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At Post University we offer a vast number of both academic and campus support services to all of our students. These services are offered to all students free of charge.
Our freshman students enter Post University with a lifetime of your love and nurturing behind them. They couldn't have done it without you and we want you to know we value your continued support in your student's life. They will be challenged to work hard, explore new ground, and achieve academic, personal and career success. Your emotional support and encouragement are critical to your student's ability to maintain the confidence and academic focus required to meet the challenges of excelling at Post University.
The first year of life at Post University is challenging in a number of ways. Students need to navigate a whole new array of responsibilities that require self-discipline, focus and determination. They will meet hundreds of other students and professors, experience an array of new social situations, and be challenged academically in ways that are likely to be unfamiliar.
Some freshmen take these new experiences in stride while others struggle. Given all of this, it is common for students to feel uncertain about their own abilities and express frustration over grades, social life, and extracurricular activities. Students are learning that a university is different from high school; and superb grades that may have come relatively easy in high school may prove to be difficult to obtain as a college student.
With a deeper understanding of the demands of college, students are now prepared to reconsider their intended major. They have tested their study skills, considered their individual interests and abilities, and are now figuring out what works best for them. This is a time when students think through their commitment to education with a clearer understanding of the requirements for success. Many students struggle during their first year, and become discouraged if they are not among the top of their class.
The sophomore year is when the study skills and work habits they may have struggled with in freshman year begin to take hold. Students are being asked to do critical thinking and analyses, and they are revaluating their own goals and objectives. It is a time when students discover who they are and how they can influence others. The sophomore year also offers opportunities to explore the world of work through the University's Co-op program, which provides students a chance to spend the summer in a real job experience.
The junior year is when many students begin to focus on their selected major. They may have already taken some of the courses in their chosen major during their sophomore year, but this year they engage in higher-level courses with greater specialization. They will begin to work closely with their major professors and continue the process of developing their individual skills and abilities. In junior year, students will be expected to develop greater leadership skills. At the end of the academic year, students may again choose a co-op program experience. Given their greater understanding of their major area of study, students will be expected to perform higher-level job skills.
During this time, students will start to think more deeply about what they will be doing after graduation. Continue your reassurance and help them stay focused on the many gains in knowledge, skills and experiences they have already accomplished over the past two years. They are honing their leadership skills and are already developing into good listeners and thinkers. Your conversations with your student will serve to complement and strengthen these skills.
The senior year is spent in dealing with high-level courses and preparing for the next steps of life. During this time, students are completing their major requirements and demonstrating mastery in their chosen field of study. Their experiences in the Interdisciplinary Leadership core over the three preceding years, along with participation the University's Career Services programs, have given them the tools they'll need to make a difference in their world and in the lives of others.


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CPR certification from American Red Cross (ARC) is valid for two years. To renew your CPR certificate, you may retake the CPR course or take a CPR Challenge. First Aid certification from ARC is valid for two years. To renew your First Aid certificate, you may retake the First Aid course or take a First Aid Challenge.
Note: Participants taking Challenge courses are responsible for demonstrating skills and knowledge of current American Red Cross standards. To prepare for the Challenge, participants may review existing American Red Cross information on the website at redcross.org or purchase a Ready Reference Card or First Aid/CPR/AED Participant's Manual, 2011 edition. Participants MUST be able to demonstrate, without coaching or practice, all necessary skills. This is a pass/fail course with no instruction given. No refunds or fee transfers are given if certification cannot be achieved.
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Taylor Swift joins the Rolling Stones on stage for 'As Tears Go By'
Gotta hand it to those rockin' old dudes in the Rolling Stones -- they can still attract the foxy young females.
First Katy Perry joined the Stones on stage for "Beast of Burden" in Las Vegas, now country superstar Taylor Swift has gotten in on the fun.
The 23-year-old singer joined Mick Jagger and company at their Chicago concert at the United Center Monday (June 3), regaling the audience with "As Tears Go By." Check out all the pictures here.
Swifty tweets of the encounter that she and Mick are "friends forever" and "Filing this under 'never in my wildest dreams'.Thank you @RollingStones for inviting me to Chicago to sing with you."
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Preview of Updated HarryPotter.com
Oct 13, 2005
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Hpana has posted this cool sneak preview of what Harry Potter.com will look like after getting a Goblet of Fire theme complete makeover. While much of the character info is already available on Goblet of Fire.com, there will be a new intro, Marauders Map destinations, and more coming on Monday. Enjoy!
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An Iowa City woman is accused of hitting another woman on the head with a gun.
According to Iowa City police, at 4:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 35-year-old Laticia T. Robinson was a passenger in the victim's car. Police said the victim got into the backseat of the car with Robinson to calm Robinson down after Robinson had gotten into an argument with her husband.
Police said Robinson and the victim also got into an argument, which escalated into physical violence. Robinson allegedly began to hit the woman in the face, before grabbing her firearm and hitting the other woman in the head with it.
Police said the victim suffered a contusion on her head, facial bruising and scratches. Robinson admitted to the fight and hitting the other woman with her gun, police said. She willingly turned over the weapon, which is now in police custody.
Robinson has been arrested and faces one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
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Police Say Iowa City Woman Hit Other Woman On Head With Gun
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February 28th, 2008 #1
Priestess Costume illustration + re-done Squire
Greetings all,
I've been a way for a while working on various things, such as building and launching my new site; which I am delighted to report is finally up and running. Good to be back.
The first image (the Squire painting) is a revisited version; I had first posted the image..oh.. a few months ago now; got some great feedback in terms of fixing some perspective issues, fixing the original arms, etc. Thanks again for all the help with that. So I went back made the corrections, but this time I repainted it in grayscale to simply focus on rendering the form and avoid the color mess.
The second image is a more recent Illustration of a Priestess costume that may or may not be part of a personal story I'm working on developing; too early to tell. I know about the white bg. Its just that the character art I love the most seems to all be done on a white bg (focus only on character), so I wanted to give it a go; + the env. wasnt a concern here. The next image will be a full illustration: characters, env. the works.
I would appreciate any feedback and any help to make these pieces the best they can be. (The orig/print size for these imgs is 11 x 17; so to post they have been shrunk down)
Thanks again.
p.s. oh if would like to check out my site one can do so at www.reddaydream.com
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberFebruary 28th, 2008 #2
Great looking pieces. I also prefer the white backgrounds - makes the chracters pop imo!
