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Think they'll add the mohawk in Post? Or have it briefly and show it being cut down?
While I also believe it to be a fin and not a Mohawk (a fauxhawk?), I can totally see it being added in post. If you've never watched The Avengers with the Joss Whedon commentary, you totally should. He points out so many of the CGI touches that you never would have ever even realized and thought of, like damage to Iron Man's facemask or the grass in a field, to big things like Chris Evans being digitally removed from a shot. Just amazing, and a little scary, what they can pull off digitally.
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REUTERS - Malaysia's soccer clubs will next season be ordered to pay deposits of millions of ringgit before they can compete to ensure players receive their wages, the Malaysian Football Association (FAM) has said.
Ten clubs in the 14-strong M-League are in the red while three teams face sanctions for failing to settle players' wages, local media reported on Monday.
Just four months ago the FAM warned all teams they could face expulsion from Malaysia's top flight if they failed to pay players on time.
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"We are making a stand on this issue ... we will deduct the amount owed from their prize money, incentives, deposits and gate collections to settle the outstanding amount."
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Robinson and Forcier, My Take
After watching the film of both of these guys, I was totally impressed with their skills at the HS level and I wouldn't be surprised if Robinson really pushes Forcier for the starter's spot. Robinson really has great passing skills and his mechanics are excellent for someone billed as a dual threat QB, but recruited by some to play defense. Forcier is no slouch in his mechanics nor his accuracy either.
If you watch the film on Robinson and focus on his footwork and mechanics when he's not running the ball, his release reminds me of Peyton Manning. Seriously, he has a high snap release just like Manning and their footwork is similar. Robinson almost always sets his feet and squares his shoulders to his target and then delivers the ball with that high release point. If you compare his film to T Pryor, Robinson is a much better passer and much more polished. You can tell Robinson has been coached well. If you factor in his speed and running ability, he's more of the QB that RR has had success with in recent years. I can't say enough how impressive his skills are as a passer. Watch the film again for yourself and watch the footwork and the release.
Tate is a little more of a scrambler than a runner, but he definitely a very accurate passer both standing in the pocket and on the run. He also has good fundamentals, but Robinson was more disciplined in his delivery and set up than Tate, but the end result was the same. It ain't broke don't fix it. I think Tate can kill you with his arm and he can also extend plays with his legs, which in a spread offense really puts pressure on the defense to cover longer. I would give an edge to Tate in his accuracy but arm strength was not noticeably different between the two. Both of them forced the ball at times in the face of pressure, but show me a QB that doesn't do that to some degree at that level.
I think we have two great QBs in these recruits and the future looks really bright. Threet has the experience, but I just don't see how he can keep these two guys off the field. Tate will get 19-20 practices in the spring so he'll have a leg up on Robinson, but by the mid point of the season he should see some snaps if he can digest the offense and adapt to the speed of the game. Both of these young guys will see the blitz early and often IMO. If Forcier can be enough of a running threat and can take the pounding of the Big Ten then we'll see more of RR's offense than we have to this point.
I still think we're a .500 team +/- a game due to the other questions on the team, but if these guys can come in and make a difference and the OL can show continued improvement; that number could jump to 7-5 or 8-4. You have to take into account that these guys are true freshman and the team overall will be pretty young, but the future is oh so bright on the offensive side of the ball. I can't remember the last time we had so many exciting guys on the offensive side of the ball. All of the little slot ninjas, minor's power run, brown's speed, big physical receivers, and QBs who have to be accounted for will really open up the field. The biggest wild card on offense is the line, but I've got to think that we've got some depth and some guys who can add to the unit and make a positive contribution. I'm a defensive coach, so I would be very worried having to scout this many play makers and an offense with so many weapons.
2009 Outlook: Defense
This is in response to DeadMan's recent diary, which I appreciated, but disagreed with quite a bit, especially in relation to the young players (he tended to dismiss them).
I don't aim to include every single guy on the roster, just the possible starters and key backups I foresee. [note that I removed special teams tackles, thus "non-ST tackles" for some of the guys who had stats strongly inflated by them]
Brandon Graham (20 TFL, 10 sacks)
Ryan Van Bergen (13 tackles)
Greg Banks (6 tackles)
Adam Patterson (1 tackle!)
Graham will be all-Big 10 and maybe an all-American. Van Bergen had a solid season as a fFr backup and should be ready to be a competent but not special starter as a third year soph. Those pointing to Banks and Patterson should keep in mind how little time they saw last year as third year players (especially Patterson!). There is decent chance someone else could see significant time in order to be a starter for 2010, then, such as a converted TE or Roh.
Mike Martin (20 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2 sacks)
Will Campbell, Fr.
R Sagesse (3 tackles)
V Helmuth
Martin played very well for a true frosh, and should be a competent starter, but not a stud (yet). Campbell will need to be a decent starter from Day One, as Sagesse barely saw the field, Kates left, and who knows if Helmuth can put on 30-40 pounds in a year. This position will clearly be a weakness, but hopefully not a 6.0 YPC size-weakness, and at least it is building for the future (better than a horrible DL with upperclassmen starters). Ferrara could come back from the OL if there is an injury. Others have mentioned the DEs, but they seem too undersized (260) to me. There would be less need for DTs if a 3-3-5 is frequently played, but a 5th DB isn't available that anyone would go out of their way to get on the field (if Turner is that studly, for god's sake please move him to FS).
Obi Ezeh (98 tackles)
Jonas Mouton (76 tackles)
JB Fitzgerald (2 non-ST tackles)
Marell Evans (4 non-ST tackles)
As was aptly pointed out, none of these guys have a David Harris 6th sense about LB playmaking. But with a 3rd year and a 2nd year starter, they should be solid. Fitzgerald should be competent at ILB while Ezeh (the leader of the group, obviously) moves to the outside. Demens, Evans and Herron are available, but none were able to break into (or stay in) the starting lineup last year, when the opportunities were golden. None of the true frosh seem to have the size or pedigree to play a significant role.
D Warren (52 tackles, 4 PBU)
B Cissoko (15 tackles, 3 PBU)
T Woolfolk (Mgoblue says 9 tackles, 10 of which were ST... ???)
J Turner, Fr.
