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Football is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve (to varying degrees) kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, also known as "soccer" and most commonly just "football". The English language word "football" is also applied to "gridiron football" (a name associated with the North American sports, especially American football and Canadian football), Australian football, Gaelic football, rugby football (rugby league and rugby union), and related games. Each of these codes (specific sets of rules, or the games defined by them) is referred to as "football".
These games involve:
In most codes, there are rules restricting the movement of players offside, and players scoring a goal must put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts. Other features common to several football codes include: points being mostly scored by players carrying the ball across the goal line and; players receiving a free kick after they take a mark/make a fair catch.
Peoples from around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball, since ancient times. However, most of the modern codes of football have their origins in England.
Documented evidence of an activity resembling football can be found in the Chinese military manual Zhan Guo Ce compiled between the 3rd century and 1st century BC. It describes a practice known as cuju (蹴鞠, literally "kick ball"), which originally involved kicking a leather ball through a small hole in a piece of silk cloth which was fixed on bamboo canes and hung about 9 m above ground. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), cuju games were standardized and rules were established. Variations of this game later spread to Japan and Korea, known as kemari and chuk-guk respectively. By the Chinese Tang Dynasty (618–907), the feather-stuffed ball was replaced by an air-filled ball and cuju games had become professionalized, with many players making a living playing cuju. Also, two different types of goal posts emerged: One was made by setting up posts with a net between them and the other consisted of just one goal post in the middle of the field.
The Japanese version of cuju is kemari (蹴鞠), and was developed during the Asuka period. This is known to have been played within the Japanese imperial court in Kyoto from about 600 AD. In kemari several people stand in a circle and kick a ball to each other, trying not to let the ball drop to the ground (much like keepie uppie). The game appears to have died out sometime before the mid-19th century. It was revived in 1903 and is now played at a number of festivals.
There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, and/or prehistoric ball games, played by indigenous peoples in many different parts of the world. For example, in 1586, men from a ship commanded by an English explorer named John Davis, went ashore to play a form of football with Inuit (Eskimo) people in Greenland. There are later accounts of an Inuit game played on ice, called Aqsaqtuk. Each match began with two teams facing each other in parallel lines, before attempting to kick the ball through each other team's line and then at a goal. In 1610, William Strachey of the Jamestown settlement, Virginia recorded a game played by Native Americans, called Pahsaheman. In Victoria, Australia, indigenous people played a game called Marn Grook ("ball game"). An 1878 book by Robert Brough-Smyth, The Aborigines of Victoria, quotes a man called Richard Thomas as saying, in about 1841, that he had witnessed Aboriginal people playing the game: "Mr Thomas describes how the foremost player will drop kick a ball made from the skin of a possum and how other players leap into the air in order to catch it." It is widely believed that Marn Grook had an influence on the development of Australian rules football (see below).
Games played in Central America with rubber balls by indigenous peoples are also well-documented as existing since before this time, but these had more similarities to basketball or volleyball, and since their influence on modern football games is minimal, most do not class them as football.
These games and others may well go far back into antiquity and may have felt the growing pains of the elected officals also influenced which later affected football games. However, the main sources of modern football codes appear to lie in western Europe, especially England.
These forms of football, sometimes referred to as "mob football", would be played between neighbouring towns and villages, involving an unlimited number of players on opposing teams, who would clash in a heaving mass of people, struggling to move an item such as an inflated pig's bladder, to particular geographical points, such as their opponents' church. Shrovetide games have survived into the modern era in a number of English towns (see below).
The first actual reference of modern football appeared in 1652. The credit for the design of the modern football is generally given to Solomon Sohn.
The first detailed description of football in England was given by William FitzStephen in about 1174–1183. He described the activities of London youths during the annual festival of Shrove Tuesday:
Most of the very early references to the game speak simply of "ball play" or "playing at ball". This reinforces the idea that the games played at the time did not necessarily involve a ball being kicked.
The earliest reference to a ball game that involved kicking comes from 1280 at Ulgham, Northumberland, England in which a player was killed as a result of running against an opposing player's dagger. A similar episode occurred in Shouldham, Norfolk, England in 1321: "[d]uring the game at ball as he kicked the ball, a lay friend of his... ran against him and wounded himself".
In 1314, Nicholas de Farndone, Lord Mayor of the City of London issued a decree banning football in the French used by the English upper classes at the time. A translation reads: "[f]orasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large foot balls [rageries de grosses pelotes de pee] in the fields of the public from which many evils might arise which God forbid: we command and forbid on behalf of the king, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future." This is the earliest reference to football.
In 1363, King Edward III of England issued a proclamation banning "...handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games", showing that "football" — whatever its exact form in this case — was being differentiated from games involving other parts of the body, such as handball.
King Henry IV of England also presented one of the earliest documented uses of the English word "football", in 1409, when he issued a proclamation forbidding the levying of money for "foteball".
In 1424, the Parliament of Scotland passed a Football Act that stated it is statut and the king forbiddis that na man play at the fut ball under the payne of iiij d - in other words, playing football was made illegal, and punishable by a fine of four pence.
There is also an account in Latin from the end of the 15th century of football being played at Cawston, Nottinghamshire. This is the first description of a "kicking game" and the first description of dribbling: "[t]he game at which they had met for common recreation is called by some the foot-ball game. It is one in which young men, in country sport, propel a huge ball not by throwing it into the air but by striking it and rolling it along the ground, and that not with their hands but with their feet... kicking in opposite directions" The chronicler gives the earliest reference to a football field, stating that: "[t]he boundaries have been marked and the game had started.
Other firsts in the mediæval and early modern eras:
In the 16th century, the city of Florence celebrated the period between Epiphany and Lent by playing a game which today is known as "calcio storico" ("historic kickball") in the Piazza della Novere or the Piazza Santa Croce. The young aristocrats of the city would dress up in fine silk costumes and embroil themselves in a violent form of football. For example, calcio players could punch, shoulder charge, and kick opponents. Blows below the belt were allowed. The game is said to have originated as a military training exercise. In 1580, Count Giovanni de' Bardi di Vernio wrote Discorso sopra 'l giuoco del Calcio Fiorentino. This is sometimes said to be the earliest code of rules for any football game. The game was not played after January 1739 (until it was revived in May 1930).
The reasons for the ban by Edward III, on June 12, 1349, were explicit: football and other recreations distracted the populace from practicing archery, which was necessary for war.
By 1608, the local authorities in Manchester were complaining that: "With the ffotebale...[there] hath beene greate disorder in our towne of Manchester we are told, and glasse windowes broken yearlye and spoyled by a companie of lewd and disordered persons ... That same year, the word "football" was used disapprovingly by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's play King Lear contains the line: "Nor tripped neither, you base football player" (Act I, Scene 4). Shakespeare also mentions the game in A Comedy of Errors (Act II, Scene 1):
"Spurn" literally means to kick away, thus implying that the game involved kicking a ball between players.
King James I of England's Book of Sports (1618) however, instructs Christians to play at football every Sunday afternoon after worship. The book's aim appears to be an attempt to offset the strictness of the Puritans regarding the keeping of the Sabbath.
The earliest evidence that games resembling football were being played at English public schools — mainly attended by boys from the upper, upper-middle and professional classes — comes from the Vulgaria by William Horman in 1519. Horman had been headmaster at Eton and Winchester colleges and his Latin textbook includes a translation exercise with the phrase "We wyll playe with a ball full of wynde".
