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This is by far one of the worst apartment complex that I have lived in. I lived for a year in building 4, which was extremely loud and not from neighbors but from passing traffic. I would wake up every morning… Full Review ▶
I've lived at Ridgeview for four years and have had a great experience here. Positives: I'm a single female and I've felt totally safe here. Good gym facilities and classes offered. Upkeep all over the complex is excellent. Staff is courteous… Full Review ▶
Thank you Ridgeview for two great years. I love using the gym, spin room and pool area because they are always clean and they offer free boot camps and spin classes which are both really great. The grounds are always clean… Full Review ▶
LOVE IT !! NEGATIVE REVIEWS WHY??? Ever heard that sometimes the happy customers never leave reviews TRUE NOW ABOUT THE LAST REVIEW The tenant who filed the last complaint on 2/6/2013. The water damage that happened twice in the last month… Full Review ▶
Too many complications at this place... Wouldn't recommend it to anybody. Full Review ▶
Do not move here. The 3 chicks that work in the front ---------------- ----- himself. Especially the manager -----------. She is extremely rude and condescending. People like her love to think they have some sort of higher power where they could… Full Review ▶
The ridgeview apartment communty staff made it so easy for my move-in and the staff was so courteous and nice. Brandi Harrington showed me 2 and 3 bedrooms, and I ended up leasing a 2 bedroom at an awesome price. The… Full Review ▶
I stopped today to take a look at these apartments despite the bad reviews here. There was only one person working the office. She gave me a curt hi and said nothing more. She looked more annoyed that I showed up… Full Review ▶
This is my second apartment in Austin. I don't have any issue with the apartment. Full Review ▶
I lived at Ridgeview for 4 years and I would recommend it to anyone! I loved living there. I bought a house, otherwise I would still be at this community. There are hundreds of communities in Austin and I feel very… Full Review ▶
MANAGEMENT IS VERY RUDE..DON'T CALL IN ON A FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE TOO BUSY TO TAKE YOUR PHONE CALL...I CALLED IN TO TELL THEM ABOUT MY NEIGHBOR MAKING TO MUCH NOISE AND SHE SAID "OH WELL" I CAN'T DO… Full Review ▶
Parking- The parking is adequate here. The buildings towards the front of the property do not have as many spaces available as the ones towards the back. We did purchase a garage which has been great because there is plenty of… Full Review ▶
I've been looking into an apartment in Austin and am confused about the large difference in scores between www.apartmentratings.com and www.apartmentgade.com. www.apartmentratings provided an overall rating of 2.8 where www.apartmentgrade.com gave the community a 4.5. After looking into the rating methodology… Full Review ▶
I was delayed by a week by another property on moving in with lack-luster attempts to fix me being stuck in a hotel for a week, so I came here after visiting an apartment locator. I walked into the office at… Full Review ▶
I won't say this place is terrible - but it's just not worth $1000 for a 3br/2bath. Amenities: The community has the worst amenities (a patch of golf putting green) and probably the worst pool I've seen at an apartment complex!… Full Review ▶
The parking was horrible to begin with. The office staff was rude, when they would actually answer the phone. My tire was slashed while living here as well. The people who lived on the floor above me offered me drugs and… Full Review ▶
Move - in: Our keys didn't work, the carpets were new, but the place wreaked of smoke (i am in the process of quitting, so this was a major pain.) and it took them 3 months to do something about the… Full Review ▶
I have been living here for two years now and I will tell you it hasn't been the easiest or nicest two years. About a year ago I was going to move out because my lease was going to expire and… Full Review ▶
I would not recommend Ridgeview, the staff is not professional or courteous. We had entered into a short term lease and rented both an apartment and garage . When we gave the written 30-day notice required, we had also included an… Full Review ▶
I lived here from 8/2003-8/2005. My roommate and I rented 2 different apartments during our time here. The first was on the 2nd floor in one of the buildings towards the front; where the road splits right and goes straight -… Full Review ▶
We lived there for 2 years. When we moved in, the management was great! They had an awesome woman (Elisa) in the main office who would always answer the phone and always take care of whatever you needed right away. They… Full Review ▶
I was one of the first residents at this property. The mgmt was delightful and the maintenance was very skillful and friendly. The property was well-lit and I loved the amenties. I did not get charged outrageous moving costs. They did… Full Review ▶
We are going on our second year here and we have not had as bad an experience as a lot of people on here and I wanted to make some things clear for those of you are thinking of moving here.
When… Full Review ▶
These guys suck and that too big time. After you vacate the apartment they will charge with you like $500 for absoultely nothing. They say the carpets are not clean, blindes are broken, some smell coming bla bla bla....
They will never… Full Review ▶
These apartments were great for the first month I lived there... then, I started to get INFESTED with silverfish. They were everywhere. In my bed, in the kitchen, in my picture frames and they said they sent someone out to spray… Full Review ▶
Well I just moved out from Ridgeview, and before leaving my only complaint would have been the monstrous parking.
It is rediculously bad. I thought it wouldn't be that big a deal, but it really was. When you have to park on… Full Review ▶
I spent over two years living at Ridgeview and the chief complaint for me was parking. Even when I had an assigned parking place, people would park in my space. Management at first was slow to respond, but after I complained… Full Review ▶
We've been living at our apt. for 1 year and here's what we think:
1. Management-overall good. There has been some 1 or 2 times when we called and asked something to be done and it never got done (1 time… Full Review ▶
I would not have renewed my lease for a third year if I didn't love it at Ridgeview. There have been some changes, but they were all for the better. Great community, great area. The staff is courteous whenever I am… Full Review ▶
I think that the only people who write nasty reviews are ones who are unhappy and maybe they just like to complain...But seeing the good and the bad in ANY place you live is only fair. Just like living in a… Full Review ▶
Sorry if this review is long, but I wanted to fully explain the positive and the negative sides of living here.
I have mixed feelings when it comes to Ridgeview, as other reviewers seem to also. On one hand you… Full Review ▶
the apartments themselves are nice and the pool and gym are nice. But there is not hot tub and definitely no parking. Everyone I know, who has come over to see me has gotten there car towed including my boyfriend and… Full Review ▶
Unlike a few other reviews, my experience at Ridgeview a been good. Like all apartments there are a few things you have to deal with such as neighbors, parking, and pets.
I have had many dealing with the management and they… Full Review ▶
Okay let me start out by saying that our apartment is beautiful and that is the only reason that we have stayed (including not wanting to break the lease).
When we first moved in our dishwasher was not working. The very rude… Full Review ▶
We found out about Ridgeview while searching online back in L.A. I was immediately impressed by the large floorplans and all of the modern touches. The leasing agent we spoke to was very helpful and courteous, and even talked us into… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for a year. I have had one bad experience with a noisy neighbor and she was evicted after too many complaints. People here are pretty friendly. A drunk woman(who didnt live here) came around the corner too… Full Review ▶
This place is a joke. Period. Management is always to busy to answer questions and they don't return phone calls. Full Review ▶
I'm very happy with this community. They've been more than willing to cooperate with me, get things done in a timely fashion - and seem to know the residents - and/or recognize them all.
They have lots of nifty features… Full Review ▶
The staff was very rude and not very helpful at all. The parking situation is horrible and they are not doing anything to fix it. To make matters worst their staff is rude and full of incompetent people and their corporate… Full Review ▶
I loved my apartment (it was really cute) but everything else about ridgeview was awful, from the management to the parking situation. The people that they have working in the office are some of the rudest people I have ever met.… Full Review ▶
I have been a resident at Ridgeview for over a year and I love living here. I moved from out of state and was surprised at how easy the staff made the process. They were very freindly and kind, as well… Full Review ▶
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Yes, the parking situation is the nightmare that everyone professes it to be. I too have… Full Review ▶
My boyfriend and I have lived here for over a year! It has been one big disappointment after antoher. My biggest complaint is the staff. They act as if they can't be bothered when anyone calls or comes into the office.… Full Review ▶
This has been the worst 13 months ever! Not only is the parking situation horrible! And that is an understatement, it has turned into a frat house. Don't believe that this place is luxury living, it is loud, full of trash,… Full Review ▶
The parking is terrible! I've been towed twice while living here. The second time the towing company couldn't produce a photograph of what they said was me being over the white line. Personally I think management is getting kickbacks from the… Full Review ▶
I live at Riata - I was towed from ridgeview while visiting a friend that lives there. The place is a joke! Full Review ▶
I moved to this complex in Sept of 2003 and have been extremely happy. This has been the best apartment I´ve had, it has an awesome layout and design.
