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Final Score: New England 34, Kansas City 3
Foxboro, MA (Sports Network) - The last time these teams met, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady suffered a left knee injury that sent him to the operating table.
On Monday night, Brady was far from surgical but he did throw a pair of touchdown passes to standout tight end Rob Gronkowski in a 34-3 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in their first meeting since the 2008 season opener.
Brady finished with a season-low 15 completions (on 27 attempts) and 234 yards for New England, which sits atop the AFC East with a 7-3 record, two games ahead of both the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills.
"We got great contributions from our offense, our defense, our special teams. It was a solid team victory," said New England head coach Bill Belichick.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis gained 81 yards on 20 carries in the win.
At the time, Brady's season-ending injury created an opportunity for little- used backup Matt Cassel to prove to the league he could be a capable starter. The former Patriot was unable to face his old team because of an injured throwing hand that required surgery to repair the damage. Kansas City placed its signal-caller, who was hurt in a Week 10 loss to Denver, on injured reserve hours before Monday's game.
Unproven Tyler Palko, a 28-year-old who had thrown just 13 NFL passes, made his first career start in place of Cassel. Palko finished with 236 yards on 25-of-38 passing with three interceptions, including a pair by Kyle Arrington.
"We did too many things that get you beat in this league too many times," said Kansas City head coach Todd Haley.
Dwayne Bowe had 87 yards on seven receptions for the Chiefs (4-6), losers of three straight.
A relentless pass rush by Kansas City slowed Brady in the first quarter, which ended with the Chiefs leading 3-0 on a 26-yard Ryan Succop field goal.
Following Succop's field goal, the Chiefs tried to catch the Patriots by surprise with an onside kick, but to no avail.
During the ensuing New England drive -- and on the first play of the second quarter -- a scrambling Brady fumbled the ball away after being hit from behind by Wallace Gilberry.
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Typically, what artwork do you use in your ads?
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:03 pm
Post subject: The ads you run for your comic
I'm curious to see what kind of ads people use to advertise their comic with.
I'm particularly interested to see how many people use art straight form their comic and how many create new art just for their ads, so I'm posting a poll about that one.
But let's just talk about ads in general. Post any fun/interesting/successful/whatever ads you've used.
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My most recent ads are slightly modified art from the book covers. The other ad series that I ran frequently was versions of the banner I originally made for my website (one version is used here in my sig). Both were repurposed art, but never appeared in actual comic. What do those count as?
I've also made brand new art and used modified panels from the comic. I've even tried B/W (or at least monotone) ads. I've done it all.
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The other ad series that I ran frequently was versions of the banner I originally made for my website (one version is used here in my sig). Both were repurposed art, but never appeared in actual comic. What do those count as?
Dang, it won't let me change the wording in the poll. But I'd say that art that doesn't appear in the comic itself, even if it wasn't made originally for an ad, would count as "new art."
We'll just count that fourth poll option as "Art not featured in the comic itself."
And while it would certainly be a debatable point, I would personally consider art used for a header on you site as part of the comic. It's featured on every page; if it were printed in the paper it would be those large title pages that get cut in some papers. But I'd leave that decision to the individual.
And speaking of that ad in your signature, whenever I'm not looking directly at it I always think that's a lady drinking a milkshake or other drink from a fast food joint.
Here's one of mine:
Since those button ads are too small to show anything other than your comic's title, I went with this approach:
It got more clicks than anything other than the skyscraper ads, but almost no retained readers.
My webcomic: Mischief in Maytia
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Marscaleb wrote:
And speaking of that ad in your signature, whenever I'm not looking directly at it I always think that's a lady drinking a milkshake or other drink from a fast food joint.
I get that a lot. If it weren't so complicated to change the sig images here I'd probably have swapped it out long ago.
Ah, what the heck. Here are some of my ads:
That's from the book cover I mentioned.
Look, a nearly B/W one. I'd forgotten I'd made this series. I rather like it.
I don't think I ever ran this one, because I wasn't confident that it did a good job of selling the comic. What do you think?
EDIT: Oh, and along the lines of experimental ads that got a lot of clicks but didn't retain many readers, I tried this a few years ago:
I suppose it got me clicks from curious people who might not otherwise have clicked, but it had a very limited shelf life (couldn't run it post-Valentines Day) and I don't think many of those new folks stuck around. Eh, but isn't that always the case.
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To be fair, that answer refers to the now-complete Casual notice comic. Nebraska City is on a short hiatus while I hunt down a dns problem (half the major routing servers still report my old IP as the current one) and get some other shit together. I won't be advertising it until I have an archive of at least 10 comics.
Casual Notice--commentary, comics and an appreciation for snappy hats.
