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By Les Johns
After Andre Woodson hit Stevie Johnson in the end zone to give the Cats a 43-37 lead in the third overtime… after Braxton Kelly stopped LSU's Charles Scott's fourth-down run… and as fans stormed Commonwealth Stadium to celebrate the upset of the nation's No. 1 team… after all that, something truly memorable happened.
As my 14-year-old son and I fought the crowd to reach the field, he turned to me excitedly and said, "Dad, these season tickets are the best thing you have ever bought."
That was father-son magic, and a sentence I will never forget.
For UK football fans, 2007 was magical. Stevie got loose as the Cats shocked top-10 ranked U of L, they upset the eventual national champion LSU Tigers, hosted ESPN Gameday and were even in the BCS rankings.
That was a mere five years ago.
Fans don't believe season tickets are a great purchase now, hence the monumental decline.
Assigning blame for UK football's descent into sub-mediocrity is pointless.
The UK football program can be turned around with a dedicated team approach to securing financing, upgrading facilities, stabilizing the head coach position and giving the program the tools to succeed in recruiting.
Anything short of this effort would be waving the white flag of surrender.
Secure funding
UK Athletics is self-sustaining, pays its own way and even contributes money back to academic causes. It can be trusted to borrow the funds needed to properly renovate Commonwealth Stadium, but current regulations prevent that.
UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart, university President Eli Capilouto and legislative leaders need to come together to make this work.
Even if it takes an "outside the box" approach, there should be no barrier for the athletic department to invest money in the football program that will generate revenue for both athletics and academics.
This project should not be a detriment to Capilouto's goals around the rest of the campus, including improving university dorms. The athletic department has the revenue and cash flow to make this work. It just needs to be unshackled.
Kentucky Senate President David Williams told Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio earlier this year he would be inclined to support UK football projects specifically detailed in a bonding proposal. Barnhart, Capilouto and the legislature must work together to get this accomplished.
Upgrade facilities
UK football facilities need to move from the bottom of the SEC pack to near the top. The program has been begging for a recruiting room since the last years of former head coach Rich Brooks. Training and practice facilities also need an overhaul to get to elite SEC level.
The biggest upgrade will involve Commonwealth Stadium and the addition of luxury boxes. This will be much more of an investment than a static expenditure. These boxes will bring corporate and community leaders to campus several times a year, giving both Barnhart and Capilouto access to potential donors.
It is imperative for the football program, at some point, to find its own "Joe Craft" – someone who loves UK football enough to help pay for some facility upgrades. Money follows winning programs, so until the team performs better on the field this type of person will be difficult to find.
Stabilize the head coach position
It is hard to see a scenario where Joker Phillips is retained as head coach for 2013. If Phillips is somehow able to rally the team to bowl eligibility, then he would deserve another year. Doing so would mean four SEC victories, which has happened only once (2006) in the past 12 years. In the unlikely event Phillips can lead the Cats to wins over the likes of Mississippi State, Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Tennessee, then he will have earned another year.
If there is a change, then Barnhart needs to open up the department coffers and bring in a coach that can generate legitimate excitement to a program that desperately needs a spark. Ranking last in the SEC in coaching salary is fantastic if you are getting wins on the field. It isn't such a great statistic when you have a combined six-year conference record of 16-32.
Recruiting budget
Bloomberg reported in March that UK basketball spent $434,095 in 2010 for recruiting. It has 13 scholarships on its roster to fill, and spent $33,391 per roster slot in 2010. That same year, UK football spent $279,006 in recruiting. It has 85 scholarship positions to fill and spent $3,282 per roster slot in 2010.
When you consider the lack of in-state D-1 talent and the regional disadvantage the Cats have, the recruiting budget has to increase to become competitive in the SEC. There may not be that much of a difference between Florida's No. 5- and No. 9-ranked cornerback, but if you can't get down there to target, scout and recruit that player, it is meaningless.
The football recruiting budget must increase – substantially. To compete in the talent-rich Southern states, Barnhart should be prepared to at least double or triple the current budget.
Fan involvement
It will take a coordinated team effort for all this to come about. None of these solutions are as simple as just flipping a switch.
Fans should be both persistent and patient. Continue to let the athletic department, the president's office and the policy makers in Frankfort know that UK football is important to you. The Cats have traditionally been a top-25 school in terms of attendance. The fans have supported the program through thick and thin all these years.
Give Barnhart and Capilouto an opportunity to fix UK football and hopefully in a few years your children will tell you that the season football tickets your purchased were the best thing you ever bought.
@Tcat, right!
Great article Les – you have squarely put your finger on where we are, where we can go and what it will take to get us there.
Maybe a good place to start would be with Dr. Capilouto who in a recent interview stated UK's football facilities we're SEC "mid tier". Perhaps someone can enlighten him into what they have at places like UT, Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina and what they are building at Texas A&M and even Mississippi State – that is if he even cares.
One last point I would make, the football program is a revenue producing activity that supports other non-revenue producing sports and academic needs as well. As a businessman the last thing you want to do is to negate your most profit producing activity in favor of other activities that produce less profit or none at all. So notwithstanding the moral basis of upgrading and supporting our football program, that should be done for the sake of the state, the Alumni, and the fans, neglecting the football program is a downright stupid business decision.
Wow the article is spot on!! The recruiting budget for football is meger. I would hazard a guess the recruiting budget at lex cath is competitive with uk and certainly trinity and st x. If one were to look at the kids that play high school football on scholarship at High priced perochial schools, jobs given houses rented etc I'm certain they have many of their scholarship kids with more than 3300 invested. The uk recruiting staff must stay in motel 6 and eat at the golden trough when out of town recruiting. That recruiting figure is embarrassing. Rich Brooks was lied to about facility upgrades and then it went to if we do this or that for basketball we can but y'all some new grass seed. The time is now and fan involvement is key, we as taxpayers need to remind the folks in charge it's our university and our football team. There has been some flashes of that statement with season tickets being down 10k plus.. Saturday's game needs to be viewed by those who travel from Columbia and the players parents ban parents and cheerleader parents. That would be a statement.
