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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (L) and Peruvian Minister of Defense Pedro Cateriano (R) attend a ceremony at the army headquarters in Lima on October 6, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ERNESTO BENAVIDES
LIMA: The continued exchange of artillery fire between Syria and Turkey raises additional concerns that the conflict may escalate and spread to neighboring countries, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday.
Panetta said the U.S. is using its diplomatic channels to relay worries about the fighting in the hopes that it will not broaden.
His comments came on the heels of warnings from Turkey's prime minister that his country is not far from war with Syria.
Turkish and Syria traded artillery fire Saturday as rebels clashed with President Bashar Assad's forces near the border, heightening the fears that the crisis could erupt into a regional conflict. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday cautioned Damascus not to test Turkey's "limits and determination" and said Ankara was not bluffing in saying it won't tolerate such acts.
In other comments during a press conference with Peru's Defense Minister, Pedro Cateriano, Panetta warned that the international community is ready to impose more sanctions against Iran if the country does not begin to address concerns about its nuclear program.
The economic sanctions are having a damaging effect on Iran, as inflation and unemployment rise, and the value of the currency drops, increasing prices.
Iran, said Panetta, has to engage seriously with the international community to resolve issues with its nuclear program and if it doesn't, "make no mistake, the international community will continue to impose additional sanctions."
Panetta's comments came after meetings Saturday with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, and the country's defense ministry - dubbed the Pentagonito - to continue meetings with Cateriano.
After his meeting with Humala, Panetta said the U.S. is increasing efforts to build partnerships in the region and said America will do whatever it can to provide assistance to Peru to meet the challenges of terrorism, illicit trafficking and humanitarian needs.
Later, he and Cateriano, during a joint press conference, said that they are negotiating an update in the defense cooperation agreement between their two countries.
Noting that the last agreement was sealed in 1952, Panetta said the U.S. is committed to improving its ability to conduct joint military exercises, training and education exchanges with Peru.
Cateriano said updating the agreement will help his country modernize its military.
Panetta also said that the U.S. wants to work with Peru to confront the drug trafficking, calling it "one of the most serious threats we face in the hemisphere." He said he listened to the concerns of the Peru officials, and will determine if there is any additional help the U.S. can provide.
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs face a top 10 ranked team for the second consecutive week.
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THE central bank has moved to end the raging turf war between e-money transfer service providers Ecocash and Telecash after it emerged the former was barring its agents from working with the new comers.
Ecocash, a subsidiary of the country's largest telecoms company, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, launched 2011 and has amassed a rich base of 7000 agents.
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Tempe mayoral candidate calls out coucilman
Tempe business owner and candidate for mayor Michael Monti wants opposing candidate, Tempe Councilman Mark Mitchell, to disclose his expenses for taxpayer-funded travel.
A new policy was recently proposed at a news conference held by Monti along with Mayor Hugh Hallman and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. Their proposal stated that officials would be forced to report their taxpayer funded travel expenses.
A gift ban for the city of Tempe was also proposed.
The ban would require officials to report gifts of more than $15 and prevent elected officials from accepting gifts worth more than $50.
"I hope these rules will not only keep elected officials honest, but will also discourage those seeking perks and privileges from running for office in the future in our city," Monti said in a press release.
Monti said Mitchell has received meals, trips and gifts throughout his nearly 12 years on the council, but none of them have been disclosed.
"If Mitchell does not release these, it begs the question what he is hiding in those travel records and what gifts he has received over the years he has failed to report," Monti said in the release.
Bill Scheel, a spokesman for Mitchell, said that the councilman files a disclosure report every January.
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Scheel went on to say that Monti could be focusing on things that are more important to the city.
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Visine Poisoning: It was reported that a California man who poisoned his girlfriend with Visine did it as a "prank."
The incident where a California man was arrested last week for allegedly poisoning his girlfriend with Visine was described as a "prank," it was reported Monday.
Grass Valley resident Shayne Carpenter, 27, allegedly put eye drops in his girlfriend's drink and was later arrested on domestic violence and poisoning charges. He was released from jail after posting bail on Friday, reported ABC News.
The Daily Mail points out that the woman discovered incriminating texts of the so-called "prank." Carpenter was apparently mad after the two got into a fight.
The woman told ABC that after they fought, she started to feel ill.
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"We got admissions from him over the phone, when he was admitting to her, that he had done this," Lt. Steve Tripp of the Nevada County Sheriff Department told ABC News.
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Standing in a Riverhead law office on Tuesday afternoon, about a dozen of East End fishermen signed a Fisherman's Bill of Rights. It was the latest move in a months long effort by a group of East Hampton baymen to protect their industry against what they say are unreasonable practices by the state that take away their basic rights under the Constitution.
