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What to Look For As the Obama Detention/Interrogation Review Process Proceeds
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 10:50 am
I think the Obama administration is not likely to cede that authority back to the Congress.
– Dick Cheney, Dec. 15, 2008
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them.
– Barack Obama, Jan. 20, 2009
I was talking with a reporter friend last night about President Barack Obama's executive orders on detentions, interrogations and Guantanamo. We were simply amazed by how far Obama went in repudiating the Bush era — the CIA secret prisons: closed; extraordinary rendition: ended; Geneva Common Article 3: the "minimum baseline" for detainee treatment; Guantanamo: to be closed. If you're former Vice President Dick Cheney, and you view these orders alongside Obama's executive order on governmental transparency, you think right now the country has just lost its mind.
But it needs to be remembered, as Daphne suggested yesterday, that the orders aren't the end of the issue. They put in place a process for repudiating the Bush administration's apparatus of torture and detention. The journey, in other words, isn't over. And there are several things to watch for as the process unfolds by which we can judge how thoroughly the new Obama administration legal and policy architecture lives up to the promise of the executive orders. Here are a few questions, as best as I can determine them.
What's kept classified in the government-wide field manual on interrogation? This was an issue in yesterday's confirmation hearing with ret. Adm. Dennis Blair, Obama's nominee to become director of national intelligence. After affirming that he agrees with the executive order's mandate on harmonizing all interrogations in line with the Geneva Conventions-compliant Army field manual, Blair said he'd support keeping some specifics about the implementation of the Geneva-compliant techniques classified, although he promised that that wouldn't be a backdoor for the re-introduction of torture techniques. ("Not saying 'Here's the document, and then, just kidding, here's the real stuff.")
But implementation is important stuff. At Emptywheel, bmaz has been sounding the alarm that not everything in the 2006 rewrite of the Army field manual on interrogations is complaint with Geneva — in particular, a ten-page appendix known as Appendix M appears to go beyond the Geneva-based restrictions of the original field manual. This is something to watch for in the review. If the review merely assumes that everything in the field manual is Geneva-compliant, it may end up reaffirming a codification of torture. And beyond that, guidelines for performing, say, the field manual technique of "Pride And Ego Down" (that link goes to a section of the old, pre-2006 rewrite field manual) need to ensure that things don't get out of hand in the interrogation chamber.
What human-rights promises will the U.S. get from foreign governments? Part of the task force's mandate is to look at rendition. Rendition is the extra-judiciary transfer of a person in custody, different from post-conviction extradition, from one government to another. Under the Clinton and Bush administrations, that became expanded to a process known as extraordinary rendition, whereby transfer of detainees occurs to governments known to use torture. Typically, that process involves getting an assurance that there won't be any torture, but in practice, it's a cynical wink-and-nod maneuver to see no evil. The task force is mandated to review:
the practices of transferring individuals to other nations in order to ensure that such practices comply with the domestic laws, international obligations, and policies of the United States and do not result in the transfer of individuals to other nations to face torture or otherwise for the purpose, or with the effect, of undermining or circumventing the commitments or obligations of the United States to ensure the humane treatment of individuals in its custody or control.
White House officials said yesterday that while the original sense of the term 'rendition' may continue, the second won't. "There is not going to be rendition to any country that engages in torture," one official at a background briefing said.
But how will that be determined? Poland, we know now, hosted some of the CIA's secret detention facilities, where we know detainees were tortured. But the State Dept., even through that period, said that Poland didn't engage in torture. One of the president's most important counterterrorism advisers, John Brennan, has called rendition "absolutely vital." What will count as a determination that a country doesn't torture and is eligible to receive prisoners?
How long can the CIA hold detainees? The order is clear that the CIA is out of the secret-prisons business. But it does say that the prohibitions "do not refer to facilities used only to hold people on a short-term, transitory basis." Often, the CIA will be in a position of receiving detainees from partner intelligence services – cough Pakistan cough — before either detaining them itself or transfering them to military custody. The exemption here is probably designed to cover that, recognizing the reality that there will be times that CIA will simply have to have custody of detainees.
But for how long? What's "short-term"? A few days? A few hours? A few weeks? The order further says that all U.S. agents must give the Red Cross "notification of, and timely access to, any individual detained." But it's hard to imagine a circumstance in which the CIA will give the Red Cross access to just-captured detainees. During at least some period of time, these captures will be so-called "ghost detainees," as a practical measure. Additionally — although, if interrogations are harmonized across the government in line with Geneva, this may not be such an issue — what will happen to those detainees taken for interrogation in "temporary" CIA custody when no one is looking?
So those are some initial questions to watch for. But there's something else to consider. Let's assume there are some people in the Obama administration who want to, for whatever reason, roll back the promises made in the executive order. They've got a hard bureaucratic road to hoe. The White House counsel Greg Craig is pretty hawkish against torture. The heads of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, Dawn Johnsen and Marty Lederman, are too. As is the new Pentagon general counsel, Jeh Charles Johnsen. Positive signs on ending torture have come from the Attorney General-designate Eric Holder; the soon-to-be-heads of the intelligence community, Blair and Leon Panetta; and, of course, Obama himself. That's not to say bureaucratic obstacles can't be overcome. But it is to say that this is quite some firewall.
So I'll be watching this stuff with vigilance. (Hold me to that.) But the early indications are positive. Obama just might have meant what he said, to Cheney's horror, in his inaugural.
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Comment posted January 23, 2009 @ 9:05 am
Oh for God's sake. It's like progressives are determined that Things Will Be Bad. Obama won, but he's not as liberal as he should be! Well, he's pretty liberal, but he's appointing moderates! Well, he's going farther than we expected in shutting the Bush stuff down, but he'll try to sneak something through! Eek! Aah!
Comment posted January 23, 2009 @ 10:08 am
So now that Obama's elected I should stop reading the newspaper, huh? I mean, paying attention is apparently really cynical, right?
