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Apparatus and method is provided for 3-D measurement and visualization of cloud formations using ceilometers and computer software. Data collected from the ceilometers contains cloud range information in polar coordinates (r,θ,π) which is then converted to a cloud height depiction in a 3-D space. Visualization of data is enhanced by animating consecutive sets of data in a time loop to show the movement and evolution of the clouds over the measurement site during an extended period of time.
1. A method for determining omni-directional cloud heights comprising collecting data including 3-D measurement and visualization of cloud formations in a site with a ceilometer, determining cloud range information in polar coordinates r,θ,π from the collected data, and converting the determined information to a cloud height visualization in 3-D space.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/181,557, filed Feb. 10, 2000.
The present invention relates to methods for determining cloud heights within a three-dimensional space.
Safety is a primary concern in the aviation industry. Unanticipated or unmeasured weather conditions can pose a threat to flight safety; accurate and appropriate weather information, particularly at airports, is therefore very important to pilots and to the air traffic control system. Visibility and ceiling information are of primary importance.
Ceiling is defined as the height above the ground from which prominent objects on the ground can be seen and identified or as the height above the ground of the base of the lowest layer of clouds when over half of the sky is obscured.
Ceilometers are devices designed to measure cloud height generally along a single dimension vertical line above the instrument. Common units use eye-safe pulsed diode lasers operating as LIDAR (light detection and ranging) devices. The outgoing laser beam is scattered by water droplets, and the backscattered beam is detected and analyzed by the ceilometer to determine characteristics of the scatterers (i.e., opaque or translucent clouds) and the range (derived from the transit time of the light beam).
The National Weather Service has installed Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) at 900 airports. The ASOS system measure winds, temperature, dew point, pressure, visibility, rain, and ceiling or cloud height as a stand-alone automated system. This system provides weather data in METAR code for meteorologists and others within the aviation industry.
A significant limitation of the ASOS system is that cloud height data is one-dimensional because cloud height information is only measured along a single vertical path above the instrument. The standard instrument used in this application is the Vaisala CT-12K Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) ceilometer, which has a range of approximately 12,000 feet. Currently, the National Weather Service is upgrading from the CT-12K to the CT-25K ceilometer, which has a range of approximately 25,000 feet.
As part of this upgrade, the National Weather Service is interested in providing more information on ceilings and in providing data acquisition that will more adequately describe cloud heights over a larger area. Improving this technology to provide more information is a continuing effort.
The invention provides ceiling information in three dimensions, which covers all areas of a major airport, and which provides significant improvements over existing systems.
The present invention provides a method of 3-D measurement and visualization of cloud formations using a ceilometer and computer software. Data collected from the ceilometer contains cloud range information in polar coordinates (r,θ,π) which is then converted to a cloud height depiction in a 3-D space. Visualization of data is enhanced by animating consecutive sets of data in a time loop to show the movement and evolution of the clouds over the measurement site during an extended period of time.
The omni-directional platform described herein includes physical hardware and motion control computer hardware and software. The invention is produced for potential application to both the Vaisala CT-25K and the CT-75K ceilometers, as well as ceilometers from other manufacturers. The CT-75K has an approximate range of 75,000 feet and utilizes an array of four CT-25K ceilometers housed in a single enclosure and operating in parallel.
Pointing hardware can be either a combination of servo motors and gears that physically control the orientation of the ceilometer, or a scanning mirror configuration where servo motors control a gimballed mirror that reflects the ceilometer output and return at specified angles.
The data acquisition and control system of the present invention controls the motion of the ceilometer or mirror and acquires data from the units. Running on a personal computer or on an embedded system, motion control and data acquisition routines command motion control boards and data acquisition boards connected to the computer's motherboard.
Conventional use of the CT-25K system for measurement of cloud height produces only a single reading at any instant in time. The present invention provides utilization of the instrument in a scanning mode and provides processing and display of the data in three dimensions. The Interactive Data Language (IDL®) developed by Research Systems, Inc. (RSI) was selected for this purpose. IDL has an array-oriented architecture specially developed for handling large amounts of complex data and has been widely used in a variety of applications including meteorology, astronomy, and fluid dynamics. IDL's ability to manipulate and display three-dimensional images is especially notable.
For 3-D displays of the cloud hit data, it is necessary to create a 3-D data-element representation that reflects the spatial resolution of the measurement. Cloud ceiling height measurements are performed with constant elevational and azimuthal increments.