Richard Mulcaster, a student at Eton College in the early 16th century and later headmaster at other English schools, has been described as "the greatest sixteenth Century advocate of football". Among his contributions are the earliest evidence of organised team football. Mulcaster's writings refer to teams ("sides" and "parties"), positions ("standings"), a referee ("judge over the parties") and a coach "(trayning maister)". Mulcaster's "footeball" had evolved from the disordered and violent forms of traditional football:
In 1633, David Wedderburn, a teacher from Aberdeen, mentioned elements of modern football games in a short Latin textbook called "Vocabula." Wedderburn refers to what has been translated into modern English as "keeping goal" and makes an allusion to passing the ball ("strike it here"). There is a reference to "get hold of the ball", suggesting that some handling was allowed. It is clear that the tackles allowed included the charging and holding of opposing players ("drive that man back").
A more detailed description of football is given in Francis Willughby's Book of Games, written in about 1660. Willughby, who had studied at Sutton Coldfield School, is the first to describe goals and a distinct playing field: "a close that has a gate at either end. The gates are called Goals." His book includes a diagram illustrating a football field. He also mentions tactics ("leaving some of their best players to guard the goal"); scoring ("they that can strike the ball through their opponents' goal first win") and the way teams were selected ("the players being equally divided according to their strength and nimbleness"). He is the first to describe a "law" of football: "they must not strike [an opponent's leg] higher than the ball"
English public schools also devised the first offside rules, during the late 18th century. In the earliest manifestations of these rules, players were "off their side" if they simply stood between the ball and the goal which was their objective. Players were not allowed to pass the ball forward, either by foot or by hand. They could only dribble with their feet, or advance the ball in a scrum or similar formation. However, offside laws began to diverge and develop differently at the each school, as is shown by the rules of football from Winchester, Rugby, Harrow and Cheltenham, during in the period of 1810–1850.
By the early 19th century, (before the Factory Act of 1850), most working class people in Britain had to work six days a week, often for over twelve hours a day. They had neither the time nor the inclination to engage in sport for recreation and, at the time, many children were part of the labour force. Feast day football played on the streets was in decline. Public school boys, who enjoyed some freedom from work, became the inventors of organised football games with formal codes of rules.
Football was adopted by a number of public schools as a way of encouraging competitiveness and keeping youths fit. Each school drafted its own rules, which varied widely between different schools and were changed over time with each new intake of pupils. Two schools of thought developed regarding rules. Some schools favoured a game in which the ball could be carried (as at Rugby, Marlborough and Cheltenham), while others preferred a game where kicking and dribbling the ball was promoted (as at Eton, Harrow, Westminster and Charterhouse). The division into these two camps was partly the result of circumstances in which the games were played. For example, Charterhouse and Westminster at the time had restricted playing areas; the boys were confined to playing their ball game within the school cloisters, making it difficult for them to adopt rough and tumble running games.
William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, is said to have "with a fine disregard for the rules of football, as played in his time [emphasis added], first took tha ball in his arms and ran with it, thus creating the distinctive feature of the rugby game." in 1823. This act is usually said to be the beginning of Rugby football, but there is little evidence that it occurred, and most sports historians believe the story to be apocryphal. The act of 'taking the ball in is arms' is often misinterpreted as 'picking the ball up' as it is widely believed that Webb Ellis' 'crime' was handling the ball, as in modern soccer, however handling the ball as the time was often permitted and in some cases compulsory, the rule for which Webb Ellis showed disregard was running forward with it as the rules of his time only allowed a player to retreat backwards or kick forwards. The boom in rail transport in Britain during the 1840s meant that people were able to travel further and with less inconvenience than they ever had before. Inter-school sporting competitions became possible. However, it was difficult for schools to play each other at football, as each school played by its own rules. The solution to this problem was usually that the match be divided into two halves, one half played by the rules of the host "home" school, and the other half by the visiting "away" school.
Apart from Rugby football, the public school codes have barely been played beyond the confines of each school's playing fields. However, many of them are still played at the schools which created them (see Surviving public school games below).
In 1845, three boys at Rugby school were tasked with codifying the rules then being used at the school. These were the first set of written rules (or code) for any form of football. This further assisted the spread of the Rugby game. For instance, Dublin University Football Club — founded at Trinity College, Dublin in 1854 and later famous as a bastion of the Rugby School game — is the world's oldest documented football club in any code.
In Europe, early footballs were made out of animal bladders, more specifically pig's bladders, which were inflated. Later leather coverings were introduced to allow the ball to keep their shape. However, in 1851, Richard Lindon and William Gilbert, both shoemakers from the town of Rugby (near the school), exhibited both round and oval-shaped balls at the Great Exhibition in London. Richard Lindon's wife is said to have died of lung disease caused by blowing up pig's bladders. Lindon also won medals for the invention of the "Rubber inflatable Bladder" and the "Brass Hand Pump".
In 1855, the U.S. inventor Charles Goodyear — who had patented vulcanized rubber — exhibited a spherical football, with an exterior of vulcanized rubber panels, at the Paris Exhibition Universelle. The ball was to prove popular in early forms of football in the U.S.A.
The code was responsible for many innovations that later spread to association football. These included free kicks, corner kicks, handball, throw-ins and the crossbar. By the 1870s they became the dominant code in the north and midlands of England. At this time series of rule changes by both the London and Sheffield FAs gradually eroded the differences between the two games until the adoption of a common code in 1877.
The invention of Australian rules football is usually attributed to Tom Wills, who published a letter in Bell's Life in Victoria & Sporting Chronicle, on July 10, 1858, calling for a "foot-ball club" with a "code of laws" to keep cricketers fit during winter. (Official sources which include Wills' cousin, H.C.A. Harrison, as a founder of the code are now generally believed to be incorrect.)
Wills had been educated in England, at Rugby School and had played cricket for Cambridge University. The extent to which he was influenced by the various British and Irish football games is a matter of controversy, but there were similarities between some of them and his game. Australian football also has some similarities to the Australian Aboriginal game of Marn Grook (see above), which he reportedly witnessed as a child in western Victoria.
On July 31, 1858, Wills and people responding to his letter met and experimented with various forms of football. On August 7, Wills was one of the umpires at a game between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College, which took place under modified Rugby School rules.
Melbourne Football Club was founded on May 14, 1859, and is the oldest surviving Australian football club, and on May 17, 1859, at the Parade Hotel, East Melbourne, members of the club drew up the first set of laws for Australian rules football. The drafters included Wills, W.J. Hammersley, J.B. Thompson and Thomas Smith. Their code also had pronounced similarities to the Sheffield rules, most notably in the absence of an offside rule, this could be due to Henry Creswick who emigrated from Sheffield and may have been a relative of Nathaniel Creswick. A free kick was awarded for a mark (clean catch). Running while holding the ball was allowed and although it was not specified in the rules, a rugby ball was used. The club shared many members with the Melbourne Cricket Club, which was based at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and cricket ovals — which vary in size and are much larger than the fields used in other forms of football — became the standard playing field for Australian rules. The 1859 rules did not include some elements which would soon become important to the game, such as the requirement to bounce the ball while running.
Australian rules is sometimes said to be the first form of football to be codified but, as was the case in all kinds of football at the time, there was no official body supporting the rules, and play varied from one club to another. By 1866, however, several other clubs in the Colony of Victoria had agreed to play an updated version of the Melbourne FC rules, which were later known as "Victorian Rules" and "Australasian Rules". The formal name of the code later became Australian rules football (and, more recently, Australian football). By the end of the 19th century, the code had spread to the other Australian colonies and other parts of the world. However, rugby football would remain more popular in New South Wales and Queensland.
