text:
Hill's Rookie Roller-Coaster Lands Him on IRPosted by on December 19, 2012 – 8:17 pm
It's been a roller-coaster season of learning for second-round rookie WR Stephen Hill. Just a few weeks ago he talked about what he had planned for the last month of his first pro season.
"I just want to finish this season as hard as I can," said the tall, fast, earnest young man from Georgia Tech. "I know a little more about what it takes to be great, or greater. I'm going to take that from today and try to build on that every day from today on into the offseason."
Today Hill learned that he would be spending the final two weeks of the regular season on injured reserve with his knee injury.
The 6'4″, 215-pounder began the season with incredible promise, becoming the first Jet ever to debut with two touchdown catches in his first game in green and white against the Bills on opening day.
But those five catches for 89 yards and two TDs would be the high point of his inaugural season in the play-for-pay league. He had four receptions for 55 yards at New England and 5-for-40 in the 7-6 win over Arizona. But he also had several drops, two in the end zone and one late at Gillette Field that, had he caught it, likely would have iced an upset win over the Patriots.
He fought his way through calf, hamstring and ankle injuries and illness to post 21 catches for 252 yards (12.0 avg.) and three TDs. His last contribution to the cause came on the play on which he reinjured his knee, when he was pulled down by CB Derek Cox to draw a 14-yard pass interference penalty in the second quarter at Jacksonville.
Hill left EverBank Field that day limping only slightly and with an electro-stim device connected to his knee, smiling and talking optimistically about getting back quickly from this latest physical setback. But the progress had been slow, with head coach Rex Ryan saying this morning that Hill wouldn't practice today at the Atlantic Health Training Center and adding that "He's not going to be able to go" on Sunday against San Diego.
With the arrival off waivers last week of WR Braylon Edwards, his contribution on a week's work at Tennessee, and the good condition of his sore hamstring, the Jets decided late today to place Hill on IR. Taking his place on the active roster is CB Donnie Fletcher, signed for the second time this season off the Jets' practice squad.
Hill becomes the eighth player to go on IR in this painful Jets season, following CB Darrelle Revis, WR Santonio Holmes, LB Josh Mauga, CB Isaiah Trufant, TE Dedrick Epps, FB-TE Josh Baker and CB Royce Adams.
Wednesday Injury Reports
Going on IR, Hill is no longer on the Jets' I-report, but 20 players were listed today for the Chargers game.
Four players did not practice. Ryan said of the availability of TE Dustin Keller (ankle) for Sunday, "I'm not real sure. I'll lean on the trainers for that." G Brandon Moore (hip/foot) is a DNP because "off a short week, I think we're just giving him a day, pretty much." WR Chaz Schilens (knee/calf) "did finish the game, so we'll see about him." And Ryan said he's "concerned" with CB Aaron Berry (hamstring).
The Jets' five limited players are all working through previous injuries: WR Braylon Edwards (hamstring), S LaRon Landry (heel), DT Sione Po'uha (low back), LB Ricky Sapp (ankle) and LB Bryan Thomas (chest). The other 11 players were all full-go today.
The Chargers listed eight players: Did Not Practice — DT Aubrayo Franklin (knee), LB Takeo Spikes (hamstring). Limited — RB Ronnie Brown (hamstring), LB Donald Butler (groin), LB Demorrio Williams (ankle). Full — T Jeromey Clary (knee), G Tyronne Green (hamstring), WR Eddie Royal (hamstring).
Tags: Braylon Edwards, Darrelle Revis, Derek Cox, Donnie Fletcher, Rex Ryan, Santonio Holmes, Stephen Hill
Posted in Randy Lange | 55 Comments »
55 Responses
to "Hill's Rookie Roller-Coaster Lands Him on IR"
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 19, 2012 | Reply
I feel for Hill but otherwise it's no biggie. He's got plenty of time and we're long overdue to take WR much more seriously than we ever have since the Walker/Gaffney/Toon days. We need to do what OAK did when they picked Heyward-Bey but also kept drafting other promising WRs to keep the heat on the big pick, guys like Louis Murphy, Denarius Moore, and a guy named Chaz Schilens who hasn't quite worked out yet. I love that post on the story before this about how many pts the Pats have scored in their last 4 games, and that Lombardi piece the other day honed in on the biggest pt of all — we're NEVER overtaking the Pats until we get into their league on O. Rex just wasn't football-smart enough to get that and now it's too late — for him.
By bill on Dec 19, 2012 | Reply
I have no comment on Hill other than he's been a huge disappointment, as has the entire season.
What I want to talk about is why Rex didn't even dress McElroy for the Titans game. He clearly is a better option than Tebow, who is not an NFL caliber QB. And Sanchez has been slumping badly. All McElroy did was win the Arizona game in one half of football, after getting what was probably next to zero practice work.
How he can go into the Titans game with McElroy not even dressed to me is a fireable offense. I like Rex but that was the single most bone headed decision he's ever made. Sanchez should just be waived or traded to Arizona for a 6th rounder if they'll bite. They might be desperate enough.
– Disgusted Jets fan. What else is new?
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 19, 2012 | Reply
Spicer, I gotta get back to some serious work for a few days after reveling in the beginnings of such long-overdue change at this sorry franchise. But if you have a minute, tell me who you see as some of the top WR prospects in this yr's draft. We'll never sign them with any more talk of "Mark's the starter," of course, but from the way Rex is talking it looks like we might've finally turned the corner on THAT jive…
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Best news of the yr (from Cimini) — "The Jets will explore all options with Sanchez, including a trade, and the team plans to part ways with Tebow after the season, league sources said Wednesday" — not that those of us living on Planet Earth didn't see this coming. Most obvious move is MS to SEA for Flynn and the teams work out the $, but I don't think Woody's up for a 2013 bout between 2 green QBs like Flynn and Mc. Sad to say, more likely Woody goes for 33-yr-old Vick as a stopgap starter, especially if he keeps Rex. Vick's exactly the kind of troubled, overrated, inconsistent player that Rex can hype to death. Still another reason the real change starts with firing Rex and his entire staff — after losing Mr T for a real GM, of course.
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
I hope this Sanchez/Tebow debacle is a lesson for those who swallow the conventional wisdom about deals, contracts, "Woody loves Rex," and all that nonsense. Deals are made to be broken, the minute you're hired you know there's a day you'll be fired. Successful people accept this, losers waste time denying it. What I'll bet happened Monday night is Woody told Mr T he never wants to see Sanchez as a Jet again, then told Rex to find out ASAP if McElroy's got anything. And I'm sure Woody said this while letting those guys know they could be gone in 2013 too if they don't execute well now. Like Romney said about "I like firing people…" (He actually said firing people who provide lousy services and boy, does that ever describe Mr T and Rex!)
By IRA on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Too bad about Hill but i expected IR was coming. While he has a lot of raw talent and might turn into a good WR this was a move that was one of the biggest mistakes they made in the offseason. More so than Tebow. They couldn't expect a rookie WR who caught ahout 35 or so passes in his college career to step in and start as the #2. They had to have a veteran like Edwards as the #2 and slowly develop and work in Hill. And they trade up to the 11th spot in the 2nd rd to get him. They could've stayed at 15 and picked Z. Brown who destroyed the Jets Monday night.
Hope Edwards stays with the team to help groom Hill next year. Can't make the same mistake twice.
By kw65fan on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Hill better come back next season in tip-top shape…go to a 'Jerry Rice' football camp and learn to catch a football. He better have that pigskin in his arms 24 hours a day.
One thing I'm concerned about with Mac…and I hope he plays fantastic these next two games…but like Flynn from Packers last year, some team would be really interested and the great braintrust we have will trade him and we will be stuck with Sanchize as a starter because of his salary implications. I hope Mac plays great and we DO give him a chance next year to battle it out and as he gets stronger in the off season. But I can just see it in the back of my mind what these bungleheads in the FO would do.
By Jersey Rich on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
With a full training camp, and hopefully a new QB – Hill should do good next year. I am actually excited about the upcoming game with McElroy. I hope our TE Haden is also given an opportunity in these last games.
By russ on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Merry Christmas to you Randy and thank you again from all of us to allow our inane comments on our collective frustrations during this horrible football season…taken in perspective the Jets are very insignificant compared to what happenned during "Sandy" and to the poor souls who must make a life after the horror of Sandy Hook shootings…
By Randy Lange on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Russ, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and all the fans who come to the Radar.
By GaryC on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Now where talking about bringing in Vick,why not,the jets are used to bringing in Washed up quarterbacks and this guy has other baggage I won't mention because it would get X'ED OUT.I want to hear from the fans who say you need a tall quarterback and this guy is 5'11 at best and is also a turnover machine.Rex is now saying he is excited about Antonio Allen after he has cut him a couple of times already,Tebow's career as a jet is over,and we sure got a lot out of those two picks we gave for him.
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
We better not end up with micheal vick as QB …That is trully one of the WORST options available …obviously ….Those rumors hopefully are not true
By AZ JET Fan on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
I wish there was a way for Bill Parcells to be part of this orginazation. He could get it turned around.
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
"If the Jets are successful in trading Sanchez, they're going to be aggressively pursuing a starting QB. On the list besides Vick: Alex Smith, Carson Palmer, Matt Flynn, Matt Moore, Jason Campbell or taking a QB in April in a weak draft." The same options that came up last yr at this time, and in fact most of the same names. See what happens when you avoid action rather than acting proactively? This was one of the most wasted yrs in Jet history and it could be seen coming at least as early as the PIT playoff loss, maybe as early as the BAL loss during that season. Oh well, at least Rex's talk of "younger players getting opportunities," which shoulda started 3 or 4 games ago, shows that THE HOUSECLEANING IS ON! Hopefully he's the first gone!
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Let's see if Rex is still around to get excited about anybody, GaryC, I have a feeling he won't be. As for his newfound appreciation for Allen, that's Rex, a guy makes one play of a kind that he understands and suddenly he's…let's say, who would Rex say he is?…someone from at least 40 yrs ago, for sure…okay, Johnny Robinson or Larry Wilson! Actually, I like both Allen and Bush but as I've already said above, these guys shoulda been playing a lot more in this — and you heard me call it this several times — REBUILDING YR! Landry can talk all he wants about multi-yr deals, I don't care if both him and Bell are gone. This team isn't gonna be in it for at least a few yrs and anybody who thinks they are, even with a new QB, is dreaming.
By Stevesc on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
If the Jets end up signing Michael Vick, I will officially resign from being a New York Jet as I have been for over 45 years. I wouldn't put it past them though.
By TIM on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
1. Message to WOODY JOHNSON.
2. Please JETS…(NO VICK)!!!
By since shea on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
If they bring in Vick for QB, I will definitely stop my psl payments and give up being a season ticket holder after more years than I would like to remember. Woody, step aside and hire a football man to call all the shots including who should be GM, HC, OC, QB etc. Losing is one thing, being embarrassed by dysfunctional management is something entirely different. Someone needs to come in and restore some element of pride and passion in being a Jet fan again.
By THUNDER LIPS on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
let's face it fellas … time to rebuild. establish your core vetrans (harris, revis/cro, mangold, debrick) and the cut out the fat (pace, scott, etc). don't try to salvage, start over WITH THE DRAFT. Trade trade trade for draft picks and in hte draft take tTHE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE. no position hunitng and ridiculous attempts at projects like Hill DUcasse and Gholston.
who knows what we do with the chize. maybe woody should bring Romney in to fix it.
By since shea on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
AZ, careful what you wish for. Parcells is the godfather of Mr T and Sparano. I would bet that it was Parcells who called in a marker from Mr T to get sparano off the unemployment line and give him the OC job. You are right to want a football man to call the shots. I fully agree. Who is our "Elway" ala Denver's man in charge?
By Tom Spicer on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Tom 64, That is the thing the Jets dont need to worry about D they have a good one even without there best player (Revis) & we are getting him back this year. This whole off season free agency & the draft the TOTAL focus has to be on O. We do not need to get a WR we will get Holmes back next year. Kerley showed promise this year. We need to sign Keller to a resonable deal & lastly THE JETS need to suck it up sign Braylon he is 29 NOT 35 in 1 game & 2 practices he showed us that he is the best we got. We could get him back for the veteran minmum. BAM YOUR DONE AT WR! For next to nothing. The needs are in this order QB, RB & RT. Unless the Jets think there is a guy who they are going to say is a 10 sack guy WE DONT NEED HIM!
By Tom Spicer on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
The Jet O is so bad if the Jets select a defensive player I am going to throw my TV out the window!
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
These last few days have been the most (only) fun days of the season. Suddenly everyone is talking about the future, about the young players, about their auditions for next yr. As if having entered the Bizarro World, Rex suddenly won't make any predictions about who'll be back next yr, won't ridiculously over-praise "Mark" or "Tim," won't waste a whole press conference making absurdly outsized claims for Pouha, Thomas, Scott, or other guys who shouldn't have been given the moon by Mr T. In fact, Rex basically won't say anything but "My mind is on this Sunday's game." HEY, EARTH TO REX: THIS IS THE WAY A REAL HEAD COACH BEHAVES ALL THE TIME! Focuses on the game, focuses on winning, and looks to stop running his mouth and get back to work.
By kw65fan on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
NO VICK…plain and simple…
By the former ron alexander now Ronbo19 on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
RANDY, I would like to echo Russ's sentiment by thanking you again for helping me express my frustrations with the current situation,and my hope for the future of the entire organization. I wish you and yours as well as the entire gang here on Randy's radar a very happy Holiday season!
P.S, to all my fellow knuckleheads out there who are hopeing for a return of Bill Parcells, Al Toon,Weeb Eubank or any other former player,coach or even ball boys, can I just say STOP! ITS TIME TO MOVE ON GUYS!!!!!!
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
AZ JET …You said it ….Bill Parcells …The only one that could turn this mess around …
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Bring in micheal vick , and jemarcus russell too …Great ideas , NOT, you're FIRED …
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
The entire Jets staff should expect their dismissel ….shortly ..
By Karan on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
I hope Mark gets traded to a team where he'll be respected and where he can improve as a QB and prove this franchise wrong ultimetly. This mess of a team and their management has completely screwed things up for what could have been a bright young future here. His records in 2009 and 2010 were great and instead of building on that, they completely deteriorated the roster around him and this is where we are today. Reports confirm Sanchez is getting traded next season, if anyone who should lose a job now, it should be that poor excuse of a general manager. Sanchez messed up a lot too, don't get me wrong, his turnovers were ridicolous but whos really to blame for the failure of this team the last two seasons?? Mike Tannenbaum and Woody Johnson
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
The Jets should just lose out the rest ,.. and go for draft picks ..
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Norv Turner is the worst coach in the NFL in my opinion . So I give the jets a 50 / 50 shot of losing this game against the Chargers ..
By scjoe on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
I think it was generous of you Randy to call Hill's season a roller coaster, because after that first game vs Buffalo that roller coaster did nothing but fall. GaryC, here is my opinion on Michael Vick as a NY Jet….I have been through all of the ups and downs (mostly downs) with this team since day #1. If Vick is the next QB I officially turn in my home and away #12s and 72s for good! Or at least until he is no longer on the team. For what it's worth!
By SCfromNY on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
I have said before that unless a miracle happens 2013 will be a rebuilding season. However this was suppossed to be a rebuilding season for the Colts gutted more than any team in my recollection. Going to the SB is always the goal but how about some good honest football? The last 4 years have been worse for the Lions, Bucs, Redskins,and Raiders than the Jets. BUT we did see some entertaining games. They understand this an offensive league and you need to score points. The bottom line is winning but only 1 team can hoist the SB trophy. For those that do not win we need competive and entertaining games. After all it is a game.Let's have some fun and cut the bull next year.
By scjoe on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
kw65fan makes an interesting point about McElroy playing well these last two games and being exposed to the rest of the league. With that said, I would like to ask Randy what the status of McElroy's contract is? How long is he under contract? One other sidebar, I am not sure we will get to see McElroy air it out, I still believe we will get a heavy dose of ground and punt resulting in a 10-6 win or loss.
By Byrdman on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
To me Hill is right out of the Jets Handbook "Examples of what NOT to do in the NFL Draft" Mediocre teams like this make ill advised trades to move up and reach for players they likely could have had much lower on the board. Nowhere outside of the Jets Florham Park headquarters was Mark Sanchez a #5 pick. Hill was pegged as a "developmental player" based upon his limited numbers at GT. Nobody had Shonne Greene ranked like a feature RB. The Jet scouting dept needs help. Watch Woody over the next few months, in full blown panic mode, terrified that the Jets will still be a laughingstock when the 2014 SB comes to town – I'm predicting some huge block-buster trades and draft deals in a desperate attempt to whip our Jets into a contender :D
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Ready for BIG Changes on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Karan, that's part of the problem, I think, you're not analyzing either the live game, the tape, or the data correctly. Only by the most generous definition can Sanchez's 1st 2 yrs be called anything close to "great." He made all kinds of mistakes that should've been out of his system earlier, blew big games both in the season and post, and the entire O had to be dumbed down to his limits. Even his "comeback wins" were necessitated by his constant slow starts. Watch some elite QBs, young or old, and see what "great" really means. Byrdman, your lines about Woody going into panic mode over the 2014 SB on our turf gives me chills, I think there's at least a 50-50 chance of something like that happening. And about a 10-90 chance of it working.
By GaryC on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
We already had Roger Vick,one Vick was enough.
By Bennett got Karan angry on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
GARY C… amen to the Vick post
By GaryC on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Seeing the posters,it looks unanimous that no one want's Vick here,maybe some of us need to submit resumes for positions in the jet front office.
By TONY GARCIA on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
JET FAN since 1969, THIS season could havebeen different if we would have made QB change prior to TEXAN game.I do not mean TEBOW,referring to McElroy.
By kw65fan on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
SCJoe..I believe he has two more years on his contract. My concern is that other teams needing a QB come a knocking swaying Jets for a trade. Sure, draft picks would be nice but hate to see him go and develop into a really good QB. Like i said, knowing our braintrust (if 'T' is still here) they would jump at the trade.
By scjoe on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
40 year fan, I agree with you on Norv Turner as a HC. However, he is one heck of an OC that I would love to see in NY in 2013.Only thing missing is a quality QB and a quality QB coach.
By since shea on Dec 20, 2012 | Reply
Ha! Hey 40 yr fan John, you are right. Norv Turner is the worst coach in the NFL. Not only do you give us a 50-50 chance of losing to him, but knowing our FO genius braintrust, HE MIGHT BE OUR NEXT HEAD COACH!!!!!!!!
By SCfromNY on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
I like Hill's potential, however "potential" means he is not doing it yet.Rice did not light up the field his first year. This NOT a comparrison to Rice or Megathron. A few players like Rice or the "real" LT are once in a lifetime. Hill has the tools. I think if he has a good work ethic and QUALITY coaching his upside is tremendoes. He will either be a steal or another Jet mistake. I keep pounding on the Jets setting their bar so low. Rex keeps talking about elite pass offenses like the Jets will never have one so let's have the D win 13-7 games. The 49ers live by D BUT when they needed 41 pts to beat the Pats or 30's to beat the Saints it happened. If you want a feared passing attack you need those type of players.
By SCfromNY on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
con't. It starts with a philosphy that you want to score maximuim points everytime to play. Teams like the Pats, Saints, Packers, and Denver are always playing to score. The Jets have a 2nd place attitude. Halfway into the season they are trying to see who has to lose so they can get a wildcard instead of a bye. They want a great D so they do not have to score many points. This is a losing mental set. Is it easy to become a feared O? NO, but it starts with getting the right players and taking chances. Too many times it is brought up that Brady was a 6th round pick. But look at Wilson. Quality scounts can find those hidden gems. How many great WRs and RBs are undrafted FAs? Time to wake up to todays NFL. GM-Polian. HC-Gruden, and OC-Turner.
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Seeing the Rays of the New Rising Sun on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
SCfromNY, your pts about the current Jet regime's Fear of Scoring and Praying for Other Teams to Lose are worthy of a Pulitzer Prize.
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
Since Shea -, Norv Turner , our QB will be micheal vick , and we got obama as president …It doesn't get any worse than that …
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
Scjoe absolutely NOT on Norv Turner …. Kubiak on the other hand is doing a great job in Texas . Any chance we could get an offer to move him to the big city would be great . And I would take Lienhart with him he was much better than Sanchez at USC ..
By 40 year fan , John on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
There has got to be a way to make a deal to bring a quality QB to New York …Someone like Stafford , or Matt Ryan …We could deal Sanchez and Tebow …
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom Seeing the Rays of the New Rising Sun on Dec 21, 2012 | Reply
No really good OC is going to work under Rex, especially not with our QB situation and roster. If Rex stays, prepare for some mediocrity that he dredges up from somewhere in his past. I also don't know why you guys think Turner is so much worse than Rex as a HC. 2 yrs ago SD had the #1 D vs both the run and the pass — and yeah, they gave up a lot of pts, especially in big games. That's a Rex-like D performance, isn't it? Anyway, the whole idea is to get Mr T and Rex outta here, get their awful strategies and glaring limitations a million miles away so that when the new QB, whoever he is, takes the field next August, it feels like a new era for the Jets. Personally, I can't stand to look at either T or Rex anymore, much less listen to them.
By steven on Dec 22, 2012 | Reply
I would like to see Hayden Smith play in these last two games just to see what he has. He's bigger and faster than the Patriots Gronkowski
By SCfromNY on Dec 22, 2012 | Reply
40 year fan: Even if somehow we had the money for a Safford or Ryan why would they even want to come here. Out of the 2 I would really like Stafford. We will have little cash or trade bait. One quality QB comes to mind. While Philip Rivers has almost as many INTs as Sanchez I feel he is a much better QB in his ability to read defenses, throw accurately, and most of all his field presense. Like I said, not an elite pickup but a player in his prime who may benefit from a change. San Diego may be so unhappy with him that they would have a reasonable request for compensation. We COULD deal Sanchez and Tebow but I think a 5th pick for Tebow is the best bet. Sanchez we would have to help with his salery to convince a desperate team, Cards???
By chris long time jet fan on Dec 22, 2012 | Reply
we have a good team if we had a descent qb we could have won 4 to 5 more games easily which we would be sitting at 10 and 4 with to winnable games to go…we have a qb in mcelroy and a couple releases on the defense and we are there….no surprising all the wrs get hurt trying to catch marks balls…..
By chris long time jet fan on Dec 22, 2012 | Reply
tebow didnt brake marks rythm he never had one….marks 26 interceptions the first year and 4 years later still the same old mark and his fumbles and batted balls….any time he takes a hard hit he done for the day….at least sunday we will look like a football team …
By chris long time jet fan on Dec 22, 2012 | Reply
i like rex but his stubborness with mark playing with the mark gives us the best chance….probably will be his demise …65000 brains got to be smarter than 1 brain…