Joker, I loved him as a player and an early recruiter not so much as oc just not sure he's HMFIC material. But with the financial light being shed he may not even have practice dummies or sleds to
Use .. Perhaps he should be coach of the year for even fielding a team. God speed To You Joker I take back every bad thing I have ever said about you.
Coach replacement ? Kind of reminds me of an inheritance deal now.. Older folks do without scrimp save don't have flat screens new cars or in some cases no microwave die
And leave their kids a couple million and it's soon burned up. If all this glory and money is spent and a top flight name is drug in here he will have the luxury that so many before him have not had. With that said don't drag a thug like petrino in here or taggert get a name a proven manager if you can't manage your personal sex life how can u manage 115 boys and their academics and athletics and sex lives?? Taggert he's win some games at wku but hasn't beat any real teams.. Go for the name cause in our microwave society we have to have a name that the true D1 players know..that is the key to getting players.. Along with rabid fan base and money to go see them and a nice place to sleep and a unbelieveable place to dress and practice and a taj mahal to play in .. Well there's my opinion like buttholes everyone has them most of them stink ..
All are valid points but the odds any of this happens is about as likely as getting hit by a thunder bolt… We have never had a president or AD that displayed a true desire or commitment to our once climbing football program at least since I've been a fan…
Brooks was such a good coach, to bad he never got the support he deserved. Just imagine if our in state perception was like Scar's and we could sign all out top talent plus land kids like Dupree and Sweat from GA!… I bought season tickets (until this year) for 5 years but I really feel like I've been ripped off. I won't be back until our university gets on board and quits looking for a bargain because they aren't fooling anyone the money is there…
Article is right on and I along with many more have a hard time understanding why Ky administration can't prioritize the football program when it can pay for the necessary enhancements, etc. There are no negatives and it would no take any funds from Basketball. Actually basketball should assist with paying for other sports so that football can move up the ladder more quickly.
Love this article.
By the way, UK needs to bring back the "We Believe" chants from 2007. Never understood why that was a one year thing. An expression of support and optimism – something we need around the football pgm!
Great article…totally agree on all points…especially when you consider that football usually funds an entire athletic department…and Mitch B has done a great job turning UK into an entire Athletic Department with great strides in sports such as Women's Basketball, Baseball, soccer and Olympic sports, so the time is now to cement his legacy by finding a way to get our football program to the top…and in closing I want to say that Joker Phillips is a class act who represents his program well and I would like nothing more for him to be the guy that leads us to SEC prominence but if not I know we all wish him and his staff well and thank them for their hard work


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rory McIlroy seems to bring out the best in Rickie Fowler.
Fowler rolled in a 4-foot birdie putt to beat McIlroy and D.A. Points in a playoff Sunday in the Wells Fargo Championship, marking his first career win on the PGA Tour and his second as a professional. The other was in the Korea Open in 2011 when Fowler topped McIlroy down the stretch and won by six strokes.
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James Madison was the first school to offer Jhalil Mosley a scholarship.
That stuck with the rising senior and Friday, Mosley announced his intention to play for the Dukes.
The Monticello quarterback donned a James Madison hat and was all smiles at his announcement Friday at Monticello High School.
Mosley cited the Duke's initial persistence and offensive fit as reasons for his decision. He chose JMU over other offers from VMI and William & Mary.
"They took the time to think about me much more, and offered me first so, I mean, it kind of made my decision a lot easier," Mosley explained. "It's a comfortable fit for me with what (Monticello) Coach (Rodney) Redd and I do down here. Spread, option style, pro style, I mean, it's just basically the same as here down at Monticello."
Mosley, a dual-threat quarterback, totaled over 2,500 yards and 31 touchdowns as a junior and was named second-team All-Jefferson District.
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"He's already made the grade and has the test scores that make him eligible to be recruited and to make a big time commitment," redd added. "So it definitely speaks a lot to his athletic and academic achievement at this point."
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Just yesterday, the Big 12 Conference announced a 13-year television agreement with ABC/ESPN and Fox to broadcast football and men's basketball games. The deal is worth $2.6 billion. Not only is this a payday for the schools in the Big 12, but it also means that the TV networks expect to rake in billions, as a result of the deal.
All that money is great news for colleges with big-time football programs.
The website Business of College Sports combed through financial documents filed with the Department of Education to determine the profit generated by major college football programs in 2011. The University of Texas led the way, pocketing $68.8 million.
Some familiar teams to Chattanooga-area college football fans made up much of the rest of the top ten. The University of Georgia came netted a profit of $52.5 million. Alabama earned $40.8 million after expenses. Despite its recent woes on the field, Tennessee's football team cleared $39.2 million last year.
Universities and TV networks aren't the only ones getting rich off of college football. The average annual salary of a public university football coaches is $2 million, according to Duke economist Charles Clotfelter. University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley's contract guarantees a salary of $1.8 million for six years. Georgia coach Mark Richt pulls in about $2.8 million a year. After bringing the University of Alabama its second national title in three years, coach Nick Saban was rewarded with a contract worth $5.62 million a year through 2019. And they all deserve the money because of the tens of millions of dollars their football teams bring in to their schools. (Well, maybe not Dooley who has shown all the coaching ability of a blind, one-legged turkey.)
But what about the people who actually earn coaches those massive salaries, fill college football stadiums and justify those multibillion dollar TV contracts?
They don't get a dime.