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:07 am
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All but two of my ads have featured entirely new artwork, though all of it pretty representative of what you can expect from the comic itself. The two that did feature art from the actual comic were different variations of the same advert. Just swapping out a section of one panel with a section from a slightly newer one. For the rest I drew the art specially keeping in mind the ad space sizes and spacing for lettering.
ttallan wrote:
If it weren't so complicated to change the sig images here I'd probably have swapped it out long ago.
Send me a PM and I'll do it tonight. Promise.
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ttallan, I REALLY like that leaderboard. I would click it if I didn't already know about your comic and occasionally visit it. I don't see why you couldn't keep running the blind date ad, I'd be inclined to click it but I think the people who click would be expecting something lesss... sci-fi and more romantic manga. Even if your comic might class kind of as one of those. In space.
Sometimes I do like it when people whose comics I already know about run neat ads because then I'll go oh maybe I should catch up, that art looks sweet, I want to see where it came from. And maybe that's in part why I only like from-the-comic art? I don't mind color added to B/W, but I really hate when someone with say, a pencil lineart manga comic uses their full color painted and rendered cover as an ad. That feels like lying to me.
I use art from my comic because I feel like my art is quality enough to stand on its own. Sometimes there's tiny modifications. Like I'll use the full res, removed from the actual panels without the text, and so sometimes I'll have to paint extra bits to fit the size of the box, or I'll put a person over a new background because it was from a horizontal panel or something and I'm making a vertical ad. Or I assemble from multiple panels. But it's always art from the comic.
Frankly I haven't advertised much for a while due to
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I did my best with these ads.
Two panels, straight from comic. If you ever found my comic you probably found it through this ad because I used it and variations a lot, it got hits that read.
One panel, straight from comic. If I did it again though I'd touch her up.
This one is my cheatiest successful one, because it might have been three panels but there was a lot of manip-work.
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Can't vote. I use all of the above in different ads.
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*Laughing out loud*
I would have totally clicked that were I to see it.
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I just threw something together for Project Wonderful that fit the specs. The image never appeared anywhere else. Though I used the red lettering logo. I could have spent more time on it, but who has time?!?!?
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LAS VEGAS, NEV. - New Mexico State leads at 16-under par (272) after the first round of the WAC Men's Golf Championship at the 7,066-yard, par-72 Stallion Mountain Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nev. NM State's Kenneth Fadke carded the best score of the day with an 8-under par 64 to lead by two strokes. Idaho has three players in the top-six as Aaron Cockerill shot a 6-under 66, Ryan Porch shot a 5-under 67 and Jared du Toit scored a 2-under 70.
The highlight of day one came on the front nine where first-round leader Fadke (-8) shot a 5-under par 31, with a birdie on five of the nine holes.
Idaho shot a 14-under par 274 on the day followed by Kansas City at 283 (-5). Utah Valley finished at 4-under par and sit in fourth place with a 284. Texas-Pan American is in fifth with 297 (+9), Seattle U in in sixth at 298 (+10), Chicago State is seventh at 302 (+14) and Bakersfield is eighth at 307 (+19).
The three-day tournament continues on Saturday with second-round tee times beginning at 7 a.m.
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The 52nd annual Western Athletic Conference men's golf championship is May 2-4 at the 7,066-yard, par-72 Stallion Mountain Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. New Mexico State won last year with a six-stroke victory over UT Arlington. The Aggies have won the WAC crown in four out of the previous five tournaments. New Mexico State's Kenneth Fadke is the highest returning finisher from last year as he placed second with a 4-over par 220 in 2013. Several new teams are in the field as Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Kansas City, Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley will compete for the first time. As Grand Canyon is making its transition from Division II to Division I, it will not be allowed to record a team score. However, GCU golfers will be allowed to compete individually.
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Curtis Lofton said the name needed to sound tough. He then suggested Nutria Rats.
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Curtis Lofton said the name needed to sound tough. He then suggested Nutria Rats.
ESPN would likely love the Pelicans nickname if it were preceded by the word Seattle.
Steve Kyler: There is no doubt that Ownership wants the team to be named the Pelicans... NBA has yet to approve it. Needs Board of Governors buy in. Twitter @stevekylerNBA
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This is all a PR stunt.
They are putting names out there to get fans reactions.
Here, he says no doubt this is what ownership wants and gives some reasons for why it might not happen (general). He does say the NBA may not let Charlotte rebrand to Hornets.
"Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur." - François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
I'm sold on the name now. Right before the Kobe top 10 they accidently said..."New Orleans Pelicans"...NOT Charlotte or the Bobcats.
R.I.P. to HunnyB/FlyGirl
Hated the name before I read this. Hate the name significantly less after.
That said I'm jumping on the pelicans bandwagon 100%. Just realised that Sydney has two bird teams, the roosters and the swans, nothin wrong with a bird for a team name.
I'll miss the hornets logo an everything, but for me moving to new Orleans made me like the team more than before.
And you could shorten pelicans to Pelis, it's what us Aussies would do.