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Comment posted January 24, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
I agree that Obama's statement, and its decisive tone, was very encouraging. But while you suggest it includes "extraordinary rendition: ended," I ask when did he say this. You may rightly infer this from his statement, but I agree with Vincent Warren, Exec. Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights who, interviewed Friday on Democracy Now! , stated with regard to rendition:
"It's a tremendous problem, and I think it's a glaring hole. I think that one way that the Obama administration could have dealt a more decisive blow to the illegal Bush policies and even the rendition policy, which originated under Bill Clinton, is to specifically reference this and to say that we are going to disavow this policy, and we're going to make right the renditions that we've—that the government has done in the past, including to the Center for Constitutional Rights client, Maher Arar, who was kidnapped and sent to Syria, even though he was on his way to Canada. I think that the Obama administration, likely because of pressure from the CIA, in trying to get that team together, has waffled, and it's not engaged this issue yet. I am concerned that the Obama administration would even consider continuing this as a policy to effectuate the so-called war on terror or whatever it is he's going to call it."
Direct reference was never made by Obama to extraordinary rendition nor to how we will deal with prisoners in the other prisons in the War against Terror prison complex, like Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which holds even more detainees than Guantanamo. These issues need to be addressed not by implication, but in a clear statement of policy which unambiguously condemns the former practice and calls for investigations into violations of rights as in the case of Maher Arar; and includes the entire prison complex, not just Guantanamo, in a discussion of how the new administration will move forward.
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Comment posted February 17, 2009 @ 3:22 am
Bush took it to a new level but you people do understand Clinton started the ball rolling on rendition practice. Republicrats/Democans….different side of the same coin.
Like the bloods & crips but with suites on. Start voting for those non politician 3rd party candidates in the future if you want real change america.
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Bush took it to a new level but you people do understand Clinton started the ball rolling on rendition practice. Republicrats/Democans….different side of the same coin.
Like the bloods & crips but with suites on. Start voting for those non politician 3rd party candidates in the future if you want real change america.
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[...] The propaganda-fuel argument is at least straightforward. But — and I freely concede that this is speculative, occurring in the absence of information due to the statement's classified nature — how can al-Qaeda detainees learn how to evade questioning from descriptions of techniques that the Obama administration has forsworn? This is the sort of move that suggests that remnants of the so-called "enhanced interrogation" program are going to live on, speeches in Cairo promising new beginnings notwithstanding. Another thing to watch closely as the administration's interrogations and detentions review proceeds. [...]
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - If you or a loved one notice extra attention leaving the hospital, it's now part of the plan. The goal is to send someone home and keep him there in good health.
If the patient returns within 30 days because of a complication, the hospital could lose reimbursement money from Medicare depending on the number of patients readmitted.
The revolving door hospital door is a huge problem. Readmissions cost Medicare $17.5 billion a year. The agency says one out of five patients come back within 30 days.
Locally, Carolinas Medical Center and Presbyterian Hospital are among the 2200 hospitals nationwide being evaluated. The idea is to save money and increase quality of care.
"This is a good thing. We see Charlotte's most vulnerable," said Donald Jonas, Executive Director of Care Ring. His agency helps at-risk people find better healthcare and improve their quality of living. Care Ring's clients are those most likely to be re-admitted to hospitals.
"Potentially we could be a solution for the hospitals," said Jonas, referring to the programs and resources they offer. He said the challenge for hospitals and those in the medical community will be to find and sustain on-going care for those patients.
Part of the concern for hospitals is that they can't control what happens when a patient leaves. The fairness issues is one critique from the North Carolina Hospital Association
"I think that is a concern," said Don Dalton with the NCHA. "Each hospital serves a unique community," he said referring to the challenges more rural and urban areas face.
Kaiser Health News found the hospitals losing the most Medicare reimbursements serve high poverty areas.
The NCHA says avoiding penalties means more time and money spent helping those patients succeed at home.
"Hospital reimbursement is like a balloon. When one area is squeezed, something else has to stick out more," said Dalton.
Both CHS and Presbyterian have been working to prepare and say reducing re-admissions is a top priority.
It means more communication at every level, more community-based health. In other words, not just taking care of someone and declaring him well, then letting him go.
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The Arizona Cardinals Front Office continues to impress the league and their fans by being true to their word and being aggressive in the shortened Free Agency period. After a slow start, and fan losing patience waiting for news of the QB decision while watching FA QB's being signed by teams around the league, the word was finally passed that Philadelphia Eagles QB Kevin Kolb had been traded to Arizona for a 2nd round pick in the 2012 draft and starting CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The die had been cast, some fans agreed with the move, others wanted Denver Broncos QB Kyle Orton. The big question that remained was simply, "You have a QB, now who's next and how are you going to fill all of the other holes on the team?"
The Arizona Cardinals responded by being more active in three days time than they traditionally are in full Free Agency periods.The team recap: (source)
Key arrivals: Ex-Panthers UFA CB Richard Marshall, July 30; Ex-Eagles UFA LB Stewart Bradley, July 29; Traded for ex-Eagles QB Kevin Kolb, July 28 (Eagles get CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and second-round pick; Kolb agrees to new five-year contract worth $63 million with more than $20 million guaranteed); Ex-Packers UFA OG Daryn Colledge, July 29; Ex-Panthers UFA TE Jeff King, July 29; Ex-Ravens UFA TE Todd Heap, July 31, Ex-Eagle UFA ILB Stewart Bradley, July 29; Ex-Brown UFA OG Floyd Womack, July 30; Ex-Steeler UFA DE Nick Eason, July 30; Ex-Brown WR Chansi Stuckey, July 29; Traded for Ex-Redskin DE Vonnie Holliday, July 31 (Traded Tim Hightower and received Holliday and 6th round conditional draft pick).
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Key re-signings: UFA FB Reagan Maui'a, July 29; UFA TE Stephen Spach, July 29; UFA C Lyle Sendlein, July 29; UFA P Ben Graham, July 29; UFA S Hamza Abdullah, July 29; UFA CB Michael Adams, July 29; UFA OT D'Anthony Batiste, July 29; UFA C Ben Claxton, July 29; RFA WR Early Doucet, July 29; RFA OT Brandon Keith, July 29; UFA OG Deuce Lutui, July 31 (one year).
Unsigned players: FB Nehemiah Broughton (UFA), DT Keilen Dykes (UFA), OG Alan Faneca (UFA-retired), DE Kenny Iwebema (UFA), CB Trumaine McBride (RFA), TE Ben Patrick (UFA), NT Bryan Robinson (UFA), S Matt Ware (UFA), DT Gabe Watson (UFA), RB Jason Wright (UFA-retired).