Daniel Rodgers, a Riverhead attorney who has taken up the East End fisherman's battle against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), said he plans to forward the Fisherman's Bill of Rights to Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Secretary of State.
This comes after Rodgers formally filed an ethics complaint against the DEC related to the sale of fishermen's catch after DEC officers seized the fish.
Nassau County attorney Harry H. Kutner, Jr. also announced this week that the group is considering a federal civil rights class action lawsuit against the DEC for allegedly violating fishermen's rights on the East End.
Rodgers has been working with baymen like the Lester family, current East Hampton Town Trustee Nat Miller and former trustee and veteran baymen Stuart Vorpahl since he took on a DEC case against the Lesters last summer. Paul and Kelly Lester were accused of violating the state's Conservation Law after a raid of their Amagansett home and were ultimately acquitted. However, for Rodgers it opened his eyes to what he views as state law that allows DEC officers to deprive fishermen of their basic rights under the Constitution. Specifically, it allows that fishermen's homes and boats can be searched without a warrant and fish seized and sold by DEC officers before they have been deemed guilty or innocent of any crime.
"Because it is the law of the land in the State of New York that fishermen and women as a class be treated differently than ordinary citizens of this State, we have created a Fishermen's Bill of Rights as an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of New York," said Rodgers in a statement on Tuesday.
Under the Fishermen's Bill of Rights, all fishermen would be protected against warrantless searches and seizures unless an officer has probable cause. Fishermen cannot be deprived of property without due process, under the bill of rights and if they are they must be compensated. The bill of rights also aims to give fishermen equal protection under the law and protects them from excessive penalties.
Lastly, the bill of rights states that "No fisherman shall be subject to any moratorium" that deprives them of the right to work unless it is backed up by actual legislation by the state. Currently, the DEC has moratoriums against issuing fluke and striped bass permits to fisherman.
"The DEC moratoriums effectively close down fisheries," said Rodgers on Tuesday. "It deprives fisherman the ability to make a living. Moratoriums are designed to be temporary but these have been in place for years."
These issues, said Rodgers, will also be addressed if and when a lawsuit is filed on behalf of the fishermen against the DEC, which could happen as early as August, he said.


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Johannesburg — Tellinger is a singer, an actor and the author of several books on the origins of humankind and ancient civilizations.
Through what he calls his "Ubuntu philosophy," he maintained the world and not only South Africa could be freed from the "financial slavery" he claimed is orchestrated by corrupt banks, private corporations and governments.
"Money was introduced to humanity thousands of years ago by what have become the royal banking bloodlines. They still control the world's supply of money today," Tellinger told VOA.
"I realized that this is not a sustainable model, that this is really what is enslaving humanity. And what is causing all the problems is the control of money by those that print it and supply it and own it, making us believe that we need money to live on this earth... We don't need money, because it is a synthetically created and introduced tool of enslavement over the people of our planet."
Tellinger's argument is that "banking dynasties" and their allies get rich by forcing people to "worship" money.
"The economic system to which humanity is enslaved brain-washes us from when we are in school to believe that money is the only thing that can solve our problems," he said. "Nothing can be further from the truth. Money is the cause of all the problems! The moment you remove money from the system, that moment you remove all the hurdles and obstacles to progress and human endeavor and achieving abundance on all levels for humanity."
Tellinger said the "great deception" is that the world is a place of scarcity, when the opposite is true.
"There are enough resources for everyone in the world to live good, abundant lives. The only reason that there's scarcity is because the resources necessary for survival, like food and water, are controlled by corporations," he said.
"The only reason that our townships don't have sporting facilities and new sports grounds - with the latest facilities and amenities and technology - is because the bankers are controlling the flow of money. If we stop that, and we issue money by the people, for the people, money can be made available for all these things all the time, every step of the way."
Tellinger, who plans to stand as a presidential candidate in South Africa's upcoming national election on May 7, said this utopia is possible through what he terms the "Ubuntu Contribution System."
The party manifesto reads, 'UCS will restore [the] harmonious balance between the people and the Earth providing abundance for all, because it is an environment which allows its citizens to all contribute their natural talents and acquired skills to the greater benefit of all the people in the community. This applies to all areas of our society; science, technology, agriculture, manufacture, health, education, housing, and all other areas not financially viable under the present economic system.'
Tellinger branded "contributionism" an "open system, allowing the community to create ... but not just for themselves, for all the other communities around them as well. That is what contributionism is all about."
"If we need food, let's just plant what we need. If our neighbors don't get enough rain, we'll grow enough food so that we can supply them as well. They'll then contribute something that they have that we need."
