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Discussion in 'Literature' started by Point Given, Jun 6, 2013.
Not as much as your team disappoints you.
(Assuming I'm thinking of the right one)
Just the comics?
Hoojibs originated from Marvel, yes.
Or am I misunderstanding what you are asking?
Only meant to point out that the Hoojibs may just be the greatest thing in any medium, not just comics. Then again, they do have pantsless pirate extraordinaire Crimson Jack to contend with....
Okay, fair point (re: Hoojibs; Crimson Jack, less so...)...
Well, at this point it's now been a lot. Some when I was much younger (or, in my opinion, too young to properly appreciate) like Sweden, Russia (the first time), Italy, Kenya, Somalia -- and now a bunch more when I'm adult enough like France, Russia (again), England, Canada, Iceland, Czech Republic, Ireland (for beer only), Hong Kong and airport transfers in Norway, South Korea and India. I'm traveling quite a bit for work now (mostly Hong Kong, with some England/Canada thrown in) and have usually been re-upping on American AAdvantage Gold in January or so...
In terms of my favorite, it's hard to say. From just a sheer nature-geek standpoint, I'm not sure that anything will beat Iceland until I visit some Antarctic/near-Antarctic type place. I'm firmly convinced that, when the natural resource wars start, Iceland will be the first to fall and a key economic foothold -- what with the basically unlimited fresh water and thermal energy. One of the things that fascinated me about touring even just the SW portion of the island is that there is SUCH an eco-conscious movement... while doing things that would ordinarily be deemed "not eco" -- whale farming still, aluminum (or aluminium for the others) refining is one of the key industries in the country and they've specifically imported an invasive coastal/volcanic-growing plant from Hawaii to try and kick-start some of the natural processes for making the land more fertile that just takes a while (they admit they don't know what the long-term outcomes/consequences of this import will be). It's a pretty interesting place.
The Yankees come out on top of nearly any qualitative and/or quantitative measurement.
In terms of other sports, I generally root for the New York team (with one exception below -- castigation from
@Point Given to follow), but functionally:
Basketball: New York Knickerbockers (the Isiah Era drove me away something fierce though)
Hockey: New York Rangers
College Football: Rutgers, with a new edict for West Virginia University (
College Basketball: St. John's Red Storm
And then... NFL.
AFC: New York Jets (buttfumble and all... the Geno Smith era cannot come fast enough), but...
NFC: Dallas Cowboys (let the yelling begin)
One note:
I remember exactly where I was for that. It may be my sports equivalent of the JFK assassnation (or maybe Aaron Boone's 2003 walk-off HR, who knows). I don't dislike the Mets -- I actively want them to do well, right up until they play the Yankees, but that was still one of the most impossibly amazin' things I've ever seen in sports.
On that subject, I generally like sports. I like the competition of sports; when I was just on vacation in California I watched Angels and Dodgers because that's what was on (I went to the Yankees/Dodgers game in LA and was amazed by Puig, just like everyone else). I cringe when the awesome players get hurt. I marvel at what the human bodies that are not mine can accomplish (or, in some cases, horses -- but I'm biased in the case of Secretariat). Though all of the Boston Red Sox can die in a fire.
In a shocking turnaround for Lit interviews I think, I'm not a music guy. When the 80s ended, so did much of my music tastes. I'm more of a movie music guy and often put on movies as "background noise" (I work from home 99.44% of the time) rather than music. In terms of music-music (rather than scores -- though John Williams is obviously the man), my tastes generally run towards 80s music. I love me some Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel (fraternity brothers!), Police, Van Halen, Twisted Sister, Michael Jackson, etc. Give me a good synth beat and I probably like it.
The greatest video of all time:
How they made that is still amazing for 1985/6 even now. One of the things I do like, even if I'm not a huge music guy, is how music videos and commercials can drive special effects technology as it gives a fairly benign, small area to play versus trying to do them the first time in a movie (which is why James Cameron is amazing because he says "**** THAT!!!"). I'm not a huge fan of those DIRECTORS necessarily getting full-length movies on the "strength" of those music videos and/or commercials, but sometimes it turns out okay...
While I'm not the biggest mainstream new-wave fan in the world (though Tears for Fears were pretty great, as were Talk Talk, and the Talking Heads and New Order if you're one of those barbarians who considers them New Wave), the Take on Me video completely deserves its legendary status. There are very, very, very few music videos that I truly feel enhance the song, and that's one of them.
Here are some other "good videos" (excluding Thriller -- which is its own category really):
Most of the Cyndi Lauper videos enhanced their stories as well, but really were just the "best" of the story-videos.
There were a bunch of videos that were significantly more advanced in what they were trying to tell than ordinary videos (even the story videos like We're Not Gonna Take It or Hot for Teacher).
I hope somebody asks him what it's like to live in New Zealand.
Misa ab iPhono meo est.
Having a deep love for the music video oeuvre myself, I would have to put forth Devo's entire output. Talking Heads had some great ones. The classic Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer"... and I'll stop here before I derail the thread.
That's a JCC joke though!
See, I never ever found Sledgehammer to be a great video, other than the very beginning -- the "live-action short: concept part of it maybe just didn't work for me. And don't get me started on Money for Nothing and that beating a-Ha at the MTV Video awards... worse CGI than existed in 1982 in Tron is nothing to be proud of...
Oh you haven't heard of the upcoming Lit-JCC merge? It's bound to be a hit!
Misa ab iPhono meo est.
Yes, but then we'd have to split them again since no one would moderate properly...
We're agreed on the Knicks and Rangers, though I'm a Mets fan. But the Jets and the Cowboys????
9. I know you receive advance copies of Star Wars books months before release. How did they select you for this? How long have you been receiving them?
10. How would you rank the Star Wars movies?
Everytime I hear Take On Me, I think of this:
Michel Gondry says hi.
So does Spike Jonze and, to some extent, McG among others. But the misses are usually a) more frequent than the hits and b) much, much worse than normal misfires.
As I said, I presumed castigation would follow...
So, the Jets were on my own. It's sort of my own, personal level of Hell coming to that realization. The Cowboys are entirely my brother's fault; he got me hooked when I was younger, influenced heavily by one of his own friends no doubt, and I never kicked the habit. I certainly root for the Giants if they're left standing -- especially against Tom Brady -- but they're not my thing normally. Going out to sports bars with all of the games on Sundays becomes interesting towards the end of the season that way...
