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"I love it that Ivy League coaches are coming to our camp and Big Ten coaches are coming to our camp. South Florida is coming. We've got about 70 schools that are coming to our camp."
Recent Comments
|48 weeks 6 days ago
|I shout
I shout 'GO BLUE' to anyone I see wearing Michigan apparel... I live in Tennessee.
|48 weeks 6 days ago
|One more
One more:
I feel it's wrong to fault people for accidentally double posting.
|48 weeks 6 days ago
|One more
One more:
I love the piped in music... They just need to change it up from the same four songs they always use.
|48 weeks 6 days ago
Uruguay/England will be one hell of a match... Both facing elimination. Neither can afford a draw. Suarez back for Uruguay... I'm getting chills just thinking about it.
|48 weeks 6 days ago
I have zero hope that Hoke will accomplish B1G championship, let alone a national title, as long as Meyer and Dantonio are in the B1G. He simply isn't the coach that they are as much as I hate them. I don't even see us beating State in the next four years.
I fear Dantonio and MSU football.
I don't think Nuss is the answer and that Hoke should be fired if he fails to get ten wins. We shouldn't lose at home and need to beat at least one of our rivals on the road for me to trust him.
I think Devin Gardner would be an All-American with [insert team with solid O-line]
While I believe Beilein is fantastic and is one of the top 3 coaches in the B1G, I don't believe we will be a national title team until he starts bringing in four and five star recruits consistently.
I am more of a college basketball fan than college football.
I am a UNC fan behind Michigan, and with all of the academic nonsense, I believe that every top notch university has sham classes, pays recruits, etc. including our beloved Michigan.
Michigan's out of state tuition is ridiculous and is ruining the dreams of middle class prospective students who have worked their asses off in school with the hopes of one day attending there.
|49 weeks 1 day ago
True, but it was four more SEC teams that Vanderbilt beat then than in the thirty to forty years before Franklin arrived there. Vandy has appeared in seven bowl games, and Franklin is responsible for three of them (Two out of their four wins)... Vandy was basically ship that was almost impossible to turn around. Franklin did it while being in the best conference top to bottom in the nation.
|49 weeks 1 day ago
|He took
He led Vanderbilt to three straight bowl appearances while playing in arguably the toughest conference in the nation, and this is Vanderbilt we are talking about. He went into the job with little talent and left there with two straight 9-4 seasons... Vandy was in worse of a state than Kentucky was last season and had very little in the way of recruiting, yet Franklin was able to build them into a team that the likes of Tennessee and Georgia fear.
Now by no means is Franklin an elite coach yet, and it should be interesting to see what he does at a much larger school with easily much more pressure to win. However, I don't think you should be so quick to write him off as a top flight coach. He isn't there yet, but he's not too far off, either.
|49 weeks 3 days ago
|Happy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers on the blog... Hope your day is fantastic!
|49 weeks 4 days ago
|With all the
With all of the talk about the US possibly getting the opportunity to host in 2022 because of the Qatar situation, what would everyone think the sites and host cities would be?
|49 weeks 4 days ago
|They did in the
They did in the Women's World Cup in 2011... They got Hope Solo on a PK which she originally saved, but the Costa Rican keeper's movement was much more obvious than Solo's yet he didn't get called.
|49 weeks 5 days ago
Spain is in real danger of missing the knockout round with this loss... Chile is by no means a team to mess around with and basically is a must win because of their terrible goal differential. Not sure I would have ever seen this coming
|49 weeks 6 days ago
|A lot of it
A lot of it is confidence in my opinion. It seems as if our starters enter the later innings more fatigued then usual because they are working harder to keep the game manageable... A lot of this lies on the offense and their inconsistency. There is no excuse for our lack of offensive efficiency because we are one of the best offensive teams in the majors. Not to mention that MLB teams are lucky to have two guys that pitch around 3.40 ERAs. We are lucky enough to have 3-4, yet we can't muster up 5 runs against aging pitchers like Danks. Don't get me wrong, the pitching is annoying, but our inability to get runs after we've driven in those first few runs is despicable. You can't be expected to score just once or twice in baseball... These guys need to stop looking at who is pitching and remember that their job is to hit on a nightly basis.
|50 weeks 16 hours ago
Simply me... The shot in the dark part was my prediction. I haven't followed the guy enough to make a strong warranted prediction. From your case and the rest of the blog, he appears to be one hell of a player.
|50 weeks 1 day ago
|Bold prediction
Bold prediction: RB depth chart if Ty the Creator gets his waiver:
|50 weeks 1 day ago
|This has been another
This has been another edition of "Pimp my grill."
|50 weeks 4 days ago
|Love Jozy's
Love Jozy's reaction in the interview... Honest and very team oriented.
|50 weeks 4 days ago
|Score line
Score line doesn't reflect the victory... We outplayed them heavily in the second half and easily could have had two more if Dempsey is giving more. However, this Nigeria team looks relatively weak, and I'm kind of concerned about giving away PKs like we've been doing.
|50 weeks 4 days ago
|I actually
I actually agree to an extent. Fister trade took Smyly out of the pen and gave us Krol, a downgrade in dependability. However, Smyly is not a bullpen arm and needs to be utilized as a starter. Along with that, I have not checked in a while, but I saw that Fister started the year on the DL and has not performed nearly as well as Smyly this season. I don't think the trade was bad, but yeah, the bullpen is still thin and weak and our starters are struggling
|50 weeks 5 days ago
Bullpen... Enough said... I don't care how hot or cold this team gets, bullpen has been vulnerable all year. Hanrahan returning will be helpful if (and this is a HUGE if) he can return to solid form, but if Nathan and the rest of the bullpen does not show growth between now and July 1st, Dave D better be ready to start shopping... Hell, they should just start shopping for bullpen arms now.
All this talk about shortstop is overblown... Teams win every year with only one or two guys hitting over .300, and we are fortunate enough to have 4-5 guys that have the ability to finish the season above .300. Lack of production from the shortstop position will not be detrimental as long as whomever hits above .230 and is a solid play in the field. I have faith that guys like Hunter, Jackson, and Castellanos will get over this slump and emerge into the later months.
Offense should be the least of our concerns as our bullpen contains the highest ERA in the majors and... well still has Phil Coke.
|51 weeks 3 days ago
|Akron game
Akron game
|51 weeks 3 days ago
Still really need to cut back on turnovers... Far too many unforced so far.
|51 weeks 3 days ago
|Oh my
Oh my... That was gorgeous
|51 weeks 3 days ago
|Just thinking
Just thinking about our defense against Portugal and Germany is very scary
|51 weeks 3 days ago
|It's amazing
It's amazing how much of an impact on the attack the 4-4-2 diamond is having... Looking a lot more active
|51 weeks 4 days ago
|Two straight
Two straight forum posts... Is that you Shakey Jake?????
|51 weeks 4 days ago
|Awww hell
Aww hell... Don't forget Childish Gambino
|51 weeks 5 days ago
|51 weeks 6 days ago
Am I being punked?
|52 weeks 2 hours ago
|I need some
I need some bangin'... I'm definitely in.
|1 year 1 day ago
|Don't tell me these
Don't tell me these moments suck:
|1 year 2 days ago
1. Under
2. Under
3. Under
1. Over
2. Over
3. Over
|1 year 3 days ago
|I've been
I've been staring at the sky for 2 hours, and I am promptly giving up... Unless I receive word in the next 10 minutes that they are visible, I'm going to sleep... Quite disappointing on such a beautiful and clear night.
|1 year 4 days ago
|1 year 4 days ago
Hopefully this doesn't signal the return of that dumbass poster named jobu.
|1 year 4 days ago
|I don't
I don't necessarily agree with keeping Donovan off the Cup roster, but then again, I don't disagree... The dude just came back from a two year trip away from soccer and claimed his heart wasn't with soccer anymore... Now I highly doubt this was a deal where Klinsman is trying to make an example out of him (you can't just expect to be given a spot) because he did attempt to make a comeback. I see this plain and simple as Landon not being one of the best 23 on the roster. He has not been impressive in his return and simply isn't in the form he used to be.
