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LAST week, an independent research institution, Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) which is aimed at creating and utilising knowledge to facilitate socio-economic development organised its 19th annual research workshop.
The two day event under the theme titled, "Transformation, Job creation and Poverty eradication, Enterprise Development for more inclusive growth" was graced by President Jakaya Kikwete at Bahari Beach Hotel on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam.
Other dignitaries who attended the meeting were some invited Regional Commissioners (RCs), District Commissioners (DCs), Honourable Ministers, Heads of some diplomatic missions accredited in the country and economic researchers.
In his speech President Kikwete described inclusive growth investment as key pillar in the country's quest to realise anticipated development goals, improved national economy and subsequently reduce both income and non-income poverty facing millions of Tanzanians.
"The main challenge facing the country, at the moment, is how to link these natural resources available in different parts of Tanzania with the aspirations of the Development Vision 2025 and the socioeconomic transformation," he said.
"The strategies and policies are meant to ensure that our people participate productively in the utilisation of natural resources we are blessed with," he said, adding that he would make sure this is effectively implemented before his retirement next year.
He underscored the importance of oil and gas sector and that it should be given a priority it deserve as a subsector, given the volume of the resources, the intensity of capital investments and flow of revenues expected from their commercialisation.
According to REPOA's Executive Director, Prof Samuel Wangwe, a two day meeting had the main objectives that discussed ways and look at the possibility on how small scale farmers including entrepreneurs in the country could increase their daily incomes for their survival.
It is from this point of view he noted that, the core business of REPOA which stands for Report on Poverty Alleviation relies with a view to improving the quality of life of the entire people of Tanzania.
The presentations in this workshop were structured around for reviews basing on the availability of employment opportunities, that addressed how to tackle poverty stricken situation in Tanzania.
They have also highlighted challenges and risks of achieving high growth which is not accompanied with the requisite transformation of the economy and widespread job creation.
During a two day meeting, various presentations from experts and distinguished scholars from Tanzania and other countries were selected strategically for the sharing of experiences of the enterprise transformation for inclusive growth.
Apart from Tanzania, the workshop also drew some of the key speakers from Japan, USA, Bangladesh, Netherlands and Switzerland. Over 20 presentations during these two days of the workshop covered a wide range of topics in the theme of the workshop.
Contributing his ideas over the topic, a Japanese Professor of Development Economics Keijiro Otsuka said in its paper titled 'Cluster based Industrial Development: KAIZEN management for MSE growth' that, in order to reduce widespread poverty and achieve inclusive growth in developing countries, it is essential to create jobs by promoting industrial development.
He said, there is no clear cut as this is an effective strategy to create employment in developing countries, adding that there is a large number of case studies related to the development of industrial clusters.
He said the effectiveness of this is based on the results of six KAIZEN management training experiments conducted primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa region, Tanzania included.
Professor Otsuka argues in his paper that, efficient management is the key to the innovation, which in turn is a major engine of firm and industrial growth, adding that management training molt only enhances management capacity of entrepreneurs, but also serves as an effective screening device to identify promising and non-promising entrepreneurs.
KAIZEN programme is a kind of entrepreneurship training for inclusive industrial development which is being used to a larger extent by Japanese government for its people.
The programme which in recent years was introduced in Tanzania by Japanese government through its International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is being run in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry since 2008.
Its main objectives are to make jobs more effective for entrepreneurs in Tanzania. Dr Shenggen Fan, the Director General of the US based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said that smallholder farmers are an important participant in the economic transformation of developing countries amid increasing demographic, climatic, economic and natural resource pressures.
He said in his paper titled, 'From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms' that, not all smallholders are the same, adding that they face diverse opportunities and challenges and live in different types of economies.
He further argues that while some smallholders have the potential to undertake profitable commercial activities in agriculture, others should be supported in exiting agriculture and seeking non farm opportunities (both rural and urban), adding that policies must also be adapted to reflect the country's stage of transformation.
Dr Christopher Awinia of Praxis Tanzania Limited who is experienced in policy analysis and development planning argues in his paper presentation that, there have been increasing trends of rural to urban youth migration without corresponding job creation in Tanzania.
He said in his paper titled, 'Structural barriers, constraints and urban youth employment: The case of Ilala Municipality' that, the trends have been responsible for creation of low labour productivity informal urban enterprises.
He said, the trend has further contributed to long term urban youth unemployment and increased absolute number of unemployed urban youth, adding that as a result youth in urban areas have not benefitted from growth mainly because of lack of access to services that contribute to their productive capabilities.
Prof David Nyange, a Tanzanian national and agricultural economist with over 20 years experience in academic and development work, said in his paper presentation that Africa's economies are transforming rapidly with GDP projected to grow at 6 per cent this year compared to 3.2 per cent globally and that Tanzania economy is projected to grow mush higher.
In his paper titled, 'Opportunities and challenges for Tanzania's agriculture in contributing to economic transformation and job creation' he noted that, despite impressive macro economic performance, poverty, food and nutrition security have remained elusive.
He further argues that one third of Tanzania's population still lives below the national poverty line and 38 per cent of under 5 years children are stunted.
He further noted that since 75 per cent of Tanzanians are employed in agriculture, it is therefore imperative that the agricultural sector holds the key to eradication of poverty and hunger and promoting broad based growth through jobs creation.


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Richartz Qualifies for NCAA Championships
March 3, 2012
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Stephanie Richartz qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships after setting a new school record with her vault of 13-11 (4.24m) at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational. Richartz took first place in the event, marking her fifth crown in the event this season. Her mark is tied for 12th best in the nation and tops the Big Ten.
"Her performance was great," assistant coach Mike Erb said. "We really focused on achieving the NCAA automatic qualifying mark. She jumped really well and was one of the better vaulters competing. She had some third attempt finishes that were tough, but she eventually got over the hump."
Richartz now joins six other Illini athletes at the national championships with the 4x400m relay team of freshmen Asia Thomas, and Ashley Spencer and seniors Ashley Kelly and Latoya Griffith as well as sophomore's Jesica Ejesieme and Breeana Coleman. The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held March 9-10 in Boise, Idaho.