Warren seemed to take a step back due to injuries, but should be a very good corner this year. Cissoko showed some flashes and some weaknesses, but he was only a true frosh. He should be competent (yes, that's my favorite weasel word) this year. Turner, being a borderline 5 star recruit, should be as useful as Cissoko as a 3rd corner and next option in case of injury, and maybe play some safety if the worst case scenario happens there. Hopefully Woolfolk (or JT Floyd or a position-switcher?) can provide another option for dime/quarter packages.
B Smith rFr
S Brown (64 tackles, 3 PBU, 2 int)
M Williams (7 non-ST tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack)
V Emilien, Fr
Brandon Smith was a very highly rated recruit who missed last year because of surgery. Plenty of good programs count on a guy like him to step up and be a decent starter as a rFr (Texas last year, for example, had two rFr safeties start, and they weren't higher-rated than Smith). I won't get myself started on Brown because I want to be positive about student-athletes, but... hopefully he can be somewhat better. Maybe Turner or Emilien could emerge, or Williams. Clearly the weakest spot, pending more information on the freshmen.
I'm more optimistic about youngsters like Van Bergen, Mouton, Fitzgerald, Cissoko and B Smith than DeadMan was. Nevertheless, this won't be even a very good defense, unless it lucks into some amazing sophomore starters like the 1997 team did. If Graham can command constant double teams, Warren shuts off WRs, and a safety emerges, it could be an average Big 10 defense. If it can simply be more consistent and slightly better than last year's--which I think it can--then the significant offense improvement should take this team to a 7-5 record with the weak non-conf schedule.
My summary of the starters:
All-Conference: Graham, Warren
Very Good: Ezeh, Mouton
Competent (replacement level): Van Bergen, Martin, Campbell, Fitzgerald, Cissoko, Smith
Frighten Me: Brown
Thank You Coach Rod, For Having Some Sense.
When RR arrived here at Michigan, I personaly Liked the hire. I thought we needed a change of pace, an up to date offense, and a new attitude on the field. But as RR began to speak, I saw the hesitation to fire up the Big 3 rivals and the rest of the Big Ten. No punches toward OSU, No little brother jokes, never sent Notre Dame to hell, you know the stuff Bo was made of. Of course I know he will never be BO.
Then the team took the field and I saw why. The talent he needed wasn't there, the youth was spread all over, so it made sense that he left the trash talking to others. So I began to except it. I told myself " Thank the good Lord that he didn't go stating any stupidity". Maybe this guy that I thought had some flare, has more sense than flare. I like it!!!
Now this brings me to my reason of typing this. Tennessee Coach Lane Kiffin has not once, BUT twice, ran his mouth and accused 2 of Tennessee Big rivals of cheating and even called out beating one. First with less than 2 days on the job he accuses Spurrier of recruiting violations, only to be told he was wrong in his accusations the same day.Strike 1. Then the other day at a breakfast he accuses Meyer of another Recruiting violation, only again, to be shot down and called out to apologize by Florida AD and SEC commisioner. Strike 2! In turn coach Kiffin doesn't know what kind of team he has yet, but come the Florida game he will find out the team isn't what he thought and blowout brings strike 3 thanks ti his comments.
So I sat back and told myself, this is the kind of guy I originally expected and wanted to take over my program. I wanted the "We will commit sins at ND, punch the little brother in the mouth, and crack open every Buckeye in November." But after watching how STUPID Kiffin is sounding right now, I thank Mr. Martin,and Ms. Coleman for making a choice that has some sense.
While we took our lumps on the field, the common sense of Coach Rod, kept us from taking lumps off of it. Now a year later, RR and Michigan are gaining momentum, and the respect of others. As everyone and every team can see the rise up again of The University Of Michigan and they fear it, with no trash talking attatched, just sense!
So thank you Coach Rodriquez, for having better sense than most, including me. The right man was hired and I am greatful we didn't end up with an idiot that makes this University look stupid and myself. I have learned something new. Knowing your boundries, makes you more sensable than others.
Our Time Is Coming. Go Blue!!!! Hail To The Victors!!!
Enough with all this talk about Maize Jerseys and WV Lookalikes!!!
First and foremost, I know it's been discussed here to some degree, and I'm certainly not going to list examples or try to flaunt it-- but I'm professionally involved in design and have done some sports branding and uniform design. I'm not saying that I know everything there is to know, and I certainly don't want to imply that no one else is entitled to their opinion.
BUT I have to say that uniforms, like anything really in the design world, can be a true art form involving sound decision-making with regards to aesthetic value, color balance, and innovation. It can ALSO be, and often is, an absolute train wreck when people with power make rash decisions without thinking things through-- remember the Islanders fisherman fiasco? Disasters can also happen when creative people are given the green light to run wild without proper respect to the brand-- i.e. Oregon State's sports bra look.
With that being said, let's be honest: THE HOME UNIFORM MUST NEVER CHANGE. No blue pants, no, maize jersey, nothing. It MUST ALWAYS be the same helmet, the blue jersey, and the maize pants. Period. We're one of the single most identifiable uniforms of the sport in any era, and must be respected as such. It'd be like the Yankees showing up in red dazzle.
Tradition in branding is something that cannot be invented nor neglected-- remember what happened when Coca-Cola traded in their tradition for something new? No matter how 'cool' you think it'd be to show up in black, or with maize shirts and blue pants-- we ARE tradition, and must be proud of that. The materials will change, the template of the shirt will be cut differently as pad design evolves, etc... but we must always wear a blue shirt at home with maize letters. To mess with this is to disgrace over 128 years of the winningest program the sport of football has ever seen. No one can boast that-- not even the Steelers.
Now, as for the AWAY jerseys, yes... I've been thinking about this recently myself. It's been established that the away will continue to change, simply because the icon is associated with the home design. We've seen many changes here, and we'll see more. I've been curious as to whether or not Rich will want to do something as early as next year, if only because he didn't actually have anything to do with the current design. It's also not uncommon to ditch a design after a particularly horrid year-- we see this alot in baseball. If Rodriguez did (or is) choose to ask for a new design, I suspect that in terms of simple sales strategy, Adidas will probably push to keep the same model on the shelves for at least one more year-- eating all of the replicas they've already produced would be a big loss. If they start designing now with regards to the 2010 season, they can assess their production budgets accordingly to phase the old design out.