However, I think his leadership could have been helpful beause as Brian mentioned, this is an incredibly different team with only five players on this roster that played in 2010. Should be interesting to see how the young ones fare... I don't see this team getting out of the group, but its the Cup and overjoyed that it's back... Won't miss a game.
|1 year 4 days ago
|I'll never forget
I'll never forget how badly that one official almost screwed us out of a spot in the last 16. If it hadn't been for Donovan's goal against Algeria, we wouldn't have made it out of the group.
|1 year 5 days ago
|Any chance the
Any chance the downfall began with Appy State and WILL END with Appy State?
And then John Bacon can write a book about the uncanniness of the situation?
|1 year 1 week ago
|I've actually
I've actually enjoyed watching the parts about Bortles... and with Bortles you have Lindsey Duke, and well, yeah... win/win situation.
|1 year 1 week ago
|You had
You had me at Nik Stauskas
|1 year 2 weeks ago
|You mean he was only
You mean he was only playing at half speed this past season?
|1 year 2 weeks ago
|I feel as if
I feel as if they would have gotten a receiver like Beckham or traded up for Watkins if they were in deep longing for a receiver. I think Ebron spends most of his time playing a Gronk role at TE.
|1 year 2 weeks ago
Is trading Pettigrew in the realm of possibility?
|1 year 2 weeks ago
Honestly, what were you expecting out of the Lions? You guys are complaining about inexperience in the secondary, and adding another corner or safety would only bring even more inexperience. Were they really going to trade up for a guy like Anthony Barr? I am actually a huge fan of the Ebron pick. I was all about trading up to get Watkins, but Ebron is large bodied TE who will be more active and able than Pettigrew and will actually catch the ball. Stafford loves throwing to his tight ends, and Ebron acts as solid target for Stafford who I think will have a breakout year in terms of consistency after working with Caldwell. Ebron is a more athletic Funchess who has better hands. I think Ebron will surprise a lot of people this fall.
|1 year 2 weeks ago
|That'd look pretty crazy..
That'd look pretty crazy... Here's something a little more reasonable:
"S. Morris 26-yard completion to S. Morris"
"D. Green rush for no gain."
"S. Morris 13-yard completion to S. Morris for TD"
|1 year 2 weeks ago
|I am currently on the college
I am currently on the college search, and my list includes Tennessee, Kentucky, Clemson, South Carolina, Georgia, Miami (OH), and of course, Michigan. Simply from visits, I am surprised about South Carolina over Clemson. IMO, Clemson had such a better atmosphere. Much more green space, and in a nicer area than Columbia. Can't say I'm surpised about Kentucky and Georgia, though. I was a huge fan of both of their campuses.
|1 year 3 weeks ago
Geeeeez... I hate it when people reference EL or Columbus in rather tragic instances... It's not funny at all.
|1 year 3 weeks ago
|I'd be thrilled
I'd be thrilled with getting say Ahmad, McQuaid, and either Coleman or Brunson... How likely is it that we get a trifecta like this?
|1 year 3 weeks ago
|Call me crazy
Call me crazy, but I think trading up for Watkins would be a fantastic move. Watkins would add more dimension to the passing game, which we all know will be relied on heavily, by adding another factor of explosion outside of CJ. Think about it... An offense with Bush, Johnson, Tate, Watkins, AND and improved Stafford (I have faith that Caldwell has been working hard with him on his game) could be insane. There is no doubt that the passing game will be our go-to method of offense, so why not boost it even more?
Honestly, the only other player I would rather get would be Clinton Ha-Ha Dix out of Bama to further boost the secondary. Seriously, if we are going to get another receiver if ESPN and SI say we are, why not go all out for Watkins?
|1 year 3 weeks ago
|I highly
I highly doubt Jameis got his crabs from a Publix.... Oh... And I'm here for the posbang.
|1 year 4 weeks ago
Spike will definitely get more minutes... He is too indispensable to only play ten minutes... I also think Walton has a breakout year, so I won't be surprised if Spike and DWalt play on the court together for minutes at a time.
|1 year 4 weeks ago
Erghhh... I really want to see Neutral Milk Hotel someday... I myself will be seeing Portugal the Man on May 17.
Knoxville doesn't get an abundance of solid bands that aren't country, so I'm ecstatic about seeing them.
|1 year 4 weeks ago
Damn.... I'm so jealous
|1 year 4 weeks ago
|I think
I think you mean 'are going to Bielfeldt'
|1 year 4 weeks ago
|Can't win a championship?
Can't win a championship with guys that stay 3-4 years???? UConn did it this season, Louisville did it last season, UConn did it in 2011, UNC did it in 2009, Florida did it in 06 and 07, so why is it that we can't do it? JB is most definitely up there in the ranks with Ollie, Pitino, Williams, and Donovan (maybe underrated, but he is).
|1 year 5 weeks ago
Desperately need one here
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|I've bought into
I've bought into the hype just about every season for the past seven years and have been highly disappointed except for 2011. With an offensive line that still has huge question marks, is still very young, and even regressed last season, I see little to be optimistic there. Not to mention that all of a sudden, we have uncertainty at the quarterback position. The lack of emergence of offensive receiving weapons not named Butt, Funchess, and Gallon has me scared for the passing game, and our inability to run the ball all have me bracing for the worst next season... If the spring game was any indicator, this season should be long and painful... Hoke mentioned that just about all of Nuss's offense was installed so no excuses as to inexperience in the system.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|1 year 5 weeks ago
LGRW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get em at the Joe
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|Lost out on
Lost out on just about a for sure recruit in Hand, two five stars in the '15 class, and has shown no significant improvements in his three seasons... Hoke was riding optimism and the future, and the future is here, we have no optimism, and no good outlook. The "this is Michigan" crap makes no sense with Brady running a mediocre show. He desperately needs a 10 win season or he is toast, IMO.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|9 wins
9 wins in the regular season or can him... Leadership just isn't there
|1 year 5 weeks ago
These are not too bad... Missing rivalries sucks, but these schedules are at least ten times better than this season.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|Not surprisingly
This isn't really helping.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|At least
At least, except for a couple occurrences today, he hasn't looked like a deer in the headlights for every second of the game like he did last season.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|I hate
I hate Boston... Lucic is a dick
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|Don Kelly
Don Kelly had one job... one singular job.
|1 year 5 weeks ago
-NBA sucks
-Pistons should've taken Burke
-Pistons' front office sucks
-LeBron sucks
|1 year 5 weeks ago
|Went into it
Went into it expecting it to be rather amateurish, but I could barely tell by the end of it... Great work, and thanks so much for the share!
|1 year 5 weeks ago
Ohio as in former John Groce Ohio... Same MAC team that recruited Caris then ditched him after Groce left for Illinois.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|Wouldn't be surprised
Wouldn't be surprised to see this change after 2014... SEC Network looks like a home run... Surprised the SEC doesn't already lead with how much money results from football alone.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
Probably an insult... At least I would take it as an insult... Five stars pour to the NBA these days after 1-2 years. Says something about Izzo's recent development of high quality players... Outside of Draymond Green and Gary Harris (obviously next season), name an NBA player from MSU that has flourished at the next level from Izzo's coaching over the past ten years.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|If I recall
If I recall correctly, Trey (and maybe THJ) announced on separate days than Mitch and GR3... I would love to jump to conclusions and say he is going to stay, but jumping to conclusions is almost always a mistake.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
Geeez... Didn't even know DG was THAT bad in the spring game (mentioned in article)... Nuss and Co. have quite a lot of work to accomplish before August 30
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|I guess you've never
I guess you've never seen Major League... You're missing out.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
Great, but damn it would be nice to see some 2015 Hello posts.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
Tears... Love Colbert... Does this mean John Oliver or one of Jon Stewart's "correspondents" gets the current Colbert Show slot?
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|The effort
The effort especially in OT and even after they tied it up with a minute left has been unbelievably fantastic... Probably helps getting a couple vets back at full strength.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|Soooo clooose
Soooo cloose Tatar
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|I let out a
I let out a pretty girlish scream after the goal... Don't live in the market, so I haven't been able to catch many games, but holy cow, it looks like they are putting something together finally
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|I don't really
I don't really know why everyone is so down on Ohio about next year... Obviously they need to find a scorer, but they have plenty of options including a loaded recruiting class and incoming grad-transfer Anthony Lee. Along with that, an extra offseason should be beneficial to the already young group they had.
IMO, they'll be a three seed, but damn, I would sure love another season like this past one for them.
|1 year 6 weeks ago
|Love Futurama
Love Futurama, but could somebody enlighten me about this MGoBender?
