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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2000 This spring marks the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 25, 1975, marking the tragic end to U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.
In recent years, U.S. officials have restored ties with Vietnam in an effort to promote prosperity and stability in the region. William S. Cohen traveled to Southeast Asia in March 2000 to become the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Vietnam since the war ended. His visit to Hanoi was the first ever by a U.S. defense secretary.
Cohen's goal was simple: to put aside the past and move into the future. Both nations were scarred by the Vietnam War and both need to move forward, he said. Melvin Laird had been the last defense secretary to see Vietnam, in 1971.
The fact that America's defense secretary was invited to Vietnam and accepted the invitation is a positive sign, Cohen said. Other U.S. government branches already have progressed in restoring diplomatic and trade ties. This is the fifth year of normalization, he said, and it's now time to establish military ties.
"To the extent that Vietnam wants to interact with outside countries, … then it would make sense for us to have a military relationship, provided it's in the context of a diplomatic, trade and economic relationship," Cohen said. "That's all part of one package."
Speaking to about 28 staff and faculty members at the Vietnamese defense academy in Hanoi, Cohen expressed U.S. intentions to restore military ties, including ship visits and military exchanges.
"The United States has resolved to move forward with Vietnam in a manner that serves our mutual interests in regional stability, security and prosperity," he said. "In cautious, but certain steps, our two nations can work together where common purpose allows to create a better future for both of our peoples.
"The United States believes that the security of both our nations can be enhanced by working together," he concluded. "Together, and in partnership with other nations of this region, we can write a new history of peace and prosperity."
Cohen said three principles would guide U.S. policy in developing its security relationship with Vietnam:
o Security ties will develop along with overall diplomatic and trade relations.
o Military relations will remain open so neither nation misunderstands the other's intentions.
o Accounting for Americans still missing in action will remain the highest priority.
Vietnamese officials told Cohen they also are looking to the future. They want to solve issues through peaceful means with respect to international law and practice, according to Maj. Gen. Nguyen The Tri, superintendent of the academy.
"The security of every nation nowadays is inseparable from the security of the region," he said through an interpreter. "Therefore, Vietnam has been actively contributing to preserving peace and stability in Southeast Asia."
Cohen noted that the United States is pleased to see Vietnam participate in the Asia Pacific Center in Hawaii and in the regional forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. "Our mutual prosperity depends on a Pacific region in which regional issues are resolved, not by confrontation, but by cooperation," he said.
In Hanoi, Cohen met with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Defense Minister Phan Van Tra and other officials. He said he suggested confidence-building measures would be the best way to achieve broad, extensive military-to-military relations and discussed future cooperative efforts in demining, military support for natural disasters, sharing medical knowledge about tropical diseases, and search and rescue operations.
"We'll have to have great transparencies so that no one can misconstrue or miscalculate what this relationship entails," he said. Both sides want to proceed in "a prudent and responsible fashion and should not overestimate what can be accomplished in a short period of time."
Following his meetings, Cohen traveled to an excavation site where U.S. and Vietnamese officials hope to recover the remains of a U.S. pilot, Navy Cmdr. Richard Rich of Stamford, Conn. Rich's F-4B Phantom jet was reportedly shot down in May 1967 near Don Phu Village, about 30 kilometers southwest of Hanoi.
Throughout his visit, the secretary stressed that accounting for America's missing service members involves a sacred trust. Cohen said his visit to the site symbolizes to all that the search for missing Americans will continue. The visit highlighted "the degree of difficulty involved, the kind of painstaking measures we are going through, the level of cooperation on the part of the Vietnamese, and recognizes the importance we place upon this."
Just as the United States is searching for its more than 2,000 missing, the Vietnamese are also investigating their own 300,000 cases. Cohen said both sides agreed to continue their cooperation in this quest for closure.
Joint recovery efforts have already enhanced cooperation and led to broader contacts between U.S. and Vietnamese armed forces, Cohen said. "By helping the families of the missing, we have helped to establish our working ties."
In Ho Chi Minh City, Cohen called on Lt. Gen. Phan Trung Kien, commander, 7th Military Region, and Vo Viet Thanh, Ho Chi Minh Municipal People's Committee chairman. The two told Cohen that, since the war, people have concentrated on reconstruction and improving living standards.
The city, on the shores of the Mekong River in southern Vietnam, is made up of the pre-1975 Saigon and Cholon. Saigon is still referred to as "Saigon City." The city population is 6 million now, up from 2.5 million in 1975. By working together, Cohen told the Vietnamese, the United States and Vietnam can build a better future. The secretary said he hoped relations with Vietnam would "unfold in a very positive way so that Vietnam can enjoy the prosperity of the entire region."
Vietnam's greatest asset, Cohen said, is its people. "The light emanating from the eyes of the Vietnamese children, the people, is one of incredible energy, intelligence, exuberance, love of life," he said. "That is going to be a great natural resource for them as they move into this century."
Cohen told reporters the reception he received from the Vietnamese was "warm, open and cordial." Overall, he said, the visit was "very productive" and "extremely positive."
He acknowledged that his visit was largely symbolic. "But I think that it will be very helpful in leading to greater contact in the future and a more positive relationship. It was well worth the effort," he said.


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* Geiregat Jonas (eniac@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >DF could probably even create a more memorable name than 'pkgsrc'. > > Why not use pkgsrc from pkgsrc.org , why would we want to start our own > packaging system derived from pkgsrc ? Because dragonfly has a whole different set of goals than pkgsrc has wrt to packaging and installing 3rd party software. You come here to praise pkgsrc, while many of use have used it (you're not telling us something we don't know yet), and it is indeed yet another ports system. Which doesn't mean we can't cherry-pick ideas from it. The support for multiple versions is worthy of examination. Also OpenBSD's port system has features that might be explored, like the flavour system and building in a fake root so the whole thing gets packaged prior to installing. The bottom line: the whole ports system is a hack that snowballed in all kinds of directions, and DragonFly wants to get rid of it. It's why Matt and others are willing to invest so much time in changing the whole VFS enchilada. Read the goals of the packaging system on the dragonflybsd website again, and then think objectively about if pkgsrc would fit. It doesn't. We're not reinventing the wheel. We're just making better ones that fit our carriage better. Why should we run on wooden wheels when we can make better chrome-plated wheels with good tires made of lightweight material that will last a hundred times longer? Cheers, Emiel --

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Taking 78th position in our 100 Players Who Shook the Kop list is a left-winger who thrilled Liverpool supporters while the club endured a spell in the Second Division…
Date of birth: September 30, 1934
Place of birth: Rainhill
Nationality: English
Position: Left-winger
Years at the club: 1953-64
Signed from: Prescot Cables
Left for: Tranmere
Position in 2006 poll: 81
Blessed with tremendous power and shooting ability, Alan A'Court provided the Kop faithful with consistent joy during a period which saw the club languish in the Second Division for eight seasons.