Your website looks kick ass, as well! Nice looking stuff you got there. ^_^
As for a critique, for the first character, her left leg looks wrong to me. It looks as though she has a bull's legs, so that's what I'm referencing from. I think it's a foreshortening issue?
I also think that little bit of neck armor blocking her face is too distracting. Her face is so lovely - I wish I could see it all.
As for the second, and I know you're not finished with them, but maybe render her face out as much as you did to the first one?
Both costumes are excellent, and especially on the first one I love the textures! Very well done so far.
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First of all, great work. These are both interesting characters. However your first one looks like she is losing her balance. Something is off about her center of gravity and after reading Starzik's comment there does seem to be a bit of a foreshortening issue with her left leg. Just to be clear, I mean the leg on her left, or rather the leg that is closest to the viewer. It seems as though if you pulled her left leg a bit to (our) right it would help to balance her. Also, straightening out her back or maybe have her lean forward very slightly, would help.
Next, it seems as though the perspective on her weapon is off. Look at the way her hand is gripped and then look at the back end of the weapon. It would appear that the weapon should be pointed more towards the viewer. I suppose a faster fix would be to redraw the hand itself.
Also on that same arm, the length from the elbow to the shoulder appears too short. The same section of her other arm appears longer in length to me, but it should be the opposite because of foreshortening.
As far as the shoulder armor covering her face, I rather like it! But perhaps tone it down just a bit or tweak it somehow. I like the asymmetrical design of the armor but I don't like how it covers that much of her face. Her body language is almost open and inviting, you get the sense that she's one of the 'good guys' (or girls, as it were). The eye contact she is making with the viewer is doing a good job of pulling the viewer in. However the shoulder armor being there is obtrusive and in a sense confusing. Is she trying to hide something, conceal something? If thats what you were going for it doesn't look intended. You could switch that piece of armor to her other side so to keep the asymmetrical quality without hiding her face. Or if you wanted to give her a more mysterious feel, tilt her head down slightly and raise her left shoulder upwards. It will make it appear as if the 'concealing' of her face is intentional and she is trying to mask herself.
Lastly, is that supposed to be a shield tied to her elbow? If it is, its not reading as well as it could be. It almost appears to be an extension of her armor.
I have no issues at all with the second character. I think it looks amazing and I love the detail of the costume! The Fu Dog statue looks great as well.
(Whew, I apologize for being so long winded!)
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Also I wanted to tell you your site looks great! Heres some feedback to strengthen it. Mostly very nitpicky, but remember many people in this field are very detail oriented.
First thing I noticed is that your sketchbook gallery does not open its own pop up window for me to browse through. Its inconsistent with the rest of your galleries, and a bit unappealing for the page to just bombard you with all those images.
Second, I question if you should use pop up windows at all. This thinking comes mostly from web usability specialists, which I admit I know little of but I am trying to improve my knowledge. Basically the thinking behind it is this: most browsers and toolbars (yahoo, google, etc) come with pop up blockers now a days. Someone that is not so tech-savvy may turn off one but not realize the another is still running. Now imagine this person happens to be a possible employer viewing your page. Right now he would be at risk of not viewing any of this fantastic work if his browser has the wrong settings. And he would probably assume incompetence on your part rather than his.
Next theres a consistency issue with mousing over the different galleries. Mousing over the Pestilence Project gives me a brief summary, but mousing over the other three galleries gives me nothing. Even just a brief 2-3 sentence paragraph of what the galleries consist of would help. I'm sure everyone knows what life drawing is but there should be some text when you mouse over for consistency in your design. You could maybe shorten the info under the Pestilience Project as well, it feels like some of that info belongs on your resume and not there.
Lastly there is an issue of consistency with your name. Your site title reads 'The art of Lance Red' your contact page reads 'Lance King Red' and finally your resume reads 'Lance K. Red'. Choose one and stick with it for the sake of consistency. As your trying to make yourself known think of yourself as a name brand. It would be odd to see two packages of Dr. Pepper next to one another, exactly the same but one reading "Doctor Pepper" while the other reads "Dr. Pepper." They look the same, you know its the same, but still its bothersome. Obviously Lance King Red, Lance K. Red, and Lance Red are all the same person but consistency is still important.
I enjoyed the rest of your artwork on the site, by the way.
March 2nd, 2008 #5
Thank you both for you input on these pieces and on my site, too!
I ll go definitely go back and reevaluate her left leg; pull it to the right and possibly rotating the lower half so its not so 'frontal'. As for the armor covering her face, my intentions were simply to showcase the armor. A mistake I made in this piece and the next one, I am realizing, is that I am not thinking enough on the character wearing the costume, and simply focusing on the costume. (Hence the static poses too. With the next work I am going to try for more active poses that inform more about the personality of the characters and not just have them be mannequin stand-ins to wear the costumes.)
Digitalburn thanks for the great input on my site as well. The pop up issue had worried me. Reason I went with it here is that its how my last site was set-up and no one ever reported any loading issues. I also looked at other professionals' sites and how they were setup, but I am still researching and having people on different machines load the pages. This is just an initial launch so I may the gallery so its all contained on the page itself. With next round of fixes, hopefully happen some time this week, I will be adding the noted rollovers + make the name issue more consistent.
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Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). Music played on the station is generally more alternative than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Australian music and new music. In metropolitan rating surveys Triple J usually has less than one third the market share of its major commercial rivals, but its influence on Australian popular music belies the modest ratings, having provided a launchpad for numerous Australian recording artists and announcers.
Triple J originally commenced operation in Sydney as 2JJ or Double Jay. It is a legacy of the progressive media policies of the Whitlam Labor government of 1972-75.
2JJ was initially intended as the first link in a new national "youth network". However, this expansion was long delayed by the electoral defeat of the Gough Whitlam Labor government at the end of 1975 and by budget cuts imposed by the incoming Liberal government led by Malcolm Fraser.
2JJ commenced broadcasting on 19 January 1975, at 1539 kHz - (call sign 1540kHz in 1978) on the AM band. The station was largely restricted to the greater Sydney region, and its local reception was hampered by inadequate transmitter facilities. It was later relayed to other stations in the ABC network after midnight, when their regular programming ceased.
2JJ was often embroiled in controversy, which began with the choice of the first song played on air on the first broadcast day — "You Just Like Me Cos I'm Good In Bed" by Skyhooks, one of six tracks from their debut LP Living in the Seventies that had been banned by Australian commercial radio stations. The establishment of Double Jay marked a historic change in Australian radio — it was Australia's first non-commercial 24-hour rock music station, one of the first rock stations in the world to hire female disc jockeys and, excluding the first experimental FM licences, was granted the first new radio licence issued in any Australian capital city since 1932.
