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Part of one tiny parasite's life cycle involves neurologically manipulating an ant.
Lancet flukes begin life as eggs in the feces of a cow or sheep. Snails eat the feces; hundreds of fluke become larvae inside the snail. The snail wants them out; it walls them into cysts and excretes them.
Ants, meanwhile, get moisture from a snail's slime trail and inadvertently consume these cysts. In the ant, the flukes reach maturity; then, a single fluke hijacks a cluster of nerve cells near the ant's esophagus. At night, the fluke manipulates the ant's movements by making it climb a blade of grass and bite on to the top, where the flukes hope a cow or sheep will eat the grass, bringing the parasite home to its original host.
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About 30 times each year, aircraft flying over U.S. airports come within seconds of colliding.
These near-collisions occur during takeoff and landing. Air traffic controllers, responsible for coordinating the careful madness at major U.S. airports, claim the problem is bad and is only going to get worse in the coming years: U.S. skies are becoming congested with more flights and more passengers, but the number of skilled air traffic controllers on hand is not keeping up.
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Reebok withdrew its Incubus women's athletic shoe in 1997 when it learned what an Incubus was.
It's really quite shocking that a product could get as far as the Incubus athletic shoe without anyone at a company the size of Reebok raising a red flag. What's an incubus? Counterpart of the succubus, in Medieval Europe an Incubus was an evil spirit that people believed would climb into the beds of (mostly) women late at night and in essence rape them in their sleep. Reebok said they need to find 1,500 new, non-trademarked product names each year, limiting the time to research what they mean. "Obviously it became very apparent to us why nobody else was using the name," a company spokesman told Reuters.
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The most remote island in the world lies over 1,400 miles from the nearest inhabited land.
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited icebound piece of volcanic rock, no bigger than 20 square miles in area and located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's considered a nature reserve and features only a Norwegian Automated Weather Station. The nearest inhabited land is 1,400 miles away, the volcanic archipelago Tristan de Cunha, a British dependency with a population of less than 300. The archipelago itself happens to be the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, over 1,700 miles from South Africa.
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Nintendo was founded 120 years ago as a maker of playing cards.
Founded in Kyoto under the name Nintendo Koppai, Nintendo's first products were handmade cards to be used in a game called Hanafuda, which became a very successful business. The founder was a man named Fusajiro Yamauchi, and when he retired in 1929, his son-in-law took over Nintendo. Every future president of Nintendo would in some way be related to Fusajiro Yamauchi except the current president and CEO, Satoru Iwata, who took over in 2002 from the founder's great-grandson, Hirosho Yamauchi.
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Contrary to perception, there is no correlation between violent video games and youth violence.
Public interest groups are quick to try to establish a correlation between the rise of violent video games and a perceived rise in youth violence, but the facts don't support this. In the U.S., sales of all video games, including clearly violent games such as Grand Theft Auto, have been steadily rising since 1994 (with a slight drop in the last couple of years), yet in that same time frame, the number of violent youth offenders has dropped by over half.
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Under certain conditions, unrolling adhesive tape will give off X-rays.
Under the airless conditions of a vacuum chamber, researchers recently discovered that when ordinary adhesive tape is unrolled, electrostatic charges are created. The electrons that leap back and forth between the adhesive side and the roll give off X-rays. This doesn't work where there's air, however, since the air slows down the electrons.
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NYU Paris has moved to a new academic center in the Latin Quarter, the thriving historic and intellectual heart of Paris. In the new location, students have the opportunity to benefit from the numerous cultural, artistic, and academic institutions of this celebrated neighborhood, as well as to get to know the city through faculty-led visits and walking tours. The program offers regular day trips to places outside of the city, such as Chantilly, Giverny, and Versailles, and weekend excursions to locations that have included Avignon, the Loire Valley, Mont-Saint-Michel, and La Rochelle. These trips allow students to further embrace the richness, depth, and diversity of French history and civilization.