text:
586 Marshall Ave
Williston, VT 05495
Welcome to the used car
inventory page of Berlin City Kia. You'll see from our selection below
that we have a large used car inventory,
and we know that we have a used car, truck, mini-van or SUV for you like the Honda CRV, Toyota 4Runner, VW Jetta, Chevy Tahoe, MINI Cooper & more!
Take a look, and then call us with any questions; or stop by 586
Marshall Ave for a test drive. Do not forget about our free state inspection program
for all makes and model vehicles.
Visit Berlin City Kia for all your Williston Kia needs. From used cars to new Kia cars, and from car repairs to Kia parts, we have Vermont covered! Come talk to the automotive professionals at our Williston Kia dealership and we'll be happy to assist you.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
A Stevens Point company may be forced to leave the state after the WI Department of Administration's decision to hire a Minnesota company to track student information.
Skyward lost a multimillion dollar contract bid to provide the Statewide Student Information Systems for the state's 440 school districts, despite already providing the the software for half of them.
Skyward also provides financial software for 80 percent of school districts, but soon they won't be providing anything for the state.
In the last two years, the state decided to go with a single vendor system to track student information; everything from attendance to grades to health records.
Friday, DOA announced its choice of Infinite Campus, Inc. of Minnesota, over Skyward and five other vendors, citing the company had the highest technical score on their scale and the lowest proposed cost.
But the C.E.O. of Skyward says eliminating the multi-vendor system and therefore competition, means they can't do business in their own state.
"What a single vendor does is eliminate competition and basically what has taken us since 1980 to build this business, by the state making this decision they're basically telling us we cannot sell our product in the state of Wisconsin," Cliff King said.
By choosing Infinite Campus, which currently provides SIS for about ten percent of Wisconsin school districts, the remaining districts will be forced to convert software costing time and money.
Meanwhile, Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson calls the state's decision tremendously shortsighted, adding that if Wisconsin is truly open for business now is the time to prove it.
"Wisconsin jobs are at risk when we're trying to espouse that we're open for business and we are almost single handily by this contract decision telling a Wisconsin company, you might as well turn your sign to closed," Mayor Halverson said.
Skyward has contested the state's decision, and Mayor Halverson is in talks with state legislators hoping they will intervene by choosing Skyward or going back to a multi-vendor system.
"It doesn't pass the common sense test, it shouldn't pass the electorate's test either in holding the individuals accountable, which in my opinion are twofold a democrat and a republican, State Superintendent Tony Evers and Governor Scott Walker," Halverson said.
Rep. Katrina Shankland is calling on the Governor and his administration to conduct a thorough review of the evaluation process and decision after Skyward called the process flawed.
"The SSIS procurement, evaluation, and selection process has raised concerns since day one. I call on Governor Walker and the DOA to add transparency to the process by explaining whether any changes were made, what these changes were, and specifically why Infinite Campus was chosen. Skyward and Central Wisconsin deserve answers," she wrote in a statement.
King says if the state's decision remains, the company will likely move its headquarters out of state. Currently Skyward employs 280 employees in Stevens Point. King stresses those employees will keep their jobs, but they would likely be encouraged to pull up roots and move to wherever the new headquarters are.
The Portage County Business Council has also reached out to members, encouraging them to contact the Governor and state legislators.
It's still unclear whether the school districts not currently using Infinite Campus software will have to pay to convert to the new system, or if the state will foot the bill.
The Stevens Point School District, which currently uses Skyward, has estimated their cost to convert to be $447,000.
To comment, the following rules must be followed:
Comments may be monitored for inappropriate content, but the station is under no legal obligation to do so.
If you believe a comment violates the above rules, please use the Flagging Tool to alert a Moderator.
Flagging does not guarantee removal.
Multiple violations may result in account suspension.
Decisions to suspend or unsuspend accounts are made by Station Moderators.
Questions may be sent to email@example.com.
Please provide detailed information.
All comments must adhere to the WSAW.com discussion rules.