The English winger was a genuine tour de force at Anfield for more than a decade, producing performances from left wing which forced the Reds to move talisman Billy Liddell further forward to accommodate his junior teammate.
A'Court made his Liverpool debut aged 18 in a 3-2 victory at Middlesbrough in February 1953 and clocked up a further 11 appearances during his first season - including two goals for the Reds.
Alan remained a fixture in Don Welsh's squad for 1953-54 but fell victim to the poor form of the whole team - the club was relegated at the end of the campaign with only nine victories from 42 encounters.
The demotion would prove costly for Liverpool; it would take the club eight seasons and the arrival of charismatic boss Bill Shankly to clamber back into the top division of English football.
Unperturbed, A'Court set about establishing himself as indispensable for the Reds - the wide-man chipped in with 56 goals across those eight years with his precision finishing and bolt of a left boot.
Indeed, so impressive was the winger that he received a call-up for the England squad which travelled to the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. Alan featured on three occasions for the Three Lions.
A'Court was an ever-present and knocked home eight goals as Shankly finally masterminded the Reds' return to top-flight football in 1961-62. Liverpool finished eight points clear at the summit and Alan was back where his obvious talent belonged.
But the signing of Peter Thompson a year later diminished A'Court's importance for Liverpool to a degree and his final appearance came in the club's first-ever European tie - against KR Reykjavík in September 1964.
Appearances: 381
Goals: 63
Honours with LFC: 1 Second Division title (1961-62)
Did you know? Alan remains the youngest player to reach 200 league appearances for the Reds
Where is he now? Passed away in 2009
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Bucs Have Player*s* Of The Month
November 29, 2012 at 02:22pm by Scott • 2 Comments »
It's gotten to be so routine that Lavonte David leads the team in tackles and is constantly around the ball that I've kind of stopped mentioning it in game write-ups. "Ho hum, another 15 tackles, 2 for loss, a pass break-up, he saved a basket of kittens from drowning. Just another day." It kind of sucks when you're so good that it becomes expected and stops getting recognized. Well, the NFL has my back on this one because David won the November Defensive Rookie of the Month award.
What's even more impressive is that David doesn't have a lot of "spectacular" plays, and I'm using that word literally. He doesn't have a bunch of interceptions or even a string of bone-crushing tackles that would have been featured on "Jacked Up!" if ESPN was still a real network. David is just consistently making solid play after solid play, and it's a testament to whoever is handing out these awards that they didn't go for style over substance with him.
But if we did care about style points, it didn't get much more stylish than Dekoda Watson laying out a punter to get the ball blocked and returned for a touchdown by Adam Hayward. That's why they gave Watson the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month. In addition to the punt block, Watson also recovered a fumbled punt by the Panthers and had a couple special teams tackles too. It's good recognition for a player who has been around for a few years but hasn't gotten a lot of the glory even though he has been solid and made his share of plays. Congratulations to David and Watson.
At Least They Got A Vacation Out Of It
October 25, 2011 at 10:29am by Scott • 9 Comments »
So much for that thing about getting to London early and getting all settled in. The Bears barely arrived before kickoff and they looked fresh as fucking daisies. The Bucs just don't travel all that well. Last season looked good with wins in San Fran, Arizona and Seattle, but last year all those teams really sucked. With the level of competition knocked up a notch this year, the travelling thing becomes an issue again.
Are we allowed to say that Josh Freeman has regressed? Is that allowed or are the Bucs too invested in him to let even the slightest doubt creep into the public discourse? I understand that since there was no running game, the Bears could key in on Freeman and play the pass. But Freeman is FORCING the ball several times per game. I'm dumb as shit and even I can see it. Ten passes defensed in addition to four interceptions is a lot. He's staring guys down and making bad decisions. All this can be corrected, but if he doesn't have an effective running game to take some pressure off of him, there aren't going to be a lot of good decisions out there to make.
And even when Freeman makes a good decision and gets the ball to the right guy, his receivers are dropping more balls than normal. Are they that surprised that the ball touches their hands? And is it just me, or did a lot of receivers seem to hit the ground awfully fast after they made a catch? That may have just been my imagination, but it really seemed like guys would catch the ball and then just kind of sit on the ground.
Kregg Lumpkin is not the answer at running back. I know it's a controversial statement, but I'm making it. He's not good at anything. If you follow the SEC, you're not shocked by this. I know the mentality these days is that you can just grab a running back from a D-III school and plug him into your system and he'll be fine, but that's not turning out to be true. The position isn't as plug and play as the draft analysts would have you think. There's a reason why players like Matt Forte can still excel even with a shit offensive line. They're actually good. Some kind of real depth will have to be acquired in the offseason. In the meantime, the Bucs need a reliable stopgap since Earnest Graham is out for the season. You know who would be good? Cadillac Williams. Oh wait.
I just got an email that mentioned Tiki Barber as a possibility. I'm deleting that person from my address book. Tiki may remember enough to get in a rushing linebacker's way and be a decent pass-protector, but I wouldn't count on him rushing for any significant yardage, and that's what the Bucs need. A real running game will solve a lot of problems. When does LeGarrette Blount come back again?
Did Arrelious Benn dress for the game? He's on the starting roster, but Freeman looked to him exactly once. With Mike Williams sucking ass this season and admitting as much publicly, it seems like to would be smart to look to other guys. Benn is the best YAC player on the team. Put the ball in his hands and let him do good stuff with it.
Dezmon Briscoe played a lot instead of Benn. Maybe Benn was hurting? Briscoe looked good, but even he dropped his first pass. Nice touchdown, though.
Aqib Talib's fourth quarter personal foul may be the dumbest penalty I've ever seen. Holy shit, that was stupid. Talib needs to take the entire defense out to dinner for holding the Bears for three more downs. It didn't get back the time that was wasted, but at least they had a shot.
And Ronde Barber owes Talib a kick in the balls for making that sack irrelevant on the first third down. Barber almost took the snap from center, that's how fast he came off the ball. It was an incredible play that was completely overshadowed by Talib's loose cannon. That was Ronde's 27th career sack. He's a cornerback. That's insane.
