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There's one word that the Mississippi State Bulldogs don't want to have anything to do with this week – letdown.
After defeating the Auburn Tigers 28-10 in its Southeastern Conference opener, it will be easy for overconfidence to set in at MSU. That doesn't need to happen.
The Bulldogs can enjoy beating the Tigers from the Plains, but need to remember what it took to achieve the big victory.
MSU head coach Dan Mullen said it will be important how his team handles the "adversity of success" with the first road game of the season at Troy on Saturday.
"This is new territory for our guys and we haven't been in this position," Mullen said during his Monday press conference.
This is the first 2-0 start for the Bulldogs under Mullen and can make it 3-0 granted they take the Trojans seriously.
Mullen said a sweet moment of victory can turn sour really quick if MSU doesn't take care of business this week in Troy, Ala.
"You can all of a sudden lose a little bit of focus," Mullen said. "If you are still smiling about Saturday's game and what a big win it is, you can lose a little bit of work. We can't afford to lose a work day in season because the games come on you so fast."
The Bulldogs can bet that the Trojans aren't going to be shaking in their shoes when hosting a team from the mighty Southeastern Conference. Troy coach Larry Blakeney will put a plan in place and knows how to beat MSU. He has done it before.
For those of you who remember, the Trojans came to Starkville in 2001 and dominated the Bulldogs 21-9. That was the game where the stadium had to be evacuated because of a tornado warning.
The two teams met again the next season and MSU was able to squeak out an 11-8 victory, but it took six interceptions to do it.
This will be the first time the Bulldogs have ever visited Troy, but Mullen anticipates an energized crowd packed into a 30,000-seat Veterans Stadium.
"I've learned early in my career not to take those games for granted," Mullen said. "I was at Bowling Green and we played Northern Illinois. We were ranked and had never heard a lot of crowd noise and a big crowd there before. They sold it out and handed thunder sticks out to the crowd. It was deafening because we had about six false starts. We didn't practice with the crowd noise all week and got caught off guard. No matter what stadium you are going in, you are preparing for a very hostile environment."
There are big-time programs that never expect a lesser-known opponent to pull off a win against it.
How many called the upset last Saturday night when Louisiana-Monroe knocked off Arkansas 34-31 in overtime? After winning against Jacksonville State 49-24 to open the season, the Razorbacks were probably pretty confident that success would continue into week two in Little Rock, Ark. Obviously, it didn't and now Arkansas is faced with having to bounce back against Alabama.
That turn of events just gives Mullen just one more example to give MSU's players of what can happen if there's no focus or desire coming off the Auburn victory.
It will be very surprising if the Bulldogs aren't ready for the Trojans.
Danny P. Smith is sports editor and columnist for the Starkville Daily News. The opinions in this column are his and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Daily News or its staff.
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Colombian President Asks G20 to Find Solutions to Financial Crisis
Pyongyang, November 7 (KCNA) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday laid stress on necessity of the urgent solution of the European financial crisis.
Santos warned that the Latin American countries would be affected if the situation became worse.
He urged G20 leaders to find a solution to the world-rattling European financial crisis.
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Lisa is originally enthusiastic about her new environment, but gradually her presence stirs discontent among the other students, as she is the first female student and gets her own barracks to herself. Bart and Lisa are both subject to harsh hazing, but while Bart is eventually accepted by the other students, and thus distances himself from his sister, Lisa remains an outcast. Lisa grapples with her isolation and even considers calling Marge and asking to be brought home, but decides to stay.
As the school year comes to a close, the Commandant reveals the final test for the students: a hand-over-hand crawl across a rope suspended 40 feet above a patch of thorn bushes, referred to as the "Eliminator". Lisa fears that she will not be able to complete the task, but Bart secretly helps her train for the challenge. The next day, all of the students cross the Eliminator, including Bart. Lisa is the last to go, and while she struggles and nearly falls at first, she manages to cross safely after being cheered on by Bart. As a result, the other students vow to make the rest of the semester a living hell for him, but this backfires when the students find out that the semester ends with graduation three hours later, so they leave him alone. As a result of her efforts, Lisa is awarded by the Commandant with a medal, "For Satisfactory Completion of the Second Grade."
During the scene where the Commandant is talking, there is a brief shot of Lisa blinking. As there had been an error in the final print of the episode, the shot was animated, painted and shot the Friday before the episode's airdate. The spiky blond-haired kid, who runs towards the Eliminator while screaming, is a caricature of director Mike B. Anderson.
The episode was one of four in 1999 released on a VHS (Re-released on DVD in 2005) called Bart Wars focused on crosses between The Simpsons and Star Wars. However, one critic wrote that with this episode and "Marge Be Not Proud" and "Dog of Death," both of which are also on the DVD, the "Star Wars connection" is "tangential at best." The other episode was "Mayored to the Mob."
Journalist Raju Mudhar also wrote that in this episode, "The Simpsons have succinctly laid out our eventual future." This referred to the rise of robots in the real world and the quote from this episode:
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots.


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This State Voters' Pamphlet is the largest ever produced for a Primary Election in Oregon, due mostly to the number of measures on the state ballot. It is my earnest hope that the size of this pamphlet will not keep anyone from reading it. Rather, every Oregonian should look at this document as the most direct and complete source of information on candidates and issues on the May 16 ballot.
This is also the first Primary Election in the nation to be conducted entirely by mail. Every Oregon voter will have the full opportunity to study their choices thoroughly and in advance of making informed decisions. Every elections official in Oregon shares my goal to ensure that this election continues the proud tradition we have in Oregon of voting by mail efficiently and with integrity.
I challenge each of us to take this unprecedented voting opportunity to reflect on the meaning of our right to vote -
- If you are not registered to vote, are at least 18 years old, and are a U.S. citizen, please think for a minute about how your future is being determined without your participation and consider registering to vote by April 25.
- If you regularly vote and will do so this election, please take the time to share with others the reasons you vote and encourage them to do so, as well.
The disturbing decline in voter participation, and the reduced number of younger citizens even registering to vote, should cause all of us grave concern. We stand the risk of losing a whole generation of voters. You have the power to guarantee that does not happen, and to change Oregon for the better.
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Ethanol fuels races at Viking Speedway tonightThree nights of ethanol-themed racing are scheduled for July 6-8 on three racetracks around Minnesota – including Alexandria.
Three nights of ethanol-themed racing are scheduled for July 6-8 on three racetracks around Minnesota – including Alexandria.
The Governor's Ethanol Challenge series, sponsored by Minnesota Corn Growers Association, will make a circuit that begins tonight, Tuesday, July 6 at Viking Speedway in Alexandria. U.S. Representative Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, is expected to be at the speedway at 5:30 p.m. to talk about renewable energy.
From there, the Challenge moves to Madison Speedway in Madison on Wednesday, July 7 and KRA Speedway in Willmar on Thursday, July 8.
"These races draw people from all over," said Chad Willis, vice president of the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council who has helped organize the race series for the past several years. "The event gives our organization and local ethanol supporters a chance to remind people of the value and benefits of a home-grown, renewable fuel."