Last comment, I like the pelicans logo and all, but it reminds me a lot of the old warriors logo.
It's all about revenue... What will sell more merchandise? Charlotte Bobcats or Charlotte Hornets? No brainer!
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/stern-h...8546--nba.htmlBenson owns the rights to the name Pelicans, once a New Orleans minor league baseball team, but Stern says the Hornets have filed to protect five unspecified names.
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YUCAIPA – Gerardo Barrientos and his girlfriend, Lluvia Ramirez, wanted time away from the suffering they see every day at a government hospital in Tijuana. Looking for a break, they paid $40 apiece for a day trip on a tour bus to the snowy San Bernardino Mountains.
But they found themselves in a scene more gruesome than any they had seen back home when the bus careened out of control and collided with a car and truck on the way down a mountain from Big Bear.
"I saw many people dead. There are very, very horrendous images in my head, things I don't want to think about," Barrientos, who works in a hospital pharmacy, said Monday.
Authorities said seven people died and three dozen others were injured in the wreck Sunday.
"I was overwhelmed," said Ramirez. "I'm a surgical resident and I usually know how to react, but I was so in shock I didn't know what to do. I just stayed with my friend."
A day after the crash, they were waiting outside the Loma Linda University Medical Center emergency room to hear about the condition of their friend, another medical resident whose neck was broken.
Barrientos, who was uninjured, aided rescue efforts after the crash, moving his friends to safety. He tried to help the bus driver, whose hand was pinned between rocks.
Ramirez, who had a bloody ear, dark bruises and a scratch on her neck, suffered a hairline vertebra fracture.
The severity of the injuries made it difficult for authorities to determine how many people had died. They initially said eight then reduced the number to seven Monday after determining no more bodies were in the wrecked bus.
The dead included San Diego residents 13-year-old Victor Cabrera-Garcia, Elvira Garcia Jimenez, 40, and Guadalupe Olivas, 61; and Tijuana residents Aleida Adriana Arce Hernandez, 38, Rubicelia Escobedo Flores, 34, and Mario Garcia Santoyo 32, said San Bernardino County coroner's supervisor Tony Campisi. One woman remained unidentified.
Just before the crash, the driver had shouted to the passengers that the brakes had failed and urged them to call 911.
As passengers frantically tried to get a cellphone signal, a group of teenage girls shrieked and prayed aloud. Others cried and shielded their heads as they careened downhill.
The bus rear-ended a Saturn sedan, swerved, flipped and slid on its side. A Ford pickup in the oncoming lane plowed into it, righting the bus and tossing passengers out shattered windows before it came to a halt.
The crash littered Highway 38 with body parts, winter clothing and debris. The bus stood across both lanes with its windows blown out, front end crushed and part of the roof peeled back like a tin can. The two-lane highway is in the San Bernardino National Forest.
Federal officials were investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash to determine if mechanical failure or driver error was to blame.
Government records showed the bus, operated by Scapadas Magicas LLC of National City, recorded 22 safety violations in inspections in the year ending in October, including brake, windshield and tire problems.


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Results vs. Brevard (2007-08-23 16:00:00)
August 23, 2007
|Falcons Drop Opener in 2 OT
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|Brevard, NC---The Pfeiffer (0-1) men's soccer team lost a tough 2-1 decision to host Brevard (1-0) in double overtime Thursday afternoon. It was the season opener for both teams. After a scoreles first half, Pfeiffer grabbed a 1-0 lead on a Matt Harris penalty kick in the 77th minute.
Brevard came back and tied the game at 1 in the 83rd minute. After a long Brevard free kick bounced around in fron of the Falcon goal Miro Mustonen was able to slot it into the lower left corner for the Tornado goal.
Pfeiffer had several good scoring chances late in the game but couldn't finish and so the game went into overtime.
In the first overtime the Falcons again had several good opportunities but could not break the deadlock.
Another free kick led to Brevard's second goal. After an initial stop by the Falcon goalie the rebound was slipped in by Kyle Hamilton for the 2-1 decision.
Coach Hassler said, "We played well but just couldn't finish enough to win. Our backs and keeper played well. We saw a lot of good things from today's game unfortunately the final score wasn't one of them."
Pfeiffer opens their home season this Saturday August 25th against USC-Aiken. Game time is 4:00 pm.


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This summer, the Governor of New Jersey vetoed an ASPCA-backed bill to ban the use of gestation crates. Gestation crates are small cages (about 2' × 7') industrialized farms use for confining pregnant pigs.
We were very disappointed by Governor Christie's veto, but we were also shocked. It doesn't often happen that 91% of a state's residents and an overwhelming majority of a state's legislators—Democrats and Republicans alike—agree on anything. But in New Jersey, the plight of pregnant pigs gave rise to an overwhelming consensus that no animal should be confined in this intolerably cruel manner.