Tellinger said all who contribute their skills for the "greater good" will be paid with "people's money" issued by councils of "trusted" elders.
"The Ubuntu philosophy is not to govern people. In fact, if I became president tomorrow, the first thing I would do is dissolve the government. People do not need to be governed; they can govern themselves," he emphasized.
A People's Bank
To create heaven on earth, said Tellinger, the first step would be to close all central banks, including the South African Reserve Bank.
He explained, "We've got probably close to 50 percent unemployment in South Africa. All our mineral wealth is owned by international private corporations. All of our money is owned by a private corporation. The South African Reserve Bank, like all the central banks in the world bar two or three, are privately owned corporations that are allowed to dictate the economic and financial policy for the people of its country. It is an insane thought - that we've allowed, or our governments and our leaders have allowed, these corporations to get away with it."
Tellinger said power must be taken away from the corporations that control the world and be given back to the people - the "real owners" of the earth.
"So what I'm saying is we're going to close down the South African Reserve Bank and open up a People's Bank which issues money for the people, by the people and makes money available for everything that the people need to do," he stated.
Tellinger said such "out-of-the-box" thinking is necessary in order for humanity to avoid a "catastrophe" in which increasing numbers of people slide into poverty and banks and their allies get "richer and richer."
"To prevent this will require a complete paradigm shift and a 180-degree turn-around... away from the [failed] socioeconomic policies that have been imposed on humanity for thousands of years. If this happens, you'll see how quickly things change for the better," he maintained.
Others say Tellinger's views border on insanity
Some observers have branded Tellinger's highly idealistic, utopian views as bordering on insanity. Despite this, his unconventional ideas and plans have resonated with many people across the globe.
"I've traveled the world for more than four years now, doing presentations in more than 100 countries around the world on the philosophy of Ubuntu and contributionism to rousing standing ovations to people who break down and burst into tears, because they realize that this is the only way for humanity to survive," he said.
Commenting on his chance of success in South Africa's 2014 poll, Tellinger said, "You never know. Just look at history - revolutions have happened virtually overnight.
"I'm not saying this is going to be a bloody revolution; on the contrary. I believe this is going to be a revolution of consciousness, where people just wake up and realize that we don't need the bankers' private money - pieces of worthless paper - that they're making us work our lives away [for], to slave away, doing what we hate doing.
"Those who are trying to control humanity through the financial systems are pushing people into a corner," Tellinger said. "And sooner rather than later, the people are going to start pushing back in a big way.
"In the near future there's going to be a rapid shift in people's consciousness and the systems which now control the world are going to come crashing down. I hope my movement will contribute to that."


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Student forced to shave 'Bonner Cut' scores courtside tix
Matt Bonner arranges courtside seats for Patrick Gonzalez
SAN ANTONIO - A 12-year-old Spurs superfan who was forced to shave his hair, which was cut in the likeness of Spurs forward Matt Bonner, scored courtside seats for Thursday's playoff game against the Clippers.
Woodlake Hills Middle School student Patrick Gonzalez was forced to shave off the Bonner cut because school officials said it was a distraction to other students. Patrick reluctantly shaved it off and returned to class.
The story made national headlines and Bonner arranged tickets for Gonzalez and his family to attend Thursday's game at the AT&T Center. Bonner also autographed several items of Spurs memorabilia for him.
Patrick says Bonner is one of his favorite players because their hair is similar and he plans to get the same haircut again this summer.
Bonner responded to the situation by saying he respects the school's decision and his mother is a teacher, but added maybe they could have just moved Patrick to the back of the classroom.
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Painted by Nelson Shanks in 1994, this portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales was completed around the time of her divorce.
It used to hang in the Princess's home, Kensington Palace. It captures the princess in almost photographic detail and has a wistful, tragic, but undefeated aura.
Diana sat perhaps 50 times for this painting, and it became one of her favourites.
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Step 1: Materials and tools
- Mug - any old mug will do, preferably plastic in case of accidents.
- An old drink-can.
- Something sharp to cut the can.
- Some polystyrene packing (from under a frozen pizza).
- PVA glue.
- Cocoa powder.
- Something to stir the glue.
- Hot-glue gun.
Step 2: The Bulk of the Chocolate.
Make it tall enough to fill up at least half the mug, but short enough to prevent children's lips touching the chocolate too often when it's in use (to cut the risk of passing infections).
Be careful of the sharp edges.
Press the mug into the polystyrene to mark a circle for trimming. Cut out a disc that will fit snugly in the mug.
Use the hot-glue to tack the can into the mug (it wouldn't do for the hot chocolate to rattle and clang, would it?). Put a ring of hot-glue on top of the can, and then quickly press the disc into place, keeping it as level as you can.
