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All games Saturday unless otherwise noted.
No. 1 USC Trojans
Matt Barkley could have gone to the NFL and left his USC Trojans to figure things out on his own. But he didn't. He wanted to play in a bowl game—a really big one.
USC has its sights set on the national championship and teams like Hawaii happen to be in their way. The Trojans had no problems with Hawaii, winning 49-10 on Saturday.
You knew how this one would go from the very first offensive play of the game. Receiver Marqise Lee caught a 75-yard touchdown pass from Barkley on the first play from scrimmage. He also returned a kickoff 100 yards for another touchdown.
Running back Silas Redd, who transferred from Penn State, made his USC debut, rushing for 57 yards and a touchdown on nine carries.
Barkley wants to win the Heisman and with performances like this he will—377 passing yards and four touchdowns. Lee had 197 receiving yards, while Robert Woods scored two touchdowns.
For Hawaii, Duke transfer Sean Schroeder passed for 208 yards.
No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide
AJ McCarron threw two touchdown passes and Alabama's retooled defense showed it could still dominate as the second-ranked Crimson Tide pounded No. 8 Michigan 41-14 on Saturday night.
Even after sending three starting defenders from last year's national championship team to the NFL as first-round draft picks, the Crimson Tide threw around the Wolverines while stifling and pounding dual-threat quarterback Denard Robinson.
C.J. Mosley returned an interception 16 yards for a touchdown. Dee Milliner had four pass breakups and an interception in the first half that set up a score after he shoved the intended receiver to the ground on the sideline.
This certainly wasn't what Michigan expected coming off an 11-win season under first-year coach Brady Hoke that ended with the Wolverines' first BCS victory since the 1999 season.
McCarron no longer has Trent Richardson to hand off to, but T.J. Yeldon and Eddie Lacy both ran for scores.
No. 3 LSU Tigers
LSU 41, North Texas 14Ranked No. 1 in the Sporting News preseason poll, last season's national championship game runner-up has started this season just the way it did a year ago.The Tigers have thrashed North Texas, 41-14.LSU will want to fix the breakdown that allowed UNT quarterback Derek Thompson to complete an 80-yard touchdown pass to Brelan Chancellor. That made it 24-7 and North Texas never threatened. Later in the game, the same two hooked up for a 15-yard score.LSU highlights included a 70-yard punt return by Odell Beckham and the starting debut of Zach Mettenberger, who passed for 195 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Kenny Hilliard led all players with 140 rushing yards, while Alfred Blue rushed for 122.Related
No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners
Landry Jones threw two touchdown passes and Damien Williams ran 65 yards for another score in the fourth quarter, helping No. 4 Oklahoma slog out a 24-7 win over Texas-El Paso on Saturday night. Oklahoma labored in its opener, unable to generate much of a running game or get anything downfield. Up just 10-7 in the fourth quarter, the Sooners stuffed UTEP on a fake punt to set up an 18-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Brannon Green and Williams sealed it late with his long run. The 30-point underdog Miners weren't intimidated by the mighty Sooners, the highest-ranked team they had faced at home. Nathan Jeffrey ran for 177 yards and returned a blocked punt 24 yards for a touchdown for UTEP, which also had a blocked field goal to remain tied with Oklahoma at the half. --Associated Press
No. 5 Oregon Ducks
Marcus Mariota didn't show any signs of stage fright in his debut for the Ducks.The redshirt freshman quarterback made his first start in a real game on Saturday night, passing for 200 yards and three touchdowns in No. 5 Oregon's 57-34 season-opening victory over Arkansas State.De'Anthony Thomas caught two touchdowns and ran for another while collecting 119 yards in total offense as the Ducks built a 50-10 lead by halftime.Kenjon Barner, taking over as starter after the departure of running back LaMichael James, ran for 66 yards and two scores.The Ducks sat most of their starters after the break.The loss spoiled coach Gus Malzahn's first game as coach of the Red Wolves, who went 10-3 last season and won the Sun Belt Conference title.--Associated Press
No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia lost its biggest offensive weapon when running back Isaiah Crowell was dismissed from the team. Then, against Buffalo, starting running back Ken Malcome left the game with a left hand injury.
None of that seemed to affect the Bulldogs as they defeated Buffalo, 45-23.
Still, Georgia and its vaunted defense yielded 347 yards, including almost 200 rushing. Whatever offensive successes they had were tempered by a defense that will have to play better as the season progresses.
Running back Todd Gurley was outstanding. He showed his big play capability with a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown, a 55-yard touchdown run and another touchdown score from 10 yards out. Fellow freshman Keith Marshall had 10 carries for 46 yards, and quarterback Aaron Murray was efficient, completing 15 of 26 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns.
No. 7 Florida State Seminoles
This is the year. Again. We've heard it before about Florida State and maybe this time the Seminoles will prove it.
They've started out well enough, upending Murray State 69-3.
Defensive end Brandon Jenkins left the game with a bruised left foot. X-Rays were negative, coach Jimbo Fisher said.
Otherwise, it was all gravy for FSU as Lonnie Pryor, James Wilder, Jr. and Debrale Smiley combined for seven rushing touchdowns. Quarterback E.J. Manuel passed for 188 yards and touchdown. He played into the third quarter, but sat out the rest of the way.
No. 8 Michigan Wolverines
AJ McCarron threw two touchdown passes and Alabama's retooled defense showed it could still dominate as the second-ranked Crimson Tide pounded No. 8 Michigan 41-14 on Saturday night.
Even after sending three starting defenders from last year's national championship team to the NFL as first-round draft picks, the Crimson Tide threw around the Wolverines while stifling and pounding dual-threat quarterback Denard Robinson.
C.J. Mosley returned an interception 16 yards for a touchdown. Dee Milliner had four pass breakups and an interception in the first half that set up a score after he shoved the intended receiver to the ground on the sideline.
This certainly wasn't what Michigan expected coming off an 11-win season under first-year coach Brady Hoke that ended with the Wolverines' first BCS victory since the 1999 season.
McCarron no longer has Trent Richardson to hand off to, but T.J. Yeldon and Eddie Lacy both ran for scores.
No. 9 South Carolina Gamecocks
The Gamecocks turned in one of the ugliest passing nights for a Steve Spurrier-coached team to open up the 2012 season. Good thing the old ball coach had Marcus Lattimore back and Connor Shaw turning in a gutsy performance with a bruised shoulder.
Lattimore ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns, while Shaw added 92 yards to help South Carolina rally and pull out a 17-13 win Thursday night over Vanderbilt.
"Our guys didn't give up and I think we're in pretty good shape, but man I hope we can play a lot better offensively next week," Spurrier said.Related
No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks
The first game of the post-Bobby Petrino era was a victorious one for the Razorbacks with a 49-24 win over Jacksonville State. Quarterback Tyler Wilson had a big game throwing for 369 yards and three touchdowns. Knile Davis made his return to action after missing all of the 2011 season with an ankle injury. He rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown. Chris Gragg and Brandon Mitchell each had over 100 yards receiving for the Hogs.Arkansas used a 28-point second quarter to blow the game wide open. Overall, the Razorbacks totaled 564 yards of offense and 25 first downs on the night.Related
No. 11 West Virginia Mountaineers
Geno Smith threw for 323 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 11 West Virginia to a 69-34 win over Marshall on Saturday.