I´ve never had a problem with management, they´ve always been friendly and… Full Review ▶
Ridgeview Apartments Parking situation is absolutely terrible. Upon viewing the apartments and moving in, I was never given any notice of the parking situation. Management also had my uhaul trailer and vehicle towed while I was moving in. Great way to… Full Review ▶
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June 20 — PROVO — Carl Gallegos signed up for Saturday's AF Canyon Half Marathon to help cancer patients pay for their treatments. But running the race actually saved his own life.
Gallegos, 57, crossed the finished line in one hour 56 minutes. He grabbed his medal and a bottle of water before telling a volunteer he needed to find the aid station. That's the last thing he remembers before going into cardiac arrest.
"I was running fine and felt great until about two blocks from the finish line. I started feeling faint so I leaned against a car to gather my senses and then started walking," recalled Gallegos. "I don't remember anything after saying I needed some help."
After Gallegos fell to the ground, Lori Bertelsen, race volunteer and nurse administrator at American Fork Hospital, performed CPR to revive him. Paramedics then transported him to the hospital where tests showed three blockages in his heart.
Gallegos said he had his first heart attack about 13 years ago and a second one five years ago. Three stents were placed in his heart to open the clogged arteries, but allergies prevent him from taking any heart medications.
The Spanish Fork resident started running as a way to get exercise and help control his heart disease. He normally goes for a 10-mile run along the river trail near his home on Saturdays.
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When you first receive the life changing news that you have ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, and there is no cure, if fortunate to be in an area served by the ALS Association, you receive a publication named Living With ALS. This series of booklets, also available as a download, is a wealth of information. Guiding the victim and family through the many aspects of this dark time, medical, social, spiritual, legal, financial, insurance, group support, avenues to help fight etc.
To Live With ALS is a phrase I keep close at hand in my fight against it for the past couple years. No matter what, for this time I am able, to live.
Everyone dies. When I got my news, "you have ALS, there is no cure." I didn't ask, "why me" and still have not. Better to ask "why not me?" Why three children on a corner run down by a van? Why a sleeping teen in bed killed by a stray bullet from the street? Why a happy couple on their way home from child's graduation killed head on by drunk driver? Why a mother of four in school of cancer? Why a sweet lady days after retirement as a productive member of the community be told of a brain tumor with just a few months to go? Why a family playing on a beach wiped out by an incoming missile strike? Why a jet full of innocent people heading for vacation? Why of starvation in a land of plenty? Why not me? I have a roof over my head. If I could swallow, I could select what I want for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As much water as I desire is in the next room, clothes to wear, a bed to dream in, worship without fear of persecution. Am I not still better off than 50 percent of the world?
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Coaches, Please remember to have some courtesy if your game is cancelled due to rain or field conditions and contact your opponent so they don't drive to your field only to find out that the field is unplayable.
Schedules have been released. An extra week had to be added to the Bronco and Pinto divisions to accommodate odd number of teams. There are also two Tuesday games on the schedule in Weirton that were needed to accommodate 10 game schedule for odd number of teams in the Bronco division.
Good Luck to all teams this season!
This is the most up to date list that I have. Please let me know if there are any corrections as I will be starting on the schedule this week. Organizations with more than one team in each division should let me know if they will have a team name, otherwise they will have names such as Wintersville 1, Wintersville 2, Wintersville 3.
There will be a Fall Ball Meeting on Monday 7/21/14 @ the Wintersville Fire Hall @ 7:00 PM. This meeting is open to officers, presidents, and parents.
Topics include double headers vs. 1 nine inning game
1. Rule revisions
2. Discussion of the OVYBL becoming an "and under" league.
3. Time frame of fall season
4. Defining "call up" in terms of when they are needed.
5. intentional walk rule.
6. additional topics that need to be addressed.
Please remember to visit our Fall Ball Website which can be found here for more information regarding the fall season.
Results of meeting
2014 Season will NOT consist of double headers.
Bronco and Pony will play one nine inning game on Saturday.
Mustang will play one eight inning game on Saturday.
Pinto will play one 7 inning game on Saturday.
Runs per inning rule will apply, however, there will be no mercy rule. Mercy rule was removed in order to get the kids as many reps as possible.
A "call up" Player was defined. A "call up" player may be used in Mustang as a 10th or 11th player. Bronco and Pony may use a call up as a 9th or 10th player. A call up shall not be used if he is the 12th player or more in Mustang and 11th player or more in Bronco and Pony. This rule will also be utilized during the Spring Season as well.
It was also determined that 4 balls must be thrown by the pitcher for an intentional walk to be issued as it was in the current season. This rule shall remain in effect.
It was also determined that the OVYBL will rewrite its current by-laws. The By-Law committee is comprised of the voting presidents. The first meeting for this will be held at 7:00 pm on August 4th at Zalenski's in Wintersville.
There was also discussion as to whether or not the OVYBL should convert to an "and under" league as opposed to "traditional" league as we currently are. Discussion of this will be continued at the next OVYBL Meeting.
Rules will be posted in the next few days for the 2014 Fall Season.
Thanks to all that attended the meeting.
During the Fall Ball meeting, Steve Seminara from Steubenville Umpires informed the group that he would not be scheduling umpires for Fall 2013.
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Franklin Richards is a fictional character that appears in the Marvel Universe.
Franklin is an Omega-Level mutant with vast reality-manipulating powers. He is the young son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four and the older brother of Valeria Richards. His parents named him Franklin Benjamin Richards; his middle name is taken from his Godfather Benjamin Jacob Grimm, the Thing. Franklin also shares the same middle name as Peter Benjamin Parker, Spider-Man, who once told Franklin "Uncle Bens are always right". Franklin's first name comes from Franklin Storm, his maternal grandfather.
During a battle between Ultron-7 and the Fantastic Four, the energy leaking from Ultron awoke Franklin and his powers. The energy release from Franklin was enough to defeat Ultron. Free of the excess energy, Franklin was returned to his normal power level.
While still little, Franklin was looked after by an elderly woman called Agatha Harkness who turned out to be a benevolent witch. She and Franklin became very attached to one another — the latter calling her "Aunt Agatha" — and lived together at her old residence of Whisper Hill (which was regularly destroyed and rebuilt). Eventually Agatha returned to live in the secret witch community of New Salem, Colorado, and Franklin moved in permanently with the FF. His powers were manifesting themselves, however, and he even gained the ability to destroy things from a distance.
Franklin later even aged himself into an adult, becoming known as the Avatar. In this form, Franklin had vast amounts of power to manipulate energy, but he quickly restored himself to childhood.
Franklin's adventures with Power Pack gained him an enemy in the alien Zn'rx, and allies and friends in the Kymellian Whitemanes. Franklin was particularly close to the young Kofi Whitemane, who declared Franklin an honorary cousin in much the same way as the children of Power Pack had been adopted as honorary Whitemanes. Franklin also regarded the Power children and their parents as a sort of surrogate family — his association with them beginning at a time when he was feeling particularly distant from his parents at a time when they were living at Avengers Mansion. At this period Franklin also bonded emotionally with Avengers associate and manservant Edwin Jarvis, as Jarvis was his primary caretaker while Franklin stayed at the mansion. His friendship with the Power children also gave Franklin a taste of life among siblings, which the lonely Franklin would not experience until much later when his sister Valeria was born.