Sure, most football players get a free education. But that doesn't put gas money in their pockets. College football players' strenuous class (wink-wink), practice, workout and travel schedules mean they can't work a part-time job to make a few bucks like most college kids.
Sports economist Robert Brown discovered that college football players eventually drafted into the NFL generated revenues for their college that ranged from $187,760 to $2.59 million. But many of these young men who make so much money for their universities can't afford to take their girlfriends out to dinner.
So why not give these football players a stipend of a few thousand dollars a year to help make ends meet?
Many people believe Title IX, the federal requirement aimed at increasing female participation in college sports, would prevent football players from earning a stipend. They argue that stipends would have to be doled out evenly to participants in all sports, not just athletes in profit-generating sports like football and men's and women's basketball. That argument, however, is incorrect.
Title IX requires equal spending on athletic scholarships for males and females in relationship to the population of men and women students at a given college. It doesn't, however, require equal funding. That's how a college football team can have a state of the art $30 million workout facility, while a women's fencing team can be relegated to doing jumping jacks in a parking lot. It's also how it's possible for University of Texas football coach Mac Brown to make $5.2 million a year, while Texas rowing coach Carie Graves earns $97,000 annually.
So what is preventing the NCAA and universities from coming up with a system to offer football players stipends? There are frequent statements about the desire to maintain the sanctity of amateur athletics. But the hypocrisy of such a declaration is laughable when the NCAA and the universities, along with TV networks, apparel makers, sports bars, and casinos make millions on the backs of these young athletes.
In the end, it seems the only thing keeping college football players from receiving a modest stipend is the greed of the NCAA and university presidents who want to make sure they squeeze every dollar possible out of college football.
Calling the current system of requiring the labor force of a multibillion industry work for nothing but a scholarship "slavery," as some have, is too extreme. But there's no doubt that college football is one of the most exploitative, unfair businesses in America today.
NO DO NOT pay college football players. That's why there is an NFL. It is professional. If you pay them you have to pay ALL other athletes, yes even the ones whose sports bring in no money. That is the equality way of our system. Those young men know what they sign up for when they play college football. All the "universities make a killing off the backs of the players" is a bunch of bunk. If there was no university, they would have no chance. Sorry I will never believe paying college football players is a good thing or the right thing. I even feel they should HAVE to complete their education before entering the multi-million dollar world of the NFL or pay back the year or two they skipped. College and Professional football are different and should be kept that way.
What idiocy.
The Alabama football coach is a millionaire when he signs his contract and his office is so big he has to press a button to open his door because it's so far from his desk it would take him too long to walk over and open it himself -- while professorial educators and their adjuncts struggle with increasing workloads and often make less than five percent of his salary -- AT A UNIVERSITY.
The problems of our world cannot be solved by dimwits in football pads. What advancement in ANY area of the arts or research has Peyton Manning provided? Sure, he can sell Buicks and DirecTV but the needs of the human race go unserved. The mania surrounding college and professional sports is a pathological expression of our collective inability to deal with real-world problems and a frantic search for diversion from them. Restoring sanity demands that sports be cut back to the level they enjoyed when academics was the primary purpose for going to college and when there was more ground dedicated to academic halls than stadiums and arenas.
Ya know with whats goin on in the nation now and what we might be facin down the road i have a hard time worrin about whether "football"players get a payday or not! Like WHY would i get my bvd;s in a wad over that when i might be divin a dumpster a month from now tryin to survive??
Well, Jesse - if more people were more vocal on these "non issues" rather then just resigning themselves to "the way it is", maybe the money that is misdirected to them would be redirected to better uses and it would be less likely that you would have to go dumpster divin'. You know - "If the people lead, the leaders will follow".
"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important." - Sen. Eugene McCarthy
I don't usually find myself at a loss for an opinion, but I have to admit that I can't bring myself to come down totally on one side or the other here. There are some compelling arguments made either way and I can honestly see both sides to this. So I will leave this to better minds than mine, and in the meantime I just thought I would throw in one of my favorite quotes on politics and football, for what it's worth.
Librul, I agree: There is entirely too much money squandered on football that should be directed towards education. I think it's obscene and disgusting that college coaches are paid in the millions while teachers and professors get table scraps by comparison. It just shows how skewed our values are as a nation. We think it's more imnportant to be entertained than it is to be educated.
Given the system as it is, though, I can see how college football players sacrifice a lot and probably should receive some sort of stipend, at least, as recompense for all the money that they help to generate. After all, most football players are not even on scholarsip but they are expected to sacrifice the same as the scholarship players, and they have no time to take on a part-time job or barely enough time to even study adequately. But if they are paid or given a stipend, how does anyone justify not doing the same for the athletes of the other sports as well? And once you do that, the entire nature of college sports will be irrevocably changed.
Indeed, there is entirely too much money directed towards and involved with college football in the first place, but I don't know what it will take to change the mindsets of most Americans who want first and foremost to be entertained.
Hey librul! If you took a poll of the U.T. alumni of the top 10 most important things to do in Tenn. ,Winning the S.E.C champsp. would be in the top 5, winning the Nat. champsp. would prob. take priority over anything else you could bring up! Like if we could just win a national champsp. all the other probs would just go away!Tell's you a lot about the mind set of our so called best and brightest!!
Librul must have been the last one picked in PE class every day, if he even dressed out and didn't "forget" to bring his sneakers..
A successful college football program isn't just a diversion for fans/alumni or a moneymaker, it's a huge draw for prospective students. Look how many students gain their first interest in UT-Knoxville due to their football program. Not all end up going there but the applications would drop drastically without a team, or with a bottom of the barrel program.
