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Jesus the Pastor
I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
— John 16:12
These words of Christ really ministered to me last week in my study time. The immediate context is this: Jesus has resurrected and he is issuing warnings and promises to his disciples. He is consoling them about his soon departure, saying he is going to send the Holy Spirit to guide them into all truth. He's going to keep speaking to them, only now through the Holy Spirit, primarily through the Spirit-inspired new covenant Scriptures.
But I love Jesus' pastoral heart. "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now." Jesus is patient with his people. He plods. He knows how to hand out bread day by day. He doesn't overcook his sermons like us dumb pastors, thinking we've got to hit everybody with everything all at once. He does not "turn on the firehose." He does not inundate. Of course, Jesus has the benefit of omniscience — he knows how things will play out tomorrow — and we do not. But he is so gentle in this moment.
These words remind me that Jesus is committed to giving me all that I need at the times I need it. It has been said that all our knowledge of God at any given moment is merely a thimble of water compared to the ocean of water available. And yet the thimble is a daily supply, more than enough, just …
Gospel Renaissance in a Megachurch – Pastors I Admire: Steve Benninger
Starting a new series today that will run every Monday. Details at the bottom of the post.
Steve Benninger is the lead pastor of New Life Church in Gahanna, Ohio (just outside of Columbus) and a recent friend of mine. I admire Steve tremendously, not just because he loves Jesus so much but because he's one of the few men who have at great strain and risk sought to lead a rather large church in a rather new direction, toward gospel-centrality. (It reminds me a bit of Joe Coffey's story.) I will let him tell that story in our interview below, but if for this tremendous pastoral work alone, Steve is a jewel among men. He is also one of the most pastoral pastors I've ever met (and this characteristic will be a common thread among all the men I'm featuring in this series), if you catch my meaning. He is patient, kind, gentle, and yet rock-solid in the gospel of Jesus Christ. For these reasons and more, I wish I was more like Steve. I think you will be blessed by his story.
Where did you grow up and how did you come to faith in Christ?
I was born and raised in Southern California back in the wild 1960's. However, my parents were from Iowa so I was also raised with strong midwestern, Depression-era values. As a result I grew up as a kind of 'cultural misfit.' Also, our family attended a fairly legalistic Baptist church, which …
"This is the Thankful Glass that Mends the Lookers Eyes"
Had to find my copy of George Herbert's poems today to check a citation in a manuscript, and as often happens when I open up this collection of beauties, I couldn't put it down without reading beyond my duty. Here's one of my favorites called "The Holy Scriptures":
OH Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart
Suck ev'ry letter, and a hony gain,
Precious for any grief in any part;
To cleare the breast, to mollifie all pain.
Thou art all health, health thriving till it make
A full eternitie: thou art a masse
Of strange delights, where we may wish & take.
Ladies, look here; this is the thankfull glasse,
That mends the lookers eyes: this is the well
That washes what it shows. Who can indeare
Thy praise too much? thou art heav'ns Lidger here,
Working against the states of death and hell.
Thou art joyes handsell: heav'n lies flat in thee,
Subject to ev'ry mounters bended …
"Never Closer to the Bare Bones of Christianity": Updike on the New England Churches
The late, great John Updike waxes poetic on his personal history with — and the collective personality of — the New England church world:
"Like Mr. Mutrux, I came late to New England. The first regional church of which I had experience was Harvard's Memorial Chapel, that splendid but slightly cold reproduction of the Colonial manner, with its immaculate box pews and huge dark choir screen. Attending, I would sit back on the left-hand side near a small bronze plaque that seemed to me the epitome of New England fair-mindedness: opposite the great wall covered with the names of Harvard alumni killed fighting for the Allies, the plaque gave the names of four German graduates . . . Harvard has not forgotten her sons.
"Returning some years later to live north of Boston, I would attend the Congregational church in Ipswich, a handsome, town-dominating example of "carpenter Gothic" exactly contemporaneous with the First Parish Church in Brunswick, Maine, and like it, tipped wooden pinnacles and walled with boards and battens. The interior posed a delicate white-painted heaven of shapely roof trussing; the light came through tall pointed windows of old gray-glass lozenge panes. Some winter mornings, hardly a dozen of us showed up, while the minister shouted across the empty pews and the groaning furnace in the basement sent up odorous warmth through the cast-iron grates and the wind leaned on the crackling panes. I have never felt closer to the bare bones of Christianity than on those bleak and drafty Sunday …
The Mess and Order of a Gospel-Centered Church
When a church is faithful to preach the gospel and demonstrate the gospel's implications, it will usually find that it attracts and is attracted to the kind of people Jesus attracted and was attracted to. People who are, shall we say, rough around the edges.
The gospel well preached and applied will make ministry messy. Things will change. I often think of it like the beating of a rug — you're gonna get a lot of dust in the air. There will be a thick cloud. The gospel stirs stuff up.
But our God is not an author of confusion. So as things get messy, while the gospel is creating a safe space for sins, hurts, and struggles to rise to the surface, it is outlining that space really well. The same gospel that exposes mess creates order.
How? In a gospel-centered church, one will find that:
There are leaders who are humble and confident and grace-ready.
There are church members grace-ready.
There are opportunities for counsel
There are opportunities for discipleship.
There is biblical church governance, church membership, and church discipline.
A safe space is not an amorphous, undefined space. The gospel brings junk up and then sorts junk out.
God Doesn't Need Your Help
The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
— Proverbs 29:25
We make equivocations about direct biblical teaching when we are embarrassed by it, when we fear rejection because of it. We think the Bible isn't very good PR for Jesus, so we want to help it out a little bit. A.W. Tozer in Knowledge of the Holy:
Almighty God, just because he is almighty, needs no support.
The picture of a nervous, ingratiating God fawning over men to win their favor is not a pleasant one; yet if we look at the popular conception of God that is precisely what we see.
Twentieth-century Christianity has put God on charity. So lofty is our opinion of ourselves that we find it quite easy, not to say enjoyable, to believe that we are necessary to God . . .
I fear that thousands of younger persons enter Christian service from no higher motive than to help deliver God from the embarrassing situation His love has gotten Him into and His limited abilities seem unable to get Him out of.
The Challenges in Church Replanting in New England
New England is now the least-churched, least-reached area of the United States, making it America's most needy mission field. Yet missional church planters are not flocking here. There are likely some good reasons for that.
And I am loathe to ascribe it to lack of interest, necessarily, because every week I receive emails from men who feel called to minister in New England. Most of these do not believe they are called or gifted to plant churches. (I sympathize, because I am neither called nor gifted to be a church planter either.) So they ask about existing churches needing pastors. Are there churches here in need of pastors?