Thankfully, there is still an opportunity to pass the bill to ban gestation crates: State Senator Raymond Lesniak is spearheading an effort to override the governor's veto.
The override effort has been endorsed by New Jersey's leading animal protection groups, national groups, industry experts, and major New Jersey news outlets. Press of Atlantic City called gestation crates "the very definition of cruelty." Banning them, in the words of the Star-Ledger, is "basic decency." The Times of Trenton asked us to "imagine the outcry if dogs and cats were subjected to such treatment."
If you live in New Jersey, please join us in calling on your state legislators to stand by their principles and override the veto. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center today to be a voice for New Jersey's pigs.
Yet another cruel, senseless practice. Let us fervently hope that the New Jersey legislators can override the governor's foolish and insensitive veto.
Why do the people running these facilities just do what is right instead of waiting for some law to be changed. They should be confined in these crates for 3 months and see how it feels.
Christie belongs in one of those crates, he looks like a pregnant pig
He's just worried that his supply of bacon might be jeopardized..
Any Governor that will vote against better treatment of animals doesn't deserve the public's trust or re-election...
And he is considering running for the President. FOOL.
Christie is a closet dem kissing obummers butt I would never vote for him
I disagree with you. He is a moderate Republican and definitely not a Tea Party Republican. He is for the people and asks for the country's assistance when his state got hit by Hurricane Sandy. Just because he was shown next to the President after the Hurricane, doesn't mean that he is a closet Democrat.
Must we as humans kill everything. . .enviornment, animals, pets, insects, the list goes on and on! Pigs have been said to have the intelligence of a three year old child, so they know what HELL they are going through, and what waits at the end.


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trodgers wrote:If it's fair to blame a loss on one key factor, it's Dwight's shooting in the Hack-a-Dwight situation. And it's not even close.
Disagree. It was a 4pt game when they started Hack a Howard with what, about 3 mins remaining? We were up 11 at hmmm the 7 min mark or so?
Plus he shot 50%. If you expect him to shoot much better than 50% in order for us to win games, then we aren't going to win any really.
And by my recollection, wasn't he 5 of 8 (62.5%) in the 1 minute span they employed hack a howard?


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This aura shouldn't be underestimated, especially in a World Cup year. Global tournaments are won on defence and experience, and James's value as a game-changing defender is as indisputable as his 2007 World Cup winner's medal. And at 32, he's still rattling opponents.
'I've never thought of Carter as a fragile player,' James says in explaining the psychology of big defending. 'It's more a case of making your presence felt. You want your opposite number to know you're around. You want him to be constantly thinking about what you'll do next.
'In the past I went looking for the big tackles. Now I let them come to me. If you read the situation correctly and your timing is just right, you'll make the big hit. It's something I learnt. I've matured a great deal over the past few years.'
The Springbok selectors need to face up to some inconvenient truths after a diabolical 2010 Test season. Morné Steyn may have come off the bench to kick the series-winning penalty against the British & Irish Lions, and his kicking game may have helped the Boks secure the 2009 Tri-Nations. But 2010 proved that far more is required of a Test flyhalf.
Steyn's accuracy can no longer compensate for his defensive frailties or his failure to impose himself on attack. These shortcomings were mercilessly exposed in the 2010 Tri-Nations, a tournament where South Africa finished last on the log and trailed their opponents in
the attacking and defensive stats.
Psychologically speaking, Steyn is no more a debilitating force than Peter de Villiers is a rocket scientist. A champion team requires a flyhalf with gravitas, somebody like James who commands respect and has the capacity to make things happen. If things continue as they are, however, the Boks will field a reactionary. Steyn is more a punisher of errors than an active agent of victory. He wasn't good enough in the 2010 Tri-Nations, and he isn't good enough for the World Cup.
Consider South Africa's World Cup opponents. Is Stephen Jones worried about Steyn's gainline running ahead of Wales' Pool D clash with the Springboks? Is Jonny Sexton losing sleep over Steyn's attacking variation before a probable quarter-final meeting? And is Carter, one of the Boks' likely semi-final adversaries, expecting Steyn to smother the All Blacks' attacking fire with a well-timed defensive rush?
The answers are no, no and most definitely not. Steyn doesn't inspire confidence in any of these departments, and is limited to a predictable type of game.
In his book, Captain in the Cauldron, John Smit describes James as the heartbeat of the team that won the 2007 World Cup. Smit reveals that every Springbok team member felt confident, and relieved, when James was named to start at flyhalf for a big Test. As Smit suggests, James's on-field aura can be galvanising.
Injuries have limited him to 40 Tests in 10 seasons, but spineless selectors have also played their part. The conservative streak that runs through every national coach has cost him as much game time as his crocked knees and dodgy shoulder. Any regard for his virtues in general play is overruled by the paranoia that James will miss a kick at goal.
