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Pioneer Metal Finishing Acquires Nimet Industries09/13/2010
Pioneer Metal Finishing is proud to announce the acquisition of Nimet Industries located in South Bend, IN. The acquisition marks Pioneer's seventh location and represents a firm foundational block in the company's growth plan. Nimet has an impressive track record and is recognized for its unique Nituff® and NiCoTef® processes. Nimet's commitment to exceptional quality and superior customer service matches Pioneer's cultural mantras. The new acquisition will be known initially as a division of Pioneer and will continue to offer proprietary products such as Nituff®, NiCoTef® and Anografics® as well as Type II and III anodizing, electroless nickel, conversion coatings and precision masking. Nimet's processes will be available across Pioneer's other facilities to all Pioneer customers. Expanding further, Pioneer's expertise in specialized solutions for unique applications is more readily available to the growing number of customers in the greater Mid-West region through Nimet's strategic location. With an intensified reach into the greater South Bend, Chicago, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis areas, Pioneer's exceptional services are increasingly convenient. "We're thrilled about the acquisition of Nimet, it fits our growth strategy and customer focused outlook. The new Nimet Division further solidifies Pioneer as North America's leading metal finisher and we're confident that Nimet's customers will enjoy the benefits of our expanded services, enhanced transportation and sustained dedication to quality," announced Pioneer's CEO Bob Pyle. Nimet's former owner James Abbott added, "Pioneer's acquisition of Nimet makes perfect sense. We share the same cultural values and it's a great marriage of technologies. And Nimet's customers will benefit from Pioneer's infrastructure and attention to customer care." A top provider of wear and corrosion resistant coatings and cosmetic finishes, Pioneer Metal Finishing operates plants in Green Bay, WI, Oshkosh, WI, Monroe, MI, Minneapolis, MN, Portland, OR, Gaffney, SC and now in South Bend, IN. Recognized as a brilliant solutions source, Pioneer's technologies reach into many industries including aerospace, medical, defense, automotive, fluid power and transportation.
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As the days pass and the reality of Paul Pierce not donning the Celtic green next season becomes more and more of a reality, I reflect upon the man's storied, lengthy and honor filled career with Boston. And I ask myself, how such a man should be properly thanked, not only by the fans, but by the Celtic brass.
To answer this question I have to reflect upon some of Paul Pierce's defining moments. Most Celtic fans could almost recite them from memory by now, so often discussed as they have been, particularly around the time of Pierce's departure. But still, they bear repeating.
Paul Pierce has been a Pariah of sorts throughout his career. Yes, he has been well compensated, but he has also absorbed many unfair criticisms, that might have something to do with the fact that he trailed in the wake of the most beloved Celtic superstar to ever grace the Garden parquet, Larry Bird. Fans, (myself included), have at times contrasted and compared Pierce to Bird, wondering why the Kansas star could not bring about the sweeping changes in the Celtics fortunes as Bird once did. An expectation that was completely unfair.
Looking at Pierce's career, you will see patterns of inequities. Touted as a top three lottery pick, Pierce fell to the tenth selection, where the Celtics drafted him. A lifelong Lakers fan, Pierce was initially unhappy Boston chose him, but decided to make the best of the situation, vowing to make the teams that passed on him sorry.
While Pierce went on to shine individually, the Celtics teams seemed to get worse as the seasons progressed, with few bright spots along the way. Teaming with Antoine Walker, Paul watched as poor drafting, and bad trades off the court, led to a floundering, inconsistent product on the court. But through it all, Paul Pierce stayed loyal to the Celtics as he signed multiple extensions.
Further horrors occurred when Paul Pierce was stabbed in a nightclub, and very nearly died. While recovering Kevin McHale's poorly timed comments that Pierce; "Couldn't carry Larry Bird's jock strap.", only added insult to injury. But still Paul Pierce stayed.
Fans around the NBA, locally and across the U.S. never once voted Paul Pierce as an All Star squad starter, even in the season he led the league in total points scored. But Pierce took it in stride, waiting for the coaches to acknowledge the talent fans failed to see year after year.
Seasons came and went, but the talent pool seemed to wane. Pierce became frustrated with the team's lack of roster stability. He withdrew, and was labeled a sullen, spoiled star by some in the media. When the Celtics hired Doc Rivers, the two initially clashed, and it was Pierce, not Rivers, who was labeled the problem. A label most fans seemed only too happy to seize upon. In reality all Pierce had done up until that point was try to win games. But he had become a lightning rod for the fans frustration at the teams' lack of winning. But still, Pierce stayed on, and reached an accord with Rivers.
In 2007, after the Celtics saw their chances at the number one pick dashed, Paul Pierce finally decided he had bled green long enough. With his odometer reaching numbers only eclipsed by his point totals, Pierce finally declared that the Celtics needed to surround him with Championship caliber help, or trade him to a team that did. The result was Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, a young Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, a niche bench that filled most of the gaps, and the 2008 Championship.
And finally the man who was never fully embraced in Boston won an MVP, and for the briefest of moments he was beloved. And when he helped to raise the 2008 title to the rafters with tears in his eyes, you better damn well believe I had tears in mine too.But father time is relentless, and memories, even good memories, fade.
It is 2013, five years removed from the title season. And Paul Pierce never gave up on the Celtics; but the Celtics gave up on Paul Pierce, trading him for a "player to be named later."
Anyone who watched the Brooklyn Nets meet and greet with Pierce, Garnett, and Terry could see the hurt Pierce carried with him, and later it would be confirmed multiple times when interviewed. He is upset over what happened, and he damn well has a right to be.
And while this could become another "business vs. humanity", discussion, this is not why I took the time to write this musing. The point is to ask myself as a fan, what is the best way honor Paul Pierce? How should we thank him for his unfailing years of service? How should we thank the man that served on a team that he grew up hating, a team that he suffered through countless losing seasons with? A team that was always the last to be discussed on the news and the radios? A team that didn't allow him to "market a brand"? A team without constant sunshine and warm weather? A team in which he kept the promise he made in his rookie season and delivered the Celtics a title? A man who gave his best basketball to an often times indifferent city, and was then kicked out the door when his best years were through?
I say we retire his number. Yes, that is a given. But I say we don't wait. We do it now. The first time the Nets come to Boston for a regular season game, we raise #34 to the rafters, with him there. Let him be the first active player, the first Celtic to see his number go up while he's still currently in the NBA. Let him know the Celtic fans appreciate him so much that he deserves the honor immediately.
It's a symbolic gesture, I know. Nobody will ever wear #34 again, and waiting is typically the way things are done. But for a player, a man who did so much for the green, a man who has always existed in virtual anonymity, a player who played in the shadows of more beloved Celtics, let's do something for Paul Pierce to show him we honor and appreciate everything he did for the Celtics and Boston.
Raise #34 this season. Don't wait.