Personally, my biggest beef with the current AWAY shirts is that they're a common Adidas template. Other than the maize piping below the back of the helmet, Arkansas wears the same shirt, albeit in a different color scheme. Other teams do as well-- Louisville? One of the biggest things that originally got me excited about the Adidas deal is that they promised exclusive Michigan designs-- things that would only be offered to us, like hoodies with winged helmet graphics, things like that. Then what do we do? Roll out in a stock Adidas jersey template that's just been re-colored to our specifications. Let's see something truly original, yet classy enough to hold a candle to our home shirts.
Either that or let's go back to throwback simplicity. Personally I've always loved the whites worn during the 80's, with the single color blue digits and the contrasting Northwestern stripes on the sleeves. Think classic Harbaugh on the road. We could possibly see an update on that basic idea. Who knows? I could even whip up some ideas just to illustrate my point. Either way, we have a reputation to uphold, and just throwing maize all over creation is not going to do it justice.
'N that's all I have to say about that.
Whistling Dixie
While I am a relative neophyte when it comes to understanding how recruiting works, the one aspect that has really interested me is how the concentration of D-1 prospects breaks down amongst the states. Anecdotally, states like Florida, California, and Texas always seemed to create top-notch prospects, but that kind of made sense - those are three of the four most populous states in America. I always presumed, erroneously at it turns out, that fast, strong kids exist everywhere, and that the percentage of the population which embodied these desirable characteristics was pretty constant across the board. Thus, the reason the Big 3 fielded more D-1 football recruits than, say, Utah was more the result of population and "math" than something in the drinking water or the focus certain states place on football. Of course, there also seemed to be two glaring holes with this logic - the fact that many states in the Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc.) produce an inordinate number of recruits compared to their populations, and the fact that relatively populous states in the Northeast (New York and Massachusetts) produce far fewer recruits than their populations predicted. But was this really true, or did these two anomalies exist more as a figment of recruiting services and media hype than reality.
Now, I was going to do all of this research myself, but then I was luckily able to stumble upon this page that broke down each state by number of recruits, population, and ratio of people to recruits for 2004-2008. I then wondered how this translated to the NFL - in other words, were the states that produced a large number of D-1 prospects also sending kids to the NFL. So after some more scouring of the interwebs, I came upon this page, which provided a really awesome user-friendly chart. After some more finagling and Excel-assisted sorting, I came upon this chart:
Big Chart of recruits/NFL players home states 2004-2008
State | College Recruits | State Pop. | State Citizens/Per Recruit | NFL Players | State Citizens/Per Pro |
Florida | 981 | 18,328,340 | 18,683 | 126 | 145,463 |
Alabama | 245 | 4,661,900 | 19,028 | 40 | 116,548 |
Mississippi | 149 | 2,938,618 | 19,722 | 22 | 133,574 |
Georgia | 481 | 9,685,744 | 20,137 | 64 | 151,340 |
District of Columbia | 27 | 591,833 | 21,920 | 3 | 197,278 |
Louisiana | 184 | 4,410,796 | 23,972 | 54 | 81,681 |
Texas | 974 | 24,326,974 | 24,976 | 135 | 180,200 |
Hawaii | 49 | 1,288,198 | 26,290 | 6 | 214,700 |
South Carolina | 169 | 4,479,800 | 26,508 | 39 | 114,867 |
Oklahoma | 117 | 3,642,361 | 31,131 | 23 | 158,364 |
Ohio | 362 | 11,485,910 | 31,729 | 65 | 176,706 |
Arkansas | 87 | 2,855,390 | 32,821 | 17 | 167,964 |
Kansas | 77 | 2,802,134 | 36,391 | 6 | 467,022 |
Virginia | 209 | 7,769,089 | 37,173 | 48 | 161,856 |
New Jersey | 232 | 8,682,661 | 37,425 | 24 | 361,778 |
Maryland | 145 | 5,633,597 | 38,852 | 18 | 312,978 |
North Carolina | 229 | 9,222,414 | 40,273 | 33 | 279,467 |
Nebraska | 43 | 1,783,432 | 41,475 | 8 | 222,929 |
Tennessee | 149 | 6,214,888 | 41,711 | 20 | 310,744 |
Pennsylvania | 281 | 12,448,279 | 44,300 | 37 | 336,440 |
California | 826 | 36,756,666 | 44,500 | 172 | 213,702 |
Kentucky | 92 | 4,269,245 | 46,405 | 10 | 426,925 |
Iowa | 61 | 3,002,555 | 49,222 | 12 | 250,213 |
Missouri | 118 | 5,911,605 | 50,098 | 9 | 656,845 |
Washington | 117 | 6,549,224 | 55,976 | 11 | 595,384 |
Arizona | 103 | 6,500,180 | 63,109 | 16 | 406,261 |
Illinois | 194 | 12,901,563 | 66,503 | 31 | 416,179 |
Michigan | 150 | 10,003,422 | 66,689 | 41 | 243,986 |
Connecticut | 50 | 3,501,252 | 70,025 | 9 | 389,028 |
Colorado | 69 | 4,939,456 | 71,586 | 14 | 352,818 |
Indiana | 86 | 6,376,792 | 74,149 | 21 | 303,657 |
Minnesota | 66 | 5,220,393 | 79,097 | 11 | 474,581 |
Delaware | 11 | 873,092 | 79,372 | 2 | 436,546 |
Oregon | 44 | 3,790,060 | 86,138 | 15 | 252,671 |
Wisconsin | 55 | 5,627,967 | 102,327 | 12 | 468,997 |
West Virginia | 15 | 1,814,468 | 120,965 | 2 | 907,234 |
Nevada | 21 | 2,600,167 | 123,817 | 6 | 433,361 |
Idaho | 12 | 1,523,816 | 126,985 | 5 | 304,763 |
Utah | 20 | 2,736,424 | 136,821 | 13 | 210,494 |
Massachusetts | 46 | 6,497,967 | 141,260 | 8 | 812,246 |
New York | 112 | 19,490,297 | 174,021 | 25 | 779,612 |
South Dakota | 4 | 804,194 | 201,049 | 2 | 402,097 |
Montana | 4 | 967,440 | 241,860 | 4 | 241,860 |
New Mexico | 7 | 1,984,356 | 283,479 | 3 | 661,452 |
North Dakota | 2 | 641,481 | 320,741 | 2 | 320,741 |
New Hampshire | 4 | 1,315,809 | 328,952 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska | 2 | 686,293 | 343,147 | 4 | 171,573 |
Rhode Island | 2 | 1,050,788 | 525,394 | 3 | 350,263 |
Vermont | 1 | 621,270 | 621,270 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 7484 | 302,210,600 | 1251 | ||
Average | 40380.8926 | 241,575 |
So that really wasn't that surprising. Presuming that the distribution of football players was constant across the population (i.e. for every x people, y recruits exist), the ratio should be 1:40,380 - in other words, the population at large holds about 1 D-1 recruit per 40,000 people. Similarly, of those kids who went to the pros, the number was truly astronomical - 1:241,575, an astounding number considering that some of those positions are held by international players that were not listed on my chart. And yes, this statistic is not perfect, since the actual number of high school boys every year who could become D-1 athletes, and thus future NFL players, is far less than the population at large, people move in and out of states, etc. But for illustrative purposes I think it still supports my points, and I don't have the time or inclination to peruse government population numbers for a more true number. Plus, I doubt the ratios would be so greatly skewed as to dramatically alter the clear trends present.
