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AMPAC - Staff Reporter
Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13: Updates from Washington DC
Million American March Against Fear which is being held at the National Mall in Washington D.C between 3rd and 14th . Where will you be when Americans stop being ruled by fear and stand against tyranny regardless of religious, racial, or political beliefs? We will stand together in solidarity and demand President Obama fulfill his promise of a transparent government and hold those accountable for selling our lives and causing financial ruin in pursuit of endless wars. We will take our country back and own up to our civic responsibility of being the most important part of the governmental checks and balance system because freedom isn't free. We will speak out against the lies and secrecy that our government has spread with its fear mongering propaganda that has plagued us for almost 12 years since that horrible day on 9/11. We are presenting a united front of civic minded citizens against terrorism whether foreign or domestic or if it caused by a IED or a Drone. Join us and help us regain our Republic back and demonstrate our collective cry for our civil rights and preservation of the Constitution of the United States. We are Muslims for the Constitution. We are marching in conjunction with speakers from various Non Muslim organizations to show a chain of events that have changed our country from how our government votes on its foreign and domestic policy to how its citizens see and treat Muslim Americans. It has shaped our media to make the word terrorist synonymous with Muslim and has spoon fed this into the minds of ever American citizen to the point they do not see us as worthy of Constitutional rights or even as human. Muslims and non Muslim can and has been incarcerated indefinitely and even murdered all because of the story most have been lead to believe that 19 men represent the belief of 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide. Our government has used fear as a tool to strip all Americans of their civil rights with the NSA and Prism's data collection of every American to the Federal courts upholding the NDAA as constitutional even as numerous civil rights organizations and a few states have deemed it unconstitutional. We will start with Kevin Barrett - 9/11 Truth Movement -608.583.2132,Greg Boyd -DC Area Architecture and Engineer (A&E) for Truth Movement- 301.263.0980,Matt Sullivan -DC Area 9/11 Truth Movement, Joe D'Anjelo: Chicago 9/11 Truth Movement - 312.504.9952,Nick Defonte, PA - Williamsport Tea Party organizer: 570.244.1135,Darrel Wyatt - National Long Tennis Champ: 913.206.8872, Angela Habibullah, Attorney-at-Law - NOI: 816.582-4874, Will Coley, Tn – Muslims for Liberty , Imam Wali Karim, Progressive Leadership Legacy's Inc, Chicago: 773.206.6616, Imam Khalil Abdur Rahim - Mosque Care North Carolina : 336.312.4417, Chris Phillips - Organizer & Director MAD : Marching Against Drones - 347.793.0498, Amanda Buckner - AMPAC South Carololina Organizer - 803.226.8021, MD Alam – Founder of AMPAC - 816.372.1873, and Isa Hodge – Operations Chief with AMPAC - 816.482.6893 as the MC with more speakers to be announced. Read up on us at http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/16/million-muslim-march-scheduled-for-sept-11-reorients-to-seek-911-truth
Isa Hodge @ ampacus.webs.com
Isa Hodge @ ampacusa.org
MD Rabbi Alam
Founder, AMPAC
Million American March on 9/11/13: Endorsement Letter from Enver Masud Founder and President of The Wisdom Fund
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AMPAC Staff Reporter,
Washington DC
Endorsement Letter from Enver Masud Founder and President of The Wisdom Fund (www.twf.org - http://www.twf.org)
The Wisdom Fund, a nonprofit corporation established in 1995, endorses the September 11, Million American March in Washington, DC.
Shortly after September 11, 2001, as I looked down on the Pentagon from a nearby hill, the first question I and other onlookers asked was, "Where's the plane?"
In April 2002, I expressed my reservations about the official account of what happened on September 11, 2001 in articles published at The Wisdom Fund website http://www.twf.org.
Over the next few years, following research worth about one-half million dollars, I wrote "9/11 Unveiled" -- available free in English, Arabic, Chinese at http://www.twf.org/Library/911Unveiled.html.
By definition, all explanations of 9/11 are conspiracy theories. The issue is whether or not a particular theory is supported by the facts. The facts do not support the official "conspiracy theory".
2000+ military, intelligence, industry professionals do not believe the official account of 9/11 -- http://www.twf.org/News/Y2011/0911-Muslims.html, and are asking that the 9/11 investigation be reopened.
The Wisdom Fund has presented hard evidence contradicting the official account to the Chairman, The 9/11 Commission, President Obama, and the International Criminal Court. This evidence is available at The Wisdom Fund website.
I urge all patriotic Americans to join The Wisdom Fund in the Million American March in Washington, DC.
Enver Masud
Founder and President
The Wisdom Fund
Thank you Enver Masud for your endorsement. MD Alam, Founder, AMPAC
Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13: Speakers of the Event
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Speakers: Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13: Speakers for MAMAF and MAD on 9/11/13
Event: 12 Noon - 5 PM, In the National Mall in Washington DC on September 11, 2013
Here is the list of the speakers: Please do make calls and finalize. Thank you.
1. MD Alam - AMPAC - 816.372.1873 (100% On Board)
2. Isa Hodge - AMPAC - 816.482.6893 (100% On Board)
3. Kevin Barrett - 9/11 Truth Movement - 608.583.2132 (100% On Board)
5. Greg Boyd - DC Area 9/11 Truth Movement - 301.263.0980 (100% On Board)
6. Chris Phillips - Organizer & Director MAD : Marching Against Drones - 347.793.0498 (100% On Board)
7. Matt Sullivan - DC Area Architecture and Engineer (A&E) for Truth Movement - 301.654.2308 (100% On Board)
8. Sheila Casey - DC Area 9/11 Truth Movement - 703.996.9719 (100% On Board)
9. Diana Castiyo - Founder, Madrid, Spain 9/11 Truth Movement - 202.640.1054 (Isa Call and see if you have any luck)
10. Ruby Al-Sous - Democratic National Delegate' 2012 - 2016 (100% On Board)
11. Ishaq Beg - National Delegate, American Muslim Alliance: AMA - 407.301.0679 (100% On Board)
12. Abu Zafor Mahmood - National Political Director, North American Bangladeshi Association: NABA - 646.367.8367 (100% On Board)
13. Mohammad N. Mojumber - Chair, Bangladesh American Community Council: BACC - 917.597.6349 (100% On Board)
14. Fakhrul Alam - Chairman, New York Democratic Party Asian American Caucus: NYDPAAC - 917.714.2360 (95% On Board, Isa Call and confirm)
15. Angela Habibullah, Attorney-at-Law - NOI: 816.582-4874 (100% On Board)
16. Rashad Sharief, Director of Finance, Mosque Care - 901.482.8232 (Call and see if you have any Luck)
17. Darrell Willis - Marching Against Drones MAD: (100% On Board)
18. Sherbaz Khan - Executive Secretary, Missouri Democratic Party Asian American Caucus: 816.616.2277 (100% On Board)
19. Syed Asif - Executive Director, South Asian American Chamber of Commerce: 816.786.8815 (100% On Board)
20. Anwar Khan - National Political Director, Community Leadership Affairs - CLA: 816.309.2360 (100% On Board)
21. Darral Wyatt - National Long Tennis Championship: 913.206.8872 (95% On Board, Call for Confirm)
22. Imam Khalil Abdur Rahim - Mosque Care North Carolina : 336.312.4417 (Call and See if you have any Luck)
23. Joe D'Anjelo: Chicago 9/11 Truth Movement - 312.504.9952 (Call and Confirm)
24. Sam Khan, Founder, Muslim American PAC, NJ: 732.207.3812 (95% On Board, Call and get confirmation)
25. Wali Karim, Progressive Leadership Legacy's Inc, Chicago: 773.206.6616 (95% On Board, need to confirm, call)
26. Nick Defonte, PA - PANDA: 570.244.1135 (Call and see what is the updates)
Thank you for your hardworking. Please keep kevin in the loop.
Thank you.
MD Alam, Founder, AMPAC
Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13 - Marching Against Drones
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Brothers and Sisters In The Struggle For Peace and Justice,
On September 11th, will you stand in peace with us?