text:
Hambletons Toleration (In Store Only)
Back to Products
Select Quantities
16.9oz Bottle $95.99
Case of 12
16.9oz Bottle $95.99
Case of 12
Item #820956
Size: 16.9oz
Type: Ale
Varietal: Pale Ale
Country: England
Prices, promotions and availability may vary by store and online.
Ridgeway Reindeer Droppings
"..Pale malt start with a decent hop wallop mid-sip. Quite dry finish with a substantial level of carbonation. Short aftertaste given the strength of the spicy hop. The mild presence of alcohol warmth gives me the impression that this beer has a higher alcohol content.."
$5.99 / 16.9oz Bottle
$67.99 / Case of 12
$67.99 / Case of 12
Boddington's Pub Ale
"This is a beautiful beer...ohh what a sweet pour! One of the creamiest beers I have tasted....Very smooth, and the mouthfeel is excellent. Quite enjoyable!"
$7.99 / 4 Pack of 16oz Cans
$45.99 / Case of 6
$45.99 / Case of 6
Customer Reviews
There are currently 0 reviews for this product.
Be a trailblazer and write the first one!
Be a trailblazer and write the first one!
No Reviews


text:
Short for man-cave. An area where a man and his man buddies reside, drink beer, watch sports and grunt.
Morgan's fiance wanted their new house to look nice, so she made him build his mave in the basement.
nattylite0409 tərəfindən 20 Mart 2010
An event where a girl dates a boy who she thinks is older than him, but really isnt. She breaks up with him, and immediately after, dates his brother. Within three to five days, the girl breaks up with him too, breaking all ties with the entire family for good. Or at least, we think so.
That chica pulled a total mave!
Mr. Snazzy tərəfindən 28 Dekabr 2005


text:
iTunes Skins About
iTunes Skins provide the best selection of free iTunes Skins, Themes, and Styles. New free iTunes 9, iTunes 10 Skins, HowTo customize iTunes tutorials and Apple Mac & iPhone related news. For Windows and Apple Mac OSX iTunes music player.
iTunes Skins Categories
Apple Mac & iPhone News
Yes, iTunes 10 Is Finally Here
If you're anything like me, you've been hitting refresh on the Apple iTunes website waiting for them to put iTunes 10 up for download.
The Apple iPad: starting at $499
After nearly a decade of rumors and speculation, Apple's finally unveiled the iPad.
Install Snow Leopard on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking Required
Two weeks ago I detailed how to build a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard, start to finish, with a little Terminal work. If you're not comfortable with command-line hacking, you can now install Snow Leopard on your Hackintosh with just a few point-and-clicks.
Create Apple's Navigation Bar in Photoshop from Scratch
Today we will try to recreate the Apple navigation bar on their current website.
Snow Leopard Update: 10.6.1 Is Here
We knew it was in the works, but now it's here—the 10.6.1 update, with newer Flash plug-in and tweaks for 3G modems, DVD playback, Dock, Mail and other areas.
iTunes Comments
- MaryjoWhat i do not realize is in fact how you're not really a lot more neatly-preferred than you may be right...
- RooseveltI read a lot of interesting posts here. Probably you spend a lot of time writing, i know how to save you a...
- CorinneMy partner and I stumbled over here coming from a different page and thought I may as well check things out. I...
- ModestoI read a lot of interesting articles here. Probably you spend a lot of time writing, i know how to save you a...
- Parthenia E. BawaToday, I went to the beach front with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old...
Itunes Recent Posts
iTunes Links
iTunes Friends
multi plugin themes, backgrounds and icons ...use the page navigation.