Paris: city of revolution, exhilarating tumult of art and spectacle, cosmopolitan crossroads, capital of the world. French romanticist George Sand thought Parisians were "the most admirable people in the universe – grand, sublime, naïve, and generous." Students who come to Paris join a long line of visitors to the city who contribute to its fervent mix—its arts, its history, its politics—and make the city their own. "Paris is a veritable ocean," Balzac wrote. "Discover it, describe it…" At NYU Paris, the city is your classroom.
The curriculum at NYU Paris focuses on the language, arts, history, literature, and politics of France and its relationships with the wider world. A world-class faculty provides context and support for students' academic work. Students with a limited background in French enroll in Program I, where all courses except for language are taught in English. Students proficient in French participate in Program II, which features a variety of courses taught in French. All students take a French language course appropriate to their level.
Coursework is enhanced by faculty-led trips in and around Paris, to world-renowned museums such as the Louvre and the Musée Picasso or to smaller galleries and exhibits, as well as to the opera, ballet, and theatre. Students receive a University of Paris student card and may take courses at the University of Paris or at the Institut d'Études Politiques (Sciences Po). All students are carefully advised upon their arrival in Paris; students who opt to take courses in the French university system receive additional individualized in-house tutorial assistance.
Masters level graduate programs in French Literature, French Language & Civilization, Museum Studies, and Teaching French as a Foreign Language also contribute to the overall academic quality of the Paris academic center.
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Pope Francis arrives to address the media Saturday at the Vatican. / Alberto Pizzolia, AFP/Getty Images
ROME -Â The magnetic "Pope Francis Show" continued Saturday, as the newly minted pontiff met with thousands of reporters in a modernist media center flanking St. Peter's Basilica.
Although the former cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio displayed a growing ease with his lofty post, it was evident he had no intention of shedding his populist manner. At one point he broke from script, looked up and smiled.
"You have been working hard, eh?" Francis said in flawless Italian with a noticeable Piedmontese accent. The delighted reaction was immediate.
Laughs and applause in fact interrupted much of the half-hour audience, the bulk of which was taken up by prominent Vatican-affiliated reporters queuing up in a reception line. Many bowed and kissed the pope's ring; all were met with smiles and some with hugs.
When Pope Francis left, the applause and popping flashbulbs brought to mind a glitzy Hollywood event.
The new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics shares such charismatic traits not with his recently resigned predecessor, the theologian Benedict, but with the late John Paul II.
"(Pope Francis) has a genuine warmth to him that is very compelling, very attractive. Pope Benedict was very straight forward, even cold or academic. It's a huge contrast," said Eric Reguly, Rome correspondent for the Toronto Globe & Mail. "It's the first time I ever heard a pope cracking jokes. Even John Paul, who had a connection with people, didn't show a sense of humor like this. I think this is something the Vatican needs right now."
But while John Paul once was photographed greeting Italian crowds from the back of a red Ferrari convertible, Pope Francis on Saturday made it clear he wants to lead the church down grittier roads.
"I'd like a poor church, for the poor," Francis said, after explaining to the assembled media -Â the Vatican credentialed some 5,000 reporters from 81 countries - how he had come to settle on a papal name honoring St. Francis of Assisi, a rich man who gave away everything to work with the poor and animals.
"Let me tell you a story," he said softly. "During the election, when things became dangerously close (to Bergoglio's selection), a few archbishops who sat next to me comforted me.
"Then, when the (conclave) vote reached two-thirds, they hugged me and one said, 'Don't forget the poor.' That entered my head. The poor. I thought of Saint Francis of Assisi. That's when it entered my heart."
The pope revealed that some of his fellow cardinal-electors suggested other names, including Pope Adriano, after a reformer pontiff, and Pope Clement. But by then he'd already settled on his choice.
"I think the man we saw here was a pastor. That is his style â?¦ it's like a breeze of fresh air. It's still too early to tell how effective he will be. But people connect with him," said Paolo Rodari of La Repubblica.