During the early 1860s, there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various public school games. In 1862, J. C. Thring, who had been one of the driving forces behind the original Cambridge Rules, was a master at Uppingham School and he issued his own rules of what he called "The Simplest Game" (these are also known as the Uppingham Rules). In early October 1863 another new revised version of the Cambridge Rules was drawn up by a seven member committee representing former pupils from Harrow, Shrewsbury, Eton, Rugby, Marlborough and Westminster.
At the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen Street, London on the evening of October 26, 1863, representatives of several football clubs in the London Metropolitan area met for the inaugural meeting of The Football Association (FA). The aim of the Association was to establish a single unifying code and regulate the playing of the game among its members. Following the first meeting, the public schools were invited to join the association. All of them declined, except Charterhouse and Uppingham. In total, six meetings of the FA were held between October and December 1863. After the third meeting, a draft set of rules were published. However, at the beginning of the fourth meeting, attention was drawn to the recently published Cambridge Rules of 1863. The Cambridge rules differed from the draft FA rules in two significant areas; namely running with (carrying) the ball and hacking (kicking opposing players in the shins). The two contentious FA rules were as follows:
At the fifth meeting it was proposed that these two rules be removed. Most of the delegates supported this, but F. W. Campbell, the representative from Blackheath and the first FA treasurer, objected. He said: "hacking is the true football". However, the motion to ban hacking was carried and Blackheath withdrew from the FA. After the final meeting on 8 December, the FA published the "Laws of Football", the first comprehensive set of rules for the game later known as football (later known in some countries as soccer).
The first FA rules still contained elements that are no longer part of association football, but which are still recognisable in other games (most notably Australian football): for instance, a player could make a fair catch and claim a mark, which entitled him to a free kick, and; if a player touched the ball behind the opponents' goal line, his side was entitled to a free kick at goal, from 15 yards in front of the goal line.
In Britain, by 1870, there were about 75 clubs playing variations of the Rugby school game. There were also "rugby" clubs in Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. However, there was no generally accepted set of rules for rugby until 1871, when 21 clubs from London came together to form the Rugby Football Union (RFU). (Ironically, Blackheath now lobbied to ban hacking.) The first official RFU rules were adopted in June 1871. These rules allowed passing the ball. They also included the try, where touching the ball over the line allowed an attempt at goal, though drop-goals from marks and general play, and penalty conversions were still the main form of contest.
As was the case in Britain, by the early 19th century, North American schools and universities played their own local games, between sides made up of students. Students at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire played a game called Old division football, a variant of the association football codes, as early as the 1820s.
The first game of rugby in Canada is generally said to have taken place in Montreal, in 1865, when British Army officers played local civilians. The game gradually gained a following, and the Montreal Football Club was formed in 1868, the first recorded football club in Canada.
In 1869, the first game played in the United States under rules based on the FA code occurred, between Princeton and Rutgers. This is also often considered to be the first US game of college football, in the sense of a game between colleges (although the eventual form of American football would come from rugby, not football).
Modern American football grew out of a match between McGill University of Montreal, and Harvard University in 1874. At the time, Harvard students are reported to have played the Boston Game — a running code — rather than the FA-based kicking games favored by US universities. This made it easy for Harvard to adapt to the rugby-based game played by McGill and the two teams alternated between their respective sets of rules. Within a few years, however, Harvard had both adopted McGill's rugby rules and had persuaded other US university teams to do the same. In 1876, at the Massasoit Convention, it was agreed by these universities to adopt most of the Rugby Football Union rules. However, a touch-down only counted toward the score if neither side kicked a field goal. The convention decided that, in the US game, four touchdowns would be worth one goal; in the event of a tied score, a goal converted from a touchdown would take precedence over four touch-downs.
Princeton, Rutgers and others continued to compete using soccer-based rules for a few years before switching to the rugby-based rules of Harvard and its competitors. US colleges did not generally return to soccer until the early twentieth century.
In 1880, Yale coach Walter Camp, devised a number of major changes to the American game, beginning with the reduction of teams from 15 to 11 players, followed by reduction of the field area by almost half, and; the introduction of the scrimmage, in which a player heeled the ball backwards, to begin a game. These were complemented in 1882 by another of Camp's innovations: a team had to surrender possession if they did not gain five yards after three downs (i.e. successful tackles).
Over the years Canadian football absorbed some developments in American football, but also retained many unique characteristics. One of these was that Canadian football, for many years, did not officially distinguish itself from rugby. For example, the Canadian Rugby Football Union, founded in 1884 was the forerunner of the Canadian Football League, rather than a rugby union body. (The Canadian Rugby Union was not formed until 1965.) American football was also frequently described as "rugby" in the 1880s.
By the 1870s, Rugby and Association football had started to become popular in Ireland. Trinity College, Dublin was an early stronghold of Rugby (see the Developments in the 1850s section, above). The rules of the English FA were being distributed widely. Traditional forms of caid had begun to give way to a "rough-and-tumble game" which allowed tripping.
There was no serious attempt to unify and codify Irish varieties of football, until the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1884. The GAA sought to promote traditional Irish sports, such as hurling and to reject imported games like Rugby and Association football. The first Gaelic football rules were drawn up by Maurice Davin and published in the United Ireland magazine on February 7, 1887. Davin's rules showed the influence of games such as hurling and a desire to formalise a distinctly Irish code of football. The prime example of this differentiation was the lack of an offside rule (an attribute which, for many years, was shared only by other Irish games like hurling, and by Australian rules football).
The International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) was founded in 1886, but rifts were beginning to emerge in the code. Professionalism was beginning to creep into the various codes of football.
In England, by the 1890s, a long-standing Rugby Football Union ban on professional players was causing regional tensions within rugby football, as many players in northern England were working class and could not afford to take time off to train, travel, play and recover from injuries. This was not very different from what had occurred ten years earlier in soccer in Northern England but the authorities reacted very differently in the RFU, attempting to alienate the working class support in Northern England. In 1895, following a dispute about a player being paid broken time payments, which replaced wages lost as a result of playing rugby, representatives of the northern clubs met in Huddersfield to form the Northern Rugby Football Union (NRFU). The new body initially permitted only various types of player wage replacements. However, within two years, NRFU players could be paid, but they were required to have a job outside sport.
The demands of a professional league dictated that rugby had to become a better "spectator" sport. Within a few years the NRFU rules had started to diverge from the RFU, most notably with the abolition of the line-out. This was followed by the replacement of the ruck with the "play-the-ball ruck", which allowed a two-player ruck contest between the tackler at marker and the player tackled. Mauls were stopped once the ball carrier was held, being replaced by a play-the ball-ruck. The separate Lancashire and Yorkshire competitions of the NRFU merged in 1901, forming the Northern Rugby League, the first time the name rugby league was used officially in England.
Over time, the RFU form of rugby, played by clubs which remained members of national federations affiliated to the IRFB, became known as rugby union.
One proposed change was a widening of the playing field. However, Harvard University had just built a concrete stadium and therefore objected to widening, instead proposing legalisation of the forward pass. The report of the meetings introduced many restrictions on tackling and two more divergences from rugby: the forward pass and the banning of mass formation plays. The changes did not immediately have the desired effect, and 33 American football players were killed during 1908 alone. However, the number of deaths and injuries did gradually decline.
During the second half of 20th century, the rules changed further. In 1966, rugby league officials borrowed the American football concept of downs: a team could retain possession of the ball for no more than four tackles. The maximum number of tackles was later increased to six (in 1971), and in rugby league this became known as the six tackle rule.