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Pizza is essentially the perfect food. Well, so long as you aren't lactose intolerant or have problems with gluten. We realize that those are pretty big caveats, but stay with us for a second — it'll be worth it: NPR spotted a study of why different cheeses diverge in looks and taste when baked. Seriously. In a paper called "Quantification of Pizza Baking Properties of Different Cheeses, and Their Correlation with Cheese Functionality," researchers found that, among other things, the reason why mozzarella is so unique of a topping has to do with the way it's prepared. The cheese bubbles and browns because of its inherent elasticity due to stretching. In contrast, cheddar isn't as ideal because it isn't very elastic, thus it doesn't bubble as well. The same apparently goes for Edam and Gruyere, too.
Lest you think this paper was just an excuse for the scientists to eat lots of pizza (maybe it was), they claim that by understanding why foods behave in certain ways, they could unlock the knowledge needed to hack our grub. For example, developing a cheese that's healthier for us and that tastes just as good as the stuff likely to cause debilitating heart conditions could come from this. Pizza that's actually good for you? That's something we can get behind.
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Marilyn said: "To keep your brown sugar from hardening…. store in plastic container and leave a slightly moistened paper towel on top of the brown sugar and place plastic lid over it. Always ready to use."
Lisa said: "Make sure to seal your sugar super, super tight with no air, and it stays moist."
Kelly said: "If brown sugar becomes hardened just microwave for a few seconds. Microwaving it is short lived, but you can do it as many times as necessary in order to use it instead of tossing it."
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Jibo is a natural language processing robot, similar to Apple's Siri, excect with a movable body that can display reactions to what you say, and other features. YouTube
The UpTake: There are few better ways to destroy your crowdfunding goal than with the contributions of developers already chomping at the bit to build on your platform.
L ess than one day into its Indiegogo crowdfuding campaign, Jibo, the pudgy, social robot, meant for use in the home, has more than doubled its $100,000 goal, thanks in large part to the enthusiasm of developers hoping to build on the platform.
"Jibo doesn't replace people and human relationships; rather, it is designed to support, complement and extend what we need from others in an affordable, effective and delightful way so that we can succeed, thrive and grow," said Cynthia Breazeal, the director of personal robots at MIT Media Lab, according to an International Business Times report published today, before her campaign totally destroyed its goal.
The occasionally creepy, occasionally incredibly cute, English speaking, 11 inch tall, six pound, aluminum, plastic, and glass robot is comprised of 2 color stereo cameras, three revolving axes, an HD LCD touchscreen, and two speakers.
As testament to the interest developers have already shown in using Jibo as a platform for their own products, the original 50 $599 developers packages, including a software development kit (SDK), enrollment in the JIBO Developers Program, and early access to submit content for the Jibo Store, have already completely sold out. A special extension of the offer now exists for another 100 developers, 25 of which are already sold out. None of the five research developer 11-packs for $5,489 have sold.
Developers are slated to receive their models in the third quarter of 2015, with full public release in 2016. According to the video, Jibo will eventually be able to connect to homes.
In 2008, Breazeal 's Nexi robot, a mobile, dexterous, social machine was named one of the 50 Best Innovations by TIME magazine. In the 1990s she created Kismet, a ground-breaking robotic head now on display at the MIT Museum. She earned her ScD and MS degrees at MIT in electrical engineering and computer science, and has a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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After getting beaten badly by the Bears on Monday night, the Cowboys are looking like playoff long shots. Is there any hope for Tony Romo and company? Plus, an amazing comeback tale in Baltimore and the weekly mailbag
Oh, it was cold last night? The Super Bowl's outside, in northern New Jersey, in eight weeks. It's going to be cold then. Maybe not Siberian cold, but cold.
You had injuries to deal with last night? You think you're not going to get more hurt by the first weekend of January?
You had some good receivers to deal with last night, the great Brandon Marshall and the star-in-the-making Alshon Jeffery? You won't face better, but you do have a couple of hot ones, DeSean Jackson and Riley Cooper, to cover in Week 17.
If you're still in the race by then, Dallas.
This Cowboys team smells an awful lot like the past two editions. Which is to say, 8-8. Imagine the grave disappointment of a third straight .500 season for the Cowboys. That's what Dallas (7-6) looked like last night in the 45-28 wipeout at Chicago, in a game played in negative temperatures, courtesy the wind off Lake Michigan.