Event: MAMAF - Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13
AMPAC - The American Muslim Political Action Committee AMPAC in cooperation and solidarity with MANDAA - Movement Against the National Defense Authorization Act, NDPAAC - National Democratic Party Asian American Caucus, NYDPAAC - New York Democratic Party Asian American Caucus, NABAB - North American Bangladeshi Association for Bangladesh, MDPAAC - Missouri Democratic Party Asian American Caucus, CLA - Community Leadership Affairs, SACC - South Asian Chamber of Commerce, Mosque Care, DC Area 9/11 Truth Movement ,A&E - Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth Movement, OWS Movement, CAIR Los Angeles Chapter, MAS Freedom - Muslim American Society, MMAT - Muslim Marching Against Terrorism, MD Rabbi Alam - the Founder of AMPAC, Richard Gage - the Founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth Movement, Dr. Kevin Barrett - the National Spokesperson for Muslim Think Tank, Imam Mahdi Bray the National Executive Director of MAS Freedom, Hussam Ayloush - the Executive Director of CAIR Los Angeles, and The March Against Drones (MAD) will be gathering on the National Mall, and then launching a march on the halls of power.
We invite you to stand with and join us to Rally Against Fear at 12 noon on The National Mall, then the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the White House, to hold truth to power at the three major branches of American government.
We ask all individuals and organizations working for peace to attend this collective action to tell our Government leaders we want transparency and policies of peace. In the past 12 years since 9/11 the United States government as failed to protect and promote Constitutional liberties and human life, here and abroad. We feel that accountability in government has been ignored and the time has arrived to collectively speak truth to power.
Speaking will be experts and individuals on the lack of transparency and questions plaguing 9/11, steady erosion of domestic civil liberties, drone policy and the very dire effect of these on of plight of American Muslims here at home, and Muslim communities globally in the scope of U.S. imperialism, and the modern face of resistance to unmanned aerial surveillance and warfare.
At 2:00 pm we will embark from the Rally Against Fear, and onto the March Against Drones. The march will go from the rally point between 7th and 14th Streets on the National Mall to the Capitol building, around the Capitol, and onto the street between the Supreme Court and Congress. We will rally there, in the streets, for about 15 minutes, and then we will continue. We will take Constitution to Pennsylvania Avenue and down to the White House, where we will rally again in the street between Lafayette Park and the North Lawn.
This will be a professional, positive, and proactive event for the whole family, as we expect very soon for the National Park Service to grant us the permit we requested. At 2:00 pm we will embark from the Rally Against Fear, and onto the March Against Drones. The march will go from the rally point between 7th and 14th Streets on the National Mall to the Capitol building, around the Capitol, and onto the street between the Supreme Court and Congress. We will rally there, in the streets, for about 15 minutes, and then we will continue. We will take Constitution to Pennsylvania Avenue and down to the White House, where we will rally again in the street between Lafayette Park and the North Lawn.
We will have water available for anyone that needs it, we know it is a healthy march, but we feel it will call due attention to the issues at hand, and that it is worth the challenge. We hope you do too, and we sincerely hope you bring your good energy, your friends and family as well, and you stand up and speak out with us. Love, light, and solidarity to you!
Isa Hodge – Chief of Operation MAMAF (AMPAC)
Chris Phillips & Darrell Willis – Directors Marching Against Drones, Washington DC
Greg Boyd – Executive Member DC Area 9/11 Truth Movement, Washington DC
Michael T Leslie - Texas Organizer
MD Rabbi Alam – Founder, AMPAC, Missouri
Dr. Kevin Barrett – National Spokesman, Muslim Think Tank, Wisconsin
Richard Gage – Founder, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Washington DC
Imam Mahdi Bray – Executive Director, MAS Freedom, Washington DC
Abu Zafor Mahmood – National Political Director, NABAB, New York
Ishaq Beg – Executive Member, AMA, Florida
Angela Habibullah, Attorney-at-Law, Executive Member, Mosque Care
Will Coley - Muslim For Liberty, AMPAC Organizer - Tennesse
Amanda Buckner - South Carolina Organizer
Isaa's Rant: Isa Hodge - Chief of Operations - Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13
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Isa's Rant
Well now that the terror suspects, one dead and the other awaiting trial we can access the state of our security. Does everyone feel safe now? Is everyone happy with the government striping us of our civil liberties all in the name of security. See the man hunt for suspected terrorists was nothing more then the government testing the waters to see how far they could go with the violation of your civil liberties.
To begin to desensitize you for a military state. Lets see you had forced lock down of Boston. Militarized police riding tanks in the streets . Door-to-door armed searches without warrant. Families thrown out of their homes at gunpoint to be searched without probable cause. Businesses forced to close. Transport shut down. Sounds like Boston was living in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya before we intervened on their citizens behalf to give them freedoms.
Now we spend billions in financial and military aid as well as our blood to correct other countries when they violate its citizens civil rights but in the name of "security" take ours? Now please keep in mind if you are doubting my assertions here that nothing the government did helped to capture the suspects. The original video was from business owners in the area as well as it was a citizen who found and reported the were about of suspect number 2.
Now whenever I talk about this fact to people around me and they are perfectly OK with all of this as well as the suspects being questioned with out Miranda rights and seem really OK with all of the anonymous governmental leaking of evidence to the media to be spread to the population in order to make it IMPOSSIBLE for the suspect to get a fair and impartial trial. Remember a governments job isn't to keep us safe.
It is to protect our liberties unfortunately most of Americans have been conditioned now with this constant war on terror to believe the governments job is to protect us. Now the government has decided that its role is to keep us safe, whether economically or physically, they will only do so by taking away our liberties.
by: Isa Hodge
Chief of Operations - MAMAF on 9/11/13
Why Million American March Against Fear on 9/11/13: By AMPAC
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Many non-Muslim Americans are terrified of Muslims, who are portrayed by Hollywood and the US media as fanatical terrorists. Muslims, too, live in fear – of being dragged off in the night to Guantanamo and tortured, simply for the crime of being Muslim in the wrong place at the wrong time.
After discussing the matter with both Muslim and non-Muslim leaders last week, the American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC) has decided to abandon the "scary" Million Muslim March. Instead, it will launch a Million American March Against Fear. The march will still target the White House in Washington, DC. And it will still be held on September 11th, 2013.
Why march against fear on 9/11?
September 11th, 2001 was the beginning of a new era of fear. Since 9/11, Americans have been terrorized by the media. They have been taught to fear their neighbors. They have been inculcated with fear of other religions. They have been brainwashed into fearing people with brown skins, turbans, and foreign accents.
The BBC documentary The Power of Nightmares explains how global political elites have embraced the politics of fear. As the BBC film explains, all of this fear is based on myth, not reality. The BBC even admitted: "Al Qaeda is a myth."
Whether or not Al Qaeda is completely mythical, the so-called "Islamic terrorist threat" is pure hallucination. FBI statistics prove that Americans are far more likely to drown in their bathtubs, or be hit by lightning, than to be killed by terrorists of any kind. And Muslims commit only 6% of terrorist attacks in the US – fewer than are committed by radical Jews, and vastly fewer than those perpetrated by leftists and hispanics.
There is no reason for Americans to be afraid of Muslims.
And Muslims should not be afraid of non-Muslim Americans. Most Americans are generous, tolerant, and committed to American ideals of religious freedom. It is only a certain faction of American elites who have hijacked the nation and turned it away from its Constitution.
It is time to tell the politicians that we are not afraid of each other – or of them.
It is time for us to stop cowering in our homes, and take to the streets.
It is time to join together and reject the politics of fear.
It is time to speak out and reject the destruction of the Constitution of the United States of America. The neocons were able to shred the Constitution because they succeeded, temporarily at least, in making us afraid of each other. But there is nothing to fear. Terrorism is not a statistically significant threat.
They wrote the Patriot Act before 9/11, and rushed it out immediately after 9/11. We accepted it because we were afraid. The two US Senators who were not sufficiently fearful – Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy – got US government anthrax in the mail.
After that, they too were afraid. They stopped asking questions about 9/11 and the Patriot Act, and just went along with the program.
But as the 12th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, we now know that there is nothing to fear. The whole "terrorist threat" is a hoax invented by fear-mongering politicians to control our minds and pick our pockets.
We shouldn't fear the truth about the 9/11-anthrax events, either. Only fear can keep preventing a real investigation of these crimes.