Paying players sounds reasonable, but I do not believe athletic departments could avoid paying women's volleyball, men's track or women's golfers as well. On top of that, and a huge potential negative, what's to stop Alabama or Texas from paying its players $25,000 a year, when UAB or Texas-San Antonio could possibly afford a fraction of that? Even worse as far as program-destroying, who's to decide if the starting quarterback or an All-American running back deserves more than a fourth-string defensive back who never takes the field?
Too many negatives especially when tuition, room, board, possible training for a pro career and other benefits can easily hit a value of a quarter million dollars or more.
"So what is preventing the NCAA and universities from coming up with a system to offer football players stipends?"
What's preventing it is the loss of the universitys' non-profit status since paying the players for a revenue producing activity would likely result in the IRS revoking their 501(c)(3) and making them for-profit corporations subject to taxation.


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Posted: Sep 19, 2012 4:29 PM
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EDINBURG - One of several people involved in a deadly home invasion in Mission will spend the rest of his life in prison.
A jury on Wednesday convicted Ricardo Sanchez Munoz on capital murder and organized criminal activity charges.
A surveillance video captured images of Sanchez and other men arriving at the home of Reyes Garcia. The men jumped the fence and shot Garcia, police said.


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B-Sides: Music & Other Ephemera
The Endtables will perform live for the first time in 30 years on March 18 at Barbarella, as part of the 25th annual SXSW Music Festival in Austin. One of Louisville's earliest punk bands, their material was out of print and highly sought after before Drag City issued a retrospective last year. The vinyl and CD have now sold out; only downloads are available.
'Both Hands' now
Workers test-drive songs from their forthcoming album Both Hands on Saturday, Jan. 22, at Headliners Music Hall (1386 Lexington Road, 584-8088). The band recorded the follow-up to their self-titled, quasi-debut with Erik Wofford (The Black Angels, Maserati) and The Funeral Home in Louisville. Second Story Man and Seluah will join in the fun. Doors open at 8 p.m. Admission is $8. Check out www.weareworkers.com.
'Youth and Lightness'
Young Widows' newest, In and Out of Youth and Lightness, arrives April 12 from Temporary Residence; Stereogum released the first single, "Future Heart," for download on its website last week. Go to www.youngwidows.net.


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- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: Jul 31, 2013
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U
- Summary: Cloudberry Kingdom, the land where good heroes go to die, and Bob is the best of them all. Bob sits on the precipice of retirement, recliner ready, but first he must get back what he lost years ago. Jump and dodge your way through billions of levels on a last ditch mission to conquer infinity. The quest was never over. The princess was never saved. A challenge is waiting, are you ready?… Expand
- Developer: Pwnee Studios
- Genre(s): 2D
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Positive: 7 out of 20
Mixed: 11 out of 20
Negative: 2 out of 20
Jul 30, 2013While later levels can get incredibly difficult, Pwnee Studios absolutely nailed the difficulty curve and Story Mode completion is attainable for the majority of players, thanks to some well-implemented player aids.
Jul 30, 2013A wonderfully challenging platformer with exciting level design and great game-changing power-ups.
Sep 17, 2013With an infinite amount of levels, Cloudberry Kingdom delivers enough content for a lifetime. Visually it isn't the greatest game and it can get quite repetitive, but with a split screen co-op it's fun to play with friends on the couch.
Jul 30, 2013Not everything works as promised but somehow that doesn't really matter when the never-ending platform action remains as entertaining as this.
Aug 1, 2013Like an everlasting gobstopper, you can buy Cloudberry for peanuts and certainly get your money's worth in terms of quantity. But play it just long enough, and it quickly loses its flavour.
Sep 23, 2013As it stands, it's just another indie game lost in the noise. [Issue#139, p.119]
Jul 30, 2013At its best, Cloudberry Kingdom is a disjointed retread of what other more interesting platformers have already done better before it.
Score distribution:
Positive: 4 out of 5
Mixed: 1 out of 5
Negative: 0 out of 5
Aug 4, 2013Instantly one of the best platformers of all time. I thought that maybe the random levels would only lead to boring redundant levels but I could only be farther from the truth. It's game that can be as challenging as you want it to and even though the levels are random you can save levels to show other people or try again later!… Collapse
Aug 3, 2013This game is amazing. It has a great soundtrack with beautiful visuals to match. The game levels scale up to your level so you never feel cheated. The game is an all round near masterpiece.
Graphics 8
Sound 9
Game play -9… Expand
Sep 3, 2013Why can't I review this on wii u, metacritic???
There are so many platformers around now that to survive among them, a new platformer needs a unique mechanic. Cloudberry Kingdom has exactly that, but it fails to go any further.
Cloudberry Kingdom's unique mechanic is a random level generator, boasting 'infinite levels'. That much is true. This is something that totally increases the replay value of Cloudberry Kingdom, even more so because you can actually customise the amount (and, often, size)of each object that will appear in the level. So you could have loads of firebars, maybe just a few falling blocks, lots of, and very thin, elevator platforms, and tonnes of lasers.
Using this mechanic you can create the perfect level for yourself. I had immense fun coming up with strange combinations of enemies and objects, and the level generator always actually puts them in for you. You don't design anything, just decide how many of each object will be in each level. Admittedly, the automatic level designer resulted in problems. Often, how you time a jump at the beginning will affect what happens later on, and it's hugely frustrating when you almost complete a level only to be hit by a trap with no escape, just because you timed your first jump too late. Of course, you had no way of knowing you timed it too late.
But the level generator's true selling point is that you can have the level as easy as pie or as hard as gobstoppers. This accommodates both casual and hardest of hardcore players.
If yu get too stuck on a level, you can call the AI to give you a super-guide-style explanation of how to clear the level. Th clever thing? It's completely randomly generated, so this incredibly advanced AI has to be made up on the spot!