In the final scheduled game between the state's only Bowl Subdivision teams, it marked West Virginia's highest-scoring season opener in school history.
Smith kept the momentum going from his six-TD performance from the Orange Bowl.
The senior completed 32 of 36 passes and set a school record for career completions before sitting out most of the fourth quarter.
The Mountaineers compiled 655 total yards, more than any game last year, and got the balance they've sought from their running game.
Shawne Alston ran for 123 yards and two scores. The Mountaineers compiled 331 yards on the ground.
No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers
Defending Big Ten champion Wisconsin got a real scare from Northern Iowa on Saturday, but with the help of Montee Ball, the Badgers won 26-21 to give Danny O'Brien a victory in his first game as Badgers quarterback.
The Badgers saw a 26-7 lead cut to five after Sawyer Kollmorgen connectied on touchdown passes of 55 and 31 yards to David Johnson. The Panthers were in Wisconsin territory late in the final quarter, but turned the ball over on downs. From there, the Badgers ran out the clock to improve to 1-0.
O'Brien, the transfer from Maryland, completed 19-of-23 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns.
Ball rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, though he didn't score until the third quarter of this contest. For a guy who scored 39 touchdowns a season ago, it was a surprising drought.
No. 13 Michigan State Spartans
Le'Veon Bell ran for a career-high 210 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 8:12 remaining to lift Michigan State past Boise State.
The Spartans were sloppy with the football, turning the ball over four times (including three interceptions by QB Andrew Maxwell) and trailed 13-10 before Bell scored from 5 yards out midway through the fourth quarter.
Boise State (0-1) was sluggish in its first game after losing standouts Kellen Moore and Doug Martin from last season's explosive offense. The Broncos' only touchdown came on Jeremy Ioane's 43-yard interception return in the second quarter.Related
No. 14 Clemson Tigers
Clemson's victory kept this weekend in Atlanta from being a complete disaster for the ACC.On Friday night, N.C. State, a team considered to have an outside shot at getting to the ACC title game, was steamrolled by Tennessee, a team considered solidly in the lower half of the SEC pecking order.Clemson is definitely an ACC favorite -- along with Virginia Tech and Florida State -- and Auburn definitely is not an SEC favorite -- the Tigers are considered the fourth-best team in their division. For Clemson -- and, make no mistake, the ACC -- to lose this game would have been yet another embarrassing moment for the league.Instead, Clemson came out on top, winning 26-19 at the Georgia Dome. Tajh Boyd, back as the starter, passed for 214 yards and running back Andre Ellington rushed for 234 yards on 27 carries. In the absence of suspended receiver Sammy Watkins, DeAndre Hopkins caught 11 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown.Auburn's Kiehl Frazier made his starting debut, completing 11 of 27 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown. He also threw one interception. First-year starting tailback Tre Mason led Auburn with 93 yards on the ground.Related
No. 15 Texas Longhorns
Led by two 100 yard rushers. Texas took care of business in its opener against Wyoming, with a 37-17 win.Joe Bergeron (110 yards rushing) and Malcolm Brown (105 yard rushing) both rushed for over 100 yards as the team rushed for a total of 280 yards. Quarterback David Ash was efficient, completing 20-fo-27 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown. Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith tied to keep his team in the game, throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns as well as two interceptions in a losing effort.Related
No. 16 Virginia Tech Hokies
Cody Journell kicked a 17-yard field goal in overtime and No. 16 Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 20-17 on Monday night. Georgia Tech got the ball first in overtime, but quarterback Tevin Washington threw an interception. Washington's 10-yard touchdown pass with 44 seconds left in regulation had given the Yellow Jackets a 17-14 lead.Related
No. 17 Nebraska Cornhuskers
If you'd place a bet on Nebraska winning without Rex Burkhead, you'd have had a lot of takers. And you would have come out gleaming.
Burkhead went out early with a sprained knee ligament, but the Cornhuskers didn't back down, posting a convincing 49-20 win over Southern Miss Saturday. Southern Miss won the Conference USA title last year.
Quarterback Taylor Martinez played like the veteran he is. A year older and much healthier, the junior completed 26 of 34 passes for 354 yards and five touchdowns in the win.
"He's a lot more in control, a lot more confident," coach Bo Pelini said in a postgame television interview.
The Huskers made do without Burkhead. Backup Ameer Abdullah picked up the load, carrying the ball 15 times for 81 yards.
Southern Miss managed only a field goal in the second half. Tracy Lampley returned a kick 100 yards to put Southern Miss on the board in the first quarter and quarterback Chris Campbell hit Dominique Sullivan for a 24-yard scoring strike in the second. Another second-quarter field goal followed, but the Huskers got into the end zone four times after that and yielded only three more points.
No. 18 Ohio State Buckeyes
The Urban Meyer era at Ohio State is off and running, with the No. 18 Buckeyes claiming a 56-10 victory over Miami (Ohio).
Meyer left a Florida team that he'd carried to multiple national championships to find himself—his sanity, peace and soul. Confident that he'd pulled himself back together, he is back on the sidelines a year later and made an impressive debut.
Braxton Miller, the quarterback said to fit perfectly in Meyer's system, completed 14 of 25 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns, with zero interceptions. Miller also rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.
Despite a slow start—the Redhawks scored first on a 22-yard field goal by Kaleb Patterson—the Buckeyes finally got on the scoreboard in the second quarter and didn't let up. Five straight touchdowns from five different players put the game out of reach.
Carlos Hyde rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries.
No. 19 Oklahoma State Cowboys
The Cowboys lost star quarterback Brandon Weeden. They lost a bigger star in receiver Justin Blackmon.
If we were to judge strictly by what we saw Saturday in their game against Savannah State, we'd say none of it matters. Of course, this is an FCS program and not much should be read into it. But still, Oklahoma State and its high-powered offense destroyed Savannah State, 84-0.
It could well be argued that Oklahoma State went too far. It's one thing to win; quite another to utterly humiliate. At any rate, it's over, thankfully.
True freshman quarterback Wes Lunt completed all 11 of his pass attempts for 129 yards and backup J.W. Walsh saw lots of time, completing 13 of 21 for 149 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception.
Joseph Randle (107) and Desmond Roland (104) each scored multiple touchdowns, ahtough Ok State used five other players on running plays as well.
No. 20 TCU Horned Frogs
No. 21 Stanford Cardinal
Jordan Williamson kicked a career-long 46-yard field goal and the go-ahead score from 20 yards, as Stanford survived a scare from San Jose State on Friday night in its first game since Andrew Luck left.
Former backup Josh Nunes threw for 125 yards and a touchdown in his first start in place of Luck, the No. 1 overall draft pick. But the redshirt junior struggled to move the offense when it counted and it almost cost the Cardinal (1-0) dearly.