With the advent of full-time professionals in the early 1990s, and the consequent speeding up of the game, the five metre off-side distance between the two teams became 10 metres, and the replacement rule was superseded by various interchange rules, among other changes.
The laws of rugby union also changed significantly during the 20th century. In particular, goals from marks were abolished, kicks directly into touch from outside the 22 metre line were penalised, new laws were put in place to determine who had possession following an inconclusive ruck or maul, and the lifting of players in line-outs was legalised.
In 1995, rugby union became an "open" game, that is one which allowed professional players. Although the original dispute between the two codes has now disappeared — and despite the fact that officials from both forms of rugby football have sometimes mentioned the possibility of re-unification — the rules of both codes and their culture have diverged to such an extent that such an event is unlikely in the foreseeable future.
The name "soccer" (or "soccer football") was originally a slang abbreviation of the word "association" from "association football" and is now the prevailing term in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand where other codes of football are dominant.
Of the 45 national FIFA affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, only three (Canada, Samoa and the United States) actually use "soccer" in their organizations' official names, while the rest use football (although the Samoan Federation actually uses both). However, in some countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, use of the word "football" by soccer bodies is a recent change and has been controversial. The governing body for Rugby Union in New Zealand changed its name from "New Zealand Rugby Football Union" to "New Zealand Rugby Union" in 2006.


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Stuttgart began their UEFA Europa League campaign with a comfortable victory over Young Boys in Group H.
Christian Gross' side opened the scoring through a 23rd-minute penalty from skipper Cacau after his strike partner Pavel Pogrebnyak was fouled in the area by Alain Nef. The hosts had to wait until the hour mark to double their advantage through Christian Gentner before Germany international Serdar Tasci poked home an injury-time corner to cap a comfortable night.
Gentner and Cacau both tried their luck from distance early on but could not locate the target. Ammar Jemal and Xavier Hochstrasser returned the favour at the end before Gentner missed a decent opportunity from the edge of the box. It was Stuttgart's Sven Ulreich who was the first to be worked, though, as he parried Nef's 12-yard strike behind for a corner.
Nef tried his luck again soon after, but he was in the limelight for the wrong reasons after 23 minutes as he brought down Pogrebniak in the area and Cacau converted. Daniel Didavi came close to making it 2-0 as he saw his left-footed shot from 18 yards tipped round the post by Marco Wolfli.
Young Boys were mostly restricted to long-range efforts, with Scott Sutter and Moreno Costanzo both unsuccessful before, at the other end, Didavi was again denied by Wolfli. After the break, Pogrebniak missed from 12 yards when he should have done better, but it was not long before the second came.
Cacau played in Gentner just before the hour mark and he finished from 18 yards. The match was over as a contest at that point, but that did not stop Nef bringing a fine save out of Ulreich with a goalbound 25-yard strike. Martin Harnik twice went wide, then Mauro Camoranesi brought a decent stop out of Wolfli, who was again on hand to deny Cristian Molinaro as the game entered the closing stages. Stuttgart did finally get a third goal though as, in stoppage time, as Tasci smashed the ball high into the net from close range.

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I took like 30 minutes to go through their extensive application system and at the end of it they said my personality was too weird for me to be matched up!! I dont know if that just means i'm unique and special or a big freak. I also apologize for my cheesy-as-hell profile picture. I don't take pictures often and it was the only one that match.com would approve because apparently all my other pics are with others or taken from the side. Anyway... I am an old soul that appreciates that the truly meaningful things that life has to offer are best experienced with someone special. I am very independent. Activity partners are great though! Two of my favorite pastimes right now are baseball and snowboarding so if you are interested in either, then I like you already! In the summertime, I like to get out in the sun by either heading down to the beach, especially beaches with a boardwalk, or walking around in sculpture park. I also love taking road-trips, both planned and random. I enjoy going out and having drinks. I also enjoy going out at night and watch movies. I can admit I like to cuddle. I have traveled all around the United States, Mexico and Canada. I love to travel. I would love to do a backpacking trip to Europe. My number one motto is "i'll try anything once". I love flying and one day plan to get a pilots license. I want a motorcycle. I could not live without my snowboard and baseball glove. I love to cook. I would go to the batting cages every day if I had one in the back yard. I enjoy going to the driving range. I would like to meet you! Anything else you are going to have to ask....I have to leave something to the imagination. I am looking for someone that I can click with. When I find the right person I will know because I will be excited to know each and every day I have them in my life. My ideal girl will push me to be a better person and I will do the same for them. I want her to be the only girl in the world. Oh and a girl that can handle her self on a snowboard, a girl that will always say yes to a weekend trip and the girl that always smiles is a great thing too. Plus you need to put up with me singing in the car :)
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Baseball, Basketball, Football, Other types of exercise, Running, Skiing, Swimming, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
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I don't travel abroad as much as I would like, but I have seen most of the USA. I have a friend that lives in the bay area and I really think San Francisco is a great city. I also really enjoyed NYC as well. Diversity is the spice of life!
It's hard to describe my taste in music. I'd just say pretty eclectic (you'll have to ask me in person to find out! wink wink). In terms of TV, my new recent favorite tv show is BBC's "Top Gear". For food I like BBQ'ing.
This may sound a bit generic, but I honestly love just doing lots of different and diverse things. I like going to baseball games, I love to snowboard, trying new restaurants etc. It's really all about spending time with good people
I really like to keep up with tech blogs. ESPN. MLB.com. Yahoo news!
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Posted: January 11, 2013 at 4:35 a.m.
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It's getting to be a "big brother" welfare state when a man can't sit inside a home, play with his gun, and get drunk without fifty SWAT thugs shooting tear gas at him. Congress does this in every session.
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I live out by where this incident occurred. Sometimes people get nervous or scared when it happens in their neighborhood. Not me and certainly not now. Hats off to the deputies for handling this so well. Obviously some level of intervention was necessary and no one was hurt. If this guy needs help, he can get it. If not, no real charges will be filed. Good job guys!!!
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So Moneymyst...do you have anything positive to suggest? I never hear anything constructive from you. It must be a miserable life to just find fault & complain all the time. Perhaps joining a positive minded church or organization would be of benefit to you.
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Here is something positive: IMPEACH OBAMA!!!
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opinionBy Pius Muteekani Katunzi
In January 1966, the government of Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa was overthrown by the army led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu.
What was interesting about this putsch, which may resonate with the statements of our own generals, was that the army didn't want to own up the coup.
They wanted cabinet to admit failure and they made it appear as if Balewa's government had invited the army to take over the administration. Acting President, Dr Nwafor Orizu, made the announcement.
General Officer commanding (equivalent to CDF), Maj Gen Aguiyi-Ironsi, told the country: "The government of the federation of Nigeria having ceased to function, the Nigerian Armed Forces have been invited to form an interim military government for the purposes of maintaining essential services."
The General added that the invitation had been duly accepted and he had been formally invested with authority as Head of Federal Military government and Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The army suspended certain articles of the constitution in order to legitimize their stay in Nigeria. I am sure if the army in Uganda succeeded in overthrowing the government, they would suspend article 2, which is about the supremacy of the constitution and article 3 which prohibits coups.
I hear a similar echo here and it resonates properly with Defence minister, Crispus Kiyonga's threat of a creeping coup d'état and General Aronda Nyakairima's confirmation of the plot. Strangely, six months later, this very military junta in Nigeria which alleged to have been invited to sort out the mess was also overthrown by another military group led by Major General Yakubu Gowon.
There is no provision in the 1995 (as amended) for strange takeovers (handover) by the army when Parliament refuses to agree or approve certain demands of the executive.