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The British Library holds one of the finest collections of Canadiana outside Canada. These pages offer an introduction to the Canadian collections, and provide an overview of their development from the 18th century to the present day. The Canadian collections are extensive across all formats, including monographs, serials, newspapers, manuscripts, sound recordings, official publications, ephemera, and philatelic materials. They support all aspects of Canadian studies.
Highlights | Early Canadiana | Canadian Copyright Collection
Twentieth Century and Beyond | Newspapers
Online Guides and Further Resources | Internet Links | Enquiries
Father Louis Hennepin, A New Discovery of a Large Country in America (London, 1699; BL Shelfmark: 979.l.23). Copyright © The British Library Board
Among the highlights of the Canadian Collections at the British Library are some of the earliest works published in Canada, as well as:
- Rare early documents of discovery, exploration, and settlement
- A substantial collection of printed books, photographs, and ephemera received through colonial legal deposit between 1895-1924
- Excellent holdings of both early and contemporary literature, in English and French, as well as the languages of Canada's First Nations
Newton Bosworth, Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal (Montreal, 1839; BL Shelfmark: 1304.h.3). Copyright © The British Library Board
Early Canadiana
The Library's early Canadian material forms part of the larger foundation collections (see United States Collections Post 1776). Numerous papers and correspondence relevant to colonial Canada are also held in Manuscripts; named collections of particular importance include the Haldimand, Bouquet, Blechynden, Carnavon, Dropmore, Gladstone, Hutton, and Mackenzie Papers.
The early holdings have been augmented by more than 57,000 items on microfiche which comprise the pre-1900 monograph collection of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. These titles can be found in Explore the British Library at BL Shelfmark mic.f.232. Included within this microfiche set are some of the key founding documents of Canadian history. Examples include:
- Papers relating to the search for a Northwest Passage
- The affairs of the Hudson's Bay Company
- The formative development of the Canadian Constitution leading to the Constitutional Act of 1791
- Conflict between Upper and Lower Canada, and the rebellions of 1837-1838
- The passage of the British North America Act in 1867 which divided Canadian authority into Federal and Provincial powers
Canadian Colonial Copyright Collection
The Library's collection of Canadian publications is extremely extensive for the period 1895-1924 as the result of an 1895 amendment to the Canadian Copyright Act which required material to be deposited in the British Museum Library in addition to the Library of Parliament in Ottawa. Due to fires at the latter in 1916 and 1953, the British Library's collection of Canadian copyright material compares favourably with library holdings in Canada from this period. The Collection includes materials in numerous formats: books, serials, maps, music, photographs, insurance plans, directories, and ephemera. Books and serials from this formative period were incorporated into the Library's main humanities collections on receipt; maps, insurance plans, and some photographs may be consulted in the Map Library. The majority of the photographs, however, have been bound up in a series of 67 volumes and are located in the Printed Book Collections.
Twentieth Century and Beyond
Copyright deposit of Canadian material ceased in 1924. Since that date acquisition has chiefly been accomplished through regular selective purchase of currently-published books and periodicals; a certain amount of material is also received through legal deposit by Canadian publishers with distribution in the UK. Retrospective purchasing from second-hand booksellers continues to fill earlier gaps in the collection.
The holdings of Canadian material published in the 20th century at the British Library cover a wide range of humanities disciplines and, as in the United States collection, are particularly strong in history, literature, and cultural studies. Titles published in Francophone Canada are collected in parallel with English-language material. Contemporary fine and small-press printing is also well represented, with material from fine press publishers like Barbarian Books and Heavenly Monkey, and cutting-edge literary houses including Anvil Press, BookThug, Broken Jaw Press, Coach House Books, House of Anansi, and Porcupine's Quill.
An area of the Library's core collection which is growing rapidly is the extensive suite of electronic resources, including subscribed databases and periodicals licensed for onsite use in the Library's Reading Rooms. These include long back runs of electronic journals of relevance to Canadianists, such as The Canadian Geographer (2003- ), the Canadian Journal of African Studies (1967-1999), and the Canadian Modern Language Review (2004- ). There are numerous other e-resources, including databases, the "Virtual Reference Library", and subject gateways, mostly listed topically by subject, or alphabetically by title (Arts and Humanities Research Resources).
Since the 1880s Canadian Government publications have been received by international exchange; the Library remains a full depository for Federal publications. These official publications may be consulted in the Social Sciences and Official Publications Reading Room. From January 1993, the catalogue and many full-text documents published by Government of Canada Publications may be consulted online. Social Sciences and Official Publications also provides a gateway to electronic resources relevant to scholars working in the areas of Canadian or comparative social sciences.
The Library's Philatelic Collections holds stamps from British Columbia and Vancouver Island (c. 1861-1865), and others from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection.
The British Library Sound Archive houses a fascinating array of literary and historical treasures, including rare recordings of prominent Canadians such as Marshall McLuhan, Pierre-Elliott Trudeau, Leonard Cohen, and Margaret Atwood reading from their works.
Although much of the Canadian material must be consulted onsite in the Reading Rooms at St Pancras, many items are also available on loan through the Library's Document Supply service.
The Library's holdings of Canadian and North American newspapers are extensive. They are predominantly held on microform and may be consulted in the Newsroom at St Pancras. In total, there are more than 650 national and regional Canadian newspapers represented, dating back to the bilingual Québec and Montréal Gazettes of the mid-18th century, and the Ottawa Daily Citizen from 1800, and forward to contemporary dailies such as the Toronto Globe and Mail, the Star, and the Vancouver Sun.
Online Guides and Further Resources
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Literatures in English / Post-colonial Literatures
- Canadian Studies: A Guide to Resources in the UK, compiled by Judy Collingwood (London: British Association of Canadian Studies, 1998), BL Shelfmarks: YC.1999.a.6215; HLR 026.971 Open Access
- P.R. Harris, A History of the British Museum Library, 1753-1973 (London: British Library, 1998), BL Shelfmarks: 2719.k.2164; HLR Enquiry Desk; HLR 027.541 Open Access
- French Quebec: Imprints in French from Quebec 1764-1990 in the British Library, 2 vols, compiled, with an introduction, by D.J. McTernan. (London: British Library; Montreal: Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1992-1993), BL Shelfmarks: 2719.k.1330; HLR 011.241 Open Access
- Patrick B. O'Neill (ed.), A Checklist of Canadian Copyright Deposits in the British Museum 1895-1923 (Halifax, NS: Dalhousie University School of Library Studies, 1984-1989), BL Shelfmark: X.0429/613
- Bruce G Wilson (ed.), Manuscripts and Government Records in the United Kingdom and Ireland Relating to Canada (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1992), BL Shelfmark: MSS 971 Open Access
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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Commemorated
|Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place at the People's Palace of Culture on Tuesday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's work "On Further Developing Educational Work".