So these results alone somewhat shocked me, but it has more to do with the illogical hopes so many kids even becoming D-1 college recruits, let alone professional football players. To put this into perspective, there are about 3 people sitting in the stands during a Michigan home game, on average, who have or will become D-1 recruits in their lifetimes. In another way, my hometown of Royal Oak has a little over 60,000 people in it, or about 1.5 D-1 football recruits per year if the model holds true. As for those who go on to play in the NFL, the entire state of Vermont, if my model held true, would produce 3 NFL-quality players per year - and that really isn't even true over the 2004-2008 span (0 players over that span).
But clearly, football talent is not evenly distributed across the country. While some more populated states come pretty close to the proposed distribution, such as California, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, outliers exist in the expected regions of plenty (Southeast) and barren (NY, MA). Both Michigan and Illinois also seemed to produce far fewer recruits than their populations suggest while places like Hawaii and D.C. seem more fertile than expected, but not to an extreme degree that you see with some other states. And in Hawaii's case, a large percentage of those recruits are taken by University of Hawaii, so that situation is clearly atypical.
So what does this mean? - college
For one thing, some traditional "hotbeds" of talent may actually "under"perform their expected ratio of recruits given a linear distribution - I'm looking at you, Pennsylvania and California. At the same time, maybe some people are underselling certain areas, such as Virginia and Oklahoma/Kansas, who have decent-to-great in-state programs that recruit nationally but also seem to have pretty fertile backyards to pick from as well. But the real focus, though, must fall on the Southeast, where states like Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia continually churn out top-notch kids at a far greater rate than their populations suggest.
Despite what some Freep "columnists" opine as RR's apparent idiocy in not recruiting in-home talent at MSU's rate, it clearly makes sense to focus more of the staff's efforts on Florida and the Southeast compared to other regions in America. Sure, California and Texas are hotbeds that should be scoured, but the Southeast is where the money tends to be. Michigan produces a decent amount of recruits, but it is clear that outside of Ohio, the rustbelt just isn't a fount of top-notch talent the way some envision it. I'm sure there are a millions reasons why this may be, and I'll leave it to people in the comments to hash them out. My guess is that high school/college football has always been a more communal activity in areas of the South compared to the North, especially considering how few professional teams used to be located below the Mason-Dixon line compared to the population. Simply put, people "care" more about football down there, and that fervor translates to the youngest of children. They see football as a way to make a living, as a way to succeed and be a "god" in the community, and their environments seemed geared around making this dream a reality.
I don't think it has that much to do with the weather - sure, it helps to be able to play and practice outside more than in the north, but receivers can still catch balls, RBs can still squat and run wind sprints, and linemen can still work on their techniques indoors just as easily as outdoors. Plus, warm-weather states like New Mexico and Arizona produce recruits at a lower rate than expected, while some cold-weather states are able relative factories. To put it bluntly, I think kids in the Southeast "care" more about football than kids in the North. Now, that doesn't mean high school boys in Michigan and New York don't work hard or lack a will to win, but by and large I don't think the community rewards kids in the North as much for the success they experience on the football field as they do in places like Mississippi and Florida. I'm sure there are some socio-economic undertones to it, and some will say that kids in the Southeast see football as a way to escape the communities they are "trapped" in - see the Pahokee (?) pipeline as an example for crushing poverty pushing kids toward sports. But irrespective of the cause, it is clear that if you want the biggest payoff for your recruiting efforts, learning to whistle Dixie might as well become a requirement for major college recruiters. Now, that might not seem like a revelation to some, but it is interesting to see that anecdote play out in the numbers. I'm interested, though, to see how others feel.
So what does this mean? - NFL
As I mentioned above, I think a big reason more D-1 recruits emerge from the Southeast and Texas has to do with the relative importance the community places on football as a means to succeed. For better or for worse, a ticket to a D-1 school is viewed as a stepping-stone to playing in the NFL, and all the millions of dollars and notoriety that entails. So it shouldn't come as any surprise that the states which produce the most D-1 recruits per person also generate the most NFL players per person as well. Louisiana leads the way, with approximately every 82,000 residents producing an NFL player - a ratio about 3X greater than the expected! The same held true for most of the Southeast, with those states sending far more to pros than they have any business doing so. By comparison, Michigan is pretty average - it may be a little low on the D-1 recruits, but those who do emerge have a pretty average shot of making it to the NFL. So kudos to the Wolverine state.
By comparison, a pair of Ks - Kentucky and Kansas - seem to be the biggest "frauds" of the group in terms of overvaluing its D-1 recruits - both have pretty average or above-average number of D-1 recruits per population, but about half as many of those recruits wind up making it to the NFL as expected. So once again, Kentucky and Kansas underwhelm. As for New York and Massachusetts, they might as well focus on baseball - they just don't know how to create top-notch football talent.