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt so memorably put it: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
"Al-Qaeda" cannot destroy the Constitution of the United States of America. Only fear can do that.
"Al-Qaeda" cannot even find an operative smart enough to know that plastic explosives cannot explode without a detonator. If you smuggle plastic explosives onto an airplane in your shoe, or tucked into your underwear, and try to light them on fire, the worst thing that could happen is that they might catch fire and burn your own foot, or your own crotch.
Plastic explosives without a detonator is sterno camping fuel – nothing more.
But "al-Qaeda" operatives like "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, and "underwear bomber" Abdulmutallab, are so stupid, so clumsy, so utterly incompetent that not only do they not understand the need for a detonator – they can't even manage to light a fire and properly burn themselves.
If you're a smoker, don't ever ask these guys for a light. You'll be waiting all day as they try, unsuccessfully, to light a match or a cigarette lighter.
"Al-Qaeda" is a joke.
And so is the whole "war on terror."
If the United States of America is to remain a constitutional democratic republic, the American people need to stop being afraid.
They must stop being afraid of each other. And they must stop being afraid of the truth.
Please join the Million American March Against Fear in Washington, DC on September 11th, 2013.
Sincerely Dr. Kevin Barrett Isa Hodge
MD Rabbi Alam National Speaksperson, Chief of Operations
Founder, AMPAC Director of Media & Outreach MAMAF on 9/11/13
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A couple of days ago, I wrote about Jon Lieber's house that is for sale and was insinuating his place was pretty dull for an athlete. I was being sarcastic, of course, but this mornings Marcus Hayes column from the Philadelphia Daily News makes me look pretty stupid. To the right is the truck Jon Lieber showed up to camp in yesterday. A Ford F650 SuperTruck. 6-Doors, 45-inch wheels(!), seating for seven, a satellite dish and customized leather interior. Now that's gaudy! I mean, you could theoretically invite six friends over to your truck to watch football games every Sunday. It looks like a Transformer for chirssakes. This is like the Maybach for Iowa farm boys. Kudos, Jon Lieber. A truly ostentatious purchase worthy of VH1's Fabulous Life of… Again, sorry.
More proof that 20+ years of playing baseball leaves you chock full of subtly, smarts and sophistication. Stay Classy, Lieber!
That truck is so big…you could put 12 fags in there and Tim Hardaway would never know the difference.
And the rest of the world hates us because …..
That truck is my life's wages. It's simple ridiculous, which therefore I love it.
There's no way that thing has 45″ wheels. It may have tires that are 45″ high, but that's a different matter. I know my old truck had 17″ "rims," and the tires were probably 27-28″ high, so I'm guessing that thing probably has 24-26″ wheels. (Still puts Ludacris' "Rollin' on Twenties" to shame.)
He must be compensating for a really, really tiny….self-esteem….or a non-existent penis. If his pitching is as poor as his taste, he'll be living in that S.O.B. inside a year.
nice to see he parked it right over the fence in home run alley. you know Pat Burrell and the boys will use Leiber's rig as one big target. would be even more funny if the first pitch Leiber delivers in spring training ends up putting a nice dent in his windshield…
I grew up with this douche bag. he was a spoiled little brat. His brothers were no better.
His ego is so big I suprised his head hasnt popped.
What is your problem with the truck? He can afford one and you can't, so why don't you try to come up with $200,000 before you go criticizing his choices.
I dont have a problem with the truck ass wipe. I am just saying he is an asshole.
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Wages for Senior Attorneys in the United States are generous, with average pay above six figures ($128K) per year. In the world of Senior Attorneys, total cash compensation can vary between $82K and $215K. Each package generally includes bonuses and profit sharing proceeds, and in exceptional cases, those amounts can reach heights of $41K and $36K, respectively. Career duration is the biggest factor affecting pay for this group, followed by geography. Most enjoy medical while the larger part get dental coverage. Vision coverage is also available to just over two-fifths. Job satisfaction for Senior Attorneys is high. Male Senior Attorneys are just a bit more common among those who completed the questionnaire than females ones, with male workers composing 54 percent of the field.
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Typically, senior attorneys are partners at firms who have supervising authority on cases and litigation. They are generally the lawyers who help develop overall case strategies and assign other lawyers, investigators, and researchers to execute those plans. When cases go to trial, senior attorneys may be responsible for them, although it is not uncommon to delegate them to capable associates, as well. In situations where settlements are sought, senior attorneys take the lead and set the parameters for acceptable ranges of compensation.Read More...
Much of the work of a senior attorney is managerial in nature, and most who work with firms take on far heavier case-loads than individual attorneys could ever manage alone. They also assign associates and junior partners to assist in the execution of particular cases, often by matching situations with junior attorneys who have experience in those areas. They may also assign investigators, schedule depositions and interviews as required by individual cases, process any discovery from the opposing side, and track and modify a wide range of case strategies.
Senior attorneys also manage the final disposition of litigation under their responsibility; this can include serving as a lead in courtroom situations, but also simply monitoring and offering feedback to junior attorneys who perform this work. They also take the lead in settlement negotiations, which conclude the majority of civil cases.
All practicing attorneys are required to have post-graduate degrees in jurisprudence from an accredited university or law school, as well as having passed bar examinations in the jurisdiction in which they practice. Senior attorneys typically combine education requirements with extensive practical experience in trial work and negotiations as a junior attorney or associate. Most senior attorneys work long hours during the business week and split time between office environments and courtrooms with occasional field work.
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Senior Attorneys' salaries tend to stay somewhat constant even when they advance into higher-level positions like Senior Corporate Lawyer. On average, Senior Corporate Lawyers get paid about the same as Senior Attorneys do. More often than not, an Attorney role is the next step for Senior Attorneys moving up in the field. Pay for Attorneys is usually $81K. Many Senior Attorneys choose to take on a General Counsel role instead, where salaries are typically $149K.
Survey takers who work as Senior Attorneys typically report just a few professional skills. Those who have experience with Contract Negotiation, Legal Research, and Litigation Case Management can expect to be compensated well for these skills. Many workers who know Contract Negotiation also know Litigation Case Management.
Median of all compensation (including tips, bonus, and overtime) by years of experience.
For Senior Attorneys, experience does not seem to be a major factor in determining pay. Respondents with less than five years' experience take home $101K on average. In contrast, those who have been around for five to 10 years earn a noticeably higher average of $137K. People with 10 to 20 years of experience make an average of about $144K in this role. People who have worked for more than 20 years report a median income of $145K, which is barely higher than the median for folks with 10 to 20 years of experience.
For Senior Attorneys, busy New York offers a higher-than-average pay rate, 10 percent above the national average. Senior Attorneys will also find cushy salaries in San Francisco (+8 percent) and Houston (+5 percent). Atlanta ranks last in the field for pay, reporting salaries 15 percent below the national average. Two other places where employers offer below-median salaries are Miami (13 percent less) and Minneapolis (10 percent less).
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I have a visual impairment so like icons web pages and text to be slightly larger. Do you have a problem with disabilities?
No I don't have a problem with folks with disabilities...I have my own issues as well! But when folks are trying their best to help you...be a little more positive!
If you have eyesight issues...and the suggestions that were suggested so far don't help...then how about checking out the features available in the "Universal Access" control panel in "System Preferences".
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Your point being what? I think given that this one appears to be fine then it is highly unlikely to have been user error don't you think? I spent days installing data, programmes, etc. plus the time and expense of having to make two journeys of over a hundred miles each to (a) buy the product and (b) return it. The reason I opted for a refund (wisely in my view) was to prevent a repetition of events. This new one has been ordered online. I think therefore I was justified in being unhappy with the situation.
I agree. Your first Mac-mini probably was defective & it was a good idea to return it (which was my suggestion & others suggestion to you). My issue is...you were complaining like a 5 year-old child that just had their ice-cream taken away in that first Mac-mini thread...when you just should have been an adult about it...and just returned it. Now that you have a properly working Mac-mini...now your complaining has switched from the hardware to the software!!!
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It may be a culture thing, I'm not sure where you are based but I live in the UK. In the main most people in the UK do not enunciate in that manner. I am certainly more reserved and when I said "that seems to have improved things somewhat" that is exactly how I speak. That is me and that is the way I speak for which I make no apologies.