The work published on July 22, Juche 73 (1984) deals with the essence of the socialist education, position of the educational work in socialist construction and importance of developing the educational work and indicates tasks and ways for improving the contents and methods of education and its quality and successfully training the younger generation as able and competent revolutionaries.
Choe Thae Bok, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said in a report that Kim Jong Il's work serves as an immortal militant banner to be firmly held aloft in renewing the understanding of the scientific accuracy, validity and vitality of the Juche-oriented and popular educational idea indicated by President Kim Il Sung in the theses on socialist education and reconfirming them and further developing the educational work.
He went on:
Over the past three decades since the publication of the work the ideas and theories of the work have been successfully embodied and thus a revolutionary turn has taken place in the national education and the appearance of education undergone a dramatic change.
The Juche-oriented education of the DPRK greeted the period of fresh prosperity in its development thanks to Marshal Kim Jong Un.
Kim Jong Un has developed the universal compulsory eleven-year education system provided by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il into the universal compulsory twelve-year education system.
He advanced the policy on educating all the people to be well versed in science and technology. This serves as precious guidelines for bringing about a fresh leap forward in developing the higher education of the country and training scientific and technological talents.
The reporter underscored the need to bring about a fresh revolutionary turn in the educational work and thus make a positive contribution to building a highly-civilized socialist nation.
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Football, Community and Social Inclusion
Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
This special issue addresses the complex reality of English community football organisations, including Football in the Community (FitC) schemes, which have been attending to social agendas, such as social inclusion and health promotion. The positioning of football as a key agent of change for this...
Published June 3rd 2015 by Routledge
Learning Patterns in Higher Education
Dimensions and research perspectives
Series: New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction
Learning Patterns in Higher Education brings together a cutting edge international team of contributors to critically review our current understanding of how students and adults learn, how differences and changes in the way students learn can be measured in a valid and reliable way, and how the...
Published August 9th 2013 by Routledge
Advances in Critical Discourse Studies
Advances in Critical Discourse Studies collects ground-breaking scholarship and cutting-edge research which reflects significant shifts in Critical Discourse Studies, exploring the field from theoretical, analytic and methodological perspectives. Innovative chapters analyse a diverse range of...
Published July 19th 2013 by Routledge
Improving What is Learned at University
An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education
Series: Improving Learning
Received the 'highly commended' award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010. What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what,...
Published December 3rd 2009 by Routledge
Kinemage Supplement to Introduction to Protein Structure
2nd Edition
Published June 1st 1999 by Garland Science
Routes to Slavery
Direction, Ethnicity and Mortality in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Series: Routledge Studies in Slave and Post Slave Societies
Containing records of some 25,000 slaving voyages between 1595 and 1867, this data set forms the basis of most of the papers included in this collection. Other papers offer quantitative analysis in the ethnicity of slaves, mortality trends and slaves' reconstruction of their identities....
Published July 31st 1997 by Routledge
Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics
In a family study of breast cancer, epidemiologists in Southern California increase the power for detecting a gene-environment interaction. In Gambia, a study helps a vaccination program reduce the incidence of Hepatitis B carriage. Archaeologists in Austria place a Bronze Age site in its true...
Published December 1st 1995 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
Abolition and Its Aftermath
The Historical Context 1790-1916
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....
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This is the last of three posts about Lower Marsh.
It must be that if you have a can of aerosol paint in your hand you will be compelled to just spray whatever is to hand.
I say this because the pedestrian access that leads from Lower Marsh end of Leake Street into the tunnel section itself is covered completely with what looks to me like a complete random mess. I could understand if people were testing out new skills, but this just looks like some kind of free-for-all; the proverbial 'explosion in a paint factory'.
Leake Street is a dedicated space for graffiti and street art and there doesn't appear to be an inch of bare brick visible any more – even the railings and crash barriers have been 'decorated'. And, as I have reported here before, the old market barrows in Lower Marsh have been tagged too even though they are not part of Leake Street's walls or fixed furniture (grr!).
I peered down from ground level above the pedestrian tunnel and saw a group of people spraying a wall in the Station Approach section. The smell of the propellent wafting up to me made me want gag – how do people actually walk through the tunnel?!
As per Parkland Walk, the quality of the work, to my eye (and nose), isn't up to much.
Street art? Really?
21 March 2014
Leake Street graffiti – art or a smelly mess?
2 comments:
- Tom @ Tired of London said...
You've taken some pictures of particularly poor examples here. Whenever I've been down there has been a mixture of good and bad.
Agree about the barrows though, and was pleased to see some community service guys giving graffiti lads a bollocking last time I was there.
- 25 March 2014 at 13:24
- Jane said...
I did look hard for good stuff Tom, really I did. But at that end of the tunnel it was an explosion in a paint factory
- 5 April 2014 at 16:42
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There are different reasons you may have PowerShell pause. Sometimes you may need to have a pause in PowerShell to suspend activity in your script in order to wait for another operation to complete or perhaps to prompt the user before continuing. For example, maybe you want a PowerShell pause for 30 seconds, or you may need a PowerShell pause for input routine. Let's explore different ways how to pause PowerShell script.
1. PowerShell pause seconds: Let's say I want to code my powershell script to do a hard pause for 30 seconds. For this I would use the Start-Sleep command…
2. We can pause powershell script execution using the [System.Threading.Thread] namespace with .NET. Notice in System.Threading.Thread.Sleep, 1000 means 1000 miliseconds, which equals 1 second. So if we wanted to make powershell wait 10 seconds, we would use (10000), and in our case, 30000 would pause powershell for 30 seconds.