If you're a Dallas fan, you'd like some small piece of good news after that egg-laying last night at Soldier Field. I don't blame you. I can offer you one ray of brightness: the schedule in the last three weeks of the season for the Cowboys and NFC East-leading Eagles, one game up on Dallas in first place with three to play. Here it is:
Philadelphia (8-5)
at Minnesota (3-9-1)
vs. Chicago (7-6)
at Dallas (7-6)
Dallas (7-6)
vs. Green Bay (6-6-1)
at Washington (3-10)
vs. Philadelphia (8-5)
The schedule edge goes to Dallas. The Cowboys have two at home and the Eagles two on the road. The finale is Eagles-Cowboys in Texas. But the schedule's hardly a killer for the Eagles. Dallas will be rooting hard for Matt Flynn to play for the Packers this weekend at Dallas—because that means Aaron Rodgers won't be in there, still nursing a broken collarbone.
But it might not mean much if the Eagles, on a four-game winning streak, don't fall back to earth a bit. As Cowboys fans saw last night (unless they threw something at the TV, rendering it black), the team broke a two-game streak of competent defense with a frightening performance. The first eight Chicago possessions: touchdown, touchdown, field goal, touchdown, field goal, touchdown, touchdown, field goal. The depleted defensive front got gashed by Matt Forte. A backup quarterback (but for how long?), Josh McCown, completed 75 percent of his throws for four touchdowns and no picks. Interceptions. Don't remind the Cowboys. They dropped three.
In short, Dallas is in big trouble. The only way the Cowboys will get out of it is with Matt Flynn playing this first week, continued chaos in Washington the second week … and Nick Foles succumbing to playoff pressure in the third. But the way that defense is playing, the only way the Cowboys make the playoffs is by winning shootouts. That's never a recipe for success.
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Like he never left
In late July, Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Flacco's favorite target, tight end Dennis Pitta, suffered a hip dislocation and fracture. It was assumed he'd be out for the year, and though the Ravens kept him on the IR-designated-to-return list, it was more hope than logic. But last week, after a second week of practicing full speed without pain in his surgically repaired right hip, Pitta was deemed ready to play … just 19 weeks after lying in a heap on the Ravens' practice field at the start of the team's training camp.
Pitta's not a big talker—that's probably why he fits well with the reserved Flacco—and since he was not volunteering anything as his return drew near, it was Flacco who drew him out.
"What's it feel like to be back?'' Flacco said to him in the home locker room in Baltimore Sunday morning, as the Ravens dressed before their game with Minnesota.
"Like normal,'' Pitta said. "Like I've been playing all year."
That's how he looked once he got on the field. Playing without restriction and looking very much like the intermediate and deep threat who had endeared Flacco to him, Pitta played 36 snaps, was targeted 11 times, caught six passes for 48 yards and scored on a one-yard TD catch in the final minutes that gave Baltimore one of its three leads in the last three minutes.
Afterward, the most important thing was nothing hurt—at least according to Pitta. "I felt like I came back from the dead,'' he said, chuckling, over the phone from Baltimore. "I was a little mad early, because I had a drop early in the game. But the best thing was all through the game, in those slippery conditions, I never felt it once. That's the best news. After a while, I just never thought about it anymore."
He laid out to catch one pass parallel to the ground across the middle from Flacco, and his touchdown catch was a classic tight end move—using his body to box out and eliminate the defender, before the ball settled in Pitta's gut.
The Ravens might have the toughest slate of any marginal playoff contender in the last three weeks—at Detroit, New England, and at Cincinnati to close—and, at 7-6, they probably have to go at least 2-1 in those three to have a good chance to play in the postseason. But with the return of Flacco's favorite target, no AFC contender got the kind of adrenalin shot the Super Bowl champs got over the weekend. I look at the Ravens this way, as their D starts to play better and they show some sparks running it: Don't let them in the tournament. They'll knock off somebody.
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Cowboy Mounted Shooting is the Fastest Growing Equestrian Sport in the Nation. Mounted contestants compete in this fast action timed event.This type of sport is too much interesting.
The Patriots and Belicheat and their liquored up owner win them all by cheating. The refs in NFL blatantly favor the Pats. How many times this year has baby Brady or their receivers screamed for pass interference calls and get them 5 seconds after the play has ended. However, karma is present and Belicheat has not won for a long time. Cheaters.
And this is bad news???
From those of us who love to see "America's Team" fall - from all the way back to Bart Starr's TD in the 1967 "Ice Bowl", Lynn Swan's catch in Super Bowl X, and "The Catch" - this is wonderful news.
So while the Cowboys have frustrated me many times over the years (those 5 Lombardi Trophies), your headline brings a welcome smile on a cold and dreary day.
The Cowboys are a horribly overrated team that the media loves to shove down our throats. They haven't been a great team since the Jimmy Johnson days.
Well that is just an awkward photo.