Willis said the series has created an in-demand item for race enthusiasts: the Governor's Ethanol Challenge T-shirt, which are sold during each night of racing by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association. Willis has seen people wearing the t-shirts at race events all around the Midwest, effectively keeping ethanol top-of-mind with a large segment of consumers. "Every year the t-shirts become more popular - we sold out last year, and expect them to go quickly this year, too."
The Governor's Ethanol Challenge takes place as part of the Wissota Auto Racing league's Midwest Modified class competitions. This year's schedule is:
•Tuesday, July 6 at Viking Speedway in Alexandria at 5:30 p.m.
•Wednesday, July 7 at Madison Speedway in Madison at 7:00 p.m.
•Thursday, July 8 at KRA Speedway in Willmar at 6:30 p.m.
Each nightly competition offers a payout with an award given on the final night to the racer with the highest total points over the three nights of ethanol racing.
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Another Chapter for Tom Brady's Storybook
And for the radio call …
Patriots radio analyst Scott Zolak's analysis after the Thompkins touchdown:
"BRADY'S BACK! That's your quarterback! Who left the building? Unicorns, show ponies, where's the beef!! Boy, when you thought you've seen it all, when it's total despair, 14 years in the league, this situation after situation he's been through, to elevate a rookie! My god!"
Could be the great non-sequitor radio call of all time.
The biggest reason Kansas City is 6-0: The D.
The only two unbeatens left are in the AFC West: Denver and Kansas City, both 6-0. The Broncos have gotten there with offense. But Kansas City's biggest spur has been a rebuilt defense by this week's coach of the week, defensive coordinator Bob Sutton, who has taken most of the same talent Romeo Crennel coached last season and made it a lean, attacking machine. Just six weeks into the season, the Chiefs have passed last year's sack total. The 10 sacks from Sunday's win over the Raiders boosted the total for the year to 31—four more than Kansas City had in 16 games last year.
For a detailed view of the Chiefs, read Robert Klemko's piece from the great Midwest on The MMQB. It's good and detailed.
For the defensive view, I asked outside linebacker Tamba Hali, who had 3.5 of the sacks against the Raiders, for the difference between this year's defense and last year's. The simplest way to look at it is the Chiefs, because Sutton's defense has some Rex Ryan tendencies (they worked together at the Jets), is a risk-embracing, odd-blitzing group. And it's working.
"We don't want to give the quarterback time to think,'' Hali said from Kansas City after the game. "We bring a lot of confusion. Sometimes it looks like all the pressure is coming from one gap.''
I told him Rex Ryan's defense, dating back to Baltimore, often featured two or three rushers flooding one gap. "Your rush looks like that sometimes—like organized insanity,'' I said.
"Insanity, yeah,'' he said. "Insanity is the right word."
But it must feel sane to Hali: By one measure, quarterback pressure and sacks, he too has surpassed his 2012 numbers. His combined sacks/pressures through six games is 46.5. Last year, he had 46 all season.
"As a pass rusher, I think the defense shows I can beat my man one on one, which is why I like it,'' said Hali. "Coach knows how to use us all, so we're all good in our roles."
But will it work?
Now we see the NFL's response to the month that set diversity back in the league. Last January, as you recall, NFL teams hired eight head coaches and seven general managers. All 15: white. (The Bills broke the schneid in May by hiring Doug Whaley, who is African-American, to be their general manager.] But in the months following, the league's executive vice president of human resources, Robert Gulliver, and senior vice president of player engagement, Troy Vincent, have cobbled together a list of eight former coaches and GMs, and the group had its first meeting Thursday in New York City to begin the process of improving the diversity scorecard.
The NFL Head Coach and General Manager Advisory Panel includes former GMs Ernie Accorsi, Ron Wolf, Charlie Casserly and Bill Polian, former Chiefs president Carl Peterson, and ex-coaches Tony Dungy, Dennis Green and John Madden.
One way that could help advance minority hiring, particularly of coaches, is to give owners and club executives involved in the hiring process blind resumes—that is, resumes with the background and accomplishments of candidates, but not their names. That way, the theory goes, those hiring could look at an impressive nameless resume and commit to pursue the candidate before knowing who the candidate is. Would it help to be told about a college head coach of a top-10 team who has won 69 percent of his games and been a defensive coordinator at three major-college programs? No one knows if a team would say, "Whoever that is, let's check him out." It would, though, render the process color-blind, theoretically, without knowing the candidate is Charlie Strong, the African-American coach at Louisville.
But no metrics or plans are near final form yet. The committee hopes to have a plan to help the process by late November, and it won't advance only the names of qualified African-American coaches, according to a league memo sent to the 32 teams.
The memo stated: "Through a series of facilitated panel meetings and individual discussions, the panel will assess potential head coach and general manager talent with the goal of identifying a viable short list of 'ready now' candidates. Panelists will consider both objective and subjective criteria. The panel is not intended to replace the work done by third parties such as search firms or advocacy groups like the Fritz Pollard Alliance, but rather, is intended to be a supplemental data point that can help owners and decision makers in the next hiring cycle. The panel will consider all talent, inclusive of diverse and non-diverse personnel."
That's some human-resource-speak right there. But the league knows it has a diversity problem on its hands after the January shutout, and something must be tried.
The Hoomanuwanui catch on the final drive was a catch, it bounced off his foot and up into his hands. When they went for it on fourth down if the Saints had scored a touchdown it still would've been a one possession game. Details Peter.
In regards to the diversity issue..
Whilst there may or may not have been racially motivated reasons for the hires (I am not in a position to say), perhaps the people hired were just the best people for the jobs.
Why do we have to assume that race had anything to do with it?
Want a good pumpkin beer, Mr. King? Rogue Brewery's Pumpkin Patch. Go get it. Now.
King and his love for Crybaby Brady is downright distributing
Come on. Last 3:29, 6 of 13 (with one spike) 6 different receivers. Final minute - 4/6 (with that spike) for 70 yards and a TD. Three of those guys have less than a season of experience. The Saints in comparison are loaded. On the throw to Edelman, the Saints had seven, yes, seven guys in coverage and didn't stop it. Second pass, it wasn't the Saints clock management (for you whiners) they went no huddle - they rushed three (hmmm...that's 8 guys looking to cover a pass) and another completion. Dobson gets six and gets pushed out (bad move by the db). Couple incompletes, another for Collie (yeah, he's been with them for five minutes) and then a perfect TD pass. That was a pretty good piece of work whether you hate Brady or not.
Eli Manning's had a number of picks this year that boinked off his receivers hands. And like you said, he's being chased all over the field. You need to look else where for a scape goat.
Well, it's starting early this year. Brady is showing signs of really going downhill now. Yes the receivers are dropping passes, but he's also thrown some really poor passes. Case in point was Sunday. Yes, he won the game, but did it have to take him three tries? There were two passes that point out both past issues and possibly future issues. Both passes were to Edelman.
One was near the goal line, with Edelman cutting over the middle. He was open, with room to run. Brady's pass forced him to slide to the ground to pull it in just off the grass. He would have had it, but the safety nailed him in the back, forcing him to cough it up. Had the ball been thrown properly, it would have been in on Edelman's hands, he would have had room to run, and the safety would not have been a factor. What also concerns me is that Brady stepped into the throw, threw it on a line, and the pass faded, losing some juice at the end. Could be his arm is fading even on the intermediate throws.