Once the 3-D model is created, it is manipulated to produce views from anywhere in the field, or to provide "fly-by" simulations. Additionally, multiple data sets are incorporated into a movie format for temporal data visualization.
Elevation angles are measured with a mechanical inclinometer, with a measurement precision of +/−0.5 degrees. Azimuth angles are determined from compass measurements, pointing markers or sensors on the pedestal base and fixed reference indicators.
The present invention employs a new version of the Vaisala system, the CT-75k, which has a range of 75,000 feet. Coupling this device with an Az-El (azimuth/elevation) scanning system allows probing the atmosphere in three dimensions around the device location to a range of nearly 15 miles. The data output from the ceilometer is processed by a computer along with elevation and azimuth angles from shaft encoders on the scanning mechanism to produce a true three dimensional set of data for the scanned volume.
Scanning methods of the Omni-Directional Cloud Height Indicator include pointing the entire LIDAR unit or employing rotating mirrors to deflect the laser beam throughout the probed volume.
The rotating mirror version utilizes a LIDAR ceilometer that is permanently mounted to a pedestal with the output window facing below the horizon. A two-axis pan/tilt scanning mirror system is mounted to the output end of the ceilometer. The pan/tilt mirror is mechanically rotated in two axes using a pair of stepper motors. Accurate microstepping is accomplished using a stepper-motor controller/driver electronics card with 16-bit precision. The micro-stepping feature enables 10-arcminute incremental positioning of the pan/tilt mirror. Each step corresponds to 10-arcminutes of mirror motion and therefore a 20-arcminute angular deviation of the optical axis. Mirror movement provides for 170 degrees of deflection, of the optical axis, in one axis and 110 degrees in the second axis.
A three-dimensional, cloud height model is generated by scanning through a solid angle using the mirror pan/tilt scanning system. At each location in the scan matrix, cloud height information is calculated by the ceilometer. The scan mirror contains a highly reflective durable coating in accordance with Military-Specification Mil-C-48497. The coated mirror surface defects shall not exceed a scratch-dig value of 80-50 and the surface figure shall not contain errors that exceed 0.001 inch/inch.
The scanning mirror system is lightweight, low cost and eliminates the need to scan the large mass of the ceilometer system. An enclosure housing covers the mirror scanning mechanism and contains an optical window that transmits the laser beam. The enclosure protects the system and all moving parts from being exposed to adverse weather conditions.
Besides the scanning function, the platform determines the pointing angles, both elevation and azimuth, of the LIDAR beam. Devices such as shaft encoders are employed on both axes to provide the required pointing information. Pointing information is sent to the computer along with the LIDAR backscatter data.
To obtain the maximum range of the LIDAR, the dwell time per unit data is 15 seconds. Depending upon the density of data points desired (and thus the size of the angular steps in both elevation and azimuth), a scan of the hemisphere requires a significant amount of time (i.e., up to a few tens of minutes for 8 points per azimuth scan and 10 elevation angles). Thus, the data output for a complete scan of the hemispheric volume may be limited to several sets per hour. Alternatively, dwell time is reduced, or instruments are duplicated.
The new ceilometer is capable of scanning in three dimensions to detect clouds within a range of 75,000 feet (about 15 miles), using a Vaisala CT-75k ceilometer, which has a nominal range of 75,000 feet. The ceilometer is operated on a scan and tilt platform to probe the atmosphere in a hemisphere above the ground plane. The cloud height (or range) data from the laser backscatter is analyzed and processed by a computer to convert range and angle measurements into a three dimensional plot of clouds within the probed volume.
The ceilometer is used on a scan and tilt platform also to detect low clouds and fog near the horizontal plane.
Available CT-25k ceilometers may be used. The CT-75k version increases the range of measurement from 25,000 feet (4.7 miles) to 75,000 feet (14.2 miles). The extended range plus the expansion of probed volume from a single dimension (fixed vertical beam) to the three dimension scan (probing the above-ground hemisphere) are major improvements over current cloud height measurements.
These and further and other objects and features of the invention are apparent in the disclosure, which includes the above and ongoing written specification, with the claims and the drawings.
FIGS. 1A and 1B are front and side views of the ceilometer apparatus of the present invention in the direct-pointing configuration.