Yes. There are many dying or dwindling churches, and some just plateaued congregations dawdling around, that are in desperate need of gospel-centered shepherding. My church, for instance, has commissioned 4 of our men to provide pulpit supply for a growing number of churches in our area who are without a preacher. One of our guys was recently asked by two churches in the same town to be their regular preacher each week. And whenever I bring up the need for church planting in New England, I will hear from a few cautioning corners that the "real" need in New England is for pastors to take over existing churches. Just last week at the T4G Conference I received a message from a guy who was told by one of the exhibitors there that New England doesn't need church …
Pinckney's Practices for Pummeling Pastoral Pride
Pastor David Pinckney's talk on "Battling the Arrogant Soul" given at an Acts 29 Northeast Regional Conference last year had many excellent moments, but I really liked three practical tips he gave pastors to help them squash pride and cultivate humility.
1. Take out the trash.
Literally, David said. Take out your trash. Don't give it to your assistant or custodian. Take it out yourself. It can be cathartic. And humbling. Don't be above doing this and prove you're not by actually doing it.
2. Visit nursing homes.
This will not increase your attendance, David said, but do it anyway. And don't make it a program or a project. Don't worry about telling anybody you're doing this. Just go visit. Many folks in nursing home don't get visits once a week, and some don't even get visits once a month.
3. Adopt prayer positions.
David was not trying to endorse mysticism, here; he's saying that we should literally get on our knees to pray. Or better — on our faces. When no one can see. David said we should be intimately familiar with the smell of the carpet in our office. (He said taking out the trash can enhance that experience.)
T4G: Becky Soundbytes
At T4G this week, I have taken a short break from serious blogging to rest, refresh, and be nourished in the Word and relationships with brothers I see too rarely. But the highlight of the trip is just hanging out with my wife Becky. Earlier today she posted on her blog a list of quotable quotes from the conference thus far. I commend it to you.
I've made a list of my own of quotable quotes from this week thus far, but my list are all things Becky has said. Amidst all the T4G message quote tweets and distinguished from them, I share this list with you, for your joy and my amusement, sans context.
1. "You're weird like them, but you're not awkward."
2. "What is it? Don't touch it. Looks like socks or underwear."
3. "You're not beyond getting slapped."
4. "It's because you've got the water running and a toothbrush in your head."
5. "It's weird that we're brushing our teeth to go drink coffee."
6. "Mark Dever has gentle eyes."
7. "C.J. Mahaney has freakishly large hands."
8. "Michael Kelley is so funny. Because he's so simple."
9. "Didn't you say there was a Celtics game tonight? That sounds like an enjoyable activity."
10. "When she told that story, I felt, like, the demonic."
11. "Did you just sass me? I know you didn't sass me."
I love my wife. She's the coolest.
The Proper Response to Easter
"So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples." – Matthew 28:8
"And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." – Mark 16:18
"But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened." – Luke 24:12
"They said to each other, 'Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road?'" – Luke 24:32
"Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed" – John 20:8
"Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!'" – John 20:28
The proper response to Easter is not warm fuzzies, but awe.


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Orr's focus: Balance sheet, crime
For the first time since his appointment by Gov. Rick Snyder in March 2013, Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr agreed to sit for an interview with the Michigan Citizen.
Orr's interpersonal and logical skills were evident in the nearly one-and-a-half hour interview.
Throughout, he reveals a view of the role of government that places an emphasis on accounting. Orr believes his work should be focused nearly singularly on the city's balance sheet.
There are opposing beliefs. Coming from the Franklin Roosevelt policies of public investment and the Great Society visions of Lyndon B. Johnson, one school of thought affirms that in governance, a healthy balance sheet alone will not create a sustainable Detroit.
We've witnessed the fiscal and infrastructural deterioration of Highland Park, which has gone in and out of emergency management and is currently fighting another state takeover. Clearly, a healthy balance sheet, without any attention to the complexities of urban poverty is only a temporary solution.
"Cities do six things: public safety, public works, planning and zoning, finance and administration, taxes and collection, and parks and recreations," said Orr, who is charged with creating the plan for Detroit to settle its debts and emerge from bankruptcy.
The EM is also charged with dispersing the city's most significant assets, such as the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Belle Isle and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Orr submitted his plan to the bankruptcy court last month.
According to his plan, he will raise fares for Detroit's bus riders and grow revenue by strengthening the city's effort to collect taxes from residents. Orr will not, however, reevaluate tax breaks or incentives for corporations.
He says he did investigate the option, but opening the deals would be too complex. His plan relies on reducing expenses by reducing legacy obligations and any revenue increase would come from an increase in collections and population.
The New York Times called his plan "unimaginative."
Orr believes, despite his tremendous power as EM, it is outside of his role to focus on much beyond the city's finances. He doesn't see affordable housing or moratoriums on shut-offs — past city policy — within the spectrum of his responsibilities.
He is not, as he describes, an "ideologue."
When asked about affordable housing, he responded, "Even if I wanted to, I'm not going to build that in the next seven months."
Despite his disinterest in managing most city programs, Orr has focused on the Detroit Police Department. His appointee Chief James Craig reports directly to him — and not the commission as mandated in the city's charter. He says he wanted the chief to be free to restructure the conflicted department. Orr says he gets daily reports from Craig and meets with him once a week. Under Orr's exercise of emergency management, Mayor Mike Duggan has no authority over the DPD.
Clearly, Orr believes the best way to fix the city is to have a functioning city with good services and that structure will attract new residents and business.
"On the balance sheet side, if we make the balance sheet work for the city and we can get the buses running on time that means that citizens can get to their jobs on time, which helps facilitate their economic viability as opposed to getting docked for pay, having to miss a bus, not getting in and picking up their kids late from school, especially in the winter months when it's dark outside," said Orr.
When asked about a moratorium on utility shut-offs, Orr said he believes those polices are overreaching and part of the reason Detroit has needed up in a financial emergency.
He responded: "From my prospective, (as) many of the operations the city engaged in for years and years, people can make an argument for the 13th check. It gives people money at a time they most need it to celebrate the holiday season and also to pay for heating. But it ruined the pension fund. So my question would be to people…, 'Do you want to continue to engage in practices that ultimately come home to roost and ruin your financial viability going forward, or do you want to address some of those practices so that won't happen?' You can continue doing what you're doing, but then a city of 700,000 can (become) a city of 550 (thousand)."
It appears Orr has a fundamental belief not only that if the city works, its population will grow, but also if the market works, Detroit will be successful. More than once he showed that his idea of economic development and wealth building is allied with large and traditional corporations.