text:
Federation Commander
A NEW fast paced board game of starship combat!
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
Explaining the Rules to New Players
Goto page
Federation Commander Forum Index
General Discussion
View previous topic
View next topic
General Chang
Joined: 29 Mar 2009
Posts: 7
Location: Merry Old England
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:40 pm
Post subject: Explaining the Rules to New Players
I've read a few interesting posts recently about parents introducing their children into the game.
This is particularly intriguing to me as the one barrier I've had to introducing friends to Federation Commander is that I can't seem to make the rules sound simple when I explain them.
Last week I introduced the game to a group of four friends, two of whom are monster Trek fans, while one of the others is a champion miniatures wargamer and hex & counter veteran.
Maybe I made a bit of a hash of explaining things, but as I ran through the basics (power management, movement and shooting in that order) I was greeted with blank looks and a few "Huhs?". It seems to hinge around the unusual movement phases and their terminology (a turn, with impulses, and sub-pulses, and then no pulses... argh!). It actually reached the point where one of the four said "This seems a bit too heavy for me" and had to be persuaded to stay and give it a try.
Once we got playing it all came naturally and it produced a fun battle, but my explanations nearly ended it before it had began.
I have had similar problems with my more regular gaming buddies, who all have RPG backgrounds and were initially quite horrified by the whole thing - only to be won over when they gave it a try. (And they are now virtual addicts!)
Is it better to teach by actually getting people to play? How do you approach explaining the game to others?
Back to top
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
Posts: 4478
Location: Middle Tennessee
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:06 pm
Post subject:
I've always just thrown the map out wqith a couple of ships and then walked everyone through it.
Even though the rules are simple (and should be easy to grasp) - the blank stares received from a verbal explanation quickly convinced me to avoid that tactic.
When I was teaching my sons Boy Scout troop to play during the initial playtest round, I had a 2 foot by 3 foot printout of a Klingon D7 and the DAC. As I walked them through it, it went something like this:
Blue boxes generate power. Count the blue boxes, that's how much power you have to spend THIS turn (emphasis on the every changing available power).
This box shows your Movement cost. It costs "X" power to move speed "Z".
Red boxes are weapons. Weapons cost this many power to fire.
This chart shows when you move at each speed...
Step 1) select a base speed and "spend" that many energy points.
Step 2) Now we're ready for movement...
and so on.
It only took about 15 minutes to get them into it.
Fortunately, I had a couple dozen sets of Impulse Tracking Cards - so they were soon able to track who was scheduled to move when, which freed me up to circulate among the various tables and answer all the other questions.
Scoutdad's minis photos here!
Back to top
Fleet Captain
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 2929
Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:36 pm
Post subject:
"Base Speeds" didn't make sense to my group of friends (or my wife) until I used the analogy of gears in a manual car transmission.
Once I equated base speed 0 to first-gear, base speed 8 to second, etc., and that you can push the throttle pedal down or hit the brakes during a turn, but you can't "shift gears" until a turn break, they all got it.
Back to top
Fleet Captain
Joined: 03 May 2008
Posts: 1865
Location: Earth
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:24 pm
Post subject:
djdood wrote:
"Base Speeds" didn't make sense to my group of friends (or my wife) until I used the analogy of gears in a manual car transmission.
Once I equated base speed 0 to first-gear, base speed 8 to second, etc., and that you can push the throttle pedal down or hit the brakes during a turn, but you can't "shift gears" until a turn break, they all got it.
Ohh, that explains why I always lose at speed 0. On my bike, whenever I turn the gear to it's lowest, the chain gets tangled
Doomed to live in secret since discovering that the Air Force Tapes were a fantasy...
"Your knowledge of my existence must be punished"
Back to top
Fleet Captain
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 2929
Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:37 pm
Post subject:
Well, my analogy isn't going to work too well for someone not old enough to drive yet
Heck, in another decade or so it probably won't work for hardly anybody as most folks where I live will be driving electric cars. Stick-shifts will be a memory at that point.
Back to top
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
Posts: 797
Location: North Carolina
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:42 pm
Post subject:
Always preferred to watch a game be played I've never seen once before I got into it ---
Pair a newbie/cadet up with a player, as the game progresses they get a grasp on what its about, when they feel they know the basics pass the baton from the player to the newbie ---
Back to top
Lieutenant JG
Joined: 10 Jan 2009
Posts: 70
Location: East Anglia, UK
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:40 am
Post subject:
Over the years, I've taught a lot of people to play a lot of games. I'm sometimes freaked out by the amount of rulebooks that are stored in my head, ranging from hardcore wargames to stuff like Agricola.
My approach is always the same, i.e. a brief run down of the salient points, with examples of whatever I'm talking about on the board. Then, dive straight into it, and explain as we go along. There's no better way to learn a game, complex or simple, than by playing it and being encouraged to ask questions as they arise.
Fed Com is no different, and is a lot simpler than some of the games I've tried to wrap people's heads around (ASL anyone?), and it is eminently suitable to demonstration on the playing area, as once it's set up it looks great, and invites both intellectual and tactile interaction.
Another key point is to allow yourself (as the experienced player) to take some lumps in the first few games with a newbie. NEVER teach them the basics and then run rings around them. The only thing that accomplishes is to put the player off forever. Instead, as the newbie gets more experienced, gradually raise your level of play so that it's always a very close contest.
You know you have succeeded oin teaching a game when you are playing your A game, and he still beats the crap out of you. That's a job well done...
"Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous" - Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski.
Back to top
Lieutenant SG
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
Posts: 146
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:41 pm
Post subject:
In my experience , it makes a big difference using the "simplified movement rules" for the introductory games (sorry, I can not remember who posted them here). I basically eliminates the complexity of the movement sub-pulses hierarchy which in my opinion is one of the biggest intimidation factors for new players.
The summary is:
- Keep the original order of movement (who moves ahead)
- Pay for accel / descel
- The ship moves all sub-pulses at once (base speed 8 - 1 hex ; speed 16 - 2 hexes; etc)
- Seeking weapons and shuttles move after the ships, all sub-pulses at once as well
- At the request of a player, the traditional sub-pulse movement rule can be applied in a specific impulse.
Works great and speeds up the game greatly.
Back to top
Lieutenant SG
Joined: 03 Apr 2009
Posts: 123
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:46 pm
Post subject:
When my friend introduced our weekly gaming group to FC we all took one look at the official playsheet and collectively and silently groaned to ourselves..."This is supposed to be simple?" Visions of SFB danced in our heads! FC is both a LOT easier than it appears and it still has a lot of detail (some of which is not always intuitive!).
IMO FC is a strange bird in that its core concepts are quite elegant but there are a lot of detailed SFB artifacts that clutter the design. So here's what we've done when explaining the rules (which I get to do again with my wife tonight!) The idea is to introduce broad concepts first and only then shows details which can be considered in that broader context.
1. Start with a map and two ship counters...
ship cards, and
2. A ship has 4 potential speeds: 0, 8, 16, or 24 which is the number of hexes it can move each turn: 8, 16, or 24 hexes. Easy!
3. If a ship wants to turn it must first move a certain number of hexes straight, typically 2 or 3. The faster it goes, the more hexes it must move straight before turning...just like riding a bicycle! The fast you go, the wider your turn!
So far you've explained the core movement concept. You can demonstrate these concepts with just two ship counters and the map on the table. Ship cards and playsheet would only distract so DON'T have them in view!!! You can also explain side-slips at this point if you want.
4. Without showing the ship card explain that ships have weapons that can only fire in certain directions and that their protection (shields) are usually stronger in front. Think tank armor and jet fighter weapons.
5. Since it wouldn't be fair to force one player to move ALL of his hexes before another play each "big turn" is broken down into 8 little turns. Based on your speed of 8/16/24 you move 1/2/3 hexes during each of the 8 little turns or "sub-turns". Each time you move 1/2/3 hexes you get to shoot but each weapon can only do that once each big turn.
Using just two ship counters and a map you can now demonstrate how two opposing ships might approach one another over 8 "little turns", pausing to fire after specific little turns.
You can add color commentary about how they might try to out-turn one another by staying at lower speeds but how lower speed ships must move before higher speed ships. Now you've explained the broad combat concepts WITH the movement concepts without diving straight into the details
6. Explain that things like moving and shooting take energy. So, at the start of each turn, you get a certain amount of power points which are a bit like "money". You spend them at the start of the turn on powering your engine (your speed of 8/16/24) and save the rest to be spent on firing various weapons over the course of the 8 little turns.
At this point the trainee has a broad context of movement, firing, and energy allocation. Take him through a sample turn using ONLY the two ship counters and the map board. Explain that both players first spend energy points on their base speed of 8/16/24 and then start moving 1/2/3 hexes over the course of 8 little turns, pausing to spend remaining energy by firing at the end of those 8 little turns.
You can THEN show them the ship card which provides details on who well his ship moves, how well it fights, and how much energy it has to spend on these actions. And these details now make sense relative to the broad game concepts already demonstrated with just two ship counters and a map board.
Next show the playsheet and detail the turn sequence which has already been broadly explained and the weapon charts.
I've done this with a new adult player and my two kids (ages 7 and
and they did just fine in their first games. In fact, I didn't introduce finer points (eg speed changes) until they first had the experience of setting a baseline speed and subtracting energy points for doing so. The important thing is to not overwhelm the trainee with detail. Start with broad concepts and LITERALLY do NOT have ship cards or playsheets in view...
keep them in a box!!
DEMONSTRATE the core concepts using ONLY two ship counters and a map board and they'll have a solid context on which to hang subsequent details.
Back to top
Lieutenant JG
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 30
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:23 pm
Post subject:
I really like "MajerBlundor's" suggestions to teach with only the map and counters. (Or minis.)
I'm doing two things for my next game where I teach new players. But I suppose it's a bit extreme considering all the custom play aids I've made.
1)Using Excel I created new weapons charts for each RACE. In other words, I have a Federation chart with common weapons like Phasers, and the Photon Torpedoes that are unique to the Feds. No disruptors, no, Plasma, nothing to distract or confuse. With the extra room, I was able to tag on little notes, and info for each races unique weapons. For the Romulan Chart I have the Plasma and Plasma Bolt tables, but also all of the relevant costs and info on Cloaking. Same for the Lyrans ESGs. This way a new player only needs to be concerned with learning his own ships capabilities. (As players get more comfortable they can start reviewing the opponent's weapon charts with the regular play aids.)
2)I like the impulse cards in Orion Attack, but I created my own set with more additional details. (I think a total of 42 cards.) Each Sub-Pulse gets its own card. I'll run through one turn flipping each card over as the turn progresses, and then I'll hand the deck off to each player going around the table so that each one runs through a whole turn. This will help them learn and feel engaged in the games progression.
Back to top
Lieutenant JG
Joined: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Canton, NY
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:54 pm
Post subject:
When I taught my daughter how to play (and just this morning she was asking for another game) I used a pair of fleet scale frigates. About as simple as you can get and still have ships that can stand more than one volley.
I walked her through the turn sequence begining with Energy Allocation on turn one. "How fast do you want to go? Each speed costs this much Power. (show her the base speed cost chart on the side of the ship card, and the power track on the right side) You can speed up a little or slow down a little during the turn if you want to later."
After speed selection it was on to movement. I read of the sub-pulses for impulse one, showing her when she moved and when I moved and that I moved first because I was going slower. When it would help her better position her ship I showed her how to turn and sideslip and showed her how the point of turn and point of slip markers worked.
When our ships came in range of each other I taught her how to fire weapons and showed her how firing arcs worked (putting it in terms of which weapon could fire where). Damage allocation was next (very easy, after shields roll the dice and count across the chart for gets destroyed).
By turn 3 she had an excellent grasp of the basics. I haven't introduced seeking weapons yet, but did teach her about overloads for more damage at close range, she had a Klingon and loved overloading her disruptors.
If your players can handle RPGs Fed Com should be a snap. Just teach it one little bit at a time and demonstrate how each rule works as you run through the sequence of play.
Start off with simple ships. Federation and Klingons are good because almost everyone at least recognizes them. Also that way you don't need to start off with "complicated" add ons like Plasma, ESG, Weapons Option Mounts etc. Just phasers, photons, diruptors and shields, drones too if somebody wants to fire them. Fleet scale is easier to start, fewer boxes are less overwhelming.
A game or two one on one in fleet scale with small ships and they should be ready to move up to multiple ship scenarios, squadron scale, larger ships, other races, etc as they please. They will know the basic core concepts and rules and can easily grow from there.
I know the first time someone tride to explain SFB to me my eyes glazed over and I was lost within the first minute. Then we played the game and I began to understand how it all fit together.
Back to top
Fleet Captain
Joined: 03 May 2008
Posts: 1865
Location: Earth
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:55 pm
Post subject:
Fleet scale frigates have typically 1-3 phasers, a heavy weapon, and a secondary weapon. I don't know if much strategy can be learned with those punies.
What two were you using? (One was a klink, what about the other)
Doomed to live in secret since discovering that the Air Force Tapes were a fantasy...
"Your knowledge of my existence must be punished"
Back to top
General Chang
Joined: 29 Mar 2009
Posts: 7
Location: Merry Old England
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:20 am
Post subject:
Some great feedback and ideas in this thread gentlemen, many thanks!
Back to top
Fleet Captain
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Posts: 1967
Location: Devon, UK
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:52 am
Post subject:
shauneroo wrote:
Another key point is to allow yourself (as the experienced player) to take some lumps in the first few games with a newbie. NEVER teach them the basics and then run rings around them. The only thing that accomplishes is to put the player off forever. Instead, as the newbie gets more experienced, gradually raise your level of play so that it's always a very close contest.
That happened to me last time I taught someone, but all in the space of only three turns. Started simple, started getting kicked, raised my game to give him a challenge, then found I was [just] winning so declared it a draw to save his face. That's always an option, btw; it's only a game.
[This speaks volumes of how easy it is to start developing your tactics because of the simple game mechanics]
Then the last time he played me he kicked my butt out of the window.
Job well done, shauneroo, as you say
Back to top
Lieutenant JG
Joined: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 82
Location: Canton, NY
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:35 pm
Post subject:
Emma was flying a klink, I was flying a Feddie. She's just turned 9 so I went with the small and simple fleet scale frigates to teach her the mechanics. When we do our rematch I'm seriously considering Cruisers and miniatures. For teaching an adult (or anyone experienced with gaming) I would probably start with fleet scale cruisers right off the bat.
Back to top
Display posts from previous:
All Posts
1 Day
7 Days
2 Weeks
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
Oldest First
Newest First
Federation Commander Forum Index
General Discussion
All times are GMT
Goto page
Jump to:
Select a forum
Welcome to the Federation Commander Forum!
Federation Commander Forum Rules
Web Requests
Federation Commander
Rules Questions
General Discussion
Federation Commander: Play By Email!
FC & SFB Online!
Federation Commander News
Local Groups & Retailers
Federation Commander Ambassadors
Star Fleet Art Gallery
Preview Upcoming Cover Art
Adam's Starship Art
Neale's Starship Art
Other Starship Art
Other Star Fleet Universe Products
Starline 2400 Minatures: Painting Examples
Starline 2500
Captain's Log
Prime Directive
Star Fleet Battles
Federation & Empire
Star Fleet Battle Force
Star Fleet Marines
Starmada and Klingon Armada
A Call to Arms Star Fleet
Other Amarillo Design Bureau Products
Tribbles vs. Klingons
The Lounge
Outside the Star Fleet Universe Realm
post new topics in this forum
reply to topics in this forum
edit your posts in this forum
delete your posts in this forum
vote in polls in this forum
Powered by
© 2001, 2005 phpBB Group