The David Fales-Blake Jurich quarterback combo gave Stanford fits until De'Leon Eskridge fumbled in Spartans (0-1) territory late in the third quarter. That set up Williamson's tiebreaking kick, giving the redshirt sophomore who missed three field goals in a 41-38 loss to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl a small stroke of redemption.Related
No. 22 Kansas State Wildcats
Collin Klein threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns, John Hubert ran 95 yards for a fourth-quarter score and No. 22 Kansas State pulled away late to beat Missouri State 51-9 Saturday night.Hubert finished with 152 yards rushing, Braden Wilson and Daniel Sams added touchdown runs, and Tramaine Thompson returned a punt 89 yards for another score as the Wildcats (1-0) tuned up for next week's showdown with Miami with an impressive second-half scoring binge.The game was tied at 9 early in the third quarter before Kansas State piled up 42 straight points against the team picked to finish last in the Missouri Valley Conference.The late surge allowed a sellout crowd of 50,007 to relax, assured that Kansas State wouldn't need more late-game antics in an opener against a middling opponent.Last year, the Wildcats needed a long touchdown pass from Klein in the waning minutes to beat Eastern Kentucky, another program from the Football Championship Subdivision.-- The Associated PressRelated
No. 23 Florida Gators
When the public address announcer read off the starting lineup for the Florida Gators, both Jacoby Brissett and Jeff Driskel were announced as starters.
What appeared to be utter indecisiveness on the part of coach Will Muschamp wasn't that at all. Brissett was under center and fellow quarterback Driskel lined up as a slot receiver. From then on, it was Driskel in charge.
No matter the setup, the Gators struggled to put Bowling Green away.
The Falcons tied the game at 14-14 with 9:57 left in the third quarter after Anthon Samuel scored on a 12-yard run. Florida went ahead on a 34-yard field goal by Caleb Sturgis. Driskel's 50-yard touchdown pass to Frankie Hammond, followed by a 51-yard Sturgis field goal, put a cap on the game.
The Florida defense gave up 328 yards, allowed 23 first downs and the secondary gave up 226 yards in the air. Florida was undisciplined too, committing 13 penalties for 101 yards.
Driskel completed 10 of his 16 pass attempts for 114 yards and a touchdown, while Brissett was 3-of-5 for 31 yards.Related
No. 24 Boise State Broncos
Boise State was sluggish in its first game after losing standouts Kellen Moore and Doug Martin from last season's explosive offense. And still the Broncos had a chance to win.
However, Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell was too much as he ran for a career-high 210 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 8:12 remaining.
The Broncos' only touchdown came on Jeremy Ioane's 43-yard interception return in the second quarter.
On their final possession, the Broncos drove to the Michigan State 42, but Joe Southwick's pass on fourth-and-2 was broken up. Bell and the Spartans (1-0) then ran off the final 6:32.
No. 25 Louisville Cardinals
Louisville coach Charlie Strong had concerns about how his team would start the season, despite a No. 25 ranking and the top spot in the preseason Big East picks.
If the opener Sunday against Kentucky was any indication, Strong had nothing to worry about. The Cardinals drove the length of the field for their first touchdown to set the tone for a 32-14 victory.
Louisville's next two scoring drives covered 85 and 93 yards and how quickly it happened depended on whose hands were on the ball.
Credit sophomore Teddy Bridgewater for getting things going on that first drive. Jeremy Wright and Senorise Perry took the cue and then took off, with Wright rushing for three touchdowns and Perry adding a 47-yard touchdown run.Related


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In the late 1790's, France was the first country to adopt the metric system. Unlike the measuring units of the Ancien Régime, which were based on agriculture, nature, and body parts, those of the metric system were based on the number 10. Sometimes called "the universal system", it was a logical way of organizing things that was totally in keeping with the French love of precision.
The only problem is, it's not easy to change the way you view the world. Even today, the English have trouble completely converting to this much more understandable system of measurement – and as for us Americans…I think we've mostly just stopped trying.
After struggling with the metric system in school, I figured I was done with it. But then I came to live in France.
Though I'm completely idiotic when it comes to math, in America I could at least understand basic units of measurement. An inch is roughly the size of my thumb, and a foot is the length of the ruler that I'd carried in my backpack from kindergarten to eleventh grade. (In twelfth grade I had the opportunity to skip math class altogether – and I did, without hesitation.) My love of fresh-sliced American cheese quickly made me understand the true weight of a pound.
When I arrived in France, I realized I had no idea what the size of a centimeter really was. 10 millimeters, of course, a metric system fanatic would chide me – but that told me nothing. I remember once hearing that a millimeter was about the thickness of a single human hair, but I couldn't imagine 10 of those together side by side making up a centimeter.
The unit of measurement I used most often, though, was the meter. When you buy fabric here -- which we do a lot, for the boyfriend's Napoleonic military reconstitution costumes -- you have to measure by this unit. You also have to use meterswhen you do DYI stuff, buy bookshelves, and talk about your own height. A meter is roughly equal to a yard, but I couldn't really picture a yard very well; teachers were always the ones with yardsticks when I was in school.
Back in the late 1700's, when the entire French population had to convert to the metric system, the authorities realized it wouldn't be easy. It was decided that stone plaques indicating the length of a meter, as well as smaller measurements contained within it, would be placed in areas around Paris. Although most of these plaques are no longer on the city's buildings today, two remain.
Dating to ca. 1796-1797, this "Mètre" marker is at the end of an arcade just across from the Senate, which is itself just in front of the beautiful Jardin du Luxembourg. It's the only marker still in its original location.
The plan worked: today, Parisians - and all French people for that matter - seem to know how long a meter is. This plaque is no longer anything but a curiosity from a bygone era, but I can tell you as someone who's had to learn the metric system that it's still very helpful. The first time I came across it, I found that I could study it and visualize it in proportion to my body (sort of regressive, if you think about it, but hey, being born into a measuring system related to anatomy and nature means such an instinct isn't easy to shake).
Before I'd found the marker, though, I'd already come upon a surprising – and sort of shameful – solution.
Globalization has its ups and downs. On the one hand, I hate that there's a Starbucks at the Place Blanche, probably occupying the site where a French café or bistro used to sit, and where in bygone days many of Montmartre's famous artists might have come to drink and have fascinating conversations. On the other hand, it's the only place in the neighborhood where I can get hot tea to go if I have a sore throat.
Years ago, when I was a student here in Paris, one of my friends and I came upon a Subway restaurant just off the Place de la Bastille, symbolic birthplace of the French Revolution. We stared at the façade disgustedly. ….And yet, a few months later, we sheepishly went inside and ordered sandwiches. French food is wonderful, but sometimes you just want a sandwich from Subway. Even French people do!
Going into a Subway restaurant in Paris is what the French would describe as "dépaysant" – it literally takes you out of your country for a moment. The restaurants here look exactly as they do in the US. It's said the meat is even imported from the States. I'm not sure if that's true, but the smell of the restaurants is the same as back home. It's really weird.