He is looking at development deals from Singapore for Belle Isle, and thinks the pension boards weren't investing wisely and should have been more heavily invested in the stock market.
He also talked about how his plan and how the technology upgrades will help modernize the city.
"Detroit has to recognize you're not just in competition with Chattanooga or Birmingham. You're in competition with Malaysia, you're in competition with Dusseldorf, and if you don't modernize and put yourself in a position where you can attract not just residents but attract businesses and capital, you're going to see that capital flight," Orr said.
He continued, "I met with a German auto executive talking about Volkswagen's decision to go south. He said one of the reasons they didn't want to come to Detroit (is) because they viewed it as a conflict environment."
It is his belief the biggest companies and financial institutions drive the economy and the benefits trickle down to the rest of us. There is failure to see it is precisely this model that has ravaged Detroit. Since the 1940s and 50s, Detroit has lost jobs and capital and has had persistent racial discrimination in labor and housing markets. Detroit is the example of this failed jobs model and no urban policy.
Economist Julianne Malveaux called Detroit's emergency manager-led bankruptcy, "nothing but a wealth transfer."
She said Orr doesn't address the city's key issues, and questions his inattention to larger policy questions such as residency requirement and incentives for the existing population.
"Emergency manager Kevyn Orr has provided detailed information without addressing the key issues properly," Malveaux told the Michigan Citizen.
Critics of the emergency management and the EM-led bankruptcy have also questioned Orr's tendency to criticize the pension funds but not the banks in Detroit's financial crisis. Orr says he is focused on creating an achievable plan for the city and both sides — the pensioners and the bankers — are upset.
"There are two schools of thought: There's my school that looks at the balance sheet and says, we can't pay you what we agreed to pay you. And there are some people who think you should be able to take $1.5 billion and walk away from it," said Orr. "Now, I will tell you, to the people in the banking community, when I go to New York and speak to them — and you read about it in the Bond Buyer, Wall Street Journal, any of the either groups — this is an anathema to them."
Orr says at the end of the bankruptcy process, the city will still need to borrow, and he wants to maintain that capability.
"You can talk about affordable housing. You can't pay that out of cash, you have to have bond issues, you have to have financing. You have to have loan guarantees, say from the federal government. You have to have a credit rating.
"In today's society, the one thing you have to be able to do when we get out of all this is to be underwriteable and be financeable. So I'm trying to do a very careful balance."
Yet, Orr is critical of the pension funds.
"If they'd taken that $1.5 billion in 2005 and put it in the Standard & Poor's index over the past X number of years, they would have more than enough money to pay those pensions out," said Orr. "But they didn't. Thirty percent of the funds that were invested in GRS, were invested in private equity, real estate, direct investment for which they received no professional pension advice. Tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars have gone missing."
Gov. Snyder in media reports has also been critical of Detroit's pension systems and the need for professional management. He has been more critical of the General Retirement fund than police and fire but has stopped short of advocating for a takeover of the funds.
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Final Score: Chicago White Sox 14, Texas 8
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Murphy's Honor
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Murphy grew up in small-town Indiana, the son of a former beauty queen and a semi-pro hockey player.At 5 o'clock every morning, Murphy's Irish-Catholic father shook him awake to attend morning mass before dropping him off at parochial school, where Murphy would hang out after hours with the clergy members. "For me, all the nuns and priests were incredibly glamorous figures," Murphy says. The Catholic dramaturgy, the ceremony, the iconography of saints and sinners, the authorial robes and habits of the clergy all enthralled him. The Church, along with his Dark Shadows–loving grandma, Myrtle, provided Murphy with the heightened reality and grand sense of theater he craved as a pre-pubescent boy.
"Myrtle was the best. Everything I have in my life, in terms of my imagination and my ambition and my drama -- the love of all that -- comes from her 100 precent," Murphy says. "She put on a lot of makeup and jewelry and loved the color purple, so she wore it every day." On afternoons, Myrtle would sit her young grandson in front of the TV to watch the paranormal soap opera Dark Shadows "just to toughen me up," Murphy says. "I went as Barnabas Collins, like, three Halloweens in a row, and my dad was thrilled because it was the first time I wanted to be a boy; I usually wanted to be a witch or something like that."
Murphy's set of peculiar interests alienated his more traditional-minded father. "My dad was this big jock and here I was: this weird little gay boy who wanted things like a vacuum cleaner for his birthday." When Murphy would shut down out of frustration with his father's dismissiveness, Myrtle would pull her grandson aside and say things like, "It's great that you want a vacuum. It's OK to be weird." Myrtle indulged her grandson in all his eccentric interests: They went to mortuaries to study flower arrangements, to the cinema to see old Vincent Price movies, and to coin-operated laundromats all over town so Murphy could pick up empty detergent cartons to play make-believe laundromat at home.
Murphy credits Myrtle's love of the macabre and esoteric as the inspiration for American Horror Story. "She turned me on to all the tropes of horror I came to love. In a way, American Horror Story is a tribute to her," Murphy muses, before adding, somewhat typically, "She would hate Glee. She hated musicals."
It's Murphy's mother's love of musicals that her son inherited, and which illuminates his work -- and not only Glee. In the most recent season of American Horror Story, Jessica Lange's character, a defrocked nun interned in her own insane asylum, undergoes an excessive round of electroshock therapy that causes an extended musical hallucination: Lange and the other pajama-clad lunatics swish around the rec room in a glorious rendition of Shirley Ellis's "The Name Game." One might consider the ebullient explosion of song and dance inside the walls of the sadistic institution Briarcliff the epitome of camp.


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Renovation Schedule Accelerated after Delays, but Risks Remain in Key Areas
GAO-08-513R: Published: Apr 9, 2008. Publicly Released: Apr 9, 2008.
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The United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City neither conforms to current building codes nor meets UN technology or security requirements. As the UN's host country and largest contributor, the United States has a substantial interest in the success of the Capital Master Plan (CMP), a project to renovate the complex. In this update, GAO reviewed the following key areas: renovation approach, schedule, cost, funding, risk management, project progress, procurement, and oversight. To perform this work, GAO reviewed UN documents and met with officials from the CMP office and other UN departments. To assess oversight and monitoring, GAO reviewed UN documents and oversight reports and interviewed UN officials from the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and officials from the U.S. Department of State (State).