The second was the bomb down the middle into a secondary that had both safeties playing centerfield. Obvious double coverage, to a receiver who doesn't have a lot of speed, and not even on target. Another obvious Brady braincramp, just like the one to Matthew Slater in the 2012 AFC Championship vs. Baltimore.
Peter can shout about Brady all he wants, but it was the Pats defense that kept forcing 3 and outs until Brady finally got it right on the 3rd time. Biggest sign that Patriot nation has lost confidence in Brady? - The stadium was half-empty at the end of the game, something that never ever happens. Fans have seen too much of Brady's not being able to get things done.
Gronkowski. All the whining leaking out from the Patriots. The one thing every one knows, is that when he's on the field, his motor goes into high gear and stays there; that's just his mentality, he doesn't do half way. After all of his operations, these are the facts:
1. All of the operations. They indicate there were serious issues. That means the body has to take more time to heal. Given the nature of his play, he doesn't need to be rushing his recovery. This isn't like the low impact play of a lineman where everything's primarily strength on strength. Gronkowski puts himself in situations where he is going to get hammered, and he has to be ready.
2. Conditioning. Because of the operations, Gronk lost the entire off-season for work-outs. Yes, the healing of his injuries may have been done at the 6 week mark, but his conditioning would still lag behind his healing.
3. Given the issues with Amendola, if Belichick is trying to stretch this out so Gronk can be at 100% full speed at the appropriate time, it would be the smart thing to do. Gronk at full speed would be a hell of a counterpoint to Thompkins.
Amendola - final verdict is in on the Welker issue. Very sad.
I'm a huge fan of Peter King and this column, but have to say I'm disappointed to see no mention of the great special-teams performance of Dustin Harris in Sunday night's game against the Redskins.
Brady took a bunch of rag tags and beat what was probably the best overall team in the NFL. Manning struggled against the worst team in NFL history. Debate over.
Dear Peter,
Great week of football and I always appreciate your column. I was wondering if NE CB Aqib Talib entered your thinking for defensive player of the week? He shut down Jimmy Graham and got injured in the process. It was an amazing display of tough-nosed, old school coverage that was clearly a major factor in containing the explosive NO offense and Brees' production. What are yoru thoughts?
Sean Hall
Random thoughts:
1. Brady is something else. No-name receiving core and still keeps rolling.
2. Houston, the problem is solved, time to blow the whole thing up!
3. NY Giants, ditto with #2
4. Respect to the Jax, know go find your #1 QB in the draft!
5. Pryor says the Raiders still can make the playoffs. Crazy stuff. right? Not really, the AFC wildcard race is still wide open. He just needs to make sure his o-line is aware of the goal!
Too bad the Giants cut David Carr. He's used to dodging 300 bullets!
How can anyone have the Patriots in their top 5?
They are a fraud team.
With all dues respect, how is Dwyane (sp) Harris not a special teams player of the week. If a 90-yard kickoff return, an 86-yard punt return for a touchdown and a big punt return tackle in the 4th quarter doesn't get you there, I don't know what will.Travis from Ft.Lauderdale
King, it really surprises me that you can write effectively with both hands gripping Tom Brady's cock.
OPEN Letter Peter King and Website Designers.
Dear Peter,
I have always respected your writting and insight into the sport arena. Stories with a touch of experience and honesty in a world of 'more about me' is becoming a rare species on today's news headlines.
Having those thoughts in mind, I feel I am treated to the Geriatric Ward when visiting the new website. I truelly am NOT, NOT draw to the big font and BIG pictures to each and EVERY article. DID i mention the BIG picture and CLICK on me PICTURE.
If capital letters are screaming to shouting then new design website must implies your readers are visually impaired and lack reading skills.
Yes, I understand WINDOW is your $$ backer. But please, must you sell the farm to write your stories? I hope we have not reach that point in journalism.
Thank you for reading this far down in the comments posted field. Most folks don't get past the first 10 responses.
I hope refine the site to mirror more of your insight into sports and less of the marketing of windows software.
The officiating was one sided, I would agree. Allowing the Saints receiver to push off and get the last TD for the Saints was pretty egregious. Without that deliberate non-call, the rest of the game would not have mattered. Allowing the Saints to target the opponents head all night was pretty bad as well without the penalties. Multiple times Thompkins and Dobson were being held outside the 5 yard line and while running routes. So, of course the dimwit New Orleans fans will ignore those deliberate calls not being made. Poor girls got their panties in a knot because they lost.
@TigerFrankBurris I am a Patriots hater. But I don't see how anyone can NOT appreciate a win like this if you are a true football fan.
@TigerFrankBurris I just breeze over the NE stuff (both football and baseball), the anti-gun rants, and the liberal propaganda. I guess that leave the tweets that he repeats. After watching what NBC lets Costa get away with this will be my last time watching or reading anything that NBC has. I wonder how many viewer they are losing instead of gaining with this kind of stuff
@ESe Brady is increasingly inaccurate each year. Not many pat fans can acknowledge this reality. His inaccuracy has a lot to do with the postseason failings of recent years. Even when he had a "full arsenal of receivers" as some mindless fan said below about Brees.
I am curious would you have happened to have realized right away what an unbelievably stupid mistake it was to let Welker go and replace him with the injury prone Amendola? Probably not. All that "in Bill we trust" ridiculous mindless bs that comes out of Boston. Why pat fans believe in this guy is beyond any sensible person. He has rode Brady's coattails and ruined the best years of Brady's career with his egomaniacal personnel decisions.
See what Gronk is doing? He doesn't trust BB and why should he?
sorry about that - meant Dwayne Harris - Freudian slip for this Aggie.
@aidanfromworc Your post would be laughable other than that you clearly believe it. That makes it sad.
@SeanHall Of course he was thinking about Patriot players - it is ALL he thinks about, and writes about. And as a constant physical reminder for him, he has a 12" Patriot phallic device you know where.......
That AFC Wildcard race will be... well, wild. There are, at this point, quite a few teams w/some skills and records. I saw one projection that had the Bronco's (who are 6-0 right now) taking the first Wild Card spot, and there is a certain logic to it looking at the remaining schedule of the Chiefs and Bronco's - the Chiefs have to be a bit favored to take the AFC West. The Bronco's may finish 12-4 and be a wild card. The seeding looked like this (based on current standings and projections):
1. Chiefs (AFC W)
2. Patriots (AFC E)
3. Bengals (AFC N)
4. Colts (AFC S)
5. Broncos (AFC W/Wild Card)
6. Dolphins (AFC E/Wild Card)
You've still got, based on current standings, the Ravens, the Chargers, the Titans, the Browns to contend with before you get to the Raiders. It is crazy stuff and there is some open-ness there; but there is a lot of competition for those two open spots. The Raiders are in convention; but I'd be less surprised to see one of those other teams slide in there before them.
@Primecupcake - such old hat. Find a real excuse.