Watch a game of rugby to see their kicking strategy. The standard practice is for the kicking team to try to gain possession by drop kicking a high kick 15 meters deep or so. If football evolved from rugby, possible the rule came from there. Rugby is a great sport, once you figure it out, it's great to play and watch.
Dallas has a 36.9% chance of making it to the playoffs, as computed by Football Outsiders. Not as much of a long shot as Peter King makes it sound.
The onside kick strategy has changed over the years. It seems like the new strategy is for a couple of guys to go hard after the return team ball handlers and then let someone behind them pickup the loose ball. The old strategy was more a bounce it high and try to grab out of the air before the receiving team could. Someone will get very hurt soon and then a rule change will solve this issue.
Kickoffs should be kept, but it needs to be moved back. Touchbacks are almost automatic now, but it should be rewarding good (long) kicks. A bad (short) kick should be returned. This is part of the game, and it should make a difference. The way it is now, it's basically a bunch of guys running with no real graded results.
Also, on-side kick should be eliminated in favor of a realistic option to keep the ball. Quite plainly, the on-side kick is stupid and is more like a dice roll more than anything else. A play should be based on skill. Give the team a chance to do a normal kickoff or a chance to convert a essential 4th-and-25 at your own 20. If you convert it, you deserve it keep the ball. If not, opponent takes over at the 20 (unless returned further inside the 20 or for a touchdown). This makes it a more exciting game that is based on skill rather than a stupid kick.
Dallas has basically had the worst week possible. Obviously Philly won through Shady having the best game of his career, and Dallas got killed by a 34-year old backup, but with the lions losing and the Packers winning, you can sure bet that Green Bay is gonna bring out Aaron Rodgers for Week 15 against Dallas, while the Eagles face a weak Vikings team without Peterson. When its all said and done, the Eagles will be 2 games up on the Cowboys this time next week.
Just get rid of Kickoffs already, except in the last 2 minutes of the game. 90% of kick-offs are now touchbacks and nothing more than an interlude between hideously long commercial breaks. There is no point to the kick-off anymore.
Eagles on five game streak I thought.
The Cowboys blew it on draft day when Jerry proclaimed the defensive line is the strength of this team.
At all NFL Stadiums on Sunday there was a moment of silence for Mandela!
I didn't realize he was an American football fan!!
Algorithm-based Rankings have Denver 1st, Seattle 2nd, and SFO 3rd from Momentum-based True Win%
Patriots are overrated
I'd love to hear the history of the on-side kick. It is a part of the game, but my complaint is that teams only do it when it's bloody obvious they're going to. Just like a fake punt or a fake field goal that's done when everyone in the place KNOWS it's coming, the on-side kick could be much more effective, and really make the game more fun, if they were used more often, without the obvious "we'll put 10 guys on this side and see if you can guess where we're going to kick the ball" alignment.
Line up normal, watch those front five guys on the return team immediately turn around and go backwards to set up a block, and then gather up the ball. Make the other team fear that they don't know what you'll do next. Remember, the best thing an offense can do is make a defensive player have to think rather than simply respond. The time it takes to decide what the play is...is the difference between winning and losing. The zone read is an attempt to do the same thing...and I've love to see more of that kind of thinking.
I've always viewed kickoffs more like a jump ball than just giving the other team the ball. If it was intended to be strictly giving the other team the ball, then the rules would be like a punt where a loose ball is just downed for the other team.
A kickoff is just putting the ball in play for anyone to get, with one team having an advantage due to circumstance (begin of game/half or just being scored against). With that being the case, I don't think there's anything silly or strange about the kicking team doing whatever they can to make the situation more advantageous for them to get the ball.
This team is dysfunctional. Ten days to prepare for an opponent and you got mopped like the Cowboys did? Defense didn't do diddley poo and the offense had too many 3-and-out possessions in the second half. Pissed me right off when Harris had the nice return to midfield only to watch the offense go 3-and-out. Garrett and his staff make no in game adjustments, no week to week adjustments no year to year adjustments, just mediocrity all the way around.
what a joke this franchise has become. The sad part is, it only gets worse from here as our core players are aging, we have upcoming salary cap issues and horrible drafts in recent years (2008/2009) has left the cupboard bare in terms of talent. Its disheartening to be a fan of this team
America's team. What a joke. Who out there is actually a Cowboy's fan? Their owner is a joke, their defense is a joke, they fired their best coach last year and yet they think they are an elite team for some reason. Romo and Bryant are the best players on that team but Romo is nowhere near elite and Bryant has regressed tremendously this year. 12 yards last night Dez? Really? I actually thought the Cowboys had a chance to win last night. I guess the joke was on me.