The UN accelerated the CMP schedule by changing the renovation approach, which it reported would make up for past delays, reduce costs, and mitigate key risks. It will now renovate buildings in single phases, rather than in multiple phases as previously planned. Under the accelerated approach, the UN plans to begin construction of the temporary building in 2008 and start renovations in early 2009. Barring delays, the UN now intends to complete the project by mid-2013. Under the previous approach, the completion date had slipped to mid-2015. Delays in relocating UN staff could extend the schedule, creating additional costs. UN officials told us the CMP's Executive Director would make relocation decisions in spring 2008, with most moves following in early 2009. The CMP office currently estimates the total cost is $2.07 billion--$190 million over the $1.88 billion budget. The CMP office is looking for cost savings, but this effort may not be sufficient to bring estimated costs back to budget without potentially impacting the buildings' functionality. According to CMP officials, projected payments from member states will be enough to cover expenditures under the accelerated schedule. As of December 31, 2007, member states had paid $380.9 million, and $127.5 million in payments were late, including $64.2 million from the United States. The CMP office identified risks to the schedule and cost and developed strategies to mitigate them. For example, cost increases resulting from decision-making delays are a major risk the CMP office intends to mitigate by having the CMP Executive Director communicate proactively with key UN stakeholders. To mitigate weaknesses in UN procurement, the UN is piloting a streamlined process for approving CMP contract amendments in an effort to balance timely decision making with adherence to the procurement manual. The Procurement Division obtained authority to approve amendments up to $2.5 million--increased from $200,000--which can expedite the approval of such amendments by about 5 weeks, according to officials. While a subcontracting process has been developed, it does not include a procedure for the UN to monitor issues that may arise between the construction manager and its subcontractors that could affect the cost and schedule. While OIOS had funding to hire staff, its inability to quickly fill vacancies resulted in minimal oversight of the CMP during 2007. In 2007, OIOS completed one audit report on CMP and identified no significant issues. OIOS has recently completed the hiring of two auditors dedicated to CMP. The Board of Auditors has continued to conduct oversight, and State has continued to monitor the CMP.
Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The United Nations (UN) Capital Master Plan team and construction manager (CM) have formalized a regular schedule of meetings at which they discuss the projects progress and any issues related to the project. One of these meetings is a weekly general construction meeting. According to officials with the Capital Master Plan, any issues or potential concerns with subcontractors are specifically discussed at this meeting and may be discussed at other meetings.
Recommendation: The Secretary of State and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations should work with other member sates to direct the CMP office to establish a procedure that would require the construction manager to inform the office of issues that may arise with its subcontractors that could increase the cost or delay the schedule of the project.
Agency Affected: Department of State
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Leon Panetta's Half-Baked Scheme Almost Ended Historically Black Colleges and Universities For Integration,
Now Women in Combat, Very Crazy!
Blog by Charles Butler Date: January 28, 2013
Leon Panetta is well intended, but again off base with his vision and supposition, thank God Dick Nixon overrode his effort to eliminate black colleges to make integration successful. If it had happened, we would have tens of thousands fewer black college graduates in the nation today.
"In 1970 Leon Panetta, HEW's ardent integrationist, requested plans to end the "racial identifiability" of black colleges in favor of a "unitary system of education." Luckily, for black colleges and universities, and more importantly black American students Pres. Nixon had the foresight and intelligence to understand that ending black colleges "for the sake of integration would disrupt a whole generation of graduates from black colleges."
In addition, what goes unmentioned is the destruction of decades of traditions of schools, families, and organizations.
If Pres. Nixon had listened to Leon Panetta suggestion of eliminating black colleges and universities the impact today would be that thousands of black American college undergraduates and graduate students would never have had the opportunity to attend college. The facts are HBCUs graduate more black American students each year than all other colleges and universities combined. Both Kennedy and Nixon realized the importance of black colleges. Nixon used Title III funds to assist separate black colleges, while Presidents Kennedy and Johnson talked about funding the schools; Pres. Nixon delivered the funds in excess of $29 million in 1973. "Even though black colleges received a greater proportion of federal aid given their enrollment. "
Mr. Panetta's foray into lifting the ban on women in combat is a disservice to the men and women on combat missions. The facts are very few women, if any, can handle the rigors of combat on a daily basis. A group of soldiers and Marines in battle for 60 days straight would have devastating physical consequences for women. Unit cohesion, training, field hygiene, and trust are something politicians will never understand unless they have served in the military. Mr. Panetta, overlooks the raw data in several regards in trial tests, the latest statistics I have seen is that 100% of women flunked the Army and Marine Corps basic infantry officer programs. What is going to happen is what continually happens with special programs that are going to lower standards, to meet political goals and get people killed! The Marines fighting in Fallujah is a perfect example of vicious urban fighting that was not MP-duty directing traffic and being shot at or returning fire, it was door-to-door.
I have read several stories from women Army officers and Marine officers that ask where this push is coming from to put women in combat. Those women who have experienced combat and simulated combat realize it is not a place, for social experimentation, or the integration of women because of technology. Click here for story. There are basic things that require strength, skill, and training, that have nothing to do with modern technology. Urban fighting calls for more physical strength in climbing a wall, climbing out of the basement, pulling one's body weight, over ropes, and rooftops. We have not begun to discuss the physical element of hand-to-hand combat or humping with 80 pounds in a rucksack on your back.
Can you imagine if Pres. Roosevelt and the Congress had to make a decision to land on Normandy Beach on D-Day what would have happened? Probably, we would not have gone because the number of soldiers killed on the beaches would have been politically devastating at the polls. Fighting wars should be left to the generals and admirals with military experience, and not armchair Commander-in-Chiefs like Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, Bush, or Obama. One of the major reasons Germany lost World War II was Cpl. Hitler's interference in major military decisions on strategy. The major reasons we have lost all the conflicts since Korea is because Presidents and Congress directed the fighting, instead of the military. We let the military run Desert Storm without the politicians interfering and we accomplished our mission.
We only need to look at women on police forces and fire departments to get a clear picture that there are some jobs, women may want to do, however they are better suited for the administrative track. We know that no woman is going to win a fight with a real man, not a male that is only on television and the movies. Women firefighters are brave enough to enter a fire but, can they bring an adult out of the burning building. Physical strength is not for discussion either you can work the long tough hours or you cannot.
In combat, there is no timeout, there is no second chance, there is no Oops, and I made a mistake let us take a do over. Mr. Panetta has made another faux pas with his overreach and zealousness to be a trendsetter and a leader. His strategy to eliminate HBCUs would have devastated almost 4 generations of black graduates. This is a man who has ideas that may be well intended; however, they are nonsensical, not supported by pragmatic facts, and detrimental, to the success of fighting Americans in the combat.
Women should not be in combat units until they are playing equally in the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, or Men's Olympic squad. Combat is not a place for social experimentation.