FIG. 1C illustrates the scanning mirror configuration of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates the ceilometer scanning control and data acquisition PC application front panel.
FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate cloud measurement locations and corresponding sector representation.
FIGS. 4A and 4B depict a plan view of spatial element representation of cloud-ceiling.
FIGS. 5A and 5B depict wire frame and solid illustration of cloud-hit element for 3-D visualization.
FIG. 6 illustrates a 3-D cloud hit element placed in a measured position over simulated terrain.
FIG. 7 graphically illustrates cloud height measurements versus radii at times 12:45, 12:56, and 13:07 for different ceilometer angles.
FIG. 8 graphically illustrates cloud height measurements versus radius at time 12:45, 12:56, 13:07 and 14:35 for different ceilometer angles.
FIG. 9 graphically illustrates cloud height measurements versus azimuth angles from 45 degrees to 225 degrees between the times of 12:45 and 14:35.
FIG. 10 graphically illustrates cloud height measurements versus azimuth angles from 45 degrees to 225 degrees at times 14:22 and 14:10.
FIG. 11 shows a plan view of cloud heights at time 12:45.
FIG. 12 shows a plan view of cloud heights at time 15:22.
FIG. 13 shows a 3-D perspective view of cloud ceilings at time 12:45.
FIG. 14 shows a 3-D perspective view of cloud ceilings at time 12:56.
FIG. 15 shows a 3-D perspective view of cloud ceilings at time 13:07.
FIG. 16 shows a 3-D perspective view of cloud ceilings at time 14:10.
FIG. 17 shows a 3-D perspective view of cloud ceilings at time 14:22.
FIG. 18 shows a 3-D perspective view of cloud ceilings at time 14:35.
FIG. 19 graphically illustrates a vertical cross-section view of cloud ceilings at time 12:45.
FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate the omni-directional platform configuration of the new scanning ceilometer 1. FIG. 1A is a front elevation; FIG. 1B is a side elevation. A ceilometer 15 is mounted on support arms 5 for universal movement. The ceilometer 15 may be a cluster of parallel or slightly angularly offset ceilometers, for example a group of four ceilometers. A servo motor 9 drives a 100:1 reduction gear 7 that rotates the ceilometer about its horizontal axis upon load bearings 3. Load bearings 3 are installed on both sides of the support arms 5, and a Bayside 100:1 gear reducer 7 is attached in-line along the shaft, which is connected to a Parker Compumotor® servo motor 9 that provides power to the shaft of the gear reducer 7. The bottom of the support arm 5 is secured to a Bayside 100:1 right angle gear reducer 11, with a turntable configuration that is driven by a Parker Compumotor® servo motor 9. The lower servo motor and the gear reducer/turntable 11 are mounted on a platform base 13. The server motors 9 are equipped with shaft encoders, enabling precise position measurement. A PC-based controller board interfaces with the motor amplifiers and shaft encoders to direct motion, to control the servo motors 9, and to determine shaft positions. National Instruments® LabVIEW® software, running on the PC, is used to drive the controller board and to process position information as well as to perform data acquisition, analysis and communication. Features for the motion-control hardware are given in the Table 1, where Tr is rated output torque, Tcs is the rated continuous stall torque, Tp is the rated peak torque, Δθe is the encoder angular resolution, and Δθc is the controller position.
FIG. 1C shows the ceilometer 61 in the scanning mirror configuration. A platform 63 with a gimballed-mirror assembly 65 is mounted at the end of the ceilometer 61. The transmitted laser 67 beam reflects off of the mirror surface 69 toward the target area 71. Backscattered light is in turn transmitted back to the mirror 69 from the cloud 71 and reflected to the ceilometer 61 for sensing. The mirror 69 is controlled using servo motors.
FIG. 2 shows the front panel 22 of the data acquisition system 20 that controls both the motion of the ceilometer and acquire data from the unit. Preliminary data-acquisition software was developed using LabVIEW®, a product of National Instruments®. LabVIEW is an object oriented graphical programming language based on sub-codes written in C. Running from a PC, motion control and data acquisition routines command motion-control boards and data acquisition boards connected to the PC motherboard. The motion-control boards and the PC motherboard control servo motors 9. Additional embodiments for client or server Internet communication, remote access of data, communication with other systems, printed reports, or integration of additional systems are also included. Up-down numerical input buttons 18 in the upper left panel 19 allow user inputs of angular increments and ranges for both azimuth and elevation. The status box 21 in the lower-left corner displays any errors associated with the LIDAR ceilometer unit and the motion control hardware or software. Data is displayed in the upper middle portion 17 of the screen 22 in numerical format, giving elevation, azimuth and range. A 3-D visualization 23 of the data and a landing approach cross-section 25 are presented in the right upper and middle portions of the screen 22.
