Trio
(Engine Room)
This power-punk trio is gaining steam and getting big enough to merit two nights at the Engine Room.
July 15 - Cross Canadian Ragweed
(Sam Houston Race Park)
One of the hottest alt-country-rock bands in Texas, this relentless touring machine returns to Houston, one of its favorite cities, to rock the Sam Houston Race Park. They'll make you forget about all the money you lost.
July 16 - Easy Action
(Engine Room)
One of the hardest rock bands on the planet, Detroit's Easy Action is a raw, trashy combo. They're fronted by former Negative Approach/ Laughing Hyenas vocalist John Brannon, and you'll want to bring earplugs, as his primal scream has been known to pierce brains.


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FAA officials say the Hawker Beechcraft 390 jet landed at about 8:30 PM at Thomson-McDuffie Regional Airport in Thomson, near Augusta. It then ran off the end of the runway and crashed. Authorities say the flight had departed from Nashville.
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