3. If we really wanted to, we could create our own powershell wait command, using what we learned.
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Vodafone Essar recently announced Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson India as partners for its 3G network across India. These allies will enable swift 3G deployment and maintain HSPA networks in these circles.Read More
Vodafone recently launched 3 new bonus vouchers that offers unlimited calls to any Vodafone number. This vouchers are currently available only for subscribers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh circle.Read More
Vodafone has launched a mini internet pack in Mumbai and Maharashtra circle. This internet pack offers 50MB of data usage for the price of just Rs.9. It comes with a validity of 1 day.Read More
Vodafone recently launched an innovative Campus pack, that will allow youngsters to enjoy reduced call rates in their college campus. Currently this pack is available only in Delhi circle and only valid in select colleges.Read More
Vodafone has finally launched the mini tariff vouchers for its subscribers, months after Tata Docomo launched the flexible "Daily Plans" earlier this year. These mini tariff vouchers will definitely attract its subscribers in Mumbai and Delhi circle.Read More
Vodafone, the third largest telecom operator, is currently offering unlimited local calls to any number in Karnataka with its special recharge voucher of Rs.399. This special recharge is currently available only in Karnataka circle.Read More
Vodafone currently offers unlimited Vodafone to Vodafone calling at low cost in Jammu and Kashmir Circle. Unlimited calling is limited to local Vodafone numbers in this circle.Read More
After Reliance, Tata Docomo, Aircel and Airtel started offering GPRS plans at an affordable rates, Vodafone too joined the league. Now Vodafone is also offering GPRS usage at very low cost in Karnataka circle.Read More
Vodafone has started charging 50 paisa for 3 minutes, if you need any help from the customer care executive. Vodafone subscribers will have to pay a nominal charge for 50 paisa every time they call the customer care for any help.Read More
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Wood Anecdote
To woodworkers, a memorable aspect of traveling through the Southeast is seeing the array of curios that can be made from odd-shaped pieces of baldcypress. What major highway intersection, say in rural Florida, doesn't have its entrepreneurial roadside stand displaying clocks, carvings, coffee tables, and other items crafted from the knobby appendages known as "knees?"
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), an ancient conifer species, thrives in bayous and backwaters where other trees would be swamped. But in this fragile growing base, oddly enough, baldcypress seldom yields to even hurricane winds. That's because its shallow root system spreads out snakelike from the trunk, and every so often sends an elongated cone up above water level. These so-called knees may grow to 6' tall, depending on the high-water mark of the area. They serve as hefy anchors to hold the tree erect. And the size of old-growth trees can be remarkable -- heights of 150' with 12' diameters aren't unheard of.
With trees so huge, it's no wonder that stands of baldcypress containing 100,000 board feet per acre have been recorded. Few of those great trees remain today, however. The lumber from them was used long ago for ships, water tanks, flooring, railroad ties, barns, and fences. Yet, their knees linger on; the largest occasionally peeled into the veneer that's called "faux satine."
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60,000 gallons of effluent discharged into Chesapeake Bay
Approximately 60,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater were released into Chesapeake Bay on Friday as a result of Maryland's Chesapeake Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) failure to hold a large amount of rainfall over a short period of time.
The sewer overflow release occurred on Nov. 27 between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., according to a notice sent to the local press by John Castero, superintendent of the Chesapeake Bay WWTP. Construction work in part of the facility could have also contributed to the accident, he said.
RELATED: Interim report reveals progress in Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction
Castero explained that plant staff were able to get the discharge under control at about 6:00 a.m., after they managed to divert the effluent flowing from the facility into the bay to other tanks. The release started at about 4:00 a.m., when excessive rainfall during the night, combined with the ongoing upgrade of the enhanced nutrient removal equipment, led to the failure. During the repair work several tanks had to be demolished and replaced with new ones, thus reducing the capacity of the plant. The upgrade is set to continue over the next three years, reports said.
Castero stated that the solid loss was not a significant amount and that the potential environmental impact on Chesapeake Bay is unlikely to be anything more than "minimal." There are pollution tests being carried out to determine the extent of environmental damage, he concluded.


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Jeff was one of the best and most innovative drummers of his time, he was taken way too soon. His playing looked so effortless. Eric Clapton gained the reputation as "slowhand" because he would seemingly make notes you never saw his hands produce. Jeff was the same way.
on the Hal Leonard thing, Jeff talked about how he ripped off Bonham for "Rosanna".
Listening to "Rosanna" as I type--- the ghost notes tha Bonham did....Jeff took to an entirely new and frightening level of "cool". I'll never 'get' that... I found out the title track/opening jam is "Corbit Van Brauer" and is a David Garfield composition (much as is Creature Stomp" at the end.
Once Porcaro got going on "Corbit..." the rack toms never stopped moving. Somewhere (I think in the Liner Notes for "Tribute to Jeff"), Keltner mentions this instructional and makes the statement that he (Keltner) could barely contain himself watching that--that Jeff's right wrist just floored him. If KELTNER said that about his best friend.... where's that leave the rest of us (beginners or otherwise?).
And the most hilarious thing on the entire DVD for me--is the Shuffle Example (the 2nd one); I fault MIKE PORCARO for that down-and-dirty, slinky groove that Jeff just ran with.
Quiet 601's for the first couple bars of that, and then Porcaro goes from all over the Ride --reaching over and just smacks the hats like "Wake up!!!!" And, man DID they.
He was known for the Shuffle groove he couldn't RUN from....but two other things about Jeff that will always be what I listen for as identifiers: That silky/sexy hi hat and a right foot from the Nether Regions..... all on his toes; I guess that came from (as he put it on the vid) "not being able to reach (Dad's) pedals". That 18x22" took the brunt of some classy footwork. It's a joy to watch that.... just to sit and say to myself, "Just remember, he played for a LONG. TIME goin' to get that good....this won't happen over night....Be patient!"
Jeff had decades of playing kit.... I'm just starting. I have to remember the difference is I've had 30 years on KEYS. Phrasing is still Phrasing and he makes that plainly evident
with the work on those toms during "Corbit Van Brauer" and a couple other things in the video. A blast to watch....and learn...and remember just what sort of Giant that guy was.