By the time Double Jay went to air the Whitlam government was in its final months in office, and less than a year later the ALP was ousted by the Australian electorate, replaced by the Liberal Party, led by Malcolm Fraser. Double Jay and some of its announcers were accused of being significantly more left-wing than the usually conservative major political parties and in its early days the station and staff were often criticised by the right for alleged political bias.
The Double Jay programming policies were in many ways a radical departure from the narrow formats and restrictive playlists then in place in commercial rock stations. Double Jay's programming was influenced by British pirate radio, early BBC Radio 1 rock programs such as John Peel's The Perfumed Garden and the American Album Oriented Rock (AOR) format.
Presenters originally were given a wide latitude in choosing the music they played, and few restrictions were placed on music, lyrics or topics discussed on programs. In the early days of Double Jay, the station was run co-operatively and all staff (including office staff) were given a say in programming decisions.
It featured unprecedented levels of Australian content, favoured long album cuts, played many tracks banned by other stations, championed many styles of local and overseas music that were being excluded from commercial pop playlists (including reggae, punk rock, electronic and New Wave), and (following the trend set by the BBC) mixed its recorded music programming with an innovative blend of regular weekly live-to-air studio concert broadcasts.
Double Jay broadcast many original comedy sketches and comedy serials, and in the early years of the station it regularly ran "anti-ads" which parodied its commercial competitors. It also featured audio documentaries like the controversial "The Ins and Outs of Love" (which included graphic interviews with young people about their first experiences of sex) and groundbreaking radiophonic works like "What's Rangoon To You Is Grafton To Me" and "Hot Bananas", created by presenter Russell Guy and featuring former ABC-TV newsreader James Dibble, and works by cult writer-musician Pip Proud.
One infamous event in the late 1970s was an on-air launch party hosted by George Wayne to celebrate the release of the new AC/DC album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, which got so out of hand that police were eventually called to the studio.
The station also regularly sponsored live concerts and organised a number of major outdoor concert events in the late 1970s, culminating in a huge outdoor all-day event in Parramatta Park in 1980, to celebrate the end of Double Jay and the start of Triple J and headlined by Midnight Oil.
On 1 August 1980 2JJ moved to an FM frequency of 105.7 MHz (again restricted within the greater Sydney region) and became 2JJJ (later, Triple J). Through the mid-to-late Eighties, Triple J continued to pioneer new music and developed a wide range of special-interest programs including the Japanese pop show Nippi Rock Shop, Arnold Frolows' weekly late-night ambient music show Ambience and Jaslyn Hall's world music show -- the first of its kind in Australian mainstream radio.
It was not until the late 1980s that the ABC was finally able to begin development of the long-delayed national "youth network" and in 1989 JJJ expanded nationally to Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle and Perth.
In 1983 four Triple Jay presenters - Pete Doyle, Virginia Moncrieff, Tony Barrell and Clive Walker - began producing a fanzine with the inscrutable title of Alan (see: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/30years/stories/alan.htm). Designed in a manic collage style by David Art Wales, Alan featured programming information, pop trivia and irreverent interviews with recording artists (see: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/30years/stories/interview.htm). Wales also supplied a comic strip featuring a boy sage named Guru Adrian. In a twist that added to the character's appeal, the Guru's face was that of a real child whose identity was never revealed, leading many to believe that he was in fact a real guru. Guru Adrian's philosophy, Adrianetics (see: http://www.guruadrian.com), consisted of quixotic maxims, including "Having fun is half the fun," "Gee, you are you" and "Realize your real eyes," which rapidly gained the character a cult following in Australia, with Wales making many radio and television appearances during the mid-1980s to discuss the Guru Adrian phenomenon.
In 1984, Wales teamed with renowned Australian journalist Bruce Elder on the book "Radio With Pictures: The History of Double Jay and Triple Jay." (Hale & Iremonger, publishers. National Library of Australia card no. ISBN 0 86806 191 3)
The station's callout also changed from "Jay Jay Jay" to "Triple J" at this time.
Concern was expressed about the introduction of a more highly programmed music format, and the appointment of Chapman, a former commercial program director, was seen as an indication of a more commercial direction. Management responded that to launch a national network meant that the station must broaden its then almost-exclusive focus on the Sydney music scene, requiring the addition of newer talent. When the dust had settled on the dispute, the radio programming was not nearly as free-form as it had been before going national, but neither was it as highly-programmed as its critics feared. In the pre-national era, there almost was no playlist, but the introduction of a playlist still allowed a significant input (at least initially) from the individual announcer, beyond that usually permitted on a commercial station.
The laissez-faire approach that had existed in the Double Jay days was gradually replaced by a more business-like top-down management style and after the controversial appointment of Chapman, as described above, many of the 'old guard' were dismissed from the station and replaced by presenters who were more amenable to the increasingly structured format.
The appointment of Chapman was a watershed for the station's programming, and although opinion remains sharply divided about the changes he implemented, it is undeniable that he was very successful in raising the station's profile and ratings. Chapman had previously been the program director and station manager of Sydney AM pop station 2SM, which had been Australia's top-rating and most profitable commercial radio station for most of the 1970s. As noted above, not long after his appointment, Chapman controversially replaced many of the established on-air staff (such as Tim Ritchie) with younger and less experienced presenters such as Michael Tunn, who at the time of his appointment was the youngest on-air presenter in the history of Australian radio. Chapman also reduced the amount of comedy, documentaries and news (compared to the late Seventies) and imposed a much more structured music playlist with a stronger focus on contemporary music, although (as he did at 2SM) he maintained and strengthened the station's commitment to live music.
Chapman oversaw a radical overhaul of Triple J's programming, implementing a version of the music-and-talk format that had been so successful for him at 2SM. This basic format — including an early morning comedy breakfast program with duo presenters; a late morning talk and talkback program and a light talk-and-comedy afternoon drive-time shift — remains substantially in place.
In the late 1980s Triple J was accused of ignoring the emerging hip hop scene and related genres, in favour of the more marketable rock-oriented grunge style that dominated American music at the same time.
Throughout the 1990s, Triple J commenced expansion to more regional areas of Australia. In 1994 it was extended to another 18 regional centres throughout the country. In 1996, the total was brought to 44, with the new additions including Launceston, Tasmania; Albany, Western Australia; Bathurst, New South Wales and Mackay, Queensland. As of 2006, Triple J's most recent expansion was to Broome, Western Australia.