Oh, and Ronde got the first safety of his career on Sunday, too. It was a big day for him. The Bucs did a write-up on it here.
How many tackles did Quincy Black miss? A thousand? Start Dekoda Watson. He has the physical specimen thing down and he is a more sure tackler.
Adam Hayward is mad at the world for some reason and he's taking it out on opponents, which is awesome. He laid a couple dudes out on Sunday.
Adrian Clayborn owned his blocker. Some players have regressed since the preseason, but Clayborn is one of the few that has gotten steadily better. I wasn't sold on him during the draft, but I'm becoming a believer.
This game seemed pretty typical of the Bucs this season. Start out slow and count on Freeman to pull out a miracle at the last second. I think we've all said that they can't keep that up forever, and it looks like we're right. It's not a recipe for long-term success and that's the mantra this team has been chanting for three years now. Building from the ground up so they can have a consistent winner. But winning consistently comes with playing consistently and scoring consistently, not sucking for three quarters and then magically scoring four touchdowns.
Okay, I've waited long enough to post this. Your thoughts in the comments.
Dekoda Watson Is A "Starter"
August 31, 2011 at 11:27am by Scott • No Comments »
Raheem Morris has declared that he considers Dekoda Watson a starter even though he, you know, won't be in on the first defensive play of the game.
While Dekoda Watson is a backup linebacker, coach Raheem Morris considers him a starter because of all the special pass-rushing packages the Bucs can use him in.
It sounds like the coaches have devised a lot of different looks for Watson to be a part of, but he's going to make his bones as a pass-rusher.
"He looks awesome right now," Morris said. "The opportunities he's been given, sack, fumbles, he's creating exciting plays. He's certainly dynamic in his role, and I love the fact we can put him over there and do those things, and he can still be (able to back up) at linebacker."
Watson can be called whatever he wants. "Starter"? Fine. I'm just going to call him sir because he looks like this:
… and he'll beat my ass if I call him anything else.
"I'm not the biggest guy in the world, and people kind of underestimate you," Watson said. "I have my speed, the strength, too, and it's a different story when you come up against me. I'm blessed and fortunate for my athletic ability, and I'm just glad that the coaches recognize that. … If they feel like they have confidence in me, I'm going to show them, you didn't make a mistake."
Morris's declaration of Watson as a starter is also another win for Mark Dominik who plucked Watson out of the seventh round. Out of the 23 draft picks the Bucs have made since Dominik took over, they have only cut two and, at most, will lose another two when final cuts are made next week (Allen Bradford and Daniel Hardy may find it tough to stick around with the depth they have at those positions). And the guys in lower rounds aren't just special teams players. Erik Lorig and E.J. Biggers and Cody Grimm and Watson are getting big playing time. You don't have to spend tons of cash in free agency when you draft well.
Camp Freeman: Day 1
June 29, 2011 at 10:27am by Scott • 9 Comments »
[Some of this duplicates some information posted below that I didn't realize was posted until just now. But read it again because it's actual Buccaneer football news and you were just going to play with yourself all day anyway.]
* Depending on who you ask, between 45 and 50 players showed up to Camp Freeman yesterday. The Bucs have 82 players (including suspended Tanard Jackson) on their roster, so that's more than half. Among notable no-shows is Barrett Ruud, Cadillac Williams, LeGarrette Blount, Ronde Barber and Greg White. Notable yes-shows were Aqib Talib, Davin Joseph, Jeremy Trueblood, Maurice Stovall, Quincy Black… lots of guys who will be free agents when the lockout is over. That's pretty cool. Brian Price and Kareem Huggins were there but sat out because of injury, which I think says a lot about their dedication to this team and the building of chemistry. Arrelious Benn was limited because of his knee.
* Also pretty cool is the number of linemen who showed up. Jeff Faine, Donald Penn, Jeremy Zuttah, Trueblood and Joseph were all there. Penn said it was good to get in a three-point stance again since the last time he did in January.
* Rookies Mason Foster and Adrian Clayborn chose to attend Camp Freeman instead of the rookie symposium. For their benefit, I'll summarize what they're missing: Save your money, don't hit women, everyone is out to get you.
* Speaking of Joseph, he said he'd like to come back to the Bucs but that it has to "make sense". Which means he's open to all offers and the Bucs will need to pony up to keep him. They'll certainly have the cap room; the question is if they think he's worth whatever the other teams offer him. Joseph also made it clear that re-signing other offensive linemen who are free agents (read: Trueblood) would influence his decision to stay.
* It's wasn't only offensive linemen who showed up. Several defensive linemen were there too, and it was Gerald McCoy who really stepped up and became the leader of that group.
* McCoy looks like a different dude. He has spent the last several months sculpting his body. He has lost fat, gained muscle and definition and looks like a different player.
* And not to get all gay with it or anything, but this is what Dekoda Watson looks like these days.
Okay, maybe getting a little gay with it.
* I had mentioned the other day that there wouldn't be coaches at this minicamp so the more experienced players would have to instruct the young ones. While that is happening, IMG is providing coaches for the camp. For example, Ken Dorsey is the quarterbacks coach. And before you make fun of that, remember that Alex Van Pelt is their real quarterbacks coach.
* Sessions included weightlifting and other workouts, position drills, scripted plays and team meetings. The format was a typical two-a-day. It wasn't as tight as a normal minicamp, but it definitely wasn't bullshit, either. It was pretty organized.
* Nobody is really reporting how anyone "looked" in terms of ability, although guys like Talib and Cody Grimm who ended the season on injured reserve practice full-speed, so their injuries seem to be behind them.
Workouts to continue today, possibly with even more players.
REAR ENTRIES: Forgotten Men
August 20, 2010 at 11:49am by Scott • 12 Comments »
FORGOTTEN MAN?: I was reading this short piece on Clifton Smith and how he is the "forgotten man" on offense, like the team went and drafted a high-round running back just to piss him off or something, which is bullshit. He's not forgotten. The only thing that's been forgotten is that Pewter Report forgot to use the word "fumble" in the article. Seriously, click over there and do a search for the word fumble, I'll wait.
It's not there, is it? Isn't that fucking weird? Smith has touched the ball on offense 18 times and fumbled it four of them. He has also fumbled two kickoffs and one punt return. Keep in mind he has played in a total of 20 career games. That seems like a pretty important stat to just leave out of the story.