The Richards and Power families became fast friends, though neither family's parents realized that any of the children other than Franklin were super-powered (though Susan and Reed discovered this later). Franklin even kept his membership of Power Pack a secret from his own parents: when he appeared before them in image form (see above) he would stick to ordinary clothes, only appearing in his Power Pack outfit before other heroes such as Kitty Pryde.
Franklin even lived with the Power family for a time, when his parents decided that a super-hero headquarters was a dangerous place for a child to live, and wanted Franklin to spend time in a "normal" family environment. He returned to his family when Power Pack temporarily left Earth for the Kymellian homeworld.
It was then revealed that in another possible future timeline, Franklin Richards would, with Rachel Summers, father a terrible time- and dimension-traveling supervillain named Hyperstorm. Hyperstorm kidnapped Psi-Lord and replaced him with his child self.
Franklin travels with several X-Men to the farm owned by Hank McCoy's parents. He plays with Artie Maddicks and Leech, both mutant children. During his stay with Generation X, Franklin, Artie and Leech meet with Howard the Duck and a Rigellian ally of Thor named Tana Nile. The plant-controlling villain Black Tom Cassidy attacks at the Danger Grotto tree house they enjoy staying in. Howard saves them all, seemingly destroying Black Tom. Later, Franklin and Alicia attend an unveiling of a statue commemorating the sacrifices made by the heroes. It focuses on Thor's hammer, Captain America's shield and his father's stretching arm. The Mad Thinker, who dislikes the statue, attacks the gathering with an array of shape-changing robots. The Thunderbolts, a group of villains pretending to be heroes, defeat the robots and safely rescue Franklin. The Celestials recognized that Franklin represented the culmination of their genetic experiments, that he had power to rival even theirs. Ashema, one of the Celestials, representing herself as a human, visits Franklin. Ultimately, Franklin, Ashema and other forces allowed the rightful heroes to return and both universes to remain functioning.
Later, Onslaught is reformed with the mutant energy released from Decimation, tries to get its revenge on Franklin.
Shortly afterwards, Doctor Doom made a pact with the Haazareth, to gain vast magical power. During Doom's attacks upon the Fantastic Four, Franklin was sucked into Hell, by the Haazareth. After the defeat of Doom, his parents rescued him. Franklin had a hard time coping with the traumatic experience of being tormented in Hell. With help from the Thing and Franklin's mother, he made a complete mental recovery.
Because of the danger of their adventures, Child Welfare questioned the safety of the Baxter Building, due to the numerous super villain attacks on it. After much reluctance, Reed and Sue agreed that if necessary, their children could be taken away. However, an initial condition was that a "dummy" safe-house was to be set up, and a press release to be announced that the children had already been moved. It is uncertain exactly which of the FF's enemies carried out the attack, or why (there is speculation that Reed carried out the attack himself to allow him and Sue to keep the kids), but it was enough to convince Child Welfare.
When Franklin flees to Counter-Earth, Onslaught follows him. While the Avengers assess their new threat which did not exist until Franklin appeared, they take into account what the boy says about Onslaught. However, they are in disbelief that he is the son of Susan Storm and Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four as they are not married in their reality.
After a brief skirmish, the heroes and villains decide to work together to defeat Onslaught, but it is Rikki "Bucky" Barnes who defeats him, using a Fantasti-Car to send them both through the Negative Zone barrier in the Fantastic Four's lab, trapping them. Franklin returns home, Bucky finds herself on Earth 616, and Onslaught is last seen floating outside the Area 42 Prison in the Negative Zone.
It must be noted that the adult Franklin Richards seen in the present of Earth-616 during the Days of Future Past crossover tapped into the powers of Rachel Summers, augmenting his own abilities with the near-infinite energy of the Phoenix Force.
The Exiles, a group of superheroes taken from several different realities, traveled to a future Earth where their mission was to stop Franklin Richards' son from conquering that world. Franklin himself is not shown in this storyline.
In the out-of-continuity humor series Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, Franklin is portrayed as a Calvin-esque troublemaker who can't resist "playing" with his father's inventions, with disastrous results. Franklin must then scramble to reverse the effects/clean up after the results of his "play", with the help of his long-suffering robot nanny H.E.R.B.I.E. (who essentially plays a Hobbes-esque role), or face punishment from his parents. In the Son of a Genius one-shot Everybody Loves Franklin, Franklin encountered a non-superpowered version of Katie Power (the "real" Franklin's former Power Pack teammate); while Franklin at first disliked Katie in stereotypical young boy fashion, he seemed to develop a crush on her (reciprocated by Katie) when he discovered that she had a talent for mayhem similar to his own.
Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius began as a series of back-up strips, each one appearing in all Marvel books released in a certain publishing week. The strips were well-received by Marvel readership and the concept was granted a self-titled one-shot, which primarily reprinted the published strips to date. A second one-shot followed, subtitled Everybody Loves Franklin, with new material. A third one-shot, a Summer Special of new stories, and a fourth, subtitled Happy Franksgiving; in which includes a unique mini-tale involving Thanksgiving Day, have already been released. And a fifth one-shot titled, World Be Warned, It's Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius was followed by Fantastic Four Presents Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius: Monster Mash. All of the Son of a Genius stories to date have been drawn by Chris Eliopoulos and co-written by Eliopoulos and Marc Sumerak.
A Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius one-shot entitled Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion sees Franklin and H.E.R.B.I.E. face Skrull invaders in the title story, which parodies Marvel's 2008 crossover event Secret Invasion. Franklin easily outsmarts and overpowers the hapless Skrull spy who tries to replace him.
After this adventure, Julie Power creates a costume for Franklin, dubbing him the "honorary fifth member". The costume looks like a standard Power Pack costume, done in orange and having the all-seeing eye icon of his "tattletale" costume from the original series. Although the costume was made of regular materials instead of using the alien materials that accounts for the special abilities of the other Power Pack costumes; Franklin's father has modified the "Tattletale" costume using unstable molecules.
In the Power Pack: Day One miniseries; Franklin is staying with the Power family, due to the Fantastic Four going on a space mission. During his stay, Franklin is learning from the Power siblings the origin of how they became Power Pack.
In the first issue of the Skrulls vs. Power Pack miniseries; Franklin and the Power siblings were at a bowling alley, when they were attacked by bounty hunters. While the hunters captured and delivered the Pack to Patchworld; Franklin managed to return to the Baxter Building to ask his parents to help rescue them, but instead depended upon the aid from both the Smartship Friday and his robot nanny H.E.R.B.I.E.
This version of Franklin to this date hasn't displayed any powers; however, he does have great courage and intelligence. He also has some impressive high-tech gadgets that Reed and Franklin built together. These save his life during the Galactic bounty-hunter attack.
With the main continuity, the "Son of a Genius" series, and the all ages version of Power Pack; there are now three different versions {within the different continuities} of Franklin Richards fighting the Skrull Invasion.
In the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, when speaking to the Invisible Woman, Franklin was briefly mentioned.


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Whether explaining the distribution of a single variable or reviewing the results of an advanced statistical analysis, the researcher should try to convey substantive information in a clear and concise manner. Lee Epstein, Andrew Martin, Mathew Schneider, and Christina Boyd co-authored an insightful series on best practices in statistical presentation for empirical legal research. These papers are highly recommended for beginners interested in employing quantitative methods in their research. Some key rules derived from the papers include:
Epstein et al. (2006) "On the Effective Communication of Results of Empirical Studies, Part I" Vanderbilt Law Review 59(6): 1811-1871
Epstein et al. (2007) "On the Effective Communication of Results of Empirical Studies, Part II" Vanderbilt Law Review vol. 60(3): 801-846.
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September 11, 2007 8:34 AM PDT
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BT Business Builder incorporates bookkeeping, invoicing, sales, planning, payroll, human resources, and health and safety tools, together with a news-alert service covering new business legislation.
Although the basic service is free, a fee-based upgrade to the premium service adds a 24-hour legal helpline to the mix, along with more-advanced human resources, health and safety, and payroll functions.
"Our customers are looking for comprehensive support and that's what we're delivering," Bill Murphy, managing director of BT Business, said Tuesday.