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However, over in the UK, the Nissan Leaf's pedestrian warning system has reportedly been deemed illegal, forcing the automaker to either remove or disable it. A Nissan spokeswoman told The Northern Echo that:
Unfortunately, removing the noise-making system will likely cause yet another "slight delay" in the delivery process. Still, Nissan remains confident that some UK customers will receive their Leafs before the end of March. Hat tip to Mark!An intermittent beeping noise is fitted as standard to commercial vehicles such as buses and lorries, but UK law states that the sound must be capable of being disabled between 11:00 pm and 6:00 am. The audible system on the Leaf did not allow for that to be done, so the beeping sound is being removed entirely before the cars can be driven on roads in this country.
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Punter Power: Steve Weatherford's Football Workout
Weatherford calls the uncomfortable-looking position below the "Van Damme," in honor of the actor's iconic demonstration of it in the 1988 martial arts classic Bloodsport. Ironically, however, he hadn't actually tried to do it until recently, when prompted by friends at a party. "Flexibility and explosiveness are the two most important things for a punter," he says, "and I've always stretched like crazy, so when I tried to see if I could do it, it wasn't that hard."
Punters aren't supposed to look like the New York Giants' Steve Weatherford. They're supposed to be scrawny ex-soccer players who stand in one place during games, huddled behind the bench in their oversize parkas, waiting for those few-and-far-between times when they're called onto the field to do something requiring neither hitting nor running. Underneath their pads, punters aren't supposed to be 6-foot-2, 211 pounds at 5% body fat. Weatherford is, however, and says you can be, too, provided you're willing to put in the time.
"It's a combination of being blessed with good genetics and being disciplined," Weatherford says. "A lot of guys might wake up one morning with a sore back and take the day off, I never do."
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Currently in his sixth NFL season, Weatherford, who is among the league's most accurate punters, unseated incumbent Matt Dodge in training camp, when most observers had expected Dodge to hang on to his Giants starting spot. To the University of Illinois graduate and Crown Point, Indiana, native, his football success is attributable to a training and nutrition game plan forged during his rookie season with the New Orleans Saints in 2006.
Weatherford claims punting a football is similar to driving a golf ball-a scenario where everything needs to work in concert, the same way, every time out. If one little thing is off - a hamstring is pulled or the hips are tight - a punter's rhythm can be completely thrown off. The idea is to be as explosive as possible when it's time to punt, six to eight plays per game, on average, and to ensure physical consistency.
"You can't do this perfectly every week," he says, "but you want to feel exactly the same way every single Sunday. You want to build that explosiveness in the off -season, then train to maintain it so everything is the same during games."
Since his entire year comes down to those six to eight bursts of perfectly coordinated explosiveness - as opposed to position players, who need significantly more stamina - Weatherford's off-season training resembles an Olympic high jumper's regimen more than it does a linebacker's or a running back's.
The key, he says, is the yearly regimentation he learned from his mentor, veteran placekicker John Carney - who spent 23 seasons in the NFL.
"It's a long season," he says. "You've got four pre-season games and 16 regular-season games, and if you get into the post-season, you could be playing 24 football games in five months. You get tired, the season grinds on you, and your knees, back, and hips start to hurt. You have to taper off at some point and maintain the work you did in the off-season to keep consistent."
For this veteran punter, looking more like a DB or safety comes down to how much discipline you're willing to exercise. "If my knees are sore, and I don't feel like I can run," he says, "I'll find something I can do, like sprints on the bike or swimming. The difference between looking this way and not is that I have that discipline, and I won't ever let myself cheat myself."
How It Works
Weatherford trains five days per week, taking Wednesdays and Sundays as either active rest or off days. He'll start each workout day with dynamic flexibility.
This involves a series of jumps, skips, and high kicks designed to raise his core temperature and head off injury. After that, it's 15 minutes of static stretching, which he does after weight training, followed by a different type of cardio each day. "I spend the off-season in San Diego," he says. "There are great geographical formations in the hill country for me to just go out and run."
|Monday: 60-yard uphill sprint;
10 reps at full recovery
|Monday: Lower Body A
|Tuesday: 40-yard sand sprint on beach; 10 reps at full recovery
|Tuesday: Upper Body A
|Wednesday: Off or active recovery (surfing or swimming)
|Wednesday: Active Recovery
|Thursday: 30- to 40-yard sled sprint; 10 reps at full recovery
|Thursday: Lower Body B
|Friday: 2-mile run
|Friday: Upper Body B
|Saturday: Active Recovery
|Sunday: Off
Decline Crunch (or Roman Chair Sit-up)3-4 sets of 12-15 reps
Front Barbell Squat3-4 sets of 4-6 reps
Dumbbell Lunges3 sets of 10-12 reps
Leg Press4 sets of 8-10 reps
Leg Extensions2 sets of 10 reps
Seated Leg Curl2 sets of 10 reps
Standing Calf Raises3 sets of 12-15 reps
Hanging Leg Raise3-4 sets of 12-15 reps
Incline Dumbbell Press3-4 sets of 8-10 reps
Dumbbell Bench Press3-4 sets of 8-10 reps
Dumbbell Shoulder Press3 sets of 8-10 reps
One-Arm Side Laterals3 sets of 8-10 reps
Weighted Bench Dip3 sets of 10-12 reps
Standing Dumbbell Triceps Extension3 sets of 8-10 reps
Concentration Curls3 sets of 10-10 reps
Side Bridge3-4 sets of 12-15 reps, each side
Front Barbell Squat3-4 sets of 4-6 reps
Power Clean3 sets of 3-5 reps
Deficit Sumo Dumbbell Deadlift (shown with barbell)3 sets of 8 reps
Dumbbell Snatch (shown with barbell)3-4 sets of 6-8 reps
Scissors Jump (with dumbbells)3 sets of 6-8 reps, each side
Leg Extensions2 sets of 10 reps
Seated Leg Curl2 sets of 10 reps
Standing Calf Raises3 sets of 12-15 reps
Decline Crunch (or Roman Chair Sit-up)3-4 sets of 12-15 reps
Weighted Pull Ups4 sets of 8-12 reps
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown3 sets of 8-10 reps
Seated Cable Rows3 sets of 8-10 reps
Biceps Circuit: Perform 2 sets of any 3 bicep moves (6 total)
Dumbbell Bicep Curl2 sets of 8-10 reps
Hammer Curls2 sets of 8-10 reps
Overhead Cable Curl2 sets of 8-10 reps
Resume normal sets; reps:
Upright Barbell Row2 sets of 8-10 reps
Barbell Shrug2 sets of 8-10 reps
Box Jump (Single leg)4 sets of 10 reps, each leg
Kicking Ass
NFL athletes are bigger and faster than ever before-even kickers
If you're playing in the NFL, Steve Weatherford says, you must be doing something right, but fans watching at home typically don't envision their team's punter or kicker as some ripped-to-shreds specimen who regularly goes beast mode in the gym.