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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - 4.6 million Texas students could see changes in their history books. The Texas Association of Educators met Thursday in Austin to discuss the curriculum draft. The board is in the preliminary stages of making these changes.
It's been over a decade since the Texas social studies curriculum was updated. Conservative and liberal critics say each group is taking the chance to rewrite history. This controversy leaves board member Bob Craig hoping politics will stay out of the curriculum changes. "We've gone nearly 12 years so it does need to be updated," says Craig by phone from Austin. He was at Thursday's meeting and says it is the first of many to update the state's K-12 social studies curriculum.
"I want to make sure we have a factual, fair and accurate representation of history and don't slant it," adds Craig. Missing from the pages of Texas history books are the 9-11 terror attacks, two wars, and two U.S. Presidents. Conservative and liberal critics each say the other is trying to rewrite history. Part of the controversy stems from the proposed changes in the drafts one of which refers to the United States as a republic instead of a democracy. Another requires students be able to identify prominent conservatives such as Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh.
One other proposed change would eliminate the word Christmas from school curriculum a word Craig says isn't going anywhere.
Craig's goal, keep to the historical facts. "I hope at the end of the day that we can keep political factors and influence out and stick to history itself and not to political persuasion one way or the other," adds Craig.
Texas Tech University history Professor Dr. Ron Milam expects to see students who complete the state's K-12 program in his classroom and encourages his students to learn the facts. "What happened, happened. It's our interpretations that may be different because of our political leanings but we try to fight out way through in our teaching and the way we approach our students," says Milam.
He teaches hundreds of Tech students and hopes politics doesn't shape his future student's curriculum. "I think if they are trying to paint an equal objectivity lens to use politics as measuring tool is not the way to do it," says Milam.
It will take months before the board decides what's printed on the history pages. Craig says that Texas is a large text book manufacturer for many other states so the board's final decision will impact students from across the country. This is a preliminary round of hearings. The board will meet in October and hopes to have a first reading of the proposed changes in January.
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Yes, this is a decades spanning love story set in Britain, so we're not surprised the forthcoming soundtrack to Lone Scherfig's "One Day" reflects that, but man, we definitely had a time warp/flashback when we saw James was on this thing. It has been a long time since we heard those guys.
Anyway, spanning seventeen tracks -- with four dedicated to Rachel Portman's score -- the forthcoming soundtrack to the Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess vehicle is appropriately dated to a certain time and place. Tears For Fears ("Sowing The Seeds Of Love"! Total guilty pleasure), Black Grape (remember those dudes?), Primal Scream, Fatboy Slim, Tricky and Robbie Williams will easily fill the nostalgia quotient with tunes that you likely listened to on your Discman. Meanwhile, Elvis Costello keeps things fresh as he kicks off the disc with a new tune, "Sparkling Day" (and also submits older track "Tear Off Your Own Head" as well).
"One Day" will make hearts swoon on August 19th and if you like what you hear in the film, you can pick up the soundtrack the following Tuesday on August 23rd. Full tracklisting below. [Film Music Reporter]
"One Day" Soundtrack Tracklisting
1. Sparkling Day – Elvis Costello
2. Roll To Me – Del Amitri
3. Aftermath – Tricky
4. Reverend Black Grape – Black Grape
5. Born Of Frustration – James
6. Rocks – Primal Scream
7. Praise You – Fatboy Slim
8. Rhythm of the Night – Corona
9. Angels – Robbie Williams
10. Life Is A Rollercoaster – Ronan Keating
11. Sowing The Seeds Of Love – Tears For Fears
12. Joy – Francois Feldman
13. Tear Off Your Own Head – Elvis Costello
14. One Day Main Titles – Rachel Portman
15. Wedding Chorus – Rachel Portman
16. July 15th – Rachel Portman
17. We Had Today – Rachel Portman
Helen | February 9, 2012 4:04 PM
Does anyone know the piano song which is played in the movie (e.g. at the end, after their kiss and good bye). Thank you so much!
TraceyMarie | November 21, 2011 2:44 PM
The song is 'Sparkling Day' Elvis Costello :)
Rachel | September 25, 2011 6:15 AM
Does anyone know which song was played at the end of the movie?
Because it doesn't seem to be included in the list?!
finda | September 3, 2011 12:24 PM
Agree with A-K87. Loved the soundtrack and pretty much everything else but that monumentally dodgy accent by Anne Hathaway kept jarring me out of the film whenever I felt some kind of emotional draw towards the story.
Whoever was in charge of casting made a serious judgement error. I know it seems small but i found it incredibly distracting.
Emily | August 1, 2011 10:19 AM
I was hoping Billy Bragg's St. Swithin's Day would make an appearance ... perhaps just not on the soundtrack album.
I was also expecting more '90s UK pop.
A-K87 | August 1, 2011 7:26 AM
Tricky-Aftermath is one of my all time favourites.
The music is perfect but I wish Hathaway TRIED to do Yorkshire accent. Her 'generic' Austen/Bronte BBC adaptations accent is not representative of the Leeds lass presented by Nicholls.


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I've been a Broncos' Fan since the day they drafted Randy Gradishar. I watched alot more College Football than I do today, but I thought Gradishar was the Best MLB to come out of College that year (1974)...I still think he was the Best MLB of his era in the NFL.
Anyway, today I had to go to funeral, an Uncle, on my Mother's side, had passed away. It was a solemn time with an Air Force Honor Guard, which was very well done & made me proud to be an American... he was a Pilot during WW2. A reception at one of my cousins' house followed, and I wore my Broncos AFC Conference Champions Cap.
I received a few barbs which I expected, but my reply was 'They Are My Team!' I had the opportunity to meet some people I didn't know and I shared how I became a Broncos Fan & have stayed with them through the good times as well as the bad. This season was one of the Good Times though the Ending was a disappointment. I know I can speak for all Broncos' Fans...I never saw this one coming. I thought it would be a tough game, but that we would be able to score on a very good Defense, but, as we all know, it didn't happen and we, as fans, were stunned.
We also had the privilege of watching a truly historic season, brought about by a man, who, 2 years ago didn't know if he would ever be able to play again. PFM had the best season of his lengthy career & aided by those around him, got the Broncos to the SB...30 other Teams didn't make the trip!