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Homeland Security 2012 Budget
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified on her department's fiscal year 2012 budget proposal.
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Abbadid dynasty
|History of Al-Andalus
|Muslim conquest
|Umayyads of Córdoba
|First Taifa period
|Almoravid rule
|Second Taifa period
|Almohad rule
|Third Taifa period
|Emirate of Granada
|Related articles
- For the Baghdad dynasty, see Abbasid Caliphate; for the south-west Arabia Muslim sect, see Abādites.
The Abbadid dynasty or Abbadids (Arabic,بنو عباد) was an Arab Muslim Dynasty which arose in Al-Andalus on the downfall of the Caliphate of Cordoba (756–1031). Abbadid rule lasted from about 1023 until 1095,[1] but during the short period of its existence it exhibited singular energy and typified its time.
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (ruled 1023–1042)[edit]
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (ruled 1023–1042), the qadi of Seville, founded the house in 1023.[1] He functioned as the chief of an Arab family settled in the city from the first days of the conquest. The Beni-abbad had not previously played a major role in history, though they were of noble pedigree, hailing from Bani Lakhm, the historical kings of Al-Hira in south-central Iraq. The family also did have considerable wealth.
Al-Qasim gained the confidence of the townsmen by organizing a successful resistance to the Berber soldiers of fortune who had grasped at the fragments of the caliphate. At first, he professed to rule only with the advice of a council formed of the nobles, but when his power became established, he dispensed with this show of republican government, and then gave himself the appearance of a legitimate title by protecting an impostor who professed to be the caliph Hisham II.
When al-Qasim died in 1042 he had created a state, which, though weak in itself, appeared strong as compared to the little powers about it. He had made his family the recognized leaders of the Andalusian Muslims against the neo-Berber element arrayed under the king of Granada.
Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (ruled 1042–1069)[edit]
Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1042–1069),[1] the son and successor of al-Qasim, became one of the most remarkable figures in Iberian Muslim history. He had a striking resemblance to the Italian princes of the later Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, of the stamp of Filippo Maria Visconti.
Abbad wrote poetry and loved literature; he also appears as a poisoner, a drinker of wine, a sceptic, and a man treacherous to the utmost degree. Though he waged war all through his reign, he himself very rarely appeared in the field, but directed the generals, whom he never trusted, from his "lair" in the fortified palace, the Alcázar of Seville. He killed with his own hand one of his sons who had rebelled against him. In 1053, he trapped a number of his enemies, the Berber chiefs of southern Al-Andulas, into visiting him, and got rid of them by smothering them in the hot room of a bath. He then seized their kingdoms of Arcos, Moron, and Ronda. He also forcibly annexed the kingdoms of Mertola, Niebla, Huelva and Saltes, Santa Maria do Algarve, and Silves[1]
He habitually preserved the skulls of the enemies he had killed—those of the meaner men to use as flower-pots, while those of the princes he kept in special chests. He devoted his reign mainly to extending his power at the expense of his smaller neighbours, and in conflicts with his chief rival the king of Granada. These incessant wars weakened the Muslims, to the great advantage of the rising power of the Christian kings of León and Castile, but they gave the kingdom of Seville a certain superiority over the other little states. After 1063 Fernando El Magno of Castile and León assailed him, marched to the gates of Seville, and forced him to pay tribute.
Muhammad al-Mu'tamid (ruled 1069–1095)[edit]
The son of Abbad II, Muhammad al-Mu'tamid (1069-1095) — who reigned by the title of Al-Mu'tamid — was the third and last of the Abbadids.[1] A no less remarkable person than his father, and much more amiable, he also wrote poetry and favoured poets. Al-Mu'tamid went, however, considerably further in patronage of literature than his father, for he chose as his favourite and prime minister the poet Ibn Ammar. In the end, the vanity and feather-headedness of Ibn Ammar drove his master to kill him.
Al-Mu'tamid came even more under the influence of his favourite wife, Romaica (also spelt Rumayqiyya in Seville tradition), even more than that of his vizier. He had met her paddling in the Guadalquivir, purchased her from her master, and made her his wife. The caprices of Romaica, and the lavish extravagance of Abbad III in his efforts to please her, form the subject of many stories, like a brief tale on the queen Rumayqiyya appears on the book 'Libro de los ejemplos del Conde Lucanor y de Patronio (Book of the examples of Count Lucanor and Patronio), as the tale XXX, De lo que aconteció al rey Abenabed de Sevilla con su mujer, Ramaiquía (Of What Happened to King Abenabed of Seville with his Wife, Ramaiquía). On the other side all those stories about Ibn Ammar and Rumaiqiyya appear in much later western sources and probably are product of imagination.
In 1071, he took control of Cordoba. This was a weak period of control as he had to re-assert control in 1078 and then lost it permanently in 1081.[1] During this period his vizier Ibn Ámmar captured Murcia.
When Alfonso VI, from Castile, took Toledo in 1085, Al-Mu'tamid called in Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the Berber Almoravid ruler. He had foreseen probability that Almoravids may overthrow him, nevertheless he choose to ally with them. When his son, Rashid, advised him not to call on Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Al-Mu'tamid rebuffed him and famously said
I have no desire to be branded by my descendants as the man who delivered al-Andalus as prey to the infidels. I am loath to have my name cursed in every Muslim pulpit. And, for my part, I would rather be a camel-driver in Africa than a swineherd in Castile.[2]
During the six years which preceded his deposition in 1095, Abbad behaved with valour on the field, but with much meanness and political folly. At the end what he had foreseen happened to him. In 1095 his kingdom was overthrown by Yusuf ibn Tashfin and Almoravid sympathizers within his city and he was deposed. He was exiled to Morocco[1]
Al-Mu'tamid was the father-in-law, through his son, Fath al-Mamun (d. 1091), of Zaida, mistress, and possibly wife, of Alfonso VI of Castile.[3] She is said by Iberian Muslim sources to have been the daughter-in-law of Al Mutamid, the Muslim King of Seville, wife of his son Abu al Fatah al Ma'Mun, Emir of Cordoba,[4] (d. 1091). Later Iberian Christian chroniclers call her Al Mutamid's daughter, but the Islamic chroniclers are considered more reliable.[5] With the fall of Seville to the Almoravids, she fled to the protection of Alfonso VI of Castile, becoming his mistress, converting to Christianity and taking the baptismal name of Isabel.[5]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Abbadid". Encyclopedia Britannica. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 2010. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- ^ The Poems of Mu'tamid, King of Seville - Dulcie Lawrence Smith - Adobe Reader PDF eBook - eBookMall eBooks
- ^ Bernard F. Reilly, The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157, (Blackwell, 1995), 92.
- ^ Cawley, Medieval Lands; Canal Sánchez-Pagín; Lévi-Provençal; Montaner Frutos; Palencia; Salazar y Acha
- ^ a b Canal Sánchez-Pagín; Montaner Frutos; Palencia; Salazar y Acha
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abbadides". Encyclopædia Britannica 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 8–9. Endnotes:
- Dozy, Histoire des Musulmans d'Espagne, Leiden, 1861;
- and Historia Abbadidarum (Scriptorum Arabum loci de Abbadidio), Leiden, 1846