Although Francis has a global flock, here at the Vatican anything Italian tends to go over well. So both the selection of a name honoring one of their own saints as well as a last name that results from having Italian parents who immigrated to Argentina has helped make Francis Â- the first Jesuit and first Latin American pontiff - as Italian as a non-Italian pope can be.
Outside in St. Peter's Square, a sizable crowd stood under a brilliant blue sky Â- the first sun after weeks of rain - to watch the event on four giant TV screens.
A much larger gathering is expected here Sunday, when Francis will conduct his first public Angelus, or prayer, from his still-under-refurbishment apartment adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica.
On Tuesday, there is yet another Mass, a formal installation ceremony that will be attended by world dignitaries including Vice President Biden, who is Catholic.
After that, the pontificate of Pope Francis will officially get underway, as clergy, laity and media all watch to see how the new heir to the throne of St. Peter will tackle vexing problems ranging from Vatican financial scandals to controversial social issues.
"What I want to see is how he will reform the Vatican bureaucracy because it needs very badly to be cleaned up," said Bernard Warner, a Rome-based journalist for Bloomberg/Businessweek. "I hope he will be effective, but it will be an enormous challenge."
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AACD Past President Dr. Mickey Bernstein, of Germantown, Tenn., raised $2,500 on Feb. 11 through his annual "Dance 4 Smiles" event. Approximately 250 individuals participated in the fundraiser. The money supports the AACD Charitable Foundation's Give Back a Smile program, which helps restore the smiles and lives of domestic violence survivors. Also during the event, Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich spoke to attendees about domestic violence.
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Ubaldo, Indians continue push for playoffs vs. Twins
Struggling Minnesota looks to Deduno to improve on recent numbers
The Indians did not appear to be a playoff-caliber team after their most recent homestand. But with the successful road trip that followed now in the books, Cleveland has showed it is still very much a part of the race for the postseason.
One win in seven tries was all the Tribe could manage during its last stay at Progressive Field. On Friday, the Indians will host the Twins for a three-game weekend series before again hitting the road, where they recently posted a 6-3 record during a voyage that stopped in Minnesota, Oakland and Los Angeles.
With that result in mind, Cleveland must have felt satisfied heading into Thursday's off-day. If anything, the Indians are happier than the Twins, who have dropped seven of their last 10 games, despite beating the Tigers on Thursday.
A pair of right-handers will start Friday's game at Progressive Field, with Samuel Deduno (7-7, 3.82 ERA) set to pitch for Minnesota against the Tribe's Ubaldo Jimenez (9-7, 4.00 ERA).
Jimenez has limited his opponent to two earned runs or fewer in each of his past five outings, during which he assembled a 2.12 ERA across 29 2/3 innings. Last Saturday, Jimenez held the A's to one hit and one run in 5 2/3 innings, notching eight strikeouts, five walks and one hit batter.
"However he gets there, he finds a way," Indians manager Terry Francona said of Jimenez, who allowed his first and only hit in the sixth. "When he gets to that sixth inning, that's the inning that's been tough for him to get through. Regardless of how many pitches he has or doesn't have, he seems to kind of run into a little bit of a wall there. But if it happens and he's given up one run, we'll take it."
Lately, Jimenez has fared better than Deduno, who has a 7.02 ERA in his last three starts.
Though he has been dealing with right biceps tendinitis, Deduno threw a pain-free bullpen session on Wednesday and will make his scheduled start against the Indians on Friday.
"I felt pretty normal," Deduno said. "I didn't feel anything. I just want to keep my mind strong."
The Twins will have long reliever Anthony Swarzak ready just in case Deduno gets injured or falters. The righty has a 2.87 ERA in 78 1/3 innings out of Minnesota's bullpen and last pitched on Monday, when he gave up one run over three innings against the Mets.