You can also pick particular types of characters, for example one on a pogo stick who always bounces, or one who can flip gravity like VVVVVV. And the level generator will always design a level within the boundaries you declared, and to fit the character you chose. There is a multiplayer mode, as well, and you'll be glad to hear, no characters bouncing off of each other like in mario games. One great multiplayer mode is 'bungie'. Here, all characters are connected by elastic wire, which results in all sorts of madness.
Despite this mechanic, this must have convinced the developers to slack when thinking of actual objects to include. All you get is the standard sort of stuff- firebars, clouds, ghosting blocks, falling enemies... the most creative is a serpent, and even that only bobs up then down off the screen.
One of Cloudberry Kingdom's terrible problems though, are the visuals. They're not exactly bad, but still look lifeless and unappealing. This is even worse in story mode's awful cutscenes, which can thankfully be skipped. To be honest, story mode is pretty bland as without the level generator, Cloudberry Kingdom is just a simple, uninteresting platformer, and story mode is exactly that- there is no level generator.
There's also arcade mode, which fares slightly better due to a level generator. Here, you continue as far as you can until you run out of lives. Even this mode gets old quickly however due to you being completely unable to customise the level. Obviously you can't have that option in an arcade mode, so I think both arcade AND story shouldn't be here, and the game sold at a lower price.… Expand
Aug 2, 2013Animations and graphics are really nice and the game is entertaining on the first 2 chapters, but it gets too boring. Why does it get boring? The difficulty. Something that many developers need to learn is that a nearly-impossible challenge does NOT equal entertainment (especially when you have to repeat each level DOZENS of times)... it just equals rage or boredom. I give it a 6 because they're not the first developers to do this mistake, but still, a game that causes rage should not be played.… Expand
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TranscriptQuestion: How should European states deal with the perceived problem of Muslim assimilation?
Joan Wallach Scott: Well I think first of all you have to think about the history of other groups' assimilations as well. Usually they're slow. Practices are adapted pragmatically. You have to begin by defining the population as assimilable and it's unclear to me that Muslim, Arab, North, West Africans are considered ultimately assimilable. I mean I think I have something in my book in The Politics of the Veil, there is a moment when a friend of mine who was opposed to the headscarf ban was talking to a quite famous Jewish politician and said to her, "You know this is terrible." And this woman said to my friend, "Well, you know, these people are un-assimilable." And my friend said, "That is what they used to say about the Jews." And this woman was just outraged and horrified, but historically it is true. Jews were… Anti-Semitism was a tremendous problem even for the most assimilated of French Jews. I mean the Dreyfus case in the 1890s being an example of that.
So and actually I just read a book by an anthropologist, a guy name John Bowen who works on, use to work on Indonesia and now works on Muslims in France and he spent a lot of time in a lot of these little mosques all around and just hung out with people in cafes and restaurants in the mosque and what he describes in this book is a process of assimilation that for any of us whose parents or grandparents in my case were… came to America in this case, but were immigrants one can watch over generations this process going on and what he describes is the sort of pragmatic adaptations that have to be made, so for example, if by law in France you have to get married in the city hall before you can have a religious wedding, it's true with Catholics, true of everybody, and a number of the constituents in one of these mosques says, "Well they don't know if they even want to get married." "They'll just go have a mosque wedding and that will be a more Hallel way of doing the wedding or they'll get married their first and then they'll go comply with." And the imam says, "Well you know you could do that if you want to, but since there are no sharia courts in France if anyone wants to get a divorce… and he says this to the women particularly, if you want to get a divorce you will have no recourse to a sharia court." "There will be no one to judge your situation." "If you don't have a civil marriage you won't be able to get a divorce and so you're going to be stuck in a very difficult sort of situation." "Of course I'm not predicting that this will happen to you, but…" And so they do. They get married in the civil courts. Should they come to the imam and they say they want to buy a house, but there are no Islamic banks in France, can they borrow money from a bank at interest. Well he says, "You know it is probably more important for you to have a stable place for your family to live than to deal with this interest thing, so we can reinterpret what you're paying as a different kind of interest, dah, dah, dah, or as one thing taking priority over the other." And so they go and borrow money and so it goes these stories of adaptation. You're not allowed to slaughter goats in your bathtub in the housing projects in which people live, so they find interpretations in the Koran, which say you can give money to charity instead of sacrificing an animal at the end of Ramadan, and so what is astonishing about the book is the slow and pragmatic way that people are adapting to rules of sort of both social and political life in France. They are assimilating.
And what he says at the end of the book is that the French government is far less accommodating on the other side, isn't as attuned to this process of assimilation as it has been in past times when Portuguese or Italians or you know other groups, Jews have come and found their ways slowly over several generations of assimilating. You know most… You're not even talking in the Muslim populations of the majority being practicing, being sort of orthodox in their practices, so I think the process is happening and it should be allowed to happen. I would draw the line. I mean when groups come into schools and say they don't want… just as I would be here, they don't want evolution taught in the science curriculum or they want a different kind of history taught. I mean it seems to me there are lines that one can draw about what is the sort of the way we do things here and what are the openings to the needs and interests of the constituent groups.
I mean in schools I would certainly say they have to teach the history of colonialism and of empire in a different way from the way it has been taught and that is not a matter of a concession to religion. It's a matter of being more inclusive in the kind of history that is taught and that is written. So it depends, but I mean I think there are certainly lines that one can draw which don't involve capitulation to theocracy, which is what is always held out. You know if we let them wear headscarves or burqas we'll become Iran tomorrow and I don't think there is any danger that France will become Iran. Turkey might be a different story, where you're talking about a 90% Muslim population. It's a different set of problems and issues there, but in countries in which these groups are minorities I think you know then I become a kind of champion of American multiculturalism. It seems to me we've done it right in a way that is in allowing a certain kind of tolerance or I wouldn't even call it tolerance, recognition of the differences that people bring with them even as, at least as long as people are not having to read Texas textbooks in the next years and but as long as there is a kind of an educational system that into which they or through which they become participants in the democratic processes of the country.