Along the Way To The SB, we lost Champ for most of the Season, and we did lose: Ryan Clady, Von Miller, Rahim Moore, Chris Harris Jr., Big Vick & Derek Wolfe...All Starters and mostly on Defense, save for Clady. Injuries that would have put lesser Teams into the 'more losses than wins' category, but this Team persevered.
We had some key FA signings: DRC, Vasquez, Welker, Pot Roast, Phillips with Mincey coming in late season...These acquisitions are encouraging as they illustrate that the FO...JFE...is tending to business. I think we had a pretty good draft, beginning with Sly Williams, who was pushed into a starter role after Big Vic went down and I think he played well for a Rookie...IMO, he will only get better and we should have one of the best Interior DL in the League next season.
For those who have access to NFL Rewind, I recommend re-watching the Broncos' v Skins if you want to see a Dominant Defense. We played Smash-Mouth with a relatively full roster and we were very good. Point being here is that we did have the Players to be Top Defense in the League. We lost so much, but never gave up. I think Props are due to JFE, Coach Fox & Del Rio for making the most out what they had to work with...Certainly there are lessons to be learned and the SB should give the FO & Coaching Staff a clear indication of the direction we need to go to complete the Journey next Season. The NFC West is a very tough division and we need to show that we can compete at that level. I have confidence that all this is not lost on JFE, HC Fox & his staff...I think there is always room for improvement insofar as the Players are concerned but also for the Coaching Staff...Take this Loss, hard as it is, and learn from it...You are smart Men or you wouldn't be where you are today.
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Smartphone speed tests are the latest home to a scandal over unscrupulous performance enhancers. According to AnandTech, Samsung, HTC, LG, and Asus have all altered some of their devices so that they will perform unusually well during popular benchmarks, which are often included alongside in-depth device reviews. Aside from Motorola and Apple, AnandTech writes that "literally every single [device manufacturer]" they work with has shipped or is currently shipping a phone that inflates its scores. Despite the broad statement, AnandTech only lists a few specific names, and it also appears to exclude Nexus and Windows Phone devices.
The performance gains were slight
The revelation shouldn't mean much to consumers: benchmarks are by-and-large an arbitrary measurement of raw performance, and not a measurement of how well a phone actually runs in day-to-day use. But they're nonetheless a tool that reviewers and some shoppers use when assessing a phone's capabilities, and it seems that these manufacturers may be hoping to give themselves an edge. That practice reportedly isn't present across the board, however. While on certain tests, such as AnTuTu, AnandTech found that every company listed was inflating its scores, it found that on other tests, such as Geekbench 3, only a single device appeared to be inflating them.
Phone manufacturers' methods of doing this appear to be fairly simple: the operating system detects when a specific benchmark is running, and then tells the device's processor to immediately begin performing at its top speed. Overall, AnandTech says that it doesn't even add up to much. It saw a 0 to 5 percent improvement on CPU speed, and for devices that also altered GPU speeds, no higher than a 10 percent improvement on those benchmarks. Benchmark manufacturers are reportedly now looking to outsmart devices — many by simply renaming their apps — but buyers will have to take their scores with an even larger helping of salt than usual until it's clear that these tests can't be bested.
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Well, it is finally here, Community has returned to television once more after yet another extended hiatus. Jeff, Annie, Britta, Troy, Abed, Shirley, and Pierce have come back for their senior year, but in true Community fashion, things will get weirder before they get…um…less weird. The premiere episode of season four, directed by Tristram Shapeero and written by Andy Bobrow, titled "History 101" sees the study group encounter their first crisis of the year when Jeff reveals he only needs one more history credit to graduate… but he has to fight for it.
Greendale is a strange community college, so the part where the only way to get into a class called the History of Ice Cream is to retrieve a red ball by taking part in a series of skill-based challenges based off of The Hunger Games is pretty much par for the course. This all transpires when the group learns that Jeff has taken some classes on the sly and only needs one more history credit before he can graduate and go back to his legal career: this doesn't sit well with the group.
As Jeff competes in feats of skill, the other study group members deal with their apprehension of facing their last year in different ways. Annie and Shirley decide to catch "Senioritis" and play a prank on the Dean, Troy and Britta decide to make wishes in the school fountain, Pierce struggles to come up with a joke regarding all the balls Jeff is going after, and Abed, naturally, retreats into his mind to the world of a more traditional sitcom, complete with a laugh track, where everything will stay the same for the group forever.
Community is known for a couple of reasons: the genre-bending homages/parodies that they frequently make use of, and the fun character dynamics. This episode does an adequate job of showing how most of the characters are doing, excepting Pierce and Shirley who are not given much to do. Annie is dreading a life of drudgery as a hospital administrator, Troy and Britta are enjoying their new relationship but are still tentative about it, Abed is terrified of the inevitable changes that being a senior implies, the Dean is still the Dean, and Jeff still wants nothing more than to graduate and slip back into the life that was taken from him, but he also wants to stay close to the friends he has made.
This episode also shows development in two of the show's romantic pairings. Troy and Britta seem to be in some sort of relationship, they are shown holding hands in front of the group, but how far along the two are is unknown. To quote the inimitable Jeff Winger regarding the state of their relationship: "well, that's progressing." Jeff and Annie may finally be on the road towards something other than making eyes at each other from across the table, as their usual flirtatious banter seems to have been amped up a bit in this episode. Annie is also the most excited when it seems that Jeff did something thoughtful, and the most disappointed when it seems he will be graduating early.
"History 101" combines elements from Inception, The Hunger Games, clichéd sitcoms over-reliant on laugh-tracks, and Saturday morning cartoons (yes, there is more animation) into something only Community would attempt to do. The results are hit and miss, though definitely enjoyable. The Inception-style structure to delve into the strange mind of Abed Nadir was very clever and very effective, but the material within the levels of his consciousness wasn't all that funny, though there was a solid payoff toward the end. The Hunger Games element of this episode was very funny, but underused and wasn't tied in well enough with what was going on with the other study group members, aside from it involving Jeff.