"By offering the basic service for free," Murphy added, "we are helping small businesses get off on the right foot, and more-established ones to make their processes much more efficient."
BT, which is gradually shifting its image from telecommunications incumbent to global IT services giant, has already launched several hosted services for small businesses this year. BT Tradespace, launched in April, is a free social-networking and marketing facility designed to let small business set up an online presence easily via a series of templates. BT Workspace, launched in January, is a Microsoft SharePoint-based collaboration tool.
David Meyer of ZDNet UK reported from London.
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Eating and drinking your way though the village in a benefit culinary event.
By Emily J. Weitz
Drifts of ice float through the channel between North Haven and Shelter Island, where sailboats once bobbed. And that can be reason either to retreat into our respective hideaways or to celebrate. Sag Harbor has chosen the latter. That's why this coming Saturday, February 5, is a day when you should hope you didn't book that trip to Barbados or plan to meet up with friends in the city. Because with fireworks displays and restaurant crawls, live music and ice carvings, Sag Harbor is right where it's at.
While this is officially the first annual HarborFrost, it's an idea that's been in the making for quite some time. Charlie Canavan of the Sag Harbor Hysterical Society has been helping take the bite out of winter for Sag Harbor residents for the past ten years with events like this Saturday's culinary stroll, sponsored by the society. The purpose of the Hysterical Society is "to get people together for someone who needs a boost."
Proceeds from these events have always gone to some member of the community who could use the help, whether it was someone battling cancer or a family that couldn't afford to put dinner on the table. The recipient of this year's donation is yet to be determined, but the event itself is more than enough reason to come out and connect with the community.
This year, five local restaurants are involved, and participants will get to sample some of the signature dishes of each. As they wander from place to place, they'll be accompanied by three traveling musicians.
"The musicians will accompany us into the restaurants, we'll get drinks, and enjoy the spread for 45 minutes or so," says Canavan, "then we head to the next restaurant. Maybe we'll stop in between for some songs on the sidewalk. We'll do this four or five times."
In addition, the stroll has been designed to take advantage of the other events of the day.
"We are going to lead the troops past ice carving and ice sculptures taking place on the pier, and another on the south side of town," says Canavan. "We'll time our stroll so I can bring participants to the wharf at 5:45 for the fireworks display."
The stroll begins with registration at Phao at 2 p.m. Participants will receive chefs hats and crayons and the cash bar will be open "to get everybody warmed up," says restaurant manager Harrison Platz. A special bacon infused bourbon cocktail will be featured.
"This is made with center cut double hickory smoked bacon with Basil Hayden's Bourbon," says Platz. The rest of Phao's creative cocktails, like the Devilish Romance (Prosecco with St Germaine liquer and pomegranate juice) and the Sake Martini (Organic Crop Cucumber Vodka and Kaori Sake) will be available. House favorites like chicken satay with peanut sauce and cucumber salad, lamb lollipops in a garlic cilantro soy reduction, and curry puffs in fresh cucumber pickle relish will be served.
"We chose [these appetizers] for this event because they are representative of the style and quality our cuisine has to offer," says Platz. "People rave about our lamb lollipops; they are fall off the bone amazing."
Phao's next-door neighbor, Sen, will also be donating food to the cause, so sushi rolls and crab cakes will be on hand.
At about 3:15, the group, in their giant chef's hats, will be ushered down Main Street to Windmill Beach, where they can catch a glimpse of the Frosty Plunge (3:30). After that they'll head over to Bay Street Theatre, where musicians from the weekly Jam Session will be in full swing. The three strolling musicians will join right in.
"The stroll itself is a tremendous way to build community spirit," says Canavan. "Many of these people have never met, and they get to know each other as well as the fine restaurants they've never visited."
After a taste of the afternoon jam, it's back to the serious business of culinary consumption. At 4:30, LT Burger will have a spread of their gourmet style burgers.
"They've got a lot of cutting-edge things on the menu," says Canavan. "Their hamburger, cheeseburger, and tuna burger are all very unique."
After getting their fill of the down-home cooking at LT, the group will check out the fireworks display and then head up to New Paradise.
"They have the greatest chicken dinner you'll ever eat in your life," says Canavan. "This is off the charts." When one of the restaurants wants to offer an entrée, they'll cut it up into finger food portions so guests can sample the best of their menu while still pacing themselves.
At 7:30, the group is expected at Il Capuccino for real Italian cooking (have you HAD their garlic knots?). In a private dining room hors d'eouvres will be set out including stuffed mushrooms, rigatoni a la vodka, and eggplant rollotini. Then it's down to Blue Sky by around 8:15, where the mussels meunerie should not be missed. The bar and lounge will be open late into the evening.
"It's going to be lots of walking, singing, socializing and taking in the sites of HarborFrost," says Canavan. "It's an opportunity for these restaurants to show off a little bit, and we get to stroll around and take in the beauty of this little village." The Culinary Stroll is $40, and proceeds go to a member of our community who's in need. Sign up at Phao between 2 and 3:15 on Saturday. For more information call 725-7936.


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The Read-Option As We Know It Is Dead
But the scheme is quickly evolving to redefine play-action and revolutionize the passing game. Long live the read-option
How would quarterback Robert Griffin III look in his return from major reconstructive knee surgery? Would Washington put its second-year star at risk by continuing to run its vaunted read-option? These questions were among the most asked by NFL fans entering the new season, but the latter remains unanswered following the Redskins' 33-27 loss to the Eagles last Monday night. Philadelphia led by 19 at halftime and Washington committed three turnovers (including two picks by a rusty RG3), forcing head coach and offensive coordinator Mike and Kyle Shanahan to abandon the run.
We may not see Washington's read-option in Week 2 either, not after the Packers took away the 49ers' read-option last Sunday. Green Bay had its weak outside edge defender ambush quarterback Colin Kaepernick at the snap. If that defender was left unblocked, he had an unimpeded path to deliver a thundering hit. Consequently, the Niners used a true read-option on just a handful of plays. Kaepernick was drilled for a loss of seven yards and two yards on the two times he kept the ball; another time, running back Kendall Hunter was tackled for a loss of seven by an unblocked Clay Matthews, who was on his way to Kaepernick.
In time we'll look back and view this as the beginning of the end for the read-option as we know it. The quarterback no longer has enough time to ride the mesh point because the unblocked defender is no longer reacting to the action, he's now dictating it. This doesn't mean read-option concepts will disappear. In fact, the scheme might still be in its infantile stages. Even if mobile quarterbacks like Griffin are no longer be asked to read unblocked edge defenders, they can still influence defenses by executing read-option motions (i.e. riding the mesh point on handoffs or QB keepers) on traditional run plays out of the Pistol formation. Such a wrinkle still presents the defense with added dimensions to think about.
Washington actually used these dummy looks on a regular basis last year. Often, plays that appeared to be read-options were straight huddle calls, with Griffin only pretending to read the unblocked defender. They worked just as effectively, if not better, than actual read-options. Here are but a few examples:
Last season, the unblocked edge defender was a read-option offense's target for manipulation. Now that offenses will have to start blocking those edge defenders, inside linebackers and safeties will become the new targets. What this could mean is the read-option, which was originally thought to revolutionize the running game, will have its greatest impact on the passing game. Essentially, it could become a new form of play-action.
We've already seen the early stages of this. Last season, Washington's offense used play-action on 42% of its snaps, the highest total the NFL has seen since Football Outsiders started tracking the stat in 1991. Washington averaged 10.1 yards on these plays. However, most of those play-action passes resulted from Griffin doing a traditional fake handoff in the pistol formation. Linebackers would instinctively bite, and RG3 would fire a seven-to-nine-yard quick slant in their vacated areas.
In the next phase, we could see play-action take the form of the elongated read-option looks. (The Packers saw hints of this last Sunday, as Kaepernick completed 8 of 10 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns on play-action passes, many of which came from the Pistol and exploited man coverage on deeper downfield levels.) Though Kaepernick didn't prolong his ball fakes against Green Bay, the idea would be to ride the mesh point long enough to get linebackers to bite and the safeties to freeze. The timing of the play—especially for linemen trying to sell a run block—would be very similar to a traditional seven-step play-action, except the quarterback wouldn't have to turn his back to the defense. The timing of current play-action passes out of the Pistol are closer to traditional three- and five-step drops, which means shorter routes.