Along with Weatherford, however, there are a handful of other kicking specialists who've raised the bar for these positions.
Take Dallas Cowboys kickoff expert David Buehler, for instance. At the 2009 NFL scouting combine, Buehler's performance compared favorably to that of several linebackers and running backs. To wit, he performed 25 reps on the bench press with 225 pounds, ran the 40 in 4.56 seconds, and is often used as a regular positional player on the Cowboys' kickoff - and punt-return teams.
Oakland Raiders veteran kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who last season tied the NFL's all-time record with a 63-yard field goal, is another mold-breaker. At 6'2", 250 pounds, Janikowski's workout numbers at Florida State-bench-pressing 395 and recording a 4.6 in the 40-rivaled those of just about any Seminoles lineman.
"The way the game is now," Weatherford says, "guys are bigger and more athletic, and the kicking positions are no different. You need that explosion level and good body composition to compete."
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who knew our punter was jacked? God Bless. 4th ring coming in indy
I played kicker and punter in college and started 4 out of the 5 years I was there (sat out my 4th year due to an appendectomy 2 days before the first game) so I know how athletic you have to be now. I hate to see those that run away from a hit or run like they have cinder blocks on their feet. This is definitely my favorite article!
Watch some of his tackling highlights from college. He jacked some dudes up! If I'm not mistaking, I think he played some linebacker in college along with punting!
very impressed, like the fact that he doesn't need the size and strength for his "job" but does it as a way of life because he loves it. VERY motivational!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!
Congrats on the great season! Always good to see a fellow Hoosier doing well! Good luck this Sunday!
Seems a good UB/LB split! Can I use the split to get a bit more athletic/muscle up..I'm not a football player but I run and lift weights..
What about other options for the hill/sand sprints?
i dont personally play football but i am an mma fighter so weathorford's philosophy is very motivational to any sport. thanks for the great article!
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Baseline: There's Nothing Baseline About This App
Have you ever wondered why one day you have 132 GBs free, and the next day you only have 32 GBs free? With Baseline you can see what files are taking up all that space in a nice and easy-to-use interface. You may ask, "What makes Baseline different from the rest?" Well, there are many features that make Baseline better than OmniDiskSweeper and WhatSize.
One feature of Baseline that really got me to like it the most is the TreeMap feature. Yes, WhatSize has a graphical display too, but I don't think it is nearly as cool as Baseline's. Baseline shows you a picture with a rectangle for each file, so you can see what huge files are eating up space. The many different colors it uses in the graphical display make it look even better. When you highlight a rectangle, it will tell you the file's name and how large or small it is. If you look closely, you will see that there are yellow boxes around some other rectangles; those are the files that share the same directory of the root of your drive as the one you have highlighted. I don't really see how this is that useful, though. This graphical display looks cool, but can get pretty complicated, and look cluttered sometimes, which is why some people like WhatSize's TreeMap view more; it looks simpler.
Another killer feature of Baseline is its ability to save scans. This lets you compare a scan from yesterday with one from today to see why you lost so much space. You can do this by (in either Column or List view) selecting "Changed" instead of "All" for "Show:". this will only show you the files that have changed since your last scan. Always (at least in List view) next to the name of the file it shows how a folder or file has changed, like "-2.5 GB" or "+1.0 MB". This can also help when looking for changed files or folders, or where data has been added. You can also turn this on in Column view by selecting "Changes" instead of "Sizes" at the top. I like this feature a lot, but would like to have the ability to turn it off in list view; sometimes you just want to see the size of a file.
Another feature of Baseline is color-coding. In both Column and List view Baseline color-codes all files so you can see, without paying much attention, what files are the biggest. It also color-codes the text where it says the size of the file. Red files are big, purple files are medium, and green files are small. It would be nice if they color-coded the TreeMap view this way too, but then again, the TreeMap looks better with the shades of grey. It even color-codes the changes in size when you have that switched off. The color-coding is part of most of these disk sweeping apps; some even use the same colors!
One very useful thing that Baseline does is it saves whichever folder you are looking at when you switch views, so you can see the contents of that folder in all of the views without having to find it again.
As I said above, you can save Baseline scans to compare them to the next time you scan. You can save a Baseline by clicking the "Save Baseline" in the toolbar, and manage them by clicking the "Manage Baselines". Managing Baselines just shows you all the scans that you have saved for a hard drive. You name the scans, so if you name them by date you can easily find which scan you are looking for. It would be nice if you could double-click on one of those managed scans and compare to it, though. You can do this easily, though, by just selecting a scan in the popup box in the upper-left hand corner. Another thing that would be very useful would be, when you open Baseline, to load the last scan made so you can see what it looked like.
Another amazing feature of Baseline is the ability to archive and compress files with the click of a button. Just press "Archive" in the toolbar (when you have already scanned), and it will take that file and compress it in .gzip, and put the original file in the trash. If you choose to archive the file, it will compress it with .tgz and trash the original. It would be nice if they asked you whether you wanted to have the original trashed.
Baseline is well worth the ~$5 more you pay than for OmniDiskSweeper or WhatSize because of all the features listed above. Not all of them are perfect, but no one expects them to be. The final most important thing that makes it even more worth the money is the interface. Its interface is so much more Mac-like than all the rest. I absolutely love the interface, and think that it is so much easier to use than those of the others. It just looks better, which in my opinion is worth the $5 alone.
Baseline retails for $20 from MildMannered Industries and you can download a 14-day trial with full functionality from that same site. The developer has told me that there are many new features in store for Baseline, including Time Machine support, Quicklook and duplicate detections! I hope you try it out, because, as I did, you might end up switching.


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Written by By futurity.org Monday, 23 January 2012 16:02
Never before have induced pluripotent stem cells, which share many of the useful properties
Scientists have produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of an adult snow leopard for the first time.
Never before have induced pluripotent stem cells, which share many of the useful properties of embryonic stem cells, been generated from a member of the cat family.
The breakthrough raises the possibility of cryopreservation of genetic material for future cloning and other assisted reproduction techniques, and offers hope for the survival of the endangered species, say the Monash University researchers.