There is a pair of new developments towards the end that indicate what we will be seeing from the non-study-group regular characters this year. Stop reading now and skip to the next paragraph if spoilers are not your thing. Chang is shown wandering around with a blank expression on his face with a note saying he has "changnesia." So expect to see his usual unhinged presence to become even crazier this season then the last, though hopefully they only use the character in small doses this year. Dean Pelton, the Dalmatian fetishist and Jeff Winger admirer, seems to have bought a new condominium next to everyone's favorite disbarred lawyer: Jeff Winger. Hijinks will most definitely ensue.
Community is back, and that is just fantastic. "History 101" is a good episode, but not a standout one, and one that shows a lot of promise for the fourth, and probably the last, season of the show. Dan Harmon may not be back, but Community is, and it looks like we are going to have a good thirteen episodes, even if they are starting a few months later than I would have liked.
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In an emotional day in San Diego, the Chargers have officially retired the number 55 from the organization.
Before the home opener against the Tennessee Titans today, Charger great Dan Fouts gave a speech and retired 55 from the team. In honor of Seau's passing, and in memorial to his great years in San Diego.
Seau spent 13 years with the Chargers, 12 of which he was elected to the Pro Bowl.
He was a very active member in the San Diego community even after leaving the team. His impact on the team was both emotional, and statistical in nature. Everyone felt his warm and friendly presence within the team, and was wowed by his magnificent achievements on the field.
He will be always missed by his family, organization, and fan base. He was a great football player and and even better human being.
This season is no doubt a tribute to Seau and what he has done for this team.
The number 55 is on a banner in Qualcomm Stadium right next to Dan Fouts'. In addition, the number 55 was also painted on the turf of Qualcomm stadium. He will forever be remembered now as a San Diego Charger. Now he can be with the team and watch over them as the team looks to make a run at the Super Bowl.
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Yasin Cisse was penalized for interference as the horn sounded at the end of the first period, and it seemed as if BU would be able to kill off the minor penalty as they controlled play for the middle of Boston College's ensuing power play. But Bill Arnold put back his own rebound with just one second left on the power play to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead at 18:01 and Cisse left the box early for the second time on the night.
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The University of Texas will spend $9 million on its new football coach in 2014. That amount is more than the $7 million being paid to Alabama's Nick Saban, but it does not make Coach Charlie Strong the highest paid coach in college football. Some of the cash will go to the school Strong is leaving in order to move to Austin.
As a landscaping crew cleared away old ground cover that had grown up along the U.T. athletic complex, another renovation project was also underway Monday morning. It involved a backroom teleconference with the University Of Texas Board Of Regents. With everyone on line, the Board went into a closed door Executive Session. About an hour later, the Board opened the meeting and voted on a contract for new football coach Charlie Strong. University President Bill Bowers called it an exciting day.
"I'll just say we have the right coach on the right terms to move forward," said President Powers.
On paper, the 5 year contract is one of the largest of its kind in college football. The base pay totals $25.4 million when you factor in an annual 100-grand pay raise after the first year. Along with that Strong gets an academic bonus up to $150,000 if his players do well in class. A Conference Championship and a major bowl are worth just over a half million dollars. There's cash for getting awards for coaching. And also bonuses for finishing the season ranked in the Top 10 or better in the Polls.
Strong has the potential of making up to $30 million over the life of the 5 year deal.
The contract does not include a traditional buyout clause, but there is one linked to assistant coaches who may leave if the coach is lured away.
"We get compensated for any liability that we have on those and that could be several, several million dollars," said Powers.
Coach Strong already has a buyout with the school he is leaving. That's why the University of Texas is paying the University of Louisville $4.3 million. All of the money will be generated by revenue from the Athletic Department, which is why it's important that people continue to fill the stands when the season kickoff.
"I honestly think that if coaches make that much, players should be paid too," said UT Senior Meagan Bluestein.
Other students, like Freshman Sam Wicoff, say the amount of the contract is the price for winning.
"I think a college football coach should make that much money, if they are good," said Wicoff.
Juan Cortez, a Senior, hopes all the money will mean an improved record and focus at the Athletic Department.
"If he can change it, we'll see in the future if he was really worth it," said Cortez.
The hiring of Strong initially didn't sit well for at least one top booster. Red McCombs, who has his name on part of DKR Stadium and on the business school, has apologized for his comments. McCombs called a San Antonio sports talk radio show after Strong was hired and said he'd make a good assistant coach, or maybe a coordinator, but not a head coach.
"I think that's behind us, and there's always going to be comments one way or the other, Red is a great supporter UT and we'll move forward," said President Powers.
With the spring semester getting underway Strong will start the New Year like many on campus with a clean slate and high expectations.
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Set in the evocative Castelli Romani area of the Alban hills southeast and within sight of the Eternal City, Frascati is the source of the white wine that floats down much of Roman food. Our attention was captured by the Boston visit of Mauro Merz, Director of Winemaking of Fontana Candida, Frascati's major producer. He was accompanied by Tiziana Mori, Foreign Minister of Gruppo Italiano Vini, and by tasting samples to illustrate the breadth and longevity of the wines.
Frascati, however, has been under dual attack: from encroaching suburbia and by the fallout of a vinous Gresham's law. Like too many other wines, its own popularity led to overproduction of a dilute product that sullied its image. Concerted efforts to counter these threats during recent years are providing better and more interesting wines. The charge is in large part led by Fontana Candida (which means "pure source" or "pure fountain" and supported by suitable legend). Founded in 1958, acquired by Gruppo Italiano Vini in 1986, Fontana Candida produces 4O percent of the zone's DOC wine, and is virtually the only presence in our market. Starting in 2OOO, winery equipment and techniques were modernized, and five years later a program of improved viticulture was set in motion. Fontana Candida owns 62 acres of vines, farms another 24O, has long-term contracts covering 1235 additional acres, and produces a total of about 25O,OOO cases of Frascatis each year. The entire DOC contains 3212 acres of vines tended by 65O growers. There are 35 wineries in the zone.
Wine production here dates back 2OOO years and more. The Roman villa of Lucullus (c. 117 to 56 BCE), famous general and gastronome, was located in Frascati. The name of the town and zone, and eventually of the wine, came from the frascata, "brushwood", used to build huts, and then the symbol for the local wine. The Romans carried this custom to Britain, where a bush adorning a pub's frontage indicated the availability of wine. The traditional squat bottle, the frascatana, was recreated by Fontana Candida 5O years ago, and renamed for Giovanni Bernini, the 17th-century sculptor of the fountains of Rome. It is used for Terre dei Grifi, one of the winery's Frascati.
