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Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education asked the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct the required study. With additional support from the Kaufmann Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Spencer Foundation, the NRC established the Committee on the Study of Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States to carry out this work. The committee's charge was to answer four questions:
Who enters teacher preparation programs (preservice, graduate, and alternative)? What is their academic preparation? What is their educational background?
What type of instruction and experiences do participants receive in the preparation program? Who delivers it? To what extent is there commonality in content and experiences?
To what extent is the required coursework and experiences in reading, mathematics, and science across teacher preparation programs consistent with converging scientific evidence?
What model for data collection would provide valid and reliable information about the content knowledge, pedagogical competence, and effectiveness of graduates from the various kinds of teacher preparation programs?
We interpreted this charge as focusing on public school teachers both because they are the objects of public policy and because the majority of the research on teacher quality and teacher preparation also focuses on them. We recognize the vital contribution that private school teachers make, but more than 85 percent of students in the United States attend public schools.1
Broadly viewed, our charge was to review the scientific evidence that pertains to teacher preparation and to consider the data collection that will best support improvements to this critical element of the public education system. The goal, implicit in our charge, was to rely on findings that are the product of responsible scholarship. We faced several challenges, however. First, the available data relevant to our charge are patchy. Second, the task of applying empirical evidence to some of the questions raised complex conceptual issues, such as the challenge of linking teacher characteristics and preparation to measures of student outcomes. In pursuit of answers,
In 2006, more than 49 million students were enrolled in public schools, just over 6 million were enrolled in private schools, and another 1.5 million were home schooled (see http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/ [January 2010]). Career pathways and preparation for private school teachers may differ in significant ways from those of public school teachers, but these differences are not well documented.


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Located in Imerovigli, this romantic hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Skaros Rock and Archaeological Museum. Petros M. Nomikos Conference Centre and Wall Paintings of Thira Exhibition are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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This hotel features a restaurant, a rooftop terrace, and 24-hour room service. Free full breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a seasonal outdoor pool, concierge services, and laundry facilities.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a ferry terminal shuttle. This romantic hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided.
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Suspected Christian gang vandalized Hindu temple in North Texas in US.
Hindus may retaliate upon these in India….. Hindu temple in Old Lake Highlands in US vandalism; Christian gang suspected behind the attack. HENB | Washington | April 20, 2015:: As a sign … Continue reading
Friday Blasts in Belur Mutt is Not a Prank with Firecrackers.
Belur Mutt blasts on Friday is not 'crackers set aflame by a prankster'. It may be a Jihadi Hands on training for new recruits. HENB | Belur | April 4, … Continue reading
US Hindus unite to denounce recent vandalism on Hindu Temple there.
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Dozens of Hindu families are kept captive in a village of Islamic Bangladesh to convert, get ransom and rape.
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Please donate Assam Relief works through HJS for helping Hindu Tribals victimized by NDFB(S) Christian terror groups.
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25 years exile since the exodus of the Kashmir Pandits and Hindus. When they will return to their homes?
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Join Ban-'PK'-Protest Toady at Azad Maidan, Mumbai.
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Global Protest on H R Day against Hindu-Christian-Minority attack & Rights Violation in Pakistan.
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Washington DC is set to protest toady at Pak Embassy against Hindu girls abduction, rape and Christian killings in Pakistan.
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Hindus observed Sourjya Divas on 6th December while Secular and Leftist mourned much on Babri.
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French minister in Mali, presses for July poll
BAMAKO, Mali French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius urged Mali on Friday to stick to a July date for its upcoming presidential election, stressing that the poll is a crucial step in restoring constitutional order following last year's coup.
The date is considered unrealistic by many country watchers because the northern half of Mali remains insecure, with remnants of an al-Qaida cell still active despite a three-month-old, French-led military intervention aimed at uprooting the extremists. But during a stop in Mali's capital, Fabius stressed that the elections are necessary and that the country should not delay them.
"The desire to hold the election by the given date is unanimous, and that date is in the month of July," Fabius told reporters at a press conference on Friday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Tieman Coulibaly said France had promised to provide Mali with the human resources it needs to carry out the election, including two, full-time election experts. The price-tag for the election is estimated to be around 149 billion West African francs ($295 million), according to a confidential planning document which The Associated Press was allowed to see.
Late Thursday, Moussa Sinko Coulibaly, Mali's minister in charge of organizing the election, said the country already had the budget needed to organize the poll. Besides the problem of holding the poll in the insecure north, critics point out that hundreds of thousands of Malians are currently displaced, living in refugee camps in four neighboring nations, making it unclear how to carry out voter registration.
Coulibaly said on Friday that they plan to work with the U.N. refugee agency in order to create a system to allow people to vote inside the refugee camps, if they are unwilling or unable to return to Mali.
An official involved in the planning of the election who could not be named because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly on the matter said that it is logistically impossible to hold the election by July.
"There are lots of things missing that we need in order to hold a presidential election. To start with, the company that needs to be contracted to create the voter ID cards has not even been chosen yet. Secondly, the minister of territorial administration who is in charge of overseeing the election has presented a budget that is different from the one presented by the minister of finance to organize the poll - just to say, it's a real mess right now," the official said. "The Malians are trying to show (to the French) that they want the elections to be held, but there is not a single, palpable thing that they are doing to make this happen."
The once-democratic nation of Mali fell into turmoil last year, following a military coup in Bamako, the capital which has long struggled to maintain control over the nation's distant north, an area as large as Afghanistan. The coup created a power vacuum which allowed fighters loyal to al-Qaida to invade the north, where they set to work creating their version of an Islamic emirate, with seats in Timbuktu, and in the two other provincial capitals in the north, Gao and Kidal.


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US girl gets lung transplant after political firestorm
WASHINGTON—A 10-year-old American girl whose dire need for a lung transplant catapulted her into the political spotlight underwent potentially life-saving surgery Wednesday after a donor was found.
"We are thrilled to share that Sarah is out of surgery. Her doctors are very pleased with both her progress during the procedure and her prognosis for recovery," said the child's mother, Janet Ruddock Murnaghan.
The Pennsylvania girl, who suffers from cystic fibrosis and was said to be near death's door without a transplant, entered surgery early Wednesday after lungs from an adult donor were identified late Tuesday.
The case drew international attention when the child's family gave interviews to cable news networks and pleaded with the US government to bend the rules and allow her to be put on the list for an adult lung transplant.
She was at the top of a waiting list for children under 12, but pediatric donor lungs are far rarer than those from adults, and experts had given Sarah only a few weeks to live if doctors did not perform a transplant.
"The surgeons had no challenges resizing and transplanting the donor lungs — the surgery went smoothly and Sarah did extremely well," her mother said.
"We are elated this day has come, but we also know our good news is another family's tragedy. That family made the decision to give Sarah the gift of life — and they are the true heroes today."
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia declined to share any details about the surgery, citing patient privacy.
Last week, a US judge took the unusual step of ordering that the child should be placed on an adult waiting list, after Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius declined to intervene and the family filed a lawsuit, alleging that current US standards discriminated against children.
A change.org petition by the girl's family and friends appealing for new donor policy regarding children in need of transplants drew more than 372,000 supporters.
The practice of transplanting adult organs into children is relatively rare.
Just one lung transplant has occurred in the United States since 2007 involving a donor older than 18 and a recipient younger than 12, according to government data.
On Monday, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network agreed to revise its policy on transplant candidates 11 and under, which previously stated that children may only be considered for adult lungs if there were no other suitable candidates over age 12.
The changes — effective for one year pending further review — allow transplant programs to request higher priority for children and allow for doctors to consider transplanting lungs from teens or adult donors.
"The number of patients potentially affected by this policy is very small and unlikely to have a significant impact on the larger pool of transplant candidates," the OPTN said.
As of June 10, there were 1,659 candidates listed for a lung transplant nationwide, of whom 30 were under age 10.
Murnaghan was diagnosed as an infant with cystic fibrosis, a chronic lung disease that affects about 70,000 people worldwide. The median survival age is the late 30s.