But overall, this analysis proved what I expected - the Southeast produces a disproportionate number of D-1 recruits, and an inordinate number of these recruits are high-caliber enough to break into the NFL. Again, I have no scientific proof for the cause of this inequity, but I have stated my guesses. I am intrigued to see what other people believe is the cause, and I welcome anyone with more statistical knowledge than my one 400-level probability and statistics course to prove me wrong/drill down deeper.
What I'd like to do in the future:
* Breakdown for each state by high-school-aged boys, not the state population as a whole.
12th Game Announced
Michigan has announced its 12th opponent for the 2009 season. The Detroit News is reporting that Delaware St. will fill the remaining open spot on the schedule.
Luckily, it's not Delaware. Way too confusing with helmets. Delaware St. is a FCS school known mainly for the controversy of Delaware not scheduling them for a regular season game.
While a part of me wants to express outrage over scheduling a middling FCS team, a less indignant part of me would prefer a win by any means necessary. Western Michigan could be a tough game to open the season, and Notre Dame, in spite of horrible coaching, has solid talent. If Rodriguez can't up his win total a significant amount there will certainly be a bunch of business at Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork. I'm coming down on the side of this being a necessary evil and another easy $4 million for the Athletic department.
What do you guys think? Is Michigan at a point where it should try to be above the fray or should the schedule reflect the fact that this is still a rebuilding process?
There will be an informative update in a bit. There's actually a blog that covers Delaware St.'s conference. Awesome.


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The tragedy plunged Newtown into mourning and added the picturesque New England community of handsome colonial homes, red-brick sidewalks and 27,000 people to the grim map of towns where mass shootings in recent years have periodically reignited the national debate over gun control but led to little change.
Signs around town read, "Hug a teacher today," "Please pray for Newtown" and "Love will get us through."
"People in my neighborhood are feeling guilty about it being Christmas. They are taking down decorations," said Jeannie Pasacreta, a psychologist who was advising parents struggling with how to talk to their children.
In the tightly knit town, nearly everyone seemed to know someone who died. Among them: well-liked Principal Dawn Hochsprung, who town officials say tried to stop the rampage and paid with her life; the school psychologist who probably would have helped survivors grapple with the tragedy; a teacher thrilled to have been hired this year; and a 6-year-old girl who had just moved to Newtown from Canada.
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The Long Branch Fire Department will have an open house on Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The department is located on Orchard Road off S.C. Highway 37.
This open house will be one part educational and one part fun day.
"We have an educational DVD that we want the kids to watch," said Long Branch Fire Chief Andy Hogg. "Then we are going to introduce the firefighters in their gear."
Hogg says this is important because in times of a house fire, a child might be frightened of a firefighter dressed in his full uniform.
"That scares the younger kids and they might run away from them," said Hogg. "We really want to educate them on that."
Hogg will also use a smokehouse to teach kids about how to respond to a house fire.
"I will be with them in the smoke house and show them what to do and how a smoke alarm sounds," said Hogg. "We will also teach them how to stay below the smoke level."
Hogg and the kids will crawl through certain points and firefighters will show the way out of the smoke house.
After the education part of the open house, the firefighters will have two bouncy houses, a dunk tank and the old fire truck tanker set up to spray down fire cutouts.
"We plan on having a good time," said Hogg. "This is a twofold thing to give back to the community and the second part is meeting the requirement for the educational grant from Wal-Mart."
"Most of the money was either donated by the boot drive," said Hogg. "Some of the money was given to us by Wal-Mart for educational purposes and, we bought computers and the rest went to the events at the open house."
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Haricots Verts Beans essential Waitrose 400g
Product Description
Fine green beans in water, salt added.
Product Information
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- Brands: Waitrose
- Dietary & Lifestyle: Yeast Free, Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Milk Free, Nut Free
Essential Waitrose
Store in a cool dry place. Once opened transfer contents to a non-metallic container, cover, refrigerate and use within 2 days
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Microwave: Empty contents into a non-metallic bowl. Cover and microwave on full power for 2½ minutes. Stir halfway through cooking. Stir before serving.
Hob: Empty contents into a saucepan. Heat gently for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Waitrose Limited,
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Can and label recyclable
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Free From Nut, Free From Gluten, Free From Wheat, Free From Egg, Free From Fish, Free From Lactose, Free From Sesame, Free From Peanut, Free From Celery, Free From Mustard, Free From Soya, Free From Shellfish, Free From Milk, Free From Sulphites, Free From Phenylalanine, Free From Oats, Free From Yeast
Green Beans, Water, Salt.
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Energy | 98kj |
Protein | 1.3g |
Carbohydrate | 4g |
of which sugars | 0.6g |
Fat | 0.2g |
of which saturates | Traceg |
Fibre | 1.3g |
Sodium | 0.15g |
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14 October 2014
Soggy and bland
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Great larder cupbard pack
Great veg to keep in cupboard. Serve with lamb chops. Warm up quickly so ideal for a quick veg. with dinner. Quite soft consistency which the children love also. Can add to a salad nicoise also.
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Location: Denver, CO
Day Job: My garden
The Digs: Backyard, Containers, Front yard
Crops: Apples, Basil, Bell Peppers, Bok-choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chile Peppers, Chinese cabbage, Corn, Cucumbers, Green beans, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Melons, Mint, Oregano, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Rosemary, Spinach, Squash, Strawberries, Sugar Snap Peas, Thyme, Tomatoes, Hibiscus, Corn, Blue Breadseed Poppies, And more...
Animals: Cats, Dogs
Why I'm Getting Dirty: I am getting dirty to feed my family. I tore out the front yard a few years ago and put in garden beds. I now have over 700 square feet of planting area, 32 beds in the front yard alone. My herbs are primarily in the back and potted plants are everywhere.
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Congratulations on being farmer of the day! I'm very much with you on your concept of converting the front yard into garden beds.
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Congratulations on being farmer of the day. How have your gardens been producing?
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Howdy Neighbor, 32 beds is awesome!
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Counter-Strike 1.6 Source Alpha.
Jan 3, 2015 Counter-Strike 1.6 Source Demo 3 commentsHello again,it is me,Aulov Nikolay.Today i would like to show you the alpha build of my mod,called Counter-Strike 1.6 Source.Attention,this is very early...