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Two Paintings Stolen in 1978 to be Returned
BOSTON, Mass. - Late yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the conviction and prison sentence of a one time Massachusetts state prosecutor. The case arose from the 1978 theft of seven paintings from Stockbridge, Mass. – the largest burglary from a private residence in Massachusetts history and one of the largest art thefts in the U.S.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, announced that the Court of Appeals affirmed in all respects, the conviction and seven year prison sentence of ROBERT M. MARDIROSIAN, 74, of Falmouth, Mass. on charges that he possessed stolen property that had crossed a U.S. boundary knowing it to be stolen.
The case began on Memorial Day weekend in 1978 with the burglary of seven pieces of valuable artwork from a Stockbridge home, including the Cezanne painting, Bouilloire et Fruits. The alleged thief, David Colvin, left them with MARDIROSIAN, a Massachusetts defense attorney and former assistant district attorney in Middlesex County. MARDIROSIAN had represented Colvin in another case in federal court in Boston. Four months later, Colvin was murdered.
MARDIROSIAN stored the paintings in Watertown, Mass. until 1988, when he moved them out of the country, ultimately placing them in the vault of a Swiss bank. In 1999, he attempted to sell the paintings through an intermediary in London, inadvertently alerting the London-based Art Loss Register (ALR), an organization that assists in the recovery of stolen art and antiquities. On behalf of the original owner, the ALR reached out to the intermediary in an effort to recover the paintings. In response, the intermediary, on MARDIROSIAN's behalf, demanded a $15 million ransom for their return.
After months of negotiations, in October 1999, the ALR brokered an "agreement" between the owner and a Panamanian corporation that MARDIROSIAN had set up as a front to conceal his identity, whereby the corporation was to hand over the most valuable painting, the Cezanne, in exchange for the owner's relinquishing all claims to the remaining six paintings. At the time, the paintings were valued at approximately $1 million. The agreement was signed in Geneva, Switzerland, where the Cezanne was delivered by an unidentified driver who pulled up in a car where MARDIROSIAN's lawyer was standing, handed him a wrapped package containing the Cezanne, and promptly sped off. Two months later, the owner auctioned the Cezanne through Sotheby's in London for $29.3 million.
MARDIROSIAN held onto the remaining paintings until 2003, when he tried to sell them through other intermediaries. MARDIROSIAN arranged to have the paintings brought to a Swiss bank for valuation and authentication by Sotheby's. In 2005, MARDIROSIAN arranged for four of the six paintings to be sent to Sotheby's for transport from Geneva to Sotheby's in London - after which the owner filed a lawsuit seeking to void the 1999 "agreement" with the Panamanian Corporation.
The four paintings, Portrait d'une Jeune Fille and Portrait d'un Jeune Homme by Chaim Soutine, Maison Rouge by Maurice Utrillo, and Flowers by Maurice de Vlaminck were eventually returned to the rightful owner. The remaining two stolen paintings, Woman Seated and Boy by Jean Jansen were recovered by the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office. With the completion of the appeal, the Government will return the last two paintings to the owner – some 32 years after they were stolen.
On appeal, the Court rejected MARDIROSIAN's argument that the 1999 Geneva agreement transferred valid title to the six remaining paintings to MARDIROSIAN. The Court held that the contract was void because its purpose was illegal; it required the owner to pay what in effect was a ransom for the return of his own property.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the Art Loss Registry and its President, Julian Radcliffe. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan F. Mitchell and Ryan M. DiSantis of Ortiz's Economic Crimes Unit, with the assistance of Trial Attorney Collette Ford of the Justice Department's Office of International Affairs.
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The first time I speak to Ashley Koffthe Los Angelesbased nutritionist who will attempt to cure, via her energy diet, my habit of collapsing in a puddle of drool on my keyboard each day at 4 p.m.I am impressed, and a little scared, by her sunny California peppiness. She's calling from the land of cardio kickboxing and early-morning farmers' markets. In New York, we dream about that life, then we order another saketini. On a Tuesday. We blow off the gym to go to the office on weekends. We diet by skipping dinner.
I worry that Koff's plan won't gel with my hectic, sleep-deprived lifestyle. I'm a vegetarian, yes, but the kind inclined to dinner rolls, not lentils. And I refuse to relinquish $4 double Americanos from my adorable neighborhood coffee shop (the only reason I get out of bed most weekdays).
Koff says that lack of energy is her patients' top complaint, and explains that my body is designed like a race car, not a streetcarmeaning it needs a pit stop every three hours to fuel up on a mix of carbs, fat, and protein. I tend to feel more like the Oldsmobile beater I drove in high school, but maybe that's because my diet lacks consistency. In any given week, I yo-yo between virtuous salads and "screw it" fried Tater Tots. Koff praises my occasional blueberry shakesholdovers from a short-lived health kick a few years agobut blames my frequent morning bagels for the fact that I stumble out of the office in a daze mid-afternoon to forage for Japanese chewy candies (of course, what I really want is . . . cheesecake).
The plan initially seems like a lot of work. I prefer diets involving a simple list of "yes" and "no" foodsthat way, when I inevitably overeat, I can just starve myself later. But "eating occasions" every three hours, Koff swears, will keep me energized, since protein and good fats kick in after carbs' more immediate boost expires. So I dutifully stock the office fridge with options like celery sticks, hummus, avocados, nuts, and oat crackers. Carbs are limited to "fist-sized portions" to prevent precipitous energy crashes.