While Murnaghan's case sparked a torrent of media attention, it also raised questions about the ethics of appealing for medical help in such a public way, with some experts fearing it could set a damaging precedent.
"It raised the question, can you sue or use PR (public relations) or otherwise campaign to get to the head of the line?" said Arthur Caplan, director of the division of medical ethics at New York University Langone Medical Center.
"In our system in the US, you sometimes can use money to gain an advantage. I don't think that is a startling revelation," he told Agence France-Presse.
However, he added that the girl's apparent victory of getting a transplant does not guarantee it will be successful, and complications are frequent in such cases.
"I think this little girl got herself into the woods by her parents fighting for her, and that helped. But she is not out of the woods."
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On album number 14, the veteran punks extol the virtues of alcoholism and take on politics, religion and social mores with their trademark pointed disdain and crass humor. With millions of records sold through Fat Mike's label, Fat Wreck Chords, NOFX stand as one of the most successful indie bands of all time. It's a tribute to their brilliance, and to the fact that they can still get laughs ("Creeping Out Sara," about meeting either Tegan or Sara while drunk) and also offer intelligent commentary ("Best God in Show," about religious fundamentalism).


text: what we need to do is to throw all these ridiculous security measures overboard and start being normal people again instead of overly scared lemmings. Air plane bombings and hijacking is nothing new, it's just overblown by the media. Where there is a will there is a way, even for terrorists. Few days ago here in Belgium a mad man succeeded in just walking towards a plane on the airfield after he jumped the fence, just imagine what a well trained terrorist might achieve, airfields have become big in size meaning it's almost impossible to control all that space.


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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectmen on Monday received an update on an ad hoc committee's effort to define a proposed new town position of "director of business development."
The person holding that post — which would need approval from town voters as soon as next March — would be charged with creating, recruiting and retaining high-quality jobs in Middlebury.
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MIDDLEBURY — An Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) committee will spend the next three months studying the feasibility of offering a second-language program to students throughout the seven-town school district.
Most students in the ACSU currently do not have access to second language instruction until grade 8, though Weybridge Elementary currently operates a successful Spanish program. Officials at Mary Hogan Elementary in Middlebury are also now exploring the prospect of offering a second language.
MIDDLEBURY — The president of eCorp English acknowledged on Thursday that her company's Middlebury launch has been slowed by low cash flow and a major loan agreement that fell apart, but said a recent infusion of new money and the imminent unveiling of its new software product should right eCorp's ship and put it back on schedule to becoming a major employer in the area.
"The message is, 'We are not going belly-up, we are not leaving Middlebury,'" said Deborah Schwarz, founder and president of eCorp English.
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central Supervisory Union's former business manager is suing her past employer, claiming — among other things — that she was bullied by the district's top executive and then placed on administrative leave after she complained about his behavior.
Sharon L. Stearns, who served as ACSU business manager for nine years prior to resigning last spring, filed her four-count civil suit in Rutland County Superior Court on Sept. 13.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury voters on Tuesday, Sept. 27, will be asked to approve a $250,000 bond to complete final design and engineering plans for a substantial rebuild of the town's fire stations on Seymour Street and in East Middlebury.
The Sept. 27 vote is a lead-in to a second, $4.625 million bond referendum to finance construction of the project, which will include extensive renovations and an 8,100-square-foot, four-bay addition for the Seymour Street station.
MIDDLEBURY — Former Project Independence Director Anne Ginevan harkened back to the launch of the senior day care program during the late 1970s.
The program — then run under the auspices of the Counseling Service of Addison County — provided basic recreational, nutritional and health care services to five elderly clients who gathered for around seven hours per day in the lower level of the Middlebury United Methodist Church.
MIDDLEBURY — On a recent morning Otter Creek Yoga founder and director Joanna Colwell did something you'll likely never see her — or anyone else — do again.
Almost apologetically, Colwell walked across the recently laid wooden floor of OCY's new Marble Works studio space in her cowboy boots.
MIDDLEBURY — Owners of downtown Middlebury's Battell Block confirmed on Monday that a Thai restaurant will soon move into the vacancy at 22 Merchants Row, a spot most recently occupied by Doria's restaurant.
CORNWALL — Habitat for Humanity of Addison County (HHAC) is ready to break ground on the town of Cornwall's first-ever affordable housing subdivision, a project off DeLong Road that will eventually accommodate four families.
"There will be a lot of busy activity down (at the project site), hopefully within the next couple of weeks," said Bruce Byers, who co-chairs the HHAC's capital campaign with fellow board member William Biederman.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School student Emily Anderson has plenty of time to choose a career path. But it would be no stretch to say she would have a bright future in engineering.
Anderson was one of four MUHS students to win top honors at this summer's Governor's Institutes of Vermont (GIV) Engineering Institute, an annual, week-long educational program hosted by the University of Vermont. Three Mount Abraham Union High School students also earned first-place awards at the institute, held at the end of July in Burlington.
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The biography of Henry Austin Dobson. This page has biographical information on Henry Austin Dobson, one of the best poets of all time. This PoetrySoup page also provides access to the poet's poems, best poetry, quotes, and video biographies...if available.
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Indiana Jones and the temple of Marka ragnos!
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 11:56 AM
Tracking down anything in any tomb that holds Jedi/Sith relics. Big money if they find something. Lots of booby traps and ancient assassin droids, ancient Sith experimental tomb beasts, various Emperor's hand operatives vying for the same item. etc.
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My group's Obsidian Portal campaign site: It's All in the Trigger Squeeze and D&D 5E Swords for Adventure
Posted 03 July 2014 - 12:04 PM
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They get Well Rounded for 5 xp and have a good immobilization talent for 25 xp based on Athletics, so they can put points into Brawl and be good at that combat wise. They have a bunch of Knowledge skill type stuff as well which requires you to come up with creative uses for those. I would say they are a more Skill focused spec rather than a Talent focused one. There are no really staggering Talents in their tree. It's much more of a concept type character. Cross spec into something like Enforcer, Gadgeteer, or Marauder to perk up Brawl, and maybe something like Trader or Quartermaster to improve face skills.
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My group's Obsidian Portal campaign site: It's All in the Trigger Squeeze and D&D 5E Swords for Adventure
Posted 03 July 2014 - 01:06 PM
Archeologists will generally invest in knowledge (Lore) or Knowledge (Education), so finding creative ways that they get to use their skills in a meaningful way that contributes to the story should be one of your concerns.
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 02:06 PM
Posted 03 July 2014 - 02:17 PM
Limiting to Jedi/Sith is ... limiting. Maybe I'm just jaded by all the video games (Jedi Academy and KOTOR especially).
Think about all the art and artifacts produced by all the cultures on earth that people love to collect, that nations transport and own...Napoleon brought a ton of stuff back from Egypt that the Egyptians would still love to get back. Anyway, multiply that by a couple orders of magnitude.
People want cool stuff. Other people don't want their cool stuff taken. People want to understand cultures and cultural secrets. Other people don't want their secrets shared. Yet others want someone else to do all the work, then ambush the poor sods and steal the loot. Rival academics might have their reputations with the unearthing of new evidence they'd love to squash. Whether your archeologist is doing it for the money, or doing it to enhance knowledge on behalf of some academic institution (or both), there are endless opportunities to keep things from being boring.
Just getting to the site involves everybody: pilots, faces to find good guides, hunters to find the best route and keep the wildlife at bay, mercs to keep everybody safe, etc. Then there's the natives to make friends with or fight off, and the traps to disable...
Have you read through Enter the Unknown? It has a ton of inspiration.
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 02:20 PM
BTW, it's worth pointing out that the spec title might say "archeologist", but there is nothing in the talent tree to limit it that way. The spec is really just an archetype for Indiana Jones, but the character could be a biologist, geologist, or whatever.
Posted 03 July 2014 - 02:56 PM
Now how exactly do I contribute those. Any examples?
Translating old text on the 'treasure map', using varying numbers of Successes, Advantages, etc to represent different amounts of information and detail, or false information in the form of bad results.
Translating the hieroglyphs on the wall of an ancient tomb.