FIGS. 3A and 3B show a measurement grid display for a particular elevation plane 31. For a single-elevation cloud formation, shown in FIG. 3A, the scanning ceilometer 1 returns three-dimensional data corresponding to a level plane. The "X" marks 29 indicate where the LIDAR beam 27, scanning with constant angular increments, would intersect the single-elevation cloud formation. Individual measurements represent sub-quadrant sectors 33 on a horizontal plane 31, shown in FIG. 3B.
FIG. 4A illustrates the divergence of the LIDAR beam 27 with distance from the origin 37. This divergence causes the spatial measurement resolution to decrease with altitude. With this in mind, as shown in FIG. 4B, representation of the elemental data is made using sub-quadrant-shaped polygons 33 whose size is a function of the cloud ceiling height. The polygon object's dimensions were selected so that its size represented the spatial resolution of the measurement. The two diverging sides 47 are defined by the azimuthal measurement resolution. The inner arc 41 and outer arc 39 are defined as the midpoint radius between successive in-plane measurements 43 at a particular azimuth angle θ. Providing a nominal vertical thickness 35, the sector can be represented as a solid object in 3-D.
FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate the wire frame version 49 and the shaded version 51 of the cloud-hit element for 3-D visualization.
FIG. 6 shows a display of the data in the context of the measurement by means of a 3-D model of the terrain 53, created using a United States Geological Survey (USGS) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) grid and surface map of the area. The surface map is "stretched" over the surface grid rendering, creating a 3-D image of the terrain with surface features such as roads 55. This display helps relate the data to actual position in the measurement volume. The 3-D wedge section 51 is then placed in the proper position and orientation to indicate the location of the cloud ceiling relative to the terrain 53.
FIG. 7 graphically depicts cloud heights measured by the apparatus at times 12:45, 12:56, and 13:07. This representation shows two distinct cloud layers centered at 4500 feet and 8000 feet above ground level (AGL). The reduced number of upper layer measurements is indicative of laser beam attenuation by intervening clouds.
FIG. 8 graphically depicts cloud heights measured by the invention at times 12:45, 12:56, 13:07, and 14:35. Comparisons with FIG. 7 reveal movement at a later time (14:35) of a lower cloud deck into the area at 2000 feet AGL.
FIG. 9 graphically depicts the same cloud data from FIG. 8 as "cloud hits" for heights versus azimuth. This figure more clearly shows that cloud layers extended over all the probed azimuths (from 45 degrees Northeast, to 225 degrees Southwest) in a fairly uniform pattern. The cloud layer near 4000 feet was detected in all directions during earlier measurement sequences. Later, at 14:35, the lower cloud deck (near 2000 feet) was also detected in all directions. Although the azimuthal pattern (or lack thereof) is discernable here, there is no indication of the horizontal extent of the clouds in a radial direction for any particular azimuth.
FIG. 10 shows two data sets for intermediate times 14:10 and 14:22. The earlier data set indicates only a single cloud layer at 4000 to 5000 feet, while the later one shows both an upper layer between 4000 and 5000 feet and a lower layer with a base near 1000 feet in all probed directions. These two data sets demonstrate that a change in cloud levels at a low altitude (in this case, 1000 feet) may occur in less than the 10 minutes it took to complete one data. This is explained by the fact that a 30 degree elevation angle was used, thereby limiting the range of detection to 2000 feet horizontal range from the LIDAR. However, this horizontal range need not be a problem for an airport environment where there are no adjacent occupied structures that would preclude low angle scanning. Reducing the minimum elevation angle to 5 degrees would extend the horizontal range to about 11,000 feet for a layer at 1000 feet altitude.