Washington may not have to get über-creative to create vertical opportunities this Sunday. The Packers defense gave up a league-high three completions on passes where the ball traveled at least 20 yards downfield last week. If Griffin can rediscover enough of his confidence and rhythm to start planting and stepping into his throws, downfield shots should be available. Manufacturing those shots off of a true read-option look would be an innovative next step for the Shanahans to take.
Rams @ Falcons
One concern with Atlanta's defense coming into this season was its linebackers in coverage. They were torn apart by tight ends in the playoffs. In the season opener against New Orleans, with Stephen Nicholas sidelined with a thigh injury, defensive lineman Kroy Biermann played strong outside backer in the base D, while run-oriented middle linebacker Akeem Dent got snaps in nickel. Neither is a particularly comfortable pass defender, but with help from safeties in the box and, when possible, jams off the line, Atlanta held Jimmy Graham to 45 yards on four receptions (one went for a touchdown). This week, the Falcons are facing a similar versatile weapon in St. Louis's Jared Cook. The $35 million free agent erupted for 141 yards and two touchdowns in his Rams debut. As with Graham, the Falcons can expect to see Cook line up all over the formation this week.
Panthers @ Bills
People are quickly falling out of love with Cam Newton. Just two years ago, the mobile 6-5, 245-pound quarterback took the NFL by storm. Now there's a new 6-5, 240-pound run-pass threat for people to fall for (or at least flirt with) in EJ Manuel. The Bills' first-round rookie is unrefined in a lot of his mechanics, but unlike Newton, he hasn't had two full NFL seasons to improve (or in Newton's case, not improve). Also unlike Newton, Manuel isn't coming off a disappointing Week 1 performance in which he left too many open receivers on the field. (Then again, Buffalo's wideouts didn't exactly get open against the Patriots.)
Vikings @ Bears
For Bears fans, the fact that their team did not give up a single sack was almost as exciting as Chicago's come-from-behind victory over a good Bengals squad in Week 1. The last time that happened in a Bears' season opener was 1998. All the more impressive, the Bears started a pair of rookie linemen on the right side: first-rounder Kyle Long at guard and fifth-rounder Jordan Mills at tackle. And they were facing a blitz-happy Bengals defense that is loaded across the front four and coming off a 51-sack season (one behind Denver and St. Louis for the NFL lead). Aside from a few protection cracks on the right side in the first half, quarterback Jay Cutler operated in an uninvaded pocket. The Bears will need another encouraging pass-blocking performance this week against a Vikings' front four that boasts quality rushers off both edges in Jared Allen and Brian Robison.
Dolphins @ Colts
When these teams met in Week 9 last year, quarterback Andrew Luck threw for a rookie record 433 yards, including a staggering six conversions on third-and-10-or-longer. Luck dominated with his most underrated attribute: the ability to buy time, maneuvering in the pocket or escaping it in order to make downfield throws late in the play. Of course, Luck was playing in Bruce Arians's aggressive, multipronged offense last season. This year, he's working in Pep Hamilton's more conventional run-oriented West Coast-style system. (Against the Raiders last week, Luck dropped back 31 times, just five more times than he handed off.) He's also facing a Dolphins defense that has a stouter pass-rush (third overall pick Dion Jordan had a sack in his NFL debut) and a revamped secondary that stifled the Browns' (albeit iffy) receiving corps last week.
Cowboys @ Chiefs
It's a homecoming for Brandon Carr, one of the most underappreciated press-corners in football who played his first four seasons in Kansas City before joining Dallas in 2012. Carr had a laudable performance in Monte Kiffin's new scheme against the Giants on Sunday night. Though Kiffin is a zone-based coach, he is mainly using the Seahawks' hybrid 4-3 man-zone scheme, with his corners playing outside technique but in a man-press type position. With a single-high safety, the only help the corners have comes from underneath second-level zone defenders. This seems risky, but is a sound approach with the right personnel. But as the Giants showed throughout the second half, it can leave the defense vulnerable against 12- to 16-yard slants. That's a route Dwayne Bowe has always run well. It will be interesting to see if Kiffin has Carr—who is clearly Dallas's best corner, especially with Morris Claiborne battling a bum shoulder and playing on a sore knee—shadow Bowe or whether he keeps his defenders on set sides of the field.
Chargers @ Eagles
As teams become more familiar with Chip Kelly's offense, defensive coordinators will choose to be proactive against Philadelphia's rapid-pace. The Redskins only came close to disrupting the Eagles' hurry-up rhythm on Monday night when they dialed up blitzes on the right side, attacking the athletic but inexperienced rookie Lane Johnson at tackle. Keep in mind, Philly's offensive linemen don't have time to identify pressure looks when the ball is snapped quickly; that's partly why Eagles go with zone blocking instead of man. And quarterback Michael Vick has never been great at identifying blitzes with his presnap reads. The question is whether the Chargers, on a short week, can install pressure concepts into the default base schemes that Philadelphia's tempo will force them to use.
Browns @ Ravens
If Week 1 is any indication, this may look more like a Pee Wee game, as neither team has wide receivers who can consistently get open or catch the football. This has long been a problem for both clubs. The Ravens got away with it last year because their most reliable receiver, Anquan Boldin (now with the 49ers), is one of the rare players who is so strong he doesn't need to be "open" in order to make catches. You can't say the same about Torrey Smith, who has top-end speed but lacks the initial quickness to create separation at the intermediate levels. Browns wideouts Greg Little and Josh Gordon (who is serving the last part of his two-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy this week) have the speed as well as the size to make contested catches, but unlike Boldin, they haven't grasped the nuances of their position to yet do so. Both of these defenses used a lot of man-to-man coverage in Week 1. They have every reason to do so again in Week 2.
Titans @ Texans
Something to keep an eye on: Houston's new use of 3 x 1 closed formations. That is, three receivers lined up to one side of the field, opposite a tight end aligned in his standard spot next to a tackle on the other side of the field. It looks like a passing formation, but in Week 1, the Texans mostly ran from it.
Saints @ Bucs
When rookie coach Greg Schiano faced the Saints for the first time last year in Week 7, the Bucs played a lot of seven- and eight-man zone coverages. Schiano learned that's not a great approach against this offense because it allows Drew Brees more than enough time to work through his progressions (which is exactly what the seven-time Pro Bowler does best). When the teams met again in Week 15, the Bucs changed up their defensive looks, switching between man-free and Cover 2. But injuries had depleted their secondary and pass rush, leaving them unequipped to match up against New Orleans's aerial weapons. With both teams at full strength this weekend, Tampa Bay's approach could say a lot about what kind of defense Schiano plans on employing in 2013.
Lions @ Cardinals
Maybe Reggie Bush won't rush for 90 yards and catch more than 100 every week, but his debut with Detroit was no mirage against the Vikings. Bush is one of the few players in the league with a skill-set similar to that of Jahvid Best, and this offense has been waiting almost two years for someone to fill that role. When the Lions were first piecing together their Scott Linehan-led offense, the crucial supporting element around the Matthew Stafford-Calvin Johnson tandem was Best—a shifty, space-oriented scatback who was equally adept carrying the ball out of the backfield and catching passes on receiver-type routes. When Stafford finally got healthy in 2011, the Lions opened the season 5-0. Those happened to be the only five games that Best was healthy that year. He averaged 19 touches and 112 yards from scrimmage in those contests until concussion problems derailed his career.