On the old IGN boards, years and years ago, there was a singular account called
@DelReyPublicity and it was managed by, gosh, I think Colleen Lindsay back then. We didn't really have that much formalized interaction back then -- really just a few people popping in and out and death threats against authors. The usual. We had a previous manager He Who Shall Not Be Named (aka TheGatherer) who was friendly with some of the Aussie authors and got some books in advance as I've been told, but it wasn't a formalized thing I was aware of. When he... left... the Lit forum was sort of bereft of any official contact, even on the TF.n Books side of things. So I reached out to Colleen, on a number of subjects, and basically set-up a relationship between the then-moderating team and the Del Rey/Random House team that lasted for a good while.
We did a lot of cross-promotion between then and things like Author Q&As, things like that. As well, since authors like
@MWStover and
@JohnJacksonMiller are allergic to spoilers, we arranged for 1-2 of the staff to get advanced copies to avoid anything like "L'Affaire De Jimmy" ever again (no, really, it was fun... even if I wasn't fully in Lit at the time...). For those that don't know, spoilers of Anakin Solo's death in Star By Star began hitting the forum about 6-8 weeks early due to ARCs and the translation copies. Since no one at the time could verify the spoilers, though people were fairly confident at the time something was going down, the nickname for Anakin Solo became "Jimmy." So all talk of "Jimmy's death" was at least partially masked. And so the team could monitor spoilers going forward after that point; I still keep the moderating team involved with information (some choose to remain spoiler-free as is their wont) like characters (DPs) and major plot points, so that anything truly spoilerific can be handled in advance. I'm not quite as quick on the reading as I used to be, given all of the travel and usage of a Kindle therein, but it's usually still a bunch in advance. I still haven't read Revan yet though, which I think
@Havac said is for the best.
And I think this has been going on for near on nine-ish years at this point, so it at least appears to be working "okay."
They're all my babies!
For real, it's obviously The Empire Strikes Back at the top, but it's not like I dislike the others overall. Each has pluses and minuses but they all still have amazing scenes and/or other items that make them amazing.
The Phantom Menace: Podracing, the handmaiden dresses (for real, they're amazing), Duel of the Fates (especially the post-Qui Gon, Obi-Wan v. Maul portion).
Attack of the Clones: A Jedi murder mystery in space! The Arena scene. The Jango v. Obi-Wan asteroid portion. Obi Wan in a bar. Dex. Clones. Jimmy Smits.
Revenge of the Sith: The novelization, the entire opening sequence, the novelization, anything with Obi-Wan, the novelization, Order 66, the novelization, the ending. And the novelization, if I forgot to mention it.
A New Hope: It was made in 1977. That still blows my mind. It started something that changed everything forever.
The Empire Strikes Back: The asteroid chase is the single-greatest piece of music in all of the films. I think the only things Williams has done that dwarfs it are the Superman theme and the Indy theme, period. Plus, it elevates Star Wars from space opera to SPACE OPERA.
Return of the Jedi: The escape from Jabba's sail barge portion over the Sarlacc is one of my favorite scenes in all six films; it doesn't hurt that the end duel scenes on the second Death Star are awesome and there is an immense space battle.
PS - I like the blu-rays, don't hurt me (I'd prefer the original THX-remastered VHS versions converted to Blu Ray but I'll take what I can get!)
Matt Santos Jimmy Smits is a very underrated part of the PT. Unfortunately he gets overlooked a lot
11. What are your hopes for the sequel trilogy? What do you think about the selection of J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt for director and screenwriter?
12. If you could re-do canon post NJO, (or in your case, pre-NJO) what choices would you make, if any?
What exactly was the deal with TheGatherer? I gather he was a Lit mod at one point, and had some sort of dramatic departure from TF.N.
I'm not going to fault you for Sledgehammer, because Thriller - which so many people adore - isn't interesting to me.
But Weird Al - I forgot Weird Al. Always awesome... even the Beverly Hillbillies.
Ha! Two WVU-ish references in one post. My plan is proceeding as expected...
*maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh*
Hey now...
I feel an obligatory "Yankees Suck" coming on! (You sent me the batcall)
My memory of the Gatherer situation is very muddled, but for the record, all the ARCs I got in my TFN days were via Scott Chitwood, who would get a handful himself and mail one along to me; after he left to do Red 5 Comics they slowly dried up. If you-know-who played a role in any of that I never heard about it. I remember very distinctly that Betrayal was the last one I got because it was the first to be an actual manuscript copy rather than a final printing.
Come to think of it, I don't even remember how I ended up with that one...it wasn't you, was it?
EDIT: ha, checked my ancient PMs--it was you.
See, I've actually never been impressed with the Thriller video. I'd liken my opinion of that video to my opinion of The Sex Pistols; while I appreciate its place in music history, and will begrudgingly acknowledge it advanced the form in some way, in so many ways I feel it did more harm than good. Where The Sex Pistols arguably get more credit for their fashion and controversial behavior than their music (there were numerous better punk bands at the same time), Thriller invited a whole wave of overly long, pompous music videos that don't actually make any attempt in enhancing the song, but seem to be more interested in making nonsensical short films. Even ignoring the music video's influence and just looking at Thriller itself, though, I still feel it's not in the same class as something like Take On Me.
Nothing against the Thriller album, though. Great pop album, even if its innovations are in my opinion often overestimated.
You will understand, of course, if I can't share specifics. If the JCC goes back far enough, you can search for him there and get a pretty good idea though.
Weird Al is awesome; made only better by the story behind Amish Paradise. People forget just how long he's been around, doing what he's doing at a high level and, similarly to the Grateful Dead, thumbing his nose at some parts of the cult-artist vs. music business methodologies. I recall when people would say "Weird Al did a parody of me, so now I know I've arrived!!!"
In terms of Thriller though, the reason I discount it is that it's... not really a music video. It's a short film based around a song/music video but it drove a ton of business, both with Michael Jackson and then with the concepts of film directors (Landis) "slumming" for a big enough project on MTV, as well as there being some where-smoke-possibly-fire charges of racism by Jackson against MTV prior and ensuring the legacy that some pop stars could cross-over and be a total multimedia star (The Sinatra Effect for the 80s, I suppose).
Scott was the reason I came here, since I stole crap off his Texas A&M site back in the day when I was at college like Star Wars pictures, etc. Though I initially started in FanForce (*shudder*), I made my way over here. And I told
@Point Given that I know where most of the bodies are buried...
Scott left and/or was not around frequently by 2003 though, even though I believe you came on later, so as I said nothing was really ever formalized to my knowledge. I was very briefly Staff as well, and no one ever mentioned it.


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Microsoft has released the latest 'booster pack' of content for Age of Empires Online in the form of a new Skirmish Mode. This mode allows players to join together and combat four computer controlled AI enemies, each of which can utilize a variety of different playstyles.