Understanding the language being spoken by an ancient holo projection.
Deciphering the instructions to operate an ancient piece of tech.
Determining the current hyperspace coordinates against ancient ones in some text, taking galactic drift into account.
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 07:24 PM
I'm a fan of letting the players create their own adventures. A player whose character is an archaeologist might come to the table and say he's been researching rumors and/or legends about such-and-such, and he has a lead he heard from a guy who knows a guy... supposedly this other guy has seen it or has been there...
As the GM, you work the player's ideas into the story. Let the players do some work for a change.
Had a player once show up to a fantasy RPG session with a tale about a legendary sword. The PCs were between adventures and celebrating in a city. The player sat at the table and told us all about how he met a guy in a tavern in town who was spinning yarns about the olden days for his meal. One of the stories interested the character and he went to see a local sage. There, he learned a great deal more. The player made all this up ahead of time and brought it to the table. It was his show from beginning to end. The adventure I had planned was put aside in favor of what the player had created. In the end, he got his treasured sword and was absolutely thrilled with it and the quest to get it. The other PCs got lots of good loot too!
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Meanwhile, in George's game, another player wants to join the campaign. Billy is creating a Human Smuggler.
"Another smuggler? Do we really need that?" Carrie asks.
Harrison protests. "But we're totally different. I've got the Scoundrel and Pilot specs. He's using the Gambler and Charmer specs."
Posted 03 July 2014 - 07:37 PM
This is kind of how Obligation should be handled. The characters should make up good backgrounds based on their Obligation and the GM come up with ways to work that off through play.
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 09:52 PM
Without knowing much about the player who's got the achaeologist, I'd say a GM can get a lot of mileage out of a player with that specialization.
If you're giving the player a story hook for the adventure, ancient Jedi and Sith temples work fine, but I'd build up to that steadily. The reason for this is that a long-forgotten Jedi or Sith temple that gets discovered during the reign of Palpatine has all the potential to put your players in a situation very similar to the Indiana Jones movies. Think about it--Palpatine would want the knowledge of the temple kept secret until he could examine it fully, so he would be sending out an Imperial squadron to get to the temple first. Given Palpatine's penchant for schemes within schemes, he could also leak the existence of this hidden temple to an unscrupulous archaeologist. Think Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and have him work with a band of mercenaries to prevent the PCs from getting there. So there you have a three-way race to get to the temple. You could also have some sort of powerful relic in the temple itself that's the real prize, and make the PCs have to sneak around the rival group that found the temple first, and try to steal the relic out from under their noses.
To be honest, though, I'd make this the culmination of a major story arc, or possibly an entire campaign. You could stretch this out over the course of months, starting with rumors of the temple, going from planet to planet uncovering clues about the temple, gaining enemies as you go, and finally getting to the planet itself, that you have to explore to find the temple. The opportunities for other characters to take the spotlight is almost limitless. Here are a few ideas I brainstormed:
- The Marauder and Bodyguard have to take down scores of mooks (and one or two rivals) the Imperials and rival archaeologist put in the PCs way.
- The Politico has to have a face-to-face talk with the rival archaeologist and get him to reveal information without the politico tipping their hand.
- The Pilot has to maneuver their way through a debris field around the planet or escape from a squadron of TIE fighters.
- The Driver has to race the rival archaeologist's crew to the next clue on the planet
- The Doctor has to keep an ancient alien alive long enough to deliver the next clue.
- The Mechanic has to solve an ancient puzzle that shows the PCs where to go next.
- The Scholar has to get background information on the temple so the PCs know what they're looking for and why it's important.
- The Thief and Scoundrel have to steal a clue the Imperials have.
There are several more specializations out there, but this should give you a nice start.
As far as the archaeologist as a support character, the specialization does come with a pretty robust set of skills that makes them a good back-up Pilot and back-up Scholar. They'll probably take the Well-Rounded talent to give themselves some combat skills, if they don't take a combat-oriented specialization. You can have them do research on the planets to which the PCs are headed, make checks about various alien species the PCs encounter, help the PCs navigate their way through a jungle, or use their athletics and coordination checks to do a passable impression of a thief.
Hope this helps!
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Posted 04 July 2014 - 01:49 AM
Just had this vision of some unsuspecting laborers digging on a site being prepared for a new housing compound since the Empire has evicted a load of the locals when they "acquired" their homes to build their garrison.
They break into a chamber and discover an ancient Sith warship was buried there and unknowingly as they flee immediately (being actually sensible enough to recognise obvious death trap ) their actions reactivate a suspension chamber inside releasing a long forgotten force user from the KOTOR MMO era with knowledge vital to the new era of a foe far worse than anything Emperor Palpatine can imagine...
And guess whose job it is to go find him and persuade him to reveal what he knows?
It isn't Darth Vader thats for sure!
Been listening to a d20 actual play done by Gamers Table and this thread sounds like a perfect way to set a sequel to that adventure!
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 08:45 PM
If he want to be an archeologist give him some interesting digs to go on and he can find things like rare weapon upgrades, unusual weapons, or if someone in your group wants to be jedi like he could even find a holocron... and to make it interesting make it a non standard shape and color so the player has no clue if its sith or jedi in origin he could find himself becoming a new sith lord and the rest of the party has to snap him out of it.
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Posted 19 August 2014 - 11:37 PM
So I have a player that Is determined to be an archeologist and I was wondering does any one have ideas as to what some good adventure ideas for an archeology character without being boring to the other players
Here is our campaign, which is based almost entirely around archaeology and exploring:
A shadowy group called the Voren Institute have sponsored members of the party to locate an ancient relic called the Eye of Rodia, which is rumored to have mystical properties.
They searched for it first in the underground Temple of Jaren Laa on Christophsis, but learned that the Eye of Rodia had been taken from the temple by bounty hunter Cad Bane during the Battle of Christophsis during the Clone Wars.
Next they needed to track down Cad Bane and learn what he knew about it. That led them to a destination in the Unknown Regions, where their ship has been pulled out of hyperspace by a mysterious force and crashed on an alien planet featuring a massive Ziggurat where Rodian troops are capturing crash survivors and forcing them into slave labor to build a mysterious machine in the center of the Ziggurat.
Now the party has to locate the Ziggurat, make their way inside and see what secrets it holds...
Have a look around the https://explorers-on...m/adventure-log for details of each of the sessions of the adventure so far, or check the https://explorers-on-the-edge.obsidianportal.com/wikis/main-page and https://explorers-on-the-edge.obsidianportal.com/characters for the people, places and things of the campaign so far.
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Sports of The Times; And the Heads Keep on Falling Around the City
By GEORGE VECSEY
Published: January 27, 2004
AND the beat goes on. Emboldened by perceived success, the hockey crowd at Madison Square Garden has been yowling for the head of Glen Sather.
After all, yowling seemed to pay off recently for the head of Scott Layden and the head of Don Chaney, who were running the Knicks at this very same World's Most Famous Arena.
Save your larynxes, it's flu season. That might be the advice of James Dolan, the chairman of the Garden, who said last night, ''I am not going to fire Glen Sather,'' before his expensive Rangers whacked Florida, 5-2. That stopped the yowling, temporarily.
Sometimes, however, coaches go down without lusty chants against them. A bad month and a discontented superstar brought down Byron Scott yesterday, not because fans in the swamplands had much passion about Scott, or anything, but because the Nets are dragging along with a mere 22-20 record and Jason Kidd is not amused.
There are different ways for sports leaders to go, and New York is seeing them all. In a stunning wave, there have been six significant dismissals in New York in the past two months, and, totally against the odds, Sather has outlasted all six.
Even for a volatile and impatient region -- there are 45 seconds in a New York minute -- this is a lot of severance pay and a lot of officials being escorted to the front door with their security badge removed. Happens fast. Cold business. Maybe even a cold town.
Of course, sports are not all that different from other forms of mob entertainment. Take the political primaries. The blood lust from public and press toward a front-runner who had a goofy 15 seconds is instructive. (It happened to Howard Dean but probably could have happened to anybody.) People are out sharpening Marie Antoinette's guillotine blade for Martha Stewart.