Jaguars @ Raiders
One of the many profound points John Madden used to make during his broadcasting career was that mobility is a key asset for a young quarterback, because it serves as a crutch for when he drops back and has no idea how to read the defense. Good quarterbacks eventually learn to recognize what they're seeing, but until they've mastered the skill, the mobile ones at least have the ability to turn bad plays into positive gains. This game will provide a great snapshot of how significant this can be. Both of these offenses have questionable lines and sub-par receiving corps. And both have undeveloped young quarterbacks. Oakland's Terrelle Pryor is mobile and rushed for 112 yards in Week 1. Jacksonville's Blaine Gabbert was sacked six times.
Broncos @ Giants
With Von Miller serving his six-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, and with Elvis Dumervil now in Baltimore, people were skeptical about how the Broncos would generate a pass-rush early in the season. In Week 1, they didn't—at least not using four basic rushers when the game was still close. But as the score became lopsided and the Ravens had to throw, defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio started uncorking the multipronged, multilevel sub-package blitzes that helped the Broncos record a league-leading 52 sacks last year. Even without cornerback Champ Bailey, who hopes to return this week from a foot injury, Del Rio was able to play this way because his secondary had no trouble stifling the Ravens in man coverage.
Contrast that with the Giants, a team known for usually having a potent four-man rush that hides its ho-hum secondary. They generated almost no pressure against a shaky Cowboys O-line on Sunday night. It's not a new thing, either. Their inconsistency in generating pressure was disconcerting last season as well. Given the way Peyton Manning moves in the pocket and anticipates throwing lanes early in his progressions, he shouldn't expect to see much pressure Sunday afternoon.
49ers @ Seahawks
Colin Kaepernick had a career-high 412 passing yards against a Packers secondary last Sunday that was missing ace slot corner Casey Hayward (hamstring) and top safety Morgan Burnett (hamstring). Head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman correctly anticipated that Green Bay would show a lot of man coverage, and they had the perfect route combinations to attack it.
The Niners shouldn't have trouble predicting what the Seahawks will do in coverage this week: press-man on the outside, a single-high safety in the middle with the second safety roving underneath around zone linebackers. Exploiting this predictable coverage will be a lot more difficult, as quality press-man can compromise the timing of routes. This is why Niners coaches are known to become vexed when the topic of Richard Sherman's and Brandon Browner's physicality comes up. This game could be decided by how much contact the Seahawks get away with.
That wasn't an analysis of the actual Green Bay/ Washington game.
This is why Niners coaches are known to become vexed when the topic of Richard Sherman's and Brandon Browner's physicality comes up.
Vexed? Harbaugh lays down on the turf, kicks his feet in the air, pounds his little fists on the ground and whines like an ambulance siren.
You obviously don't understand the concept of the read option based on all the things you say here. It is called a read option because the defensive end or outside linebacker (depending on the defensive scheme) is the option read. He is unblocked and the qb is reading him. If he commits to the RB the qb pulls the ball and keeps it. If he stays outside the ball goes to the back up the middle. He is unblocked on every true read option.
The Colts owner's statements about protecting Luck is the most obvious evidence the read option is a fad that is going to quickly go away. The owners will not have their coach running their franchise qb risking injury. It just is not going to happen. The owners are the reason for all the rules that protect qb's there is no way they are going to tolerate the coaches taking risks with their investment.
Typical MMQB nonsense. The Niners showed just enough read option to keep the Packers sweating in memory of Kap's insane playoff game, then racked up their first 400 yard passing game in almost a decade. After one wildly successful game, the author declares the offense to be dead?
Like most real life Monday morning quarterbacks, the writer of this article is clueless regarding the subject at hand. Anyone who truly believes that Kapernick, Newton, Griffin, Wilson, etc won't continue to use the offense to humble opposing defenses is deluded or woefully ignorant.
Also... seriously, a dig on Newton after an efficient game running the most vanilla offense since Ray Perkins at Alabama? The guy only set the rookie passing yardage record (granted, Luck broke it, but with many more attempts), then followed that up by setting the record for most yards in his first two years. Set the touchdown record for quarterbacks. Makes jaw dropping plays every single week.
Does the guy have room to improve? Sure. But I guarantee you that about 25 franchises would gladly do a straight up swap of starting QBs for him if they could.
Too bad one there is apparently no requirement for having any idea what you are writing about before one is allowed to write.
Silly to be declaring it "dead." The whole idea is to get the other team entranced with playing against one thing - traditional offense or read-option - then begin running the other. Just because the Skins' played it then stopped (after being down a ton!) doesn't mean it wasn't effective since it worked to open up the passing game. Same goes for Kaepernick. Just the threat of the read-option can slow a defender 1/2 a second - enough to create separation and go off for 400 yards. It's something that'll stay because it can be played off of or audible out of and go under center for a traditional 2 or 3 hole run/PA fake. Not like Wildcat where it's a run 90% of the time unless you're Ronnie Brown. It's an effective way to utilize the advantages of the Wildcat but keep a full repertoire open. Football is like chess with play calling. If you know that someone is going to move their queen (i.e. run like with the Wildcat) then it becomes pretty easy to gameplan. If someone will move and attack with any chess piece you have a much better shot. Just another pawn in the chess set for coaches with quality-run QBs.
Love the pic. Mychal Kendricks layed Bob out.
When you speak of those Redskins Diagrams, you fail to realize that the "slice" blocker might be making the same read as the Qb on the Defensive End. If the DE plays wide, the slice blocker will lead up on the LB to the inside for the RB to follow. If the DE squeezes inside, the slice blocker will loop around him to the LB for the Qb to follow. Either way, the Slice blocker is going to the same LB. In all of those images the Redskins are in 3 wide looks, but the defenses keep base 7 man fronts in the box. The only way to effectively run against those looks is to have the "slice" blocker make the same read on the Defensive End.
I seriously doubt that the ZONE READ is dead, although I agree that teams are beginning to greatly expand the capabilities off of it's playaction. What was most interesting were John Gruden's "spider" concepts out of the backside of it. I hadn't seen that until the Niners started killing the Pack with it.
I think that when you use these playactions along with traditional inside zone slice blocking on the DE, it will open up the ZONE READ quite a bit. The way to stop that DE from attacking your QB, is to ear hole him a few times with traditional slice blocks. The key is to not over use the ZONE READ.
Week 1 is a little early for a 'verdict' one way or the other isn't it?
The Read Option isn't a single play any more than 'Run' or 'Pass' are. There are lots of ways to run options, lots of defensive players to use as keys in order to get a double team where you want it (not just EMOL) and when a lead blocker levels the edge defender 'forcing' the give decision coaches will realize that you can't solve the concept with one counter-move . . . and that's the point: everything you do to prepare for the variations of it is time not spent preparing for a whole pro-playbook of offense they also have.
Seattle-SF should be a good game this time - as long as no more PED suspensions are announced prior to game time.
The read option appeared to be alive and well in the Raiders and Eagles games. I think the read option has a future for teams without a franchise QB. Teams like the Raiders, Jaguars and Titans should employ it to maximize their run games and minimize their limited quarterbacks. I would much rather watch Denard Robinson run the read option than Gabbert attempt to be a pocket passer. It doesn't make as much sense for teams like the Redskins, 49ers and Seahawks who can easily win games with their QBs throwing the ball.
A good try but it's obvious Andy doesn't know the workings of Washington's offense. A lot of those "no reads" are actually package plays, where the mesh point and read occurs (and could be a handoff or keeper) but also Rob could pull the ball and throw the bubble screen or the pop to the TE. Would like to see a smarter piece from MMQB.
@olansuddeth Newton already stopped wowing last year. Wilson only threw for 3K. Humbling? Hardly. RGIII and his coaches have had the fear of god thrust into his knee. It's only a matter of time the same happens to Kaeperinck.
@olansuddeth You might be deluded or woefully ignorant. He didn't say that read option would never be used again. He described how it has, and will, evolve.
@Skins'Fan Week 1 results:
Wilson: 5 rushes for 7 yards, 0 TDs
Newton: 5 for 38, 0 TDs
Kaepernick: 7 for 22, 0 TDs
Griffin: 5 for 24, 0 TDs
Summary: 22 rushes for 91 yards, 0 TDs. Not exactly lighting the world on fire. And most of those were scrambles. Face it, just like any offensive system, defenses will adjust.