During the late 1980s and 1990s Triple J came under increasing criticism for its program direction and it has been accused of ignoring many important new developments in music in favour of a more structured rock-oriented playlist that, in the view of some critics, has become a sort of "Indie Top 40". Long serving program director Arnold Frolows was also regularly criticised, and there was certainly some irony in the fact that the self-proclaimed "youth network", which was aimed at the 16-25 age group, was by the late 1990s still being programmed by a man in his late 40s.
In 2004, the station began to release podcasts of some of their talkback shows, including Dr Karl, This Sporting Life and Hack.
In July 2006, Triple J launched jtv, a series of television programs broadcast on ABC and ABC2, as well as being made available online. Programming includes music videos, live concerts, documentaries and comedy, as well as a behind the scenes look at Triple J's studios.
Triple J's coverage also expanded in 2006, when transmission began in Broome, Western Australia. As Broome was one of the largest towns in Australia to not receive Triple J, the station celebrated with a concert featuring many local bands, also simulcast on the Live at the Wireless program.
In common with other Australian radio stations, Triple J has also gradually increased the amount of talkback content in its programming. There are several reasons for this. Most importantly, talkback provides an inexpensive and popular source of program content, and also provides the appearance of listener interactivity and involvement. And, like many other former 'all music' stations, Triple J has had to respond to the advent of music file-sharing, digital music players and other digital music innovations, which have drastically reduced listeners' dependence on radio as a means of accessing new music and/or their favourite music.
Although the station still promotes itself as being "free and easy" and it remains far more open to new music than any of the commercial stations, there is in fact a high degree of programming structure at Triple J, and while presenters retain a degree of autonomy, most of the music played on air is part of a carefully structured playlist, posted in the studio, to which presenters are obliged to conform .
Over the years the station gained considerable renown for breaking new local acts -- Midnight Oil are probably the prime example of this, and the group would almost certainly not have had anything like the success they enjoyed without the help of Double Jay/Triple J. The station also broke countless overseas acts who were being ignored in their home countries. Double Jay was virtually the only 'pop' station in Australia in the late Seventies to play reggae, dub, punk rock, New Wave, world music, electronic music and ambient music.
Over the years the station moved away from its early style, which featured a high level of news, features, documentaries, current affairs and comedy, and was gradually steered towards a non-commercial version of the continuous music format that prevailed in commercial radio. Many original Double Jay segments -- the nightly "What's On" gig guide, its extensive news and current affairs coverage (which was often criticised for its alleged left wing bias), and its 'community noticeboard' segment -- were gradually eliminated, as were almost all the character comedy spots that had been popular features in previous years.
Triple J routinely championed many local and overseas acts — e.g. Midnight Oil, The Models, Paul Kelly, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pixies, Ben Folds Five and hundreds more. As with the ABC's long-running pop TV show Countdown, the support of Triple J in Australia also had a strong effect on the success of emerging overseas acts.
A classic case in point is American group The B-52's and it is believed that Double Jay was the first radio station in the world to play their debut single "Rock Lobster". The support of the Jays had a significant effect on the worldwide success of many acts including Blondie, Devo and more recently Ben Folds Five, Garbage and especially Ben Harper, whose popularity in Australia — which was almost entirely the result of support from Triple J — was instrumental in breaking him back in his home country, the United States.
It is also notable that Triple J was for many years routinely used as a free market research facility by commercial stations. As mainstream pop radio struggled to establish itself on the FM band, commercial stations like those owned by Austereo constantly monitored what songs and acts were doing especially well on Triple J and would then introduce the most 'saleable' of them into their own playlists. The huge commercial success of acts like The Police and Nirvana in Australia unquestionably stemmed directly from the support of Triple J.
In 1989, Triple J had been playing N.W.A.'s protest song "Fuck tha Police" for up to six months, before gaining the attention of ABC management who subsequently banned it. As perhaps the only government-funded radio station in the world to play the song, as a reaction the staff went on strike and put the group's song "Express Yourself" on continuous play for 24 hours, playing it roughly 360 times in a row.
Mornings with Zan is the 9 a.m. to midday music show, hosted by Zan Rowe. This timeslot was formerly held by chat and current affairs program The Morning Show until 2003, and Mel in the Morning hosted by Mel Bampton from 2004 until January 2007.
Lunch with Vijay is Triple J's midday to 3 p.m. show and is hosted by Vijay Khurana.
Dools and Linda is the drive program, on air from 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and is presented by Scott Dooley and Linda Marigliano.
Super Request is Triple J's requests show, broadcast weeknights from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. It is hosted by Rosie Beaton.
Midnight to Dawn, also known as Mid-dawn or The Graveyard Shift is the name of the 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. timeslot. It is often hosted by new or unknown DJs. Previous mid-dawn hosts who then went on to regular shifts include Adam Spencer, Scott Dooley, Dave Callan and Zan Rowe. Current mid-dawn presenters include, The Cloud Girls, Brendan Maclean, Tom Ballard, Alex Dyson and MC Brothablack.
Today, the J-Files is a one hour Saturday afternoon show, hosted by various Triple J presenters. Generally it is pre-recorded, and only artists are featured.
Current news staff:
Past news journalists (some of whom are still with Triple J):
The Breakfast Show is one of the station's flagship shows. In the late 80's it was hosted by Rusty Nails, and later by resident "dag", Maynard F# Crabbes (Maynard Crabbes). In the early 1990s it was co-hosted by Helen Razer and Mikey Robbins, and later by Mikey Robbins, Paul McDermott and The Sandman (Steve Abbott). From 1999 until 2004, it was co-hosted by Adam Spencer & Wil Anderson. The pair were known for their unusual sense of humour, highlighted by regular segments including Mary from Junee, Essence of Steve and Are you smarter than Dools?.
Spencer and Anderson broadcast their final program for the station on Friday 26 November 2004 from Sydney University's Manning Bar, a site that held sentimental value to Spencer, as that was where he got his start in stand-up comedy. In 2005, Jay and Lindsay (aka 'The Doctor') from Frenzal Rhomb took over as hosts of Triple J's breakfast show. New segments include the radio skits Space Goat and Battalion 666, as well as the Under the Weather Sessions and The Friday F--- Wit. From January 8 2007, former Lunch presenter Myf Warhurst joined Jay and Lindsay as a permanent member of the Breakfast Show team.