Yes...you are referring to the British "Stiff upper lip"...sort of thing.
I've heard that other folks in the UK find this sort of attitude very irritating as well. You're understated tone of appreciation when responding to the positive help of others...just adds the perception of your negative attitude about everything Macintosh.
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I have heard lots of good things about Apple and their products over the years so why not try one of them? I have also heard lots of good things about cars I have bought over the years but not all live up to customer expectation.
Again..whether it's cars or Macintosh computers...you seem to have a very negative slant towards most things. Or at least most things you've discussed here on Mac-Forums.
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Now was there anything else you wanted to get off your chest?
Not that I would care to discuss with you...unless I wanted the most negative response possible.
The bottom line is...the sum total of just about all of your responses are...whether due to
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- bad eyesight
- being from the UK or being British
- being unhappy with new products (cars & computers)
- don't like the Mac OS
- don't like Apple developed software like Safari
Pretty much everything you say has a negative slant to it...including your responses when someone has helped you!
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Applied Arts (Applied Arts Inc.)
Applied Ergonomics (Pergamon) peer reviewed
Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education (Intellect Ltd.) peer reviewed
Artifact (Routledge) peer reviewed
Blueprint (Wilmington Media Ltd.)
Cabinet (Immaterial Incorporated)
Clear, AIGA Journal of Information Design (AIGA in partnership with International Institute for Information Design)
Communication Arts (Communication Arts)
Computer Arts (Future Publishing Ltd.)
Crafts Magazine (Crafts Council)
Creative Review (Centaur Publishing)
Cultural Analysis peer reviewed
Cultural Studies (Routledge) peer reviewed
Decorative Arts Society Journal (Decorative Arts Society 1850 to the Present)
Design and Culture (Berg Publishers) peer reviewed
Design History (Design History Workshop Japan) peer reviewed
Design Journal (Berg Publishers) peer reviewed
Design Management Review (Design Management Institute)
Design Methods (Design Methods Institute)
Design Philosophy Papers (Team D/E/S) peer reviewed
Design Studies (Pergamon) peer reviewed
Design Theories and Methodologies Design Tutor
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'X Factor's' Rachel Crow finally gets back on trackAdd to Favorites | The X Factor
For the Songs of Cinema week, "The X Factor's" Rachel Crow performed "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James and from the movie "Cadillac Records." What did you think of his performance?
We thought it was stupendous. She finally got back to what we loved about her early on. The last two weeks have been terrible teenybopper songs that frankly Rachel Crow is better than. It was so nice to hear her show off her talent and her soul again.
Hilariously, when Paula praises Simon for the song choice, Rachel pipes up that she chose the song this week and Simon actually gives her a nod of acknowledgement. Well done, little girl.
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Scott Haynes, College Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
My earliest memories of football include
South Bend, Touchdown Jesus and the Golden Dome. I can remember Joe Montana
leading the Irish from behind to win big game time and time again. So, it was
a little disconcerting watching the press conference in South Bend this week,
as Athletic Director Kevin White let the world know that Tyrone Willingham
would not be retained as the coach of the Fighting Irish. The move could be
argued as premature, but the Irish were swift in their decision and now must
find a new football coach, although it is obvious who is at the top of the
Nowhere in America does the lights shine brighter than in South Bend, where a
number of coaches have wilted under the enormous weight of the job.
In recent memory, only Lou Holtz, who won a national championship at Notre
Dame, has been able to shoulder the burden of the top job in all of college
"All of us had great expectations when we sat here three years ago, and in a
number of ways Tyrone has been an excellent fit and a great representative of
our program," said director of athletics Kevin White. "He personally has
displayed impeccable integrity and tremendous character - and his players have
represented themselves off the field in a first-class manner. In addition, our
football program under his watch has never been stronger in terms of its
academic performance.
"At the end of the day, we simply have not made the progress on the field that
we need to make. Nor have we been able to create the positive momentum
necessary in our efforts to return the Notre Dame program to the elite level
of the college football world."
There in lies the problem. Willingham was the first African-American coach in
any sport at Notre Dame and that along with being the best candidate for the
job was an attractive package three years ago when he left the Farm at
Stanford and made his way to South Bend. White's press release certainly
points to Willingham obviously being good for the University in terms of
putting out the best "student athletes" he could.
However, it is clear which part of that phrase the powers that be in South
Bend put more stock in these days.
Notre Dame is synonymous with college football and if the school is to once
again reach the pinnacle of the sport, bringing in top-notch talent will have
to be its top priority, even if that means lowering academic standards to get
the job done.
Taking the Notre Dame job will finally move Meyer among the elite coaches in
the game today. He has succeeded both at Bowling Green and Utah, but both
programs pale in comparison to the scrutiny he will be under in South Bend.
Still, the positives to moving on are obvious and not many coaches in the
nation would turn down the Irish if they came calling.
While Meyer is doing the right thing and refusing to discuss the job, instead
concentrating his efforts on Utah's impending matchup with someone in a BCS
Bowl, the Notre Dame job is the plum position in college football.
This seems to be a match made in Heaven, or at the least college football's
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If I could name all the crappy games I bought and then never wanted to play again, I could probably fill a 50-page forum topic just by myself. For the sake of brevity (and for keeping things current), I'll name The King of Fighters XII, Cross Edge and Mugen Souls as my three most recent "regretful" purchasing decisions.
KOF XII: As the first new KOF game for the PS3, I was excited for this game because I really liked KOF XI. When I started playing it, however, I found that almost half the characters from the previous game weren't in this one (and many of the ones who got cut were part of themed teams), the arcade mode was just a time trial with no unique cutscenes and no end boss, and the online netcode trapped me on the loading screen for up to 5 minutes without actually loading a match or an error message telling me that the game couldn't find a match. After playing through the game about three times and realizing that I wasn't having any fun with it, I gave up and traded the game back to GameStop for something else.
Cross Edge: A Disgaea, Atelier, Ar Tonelico and Darkstalkers crossover RPG? Sounds cool! Shame about the sudden difficulty spike after you reach the second or third area, the unfitting side-scrolling sections, or the fact that I had to jam on the Square button to discover towns and activate cutscenes (I didn't like it when Wild Arms 2 and 3 did that, either, but I found both games enjoyable despite that annoyance).
Mugen Souls: This one's my own fault, because I bought this a full year after skimming through negative impressions on the game. Using Chou-chou's Moe Kill system instead of defeating enemies the normal way meant having to spend several turns telling my non-Chou-chou party members to stand and do nothing if I wanted to clear the battlefield and get everything over with quickly. Chou-chou's "Command mode" (I forget what it was actually called) was unreliable, as she'd often shout out demands that were impossible for certain party members to do, and failure means angering her and increasing the threat of an explosive Shampuru-induced total party kill. And Compile Heart's PS3 games are usually nuts about downloadable content, but some of the weapons that were being given away for free completely broke the game balance. I usually don't like to complain about getting stuff for free, but when I found out that one of the free DLC swords gave my characters a 20,000-point attack bonus (I think ATK ratings started out at around three digits), I worried that the reason these swords were being given away at no charge was because the late game enemies would become a nightmare to defeat without using them, or spending time grinding for EXP in the Mugen Fields. I never made it that far, and I stopped playing right after defeating the second major storyline boss.
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District Attorney Forrest Allgood said he has given his opinion to the Mississippi Highway Patrol in the case of an accident involving a Starkville woman who was hit while riding her bicycle nearly six weeks ago.
Allgood said he told the Highway Patrol he does not think Norton could be charged with a felony. However, he said, where it goes from here is not his decision.
ŌĆ£If the Highway Patrol or anyone else wants to charge her with a crime, what happens from now on is functionally up to them,ŌĆØ he said.
Jan Morgan, owner of Boardtown Bikes, was hit by a car on Highway 50 on May 22. Morgan was out on a training ride with her friend Kim Richardson when she was struck from behind by a car traveling 55 mph. According to the accident report, Morgan was thrown up into the air by the force of the impact before landing on the hood of the car. When the car came to a stop, Morgan was thrown to the ground. The driver of the car, Robbie Norton of Cedarbluff, has not been charged in the accident. The Highway Patrol asked for AllgoodŌĆÖs assistance in the case.