On Monday, my first day on the plan, I start off buzzing from the eight hours of sleep Koff insisted I get the night before. I check items off my to-do list with a vigor I haven't felt in years. Of course, just because I'm never hungry doesn't mean I don't eat the hummus calling to me from the office kitchen between "eating occasions." At least I'm not bingeing on Twizzlers.
But after a week, I notice I'm not losing weight. Not that that was the goal here, but after seven days of fist-sized portions, I would have welcomed it. I blame almond butter, which is one part ground nuts, one part crack. Koff counts it as protein and fat, making it an easy snack. She suggests one tablespoon; I regularly inhale four.
But despite my struggle with portion control, the energy benefits of the plan persist. Even when I get four hours' sleep on a deadline. And drink four glasses of wine instead of the one Koff suggests. What initially seemed like an annoyanceeating every three hoursquickly becomes second nature. How did I ever eat just one meal at work? What did I look forward to?
After the two weeks are over, I'm still making regular visits to the office fridge, experimenting with small meals of Greek yogurt, berries and nuts, or frozen veggie burgers with avocado. Food is not just for workday procrastination and indulgence, it turns out; it's also useful for staying awake! Koff predicted I soon wouldn't need my Americanos, and she's rightI don't. But I keep drinking them anyway. Some "eating occasions"for me, caffeine, cheese, the occasional burrito bingewill always be about more than just fuel.
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There are many items that any pick-up artist might carry with him at any one time. Some of these items may be for routines like the photo routine, where you carry with you an envelope of photos to show at some point for demonstrating higher value. Others maybe serve only as props to hand to your target and keep her from running off too far. However, all PUA's agree that of all the items you could have with you, these 3 are of paramount importance.
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You probably can't tell from the above photo, but my burlap has metallic gold threads running through it!
After gathering your supplies, you'll need to measure and cut your fabric. Measure the length and width of your pillow form, and add one inch to each measurement for your seam allowance. This is the size of the piece of fabric you'll cut. You'll need two pieces (a front and a back) for each pillow you are making. My pillow form measured 13.5 inches buy 20 inches, so I cut 14.5" x 21" pieces. I was making two pillows, so I cut four pieces. Click here to see how to cut burlap in a straight line.
Next is the fun part - stenciling. In order to keep your design centered, you should find and mark the center of your fabric. A water soluble marking pen would be ideal for this, but I couldn't find one, so I used tape and a pen.
In a well ventilated area, spray the back side of your stencils with the adhesive. Follow the directions on the can to achieve a repositionable hold.
Figure out what will be the center of your word or design, and position that area over the center mark you made. I chose to stencil the word "JOLLY," so my center was the first letter L.
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Jerusalem area Apartment Rental Photos and Description
2 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, sleeps 4-6
This newly designed cheerfull apt. located on Hirshenberg st. on the border of Rehavia and Shaaree Chessed neighborhood. This is one of the most unique and peaceful street in Jerusalem. the street is lined with trees and pretty houses.
The apt. on the first floor has 2 large bedrooms , all beds can be made up as twines or doubled. The apt. can accommodate comfortably a family of 4-6- people. It has a spacious living room with a fully equipped kosher kitchen, a nice bathroom and a very typical Jerusalem style balcony where you can have your breakfast on.
That and more: the apt. has a yard to build a Succa during the holiday.
In a walking distance you can find: Gan Saker Park, the Israel Museum, The Knesset, Ben- Yehuda promenade, the Old City, Machane-Yehuda Market, The Great Synagogue and mach more.
Staying in this uniquely apt. will definitely make your stay in Jerusalem an unforgettable one.
The apt. is fully furnished and equipped.
It has :
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Central Air Condition
A cable T.V.
WiFi internet connection
Linen and towels
Fully equipped Kitchen
- Suitability:
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair inaccessible
About anat
I am an Architect. I was born in Jerusalem in the same st. this apartment is located in. I live in the same st. since i was born 53 years ago. I live with my famly : My parents, my 2 doughters, my 2 dogs and my husband who is an Architect as well.
Our office located in Jerusalem . Our projects vary from Housing, Public buildings to Interior desiged projects.
My apartments get all my attantion and designed input.
My tenants get all my help and my knoledge of Jerusalem.
Why anat chose Jerusalem area
In the best location in town
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We had the best vacation in Jerusalem at the most beautiful and comfortable apartment.
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Coldest Weather Yet!
The first week of the new year will be bringing the coldest temperatures we've seen this season. January is going to quickly remind us that it is still winter.
A shot of very cold arctic air is working is heading our way. Temperatures for Monday will be stuck in the 30s and then Tuesday, don't even expect to make it above freezing! Most of us will be hanging in the 20s -- for high temperatures!
By Wednesday we'll be in the 30s again and can look for a gradual warming trend into the weekend.
Cold air is being "advected" or rather blown in from the northwest. Our windy weather is coming from a tight pressure gradient. We have low pressure to our northeast, and high pressure to our southwest. We are sandwiched right in the middle, allowing for very cold air to move in.
Along with the cold we are looking for some serious upslope snow. Moisture from the Great Lakes is heading our direction and as the wind blows the moist air over the mountains in Highland, Pendleton, and Grant counties, it gets squeezed out as snow on the "western facing slopes." Much like ringing out a dish rag, the mountains will ring out all of the water and snow in the air before any it can make it into the Valley. On top of this feature, we are expecting enhanced snowfall tonight for the western slopes as a disturbance in the upper atmosphere moves through the area.
Totals for the most western parts of our viewing area could be as much as a foot. A dusting can not be ruled out into the Valley overnight, but I would not look for much more than that. The majority of the accumulating snow will fall to the west of Franklin
When and if you see snow tonight or tomorrow, please comment here or on Facebook and let us know how much!