The study, published in the journal Theriogenology, was led by graduate student Rajneesh Verma, and was supervised by senior researcher Paul Verma. The researchers used ear tissue samples taken from adult snow leopards at Mogo Zoo, in New South Wales, to generate the iPS cells.
Verma says the breakthrough was significant due to the difficulty of obtaining reproductive cells, or gametes, even from animals in captivity.


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Volunteering is a great way to get involved with the race, support Seby B Jones Cancer Center, and enjoy more insight to the sport. There are several ways to volunteer for the High Country Tour Du Life:
MARSHALS:A marshal is a traffic director of sorts. Many people are needed to direct the riders and regular road traffic at specific corners during the race. We also will have aid stations where racers can take a break and refuel, and Marshals will be responsible for helping us keep track of all the riders who pass through, so we make sure everyone finishes safely, as well as helping hand out snacks, offering encouragement, and keeping the rest area tidy.
Volunteers help before the race to control the parking area so that cars can get in and out easily, and help get racers signed up and in the right place, and then help get racers lined up for the start of the race.
Want to get an up-close view of the racers for more than a few minutes at a time? Support drivers patrol the course, keeping an eye on racers, communicating information about any crashes or other emergencies, and operate the all-important "Broom Wagon" responsible for "sweeping up" racers who decide they've had enough and are ready to get off the bike. Support Drivers are right there with the racers all the way from start to finish, and their experience of the race itself is second only to the racers'. Support drivers may occasionally assist racers with a mechanical problem, so we are looking for either drivers co-pilots who are comfortable dealing with minor bike issues (flats, broken chains, the occasional loose bolt). Depending upon how many co-pilots are available, support drivers may handle both jobs. While experience is helpful, it is not required. After all, you've gotta start somewhere, right?
If you'd like to drive a support vehicle or ride along as a mechanic, please contact Andrew Stackhouse at email@example.com. Also, if you'd rather not drive but have an appropriate, reliable vehicle that you'd be willing to allow someone else to drive, we're looking for those as well. Again, contact Andrew. Andrew will notify you, usually by phone, of your specific assignment, and will notify you if there are any changes in assignment. For this event, its important that your vehicle can handle driving on steep gravel roads, so Jeeps, 4x4s, and smaller SUVs and pickups that are okay on narrow roads are best. Motorcycles (Dirt Bikes) and ATVs or Side-by-sides would also be very useful, especially for Shawnee and Buckeye Ridge Roads.
Volunteers meet for one evening a few days before the race for instructions. For being such a vital function, driving support and being a marshall are both actually relatively simple. Drivers will be issued color coded "credentials" which identify your vehicle as an official race vehicle for a particular category of racers, and you'll be taught how to navigate the course, how to communicate with the race organizers and medical support, and some very simple but important record-keeping.
You'll be expected at the starting area prior to the start of the race. You'll be issued a sign for the rear of your vehicle, and a radio for communication with the other support drivers in your group. Bring a pad or clipboard and pencil to keep track of racers you may have to leave behind, and an envelope for keeping track of wheel tags doesn't hurt. It also helps to carry an old, clean blanket to protect your vehicle's seats should you need to transport a mildly injured rider (This is relatively unlikely, but possible. Emergency vehicles are available and handle most such needs.) Bring snacks and soft drinks, and it's nice to have a few bottles of water with you in case a rider really needs one.
There's no way to effectively explain what the driving itself is like and what all it involves. Suffice it to say that you learn as you go, and there's always someone there on the radio to ask if you have any questions once you're rolling. You simply have to pay close attention, use your head, and do as COM 1 (the main support vehicle for each group) tells you to – and enjoy the race and the ride.
Thanks to the Tour of the Gila for providing their volunteer information


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Dec. 18, 2014
NFL Roundup; San Francisco 49ers release starting lineman Ray McDonald after learning that he is being investigated for alleged sexual assault; team had supported McDonald after he was arrested for domestic violence; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 18, 2014
The Upshot ranks 16 NFL football games on Week 16 in terms of matchups with playoff stakes. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
NFL Players Association sues the NFL on behalf of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson; argue his suspension for remainder of season for beating his 4-year-old child is unfair and that Commissioner Roger Goodell's handling of case is arbitrary and biased. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
New York Giants' back-to-back wins do little to offset team's seven-game losing streak and team's 5-9 record; coach Tom Coughlin says wins do not assure him or his staff job security and 2015 season is yet to be discussed. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan says New England Patriots have provided him more lowlights than highlights in his career; praises coach Bill Belichick and predicts he will make Hall of Fame on first ballot. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
NFL Roundup; New Orleans Saints score game's first 24 points and coast to a 31-15 victory over struggling Chicago Bears; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 15, 2014
Cincinnati Bengals defeat Cleveland Browns, 30-0, dealing blow to image of Browns backup quarterback Johnny Manziel as team's savior-in-waiting. MORE
Dec. 15, 2014
NFL Roundup; Dallas Cowboys beat Philadelphia Eagles, 38-27, to seize control of NFC East; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 15, 2014
New York Jets defeat Tennessee Titans, 16-11. MORE
Dec. 15, 2014
New York Giants beat Washington Redskins, 24-13. MORE
Dec. 15, 2014
Prospect of NFL team moving to Los Angeles for 2015 season is increasingly unlikely as city has yet to find site for new stadium. MORE
Dec. 15, 2014
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column contends that Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is worst owner in sports; notes that he has ruined team as competitive entity and stubbornly refused to change racist nickname. MORE
Dec. 14, 2014
Preview of NFL Week 15 matchup between New York Giants and Washington Redskins. MORE
Dec. 14, 2014
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Dec. 14, 2014
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Dec. 14, 2014
New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson will not play in upcoming game against Tennessee Titans. MORE
Dec. 14, 2014
New York Jets running back Chris Johnson is gearing up to face his former team Tennessee Titans in Week 15 matchup. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
Arbitrator Harold Henderson upholds season long suspension given to Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who had been arrested and accused of beating his 4-year-old son; ruling is a much needed victory for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, whose authority was overruled in Ray Rice case. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
NFL Roundup; former St Louis Saints safety Darren Sharper is indicted by New Orleans grand jury on two counts of aggravated rape stemming from accusations that he sexually assaulted and drugged two women at his apartment in Sept 2013; is already jailed in California on similar charges, and faces sexual assault charges in Arizona; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
Personnel File for NFL Week 15 highlights favorable matchups to watch for fans and fantasy football owners. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
Odell Beckham Jr, rookie New York Giants receiver who gained fame for one-handed catch, has also demonstrated a profiency for place-kicking, punting and passing; all three skills were on display during victory over Tennessee Titans. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
NFL Roundup; Arizona Cardinals beat St Louis Rams, 12-6, moving closer to clinching playoff berth; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column offers simple personal conduct guidelines for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in light of public relations problems facing league; calls upon Goodell to be more truthful, conciliatory, and assertive in his leadership. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