ŌĆ£The bottom line is that the Highway Patrol would normally charge someone with a crime. They didnŌĆÖt do that in this case because they didnŌĆÖt see a crime. They came to me and asked me to look into it,ŌĆØ Allgood said. ŌĆ£I looked at it and said, ŌĆśI donŌĆÖt see anything,ŌĆÖŌĆØ
Allgood said several weeks ago he had an investigator look into a discrepancy between the witness statements and the Highway Patrol trooperŌĆÖs report.
ŌĆ£There hasnŌĆÖt been any reopening of the case. We just had to find out straight from the horseŌĆÖs mouth what really happened,ŌĆØ Allgood said. ŌĆ£We wanted to find out if what was in the report was true, or what the statements said were true.ŌĆØ
Jan Morgan spent the first month after the accident heavily sedated at a hospital in Tupelo while her body recovered from the massive injuries. Last week, she was moved to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, which specializes in spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation. Morgan suffered a brain injury during the accident, the extent of which will take some time for doctors to determine. According to her husband, David, she is frustrated and angry by the rehabilitation process. While he is frustrated by the legal aspect of the case, he said his full attention is on Jan and her recovery.
On his wifeŌĆÖs Facebook page, David encourages her supporters to raise awareness for bicycle safety issues.
One year after the John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act went into effect, Mississippi House Representative Margaret Ellis Rogers is fighting to add an amendment that would strengthen its enforcement. The law requires motorists to give 3 feet of space when passing a cyclist.
RogerŌĆÖs proposed amendment would call for an upgrade to a felony charge in the case of a maiming or death caused by the breach of the 3 foot law.
Though it would not have a direct effect on MorganŌĆÖs case, it would allow for felony charges in future cases.


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Vantage intelligent workflow automation platform embraced by five industry leaders, providing more comprehensive file-based workflow solutions
Nevada City, Calif., September 6, 2012 – Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding solutions, today announced key partnerships with five industry leaders to expand Vantage® workflow automation and control to meet a broader set of customer needs in the file-based ecosystem. New partner capabilities include inverse telecine and standards conversion with Cinnafilm, quality control with Digimetrics, audio encoding and correction with Dolby, transport stream multiplexing with Manzanita, and subtitling and captioning with Screen.
"Vantage was built from the ground up with flexibility in mind to enable users to consolidate multi-vendor solutions into unified, real-time, intelligent production workflows," said Barbara DeHart, vice president of marketing at Telestream. "These partnerships follow the release of major new products and enhancements to the Vantage transcoding family, which solidifies Telestream's position as the market leader in providing both file-based transcoding and workflow automation solutions to our customers."
New partner solutions to be provided under Vantage workflow automation and control include:
"We are excited to have our GPU-based Tachyon conversion and correction technologies incorporated into the highly-successful Vantage product line," said Ernie Sanchez, COO of Cinnafilm. "We believe Standards Transcoding™ will soon be the defacto method of operation for media providers, post-production facilities and broadcasters. Hybrid baseband/file workflows for standards conversion and transcoding will quickly disappear once the quality, performance and scalability of technologies like Vantage with Tachyon are widely known."
Telestream's Vantage product family provides a complete range of world-class video transcoding and workflow solutions – from single-server installations for automating transcoding, to very large, multi-server systems that produce and assemble millions of finished media packages. Vantage takes very complex process steps and unifies them into automated, easy-to-manage workflows. In addition, it predictably automates file-based video workflows within multi-vendor ecosystems, allowing faster than real-time, intelligent decision-based workflow control and monitoring of systems at the largest scale. An SDK simplifies Vantage integration directly into existing software systems using a web services interface.
Vantage is being demonstrated at the IBC Show in Amsterdam at Telestream stand 7.D16. For more information about Telestream and Vantage, visit http://www.telestream.net.
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Telestream provides world-class live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions that allow consumers and businesses to transform video on the desktop and across the enterprise. Many of the world's most demanding media and entertainment companies as well as a growing number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media. Telestream products span the entire digital media lifecycle, including video capture and ingest; live and on-demand encoding and transcoding; playout, delivery, and live streaming; as well as management and automation of the entire workflow. Telestream corporate headquarters are located in Nevada City, California. The company is privately held. For more information, visit www.telestream.net.


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We have been anxiously awaiting the release of The Great Gatsby movie for some time now and we are thrilled that the date has finally arrived! We are looking forward to enjoying all of the visual goodness the movie promises to showcase. In the meantime, we found even more of the luxury of the 1920s displayed in a recent Vogue cover shoot. Playing Daisy Buchanan in the movie, Carey Mulligan is all about that vintage glamour feel in this fresh color palette from the shoot.
To capture the art deco feel, our team is envisioning our opaque, caramel letterpress ink paired with metallic copper foil on a thick duplexed card in the perfect neutral shade of cameo. With decorative accents like the ironwork-inspired pattern and a pop of raspberry double-faced satin ribbon, the look is complete!
Photography by Mario Testino. See the behind the scenes of the cover shoot here.
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The Downbeat & Dub radio station presents "Passport" w/ host Architektur, one of the most established "Downbeat" DJ's in the country. Passport also features exclusive interviews with Gotan Project, Rootz & Zeebo of Thievery Corporation, Rodney Hunter (G-Stone), General Electrics (Compost/Quannum) and Bitter:Sweet (Quango), among others.
The premier Downbeat & Dub radio station features carefully crafted programing...a deep, fluid soundtrack to complement your life. A Live365 Featured Station (2009 & 2010) hosted by tastemaker, Architektur.
Tune in to some of our classic interviews featuring: Gotan Project (Ya Basta!), Rootz & Zeebo (of Thievery Corporation), Rodney Hunter (G-Stone), Canartic (Burning Bowl/Dank Disk), Al Haca Feat: RQM (Klein Records) and General Electrics (Compost/Quannum).
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Interview: FDA Wants To Regulate E-Cigs
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AM 820 News anchor Robert Pankau spoke to ABC News correspondent Scott Goldberg about the FDA regulating e-cigarettes. E-cigs have quickly become popular among the young people in the United States. Some argue that e-cigs could be a gateway drug and that we don't know what is exactly in e-cigarettes.
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FACTORS DRIVING THE TREND TOWARD TOD-Rapidly growing, mind-numbing traffic congestion nation-wide-Growing distaste for suburbia and fry-pit strip development-Growing desire for quality urban lifestyle-Growing desire for more walkable lifestyles away from traffic-Changes in family structures: more singles, empty-nesters, etc-Growing national support for Smart Growth-New focus of Federal policy"Traffic congestion has increased so much in virtually every metropolitan area that two-hour commutes now are routine. Attempts to alleviate the problem by constructing more highways almost always have led to more sprawl and, eventually, more congestion." -Jim Miara
COMPONENTS OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DESIGN-Walkable design with pedestrian as the highest priority-Train station as prominent feature of town center-A regional node containing a mixture of uses in close proximity including office, residential, retail, and civic uses -High density, high-quality development within 10-minute walk circle surrounding train station-Collector support transit systems including trolleys, streetcars, light rail, and buses, etc-Designed to include the easy use of bicycles, scooters, and rollerblades as daily support transportation systems-Reduced and managed parking inside 10-minute walk circle around town center / train station
BENEFITS OF TOD-Higher quality of life-Better places to live, work, and play-Greater mobility with ease of moving around-Increased transit ridership-Reduced traffic congestion and driving-Reduced car accidents and injuries-Reduced household spending on transportation, resulting in more affordable housing-Healthier lifestyle with more walking, and less stress-Higher, more stable property values-Increased foot traffic and customers for area businesses-Greatly reduced dependence on foreign oil-Greatly reduced pollution and environmental destruction-Reduced incentive to sprawl, increased incentive for compact development-Less expensive than building roads and sprawl-Enhanced ability to maintain economic competitiveness
-Transit investment has double the economic benefit to a city than does highway investment.
-Transit can enable a city to use market forces to increase densities near stations, where most services are located, thus creating more efficient subcenters and minimizing sprawl.
-Transit enables a city to be more corridor-oriented, making it easier to provide infrastructure.