Following the departure of Jay to go travelling the 2008 Breakfast Show line up is Robbie Buck, The Doctor and Marieke Hardy.
Restoring the Balance was broadcast sporadically on Sunday afternoons during 2004. The primary concept behind the show is a satire of the contrasting political views between the conservative Australian Howard government, and the left-wing government-funded Triple J radio station. The show suggests that the station was forced to broadcast a segment of right-wing political views in order to restore the balance.
Ross and Terri have broadcast weekdays at lunch times, for two 2-week periods, over summer 2005 and 2006. It was hosted by Ross Noble and Terri Psiakis. It was initially a filler show, but the popularity of the pair was enough to bring them back in 2006.
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual poll of the most popular songs amongst its listeners. It has been conducted for almost a decade in its present form, and in 2005 it attracted 606,060 votes - the largest music poll in the world. It has also spawned a series of successful compilation CDs, and more recently, music DVDs.
The countdown of the top 100 songs on Australia Day weekend, usually accompanied by a barbecue plus obligatory beverage, has become an annual summer ritual for Triple J fans around Australia and around the world.
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Grey's Anatomy Season 9, Episode 17 Sneak Peek: Alex's Distress
In a new sneak peek from Grey's Anatomy Season 9, Episode 17: "Transplant Wasteland" (March 14), tempers flare as the docs try to sort out a logistical mess.
It appears that with all the changes in management, the hospital is in total disarray. Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) is stuck trying to sort out the surgery board, while Alex (Justin Chambers) is desperately trying to find someone to do a kidney procurement at another hospital for one of his patients.
At first, Mer turns him down, but after Alex needles her about not being a real surgeon now that she's "upper management," she changes her mind.
"Call Dr. Shepard and tell him to fix this board, and book me a plane," she grumpily tells Jo (Camilla Luddington).
"The patient's this really sweet kid," Jo tells her.
"Whatever, you can come too," Mer responds, clearly onto Jo's game.
Well, it looks like we know what Mer and Jo's medical plotline will be this week!
Catch the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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NIGERIA : Basketball World Cup - Nigerians Expectant As FIBA Set to Announce Wild Cards
As the central board of world basketball governing body, FIBA, meets in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday to decide which countries get the four wild cards for the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the basketball community in the country is anxiously waiting to know Nigeria's fate.
The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) along with 15 other federations met the October 30, 2013 deadline for the submission of bids for the wild cards for their national teams. NBBF President, Tijanni Umar, said in Abuja yesterday that he expects Nigeria to be among the successful bids.
He stressed that Nigeria's basketball would be greatly honoured to be the first African team to bag a wild card to the World Cup. D'Tigers failed to qualify directly at the 2013 Afrobasket championship in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire, which served as qualifiers for the basketball showpiece.
Umar argued that the national male team failed "largely due to a depleted roster caused by major injuries."
Still advancing reasons why Nigeria should get a wild card for the World Cup, the NBBF president said, "Our team has a pool of sustainable talent in some of the best basketball leagues around the world that can perform and compete against the best at the highest levels of the game.
Asked how competitive he expects the Nigerian team to be and whether he is confident the team will feature all its leading/best players, Umar retorted, "If given a wild card, our team will present its best-ever roster for maximum impact and our team captain has written a commitment letter on behalf of his colleagues which is enclosed in our bid document."
The countries jostling for the four available wild cards alongside Nigeria (ranked 18 in the world) are, Bosnia-Herzegovina (57), Brazil (10), Canada (25), China (12), Finland (39), Germany (14), Greece (5), Israel (37), Italy (21), Poland (40), Qatar (42), Russia (6), Turkey (7) and Venezuela (28).
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O'Toole, 26, has netted 41 times in 39 Windsor FC appearances, including 35 Premier Division goals, since arriving at Stag Meadow during pre-season.
The former Uxbridge forward bagged a hat-trick at Molesey in late August and scored four during the fledgling club's historic 11-0 win against Banstead Athletic on 1 October.
Windsor boss Keith Scott also snapped up ex-Windsor & Eton star Chennells following his release from Southern Premier Division leaders Brackley Town in December. And the pair have terrorised defences since, scoring a total of 40 goals in 21 games.
"Chennells is a great player," O'Toole exclusively told the Observer, "He works hard and is a great finisher. He's one of the best strike partners I've been with.
"Even though he hasn't been here as long, his goals to games ratio is good, if not better than mine.
"I feel really confident when I play with him. We work really well together and hopefully we can continue to do that."
O'Toole went on to pick out his overhead kick against Raynes Park Vale in December as his most memorable finish.
"There have been a few good goals I've scored this year," he continued, "my overhead kick stands out for me most. It felt really good as soon as I hit it and we went on to win too.
"Obviously, it's been a decent season for me personally and I just hope to carry on scoring for Windsor."
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For me personally it would be the Diaz bro's. i remember scouring the web to find Nick's non UFC fights for hours. KenFlo is another guy I always loved to watch as well
For me personally it would be the Diaz bro's. i remember scouring the web to find Nick's non UFC fights for hours. KenFlo is another guy I always loved to watch as well
Favorite fighters: GSP, F. Griffin, Jon Jones, Nick Diaz, Carwin, Ken Flo, Leben
He has a lot of decisions, but his fights are always entertaining and display a whole variety of what well rounded MMA should be.
Favorite Fighter: JIM MILLER.
Scariest Dude on the Planet: TYRONE SPONG.
Other Favorites: Anderson Silva, Gegard Mousasi, Joe Lauzon, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Paul Daley, Ross Pearson, Donald Cerrone, Renan Barao, Glover Texiera, & Alistair Overeem.
"He doesn't write his own material. Some homo in Queens living in his mother's basement in his underwear is writing Chael's material for him." - DON FRYE.
1. Fedor and Wanderlei
2. Sakuraba and Gomi
3. Shogun and JDS
My personal picks are as follows:
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2. Sakuraba
3. Shogun and Crocop
4. Randy Couture
Edge of my seat every fight.
Fedor or Wanderlei.
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Right now I'm gonna have to go with Joe Lauzon. Back in the day, guys like fedor and wandy would be at the top of my list.
+1 on Diego Sanchez. Definitely not the best fighter ever, but he brings it every fight and seldom disappoints.
When I think exciting I think of guys that I have no clue what they are going to do next and ever action they make has me interested. My picks are in no particular order: Wand, Cung Le, Anderson Silva, Oldschool Vitor, Fedor.