Jake White is not exempt from this group of conservatives, and it took a compelling argument by former Bok technical adviser Eddie Jones to change White's mind on the eve of the 2007 World Cup. Because of André Pretorius's reputation as a kicker, White so nearly ignored James's other match-winning attributes. By the end of the tournament, the decision to back James proved inspired.
De Villiers came into the Bok job with grand ambitions of total rugby, but after failing to keep James in the country and a half-hearted attempt to convert the promising Ruan Pienaar to flyhalf, he too settled on the conservative option.
Steyn is the incumbent because De Villiers is convinced that goal kicks win matches, and while there is some truth in this belief, other aspects of the game also need to be taken into account. The 2010 season was a case in point, as despite Steyn's 41 successive penalties and conversions, South Africa still lost five of their six Tri-Nations Tests.
De Villiers needs to be brave and pick a flyhalf who can offer him more than goal-kicking security. James is in the coach's plans and will return home to join the Lions in May. While De Villiers may have decided on his starter for 10 in New Zealand, James is determined to change his mind.
'It's a talented group of players, the calibre of which we won't see again for a while,' he says in reference to the Boks' decorated senior core. 'I want to be a part of that again. It's going to be hard to break into such a formidable side, but to start for the Boks at the World Cup would be a dream come true.'
His first task is to perform for the Lions at the back end of the Super Rugby tournament, and convince the selectors he has what most experts already recognise as the aura. It took White a while to buy into the idea, and De Villiers will also take convincing. Fortunately, James is used to making fools out of sceptics, and will relish the fight to regain a jersey that was once unequivocally his.
'The Lions already have some impressive flyhalf options in Elton Jantjies, Burton Francis and André Pretorius,' he says. 'That's fine. They've made no promises to me about starting and that suits me perfectly. I want it to be tough; I want to have to fight for a start. Winning a starting place is my ambition, especially in a World Cup year. After that, I want to show the national selectors what I can do.'
Four years on from the 2007 World Cup and James has added to his repertoire. The improvement has been patent in his showings for Bath in the European club competitions, and the time abroad has forced him to become a more rounded player.
'Competing in northern hemisphere conditions can really alter your playing style,' he says. 'I've had to embrace tactical kicking a lot more, as that's the skill set required for wet weather. There's also more focus on the No 10 as the player the team depends on, so it's made me grow up a lot.'
Jones argues that James has what it takes to revive a Bok backline that's shown few signs of life in the past 12 months.
'He hasn't lost any of the skill that made him such a force at the 2007 World Cup,' Jones says. 'Bath are a different side when he starts for them. His physicality certainly adds something to their game.
'As for his kicking, he's always been good at identifying space and his rare ability to kick on the run means the opposition back three need to be wary. It keeps them thinking about their positioning and means that they can't go into the game with a set plan. That's not to say Morné Steyn is a bad flyhalf, but Butch certainly ticks a lot of boxes.'
Jones also stresses that under the current laws which favour attacking momentum, Test teams need flyhalves who can vary their play.
'Butch can change his alignment at speed. Stevie Larkham was great at it, and Butch is right up there too. When you get quick ball, you want a flyhalf to run on to the pass, but you also want him testing the defenders with different running lines. It's an invaluable weapon under the new laws, as the tackle is far more combative. You want a guy who can breach the gain line and set up quick ball.'
Bath coach Steve Meehan agrees that James has more than lived up to his reputation. Over four seasons, Meehan has watched James develop a maturity that amplifies his threat.
'Defensively, I think he's misunderstood in the sense that those big hits are more calculated than they look, and it's not just an individual thing but something that's planned within the team context,' says Meehan. 'Those big hits inspire team-mates to follow suit, and it can also put them on the front foot. There's nothing random about Butch's defence.'
Like Smit, Meehan doesn't hesitate in endorsing James as the heartbeat of the team. While he's not a leader in the strictest sense, his abrasive style and shrewd option-taking sets the standard for team-mates to follow.
'Butch is a World Cup winner, but he's also a fighter. He's come back from so many injury setbacks, and the dedication it's taken to get through rehab and then get back into his groove hasn't been lost on the other players.
'They admire him for his skill, and when he has something to say, there are no arguments. He tells it pretty simply, but there's a lot of thought behind those plain words.'
It's a travesty that James so rarely receives plaudits in his home country. It's an injustice that stems from the perception that he can't kick. Those who argue for Steyn as South Africa's only kicking option are ignorant of James's accomplishments with the boot. In the last decade, coaches have trusted Braam van Straaten and Percy Montgomery ahead of James, and James has only kicked for goal in 16 of his 40 Tests. But aside from the coaches' lack of faith, you can't fault James's strike rate of 83%, a record that's marginally less accurate than Steyn's.