-Transit enhances the overall economic efficiency of a city; denser cities with less car use and more transit use spend a lower proportion of their gross regional product or wealth on passenger transportation. - From Sustainability and Cities, by Newman & Kenworthy
But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now. The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. Order Now!


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Coldplay Take on Body Acceptance, Ballet in 'True Love' Video: Watch
Jessica Lucas plays an aspiring ballet dancer whose huge balloon body exclude her from realizing her dream of becoming a professional dancer. Chris Martin is a janitor, sweeping up a theater housing the ballet.
British Band You Me at Six is Happy to Pay to Play Super Bowl Halftime Show
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Weekly Press Conferences Begin
Aug 23, 2013
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana Football hosted its first weekly press conference of the 2013 season on Monday. Head coach Kevin Wilson, defensive coordinator Doug Mallory and offensive coordinator Seth Littrell took to the podium and shared their thoughts on the upcoming week for the Hoosiers.
A complete transcript of Coach Wilson's comments is available below.
Like I said, I think a week from now will be nine days, we'll do this on Mondays moving forward.
As a matter of fact, as we get to that point down the road, we're actually going to do some work for us on Sunday. Monday will be a non practice day, so we're going to have our kids in the morning doing some things academically, coaches game planning and you'll have some decent access to kids at a decent hour and with the coaches and myself as we move forward. So thanks for being here.
Coming out of preseason, getting wrapped up last night with really kind of a light day with seven days out leading into it, we've done our heavy scrimmage work earlier in the week and with our last major scrimmage the week before that, doing that, kind of make sure we are as healthy as we can be. We've got to keep hitting. We've got to keep building our toughness and our tackling, our ability to stay on blocks and all those things.
As coaches we have to manage where we're at, so sometimes you're doing some things in the best interest of your team, so last night we had a scrimmage format, but it was more for timing, where do we warm up and when do we warm up and we actually took our guys out that will be our captains and had the referee explain the coin toss and what he says. It was a little bit more for the bells and whistles than maybe it was like, hey, let's "scrimmage" or trying to show things or not show things. It was "a mock game" where we're scripting situations and whatnot.
But coming out of preseason, again, I was very complimentary of our team going through the winter, our staff and our players did a great job during the recruiting cycle and getting a good class. Off the field leadership, behavior, academics have been pretty solid, and what you'd like and what you expect.
Spring ball was, again, pretty good. When it gets very repetitive, mundane, there's not a game, I thought spring was good.
Summer is on your own. We've got strength coaches, we had 130 guys here. We're only allowed 105 on our preseason rosters. We had a bunch of new walk ons wanting to join our team, and those aren't tryouts because as coaches we can't even be here, but our strength coaches were. I would say the way we practiced it looks like we had a really good summer. We're not allowed to know if they passed the conditioning test because then that means it's not "voluntary" the way the rules are.
Our team came back in great shape. We appear to be. Have improved our team with size and strength. I think with that we'll hopefully be as quick or quicker because I do think there's some hereditary issues how fast you can be or how big you can be or how strong you can be. But we have to develop and get these guys as good as they can be. I think you'll see a team that's going to show some quickness and better speed.
I think summer appeared to be very, very strong. There was a huge commitment by our school and I think there's been a huge commitment by our kids to take advantage of summer school and our lifting program and whatnot.
Preseason: Some of you guys had a chance to see a couple of the practices that we had where you were able to get out there and see a lot of it. I don't know how well you paid attention or what you looked at when you're watching it, those of you that saw those. I appreciate you seeing those and kind of appreciate, too, the way you cover it because we're not sitting there trying to get information out to our opponents. Our first two opponents we are their opener, so every bit of information we're giving is going to Terre Haute and it's going to Annapolis. Those other people will get your game tapes and all that stuff. I appreciate the way you guys cover it because there's certain things that maybe we don't like to be what plays we're really running or who's looking good or not good, so I appreciate the way you guys kind of saw practice.
But what you didn't see on the days that you weren't there was probably what you would have seen the day you were there. We had some pretty solid, pretty consistent practices. I said coming out of spring, I wouldn't want a do over, and we ran some plays wrong and we repeated a play or maybe we started stretch one day a little lethargic and we had to holler at them for a second, pick your knees up and get it going. But we didn't have a sluggish practice day. Even had a couple extremely positive comments from scouts being thrown that they couldn't believe the way we looked and really appreciated the energy, the way the guys were practicing.
Again, two a days is a grind, so I think we have had a very productive two a day. But all that is talk until you start playing and the scoreboards reflect that. Just because I think we've done better doesn't mean we're going to do better. You need now to go out and we get into game mode, and today is the first of their game week, changing gears, so it's a little different sense of urgency, preparation, video preparation, getting your body right, getting your mind right, what's your routine, a lot of people call it superstitions, but what is your routine; what do you do, where you eat, what pair of socks you like, you name it. Who tapes your ankle, what are you doing to be at your best for those 12, 13, 14, kickoff days, and one of those is approaching at 7:06 coming up on the 29th with Indiana State. I thought preseason was good.
Depth chart, we put it out today. Here's where we are. Again, we're pretty healthy except for the loss of Chase Hoobler, who has a stress fracture, has not been with us one day of preseason. That will go through the bulk of the season and be determined in time does he get back at the end. He's a fourth year kid, been redshirted, so we will take his best interests into it long haul. He's doing well, but a stress fracture is going to take several months, so at best it'll be the end of the season and maybe it costs his season.
Dan Feeney with a Lisfranc injury that required surgery. Once again, take the bulk of the season. That's going to be a five month kind of deal that you'll get him back; January as we get started, February, and probably will be full go by spring. He was a freshman that played. He gets a redshirt year. We're losing a quality player, very good player, but also, again, one of the reasons you do play freshmen when you do have those deals, this will be his redshirt year. We'll move forward with him.
That being said, we'll need just not someone to come in and play the guard spot and pick it up. Anytime that you go through the season, you're going to have in our sport a little bit what I call hiccups or glitches along the way, and your team needs to pick up the slack, coaches and players. It's just not who Dan Feeney's replacement will be, and we'll talk about that. Other than that we're pretty healthy. We've got a couple guys that we've kind of had to monitor some of their practice, whether it be again coming off a gimp ankle. We've had no broken bones other than maybe a guy has got his fingers taped together because he's dislocated a finger grabbing a hold of something or whatnot.
We're pretty healthy and we should be at full force, but depending on how much these guys we've kind of monitored, how much practice work they get will determine how much you see them next Thursday night.
Our two-deep is, starting with the offense, as yet we haven't even talked to the quarterbacks, so for me to tell you who's going first, I don't know. I don't even know if we'll know until Tuesday or Wednesday, and our routine Tuesday and Wednesday, which is Sunday and Monday, and see how the guys practice. All three have done well. The offense will not change. I've said that, and you guys have asked questions, coach says he's not going to change. We're going to do what we do.
Now, certain guys have certain strengths. There's certain things that Ted Bolser does in route running that's different than Anthony Corsaro, certain things Cody Latimer does that's different than Nick Stoner. Every player has strengths and weaknesses, but the gist of our offense is going to be what it's going to be. One, we're going to spread it out, but we'll be a little bit more multiple personnel, so I think you might see some more multiple personnel groupings, because we did have a little bit more depth at tight end, backs, and we're getting a little bit better fullback play, so you might see a little bit more of personnel groupings.
We'll still work tempo. Tempo doesn't mean we're going fast all the time. We'll use that as we need to. We have the ability to we've worked on the ability to try to even go faster, but whether we do, when we do, we don't try to be consistent. No matter what you do, you do things you're trying to keep the defense off guard with play calling, formations, where you're attacking them.
Same thing with tempo. You don't want to be very, very slow. You don't want to be very, very fast. If you're doing something all the time you're consistent, and the more consistent you are with what you're doing, the defense can kind of hone in. So you kind of pick your spots.
But we'll continue to use tempo. We'll continue to spread around. What we've tried to do, yeah, I was trying to help the defense, but really to help the offense we've tried to work on the running game and to be a little bit more physical, and not just for short yardage when it's third-and-1 or goal line, to just have some balance and toughness, to incorporate play-action passing, whether you're intermediate, deep, moving the pocket, you name it. We've worked a lot on the running game.