text:
Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Home
- Health Information
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
|The Thyroid Gland
|Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
Risk Factors
- Medication during pregnancy, such as radioactive iodine therapy
- Maternal autoimmune disease
- Too much iodine during pregnancy
- Inborn error of metabolism
- Puffy face
- Coarse facial features
- Dull look
- Thick protruding tongue
- Poor feeding
- Choking episodes
- Constipation or reduced stooling
- Jaundice prolonged
- Short stature
- Swollen, protuberant belly button
- Decreased activity
- Sleeps a lot
- Rarely cries or hoarse cry
- Dry brittle hair; low hairline
- Poor muscle tone
- Cool and pale skin
- Goiter (enlarged thyroid)
- Birth defects (such as heart valve abnormality)
- Poor weight gain due to poor appetite
- Poor growth
- Difficult breathing
- Slow pulse
- Low temperature
- Swollen hands, feet and genitals
- Thyroid scan (technetium)
- Nuclear imaging (scintigraphy) may help determine the cause of congenital hypothyroidism, which can guide treatment and prognosis
- Avoid radioactive iodine treatment or iodine as antiseptic during pregnancy
- Consume enough, but not too much iodine during pregnancy
Genetics Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org
American Thyroid Association http://www.thyroid.org
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Thyroid Foundation of Canada http://www.thyroid.ca
Bongers-Schokking JJ, Koot HM, et al. Influence of timing and dose of thyroid hormone replacement on the development in infants with congenital hypothyroidism. J Ped. 2000;136:292-297.
Castanet M, Polak M, et al. Familial forms of thyroid dysgenesis. Endocr Dev. 2007;10:15-28.
Congenital hypothyroidism. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php. Updated February 3, 2012. Accessed December 31, 2012.
Gruters A, Krude H, Biebermann H. Molecular genetic defects in congenital hypothyroidism. Europ J Endocr. 2004;151:39-44.
LeFranchi SH, Austin J. How should we be treating children with congenital hypothyroidism. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2007;20:559-578.
Thyroid Foundation of America. Congenital hypothyroidism. Thyroid Foundation of America website. Available at: http://www.tsh.org/disorders/pregnancy/newborns.html. Accessed December 31, 2012.
Update of newborn screening and therapy for congenital hypothyroidism. American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2006;117:2290-2303.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Kim Carmichael, MD
- Review Date: 12/2013 -
- Update Date: 01/13/2014 -


text:
By Sylvia Gobbel
The first time I met Helmut Newton was when my agency sent me to a casting call for French Vogue for the haute couture summer collections which were shot by Helmut Newton. I was 19 and had been in Paris for just two weeks. A long line of beautiful models was waiting to be recieved by the master and suddenly Helmut stood up, looked at me and asked me to step forward….He interviewed me about my origins and since I'm Austrian, we started to speak German immediatly together. Helmut spoke a very fine and charming upperclass German from Berlin, which pleased my ear.
He told me that he would love to shoot the haute couture French Vogue with me but was much more interested in seeing if I would like to shoot some nudes for his next book. I had never posed nude before, but, since I loved his work, I accepted right away.
Helmut was tired that day; he just had his third heart attack and he was in convalescents.
Soon we shot for French Vogue and, a few days after, our first nude titled Sylvia In My Studio. At that time Helmut still had his studio in Paris (rue de L'Abbé de l'Epée), where he was living with his wife June. After makeup and hair, just so I wouldn't be embarrassed in front of everyone, Helmut sent everybody else home. The only person who remained with us was June, who made the shoot really comfortable for me.
June and Helmut were the most loving couple I've ever met. Such a complicity, so much sense of humor and tenderness…
We worked until late at night and we shot a great pic standing at the window, while it was dark outside….I had to wear very high heel shoes, such as Louboutins, but in the eighties you only could find those kind of shoes in Pigalle, the shopping and working area for prostitutes and transvestites. Helmut loved to go shopping in that neighborhood for his shoots, because he could find all kinds of strange accessories for his work.
After that first shoot I had the chance to work with Helmut quite a bit. I was his muse for a few years…You can see many of the nudes that we did together at Helmut Newton: White Women • Sleepless Nights • Big Nudes, currently at the Annenberg Space for Photography. I also had the chance to be on the cover of his book, Big Nudes (published in 1981) which he dedicated to me. We shot lots of campaigns together such as VERSACE POMELLATO AMICA..etc. I lost contact with Helmut once I stopped working as a model. My biggest regret is that I didn't meet him one last time to thank him for everything he did for me.
Images of Sylvia Gobbel modeling for Helmut Newton can be seen in Helmut Newton: White Women • Sleepless Nights • Big Nudes. For more information about Gobbel, please see her official website here.