To their credit, Pewter Report doesn't treat it as some conspiracy that Smith doesn't get the ball on offense like I would expect a couple other local writers to do. Just that he's forgotten. "Who? Clifton, Clifton… where have I heard that name before? Ohhhh, right. Yeah, the little running back. He just plum slipped my mind." I don't think we need Scooby and the gang to figure out this mystery. You fumble, ergo you do not get to touch the precious, precious ball anymore.
VALUE IN THE LOWER ROUNDS: Mark Dominik has taken some lumps this offseason (I won't belabor what his screw-ups were, but I'd be LYING if I said everything was FINE this year), but I have to give credit where it is due and agree with this article on how seventh-rounders Sammie Stroughter and E.J. Biggers look like the real deal. Stroughter has a year of production under his belt already and, although it's only been one preseason game, Biggers at the very least has shown that he has the ability to play at a high level. In recent years, you never would have expected anything from those guys except to be camp meat.
Until Stroughter and Biggers came aboard, the Bucs were saddled with a legacy of unproductive seventh-round picks.
Unproductive is being kind. Most of those guys were so awful that they gave eye cancer to the coaches who had to watch them. The only one during the Jon Gruden regime who was worth any shits at all is Mark Jones. We'll go ahead and blame all those failings equally on Gruden, Rich McKay and Bruce Allen. But Dominik is looking pretty sweet with his seventh-rounders. In addition to Stroughter and Biggers from last year, Cody Grimm quickly became a coach favorite, I personally like Dekoda Watson and think he could hang on as a reserve linebacker for a few years, and Erik Lorig has received early praise from camp.
For Dominik to hit on a few of those late-rounders is important because it provides depth during a time when the Buccaneers are reluctant to sign anyone off the free agent market. And since they work for cheap and have a relatively weak union, they're basically slaves. And never discount the value of slave labor. If it's good enough to build a country, it's certainly good enough for a football team. So congratulations to Mark Dominik on finding quality players in the lower rounds.
CAMP BREAKS: Training camp is over and now it's back to a reasonable practice schedule and the mundane drudgery of reviewing film and deciding who to cut in a couple weeks. Buccaneers.com celebrates the end of camp and the impending regular season with a video summary of some of the best plays in camp. If you're having any trouble getting hyped for the season, this should help.
Training Camp Summary: August 16
August 17, 2010 at 09:58am by Scott • 3 Comments »
Lots of players who were being held out last week were back. Kellen Winslow, Clifton Smith, Brian Price, Myron Lewis all participated to some degree. Price stood and watched for part of the time. Interestingly, he was active during the team drills but not the individual stuff, which seems weird if you're resting a hamstring.
Another long run by Kareem Huggins in practice. This is one guy who can back up his good practice play in a game. Some guys can't. I don't have to say his name. You know who I mean.
One guy who doesn't practice well but may just be a "gamer" is E.J. Biggers. Before the Miami game, I was pretty sure he would be cut because he just hasn't looked sharp in camp. That continued yesterday as he was getting burned on routes. And although in the game Biggers's biggest (no pun) plays were in the run game, he was also assigned to Brandon Marshall who was held without a catch.
Michael Bennett and Dekoda Watson continued their playmaking into Monday's practice. Good anticipation of plays. Of course, they've been watching the same offense for over two weeks now, so they should be getting used to it.
On the other hand, Josh Johnson continued missing his targets. Lots of batted balls on Monday.
Carlos Brown is getting a lot of work at running back. Smith is not. I continue to think Smith is in danger of getting shipped elsewhere. Derrick Ward is also getting a lot of reps.
Tanard Jackson dropped an easy interception in 11-on-11. Like, it couldn't have been any easier if FedEx delivered it to him in a box. That's not his first drop, either.
Greg White playing linebacker? I think my source has that one wrong, but I'll report it anyway. Maybe he was just dropping into coverage on a zone blitz or he anticipated the play so early that he backed off his rush. There's no way he's playing rush linebacker.
The last play was a hail mary by Josh Freeman that fell way short. That seems like the one play a strong-armed Freeman wouldn't be lacking for power.
The last two-a-day is Tuesday and there is one more practice on Wednesday, but I'm guessing it will be very mild.
Preseason Game 1: Dolphins
August 15, 2010 at 03:29pm by Scott • 8 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who hung out in the chat for the game last night We probably had about 20 different people in and out for the duration. It was a good time and think we can all agree on one thing: Derrick Ward should be waiting tables. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Quarterback play was exactly where you might expect it to be. Josh Freeman looked pretty awesome. He was 4 for 4 on the first drive and had that sweet pass to Mike Williams on the second, a spectacular play by both guys. Josh Johnson looked like dog shit. He threw high and behind all night, fumbled, and caught his own batted pass which almost never works. The only thing he does well is runs. Rudy Carpenter looked like slightly less dog shit, but with a much weaker arm. Even when he makes the right decision, the ball takes so long to get to the receiver that the defender has time to close. We had a discussion about depth on the chat toward the end of the game and quarterback is undeniably in a terrible depth position.
Cadillac Williams looked strong and had no problem cutting on those knees. Derrick Ward was fucking awful and no one would miss him if he was abducted by aliens. Kareem Huggins has all the speed that has been advertised and, based on this preseason game, needs to be the #2 running back. Somehow, holes that Ward just couldn't find were right there for Huggins.
Earnest Graham looked great as a lead blocker.
Mike Williams is as advertised. Fast, good feet, good hands. I didn't see that elusiveness that Arrelious Benn is supposed to have, at least not on the end-around. I'm guessing Mike Nolan is a regular reader of this site and knew that the Bucs were going to use Benn in that way. Micheal Spurlock is likely in the lead for the first non-lock receiver position, ahead of Terrence Nunn or Chris Brooks or any of those other guys. Preston Parker showed up okay, but the best he can hope for is the practice squad.
Jeremy Zuttah looked outmatched on all but a couple plays he was in. When he was in at center, he never looked comfortable after the snap and Keydrick Vincent was better than him at left guard. Jonathan Compas looked like hell at guard, but all right at center. Maybe the o-line backups aren't as versatile as we think. Everyone else on the starting offensive line looked pretty good after the first series. The third-string offensive line looked better than the second-stringers, especially in the running game. It could be that Huggins was making them look better than they were, but there were definitely holes being opened. Lots of penalties: holding, false start… that shit has to stop. James Lee was good as Donald Penn's backup. Xavier Fulton better watch out.