"We have extra pitchers, so if [Deduno] struggles or gets hurt or doesn't feel right, we're covered," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "But it's a relief. Hopefully, he goes out there and pitches a good game."
Twins: Head injury calls Mauer's future into question
After placing catcher Joe Mauer on the seven-day disabled list Tuesday with concussion-like symptoms, the Twins were faced with the question of whether their best player should continue seeing time behind the dish, a position that doles out so much more punishment than others.
"I think it's concerning for the entire industry that it's increasingly a hazard at that position," Antony said. "Our best player is a catcher, and fortunately he hasn't had issues in the past. You hope this is an isolated thing and not a trend."
Eight catchers have spent time on the concussion list this year, including both Ryan Doumit and Mauer. In 113 games this season, Mauer is hitting .324/.404/.476 with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs. The six-time All-Star also has thrown out 43 percent of would-be base stealers this year.
Indians: Relief corps getting out of dangerous spots
A day after putting together 8 1/3 shutout innings on Tuesday, the Indians' bullpen threw 2 1/3 scoreless frames in Wednesday's sweep-clinching 3-1 win over the Angels. Lefty Rich Hill stranded a couple runners in scoring position during the seventh inning, and Cody Allen and Chris Perez finished off the eighth and ninth, respectively, with Perez notching his 20th save of the year.
During the road trip, Cleveland's relievers stranded 24 of 25 inherited runners. Hill alone has stranded 52 runners this year, which ranks first in the American League.
"That's always a huge number," Francona said. "That doesn't get publicized a lot, but it's big."
Worth noting
• The Indians are 7-5 against Minnesota this season. In the last five years, though, the Twins have the edge in the series, 46-38.
• Cleveland is 2 1/2 games out of an AL Wild Card spot.
Mark Emery is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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3 years & up. Fun farm characters attach to the fingertips of this felt glove so you can recreate the story of Old MacDonald in word and song. The set comes with a 5 song CD. Glove details on both sides, so they can be used on the left or right hand. Built in pocket holds all Old MacDonald's farm animals.


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The "101" Department: Conducting a Basic Intake Exam
The HSUS Shelter Services team offers expert tips on how to conduct a ten-minute intake exam on every animal that comes into your shelter -- and the importance of doing so.
Shelter Medicine: For the Long Haul
All shelters, regardless of the length of time they're able to hold animals, should strive for high-quality care. But it's doubly important in facilities where animals will be held for weeks or even months. Veterinarian Lila Miller outlines steps to keep longtimers healthy and happy.
Shelter Medicine: A Blend of Science and Art
Dr. Lila Miller outlines what you should know about veterinary care in the shelter setting'and what you can and can't do to make it better.
Vaccination Station: The Finer Points of Shelter Protocols
UC Davis Shelter Medicine Program director Kate Hurley answers common questions about vaccinations in the shelter.
Raising the Consciousness of Young Vets
A collaboration between an Ohio shelter and a nearby veterinary college is resulting in healthier shelter pets'and veterinarians eager to serve as advocates for homeless animals.
Zoonotic Disease: The Enemy In Our Midst
Veterinarian Kate Hurley reviews the basics of zoonotic disease, including some simple steps you can take to protect your environment, animals, and people from widespread infection.
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A mailing to OB/GYN offices nationwide addressing misinformation about the risks of toxoplasmosis receives an overwhelming response.
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The Tufts Animal Care and Condition (TACC) Scales were developed in 1997 by Dr. Gary Patronek, with assistance from Lori Donley, MS '97, the Fort Wayne Dept. of Animal Care and Control, and the Law Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help cruelty investigators and veterinarians assess cases of animal abuse or neglect that are primarily related to husbandry, as opposed to deliberate acts of cruelty.
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Founded | March 8, 1883 |
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MONTPELIER Dorothy Stevens Funk, 89, died on February 1, 2013, in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., following a short illness.