FIGS. 11 and 12 show plan view plots for times 12:45 and 15:22. These plots show the detected clouds overlaying a simple map of the actual area and centered upon the point where the data was collected. The view is looking down on the clouds and the terrain below from an overhead position. All clouds detected are shown as shaded crosses surrounding the LIDAR location, which is indicated by the thick vertical bar near the bottom center. In order to differentiate the cloud heights measured by the LIDAR, each cloud segment is shaded, or colored, in accordance with the altitude scale shown on the figure (note that in subsequent figures, the cloud altitudes are given in feet above sea level). This type of view has the advantage of a relatively clear representation of the cloud coverage over the XY horizontal plane. Colors, or shading in the data plots indicate the cloud height.
FIGS. 13 through 18 illustrate perspective plots of cloud height data. These views present a more realistic look at the clouds as they would be seen by an observer near the LIDAR location but at an elevated position. To enhance the realism of this view, the cloud height data is overlaid on a contour map of the terrain. A comparison of these figures reveals some of the details observed with the passage of time. It is apparent that the coarseness of the spatial grid attained during this experiment precludes resolution of individual cloud edges and shapes, but it allows for observation of the general motion and progression of the clouds over time. Thus, a 3-D perspective view shows the radial extent, the azimuthal distribution, and the temporal evolution of the cloud field.
FIG. 19 graphically depicts a vertical slice through the 3-D data in a plane from an observer looking towards one specific azimuth. In this example, only three cloud hits were measured and are represented by shading and text label. An advantage of this display is that the cloud heights along a particular path are seen from the side, clearly showing the relationship between the clouds and the ground. Such a display is an aid if one wants to project an aircraft's flight path against the measured clouds in a specified direction as a function of distance.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, modifications and variations of the invention may be constructed without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined in the following claims.
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It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, confesses his sins on the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre, then perishes in flames lit by his own exorcists. A dramatic tale that has inspired many artistic retellings, including a novel by Aldous Huxley and in incendiary film by Ken Russell, the story of the possession at Loudun here receives a compelling analysis from the renowned Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with fascinating commentary, de Certeau shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. In this tour de force of psychological history, de Certeau brings to vivid life a people torn between the decline of centralized religious authority and the rise of science and reason, wracked by violent anxiety over what or whom to believe.
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At the time of his death in 1986, Michel de Certeau was a director of studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris. Of his many books, "The Practice of Everyday Life, The Writing of History, " and" Heterologies: Discourse on the Other" are available in English translation."
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A scholarly work for hardy souls who enjoy reading about tortured ones. In France, ever since Sartre, heavyweight intellectuals have gained fame by writing inscrutable prose. De Certeaus study, originally published in France in 1970, is exemplary in that regard, and Americans (the heirs of Twain and Hemingway) will find it hard going. De Certeau, the late, distinguished Jesuit scholar, was the right historian to try to bring fresh perspectives to the events of demonic possession, exorcism, and religious belief that convulsed a community in western France in the 1630s. It is a story that might appeal to fans of Stephen King if only they had the patience to wade through this version of it. For it is a fantastic tale of religion gone mad, cruel torment, grand hypocrisy, clever play-acting, and great courage in a time gone by. The genuine strangeness of the devils supposed possession of some nuns (through the vehicle of a parish priest) remains gripping and cant fail to move even the most agnostic modern audienceexcept in this tortured text, an artifact of literary new historicism. De Certeau provides ample selections from contemporary documents, each foreign and curious to modern eyes. He also emphasizes the dramaturgic qualities of the cruel medical and psychological examinations of the possessed, the stout faith of the condemned priest, and the lively public debates that surrounded his trial. But do readers have to be tried, too? Translator Smith must have been sorely taxed to render the original into some semblance of clear English. As if acknowledging his difficulty, he leaves some passages in the original Latin and Frenchfine for specialist scholars and graduate students but not so for normal souls looking for greater insight into an infamous series of events. The best rendering of Satans forays into old Catholic France remains Aldous Huxleys still vital Devils of Loudun. Go there first. (32 illustrations, not seen) (Kirkus Reviews)


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A cacophony of voices and cheers echoed across Bryson City as a sea of humanity overtook the small town, a wall-to-wall crowd churning and pressing their way through downtown with excitement radiating from each face.
A destination for paddlers around the world, the Nantahala River is known for its complexity of rapids and consistent waters levels, ensuring a level of competition that can't be found anywhere else in the United States. The world's top paddlers will descend on the river for a week of competition, camaraderie and cold water during the 2013 International Canoe Federation's (ICF) Freestyle World Championships Sept. 2-8.