I have searched both under article 208 (2) of the constitution and Section 7 and 8 of the UPDF Act for the functions of army and Chief of Defence Forces respectively and I have failed to find a role which allows the army to take over government when the executive and Parliament clash.
Instead the laws stipulate that the army should submit to civilian authority and engage in productive activities for the development of Uganda. If the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, was truly fair, professional and interested in law and order, he should have summoned Gen Aronda Nyakairima to explain his statements on a creeping coup d'état.
Even Dr Crispus Kiyonga, who first blew the lid about it, should have been invited by the police to help in investigating those claims.
First, both Kiyonga and Aronda are not exactly clear on what is the dispute that should necessitate the army to abrogate the constitution and arrogate them the duty of taking over the Parliament or executive's roles. So, who are those who should "stand warned", "stand advised"? And what is the course that they are supposed to follow in order to avoid a coup?
I don't know who convinced the army that it can use extra-constitutional means to solve constitutional matters. Does the army want to take over the role of Parliament so that it can pass laws which are comfortable with the executive?! If Parliament comments or refuses to pass a budget or approve a loan, does that mean it is following a wrong course and, therefore, calls for the intervention of the army?
Even if we had a political crisis, which I don't believe we have, I don't think the army should be the best candidate to sort it out. These statements have confirmed that indeed some members of the military don't believe in the constitution. They believe it to be just another piece of paper that can be manipulated or disregarded. In the words of the famous constitutional lawyer, Issa Shivji, "the utility of this constitution lies on the constitutional moment."
Aronda and company should also be warned that it is a capital offence to contemplate a coup. Article 3 of the constitution prohibits such extra-constitutional means of changing government and also prescribes very harsh punishment for such culprits. I wouldn't like to see Gen Aronda retire to Luzira. In fact the army is duty-bound to protect the constitution.
The same constitution and UPDF Act enjoin the CDF to be professional, disciplined and non-partisan. By him echoing such views of the minister who belongs to the ruling party, he's clearly showing us where his loyalty lies.
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(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/246283/EN-US/ )XADM: Set Deleted Mail Message Retention Time in Exchange Server 5.5
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/159196/EN-US/ )XADM: Tasks Controlled by the IS Maintenance Schedule
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Minimalist Touring Thread (250cc and under)
Welcome to the Minimalist Touring Thread: the place for everyone who is interested in adventure touring on small displacement (250cc and under) thumpers.
Write about your bikes and gear, great places to ride and events. It would be great if we could also compile a list of useful books and articles, links to web sites and other information sources for minimalist touring.
Beginners and seasoned veterans alike appreciate the utility value of such machines, so check your bias and ego at the door and let's get on with the ride.
Please introduce yourself and tell us about your bike and your travels.
DR200, KL250 (Super Sherpa) KLR250, KLX250, TTR230, XT225, TW200, XL250, vintage thumpers
SOme day when I can have a 2nd bike I really want to try some longer distance trips on a small bike. Maybe I will change my mind one I actually try it lol.
A suggestion is to continue the picture thread we have going for "250's and Less" and throw every thing else here. For the first timer it might be initially confusing but the regulars around here can help out.
:ricky Somehow this symbol strikes me as a 250cc or less tourer.
The Aerostich people put out a small 78 page booklet called Lightweight Unsupported Motorcycle Travel for Terminal Cases which is available for $5 or included free with orders over $100. I can't say it is worth $5 but it certainly echoes the words spoken here regarding the kind of bikes we prefer.
A quote or two;
"a treatise on touring by motorcycle in a practical and efficient manner"
"...relatively simple equipment and just enough power to get the job done."
"...riding for the sake of riding- almost anything-without worrying about keeping up appearances"
"...it means having a certain amount of grit, ingenuity, and self reliance."
Notice I said prefer and not the only bikes we like. Our household has a full stable of bikes (12+), from a Polini 911 .... to a BMW K bike. But the one I seem to gravitate to the most is that unassuming DR200SE because of it's pure simplicity/utility and fun factor. I will have to try that KL250? (Super Sherpa) someday to check out that 6spd trans. I'm also a hard core self reliant type; if I can't perform most of the repairs/service on my bike by myself I don't need it!
So let's get on with the ride! :ricky :ricky :ricky
Info about Lois (now in Africa): http://www.loisontheloose.com/
Info about her new book: http://www.loisontheloose.com/book.html
Lois puts those 'Long Way Round' guys to shame.
Books, articles, and web resources
Please quote the previous message and add your contribution(s) to the running list:
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook (Chris Scott)
Lightweight Unsupported Motorcycle Travel for Terminal Cases (Aerostitch)
Motorcycling Camping Made Easy (Bob Woofter)
Web resources:
Lois on the Loose (Lois Pryce): http://www.loisontheloose.com/
Here is a little inspiration for you.
A few years ago a couple guys did a SS1000 on a twin cylinder 100cc Yammie. They finished it with like 15 minutes to spare. :thumb
small bikes
I get functionality and fun out of my DR200 all out of proportion to the money I spent on it. Small bikes rock!
Lois on the Loose had quite a blog posted on line before she decided to write a book about her journeys. I think she took it down so people would buy the book. She's got it exactly right...use just enough bike to get the job done, go light.
I've been fantasizing for a long time about going long-distance backroad and off-road touring on my DR200. Wish I had more time. My DR200 is also my daily driver. With some pannier racks now available from Happy Trails, it's going to be even more efficient.
what if its a 31 yr old 350? does that count? :D I put about 750 miles on my '75 XL350 last year. mostly fartin around town with a couple of day trips on back roads and trials. the furthest i ever got away from town was about 35 miles. i know, not much. I'm putting my MT250 on the road this summer and i'll probably get the same out of that. LITTLE BIKES ROCK! Specially the old ones. No competition when it comes to grin factor.
I've already been tempted enough by the Mini Adventure bike thread. The TW200 with a custom "fat bob" tank would be my tool. Nothing but smiles and tons of tread.
Where has this woman been all my life???
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This thread was created by Adv Riders interested in touring solutions/info for 250's and smaller bikes but I don't think we should outlaw the 350's though they may not be our main focus. I also have a DR350SE that is a great bike but it is quite a step up from my DR200SE.
Speaking of 350's:
If you have not seen the dvd's Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa they are travelogues of some UK riders on Suzuki DR350's that circumnavigate the globe. You'll get nicked for $28 each but I felt it was money well spent, available from www.aerostich.com. Remember, if you spend a $100+ you can grab that "Lightweight..." booklet free with the order.
Remember, if you just want to show us a picture of your bike or where you are at use the "250cc or less photo thread". However, if you have a pic of a specific touring setup/tech issue post here.
The Suzuki DR200SE only holds 850cc of oil, that is bad and good. The bad part is that is not much oil to handle the responsibilities of cooling and lubrication of an air cooled 4 stroke. The good part is that it is an easy amount to handle at oil change time.
My "on the road strategy" is to carry an empty 1 qt container and change my oil any time I decide. If I will need more than one change with all the bottled beverages available today any refuse container at any rest area is filled with plenty of empties. Most national chain auto parts stores accept used engine oil so drop off old oil there.
I'm sure you have seen the Happy Trails Pannier system. I fiited their system to my 200. Very happy with result. Pic is available on "Suzuki DR200SE Minimalist Tourer" thread I started some time ago. This thread here will be our main thread from now on. Will post pics here again if wanted.