Dorothy was born in Guildhall, Vt., on July 12, 1923, the daughter of Earl E. and Glenn (Whyte) Stevens. Dorothy was a graduate of Groveton High School in Groveton, N.H., and the University of Vermont.
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Mrs. Funks grandchildren are: A. Robert Carr and his wife Debi of Northfield; Jay Carr of Barre; Sara Phillips of Carrollton, Ga.; Daniel Tappen Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.; Jennifer Tappen Smith and her husband Allen of Tallahassee, Fla.; Kaila Funk of Muskego, Wis.; Glenn Funk and Laney Funk of Parrish, Fla.
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I think baseball people have way too much time on their hands with all these statistics that are meaningless. At the end of the day, wins and losses are the only stats that mean much of anything!
I think baseball people have way too much time on their hands with all these statistics that are meaningless. At the end of the day, wins and losses are the only stats that mean much of anything!
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If their BABIP is significantly lower than their norm then they are lucky because balls are being hit towards fielders at an unusual rate. Over the long run their BABIP will rise to its normal rate which will lead to the pitcher performing to his true abilities. A good example of a pitcher who was "lucky" was Justin Duchscherer last year.
How is it stupid? Do you think it is stupid because I am 100% truthful? Ask the Phillies if they cared about all these Sabermetrics stats when they were winning the World Series last year?
Ask the Washington Nationals if they cared about all these Sabermetrics stats when they finished with the worst record in baseball?
Do they figure in Sabermetrics in determining who wins the World Series?
No. It is done by who wins 4 games first in a 7 game World Series.
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I want to bang my head against a wall.
But if you really believe that, then fine. Just know that type of "logic" also means that ANY type of player evaluation method, such as good ol' scouting, is useless. It doesn't matter, right? All that mattes is winning f'ing 4 out of 7! Hell, let's throw out a team of chimps out there, maybe they can 4 out of 7!
Did the Phillies give a **** about their director of scouting when they won the WS? Hell no. **** him.
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Sure at the end of the day the only thing that matters is winning and losing.
And in order to win those games you want to score the most amount of runs, and give up the least.
And a good way to do that is to put out the best lineup and the best team to fit those needs.
And the best way to do that is using Sabermetrics.
So yes the only thing that matters is wins and losses, and the best way to achieve that is using sabermetrics and stats.
The Phillies had the third best wOBA in the NL last year, the best UZR in the NL. Yeah they dont care about the stats, they just care that those stats showed that they deserved to be where they were.
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To go along with Poodski's post, do you know how they figure out what players to put on the team to win the world series? They don't use Tarot cards, and they don't draw names from a hat, they use a scouting, financial analysis, and statistical analysis, and Sabermetrics is the name used to refer to the statistical analysis of baseball.
I like that. Teams use tarot cards to field a lineup.
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You know how the general offensive stat listed around here for offense is OPS? How come the main stat to evaluate a pitcher isn't "OPS against" or something like that. It seems like looking at their opposing OPS would be a lot better than ERA or WHIP or K:BB.Thoughts?
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But using that logic then wouldn't that mean that OPS isn't a good stat for batter's either? If it's good enough to evaluate batter it seems like it should be good enough to evaluate a pitcher. The same thing goes for if you bring up BABIP wouldn't it? If a pitcher doesn't have much control over it then it must mean a batter doesn't have much control over it either.
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Explaining the Texans Breakdown
In the case of our current Texans, explanations that the coaching stinks as a reason for the Texans demise bother me for various reasons, foremost being that the causal connection between the Texans breakdown connected to coaching remains unestablished. Most complaints boil down to nothing more than question begging / circular arguments- (e.g. Why are the texans sucking? Because the coaching sucks. So why does the coaching suck? Because the Texans are sucking). And circular arguments only presume the truth of what they are trying to prove which means that they prove nothing whatsoever.