Nobody is pure in this business -- certainly not sports fans and sports commentators, who can turn on failing athletes and slipping managers in a heartbeat. Nevertheless, the number of heads plopping in baskets around the New York area has been amazing.
After a season of ''Fire Fassel'' chants (two jeering syllables per word), Jim Fassel confronted his future with dignity with two games to go for the Giants. The Jets sacked their defensive coordinator, Ted Cottrell, after the season. The derisive chant spread out to Queens, until St. John's scuttled Mike Jarvis early in a basketball season going nowhere.
Meanwhile, the Knicks' fans mounted a furious ''Fire Layden'' chant after the beleaguered general manager seemed intent on serving up warmed-over Charlie Ward and Howard Eisley for years to come.
When the Dolans dumped Layden and brought in Isiah Thomas to conduct a revolution, Thomas cruelly kept his hapless coach in place long enough for the fans to retool a ''Fire Chaney'' chant.
How far the Garden has sunk under the Dolans. In the late spring of 1994, hockey fans chanted ''Let's go, Rangers'' to the beat of the organ, and on subsequent nights Knicks fans, involved in their own playoff dreams, would chant ''Let's go, Rangers.'' Anthony Mason and Charles Oakley of the Knicks rooted in person for Mark Messier. What synergy. What noise. What fun.
At least the Knicks are on the rebound, having upgraded with three point guards in Thomas, Lenny Wilkens and Stephon Marbury. You can improve a basketball team with a few swift strokes. Hockey is tougher to turn around because the squads are deeper and stars cannot carry a team as they do in basketball. Still, the star system worked last night for the Rangers as Jaromir Jagr, in his first home game as a Ranger, had a goal and two assists.
Sather alluded to the ''controversy'' surrounding the Rangers, who had lost, 9-1, in their previous game. Dolan's remarks to reporters during the game were obviously aimed at calming the yowling paying customers.
''Speaking from experience,'' said Mark Messier, the 43-year-old captain, ''the momentum and feeling in the arena and around town is important.''
''The fans waited 54 years for a Stanley Cup, and there were some rough years in between,'' Messier said, adding: ''There's no better place, or harder place. We've got to make it happen.''
The mood swung at the end of last night's game. For a moment, it was a good place, not a hard place. And at least the Rangers are not moving.
The Nets, on the other hand, are in all kinds of chaos. They are being sold to a builder who wants public subsidies for his dream palace, ostensibly for the good of downtown Brooklyn, or maybe for the good of himself. Now the Nets must try to keep a few fans in New Jersey until they move. Underachieving is not a good party trick.
Byron Scott is a victim of the Nets' unsettled state. Some of the players have been staging an unseemly temper tantrum and maybe even a subconscious letdown since their offensive guru, Eddie Jordan, got the head job in Washington. They should be ashamed, but probably are not.
Whoever is making decisions in ownership must have signaled Rod Thorn, the general manager, that Scott was expendable, despite leading the Nets to the finals the past two years. In this flux, 22-20 doesn't cut it.
The Rangers, who have only 49 points in 50 games, would love the Nets' record. Last night, at the end, they had a buzz the Nets may never know. But that can change in all 45 seconds of a New York minute.


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HoopsHype Larry Drew rumors
Drew said point guard Brandon Knight will have his minutes increased after playing 15 minutes against Dallas on Saturday night. Knight had been sidelined with a right hamstring strain. "He's just coming back to us and we want to gradually get him back into a rhythm," Drew said. "Get his conditioning back. We won't log too many minutes on him." Knight will come off the bench Tuesday and rookie Nate Wolters will start, Drew said. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Gery Woelfel: Larry Drew, in response to Carlos Delfino saying his season is over: "That hasn't been determined yet.'' Twitter @GeryWoelfel
"Sometimes you need an ear, you need advice. And as I told him, I want to be that person for him. I can see he's trying to do right and he doesn't want to put himself in those situations," Drew said. "But I'll be there for him. I'm 24-7 when it comes to helping any of my players." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Drew said he believes Sanders will move on from the incident, which involved numerous people at Apartment 720 in the early hours Sunday. "Me as a coach, his teammates, the organization, everybody that's a part of his life, we want to help him to move forward," Drew said. "Hopefully he'll learn from this incident, he can put it behind im and we can march on." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
And they most certainly expect him to be the energy guy who became a fan favorite for precisely that reason. "He's just got to get back to doing what got him this recognition," Drew said. "It all starts with energy. Playing hard, rebounding, running the floor, setting screens, doing all those energy things. "He'll be able to score a little bit. But it all starts with energy and him being smart when he's on the floor and not taking cheap fouls, which does us no good. He's got to get back to where his intensity is at a high level." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Drew's previous experience with Sanders came through film study and whenever the Bucks played the Atlanta Hawks last season. Drew said he has yet to see that Sanders. "I've seen it in spurts," Drew said. "It's about consistency where he's doing it the whole time he's out on the floor. " Sanders said he did not take exception with Drew for his extended benching Saturday night. "For whatever reason Coach felt he was more comfortable with the group he had out there at that time," Sanders said. "He's been in and out with different lineups, so it's not real solid right now. "I'm being patient with him. Whenever he feels I should be out there, I will be. I'm trying to sit back and control the things I can and stay positive and keep trying to be the player I've been." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
The Miami Heat reduced their preseason roster to 17 Monday by waiving forward Jarvis Varnado and guards Larry Drew II and Charlie Westbrook. South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Larry Sanders has been studying his playbook this week. The Milwaukee Bucks center is learning a new system after spending his first three pro seasons under coaches Scott Skiles and Jim Boylan. Now it's time to comprehend defense, Larry Drew-style. "Sometimes it's less work; sometimes it's more work," Sanders said after Friday's practice session at the Cousins Center. "It's just an adjustment. "Different schemes, but they're simple. It's just a lot of them. And we're taking the time to learn them. Coach is being patient with us, understanding we come from a different system and incorporating what we already know into the system now." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Abdul-Jabbar, 66, made no mystery of his desire to replace recently fired Ben Howland at UCLA, carrying out a media campaign to rally support. He was passed over for former Indiana star and veteran coach Steve Alford. When the Bucks filled their coaching vacancy with Larry Drew, it seemed to signal the end of Abdul-Jabbar's coaching hopes. "It didn't work out and that's the way it goes," Abdul-Jabbar said on Tuesday, speaking before an appearance at the Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue and 47th St. Wednesday. The NBA's all-time leading scorer was there to promote his latest book, "Sasquatch in the Paint," loosely based on his upbringing in Manhattan. "I'm not going to ram my head against the wall. It's time to move on. I'm not actively pursuing that," Abdul-Jabbar said of looking for future coaching jobs. "Writing has been a nice thing for me. I've been pursuing that more so than anything else." New York Daily News
The Miami Heat have signed guard Larry Drew II, making him the 18th person on the roster for training camp with the two-time defending NBA champions. Boston Herald
Miami has recently expressed interest in a number of free agents including Von Wafer, Julyan Stone, Vander Blue, Yakhouba Diawara, Larry Drew II, Je'Kel Foster and Justin Holiday among others, according to sources close to the situation. All of these players recently worked out for the HEAT. Miami may bring in several other free agents for additional workouts in the coming days. HoopsWorld
Also, undrafted rookie point guard Larry Drew Jr., from UCLA, will audition for the Heat over several days this coming week. Drew, who averaged 7.5 points and 7.3 assists for the Bruins last season, was originally supposed to play on Miami's summer league team but could not because of a quad injury. Miami Herald
General Manager John Hammond announced today that Jim Cleamons, Scott Williams and Josh Oppenheimer will complete Larry Drew's coaching staff as assistant coaches. They join Bob Bender and Nick Van Exel, who were named to Drew's coaching staff earlier in the summer. In addition, Scott Barthlama has been named head athletic trainer, Chris McKenzie has been named director of physical therapy and athletic trainer, and Robert Hackett has been named strength and conditioning coach. NBA.com
"I'm excited to be able to assemble this strong coaching staff in Milwaukee," said Drew. "Jim, Scott and Josh all bring their unique experiences to the Bucks bench as well as diverse coaching skills. I'm pleased to have our staff, including assistant coaches Bob Bender and Nick Van Exel, together as we prepare for the upcoming season." NBA.com