I was watching a soccer game recently and the announcer, after a goalie made a foolish blunder that led to a score, made me laugh saying, 'I wish these goaltenders would stop thinking they can play soccer'. Well, I wish these owners would stop thinking they knew something about football. The NFC east has Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder as owners and the division is the laughingstock of the league. It seems there should be some way to protect them from themselves, but I guess it isn't possible. When the Giants were 0-6 people were actually thinking they could still win the division. Why? Because those two teams were not to be taken seriously. And they still are not. It's a pathetic thing to watch.
Jerry's team will be lucky to break .500! They are toast!
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I'm a BIG-TIME proponent of the onside kick play in American football. To be sure, it's often, though not always, done in desperation. Importantly, though, it affords the kicking team an opportunity—albeit a low-percentage one—to climb back in the game. That necessarily makes the game more competitive. Ultimately, that's good for the game's marketability, as most fans—myself included—overwhelmingly prefer nail biters to blowouts or comfortable wins. The onside kick also injects an element of intrigue into the game. Where and how will the ball bounce? Will there be "illegal touching?" Will the receiving team touch the ball prematurely? Who will win the scrum? How will the officiating crew rule? Statistically speaking, the success of recovering the football by the kicking team increases as a function of the element of surprise. As Cleveland fully expected New England's onside kick, the Browns should have recovered the ball. But they didn't. Why? Because the onside kick was executed flawlessly.
How come when a LB or Safety tackles a RB low, who is coming through the line or off tackle, we don't see these knee injuries? To me it's simple, the LB and Safety don't have the time to be running full speed and "launch" themselves like a freaking missile. I know it makes a DB job tough, but outlaw "launching" downfield, say beyond 10 yards. The NHL got rid of "launching" to make a check because they knew when a guy leaves his feet he can inflict a whole heck of a lot more damage then if his skates are still on the ice. All the "blow-up" hits the NFL has had over the years on WRs going over the middle (whether it be on heads, knees, backs) is almost always when the DB launches themselves. You can still tackle low and as long as you are not launching yourself through the air like a missile...much less change to do major damage in m y opinion.
Blowing it? BAHAHAHA!!! That implies that the Cryboys were somehow "in charge". Nobody outside of Jerry's vast circle of delusional sycophants ever thought the Cryboys were going to win anything this year (or ever). The beating dished out by Da Bears is emblematic: The Cryboys are a poorly assembled collection of talentless hacks that lack the heart, conviction, organization, and intelligence to be competitive with good teams. This is not new. It has been the same story for nearly 2 decades and explains why younger fans these days don't really understand the hype that continually surrounds the Cryboys. To people under 25, a Cryboys season that ends with an 8-8 record and a no playoffs is the norm. The defense is already historically hideous. The offense is perhaps a season or two away from being equally bereft. Once he is left with a perpetual 2-14 or 3-13 team it will be interesting to see what happens in Jerry World.
It should be noted that the Saints receivers are "great" because of Brees and not the other way around. Take Meachem for example. When he went to San Diego, he wasn't too productive. He comes back to New Orleans and suddenly he's great again. How many average receivers on other NFL teams would suddenly look better if Brees was putting the ball right in their hands?
The media covers the teams that are the most popular. The Cowboys are still the most popular team in the NFL. I'm not a fan of theirs but their ratings are always high and they have ons of fans in every city. Media is a business to make money. They make money when they write about the things that people will read.
If you don't want the Cowboys to be overhyped, ignore them completely.
@Frotoon the computer is using numbers. He is using numbers and the cowboys' past behavior must win games
While I agree with your assessment and I hope Rodgers plays, and plays well, Dallas also will benefit from getting to play a Washington team that has folded up the tents and gone home for the season. I hope that's not the case, but RGIII is now shut down until 2014, their special teams is just brutal and their defense is Swiss cheese. Even these choking dogs can't lose that game, can they?
But we'd miss out on the drama and momentum swings in a game. Nothing like it! The Eagles/Lions game - the Eagles come back and pull even w/the Lions and then - bam, the Lions run one back! Total game changer, I think this is reason to keep the kick off (even with the snow issues, etc).
@Mark_Rigney The Cowboys blew way back when old Leatherface Jones fired Johnson and named himself GM in Perpetuity.
@Jon8 It's not just about football. What Mandela accomplished in his life is worth several Nobel Prizes at least. One of the true greats in human history. He touched everyone, Americans included.
@SportBiomech I have a feeling your website is overrated too. and i'm not a pats fan
I am sure that is very helpful for FANTASY Football!
In the end, pretty much every team is overrated except the one out of 32 that wins the super bowl, right? Rankings don't mean squat.