Right now, there are people all over the world playing Counter-Strike: Source. Odds are, there are more people playing today than there were playing yesterday. It, like its predecessor, is quite simply a global phenomenon, originally created by and now sustained by the gaming community.
Counter-Strike: Source is a remake of Counter-Strike, and consequently retains all of its team-based objective-oriented first-person-shooter style gameplay. CS:S is a must-have for every action gamer.
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Hello again, it is me, Aulov Nikolay. Today i would like to show you the alpha build of my mod, called Counter-Strike 1.6 Source. Attention, this is very early release of my mod, so, if you find some bugs, just send me a message and i will solve this problems and bugs. Okey, it is the time for discussing this alpha build release. In this alpha release you will see seven good ported maps, here is a list of them: cs_havana, de_cbble, de_chateau, de_dust, de_dust2, de_nuke, de_piranesi. They are really good ported, so, in the next future other maps from Counter-Strike 1.6 will be ported also good. So, let's have a talk about other things, for example, let's have a talk about player models. The player models has been ported from Counter-Strike 1.6 to Source Engine. It is badly to say, but models just replace the Counter-Strike Source models. I mean, that this models uses an Counter-Strike Source animations, not Counter-Strike 1.6. In the future, the player models will have an Counter-Strike 1.6 animations. Guns ported too. For the first time, don't forget to download the alpha version of the mod, here is a link.
Here is the video about testing maps.
And here are the screenshots of the alpha release.
How to install:
1.) You need to have Counter-Strike Source and Half-Life 2 to be installed on your computer.
2.) Secondly,download the Source SDK Base 2007 from your tools option.
3.) The next step is to download the alpha build release,the name of the file is "csport.rar".
4.) Extract the "csport" folder to your sourcemods folder.
5.) Restart Steam.
6.) In your games list you will see the game,called "Counter-Strike 1.6 Source".
7.) Double click on this game and play.
Good luck and have a fun.
Hello again,it is me,Aulov Nikolay.Today i would like to show you the alpha build of my mod,called Counter-Strike 1.6 Source.Attention,this is very early...
Bleach Rukia Kuchiki Gloves This hadn't been done before, so I made some for it! Credits go to the creators of Bleach for the skull. Made by theplock99...
I've been working away at this for quite awhile now and after many revisions I'm happy to release version 1.0 of the new Source Multi-Tool. Source Multi-Tool...
Get ready... Grab your mouse, keyboard and play the beta release of counter strike project source sorry to keep you waiting so long for this mod and here...
A patch wich fix some weapons of the 1.2 because of SteamPipe. also a missing Leet texture and Buymenu picture
Yes! CS:ZE is fixed and now working on STEAM-PIPE !!! it also come with new weapons like the crossbow and much more changes ! don't forget to remove the...
I agree, but CSS died for me when they added the new radar and DWP.
They removed / disabled Dynamic weapon pricing ages ago.
It's not dead.
It was just turned and morphed into a cruel abomination.
Besides motion blur and achievements (who do not change gameplay) practically nothing changed, it's still the same game.
Also, it lags like ****. Besides the fps drop and the not so smooth movements, the whole model animations sometimes bug out.
it lags like **** because ur playing on a pentium 2
Nope, they fixed some bugs/features and changed the movement speed to 1.6 for example.
CAN ANYONE MAKE COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE CONDITION ZERO 2 ? (like classic CZ but this will have new maps and missions and physics)
People can't just roll out mods like they can with maps. Mods take a lot more time. There was one called Condition Zero Source but it died because the devs didn't get along.
oi does any one know when the css beta is coming out?


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Release Date : 28 September 2012
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Rani Mukherjee in Prithviraj's Debut Hindi Film 'Ayya'
South actor Prithviraj's debut Hindi film titled Ayya will have Rani Mukherjee as the heroine.According to the latest news,Rani will play the lead role opposite prithviraj in Ayya.
The famous actor of malayalam films-Prithviraj, is making his debut in bollywood with Ayya and its lead actress will be Rani mukherjee.Prithviraj plays a Tamil painter in the film,and rani will play his love interest.
The selection of the heroine was facing problems,as the actress needed to be beautiful and talented.Finally,bollywood actress Rani mukherjee has been roped in opposite the actor.Ayya will be
directed by Anurag Kashyap,and the shooting of the film begins next month.
Opinion :Rani has been appearing in offbeat films,but could succeed much.Ayya is not a completely commercial film,but it has a strong actor prithviraj in the lead.
young superstar Prithviraj's debut Hindi film Ayya, directed by Sachin Kundalkar and produced by Anurak Kashyap, will start rolling in Mumbai from the first week of October. Rani Mukherjee is the heroine.
Set in the backdrop of a Mumbai based Marathi family, the film has Rani playing a typical Marathi girl dressed in salwars. Prithviraj will be playing a Tamil painter who speaks Hindi with a South Indian accent.
Ayya also marks the Bollywood debut of National Award winning Marathi director Sachin Kundalkar. Prithviraj said that he agreed to do this project not because he fancies doing a Hindi film, but because he found Anurag's script interesting.
It is earlier reported that young Superstar Prithviraj would make his Bollywood debut with an offbeat movie directed by Anurag Kashyap and Rani Mukherjee would be his heroine. Ending all the guesses Kashyap titled this movie project as 'Ayya'.
Prithvi plays a Tamil painter in the movie and Rani will be there in an important role.
Ayya will start rolling next month. Anurag and his team were reportedly impressed with Prithviraj's performances in some of his Mollywood movies like Urumi and consequently offered him the lead role in the film. Ayya also marks the Bollywood debut of National Award winning Marathi director Sachin Kundalkar.
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Vinography readers, I have a special treat for you, and for a change, it's not more words on screen from me. Instead it will be stunning images of vineyards from Michael Regnier.
Michael Ireland Regnier is an award-winning art and commercial photographer whose work carries him around the world. He has a degree in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute, and has been working a professional photographer since 1982, garnering accolades from nearly every major graphic design, photography, and advertising publication in America, including the honor of being one of only six photographers in the world published by the Kodak International Photography imprint.