@Primecupcake 5-1 fraud team. Not a Pats fan, but doesn't your record count in this league?
@treddd How you ask? because he does not play for the Homer of a slob Peter's beloved Patriots. The only other team, in the NFL, that Peter is slightly aware of, on any given week, is whoever the Patriots are playing that week.
Hear, hear !!!
@Bostonctychamps1 im a saints fan who because of family commitments did not get to watch the game yet. Now what i DO know.. is 3 people sent me messages saying "what did you do to p**s off the refs", " Lucky you are not watching you would be p**sed off at the calls the refs are making", and " Holy S**t Brady must have bought off the refs".
Now.. me being a saints fan who did not see the game I think your little blinders may have been on when a Detroit fan, A Miami fan, and Atlanta fan.. all were saying how one sided the calls were AGAINST the saints.
Now I did see a couple of plays early and 2 first down spots were , shall we say, VERY generous for the Pats.. So take your homerism and go watch the game as a fan of football and come back and say that you think the refs were on the Saints side.
@Bostonctychamps1 Yeah, how unfortunate for you that people that are NOT Saints fans saw the same thing they saw. I am not a Saints fan. I just called it as it was. Did you see the critical jump offsides on the Pats defense that they called false start on the Saints? Yeah that penalty was irrelevant wasn't it? Such deep delusions.... they run deep.
@RichardWeed @TigerFrankBurris
you are seriously going to stop watching/reading because you disagree w/the commentary?
@mblack69 was about to say the same thing.
@SportPage @aidanfromworc Well, Manning continuously fails to deliver in clutch moments time after time. Brady is statistically better than Manning in all meaningful measurements other than straight yards and td's.
-Winning %
-TD - INT ratio
-Post Season Victories
-Super bowl appearances and victories
-Super bowl MVP's
-Ability to win in the elements (Manning has never won a playoff game with the temperature below 50 degrees: 0-4)
-Spreading the ball.
In the one year Brady did have super star talent at the WR and Slot receiver positions... He Broke Peyton's records.
I love both those guys. 1a and 1b Qb's of the 21st century. It's just that Brady beats Manning when you look at the data in all meaningful statistics.
The Reedster here has made a grand total of 16 comments. Fully half of these are whines about the Patriots. Sounds like he's really, really bitter.
Laces out, Reedster, laces out...
@blynder @AnthonyKlefas nah Cincy aint gonna make it. The Steelers will.
@blynder @AnthonyKlefas nah Cincy aint gonna make it. The Steelers will
@blynder @AnthonyKlefas One of the great reasons people love the NFL. So unpredictable.
He's a Packers fan. 'nuf said.
@mtoews @Bostonctychamps1 Your friends must be like you, and used to making excuses for their Patriots hate. Success does breed that. I was the same way with the Boston Celtics of old.
@mtoews @Bostonctychamps1 It is really amazing how many cant deal with Patriots success. Always trying to find excuses, cheating, the refs, etc. Stop whining and watch a good organization school the others.
@mtoews @Bostonctychamps1 They have no reply for you. Pat fans are incapable of handling reality or truth.
@randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1 I also saw that play. The player from the Pats made a move. Before he got into the zone, the saints player moved. His move over took precedence. Like when you have a defensive and an offensive lane line violation. The offensive violation is immediately taken.
@randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1
"I just called it as it was." Let me help you out. It should be "I just called it as I saw it". It's called OPINION. Your OPINION does not make it a FACT. They looked at it on replay and saw it for what it was, stemhead. They're not blind. He was out of the neutral zone when the ball was snapped.
But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your OPINION.
@randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1 I guess the 7 point push off was incidental. Poor thing, nothing better to do with your life than rant and rave on a keyboard? Your a legend in your own mind. Which is a small place to be.
@blynder He will be back reading next week. Its just a lot of talk.
@Dick You actually check other people's comments, do a count and come to a conclusion based on what you find? Interesting. Obviously you couldn't say the same about me after doing your "fact checking" so you didn't. Once you checked mine you found I speak on many a topic. Your defensiveness for your beloved team shows the depth of your insecurity. The same I have found in many a pat fan as they know the depths of the issues they have had being one.
@Dick @AnthonyKlefas @Primecupcake *rolls eyes* stupid is as stupid does
@Jimmyjam @randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1 That isn't how the rule is written or how it is supposed to be enforced. If a defender makes a sudden movement that causes the offensive lineman to move, the penalty is against the defense regardless of whether they cross the line of scrimmage. This rule was put into place because for a long time defenders were twitching, jumping forward and making all kind of movements trying to get an offensive lineman to even twitch just a little and get a flag. The league decided they didn't want the defenders causing the offenses infraction and gaining benefit from it, so they made those actions by the defense against the rules. It was textbook violation against the Pats and the refs inexplicably called it on the Saints. Watch for this going forward in games this weekend and the rest of the season.
@Dick @randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1 You obviously don't know football. They don't review penalties. Also, the penalty is not for being int eh neutral zone at the snap it is for jumping into the neutral zone and causing an offensive lineman to move, which is what happened and is a penalty against the defense. Watch some football and catch up on the rules. So let me repeat, I called it as it was, it is not based on opinion. It is a rule.
@Bostonctychamps1 @randomdeletion I am not a Saints fan. Just because you want to make assumptions and make unfounded claims that does not make them true.
The Saints receiver had his hand on the shoulder of the pats defender, but did not push off. Have you watched the replay? There is absolutely no momentum change in direction by either the defender or the receiver and that is what needs to take place to indicate there was a push off. Just simply touching the other player does not constitute a push off. Of course as a delusional pats fan, such as you are, it is a shameful penalty for any opposing player to touch a pat. Nevermind that the pats defensive backs were touching the Saints receivers more than 5 yards down field all game long.
As I said, as a fan of neither team, I saw the calls go the pats way and it was quite obvious.
@randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1 Of course it did. Your team lost and you are looking for an excuse. Take your meds for your schizophrenia. If you want to see delusional behavior, go look in a mirror.
@randomdeletion @Bostonctychamps1 Of course it did. Your team lost and you are looking for an excuse. Take your meds for your schizophrenia. If you want to see delusional behavior, go look in a mirror. The calls were not one sided and the Saints benefited, most glaring example was the receiver pushing off for the TD.
@Bostonctychamps1 @randomdeletion You can't deny my point, that was most certainly a penalty on the pats or against any other team, but the pushoff you are complaining about didn't happen.
@Bostonctychamps1 @randomdeletion You mean the one you saw in your delusions?


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The Catholic Media Network, Upu Mana Catholic Television, is $45,000 better off today thanks to the angelic voices of opera stars who made last week's Opera Under the Stars a huge success.
Coupled with the hard work by the concert's organisers, fans and supporters are already looking forward to the next event.
Yesterday at Mulinu'u, the money was presented to Monsignor Etuale Etuale by the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea'i.
Mr. Bainimarama has also tried to heal the racial divisions which have blighted the former British colony since independence in 1970.
Monsieur Etuale thanked the organising committee and acknowledged the assistance, saying it will go a long way to improve the services provided by the station to all the Catholics in Samoa.