Quarterback situation: All three of those guys are very, very good. They're all a little bit different. That being said, you've got to say do we need to play more than one. Maybe we do because maybe they can do different things for us. At the same time we're still kind of evaluating, because no one has been the guy and no one has been horrible. Again, Tre (Roberson) can make some plays with his feet a little bit better than the other two guys. But when he's in, it's not going to be a Wildcat offense. We'll throw our deep and intermediate and read our defense and throw our hots and adjust protections, and he's going to play quarterback.
And when those other guys are playing, if Cam (Coffman) is in, if Nate (Sudfeld) is in, it's not going to be a throw a thon where it's pass, pass, pass. If it's a play that we need to incorporate the quarterback as a part of the run, we're going to do that. So again, even though we have a two-deep, I don't know how many times you're really going to say so and so is really the starter because I think on both sides of the ball you're going to see pushing 44 guys, whether it be two or three tailbacks; five or six or seven receivers; two or three tight ends; seven or eight O-linemen; eight, pushing 10, D-linemen; probably six, seven linebackers. On the back end, probably six, seven in the secondary. So you're going to see some guys playing.
One, we've got a little bit better team, we've got a little bit more depth, we've got a lot of competition. We've got some unproven guys. Practice has been great. We've got to prove it out here when the scoreboard lights are on, the scoreboard is playing, and who's going to make those tackles and make those shots and make those blocks and score those points and make those kicks when it's for real.
So again, at quarterback we'll see how it plays out. Not being coy, not hiding anything from Indiana State.
Running back, good camp by all guys. Laray Smith basically had a welt on his back or a blood thing that had to be drained, and he's got he couldn't practice a couple days. He's got a wound so it doesn't get infected. So he's full go. As a young guy he's showed a lot of ability with speed, but again, missing a couple days. It's young guys with the ball, so we'll see where he is. But I'd expect him you didn't see him a lot if you were looking last night, but it's because he's got basically a wound, a cut that had to be drained, so we don't get it's not a major deal, and I think he'll be full tilt here tomorrow afternoon rolling, but yesterday with infection and temperature and sweating and whatnot, he wasn't able to go. So again, I don't have an issue there with Laray.
You're going to see four tailbacks here with D'Angelo (Roberts), and of course Tevin (Coleman) and Stephen (Houston), the two main guys and both doing really, really well. We talked about Mike Replogle playing some at fullback with Matt Zakrzewski. We're doing a run period every day; that'll be a part of our offense. Has done well.
Bolser, Corsaro, really playing better than they've ever played. Danny Friend, very, very talented freshman, big guy, can catch it, can block, for a young man. You'll see all three of those cats, whether it be together, individually, special teams.
Receivers: Seven, eight, (Caleb) Cornett getting a little in the mix on special teams and getting into receiver seven or eight, which you want to see. Mitchell Paige, a young walk on, second year guy receiver seven, eight getting in the mix. It's a quick little kid, it's awesome. But the main guys will be (Shane) Wynn, (Isaish)Roundtree, Ricky Jones at the slot, three good players there. Outside, Cody and Duwyce (Wilson), Stoner and Kofi Hughes. So you'll see the bulk of those seven guys with Cornett and Mitch Paige.
Offensive line, you lose Feeney at guard, but we've still got again, I think we'll be pretty solid with Bernard Taylor, who has starts, Collin Rahrig, who has starts, Jake Reed, who we think is doing as well as anyone, David Kaminski, Jacob Bailey have came on strong, Ralston Evans has played guard and tackle. Coming off his knee injury during two a days. We have to monitor some of his workload so his knee doesn't swell. He's probably our most effort lineman we've got, and we've actually worked Pete Bachman into the mix to be an extra tackle guard with Dimitric Camiel, Jason Spriggs, a great player.
We're not great at offensive line, but there's a lot of depth and a lot of strength, and it's young, not a senior, losing a good player with Big Dan up there, but got some depth and got a great line coach and not only Greg (Frey) but with Ryan Stanchek does a good job, so I think we'll play rock solid up there.
Defensively you're going to see a bunch of D linemen, whether it be the old guys like (Bobby) Richardson, and you've see Alex Todd, (Adarius) Rayner, (Ryan) Phillis, (Nick) Mangieri has had a tremendous camp, Zack Shaw has had a really good preseason, Ralph Green you hadn't seen some in practice, really good preseason. You got (Darius) Latham and (David) Kenney, the two young guys. You're going to see Jordan Heiderman, as well, eight, nine, 10 of those guys. There's not much separation. I don't know if anybody right now is legitimate upper level Big Ten, but the twos are as good as the ones and we need those guys. And Coach Fabris and Coach Patton are coaching effort, those kids are learning how to play hard, and I actually think we're going to get better D line play. No disrespect to a couple really good D linemen, but we'll see how it goes. You'll see a bunch of those guys.
Linebackers, (David) Cooper has been solid. You see T.J. Simmons in the spring, going to be a really good freshman player. Lost Hoobler outside, Funderburk was very good in the spring. Flo Hardin has come on, much like Mangieri, his best preseason sticking out and making plays.
You'll see some young guys out there Griffen Dahlstrom, as well.
But you'll see some young guys, whether it be Clyde Newton, Marcus Oliver, T.J. Simmons, you'll see those young freshmen in the mix playing defense.
Back end, Antonio Allen came in, he's fighting neck to neck with (Greg) Heban and (Mark) Murphy at safety. You'll see those three guys mainly. Dawson Fletcher is the fourth, but you should see some of Antonio Allen and Heban and Murphy are two of our veteran players.
On the outside Tim Bennett has been our best at corner. You'll see him at one spot, probably another spot, it'll probably be a combination of whether it be (Kenny) Mullen, Michael Hunter, Ryan Thompson, Brian Williams. That's kind of it there.
Kickers: (Erich) Toth and (Nick) Campos are very competitive but inconsistently competitive, show kicks of being good, then the next day I'm off and the next guy is good. Need that punter to be a little bit more consistent. We've got leg there, needs to be better. Our kicker (Mitch Ewald) has a chance to be a quality player, and I think we've got some good return guys.
What you'll see if you watch us, it's a sign of maybe being a better team. You'll see enough second team guys playing on offense and defense. You'll see Cody Latimer covering kicks or you'll see Flo Hardin on kickoff return. You'll see starters on special teams because they're not playing 80 plays of offense. They're playing 30, 40, 50 plays because they're getting complemented hopefully you'll see better special team play because some of our even a comment from a scout that he sent me, you've got your players on special teams, and that's being done because we've got depth, and we're going to play more players than what you have as the depth chart or the first name everyone on that list I would anticipate you're going to see 90 percent of those guys in these first games as we play ball.
Last thing I'll hit before we go to Indiana State. Captains, we're not going to really vote. We've got our team leaders, our 12 team leaders and we'll get that in the media release to you with Jeff. We'll rotate around each game between those guys that are our 12 team leaders that monitor our team. Those will be our game captains that go out for both coin tosses. We always vote for captain at the end of the year because sometimes as you go through the year, it kind of changes and you want that to be because it's an honor, and it needs to be a huge honor that's forever. We want the captain of the 13 team, which is going to be honored forever, is someone that's the true representative of the season.
At the end we've got 12 great guys, so you'll see different guys for coin toss for what that's worth. In this day and age that's all they do is say heads or tails, take it or defer. The rest of the time they're looking over and you're saying take it or decline it.
Everybody talks about quarterbacks' huddle command. Nobody is in a huddle. They're standing there talking at the line all the time so it's a little different.
Indiana State coming in, Coach Sanford first year, always difficult in an opener. You don't know what you've got. New staff, you're not sure what you've got because no matter what they've done it's always independent of what you've got coming in. So he might have been a guy that didn't run the quarterback a lot that runs it a lot. Never played with tight ends, got a couple good tight ends. Defense, we were always a four man front, but we don't have enough linemen, we're in three man. We used to blitz a lot, hey, we can't cover, we're not blitzing. Every team is different first year because every coach you go back, it's one of the hardest games to prepare for. You're looking at this, the special teams guy came from here. The offensive line coordinator came from here. Head coach it's like you're looking at 12 teams. I mean, it's painful for me, and you're watching guys that you're not even I'm watching some guy we're never even going to see this dude. Who's this No. 52? Shoot, he plays at some school halfway across the country.