Saints on-side kick to start the 2nd half vs the Colts was a notable one.....swung momentum and ultimately was abig reason they won
@Rickapolis the new york football giants won a couple in the last few years. i don't think you can lump them together with the jerry joneses of the nfl world. in addition to which, watching the cowboys flailing and flopping about like fish on the deck is a real pleasure.
@Rickapolis No, no, no. The NFC East is not the laughinstock of the league. Don't bunch the Giants and Eagles in with the Skins and Cowboys. It is the Skins and Cowboys (and Raiders) that are the laughing stock of the league.
Why did I have Bill Shatner's voice in my head as I read that?
I can tell that you think the word "Cryboys" was super-clever since you used it repeatedly. You're awesome!
@RiggoDeezil The name calling and the incredibly stupid statement that Dallas is a collection of "talentless hacks" disqualifies you from being taken seriously. I know it is tough being a Washington fan these days, but perhaps gardening or crochet would be better therapy than rhetorical flatulence.
Well, that is true - yes, and one could make that argument about most receivers. Clearly there are top-tier talents: Jimmy Graham, Brandon Marshal, Megatron, Johnson, Dez B, D.Thomas, etc. - who would be "good" in many different environments. They are made great; and subsequently make their great QB's greater by their parings - it's a two way street.
@dennis For the most part, you're probably right. But I'd like to see how Colston would do in another environment. He can do some magical stuff at times.
@dennis Definitely agree with this, though I think Jimmy Graham would be good anywhere, he's just so hard to guard with his size and speed.
@KristianColasaccoThe Packers have tons of fans in every city, but they are almost wholly ignored by the media week in and week out. Were it not for Rodgers, they'd get zero coverage period. So while your point has some merit, it's not entirely accurate.
@blynder @PhillyPenn Never would have happened without the snow. Otherwise it would have been 2 dreadfully boring touchbacks.
Let's visit some of Mandela's greatest hits:
Syrian presidential spokesman Joubran Kourieh said that Assad praised Mandela's struggle and support for the Arab causes while Mandela had expressed appreciation at Syria's policies and the regional and international role played by Assad.
"If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings."
"People of Asia and Africa have seen through the slanderous campaign conducted by the USA against the socialist countries. They know that their independence is threatened not by any of the countries in the socialist camp, but by the USA, who has surrounded their continent with military bases. The communist bogey is an American stunt to distract the attention of the people of Africa from the real issue facing them, namely American imperialism."
"There's one place where Fidel Castro's Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest, and that is in its love for human rights and liberty."
Mandela was clearly the right person at the right time for his country. But spare me the hagiography and the moments of silence at NFL games!!!
@PhillyPenn @SportBiomech Dont read then!!!!
Except lately, the best team doesn't usually win the Superbowl. It's the team that goes on a lucky hotstreak or can have a receiver trap a pass against their helmet.
@PhillyPenn @Rickapolis Despite their penchant for shooting themselves in the foot, the Cowboys still control their destiny to the playoffs. It is ridiculous to say they are a laughing stock. They have a winning record in the NFL. But they are certainly an immensely popular, high visibility team that receives too much criticism when they lose, and too high expectations when they win. Your posts are an example of the kind of thoughtless hyperbole that fans and critics are given over to when they discuss the Cowboys.
@tigercub88 @RiggoDeezil rhetorical flatulence. that is good. i may borrow that one. thank you, sir.
We've had a few returns for TD's off of Kick Off's this year - not just in the snow; that was the latest example. They're a back-breaking game changer when they happen. I say keep 'em. :)
@SteveinHonolulu @PhillyPenn @Rickapolis The Cowboys haven't been relevant since the salary cap took away their big money advantage. They and the Skins used to be the Yankees. Buy great guys if they become available and never lose a good guy to another team. Since that time the Cowboys are a five hundred ball club. Period. And the Skins are even worse. Your post is the kind of living in the past that people hate about Cowboys fans, ESPECIALLY if you're just a bandwagon jumper who is a fan from some other city.


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SirB-Knowing several jceg members, I can say they are a group of people who genuinely want to improve the city for everyone. Yes, what they try to do helps them-it helps you too. I'm friends with one member who is by no means rich or powerful, closer to struggling actually, and wants to do something about it. Grow up-get your facts straight-and do something positive for a change.
So you've contributed then Selo? You seem awfully bitter about a group of people that are trying to make this a better place-JERKS! There's a link to their site in one of the articles that will tell you all about them.
Do you have another idea that would bring millions of dollars into the community in a weekend? It would be a multi-use facility-concerts, boat shows, expo center. And the county would not be paying for it. Sure seems strange to be against bringing jobs and money into a city that needs all the help it can get.
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