Michael's photographs, prized by art collectors as well as commercial clients around the world, are unique, multilayered images that go beyond the reality of the image in the camera. He starts with high resolution digital photographs and layers in textures and colors until the image feels right, and then he moves into the tangible world, printing the images on watercolor paper and often covering them with encaustic wax. The final result is an image that is both a photograph and not a photograph, a landscape, but also something more.
Recently Michael began exploring the vineyard landscapes of California. While he doesn't consider himself anywhere close to a wine expert, he loves to drink the stuff, though perhaps not as much as he loves the early morning light over a vineyard.
Michael will be posting one image per week for the next year that you can use for desktop backgrounds, screensavers, or any other personal and non-commercial use. Additionally, Michael will be selling archive-quality prints of these images on his web site, should you decide you would like to own any of them in a more tangible form.
These are really beautiful images, and a very nice opportunity to decorate your computer, so to speak. I would ask that you respect Michael's copyright and do not under any circumstances use these images for anything other than your personal, non-commercial use. To be explicit, these images are NOT covered by the Creative Commons license that applies to other content on this blog -- Michael has reserved all rights.
Now that we have gotten that out of the way, sit back and enjoy Michael's inspiring interpretation of the places we get our wine from.
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Fourth of July Malware Campaign Targets Vacationers
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/04/14 -- Researchers from Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading security-as-a-service provider, have discovered a nasty piece of malware which is targeting vacationers who visit US travel sites, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
The discovery shows that popular travel destination websites for cities including Boston, Salt Lake City, Houston, Monterey, Rochester, Myrtle Beach, Victoria and Utah Valley have been exploited and are serving malware to unsuspecting visitors. Proofpoint can also confirm that the command-and-control infrastructure of the cyber criminals behind the attacks all appears to be based in the Ukraine.
In response to the discovery, Mike Horn, VP, Threat Response Products at Proofpoint, said: "This is a good example of how poorly protected websites play a big role in the distribution of malware. Users might be directed to these sites by a search engine and they have no idea that just by visiting the site they can become infected. We are also seeing a large number of phishing campaigns which direct people to the legitimate travel sites which have been infected with malware by the hackers. The attacks were brought to our attention by our Targeted Attack Protection technology." When users visit one of the infected websites a web exploit kit is run that then downloads additional malware onto their machine. However, more concerning is the fact that the exploit being used has very low detection rates with traditional antivirus solutions. When Proofpoint tested the piece of malware they discovered it was able to bypass all but four out of the 51 antivirus products on Virus Total. This makes it a particularly dangerous exploit for consumers.
"Since the attack started on July 3rd, and some of the web pages are promoting 4th of July activities, this attack appears to have been carefully timed to coincide with the US holiday season," Horn said. "We suspect that the websites have been compromised for some time, but the attackers were carefully planning their attack for maximum impact." About Proofpoint, Inc.
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dc.contributor.advisor | Trawick, Mary Lynn. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mugabe, Benon E. | |
dc.contributor.other | Baylor University. Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. | |
dc.date.copyright | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2104/3019 | |
dc.description.abstract | Inhibition of tubulin polymerization has been identified as a significant characteristic of potential anticancer agents. Tubulin is a heterodimeric protein of a and b polypepetide chains, each with a molecular weight of 50kDa and is the biochemical target for several clinically used anticancer drugs. Tubulin was purified from calf brain by a method that uses a series of selective polymerizations induced by a temperature jump in the presence of GTP followed by cold depolymerization. Protein purity was determined by SDS-PAGE and the ability of tubulin to polymerize into microtubules. As part of a program to identify vascular disrupting agents (VDAs), we have determined the effect of more than 78 combretastatin A-4 and A-1 analogs on tubulin polymerization. Combretastatin analogs with substitutions in both the trimethoxyphenyl and phenolic rings were analyzed. These included bromo, chloro, fluoro, mono and di-nitro, di-amino and di-amino hydrochloride, serinamides, serinamide hydrochloride salts of CA-4 and CA-1 derivatives many of which showed good antitubulin activities (IC50 = 1.1 – 3.0 µM) which were comparable to those of CA-1 and CA-4. Generally, water soluble combretastatin phosphate salts analyzed did not show significant inhibitory activity on tubulin polymerization. Our research also explored the application of isothermal titration calorimetry in determining the thermodynamic parameters of binding of CA-1, CA-4 and some of their derivatives. Microcalorimetric studies of the interactions between tubulin and combretastatin analogs were designed to directly determine the enthalpy, binding affinity and the number of binding sites involved upon interaction. We have defined the various thermodynamic signatures that characterize interaction of these compounds with tubulin. All tubulin-combretastatin analog interactions were exothermic and showed favorable free energies and binding affinity constants (0.1 – 9.8 x 105 M-1). The binding affinity constants, stoichiometry, and the thermodynamic signatures suggested hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic contacts for the stronger binding interactions between CA-1 and its analogs which were both enthalpy and entropy driven whereas 2,3 di-amino CA-1 and others showed low binding constants, with evidence of conformational changes upon binding. | en |
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dc.subject | Ligand binding (Biochemistry). | en |
dc.subject | Affinity electrophoresis. | en |
dc.title | Structure-activity relationships and thermodynamics of combretastatin A-4 and A-1 derivatives as potential inhibitors of tubulin polymerization. | en |
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A newly developed technique could one day help astronomers use giant sound waves to test theories of dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be causing the universe to fly apart faster over time.
Called intensity mapping, the technique looks for unique radio emissions of hydrogen gas in galaxies and galaxy clusters to map the large-scale structure of the universe. Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe, and it tends to cluster around galaxies because of their strong gravitational pull.
Until now, astronomers have been mapping large cosmic structures by identifying the galaxies and clusters themselves—a process akin to mapping forests on Earth by counting individual trees. The new method is more like mapping forests by looking for large patches of green.
By speeding up large-scale mapping efforts, the method should reveal how structures in the universe have evolved since the big bang.
In particular, the new maps might help astronomers detect variations in matter distribution caused by enormous sound waves called baryon acoustic oscillations, or BAOs, which were created shortly after the big bang.
Using the cosmic sound waves as rulers to measure the size of the universe over time can help scientists understand how dark energy has affected the cosmos.
(Related: "Most Direct Evidence of Dark Energy Detected.")