The new mode also grants access to all units currently available in the game regardless of the player's level, which is useful if you haven't advanced particularly far and are interested in a preview of what to expect.
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Giggles and happiness
Go hand in hand
When you're head over heels in love
We giggle like a teen
At our first love scene
We discover girls are so nice to hug
Can't think of a thing
I'd rather be doing
Than smooching till the first light of dawn
I'm starting to tremble
My cheeks all aglow
As I tell you I've loved you for so long
These three simple words
Will have to suffice
I love you, I love you, I love you
That's nine simple words
I counted to nine
But numbers don't matter, so true
Mind's turned to mush
Can't get enough
Of your magical love concoction
Please never stray
Think of you every day
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Posted by Irish eyes on 12/30/2009
Just moved to NY and often find myself at Bloomingdale's. I always tell myself I'm going to get a salad but I always break down and get one of their delicious sandwiches and the truffle fries. The staff is very attentive and I love the people watching seats by the window.
Posted by anonymous on 12/28/2009
this restaurant is very nearly perfect. The food is fantastic and the atmosphere great. I highly recommend this place for a casual lunch date.
Posted by bocas cook on 12/10/2009
The haters have to get real, this is a super fun super chic "diner type" place ...perfect lunch time fare ....very fun, very fast... perfect for NYC...when you go there you have to ask for The Chocolate HIP Cookies..super healthy Gourmet chocolate chip cookies......only in New York.....hopefully this place will be a chain of restaurants
Posted by Ysa on 02/08/2009
Dinner special is really cheap... for $24 you can get an appetizer, main course and dessert. I love everything in their menu.... will def come back again.... lollipop cheesecake was the best!
Posted by Anonymous on 01/02/2009
went for a quick lunch and was extremely disappointed. aside from the fries (which are hard to mess up anyway) the food was disappointing. as someone else said, the food is prepared and then reheated, and it definitely tastes like it. might be an ok meal for less money, but lunch for two was close to $50.
Posted by Susan on 12/28/2008
I suppose I've dined in enough restaurants to know that depending on what time you go, whats happening with seating and orders and staff, you will get a different experience every time. To judge so harshly on a restaurant based on one experience is pretentious and not fair. Obviously, most of the people who eat at a restaurant IN BLOOMINGDALES have probably never served in the food industry in their lives. I visited from England with my husband earlier this year and went to David Burke at Bloomingdales a few times while in New York. Each time was a different experience but this place is like that! It's a bit of a posh diner setting. Not fancy shmancy (although this is what people seem to expect I suppose) but definitely not a dive. Its a perfect little piece of New York. Our waitress of 2 times we attended, Lauren, was absolutely wonderful. She made us feel like a part of the family there and the staff all seem to get along with one another which makes a difference. She was very attentive and kind, even when the restaurant was at its peak during lunch. Our other server was a little less personable but also very kind. The food was fantastic, the staff was wonderful, the atmosphere bustling, fun and clean. I highly recommend. Kudos David Burke.
Posted by slurpy on 04/12/2008
Most menu items served here, we were told, are pre-made and then heated. And it tasted like it. Sandwiches were unimpressive, despite what the menu promised and even the truffle fries were a disappointment. Prices also steep for what you're getting.


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Dear Lauri,
I dreamt I came home and the house was full of bees. I went in the back door and could not get it open to leave. They weren't stinging or anything…but it was spooky. – Chuck, Erie, PA
Lauri: Since the dream starts with you entering your home, it is connected to something going on with the home dynamic OR it is something you are bringing home with you when it probably ought to be left at work or elsewhere. Speaking of work, maybe that's it. Are you such a "busy bee" that you work even when you are at home? Bees can also represent the "buzz" the latest gossip. Is anyone in your home a big gossip? Or is there any gossip surrounding you that is really "bugging" you? Bees and other stinging insects in dreams can also be connected to painful and stinging remarks. The good news is that the bees weren't stinging you… yet. This tells me that you may be in a situation that has the potential to be emotionally painful if you don't "exterminate" the issue right away. Whatever these bees are, your dream is showing you that the situation is mounting and your home is not going to feel like home until this is taken care of.
Chuck replies: The buzzing of gossip and stinging remarks may be accurate. I've had some issues lately and been the subject of some nasty remarks. My personality is to just internalize it, and so it may be manifesting itself in the bees. Good call!
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October 21, 2002 - The Aquinas College Thespians, an all-student organization, will present "Ace of Diamonds," a murder mystery written by Colorado Tolston. The play will be on Friday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 10, 3:00 p.m. in the Aquinas Wege Student Center Ballroom. General admission is $5 and students and seniors are $3. Tickets may be purchased at the door. "Ace of Diamonds" is a murder mystery centering on the recent theft of a mysterious ruby called the Bloodstone. Six strangers, all connected to the Bloodstone, are brought together in a mansion by Iago, the supposed mastermind behind the theft, who seems to be missing. Although the six guests claim not to know one another, past relationships (as well as past hatreds) are soon revealed. Their discussion of the theft takes a deadly turn after one of the guests is murdered. The remaining guests soon figure out that Iago is, in fact, one of them. What they do not discern is that each one of them was somehow involved in the Bloodstone's theft. Now that Iago has the Bloodstone, he plans to incite each of the guests into killing each other so nothing can be traced back to him. Everything seems to be going according to his plot as the guests are picked off one by one. But with the stakes this high, even Iago may not hold the Ace... Consistently ranked one of the top liberal arts colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News and World Report, Aquinas College offers an approach to learning and living that teaches students unlamented ways of seeing the world. Founded in 1886 by the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, the College's Dominican tradition of working, service and lifelong learning remains alive today in a diverse student body. Students from more than 22 states and 15 foreign countries are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. Within six months of graduation, nearly all graduates are in full-time jobs, enrolled in professional schools of law, medicine, or dentistry, or in a master or doctoral program.


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What is accessible design?
Accessibility is about making websites accessible to people with visual or physical disabilities that prevent them from using the sites as efficiently as other people. In a broader sense, accessible design is about making site content easier to understand and use. Mostly, it involves making graphical, audio and video information available in text, using clear, simple language and proper text formatting.
Why accessible design?
In the process of making your site accessible, you make sure you use text over images where possible (navigation buttons are primary target for this one often), make the text readable and use the language your target audience uses. With this, you make the site easily understandable for your visitors, who become more inclined to buy from you. Also, the search engines prefer text over other media as well (though they are making attempts to categorize it, too), so by making your site accessible, you empower your site to get more traffic from the search engines.