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Fluid Mechanics
ME Senior
Project I
ME Senior
Project II
Fluid Flow
Advanced Fluid
Mechanics I
Convective Heat
Advanced Fluid
Mechanics II
Steady and time-dependent boundary-layer
flows, heat convection from two-dimensional and axisymmetric bodies, Heat
convection in oscillating flows, Thermal and chemical pollution in coastal
areas, Erosion in various flow passages, and water circulation in natural
circulation boilers.
H.M. Badr
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past an impulsively started rotating and
translating circular cylinder", Journal
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H.M. Badr,
S.C.R. Dennis, S. Bates and F.T. Smith,
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plate", Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
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and drag predictions using simulated
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H.M. Badr,
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H.M. Badr,
M. Coutanceau, S. Dennis and C. Menard,
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at Reynolds numbers 103 and 104", Journal
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H.M. Badr,
"Mixed Convection from a Straight Isothermal
Tube of Elliptic Cross-section", Int. J.
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H.M. Badr,
"A Numerical Study of Thermal Pollution in Sea
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Cylinder at small to moderate Strouhal Number ",
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S.C.R. Dennis, and S. Kocabiyik, "Symmetrical
Flow Past an Accelerated Circular Cylinder",
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 308,
pp. 97-110, 1996.
H.M. Badr,
"Effect of free-stream fluctuations on laminar
forced convection from a straight tube",
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H.M. Badr,
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Transfer in Periodically Converging-Diverging
Channels", Computers and Fluids,
Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 95-120, 1998.
R. Alassar, H.M. Badr and H. Mavromatis,
" Heat Convection from a Sphere in an
Oscillating Free Stream ", Int. J. Heat
Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp.
1289-1304, 1998.
F. Mahfoudh and H.M. Badr, "The Flow
Structure in the Wake of a Rotationally
Oscillating Cylinder", ASME J. Fluids
Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 290-301,
S. Rahman and H.M. Badr, "Natural
Convection from a Wavy Vertical Surface Embedded
in Saturated Porous Media", Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry Research,
Vol. 41, pp. 4422-4429, 2002.
M.A. Habib, S.A.M. Said, H.M. Badr, I.
Hussaini and J.J. Al-Bagawi, "Effect of Geometry
on Flow Field and Oil/Water Separation in
Vertical Deadlegs", Int. Journal of
Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow,
Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 1348-362, 2005.
M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr, S.A.M. Said, I.
Hussaini and J.J. Al-Bagawy, "On the development
of deadleg criterion", ASME Journal of
Fluids Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 1, pp.
124–135, January 2005.
M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr, S.A.M. Said, E.M.
Mokheimer, I. Hussaini and M. Al-Sanaa,
"Characteristic of flow field and water
concentration in a horizontal deadleg",
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,
Vol. 41, pp. 315-326, 2005.
S.A.M. Said, M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr and S.
Anwar, "Numerical investigation of natural
convection inside an inclined parallel-walled
channel", Int. Journal for Numerical
Methods in Fluids, Vol. 49, No.
5, 569-582, 2005.
S.A.M. Said, M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr and S.
Anwar, "Turbulent natural convection between
inclined isothermal plates", Computers &
Fluids, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp.
1025-1039, 2005.
H.M. Badr,
M.A. Habib, S. Anwar, R. Ben-Mansour and S.A.M.
Said, "Turbulent natural convection in vertical
parallel-plate channels", Journal of
Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.
43, No. 1, pp. 73-84, 2006.
R. B. Mansour, M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr, S.
Anwar, and S.A.M. Said, "Comparison of Different
turbulence models and inlet conditions in
predicting turbulent natural convection in
vertical channels", Arabian Journal for
Science and Engineering, Vol. 32, No.
2B, pp. 191-218, 2007.
R. Alassar and H.M. Badr, "Heat
convection from a sphere placed in a fluctuating
free stream", Journal of the American
Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 1670-1677, 2007.
R. Ben-Mansour, H.M. Badr, A. Qaiyum
Shaik and N. Maalej, "Modeling of
pulsatile blood flow in an axisymmetric tube
with a moving indentation", Arabian
Journal for Science and Engineering,
Vol. 33, No. 2B, pp. 529-550, 2008.
F.M. Mahfouz and H.M. Badr, "Heat
convection between two confocal elliptic tubes
placed at different orientations",
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics,
Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 639-663, 2009.
M.H. Sharqawy, S.A. Said, E.M. Mokheimer, M.A.
Habib, H.M. Badr and N.A. Al-Shayea,
"First in situ determination of the ground
thermal conductivity for borehole heat exchanger
applications in Saudi Arabia", Journal of
Renewable Energy, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp.
2218-2223, 2009.
M.H. Sharqawy, E.M. Mokheimer and H.M. Badr,
"Effective pipe-to-borehole thermal resistance
for vertical ground heat exchangers", Int.
Journal of Geothermal Research
(Geothermic), Vol. 38, No. 2, pp.
271-277, 2009.
M. H. Sharqawy, E. M. Mokheimer, M. A. Habib,
H. M. Badr, S. A. Said and N. A. Al-Shayea,
"Energy, exergy and uncertainty analyses of the
thermal response test for a ground heat
exchanger", International Journal of
Energy Research, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp.
582-592, 2009.
M.H. Sharqawy, H.M. Badr and E.M.
Mokheimer, "Natural Convection from a Vertical
Ground Heat Exchanger Embedded in a
Semi-Infinite Porous Medium", In press,
Int. J. of Computational Thermal
M.H. Sharqawy, E.M. Mokheimer and H.M. Badr,
"Effective pipe-to-borehole thermal resistance
for vertical ground heat exchangers", In press,
Int. Journal of Geothermal Research.


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It's Friday and I'm bored, so poll time! What kind of starter do you prefer?
Pitchers of Ice: cold, unemotional, their patron saint is the ultimate robot, Roy Halladay. They just do their job and then go home to enjoy a nice bowl of vanilla ice cream.
Icemen in the Jays rotation:
Morrow: Morrow thinking to himself, "Ho hum, guess I'll just strike out the side. It's probably best this way, that 3B of ours is quite the excitable fellow, no telling what he might do with a ball hit his way."
Alvarez: This man must be dead inside, just pounds the zone with mid-nineties sinkers and cares not for whether they go for groundballs or homeruns. Strikeouts? whoa, hold on there, that sounds a little too exciting, he might actually feel something if he did that.
Hutchison: "Coach told me that I should pitch a little better, so gosh darnit, that's what I'm going to do."
Pitchers of Fire: the wildmen of the rotation, they get visibly upset by any hit and do things like shout obscenities in their gloves. Their patron saint is Dave Stieb, a man unafraid to call out his own fielders or talk to himself on the mound.
Fiery Jays starters:
Romero: shouting in glove, "@#%# Ricky, c'mon, you've got this guy, finish him off" throws perfect changeup, JPA says "good bullpen session today, Ricky."
Drabek: after another 3-2 count, "you're going down motherf******, meet Uncle Charlie" bounces curveball 5 feet in front of the plate, is Kyle's 6th BB of the day.


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DALLAS — The Dallas Morning News reports a court of inquiry will investigate whether Dallas County Justice of the peace Carlos Medrano violated election law in last year's primary win over incumbent Luis Sepulveda.
A hearing is set for the third week of February to hear evidence. The judge will then determine whether there's probable cause to take the case further.


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Rashad Evans has nothing to be ashamed of after his UFC 145 loss to Jon Jones. Jones has proven to be a wrecking ball while ascending to the pinnacle of the sport and, despite continued nonsense about Evans having a "weak chin," Jones was unable to put Evans away despite landing solid shots throughout five rounds.
Evans has made his mark at 205 over his time in the UFC, regardless of the losses to Lyoto Machida and Jones, Evans has proven to be one of the better light heavyweights the sport has ever seen. I don't imagine any future fight between Jones and Evans is going to play out much differently than what we witnessed last night.
Last night, Evans was asked about the loss and if it would push him out of the 205 pound division:
"I'm a 205-pounder," Evans said. "I've only lost twice and I lost to a good competitor ... But if an opportunity happens at 185, I'll take it. But I like 205, I'll just have to work my way back up and get back to a title shot."
I really hope someone can convince Evans that the move is the right thing to do at this point in his career.
Despite winning the Ultimate Fighter as a heavyweight, Evans is a small light heavyweight. While how something looks and how something actually is are often different, it doesn't look like cutting to middleweight would be that difficult for Rashad.
And, in an era where we're looking for championship level fighters (which Rashad is, mind you, just in a division with a freak of nature on top) to change divisions and fight each other, Rashad Evans moving to 185 and fighting Anderson Silva is a fight that seems all too possible.
Silva going to 205 to fight the huge Jones is asking an awful lot, same with Georges St. Pierre jumping to 185 to fight Silva. But Evans, a small 205'er, cutting to 185 and fighting Silva, a fairly big 185'er who has had success at 205, seems like it's a fight that would be contested on a pretty level playing field.
Evans' striking and wrestling presents a deeply intriguing challenge to Silva, while Silva's pinpoint striking accuracy, relationship with Machida and jiu-jitsu game off his back represent an equally interesting puzzle for Rashad. It's actually close to a perfect fight on paper.
And beyond the obvious fight with Silva, who wouldn't want to see Evans take on Mark Munoz, Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, Tim Boetsch and even a rematch with Michael Bisping now that both are completely different fighters from their first meeting?
Evans also represents a high level superstar that middleweight needs with Silva's retirement looming. Aside from Sonnen, there's no one really at 185 right now who has a superstar "aura." Evans is someone who can carry the division for years after Silva hangs up his gloves.
While I think directly after a fight is a hard time for a fighter to make big decisions about his future, here's hoping someone gets in Rashad's ear and convinces him that his brightest future is at 185 pounds.