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Thanks for
Thanks for seeing the point in my comment.
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|I remember the days
I remember the days when we were looking into Mel Kiper's big board and couldn't give a crap about basketball... Man, the times are a changin
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Waste of good thread space?
Waste of good thread space???? Seriously, I'm not a fan of it either, but come on... What else is going to be posted on a Sunday in the offseason
|1 year 7 weeks ago
meh... I'll believe it (good, bad, or mediocre) when I see it in August/September
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|This trip could be
This trip could be huge. Going into practice in the fall with players knowing each other's tendencies and playing style would be very beneficial and would be critical for prep going into the nonconference season which will once again be pretty difficult... Just imagine if we had done this last season... More team chemistry in games in which we looked lost at times (ISU, each Puerto Rico game, Duke)
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Wisky is the deal
Wisky is the deal breaker in my group... Although the winner only gets tree fiddy
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Hoke said
Hoke said at the beginning of the week that 80% of Nuss's offense would be implemented
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|UNC did the same
UNC did the same after the 10-11 season with Henson, Zeller, Barnes, and Marshall, and all were top 20 picks in the 12 draft.
|1 year 7 weeks ago
Getting a little ahead of ourselves aren't we?
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Nothing wrong with it
Nothing wrong with the post, but this is exactly how you know it is the offseason... Damn, I miss basketball season.
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|So hoping
I was so hoping to be done bitching about officiating after basketball season... That sequence of events was pitiful by the refs.
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Oh no doubt
Oh no doubt the competition will be better... However, it is really nice to see this unfolding the way it is with a handful of our guys that won't even be making the trip to Brazil... Dempsey looks out of form right now which is somewhat cause for concern but Bradley appears to be at the top of his game. Zusi has also showed flashes on the wing as well. So, yes the competition will be better, but this is a much better showing than against Ukraine last month.
Edit: Nevermind
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|And all of a sudden
And all of a sudden, we look flat
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|So pumped
So pumped for Brazil... Need this kind of consistency there.
|1 year 7 weeks ago
|Liking AJ
Liking AJ at the five spot a lot... Allows for a lot more speed from top to bottom
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|He's #1
He's #1 in my heart, and that's all that matters
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|Congrats for Nik
Congrats for Nik... Last night for me was really feeling bad about not advancing, but today it really hit me that last night was probably the last time I'd watch JMo, Nik, and most likely Glenn in Michigan uniforms, and I never truly realized just how much I loved this team. I just really want to skip forward to November and start the 2014-15 season now.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|All of my friends
All of my friends are anti-Michigan, so MGoBlog is pretty much a safe haven for me to enjoy Michigan, and it was definitely needed as a place to feel disappointed this afternoon.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|The Stauskas
The Stauskas step back three against Wisconsin... Start of a turn around to the season... and surprisingly the Nebraska win because without either of these, the season has a very different dynamic. Either way, it was one hell of a season.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|Hoping the
Hoping the Wings ride their recent momentum into the playoffs... and hoping the Tigers put aside the injuries and go 162-0 with a World Series championship
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|Something to do with
Something to do with circles and such... Maybe it is a ring-around-the-rosie formation the team is trying.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|Much tears
Much tears... Underachieved, overachieved, achieved, whatever... this one hurts
|1 year 8 weeks ago
Too damn long
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|Last year
Last year: Scared and excited
This year: Scared and excited
Same mindset of every tournament game.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|We must
1) Limit UK's offensive rebounding
2) not allow thier guards to penetrate at their will
3) attack their bigs... Get Dakari in foul trouble
4) win the game
Not making a prediction because I havn't made one at all this tournament... GO BLUE
|1 year 8 weeks ago
Welp... Let's help set up the B1G dominated Final Four. BEAT KENTUCKY
|1 year 8 weeks ago
Zona catching one hell of a break
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|This game scares me
This game scares me... Not sure if it is actually becuase Tennessee looks like a dangerous team or if it's because I'm not sure I can handle all the crap I will get if we lose (I live in the Knoxville area)
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|And more from Coach B
And more from Coach B.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
Yes. That is Mitch.
|1 year 8 weeks ago
Aren't they contradicting themselves with the whole blue block M in the center of Crisler, then???
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|That song
That song is BA, dude... Thanks for sharing.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|In the heart of Vol
In the heart of Vol country, so I won't be hesitating to show off Michigan apparel throughout this week. I hope we dismantle them.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Probably not going to
Probably not going to get anywhere near that... Kentucky/Louisville rivalry along with it being so close to Louisville/Lexington makes a perfect combo for extremely high demand and high prices as a result... Best bet was to get them last night before Kentucky won.
And this has been your daily supply/demand lesson.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|This UM
This UM team is much better conditioned... Keeping them out of the paint and transition will be key. On the other end, keeping the game at our pace with fast break opportunities and lots of ball movement will wear out Tennessee. Should be a very interesting game
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Gottlieb and MSU
Gottlieb and MSU make an insufferable combo.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Pound the interior
Pound the interior and get to the line... We need points, and we need stops to get a pace going... We seem stagnant because Texas has slowed the game to their tempo.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|I'm enjoying this
I'm enjoying this, to say the least.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|My heart sank
My heart sank when I read this... Prayers and best wishes to Pat and the McCaffery family.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
Question: Did they get subs???
If not, it wasn't that crazy... If so, the craziness is valid.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Not buying anymore
Not buying anymore MLive hype... Literally wanted to kill them after last season.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Beat TEXAS
BEAT TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and HAHAHAHA DUKE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... I LOVE MARCH
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Caption I saw
Caption I saw associated with this was, "Uhhh... what in the hell??? Someone needs to scrape this guy off the court. He's been here for what, 9 hours now???"
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Not as a thread
Not as a thread, I'm pretty sure, and this is pretty friggin threadworthy in my mind.... And yeah... Ohio sucks
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|My favorite so far
My personal favorite so far
|1 year 9 weeks ago
Cincy just looks like a poorly disciplined team... Cronin isn't a bad coach, but it just doesn't look as if he has control over his players
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|Doug Gottlieb
Doug Gottlieb is insufferable
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|I've seen photos
I've seen photos of him with his practice uniform on, but I'm torn with situation. I really want him back to help with a tourney run, but at the same time, I want him to make a full recovery.
|1 year 9 weeks ago
|I hate Tennessee in the first place
I hate Tennessee in the first place, but I really hope Fran gets the win today and beats UMass on Friday... Sending prayers and best thoughts.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Tis cool
Tis cool... I'm here
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|League Name
League name is Tree Fiddy... Motto is "dam lachness monsta"
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|SF Austin
SF Austin... Can't argue with the momentum of a 28 game winning streak. However, it's March, so I'm probably wayyyyy off.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
SMU still boggles my mind... Ranked 25th going into conference championship week... Committee did a very poor job imo
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|It's definitely died off
It's definitely died off since the first gauntlet of the season... This was simply to reinforce the fact that to be a solid team that runs the table in the Tourney, we will need to be operating on all cylinders. Also to put things in perspective a little more.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|I don't
I don't know... So many things could go any way with the tourney... This team has not played particularily well when having a huge target on its back in terms of rankings in the polls and has played very well with a chip on their shoulders. So I mean I'm not sure if I want to go under the radar against teams like KU and Cuse or if I want to play with a target on our backs... Good advice... JUST WIN THE GAME
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|I swear the
I swear the committee puts way too much stock into these conference tourneys...
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Even still
Even still, it really is fascinating how much of an impact the core can have on spinal stabilization.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
Uhhhh why is Max B shooting????