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Dec. 12, 2014
District Judge Bernard M Jones II denies request to have all or part of Oklahoma high school football playoff game replayed following critical mistake by referees; cites danger of setting precedent for settling athletic contests in court; Locust Grove High School had won game after last-minute touchdown by Frederick A Douglass High School was negated. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces league's personal conduct policy is being revised to include strong penalties for domestic violence; Goodell will cede authority to assess penalties to new special counsel but will retain power to hear appeals. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
Michael Powell Sports of The Times column explores reasons why five Buffalo Bills cheerleaders, known as Buffalo Jills, are suing for unpaid wages; two cheerleaders describe many activities, some humiliating, they were asked to participate in, for which they received no compensation; because of lawsuit Buffalo Bills have disbanded squad for this season. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden has not determined whether Colt McCoy, Robert Griffin III or Kirk Cousins will start at quarterback when they play New York Giants; says his decision will depend on McCoy's progress in recovering from neck injury; circumstance reveals how far Robert Griffin III has fallen since his electric performance as the 2012 offensive rookie of the year. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
NFL Roundup; Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton leaves hospital, day after sustaining two fractures in his lower back in a car accident; Panthers backup Derek Anderson will start against Tampa Bay Buccaneers; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
Oklahoma Judge Bernard M Jones II says he will issue ruling on whether part or all of disputed football playoff game between Locust Grove High School and Frederick A Douglass High should be replayed because of blown call affecting game's outcome. MORE
Dec. 10, 2014
Analysis; Baltimore Ravens are peaking with playoffs in sight. MORE
Dec. 10, 2014
NFL Roundup; Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel will get his first NFL start in game against Cincinnati Bengals; will replace Brian Hoyer as Browns try to pump life into their sagging playoff hopes; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 10, 2014
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton sustains back injury during car accident in Downtown Charlotte, NC. MORE
Dec. 10, 2014
NFL team owners will meet in Irving, Tex, where they are expected to review and potentially vote on proposed changes to league's personal conduct policy; changes could involve stiffer penalties for players accused of domestic abuse, and are likely to escalate tensions with players union. MORE
Dec. 9, 2014
NFL Roundup; Green Bay Packers hold off Atlanta Falcons for 43-37 victory; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 9, 2014
Class 3A football playoffs for Oklahoma's midsize schools are being delayed until district judge upholds or invalidates Locust Grove's disputed quarterfinal victory Nov 28 over Frederick A Douglass High School of Oklahoma City; Douglass wants game partly or entirely replayed because of critical, admitted error made by referees in negating late touchdown. MORE
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NFL Roundup; New England Patriots secure their 12th straight 10-win season by defeating San Diego Chargers, 23-14; other football scores noted. MORE
Dec. 8, 2014
New York Giants rout Tennessee Titans, 36-7, ending their seven-game losing streak. MORE
Dec. 8, 2014
Seattle Seahawks beat Philadelphia Eagles, 24-14. MORE
Dec. 8, 2014
New York Jets lose to Minnesota Vikings, 30-24, in overtime. MORE
Dec. 7, 2014
New York Times journalists offer suggestions for better ways to spend Sunday afternoon other than watching the struggling New York Jets and New York Giants. MORE
Dec. 7, 2014
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Dec. 7, 2014
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Dec. 7, 2014
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Dec. 7, 2014
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen appears to have overcome his off-field problems, including two arrests, to amass 11 sacks, seventh best in NFL; is busy preparing with team for upcoming game against New York Jets. MORE
Dec. 6, 2014
NFL Roundup; Tampa Bay Buccaneers release offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford from his contract; Tedford left team after third preseason game to deal with undisclosed illness; other football news noted. MORE
Dec. 6, 2014
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Dec. 5, 2014
NFL Roundup; Dallas Cowboys beat Chicago Bears, 41-28; other football news noted. MORE
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A New Title for Bobby Bell, Football Hall of Famer, at 74: College Graduate
Bell, who overcame segregation and helped the University of Minnesota and the Kansas City Chiefs win championships, is completing his degree to honor his father.
December 20, 2014, Saturday
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Saturday's game, between South Alabama and Bowling Green, benefits the Sun Belt and Mid-American Conferences; ESPN, which owns and will broadcast it; and Montgomery, which will host it.
December 20, 2014, Saturday
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A Balanced Defense Has Buffalo Bills Thinking Playoffs
With two games remaining the Bills have a chance to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1999 season, the longest drought of any team.
December 20, 2014, Saturday
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After three consecutive games of 300 passing yards and two touchdowns, experts have Matt Ryan back in Tier 2 this week against New Orleans.
December 19, 2014, Friday
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Week 16 N.F.L. Matchups
Allowing an average of 101 yards a game on the ground, good for seventh in the N.F.L., the Redskins smothered LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia's star running back, limiting him to 22 yards on 19 carries in Week 3.
December 19, 2014, Friday
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December 19, 2014, Friday
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When Chris Snee visited Coach Tom Coughlin last summer to talk about retiring from football, the coach saw the father of his three grandchildren, not a Pro Bowl lineman.
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December 18, 2014, Thursday
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by Marisa Moore, MBA RDN LD
Soul food is a traditional African American cuisine with roots in the Deep South. Typical dishes include fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, greens cooked with pork and many desserts. Traditional soul food can be high in calories, saturated fat, salt, and sugar, which can negatively impact health. But you can embrace the healthier roots of soul food—greens, sweet potatoes and beans—by following these tips to create healthier soul food, your way.
Remember: Soul food traditions are passed down from generation to generation. Create new traditions. With the starring role in your child's life, you can shape how they eat.
Reviewed March 2013
Involve your child in the cutting, mixing and preparation of all meals. Even a snack can be healthy.
Sit down together as a family to enjoy a wonderful meal and the opportunity to share the day's experiences with one another.
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Superior RoomMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
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Gaithersburg hotel with a restaurant
Situated on a lake, this hotel is close to Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds, Lake Forest Mall, and Stone Street Medical Museum. Local attractions also include Beall-Dawson Historic House Museum and Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center features a 24-hour fitness center. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 3.5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 6588 square feet (593 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center is a smoke-free property.
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- Conference space size (feet) - 6588
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
The Bench - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
When you leave
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Breakfast fee: between USD 14.95 and USD 17.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
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Extra-person charges apply for additional adults and include breakfast.
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