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Queen gives biometric ID cards the green light
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Biometric pilot program to tighten U.S. bordersNovember 17, 2004
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Britain's biometric ID cards postponedMay 6, 2004
Lawmakers want biometrics for state IDsMay 1, 2002
Privacy advocates sue over national IDsApril 2, 2002
Both were widely expected to be included in the speech, which sets out the legislative agenda for the upcoming session of the U.K. Parliament. The speech is read by the Queen but written by the government, which will now push both pieces of legislation through Parliament before the next general election.
Speaking in the House of Lords, the Queen said: "My government recognizes that we live in a time of global uncertainty, with an increased threat from international terrorism and organized crime. Measures to extend opportunity will be accompanied by legislation to increase security for all."
The ID card scheme proposed by the Home Office entails the introduction by 2008 of a stand-alone ID card containing biometric information such as iris scans, fingerprints and a facial scan. The 15-pound ($28) card will be mandatory and will be issued alongside all new and renewed passports, the cost of which will also rise to 85 pounds ($159).
More significantly, the National Identity Register--a vast database of information on U.K. citizens--will be created to underpin the ID card scheme.
The government also formally announced its intention to introduce legislation to establish the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), which has been compared to the FBI. The U.K.'s computer crime squad, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, will be one of the law enforcement agencies that will play a role in SOCA.
The $5.6 billion ID card scheme has sparked concern among technology industry experts about the pace and scale of such a high-profile and costly project, which would be the biggest IT project ever undertaken by the government.
Mark Blowers, a senior research director at the Butler Group, an analyst firm, said there are still significant questions about the rejection rates and read accuracy of some biometric technologies.
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analysisBy Koigi Wamwere
As people escaping from cold may end up in ice, Kenyans dethroned one party dictatorship of Kanu but are now enthroning one party ethnic dictatorship all over the country.
When Kenyans fought for multiparty democracy, they wanted it to liberate them from one party dictatorship. Instead of saving people, however, multiparty democracy has been hijacked by tribal chieftains who are turning parties into domiciles of ethnic dictatorship where communities are enslaved and turned into armies of fighting ethnic wars.
Ordinarily, parties are formed to champion interests of their members. They should not be pythons that hypnotise people into their mouths before swallowing them. But once hijacked, in elections, parties herd communities into "suits" and swallow them.
Fortunately, many citizens are waking up to the danger of one party ethnic dictatorship and are asking what they may do to escape their plight.
To escape ethnic dictatorship, many people are ditching ethnic parties for individual leadership. They have realised that irrespective of whether they claim to belong to members or their communities, ethnic parties are simply properties of their leaders.
Further, Kenyans know, because parties are their leaders' castles, candidates who run for office in them, have only shelter not ownership in them.
As for voters, they too now realise that their support for candidates in certain parties hardly gives them inclusion or ownership of the party.
To guarantee themselves representation, most voters now wish to elect people who promise to best represent and champion their interests, without caring a hoot about the parties on whose ticket their choices fight for election.
This realisation notwithstanding, to ensnare people into their spider's web, tribal party owners falsely claim that good representation can only come from their ethnic parties.
Simultaneously they paint chieftains of other ethnic parties as monsters waiting to eat up other communities whose welfare ethnic party owners claim to only think about.
Lest we forget, ethnic parties don't just use leaders to propagate ethnic hate. They also use grassroots agents whose mountains of hate far beat hills of leaders' hate.
To win communities, ethnic leaders cheat voters that unless they attain the presidency, their communities will never be secure. Further, voters are falsely convinced that their survival will not come from any leaders they may elect for themselves, but leaders they must elect for their ethnic president.
To attain political supremacy in their ethnic hinterlands, we hear the ethnic dictator pleading with voters, not to open their eyes and elect best MP or councillor for themselves, but to close their eyes and elect for him his candidates whether dead or not. Unfortunately when voters oblige they turn their counties into these leaders' colonies to own and exploit as they wish. Worse, by electing MPs for their leaders, voters cut off their tongues never to speak again about their own problems and interests.
By following ethnic leaders, Kenyans are in a great trap of ethnic servitude that makes one ask. Will they vote as Kenyans or as communities voting against other communities?
When Kenyans vote as communities, they don't do so by choice, they are coerced by their ethnic dictatorships. In Rwanda, many will remember how fifty thousand Hutus were killed by extremist Hutus for objecting to the killing of Tutsis, fellow countrymen and women.
Elections through ethnic parties have serious dangers. Like queue voting, ethnic voting is not secret. It is conducted though fear and threats and as war between communities. Ultimately, it breeds inter-ethnic violence.
Politicians that are driven by the ideology of negative ethnicity are like fishermen who can only fish in troubled and exclusive waters. To maximise votes, they create, through hate and suspicion, ethnic territories where enemy parties - ODM for Luos, TNA for Kikuyus, URP for Kalenjin, Wiper for Kambas and UDF for Luhyas may not venture. If they do, it will be to their own peril.
By the way, ethnic labeling is not done to unite but divide for the good of ethnic chieftains but ultimately for the destruction of the country.
Though it works against all, the strategy of 41 against one is nevertheless resorted to against the Luo when Kikuyus applaud, against Kikuyus when Luos applaud, against Kalenjins when others applaud and against Kenya when communities will applaud to their own final detriment.
Our ethnic parties and their leaders have become bulls that cannot stay in the same kraal called Kenya without fighting until only one is left standing.
Indeed we seem to suffer a collective death wish that forces one to agree that Kenyans are either bewitched, cursed or William Shakespeare was right that, those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.
But before communities self-destruct like butterflies jumping into fire, let us ask what is best for their survival, one or more parties for every community?
The truth is we abandoned one party system because we hated its dictatorship. One party system will also breed ethnic dictatorship for communities.
And why should communities be so suicidal as to put all their political eggs in one basket. Didn't sages say two heads are better than one?
Nor is monopolisation of power good for communities in Kenya. Only a few Kikuyus benefited from Kenyatta government. Only a few Kalenjins benefited from Moi government.
Only a few Kikuyus and Luos are benefiting from Kibaki's presidency and Raila's premiership. And why should an entire community stay in the cold because a party they have all congregated into has lost elections? Kenyans must stop dancing around the fire of negative ethnicity. It is a madness, they cannot afford.


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Very informative, but focused on an internal church process for proclaiming infallibility. There was also a secular political process going on in Europe that wanted a doctrine of papal infallibility: the policy of Legitimacy.