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Caris is
Caris is having a very poor defensive showing
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Let's do to
Let's do to Gary Harris what we did to Craft yesterday. GO BLUE
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Core work
Core work was critical for my back injury last year granted my back injury doesn't seem to have the severity of McGary's. Funny enough, the injury was due to rec league basketball and high school soccer, relatively high impact sports. Therapists said my lower back injury was due in part to the SI joint constantly coming out of place and that core work would be one of the key ways to help stabilize it. The work I did with the core ended up being very successful and was a great way to build up core muscle. I'm really curious to know how much my injury resembled McGary's because they've only been as clear as to say that it is "lower back."
|1 year 10 weeks ago
This is a very recent article and before this, word was that they were trying to get him back before the end of the month. I'm going to try and be optimistic that he will be back by the All Star break. However, this doesn't look too promising. Dirks now Iggy.... Hopefully 2014 works some serious magic here.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Ohio needs
Ohio needs to beware the Ides of March
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|I'm fine with either team
I'm fine with either team winning... I want to see Nebrasketball do well, and I also want to beat Ohio tomorrow.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Better to learn these
Better to learn these things about the team now than later... We struggled with the 2-3 but is fixable, and we know now that our bigs cannot get into deep foul trouble. These things are definitely fixable and I'm just glad we will have the opportunity to fix them come tourney time with at least another B1G tourney game and a half week of practice.
|1 year 10 weeks ago
|Alrighty then
Alrighty then... If this is any taste of the tournament next week, I'm not sure I can handle it.
|1 year 11 weeks ago
|The sounds the fans make
The sounds the fans make is so cool... The prevalence of "NOOOOOOs" from KU fans mixed with the minority of "WHATs" and "YEAHHHHHs" from Michigan fans... Definitely a moment I'll never forget.
|1 year 11 weeks ago
|I laughed a lot harder than
I laughed a lot harder than I should have at the animation.
|1 year 11 weeks ago
|Can the "victim of a bad call"
Can the "victim of a bad call" be all of the spots?
|1 year 11 weeks ago
Dang... Loving the fact that we have a good shot at getting GR3 and McGary back next season, but I was really hoping Stauskas would be a four year guy like Novak... Should have seen it coming after his Youtube dunk video was made. The dude has too much talent not to go after this season, though.
|1 year 11 weeks ago
|Courtney Sims
Courtney Sims... Remember watching the guy when I was a very young viewer.... My only thoughts were why can't we have nice things?
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|We literally had subs
We literally had subs... Twas crazy.
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|Finish strong boys
Finish strong boys... March means that there's no room to take any game for granted. Must come out with a sense of urgency each and every game. Other than that, GO BLUE and WIN THE GAME
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|Their complete
Their complete disregard for "The Trey" against Kansas is another.
Can't forget their Johnny Manziel man-crush as well
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|What in the hell
What in the hell dude
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|On a serious note
On a serious note, why have we been seeing more of Spike at the end of games?
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|I'm excited
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|Pretty insensitive
Pretty insensitive, dude... Not funny even if it is State
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|I'm here for
I'm here for the gangba.... I mean posbang...
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|I'm here
I'm here... It's all good
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|I don't even know anymore
What is life... All I know is that GR3 is monster
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|I concur
I concur... I can exhale because of him
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|Hold for the last shot
Hold for the last shot
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|I don't even need to say it
I don't even need to say it, but I am... WE NEED A FREAKIN STOP, BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|Someone shut off that
Someone shut off that train horn
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|How in the hell\
How in the hell is that not a push off????? Extended arm, elbow, everything, and they get Spike on the foul.
|1 year 12 weeks ago
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|Congrats dude
Congrats, dude... Really is quite the accomplishment. I'll be applying next year, so I hope I get similar results... Again, nice job, and I hope your endeavors at the university lead you to endless possiblities. Congrats, and GO BLUE
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|There's something wrong with the
There's something wrong with the refs when the team that fouls the least in the B1G has the other team in the double bonus
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|How in the hell
How in the hell is that a foul... Valentine pushed off with the elbow!!!!!
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|They need to go zone
They need to go zone... Getting killed off ball screens.
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|D looks pathetic
D looks pathetic
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|I know..
I know... It looked as if he was going to trip Stauskas at one point.
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|Defensive effort
Defensive effort is lacking so far... Saw good flashes on the offensive end though... Shot selection has to improve
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|Here come the haters
Here come the haters... With the fact that I will be in college in about a year and a half, I completely changed my stance on this issue. It shouldn't matter that Carolina is a historic program, this is about letting the college kids have fun. Especially in a huge rivalry game as such, the kids who go there and create a lively atmosphere for the home team should be rewarded when they win... The history of the program or whether they are good or bad should not determine whether the students should rush the court.
|1 year 13 weeks ago
|My excitement
My excitement is unexplainable.... However, I will probably be experiencing it through a livestream on the computer... Either way, one heck of a lineup. I WILL get to Bonnaroo before I die.
|1 year 14 weeks ago
|Watched the intros
Watched the intros and immediately thought, 'why am I watching this?' Needless to say I made the switch to Comedy Central and am currently watching South Park
|1 year 14 weeks ago
Hells to the yesssirrr!!! Let's make it a posbang... We need some happiness as fans today. Beat Staeee
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|This team
This team looks so much different when GR3 isn't on the court.... Different in a good way.
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|We really
We really need to learn to play with a target on our backs... We played well when nobody expected us to, but we haven't played well when expectations have increased. While this is concerning, I'm hoping it's just another big learning experience. Again, I'd rather see it pay off in March than on a crappy February Saturday in conference play.
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|Defensive effort
Defensive effort was pathetic... We're not going to be able to shoot well every game, so we need to bring defensive intensity every single game. On the bright side, this was our last road game against a ranked opponent (not sure where Ohio will be come Monday)... Really need to bounce back if we want to keep competing for a B1G Title.
|1 year 15 weeks ago
Wait... To have a sophomore slump means he performed very well his freshman season... If I remember correctly, he was doing the same thing last season
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|I've had more of
I've had more of a positive impact on the game than GR3
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|Get a
Get a snowflakes thread going... Pathetic effort out there. LeVert the only one working out there and I can't tell you how many times people have missed Horford with a mismatch down low
|1 year 15 weeks ago
|Jorts are the key
Jorts are the key
|1 year 16 weeks ago
Normally... School, homework, and then Michigan bball at 6:30... Will check once and only once just for any surprises, good and/or bad.
|1 year 16 weeks ago
|Better call Saul?
Better call Saul?
|1 year 16 weeks ago
|Try living in Tennessee
Try living in East Tennessee with all of the diehard Peyton fans.
P.S. They are still overtly butthurt with the '97 Heisman.


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Ten Blockbuster Hearings
3. Torture.
Congress should investigate and expose the Bush Administration's involvement in torture and the abhorrent practice of "extraordinary rendition," the sending of detainees to countries known for practicing torture. A key witness could be Maher Arar, the Canadian citizen of Syrian descent who was detained at Kennedy Airport in New York City in 2002 and accused of having links to Al Qaeda. The United States "rendered" Arar to Syria, where he was held in a dungeon for ten months and tortured. Although the Canadian government completely exonerated Arar and the head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police resigned in disgrace, the Bush Administration has refused to clear Arar's name and to explain why he was "rendered" to Syria. Congressional hearings should lay the foundation for laws banning engagement in torture--either by US personnel directly or through outsourcing via rendition.
4. Unequal Sacrifice and the War.
Representative Charles Rangel, the incoming chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, caused a ruckus when he proposed reinstituting the draft. But Rangel makes an important point that hearings could examine further the issue of unequal sacrifice and how our country's privileged and political elites are AWOL from military service.
We already have a backdoor draft through the military's use of multiple deployments and stop-loss policies, which have involuntarily retained some 85,000 troops beyond their expected or contractually agreed-upon term of service. Backdoor draft hearings should involve listening to families at National Guard and military bases around the country.
Unequal wartime sacrifices have taken their toll on active-duty military and recently returned veterans. There have been horrifying reports of traumatized soldiers being returned to combat zones. "We know so many stories of servicemen and -women with severe post-traumatic stress syndrome who should be getting the care they need, not facing redeployment," said Nancy Lessin, co-founder of Military Families Speak Out (www.mfso.org). "One mother found her son sitting on his bed with a pistol in his mouth, contemplating suicide after receiving a letter putting him on a short list for recall to Iraq--where he had already served two deployments."
Representative Bob Filner, the incoming chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee, has pledged to convene hearings about the unmet needs of recently returned veterans and their families. Filner should invite all other committee chairs and the media to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for the first hearing.
5. Runaway CEO Pay.
Nothing symbolizes our polarizing "two Americas" more dramatically than the 411-to-1 ratio of average CEO compensation to average worker pay. The system is full of perverse incentives for CEOs to outsource workers, goose stock prices and collect more millions.
Representative Barney Frank, the incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee, has already pledged to hold CEO pay hearings. But the discussion needs to go beyond disclosure reforms to underscore the profound power imbalance between imperial corporate managers and other stakeholders, including workers, shareholders and communities.