(And still is).
Thank GOD tape doesn't lie.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Symbols
Rejection of the Cross
Although Jehovah's Witnesses identify themselves as Christians, they reject the symbol most commonly associated with Christianity - the cross. Crosses are not displayed in the interior or exterior of Kingdom Halls and Jehovah's Witnesses do not wear cross necklaces or print crosses on their Bibles. (See Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs)
Jehovah's Witnesses reject the cross symbol because they regard it as a pre-Christian pagan fertility symbol. They also deny that Jesus actually died on a cross. Instead, the New World Translation says he suffered and died on an upright "torture stake." (See more about the New World Translation)
The Watchtower website teaches:Jesus did not die on a cross. He died on a pole, or a stake. The Greek word translated "cross" in many Bibles meant just one piece of timber. The symbol of the cross comes from ancient false religions. The cross was not used or worshiped by the early Christians. Therefore, do you think it would be right to use a cross in worship? (Deuteronomy 7:26; 1 Corinthians 10:14) {1}
Thus, Acts 2:23 in conventional English translations says, "... by nailing him to the cross," but the New World Translation reads, "... fastened to a stake." Similarly, Mark 8:34 in the New International Version says, "If anyone would come after me, he must ... take up his cross and follow me." The New World Translation has, "... pick up his torture stake and follow me continually." (Comparison chart: Jehovah's Witnesseses and Christianity)
The Watchtower
The one symbol that is used to represent the Jehovah's Witnesses is the watchtower. It can be seen on the outside of some Kingdom Halls, inscribed on some publications, and at the top of the Watchtower website.
The idea of the watchtower has been associated with the Jehovah's Witnesses since almost the very beginning, when Charles Taze Russell called the new society "Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society." The Society does not emphasize the meaning of the watchtower, but it is clearly an appropriate symbol for a group watching for the signs of the end.
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Kingdom Hall
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SEATTLE -- A Seattle restaurant chain is taking advantage of an odd combination of circumstances by creating a controversial Easter promotion featuring Jesus smoking marijuana.
Easter Sunday falls on April 20, or 4/20. The term 420 is also pop cultural term for smoking marijuana.
For the last two years, the Lunchbox Laboratory has used Jesus holding a sandwich to promote an Easter day 2-for-1 promotion of its signature dish called "Burger of the Gods."
So this year, the restaurant has added a lit joint in Jesus' hand as he cradles a sandwich in an advertisement that was only sent out to 15,000 people on the restaurant's email list. The result is a 420 Jesus.
"This is not about Jesus, it's about the burger of the gods, its an actual burger that we have," said Lunchbox Laboratory owner John Schmidt.
The ad was only distributed once in the original email, but it has since been shared on social media and the web.
"I'm not your moral guide in life, I'm selling burgers" said Schmidt, who runs three Lunchbox Laboratory's in Seattle, Gig Harbor and Bellevue. "It's not an anti Christian message, its a very peaceful message, Jesus enjoying a sandwich and a blunt."
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(d) You may only upload or submit material to the BOC Site which either You own or which You have the permission of the owner of that material to submit.
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(a) "Intellectual Property Rights" means patents, registered and unregistered trade marks and service marks, domain names, registered designs and design rights, copyright (including such rights in computer software and databases), database rights and moral rights (in each case for the full period thereof and extensions, revivals and renewals thereof), applications for the foregoing and the right to apply for any of the foregoing anywhere in the world, and all similar rights anywhere in the world including those subsisting in inventions, designs, drawings and computer programs; and
(b) "User Generated Content" means any text, files, images, photos, videos or works of authorship that you contribute to the BOC Site (but shall not include any content, materials or information that you have downloaded, copied or otherwise obtained from the BOC Site, which you hereby acknowledge is owned by us or our licensors).
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7.4 You hereby grant us the right to publicly perform, reproduce, display, modify, manage, distribute and store any of Your User Generated Content as part of the BOC Site or as part of any materials used to promote or advertise the BOC Site anywhere in the world. You are free to use Your User Generated Content outside of our BOC Site in any way You choose and in turn we shall not distribute or sell any of Your User Generated Content outside of our BOC Site without your permission.
7.5 We will not be under any obligation whatsoever to pay You for any of the User Generated Content on our BOC Site.
7.6 Save in respect of the User Generated Content, all Intellectual Property Rights in and to the BOC Site and all content, materials and information contained in or appearing on the BOC Site are owned by and shall remain owned by us or our licensors.
7.7 You may view, download and print any content, materials and information made available to You through the BOC Site subject to the following conditions:
(a) the content, material and information may only be used for Your personal and non-commercial purposes;
(b) save as expressly permitted by us in these Terms of Use, the content, material and information shall not be reproduced or included in any other work or publication in any medium;
(c) the content, material and information may not be modified or altered in any way;
(d) save as expressly permitted by us in these Terms of Use, the content, material and
information may not be distributed or sold to any third party;
(e) You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the content, material or information.
7.8 These Terms of Use are not intended to prevent You recording in manual form any individual item of information from the BOC Site, or disclosing any individual item of information from the BOC Site, free of charge, to friends or relations for non-commercial purposes provided that You take all reasonable steps to ensure that any person to whom You may disclose that information complies with these Terms of Use.
8.1 You acknowledge that we do not actively monitor any third party content or content appearing on the BOC Site which derives from a third party BOC Site and we shall not be responsible or liable for any such content including, without limitation, any third party content:
(i) which is defamatory, discriminatory, obscene, offensive, confidential or otherwise unlawful; and/or
(ii) in which the Intellectual Property Rights are owned by a third party and such third party has not provided its consent to use such content in the manner it has been used; and/or
(iii) which is prohibited by the Data Protection Act 1998 or any other applicable data protection laws.
8.2 If we are informed or if we suspect that any material on the BOC Site infringes the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third person or is otherwise unlawful, then we reserve the right to remove such material from the BOC Site. We also reserve the right to remove any material that we consider to be offensive, insulting, defamatory, obscene, indecent, objectionable or otherwise inappropriate. If You have any concerns or queries about material which appears on the BOC Site (including if You believe that any content displayed on the BOC Site has violated Your Intellectual Property Rights) please email us at: email@example.com
8.3 We reserve the right to terminate user access to the BOC Site (including the termination of any member's purchased access to premium content) if any user of the BOC Site has been determined by Us (in our absolute discretion) to be a repeat infringer.