And an argument for Steyn as the Boks' sole tactical option holds no water when you consider James's outstanding contributions in this department. Few would have forgotten the pin-point kicking display that laid the foundation for a 53-8 hammering of the Wallabies in 2008.
He's also never been scared to use the kick as a weapon; those attacking grubbers, chips and cross kicks so often resulting in tries for team-mates. While Steyn is the master of one discipline, James is more like Carter in that he can switch between a conservative and an attacking style of play.
'A flyhalf needs to vary his game,' says James. 'If he sits back in the pocket and boots the ball continuously, he's going to make it easy for the defence, and if he takes it to the line every time, he also becomes predictable.
'I'm happy with the standard of my tactical kicking, and realise that it's an important part of Test rugby. But is it everything? I prefer to play my rugby with ball in hand. My kicking is good but you need more from a flyhalf, you need somebody who can bring the backline into the game.'
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Stroke Team Remote Evaluation Using a Digital Observation Camera (STRokE DOC)
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The purpose of this trial is to determine if an experimental remote video camera system is an effective way for a stroke specialist to evaluate stroke patients from a distant site.
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Remote Digital Observation Camera Protocol in the Evaluation and Thrombolytic Treatment of Acute Stroke Patients in the Remote Hospital Setting
- Appropriateness of Decision to Treat or Not Treat With Thrombolytics [ Time Frame: potentially within 3 hours of symptom onset ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Percentage of Participants With Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) [ Time Frame: 36 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Percentage of Total Thrombolytic Administrations [ Time Frame: potentially within 3 hours of symptom onset ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Time to Treatment Decision for Administration of Thrombolytics [ Time Frame: potentially within 3 hours of symptom onset ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Percentage of Evaluations With Technical Observations [ Time Frame: Time of consultation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Patients randomized to this group were evaluated using the digital observation camera and DICOM evaluations for telemedicine
Patients randomized to this group were evaluated using telephone only and no use of the digital observation camera or DICOM
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The Stroke Team Remote Evaluation Using a Digital Observation Camera (STRokE DOC) system is a digital video camera system that can transfer video and audio images from the clinic or emergency room to a distant (remote) place where a stroke specialist can review the images in real time (as they happen). This system uses site independent software to access the camera system from multiple locations. The study will determine if video consultation is superior to telephone consultation for remote evaluation or treatment of stroke patients, and the usefulness of this system in evaluating patients with suspected stroke symptoms. However, this method is being used in other fields of medicine for assistance in medical evaluations.
Participants will be randomly assigned to receive evaluation by either the video camera system or by telephone alone. For those assigned to the video camera system, the system will be activated and will record and transmit video and audio images to a stroke specialist located at a remote location. He/she may ask the participants questions relating to medical illnesses and current symptoms, and may also review laboratory tests and x-ray images using a computer, if available. The stroke specialist will also perform general physical and neurological examinations, which will take place by video camera with the assistance of a bedside physician who will perform the actual examinations.
For those participants assigned to the telephone-only consultation, the video system will not be activated, but the same procedure as above will be followed except the stroke specialist will not be able to see the participants or examine them using the video camera system. Participation in the study will last for the entire time the participants are in the hospital. Participants will be contacted by telephone by a study nurse 3 months post-stroke for a 10-minute interview regarding their current health. The total duration for individual participation is 3 months.
The study is part of the Specialized Program of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS), which allows researchers to enhance and initiate translational research that ultimately will benefit stroke patients.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Acute Stroke Patients
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- Symptoms consistent with acute stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic)
- Acute presentation of stroke symptoms, per bedside physician discretion (onset generally less than 12 hours and likely less than 3 hours)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unlikely to complete study through 90-day follow-up
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00283868
|United States, California
|Pioneers Memorial Hospital
|Brawley, California, United States
|El Centro Regional Medical Center
|El Centro, California, United States
|University of California San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States
|Twin Cities Community Hospital
|San Luis Obispo, California, United States
|Principal Investigator:
|Brett Meyer, MD
|UCSD Stroke Center
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Brett C. Meyer, MD, UCSD Department of Neurology, UCSD Stroke Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00283868 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 26, 2006
|Results First Received:
|March 27, 2009
|Last Updated:
|November 18, 2009
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by University of California, San Diego:
digital video
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Brain Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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The moonlight reflects off the travertine marble pavement,smooth as a skating rink, onto the Piazza del Popalo (people's plaza). The low lights of the ancient buildings and arcades that encircle the plaza are dimmed by the glow from above the Apennine Mountains. My table at the Café Meletti (used by Fredrico Fellini in several films) provides a backdrop unfound on 18 previous trips to Italy.
The words of my hostess Antonella Valentini, the director of Academia Italia, also reflect through my mind.
"Ascoli Piceno has no Uffizi, leaning tower, statue of David. No worldwide destination craved by busses carrying camera-clicking tourists. What we do have is a wonderful mixture of history, culture and traditions".