Hearings are an opportunity to expose and change the culture of greed. Witnesses should include the abundant number of Warren Buffett-like business leaders who believe that reining in CEO pay is good for business. April 2007 hearings should feature the freshly disclosed top earners from 2006 along with infamous CEO compensation consultants and Lee Raymond, retired CEO of ExxonMobil, who could be queried about his $400 million retirement package.
6. Wealth Inequality and the Estate Tax.
The wealth gap has reached unprecedented levels--and the racial wealth divide persists despite expanding homeownership in communities of color. We should investigate the ways the estate tax, our nation's only tax on inherited wealth, can help close this wealth divide.
After a decade of hysterical "death tax" propaganda, Congress should hold hearings to set the record straight about the benefits of taxing inherited wealth. Hearings could explore how the estate tax could better reduce the democracy-distorting concentrations of power and wealth--and whether revenue should be channeled to programs that broaden economic opportunity.
One witness could be Bill Gates Sr., who refers to the estate tax as an "opportunity recycling program" and urges that revenue from it be dedicated to a "GI Bill for the next generation." After World War II our nation expanded opportunities through homeownership programs, small-business development and grants that enabled millions to get higher education. Many people of color, however, were excluded from those programs because of racial bias. Progressives should champion a bold and inclusive new wealth-broadening program that speaks to the aspirations of people left behind in our apartheid economy.


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Shula's Restaurants and KSC Kreate The Art of Food
With intentions of providing a more modern look while staying true to the legendary brand, Shula´s Restaurants selected KSC Kreate to provide art direction and photography for the launch of their new website, social media and print advertising campaigns.
Hollywood, FL (PRWEB) May 23, 2012
With a full in-house production team consisting of two photographers, art directors, food and set stylists, KSC Kreate worked closely with Shula´s corporate chefs to showcase several of their signature appetizers, entrees and desserts.
Launched in 1989, Shula´s restaurants´ carries on the winning tradition of its namesake Don Shula — integrity, quality and consistency. From his most wins as NFL coach and three Super Bowl championships to restaurateur, Coach Don Shula has maintained a loyal following on and off the field. A behind-the-scenes (BTS) video captures the makings of the photo shoot displaying the energy and enthusiasm of how two winning teams worked together to produce exceptional results.
Shula´s Vice President of Operations, Peter Farrand and Corporate Chef Brian Vossler participated on site in keeping their signature appetizers, entrees and desserts true to brand standards. "It´s fun to get back into the playfulness and enjoyment of why we´re doing this," said Vossler. KSC Kreate´s team took great pride in photographing each food dish. Every dish was meticulously prepared for the camera. Each menu item came through the lens as if it was placed right in front of the customer while creating the mouth-watering appeal synonymous with every KSC food production.
"KSC is excellent. They work very well as a team. They make things happen"¦the end product is extremely quality driven. It´s exactly what we wanted," said Yildris Rodriguez, Senior Vice-President of Shula´s Restaurants.
About KSC Kreate
KSC Kreate is a full service creative firm that blends art with science to produce beautiful, dynamic imagery for consumer products manufacturers and retail brands. They specialize in creative services including photography, video and non-Flash 360º product imagery for companies who seek to increase revenues from their traditional and e-commerce marketing efforts. KSC Kreate is driven by their proprietary business model, the Total Image Management Experience (TIME) that provides clients with an end-to-end solution from content creation to asset management & deployment for global marketing efforts. To learn more about the company, TIME, and their technologies, visit http://www.ksckreate.com.
About Shula´s Restaurants
Shula's Steak Houses, LLLP owns the Shula family of restaurant brands. The company first debuted its signature steak house concept in 1989 in Miami Lakes, Florida. This white-table cloth, fine-dining concept was the pioneer for all the concepts to come. All Shula's restaurants serve the best beef money can buy, the SHULA CUT consisting of only center cuts of Premium Black Angus Beef. Today Shula's Steak Houses, LLLP has 32 restaurants nationwide, ranging from casual to fine-dining. Shula's 347 Grill is a chic, energetic restaurant offering menu variety at a lower price point. Shula's 2, Steak & Sports, is a laid back, sports restaurant. Shula's Bar and Grill exclusively at airport locations, combines hamburgers, signature appetizers, cocktails and wines, in a comfortable yet energetic bar environment. The newest concept, Shula Burger, is a quality fast-casual restaurant providing mouth watering burgers. For general or franchise information please visit http://www.donshula.com.
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Tips & Tricks
Sharing Photo Streams as a Web Site
The new Shared Photo Streams feature in iOS 6 is a great way of quickly and easily sharing photos directly with friends and family directly into the Photos app or into iPhoto or Aperture on OS X. For those who don't own a Mac or iOS device, however, Apple also allows you to publish your Shared Photo Stream as a public web album directly from your device. When creating a Shared Photo Stream, simply toggle on the Public Website option—you can even leave the "To" field blank if you only want to share your Photo Stream on the web. Once the Shared Photo Stream has been given a name and saved, simply tap on the blue arrow beside the Shared Photo Stream name to return to the sharing screen where you will see the URL displayed along with a Share Link button to easily allow you to send the link out to friends and family via e-mail, Messages, Facebook or Twitter. The web version of the Shared Photo Stream uses a fixed Apple template that cannot be customized, with photos presented in a tiled view in order by date added to the Shared Photo Stream with the most recent at the top. You can also toggle the Public Website option on for any of your existing Shared Photo Streams or turn it off at any time if you want to make your Shared Photo Stream private again.
Downloading Genius Mixes from iTunes Match
By placing a user's entire music library in the cloud, Apple's iTunes Match service makes the Genius Mixes feature particularly useful, since these mixes now have your entire music library to choose from without potentially taking up a lot of space on your iOS device—tracks are downloaded and played on-demand as you listen to a given Genius Mix. This works great if you're on a good Wi-Fi or cellular data connection, but users who are frequently offline or have limited cellular data plans may find this option less appealing. Fortunately, the iPhone and iPod touch Music app do allow you to use your Genius Mixes offline, at least partially, by using any already-download portions of a Genius Mix and even allowing you to pre-download a Genius Mix on demand. Simply go to the Genius Mixes section in your Music app and you should see a small iCloud download icon in the top left corner of the screen. Tapping on this will download 25 selected tracks from the current Genius Mix, making them available for offline listening. The Genius Mix will also include any additional tracks that have already been downloaded to your device from other albums or playlists, or simply from normal listening; if the iCloud download icon doesn't appear for a given Genius Mix, this means that there are already enough tracks on your device and there's no need to manually download additional tracks to listen to the Genius Mix offline. Note that the manual downloading option is unfortunately not available in the iPad Music app.
Turning off Facebook Calendars and Contacts in iOS 6
Many Facebook power users will undoubtedly appreciate the new integration with the social network provided in iOS 6, which not only includes the ability to share items directly on Facebook, but also integrates your Facebook Contacts, Events and Birthdays into your iOS Contacts and Calendars app by default. However, what if you don't want to see all of your Facebook friends in your iOS Contact list, or aren't interested enough in upcoming Facebook Events to have them appearing in your calendar? Fortunately, it's easy to turn them off: Simply go into the iOS Settings app, find the Facebook section, and toggle off Contacts and/or Calendar under "Allow These Apps to Use Your Account"—although this isn't obvious with Calendars and Contacts mixed in with other built-in and third-party apps that simply post via Facebook, if these apps can't access your Facebook account, then they won't be able to access your Facebook Contacts or Facebook Events either, thereby disabling the Facebook integration in these two areas.
Disabling Ad Tracking in iOS 6
As of iOS 6 Apple is gradually changing the rules for in-app advertising, forcing developers to replace the older Universal Device Identifier (UDID) tracking with a new "Advertising Identifier." The added bonus to this approach is that iOS 6 users now have the option of opting out of tracking for targeted ads, however Apple has made this feature less than obvious, hiding it away at the bottom of the About screen in the iOS 6 Settings app. To find the setting, simply open the Settings app, select General and About and then scroll down to the bottom and you should see an "Advertising" button right above "Diagnostics & Usage." Tapping on this will take you to a page with a single ON/OFF toggle to Limit Ad Tracking. Apple includes a "Learn More" link at the bottom to provide more information on this feature, explaining that advertising networks are not yet required to use the new iOS 6 Advertising Identifier feature, and hence the use of the word "Limit" rather than "Disable" or "Opt-out," suggesting that it will not yet completely eliminate ad tracking, but it's definitely a step in the right direction if you're concerned about this.