9.1 From time to time we may offer entry into competitions and prize draws through the BOC Site, and these may be subject to additional terms and conditions. Where such additional terms and conditions apply, this will be clearly notified to You on the BOC Site and a link will be provided in order for You to read and accept the relevant terms and conditions before You enter the competition or prize draw.
9.2 Points: As a registered user you will gain BOC points for various actions you perform on the site. These actions include, but are not limited to, sharing content from BOC to other third party sites, uploading or embedding content within BOC, using the five star rating system to 'judge' content within BOC, watching BOC videos and images, notifying your 'friends' through social networks about BOC, friends you have notified then becoming members of BOC and purchasing goods and/or passes from BOC. Your BOC points will have no monetary value and cannot be redeemed for any direct financial reward. From time to time we may make certain offers or provide certain benefits to holders of BOC points. All such offers and benefits shall be subject to terms and conditions notified at the time such offer or benefit is advertised by us on the Site. We do not guarantee that any such offer or benefit will be made or provided.
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10.13 Due to customs, legal, regulatory and certain practical restrictions applicable to orders placed for non-UK deliveries, some of our products may not be available for delivery to certain destinations outside of the UK. We reserve the right to define what can and cannot be delivered to destinations outside of the UK.
10.14 Please note that many countries have import restrictions on certain products or materials. The products you order for delivery to destinations outside the UK may be subject to duties, taxes or additional levies upon importation. These duties or taxes are levied once the product reaches the country of destination and you are responsible for paying any such costs.
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10.17 You may also cancel your order up to fourteen (14) days after delivery of the order to you. You may cancel your order by contacting Us by email or post. Unless items are damaged or faulty when delivered, you may only cancel your order if the items are as new, in a saleable condition, unused, undamaged and still in the original sealed packaging.
10.18 All products should be returned within 14 days of you cancelling your order. Until such time as they are returned to Us, you must retain possession of the items and take reasonable care of them. You can return goods directly using the postage-paid label you will receive with your goods (although international customers should
note that they are responsible for the cost of returning products where the postage-paid label does not cover such costs).
10.19 All products must be returned with the original packaging. Products should be posted in appropriate protective packaging. We advise that on any return you obtain a certificate of posting and retain this for your records and that you take out sufficient postal insurance to cover the value of the returned products.
10.20 If you cancel your order, any sum debited by Us from your debit/credit card will be refunded in full to the same card.
10.21 In the unlikely event that any product you purchase is damaged or faulty when delivered to you, or is not what you ordered, We may offer a repair, exchange or refund as appropriate, in accordance with your legal rights. If you believe a product is faulty or damaged prior to delivery to you please return of product using the postage-paid label you will receive with your goods. Our policy on damaged and faulty products does not affect your statutory rights.
11.1 Payment for products, Day Passes and Full Master's Passes can be made by the methods stated on the BOC Site as being available to You from time to time. You warrant and represent that You are the account holder of the bank account details You submit or that the credit card or debit card that is being used is Yours. All credit card debit card holders are subject to validation checks and authorisation by the card issuer. You are responsible for all fees incurred to access any service on the BOC Site by anyone using Your username and password.
11.2 We take all reasonable care to make the BOC Site secure. All credit card and debit card transactions on this site are processed using a secure online payment gateway that encrypts your card or bank account details in a secure host environment. If you have purchased a Day Pass or Full Master's Pass and are given the option to have your credit card or debit card remembered, your payment details will be stored on the systems of our payment partner. These details will be fully encrypted and only used to process any automatic periodic payments or other transactions which you have initiated. We will take all reasonable care, in so far as it is in our power to do so, to keep the details of your order and payment secure, but in the absence of negligence on our part we cannot be held liable for any loss you may suffer if a third party procures unauthorised access to any data you provide when accessing or ordering from the BOC Site.
12.1 We will exercise all reasonable skill and care in providing the BOC Site. We are not able to guarantee the availability of the BOC Site or the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of any content, materials or information on the BOC Site that derives from third parties (including, without limitation, any of our third party partners).
12.2 Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, the BOC Site and all materials and information provided through it are provided on an "as is" basis without guarantee of any kind and any conditions, statements and warranties (including, but not limited to, any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement) are excluded to the fullest amount permissible by law.
12.3 Without limiting the foregoing, we cannot guarantee and do not promise that the BOC Site and all materials and information provided through it will meet Your requirements. Therefore we advise You to check any materials or information provided to You through the BOC Site as any reliance that You place on the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of that information is at Your own risk.
12.4 Many of the activities and skills undertaken in the videos contained on the BOC Site are dangerous and should only be undertaken by persons with the necessary experience and skills, utilising and/or in compliance with all necessary safety equipment or requirements and/or with the benefit of qualified tuition. You should not attempt to undertake any such activities except under the supervision of suitably qualified tuition.
13.1 Nothing in these Terms of Use limits or excludes our liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) any loss suffered by You as a result of Your reliance on any fraudulent misrepresentation made by us to You; or (c) any other liability which may not by law be limited or excluded.
13.2 Subject to clause 13.1, You agree that we shall not be liable for: (a) any direct loss, claim or damage; (b) any indirect loss, claim or damage, or any punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind (including but not limited to lost savings or loss or corruption of data); or (c) any loss of profit (whether direct or indirect), in each case whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, which arises out of or is in any way connected with (i) any use of this BOC Site or its contents or any competitions or prize draws which are entered via the BOC Site; (ii) any failure or delay in the use of any component of the BOC Site or any service including, without limitation, any unavailability of the BOC Site or the services irrespective of duration of any period of unavailability; or (iii) any use of or reliance upon any information, material, software, products, services and related forewarned of the possibility of such loss or damage.
13.3 Without limiting the effect of clause 13.2, due to the inherent risks of using the internet, we cannot be liable for any damage to, or viruses that may infect, Your computer equipment or any other property when You are using or browsing the BOC Site. The downloading or other acquisition of any materials or information through the BOC Site is done at Your own discretion and risk and with Your agreement that You will be solely responsible for any damage to Your computer system or loss of data that results from the downloading or acquisition of any such materials.