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Boehner delivered a brief statement after the House of Representatives voted to go to conference with the Senate over the continuing resolution that temporarily keeps the government funded.
"The House has made its position known very clearly," Boehner said in his statement, flanked by other members of the House GOP leadership team.
"We believe we should fund government, and we think there ought to basic fairness for all Americans under Obamacare. The Senate has continued to reject our offers, but under the Constitution, there's a way to resolve this problem — and that is to go to conference and talk through your differences. And I would hope that the Senate would accept our offer to go to conference and discuss this so that we can resolve this for the American people."
He then opened it up for questions. First question: If it comes to it, will you pass the Senate's so-called "clean" CR that doesn't make any alterations to Obamacare?
Boehner repeated that the House would try to resolve the party differences through conference committee.
He was then asked what he would say to the 800,000 federal employees who would be affected by the government shutdown. Boehner evaded the question.
"The House has voted to keep the government open, but we also want basic fairness under Obamacare," he said.
Boehner then walked away from the microphones.
"OK, we waited for that?" Fox News' Bret Baier said after Boehner finished his press conference. "That was not a lot."
Added Fox News analyst Juan Williams: "He is tired, and he is frustrated. Something's going on with John Boehner."


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A historic church in downtown Macon that played an important role in the citys civil rights movement could meet the wrecking ball.
A developer wants to demolish Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church at 860 Forsyth St. and replace it with a Dunkin Donuts, according to plans filed with the Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission.
The commission is set to discuss the proposal at its next meeting, set for Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
The congregation of the church moved to a new location in 2007, the Rev. Camile Holmes and trustee chairman Adrian Fort explained in a letter to planning authorities dated Sept. 18.
The downturn in the economy made it difficult for the church to sell the 860 Forsyth building until now, they wrote.
The current structure ... served the membership and the community very well for 110 years, but the it was not handicap accessible and the building is irreparable due to a leaky roof and water damage, Holmes and Fort wrote.
We are very much praying for the sale of the building so that we can utilize the proceeds from the sale to continue our ministry at 5263 Bloomfield Road where we have a daily headstart program and an adult education program.
The church, chartered in 1897, was named after the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston, according to its website. It is across the street from The Medical Center of Central Georgia, the second largest hospital in the state, and the area sees a great deal of lunchtime foot traffic.
It was built at a cost of about $25,000. The mortgage was burned after a fall financial rally in 1925.
Planning documents list the petitioner asking for permission to demolish the church as Jim Rollins with The Summit Group Commercial & Investment Real Estate in Macon.
I have spoken with my clients and they have no comment, and I will respect the wishes of my clients, Rollins wrote in an email Friday.
The Historic Macon Foundation issued a preservation alert Thursday evening, not long after news of the planned demolition made the rounds on social media.
Historic Macon is opposed to the demolition of the church, and intends to work together with the congregation to find a solution that will help the congregation sell the church and preserve the current building, Josh Rogers, executive director of Historic Macon, said in a statement.
During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, the congregation became active under the leadership of the Rev. Elisha B. Pascal.
Many of the community organizing meetings were held in it, and it was one of the places where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often spoke when in Macon, the website states.
Among others who preached there over the years are Vernon Johns, Benjamin E. Mays and the Rev. Jessie Jackson.
The current church leadership could not be reached for comment Friday.
In 2006, Macon architect and developer Gene Dunwody Jr. designed a plan to convert the church into a food court, possibly with lofts to accommodate families visiting the nearby hospital.
The plan never came to fruition because the price for the property was too high, he said.
I believe that this community will not allow this demolition of our heritage, Dunwody wrote in an email Friday. I am working now to find the funds to pay the church, and preserve the building as a place holder until we can find a use that will be economically viable.
In an interview with GPB, Rogers said he would be open to supporting a developer in putting a Dunkin Donuts within the existing church facade.
I think when it comes to historic churches, preservationists have to be really creative and really open-minded, Rogers said.
Rogers also disputed the owners contention that the building is beyond repair.
Having dealt with a lot of buildings that were terminally ill, this ones not there yet. This ones still got hope, he said.
Leah Fleming of Georgia Public Broadcasting contributed to this report.


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Thursday, December 01, 2005
hot for teacher...
"Hey, girls."
"Uh, hi."
"Ladies, I'm like super buzzed and I've got all these damn fucking papers to grade."
She struggled to balance on her barstool and slammed a huge binder down. "I'm a 5th grade teacher and I've got 45 fucking book reports to go through. I'm like, trashed, and I can't decide if I'm in a good mood or bad mood. They're all getting A's or F's."
KJ and I looked at each other. "Um, what book?"
"They're all different books." She screamed across the bar, taking another swig of her hot brandy. "God, I hate this shit."
"Have you read all the books?"
"I've read most of this shit, and if the book report sucks and I haven't read it, I've got to go find the crappy paperback and figure out where the kid went wrong. Like this kid." She digs through her binder and pulls out a double spaced, 2 page report, smacking in on the bar.
"I've been teaching this kid since he was four and I am positive about one thing. He hates women."
"He's a complete psychopath. He hates all women. Has absolutely no respect. He makes me sick. He rips the legs off spiders."
"Oh, my cousin's like that." KJ pipes in. "He used to take live frogs and rip them apart by their legs. It's like this big family drama."
It is at this point that I can't decide who the bigger freak show is: the alcoholic, jaded grade school teacher to my right or my friend sitting on my left.
The two of them continue, comparing the 12 signs of a serial killer and the most masochistic children they've come across. The best I could do was Cyril, the smelly kid from 4th grade that tried to hang himself with a jump rope.
Boozy, leathery teacher finally left, only after doing her impression of the woman-hating 5th grader for the entire bar, and KJ and I watched her stumble out into the rain, spilling book reports on the sidewalk as she walked past the bar.
I took a sip of my Chardonnay. "That was bizarre and frightening."
"Call me crazy." KJ sighed. "I kinda like her."
5 comments:
- Olivia Vanderspeigel said...
Lovely, that was a great story! It pepped up my less than crappy afternoon. Crazy people are the best.
- Spots said...
In the great words of Seal, "We're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy." Or in the great words of Brittney Spears, "You drive me crazy." Finally, Patsy Cline said it best with the simple and direct, "Crazy."
Hey, Spots! This is great stuff. Found you on SFist. Do you write anywhere else?
- Towski said...
Olivia, how dare you read other blogs? This is seriously going to affect our relationship. You haven't SEEN crazy yet, until you get in between me and spots. ;)
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When it's a methodical, possession-by-possession half-court game, the Pierce City Eagles are in their comfort zone.
Pierce City held Crane scoreless in the final 3:30 to emerge with a 37-35 Class 2 sectionals victory at Republic High School on Wednesday night.
"We've done a great job all (season) of not letting that pressure get to us," said Pierce City coach Matt Street. "We talk about it all the time, if we can play four quarters of our style of basketball, we'll come out fine."
The Eagles face Iberia (26-3 overall) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Drury's O'Reilly Family Event Center. The winner moves on to the Class 2 state championships the following weekend.
Pierce City's Cody Fitchpatrick drew a foul call on a defensive rebound with 1:39 remaining, going to the line and making one of two free throws to tie the game 35-35.
Jordan Bowling missed a turnaround shot on Crane's next possession and the Eagles got the rebound. Pierce City senior Cedric O'Hara was fouled on the ensuing possession. He went to the line and made two free throws to give the Eagles a 37-35 lead with 26.6 seconds remaining.
Crane came up empty again, but Pierce City missed two free throws with 8.6 seconds remaining to give the Pirates one last chance. Pirates sophomore Zach Chastain missed a contested long-range shot before time expired.
Pirates coach Dale Lamberth said his team struggled from the perimeter.
"They said they were going to make us beat them from the outside," Lamberth said. "Tonight, I think we were 1-for-15 from 3, which is just a complete turnaround from Friday night (against Billings).
"We got to, well I can't say we've got to because the season's over, but we need the younger guys to make a commitment to get better. Those seniors, I feel bad for them because they wanted to go on so bad. As a coach, I hurt for them."
Crane scored just four points in the fourth quarter. Lamberth said the game was similar to a district semifinals win (33-32) that Crane had over Marionville on Feb. 20.
"It showed, when we made it a half-court game, how much we missed our senior Cole Walden," Lamberth said. Walden suffered a season-ending injury in Crane's district opener Feb. 18 "He was a difference maker. Teams have to honor him. (Pierce City) really only had to guard two or three guys, and that was the difference when Walden went down."
Cody Fitchpatrick and Zack Hyde combined for 32 of Pierce City's 37 points.
"Normally we're balanced," Street said. "We've got four guys that average between 12 and 10 (points). Tonight, the style of game that (Crane) forced us into with that zone, our two big guys flashed up and knocked down some shots when they needed to."
Pierce City nearly had its postseason run end in the first round of districts. The Eagles slipped by Wheaton 48-46 in the Class 2, District 12 quarterfinals Feb. 19. PCHS beat Miller 61-52 in the district finals Feb. 23.
Pierce City 37, Crane 35
Pierce City 11 9 8 9 --- 37
Crane 9 15 7 4 --- 35
Pierce City – Cody Fitchpatrick 17, Zack Hyde 15, Cedric O'Hara 5
Crane – Jordan Bowling 12, Bailey Moore 8, Sam Sowell 6, Jake Sowell 4, Clay Stumpff 3, Zach Chastain 2