Yamaha TW200
I just bought a 2007 Yamaha TW200 to tour around <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> where I live. Ive only got 100 miles on the clock but so far I really like the bike. Ive owned a KLR650 that my son beat me out of and I had a 04 BMW R1150GSA for awhile but for all around hop on and go its been a blast so far.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
You can spin the whole bike around 180 degrees on the kick stand its so light.<o:p></o:p>
Ive looked into some racks for carrying camping equipment and gear and found some made by CycleRacks. <o:p></o:p>
I plan on using the bike to commute back and forth to work and venture out on the week ends and see how it works out. Its got a pad on the rear fender that will hold my lunch box and there are four bungee pegs on the sub-frame. (Yamaha makes a small rack for the back)<o:p></o:p>
Ive map quested a couple parks that I want to visit and finding alternate routes to keep off of the interstates doesnt look like its going to be too bad. <o:p></o:p>
I like to Surf Fish and wanted something that will handle beach sand. The large tires float right through it. <o:p></o:p>
I dont have any reservations taking it off road like I did with the GSA. <o:p></o:p>
When I was a kid growing up we would go everywhere on 250cc or less.<o:p></o:p>
Maybe its a trend but I think the smaller bikes/scooters are coming back for a lot of different reasons.<o:p></o:p>
Just my opinion <o:p></o:p>
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Got back today from 1500km ride from Durban, South Africa, to Maputo, Mocambique on a new Jialing 200AT and a 27yr old XT250. This was a test ride for a trip to Kenya and to taste the famous LM-Prawns at the Cost do Sol Restaurant in Maputo. We have also filmed the trip (DVD will be made) and the story will be up on my site www.changingplugs.com. Riding the small bikes seems much the same as my DR600 Suzuki, except heck of a lot easier to pick up when it falls! Easy to cruise at 60mph and getting 104 miles to the gallon. Cheap Chinese bikes are now flooding the market & I am keen to put mine to the test....so far, so good!
About the small bikes making a comeback, I have a few friends, not to mention my own Dad, who absolutely cannot ride a bike with a 37 inch seat height. They gaze at my TE610 with that look of longing, but at 5'3" or so, it's not going to happen. Hopefully bikes simmilar to those old street-legal dual purpose 70-250cc machines will make a comeback.
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Greg Cohen has been running the World Yo-Yo Contest for a dozen years. He's seen it grow in popularity, with hundreds of people from all over the globe, mostly teenage boys, coming to the recent annual competition in Orlando.
Forget Rocking the Baby or Walking the Dog. These throwers do tricks now where the yo-yo isn't attached to the string. They do tricks where the yo-yo isn't even attached to the finger. They do tricks with more than one yo-yo at a time.
Four years ago, one competitor from Singapore had to be carted away by ambulance after he dislocated a knee during a preliminary round.
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He got interested in the game, a Japanese invention that involves collecting, training and fighting with various creatures, through his older brother. He started playing competitively about three years ago.
This year, he won a tournament in Long Beach that put him in the nationals in Indianapolis. He won that, too, and qualified for the worlds in Waikoloa, on the Big Island, where players are vying for $100,000 in scholarships.
Pokémon is paying his way (and covering his father's expenses, too). The rest of the family is coming along, turning Abram's success into a vacation.
He said he doesn't feel like the tournaments are so intense they sap the fun he gets out of the game — yet. He does expect it will get harder the older he gets; next year, when he's 12, he'll have to compete in a different bracket with players up to age 15.
So he and his brother are training their younger sister to play in the 11 and under bracket. "We're hoping she can win and get us the free trips," Abram said.
No end in sight
The sociology of sport is a growing academic discipline, fueled in part by the proliferation of contests in this country. Roberts, the San Diego State professor, teaches a class on the sociology of surfing. He's written about sports and race, and athletic mascots.
He said the working class has fueled an explosion in sports (and competition of all kinds) in the past two decades. "Sports is an escape from the boredom of everyday life, or from the boredom of their jobs," he said. "These people long for excitement."


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Snappgrip iPhone camera grip fails to deliver on great idea
The Snappgrip is a fantastic idea, with not-too-bad hardware to back it up. It's an accessory grip for your iPhone that adds a Bluetooth shutter release, zoom buttons and control dial to the phone's camera, as well as a wrist strap and a handy handgrip.
But in practice, you'll be better off with the iPhone's own volume switches if you want a hardware shutter release. Which is a shame, as I was super-excited to try the Snappgrip out.


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Guest Author - Lauren D´Silva
Light behind the Angels tells the true story of my own journey to enlightenment. Join me on my quest to find lost pieces of my psyche, scattered in distant lands and across time. I needed to heal ancient wounds, release curses, dissolve shame, work on forgiving those who had hurt me and literally re-member myself. Follow the process of revealing the Light at my core, which often challenged my own beliefs about myself and my assumptions about the world we live in.
My book tells the story as it really happened and Ive included the choices I regret, memories that make me blush and the trying, painful times. The biggest resistance in me was revealing those elements that seemed too sensational and otherworldly for people to accept. Would people believe me? Would they think I was a crazy lady? In the end I decided that I would not tone things down, because doing so would be a self betrayal and would be bowing to the prevailing three dimensional world view that I know beyond any doubt is a limited and flawed perception of reality. I hope that by baring my soul and writing so openly my book will reassure those who are experiencing strange awakenings of their own that they are not going mad and that others have trodden the path before them, however unusual and challenging the events may seem.
Central to my story are the powerful lives my partner Steve and I shared in Ancient Egypt as twins, brother and sister, High Priest and High Priestess. We had the status of living gods, which is very hard to imagine these days and took some accepting, but we did seem to possess amazing abilities which would be hailed miraculous if they were manifested now. We were Ray bearers, I embodied the Golden ray and my brother the Blue ray and a great ceremony was due to be held to blend our rays and bring the Emerald Ray down to Earth. This event was eagerly anticipated and predicted to bring Egypt even greater power. Sadly some didnt want to see Egypt prosper and I became ensnared by a political plot to disrupt the ceremony. The end result was tragic for both of us.
In our modern lives we were sent upon a quest to set right a terrible wrong that had been done to me in Egypt which was still blocking my spiritual progress millennia later. I had been eternally cursed, by my own brother, the High Priest himself. Our modern lives appear to have been the first time that the two of us had incarnated close enough in time and space and become skilled enough to set things right. Doing so was a challenge to say the very least. Unpicking a curse that had been expertly woven by an Ancient Egyptian who was adept in the magickal arts was not a task I could ever have undertaken by myself and it took a huge amount of co-operation, puzzle solving, courage, ingenuity and skill to find a solution.
The enlightenment path has not been an easy one for me to walk. In my quest I was taken far beyond the boundaries of the little me I thought I was and glimpsed the vastness of my multi-dimensional soul. Had I known the struggle, pain and soul searching I would have to go through I wonder if I would have had the courage to proceed, however I believe every soul on the planet has to take the path to enlightenment at some time. In the New Age as energies on the planet are shifting there is a sense of urgency for those souls who are ready to step forward and stand in their power to do so.
I hope you enjoy reading Light behind the Angels and feel encouraged by my experiences as you step out on your own journey. Id love to receive your feedback! Buy a copy from Amazon: Light behind the Angels.


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Hosted by How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris, with numerous celebrity appearances from Tony Hawk to the cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a performance by My Chemical Romance, and a smorgasbord of hot news items, the 2010 Video Game Awards certainly packed a prominent punch. However, according to one report, the ratings did not follow.
According to entertainment trade industry magazine Variety, the 2010 VGAs pulled in 627,000 viewers for Spike TV on Saturday, December 11. That figure represents the fourth straight year of ratings decline, and a 3 percent decline (20,000 fewer viewers) over last year's haul. The 2010 overall take is expected to rise, though, as DVR playbacks will be tallied through December 18 according to the magazine. The Video Game Awards debuted in 2003.