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Well, apart from simply working for your customers, there is a couple of concerns more about site accessibility:
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The Student Success Center (SSC) is an academic success program serving as a compass to help students navigate their course work and get a clear bearing on success with free one-on-one tutoring for core courses, success workshops, and Supplemental Instruction Leaders who lead weekly study groups for historically difficulty courses, such as Math, Biology, History, Chemistry, and more.
VSU is proud to present the new VSU Degrees and Programs Search Tool, located here: http://www.valdosta.edu/academics/majors-degrees/ It provides an excellent resource for students and potential students to search and compare the various programs that Valdosta State University offers.
The SSC is using a new scheduler, WCOnline, as of June 10th. If you have never used it before, you will have to register once using your VSU email address.
To register, click the link to the MyVSU Portal, then navigate your mouse to the gray cog or gear wheel on the upper right hand side.
Click on the gear wheel and a search box will open; type in "Student Success Center'; You will see a drop down box with 'Student Success Center Portal'. Click on the plus button, '+', to addd it to your list of buttons. When you click on it for the first time, you'll see a screen asking you to register. It will be using your VSU email address.
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Her first novel, a mystery-suspense thriller about mistaken identities and the power of friendship, entitled Ariana, was released recently by the 1st Books Library, and Whiteaker's first book-signing appearance will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Family World bookstore on Cookeville's Interstate Drive.
"I've been writing for as long as I can remember," said Whiteaker, who teaches developmental English at TTU. "I've always loved words, and it always makes me feel good to think my teaching might have been a positive influence when one of my students develops a new-found love of words, too."
But Whiteaker's positive influences don't end in the classroom. The suspenseful plot of her novel combines with wholesome main characters to create an ultimately positive message for readers.
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In the year Cardiff City last hosted top-flight football, the Rolling Stones were debuting at Oxford Street's Marquee club while James Bond was hitting cinema screens for the first time. But there will be no danger of the South Wales club being overshadowed this time around.
As their first home game in Britain's pinnacle division since 1962 arrived, Cardiff produced a memorable performance to stun former Premier League champions Manchester City as Manuel Pellegrini was given a sharp wake-up call.
The glamorous visitors had taken the lead through Edin Dzeko in the second half but Cardiff hit back through Aron Gunnarsson and two headers from former Manchester United, Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland striker Fraizer Campbell in a fantastic game.
Alvaro Negredo's injury-time goal gave Cardiff a slight scare but they were good value for a famous win and, here, we take an in-depth look at the match.
Cardiff boss Malky Mackay made just one change to his side from their opening day defeat by West Ham United. First-choice Andrew Taylor returned from suspension to take over from Declan John at left-back, where he was directly responsible for trying to stop Jesus Navas. The £7.5million summer signing, Andreas Cornelius, was named on the bench while another new arrival, the combative Gary Medel, was tasked with disrupting Manchester City in the centre of the pitch.
Javi Garcia came into the heart of the Manchester City defence in place of the injured Vincent Kompany, who suffered a groin injury in Monday's impressive 4-0 win over Newcastle United. Manager Pellegrini opted for Garcia, ahead of the returning Matija Nastasic, alongside Joleon Lescott at centre-half - and the pair struggled to deal with Campbell. Yaya Toure captained the visitors on his 100th Premier League start while the same attacking players who dismantled Newcastle kept their places. The movement of Edin Dzeko, Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Navas was again planned as the main weapon in Pellegrini's thinking.
Where it was won and lost
Cardiff's tactics from kick-off were clear. Their promotion last season as Championship title winners was built on a strong defence after keeping a division-high 18 clean sheets and their plan on Sunday was to suffocate Manchester City, denying the space they enjoyed to great extent against Newcastle. Mackay had said as much, telling Sky Sports in his pre-match interview: "We have got to defend properly and track the runners. They [Manchester City] will have a lot of movement today. We have got to make sure we are compact and disciplined through everything we do."
1 - Man City have won just one of their four away games at newly promoted sides since the start of last season. Stutter.- OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 25, 2013
Medel was of imperative importance to this game plan in the centre of midfield, where he was tasked with denying Fernandinho and Toure the opportunity to build Manchester City's attacks. Indeed, in the first half alone, Medel made two tackles, one clearance and three interceptions.
Craig Bellamy, likewise, was especially influential against his former club, with the defensive responsibility which has become a hallmark of the later years of the veteran attacker's career again evident. The Welshman won seven of his 11 duels and boasted a 95 per cent success rate from his 20 passes.
And despite dominating with 65.6% of the first-half possession and 287 passes to Cardiff's 148, Manchester City did not react to their hosts' squeezing policy. Manchester City had just one shot on target in the first half and were seemingly unable to pull Mackay's hard-working men into wide areas.
Manchester City - inspired by Navas - were praised for seemingly using the width of the pitch in their demolition of Newcastle and in that they had been seen to have moved on from the narrow days of Roberto Mancini's management. But, in the opening 45 minutes, Manchester City demonstrated greater width against Cardiff, despite appearing restricted, than they did in the full 90 minutes versus Newcastle.
Manchester City's average positions clearly demonstrate they were no narrower in the first half against Cardiff, despite Navas being substituted shortly after the break seemingly for failing to go wide. And therefore their problems against Cardiff can be attributed to facing a more-organised opponent.
At the other end of the field, Manchester City's makeshift centre-back pairing of Lescott and Garcia had clearly been detailed to keep a high line. This would no doubt have been in response to the last time they started together in defence, the 3-1 loss at Southampton in February last season.
Southampton pushed Mancini's Manchester City back with a tactic of high pressure, and Pellegrini evidently did not want a repeat. Despite Campbell's pace causing problems to Lescott and Garcia, who was rushed into four rather panicky clearances inside the opening 15 minutes, Manchester City did manage to win possession on average 34 metres from their own goal against Cardiff in the opening hour in comparison with 27 metres over 90 minutes at Southampton last season. But this in itself caused a headache for Manchester City as Campbell's pace was constantly looking to run in behind Lescott and Garcia. Campbell was allowed five shots of which four were on target, including his two goals.
Predictably, it took a moment of brilliance for Manchester City to open up Cardiff. Ex-Wolfsburg star Dzeko maintained his impressive record in scoring away from home in the Premier League with a stunning strike in the 52 minute from Aguero's assist. It was Dzeko's only shot on target and just his second shot of the match before he was strangely substituted in the 69th minute for Negredo.