At the moment, he said the station only has one good camera and with the money, they will look to buy new cameras.
"The service provided by the station could be better and this is why we requested for financial assistance from you," Monsignor Etuale told the Committee.
Faleomavaega said the concert's organisers were pleased to be able to help improve the station.
The initial fundraising idea behind this year's Opera Under the Stars event was for the renovations to the St. Therese Retreat and Resort.
However, when a request came from the church for Upu Mana television, they decided to donate to the station.
Faleomavaega expressed thanks to all the sponsors, supporters and individuals who made the event possible. He also thanked the stars including Daphne Collins, Isabella Moore, Taunoa Filimoehala, Juan Kim, Benson Wilson and Derek Wendt.
A member of the committee, Kereti Ah Liki, said they were extremely happy to be able to give to the church.
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Gossip Girl Executive Producers Tease Game-Changing Finale
We are on pins and needles waiting for Gossip Girl's Season 4 finale — and after reading what executive producers Josh Safran and Stephanie Savage had to say to TVLine, we're ready for this hiatus to be over. Like, yesterday. The showrunners are teasing a crazy-big season ender!
"Last year's finale was a little bit darker," said Steph, "and this one is more juicy and fun." Echoed executive producer Josh Safran, "Every finale is a game-changer, but this one really is spinning everyone off in new ways that will be apparent as you watch it."
"The road map for all of the characters will be very clear," he added. "[But] that's not to say there won't multiple cliffhangers."
Prince Louis arrives on the UES to further complicate Blair's (Leighton Meester) boy confusion; Chuck (Ed Westwick) "gets very, very dark"; and Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) jet-sets to SoCal, where Ethan Peck may or may not win her heart. "Every year we try to do something big, like last year when we sent the girls to Paris," dished Josh. "So, this is just a fun change in location for Serena."
There are three episodes before the two-part finale, which takes place over the course of one night. Gossip Girl returns next Monday, April 18, at 9 PM.
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by Terence Jason Dorman
To build the hype for the upcoming release of Seed Three: Fall of Marmothoa, I thought I'd analyze one of the cards that has been spoiled so far.
All of you have probably seen this card before as it was one of the earliest previews, but if you happened to miss it, then you are in for a treat.
Today's article highlights Ensmallment Ray, a Gearsmith Item. While Gearsmith isn't my favorite trade, I tend to find myself coming up with Gearsmith ideas as their cards are very versatile and lend themselves to being utility or combo cards in a lot of decks.
This card is no exception and will certainly provide a lot of deck builders with new and creative ideas.
This is one of those cards where all three pieces come together beautifully. The name of the card accurately depicts what the card does while the art reflects its role in the Spoils lore. The art, done by Christopher Nico, beautifully shows a trio of mischievous 31v35 torturing a fourth, all with a vast array of colors and a detailed Gearsmith background. Add in two clever pieces of flavor text that flow with the artwork and you have a card that ties its name, art, and flavor together in a wonderful manner.
This card will be found in Seed Three, which as I'm sure you already know, is a fixed set. As such, every purchase of Seed Three will come with a copy of Ensmallment Ray, so if you are dying to get your hands on this card, you don't have to worry about cracking packs.
As an Item, this card falls well within the realm of the Gearsmith trade as they have the most interaction with items. Also, as I mentioned above, the flavor of this card is deeply Gearsmith, so any other trade having a card like this would have felt weird. Plus, the effect of the card (which will be discussed later) really screams Gearsmith as the other trades really don't have access to cost reduction like Gearsmith does.
As an Item that isn't a gear, this card has no subtypes to talk about. We won't hold that against it, though.
The threshold of this card is three, which I consider the start of �high� threshold with two being average and one being cheap or �splashable.� Three threshold generally means that you have to put some effort into making this card playable as there is currently no way to start the game with three threshold. As such, this card is clearly designed for decks full of Gearsmith threshold, whether that be through resources, double threshold resources, or Crests.
The card has a cost of four which I consider average. It is a little high for an item, but that is balanced by the fact that Gearsmith has ways to reduce item costs. The cost of the card is balanced further by the first line its effect, but I will cover that later.
With no additional costs present this card comes is, in my opinion, perfect when it comes to cost versus value. Had this card been more expensive, or had higher threshold, and I could see arguments for it being overpriced. Anything cheaper, or lower threshold, and the card would be too good and too easily splashable.
No keywords to be found on Ensmallment Ray. Similar to its lack of subtypes, though, we won't hold this against the card.
As I mentioned above, the Effect of this card shines because it gives incredible value in relation to its cost. The first line of text on this card, �When this card enters play, draw a card,� immediately pushes the math in favor of this card. If we value drawing a card at three resources (because this is how much it costs to draw a card via the Faction), this card has an �effective� cost of one. This doesn't even consider the added value of this card keeping your handsize the same after playing it.
With this in mind we, theoretically, gain the rest of this card's Effect for a cost of one. The middle line of text, �Reduce the numeric cost of characters you play by 2, to a minimum of 1,� continues to add to the value. If you play just ONE character for cheaper due to the effect of this card then Ensmallment Ray has paid for itself. Any character past the first one is effectively giving you resources as the Ensmallment Ray can, at this point, be considered free.
Now let's take a look at what that line of text does outside of resource value. To put it simply, it makes characters cheaper! Gearsmith is already the trade of choice for cost reduction and this just puts them over the edge. I certainly like the idea of playing Guardforce Alpha Prime H4x0r for three instead of five. Heck, a Gigamajig costs four instead of six!
Diving into the other trades, just think of what powerhouse characters you can make cheaper with this card: Martial Artist, Dragon Archer, Fired Hand, Union Leader, Rosy Palmer, and her Five Friends, The Billionaire, Athalamund Mangod, the Iron Fist, Deadly Striker, and my personal favorite, Sneaky Mansion. Plus, I'm sure there will be some exciting Seed Three cards that will want to cost two less as well!
Of course, all of this excitement has to be brought down a little bit. The downer comes in the form of this card's third line of text, �All your characters lose 1 strength and 1 life.� This can be a hefty downside if the deck builder doesn't take this into consideration appropriately, especially since a lot of Gearsmith characters (including majigs) only have one life.
The downside kind of fixes itself, however, as the theme of the card lends itself to being in decks that contain higher cost characters. Higher cost characters, generally, have bigger stats, so the one less strength and one less life shouldn't be a huge detriment.
The first combo that screams to mind when I see this card is a first turn 1337! + Ensmallment Ray. This gets the Ray out on turn one AND keeps your handsize exactly how it started before playing both cards. Having the Ray out on turn one also allows you to start dropping bombs on turn two, which could come in the form of any of the following combinations: four three-cost cards, two four-cost cards, one three-cost card and one five-cost card, a four-cost card and two three-cost cards, or one six cost card. That is a lot of interesting options.
Another option is to combo the Ray with cards characters that can attack the turn they come into play. Gearsmith currently has five cards that can attack in this manner, all of which cost four or more and require a maximum of three Gearsmith threshold, the same as the Ray. This could create an extremely devastating turn, especially since Guardforce Morphmajig gets bigger for each character you play after it, which could be quite a few due to the cost reduction effect of the Ray.