Be sure to check out Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iOS 6.0 for more on what's new in iOS 6.
Manually Backing up your iOS device
With the release of iOS 6 scheduled for next week, it's a good idea to make sure you have a current backup of your device before taking the update plunge. While most iOS updates install without any problems, preserving your existing data, making a backup is always a sensible precaution. iOS 5 devices can be configured to use either iTunes or iCloud for automatic backups, but not both. However, if you're normally backing up to iCloud, you can still easily make a manual backup in iTunes any time you like; simply right-click on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch in the iTunes Devices list and select "Back Up" and iTunes will immediately make an on-demand backup of your device, even if you're normally backing up to iCloud. Automatic backups to iCloud occur once every 24 hours provided your device is plugged in and on a Wi-Fi network, however you can also check the last backup time for your iCloud Backup and force a manual backup to iCloud as well by going into the Settings app on your device and choosing iCloud, Storage & Backup and scrolling down to the bottom.
Keeping older entries in your iOS Calendar
By default, the iOS Calendars app only synchronizes and retains the last months' worth of events on your device, regardless of how much data is stored in whatever cloud or desktop calendar application you're synchronizing with. This can easily be changed with a quick trip to the Settings app, however; under the Mail, Contacts, Calendars section there is an option near the bottom to set how much of your calendar data you want synchronized and retained on your device, with options for two weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or everything regardless of how old.
Setting Repeats in Reminders with Siri
The Reminders app in iOS 5 can be very handy for creating quick and simple task lists or reminders without having to resort to third-party apps, and with Mountain Lion these Reminders can be easily synced via iCloud and managed on your Mac as well. Unfortunately, its flexibility for repeating reminders is somewhat limited, at least on the surface. Users are given a choice of only five repeat intervals: Every Day, Every Week, Every 2 Weeks, Every Month or Every Year, and the Reminders app in OS X Mountain Lion isn't any better in this regard. Fortunately, for iPhone 4S users looking for a bit more flexibility, Siri comes to the rescue by allowing custom intervals to be created using your voice; simply tell Siri something like "Remind me to take the garbage out every three days" and it will happily offer to create a Reminder with the specified repeat interval. The resulting task can even be edited in the Reminders app to adjust things like dates and times—as long as you don't change the custom repeat setting, Reminders will leave it in place and continue to repeat your completed task at the specified interval.
For more information and some other options for setting custom repeat intervals, be sure to check out our Ask iLounge article on Setting Custom Repeat Intervals in the Reminders app.
Controlling Auto-Lock on iOS
iOS' built-in Auto-Lock feature is great for saving battery life by killing the backlight on your screen, but there are times when it can be less than ideal. Luckily, there's an easy way to take control of the feature—or turn it off altogether. Open up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Auto-Lock, and set it to the time limit you're comfortable with. Just remember if you turn it off completely that you'll need to manually lock your phone every time you're done with it—or face a battery that's out of juice way before its time.
Using a 24-hour clock on your iOS device
While most civilians in the U.S. are perfectly happy measuring their time in 12-hour chunks, there are plenty of folks both here and abroad that prefer the more exact notation of the 24-hour clock. Luckily, iOS makes it easy to switch between the two. Simply fire up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Date & Time, and turn on 24-Hour Time. To go back to your a.m. and p.m. ways, just repeat the process and turn the option off. [via OS X Daily]
Changing the amount of email preview shown in iOS Mail
iOS' built-in Mail app for the iPhone and iPod touch has steadily improved over the years, but one thing that hasn't changed is the number of emails you can see at once—unless you've already followed this handy tip. Open up Settings, tap on Mail, Contacts, and Calendars, and under the Mail heading, tap on Preview. From there you can reduce the number of lines devoted to email previews from the default two down to one or even none, allowing for a far greater number of emails to appear on the same screen. Alternatively, if you'd rather sacrifice space for an expanded view of each correspondence, crank the same setting upwards—the top limit is 5—and enjoy a far greater one-screen look at your emails.
Resetting the Autocorrect dictionary on iOS
iOS' built-in Autocorrect feature typically works pretty well, but sometimes it will learn misspellings or words that you simply don't want to have reappear regularly. If your dictionary has gotten a way from you, there's a simple way to get back to square one. Open up the Settings app, tap on General, scroll to the bottom, then tap on Reset. In the list of admittedly scary options on this page is one called Reset Keyboard Dictionary, which will rid your device of all the Autocorrect goodness it's learned, letting you start from scratch. [via OS X Daily]
Cleaning up your bookmarks in Safari on iOS
Find yourself faced with a mess of unorganized bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? There's an easy way to remedy the situation. Simply tap the Bookmarks button, then tap Edit. Doing so will bring up the familiar red deletion circles for bookmarks and folders you no longer need or use, the triple-line buttons for grabbing and rearranging bookmarks and folders, and a New Folder button, which lets you pile bookmarks you simply want to reorganize into their own folder, and out of your main Bookmarks menu.
Making iOS forget Bluetooth devices
Bluetooth can be super handy for short-range wireless communication, but with so many devices supporting it, you might sometimes find yourself in situations where the list of Bluetooth devices appearing in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch's list becomes unmanageable. Thankfully, Apple built in a way to get rid of listings for devices you don't use. Simply fire up Settings, tap on Bluetooth, and tap on the blue circle next to the device you'd rather not see again. On the next page, tap on Forget this Device, and you won't see it again. If you decide at some point in the future that you want to use a forgotten device again, just set it to pairing mode and it will reappear in your list. [via CoM]
Hiding text message previews on iOS
Sure, getting a preview of your incoming text messages without needing to unlock your device is handy—but there are some times when you might not want everyone in eyeshot of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to see what you're discussing with the person on the other end. Luckily, iOS offers a super-easy way to stop this. Open the Settings app, tap on Notifications, and tap on Messages. Scroll down the screen a bit, and you'll see an toggle for Show Preview. Set this to off, and you won't see anything more than an alert telling you who your new message is from. [via CoM]
Manually adding images to Photo Stream
Apple's Photo Stream service does a good job of automatically syncing your latest photos across all your Macs and iOS devices—but what happens when you need ubiquitous access to an older photo? Well, you can manually sync your device and transfer it over, or you can just use Photo Stream to your advantage to send it back out to your devices. To do so, just drag and drop any image or collection of images you want from iPhoto or Aperture on your Mac into your Photo Stream, and viola—all of those photos will now appear in your Photo Stream on your iOS devices, for the next 30 days, at which point they'll "expire" to make room for new memories.
Showing/Hiding the Battery Percentage on iOS
Starting with the iPhone 3GS, Apple's iOS devices have been able to provide users with a (relatively) precise measurement of their battery's remaining charge. Some people like it, some don't, but no matter which way you lean there's an easy way to toggle it on and off. Open the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Usage, and find the switch named Battery Percentage. Set it to your preferred state and you'll never have to worry about it (not) cluttering up your status bar again.
Rotating images from within the Photos app
While the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad generally do a good job of rotating images to their proper orientation, every once in a while an odd grip or shot will confound it, leaving you with some work to do before it's ready to share or archive. Luckily, there's an easy—and built-in—way to fix this. Simply select the photo you need to fix, tap the Edit button, and tap the rotate button—it's the one that looks like an arrow pointing backwards. Do this as many times as necessary to get the look you want, then tap Save. iOS will automatically replace the original image with the new version, and you'll be ready to use it however you please—and should you need to undo your changes, it'll have the original waiting for you.
Saving an image in Safari on iOS
Run across an image you'd like to add to your collection while browsing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? There's a dead-simple way to save any image you find online to your Camera Roll. Simply tap and hold on the image, and choose Save Image from the menu that pops up. Just don't go posting it on Instagram—after all, no one likes a cheater.
Enabling Caps Lock on iOS
While it's not nice to shout, there are times when the Caps Lock feature of standard keyboards can come in handy—when typing out a list of acronyms, for example. Luckily, Apple made it easy to access this same feature from your iOS virtual keyboard. First, open up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Keyboard, and make sure that Enable Caps Lock is set to on. Once that's done, all you need to do is double-tap the shift button—it will turn blue to let you know it's enabled, and a single tap is all that's required to shut it off. SEE? SO MUCH BETTER.