text:
Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)CDH55387
No 01: Wrath 'Der Zorn'
No 02: Reconciliation 'Versöhnung'
No 03: Contradiction 'Der Widerspruch'
No 04a: Juno
No 04b: [modulation]
No 05: A Children's Tale 'Ein Kindermärchen'
No 06: Bacchanale
No 07: Affection 'Zärtlichkeit'
No 08a: Carnival Scenes 'Alla Napolitana' 'Volksfest-Scenen'
No 08b: [modulation]
No 09a: Moonlight on the Sea-Shore 'Die Mondnacht am See-Gestade'
No 09b: [modulation]
No 10: Terpsichore
No 11a: A Dream 'Der Traum'
No 11b: [modulation]
No 12: Terror 'Die Angst'
Moscheles performed some of the new Studies at his London 'Historical Concerts' of 1837–9; when Liszt played three of them at the Philharmonic Society in June 1840, Moscheles commented: 'He played them quite admirably and with faultless execution; but by his powers he has completely metamorphosed the pieces; they have become more his studies than mine. With all that they please me, and I shouldn't like to hear them played in any other way by him.'
Dedicated to the musician and writer Friedrich Rochlitz, the Studies are inscribed with a motto from C P E Bach's famous essay on performance: 'A musician cannot move his audience unless he himself is moved; he must experience the passions that he wishes to impart to his hearers. Only if feelings are understood can they truly be shared.' In a short Preface Moscheles says: 'The attainment of the mechanical training of the hand is here considered a secondary object, as the author takes it for granted that much proficiency in that acquirement has already been gained. The player is particularly recommended to use his own ingenuity and reflection in expressing the passions, sentiments and general character which he supposes the author to have felt and intended at the time he composed each piece, and which he has hinted at by the characteristic title and by other musical terms found scattered over the composition. To try to express his innermost feelings in more precise words seems an encroachment on the very nature of music, in whose true devotees he hopes that these pieces may stir the imagination and arouse if not identical, at least similar visions to the composer's own.'
With these Studies Moscheles immerses himself unreservedly in the early nineteenth-century Romantic style. No 1, Wrath, in A minor, is a jagged, agitato combination of a predominantly staccato theme with a demanding semiquaver accompaniment. The second, Reconciliation, marked Andante placido, displays a rather Gounod-esque sweetness, but its ingenious hand-crossing and increasingly complex web of filigree decoration belie any initial impression of tameness. Contradiction, a moto perpetuo in D flat, was greeted as a favourite by both Mendelssohn and Schumann for its buoyant energy and refined characterization. Echoes of Beethoven and Schubert lead us towards a typically gleeful side-slip into D major (con ilarità) and the irresistible sweep to the final confident chords. The fourth, Juno, is in some ways the most remarkable of the collection: there are many beauties here, and its rhythmic power, sonority and depth of expression strikingly foreshadow Brahms's music.
A discretional three-bar lentamente transition, the first of four such linking passages, leads gently into E flat and A Children's Tale. Its immediate appeal ensured it became the most popular piece of the collection—indeed Moscheles would subsequently be moved to say with wry resignation that no-one would suspect that several of the other studies were equally worthy of concert performance. In fact it has rare intimacy and charm, its melody gliding gracefully over a persistent inner dotted-note rhythm. Again one may be reminded of Gounod, especially towards the end where the melody appears in octaves below the dotted accompaniment. No 6, Bacchanale, is a Schumannesque chordal tour de force over a bounding octave bass, with contrasting sotto voce passages in unashamedly operatic style. It could be called 'musicians' music', for like many of the studies it has details of special delight for the performer, who has his work cut out to share them with the audience as the music sweeps along. Affection is an apotheosis of fully Romantic style; marked Andante molto espressivo, its modern-sounding melody on a carpet of demisemiquavers speaks directly to the heart. Echoes of yet unwritten music flicker among the sensuously weaving harmonies. 'Exactly your own self', said Mendelssohn—'as if I heard you talk and play.' Nothing is self-effacing about Carnival Scenes, a brilliant 24 tarantella headed Alla Napolitana—one can feel the dancers setting new standards of stamina, virtuosity and sheer speed. (Can one really hear snatches of Poulenc?)
No 9, Moonlight on the Sea-Shore, uses the player's legato and contrapuntal skills to create a rich and haunting tone-picture, with repetitive motifs that pre-echo Hugo Wolf. In the Gottschalkian Terpsichore Moscheles gives free rein to the sense of dance that is never far below the surface of his music. Its ebullience (again con ilarità towards the end) convincingly suggests that in a later age he would have made a great jazz musician. A Dream, the longest of the set, is an extended companion-piece to No 9, and an intimate study in soft sonorities and legatissimo touch. The descending opening notes create a mood of stillness and wonder similar to the beginning of Schumann's Mondnacht, and a middle section is ushered in by a whispered triplet figure marked come un zeffiretto and later misterioso. Terror (Presto agitato) is of the twelve perhaps the most demanding and technically advanced, and as in Nos 1 and 4 we hear clear echoes of the Brahmsian style.
from notes by Henry Roche © 2003


text:
Mark Twain once wrote: "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back when it starts to rain." If utility finance executives aren't careful, they might...
The Big Build
Utility infrastructure projects face high costs, labor shortages and global competition for resources.
just to get the job completed, along with retention bonuses and longer schedules.
Fortnightly: How deep is Siemens' backlog of utility infrastructure projects or contracts?
Karwoski: We have a backlog of probably 6 billion euros in infrastructure projects, roughly equivalent to $10 billion. That is happening everywhere—in the Mideast, Asia and Europe. So we have a very large backlog. Our transformer factories are fully loaded and the United States is finding out there is other demand in the world. Our industry has been so cyclical that in the last boom we almost were able to get equipment produced without interruption, and now the rest of the world has demand for the key suppliers. So it's difficult to compete in a global market.
Fortnightly: Do you see more interest in new utility infrastructure construction or in refurbishment of older facilities?
Karwoski: In the United States there is quite a bit of interest in refurbishment of coal plants and nuclear plants. There is interest in new infrastructure, but the problem is, for example with nuclear plants, the time for permitting and the time for construction of those are years in the future. In the near term we see a balance, quite a bit of interest in refurbishing existing plants and then some small additions in new peaking plants or some very small capacity factor plants. We haven't seen the demand in the United States pick up like it has in South America or in the rest of the rest of the world.
Fortnightly: What types of utility infrastructure projects has Siemens recently been awarded?
Karwoski: We are doing high-voltage DC cable and just finished a project putting an undersea cable in from New Jersey to Long Island to transmit about 600 MW of power. We are building a coal project as a consortium lead in West Virginia with state-of-the-art pollution-control systems, and we have gas-turbine combined-cycle projects we are constructing.
Siemens is probably unique in that we do anything from wind turbines and renewable energy all the way to nuclear power plants. We really have a full portfolio that we pursue globally. We just finished a plant in Madison, Iowa, to increase our manufacturing capacity for wind turbines. We have been active in wind, and in renewables we have a 100 percent share in solar turbines in the U.S.—concentrated solar energy.
In the U.S we are starting to see some natural gas projects. We just finished the Lakeside power project in Utah. We are working on one in Long Island for Caithness Energy, which is about a 350-MW project that is on budget and ahead of schedule. It's looking good right now but we have some strong partners—F&S and Fresh Meadow. We are building a gas plant in Idaho as a turnkey and we have some natural gas equipment orders in the northeast and Midwest.
WorleyParsons: Managing Risks
Fortnightly: What market trends does WorleyParsons see evolving in construction of utility infrastructure?
Martin: We are seeing a more equitable allocation of project risk to parties most responsible and capable of managing the risk, that is,


text: Add a touch of distinction to your office or media room with our Mercer Large Mail Sorter. It's solidly constructed with the look and feel of real leather and features four sections that are ideal for sorting mail, organizing remote controls, eyeglasses or writing pads. It perfectly coordinates with our Mercer Collection.


text:
Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia
(2 reviews)
(2 reviews)
- Additional Details
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 7.5 x 1.1 Inches
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 272 pages
The Cake Boss book Mia Famiglia is perfect if you're among the television viewers who have fallen in love with Buddy Valastro, master cake maker, and his funny and fiery family, proprietors of Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, on the smash hit TLC series Cake Boss. Now, to coincide with Carlo's 100th anniversary, cake designer extraordinaire Buddy Valastro brings together his passion for baking and his high-energy family stories in the pages of this charming, heartwarming book - complete with 25 recipes and tips that will make every reader the "cake boss" of their own kitchen.
In the Cake Boss baking book Mia Famiglia, Buddy's beautifully designed cakes are the stuff of legend - and so is the remarkable story of his father, a beloved pillar of the community and himself a talented baker who set the stage for his family's rise to the pinnacle of their industry. Cake Boss recounts the story of Buddy's life and of his family's bakeshop, originally established in 1910 and now a Hoboken, New Jersey, landmark and culinary tourist destination. In the Cake Boss cook book Mia Famiglia, there also are 25 recipes for Carlo's Bakery's most sought-after pastries, pies, cupcakes, and cakes, an irresistible combination of time-tested old-world recipes and modern creations, all founded on a rock-solid, old-school baking foundation and classic techniques.
This is the incredible true story of how Carlo's Bakery came to be, how one hardworking family realized their patriarch's dream of making their beloved bake shop a household name. In the Cake Boss book Mia Famiglia, the special bond and loving dynamic of the Valastro clan make this an uncommonly touching and truly inspiring memoir.
About the Author
Buddy Valastro is the star of the hit TLC show Cake Boss and owner/master baker of Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. His award-winning designs have been featured numerous times in various bridal and baking magazines. His cakes have also been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, Good Morning America and The View.
Buy the Cake Boss book Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes From Mia Famiglia for fabulous cooking ideas and a family history by TV personality and master baker Buddy Valastro.


text:
Come and join our community. Expand your network and get to know new people!
Come and join our community. Expand your network and get to know new people!
Whether you are looking for GirlonGirl friends, chats, fun, a date or some information You have come to the right place. GirlonGirl is an international (naughty women only) community for bisexual, bicurious and lesbian women above 18 years of age. This is a bilingual website with mainly English and Dutch content, but every woman is welcome. We celebrate the beauty of women of all colours and sizes.
Our goal is to provide you a naughty and safe environment to discover your sexuality and express yourself freely. Share your thoughts with everybody in the SEXY SHOUTBOX or if you wish to view or post more explicit content you can join our V.I.P groups after you become a FREE VIP member. There is a possibility to subscribe as a couple but note that ONLY WOMEN are aloud to create and maintain a profile on this website.
Take a good look around, if you have any questions don't hesitate to approach a teammember.
Subscribe NOW and start your GirlonGirl experience today, cause we have created this amazing website for special women, LIKE YOU!
Much Love, the GirlonGirl team


text:
Salman Khan's sister Arpita's wedding has become the talk of the town. She was married like a princess and Salman has left no stone unturned to get his sister married exactly the way she desired. The wedding ended beautifully but as per the latest report, Salman Khan has lost his temper during th
Salman Khan launches Being Human store in Mumbai
Arpita Khan News
Salman Khan has got a sweet little surprise on the set of 'Bigg Boss 8'. Soon after the grand wedding of his loving sister Arpita, Salman Khan got back to work. Since he is hosting 'Bigg Boss 8', after the grand reception on November 21st, the superstar resumed his work. Surprisingly n
Karan-Arjun is back together again in reel. Yes, we are talking about the two most lovable Khans of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan. Shahrukh Khan and Salman finally dumped six years long rivalry and get back together at Arpita Khan's wedding. After the mehendi and sangeet photos


text: It's our pleasure to invite you to discover NIQUEA.D. Graceful, glamorous, spirited, cosmopolitan and personal. Five qualities that describe our most unique, fresh new Brand for women; one that captures the imagination by offering an oasis of irresistible treasures and blends old world charm with new world glamour – all designed to intrigue and inspire! We hope you enjoy this beautiful product that was personally selected in the NIQUEA.D style; timelessly classic and elegant.