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Play Concludes for Women's Golf at UC Spring Invitational
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – As the UC Spring Invitational came to a close on Sunday afternoon at the Plantation Golf Resort in Crystal River, Fla., the FGCU women's golf team finished in 15th on the leaderboard. Freshman Georgia Price (Winchester, England/Fort Myers HS) was the Eagles' top finisher, placing in a share of 25th individually.
"Today was a much better day for us. We were positive, held our heads high and you could see the improvement in our games," said first-year head coach Sarah Trew. "I am very proud of the way we bounced back today and moved up the leaderboard."
Sitting in 11th following a 313 on Friday, the Eagles combined for a score of 330 in Saturday's second round to move into 17th before bouncing back with a 315 on Sunday to finish 15th with a score of 958. Topping the field throughout the three days, FIU earned the team title with a score of 290-294-294/878.
Leading the Eagles into the final round, Price supplied her best round of the spring and the Eagles' best round of the tournament on Sunday with a three-over 75, moving her up into a share of 25th on the 102-player leaderboard with a three-round total of 77-79-75/231. The Winchester, England product finished one-over in par three scoring and also ranked among the leaders in total birdies with six at the event.
Freshman Chelsea Guoynes (Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City Central HS) finished in a share of 52nd with a score of 76-86-78/240, while sophomore Megan Van Etten (Trinity, Fla./J.W. Mitchell HS) placed in a tie for 61st with a scorecard of 78-82-82/242. Also finishing the event with six total birdies, senior Fabienne Haremza (Wilderman, South Africa/Glenwood House/Lamar University) rounded out the scoring for the Green and Blue with a 82-83-80/245, tying for 68th overall.
Following an opening round 69 and back-to-back even-par rounds of 72, FIU's Shelby Coyle earned medalist honors with a score of 213 (-3).
The Eagles return to the course on Saturday, March 31 as they travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to compete in a dual match with Jacksonville on the Dye's Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass. Results and recaps from the event will be available at www.FGCUAthletics.com.
FGCU Results
T-25. Georgia Price – 77-79-75/231
T-52. Chelsea Guoynes – 76-86-78/240
T-61. Megan Van Etten – 78-82-82/242
T-68. Fabienne Haremza – 82-83-80/245
Tournament Leaderboard
2. Stetson – 299-306-297/902
3. Morehead State – 309-307-307/923
4. Xavier – 304-305-317/926
5. Mercer – 303-319-305/927
6. Akron – 305-310-314/929
7. Florida Southern – 310-319-303/932
8. Rutgers – 316-307-310/933
T-9. Cincinnati – 315-314-307/936
T-9. Seton Hall – 307-320-309/936
11. Seminole CC – 312-315-314/941
12. Ohio – 318-315-316/949
13. North Dakota State – 312-318-325/955
16. Oakland – 320-318-323/961
17. Embry-Riddle – 315-327-331/973
19. Tampa – 371-368-366/1105


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Goshen News
---- — LAGRANGE — Leaves are turning an array of colors, which means it's time to stop and look at this annual spectacle.
LaGrange County Parks officials are inviting the public to tour the county to see some of these colorful sites.
Parks officials recommend starting the tour at the LaGrange County Courthouse, which is just north of the junction of Ind. 9 and U.S. 20.
The tour starts along an old Indian trail and travels through farm country. Some of the sites to see along the trail include:
• David Rogers Memorial Park, 2355 W. 550 South.
Rogers Park is LaGrange County's first county park. It has the grave and memorial to Dr. David Rogers, a pioneer herb doctor, land speculator and philanthropist. The pioneer log houses were all relocated to this site to honor Dr. Rogers and the other pioneers of the early and mid-1800s.
• Delt Church Park, 6455 S. 200 West.
There is a hardwood forest, prairie planting, Little Elkhart River and the MegaTower Playground.
This quarter of the county is primarily family farms and wood lots. Forests are made up maples, oaks, black walnut and wild black cherry, parks officials said. Black walnut is very important economically for the annual nut harvest, while walnut and wild cherry lumber are heavily used in local furniture industry, according to park officials.
• The Emma Store at C.R. 600 West. They have ice cream, pies and more in the old diner.
• Pine Knob County Park, 2825 E. Ind. 120.
Pine Knob features Meteer Lake with public access, oak hickory woods, prairie savanna, and a 1.7 mile archery course with 3-D animal targets.
• Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Area has 13,000 acres of wildlife habitat.
It is managed for white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and waterfowl. Pigeon River F&WA is also home to many songbirds, wildflowers, and rare habitats. Pigeon River is funded through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act.
• Cline Lake and the Cline Lake fen, a rare wetland type found in LaGrange County.
• Maple Wood Nature Center, 4550 E. 100 South. Maple Wood is the headquarters of park environmental education programs and is best known for its maple syrup operation during early spring. Maple is open Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sunday afternoons.
• A large bison operation, 500 East at 600 South.
• Indian Lakes Chain, five lakes are interconnected and allow boaters access any of them through the others.
• Dallas Lake County Park, 0505 W. 700 South. This is the headquarters of LaGrange County Parks and is home to shoreline of Dallas Lake, Pond Lil wetlands, many watchable wildlife species.
• Oliver Lake, at 050 East.
• Olin Lake nature preserve.
Bald eagles have returned nesting in LaGrange County for the past two years and Olin Lake is the site, the largest undeveloped lake in Indiana.
Navigate by the numbers
LaGrange County roads are numbered in relation to the county seat, LaGrange. They are about a mile apart and numbered as if they were a two point decimal. Therefore an east-west road that is four miles south of the county seat is 400 South, a north-south road that is 8.5 miles west of LaGrange is 850 West. Property numbers are a three point decimal in relation to how far away from the center they occur. A house five and one eighth mile north of center on 300 West is 5125 N. 300 West.
Typical autumn tree colors
• Brown — oak and hickory
• Purple — white oak and ash
• Bright yellow — sugar maple and tulip poplar
• Pale yellow — basswood, mulberry and silver maple
• Orange — sugar maple and sassafras
• Red — red maple, silver maple and dogwood,
For more information on the tour route, go online to lagrangecountyparks.org.
To go on an alternate tour, call the Barn Quilt Trail, find directions online at http://www.amishbackroads.org/things-to-do/barn-quilt-trail.