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Having also won the player of the tournament at the pre-season Asia Trophy, there is no question Dzeko is benefiting from the faith of Pellegrini. And the Bosnia and Herzegovina international said of his manager prior to kick-off against Cardiff: "He called me before pre-season and told me he counted on me and wanted me to stay. He wanted me to do my best and what I had done before in Germany. I am trying to do my best."
But Dzeko's accurate finishing against Cardiff was in contrast to his performance versus Newcastle. The striker was highly praised for his display in the game with Alan Pardew's team but, by comparison to his finish against Cardiff, he was wasteful with several opportunities.
However, the defensive problems which saw Manchester City - who spent almost £90million on transfers in the summer - concede 12 goals in pre-season came back to haunt Pellegrini. Clearly lacking the leadership of Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta - fresh from his new contract - was the guilty party in switching off in marking against Campbell.
Firstly, the Argentine lost the Cardiff striker for the equaliser, with goalkeeper Joe Hart blocking the initial shot from close range only for Aron Gunnarsson to follow-up. Zabaleta then failed to track Campbell at two corners and, with Hart also looking unconvincing inside his six-yard box, the forward made no mistake with two headers. It was a rare lapse for Manchester City who conceded just six Premier League goals from corners in all of last season
Negredo set up a nervy finish in added time before the final whistle but there could be no question that Cardiff's commitment, dedication and organisation allowed them to cause one of the major upsets in Premier League history.
Pellegrini's view
"I think we played against a very difficult team - Cardiff had ten players near their own box and it was very difficult for us to try and score but when we scored the first goal I thought we played a bit better after that. Of course nobody can believe they can score two goals against us in set-pieces but football is like that. You must be concentrating in those kind of places and I think Cardiff won the match but I think we played better."
Mackay's view
"For the first time in our history, we are in the Premier League, playing against a team who we go a goal down against and they only lost one game last year from being a goal down. They have got a tremendous clean-sheet record and we knew that it was going to be tough at that point. But we remained disciplined, organised and I felt there was a lot of belief in our ability today."
Niall's view
"It brings a whole new confidence into the Cardiff dressing room. People can feel so much better about themselves. They will walk six inches taller. They are going to have difficult days. But it is a lovely soft landing for them in the Premier League. This is an incredible victory today. Cardiff can now build on this and players like Fraizer Campbell can understand that they can do it."
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Campbell scored the two goals which ultimately won the game for Cardiff but he also gave Lescott and Garcia a torrid time throughout the match as the Manchester City pair tried to play a high line. Campbell said: "They had a centre-midfielder playing centre-back so you know you are going to get a bit of opportunity there."


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The county appears set to settle federal lawsuits filed by two former inmates who said they were assaulted by the one-time kitchen supervisor for the facility.
Paul Lintner was a former inmate at the jail himself, but the sheriff's office later hired him to oversee the kitchen. Several male inmates complained that Lintner inappropriately touched them while they were working in the kitchen as trustees.
In 2009, he entered a guilty plea to a single count of sexual contact with an inmate. Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, another five counts of the crime were dropped.
One of the two inmates who filed suit was the man Lintner pleaded guilty to touching. The man filed a $15 million federal complaint against the county over the incidents, claiming Lintner used the benefits of being a trustee and working in the kitchen, as well as financial payoffs, to get the man to have sex with him while he was a prisoner under Lintner's supervision.
Lintner's attorney maintained he was entering a best interest plea, meaning he was not admitting to touching the man but was acknowledging the state could prove its case against him and it served Linter's interest to accept the plea agreement.
The second inmate said that Lintner harassed him, but never had intercourse with him. He sought $11 million.
They both maintained that inmates and jailers were aware of Lintner's activities with them and other inmates.
Court documents indicate the cases were sent to mediation, and that both parties agreed to a settlement. The court records don't mention how much — if any — money the county paid as part of the settlements.
While the records indicate both parties agreed to the settlement, the judge in the case has not approved the terms yet.
Sheriff Ron Seals referred questions about the settlement to the county mayor's office; spokesman Perrin Anderson said the terms of the settlement were sealed as part of the agreement.,
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In late 1933, Hitler appointed Ludwig Müller as Reich Bishop. With the Church now under the authority of the State, the Bible Circles were dissolved and its members joined the Hitler Youth. Kurt was furious and sent telegrams to Müller and Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach, admonishing them for their actions which he felt were a "stab in the back" and would lead to the "destruction, the annihilation of German Protestantism."
Kurt never protested against the Nazi leadership but certainly found himself in disagreement with their religious policies. His mentor, Pastor Martin Neimöller, also found himself in disagreement with the Reich Church and proposed a new Confessional Church. Neimöller was arrested and placed in a concentration camp where he remained throughout the war. Kurt still felt that the Party was, at the core, correct and if his voice could be heard there would be balance. Instead, he found himself arrested twice in 1936 and 1938 and, following his first arrest, he was expelled from the Party. The expulsion made it impossible for him to find work.
The second arrest made his life even harder. He was placed in the Welzheim Concentration Camp where he remained for three months. Following his release, his expulsion from the party was turned into a dismissal and, in 1939, the time of Germany's invasion of Poland, Kurt got a job working at a Potassium mine. Things in Germany were moving fairly fast at this point as the war expanded on multiple fronts. Glory was in the air as Germany gained more and more land. Kurt was caught up in the excitement and no longer actively disagreed with aspects of the party. He petitioned and was reinstated into the Nazi party in 1940.
There was a dark side to the Party that was still not clear to the general public. Beginning in 1939, the Nazis instituted a euthanasia program, T4, in the Mental Asylums. The ill were deemed a drain on society and were sedated and then gassed. Kurt's sister-in-law, Bertha Eberling-Gerstein, was one of the many to fall victim at the Hadamar Asylum. On hearing the news of Bertha's death, Kurt decided to join the Schutzstaffel (SS), the military and security unit of the Nazi party.
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I find it curious that when the legislature tries to enact any laws to get the church to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, the church is quick to scream First Amendment.
Now the church is known to be guilty of the most heinous of crimes and has the audacity to hide behind bankruptcy law.
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The Belgian's decision to kick out at the youngster was ill judged and silly. He will now receive a long ban from the Football Association, and rightly so. A message must be sent out. To lose control in such a manner is clearly unacceptable.
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President Obama exceeded his constitutional authority by making appointments when the Senate was on a break last year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The court's broad ruling would sharply limit the power that presidents throughout history have used to make recess appointments in the face of Senate opposition and inaction.
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PERRYVILLE, Ark. (February 28, 2013)--A National Transportation Safety Board report says investigators were unable to pinpoint the exact cause of the plane crash that killed Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and three others.