The only thing that's different about the experience (besides ordering in French – though a lot of people who work there do speak English as well) is that the sandwiches are measured in centimeters, instead of inches and feet. Yep, no "Five euro foot-long" here. I quickly learned that a six inch sub is a 15 centimeter, and a foot-long is a 30 centimeter.
These may be approximate equivalents, but it worked for me. One day, I heard someone describing a sculpture as 16 centimeters high…and I found myself visualizing half a Subway sub! Suddenly, I understood! A whole world was opened to me! A meter is about three big Subway subs lying end-to-end.
I'm 1.57 meters tall. That's a little more than five ham and cheese subs. (image source)
Over the years, I've learned to cope with other metric measurements. A kilogram is about two pounds…which can be really bad when you weigh yourself. After all, gaining two pounds isn't a huge deal – but if you've gained 2 kilos, that may not make you so happy. On the other hand, losing half a kilo means you've lost a pound, so that's pretty cool.
I've also somewhat gotten used to measuring the temperature in Celsius. I think it's a horrible system, because Fahrenheit allows for so much more subtlety and difference. To learn Celsius, I basically stopped trying to compare it to Fahrenheit – instead I just observed what it felt like outside. Since there's such a limited range of possibilities in Paris (it rarely gets below -5, and rarely above 30), I just have basic notions of what the temperature is. For example, -5 is frickin' cold; 8-10 is an average winter day; 15-16 is chilly but very pleasant and thus my favorite temperature range; 19-22 is warm but not unbearable; anything above 24 should not be allowed to happen in a city where most apartments (including mine) don't have air conditioning.
Kilometers, though, are still a problem. I don't drive, so I have no practical everyday reason to know what a kilometer is. It's hard when we visit family in the countryside and are told something like, "The village is 12 kilometers from the train station." What does that mean? I usually ask how long a drive that is, but often people don't seem to know: the French seem to measure distance by length, not by time.
I may be doomed to never understand what a kilometer is. For some reason, I can't compute its ratio to a mile. There doesn't seem to be a practical, concrete way of visualizing it, either: It's too hard to imagine a thousand Subway sandwiches lined up end to end. Hmmm…come to think of it, I wonder how long the world's biggest sandwich is?...
I can do that but refuse to accept the rest hahaha
ahhh how hot did you say it was?? I know 33C is damn hot hahaha
Once you're exposed to it long enough, you feel bilingual in another dimension so that you can convert back and forth from one to the other unconsciously.
Miguela - You seem so disappointed the metric system didn't catch on in the US!
Linda - I totally understand being able to do one thing using the metric system and not other stuff!
Sally - I'm so glad you enjoyed this..and that you're a fellow Subway fan. I am so embarrassed to admit that since I should be eating sandwiches with fresh ingredients and French cheeses and all - and I often do - but Subway is just so good.... And yeah, 42 degrees is far too hot to do anything.I just don't understand why Europeans can't get into air conditioning on a larger scale. I mean, they're ecological and all but...42 degrees!
zanelle - I think you're right that the metric system is technically easier...but I just feel like from the start we deal with feet, inches, etc, and it's so hard to then convert, no matter how truly practical it is....
Fusun - I totally hear you on so much of what you wrote! The price listing makes me think of how some stores have the price in francs in little print on receipts still. Conversions of any kind can be so hard! I'm glad you now feel comfortable with both systems!
What truly shocks me about this post, horrified really, is there is nowhere to go for tea in your neighborhood except Starbucks??????????
Now as for temps, even my 75 yr old mother in law now thinks of hot or cold days in Celsius, because the weather people on the BBC switched years ago. However having moved to the US I am sort of mixed up. I remember hellishly cold days in Scotland in Celsius (-20 once!), but similarly awful hot days here in SoCal in of course Fahrenheit (128 on the big thermometer in Baker!).
One odd thing they did in the UK when the construction industry converted was to try to avoid confusion between meters, centimeters and millimeters was to size everything, large or small, in millimeters. So on a building plan there would be numbers in the many thousands, on a room plan a few thousand, but no ambiguity as to what each number meant.
Stim - Apparently Subway has just become the number one food chain around the world. Crazy. I like your measurement system...but I think for me it would have to be in units of cookies.
Sheila - You are so sweet! The purple shawl was a present from my stepmom a few years back; I never go anywhere without a little jacket or shawl, since the weather here changes so often. That was just the one I happened to have that surprisingly chilly day. I'm glad you like it. I think you might be in cohoots with my therapist, who tells me I should wear more colors!
GeeBee - Thank you for your very, very interesting and insightful comment. A few months ago I noticed on a UK mosaic tile website (only browsing - I could never afford such a thing, alas!) that they gave the measurements in milimeters...now I know why!
Like you, I struggled with the Metric system in school and then forgot it completely. Your comparisons, though, have helped me to re-wrap my head around some of it.
Still, I hope we're never forced to convert to Metric in the U.S. When I was a child, studying it in school (5th grade, I think) teachers told us that, by the time we all grew up, everything would be done on the Metric system. I'm not sure why that didn't turn out to be true, but I'm glad!
in the land of the Free.
they say:boyo, ya better learn it or you will be out of luck.
ok, it is about a yard.
aha, then a thousand yards minus i dunno,
a few hundred due to the diminishment fractionally
of the f-ing meter?
i have to drink a liter of wine to understand this bullshit,
this damn french attempt, long defunct,
to take over the world.
they did it around 1800. ja ja we got liberty & what not,
but that was something we americans thought up
when we have had it with these damn taxes.
so: a meter of taxation? not a centimeter. i say only
a millipede of a milli
I can still do it in my head mostly and I never set foot out of the States other than a trip to Vancouver when I was five and couple of trips into Mexico at fourteen and sixteen. Back then, I only knew the metric system existed and it was pretty much everywhere other than the US.
I'm a nerdy, geeky type, though, so I guess that's 'normal' under the circumstances.
I loved the little "history" lesson and I think I may be as many Ham and Cheese subs tall as you. I'd prefer my measurements in Turkey and Provolone if that's alright.
My kids were raised in metric, having been schooled after Canada converted. But I am not fluent. Metres are roughly the size of yards, so they don't bother me too much. Lumber still comes in feet & inches, thank goodness - probably to be in sync with the U.S. I have a grasp of Celcius, tho I hate it - I have two local temps on my computer, one in C and one in F. Like Fusun says, a lot of the country is still 'bilingual' as far as weights and sizes are concerned, which is good for us oldsters at the grocery store.
And miles were good - if you went 60 mph, it would take you an hour to go 60 miles. Neat. Going 100 km/ph takes you an hour to go 100 km...which just isn't as elegant.
But going across the border into the U.S. is a pain - you cover km more quickly than those looonnnng miles...
ha. you look elegantly playful & wise
beyond your years.
the reason i am here is for u to use yr influence & get
that French President guy off cnn.
he is making too much sense to Boy wonder
anderson cooper.
i am not giving in to the french influence,
except for french chicks
and french fries & kisses
and other french
people who are gratefully dead, like bergson
and maybe descartes.
have not forgiven
him, descartes, for f-ing u philosophy,
that mind body split
whitehead, an englishman whom i am whoring,
long dead but had the
sense to come to the u.s.a
and taught at harvard,
of nature,
a fallacy.
damn fallacious french.
dont u dare rhyme it with...ha..fellat..you know!