In my opinion, Ensmallment Ray is one of those cards that deck builders are going to have a lot of fun with. While the downside seems huge, the potential this card creates should certainly outweigh its negative effects. Add in the fact that this card can only get better with the release of more characters and I imagine that we will be seeing this card in competitive decks for quite some time.


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New Scientist magazine - 11 June 2011
More rights for cephalopods
We know they are highly intelligent, so why don't we grant them more protection?
The cyber-enemy at the gate
Solid defences have got to be preferable to the threat of escalating warfare
The real problem of Bartolo Colón's stem cell therapy
The furore over the baseball player's treatment misses a wider point – researchers should be carrying out trials of this therapy, not relying on athletic guinea pigs
$6 billion needed to save 7.4 million people with HIV
News > Upfrontp6
An extra $6 billion could take antiretroviral drugs to most of the 9 million people not getting the treatment at present, saving millions of lives by 2020
Climate squeeze could wipe out vital crops
News > Upfrontp6
Global warming may rob farmers in many poor countries of enough time to grow traditional crops on which millions of people rely for survival
Fukushima fallout greater than thought
News > Upfrontp6
Japan's nuclear safety agency has again increased its estimate of the radioactive material emitted during the crisis
Tevatron's mystery signal grows stronger with more data
News > Upfrontpp6-7
In April, physicists reported seeing hints of a new particle in data from the collider's CDF experiment – now even more data shows the signal is still there
60 Seconds
News > 60 Secondsp7
Death threats for climate scientists, slow-growing brain cells, Kansas's tornado-proof biolab, and more
Big pharma offers cut-price vaccines to poor children
News > Upfrontp7
Major pharmaceutical companies have reduced the price of several childhood vaccines in a bidding war to provide UNICEF with a new round of supplies
Cellphones are 'possibly' carcinogenic
News > Upfrontp7
Major review says heavy cellphone use may increase risk of specific type of brain tumours
Skin cancer treatment: Biggest breakthrough in 30 years
News > Upfrontp7
Two new drugs for an advanced form of skin cancer are being hailed as the biggest breakthrough for cancer of the last 30 years
Beyond antibiotics: A new way to fight superbugs
News > This Weekpp8-9
German E. coli deaths show it's time to look past the wonder drugs of the 1950s in the battle against lethal bacteria
Stem cell therapy wasn't unfair help for baseball star
News > This Weekp10
With Major League Baseball investigating Bartolo Colón's stem cell treatment, New Scientist's analysis suggests it is not performance-enhancing
Heaviest elements yet join periodic table
News > This Weekp11
It's official: elements 114 and 116 have been added to the table, bringing chemists one step closer to the fabled "island of stability"
Slow-moving Alzheimer's can buy people more time
News > This Weekp11
People with Alzheimer's deteriorate at one of two speeds, so it's possible to predict when cognitive functions might decline
'Sustainable' timber is not always what it seems
News > This Weekp12
Only a small fraction of forests are managed sustainably, and even the most famous certification logo is being abused
Erase entangled memory to cool a computer
News > This Weekp13
It may one day be possible to cool a supercomputer just by deleting some of its memory
Meet the league of extraordinary supernovae
News > This Weekp13
Some of the brightest objects observed in recent years are members of a new class of supernovae which could help illuminate dim galaxies
Wired Californian forests to guide response to climate
News > Field Notesp14
Two forests wired up to track water should help the US's most populous state adapt to a warming world in which the stuff becomes increasingly scarce
Fluorescent fish glows to show feminising chemicals up
News > In Briefp16
A genetically modified, glow-in-the-dark fish can reveal the presence of oestrogen-like chemicals in water
Nano-foam could plug underground CO2 leaks
News > In Briefp16
Injecting nanoparticles into underground reservoirs before they are filled with captured carbon dioxide could make any leaks self-sealing
Small galaxies may only give birth to small stars
News > In Briefp16
It's as if small towns could only produce small people: dwarf galaxies may not be able to produce the largest stars
Weather records predict future cholera outbreaks
News > In Briefp16
Tracking monthly temperature rises and rainfall can help to predict when a cholera outbreak is likely to hit
Farmers were genetic breeders 10,000 years ago
News > In Briefp17
Early Chinese rice farmers selected for the same gene that played a key role in the 20th century green revolution
Mouse virus doesn't cause chronic fatigue syndrome
News > In Briefp17
Two new studies suggest virus link was probably a false alarm caused by contamination
New super-dense forms of carbon outshine diamond
News > In Briefp17
In addition to a higher refractive index, these sparklers should have exotic electrical properties – if they can ever be made
Proteins protect against heart attack
News > In Briefp17
Mice given daily injections of a naturally occurring protein repaired damaged cells more easily after a heart attack
Software simulator tracks undersea noise pollution
Technology > Newsp19
Maps based on predictions of underwater noise pollution could give whales much-needed peace and quiet
China starts building world's biggest radio telescope
Technology > Newspp20-21
The 500-metre FAST telescope will be the most sensitive instrument ever to peer into the skies, a boon for astronomers, cosmologists and alien hunters
One Per Cent
Technology > Newsp21
Rocket flies high on the cheap, AI gives Pac-Man a try and new tech laws miss the mark
Hybrid cars give flywheels a spin
Technology > Newsp22
Cheaper and lighter than electric batteries, flywheels could usher in a new generation of affordable hybrid cars
Unicycle robot keeps its balance while standing still
Technology > Newsp22
A single-wheeled robot that can balance, even when stationary, could squeeze into spaces too small for conventional vehicles
Bolivia's stunning salt flats
Beneath the mirror-like surface of Salar de Uyuni lies an untapped resource that could one day power our laptops and electric cars
Forget Mother Nature: This is a world of our making
Comment and Analysispp26-27
Humans have transformed Earth beyond recovery – but rather than look back in despair we should look ahead to what we can achieve, says Erle C. Ellis
Robin Ince: Who needs religion?
Opinion > Interviewp27
The UK's funniest rationalist celebrates the world seen through godless eyes
A field guide to bullshit
Opinion > Interviewpp28-29
How do people defend their beliefs in bizarre conspiracy theories or the power of crystals? Philosopher Stephen Law has tips for spotting their strategies
Healthy democracy
The suggestion that high levels of infectious disease inhibit the development of democracy (21 May, p 34) runs counter to social and medical history...
Life on Mars?
I enjoyed Colin Pillinger's article (21 May, p 38) about evidence from Martian meteorites that could hint at life on that planet...
Second genesis
The discussion of the probability of the existence of inhabited planets beyond Earth in your "Instant expert" on astrobiology (7 May) falls into the trap...
Enigma Number 1650
Opinion > Enigmap30
Call off the search
Your editorial "Life's endless possibilities" (14 May, p 3) stated: "We need to spread our search for alien life as imaginatively as we can"...
Capturing light
The article "The rush towards renewable oil" (21 May, p 6) could have included estimates of the efficiency with which the photosynthetic alkane-producing microbes...