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Posts Tagged 'Nova Scotia'
Team Canada (Rachel Homan) vs Nova Scotia (Heather Smith) playing draw #10 at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Après deux jours et six rondes au Championnat canadien M&M Meat Shops de curling junior masculin et féminin, seulement quatre équipes ont su protéger leur fiche parfaite.
Five years after a successful visit, the Canadian Senior Men's and Women's Curling Championships are returning to Digby, N.S., in 2016.
Former Brier champion Rob Harris guided his Nova Scotia foursome to an 8-3 win over the Northwest Territories' Steve Moss in the opening game for both squads at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Sunday at the Rideau CC in Ottawa.
Wayne Tallon took a long-awaited step to the top level of the podium at a Canadian curling championship on Sunday at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, P.E.I.


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Honda CBR250R will fight in the middle class! As we know, Honda has released their Honda CBR250r the latest Honda motorbike, this bike is a good decision from honda, but by using a standard machine capability, I think, Honda should be able to compete with other motorcycle brands, yes a motorcycle in the 250cc class quite a lot, Kawasaki ninja 250r is one of strongest rival. Competition in the 250cc class is likely to draw, we'll see.. is Honda can beat another motorcyles brand by using their New 2011 Honda CBR250R?
In fact, Honda has a bigger name, rather than the other brands, with this advantage, Honda should be able to compete with ease, they should be able to sell honda cbr250r with this advantage see also about Honda cbr250 prices, however, bikers now have been very clever, they will be very careful caution when going to buy a new motorcycle. Today, a smart biker will compare Honda cbr250r with another motorcycles in the same class, they will look more about price, performance, motorcycles part, comfortable riding and others thing.
Competition this middle class will be very tight, ninja 250, Hyosung gtr 250 and migelli 250 is the heaviest rival for New Honda cbr250r. Here is the another link about New Honda CBR250R
1. Honda cbr250r specification
2. Honda cbr250r in my opinion.
3. Honda cbr250r vs kawasaki ninja 250r
So.. it's a big job for Honda marketing team.. keep smart to win the fight in the middle class.. but i thing Honda CBR250R is one of the best motorcycles product.. it's fresh come !!


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Sweet Cereal Clusters Recipe
In McBain, Michigan, Sue Yount covers a crunchy combination of peanuts, pretzels and cereal with white candy coating for a fun snack. "At bake sales, I fill small resealable storage bags with the clusters," she explains. "They always disappear fast."
- 6 cups Corn Chex
- 3 cups miniature pretzels
- 1 jar (16 ounces) dry roasted peanuts
- 2-1/4 cups milk chocolate M&M's
- 1 cup raisins, optional
- 1-1/2 pounds white candy coating, melted
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Pour candy coating over cereal mixture; stir until coated. Spread onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until set. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 4-1/2 pounds.
Originally published as Sweet Cereal Clusters in Quick Cooking November/December 2004, p17
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I've made this recipe every year for about 5 years now and everyone loves it, from our family and friends to our kids' school teachers. Some friends even said it was so addictive, they dubbed it "Christmas crack!"
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Sixth Alsakan ConflictTalk0
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The Sixth Alsakan Conflict was a civil war between Alsakan and the Pius Dea Republic.
The war had its backdrop with Alsakan and many of the worlds loyal to it, seceding from the Republic in the 11,820s BBY. Worlds along the Perlemian Trade Route who were threatened by the fanatical Pius Dea, pleaded the Alsakani for protection. The Conflict, like many others in the series of wars between Alsakan and Coruscant, ended in a loss for the Alsakani, but their resistance to the Pius Dea, gave them the opportunity to maintain secret contact with the Duros, Herglics and Hutts.
Centuries on, Alsakani agents and warships would go on to aid the Renunciates in their schism with the order and ultimately be a part of the war effort that saw the downfall of the Pius Dea cult.
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The Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network is a coalition of businesses and civic groups that is running a public information campaign to educate voters about a July 2012 transportation referrendum.
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Your PolitiFact Georgia scribes have completed nearly two dozen fact checks on Tuesday's referendum, which has made bedfellows out of earstwhile enemies. The Sierra Club has joined forces with members of Georgia's Tea Party to oppose the measure, while Chamber of Commerce-types have allied with sustainability advocates to rally for it.
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Imagine how good our 49ers would be if they stopped beating themselves? After all, it's hard enough getting a beat down at the hands of somebody else, but when you offer to slam your head against the pavement too, you get no sympathy from your fans.
The 49ers were penalized 11 times last week and 12 times tonight in an ugly loss to Seattle, which puts them on pace for 184 penalties this season. Now that would by far blow away the current single-season record of 158 penalties, which was set by the 1998 Kansas City Chiefs; although I heard the Raiders broke that dismal mark a couple of years ago with 163 for the season.
Anyways, you're probably thinking, 'Don't worry! Things will get better!' Ha, if only. Harbs has had three off-seasons to get this issue under wraps, but instead of getting better, it's only gotten worse. According to nflpenalties.com, the 49ers were the 5th most penalized team in 2011, and 3rd most penalized team in 2012.
So we're improving alright - just in the wrong direction, but I say if we're going to set the single-season record for most penalties, we might as well break the single-game record too, which we unfortunately tied back in October of 1998 in a loss against Buffalo.
Anyways, I believe we'll win next week's game while slogging 10+ penalties into the box score of which no fewer than 7 will be a mix of false starts, off-sides, and unsportsmanlike conduct. The other 3 will be holding calls. Total yardage lost to penalties should border on the length of a football field, but I'll take the over and call my bookie tomorrow.
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Students create art for 'The Buddhas of Bird Rock' display
By Will Bowen
Sip a hot cup of tantalizingly rich medium roast coffee; savor the sea breeze wafting through the large lift-up windows and contemplate some deep art. It's an enlightening experience, which can be found only at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, 5627 La Jolla Blvd., where art meets business.
"We here at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters think local arts and local business should go together," said Chris O'Brien, a manager at the coffee shop. "That's why we have rotating art shows featuring the work of area artists hanging here on the walls for our customers to enjoy."
Currently, there are two shows on display at the café, which will be up at least until the end of April. Both come from art teachers and their students.
For those who like cartoons, storyboards and meaningful life stories, Robin Williams, a teacher at High Tech High (Liberty Station in Point Loma), has installed a series called "The New Path of the Buddha." This exhibition features 11 stories composed on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, which are based on the theme of the Buddha's life path, as depicted in Herman Hesse's classic book, "Siddhartha."
The twist is that these stories are from different time periods and regions of the world, and are stories about both the spiritual development of both men and women.
For those who enjoy contemplating children's art, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters is also showcasing an exhibit curated by Alyson Blum, who hung a collection of art from her second grade class at Bird Rock Elementary School titled, "Robots, Aliens and Spaceships (Oh My)!" This is a very amusing and heartwarming series of fancy-frilly children's depictions and imaginings.
The Stories
It's a real challenge to read all 11 of the storyboards from Williams' high school class all in one sitting, but they are all very intriguing, quirky kinds of stories that might be read over the course of a couple of visits to the cafe. All the protagonists in the stories usually start out in rich or powerful family situations but seek something more and so move through a process that involves a physical settings move, radical change, disillusionment, love, the birth of a child, thoughts of suicide and another changes, which end in some kind of enlightenment.
■ "Buscando Nirvana" is the story of a Spanish Conguistador's son who decides he wants to study the ways of the local South American shaman as a path of personal growth. "Cal Nevada Buddha" tells the tale of two brothers from a Nevada ranch who go to live with the Shoshone Indians and learn farming. One becomes an outlaw to pay for the costs of raising a daughter.
■ "Enlightenment Through Equality" is the story of a woman who finds love in a lesbian relationship and goes on to find fulfillment as a gay rights activist.
■ "The Real Fresh Prince" is an African- American story wherein a wealthy young black man goes back to the troubled inner city and ends up as a taxi driver. "When Horses Cry" tells the tale of a retired WWII war horse that joins a circus and ends up finding fulfillment after running away with another horse to share a oneness with nature in the wild.
■ "The Many Kimonos of Korkora Katoshi" is about a little Japanese girl who goes to live in a temple then leaves to follow the path of a Geisha girl. "The Big Fat Greek Nirvana" tells of a Greek boy who becomes a soldier and ends up studying with a philosopher in the forest.
■ "The Enlightenment of Odett Brindamar" is the story of a young woman who goes from the farm to the city where she becomes a prosti- tute and then later a nun.
■ "Reaching the Crossover in Chicago" is an urban story from the 1970s. "Neferate, the Daughter of Alchrater" is an Egyptian tale about the life path of a girl from the Pharaoh's family. "The Peacemaker" concerns a cowboy whose karma is to become a bounty hunter and shoot up a bunch of bad guys.
If you reach your capacity to integrate traumatic life events that lead to enlightenment, then the exhibit of the second- graders can provide some relief. Here you can contemplate children's budding ability to conceptualize and work with mixed media, in regard to the subjects of robots, rockets and alien life forms.
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- Let's Review: Plein-air show at La Jolla Library Art Gallery gallery is good fun
- High-energy art 'zar stages grand opening in La Jolla
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THE COMMUTE: This past week, transit news focused on what seemed like a series of unrelated events — most notably the resumption of Rockaway "A" Train service.
"A" Train Service Returns
"A" train service, between Howard Beach and the Rockaways, which was suspended seven months ago due to Superstorm Sandy, finally resumed on May 30. Due to the destruction of the trestle near Broad Channel, the suspension forced residents to resort to unreliable and overcrowded bus service. Months ago, a fleet of R-32 cars were trucked to Rockaway to at least provide subway shuttle service within Rockaway but it was in no way adequate to meet residents' needs. If you think transit service is poor in Sheepshead Bay, you should be aware of the two-hour plus commutes and hour waits for buses, which Rockaway residents were forced to endure, with the trestle out of service.