Sound Waves as Cosmic Rulers
In the new proof-of-concept study, Tzu-Ching Chang of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto and colleagues used the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to pick up hydrogen radio emissions in or near thousands of galaxies at once.
The team was also able to measure signals emitted when the universe was only about seven billion years old. (Related: "Universe 20 Million Years Older Than Thought.")
"These observations detected more hydrogen gas than all the previously detected hydrogen in the universe, and at distances ten times farther than any radio wave-emitting hydrogen seen before," study co-author Ue-Li Pen, of the University of Toronto, said in a statement.
The team hopes the method, with refinement, will detect hydrogen emissions from even further back in time, perhaps before the formation of the very first galaxies.
And by scanning large enough regions of the sky, the method may uncover the imprints of BAOs propagating through the universe, the scientists say.
As BAOs traveled through the primordial gases of the early universe, they affected the matter they passed through, causing it to clump up in some places more than in others. This pattern should show up in the distribution of today's galaxies and galaxy clusters.
(Related: "New Proof Unknown "Structures" Tug at Our Universe.")
Because scientists know BAOs repeat every 450 million light-years, "one can measure the BAO signature at different [ages of the universe] and use it as a standard ruler to determine the size of the universe at that time," study leader Chang said.
"And because at later times the expansion of the universe is mostly driven by dark energy, BAO measurements at one or several [time points] can thus help study the properties of dark energy."
Current theories of dark energy, for example, state that the expansion rate is dependent on the density of matter in the universe. Since the early universe was smaller and more tightly packed, scientists hope the BAO data will show that the early universe's expansion rate was slower than it is now.
(Also see: "Dark Energy's Demise? New Theory Doesn't Use the Force.")
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The shares of Deckers Outdoor Corp (NASDAQ:DECK - 37.39) are flying in the face of broad-market headwinds, and it looks like options traders expect the rally to continue. Already today, the Ugg maker has seen more than 4,500 calls change hands -- representing a 38% mark-up to its average intraday call volume, and more than double the number of DECK puts exchanged.
Digging deeper, the January 2013 40-strike call has emerged as most popular, with more than 1,300 contracts traded. The majority of the calls have crossed at the ask price, and implied volatility was last seen 1.5 percentage points higher, hinting at buy-to-open activity.
By purchasing the calls to open, the buyers are betting on DECK to surmount the $40 level within the next few weeks. More specifically, the calls changed hands at a volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of $1.45, meaning the buyers will profit if DECK topples the $41.45 level (strike plus VWAP) by front-month options expiration. However, even if DECK remains south of the round-number strike, the speculators' maximum risk is capped at the initial net debit.
Today's bullish betting is nothing new for DECK, though, as evidenced by the latest data from the major options exchanges. On the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), the security has racked up a 10-day call/put volume ratio of 2.77. What's more, this ratio stands higher than 84% of all other readings of the past year, suggesting option buyers have picked up DECK calls over puts at a much faster-than-usual clip during the past couple of weeks.
In the front-month series, the out-of-the-money 45 strike has grown increasingly popular, with roughly 2,800 calls opened during the past 10 sessions. However, the deeper out-of-the-money January 50 strike remains home to peak call open interest, with around 22,500 contracts outstanding. Against this backdrop, and considering short interest accounts for more than half of DECK's total available float, it's possible that short sellers are hedging their bearish bets with out-of-the-money calls.
At last check, the shorts are undoubtedly getting spooked, with DECK up 7.2% to wink at the $37.39 level. While many retailers are trading lower on signs of relatively weak holiday sales, reports of solid demand for DECK's classic sheepskin boots are helping the footwear concern buck the trend.


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Okay folks, we are all secure atheists, right? This question is just for fun! What religious themed songs have you caught yourself singing along with, or at least taping your foot to? Here are two songs that get me every time: Three Wooden Crosses sung by Randy Travis & Jesus Take the Wheel sung by Carrie Underwood.
Black Sabbath - "After Forever"
Black Sabbath - "Lord of this World"
Flyleaf - "Cassie"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "King of Carrot Flowers, part 2"
I often burst into "Gimme that Old Time Religion" by Pete Seeger.
Let us Pray to Aphropdite
Let us Pray to Aphropdite
She wears a see-through nightie
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It's Show and Tell Tuesday!
I'm linking up with my girl Andrea and I'm showing and telling :).
Today's theme...My Favorite Room.
No surprise here, my favorite room in our house is our kitchen...
When we began the building process, we sat down with a little piece of paper and started sketching what we wanted...and it all centered around our kitchen.
We wanted the kitchen really open and in the center of the house. We wanted it to be the spot where people gathered.
This is our fridge hiding behind those heavy doors.
On either side of my farmhouse sink is a dishwasher.
This is our favorite part of the kitchen (and maybe even my favorite part of the house). We sit up here, the kids play up here, every morning, I read my Bible and have breakfast up here, I can use this space for serving platters during parties, people can sit right there and chat with us while we're cooking... it's just a great place right by the big windows looking out.
Right off of the coffee bar area is our little prep kitchen area. This little area (often called a butler's pantry) is between the kitchen and dining room and holds an extra sink, mini fridge, ice maker and all of our china, seasonal dishes and serving pieces.
The other side of the little prep kitchen area.
And then, it wouldn't be a tour of my kitchen without peeking inside my pantry too...
This is looking in with the door open. My walls are a blue-grey color and my counters are black granite. I had my friend Amy make me a piece of subway art with my favorite dessert recipes on it and I have a step stool for reaching some higher shelves.
On one side of the pantry, I have our food items.
These are my baking ingredients...
...and putting chalkboard stickers on jars is about as crafty as I get :).
On the other side of the kitchen, I have cabinets and drawers underneath the counter for storage and then our most used appliances sit on the counter (with the exception of my Keurig...it sits out in the kitchen in my coffee bar area).
I keep our every day dishes and serving pieces in the upper cabinets.
So, there you have it. My very favorite room in the house! This is where we live :).
Next time on Show & Tell Tuesdays...
...my most embarrassing moment :).
On my foodie blog today...
...an updated version of one of my first recipes...Crock Pot Chicken Tacos!
On my foodie blog today...
...an updated version of one of my first recipes...Crock Pot Chicken Tacos!