The probable cause report, released Wednesday, says investigators could not determine why the pilot lost control of the aircraft during the Nov. 17, 2011, flight from Stillwater, Okla., to Little Rock, Ark.
The pilot, Olin Branstetter, 82, was killed in the crash, along with Budke, OSU assistant coach Miranda Serna and Branstetter's wife, Paula Branstetter.
An earlier report found that the plane was inspected about a week before it crashed.
Investigators have said most of the plane's cockpit instruments were unreadable, unreliable or destroyed in the crash.
The deaths came 10 years after a plane crash that killed 10 people associated with the men's basketball program.


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I dont always root for college athletics, but when i do (which is most of the time) I choose THE Ohio State Buckeyes.
Heck yea Bucks!!! Go niners!!!
You can feed a bobcat all the chili it wants. That don't mean it's going to crap out diamonds.
Why does Boone have an extra jersey in his hand?
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee
Would love to see these four 49ers do an O-H-I-O at the Super Bowl.
They have just the right number of guys to pull it off.
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
Fun fact: Ohio State has more players in this Super Bowl than any SEC team. So does Oregon. So does Miami. #Mythbuster— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 29, 2013
I want Ted to return a punt or kickoff for td in the game. He's one of my all time favorites.
Open up the game with a return just like in the '08 championship game. would be siiiiiick.
That was the 2007 title game, I only know because I consider it the worst (football) day of my life.
How many batteries does it take to beat Michigan football? 1AA
Want to beat Michigan? There's an App for that.
Yeah, that was my worst sports moment ever.
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Oh. My. God...
Honestly, I didn't take the loss to hard that night. It was that morning that everything hit me. It felt like someone had died. Dave & Jimmy helped me get through that morning.
My girlfriend at the time couldn't understand why it bothered me so much. I kept hearing "It's just a game". That is why I need to marry a Buckeye fan. lol
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
I hope both teams lose, I can't stand either of them. However, I'll be rooting for success to all buckeyes (minus Boone, he's a doucher.)
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N01. 272,188. Patented Feb; 1.3. 1883.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.
272,188, dated February 13, 1883,
Application filedv April 7, 1882. (Model) To all whom it may concern the blotter Be it known that I, WILLIAM BANGROFT, of Wilmington, New Castle county, Delaware, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Blotter-Tablets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement arranged for use. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a part of a tabletback, showing a guide. Fig. 4is a perspective view of a part ota blotter, showing a stop; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the guides before being shapet The object of this invention is to promote convenience by having blottersconnected with tablets in such a manner that they can be readily used. r
The invention consists in a blotter-tablet made with guides at the upper corners of the tablet, and stop-arms at the four corners of the blotter, to engage with the guides and prevent from being separated from the tablet whileallowing it to be readily slipped otf and on, as will be hereinafter fully described.
A represents a tablet, the sheets of which are gummed to each other and to the back B, at the lower end of the tablet, but are left free at the side and top edges.
To the upper corners of the tablet-back B are attached guides G, which are made of thin sheet metal, and with two points or prongs, 1 2, upon the inner edge of its body, to be passed through the back B and bent down upon the upper side of the said back.
Upon the outeredge of the body of the guide 0 are formed a point or prong, 3, and an arm, 4. The point or prong3 is bent around the edge of the back B and into the space between the bent ends of the prongs 1 2. The arm 4 is bent upward across the side edge of the tablet, A, and is then bent inward, space being left between the inwardly-projecting ends of the said arms and the top sheet of the said tablet, to receive the blotter D, so that the said blotter can be slipped upward to uncover the tablet, as shown in Fig. 1, and allow it to be written upon, and can be drawn down over the tablet and then used as a blotter.
The blotter D is kept from being drawn off the tablet A in either direction by stop-arms, E, attached to its corners and projecting at its sides, so as to come in contact with the upright parts of the guide-arms 4, as shown in Figs 1. and 3.
The stop-arms E can be made of gummed i-loth or other suitable material, that can be readily attached to the blotter D, and will have enough stiffness to prevent the said blotter "from being drawn out of place.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by ent-'- 1. Ablotter-tablet constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of' the tablet A, having guides, and provided with a blotter having stop-arms, as set forth.
2. In a blottentablet, the combination, with the tablet A, back B, and blotter D, of the guide 0, provided with the back-fastening prongs l. 2 3, and the guide-prong 4, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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New 'No. 2' Marquise Williams leads Tar Heels to rout over UVa.
After changing his jersey number to No. 2 Saturday in honor of injured quarterback Bryn Renner, sophomore Marquise Williams did his best Renner imitation to lead North Carolina to its third straight win.
Williams threw for two touchdowns, ran for a score and even caught a touchdown pass as UNC defeated Virginia 45-14 at Kenan Stadium in the 118th edition of the South's oldest rivalry.
The Tar Heels (4-5, 3-3 ACC) also recorded their first special teams and defensive touchdowns en route to their highest scoring game of the year and their most lopsided win over an ACC opponent since they beat Virginia 44-10 in 2010.
Williams finished 15 of 28 passing for 185 yards, ran 16 times for 46 yards and caught a 29-yard pass thrown by Quinshad Davis — the third touchdown throw by a receiver this season — while turning the ball over just once in his first start since Renner suffered a season-ending shoulder injury last week against N.C. State.
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"Just for me, watching him pregame, watching him in the locker room, watching how he interacted with the guys, he was as comfortable as he ever is," UNC coach Larry Fedora said. "Nothing was changed about him, and he got out there and he managed the game very well."
Williams said that Renner cried when he told the senior about his plan to wear No. 2 instead of his usual No. 12.
"It was emotional," Williams said. "He just told me go out there and represent for the team and do it for you, and I was like, 'Bryn, I'm doing this for you.'
"He took care of me and did everything he could for me. He was that role model and big brother figure I needed, and that's why I dedicated the game to him."
Williams entered the year with the reputation as a running quarterback, but he used his arm to put the Tar Heels ahead early in the mode of Renner, who finished his career as the school's most accurate passer. Renner watched the Virginia game from his house after undergoing surgery on Wednesday.
Williams completed passes on third-and-13, third-and-12, third-and-9 and third-and-9 as UNC scored touchdowns on its opening two drives. Williams hit Davis for an 8-yard score first, and then Davis found Williams wide open on a pass off a reverse to put the Tar Heels up 14-0.
Ryan Switzer made it 21-0 midway through he second quarter with UNC's first special teams touchdown of the season, an 85-yard punt return in which the true freshman initially dropped the ball, and then broke two tackles en route to the fourth-longest punt return in school history.