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Jeweller held at gunpoint by gang of armed robbers
A jeweller has been describing the terrifying moment he was held at gunpoint as a gang raided his shop. The robbers burst into Barry Papworth Jewellers on St Thomas Street at Lymington, in Hampshire.
The owner was threatened with a gun while they grabbed cash and jewellery worth thousands of pounds. Sarah Cooper reports.


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A tribute to the recently departed scholar Manning Marable, by a close friend.
A tribute to the life of Jonathan Rowe, political activist and writer, by journalist and a friend of his, Russ Baker.
Weinglass devoted his legal career to making human rights more sacred than corporate profit.
Fitch was a brilliant and prolific radical journalist and troublemaker.
Fried was a guiding presence to Buffalo-area actors, writers and social activists.
Best known for a photograph of her and Bob Dylan that became the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Rotolo devoted her life to the progressive causes which had engaged her since well before she met the folk singer.
Remembering the progressive aide to Gabrielle Giffords who died in the attack in Tucson, Arizona.
Dagmar Wilson was one of those responsible for what Alice Munro calls the "great switch in women's lives."
Class was not merely Milton's subject, it was the optic through which he saw the world, something that distinguished his work from what the culture had expected of social documentary photography since the 1930s.
She has been to the mountaintop—and we must fight harder to save it.


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The following information is from 1978 Arts Center.
Gallery 1978 on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood kicks off its 11th Annual Black History Month Exhibit on Saturday, Feb. 2, featuring the work of acclaimed artist Emma Amos.
The exhibit runs through March 24; an opening reception will be held Sunday, Feb. 10 from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Amos is an internationally renowned artist whose work is included in the collections of MOMA, NJ State Museum and the Newark Museum. Her art combines printmaking and textiles. Some of her paintings are bordered with African fabrics and her own quilting or weavings and have been seen as a connecting link to European tapestries and the African diaspora.
The exhibit is curated by Nette F. Thomas and Evelyn Graves.
On February 17, the gallery presents the Newark Black Artists Oral History Project, a presentation by Bianca Monet of a project dedicated to collecting and preserving first-hand narratives of black visual artists connected with Newark.
For more information on these exhibits, visit 1978 Art Center's website.


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Military History Events
Book Talk: The Good Soldiers
February 01, 2010 // 3:00pm — 4:00pm
Middle East Program
David Finkel, Editor and Writer, The Washington Post and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Book Talk: Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces
September 21, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
Middle East Program
Steven Ward, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
The Manhattan Project and its Cold War Legacy
February 20, 2008 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Cold War International History Project
Cynthia C. Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation, William Lanouette, writer and policy analyst, Robert Furman, retired Army Major, and head of the first atomic intelligence unit, and James Hershberg, The George Washington University,
Book Event--Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind
September 22, 2005 // 10:30am — 11:30am
Global Europe Program
with author Dr. Nancy Sherman, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University and Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown Law School
The Battle of Salamis: Ancient Lessons for Modern Statecraft
May 13, 2005 // 1:00am — 2:00pm
Global Europe Program
Barry Strauss, Professor of History and Classics, Cornell University
U.S. Counter-Insurgency in the Philippines: Lessons for Iraq?
March 08, 2005 // 5:00pm — 7:00pm
Canada Institute
Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow Brian McAllister Linn presented his research, which drew parallels between the challenges the U.S. military forces confronted in the Philippines at the beginning of the 20th century and those they are encountering in Iraq presently.
Post-War Angola: Trends and Prospects
April 05, 2004 // 2:30pm — 4:00pm
Africa Program
A panel discussion on "Post-War Angola: Trends and Prospects," featuring Raphael Marquez, a journalist and human rights activist; head of the Open Society Institute in Luanda, Professor Gerald Bender, one of America's most distinguished experts on Angola; and Evaristo Jose, Press Secretary for the Embassy of Angola.
Peace-Building in Africa's Great Lakes Region
October 17, 2003 // 9:00am — 10:30pm
Africa Program
A discussion on "Peace-Building in Africa's Great Lakes Region,"led by Ambassador Haile Menkerios, the Director of the Africa division of the UN Department of Political Affairs that is responsible for Africa's Great Lakes region.
Global Land Mine Elimination and the Ottawa Convention: Canadian Foreign Policy at Work
February 14, 2002 // 11:00pm
Canada Institute
Christopher Kirkey discussed the impact of the Ottawa Convention on Canada-U.S. relations and considered the significance of the convention in Canadian foreign policy.