Legitimacy was pursued by the victors over Napoleon, with the United Kingdom naturally playing a big role. Legitimacy was the process of restoring "legitimate" monarchs to their thrones. Legitimate meant of royal birth from families that preceded the usurpers from the Napoleon family. The legitimate monarchs included the Pope. In addition, with papal infallibility the pope great rescuer and ally, Great Britain, could count on the Pope to order the bishops in Ireland to order the Irish people to obey the British authorities as legitimately appointed by God. The Pope certainly did so, with only two Irish bishops defying his orders (Limerick and Killaloe). It was the British who protected the pope from the Italian Republicans, the Roman mobs, and the French.


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A little note from me. Someone pointed out to me that it was not supposed to be Rin Tin Tin - for the comic. It was supposed to be called Tin Tin. Forgive me if I gave the wrong impression. I was talking about the Belgian Comic Book. Some people may call it Tin Tin. But for me, it was always Rin Tin Tin. Anyway, whether it was Tin Tin or Rin Tin Tin, I will be forever grateful for my English Hero.
I love reading. As far as I could remember, I would always have a book, magazine or even a comic in my hand. When I was a kid, my mom always threaten to take away my food from the table because I would always reading while eating.
When I was in the primary school, I had asked to be a librarian in order for me to have the privileged of being allowed to borrow extra books. Enid Blyton and Charles Dickens were my favourite authors. But all those books were being translated into my own native language. Reading something in English was as foreign as the aliens. The only time that I had to read something in English was in the English classroom itself. We were "forced" to learn English from Standard One (that was when we were 7 years old). Those English classes were torturous. The only thing that I looked forward to was when we were learning some English songs like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars" and "Brother John".
When I was 12, I was sent by the Government to study at a school in the city. This was a programme by the Government to ensure that under privileged and rural kids had the same opportunity of educations as the urban kids. The only thing made things bearable while living in a hostel far away from your parents was books. I had became more an avid reader. I would borrow books from the library nearly every single day, until one day I realised that I had read all the books written in my native language and there was no more books in the library for me to read.
I lamented my problem to a friend and was telling her I could not find anymore books to read. Then she said to me "Why don't you try to read the English books?. There are more English books in the library than the books in our native language". I was aghast.
"I cannot read an English book". I said.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Well, I do not understand most of the English words. I do not want to read a book that I cannot understand".
"Have you ever tried reading an English book before?" She asked me again.
I took a few minutes to reply her, and finally admitted that I never try reading an English book on my own before.
Then she said to me, "Why don't you try reading an English comic first. Once you think you can understand them, then you may try reading some short stories. Give it a try".
Reluctantly, I agreed to give it a try. My first attempt was reading the Rin Tin Tin comic. I think the only thing that attracted me to read the Rin Tin Tin comic was the illustrations. And lo behold, I found myself fascinated with the comics and realised that the English words were not too difficult to understand at all. From there on, I fell in love with English written works.
The illustrations of the Rin Tin Tin Comic what made me chose it among other comics
I must admitted that for the first few attempts of reading English books, I would put a dictionary next to the book. Every time I found an English word that I did not understand, I would scoured my dictionary to find the meaning of that word. Then I realised, my brain would not retain the meaning of the world after a few pages.
So I decided just to write down all the words that I did not understand in a note book. Instead of immediately looking up the meaning of the word in the dictionary, I would continue reading and trying to decipher the meaning of the sentences and understand the concept rather than the meaning of individual words. After finishing a few pages or even a few chapters, then only then, I would look up in the dictionary for the meaning of all the words that I have had written down. With this system, I found out that I could remember the meanings of the words better and they would stuck in my mind.
I owed my gratitude to this special friend for pushing me towards English books. I would forever have a special affections for Rin Tin Tin because it managed to make reading an English work as easy as ABC. And for that, Rin Tin Tin would be forever my English Hero.
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Dear ⊱ Mickey ⊰ and Sima
OH ,,,,you are really intellectual pishy :)"' blink .....blink ;)"
Hehehehe wywu ... yep ... my English Hero is French speaking person. LOL. That's ironic, right?..I have to admit that I never read Narnia. I love the movies though. You're making me curious about them. Maybe I'll try to read them. Hmmm
Dear Barbare, thank you for reading.
Dear Blinky Sima, NO... I did not go to any Institute to learn English. I learned all my English from my schooling years, and reading books. And now through EC, of course.
Hehehe Anizaq, I hope you would find the book.
hiya, very nice! One interesting thing is your english hero's mother tongue is french...lol :P
sorry, just joking. I had similiar experience like yours. When I was 10, I read one of the 7 books from "The Chronicles of Narnia" and I liked it very much. Later in junior high, I tried to look for other 6 books and couldn't work out, but it was like something missing in one corner of my heart. So, in the end....I bought all 7 books in English and read them. ^_^


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In order to keep the viewer's eye within the image, it can be helpful to darken down the edges of a photograph. Let's select the MountainLight image, and then use Cmd+R or Ctrl+R on Windows, in order to open it in Camera Raw. In order to add a postcrop vignette, we'll scoot go over to the effects panel and then you'll notice there are three different styles of vignetting. There is Highlight Priority, Color Priority and Paint Priority. I think the most common option is the Color Priority. But let's take a look at Highlight Priority first. When I drag my Amount Slider over to the left, we are going to be darkening down the edges of my image. The highlight priority enables highlight recovery in bright areas like specular highlights.
But, it can lead to certain shifts in the darkened areas of the image. And for that reason I typically choose the color priority instead. Now the color priority can't recover your highlights, but I don't tend to get as many color shifts with this. It's also usually a little bit more subtle than the Highlight Priority. There's also the Paint Overlay option and, although this might look good on screen, I have noticed that when you print with this option, your print tends to get a little bit muddy because Camera Raw is basically adding black paint on top of your image.
When you use paint overlay, or if we move the amount slider to the other direction, it's using white paint. The point being is that it's very different from what the color priority and highlight priority options do. They're actually behaving much more like a traditional dodge and burn in the dark room. So let's take a look at the rest of the sliders. We know amount goes from dark to the left to light on the right. Let's take off the feather for a moment so we can see what the other sliders do. The midpoint shifts the midpoint in if we move it to the left or out if we move it to the right. The Roundness slider will go from a rectangle on the left over to a circle or an oval on the right.