Tar Heels kicker Thomas Moore missed a 38-yard field goal to end the first half, but the Tar Heels scored on the opening possession of the second half to go up 28-0. Williams completed a 15-yard pass on third-and-10 while being pulled down, and then scored on a 3-yard keeper one play later against the Cavaliers (2-8, 0-6), who have lost seven straight games, six by double-digits.
Later in the third quarter, Williams committed his only turnover when he was hit as he threw and floated a pass that was picked off. But one play later, UNC's defense went one better, as Dominique Green intercepted a pass by David Watford and went 62 yards for the TD.
Tar Heels senior Tré Boston outfought Virginia tight end Zachary Swanson in the fourth quarter for another interception as the defense continued its resurgence. After being unable to prevent big plays early in the season, UNC's has allowed just six defensive touchdowns in the last four games.
"They've come a long way," Fedora said. "You start getting some confidence and you feel good about yourself, you feel good about each other, and you feel a little bit more accountable to your teammates, so you work a little bit harder. And that's what they're doing."
The Tar Heels have now beaten Virginia (2-8, 0-6) four straight times, with an average of margin of victory of 25 points. It was the first time since 1995 and 1997 that the UNC won consecutive games over the Cavaliers at Kenan.
"You have to feel like their morale or their confidence is shaky," Fedora said. "So you want to try to jump on them early and keep that foot on their neck the whole way, and we were able to do that."
UNC could have been the team in freefall after a 1-5 start. Instead, it's Virginia who has lost seven in a row, while the Tar Heels now need two wins in their last three games — at Pittsburgh and home against Old Dominion and Duke — to make a bowl game.
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NC_Q.Davis 8 pass from Williams (T.Moore kick), 4:39.
NC_Williams 29 pass from Q.Davis (T.Moore kick), :00.
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NC_Switzer 85 punt return (T.Moore kick), 5:42.
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NC_Williams 3 run (T.Moore kick), 12:04.
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NC_Green 62 interception return (T.Moore kick), 2:34.
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NC_Francis 15 pass from Williams (T.Moore kick), 12:50.
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Lambert 3-(minus 4), Watford 6-(minus 4). North Carolina, Morris 4-48,
Williams 16-46, Logan 7-42, Francis 6-35, Blue 3-26, Brunson 2-4,
Washington 1-0, Coker 2-0.
PASSING_Virginia, Watford 14-30-2-129, Lambert 8-13-0-75.
North Carolina, Williams 15-28-1-185, Q.Davis 1-1-0-29.
RECEIVING_Virginia, Johnson 5-59, Mizzell 4-25, McGee 3-28,
Jennings 2-41, Parks 2-0, Gooch 1-17, T.Smith 1-15, Shepherd 1-10,
Terrell 1-5, Wingo-Reeves 1-4, Burns 1-0. North Carolina, Q.Davis 5-65,
Howard 2-33, Francis 2-22, Ebron 2-21, Tapley 2-18, Logan 1-30,
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Beating Morristown West without Shy Copney and fellow starter Enjelica Reid was difficult at the beginning of the season for Science Hill, and winning with them in the Region 1-AAA semifinals was no piece of cake.
But Copney scored 10 of her game-high 16 points in the final 6:42, helping Science Hill pull away from Morristown West for a 54-38 victory Monday night at Snyder Gym in Gray.
The second-ranked Lady Hilltoppers (31-3) clinched a berth in Saturday's sectional round, and will play Tennessee High for the right to host in the regional championship Wednesday at 7 p.m. Tennessee High defeated Cocke County in Monday's opener.
Short-handed Science Hill defeated Morristown West by one point in the season opener, which was the first game at Science Hill's new gym. The Lady 'Toppers were limited again Monday. Sophomore combo guard Keisha Gregory missed her second straight game with an ankle sprain, post Shae Smith's was still somewhat gimpy due to an ankle she sprained on Friday against Sevier County, and Copney and post Gabby Lyon sat much of the first half with foul trouble.
Lyon picked up her second foul with 6:22 left in the second quarter and Copney picked up her second 50 seconds later.
Science Hill coach Darrell Barnwell elected to let Copney play with two fouls, and she picked up her third foul with 3:52 left in the half. But Copney looked fresh down the stretch, which was necessary after Abbe Craine's two free throws capped an 8-2 run that got West within 31-30 with 7:01 left in the game.
Copney answered with a 3-pointer 30 seconds later. It was one of four treys for Copney, whose play of the game was a put-back on Lyon's missed free throw. Copney went across the lane from the left block, got the rebound off the front iron, took a power dribble toward the right block and banked in a leaner which gave Science Hill a 42-35 lead with 3:05 remaining.
"All I was hearing in my mind was 'rebound, rebound, rebound,'" Copney said. "And I got the rebound and I just saw the opening, so I just went up."
Sitting with foul trouble might've helped keep Copney fresh for the endgame.
"She had to sit a long time in the second quarter with three fouls," Science Hill coach Darrell Barnwell said. "Gabby had two and Shy had two. So we had to roll the dice with one of them and leave one of them on the floor, and she got that third foul. … She had a little rest there, so it may have been good."
Lyon made a steal which led to her two free throws that gave the Lady 'Toppers a 44-35 lead with 2:24 left, and Copney's 3-pointer from the right wing gave they a double-digit lead for good (47-35) with 2:10 to play.
The Science Hill fans finally breathed a sigh of relief after Copney's final trey. It was a tense 2 1/2 quarters for the players, too.
"We weren't really nervous, we were just mad at ourselves because we weren't playing as hard as we could and we knew we's missing shots that we could make," Copney said.
Tarter finished with 15 points. Lyon and forward Enjelica Reid added 10 and nine points, respectively.
Guards Hailey Seals and Craine scored 11 points apiece for the Lady Trojans, who ended the season at 21-10.
"I thought our team got after it," West coach Johnny Galyon said. "I don't think they (Science Hill) played their best game. They've got some athletes."
Science Hill with have to beat Tennessee High for a fourth straight time to win the regional.
Tennessee High 47
Cocke County 42
Tennessee High overcame 19-of-40 foul shooting and four turnovers in the final four minutes to clinch its second-ever sectional berth. Fifth-year coach Barry Wade also took the Lady Vikings to the sectional in his first season when Massachusetts guard Renee Montgomery was a senior.
Sheena Johnson (10 points) made her second 3-pointer of the third quarter with 41 seconds left to give Tennessee High a 38-27 lead through three periods.