Frascati's volcanic soil is rich in minerals, notably potassium, but lacking in chalk. Dry, warm, sunny summers extend into October. Maritime breezes reach the hills, even if risen marine soils do not. Older vines and limited yields of very ripe, perfectly healthy, hand-harvested fruit are emphasized. The wines are made from varying blends of grapes. In days of yore, they were field blends, and were often sweet, sometimes fizzy. The informing character is provided by malvasia del Lazio, abetted by malvasia di Candia, greco, and, perhaps, bombino bianco, trebbiano toscano, bellone, trebbiano giallo, and international varieties. The first three are of Greek ancestry; bombino is probably originally Spanish. The international group is not favored at Fontana Candida. Neither is trebbiano toscano, we are told, but it appears in many of the wines.
Winemaker Merz individually designs the fermentation process for each of his wines. Scion of a Trentino family of vintners, trained at the Istituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige in Trento, he has been at Fontana Candida since 2OO1. The Frascati Superiore Secco undergoes conventional white wine fermentation, then is kept in stainless steel under nitrogen to preserve fresh fruitiness until bottling. The Santa Teresa's malvasia has a twelve-hour cold maceration on the skins before fermentation. The fermentation of Luna Matter, a new premium Frascati, is a complex tripartite affair in acacia wood, created to enhance bouquet and floral and honeyed flavors, elegance rather than rusticity. Other than this acacia phase, all the wines are contained in stainless steel and kept cool prior to bottling. Malolactic fermentation is avoided to maximize enlivening acidity.
Now let's address the three lines of wines I tasted with Mauro Merz. Frascati Superiore Secco 2O1O ($1O) might be called the base wine. From the two malvasias and trebbiano toscano grown in a number of hillside sites in the zone, this is a light, fresh, fragrant, delicate wine of good balance, texture and fruit. How nice that someone can make two million bottles of such a pleasant and painlessly priced wine.
Vigneto Santa Teresa Frascati Superiore is a wine of a single 32-acre south-facing vineyard at elevation 985 feet. The vines, which average 3O years of age, provide the two malvasias, trebbiano toscano, and greco through selective pickings. Although 1OO,OOO bottles are produced annually, the wine is not yet available in the US. For a wine like Frascati, supposedly for early drinking, this is remarkably durable, as the 2OO4, 2OO1 and 1997 vintages convincingly demonstrate. They have more color, more herbal fragrance, substance, minerality, and length than the foregoing.
The 1997 may not dance as fast as its younger siblings, but it is a mellow drink. All three are fine, yet they retain a rewarding natural edge.
Luna Mater Frascati Superiore ($23) is made from strictly selected two malvasias, greco and bombino of vines averaging 5O years of age, growing between 65O and 13OO feet. Only 5OOO bottles are produced now. A tenfold increase is hoped for. I tasted the 2O1O (not yet released), 2OO9, 2OO8, and 2OO7 (the first) vintages. Soft and richly textured, floral, balanced, long, these are suave wines. A bit of pleasant tannin remains from the skin contact. The ample alcohol is well cushioned by the fruit. The 2OO7 remains fresh and fine. Luna Mater means "mother moon". Despite the attempted explanation, I really haven't a clue why it bears that name.
Even the Italians, notoriously averse to white wines more than a couple of years old, are appreciative of the gracefully aging Santa Teresa and Luna Mater.


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Hey there Cards fans,
I have a question for you: Why are YOU a Cardinals fan?
Let me begin by saying that I am by no means a Cardinals hater. I am not here to bash you. In fact, I am not a fan of any NFL team. I have yet to gain a genuine emotional attachment with any of the 32 teams that exist in the NFL. So, I have nothing against the Cardinals. I'm just curious as to why the members of this community cheer for the Cardinals.
Understandably, many of you will be fans because the Cardinals happen you be your hometown team. You may live in the city, state, or region, and as such they have been what you've always known. However, I'm sure there are plenty others who don't know the first thing about Arizona, but choose to cheer for the Cardinals.
I could have asked my question to any of the communities of the other NFL teams, but I happened to choose this forum. In the coming days, Broncos "fans" will pop up left, right, and center, thanks to the Peyton Manning signing. The Cardinals went after Manning, and missed, and I trust that you fans that are on this site and will read this are truly loyal fans.
From an outsider's perspective, the Cards are an unfortunate team. Outside of their Super Bowl-run season a few years back, I can't think of any good-let alone great-Cardinals seasons. Yet, I can't help but think that this team has some serious fans. What keeps drawing you guys and girls in after each and every down season?
Maybe it's my inability to cope with pain and defeat that has prevented me from finding a true love in the NFL. I don't understand how some can seemingly deal with this agony for years and years. Or, maybe I just have commitment issues. Nonetheless, I am impressed that some fans, such as you, remain loyal even when your teams do not consistently find success.
If you take offense to this post, I'm sorry. I don't mean to insult Cards fans by any measure. I just want to know why you all are fans and how you all do it. In short, what keeps you coming back and supporting your team?


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The back and forth talk about Alex Smith is never-ending.
Last week against the Bills, Smith passed for a season high 303 yards and 3 touchdowns, set a new franchise-record of 621 total yards, and made NFL history being the first team to achieve 300 yards passing and 300 yards rushing in a single game.
Expectations were extremely and unrealistically high for the 49ers heading into week 6. Almost as if fans and sports media were unaware that the match up was against Eli Manning and the Giants who often play better on the road than they do at home.
After outscoring their opponents 79-3 in the two previous games, the Niners were defeated 26-3 in the face-off with the Giants. When Smith did not deliver in the same way he had the week prior everyone was already set on writing him off yet again.
I can't tell you how many times I hear commentators, journalists, and fans criticize Alex Smith for having no talent. They say he's nothing but a game manager who is not great at anything and has done nothing for the 49er organization.
Even when the team is successful attribution is never headed in Smith's direction.
First of all, he was the #1 overall pick in the 2005 draft. A draft that let's not forget, included Aaron Rodgers. Clearly he must have some talent.