Ascoli Piceno has a history that pre-dates Roman times, and every turn down narrow passageways delights the eye. Looming tall towers mix with Roman ruins that blend with cobblestone streets.
Modern Days in Medieval Marches
This afternoon in Ascoli is spent the best way possible; with no particular plan. I simply arm myself with helpful brochures from the tourist office located in the Palazzio dei Capatani (Captain's Palace) on the Piazza del Popolo.
Like most of Ascoli's residents, I head back to the Popolo for an early evening coffee or libation. Here I sit with a Cheshire Cat's smile and watch the locals gather to socialize and plan the night's events.
Sea and Ski
The Sibillini National Park crowns the mountains of the Marches. Here, skiing and hiking are just the two top choices available. Legends of necromancers, fairies and evil spirits give the peaks an enthralling feel. Little mountain villages situated on the road up to the mountains contain small hot springs, sulfur baths and spa services. This is exactly what I am looking for after my perfect day of strenuous activity.
After a good nights rest I decide to sample the hilltowns. Surrounded by olive groves and vineyards, each town comes with its own merits and attractions, tales and legends. As I approach Offida the Romanesque church, Santa Maria della Rocca, stands atop a wedge of rock with cliffs for sides, the illusion is of an island outpost high in the Marches is created.
My desire and the scent of the sea lead to a short 30-minute train ride from Ascoli to the coast and brings me to the seaside town of San Benedetto del Tronto. The ancient fishing town that grew up to be one of the Adriatic's keystone resort and fishing ports. Eating seafood and lounging on the beach is the order of my day here. In many ways San Benedetto was a South Beach Miami years before there was such a place. Wandering, I see that the Art Nouveau of the early 1900s has left its graceful mark on the promenade.
In contrast I decide to board the train for dinner a few miles north on the coast, and I arrive at Grottammare's old center above the beach sprawl. It grants a film set like glance into the past.
If an army Marches on its stomach, so does a traveler
My next meal back in Ascoli (typical for the Marches) follows as such: antipasto (of mountain cured sliced ham), primo (a generous portion of vinisgrassi--a backed lasagna without interruption of tomatoes), with grilled lamb, pork, or beef and garden fresh vegetables and fungi.
Every village and city in the Marches appears to have a specialty that is its signature wine or food dish. Throughout the spring, summer, and fall events called sagres are held. Festivals to pay homage to their specialty; really a reason to gather in order to eat drink and be merry. In Vererotta it is the sagre della vitella allo spiedo (spit roasted veal). Apiro has the sagre del formaggio pecorino (pecorino cheese). More information on sagres will be gathered at the tourist office on Ascoli's main square.
God's Great Gift…the Grape
While in the Piceno region, I try some wonderful DOC vini da meditazione wines. The best known is Rosso Piceno and the even better Rosso Piceno Superiore. The blend is of Montepulciano and Sagiovese grapes.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — The mood around the NCHSAA basketball state championship press conference on Monday had a Thanksgiving-like feel to it.
As the association introduced each of the 16 head coaches who will try to lead their respective team to glory on Saturday, most gave remarks of how special this week is and to how hard to road is to get to this point, whether they've done it before or not.
Five of the 16 teams have never played for a state title — including Kinston's girls — while others, such as Kinston's boys and Kernersville Bishop McGuinness's girls, have been here multiple times. But each one was quick to point out just how difficult it is to be one of two teams left in their respective classifications at the end of the season.
According to the NCHSAA, the season began with 792 schools playing basketball, 512 of which made the state playoffs. That number was narrowed down to 64 for the regionals, and now we're down to 16.
"It's so hard to get here, and extremely hard to get back and play in this game," said Kinston boys coach Perry Tyndall, whose defending 2A state championship team will play Waxhaw Cuthbertson for the second year in a row at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
"At Christmas, I'd be lying if I didn't say I hope we could get there and there's a good chance (Cuthbertson) could get there and we could play again. But in no way did I expect it to happen because it is so hard to get to this stage, and what's happened at Kinston previously is pretty special and it says a lot about what Wells (Gulledge) was able to accomplish as head coach."
The Cavaliers (29-3), which rallied back to defeat the Vikings (27-2) in December, lost only one senior from last year's state 2A runner-up squad and still have Division-I talent Shelton Mitchell. But even with that combination, head coach Mike Helms never expected to return to the state finals.
"It just wouldn't be the same unless it was Kinston (we were playing). You felt like it just had to be them," Helms said. "We're very excited. (Coach Tyndall and I) were just discussing how it seems like a lot of people in the community thinks it was automatic because we both had so many kids coming back and don't realize how hard it is to get here.