For me, the following is an insightful analysis of why the Texans are suffering a breakdown. To be sure, there may be other factors but starting with onfield reasons for the Texans' demise is always a good place to start. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/11/...tt-gary-kubiak Two observations I would make from the analysis: (A) Many of the stats analyzed above relate back to the various things we've seen with our own eyes with the performance on the field so in that sense the observations aren't anything new. However what spoke more loudly to me regarding the analysis is how thoroughly across the board in position groups the Texans are struggling at the same time. In other words, the comprehensiveness of the performance decline is shocking. (B) The broader conclusion I take from this analysis is that the major reason the Texans are crashing and burning is because on the whole we've made bad personnel decisions as a team on offense and defense despite some of the shining bright spots like Watt or Foster (and I have to say I'm questioning the wisdom of the investment we made in Foster). What say you? |
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Good read.
Obviously there is a myriad of reasons why the Texans have only won 4 out of their last 16 games. A meltdown of this magnitude cannot be attributed to a single thing like coaching or QB. It is almost everything right now, with a handful of still great performances by individuals. I always look at the line on both sides of the ball. Basic stuff like protecting the QB and opening holes for a run game, and getting pressure on the opposing QB and stopping the run on defense. And both sides of the line have been way below average. Each side has an obvious superstar with Watt and Brown, but they cannot do it alone. A lot of fans will point at Schaub as the biggest disappointment, but for me, the FO knew they had a very immobile QB. A line to consistently protect him should have been priority no. 1. Newton has shown one of the worst performances as a lineman that I can remember. He's letting defenders get by and the results are obvious with both an immobile Schaub and a scrambling Keenum. And no matter who is under center, if the QB is going to get pressure up the middle, game over. They have got to beef up the offensive line to improve this team. And on defense, it seems like Watt is the only one who really matters. Opponents double and triple team the guy, but hardly anyone else can beat their single blocker to take advantage of all the attention on one player. I like Wade in general, but I'm not a big fan of a 3-4 defense that does not have the big jumbo nose tackle. You need a dude that takes up space and consistently forces the run to the outside. And if you can get a tackle that demands a double team every once it awhile, it gives opportunity to a guy like Watt to break free. I'm sure others will disagree or focus on skill positions, and that's fine. But for me, a team has to ensure that both sides of the trenches are well stocked to make anything else happen. It's old school football stuff, but it has proved itself to be true time and time again.
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Wade Smith, Duane Newton, Schaub need to be replaced. Losing OD hurt more than I expected.
We need two new OLBs and one or two ILBs and one ot two CBs and one or two Ss and a NT. And we need to invest the time & money to upgrade our STs from the top down. So, just a few tweaks. |
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Good article to with stats to back up what we already knew, nothing really to see here..
- Matt Schaub doesn't push the ball down the field. - our offensive line blows on the right side.. - our outside linebackers suck and don't ever pressure the QB. - with no pressure our secondary has no chance, oh and Bryce McCain should never stop on the field again. - our special teams suck..
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The only problem I have is that coaching is supposed to at least marginalize a lot of these weaknesses.
Talent level certainly applies, but it's up to the coaching staff to make sure players are prepared and able to take advantage of the opposition. You can spin it how you want, but game plans, in game and half time adjustments play a huge role in how games play out. Coaches actually have even more affect on the outcome of games because they choose who plays and when. Kubiak deserves to lose his job more than Derek Newton. He has more blame.