You cover km more quickly than miles as long as you are not like the Canadian guy I followed into Glacier National Park on the US side of the border. As we approached the park entrance he suddenly slammed on his brakes. I nearly tail-ended him and the guy behind nearly hit me. "What is he playing at" said my wife, as we crawled along behind him. "How slow is he going?" I glanced at the gauge and suddenly realized the problem. We had passed a "30" speed limit sign and he had slowed down to 30 km/h which is just under 19 mph!
Not too many writers can combine an educational landmark from the 1790s with a Subway outlet. As always, I learn a lot from your post.
I can't quite fathom the metric sytem either, so you're not alone, Alysa.
The big push in the US was around the time of the US Bicentennial -- 2 times 10 squared, FWIW.
The US was basically a big real estate deal. The Country was developed section at a time -- one square mile. 640 acres.
So, no wonder that the metric system never really got traction here.
Cigarettes went metric and then back again.
In the UK, people seem to go around quoting their weight in stones, whatever that means. Other than if you got an extra stone or two, you got problems. With weight.
I suppose you got your quarter pounder and your Royale with Cheese. You have to wonder whose culture is debasing whose in a situation like that.
But, 1/2 inch wrench is close enough to a 13mm to get the job done.
And 60 mph is close to 100 kph, and 160 kph is roughly 100 mph, which comes in handy if you are on the Autobahn.
And google will do unit conversions for you. As well as work as a calculator. FWIW.
A kilo was 2.2 pounds, with 28 grams to the ounce. Rounded of course.
cannot deconstruct (tease:false narcissism):
drugs are in kilos.
when in big bulk.
still, half an ounce did it for me once.
You do look good in purple.


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Can you make a reasonable living trading futures; say $50,000 per year net profit, which equals $200 per day?
Assuming four trades per day at one contract per trade with a 75% success rate, you would need a net profit of about $125 per trade, no matter what index you are trading. So, a strategy of $125 target/$125 stop, 75% success rate, four trades per day ought to do just fine.
Simple strategy, simple assumptions, and yet the vast majority of new traders fail. Hmmm.
There 419 futures trading rooms (FTR). So I developed a plan to analyze them, which allowed me to find the 10 best and the five very best rooms. For me, any room without a factual track record (actual dollar/ trade - not silly summaries like "winning trades," "winning days"), I set aside. No track record, no interest. Scratch 242--177 left.
Many trades, little profit. Factual track records will show that many FTRs don't achieve a "reasonable living." Some rooms post inaccurate or unreliable records (relative to what I observed directly in the room). Still others employ shenanigans to camouflage actual performances. Scratch 34 more-- 143 left.
Even with a factual track record, any room unwilling to communicate exact trade strategies (entry, target, stops) in real time I set aside. Surrogate instructions: "Sell short" (PureTick), "Consider Buying" (Millennium) tell you nothing about the actual trade.
I only accept direct knowledge where I can understand and replicate in real time their entry, stops, and targets. Many FTRs that post the largest profits at night hide their trading strategies by day. As a newbie, I refuse to pay for any expertise specifically hidden from me. Scratch 24--119 left. For each of these I observed and measured 50-1000 trades prospectively; usually four rooms a day, spanning 3.2 years, > 18,000 trades. These FTRs taught me additional profitable truths.
Index trade success varies by room; some have supreme success at one index, acceptable profits at a second and marginal at a third. After 189 NQ trades, Alpha Wave Traders averaged -$8/trade; after 100 YM trades Emini Professor averaged $12/trade and yet in both FTRs they did fairly well trading 6E. Measure average profit/trade for each index and if you see steadfast differences, weight your trades accordingly.
Daily profits vary by day of the week; certain days can consistently outperform others. Daily differences, termed diurnal variation, exist with uniformity and financial clarity. For example, for 26 Fridays Alpha Wave Traders had their least profitable day; for 25 weeks Trader Shark was most profitable on Fridays. Determine average profit per day, if your FTR exhibits diurnal variation--weight your trades accordingly.
Official targets may not achieve optimal profits. As pretentious as that sounds, I can assure you that when mathematical push comes to statistical shove, head traders cannot defend (much less define) the financial worthiness and probabilistic suitability of their chosen targets.
How can you tell as a newbie? At the end of the day, armed with 20/20 perfect hindsight, ask if you made the most profit from each trade? While the methods to ask and answer that question exceed this space, you will instantaneously see far more profitable targets exist than the ones you are using. Ask what is the optimal target, in a mathematically defined manner, and in 50-75 trades in Mr. Market will tell you-- weight your trades accordingly.
Fixed targets never maximize trade profits. Try this: choose three different fixed targets and three identical trailing stops. Compare each in a series of trades. After >18,000 trades, this type of evaluation is most revealing. Simple, straight forward, the trailing stop asks "how much money can I make in this trade" while the fixed target asks "can I just make the fixed amount only." Trailing stops rule. Determine your own--adjust your trades accordingly.
Drop counter trend trade-- they statistically generates less wealth less often, everywhere I have been.
Official stops most likely do maximize profits. Nearly 20 FTRs use two point stop for E-mini S&P 500 (ES) trades. In one FTR, maximal profits (over 925 trades) were achieved @ 3.50 pt stop. In another 1.75 points. When trades get stopped out, record by how much and then observe if those failed trades eventually go on to be profitable. With as few as 50-75 trades Mr. Market will show you what sized stop is financially in your best interests; adjust your trades accordingly.
While vast majority of new traders fail, the vast majority of trading rooms I observed did not mathematically achieve trade profits sufficient for a reasonable living.
This might also explains the pandemic failure of mentorships. Secondly, I believe that the most successful head traders have true talent, above and beyond their experience, indicators, etc. Talent is not transferrable like knowledge. Students can watch talent but they cannot leave with it. The basic model of teach and release(C) will fail in the presence of true talent.
Find the best rooms. Stay in the best rooms, measure every trade, stratify performance by index - by day, question the worthiness of any fixed target or stop. Probe the comparative profit of each. Quit counter trend trades. Adjust your trades accordingly.
Full length mathematical digests for most of these truths can be requested.
Disclaimer: All FTRs mentioned above, their employees or their affiliates were not aware of, did not contribute to, nor approve of this study or its imprimatur. Handley did not receive any third party compensation to conduct these studies nor has Handley received any formal training from these FTRs. Additional disclaimers or inquiries can be directed to email@example.com. Handley is a not a licensed broker or agent.--Dean Handley: PhD, MBA, JD.
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[Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.]
Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in September 2013.
- Total trading value of TSE 1st Section stocks (excluding preferred stock) in the first half of FY2013 was JPY 351.5131 trillion. This figure ranks third behind those for the first half of FY2007 and the second half of FY2005.