Sanders, flanked by Bucks general manager John Hammond and coach Larry Drew, didn't miss a beat. "A big team goal for me is unity, undeniable unity," Sanders said. "The brotherhood that has been missing for a couple years, that is a key part of winning, I believe. Just spending time together away from basketball. I feel like knowing each other off the court directly relates to knowing each other on the court. Holding each other accountable, being able to speak to each other. For me, to step more into a leadership role. I would say, to be more a leader by example. I have a lot of ideas. It starts with me. I have to be that guy. I embrace that responsibility and I'm excited about that." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Anthony Goldwire, who served as an assistant coach with the Bucks last season, had a front row seat of the destruction, and told Talkinhoopz.com that everyone in the organization had a different direction. "The organization as a whole wasn't on the same page," Goldwire said. "The general manager, the coaching staff, and all the way down to the players, we were just all on different pages. The coaching staff was here, the players was there, and the management was in another place, so hopefully they can get that turned around. Larry Drew should be able to do a better job." talkinhoopz.com
The Atlanta Hawks pushed against the three days given to decide on his offer, and Teague grew increasingly comfortable about playing under Larry Drew once more. In his mind, it seemed the chances of a return to the Hawks had dwindled too much. "I really didn't think the Hawks would match it," Teague told RealGM. "I was definitely prepared to go to Milwaukee. I was excited to work with their head coaching staff. Possibly playing for [Drew] again, it was big. I have a great relationship with him." RealGM
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Canadian Football League Week 8 Betting Recap
By Ian Cameron
Here is my recap of Week 8 in the Canadian Football League as I provide a quick hitter, team-by-team analysis of the four teams that were in action…
Montreal Alouettes (2-5 SU, 3-4 ATS)
Give the Montreal Alouettes credit for fighting their asses off against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Alouettes stepped up and showed some pride after a miserable effort at home in a 38-13 blowout loss to Toronto the previous week. Montreal's defense played by far its best game of the season. They were dominant by getting pressure on quarterback Darian Durant and doing an admirable job against the explosive running of Kory Sheets who for the first time this season was held below 100 yards. Quarterback Anthony Calvillo suffered a concussion late in the first half and didn't return. That forced backup Josh Neiswander into the game and he didn't move the football much at all in the second half against Saskatchewan's staunch defense. Montreal only a scored one field goal and a fumble return touchdown in the second half. The offense couldn't generate very much and that allowed the Roughriders to escape with a 24-21 win. It's difficult to classify a loss as something positive but Montreal's defense played terrific and gave them a chance to win and the effort and intensity was much higher this week. However, the injuries continue to mount with wide receiver Jamel Richardson and running back Brandon Whitaker already missing the last two games. Wideout Brandon London and specialist Noel Devine got injured last week and are questionable to play this week. They may be forced to rely on that defense one more time.
Toronto Argonauts (5-2 SU, 4-3 ATS)
Toronto has a big game on deck against Calgary and one has to wonder if maybe they were caught looking ahead on Sunday when the red hot Argos did just enough to get past the struggling Edmonton Eskimos, 36-33. Toronto's defense had some trouble against what had been a very anemic Eskimos offense allowing quarterback Mike Reilly to pile up 511 passing yards and 3 touchdowns. Although the defense took a step back, Toronto's offense led by quarterback Ricky Ray was razor sharp once again. Ray completed 30-of-35 passes for 413 passing yards and 3 touchdowns in the win. Three different receivers – Josh Chiles, Andre Durie, and Chad Owens – all had five or more receptions. There are too many receiving weapons right now for opposing defenses to shut down. Toronto did what good teams do despite not playing its best and that is finding a way to win. The Argos now enjoy a two-game lead over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division and have a tough game at home against the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night – a game that will require a higher level of execution on both sides of the football if Toronto hopes to win its fifth game in a row.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-4 SU and ATS)
Two weeks ago I wrote this about Hamilton: "Hamilton will have back-to-back games against Winnipeg after its bye. They should be healthier by that time and with both games being winnable affairs, Hamilton could get back to .500. I like this team's talent level when they are healthy and I still think Austin will be the right guy for the job." Well they won the first half of their back-to-back set against Winnipeg in convincing fashion 37-18 against a dysfunctional and reeling Blue Bombers squad. Hamilton's offense has suddenly become explosive once again with quarterback Henry Burris making good decisions with the football, running back C.J. Gable making plays on the ground and catching the ball out of the backfield, and a slew of receivers all getting the job done. The use of backup quarterback Dan LeFevour in Hamilton's last two games has kept opposing defenses off balance. On defense, they are much healthier and are getting great contributions from Brian Bulcke and Eric Norwood up front. Simoni Lawrence also showed his talent at linebackers after making his first start for the Ticats last week. The secondary is getting better each week with Dee Webb and Delvin Breaux playing solid and their best defensive back Evan McCollough is not that far from returning from injury. I think the best it yet to come for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. They face Winnipeg again this week at home and this is a glorious opportunity to put the foot on the throat of a lifeless, struggling team.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1-6 SU, 2-5 ATS)
All the front office and off-the-field drama that has taken place with the Blue Bombers over the last week is well documented. They seemingly change quarterbacks on a weekly basis after committing to Justin Goltz "for the rest of the season" only to change their minds and go with Max Hall against Hamilton. The front office management team including GM Joe Mack was fired. They also canned offensive coordinator Gary Crowton and replaced him with former Hamilton head coach and Montreal OC Marcel Bellefeuille. The organization is clearly in panic mode and trying to create short term fixes for long term problems. The fan base is disgruntled and I'm not sure Winnipeg can do anything to climb out of its funk. The Blue Bombers have announced in a shocking move, they are sticking with Hall for a second straight week when they travel to Guelph to face Hamilton. With having to learn a completely different offense with an inexperienced quarterback making only his second start on a 1-6 team I'm not going to expect dramatically different results. The way to bet Winnipeg games is very simple – either you bet against them or you leave the game alone.
Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-1 SU, 5-2 ATS)
In what was expected to be a cakewalk for Saskatchewan against Montreal after suffering their first loss of the season in Calgary, the Roughriders were out of sync all game. Darian Durant struggled mightily to make plays in the passing game while Kory Sheets was held to below 100 yards rushing for the first time this season. The good news was the play of their defense as it completely stifled Anthony Calvillo and the Alouettes before eventually knocking the aging quarterback out of the game. The stop unit then feasted on backup Josh Neiswander during the second half and came away with a 24-21 win. Saskatchewan's offense had just 343 total yards but Durant finally stepped up and made the big plays with the game on the line leading Saskatchewan on a game tying touchdown drive with three minutes left. He then got them into field goal range in the final seconds for the win. Even the best teams in the CFL like Saskatchewan are going to look flawed at time and this was certainly one of those games. They face another struggling opponent this week when they battle the 1-6 Edmonton Eskimos on the road. After three straight Overs to start the season, Saskatchewan has seen its last four games go 3-1 to the Under.
Calgary Stampeders (5-2 SU and ATS)
Calgary displayed the intensity of a playoff game when it beat undefeated Saskatchewan at home 42-27. The Stampeders however were clearly lacking that same intensity and focus when they played BC this past week. Calgary's offense never got going against as quarterback Kevin Glenn was mediocre and running back Jon Cornish was held to just 73 yards. They also lost receiver Nik Lewis to a leg injury. He will be out indefinitely and it's a big injury loss because it really took away the intermediate passes that Glenn relies on for success. The defense played solid but didn't get enough stops to get them a win. I'm noticing a pattern with Calgary – they win games when they can run the football effectively regardless of how well they perform in other phases of the game. That isn't unlike a lot of teams but it's especially true with the Stampeders. Calgary will face a Toronto Argos team in their next game that struggles against the run so there may be daylight for Cornish to get going on the ground. The Stampeders are a good team but Glenn needs to make more plays because Cornish and the ground attack won't be able to bail them out every single game.