"We had one of those years last year were everything just fell into place. We didn't have injuries, nothing happed. Then this year we had a little adversity with some nagging injuries all year long. It's been a harder road to get here. I'm hoping in a lot of aspects that's going to make the kids appreciate how hard it is to get here."
While Kinston and Cuthbertson will try to recreate what was an exciting game at Reynolds Coliseum last March — the Vikings won 58-55, Kinston's girls are in the state championship for the first time in school history.
The Vikings (26-4) will play Canton Pisgah (26-6) at noon at the Dean Dome for the 2A girls championship.
The Bears won the state championship as a 3A school in 1989.
"It's a special occasion. You never know when you're going to get here," Kinston coach Hubert Quinerly said. "With our girls, they're so excited. They're going to get in (the gym) and practice hard today and we just don't want to lose track of the moment."
Blue heaven
There are several storylines surrounding the fact that Saturday's state championship games involving Kinston will be held in the Dean Dome.
This year's title game marks the fifth anniversary of Kinston's first boys basketball state championship from its 2008 win over Trinity, which took place at the Dean Dome. But perhaps the most intriguing is when Kinston's girls tip off it will be the first official game played on UNC's floor since it fell to Duke over the weekend.
In that game, the Blue Devils led from start to finish and left the Dean Dome with a 69-53 win.
Quinerly, an avid UNC fan, may look to the darker shade of blue for some inspiration this week.
"I just hope we play like Duke," he joked.
Making history
According to freelance writer and N.C. high school basketball historian Alex Bass, when Kinston and Cuthbertson tip off Saturday it will mark the first time since 1996 that a pair of teams in the state championship had met earlier that same season.
In 1996, Southwest Guilford knocked off Thomasville, 64-57, for the state 2A title in the teams' third meeting of the year. The two split their regular season games, Bass said.
The Vikings and Cuthbertson met back in December in the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational in Raleigh, which the Cavaliers won 50-47.
Breaking history
Of all the success Kinston has had in boys basketball since the 2006-07 season — three state titles in four appearances — the school had never won a state championship until the 2007-08 season.
It's also never won a championship in an odd-numbered year.
On Saturday Kinston will have played in seven boys basketball state championship games since opening its doors in 1970. In odd-numbered years the Vikings are 0-2, including losses in the 3A title games in 2001 (to High Point Andrews) and 2007 (to Concord).
"It's a good thing that I'm not superstitious or I'd be really, really worried," Tyndall said. "This may be strange but I don't even think about that stuff. That ain't gonna play in to what's going to happen on Saturday."
Long time coming
While Kinston's boys are enjoying their second consecutive trip to the state finals and their fifth in the last seven seasons, several teams are either enjoying their first appearance in a state title game or ending a long drought of years without a championship.
Kinston's girls are joined by Graham River Mill Academy as a pair of girls teams who are making their first appearance in a title game. Kinston's opponent, Pisgah, hasn't played for a state title since winning a 3A championship in 1989. Chapel Hill's girls are back for the first time since 1981 and Greensboro Page for the first time since 1982.
"There's obviously a buzz going around. We have a great following in every sport as far as our community," Pisgah coach Brandon Holloway said. "But it's about these girls right now and what they're doing. They're just hungry. They're excited to be here but they're hungry. They want to just be all they can be."
On the boys' side, Rocky Mount Prep, Oxford Webb and Charlotte Olympic are making their first appearances. Raleigh Broughton is back since losing in the 1986 finals and Statesville since 1985.
Playing the best
Of the seven other girls teams in the state championship field, Kinston has played two of them this season. The Vikings lost to 4A East champion Raleigh Millbrook — the defending state champ — 56-34 on Dec. 8. On Dec. 29 they fell to 3A East champion Chapel Hill 58-46.
"That helped. We didn't play our best basketball at that time but it still helps," Quinerly said. "You can always go back to the film and watch it to see what you did wrong and what you did well."
Managing Editor Bryan C. Hanks contributed to this notebook. Ryan Herman can be reached at 252-559-1073 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KFPSports.


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We are very pleased with how the cards turned out. We were able to make a custom color so it matched our deep, rich purple and it was beautiful! Some of the grey/silver colors tend to look a little different on each of the types of paper, so I'd suggest getting the samples in your colors just to see how it would look. But we are so very happy with what we ordered!!
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My invitations far exceeded my expectations! I order 75 and I actually had a few invitations over 75. They came in a cute box. This company was the best I worked with on samples. They really made you feel like your wedding was important to them!!
beautiful and fast!!
My fiancé and I ordered our save the date magnets here and decided to stick with the company for our invitations. Our save the dates were great (we got several compliments) so we knew our invitations would be too. Somehow our invitations came back looking even better than our save the dates!! Customer service was great and definitely read the note with my order. They even called me to let me know they saw it. To top it off our order came in five days early!! I love Magnet Street's products and will definitely be using them when we need birth announcements and such when we start our family!