Sharing Reminders over iCloud
Have someone you need to share a list of Reminders with? You might not know it from looking at the app, but there's an easy way to do so. Simply fire up your browser, visit iCloud.com, log in, and open up the Calendar app. Over to the left, you'll see a list of your Reminder lists. Just choose which one you'd like to share—a grocery list, for example—and then click the broadcast button (the one on the right). A box will popup allowing you to invite iCloud members to the list, and giving you full control over whether they can simply see the list or edit it, as well.
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Pussy willows (salix discolor) are extremely easy to multiply. They root so easily that stems of almost any size can simply be stuck into a vase of water where they will form roots in just a few weeks.
They can then be potted into liner pots with moist soil for a few more weeks while their roots develop, or they can be planted directly into the ground in spring. The cutting must be set the right end up, as it originally grew.
Cuttings should be from new growth, at least as thick as a pencil, and a foot or more in length for direct sticking. And at least one or two buds must be above ground when the cutting is set.
Pussy willows grow well in almost any soil, but it is a good idea to supplement it with peat moss, leaf mold, or compost. They require full sun to thrive, but will survive in the shade as well. As with most willows, they do best when given lots of water.
Although they can be allowed to grow unpruned, the plant will benefit from regular pruning after blooming. Prune the lowest branches back to the trunk, and prune for shape. You can even cut the tree back to a 6-inch stump every two to three years; just remember that severe pruning results in longer stems and larger catkins. Flowers form on the previous season's growth, not on new growth, so do not prune until after the flowers have faded.
For early blooming, cut branches of pussy willows may be brought in and set in a water-filled vase in a sunny window anytime after the middle of January. The catkins will develop and make a nice display for a considerable amount of time.
Martha has previously gotten pussy willow plants from Phil Mueller of Star Valley Flowers in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin. For more information, visit starvalleyflowers.com.


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It's been several weeks since I feasted peeps upon Beth Humphreys, simply one of the hottest women on this planet. I've been having a little Humphreys withdrawal if I can be honest. Mumbling the name Beth in my sleep. Finding my hands miming the surrounding of her perfect boobtastic with all of my unbridled passions. And, of course, I'm man enough to admit, the crying and the sobbing.
But thanks to our friends at Nuts, we have a new look at the new star in our sky, Beth Humphreys, and her sextastically outrageous body. If I were a sculptor, I'd sculpt that body in marble then spend the rest of my days whittling it down to rubble with no tools save for lust and the ability to scab quickly. Beth, baby, don't ever leave me. Or, you know, get with me then leave me. Just the first part. Enjoy.


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"Look, the economy is kinda sorta picking up again. Let's see how hard we can poke it before it collapses again!"
This is a discussion on Internet Sales Tax Bill within the Tobacco Legislation forums, part of the The Cigar Lounges at Puff category; Internet sales tax bill divides Republicans, vote looms in Senate | Fox News It been a while since I been ...
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It been a while since I been here but I saw this and has me concerned not even just for buying cigars but in general.
If this goes into effect then it looks like famous smokes, and CI will have to start collecting tax say since I am in NY, the NY tax of cigars and then send it back to the NY state.
Which will really suck because then I can no longer afford to buy cigars too much.
"Look, the economy is kinda sorta picking up again. Let's see how hard we can poke it before it collapses again!"
This bill, should it pass fully will be the death of the small Internet retailer. Not just of cigars, but in general.
Large companies already charge taxes (if they have a physical premises in the state), so it will not affect them.
I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong) that this is for "sales" tax, not tobacco tax, meals tax, excise tax, tanning bed tax, etc. If that is the case then I will end up paying an extra 6.25%, which won't kill me since CI, Famous, et al are so much less than I'd pay locally in MA. If this includes the tobacco tax though, I might go join a militia or something!!!
"... it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake." -Mark Twain
To be fair, there's apparently an exemption for retailers who make less than $1 million per year, so if anything it might help the micro retailer a bit. What it doesn't help at all is consumers. They can argue all day long that we were actually required to pay sales tax all along, but the fact is we'll be paying something we didn't pay before, and the added cost of what you just know will be a pain in the nuts process of calculating and paying all these taxes will result in raised costs and higher prices. I'd be interested to know how many companies make just over $1 million who would be severely affected by this new money grab.
Really it is all the more reason to support your local privately owned B&M.
Rather it be shampoo, dog food or cigars.
Some companies didn't collect it before and it was up to the individual to report it in come tax season. People weren't reporting it in so the states decided that in order to get their money, they will just force companies to charge the consumer tax to make sure the state gets it tax money.
I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos. Kenneth Clark
Do we have any billionaires here that want to poke at (BUY) some of the legislators so this doesnt go through??? I mean, isnt that how our wonderful Government works anyway?
"... it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake." -Mark Twain
Is this something that will tax transactions across state lines? I haven't quite been able to get a straight answer on this. Or will it just tax for transactions in your state if you and the seller are in the same border?
Currently a retailer must collect sales tax for online purchases if and only if that retailer has a brick and mortar establishment in the state where the sale occurs. So take Famous or CI, both in Pennsylvania right? If I buy cigars from them they do not charge me sales tax because I live in Massachusetts and they do not have a shop / office / warehouse in my state. Take Amazon for another example, if I buy my kid a toy through them I pay no sales tax because Amazon has no B&M establishment here either.
Once this law goes through Amazon will charge all online purchase the sales tax according to the state where the purchaser is. All retailers with over a million dollars of sales annually will now be required to collect the sales tax for each state, regardless of where the retailer is located.
They say this will "level the playing field", as if the sales tax is the only or major thing making life tough on brick and mortar retailers. I have no problem with the states collecting what is theirs (ours), but I think this is not the big answer to saving mom and pop shops across America. Look at it this way; if I need / want to buy a $100 item I can buy it online and even with sales tax it will cost me $106.25, I'm an Amazon Prime member so I'm getting free shipping. lets say I could drive to a local store and buy it for the same price (not likely taking economies of scale into account) and it costs me $106.25, but I also drove 10 miles each way, which in my F-150 at $3.59 a gallon costs me more than if I just order it online. There are a s#!t ton of variables that are hurting the main street shops around all of us, and in my opinion collecting internet sales tax will do little to cure their ills.
"... it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake." -Mark Twain
@Wicked_Rhube I agree completely with your train of thought on this one.


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This is the view from the orbicular subway exit ramp that juts out about 200 feet toward the stadium from the elevated tracks. For lots of fans, this backdrop is a good opportunity to pose for pictures. But others have found it an ideal locationthe cheapest, if not the nicestfor taking in a Mets game.
"You have to have a radio, though, because the scoreboards are all facing the other way," notes Shoaib Sheikb, who hops on the 7 at Main Street. "I come two or three times a month and stay a few innings. And the best thing is, it's free."
On most nights, only a handful of fans will take in the game from the 7 platform. But for big games, those that draw around 50,000 inside the park, 30 to 40 will gather on the ramp.
"I don't like the crowds inside the stadium," says Paul Smith, who grabs the train from Times Square after work and says he's rarely missed a game since 1985. Toting his two daily sports sections, a Walkman, and bottled water, he enjoys the view from 40 yards past the Mets bullpen. "All those years and I've never been inside once," he says. "I get tickets, but I give them away. Sometimes some business people have some extra ones from their company that they can't use or I'll get them from the cops who take them from the scalpers. But I don't go in. Sometimes I sell them.
"I also used to watch games from the platform by Yankee Stadium," Smith remembers. "But that was before they redid it. That was back when people used to sit up on their roofs and watch the games."
Since the paving over of old Yankee Stadium, the only free view of the big ballyard is the fleeting glimpse that comes by way of a passing No. 4 train.
"You'd have to make like 100 trips to watch a game," Smith jokes. He's only been back to the Bronx once since the remodeling, and that was because his brother was visiting from London and wanted to take in a game.
"And that was back in the Dave Win field days," Smith adds.
Unlike old-time sneaks who relied on tall shoulders or holes in outfield fences, this modern-day knothole gang has MTA-provided amenities. These include an actual public restroom that is clean and never has lines, an afforded leniency toward smoking addiction, and an understood rule about alcoholic beverages: just keep 'em in a paper bag.
There are no seats on the platform, but according to Smith its steps make for good bleachers on cool days. "Since they're steel, the sun really heats that shit up. You really need a pillow if you're going to sit on them some days."