- In September 2013, monthly trading value on the ETF market was JPY 1.7377 trillion.
- Following Tokyo's selection to host the 2020 Olympics on September 8, the trading value on the REIT market has increased sharply. Monthly trading value rose 52.4% from last month to JPY 588.4 billion.
- The trading value of construction sector stocks also surged to more than three times that of last month to JPY 3.7799 trillion. The TOPIX-17 Construction & Materials index ended the month at 168.46 points, up 11.1% from the end of August.
- Monthly trading value of ETFs linked to the construction sector also grew sharply. The NEXT FUNDS TOPIX-17 Construction & Materials ETF (1619) and Daiwa ETF TOPIX-17 Construction & Materials (1636) recorded monthly trading volume growth of 20.8 times and 28.4 times respectively, which are, incidentally, the second highest figures for both issues next to their record volumes reached in March 2011.
- Total derivatives trading volume on JPX in the first half of FY2013 (Apr-Sep) was 200,438,009 contracts, surpassing 200 million contracts for the first time ever.
- In September 2013, monthly trading volume for the night session was 4,809,187 contracts. The ratio of night session to day session trading volume was 33.4%.
- Monthly trading volume of OSE DJIA futures was 4,434 contracts, the second highest figure on record since the contracts were launched in May 2013.
- Monthly trading volume of Nikkei 225 VI futures was 5,769 contracts, a record high since the contracts were launched in February 2012, for the second consecutive month.
The cash equity market is operated by TSE, while the derivatives market is operated by OSE and TSE.
The derivatives markets will be integrated under OSE in March 2014.
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Sunderland defender Blair Adams has extended his loan spell with League One side Coventry City.
The 21-year-old joined the Sky Blues in November and will now remain at the Ricoh Arena until 16 February.
Adams has started regularly since linking up with Mark Robins' side, playing 90 minutes in their FA Cup clash with Tottenham at White Hart Lane this past weekend.
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Limit Breaks are group oriented ultimate abilities that can alter the outcome of a battle. They can be performed after charging up a limit break meter.
Limit Breaks are specific to each party role. Tank's limit breaks reduce the damage taken for the entire party for a short time. Damage Dealer's limit breaks deal a massive amount of single target. Caster's limit breaks deal devastating area of effect damage. Healer's limit breaks restore HP and MP to the entire party.
- For example, Monk and Dragoon are both damage dealers. They can both use damage dealer limit breaks such as Bladedance and Final Heaven.
Limit Breaks are only usable in a party environment. There are 3 levels of limit breaks, the 1st level can be used in a party with 4 or more members, the 2nd level needs a full party of 8 members, the 3rd level requires a full raid of 24 players, with the exception of dungeons and trials: an additional bar is added at the start of the boss fight.
Tank Limit Breaks
Tank Limit Breaks require Gladiator, Marauder, Paladin or Warrior.
Shield Wall
Shield Wall is the level 1 limit break for tanks. It reduces damage taken by all party members by 10% for 10 seconds.
Mighty Guard
Mighty Guard is the level 2 limit break for tanks. It reduces damage taken by all party members by 20% for 15 seconds.
Last Bastion
Last Bastion is the level 3 limit break for tanks. It reduces damage taken by all party members by 50% for 12 seconds.
Melee DPS Limit Breaks
Melee DPS Limit Breaks require Lancer, Pugilist, Rogue, Dragoon, Monk or Ninja.
Braver is the level 1 limit break for damage dealers. It executes a single target attack with potency of 2300.
Bladedance is the level 2 limit break for damage dealers. It executes a single target attack with potency of 5000.
Final Heaven
Final Heaven is the level 3 limit break for damage dealers. It executes a single target attack with potency of 9000.
Caster DPS Limit Breaks
Caster DPS Limit Breaks require Thaumaturge, Arcanist, Black Mage or Summoner.
Skyshard is the level 1 limit break for casters. It delivers an area of effect attack with potency of 1400.
Starstorm is the level 2 limit break for casters. It delivers an area of effect attack with potency of 3000.
Meteor is the level 3 limit break for casters. It delivers an area of effect attack with potency of 5400.
Healer/Support Limit Breaks
Healer/Support Limit Breaks require Archer, Conjurer, Bard, White Mage or Scholar.
Healing Wind
Healing Wind is the level 1 limit break for healers. It restores 25% of HP and MP of all nearby party members.
Breath of the Earth
Breath of the Earth is the level 2 limit break for healers. It restores 60% of HP and MP of all nearby party members.
Pulse of Life
Pulse of Life is the level 3 limit break for healers. It restores 100% of HP of all nearby party members and revive any party members that are KO'd. Members that are resurrected via the limit break will also have 100% of their MP restored.
Meter Mechanics
Generate Limit break on taking damage. *This is the main way people generate LB by stalling in Titan phase 1. If you have an off-tank, having him get hit by landslides in Phase 1 helps generate LB significantly faster.
Generate Limit break on interrupting enemy abilities (only some abilities, usually only boss abilities and not all of them). *This is the main way Limit Break is built on Ifrit
Generate limit break on dealing critical damage. *This is the main way DPS build LB
Generate limit break on killing enemies.
Generate limit break on interrupting enemy abilities (only some abilities, usually only boss abilities and not all of them).
Generate limit break on healing a tank from critical health (~10% health). *After the healer heals a tank from critical damage, limit break is built continuously over time until the LB is used.
Generate limit break on critical healing.
- I wanted to clarify that each of the methods LB is built is exclusive to that job's role. For example, a DPS or Healer getting hit by damage will NOT generate any limit break. Only Tanks taking damage will build it. Similarly, only a DPS who deals a critical damage will generate LB. Healers and Tanks do not generate LB from critical damage.
- The primary method of accruing limit break appears to be entirely time: damage taken, damage dealt, healing done all have an effect that, if it exists, is next to insignificant. Pulling a single tonberry and turning your back to it while everyone else stands around picking their noses was building limit just as fast as leisurely DPSing down a pair of tonberries was going just as fast as full out cooldown burn on an entire AOE pack of tonberries and buzzards. It's possible that this effect is magnified in full groups to the point that it actually matters, but you'd want a decent sample size of raid boss videos with combat logs to accurately identify any differences on that front. (Honestly, anyone with Titan experience knows this is pretty obvious: otherwise, why do higher DPS groups always have less limit in heart phase than lower DPS groups?)
- Group diversity does seem to have an effect on rate of limit build, but I didn't have enough people around to test with a satisfactory variety of compositions to really make it obvious. 4x ACN did seem to be building slower than DRG/BLM/WHM/SCH, though, so.. Confirmation bias is possible here since I didn't have a stopwatch handy and we didn't feel like standing around long enough to build entire bars.
- The observed idea that LB only builds at a constant rate after an LB triggering effect fires appears to be largely nonsense - there appears to be instead an invisible section of bar that has to (slowly) fill before it starts showing actual build. Yes, this is as obnoxiously weird as it sounds, and made me go 'and now we're not building at al-- wait, there it goes' while doing essentially nothing different between tests while full HP mobs poke me for tiny damage values.