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Check out Malik Yoba, Cedric The Entertainer, Vivica A. Fox, Bokeem Woodbine, Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones, and David Marciano in the trailer for this hip-hop musical drama feature titled Caught On Tape, directed by Fingaz.
A young boy, a video camera, and a bank robbery gone wrong, set the stage for this hip-hop musical drama. With nothing to go on but video footage, Detectives Roberts (Malik Yoba) and Detectives Brown (David Marciano) try to piece together the crime by interrogating the one surviving crewmember Mark (Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones). As the inquiries build, pieces start to come together, and the story unfolds, inadvertently revealing a major conspiracy to the heist, when Mark finds out he was, "Caught on Tape," or was he?
The film is set to be released on DVD on February 5, 2013.
On paper (with this group as well as the synopsis), this sounds like it could be a good idea, and something I actually would be curious about. Too bad that the below trailer just doesn't quite sell it. Not for me anyway.
Maybe it'll work for you (by the way, this is the second hip-hop musical from Sticky Fingaz that I'm aware of):
Hoy | January 11, 2013 4:42 PM
Funny that people on this site think white Hollywood is keeping their stories from being told, while this has been such a large percentage of the quality of films coming from black auteurs.
ALM | January 11, 2013 1:31 PM
Cheap, home movie quality video full of stereotypes. Was that Kel Mitchell looking busted up in the last 15 seconds of the clip? This looks like a parody.
getthesenets | January 11, 2013 12:14 PM
sticky's last film had all rhyming dialogue also"day in the life"
thought it was a wack idea, but film wasn't that bad...caught it one night on a free preview channel strzblack...
cinexa | January 11, 2013 11:27 AM
They are rapping/rhyming some of the dialogue. This should be interesting to say the least. The VO is funny as hell though. Is it a comedy or a drama, I'm not sure. Anyway, I like blaxploitation movies. Bring it on.
my2cents | January 10, 2013 9:41 PM
I must've missed the part in the trailer when they get into a time machine and transport back to the blacksploitation era.
sergio | January 10, 2013 9:34 PM
I'm sorry, but that was hysterical. I take it it was shot over a weekend when everybody had some free time
Jug | January 10, 2013 8:16 PM
I think somebody lost a dare
D.C. Kirkwood | January 10, 2013 8:09 PM
Boheem is the worst actor Ive ever seen. Ive said it many times before. I cant stand to hear him talk. He has a great agent but anything he's in turns out horrible. Just watch him Total Recall. Enough said.
Darkan | January 10, 2013 7:14 PM
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D.C. United's deal with VW is set to expire. Before he ran off to Toronto, Kevin Payne told Steven Goff that "There has been nothing definitive, but we're confident our relationship with Volkswagen will continue." This will likely hold true... But what if it doesn't? Let's take a look at some of the contenders for the chests of our champions.
The club has been fostering a relationship with LivingSocial over the past year, and the company seems committed to maintaining their headquarters in D.C. This one makes sense all around. Also, the potential for discounted jerseys is enticing, right?
Considering the ties of our most monied investor, I wouldn't be too surprised if the Indonesia Board of Tourism shows up on the shirts. Cities and countries finding their way onto soccer jerseys seems to be a recent trend, so it certainly isn't unprecedented. And their bird-thing even sort of matches our bird-thing!
Okay, this one is pretty unlikely. But it would still be cool, and it wouldn't be the first time DCU partnered with the half-smoke purveyors. Any other ideas?


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(OT) My "Cuz" Will Interviewed By "Faith And Leadership"
You don't have to be interested in basketball to be entertained by Will. "I suspect that yelling at the television is a form of ventilation that purges the spiritual toxins from me and insures my psychic well-being. After games, I often feel emptied out. Of course, the room I've been watching in can also be emptied out. This can be lonely following a loss. On the other hand, I fear that such ranting may represent a profound failure of impulse control of the same sort that results in murder, assault and Coach K-baiting. I asked the Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman whether my game-watching tendencies might result in my being reincarnated as an insect or a monkey or a baying coyote on the edge of some lonesome Western suburb. He answered that, indeed, there was some danger in that. I've had to weigh my intense fandom against the possibility that I will one day be crouched on all fours out in the desert scrub, barking with longing at a mystifying moon. For many of us, games become inchoate contests between differing values that we imagine represented by the competing teams. The games satisfy or disappoint our sense of virtue as members of the "right" group. In that sense, the games are not just games -- they're morality plays. But I'd rather not take such a philosophical stance on game night, all right?"


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Weekend brings full slate of eventsBy Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer | October 11,2013Columbus Day weekend brings a frenzy of activity to Rutland this year.
Its never too much, said Tom Donahue, executive vice president of the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce. Columbus Day weekend is always traditionally the peak in many respects. The long weekend gives people a chance to get out of town, come to Vermont. You cant nail down exactly when peak foliage is, but its always particularly beautiful in Vermont this weekend.
So, Donahue said, local businesses and organizations endeavor to give visitors plenty to do before, after or during breaks in the middle of leaf peeping.
The weekend sees two major annual events, HavestFest and Art in the Park, with horse-drawn wagons carrying passengers between the two from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
HarvestFest, put on by the Downtown Rutland Partnership, runs alongside the farmers market and features live jazz, booths for local artisans and several childrens activities like a scarecrow decorating and a scavenger hunt organized by the Wonderfeet Kids Museum.
Organizer Chris Ettori said the scarecrows will arrive pre-made, leaving just the decorating to young visitors.
The kids can paint the faces, put on the clothes, he said. When the downtown puts on an event we always see a big increase in numbers.
One of the displays will feature Rutlands contribution to a global interactive art project titled Before I Die.
A stenciled chalkboard and basket of chalk will give passersby an opportunity to consider and then share their personal aspirations in a few words. Before I Die was conceived in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The project has since spread worldwide and walls have been created in more than 350 communities in 55 countries and 25 languages.
Rutlands wall project, which will be on display on Center Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., has been created by a locals including Annabelle Williams, Susan Beard, Susan Farrow, Sharon Nimtz and Carol Tashie.
Art in the Park, organized by the Chaffee Art Center, brings artists and artisans to Main Street Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free, but the Chaffee solicits donations at the entrance. Organizers say they expect about 100 vendors offering fine art, jewelry, clothing and craftwork, working in clay, metal, glass, fiber, photography and wood.
Several specialty food vendors and musical entertainment are also available.
Main Street Park will also be the starting point, around sundown, of Zombie Outbreak, a city-wide zombie-themed tag game.
Around the same time, the Paramount Theatre will host Dancing with the Rutland Stars, a fundraiser for local childrens programs. The show features local celebrities competing in a dance-off while paired with professionals, as in the similarly named television program.
It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, said Steve Costello of Green Mountain Power, one of the stars. Ive run five marathons and this is harder than training for that. Im totally shocked at how difficult its been.
Sunday brings one more event, when a historic 1913 rail car arrives in the city to move into its new how at the Vermont Farmers Food Center. West Street will be closed starting from 9 a.m., and at 9:30 two cranes will lift the car from the tracks, rotate it 90 degrees and deposit it on the new site. The entire process is expected to take roughly 4 hours.
Im really looking forward to that, Donahue said. Thats going to be quite the spectacle.
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It's a crazy busy day in Memphis, especially with the news that the hometown university will be joining the Big East Conference in all sports beginning in 2013.
Old friend Gary Parrish writes that this is a day of celebration for Memphis, but it also means that the job of basketball coach Josh Pastner just became more difficult.
The Tigers already routinely sellout FedExForum and recruit almost nothing but Top 100 prospects, so the usual bumps that come with an advancement in conference affiliation won't matter much to Pastner. The only thing that'll change is that he'll no longer be able to out-recruit his league because Louisville, Connecticut, Villanova, Marquette and Georgetown (just to name a few) all recruit at the highest levels, too. So now Pastner will find himself fighting with the likes of Rick Pitino, Jay Wright, John Thompson III and Mike Brey to get to the top of the Big East, and he'll be scrapping like crazy in some years to avoid falling into the bottom half. It's much easier to consistently beat UAB, UTEP and Southern Miss than it is to consistently beat at least 10 Big East programs. That's the reality of the situation. The Memphis job just got a lot tougher.
Do you agree? And if so, is the change worthwhile?