text:
People who take extraordinary steps to limit their carbohydrate exposure may still be experiencing higher-than-desired blood sugar throughout the day. The reason? Blood sugar can surge to dangerously high levels following meals that can last for hours and even the entire day!
Studies show even in people with normal fasting glucose, gaining control of after-meal surges may provide additional support for cardiovascular and metabolic health.
To address this widespread problem, a natural compound is now available called CoffeeGenic™ Green Coffee Extract. 400 mg of this next-generation glucose control compound was shown to induce a remarkable 24% drop in after-meal blood sugar after 30 minutes while 200 mg generated a 14% drop.
At the core of CoffeeGenic™ Green Coffee Extract's power to favorably modulate after-meal glucose levels is chlorogenic acid, a polyphenol found in the green coffee bean. Chlorogenic acid has been shown to inhibit excess activity of glucose-6-phosphatase. The glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme triggers glucose formation from non-carbohydrate substrates and glycogen release from the liver, both of which can create excess glucose in the blood. Neutralizing excess glucose-6-phosphatase is essential for most people to achieve optimal glucose control. Another means by which chlorogenic acid supports healthy after-meal glucose levels is by targeting the alpha-glucosidase enzyme. This intestinal enzyme breaks apart complex sugars and enhances their absorption into the bloodstream.
Chlorogenic acid also increases the signal protein for insulin receptors in liver cells.
Why green coffee bean extract?
Coffee grows on trees and the fruit is a berry. The berry contains green seeds, which are the "beans." The outer part of the berry is washed away to get to the seeds. The seed has a higher amount of phenolic acids (50%) than the berry (about 35%). The problem with the roasted coffee you drink is that much of the beneficial phenolic content of the coffee bean is destroyed during the roasting process.
CoffeeGenic™ Green Coffee Extract is produced through a patented extraction process to deliver an extraordinarily high proportion of chlorogenic acid for maximum potency. The coffee beans sourced for CoffeeGenic™ Green Coffee Extract are organically grown. For optimal benefit, one vegetarian capsule of CoffeeGenic™ Green Coffee Extract should be taken before heavy meals. Each capsule is standardized to 50% chlorogenic acid.
Each serving contains approximately 12 mg caffeine.
1. Nagendran MV. Effect of Green Coffee Bean Extract (GCE), High in Chlorogenic Acids, on Glucose Metabolism. Poster presentation number: 45-LB-P. Obesity 2011, the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Obesity Society. Orlando, Florida. October 1-5, 2011.
2. Am J Med. 2008 Jun;121(6):519-24.
3. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Jun 22.
4. J Agric Food Chem. 2010 Apr 14;58(7):4141-4.
5. Ethnopharmacol. 2010 Jul 6;130(1):93-7.
6. Cell Biochem Funct. 2008 Apr;26(3):320-8.
7. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2007 Apr;53(2):166-73.
8. J Nutr Biochem. 2006 Jan;17(1):63-71.
|Amount Per Serving
|% Daily Value
|CoffeeGenic Green Coffee (Coffea Arabica) Extract (bean) [std. to 50% Chlorogenic Acid (200mg)]
|400 mg
Read the entire label and follow the directions carefully prior to use.
When using nutritional supplements, please consult with your physician if you are undergoing treatment for a medical condition or if you are pregnant or lactating.
|1 Capsule Contains:
Servings: 90
Serving Price: $0.27
Price Per Capsule: $0.27
Order by Phone 800-338-7979 24 hours | Customer Service 800-754-8000
Information provided on this site is solely for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Do not use this information for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing of any medications or supplements. Only your healthcare provider should diagnose your healthcare problems and prescribe treatment. None of our statements or information, including health claims, articles, advertising or product information have been evaluated or approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The products or ingredients referred to on this site are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Please consult your healthcare provider before starting any supplement, diet or exercise program, before taking any medications or receiving treatment, particularly if you are currently under medical care. Make sure you carefully read all product labeling and packaging prior to use. If you have or suspect you may have a health problem, do not take any supplements without first consulting and obtaining the approval of your healthcare provider. California Consumers – Proposition 65 requires sellers to notify California consumers of substances that are in many foods, plants, herbs and supplements with the following warning. WARNING: These products contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.©2000-2014 Nutrition Express Corporation. All rights reserved.


text:
The Artist's Magazine
Get all of the latest news and art tricks with issues and subscriptions to The Artist's Magazine. One of the best fine art magazines around, you will find informative and helpful articles about and on art, all contained in its pages! Looking for other great art magazines? Check out the Artist's Sketchbook or our Southwest Art Magazine for digital back issues, along with more great articles, tips and techniques from the experts!
The Artist's Magazine One Year Subscription - U.S.$21.99//FW Customization START ?> //Disabling add to buttons on list page from HTML ?>


text:
Enlarge / Alternate Images
I was a die hard Biotone Advance Therapy Massage gel user for years. I stumbled upon this product years ago and LOVE IT. My clients even know when I've "strayed" to a different product.
This creme is amazing. We have used several other massage creme from Massage Warehouse and this is by far our favorite. The scent is wonderful and the consistency is smooth without any greasiness. I use it on sensitive faces and no adverse reaction. Highly recommend it.
best cream i have ever used
wow i got the small one in the scented one and the gal. of the unscented i really like the way this product glides. i have been trying alot of different creams some way too thick.. or too thin.. this is really just right.. i love it i love the sale price can't beat it so cant wait to order more...
Don't let the price fool you, this is a fantastic product! glides for sweedish but stickes enough for deep structural work, when you dont want to be slipping.


text:
I'm a completely noob at linux, but I'm fascinated for how fast and reliable it is, so I want to learn to use it properly.
I've already posted some entries in this forums but I don't know why no one has repied yet. Maybe I'm doting someting wrong...
I like reading and researching on the internet, so a good way to help me is sharing articles and links with me.
I always try to be as respectful as I can when I post something or when I chat on IRC.
I hope I'll learn using these forums.


text: The double strike is simply a mechanic that requires the tank to be healed above 150k life. Last stand won't help with that more than once every 3 minutes, and it happens about every 15 seconds. Last stand is awesome for P2, as it gives you another swing that doesn't kill you.


text:
Hearts + Minds
U2 Shop
Tour News
> 'Consistently Stratospheric.'
jump to another tour
Complete Willies Diary
360°: 2011
360°: 2010
360°: 2009
Vertigo: 2005/06
'Consistently Stratospheric.'
18 September 2010
'Consistently Stratospheric.'
Paris. Show day.
I did a telephone interview this morning with the Wall Street Journal, as background to a profile they are doing on Mark Fisher, architect and co-designer of U2360 and just about every other large scale entertainment event in recent history. The interviewer asked all about the creative process and the way in which we work together. I quite enjoy doing these things because it forces me into articulating thoughts that I wouldn't necessarily ever put together otherwise. Aside from being a card-carrying genius, Mark is a truly wonderful collaborator and his contribution to (at very least) U2's live history is immeasurable. It wasn't until I heard myself say it today though, that I realised probably one of his greatest assets is having the confidence to take the long view and be very relaxed about his role in any project, in terms of credit, where ideas come from and so on. In the grand collaboration required to put a show together, any form of territorialism leads to mistrust and can be very damaging to the creative process. If it's a great show, then it's very good for everyone involved, so it seems counter-intuitive to fight about the minutiae.
I had a busy day at the gig, not least because this building is absolutely enormous, so getting from A to B takes forever. Some of Jay-Z's people came in, as he will be touring with us through the Australia and New Zealand dates and they wanted to come and figure out some of the technical aspects of integrating Jay-Z's show into our system. I had some guests to juggle and also some packing to do, as I am doing a stealth run home tomorrow and am going to take the opportunity of offloading some of the crap I've been carting round the world unnecessarily. There are articles of clothing that have been rotting in the bottom drawer of my workbox since May 2009, so you can imagine it's getting a little disturbing down there.
I heard we had 96,000 people in the building tonight. It was yet another truly great show, with yet another fantastic audience. Every night feels like such a celebration. This is a great time to see U2. This is a great time to be U2 - the band is just on a roll right now, in fact I can't remember a time when shows have been this consistently stratospheric, probably since ZooTV. They are very obviously having a wonderful time on this tour, absolutely at the top of their game, playing killer shows whilst writing, recording and performing new material in their spare time. There's definitely a touch of the Zoo spirit in the air.
Get RSS
This article is tagged to:
Subscriber Exclusives
U2 360° Tour
U2 360° Tour 2010
You must be a logged-in member to add comments.
Sign In
nitz1 - 13 October, 2010
The Wall
Willie - Just saw Roger Waters Perform last night in NY and after reading your post here I looked up the Mark Fisher article. How amazing a man is he! I'hope you make a European show - I found it to be the most amazing audio/video experience I have ever seen (right up there with you and U2 shows of course!)
anneso - 09 October, 2010
Welcome on ZooTV, oh no!!! on U2360! Merci for the amazing moment! What a communion between U2 and french (and more), european fans!!! I hope to feel that emotion very very soon. Et non Bono, tu ne peux absolument pas être le bossu de Notre Dame, il faut trouver un autre héro de la littérature française que celui-ci! Thanks ;)
anjuna - 03 October, 2010
c'est la vie
Great gig in paris,U2 on form as always but terrible security issues at gate D,a scary scramble for entry,('sometimes in life it is like this' according to gate security...non, it's usually totally cool and safe) and no access from the pit or pitch to stadium for use of facilities.30,000 on the pitch and we got 16 portaloos and no running water..oh la la...something amiss with the french connection.will be heading anywhere but stade de france for the next gig....thankfully,the rock n roll trinity of artist,art n audience made up for the disorganisation we don't deserve.Does anyone give a *£@! ?
electricco - 29 September, 2010
Like ZOOroooooPA .......
Totally Agreed . . .U2360 its Like ZOOTV era . We are just a little Older. What 3 Amazing NIGHTS With U2 in Paris and BrusselsX2. Felt like I was 16 again . . . when I fall In love with U2 and their music ;)
rach_877 - 27 September, 2010
Zoo Spirit
It's good to hear that the band are recording! Here's hoping we get a new album sooner rather than later.
Newer comments
1 - 5 of 5
Older comments
Latest Willie's Diary
31 Jul, 2011
'Extraordinary Ride'
'I've loved it. Just loved it.' Homeward bound Willie grateful for an 'extraordinary tour'.
Read More »
18 Jul, 2011
'Shades On'
'I'd agreed to see the Alexander McQueen show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.' Day off in New York City for Willie.
Read More »
15 Jul, 2011
'Love This Town.'
'It was a beautiful night and I enjoyed strolling, people-watching, window shopping.' Willie has a day off in New York.
Read More »
06 Jul, 2011
'Beautys Luncheonette'
'The booths, the counter, the old boy on the stool with his gruff greeting...' Willie discovers a special food establishment.
Read More »
05 Jul, 2011
'Soldier Field is a great-looking stadium and sits right in the centre of the city.' Willie in Chicago.
Read More »
Newer posts
p.1 of 1
Older posts
News Archive
2011 (5)
July (5)
'Extraordinary Ride'
'Shades On'
'Love This Town.'
'Beautys Luncheonette'
Hearts + Minds
U2 Shop
Terms + Conditions
Privacy Policy
Email List
Google Translate
©2014 U2. Powered by
Live Nation Entertainment