But Cocke County opened the fourth quarter on 12-3 run which Hannah Miller capped with a pair of free throws that got the Lady Red within 41-39 with 3:53 remaining.
Chloe Neil gave the Lady Vikings (26-5) a 44-39 lead with 2:35 remaining on a 3-pointer from the right corner that Ashlee Mitchell assisted. It was one of six treys for Tennessee High. Kelsey Stoops made three en route to a game-high 14 points.
Mitchell scored 13 points despite 7-of-19 foul shooting.
"This is the second time in school history we've been to the sectional," Tennessee High coach Barry Wade said. "The first time we went, we won it. … And we had to go on the road and win it. So we hope to play Wednesday and play well and get a chance to play at home, but if we don't we're gonna go on the road and try to win Saturday."
Mika Wester, the daughter of former Cocke County player and coach Wade Wester, led the Lady Red (22-10) with 11 points.


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- Media Event FAQ: "As the clash of mortal armies spins the world into chaos, a continent -- once shielded by impenetrable mists -- suddenly manifests itself in the southern oceans. There's no question that this resource-rich new land will be at the center of a global conflict."
- Zones and questing: "In fact, there have been two entirely new zones in Pandaria added since the continent was first shown off."
- Dungeons and challenge mode: "Rather than starting you off in instances that are entirely secondary to the expansion's story arc and saving the dungeons that tie closest to the plot of the expansion for the level cap, the very first dungeon you run in Mists of Pandaria will set the story's tone."
- Battlegrounds preview: "We didn't see any of the new world PvP mechanics or anything related to the Arena, but we did see previews of two new Battlegrounds, the Temple of Power and the Silvershard Mine."
- UI update: "In Mists of Pandaria, even without mods, it will be easy to tell if you're missing a buff in a raid. If your icon displays 7/8, simply hover over the icon and yell at the slacker who didn't cast Attack Speed."
- Siege of Orgrimmar: "Metzen did reveal that the war waged in those patches will reach a massive conclusion: We will lay siege to Orgrimmar to remove the mantle of warchief from Garrosh Hellscream's shoulders."
- Yes, you get another character slot: "Players without the Mists of Pandaria expansion attached to their account will be restricted to only 10 characters. You must upgrade to Mists for #11."
- Female Pandaren: "We got a good look at the female pandaren model at the press event, and I have to say I'm really just super pleased with it."
- Cool class stuff we found: "Of note for monks is the removal of the dual Light/Dark Force resource system, replaced with the singular Chi system."
- Pet battles: "For one reason or another, there was some fear recently that the Pet Battle feature announced at BlizzCon wouldn't make it into the release of Mists of Pandaria. Good news: It's in."
- Achievements preview: "It's also interesting to find out that most of the titles earned via achievements will be account-wide."
- Chris Metzen interview: "We're spinning stories. We said, 'This'll be good for the franchise. It's gonna be bumpy for a while, but it'll be fun.'"
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John Mattos says he talked more than he worked as a young kid growing up on his dad's farm. Nowadays, John works more than he talks, tending to his 450 cows on the rolling hills of his Diamond M Dairy in Sonoma County, California.
John was born and raised on his family's farm, where his grandparents raised and grazed cows starting in 1944. He began working for his Dad fresh out of high school and broke out on his own at the age of 24. Today, his wife Joni and son Nick help him run the operation.
In 2001, when a neighboring farmer earned organic certification, John began asking questions. He wanted to know what it took to become organicthe challenges, the rewards, the costs. His farming methods weren't that far removed from organic farms, but he says it took him a bit to gather up his confidence. When he had a number of young animals in his herd, he figured the timing was right to make the official transition to organic.
The Mattos' land was certifiable right away. Most of the land was pasture, so the soil hadn't even been plowed. Weeds had been successfully managed by mowing or wind-rowingno pesticidesand they had always used (organic-appropriate) cow manure for fertilizer.
Although John has always farmed close to organic, being certified has caused him to hone his management skills, and he finds himself "more on top of things." This attention to the details helps his cows at the same time it helps his bottom line.
"The longer I farm organically, the fewer problems I have," John says. "My animals are healthier. It's interesting to watch how it just gets better and better." He credits the increased range of homeopathic and natural treatments available to farmers today for making life easier for organic farmers. Breeding cows with an eye toward health and longevity also eases a lot of farmers' worries, as tendencies for illness decrease and the lifespan of the herd extends. And proper pasture management-allowing cows the forage they are naturally inclined to eat-simply makes for healthier, happier cows.
"I love my cows! Anyone who visits our farm can see that," John says. "I like to give them choicesof what fields they want to graze in, or what kind of hay they might prefer. Cows have to have a choice. You have to, in a sense, put yourself in the cow's position."
When Organic Valley approached John as a prospective milk producer, he was drawn to its cooperative model. He joined the Organic Valley truck in 2005, and has fed off the support and sharing of information amongst members. "I feel like I have a say in the co-op about things that are important to me such as quality of milk and getting information about farmers out to consumers," John explains. "I like the idea of giving consumers a look into our lives, so they can get a little taste of what it is like to be a farmer."


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Where the Healing Waters Meet: Esalen Massage, Water, and Temperature Weekend of March 7-9 , 2014
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Anyone who bathes in a mineral hot springs knows firsthand the rejuvenating effects of a hot soak in a natural setting. Multiple cultures, including Japanese, Israeli, Turkish, German, and Californian, have studied the healing benefits of water. Instructor Barbara Braunstein will share her hydrotherapy know-how of hot, cold, and comfort, and how she infuses her knowledge into each one of her massage sessions. Barbara offers hydrotherapy theory and methods, and Brita Ostrom will put this information to use in the flowing signature connection of Esalen Massage.
Classes will include the use of hot and cold methods, compresses, cherry pit pillows, and footbaths, and a class in the natural hot springs. While hydrotherapy provides a soothing backdrop for a holistic Esalen Massage, it can also provide direct first aid for conditions such as headaches and muscle cramps.
This workshop is for long-term practitioners who want to make their work more effective and easier on their hands, beginning students looking for the basic foundations of Esalen Massage and self-care, and also for those who simply want to experience the joys of cold and hot water in the service of healing. It also is especially useful for those in the helping and healing professions in working with their clients and patients.


text: @Catsy10: Cool! Glad someone else feels that way about Icewind Dale. I tend to only list stuff I've personally played, but yeah, I watched the folks here play P4 (that's the one, right?) and it had a good range of music. I actually liked the battle music; if they manage to make battle music something you look forward to rather than dread, then they're doing something right, especially in a battle heavy game like that.