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Shows _exactly_ what I've been seeing. The OL is a mess,
and I think that led to Schaub giving up on downfield routes. Keenum buys more time with his legs, and that's why he can pull a big play or two in each game. 4 out of 5 O linemen are average to below average. Why did we let go of Winston and Brisel? Talk about pissing away a good thing! I think taking OL in round #1 is a MUST. QB can be round #2, and a legit pass rushing LB has to be #3 Bottom line sums it up well: "While Matt Schaub's disastrous penchant for throwing touchdowns to the other team has headlined the Texans' lost season, Schaub has been far from the Texans' only downfall. The good news in Houston is that Keenum is showing some promise (so stop yanking him after a tough half, OK?), strong performers like Watt and Kareem Jackson are in their prime and the return of players like Manning and Cushing will help to alleviate some trouble spots for 2014." TJ |
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& Gary's mantra is that if we worry about us, we'll win games. However, San Diego & Tennessee approached our games as if we had targets on our backs. They came to those games thinking they had to play their best football to have a chance to win..... & they almost did. Baltimore was going to pay us back for last season & it was just another game to us... & to Reed (who was probably still wearing purple at the time). The Texans need to accept the fact that they aren't playing very good football right now. Even though it might look like one play here or there, it's the bunches of little plays that are killing this team. Jacksonville should look like the best team in the league to us & this should be our Super Bowl. They need to approach this game & every game after as the most important game in Texans' history. |
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I think as long as they "know" they've got a problem on the right side, we can make it work. But when it's the RT one play, The LG the next play, The Center the next, the RT.... then when you've got your third eye on all of them, the LT shts the bed. |
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This entire write up could be summed up to one problem which is leadership and coaching. Every single thing outlined in this thing all goes back to that.
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I wanted to write something big . Round Dan |
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We have the 2nd ranked defense and 8th ranked offense, yet we are looking at a top five pick. Why? The coaches are too busy focused on simple execution and never engage in critically viewing one another and looking for ways to gain an edge. Kubiak knows how much easier for an offense to make a play in the passing game if he and his QB know they will face man coverage... Somehow, that info never makes it to wade. We will just keep banging our heads against the same wall... On offense, the Tate run call last week at the goal line was a good example... We just do what we do, despite the fact that we were missing the personnel to do it. So, for me, this season is the perfect storm- it is a picture of the downside risk with Kubiak in charge. Odds are good, that this wouldn't happen next year if he is around.... But, he will be gone. I will be hoping for a dynamic leader and not just something different. |
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I was hopeful that this next off season would allow Houston to start adding to depth and why I made the statement that I thought we were building a dynasty. I think Schaub is shell shocked and is gone. Kubiak is simply shocked and can only resort to what he thinks will work IF he had the personnel to do so. He is evidently not the coach to take average players and help them win ala Bum Phillips. A good draft and a few other personnel decisions (decent nose tackle for one) and we could see this team rebuild in two years. I think fans will accept that. I doubt that we have management to do it.
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we have very successful systems on offense and defense. we dont however have the personnel to run them. we can blame the players themselves, the front office for signing them (or more accurately paying other positions), or the coaches for all of the above as well as failing to adjust to what the options currently are. regardless of why, we need better talent at the positions that matter most.
on offense it's the line. we are a zone blocking, run first, play action offense. runningbacks are a dime a dozen. though it's nice to have a good one, we had ron dayne averaging more than 4ypc - our skill positions are a luxury. we can win 12 games with matt schaub, 1 wide receiver, and runningback by committee ... IF the line is working. when it's not it doesnt matter if we have all pros everywhere else, our system cannot work without great line play. on defense it's linebackers. a good line is great, but a bunch of joes can work. a strong secondary is very important in today's game, but man corners is fine. all of it is dependent on the linebackers, they have to be your studs and we only have one (injured). mercilus has zero instincts, reed's just a guy, and our ILB's are horrid. we have spent some picks trying to address at least the OLB position, but we've missed badly and nothing's been done about the ILB's. there's more that's gone into our epic collapse such as schaub going brad lidge after last year's pats game, foster being a flake, ed reed poisoning the lockerroom, special ed teams, kubiak and wade's calls, and more. all of it is survivable if we had those two areas working as they should however.
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Selecting player has got to be done better.