text:
Editor's pick
MK to Terrorist Widow: What About the 25 Orphans?
Inside Israel
Show More
A Western Tourist Hasn't a Chance in a Persian Bazaar
Dr. Mordechai Kedar
Israeli Sovereignty on Temple Mount: Slip Sliding Away
MK Moshe Feiglin
A Decade Later, "The New Anti-Semitism" Comes of Age
Fern Sidman
NYT Editorial Actually Condemns the World, not Israel
Hillel Fendel
Show More
Missouri vs. Misery
Rav N Kahana
Covenant & Conversation for Vayetze
Rabbi J. Sacks
The Temple Institute on Vayetze
Rav C.Richman
On the Parsha: Confronting Laban or Not?
Rav Gordimer
On the Parsha: Failure is Our Only Option
Rabbi E Safran
On the Parsha: Putting Children First
Rabbi Gurkow
More Stories
New US Representative Arrives in Libya
News Briefs
Thursday, October 11, 2012


text:
South Carolina football will host the East Carolina Pirates on Saturday, September 6, at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be televised nationally on either ESPN2 or ESPNU, it was announced today.
Click here for the original story.
Welcome to SECTalk.com
|Welcome to SECTalk.com -- The Home of 6 Straight National Titles!
You are currently accessing our site as a guest which means you can't access all of our features such as social groups, sports betting, and many more. By joining our free community you will have access to all of these great features as well as to participating in our forums, contacting other members, and much more. Registration only takes a minute and SECTalk.com is absolutely free, so please join today!
If you have any problems registering or signing in, please contact us.
Latest Topics
Latest News
Top Bettors
Top High Fived
Game Time Set for South Carolina - East Carolina Football
Started by GAMECOCK_FAN, May 30 2014 01:06 PM
Similar Topics
|Started By
|Last Post Info
Media Monday: Jones Previews Vandy Game
Started by SECTalk.com, Today, 09:33 AM In: The East → Tennessee Sports → Tennessee News
- 0 replies
- 0 views
Post Game Quotes - Northern Arizona
Started by GoldenRebel, Yesterday, 08:49 PM In: The West → Ole Miss Sports → Ole Miss News
- 0 replies
- 26 views
FR's post-game thoughts; WTF edition
Started by ForwardRebels, Yesterday, 12:34 PM In: The West → Ole Miss Sports
- 10 replies
- 149 views
SEC afraid of University of Texas vs Texas A&M bowl game
Started by Gidnik, 19 Nov 2014 In: SEC Sports → SEC Football Talk
- Hot 121 replies
- 1,878 views
Post-Game Quotes: #MIZZvsTENN
Started by SECTalk.com, 22 Nov 2014 In: The East → Missouri Sports → Missouri News
- 0 replies
- 38 views
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
Especially designed to fit large mobile phones, this zip-around also boasts four card slots, a zippered coin pouch, ID window and a bill slot. Use the adjustable wrist strap to carry as a handbag or a wristlet, or attach it to the handle of a larger bag.
3¼" x 5½" x ¾" with 6" wrist strap


text:
World Museum
World Museum
William Brown Street
World Museum Liverpool
General information
0151 478 4393
0151 478 4612
0151 478 4788
Discover treasures from around the world, explore outer space and meet live creatures!
World Museum is the largest and oldest of the National Museums Liverpool, founded in 1851 when the 13th Earl of Derby left his substantial natural history collection to the city.
Venue Type:
Museum, Science centre
Daily 10am-5pm
Closed: 24 December, from 2pm.
25, 26 December
1 January
Free for all, including the Planetarium.
Its collections are world-wide in scope, and world-class in quality. They cover archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences. The popular Planetarium is now free to all.
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Personalities, Science and Technology, World Cultures
Key artists and exhibits
- Planetarium; Dinosaurs; Aquarium; Greeks; Romans; Egyptians; Mummies; Space; Archaeology
Sssnakes Alive!
- 19 September 2014 — 22 February 2015 *on now
Discover the slithering, secret life of snakes with this free family friendly exhibition.
Have you ever wondered how snakes capture their prey? Or why they shed their skin? Find out the answers and other slippery snake facts at Sssnakes Alive!
You will come face to face with live specimens, including a boa constrictor and a royal python, learn about the importance of conservation and discover what life is like in countries where encounters with deadly snakes are a daily occurrence.
Objects on display include a Burmese python skeleton and stunning photographs of snakes from around the world.
Sssnakes Alive! is a touring exhibition created by Blue Tokay, with additional content from National Museums Liverpool and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Suitable for
- 0-4
- 5-6
- 11-13
- 7-10
- Any age
Live Snakes!
- 29 — 30 November 2014 11am-4pm *on now
Get up close and personal with some amazing reptiles in this demonstration with live snakes.
Suitable for
- Any age
- About
- | Collections
- | Events
- | Map


text:
Company News | GrandBanks Capital in the News | GrandBanks Capital EventsApr 6, 2011
Boston University 's $50K New Venture Competition
Boston University School of Management, Boston, MA
Charley Lax will be a judge at this event.
Mar 27, 2011
The Jonathan R. Lax '71 Conference on Entrepreneurship
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Charley Lax will be introducing keynote speaker,
Edgar Cahn, at this year's conference.
Mar 10, 2011
New England Venture Capital Association Venture Cafe Office Hours
Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, MA
Tim Wright will be a featured guest at this event,
answering entrepreneurs' questions about venture
capital, as well as hosting six one-one meetings.
Feb 8, 2011
WPI Venture Forum
WPI Campus, Worcester, MA
Ryan Moore will be the keynote speaker at this event.
He will be discussing why early-stage companies
should take advantage of global markets and where
they should start.
February 1 - 2, 2011
OnMedia NYC 2011
The Paley Center for Media, New York, NY
February 2, 9:00 AM
Charley Lax will be a featured speaker at this event,
participating in a panel entitled, "Breaking the
Mobile Advertising Barrier."


text:
Gelon and Alice Jane Wasdin were introduced by their life-long friend, Mary Covington, as the Honorary Chairs of the 2011 Magnolia Ball at the kick-off reception on Jan. 20. Gelon has served on the board at Tanner Medical Foundation since 1993. He is currently the treasurer of the board and chair of the Finance Committee. He was a CPA for 24 years and she was a speech pathologist. They are both now retired … on days that he does not go to work.
Gelon also serves as an advisor and investment manager for a number of area companies. He is quiet, humble and unassuming, but dedicated, dependable and committed. Alice Jane was last year's Bremen Junior Women's Club volunteer of the year. She is very active with the local Ferst Foundation, mailing age-appropriate books to pre-school children. She is a long-time contributor to and supporter of the annual Tanner Hospice Care bake sale.
Gelon and Alice Jane share a love of travel. Overall they have visited 28 different countries. Their 29-year-old daughter, Katherine, is a graduate of Brown University, has a Ph.D. from Yale and is currently a Latin and Greek Classics professor at Rutgers.
The Wasdins are our first Honorary Chairs from Bremen. As a 7-year-old, Gelon remembers attending the grand opening of Higgins General Hospital. When it seemed that Higgins might be forced to close its doors years ago, Gelon was instrumental in making sure those doors stayed open. Serving as Honorary Chairs of the 2011 Magnolia Ball is a fitting tribute to the Wasdins for their many years of community service.


text:
Weekend Forecast
Wabash, AR 72389
Breezy. A 20 percent chance of light rain and drizzle. Cloudy in the morning...then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to near 30 mph.
A 20 percent chance of light rain and drizzle. Partly cloudy in the evening...then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 15 mph and gusty.
Breezy. Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to near 30 mph.
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Lows around 50. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Weather News
Other Top Weather Headlines
Thousands Still Without Power Following New England Snow
Many public utility employees in New Hampshire and Maine spent Thanksgiving working to restore power to those left in the…More >
Drought Update: Unsettled Weather Relieves The South
Stormy wet weather brought relief to the Southeast over the week with the arrival of a milder weather…More >
Russian Warships Wait Out Storm in English Channel
The Russian defense ministry says its warships have entered the English Channel to wait out a storm following a week of…More >
WeatherBug Featured Content
Green Living
You too can help save our planet and put money back in your wallet. Learn how you can take the first steps to reduce your environmental impact, including driving green, easy ways you can conserve water, and energy saving tips. To learn more and discover the benefits of going green, visit WeatherBug's green living section. More >
Sponsored Content
Be Prepared, Know Before
Get faster alerts and better forecasts from the exclusive neighborhood-level WeatherBug network.Learn More


text:
United face Sunderland in the Barclays Under-21 Premier League at a wet Moss Lane with Warren Joyce's side looking to get back on track.
A rare defeat, to Aston Villa, in the previous outing means the Reds are under pressure to finish the group stages on a high and clinch a place in the Elite phase of the competition.
United are one of three clubs on 15 points behind runaway leaders Tottenham with only the top two guaranteed of qualification.
Joshua King has joined Blackburn on loan and like Michael Keane, Jesse Lingard, Sean McGinty and Robbie Brady, is therefore unavailable. Davide Petrucci must be in contention to return from injury after travelling with the first-team squad to Istanbul as several players who missed the loss against Villa due to involvement against Galatasaray could bolster the side.
Details of the United squad will be announced when available while the visitors have included Joyce's son Wade in their travelling party.
The action is exclusively live on MUTV.
More: Under-21 fixtures and results | United 0 Aston Villa 1


text:
Associated Press
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is proposing ending pensions for newly hired civilian employees and moving to a hybrid pension plan for newly hired police officers.
The proposed pension reforms are part of a broad package of cuts intended to stave off a structural budget deficit that could bankrupt the city government.
The Democratic mayor also wants to cut the city workforce by at least 10 percent and increase the number of hours firefighters work. The city recently a commissioned a 10-year financial forecast from an outside consultant that shows it faces $750 million in budget deficits over the next decade.
Rawlings-Blake planned to introduce her proposals in her State of the City address Monday afternoon. The Associated Press obtained an early summary of her remarks.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.