However, despite the current total being down this year, Spike has some cause for optimism. Ratings were up for several categories over 2009's figures. The 18-49 age bracket was up 12 percent, the 18-34 market was up 5 percent, and males 18-34 showed the greatest spike, rising 15 percent year-over-year.
For more on the 2010 Video Game Awards, check out GameSpot's coverage of the event, which is linked below.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lands 11/11/11.
Uncharted 3 arriving November 1, 2011.
Resistance 3 firing up Sept. 6 2011.
Mass Effect 3 due holiday 2011.
Prototype 2, SSX: Deadly Descents, Insane confirmed at VGAs, Forza 4 due fall 2011.


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The Dreaded Fall Turnover
Later summer fishing is typicall pretty tough: bait is plentiful and mature and water temps are hot and low in oxygen. So fish are well-fed and lethargic; a bad combination for anglers. But then temps start to cool off and fishing improves dramatically. While many people are headed to the woods or watching football, fishing die-hards are enjoying some of the best fishing of the year.
And then…
Lakes start to turn over and fishing is tough again. Sometimes, downright terrible. After the turnover, the bite improves, but nevertheless, many anglers simply opt out during this time. So what are the signs of turnover? Can you fish DURING the turnover and have success? What strategies should you know about fall turnover? We've assembled this article to give you our advice.
Float-n-Fly Setup
A lot of people have asked about the setup that we recommend for Float-n-Fly fishing. This is a VERY odd form of bass fishing, and the technical details of the setup are well worth discussion.
Above is an illustration of the setup that we use.
Hook n' Look Comes to Carter's Lake
In the spotlight this week was BGS's own Louie Bartenfield joining up with Kim and Danny Stricker of the Hook n' Look crew, to shoot an episode on Carter's Lake right here in Georgia. The guys had an excellent few days fishing and filming on the water, and the footage obtained is certain to make for a very entertaining and informative show.
Imagine you are going to be put in front of a camera, to be watched by thousands of people, and asked to demonstrate to a celebrity host that you can catch fish ….but are only given one lure to do it! These are the circumstances Louie faced when Kim asked him to feature Strike King's new Sexy Dawg top-water bait.
Joe Thomas - Revisited
When Joe Thomas asked Louie Bartenfield (LB) when the best time of year was to get a 5 lb spot, he said "December". We have been waiting 9 months for Joe to come back, after having shot an excellent episode of Stihl's Reel in the Outdoors last March. On Joe's visit this week, he and Louie concentrated on bluff banks using the float-n-fly, jerkbaits, and deep swimming lures to pull up some really good fish. We won't spoil the show, but we will tell you this: Joe got what he asked for!
Product Review: St. Croix Legend Xtreme
The fine folks over at St.Croix sent us a copy of the new Legend Xtreme series fishing rods; winner of the 2012 ICAST Best Freshwater Rod. This is an all-new series of rods geared toward those that demand the ultimate in rod performance, and St. Croix definitely delivers. Here's our review.
Product Review: Strike King Sexy Dawg
Every once and a while, a lure comes along that deserves more attention than others. In the class of garden variety top water lures, there's a new dog in the fight: Strike King's KVD Sexy Dawg. If you've tried other top water, walking style lures without success, you need to give this one a look. We got our hands on a few of these new lures from Strike King, courtesy of Kim Stricker of Hook n' Look TV, and were pleasantly surprised at the new offering. We were so impressed, in fact, we thought you should know about it. Here is our review…
AAARGH! Sonar Noise!
Remember that science experiment you probably did when you were a kid, where you take a wire, wrap it around a nail, put a voltage to it, and magnetize the nail? Its not the coils that create the magnetic field. A magnetic field is present whenever electrical current passes through a wire. When you coil the wire around the nail, you concentrate the magnetic field onto the nail.
What does this have to do with sonar noise? Magnetic fields and electro-magnetic radiation are going to be present around ANY wire carrying current, and will cause small perturbations in the voltage of nearby wires. The little nail-wire experiement is evidence of this effect. Your sonar is designed to detect extremely small signals, and the very nature of its operation makes it susceptible to interference.
The worst offender is your trolling motor system, but it is not the only source. Noise can come from many sources. The question isn't "how do you eliminate electro-magnetic radiation", its "how do you deal with it?" Unfortunately there isn't a lot of great information out there on how to deal with sonar noise, so we've put together this guide to help.
Working Deep Timber
Here is a fishing topic that is very important to finding fish when conditions are tough but very few people know anything about: fishing deep timber. Late summer can be one of the toughest times of year to fish, and for most anglers it goes something like this:
You try a variety of lures up near the banks, probably throwing top-water lures at morning's first light, but don't have any takers. Then you go deeper with spinnerbaits and crank baits but they don't seem to want to chase, so you go to the bottom with finesse lures and move out a little deeper. Maybe a few bites, but still painfully slow. Then you move out to the humps and main lake points, but by that time, the sun is up and its hot, and fish are locked down. You end the day with little more than a sunburn to show for your efforts.
Sound familiar?
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Swift: We miss Boomer already
December 11, 2010 at 6:00 pm in INFORUM
The poor little puppy had been abandoned by the side of the highway.
When my husband found him, the pup was shivering from the cold. The minute Irwin opened the door, the pooch jumped in, anxious to leave the subzero wind chills behind him. Continue Reading


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I got a phone call yesterday from a friend of mine panicked her kids had lice! I did some research and found the following information.
Infestations of lice can range from mild to severe. Listed below are a range of alternatives depending on the severity of the infestation. In any case it is important to identify the source and also to treat surrounding areas, clothing, bedding, combs, brushes and other potential locations the lice can be passed on to others.
Mild: Mix the following and apply to the scalp:
• 2-5 drops Melaleuca
• 2-5 drops Lemon
• 5-10 drops carrier oil
Let stand for at least 1/2 hour. Shampoo with good quality shampoo with 2-5 drops of Melaleuca added to a teaspoon of shampoo. Follow with the Melaleuca shampoos daily for the following week.
Moderate: Use the above protocol but modify with double the amount of Melaleuca and after the application cover the head with a shower cap for 1/2 – 1 hour.
• Follow this with a careful combing with a lice comb.
• Repeat daily until no signs of lice or nits are visible.
• Continue with Melaleuca shampoos daily for a minimum of a week.
Severe: Mix the following and apply to the scalp every night for a week:
• 10 drops Eucalyptus
• 5 drops Geranium
• 5 drops Lavender
• 5 drops Melaleuca
• 5-10 drops carrier oil (VCO)
Comb with a lice comb then cover with a shower cap for the night. Be careful to protect the eyes from any oils. Follow the next morning with a good quality shampoo with 2-5 drops of Melaleuca added to a teaspoon of shampoo
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ASCAP To Honor Steven Tyler And Joe Perry
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) are set to honor Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during the 30th annual Pop Music Awards on April 17 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
"To be recognized by ASCAP with the Founders Award is a huge achievement," Tyler said in a statement.
"It is humbling for Joe and me to be honored for our music alongside the likes of Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell. It's been a life-long love affair and it's far from over!"
Joe Perry also commented: "As songwriters, it is a great honor to have ASCAP recognize Steven and me with the Founders Award. We join an incredible list of honorees and we are grateful to ASCAP for their support throughout our career."
The ASCAP Founders Award honors pioneering songwriters who have made exceptional contributions to music, inspiring and influencing their fellow musical creators.