@zkinter36 andy takes a very simplistic approach to determining whether the WAS plays above were read options v. straight inside zone/QB keeper plays.
WAS's basic bread & butter inside zone read includes a TE slice blocking off a read of the DE. if he crashes or hesitates the TE moves to the FS or scraping OL at the 2nd level...which is exactly what i see in the images andy's used above.
based on extensive viewing of WAS's 2012 tactics and a pretty deep level of film analyses from the Skins' blogosphere, i think it's safe to say andy's conclusions on WAS's intentions are flawed.
that said, i have no doubt that what the world witnessed from Chip Kelly's PHI team on mon night is going to be quickly digested and added to the repertoire of SF, SEA, WAS & CAR...4-5 options per play based on a Mike read? def not rocket science, but just another way to single out a given defender and make the entire DEF pay for his decisiveness...
@Mike26 I was thinking that as long as no more 49ers decide to shoot up their neighborhoods.
@Mike26 I like the line at the end of the Sea/SF write up stating how this game could hinge on the amount of contact the Sea DBs will be allowed to get away with. It reminds me of when NE and Indy would play and you would hear about the type of coverage the Pats were allowed to get away with. All you can ask is thAt the refs call the same contact for both teams and let each team adjust to the physicality or lack of it as the game progresses.
The NFC's best have definitely been on display the 1st two weeks as the SF/GB, NO/Atl, Chi/Cin, and SF/Sea games showcase what the conference has to offer. Yes I know that Cincinnati is in the AFC, I was simply including the Bears in the NFC's best and the game against the Bengals was a test against a quality opponent. It also isn't a coincidence that I left of the NFC least because it is filled with .500 teams and not much more.
@GK LOL... I was thinking the same thing. People without a coaching background shouldn't try to act like that know the details of what's going on.
@GK That last comment is very wishful thinking. SI (and Peter King in particular) is probably the most devoid of intelligence and any semblance of forward thinking. I haven't followed Andy much yet, but this article is not a good start.
The problem is in its thesis. The concept that the read-option is a static offense is indefensible at best, terribly lazy writing at worst. It basically means the OC for Washington/SF and the others built an offense and now will not evolve at all. I could draw up 15 different variances to the read-option that Kaep ran or the one that RGIII ran in an hour. Lord only knows what SFs OC with Harbaugh already has cooked up (for reference, see the game plan against the Packers, they basically did not follow anything from the previous playoff game where they destroyed them on the ground. This wasnt by mistake or dictated by the Packers. That was designed, planned and employed on purpose by SF, and honestly it was not rocket science).
Head over to Grantland.com for much better analysis.
@RayIsBipolar @Mike26 SEA DB contact vs. Anquan Boldin's pushoffs. Discuss.
@zkinter36 @GK rethinking my bookmark to this joint...
@ss492 Yeah, after re-reading this again at home, it gets even more idiotic. It is obvious Andy does not understand the very concept behind the RO (you don't block the DE, he is "blocked" by being read). The play above with Paulsen/Paul is DESIGNED for the TE/FB to ignore/bluff block the DE and get to the linebacker. Its an arc block, and Chris Brown does a really good job of breaking it down at Grantland here.
I would also recommend everyone read Chris Brown aka @smartfootball 's book to get a better grasp for the gameplanning behind many popular offenses. This post needs to be taken down.
What you just said about not blocking the DE is right there in this article and the image.
Not sure I see the idiocy.


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COWPENS, S.C. — Joe Willie Powell, 93, of 2152 Battleground Road, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 2, 2012 at his residence.
Born in Cherokee County, he was the husband of Violet Eaker Powell and son of the late Charlie Houston Powell and Ila Inez Scruggs Powell. Mr. Powell retired from Carolina Freight, was a farmer and cattleman and was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, is Rev. James Armstrong who was raised like a son; two brothers, Dennis T. Powell and wife, Mary of Johnson City, TN and Robert K. Powell of Swoope, VA; two sisters, Donalene P. Taylor and Carolyn P. Brown, both of Gaffney; special caregivers, who were loved by the family, Sandy Bridges, Brenda Pye, Tammy Jones, Vicky Gregory and Cheryl Inman.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at Mount Olive Baptist Church. Funeral services will immediately follow at 2:00 PM at the Church with Dr. Robert Kirby and Rev. James Armstrong officiating. Interment will be in the Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will be at the residence.
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Toshiba Satellite L655-S5161
SpecificationsNotebook: Toshiba Satellite L655-S5161 (Satellite L655 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i3 2310M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 700 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 4 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite L655-S5161
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Battery life is very strong and beats the average and many other competitors in this category. Expect to get between 4-5 hours with this laptop.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/03/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: PC Mag
For a budget laptop, this is a pretty good performer. It did well in speed tests and impressed in integrated graphics and battery performance. What it lacks, though, is a good keyboard and mouse button experience, which is what you would get with the HP Pavilion dv6-6013cl and Acer Aspire AS5742-6475—for $50 to $100 less.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/29/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: CNet
With numerous laptops spread across its L, C, A, M, T, E, W, and R series, Toshiba may not run out of new product lines until it runs out of letters. Though not particularly inspiring, the basic 15-inch Toshiba Satellite L655 has a current-gen CPU and can be found for around $600, making it a worthwhile budget choice.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/23/2011
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 70% mobility: 80%
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Here's a case where it's definitely worth paying a little bit extra to get Intel inside. The $620 Satellite L655 is faster, offers better graphics performance, and runs quieter than its AMD counterpart (which costs $598 from Walmart). Plus, the L655 lasts nearly two hours longer on a charge. To us, that's worth the extra 20 bucks. For $70 less, both the HP G6x and the Samsung RV511 are very good options, and we especially like the Samsung for its sleeker design. But the Toshiba offers much better graphics performance, giving you more bang for your buck. The Satellite L655 is a winner in our book.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/20/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
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Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.1 GHz and features the Turbo Boost 2.0 only for the graphics card (650/1100MHz).
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15.6": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.5 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
72.5%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
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Fall is never short on fabulous fashion, and this season does not disappoint. Fashion Week showed us rich color palettes, mixed patterns and sophisticated, layered looks. These trends were spotted on runways everywhere and even popped up on nails! We saw clean, chic nail lacquers ranging from deep, rich variations of red, blue, green and purple to pale neutrals like white, soft gold and pink. It would seem like your best accessory this season is nail polish!
Dark, sultry shades of burgundy and navy walked the runways at Catherine Malandrino, Milly and Karen Walker. These 'almost black' nails were created by layering several dark colors on top of one another. For a sophisticated, unexpected shade that is perfect for evening, try layering an emerald hue on top of black polish.
Tibi, Herve Leger, Victoria Beckham and Nahm featured minimalist tones of white and pale pink, while Donna Karan and Thakoon featured nouveau French manicures featuring nude hues with black, red and lace tips. For the best nude, pick a nail color with similar pigmentation to your skin tone. For example, if you have a pinkish skin tone, pick a pinkish nude.
Whimsical nail art also made an appearance on the runways at Nicole Miller, Rachel Antonoff and The Blonds.
I love the drama of this season's nail trends, but my favorite thing about fall 2012 has to be the launch of Black Diamond Nail Polish from Azature! The Black Diamond King and celeb jewelry designer created the world's most expensive nail polish! Priced at $250,000, the one-of-a-kind polish is infused with 267 carats of black diamonds.
Lucky for us, he also came out with an affordable line available exclusively at Fred Segal/Ron Robinson. Each bottle of this luxurious polish has one black diamond inside. Azature created a truly innovative new product that not only works as a nail polish, but also works as a nail polish accessory! This means that you can take any nail polish you own and top it with Azature's black diamond polish for a look that really pops! It is a great way to add a little luxury to every day. I recommend layering it on top of deep red, black or charcoal grey for stand-out sparkle and shine. As always, it is best to use a high-shine top coat, like Seche Vite to lock your lacquer in place.