The game planning is a little bit more you've got to be ready for everything, and you'd better concentrate on yourself and make sure you're ready. So we need to be ready for imbalanced formations. We need to be ready for, like this week our defense put in blitzes and didn't tell the offense they were doing it because the offense had to adjust. Last night we did a couple formations the defense hadn't seen because all of a sudden you're going to have to line up and adjust. We'll probably get the same thing from Navy, because again, in their opener there's always wrinkles that you've got early.
But their offense is led by a great running back, one of the premier players in the FCS, one of the premier players in college ball. He'll be an NFL player, kid out of our state, was recruited before I got here. He looks to me as good or better than guys we've played with, a Big Ten level back, and that's a credit, again, previously to all their linemen and what they've done in the past. Shakir Bell is a tremendous player. He is basically a Heisman Trophy type player in that league not that league, that division of football, and again, they've previously they've built that program in the last couple years being a top 25 team, played us last year to a seven-point game, came in last year to win the game.
They'll come in this year to win the game. It'll be an exciting game for their players, brand new coaching staff, a lot of ties to the state. It'll be a difficult challenge, and it's a team we're not slighting. Again, we're playing this first game early for preparation for the second game.
I called Coach Sanford and said I want to do this, and he said, I want to, too. As a matter of fact, then he called me a week later to talk about a job, a recommendation. He said, did my AD call you about playing this game early, because you make strides from week one to week two, and you get two more practice days with a coaching change and what we're doing, I think it's great for both teams. I hope it'll be great for our fan base. I know that Thursday is not great for everybody's work schedule, but it is Labor Day weekend. Student body, if it's important to you as a fan, no matter what team you're on, you'll be here. It ought to be a great little game for this region, and I say it because moving forward by 2016 we will not be allowed to play them. The new rules, Big Ten is not going to be allowed to play FCS opponents.
To me it's a great opportunity. For them it's a great opportunity. It's a great opportunity for our fan bases in our region. Again, appreciate your coverage here as media guys and treating both teams with great respect, and again looking forward to a big week, an opening game and a great challenge from a team we've got a lot of respect for.
Q. Has this been a camp that's been more crisp than it has in the past and how much are they chomping at the bit?
Now, I thought last night we were a little sluggish. We got a little tired. We're kind of trying to do some things where we keep the physical presence coming without wearing the team out physically and mentally. It has been reasonably crisp, and again, I'm excited. I don't know if our team is, I'm just excited to see it in a game setting how far we've grown. Not to compare scores. Every year it's a different year. The score could be significantly different anyway. I'm really excited to see in a game setting do we play faster, more physical, do we play more sound, could we play more complete, O, D, kicking, can we put it all together. I'm excited.
I think our guys have gotten to like hitting, period. We like hitting each other. Everybody talked are you ready to hit someone else, yeah. We don't dislike hitting each other because that's a part of the game and there's a physical presence you want to have, and we sell that. I think our kids are embracing that. I don't think we're excited to hit Indiana State, I think we're excited to go play a game and see where we start, and no matter where we start, how much can we grow and where can we take these guys by the end of November.
Q. Talk about Tevin Coleman...
I would have said prior to the setback with the little drainage we had to do for Laray (Smith), Laray might have been actually doing better than D'Angelo (Roberts), so it's just very talented players and it's a very healthy competition. It's kind of the same thing we've got going on at quarterback. It's not like Stephen has done bad, it's close. We just think Tevin right now is going to jog out first, but I'd say they're both I don't say one has beat the other guy out. That's the starting tailbacks, and I guess Tevin will get first knock because he might have been a hair better. But it's a hair.
Q. In the past you've talked about the quarterback, that you wanted someone to step up and take control. Have you gotten more of that this year than you have in the previous two years?
That's why, again, it's not who's doing poorly. The offense isn't going to change. In fact my comment to Coach (Seth) Littrell, the two coaches I worked most with, one guy said you call the plays and don't worry about the players. If you want to do this play, don't say, well, he's in, don't do this. No, that's the play you want to run. And the other guy said you call plays like you're rolling dice; don't think you're going to hit craps, roll a good number, be positive, attack, go hit the number, go be aggressive with what you're doing.
My thing is when we went through things, okay, nothing has changed, because okay, Cam (Coffman) is in, run this play. Nate (Sudfeld) is in, run this play. This is our offense, and this is how we're doing it. Now, we're getting in there, there will probably be subtle strengths that we'll emphasize a smidge more, but the offense is not going to change.
Q. Talk about the challenge ISU runnings back Shakir Bell presents...
It'll be a nice here's where we're at. But no matter where it is when we start we'll need to continue that through the year because I always have said you probably caught onto it, I think you build your toughness through each day, through each week, through the season, and to me when we're talking toughness it's physical plays, running, stopping the run, short yardage offense, short yardage defense, scoring zone. If you play good score zone defense that means they're not running the ball too well. If you can score a lot of points that means you've got a little bit of a run game because those spaces get tighter in those deals.
To me it's going to be a great starting point. I don't know if it's a pure indicator. It'll let us know where we're at, and not just in the run game, the whole team. When we go from week one, the things we need to improve on, because we'll have the advantage. There's two advantages going into the second week in our world playing Navy. They don't have a game, we don't know what they're doing. We'll also have an advantage of really showing our kids things we need to improve on, so it's going to be a great starting point with Indiana State.
And again, whether, if we can win 3 2, we need to get a W, and it needs to be a physical style of play to get a W, and I expect those guys to come in and play a tremendous game, and our whole deal this week now is we've worked very, very hard. You don't get do overs in this. A lot of sports there's doubleheaders, home and homes and tournaments. We work I showed a clip to our team the other day of a guy's comments, you practice a lot more football than you ever play. The real deal is not just stopping the run or Shakir Bell, it's us playing as good as game as we can to get this first win because you don't get these games back, and from that we'll have great teaching points to emphasize and grow into week two, three, four, and see where we can take these guys.
Q. Is it important to have a good showing in terms of physicality on both sides of the ball?
Q. Did you accomplish what you set out to do in preseason camp?
We don't tackle the quarterbacks. Heck, I've seen times in the first game where I see the D lineman beat a guy and almost stop because he gets used to, I'm not supposed to tackle the quarterback, because you're training for eight weeks don't tackle the guy. I've see guys the first week flat out miss wide open sacks because it's almost like you're a trained dog and you're breaking we always talk about staying off the ground. When you stay off the ground you start playing high. When you play high, what's your pad level on third-and-1, short yardage, you can't run the ball, you can't stop the run because you're playing high. Why do we play high? You don't want to get guys on the ground for injuries. You try to play smart, you get bad habits.
Those are things as coaches that we're managing. The real deal, I think we've had a tremendous preseason, but the real deal will be do we come out and start off looking like a clean, efficient team? There'll be some penalties, there will always be those little glitches, but we come out and look like a better football team with the energy and the toughness and the execution.
Q. Do you think at this point you're sort of uniquely prepared to deal with a multiple quarterback situation?
To me because we're going to run our offense, in my world it has no effect on me. I think they're all three quality leaders. I think they're all three respected by their teammates. I don't think there's any favorites. If one of those guys make a bad throw you'll hear guys getting on them, come on, man, if they make a good play you hear guys cheering for them. I think they look at them like another player, and even though the quarterback gets a lot of notoriety, I mean, to them I think they like them.
Again, we'll see, and that'll be our job as coaches. I don't anticipate it it'll be a problem if they don't play well. We're going to everything we can what's in the best interest in the team and winning games. This school has made a commitment, these kids have made a huge commitment. It's our job as coaches, put the best dudes out there, make sure you have the right game plan, make sure you've practiced the right way, and now let's cross that white line and let's go play, and it's my job to make sure the dude coming out there is giving us the best chance to win because at the end of the day everything we've done is about trying to get us a chance to win.
We'll start fast, play well, win, and we'll win as much as we can. That's all this is about. It's not about favorites, mind games, being coy or motivation. I mean, this is about winning some doggone football games. It's about time we started doing it.
Q. You talked about how you have good leadership at the center position with Collin Rahrig...
Appreciate it, guys.
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