13.4 You agree to indemnify us against any claims or legal proceedings that may arise through Your use of the BOC Site or from any breach of these Terms of Use by You.
13.5 We will notify You of any such claims or proceedings and keep You informed as to the progress of such claims or proceedings.
14.1 We may remove the BOC Site or cease the provision of any of the services, or terminate Your registration with the BOC Site at any time in our sole discretion for any reason whatsoever.
14.2 You shall be entitled to terminate Your registration with the BOC Site at any time by written notice to us.
14.3 Termination of Your registration, howsoever caused, shall not affect the accrued rights and liabilities of either You or us as at the time of such termination.
We will only use any personal information that we may collect about You in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Click here to view our Privacy Policy. [Note: insert link to privacy policy]. This policy forms an essential part of these Terms of Use and it is important that You read it. By accepting these Terms of Use You also accept and consent to our Privacy Policy.
16.1 Any failure or delay by us to enforce any of our rights under these Terms of Use is not to be taken as or deemed to be a waiver of that or any other right unless we acknowledge and agree to such a waiver in writing.
16.2 These Terms of Use are not intended to be for the benefit of, and shall not be exercisable by, any person who is not a party to these Terms of Use under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
16.3 If any clause or part of a clause of these Terms of Use is, or becomes, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Use shall remain valid and enforceable.
16.4 These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy set out the full extent of our obligations and liabilities concerning the services we provide via the BOC Site and replace any previous agreements and understandings between us and You.
16.5 Subject to clause 13.1, You shall have no remedy in respect of any untrue statement made to You upon which You relied in entering into these Terms of Use other than any remedy You may have for breach of the express terms of these Terms of Use.
16.6 These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.


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WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross head baseball coach Greg DiCenzo announced that seniors Jack Laurendeau (Sudbury, Mass.) and Eric Oxford (Danvers, Mass.) will lead the 2011 team as co-captains.
"Our entire coaching staff could not be more excited to have two leaders like Jack and Eric continue to expand upon the recent resurgence and success of Holy Cross baseball," said DiCenzo. "I am confident that both players will set the best example possible for our entire squad."
The 2010 team's top leadoff man, Laurendeau was named to the first team All-Patriot League for his 49 starts in right field. He finished the season with a .355 batting average, recording seven home runs, 25 RBI, 46 runs scored and 18 steals. His batting average ranked third on the team while his 18 stolen bases were a team and career-high, ranking second on the Holy Cross single-season records list. Laurendeau held a 16-game hit streak entering the Patriot League semifinals, the longest on the team and had 22 multi-hit games. As a sophomore, Laurendeau started 29 games, appearing in 46 as an outfielder. He led the team with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, not making an error over the entire season.
For the third consecutive season as the team's starting first baseman, Oxford led this year's team with 414 putouts and also recorded a career-high 37 assists. He finished the 2010 season with a .302 batting average, recording 57 hits, including 10 doubles and two triples. He also marked a career-best 39 runs scored and 38 RBI. He started in all 49 games at first base as a sophomore and finished the season with a .280 batting average, 36 runs scored, 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 45 RBI in 182 at-bats. He ranked first on the team offensively in RBI, home runs and walks (28) and defensively with 436 putouts.
Both captains will be participating in baseball summer leagues during the offseason. Laurendeau will play in the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League while Oxford will play for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.


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How hot is too hot for a smoker?
I've owned plenty of smokers in my short-ish time as a motorcycle enthusiast, mostly vintage air cooled.
I recently picked up a 1966 Suzuki S32-2 (150cc 2 cylinder) which had not run since 1984. After cleaning the carbs real well, and sourcing a new gas tank and battery, she fires right up, and runs great.
When I pulled the carbs apart I set the floats, cleaned everything thoroughly, and reassembled. At first the left cylinder wasn't firing, I cleaned the exhaust out on that side (FILLED with oil) and ran her, cleared her out, and leaned the carbs out a bit (to around 1 3/8 turns out) and both seem to be hitting well. While I haven't actually checked compression with a gauge (don't have one in the tool box ATM) both seem to have good compression via the old finger-in-the-plug-hole method.
However, after even a short ride around the block a few times, when I come back to the house, the heads/jugs seem pretty darn hot. They steam a bit, which I think is just burning off the little bit of dirt/dust/etc that had accumulated on them over the last 30 years.
I have an infrared temperature gun and was hoping someone could give me, or direct me to, what a general range for head/jug temperatures are for a well-warmed vintage 2 stroke.
I know that many of them required high octane gas when new, which often times is not available nowadays. I'm running 92 octane ethanol-free at the factory recommended 20:1 ratio. Info on these old bikes is few and far between, as there are not many around anymore, and even fewer on the road.
If no temp ranges are available, is there any octane booster that actually WORKS as they say they do? I know most of these products are total crocks, and have never bothered using them.
Any help is appreciated.
Has this bike got an autolube system on it? Why are you tank mixing and especially at such a heavy ratio? It is not 1966 anymore! Maybe it is an autolube and you are just overwhelming it with oil. You do know that gas/air mixture and not oil cools your engine ,do you not? If autolube it should have straight gas in tank and snomobile mixing oil in the oil reservoir and an oil pump feeds the cylinder and cases.
The bike is premix from the factory, and again, as stated previously, I'm mixing at the FACTORY RECOMMENDED 20:1 (during break-in they recommend 15:1)
How hot is it? Don't know what temp range it should be, but that info might help someone else here. I would suggest cleaning the cooling fins and checking your air fuel mixture again, too lean will cause it to run hot as will cooling fins coated in grease or crud. Just my $.02
All fins are very clean, with (like I said) just a small bit of dirt/dust from sitting 30 years. She's running fairly rich already judging by the smokey exhaust.
I just realized, you're the guy I bought the TY80 from. I guess I'm kinda slow. Good luck with your bike, it sure looked neat when I saw it.
Ha! Did your son see the TY yet? Or is it waiting until Christmas?