- There are, of course, the special triggers like interrupts on Ifrit that change things up. No surprises here, aside from sussing out what other ones might be on other bosses.
Things that need verification and additional comments: Is the rate of build determined by party content or surviving party content? Is 'group diversity' checked only against the living? (Assuming group diversity matters, of course.) Is diversity determined by 'primary stat' or by class/job specifically? Do the oft-mentioned 'critical save' heals actually do anything? Or status effects? If you plan on checking it out yourself, learn from my mistake and bring a stopwatch to get something a little more accurate. Also, check one thing at a time: according to various people roughly everything increases LB, so eliminate as many factors as possible when testing.


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Will Chile vote the right into office for the first time since the 1950s?
SANTIAGO, Chile — For the first time in 20 years, Chile's center-left coalition risks being pushed out of power.
Chileans go to the polls Sunday to decide who will replace President Michelle Bachelet. Along with the future president, Chileans will also elect 120 representatives of the lower house of Congress and half of the Senate.
Here's what you need to know about the four candidates, the race and why it matters.
The backdrop
Since the return to democracy in 1990, Chilean elections have been a choice between the right and the center-left, with a token left receiving minimal votes.
The governing Concertacion coalition has been steadily disintegrating over the years. Some of its members have been involved in high-profile corruption scandals, a wary electorate is tired of the same recycled politicians and leaders have begun breaking away to create new political organizations.
This year, the Concertacion allied with the Communist party in an attempt to help the left attain political representation in Congress. Chile's electoral system excludes minority parties from political office.
The frontrunner
The Concertacion may end up ceding power to none other than a right-wing billionaire who made his fortune under the military regime's protective umbrella and whose base of support is founded on former military allies: Sebastian Pinera.
Pinero, 60, lost to Bachelet in the 2005 elections and has been campaigning practically ever since.
He likes to say he is a businessman who knows how to create jobs. In fact, he has devoted his life to investing in the right places, and is now owner of a major soccer team, Chile's main airline and one of the four television channels in the country, among his many other assets.
Pinera has been reaping part of the Concertacion fallout with the message that it's time for change and new faces in government. He has been reaching out to the more moderate Concertacion electorate in an effort to occupy the political center and has even pulled some Christian Democratic names out of his hat as possible ministers in his cabinet.
Polls have consistently put Pinera's support at about 44 percent, which would easily propel him into the second round.
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The Concertacion's candidate, Eduardo Frei, isn't getting much of a halo effect from Bachelet's popularity.
Frei, a 67-year-old economist, was president between 1994 and 2000 and later a senator. He is vowing to continue Bachelet's policies and is now appealing to more progressive voters by promising things he opposed or ignored during his own presidency and time in Congress: free distribution of the day after pill, civil unions for gays, an end to the amnesty law for human rights violators, a revision of the anti-terrorism law and a stronger role for the state.


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Sol Caribe a Latin American fusion restaurant located at 518 Washington Street is spicing things up a bit. This time it is not with their food but with salsa lessons on Thursdays. For $15 you get salsa lessons as well as a dinner from their $7.99 all day menu. The lessons start at 8pm every Thursday and eat before the lesson and then dance it off. The technique is easy to follow and new moves are taught every week. The lessons are brought to you by www.ChooseYourAngle.com. The instructor who teaches is also a barber/hair stylists and the process of building a clientele in Hoboken. Call 201-589-1783 for more information on Salsa Night…
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Edwards pleaded no contest to the auto-theft charge last October, and adjudication was withheld. But his troubles only worsened.
When Buettner was hospitalized in January 2001, a nurse at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale had overheard Edwards demanding that Buettner sign her name to documents. The nurse had called the elderly-abuse hotline, and the state Department of Children and Families initiated an investigation. The cops obtained a warrant for Edwards in March of this year on third-degree felony charges of exploiting the elderly. The warrant was based on $10,000-$15,000 in illicit credit-card charges, a Fort Lauderdale detective says.
Recently, an FBI agent told the Buettners and a Fort Lauderdale police investigator that he wanted to speak to Edwards as a favor to the Czech government -- something about an investment fraud case in the Czech Republic.
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Luise Buettner
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Susan Cerny
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of his three daughters
Authorities have not been able to locate Edwards, though New Times has obtained correspondence listing his current address as 503 NE 18th St. in Boca Raton.
In July 2001, Cerny filed the much-discussed settlement agreement in Broward County Circuit Court. It was purportedly signed by Luise Buettner on January 30, the day after the elderly woman had lapsed into a diabetic coma. Cerny says that she signed it January 30 and that Edwards returned it to her with Buettner's signature in the weeks after his release from jail. The document awards Cerny $650,000 to settle the child-support claim she filed against Heinrich in 1993 (the same amount Edwards had mentioned on the recorded tape). Buettner says she never signed such a settlement.
In December, Buettner went to court without an attorney to tell Judge J. Leonard Fleet that the document was forged. Despite her protests, Fleet ruled in Cerny's favor. On January 31, 2002, the Broward Sheriff's Office slapped a notice on the motel, seizing it to pay the $650,000 debt.
Although Fort Lauderdale attorney Eric Stettin managed to persuade Judge Fleet to stay the order, Buettner is still fighting to prove that the signature on the document is not hers. Indeed, two handwriting experts -- from Florida Handwriting Consultant and Boca Handwriting Experts Inc. -- back up Buettner's claim.
The companies compared Luise Buettner's signature on canceled checks to the one on the agreement. Anthony McAloney of Florida Handwriting Consultant says the signature on the settlement was probably written by the same person who signed Luise Buettner's name on a check dated January 9, 2001, to Florida Power & Light. At the time, Paul Edwards was signing Luise Buettner's name on checks, the Buettners say. One hint the settlement was forged: The clumsy attempt to duplicate the way Luise Buettner makes the r in her last name. The forger signed Buettner with an American-style r and then added another r more like the German r that Buettner uses to sign her name. "Obviously, they were trying to correct a mistake," McAloney says.
Cerny believes she will ultimately prove that Buettner signed the settlement. She thinks Buettner is retreating under pressure from Heinrich. Buettner points to the document as one more example of Edwards's handiwork. "He thought I was going to die," Buettner says, shaking her head at the thought of what might have happened if she weren't around to dispute the signature. "Well, I surprised him, didn't I?"


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Our last "official" blog was to be yesterday (votes will no longer be counted as of Saturday Night at midnight), but I wanted to thank everyone, one last time, for every single word of encouragement. They have been priceless!
Chloe and I (along with a few friends from church) ran our first 5K yesterday morning. It was a run/walk, but we finished!
This are my official results:
Time: 46:11.40
Overall Place: 159 out of 195 toal entrants
Gender Place: 87 out of 115 women entrants
Age Group Place: 24 our of 31 entrants ages 30-39
Our goal was to finish…and we did that. Our next goal is to run an entire 5K, then improve our speed, then run/walk a 10K, then run the entire thing, then improve our speed, then…you get where I going…Chloe and I would LOVE to run the St. Jude 1/2 Marathon at the end of the year. That would have NEVER been an option for me if not for the Genghis Grill Health Kwest.