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YET. I think that's the operable word here Steve. I don't think Big Mac is still in the "We're on the right track" mode. I think/really hope he's reading the pulse of the failed organization that's in place now. I'll be pissturbed beyond belief if this coaching staff is retained post season. I will get flack here but I'm not so sure that Rick Smith is incapable of doing a better job if he's not curtailed in his personnel calls by the coaching staff. Some have leveled complaints about the scouting staff as well and my feelings are the same there as well. Just tell 'em what you're looking for and they'll show up with it. Just get them an accurate "grocery list".
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What has he done on his own personnel wise? Has he had any input other than DB's maybe? Our scouting dept has for the most part been a failure |
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I think that when the fans can see a problem the coaching staff should have seen it long before,we as average and sometimes idiot fans can see it> for instance.. Last year,we saw a potential problem with Schaub,granted,texans did draft Case,but after the first two pick six's,I was thinking that they would redo the offense,it was obvious that the defenses had caught onto the wide throw to OD,but it still went on and on..game after game.no changes.
Kubriak IS responsible for part of the problem just for that alone.Not taking any action in fixing the main problem at the time,cost them several more close games.He stood pat..saying he would help out Matt more..blah blah blah..whatever that meant.. nothing changed.maybe they can lure Gruden out of retirement? |
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We don't get the high stats for sacks but we are 3rd in the league in QB hits and 11th in sack percentage (amounts of sacks against opponent passing attempts). Its not elite i agree but not has bad as some suggest. there are more glaring issues on defence What is really a mind blowing stat is we are ranked 31st in tackles! Our OLB are not playing at elite level but its not our problem on defence. Our problem is not stopping in the run (1st in total defence, 20th in rushing yards allowed). We need to get better at ILB and NT. Its pretty simple when i say the names of tarpinian, sharpton and mitchell are our current starters at those positions. Get better there and the defence will be much improved |
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BoB/Rick/Gary/Wade are to blame for the state of the franchise these are BoB's handpicked GM/HC/DC's and their handpicked players. |
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overall good article. obviously pinpoints our KEY problems of CB, RT, ILB, LG
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Indian musician and composer Ravi Shankar, the father of Grammy winner Norah Jones and the man George Harrison called "the godfather of world music," has died. He was 92.
"It is with heavy hearts we write to inform you that Pandit Ravi Shankar, husband, father, and musical soul, passed away today, December 11th, 2012," his family said in a statement on his website. "His health has been fragile for the past several years and on Thursday he underwent a surgery that could have potentially given him a new lease of life. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the surgeons and doctors taking care of him, his body was not able to withstand the strain of the surgery. We were at his side when he passed away."
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Born in 1920, Shankar began touring Europe and India at an early age with his brother's dance group. He later gave up dancing and began studying sitar, a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. He began composing, created the music for a trilogy of Bengali films that were released between 1955 and 1959. He was also the music director of All India Radio in New Delhi.
Harrison met Shankar in London in 1966, and later studied sitar under Shankar in India for six weeks. Shankar performed at the Monterey Pop Festival and on opening day at Woodstock. Some of the biggest bands of the '60s incorporated Shankar's sound, including The Beatles, whose Grammy-winning album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band included the Indian-inspired song "Within You Without You." In 1971, Harrison and Shankar organized two benefit concerts for Bangladesh that included performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr. In 1973, Harrison and Shankar continued their collaboration by recording an album together.
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Shankar continued to perform and compose and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for his work on the 1982 movie Gandhi. He also wrote two autobiographies. His final concert was on Nov. 4 in Long Beach, Calif.
"We know that you all feel our loss with us, and we thank you for all of your prayers and good wishes through this difficult time," the family said in its statement. "Although it is a time for sorrow and sadness, it is also a time for all of us to give thanks and to be grateful that we were able to have him as a part of our lives. His spirit and his legacy will live on forever in our hearts and in his music."
Shankar is survived by son Shubhendra Shankar from his first marriage; Jones, from his relationship with producer Sue Jones; and Anoushka, from his relationship with Sukanya Rajan. He also had three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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