No, I cannot say that Alex Smith is exceptional in one aspect of the game... because he excels in so many. He has a solid arm, on-point accuracy, is quick on his feet, and it's rare to see interceptions or fumbles.
To the people that say he has done nothing for the organization: that was true when he couldn't play because of shoulder surgery, was being taken in and out of the line up, and seemingly having a new offensive coordinator every week.
Then, who could forget Mike Singletary who openly had no faith in Smith's ability. The famous line "You gotta have a quarterback," by Singletary in an interview after his being fired was the culmination of Singletary's lack of confidence in his starter.
Jim Harbaugh saw he had a quarterback in Smith and has helped to develop him in all aspects of the game. Harbaugh has given Smith the confidence he needs to move forward and be an athlete that can take his team to the next level.
Harbaugh has been working Colin Kaepernick into the offense and giving him more and more snaps as the season goes on. This is good for the team at times, but if they want Smith to maintain a certain level of confidence and play well, Kaepernick shouldn't be put in the offense on 3rd down situations.
The 49ers have a historically winning franchise and understandably a quarterback is the primary piece of the puzzle a team needs to win. Alex Smith can do it, and I genuinely believe he will. His numbers will speak for themselves.
Smith and the 49ers have a short week going into the Thursday night game against the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. Fresh off of the 24-23 win over the Patriots and the Niners rough loss to New York, Seattle will have a solid mindset going into Thursday.
Don't give up hope on the Niners just yet. Smith is turning into the "Franchise Quarterback" that 49ers have been in need of, and that's the guy that needs to show up on Thursday.


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Click on the Advanced Interface button at the bottom of the Global GIS Tools window. You will notice the additional tools now at the top of your computer screen.
Make major cities the active theme by clicking once on it. Clear any previous city selections .
Make earthquakes the active theme by clicking once on it. Clear any previous earthquake selections .
Under the Theme pull-down menu, press "Select By Theme" to discover how many earthquakes are within 50 kilometers of major cities.
Examine the resulting earthquake table . Look in the upper left of your computer screen.
As you move around the map, notice the latitude and longitude values to the upper right of the view (map) window.
Zoom to the earthquakes at 36.91 north latitude and 121.65 west longitude. Set the scale to 1:10,000. There will be two earthquakes at this exact spot.
Click on "Global GIS Help" in Global GIS Tools. Go to "Datasets" and select the earthquakes theme.
Based on this information, go back to your map and examine the time when the three earthquakes occurred. List the earthquakes below in the order of their occurrence.
Drag a new search radius – a circle -- from these two earthquakes until the circle just touches the Pacific coastline. This should be a 13 kilometer search radius, and the number 13 should appear in the kilometers field.
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Hey there Dong,
Not sure if this is still the case, but years ago while touring some guitar factories in the Mactan area it seems they spoke of their local models and their export quality models. maybe someone like Rhoody who has been around there for a while has some input on the export quality ones. I am a mandolin player and recently purchased an Eastman MD515.
hi there Dong!
There are indeed some serious luthiers in Mactan & they make superb guitars. One that I deal with is Ferangeli Guitars owned by a 3rd generation guitar maker by the name of Andoy. Andoy Dagoc is the only Filipino luthier that is recognized in Spain. Some of the top Classical Spanish guitars sold in Spain have their origins in Andoy's humble workshop. If you make a trip to Cebu, make it a point to visit Ferangeli Guitars in Mactan, I'm sure you will fall in love with one of his guitars & take it home.
I bought a classical guitar at Mactan some years ago. Solid top, but made out of local wood, Nice finish and appearence but terrible tone. Brought it back to Australia as well as another one made from the wood of the jackfruit tree but with the intense heat here in Australia they soon cracked. They can make nice looking guitars but have never heard one that plays sweetly or even nice. They are just guitars made for the average Filipino to strum on, or to sell to tourists. Just about every filipino house has one hanging on the wall and the occupants will strum on them to occompany their singing. They used to build turtle shell guitars, but they are banned here and probably in the Philippines also. Terrible sound but great talking point. Poor turtles. Personally I have a Yamaha, set up for flamenco and happy with the quality and sound. I doubt that you will find a guitar made in the Philippines that comes up to the standard you require.
Is electric guitar better than acoustic guitar?
Thanks for the replies.
I gave up on finding an affordable Philippine made guitar that has high quality construction and good sound/playability.
I did find a Samick dealer on the 4th floor of SM City Manila, over on San Marcelino st. And, I bought a "Gregg Bennett" OM-5. It's got a solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, with grover tuners.
To me, it's very well made, and cheap enough at 8,000 pesos, set up with quality strings and a padded gig bag.
The neck is comfy, action is good, plus it's got a "stepped bridge" and the intonation is perfect.
Not the best sounding piece I've ever held, but could easily compete with most I've tried in the $500 and below price range.
It's got a pretty good finish, with sound hole rosette and it's the smaller Orchestra body style.
So do most of the Makati music stores have new or used acoustic and electric guitars by Yamaha or Epiphone available?
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Guitar Makers???? There are a lot of tourist bus lining up at the different guitar stores in Cebu... Its located at the streets of Abuno, Lapu-Lapu City Cebu...a few minutes away from the Mactan International Airport. Its one of famous Guitar destination in the Philippines, they have different kinds of guitars there made from different hard woods...you can also do made to order.
The music stores here in Metro Manila usually don't ever deal in used instruments.
I've only found a few Yamaha nylon string classical style guitars.
I saw a Godin arch top acoustic in Makati, but it was priced at 25,000 pesos. It had the off set f sound holes, and looked really cool. I had a hollow body electric bass years ago, that I really liked made by Godin. I actually considered pulling the trigger on the arch top, even though it was more than double what I planned to spend.
But after sitting down with it a few times I decided against it. It had a real mellow tone, and I just couldn't get into the sound when playing lead riffs on it. It wasn't made for that anyway I guess, since an arch top acoustic really needs heavy gauge strings to get the top moving enough to bring out it's true tone, and my fingers aren't tough enough anymore for heavy strings.
Then I found some low end Ovations. But in my opinion, they were over priced, and the salesman didn't want to haggle with me.
I saw one Gibson "Kramer" acoustic for 4,000 pesos, but it sounded really flat. I guess it's made for the Chinese market.