The Feather amount is going to soften the edge so that it's harder to tell where you've applied the vignette and where you haven't. The Highlight slider can help you to retain highlights even in the vignetted area. So if we look at this area for one moment without the Highlight slider. You can see that those bright highlights tend to get a little bit muddy. When I move the highlights to the right. It's like we're telling the vignette to leave those highlights alone. Alright, well obviously this is way too much of an amount, so let's go ahead and bring the amount slider down and bring the midpoint down. Of course if we wanted to preview this we could tap the P key to see a before and after.
And I want to mention that this called the Post Crop Vignetting for a reason. If I tap the C key to get in my crop tool and I drag out a crop let's say from the upper left right about to here. And then I apply that crop, you'll notice that the Post Crop Vignette was redrawn, so it's now being drawn around this cropped portion of the image. So one of the things that you might want to keep in mind is if you're shooting with a wider angle lens and you're getting some vignetting on your images because of the lens that you're photographing with. You want to be sure to move to the Lens Correction panel and Enable the Lens Profile Correction because that will remove the vignetting that was caused from the lens.
Because that vignetting would be showing up here on the left side, but because I've cropped the file, we wouldn't see the same vignetting on the right side. So it would appear lopsided because of the lens, not because of the post-crop vignette, so use the lens correction to remove any vignetting caused by the lens. And that way, when you use the post crop vignetting, it's much more likely the vignette will be even because you've removed the lens distortion. Finally, one thing that I would recommend, is that you use the keyboard shortcut Cmd - minus or Cmd + on the Mac, or Ctrl minus or Ctrl plus on Windows in order to zoom out To just view your image at different sizes because vinyets can have a different effect at a different size.
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Sharrif Floyd signed with Florida as a 5 star recruit, and the top rated defensive tackle in his recruiting class. His Freshman year, he immediately showed great promise. He worked in as a rotational player for most of the season, but he earned the start in the Outback Bowl vs. Penn State, and he was eventually named to the 2010 Coaches' All Freshman SEC Team. Going into his Sophomore season, he was pegged as an Athlon Sports Pre-Season All 2nd Team defensive lineman. With some experience under his belt from Freshman year, and a starting role all to himself, this appeared to be a promising year for Floyd. However, in his first year as Florida's Head Coach, Will Muschamp made what I would consider to be a questionable call in regards to Floyd and his development as an NFL prospect. Due to injury and depth issues, the 6'3 300 pound DT was forced to start 11 games as a defensive end. He still registered some memorable moments, including an 11 tackle game vs. LSU, but all in all, I felt as if he looked tremendously out of place at this position. He appeared to be a very linear athlete, who struggled to bend like a defensive ends needs to. However, whenever I saw Floyd kicked in to his usual defensive tackle spot, I couldn't help but be impressed with his quickness and aggressive hand usage.
As we progress to this past season, Sharrif's Junior year, he found himself back at defensive tackle, which is much more conducive to his skill set. I decided to evaluate and do this piece on the Junior (even though he hasn't officially declared yet) due to the fact that there have been numerous rumblings, rumors, and reports that he's almost undoubtedly leaving early. In my review of Floyd, unsurprisingly, I felt as if he looked much more natural at the defensive tackle position. Just as I saw last year, he's very quick off the ball, explosive in short areas, and can be violent with his hands. This combination of traits allows him to frequently find himself disrupting run plays in the backfield. Pictured below is an example of this. As the entire FSU Offensive Line takes a hard step to the left, the RT is unable to match Floyd's initial burst off the snap. Floyd combines his quickness with getting his left hand into the blocker's chest, which prevents the lineman from ever gaining favorable position. Floyd keeps churning, and will eventually combine with a LB to drop the RB for a loss on the play.
As a pass rusher, it appears as if Floyd's time at defensive end has rubbed off on him. As the center blocks towards the nose, Floyd is left alone in the middle in a one-on-one situation versus the right guard. After the snap, Floyd shifts his momentum to his right, beating the RG across his face. Given the fact that the center has shifted to block the other defensive tackle, the additional space created by this gives Floyd a look/angle he saw frequently last year at defensive end. While Floyd still doesn't have the natural flexibility to sink his hips, and drop his shoulder to win this way against an OT (he only registered 1.5 sacks last year), it's enough to beat the right guard. Note the similarities in the following pictures. Floyd wants to keep an arm planted in the lineman's chest to keep him off of his own chest, and he wants to keep his other arm free in order to reduce the surface area to be blocked, as well as to be able to pull the quarterback down while still engaged.
While the plays shown above show how Floyd's game has been impacted by his season at DE, I think overall, the impact has been more detrimental than it has been helpful. As I explained before, Floyd was able to get himself into that bending, shoulder dropping, with an outside arm free position that pass rushing defense ends are so fond of. However, from what I've seen this year, it's almost become a comfort, or a habit of Floyd to fall back into this position. Pictured below is an example of what I'm talking about. As Floyd lines up at the 3 technique position, closer to the top of the screen,off the snap he immediately turns his shoulder. When the LT steps down at the same speed as Floyd, the result is Floyd taking on the block with his shoulder, which is a severely compromised position.
This makes the job of the offensive tackle very easy. He is able to use his entire body versus about half of Floyd's. Due to this, the LT walks Floyd to the opposite side of the field, and it opens up a gaping running lane for the RB to easily find.
Floyd's habit of trying to get into this positioning also gives him remarkable issues against the double team. While he'll have the ability to beat most college guards with his moves, due to his superior skill set, when the second blocker comes he's almost assuredly going to be unprepared to hold his ground, and will be pushed out of the play.
I illustrated earlier some of the defensive end like pass rushing techniques used by Floyd, but I also wanted to point out the issue that comes along with what I've noticed. While I described his play in the running game as more of a habit, in the pass rushing department, it seems to be more about obtaining comfort. In the following instance, Floyd is jockeying for the chance to "turn the corner" and get free, but since he lost the initial hands battle, he gets caught up at the line of scrimmage, and renders himself completely ineffective.
I've mentioned before that defensive end prospects who spend a significant amount of time at defensive tackle (see Aldon Smith at Missouri, Alex Okafor at Texas) intrigue me, because their hand usage development is often accelerated out of necessity. However, in the case of Sharrif Floyd, a defensive tackle who was forced to play DE, I think his development has been hindered more so than aided. I think his play suggests that he doesn't want to be stuck in a telephone booth, he wants space, and he wants isolated matchups where he doesn't always have to make plays off collisions. Floyd's at his best when he's winning the hands battle and crossing the face of the blocker. When considering all of the aspects of his game, I think he's best fit will come as a 1 gap 34 DE.


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