Code words
I believe the Somerton code (21 May, p 40) was in fact an attempt by a dying man to compose his epitaph, influenced by the...
Mass confusion
The teachers I work with would not teach students that atomic weights were fundamental constants of nature, which is clear from "The periodic turntable" part...
Rules of thumb
Roman emperors never used the thumbs-down signal to mean the death of the losing combatant in the gladiatorial arena (Feedback, 7 May). As it...
Wind's weakness
New Scientist reported that wind turbines are one of "Japan's energy options in a non-nuclear future" (21 May, p 10). They would "operate"...
Slim and beautiful: Galaxies too good to be true
Features > Cover Storypp32-35
Pristine spiral galaxies are some of the most stunning sights in the night sky – so perfect that they have cosmologists scratching their heads
Eight arms, big brain: What makes cephalopods clever
Features > Featurepp36-39
Octopuses' astonishing mental skills might help us unearth the roots of intelligence – but first we need to understand what makes them so smart
The defenders: Inside an online siege
Features > Featurepp41-43
Who will protect your money, your identity and your secrets from hackers? Richard Fisher joins a bunch of hopefuls to find out if they're up to the task
United plates of America: The making of a new world
Features > Featurepp44-47
The collision of North and South America changed the Earth's climate dramatically – and may have happened far earlier than we thought
Whales in close-up
Opinion > CultureLabp48
In Among Giants, "Flip" Nicklin takes you on a genial tour of his enviable career as a free-diving wildlife photographer
A stem cell retrospective
Opinion > CultureLabp49
In The Stem Cell Hope, Alice Park recounts the human stories behind the potentially world-changing science that is stem cell research
Why the universe wasn't fine-tuned for life
Opinion > CultureLabp49
In The Fallacy of Fine-tuning, Victor Stenger dismantles arguments that the laws of physics in our universe were "fine-tuned" to foster life
Of astronauts and artists: The romance of space flight
Opinion > CultureLabp50
NASA patronage of the arts is commemorated at NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration, at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
Feedback: Flying faeces in the lab
The endless fascination of turd-kicking grasshoppers, a dangerous god seized by police in south London, Beethoven's posthumous oeuvre, and more
Blind to the truth?
The Last Word > Last Word Answerp65
Coloured snow
The Last Word > Last Word Answerp65
The end of the line
The Last Word > Last Word Questionp65


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Northern Ballet on Sky Arts
On Sunday 15 January at 5pm Sky Arts 2 premiered a film about Northern Ballet.
Click here to see when Sky Arts at Northern Ballet is on next.
On Sunday 15 January at 5pm Sky Arts 2 premiered a film about Northern Ballet.
Click here to see when Sky Arts at Northern Ballet is on next.
Before Christmas we held a party for our Mini Movers and Moving Minis (classes for children aged 18months - 4years old).
We had loads of fun singing Christmas songs and playing in the bubble machine and then finished the morning off with mince pies and orange juice. Lani and Sharon (both aged 3) had a great time filming these short clips to tell you how they got on!
We have seen a huge improvement in our Minis this term - lots more confidence and rhythm! We can't wait to see everyone again for the start of the spring term in January.
If the answer is 'yes' to any of these questions then please come along to one of our Academy Open Days.
On Thursday 1 December 2011 Northern Ballet will be holding a ZUMBA© fitness party – we would love for you and your friends to join us and the best thing is...
Richard Digance is performaing at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre at Northern Ballet on Saturday 12 November; he may only have been a professional comic for 40 years – but it feels a lot longer than that.
Last Thursday the dark early evening rain and wind intensified the atmosphere of suspense and expectation around the Leeds Town Hall Crypt, as the first set of people came along to find out more about OverWorlds & UnderWorlds, the first major public-arts project by Leeds Canvas, planned for next year.
On 20 October group bookers from Leeds, Sheffield and Hull were invited to a very special evening at Northern Ballet. The atrium of our new home was buzzing as over 130 guests gathered – champagne flowed as anticipation rose.
Our Sponsor a Dancer campaign was launched in style last night (Wednesday 19 October) at a fabulous evening at Mint hotel in Leeds.
Earlier this year Northern Ballet's Royal Patron, Prince Edward, or to give him his full title, HRH The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, attended a performance of Cleopatra with his wife The Countess of Wessex at Sadler's Wells.


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DOJ Approves Penguin Random House Merger
February 14, 2013 | 3:37 pm
By Juli Monroe
One hurdle down. Several more to go with the EU, Canadian Competition Bureau and various other antitrust authorities around the world still needing to weigh in on this.
Penguin's settlement with the Justice Department was a move to smooth the way for this merger, and it looks like that move worked. Note that Random House, not included in the price-fixing case, will be bound by the terms of the Penguin settlement.
Who owns how much of what? For those who are keeping score, according to the announcement:
Following completion, Bertelsmann will own 53% and Pearson 47% of Penguin Random House. It will encompass all of Random House and Penguin Group's publishing units in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa, as well as Penguin's operations in China and Random House's publishers in Spain and Latin America.
I wonder what impact the merger will have on libraries and e-books. Random House allows libraries to purchase them from OverDrive, at inflated prices, while Penguin severed its relationship with OverDrive last year and has been partnering with other sources, like Baker & Taylor and 3M. Will Random House also split with OverDrive, or will Penguin begin working with them again? What will they cost? Stay tuned!
Does anyone know what the new company will be called? Penguin Random House? I remember some discussion of that last year, but I couldn't track down a final name.
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I really like Random Penguin as a name. The joke possibilities are endless. I'll bet that no matter what official name they come up with, folks will call them Random Penguin, when they aren't calling them something unprintable.
It's what I'm already seeing people calling them, so I think you're right.


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This is the way we make the salves…
I spin, I knit, I bake, and I sew. I guess I do a lot of things "the old fashioned way." Maybe it's because I grew up with people who quietly insisted that handmade was always better- perhaps it is. Regardless, I've come to the conclusion that there's something infinitely meaningful in making things from scratch.
A while back, I went through yet another round of "lets give the redhead with the weird symptoms to the residents and see what happens." Seeing 6 doctors in 3 days did nothing positive for my opinion of modern health care (Don't shoot me Uncle Bob- the imaging guys were super fab!). I made a promise to myself that I'd never again waist time and resources, mine or a doctor's, by coming in for anything minor (please note that I said minor- I'm not suicidal).
I mean, common…I'd been reading herbal manuals for years. I'd adopted many home remedies that work very well. So why couldn't I take this a bit further.
In walks the idea of making hand balms/salves (I use the terms interchangeably). They're a simple introduction to herbal home remedies that you don't have to taste. They aren't likely to do permanent damage and they allow everyone to indulge in a little creature comfort now and again. As someone with chronically dry skin and ever-present hangnails, I can't get enough of them.
So here's how I do it.
I start by setting out the herbs I need. This time I'm making a simple healing salve for chapped/dry skin using calendula flowers, also known as pot marigold.
I then add oil to the bowl of herbs- just enough to get everything wet. The type of oil isn't terribly important (arguably). Some people swear by cold pressed extra virgin olive oil. Personally, I prefer to use safflower oil simply because it doesn't have a heavy smell.