Jeez, that memory thing.... I have used my IR gun dozens of time to see what temps my Mach 1 is running at and how even the 3 cylinders are, seems to me it's around 95c on a warm summer day.
Nope I have it and the TY250 I picked up sitting in a buddy's garage until xmas morning. I was planning on parking them in the living room next to the tree, until I voiced that plan to the wife. Now I guess I'll be parking em on the lawn.
Well I know the 80 would certainly leave it's mark next to the tree :D
Maybe best to leave them outside. Or park them on the roof with a sleigh in tow :rofl
I seem to recall reading about my T250II that if the charging system and battery weren't REAL good, you'd get enough voltage drop for the left side points that it just had a weak to no spark. Something about the way things are wired up stock or whatever. I had the same problem on the left side and cleaned all contacts and new battery and all I know is that problem went away. I think they are magneto's to boot so not sure why the battery would make a difference, but did what I had read and it worked. The key thing that I read was the left side suffered first, odd.
The mix ratio of oil to fuel is dependent upon the oil. Sure back in the 60's we used to run 20:1 with standard motor oil, not even a specialized two stroke oil. As previously stated the new synthetic two stroke oils are used at a much leaner ratio than ever believed possible back in the 60's (commonly in the 30:1 to 40:1 range). Buy a bottle of Yamalube and use their recommended mix ratio. They say 40:1 but many will run it a bit fatter at 32:1 with good results.
As far as octane rating of your fuel, you don't need to get fancy with high octane unless the bike is pinging (from pre-ignition). Even then it won't run much cooler, the higher octane burns slower more than cooler.
I'll try a bit less oil in the next tank.
As for voltage drop, I rode it to work today (about 10 miles round trip, through town) and it seems to be dropping a cylinder at low RPM, but it's not always the left side. When cold starting, it will only start on 1 cylinder (again, sometimes left, sometimes right), and any throttle input will kill it immediately. Once she idles on 1 cylinder for about 60 seconds, she's just warm enough to take some throttle. Once above (guessing) 1500-ish rpm, the second cylinder will kick in and she runs well. A bit rich I believe (top end isn't what it should be) but runs pretty good between 2k and, say, 4500-5k
Methinks I'll do the carbs again and make sure no other "shit" has moved inside the passages, then work from there.
Thanks for the help guys, keep any other ideas coming.
Oh, and as for gas, I put in premium because I couldn't find the recommended octane, and I know a lot of old smokers were recommended to burn premium by the manufacturer. I know the '71 Kawi F8 I'm building called for 92, but as I understand it, modern day "91" can damage them as the standard (RON+MON)/2 does not provide a high enough octane and can easily damage these old high strung smokers.
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If God be for us, who can be against us? -- Romans Chapter 8, verse 31
I've had more than a few arch-enemies in football in my life.
Well, they weren't my arch-enemies, I guess, since we never faced off on any field. But they were the enemies of my teams.
There was Bo Jackson, of course. You know Bo, the Auburn running back who no one could seem to stop. He ran for, I don't know, a million yards in his Heisman-trophy college career, then went on to star in two sports. Despite his later playing for my Raiders (how I became a Raiders fan is a story for another day) it took me a long time to forgive him for what he did to Georgia.
Heath Shuler was a thorn in my side as well. The Tennessee signal-caller beat Georgia my freshman year, beginning a string of Tennessee victories over my Bulldogs that didn't end until this millennium.
And speaking of Tennessee quarterbacks, who can forget Peyton Manning, who had Georgia's number every time he played us.
But Shuler went away and Manning became the QB for another team I kind of like, the Colts. Eventually, I forgave them both for the damage they did to my beloved Bulldogs.
And then there's Tim Tebow.
For me to even bother telling you who Tebow is I have to assume you have been stranded on a desert island for the past six years. But just in case you don't know the story, Tebow was the quarterback of the Florida Gators, a team that I wouldn't pull for if it was playing communist-terrorist aliens from Mars. At Florida, Tebow was -- to hear Gators fans tell it -- the greatest athlete in the history of the universe.
He could seemingly do no wrong. Enormous and fast, Tebow bowled over the opposition like a bulldozer. And of course, he beat Georgia in his first try.
Tebow's second time, we found out he was maybe not perfect. We beat him. His bum shoulder probably helped.
Then came 2008, when his Gators came up short against Ole Miss. Afterward, Tebow made a speech that has since beem memorialized in statue form in Gainesville, Fla. Ole Miss had awakened a sleeping giant. Tebow led his team to the national championship -- in a year when Georgia was the preseason No. 1.
In the meantime, Tebow was doing mission work, volunteering and presumably saving babies from burning buildings and whatever else he does when he puts on his cape.
By the time Tebow's college career was over, I could not have hated him more. I was so sick of Mr. Perfect and his perfect athleticism and his perfect life that the mere mention of his name made me want to vomit.
Then luck smiled on me -- I thought. Tebow, they said, wasn't going to be a very good pro player. Too sloppy. Couldn't throw. Won't make it, they said.
I thought I'd never have to hear about him again. But no, he went to the Denver Broncos, division rival and arch-enemy of who? That's right, my Oakland Raiders.
Even then, they said he wouldn't make it. Some people are still saying it, despite his leading the Broncos to seven wins in a row -- often in spectacular fashion -- and the division lead, which he took away from who? The Raiders.
The Wall Street Journal ran a piece on Tebow this week that examined both his football prowess and his deep faith. The Journal story made mention of how so many athletes profess thanks to God after dominating -- or sometimes, unlikely -- wins.
It's an old joke, but it's true: if God was on the side of every winning sports team, then that meant he was against the other team. Surely those losing teams have faithful Christians deserving of God's help, whether it be the nudging of a wayward field goal attempt back on course or helping a wobbly pass find the arms of an endzone-bound receiver.
Or, helping a giant bulldozer quarterback with a cruddy arm find enough holes every week to win and win and win some more. And cause me never-ending grief as a football fan.
I don't know about all those other guys who point to the sky after a big score, but I'm beginning to believe the one who kneels on the sideline every weekend may actually have the Big Man's ear.
Email Nate McCullough at email@example.com. His column appears on Fridays. For archived columns, go to www.gwinnettdailypost.com/natemccullough.
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