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The OPG also maintains a Public Register of all continuing powers of attorneys, and welfare powers of attorney drawn up after April 2001, all withdrawers appointed under the access to funds scheme and all guardians and interveners appointed by the courts after April 2002
The OPG investigates concerns where the property or financial affairs of an adult seem to be at risk.
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There are many partners and other professionals involved in working with each procedure of the Act. We understand that occasions may arise where customers are dissatisfied with the level of service provided to them in the lead up to an appointment being granted. We recognise that it may not always be clear to customers who to hold accountable if issues should arise.
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The fluoride ion comes from the element fluorine. Fluoride, either applied topically to erupted teeth, or ingested orally (called systemic fluoride) during tooth development, helps to prevent tooth decay, strengthen tooth enamel, and reduce the harmful effects of plaque. Fluoride also makes the entire tooth structure more resistant to decay and promotes remineralization, which aids in repairing early decay before the damage is even visible.
Once ingested, systemic fluoride is absorbed via the gastrointestinal tract and distributed and deposited throughout the body via the blood supply.
In general, fluoride consumption is safe. Health risks associated with fluoridation are usually limited to misuse and over concentration. To avoid misuse and over concentration:
Children are especially vulnerable to dental fluorosis as their developing teeth are more sensitive to higher fluoride levels. Dental fluorosis is not a disease, but rather how the teeth appear. The American Dental Association defines mild enamel fluorosis as barely noticeable, faint, white lines or streaks on tooth enamel. The discoloration does not affect the teeth's health or function. Fluorosis only occurs in developing teeth, not those that have already erupted. Consult a pediatric dentist or other oral health care professional if you notice changes in the condition of your child's teeth.
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Cane Island House Rental Photos and Description
House, 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, (Sleeps 8)
Great place to relax and enjoy the amenities that Kissimmee and the Orlando area have to offer. Close to Disney, Horseback riding , shopping, nightlife and the beaches. Can visit the Gulf or Ocean side within 70 minutes drive. Cape Kennedy nearby as well. Come relax and put your feet up or travel the sites which ever suits you!
Keywords: Beautiful furnished 4 Bedroom beside lake site, secure area, with games room and pool. Great family get away vacation home!
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About Arthur W.
We enjoy travelling and visiting historical sites.
Arthur W. purchased this house in 2011
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We love the Orlando area and all the wonder amenities that are available. Disney, Shopping, Night life , restaurants and of course the beaches and Ocean only one hours drive away to either coast.
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A trio of governors and a duo of lieutenant governors last week dined on pink slime burgers and pronounced them mouth-wateringly-delicious-and-nutritious as TV cameras rolled on their barbeque in a Nebraska factory that manufactures the stuff.
Shoppers have reacted somewhat differently to pink slime secreted into their hamburger, so much so that three national supermarket chains stopped using it, and an Iowa grocer now offers both slimed and unslimed burger.
The politicians insisted that identifying slimed beef is not necessary, or even wise, because the fabricated-sans-fat- smashed-meat-scraps-seasoned-with-ammonia mixture is more nutritious. It's so great that announcing its presence on the burger label is unnecessary, the politicians insisted.
The governors and lieutenant governors chose to champion not consumers but slime producers. The reason is obvious. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who organized the slime plant tour and barbeque, got $150,000 in campaign contributions in 2010 from the factory's founders. Rather than rally to the public, too many politicians prostitute themselves to corporations. Thus, American workers have a government that incongruously rewards corporations that ship jobs overseas. Somewhere the government of the people, by the people, for the people got lost.
Just as in the case of pink slime, the interests of flesh-and-blood people and corporations frequently conflict. In those instances, a government of the people, by the people, for the people should take their side. But a government run by politicians constantly hounding corporate campaign contributions often fails to favor flesh-and-blood people.
Politicians Swallow Pink Slime to Prove Their Allegiance to Corporations
By Leo Gerard
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August 16, 2010
On Monday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates the Municipal Railway (Muni), unveiled the new Clipper fare gates and related ticket vending machines (TVM) for the Muni Metro stations, replacing the current 30-year-old system.
The single array of fare gates and the TVMs at Civic Center Station will go live next month along with the rest of the state-of-the-art equipment in the entire subway. The $30.1 million fare equipment project is supported by $11 million in federal stimulus funds along with additional funds from federal, state and regional sources.
"Muni moves nearly the equivalent of San Francisco's population every day," said SFMTA Executive Director/CEO Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. "We are constantly looking for ways to improve the riding experience for each of these customers by making our system even more efficient and easier to use. The new, modern Clipper fare gates and TVMs are more examples of our commitment to these important goals."
The new fare collection equipment to be installed in the nine Muni Metro stations this fall has been used in cities around the country and the world, such as London and Atlanta. It includes 81 standard fare gates (24.5 inches wide), 19 accessible fare gates (42.5 inches wide) and 40 TVMs.
This equipment will improve Muni customers' experience and accessibility in Muni Metro stations, reduce fare evasion, reduce the amount of paper waste, promote Clipper and regional transit use, and improve the transaction times at the fare gates and vending machines, according to SFMTA.
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Get Ready for 2012 Stallion Service Auction
Exciting news!
Watch for updates on some new stallions being nominated to the 2012 SSA/BFPF. Lots of the returning stallions too!
Stallion Service Auction is Feb. 11th 2012!
Pick out a stallion to breed your mare too for a 2013 foal. C'mon be a part of the auction… Lots of great stallions nominated… Great deals for someone looking to breed their mare to world class stallions!


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This design is to show your love for your husband and your love for the Lord Jesus Christ. On the shirt it says, "I Love My Husband, Which Is Bonded By Our Love For Christ."
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