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Cibro Technologies of Jerusalem is bringing the feel of a craps game to the Internet (WO 00/52672). The system can also be used to help blind people play dice. Most computer dice games use a random number generator, but this robs the game of any hands-on feel. Cibro has taken real dice and put an optical sensor in each face and a radio transponder inside. When the dice are thrown, the light sensor detects which face is down, and transmits a signal indicating which face is up. A receiver connected to your PC displays, or "speaks", the number scored. The signal from the dice is encrypted to stop hackers rigging the game.
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MABEN – Rivalry games take on a life of their own.
Action goes back and forth. Teams get hyped more than with any other game and excitement simply flows throughout.
East Webster and Eupora found themselves engaged in one of those contests and in true rivalry fashion, the game did not disappoint. The Wolverines may have lost 35-18, but the score does not provide an accurate picture of what took place or the heart with which the Wolverines competed.
"This is where they have been all year," East Webster coach Doug Wilson said. "I am proud of the kids and the way they fought back in the second half. That is just the nature of those kids. They fight. They are not big, but they get after it. It really is a testimony of our kids. They just keep fighting."
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What If It Was Your Child Who Bombed Boston?
When I was in junior high, a woman went on a killing spree at schools around my area. The event was horrifying, and she left her parents to live down her legacy. To be honest, I don't know if they still live in the area, but I can tell you without a doubt that being her mom or dad had to have been a living hell. Young children were murdered by their daughter — the hate around town was palpable.
Now, with two kids of my own, I can't even imagine what it would be like to be in their shoes, and today specifically, I can't help but wonder what it's like to be Anzort Tsarnaev, the father of the Chechen brothers, Dzhokhar, 19 and Tamerlan, 26, who allegedly set off the bombs at the Boston Marathon on Monday. The older son is dead, shot by the police, and the younger is on the run — and like the family in my town years ago, their father remains to take the heat.
In a phone interview with People, Anzort said, "I feel terrible! Why they kill my son? Something wrong! My sons never do bombing. They hated guns — how they do bombs?"
I feel his pain as a parent. I can't imagine what I would do if my sweet, innocent babies ever did anything to harm an entire nation of people, let alone were involved in hurting just one.
So part of me pities Anzort, however that's only assuming he really didn't know what was going on. When the whole country hates your children, you can't exactly pull out their third grade pictures and prove they once were just happy-go-lucky children themselves. To everyone besides mom and dad, anything good they were or did before Monday doesn't count.
I can tell you this — I have promised my kids I will love them their entire lives, regardless of their actions. Since they are only 3 and 5 years old, I explain that while I can be disappointed or angry, I'll always love them. I think most parents would say the same.
So what could my kids do to make me stop loving them? I don't have an answer to that. Do you?


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7 Instant Health Checks to Save Your Life
By: Jim Gorman
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- Runaway Heart Rate
- The Wrong Kind of Belly
- Moles Behaving Badly
- Stiff Muscles
- Lousy Memory
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Clogged Nasal Passages
What's the Big Deal?
Take a deep breath. Did you inhale through your nose, or through your mouth? If it was your mouth, then your nasal passages may be obstructed, probably due to allergic rhinitis, the symptoms of which can include sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose, and general stuffiness. Or if those symptoms accompany coughing and wheezing, you might have asthma. "Asthma can permanently reduce lung function if it's not treated quickly," says Bradley Marple, M.D., a rhinologist at the University of Texas Southwestern medical center. Clogged nasal passages can also contribute to sleep apnea, a condition that's usually also accompanied by snoring and about 20 pounds of extra body weight. Consult a physician right away if you have all three symptoms.
To flush out the allergens, pollutants, and mucus that either cause or worsen congestion, try a nasal lavage before bed. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of salt into 2 cups of warm water, and fill a bulb syringe with the solution. Bend over a sink, cock your head to one side, and insert the tip of the syringe no more than a half inch into one of your nostrils. Squeeze the bulb until all the saline solution has run out through the other nostril. Repeat on the other side. (Not good with recipes? Try
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Judy Mae Cox
Apr. 29, 2014 @ 11:36 PM
Judy Mae Cox, a daughter of God, went to live with our Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 24th, 2014.
Judy was a lifelong member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Andersonville, TN and a friend of Evergreen Presbyterian Church.
She was also a volunteer with the Office of Special Events in Pigeon Forge.
Survivors: Husband: Von Cox; Friends: Vickie and Dick Stradley, Brenda Lamborne, June Brown and the Stradley family.
Memorial service 6:30 PM Friday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Terry McAnally officiating. Cremation arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.


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Timbers explode for six goals in shutout victory
PORTLAND, Ore. - Byron Alvarez scored three goals and added two assists, powering the Timbers to a 6-0 downing of the Edmonton Aviators before 3,576 fans Thursday evening at PGE Park.
For the Timbers, it was their largest margin of victory since joining the A-League in 2001 and tied for the most goals scored in a game in four seasons of play.
Alvarez notched his second hat trick as a Timber while pushing Portland to a season total of 22 goals, tops in the A-League.
The Aviators, who allowed just five goals through their previous six games, had that number surpassed by the Timbers' six-goal output Thursday.
The Timbers (7-1-0, 21pts) caught a break in the 27th when Alvarez speared a header at the goalpost and Edmonton's Chris Devlin knocked the rebound into the left side of his own goal, spotting the Timbers a 1-0 lead.
Alvarez ran onto a forward pass from Alex Bengard in the 44th minute, won the challenge from Edmonton goalkeeper Jose Luis Campi and flipped it up to Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, who found the net with ease.
Alan Gordon capped off the three-goal half just minutes later in stoppage time, taking a dish from Alvarez and booting it in from 20 yards out to make it 3-0.
It was Gordon's league-leading 10th goal of the season.
The Timbers' power surge picked up where it left off in the second half when Dan Antoniuk tallied his second goal of the year on a header in the 60th. Bengard was credited with the assist.
Alvarez collected his second goal of the evening in the 61st, knocking an unassisted goal into the right side of the net to hand the Timbers a 5-0 advantage.
Rounding out the hat trick in the 73rd minute, Alvarez took a clean pass from Aaron Heinzen, dribbled around several defenders and powered the ball past the 'keeper for his third goal of the night and fifth of the season.
The Aviators (0-3-4, 4pts) had few chances to score against an energized Timbers defense, managing only three shots to the Timbers' 13.
It was the second shutout of the season for Portland goalkeeper Josh Saunders, who made two saves on the night.
On tap for the Timbers is a home match against the Vancouver Whitecaps Saturday night at 7 p.m.
TIMBERS NOTES: The Timbers came to terms with midfielder and Beaverton, Ore., native Andrew Gregor Thursday … Gregor entered the match in the 67th minute for Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar … Thursday was "Bark in the Park" night at PGE Park, a promotion allowing dogs into the stadium … the second issue of "Timbers Review", the official magazine of the Portland Timbers, hit the stands Thursday and featured Josh Saunders on the cover … the first 1,000 fans in attendance at Saturday's match against Vancouver will receive a complementary Timbers foot bag.
SCORING SUMMARY: Alvarez, 27' (Winters); Alcaraz-Cuellar, 44' (Alvarez); Gordon, 45' (Alvarez); Antoniuk, 60' (Bengard); Alvarez, 61' (UA); Alvarez, 73' (Heinzen).
PENALTY SUMMARY: EDM Campi, YC (44'); de Silva, YC (88').
LINEUPS: EDMONTON (0-3-4) Campi GK, Lopresti D, Devlin D, Salinas D (Munoz 77'), Handsor M, Fraser M, Chin M, Dhaliwal, Lemire M (Kassaye 70'), Drummond F (de Silva 45'), Vignjevic F; PORTLAND (7-1-0) J. Saunders GK, Morrison D, Wilkinson D, Heinzen D (Henning 77'), Winters D, Benedetti M (Weis 81'), Bengard M, Alcaraz-Cuellar M (Gregor 67'), Sagare M (Cronkrite 85'), Gordon F (Antoniuk 45'), Alvarez F.


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