I then prop the bowl of herb/oil mess in a pot of water to double boil for a couple of hours. (Feel free to make fun of my makeshift double boiler. In 4 years, we still haven't gotten past the hand-me-down stage of setting up house.) Cooking the oil this way infuses it with the goodies from the herbs.
Once they've cooked, I then transfer the herb/oil mess to a strainer filled with cheese cloth and squish the heck out of it. Salves tend to be much nicer to use when you don't have to pick the herby bits off yourself afterwards.
Note: Do NOT do this immediately after cooking-let it cool first! This stuff been sitting in boiling water for 2 hours. Burning yourself while making the salve kinda defeats the purpose. (Just ask me how I know.)
Once the oil has been separated from the herbs, it goes back into the bowl with some beeswax. (Until I can locate a decent local source, mine comes from this particularly nice gentleman.) The bowl is then put back onto the double boiler and heated until the wax has melted.
Once melted, I add a little vitamin E to keep the oil from spoiling (and you just thought it made you pretty). I then use a turkey injector, sans horrifically scary needle, to neatly fill individual little pots for use later.
As a special gift, sometimes I'll reheat the salve on a hot plate and add an essential oil or fragrance. That said, the subtle smell of beeswax and herb is probably still my absolute favorite. That's all there is to it, really.
Edit 11/30 2:10 pm:
To those that have commented and emailed me about the salves: thank you for the compliments! Unfortunately, I'm not selling them at this time.


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Smart grid standards: ZigBee salutes the IPv6 flag
By: SGN Staff
Quick Take: The smart grid is marching relentlessly toward full compatibility with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Everyone needs to adhere to IPv6 - and that job just got a little easier with the release of a new specification from the ZigBee Alliance. The industry consortium promotes ZigBee as the solution of choice for "personal area networks" - short-range wireless networks for connecting such things as smart meters, smart thermostats and smart appliances.
As the story below implies, this is all part of the Internet of Things revolution. And it's good news for utilities because it expands their choices while allowing them to stay IPv6. And that may be the biggest benefit of open standards. They give users a wide selection of alternatives plus the ability to mix and match products from different vendors. - By Jesse Berst
The ZigBee Alliance has released its third specification for ZigBee IP, which the organization says is the first open standard for an IPv6-based complete wireless mesh networking solution for controlling low-power, low-cost devices.
It adds network and security layers as well as an application framework to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, and also provides scalable architecture including end-to-end IPv6 networking which establishes a basis for an Internet of Things without the need for intermediate gateways. And it provides a cost-effective, energy-efficient wireless mesh network based on standard Internet protocols.
"ZigBee offers a significant step forward in the expansion of IP-based control," said Mark Grazier, marketing manager and ZigBee board member, Wireless Connectivity Solutions at Texas Instruments. "Having low-power, low-cost wireless mesh devices that connect to a variety of smart grid IPv6-based protocols will further expand the Internet of Things."
Tobin Richardson, chairman and CEO of the ZigBee Alliance, commented "ZigBee IP provides another option for product manufacturers to add mesh networking to their products. We expect to see a wave of ZigBee certified products based on ZigBee IP when Smart Energy Profile 2 is completed later this year since ZigBee IP was designed specifically to meet SEP2 requirements for the smart grid."
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TN TAT Part 1 Easter 2008:I wrote about some of my early exploring on the "Badass Ride" thread
. I rode a '71 CL100 all over the local roads, a bunch of the MS TAT and finally I was going to knock off a bit of TN in preperation for a full trip.
I packed up the bike on a Wednesday, rode it to my sister's house loaded it in a truck and drove my father home to Savannah,
My ride west wasn't without its difficulties but it started out nice enough. I have always loved these old wooden bridges.
But there was trouble in paradise, an exhaust stud had pulled and the pipe kept pulling away from the head. Also oil was beginning to appear on the head and cylinder.
Hmm. You mean that bungee cord isn't as good as a stud and nut? Where is that oil coming from?
It still looks good from way over here.
I really was riding it.
That's odd, every time I stop there's more oil.
Time to get some beer.
But then it all came to a slow, powerless halt. I was in a construction zone so I coasted off the road into someone's driveway and behind a barier and the tools came out. At least I was prepared.
I took it apart a little to verify that the valve train is working but it has no compression.
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I drink that beer and wait and wait.
And finally the cavaly arrived. My wife was thirlled at getting to leave work two hours early.
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Back in the Day: Reading the cards with pre-war Plymouth scene
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THANKS to Sandra Porter for this unusual picture postcard of pre-war Plymouth.
If the building in the bottom corner, on the corner of Westwell Street and Princess Square is the new Humm's motor showroom then the picture is indeed just pre-war, but what makes it unusual is the vantage point – it looks like an aerial shot and although it quite low for such a shot, it is nevertheless far too high for it to have been taken from any building.
Certainly the view affords us quite interesting perspective on the Guildhall, and the back of the General Post Office and the veritable maze of buildings between Westwell Street and Catherine Street off Princess Street Ope.
One can only assume, because, apart from St Andrew's Church, it's the only other building arrowed, that the postcard was produced by the proprietor of the Townhall Hotel, which takes centre stage in the middle of the image, just below and to the right of the Guildhall tower.
Because Westwell Street was relatively narrow, and because the Hotel, at No.27, was pretty much in the middle of the thoroughfare, it was difficult to get a decent photograph of the premises and the beauty of this picture is that the angle and the context of the other major landmarks make it easy for any visitor to find.
It's interesting to note, of course, that when this photograph was taken the term Town Hall was no longer strictly relevant, as Plymouth had been granted City status on October 17 1928 and it's fascinating to speculate on what it might have been called today had it not been destroyed in the Blitz of 1941.
MARY Coombs provided this quirky little Thirties collection, the quality isn't brilliant but, thanks to the wonder of the internet and specifically a site called the Golden Years of Aviation, I was able to learn more about both aircraft.
Assuming I've interpreted the information correctly:
G-A CGI is one of General Aircraft's Monospar craft that was designed by Helmut J Stieger and first flown, it would appear, by GA's General Manager, Flight Lieutenant Harry Schofield, in April 1933. Schofield, a distinguished test pilot, who had first flown with the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917, won the King's Cup Air Race in a Monospar in 1934. This particular craft, which saw service for Southern Airways and Plymouth Airport Ltd, was taken into war service in May 1940.
G-A DDX meanwhile is a Short S.16 Scion that first flew in March 1935 and spent some time operating out of Plymouth Airport Ltd. It was requisitioned for the war effort in April 1940. A name associated with this aircraft was RJB Seaman, who ran Ramsgate Airfield and would appear also to have owned the Monospar we see in the other picture at one time or another.
G-A, along with G-E, G-F and G-G was incidentally a British aeroplane registration mark. The marks had been agreed, along with marks for all other regions of the world, at a convention just after the end of the First World War and they remained in use until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
Mary's third image was, according to the manuscript notes on the back, taken a little bit further out than Plymouth Airport, 'on the moors, near the Yelverton aerodrome … lovely out there,' says the writer, 'grand walks'.


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