Edmonton Eskimos (1-6 SU, 2-5 ATS)
Edmonton played a LOT better but the little things continue to haunt this squad – most notably bad penalties and mistakes in the secondary. I've had my issues with Edmonton's head coach Kavis Reed although it's clear the Eskimos haven't quit on him. The Eskimos lost in Montreal by just 5 points. They lost to Hamilton by a single point and last week they hung tough with a really good Toronto team despite being down 17 in the third quarter. The problem is despite the effort level, Edmonton just isn't very good and they do not have great depth to survive injuries in many of the key positions especially at quarterback. That being said, there is reason for optimism. Edmonton's lifeless offense had a great game scoring 33 points against a Toronto defense that had allowed 44 points in its last three games combined. The problem was they couldn't stop Ricky Ray who has had a ridiculous 64 completed passes on 73 pass attempts in his last three games for an 88% completion rate. Ray has also yet to throw an interception and he was just too much for Edmonton's defense – especially without all-star linebacker JC Sheritt. I'm very interested to see how Edmonton responds this week. Even though they lost, they hung tough against a red hot team that is also the defending champs. Now they face arguably the best team in the CFL with Saskatchewan at home. Saskatchewan blew out Edmonton 39-18 in Week 1.
BC Lions (5-2 SU, 4-3 ATS)
It was a great and boisterous crowd at BC Place Stadium on Saturday night. The BC Lions players were given awesome looking new "third jerseys" to wear right before the game. There wasn't any way they could lose this game after all that! BC played with the intensity level that Calgary played with last week in Saskatchewan as the Lions came away with a hard fought 26-22 win to pull even with Calgary at 5-2 for second place in the West Division. Quarterback Travis Lulay is still not playing at the level we've come to expect from him. He had just 1 touchdown pass but 3 interceptions in this game but BC's defense helped offset it. However, the offense remains a point of concern for BC as the running game with running back Andrew Harris which has been very strong in past seasons hasn't always clicked here in 2013. Lulay has yet to throw for 300 passing yards in any game this season and hasn't had as many big plays. The Lions defense is good enough to carry them but the emphasis in practice this week has already been improving their offensive production both on the ground and through the air. On a short week, BC will travel to Montreal to face the reeling and injury riddled Alouettes on Thursday night. BC's offense may find the going tough once again if the Montreal defense can bring the same kind of effort and performance they gave last week against the Roughriders.
Re: CFL Week 9 Betting News and Notes
CFL Betting Recap - Week 8
League Betting Notes
Favorites went 4-0 straight up in Week 8
Underdogs went 2-1-1 against the spread in Week 8
Home teams went 3-1 record in Week 8
The 'over/under' went 2-2 in Week 8
Team Betting Notes
Toronto (5-2) continues to trend upward. The Argonauts have won four in a row straight up, although their bid for a fourth straight cover was thwarted when Edmonton (1-6) picked up a back-door cover late in Week 8.
Calgary (5-2) suffered their first loss since Week 2, dropping a 26-22 decision on the road against the BC Lions (5-2). It doesn't get any easier for the Stamps, as they head east in Week 9 to face those red-hot Argos.
Saskatchewan (6-1) got back on track with a 24-21 win over Montreal (2-5). After covering their first five games, the Roughriders have failed to cover in each of their past two.
The Alouettes came close on the road in Regina, covering a double-digit spread. They have now covered two of their past three after going 1-3 ATS through the first four games.
Winnipeg (1-6) has dropped five consecutive games straight up, and they have failed to cover in three of their past four games. The 'over' has also cashed in three of those four contests, as the defense has failed to show up for the Blue Bombers.
After failing to cover in their first five games, Hamilton (2-5) has now posted two straight covers. The 'over' has also hit in each of the past two games for the Ti-Cats after the 'under' cashed in four straight from Week 2 through 5.
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CFL Betting Notes - Week 9
By David Schwab
The 2013 CFL regular season enters Week 9 with a tight three-way race in the West Division and just one team in the East with a winning record. This past Friday night Hamilton rolled over Winnipeg 37-18 as a three-point road favorite to move to 3-4 straight-up which is good enough for second place in the East.
In the first of two Saturday games, Saskatchewan squeezed-out a 24-21 victory over Montreal as a 10½-point home favorite to lay claim to the best record in the CFL at 6-1. Later that day, British Columbia tightened things up in the West with a 26-22 win over Calgary as a three-point favorite at home. Both teams are now 5-2 SU on the year. Toronto closed-out Week 8 by edging-out Edmonton 36-33 as a 7½-point home favorite on Sunday to open a two-game lead in the East at 5-2.
The following is a brief betting preview for the two games in the CFL this week with the opening pointspread and 'over/under' lines provided by TopBet.
Thursday, Aug. 22
British Columbia Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes
Pointspread: OFF
Total: OFF
The Lions' victory over Calgary this past Saturday not only moves them into a tie with the Stampeders in the West at 5-2 straight-up, it avenges an opening day loss to their rivals. They improve to 4-3 against the spread this season and the total has gone OVER in three of their previous three road games. BC has given-up the second fewest points in the CFL (23.4 points a game).
It has been a very disappointing 2-5 SU start for the defending East Division champs. Montreal had already fired its head coach five weeks into the season and may be without the services of quarterback Anthony Calvillo for this contest after leaving last week's game with a head injury. The Alouettes are 3-4 ATS overall and 1-3 ATS at home. The total has stayed UNDER in three of four home games.
BC is 15-8 SU in the last 23 meetings between these two, but just 1-6 SU in its last seven road games against the Alouettes. The total has gone OVER in four of the last five meetings in Montreal. The last time these two met, the Lions rolled to a 43-10 victory as six-point home favorites in early September of last season. The total went OVER the 53½-point line.
Friday, Aug. 23
Calgary Stampeders vs. Toronto Argonauts
Pointspread: Toronto -3
Total: 58
Calgary has to be thinking about last November's 35-22 loss to Toronto as a two-point favorite in the 2012 Grey Cup Championship heading into this Week 9 matchup. The Stampeders are 5-2 both SU and ATS this season behind an offense that is cranking-out an average of 32.3 points a game. The total has gone over in five of their first seven games.
The Argonauts fought off a slow start out of the gates and now bring a four-game winning streak SU (3-1 ATS) into this contest. They are 3-1 SU (2-2 ATS) at home this season and the total has gone OVER in all four games. Behind quarterback Ricky Ray, Toronto is averaging 32.9 points a game.
The Stampeders have lost their last five games against Toronto SU and ATS and they are 2-11 SU in their last 13 road games against the Argonauts. The total has gone OVER in four of the last six meetings overall and in six of the last seven meetings in Toronto.
Saturday, Aug. 24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Pointspread: Hamilton -10
Total: 51½
The Blue Bombers will be looking to snap an extended losing streak that started with a 25-20 loss to Hamilton in Week 3 as six-point underdogs on the road and reached five games with last week's 19-point loss at home. Winnipeg is 1-6 SU overall and 3-3 ATS. It is a perfect 3-0 ATS on the road this season and the total has stayed UNDER in all three games.
Hamilton's victory over the Bombers in Week 8 was its second in-a-row both SU and ATS. This followed a shaky 1-4 SU start and a costly 0-5 run ATS. The total has gone OVER in its last two games after staying UNDER in four of its first five games. The Tiger-Cats have scored a total of 67 points in their last two games.
Winnipeg comes into the back-end of this home-and-home series with a 6-3 SU record in its last nine games against the Tiger-Cats despite the two SU losses this season. The Blue Bombers are 6-2-1 ATS in those eight games and the total has stayed UNDER in five of the last seven games between the two.
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Edmonton Eskimos
Pointspread: Saskatchewan -3½
Total: 55
The Roughriders fast start at 6-1 SU has also been a profitable run for anyone wagering on this team with a 5-2 record ATS. They are 3-1 ATS on the road this season and the total has gone OVER in three of the four games. Saskatchewan remains the highest scoring team in the CFL (33.4 points) and the stingiest on defense; allowing an average of just 21.4 points a game.