I saw several Ibanez electrics, and acoustics including jazz boxes, but they were all made in China, the hardware is really cheezy, and they just seemed cheap and over priced.
Yes I know Mactan and Lumanog are famous Philippine made guitars, and most are inexpensive and made with beautiful hardwoods.
For a musician looking to actually play the instrument, there are other factors to consider. Namely sound, playability, durability and price. I'd rather play a beat up guitar with a hole knocked in the top, that has great tone, than a pretty guitar made to hang on the wall.
And so would this guy-
Tourist buses lining up at a music store isn't an indicator of a quality music instrument, since tourists are usually looking for a pretty, cheap guitar as a souvenir, and couldn't care less about sound and playability.
Thanks for the post though. I'll def check them out if I'm ever in Cebu, but after my Lumanog experience, I won't be making a special trip.


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So the Panthers are 0-3. Humbug. That's not the place we wanted to be 3 weeks ago. "3-0 is a whole lot better than being 0-3." Even John Fox will agree to that. However, there are things to hope for if you're a Panthers fan. The Panthers problems have all the potential in the world to have a successful offense and thus a successful team.
Think about it. How much has our offense really changed in the last year. Our offensive line? The only new untested guy in there is the Geoff Schwartz, and even he'll be replaced by Otah once we come back from the bye week. Our running backs? We still have two of the best backs in the league. Our wideouts? Number 89 still here, and even though Moose is gone can we really say he's a god among men when compared to the young guys we have now?
My point is this. The key cogs of our offense are still here from the end of 2009. Remember? When we slaughtered the Favre led Vikings and the New York Football Giants by a combined 67 points in back-to-back games? In my eyes, this offense is a sleeping giant. We have so much potential hidden deep inside our team that threatens to break out and shock the NFL at any given moment. We're like a muscleman in a straightjacket, lashing out and tearing to pieces anyone that twitches in just that perfect way, returning into the corner of that white, cushion-covered room and garbling through white foam about the glorious days of times long since past.
So beware Saints. Beware. You may come into this game thinking you have an easy win. But here in Carolina, we decide when it's time for us to win or lose. We are the guardian of our fates. We gave those games to the Giants, the Bengals, and the Bucs. As charity for forsaken teams. No. No. No one has beaten Carolina yet this season, we've been busy beating ourselves. We're a team searching for a spark, a defining moment where all doubt disappears and a team realizes their true greatness.
And where better than against the Super Bowl champions themselves?
The Saints are a 4-3 defense built to provide pressure on the opposing QB. As such, the Panthers have an advantage against the Saints in running the football. While the Saints give up an average of 145 rushing yards per game, 30th in the league, the Panthers in the darkest straits still manage to average in the middle of the league in running the football at just under 98.3 yards per game. Their passing defense is a little bit better, just above average in the league at allowing 217.3 yards per game for the 15th ranking in the league. I fully expect the Panthers to attack the Saints with a heavy dose of Smash and Dash, and hope that we can revive the running game from last year.
Our keys to the offense are as follows.
Don't beat yourself! Clean up those turnovers!
It's far past time for the Panthers to stop fumbling the ball all over the field. Interceptions and fumbles, those are what have killed us our last 3 games. Our defense is under-performing simply because the other team has had the ball given to the other team so many times by our offense. With a renewed emphasis towards the running game to exploit the weakness of the Saints in addition to a dryer field, I fully expect that to change.
Establish the running game.
Forget passing for the moment. Unless the Saints do something ridiculous like stack 9 men in the box like the Bengals did last week, there will be a big opportunity for the Panthers to establish their running game. We need to get back to dominating the line of scrimmage and blocking on the second level. There were some encouraging signs near the end of the game against the Bengals, but we can't wait till the game is out of reach to start playing again. Our line needs to penetrate and block those linebackers, and Tony Fiametta needs to make sure he gets his blocks off. If you give him a hole, Deangelo Williams can make some plays. We all remember when Double Trouble combined for over 2,000 yards last year. It's not too late to do it again.
Respect the Pickle.
When the Saints inevitably stack the box with 8 or 9 men, we have to start getting the 1st downs. Remember, Jimmy Clausen wasn't brought into Carolina to be a star. That may change next year if John Fox goes and we get a pass-happy OC as our new head coach, but until Fox leaves the running game is going to be the bread and butter of this offense. We have to keep putting Jimmy Clausen into 3rd and manageable situations and give him a decent play to run. There are a lot of simple plays though that a rookie can run to gain big chucks of yardage when the middle is stacked. The RB screen for instance, and the slant route to Steve Smith for instance. Simple plays that have a high completion percentage. And as we are successful, the box will start to loosen up a little bit, and that's when our running backs can get back to making those big chucks of yardage they were so famous for next year.
Finally, it's not too late to turn this season around. But we have to hit on a hot streak, and fast. Remember, football is a game of momentum. When the Panthers made the Super Bowl in 2003, they did it because Jake Delhomme brought the team out of the dumps. If they can pull ourselves out of the kitchen for a moment and start playing like men, the Panthers can win this game.
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With the Giants only having one-two million to spend left to spend this offseason, there are a couple of free agents that can fill that salary. I am pretty sure that there is some dough set aside for Matt Cain, but there is not much money left. The Giants might be done dealing for players any way, but these are two moves I feel that are still in the realm for Sabean and the Giants considering their payroll.
Sign Ryan Ludwick
Ludiwick might not be much of an upgrade over Cody Ross, but he has more potential and upside then Ross has at this point in his career. Ludwick hit .237 with 13 homeruns, and 75 RBI's in nearly 140 games for the Pirates and Padres last year. Note that PNC Park and Petco Park are known as pitchers parks, telling us that he will clearly be able to hit at At&T Park.
Back in 2008 he hit 37 home runs for the Cardinals, which leads me to think that he still has some pop left in his bat. Last year he made approximately seven million, which I expect to decrease by about three to four million for the team that decides to offer him a contract. Point is, the Ludwick has the upside to rack up 70-90 RBI's which is something the Giants desperately need, and he might come at a relatively cheap price compared to other free agents such as Carlos Beltran or Michael Cuddyer.
Trade: Trade one to two and Jeremy Affeldt prospects to the Marlins for Emilio Bonifcaio
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