Meet the new defensive line — same as the old defensive line. It was only the first preseason game, but the starters were having trouble stopping the runs up the middle and were doing fine shutting them down to the outside. I remember one good play by Gerald McCoy, but otherwise I wasn't impressed. To be fair, he was being double-teamed a good deal. Michael Bennett looked very good as a backup — constantly in the backfield. Tim Crowder also had a good game. As the game went on, the defensive line got pushed back pretty bad. There was one series in particular where it looked like Tyler Thigpen was moving the offense at will against them.
Barrett Ruud was in on some stops, but also missed a tackle or two. If the defensive line is the same as they were last year, Ruud isn't going to look much better than he did, either. Geno Hayes showed up big in the first quarter and looks like he has great instincts. And I really like Dekoda Watson. These FSU linebackers might amount to something.
I had all but written off E.J. Biggers, but he was the star of the secondary last night and made a hell of a case to be considered for the nickel spot last night. He had some key tackles on Ricky Williams and a fumble recovery. He held up in coverage last night against Brandon Marshall, but it's hard to tell if that was because of Biggers or Marshall. But compared to Elbert Mack last night, Biggers is in the prime spot for the nickel job.
Cody Grimm has been the star at camp, but Corey Lynch did his thing in special teams again last night. He also had some nice stops in the secondary. I just don't know how you keep this kid off your team, even if it's just on special teams. Sabby Piscitelli was, again hot and cold. Great stops on a couple plays and also a HUGE personal foul at a critical time. Sean Jones was more consistent. Solid but nothing spectacular last night.
Great punting from Brent Bowden (hears "Crazy Train" in the background) and a good kickoff from Connor Barth. Hunter Lawrence missed his only field goal, but that couldn't possibly matter any less.
Okay, anyone who watched the game last night, let's hear what you think.
Roster Breakdown: Linebackers
August 13, 2010 at 02:19pm by Scott • No Comments »
Barrett Ruud: Lock. Looking good both in coverage and on blitzes. Groin tweak kept him out of a couple practices, but he seems to be full speed again. Also, I highly recommend the Groin Tweak at your local Asian massage parlor.
Quincy Black: Lock. Has re-dedicated himself to the program after admittedly coasting (8:07) through his first couple years. May be the best overall athlete on the team. Can keep up with wide receivers without a problem. He has been used in several blitz packages. May still be scraping pieces of Preston Parker off his shoe.
Geno Hayes: Lock. Gets in the backfield fast. Has had a couple missed tackles, but I can't tell if it's because of lack of wrapping up or because of the nature of the practice (or if the running back is just very strong). Very Derrick Brooks-ish in anticipating routes and cutting in front of them.
This will be the first year all three of these guys start at their positions for the entire year. If they can work together for a year or two and get instinctive in working off each other, I think they can be the dominant linebacking corps in the league. I'm not even joking.
Adam Hayward: Probably. Has had a good camp; I haven't heard about him getting beaten. Played a ton of special teams and even a little at fullback.
Niko Koutouvides: 50/50. He's playing mostly against the backups and has been blocked out of plays enough that he is on the bubble. Is a solid special teamer, though.
Jon Alston: Probably. Strong and can cause fumbles. Solid backup who has been getting a good amount of playing time with all units. Gets matched up against Kellen Winslow a lot, which may be a sign of confidence in him, but Winslow generally wins those battles.
Rico McCoy: Probably not. I can't bear to put the meat tag on my guy from Tennessee, but Alston is simply having a much better camp. Rico has always played MLB and now he's listed on the outside which I never thought was a good match. I'd love to see him on the practice squad for development.
Dekoda Watson: Almost lock. Great athlete, hard hitter and will provide good depth on the strongside, but will mostly play special teams. The coaching staff is said to be high on him.
Lee Robinson: Probably not. Good against the backups but not against the starters and not all that fast. If he had a little more speed, he'd be a nice swing linebacker who could backup at a couple different spots, but if I'm picking Watson to be the backup strongside, Robinson has to go.
Training Camp Summary: August 10
August 10, 2010 at 10:16am by Scott • 2 Comments »
1-on-1s were dominated by the defense. Rico McCoy overpowered Rendrick Taylor despite giving up 40 pounds and two inches to him. Taylor arrived on the team with a lot of hype about his versatility and strength, but this is the second day in a row he got beaten 1-on-1 by a guy who he should be able to control.
Dekoda Watson has been using a spin move on everyone he goes up against. Even though it has been effective, at some point he has to learn a different technique. His success with that one isn't going to last forever. But on Monday, he got by Jerramy Stevens and John Gilmore with it.
Jeron Mastrud looked like shit Monday. Lots of drops and lots of getting beaten on blocks.
Josh Johnson to Sammie Stroughter on a long touchdown. Sabby Piscitelli couldn't catch Stroughter in a foot race to the endzone.
That turned out to be one of Johnson's best plays of the day. He had an off day, missing several receivers.
The defense is coming to expect that end-around by Arrelious Benn. They're not going for nearly the yardage they were earlier in camp.
Ooh, trick play. Cadillac Williams takes a handoff, runs to the outside and then passes the ball back to Johnson who passed it to Maurice Stovall. It kind of reminded me of the play in the NFC Championship game a couple years ago where J.J. Arrington passed the ball back to Kurt Warner.
The Bucs piped in crowd noise on a goal line drill to distract the offense. It worked. Several false starts.
No matter how old he gets, Ronde Barber will never stop blitzing the quarterback. He times those things perfectly.
George Johnson is a guy to keep an eye on. High-motor guy at defensive end. There's little enough depth that he could find himself in a good position with the team if he keeps up the effort.
Another two-a-day on Tuesday. The morning practice was canceled so the team could go see a movie. Raheem Morris chose "The Other Guys", so obviously this is a punishment for a poor practice yesterday.
UPDATED: Barrett Ruud Speaks (And Speaks)
August 02, 2010 at 02:28pm by Scott • 1 Comment »
So after I go and say how cool it is that Barrett Ruud is keeping quiet about his contract, he picks today to open up about it. He didn't blow his top, but he made his feelings pretty clear.
"Obviously, I'm very disappointed," Ruud said. "I'm not real happy about it. I'm very happy for Donald, very happy for Gerald (McCoy), very happy for all the guys who signed the last couple of years. But, definitely, it's pretty frustrating on my end."
Okay, that's fine. That's understandable. "Frustrating" is a good word. It doesn't say that you're going to throw the season, but it definitely expresses, umm, frustration. So, that's it, right?