Edmonton's losing streak has now reached five games SU, but it snapped a four-game losing streak ATS by covering against Toronto last week. It all adds up to a 1-6 record SU and a 2-5 record ATS. The total has gone OVER in five of its first seven games. The Eskimos remain the second-lowest scoring team in the league with an average of 23 points a game.
Saskatchewan hammered Edmonton 39-18 on opening day as a 2½-point road underdog with the total going OVER the 51-point line. It was just its second SU win over the Eskimos in the last seven meetings. The total has gone OVER in four of the last six meetings in Edmonton.
Re: CFL Week 9 Betting News and Notes
Week 9 CFL
BC Lions (5-2) @ Montreal (2-5) — Alouette QB Calvillo left with concussion last week; with this game on short week, unsure if former Ohio State/Ravens backup QB Troy Smith will start or Neiswander, who was 12-30/147 with two INTs subbing for Calvillo in last week's 24-21 loss to Riders. Lions won five of last six games since losing opener in Calgary, but they're 1-2 on road, scoring 17-12 points in last two road tilts (average 27 ppg at home)- their only road win is 17-3 at Edmonton. Montreal has interim coach, backup QB and five losses in last six games; they're 1-3 at home, with all three losses by 8+ points. Teams split season series each of last five years (home teams 9-2 SU), with Lions losing five of last six visits here, last two by 30-26/30-25 scores. Four of last five series games went over total, as have three of last four Alouette games.
Calgary (5-2) @ Toronto (5-2) — Argonauts beat Calgary six times in a row, despite being underdog in all six games; they beat Stamps three times LY, last of which was 35-22 (+1.5) in Grey Cup on this field. Toronto survived wild 36-33 shootout with Eskimos last week, winning despite allowing O'Reilly to pass for 511 yards. Argos didn't have takeaway last week, after having 14 (+11) in previous five games. Calgary is 2-9 in last 11 visits here, losing last four by 3-2-3-13 points, with all four of those games going over total. Argos won last four games overall, scoring 35+ points in all four; they're 3-1 at home, with only loss to 6-1 Roughriders. Calgary is 2-2 on road loss at BC last week, which snapped 4-game win streak. Last five Toronto games and five of seven Stampeder games went over the total.
Winnipeg (1-6) @ Hamilton (3-4) — TiCats (-3.5) won 37-18 in Winnipeg last week, outgaining hosts 456-321; Bombers then fired OC Crowton after game, week after they canned their GM. New guy calling plays makes this harder game to call; road team is 7-0 vs spread in Winnipeg games this year. Bombers are 3-0 as road dogs, losing by 5-7 points and winning SU at Montreal. Hamilton is 0-3 vs spread in its temporary home this year; they beat Winnipeg 25-20 (-5.5) here in Week 3, its only win in three games at Guelph- they've won last three series games vs Bombers, by 10-5-19 points- five of last seven series games stayed under total. Winnipeg allowed average of 32.2 ppg last five weeks, with three of their last four Winnipeg games going over total. Hamilton is 3-1 when it scores 25+ points, 0-3 when it doesn't.
Saskatchewan (6-1) @ Edmonton (1-6) — Roughriders (-2.5) snapped 6-game skid on this field with 39-18 win Opening Day, just their third win in last ten series games. After scoring 36.6 ppg in 5-0 pre-bye start, Riders split last two games, scoring 27-24 points, narrowly surviving Alouettes last week in game Calvillo left early (concussion). Saskatchewan is 3-1 on road, winning by 21-11-17 points, losing at Calgary. Eskimos passed for 511 yards last week, still lost 36-33 at Toronto (+9), its fifth straight loss; Argos were 31-36/458 passing, a ridiculous 12.7 yards/attempt. Edmonton is 0-3 at home, allowing 28.7 ppg in losses by 1-14-21 points. Last week was first time this year Roughriders ran ball for less than 145 yards (93). Six of last nine series games went over total, as have six of seven Edmonton games and three of four Roughrider road games.
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Thursday, August 22
BRITISH COLUMBIA (5 - 2) at MONTREAL (2 - 5) - 8/22/2013, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) in road games after 2 or more consecutive straight up wins over the last 2 seasons.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 74-51 ATS (+17.9 Units) as an underdog since 1996.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 56-35 ATS (+17.5 Units) in road games off a division game since 1996.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 22-7 ATS (+14.3 Units) in road games in August games since 1996.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 35-20 ATS (+13.0 Units) in road games off a win over a division rival since 1996.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 25-11 ATS (+12.9 Units) in road games in weeks 5 through 9 since 1996.
MONTREAL is 16-28 ATS (-14.8 Units) in games played on turf over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
BRITISH COLUMBIA is 3-1 against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 2-2 straight up against BRITISH COLUMBIA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Friday, August 23
CALGARY (5 - 2) at TORONTO (5 - 2) - 8/23/2013, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) when playing on a Friday over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 19-7 ATS (+11.3 Units) when playing with 6 or less days rest over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 5-0 against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 5-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Saturday, August 24
WINNIPEG (1 - 6) at HAMILTON (3 - 4) - 8/24/2013, 1:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WINNIPEG is 99-72 ATS (+19.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 6-3 against the spread versus HAMILTON over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 6-3 straight up against HAMILTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
SASKATCHEWAN (6 - 1) at EDMONTON (1 - 6) - 8/24/2013, 4:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SASKATCHEWAN is 0-8 ATS (-8.8 Units) in August games over the last 3 seasons.
SASKATCHEWAN is 1-10 ATS (-10.0 Units) in weeks 5 through 9 over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
EDMONTON is 4-3 against the spread versus SASKATCHEWAN over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 5-2 straight up against SASKATCHEWAN over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
BRITISH COLUMBIA vs. MONTREAL
The total has gone OVER in 4 of British Columbia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Montreal
British Columbia is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Montreal's last 9 games at home
Montreal is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
CALGARY vs. TORONTO
Calgary is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games at home
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
WINNIPEG vs. HAMILTON
Winnipeg is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Hamilton
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Hamilton's last 5 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
Hamilton is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
SASKATCHEWAN vs. EDMONTON
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Saskatchewan's last 9 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Saskatchewan's last 17 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Saskatchewan
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games
Re: CFL Week 9 Betting News and Notes
Lions at Alouettes: What Bettors Need to Know
By Covers.com
BC Lions at Montreal Alouettes (7, 47.5)
The bad news keeps piling up for the Montreal Alouettes as they try to turn their season around. The Alouettes, who are already missing all-stars such as offensive lineman Scott Flory and slotback Jamel Richardson, will likely be without quarterback Anthony Calvillo when they host the BC Lions on Thursday. Calvillo underwent further concussion testing Monday after leaving last week's 24-21 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the second quarter and if he is unable to play, Josh Neiswander may start his first CFL game under center.
The Lions travel east after a strong two-game homestand that saw them fend off the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Calgary Stampeders. BC won both games despite quarterback Travis Lulay throwing three interceptions against the Stampeders. Lulay has yet to throw for more than 300 yards in a game this year, leaving the Lions to lean on running back Andrew Harris - third in the league with 765 yards from scrimmage - and their defense to give them a chance to win.
ABOUT THE LIONS (5-2): BC's defense is led by linebackers Solomon Elimimian (37 tackles, one interception) and Adam Bighill (31 tackles, two sacks). Wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux is Lulay's favorite target for big plays, recording 440 yards on 22 catches - 20 yards per catch - to go with three touchdowns. Arceneaux had 1,972 yards in his first two CFL seasons before leaving in a failed bid to make the NFL.
ABOUT THE ALOUETTES (2-5): Neiswander did not impress when he replaced Calvillo against the Roughriders, completing 12-of-30 passes and throwing two interceptions, meaning Montreal could turn to Troy Smith on Thursday. Smith, who signed a two-year deal with the Alouettes last week, won the Heisman Trophy in 2006 and was named an NFL offensive player of the week while playing for the San Francisco 49ers during the 2010 season. Linebacker Chip Cox leads the league with 56 tackles and also has an interception and two sacks, while fellow linebacker Kyries Hebert has 42 tackles and a team-leading seven sacks.