Other seating options include an unused newsstand on the platform's edge, but most who dare attempt roof sitting are chased away by police.
Officer Dave Merrill, one of the three regular transit officers who patrol the platform areawhich is only opened on game dayssays he rarely has problems with the Met fans who watch the game from the ramp. "I'm just here to make sure everybody has fun, "he says. "That's all."
And to make sure everybody is safe. One time, according to another officer, a spectator sitting on the ledge of the platform fell off. Portable metal barricades are usually in place to prevent further incidents.
As for the Willets Point station workers, they're a little puzzled by the platform crowd, but they don't mind. "I don't think they have tickets and that's why they stand there and watch," says station agent Victor Wu. "I admit that I do it occasionally too."
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I just watched the E3 Video of War Machine (War) vs Negative Zero (n0), and all I can do is gape.
Firstly, they move by clicking one millimeter in front of them, meanwhile I just use my arrow keys, or by the auto-move of tab+space.
And you should see how many spells each guy has on them, and how efficient they chose their builds. I dont think I saw their "primary warrior"'s life ever really go below 50%, which is quite an effort. That was awesome to watch, but I dont think I'll ever be that obsessed. I hope that the Order of Dii wil be just as good someday


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ClassicsOnline Home » FIELDING, H.: History of Tom Jones - A Foundling (The) (Abridged)
The 'Voice of the Year' competition introduced and sponsored by Naxos AudioBooks and the Times books pages, edited by Erica Wagner, took place in Spring 2004. Readers without any formal drama training or professional acting experience were invited to send in recordings of a short extract of either Dickens, Austen or from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and an own choice. The judging panel—Martin Jarvis, Juliet Stevenson and Anton Lesser, with John Tydeman, David Timson, and Christina Hardyment (audiobook reviewer for the Times), under the chairmanship of Naxos AudioBooks' managing director Nicolas Soames—chose the winner and finalists from nearly one thousand entries. First prize was to read a classic for Naxos AudioBooks. The winner was Maurice West, a fifty-five-year-old English teacher from Croydon. His chosen piece was from Tom Jones, and he was invited to read an extended abridgement—6-CD set—of the same novel. 'We were very impressed by the natural storytelling talent shown by Mr West, with a strong narrative character, a sense of period style as well as a firm grasp of the many characters who appear', said Nicolas Soames. After graduating from Cambridge, Mr West applied to LAMDA on the main acting course and was accepted. Unfortunately, he didn't have sufficient funds to take up the offer and had to confine his thespian interests to amateur dramatics. Now, later in life, he has a chance to open a new thread of activity. This 6-CD recording of Tom Jones is an important addition to the eighteenth-century audio library on Naxos AudioBooks.
Henry Fielding
The History of Tom Jones
A Foundling
Henry Fielding's masterpiece, Tom Jones, is
the odyssey of "the healthy average life of
the average healthy man". Set at the time
of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, it clearly
shows Fielding's revulsion for this political
escapade by having its hero at one point
volunteer to serve as a soldier against the
rebels. This serves to fix the story in a clearly
defined period, just as it is situated in
carefully depicted places, for it is part of
Fielding's purpose to create a world
recognisably real and tangible. This then
allows him license to introduce improbable
coincidences and last-minute revelations,
such as one finds in old romances, without
alienating the reader.
If Fielding did alienate certain readers at
the time of the novel's publication, it was
not for contrivances of plot but for moral
reasons. He was accused of discouraging
virtue and undermining religion, ridiculous
charges not altogether dissimilar to those
levelled by those who were outraged by
Monty Python's Life of Brian film—especially those who never actually saw it. Likewise,
one of Fielding's severest critics, the novelist
Samuel Richardson, resolutely refused to
read the book.
But these negative voices were drowned
out by those who responded to the great
qualities of the novel. The entire first edition
of Tom Jonessold out before the date of
publication. Before the end of the year
three further editions were demanded. It
has never fallen out of favour since. Sir
Walter Scott observed that it is "truth and
human nature itself" and in our own day
Kingsley Amis wrote: "Two hundred years
have not dimmed Fielding's realism. His
humour is closer to our own than that of
any writer before the present century".
Fielding, born a gentleman's son, was in
his youth not unlike the hero of his novel, at
least insofar as his love life was concerned.
After leaving Eton and before making his
way to London, he fell in love with a young
heiress whom he tried to abduct and
somewhat later he eloped with Charlotte Cradock, the model for Tom's beloved, the
beautiful Sophia Western. However, that
was not until after he had established
himself as a successful dramatist.
He was twenty-one when his first play,
Love in Several Masques, a comedy in
five acts, reached the stage at the Theatre
Royal, Drury Lane, and he managed to
compose some twenty-five theatrical pieces
during the following years, establishing
himself as the most popular and inventive
playwright of his day. (In more recent years,
George Bernard Shaw's opinion of Fielding
the dramatist was that he was second only
to Shakespeare.)
Fielding's best known theatre work was
the hilarious Tom Thumb, a travesty of the
grandly rhetorical heroic tragedies of John
Dryden et al, written in imitation of the
dramas of Racine and Corneille. But his
most effective works were two political
satires which mercilessly mocked the
government of Prime Minister Robert
Walpole. Too effective were they in fact
since they led to the Theatrical Licensing Act
of 1737. This meant, in short, stage
censorship wielded by the office of the Lord
Chamberlain, an institution which the
nation only managed to release itself from
as recently as 1967. What it meant to Fielding was the end of his career in the
He turned to the law and after a short
interlude, inspired by Richardson's novel
Pamela, he produced a parody entitled
Shamela, which mocked what Fielding
saw as his contemporary's humourless
moralising. He developed this vein into a
more fully realized novel, Joseph Andrews,
where the hero is shown struggling to
defend his honour, thus making fun of the
manner in which Richardson depicts his
heroine defending hers until finally she
more or less blackmails her would-be
seducer into marrying her before she will
accept his advances.
Fielding went on to write two further
novels, Jonathan Wild being the better
known and regarded, before he produced,
at the age of nearly thirty-two, the
incomparable Tom Jonesin 1749.
The avowed aim of this great flowering
of his genius is "to make good men wise,
rather than bad men good", using as
example the central figure of Jones himself,
a person incapable of meanness but often
wanting in that good sense which
might ensure him greater happiness. His
experiences lead him via the path of folly to
that palace of wisdom to be found in the arms of Wisdom herself, Sophia, who,
however, is no mere symbol but is as
wonderfully alive and fully realized a
character as the energetic and exuberant
Tom himself.
Even in such a cynical age as our own,
few readers will not rejoice in the
conclusion of the story where goodness is
rewarded and malice confounded. A happy
ending seems, as it were, unavoidable from
the outset but Fielding's skill is to keep us in
suspense until the very end, Tom's woes
deepening and his hopes waning to the
brink of disappearance so that it seems as
though he must fail in his quest.
There is so much to enjoy in Tom Jones
but surely one of the principal delights is the
ever-present author himself. The humour
varies from mock-heroic similes to witty
asides and ironic comments upon his
characters' actions but it is always genial.
As for those characters themselves, the
greatest creation must be Squire Western,
the irascible but essentially goodhearted
country gentleman, barbarous and
loudmouthed but somehow loveable. His
sister, the redoubtable Mrs Western, in
some ways seems to foreshadow the
formidable Lady Bracknell. Then there are
the kindly poltroon Partridge, the sly deceitful Blifil, the well-meaning Mrs Miller,
the preposterous Lord Fellamar, designing
Lady Bellaston…a gallery as various as any
reader could wish.
In 1963 a film version reached cinema
screens and was awarded four Oscars. Not
exactly subtle in its attempt to capture
Fielding's comic vision, it deserved its
success as much for bringing new readers to
the book as for entertaining cinema
audiences. It now looks rather dated
whereas the novel is as fresh today as when
it was first presented to a grateful public.
Notes by Maurice West
The music on this recording is taken from the NAXOS catalogue
SOLER Sonatas for Harpsichord, Volume 1
Gilbert Rowland, harpsichord
SOLER Sonatas for Harpsichord, Volume 2
Gilbert Rowland, harpsichord
SOLER Sonatas for Harpsichord, Volume 3
Gilbert Rowland, harpsichord
SOLER Sonatas for Harpsichord, Volume 5
Gilbert Rowland, harpsichord
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