"You'd like the results to speak for themselves," said Ruud, a second-round draft pick in 2005. "I think I've played pretty well for 48 games and I will play well for 72 games or whatever it's going to be. I'm not going to stop playing well until I stop playing. You always want to be rewarded for your performance and that's the bottom line."
Well, this season makes 64 games that you'll presumably start, but math isn't important right now. And you're right — you would like results to speak for themselves. And saying that you think you've played "pretty well" is an acknowledgment of your worth without making yourself sound like an arrogant prick, so score one there. The addition of a "keep on fighting" mentality is nice, and wrap it up with a "bottom line" statement that re-enforces the main point. Good job. *wipes off hands* Now we're done.
"I don't ever set any definite rules of any kind," Ruud said. "As of now, I'm here working and kind of doing the same thing I've always done, just get a little bit better everyday. I'm going to keep letting my performance talk for me and whatever happens, happens."
Just tell me when you're finally through.
Ruud dismissed any talk that he would leave camp and become a holdout.
"I'm already here now," Ruud said. "I'm here. I'm working. If I didn't I wouldn't tell you anyway."
Ruud said that he wouldn't necessarily have done anything different with regards to his situation as a restricted free agent.
"It's too late for that," Ruud said. "It has worked out like it has so far, which was frustrating for me."
Done now? So I guess Barrett was saving all his words to just spew them out at once. But it's an elephant in the room and he felt he had to address it, so fine. But now he has played this hand. Now he needs to ignore every other question about this and say he's just concentrating on this season and getting better and whatever. If he goes on like this again, he's going to come across as a whiner like Jeff Garcia did.
Why did Penn get a contract and not Ruud? There could be lots of reasons. The Bucs could think they have better depth at MLB than they do at LT, so they have more leverage. They could value the position of LT more than MLB. They could think it's easier to replace a MLB than a LT. Or, frankly, they could think that Ruud isn't good enough to lock in just yet.
That last one is a little hard to believe, especially since they waited until the seventh round to draft a linebacker, and Dekoda Watson is an outside linebacker, anyway. They got Rico McCoy, who is a MLB, as an undrafted rookie, and I happen to love him, but he's had his share of injuries and at 220 pounds may not be an ideal fit. So if they thought Ruud was bad, you'd think they would have at least used a mid-round pick on a developmental guy. Unless they just really love Adam Hayward.
Okay, I think I've about exhausted this topic. Nothing is going to get done until the end of the season anyway, and I agree with the commenter who said that this would die down soon and Ruud would just get to business and worry about the contract later. You'll know who the dicks in the media are when they continue to probe Barrett about his feelings on this as camp and the regular season continue. There's nothing else that can really be done or said about it, so anyone who mentions it is really just trying to stir up shit and I hope Barrett shoves their voice recorders down their throats. God, I really hope Mike Florio asks Barrett about his feelings on Donald Penn's contract.
UPDATE: Stephen Holder drops this little bit of info.
Linebacker Barrett Ruud considered walking out of training camp on the advice of his representatives but opted not to do so.
Ruud is simmering particularly because he was told in the spring of 2009 that an offer was forthcoming. That offer never materialized and Ruud staged an offseason holdout last summer as he went into the final season of his rookie contract.
Ruud briefly wrestled with the decision to pack it in after reporting for camp on Friday but decided it was too out of character for him to take such an action.
Holder doesn't quote this — he's just reporting it. Ruud just addressed the media and none of his quotes say anything about this, so I'd like to know Holder's source here. He's not usually one to report rumor as fact, so I'll have to assume there are parts of Ruud's quotes that I'm missing or he told this to Holder privately, which… seems weird. But anyway, the fact that he considered leaving camp but didn't supports the position that he'll probably get over this pretty quickly and this will become a non-issue until the end of the season.
UPDATE 2: Stephen Holder confirmed to me via Twitter that Ruud was not the source of the "almost walked out" comments.
Ruud didnt say it. A source did.
Sigh. "A source". But I understand. A reporter can't always reveal who he learns things from. But it would be nice to know if it was another player or an agent or a "Buccaneer official" or whatever. Ruud could have easily just said something to someone off the cuff in a half-joking manner and he never really seriously considered walking out, but whatever. For a story that I keep trying to close, this has dragged on to over 1,000 words now.


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How to Help our Children and Stay Involved in their Education During Deployment — Military Child Education Coalition — This booklet was designed to help parents and educators support children during this potentially stressful time.
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Trainspotting vs. Requiem for a Dream
Rotten Tomatoes is running a thread on which is better, Trainspotting or Requiem for a Dream. It's an interesting question that sparked a decidedly uninteresting discussion. Have I mentioned lately how grateful I am for the Listology community?
IMHO Requiem for a Dream is the more powerful film (not necessarily better) but for pure enjoyment and rewatchability I'd choose Trainspotting any day. FWIW I voted "AHHH!...I cant choose one over the other!!!"
Requiem has a decent chance of swearing anyone off drugs for life. That and Vincent D'Onofrio's character Pooh-Bear from The Salton Sea (2002). Actually the whole movie has a nice anti-drug message in my opinion. Anybody want to start a list?
I should really see those movies. Amazingly, I somehow got my dad to approve "Requiem for a Dream", but I haven't really looked into "Trainspotting." Should I?
REALLY? *gasp* Some type of 'scared straight' technique?
Requiem more than earns its NC-17 / unrated status, although I confess, I have not seen the edited 'R' version yet.
Oh, and I do think Requiem is the better of the two films, though I certainly wouldn't want to make Trainspotting sound weak in any way. Two great, attention-arresting films on a subject usually loaded with cliches and boredom.
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Allow me to second that "REALLY?! *gasp*." You should go ahead and tell your folks that if you can watch Requiem then you've broken through the last possible barriers for R-rated restrictions.
I believe I preferred Trainspotting, but they are both excellent. The ending of Requiem was just too over the top for me, but that's really the only thing that cost it points in my eye.
I'm not sure that my dad really knew what the movie was about; the description on the back of the DVD was pretty vague. If it's really that bad, maybe I'll be an honest son and not see it until I'm 17 (7 months, 1 day and counting). Or maybe I won't.
In case I decide to watch it... I know Blockbuster has a policy of not carrying really risque movies, but since "Requiem" is unrated and not actually NC-17, do you think I could find an unedited version at Blockbuster, or do they only carry the edited version?
Hmmm, maybe I should make a list of movies to watch very shortly after I turn 17, ones that I've begged my parents to let me watch dozens of times and gotten rejected each time. There'll be a lot, good and bad. I think I'll make "Pulp Fiction", "Blue Velvet", "Fight Club", "A Clockwork Orange", and "American Pie" priorities. That'll be fun, just a weekend of movies containing rampant sex, graphic violence, drug addicts, and naked people. Any other suggestions?