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Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science
Also affiliated with
Center for Ultra Scale Computing and Information Security (CUCIS) and
Center for Engineering and Health
Tech Building, L475 (map to office)
Dept. of EECS
Evanston, IL 60208-3118
Fax: (847) 467-4144
Tech Building, L458
Phone: (847) 467-4610
Research Interest: Computer Architecture/Microarchitecture
My research is on holistic computer architectures. Specifically, my group works on understanding the effects of applications, users, and underlying technologies on architectures and vice versa.
These efforts include incorporating holistic effects into architecture design process (for example, investigating the impact of architectures on users, utilizing biological information to make architectural decisions, estimating profitability of a design); application-specific processors (for example, architectures and compilers for networking, security, and data mining); and physical-aware architectures (architectures for minimizing the power consumption, reducing operating temperatures, and mitigating the effects of process variations).
More information about my current/past project can be found here.
Selected Publications
- CAPED: Context-aware Personalized Display Brightness for Mobile Devices (CASES14)
- MIN: A Power Efficient Mechanism to Mitigate the Impact of Process Variations on Nanophotonic Networks (ISLPED14)
- HAPPE: Human and Application Driven Frequency Scaling for Processor Power Efficiency (TMC13) [Selected as Highlight Paper]
- FeatherWeight: Low-cost Optical Arbitration with QoS Support (MICRO11)
- Hardware/Software Techniques for DRAM Thermal Management (HPCA11)
- Quantifying and Coping with Parametric Variations in 3D-Stacked Microarchitectures (DAC10)
- FlexiShare: Energy-Efficient Nanophotonic Crossbar Architecture through Channel Sharing (HPCA10)
- Into the Wild: Studying Real User Activity Patterns to Guide Power Optimization for Mobile Architectures (MICRO09)
- Selective Wordline Voltage Boosting for Caches to Manage Yield under Process Variations (DAC09)
- Firefly: Illuminating Future Network-on-Chip with Nanophotonics (ISCA09)
- Power to the People: Leveraging Human Physiological Traits to Control Microprocessor Frequency (MICRO08) [Nominated for Best Paper Award]
- Evaluating the Effects of Cache Redundancy on Profit (MICRO08)
- Learning and Leveraging the Relationship between Architecture-Level Measurements and Individual User Satisfaction (ISCA08)
- Efficient System Design Space Exploration Using Machine Learning Techniques (DAC08)
- A Power and Temperature Aware DRAM Architecture (DAC08)
- PICSEL: Measuring User-Perceived Performance to Control Dynamic Frequency Scaling (ASPLOS08)
- Variable Latency Caches for Nanoscale Processor (SC07) [Winner of best student paper award]
- Microarchitectures for Managing Chip Revenues under Process Variations (CAL07)
- Yield-Aware Cache Architectures (MICRO06)
- MineBench: A Benchmark Suite for Data Mining Workloads (IISWC06)
Graduate Students Advised/Co-advised
Majed Valad Beigi, PhD
Emre Cicek, MS
Begum Birsen Egilmez, PhD
Emirhan Poyraz, MS
Matt Schuchhardt, PhD
Kaicheng Zhang*, PhD
*co-advised with Prof. Ogrenci-Memik
Thesis title: User-Centric Computer System Analysis. Position: Intel
- Prabhat Kumar (co-advised with Prof. A. Choudhary), 2012
Thesis title: High Performance Data Mining on Heterogeneous Platforms. Position: NVidia
- Pan Yan, 2011
Thesis title: Leveraging Nanophotonics in Future Many-core Processors. Position: Technology Department at Globalfoundries
- Abhishek Das (co-advised with Prof. A. Choudhary), 2010
Thesis title: Microarchitectural Approaches for Optimizing Power and Profitability in Multicore Processors. Position: Intel
- Alex Shye, 2010
Thesis title: Incorporating the End User in Computer Design and Optimization. Position: Qualcomm Research, Bay Area R&D.
- Yu Zhang, 2010
Thesis title: Adaptive On-Chip Networks and Their Impact on Processor Architectures. Position: Research and Development Department, Bloomberg L.P.
- Serkan Ozdemir, 2009
Thesis Title: Mitigating the Effects of Process Variations through Microarchitectural Techniques. Position: Intel Barcelona Research Center
- Berkin Ozisikyilmaz (co-advised with Prof. A. Choudhary), 2009
Thesis title: Analysis, Characterization and Design of Data Mining Applications and Applications to Computer Architecture. Position: NetApp
- Arindam Mallik, 2008
Thesis Title: Holistic Computer Architectures based on Application, User, and Process Characteristics. Position: IMEC
- Bhargavraj Patel (co-advised with Prof. N. Hardavellas),2013
Thesis Title: Exploring Compressed Cache to Implement Efficient Hardware Prefetcher for Multicore Processors
- Emre Karaman, 2012
Thesis Title: GPU Implementation of Action Potential Cardiac Computer Simulations
- Anitha Mohan (co-advised with Prof. S. O. Memik), 2010
Thesis Title: Yield improvement using cache SRAM array supply lowering and selective wordline voltage boosting mechanisms
- Matthew Erler (co-advised with Prof. Y. Ismail), 2007
Thesis Title: TAP Cache: Temperature-Aware Placement for Caches
- David Nguyen, 2005
Thesis Title: Reconfigurable Architectures For Network Intrusion Detection


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While Saudi Arabia is hunting down the authors of an amateur video which showed them poaching endangered animals on a nature reserve, in the western city of Tepic, Mexico, local dog lovers have come out to protest a video of extreme cruelty to animals which a group of teenagers posted on Facebook.
Antonio Tello runs the blog Nayarit en Linea, where he posted the video.
On Tuesday, around 300 people met, many of them with their pet dogs, in the park in front of the government palace to protest the video. A state representative came out to say that the criminals would be 'made an example of'. The local attorney general is now looking into the case. But animal cruelty is not yet a criminal offence in the state of Nayarit."
Meanwhile in United States, the Supreme Court has just brought an end to an animal-cruelty law which made it illegal to sell videos of animal torture, claiming that it went against the constitutional right to free speech.
Warning: you may find these images upsetting
I've just read the comment about hanging and cutting the eye out of a puppy. These boys need to understand what pain is so that they never do this again.
Please tell me the puppy who got an eye cut out made it out alive. And please tell me the video above of the dog, that he made it out alive and the other 2 dogs and the stray have better homes. I forced myself to see just a few seconds of it. And NEED to know what happened to all 4 dogs.
Can you say "sociopaths?" These boys need some serious punishment. I have to ask though, what kinds of families did these boys grow up in that they think these behaviors are acceptable?
What kind of values do these boys have that they take joy in the suffering of another living creature? That they inflict pain for fun. They should be made to pay for taking a life, they should suffer so that they know there are consequences to such horrific actions.
I am SO glad something will be done to stop these monsters. This cruelty was absolutely above and beyond the limits of any imagination. They are also shown on facebook hanging and cutting out the eye of a puppy. I cannot believe these people! They MUST be stopped. Where are their parents??
ke malos la vdd....esperemos ke se haga justicia....y los ensierren por muxos anyos..hijos de su p*** * madre
Good for you! Fight for that poor dog! Make your politician listen and do the right thing by the people! And name a law on behalf if that poor dog!!!! make sure he did NOT suffer/die so horribly for nothing!!
this is a sad video!! Just because the dog is tinier than the others y? thats mean
If i was their amigos, i would hurt them with a can of beans. stupid sons of bithes!! they should have laws to enforce animal abuse and bruelty and have no mercey for abuser like these wet backs


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