I've learned a few things over the last 60 days:
1. My family is amazing. The most prayerful, supportive, patient, encouraging people on God's Earth.
2. People are so supportive, always willing to speak life into others (or even run an impromptu 5K).
3. GG food is not only delicious, but healthy…I enjoyed every single meal I ate there.
4. Lastly, I CAN achieve health and maintain it realistically.
Thanks GG…as we say to the youth at our church….YOU ROCK!!!


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You can't be serious !!!
Update: Added 2 more pictures after the cut.
Update 2: He's back to normal now.
Pics via Thisis50
You can't be serious !!!
Update: Added 2 more pictures after the cut.
Update 2: He's back to normal now.
Pics via Thisis50
If He Puts Such Effort In His Upcoming Album.Will Be Dope….lol….
what. in. the. world.
He doin all this for movies that's gonna go straight to DVD?? SMH!
suck 50cent dick
Who TOld You Its Going To DVD ?…Its His Cinematic Debut.
Wow ppl are really stupid.look at his buff pis with tattoos on his arms!!!!now look at the skinny pic…Hummmmm no tattoos.I'm no genus by tattoos don't go away when you lose weight!!LMFAO
@WOW You must not be keeping up with recent news, because 50 Cent has been removing his tattoos in order to get more acting gigs.
Rick Ross keeps winning….that shit looks sad for real…
to Nestle, Rick Ross need a diet like this one… lol
the tattoo's are airbrushed his skin colour for films u stupid fucks
wtf dude???
1. This isn't unusual if you're attempting to be a serious actor.
2. While it's unhealthy I don't think it's as bad as any of you think. Especially since he has a professional personal nutritionist who's job is to help him gain and lose weight healthier.
3. He probably has make-up on to make him appear as a person with cancer. Hence, if you remove the make up he wouldn't look as ill or close to death.
50 went through laser surgery to get them removed. This isn't NEW news. It's been known for a while that he removed his tatoos.
He takes acting very seriously, he has a great will power to be able to loose all that weight just for a role.
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Palo! Performs at the Van Dyke Tomorrow, May 16
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Palo! can mean a number of thingsdepending on where you are in Latin America. If you were in La Isla del Encanto, you'd do well to ask your Puerto Rican suds jockey for your drinks that way (ie. Bandito nene, dame un palo de whiskey!). If you're in Cuba, it could refer to Las Reglas del Congo, a religion brought to Cuba by Africans that often uses the word as their shortened moniker. Or it could mean something really damned cool (as in, ñnnoooo, eso's un palo, broder!).
I haven't gotten a chance to ask him, but I feel fairly certain the latter is connotation Ed Calle and company were thinking of when naming their group. And frankly, it's an apt description.
I won't bore you with a laundry list of reasons to go check out these Afro-Cuban/funk fusionistas, but I will say this: Palo! must be snacking on a whole lot of Smucker's ... 'cuz their shit is the jam!
You can catch Palo! this Saturday, May 16 at the Van Dyke Cafe, 846 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach. The show starts at 9 p.m., and admission is free. 305-534-3600; thevandykecafe.com
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Clippers' Odom fighting child custody case
MAR 05, 2013 11:06a ET
The New York Post and the website TMZ.com reported that Odom and Liza Morales are in a dispute over the custody and visitation of their two children, a daughter, Destiny, 9, and a son, Lamar Jr., 5.
Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said Odom's absence was excused and that he was expected to return to Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
Presumably, Odom will be able to catch up on his sleep on the flight home. According to the Post, Odom fell asleep on the courthouse bench while waiting for lawyers to finish conferencing. A court officer had to ask Odom to sit up, and he complied, but he slumped over and rested his head on his hand.
Odom was never married to Morales. He is currently wed to Khloe Kardashian.
TMZ reported that in addition to child support and visitation, Odom and Morales are in a dispute over whether their children can appear in TV reality shows.


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Every year, a huge amount of waste is produced by the wrapping paper, shopping bags, and packaging that goes into our holiday shopping. According to earth911.com, wrapping paper and shopping bags alone account for about 4 million tons of trash annually in the U.S.
Those numbers are shocking, and it is truly an incredible amount of waste that I promised myself to stop contributing to. This year I've wrapped all my gifts in recycled paper or fabric. It's easy, and I'm sure you've got things like grocery store paper bags, ribbons, and what not waiting to be recycled in a creative way.
Here are some great DIY ideas and sustainable tips I have collection for making your gift wrapping this holiday season something the earth can be proud of:
1. Wrap your gift with a paper grocery bag from that stash of yours, and decorate with a simple white marker for a sophisticated and chic take on wrapping paper.
2. Make a festive bow from old magazine tears. I love this idea and hope I never have to buy store-made bows again!
3. Go outside and collect some beautiful twigs, branches, or pinecones for beautiful natural wrapping paper from the earth itself!
And its not hard to simply recycle the gift wrap you receive presents in. I hope you come up with your own clever ways of reducing waste this holiday season (as well as year round, of course!) and wish you happy holidays!
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Preserve Your Herbs for Fresh Flavor All Year Long
Air-drying herbs is an easy way to preserve your seasonal crop. After all, Mother Nature does most of the work. Follow these simple steps and you'll have herbs at your disposal all year round – definitely worth the effort.
Step 1: Find a Dry Place Away From The Sun
You might think the kitchen is a natural place to air-dry herbs but smoke, and aromas from other foods can contaminate them. It's better to find an out of the way, dry place. Maybe a dry cellar, or attic or unused bedroom.
Step 2: Wash
Examine your herbs stem-by-stem to make sure they're clean. If necessary, gently wash and dry them thoroughly.
Step 3: Let them Hang
Tie your herbs securely in to small bunches with twine. This will assure good air circulation. When you're done, hang them upside down to dry.
Step 4: The Crumble Test
Every couple of days, check to see how your herbs are doing. When the leaves crumble between your fingers, they're ready. If your herbs aren't drying properly, use a fan to improve air circulation.
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Jan 8, 2007
Do you play croquet?
I make New Year's resolutions because I have an idealistic streak that outweighs the more pragmatic New Englander in me.
So besides the more mundane things (like avoiding the siren call of the snooze bar), I'm making a resolution that's a bit more ambitious. The above is one of those resolutions to really stop saying "Someday I'll illustrate..." and maybe get up the gumption to send some things out this year.
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- Nancy said...
self promoting (even to yourself) is really a challenge-- good luck on your resolution! your work is wonderful so i'm sure it will take less effort than you imagine to realise your creative and professional ambitions in 2007!
now i'd like to play croquet with a flamingo mallet! :) - 10/1/07
- matt said...
You really oughta.
- 18/1/07
- Abigail said...
Thanks! :-)
- 18/1/07
- Heather Zydek said...
your art is amazing. i never get bored with it!
- 18/1/07
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