Speaking to how "that bad" it is, it's not that it's so explicit (although there are a couple scenes that are very explicit), but the characters' descent into degradation is very intense. While this movie might have the most drug-use you've seen in a single movie (just guessing), I'm sure you've seen more blood, killings, and nudity in other movies. It's not a question of the objective imagery (I've seen more blood in X), it's a question of how much it disturbs you, and I found plenty of scenes in Requiem to be quite disturbing.


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Bacchylides: Bacchylides (/ b ' k l d i z / ; Ancient Greek : ad ) (5th century BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been noted in Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus (De Sublimitate 33,5). Some scholars, however, have characterized these qualities as superficial charm. He has often been compared unfavourably with his contemporary, Pindar, as "a kind of Boccherini to Pindar's Haydn ", yet the differences in their styles doesn't allow for easy comparison and "to blame Bacchylides for not being Pindar is as childish a judgement as to condemn... Marvel for missing the grandeur of Milton ." His career coincided with the ascendency of dramatic styles of poetry, as embodied in the works of Aeschylus or Sophocles, and he is in fact one of the last poets of major significance within the more ancient tradition of purely lyric poetry. The most notable features of his lyrics are their clarity in expression and simplicity of thought, making them an ideal introduction to the study of Greek lyric poetry in general and to Pindar's verse in particular.
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The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric is not a compilation; it's a live album, capturing the band on their supporting tour for their 2004 album Underneath. It's not their first live album -- about a year and a half after their 1997 major-label debut, they released Live from Albertane, which was a little fast for a live record, but it does illustrate just how crazy Hanson mania was in the late '90s. Here in 2005, Hanson not only have a larger repertoire to draw from, but they're a different band: they're older, stronger, road-tested, and tougher. They're a mature band now, usually for better, but sometimes for worse, as in on their opening gambit of covering Radiohead's crawling "Optimistic." It's a move that practically begs for the band to be taken seriously, to not be thought of as teen pop sensation, and the self-consciousness of the cover is awkward. But that's the only false note on an album that's tight, lean, and quite entertaining. Every song here, whether it's a newer tune or their old hits "Where's the Love" and "MMM Bop," is given an arrangement that is simultaneously stripped down and opened up, giving the trio -- augmented by Pete Griffin on bass and Aaron Kaplan on electric guitar -- plenty of space to jam. In a way, this is as much as a throwback to the era of late-'70s live albums as their first records were a throwback to late-'60s/early-'70s bubblegum: there just aren't many live albums any more that sound like a band in concert, revealing a different side of the band, one where the songs seem to gain strength in a live setting. That's not to say that this is the second coming of Frampton Comes Alive or, even better, Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, but this is nevertheless a very good live album that will certainly satisfy hardcore fans and, if given a chance, could change the minds of some skeptics. [A Japanese version included bonus tracks.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900
Robert S. McPherson
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The Navajo nation is one of the most frequently researched groups of Indians in North America. Anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and others have taken turns explaining their views of Navajo history and culture. A recurrent theme throughout is that the U.S. government defeated the Navajos so soundly during the early 1860s that after their return from incarceration at Bosque Redondo, they were a badly shattered and submissive people.
The next thirty years saw a marked demographic boom during which the Navajo population doubled. Historians disagree as to the extent of this growth, but the position taken by many historians is that because of this growth and the rapidly expanding herds of sheep, cattle, and horses, the government beneficently gave more territory to its suffering wards.
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Overview of China's wind development
China's wind resource
China has abundant exploitable wind resources both onshore and offshore due to its large land area and long coastline. The 4th National Wind Resource Investigation, using data from 400 wind masts refined with computer simulations, gives the results summarized in the table below. China's commercial onshore potential is between 1,000 and 4000 GW; and the offshore potential in waters from 5-50m deep is another 500 GW.
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Source: ERI & IEA "China Wind Energy Development Roadmap 2050", 2010
Main market developments in 2012
Since 2011 the Chinese wind market has been in a consolidation phase, and last year installations were down by 26% to only 12.96 GW, a similar level to 2009. Although China still maintains its position as a global wind leader in cumulative terms with a total of 75.32 GW, it ceded it's No. 1 position in the annual market in 2012 to the US (13.1 GW) for the first time since 2008. The Chinese market represented about 27% of the global market in 2012, down from 49.5% in 2010, and 43% in 2011.
Source: GWEC
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Regional development
Fourteen Chinese provinces have now passed the 1 GW milestone, of which eleven are located in the "three northern wind regions". Overall, in 2012, five provinces surpassed 1 GW in new installed capacity, including for the first time a typical lower wind speed area, Yunnan province. However, in some of the historically more prominent wind areas such as Hebei, Liaoning and Heilongjiang, installations dropped below 1 GW.
Source: GWEC
The Chinese wind industry
The top three Chinese manufacturers in 2012 were Goldwind (2,521.5 MW), Guodian United Power (2,029 MW), and Sinovel (1,203 MW), accounting for a 44% share of the annual market. A dark horse entering the top ten players was Envision with 544 MW, more than doubling its market share and moving up from 15th in 2011 to 7th place in 2012.
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Amma means a lot to the kid."She" is the only one that makes a kid grow like a person(whatever he/she).If "she" is not there no body is there.This is a wonderful gift of god to us ladies.The "MOTHERHOOD". such a lovely word ..amma,ma,mother ,mom what ever it is..
In telugu some people say"devudu prati chota vundaleka ammanu srustinchadu" which means "God has created mother as he can't stay in every place"..
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She is a mother for us 3 kids.I wonder how she managed us 3 while going to job..