* Lions are 4-1 ATS vs. a team with a losing record.
* Under is 7-1-1 in Alouettes last 9 home games.
* Under is 12-3-1 in Lions last 16 games in August.
* Alouettes are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games.
1. BC has allowed 23.4 points per game - second-best in the league to Saskatchewan (21.4).
2. The Lions released K Hugh O'Neill last week, electing to stick with 43-year-old Paul McCallum, who has kicked for BC for the last four games.
3. Montreal is 1-3 at home; BC is 1-2 on the road.
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Stamps at Argos: What Bettors Need to Know
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Calgary Stampeders at Toronto Argonauts (-2.5, 58)
A nagging knee injury has not stopped Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray from running the most efficient offense in the CFL. Ray, who has completed 143-of-183 passes for 14 touchdowns and no interceptions, will try to lead the Argonauts to their fifth straight victory when they host the Calgary Stampeders on Friday. Ray's record-pace completion rate is a large part of Toronto's recent dominance, but the defense has done its share as well, limiting opponents to five touchdowns in the last four games.
Calgary slotback Nik Lewis, who leads the team in receiving yards with 400, will miss at least six weeks after suffering a fractured fibula in last week's 26-22 loss to the BC Lions. Lewis has been a stalwart of the Stampeders' offense, recording at least 1,000 receiving yards in every season since joining the team in 2004, but Calgary has adjusted to big injuries successfully. The best way to shut down the Stampeders seems to be through running back Jon Cornish, who was limited to a combined 115 rushing yards in Calgary's two losses.
ABOUT THE STAMPEDERS (5-2): Veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn has been a solid replacement for injured starter Drew Tate and will look to slotbacks Marquay McDaniel and Jabari Arthur to fill Lewis' void. Calgary's defense recorded three interceptions against BC, including one by defensive lineman Charleston Hughes, who also leads the team in sacks with five. Cornish is second in the league with 916 yards from scrimmage.
ABOUT THE ARGONAUTS (5-2): Slotback Chad Owens remains a favorite target for Ray with 572 receiving yards as part of a league-leading 1,395 total combined yards for last year's Most Outstanding Player. Running back Curtis Steele is a little banged up after filling in for the injured Chad Kackert as he was limited to 27 yards on five carries last week - his lowest totals in the three games he has played. First-year linebacker Shane Horton has a team-leading three sacks to go with three fumble recoveries, while linebacker Robert McCune leads the team with 43 tackles.
* Stampeders are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games in August.
* Argonauts are 4-1 ATS in their last five Friday games.
* Over is 14-3 in Stampeders last 17 games overall.
* Over is 4-0 in the last four meetings in Toronto.
1. Calgary is 3-0 against East Division opponents.
2. Toronto's winning streak is its longest since 2007, when it won seven straight to finish the regular season.
3. McCune, who joined the league in 2010, recorded 90 tackles, eight sacks and one interception over two seasons with Calgary before signing with Toronto.
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CFL Saturday: What Bettors Need to Know
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Hamilton Tiger-Cats (-10.5, 51.5)
Quarterback Henry Burris and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats looked firmly in control last week when they won their second straight game and second of four contests against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Tiger-Cats will try to defeat Winnipeg for a third time when they host the Blue Bombers on Saturday. Burris, who leads the league with 2,136 passing yards, welcomed wide receiver Andy Fantuz back from injury with four passes for 29 yards in the 37-18 victory over Winnipeg, while Hamilton also recorded its second straight game with more than 100 rushing yards.
The CFL debut of quarterback Max Hall did not turn around the Blue Bombers, who fired offensive coordinator Gary Crowton following their fifth straight loss. Hall threw for 241 yards and found chemistry with slotback Terrence Edwards (eight completions, 172 yards), but Winnipeg still trails the league in points for (153) and against (210). Hall will be under center again Saturday, this time with Marcel Bellefeuille calling plays as the Blue Bombers search for answers in what is quickly becoming a lost season.
ABOUT THE BLUE BOMBERS (1-6): Defensive end Alex Hall recorded his league-leading ninth sack last week, matching his total from 2012. Winnipeg's defensive line has accounted for the majority of the team's league-leading 27 sacks, but its secondary allows 298.6 passing yards per game - more than any team other than the Toronto Argonauts. Edwards leads the Blue Bombers with 290 receiving yards, but only six receivers have more than 100.
ABOUT THE TIGER-CATS (3-4): Rookie running back C.J. Gable recorded 147 yards from scrimmage last week and has established himself as Burris' main option on the ground. Wide receivers Greg Ellingson and Bakari Grant have each recorded more than 400 receiving yards, while Samuel Giguere has 394 and Fantuz had 155 in Week 1 before getting injured. Defensive back Raymond Brown caught Hamilton's first interception of the season in the third quarter against Winnipeg, while Rico Murray had a sack, an interception and a forced fumble in the contest.
* Blue Bombers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games.
* Tiger-Cats are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games.
* Under is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings in Hamilton.
* Under is 4-1 in Blue Bombers last 5 Saturday games.
1. Burris has thrown for more than 300 yards in four of seven starts.
2. If the Blue Bombers lose their sixth straight game, it will be their longest losing streak since they dropped seven in a row in 1999.
3. The four-game season series between Hamilton and Winnipeg concludes in Winnipeg on the final week of the regular season.
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Edmonton Eskimos (+3.5, 53)
The Edmonton Eskimos keep seeing their fourth-quarter comeback attempts fall short, while the Saskatchewan Roughriders needed 10 points in the final 62 seconds to get back in the win column last week. The Eskimos hope the luck will even out when they host the Roughriders on Saturday looking to snap a five-game losing skid. The Eskimos have dropped their last three contests by a combined nine points and managed to score a season-high 33 against the Toronto Argonauts last week on the strength of quarterback Mike Reilly's first 500-yard game, but have not won since Week 2.
Fortune smiled on Saskatchewan last week in the form of a 65-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Darian Durant to wide receiver Taj Smith, which tied the game and set the stage for Chris Milo's game-winning field goal, but the Roughriders have not looked as dominant over the last two games as they did in their first five. Saskatchewan running back Kory Sheets, who has a league-leading 919 rushing yards, was limited to 74 last week. Perhaps a visit to the site of their 39-18 Week 1 victory will help the Roughriders regain their early season form.
ABOUT THE ROUGHRIDERS (6-1): Wide receiver Rob Bagg, who missed the entire 2011 season due to injuries, left last week's game in the second quarter with a knee injury and is considered day-to-day. Slotback Geroy Simon caught the 1,000th pass of his career last week and the CFL all-time receiving yards leader has 208 with Saskatchewan. Linebacker Renauld Williams is leading the defense with six sacks and also has an interception and 28 tackles. Kick returner Jock Sanders dropped a punt and a kickoff return last week, leading to two turnovers.
ABOUT THE ESKIMOS (1-6): Wide receiver Nate Coehoorn, who is on pace for a career-best season with 362 receiving yards, signed a contract extension through 2015. Slotback Fred Stamps leads the league with 573 receiving yards and wide receiver Car Koch has 360, giving Reilly plenty of options as he gets comfortable as a starter. The Eskimos are missing linebacker JC Sherritt and cornerback Aaron Grymes on defense, but defensive end Odell Willis stepped up in their absence last week, recording two sacks and forcing two fumbles.
* Roughriders are 0-9 ATS in their last 9 games in August.
* Eskimos are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games.
* Under is 14-5 in the last 19 meetings in Edmonton.
* Under is 4-0 in Roughriders last 4 games in Week 9.
1. Willis, who has five sacks with the Eskimos, had six last year as a member of the Roughriders.
2. Smith, who has four touchdowns, has caught passes of 61, 70, and 65 yards for his last three.
3. Edmonton is 0-3 against West Division opponents and 0-3 at home.
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