She is very caring mother.Somehow at that age we can't understand.She used to put some strict rules to us like "study hard,get up early,eat good food etc...."then i used to think this is not good.I used to shout at her .She never said hard words and answered me calmly.But now when i am telling these to my daughter i am feeling very bad by remembering my childhood days..:-)
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.A must-have book with scrumptious recipes from the world-famous Laduree tea shop. .Reveals the secrets of their savoury recipes for the first time ever The story of Laduree started in 1862 when Louis Ernest Laduree opened a bakery in the heart of Paris at 16, rue Royale. In 1872, following a fire, the little bakery became a pastry shop and the decoration was then done by Jules Cheret, a famous painter and poster-designer of the time. Jeanne Souchard, Ernest Laduree's wife, then had the idea of combining the Parisian cafe with a pastry-shop. She therefore created one of Paris' first tearooms. In 1993 Laduree was bought by Francis and David Holder and became one of the best-known gourmet addresses in Paris, a veritable institution with its famous "macaron" as its emblem. In 1997 Laduree opened a tea-room/restaurant on the prestigious Champs-Elysees, followed by another in the Printemps department store and on the Left Bank as well as the beginning of their international adventure with branches in London, Geneva, Monaco and Tokyo. In this book Michel Lerouet, the Chef at Laduree, reveals 100 of the most famous Laduree recipes, adapted for the general public. From duck foie gras with rose macaroon to vegetable tagliatelles with Laduree tea and cardamom, as well as the taramasalata eclair with rose petals, the Chef presents us with an entire artist's pallet of appetizers, main courses, fish, meat, salads, omelettes... All with the Laduree quality and creativity."
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Michel Lerouet was born in Paris in 1966 but spent most of his childhood in Normandy with his grandmother, who happened to be an accomplished cook and shared with Michel her love of food. At the age of 16 he decided to enter a catering school. He did his first internship at the Hotellerie du Grand Lac (1 Michelin star) near the family home and moved up through the ranks. With Guy Savoy he learned rigor, perfection and especially generosity. He put these qualities into practice at Tante Louise where he first became chef and Assistant Manager. At Tante Louise his style took root, his cooking became structured with balanced recipes without excess. He developed this during 5 years at the Procope in Paris. For Laduree he gives all of his determination and know-how; he pays careful attention to the quality of the products used and shares the best of himself. Sophie Tramier is a photographer specializing in food and lifestyle. She regularly contributes to magazines such as ELLE Deco, ELLE a table, Maisons Cote Sud, Maison Francaise, Marie-Claire Idees, etc. She was the photographer for the bestselling Laduree Sucre."


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I was so wrapped up in the drama of Eastenders last night, I forgot that E4 showed the "Glee Madonna" episode last night in the UK.
Thankfully it will be repeated.
Lea Michele – the only member from Glee really bringing it on the red carpet – looks like she's been taking 'sexy face' lessons from Jennifer Lopez.
The star who once smiled from ear to ear on the red carpet, has been replace by a moody pout.
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I'm glad she wore an interesting runway Herve Leger dress, because the bubblegum pink Victoria's Secret uniforms are sooo tired.
This particular dress caught my attention during the presentation because of the exaggerated hip details.
The one-shouldered dress with lace up insert seems to be part of Michele's new edgier look.
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That towering tree will take some serious jingle: $900 at the Holiday Hills lot on Interstate 10 near DeZavala.
Fresh Christmas trees outsell artificial trees three to one, according to the Christmas Tree Association. Seems there's just something about the smell and tradition.
"Most everybody grew up with a real tree except some young kids," said Holiday Hills Jeraldine Bush. "They say, 'We've never had a real tree,' so people are buying this year because they've never had a real tree."
Prices run the gamut. The most economical tree at Holiday Hills is the Douglas Fir. A six-foot tree runs $41.
The same size citrus-scented Grand Fir runs $51.And the sturdy noble is $55 for a six-foot tree; about $200 for a 10-foot Noble.
For shoppers looking to save some green on a live tree, they do cost less at supermarkets and home improvement stores.
At the HEB at Bandera and Loop 1604, a fresh six-foot Noble was $39. And a six-foot Douglas was $29.
Teri Matkin was shopping for her family tree and settled on a nine-foot Noble Fir, perfect for holding heavier ornaments.
"I think a perfect Christmas tree is just one the kids love. It doesn't matter how big or how small, just as long as you have it for your tradition."
To pick a fresh tree, Bush recommended running your hand down the needles. If several come of in your hand, that's probably not the freshest tree, according to Bush.
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Step 1: Tools & Parts
Essential Parts:
An original XBOX
An original XBOX "breakaway" cable
A male-to-female USB cable
USB key
A copy of Splinter Cell
Soldering Iron & solder
Electrical Tape
Wire stripper
Helping hands (not absolutely necessary, but the sure do help)
See step 5.
Gather your tools, the breakway and USB cables and clear a workspace. You might want to set down newspaper or a protective covering as you will be soldering.
I ruined the expensive and terrible USB cable pictured here that I purchased from The Source. I then bought one at the dollar store for a fraction of the cost that ended up being of much better quality. Lesson learned.
Step 2: Prepare the USB cable
Strip the outer rubber shell of the wire with the wire stripper, leaving as much space as you think you'll need (usually 0.5-1.5 inch but as you can see I left a lot). Carefully strip each individual wire a similar distance from its end. Neaten the ends and remove and extraneous filler (shielding, string, fiber, etc).
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300 years of natural history art are brought to you in Art of Nature, a new book from the Natural History Museum.
Art of Nature book cover
Many of the greatest natural history artists of the last 300 years are featured in this book and some of the stunning images have never been published before.
Natural history art began a long time before the invention of photography and cameras. The artwork was, and still is, a very important tool in helping scientists identify different species. They also give scientists an insight into the groundbreaking studies and expeditions of naturalists such as Darwin, Banks and Linnaeus.
Art of Nature is written by Judith Magee, Collections Manager of the Natural History Museum Library for over 10 years and highly regarded natural history art historian.
Watercolour of bird of paradise by Franz Bauer, 1818
Magee draws on the Museum's collection of half a million artworks and over 1 million books.
She illustrates the development of natural history art through the centuries and its crucial role in furthering people's appreciation of nature around the world.
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And for his birthday i decided to give him a personalized Halo 4 usb lamp, i'm sure he will love it.
If you don't like shooting games, or you just like to make a different design you'll se i'ts very easy.
Step 1: Materials
-2mm glass or acrylic panel (at least twice the design size)
-One super bright smd LED (about 5mm)
-Some adhesive copper tape for the structure (you can make the structure with any material you want and some wires)
-A 330ohm resistor
-An USB cable
Step 2: Cutting the glass
Cut the glass panel into two with the glass cutter, it's important to moist it and pass it only once because if not, glass splinters will jump out.
Step 3: Making the draw
Make sure that the two drawings fit correctly.
Step 4: The structure 1-the picture
Then solder them aligned only in the corners.
Step 5: The LED
Then solder the LED facing down in the gap so it can ligt up the picture..
Finally, cut a little gap in the bottom isolating the LED's leads.
In the image below you can see how they should be separated.
This is so cool!