Peter Csonka
Age: 28
Country: Slovakia
Awards: 2012 World Cup Champion
Day job: Kayak retailer
I was 12 when I started paddling. We had a group of kids doing canoe sports, traveling around and doing competitions. It was really nice to have those trips together. At that time, we all were just starting to race and do rafting, doing small competitions, sometimes winning, sometimes losing.
Combining an array of difficult tricks, precision paddling and finely tuned choreography, freestyle kayaking can be described as aquatic gymnastics.


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.: Top Winners through the Years
2014 - Justine Dorsey & Kerris Dorsey
2013 - Dave Rublin, Shepherd Goodman, Aaron Accetta, James Adam Shelley, Matthew Sanchez & Zachary Barnett (of band "American Authors")
2012 - Mike Schmid
2011 - Nenna Yvonne
2010 - Alannah Myles & Nancy Simmonds
2009 - Sarah Lonsert, Jonathan George & Jami Templeton
2008 - Jordan Zevon, Jordan Summers & Morty Coyle
2007 - Ari Gold, Joe Hogue 'JOJOHO' & Sean Petersen
2006 - Vikki Simpson (of the Waifs)
2005 - Hakim Young
2004 - Patrice Pike, Wayne Sutton, Sean Phillips & Darrell Phillips
2003 - Gabriel Mann
2002 - Sarah Lewis (of Jag Star)
2001 - Steve Tannen
2000 - Jonathan Kingham
1999 - Adrianne Gonzelez
1997 - Lisa McCormick
1998 - Steffani Bennett
1996 - Jan Anderson
Youngest WinnersKerris Dorsey (16 years Old), youngest Overall Grand Prize winner in history, in 2014
Molly Hunt (15 Years Old), youngest first prize winner in history, in 2011
Sarah Lonsert (17 Years Old), youngest first prize winner and also youngest Overall Grand Prize Winner in 2009
Kate Voegele (18 Years Old), won 1st Prize in 2005
UPDATE: The results are out! We would like thank our entrants, judges and sponsors for your support. More details of our top winners will be announced shortly. Also, enter the 20th Annual USA Songwriting Competition click here >>
Here are the winners of the 2014 Competition:
"Best Worst Day Ever" by Justine Dorsey & Kerris Dorsey; Los Angeles, CA
OVERALL 2nd PRIZE:
"Enamorados" Luz Rios & Ralf Stemmann; Los Angeles, CA
OVERALL 3rd PRIZE:
"Shifting Seasons" by Lawson Rollins; San Francisco, CA
FIRST PRIZE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY LYRICS ONLY "Fall Before You Fly" by Paul Kealy & Jack Carey; Co Carlow, IRELAND
DANCE/ELECTRONICA "Down to the Science" by Ananda Goldsmith & Luke Estes, Sugarbeats, ft Em Harriss; Ashland, OR
LATIN "Enamorados" Luz Rios & Ralf Stemmann; Los Angeles, CAWORLD Waloyo Yamoni Christopher Tin Los Angeles, CA
HIP-HOP/RAP"A Mile In Their Shoes' by Ryan Traughber & RASAR; Sacramento, CA
R&B"Snow" by Matt Palmer, Hidde Huijsman, Massimo Cacciapuoti & Michel van der Zanden; Los Angeles, CA
NOVELTY/COMEDY "May As Well Laugh As Cry" by Stan Carew; Nova Scotia, CANADA
CHILDREN"Dancin' In The Kitchen" by Cathy Fink; Kensington, MD
JAZZ"Between Me And My Heart" by Don Breithaupt & Jeff Breithaupt; Los Angeles, CA
INSTRUMENTAL"Shifting Seasons" by Lawson Rollins; San Francisco, CA
GOSPEL"Beautiful" by Chris Misterek; Phoenix, AZ
FOLK"Let It Go" by Jeremy Garrett (of the Infamous Stringdusters) & Jon Weisberger; Nashville, TN
COUNTRY "The Best Songs Come From Broken Hearts" by Bonnie Bishop & Ronnie Rogers; Wimberley, TX
ROCK"The Edge" by David Benji Kuriakose, Tom George, Tony George (Built To Be Broken); Orlando, FL
POP"Best Worst Day Ever" by Justine Dorsey & Kerris Dorsey; Los Angeles, CA
20 HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS "Higher" by Gino Torres; PHILIPPINES"The Undressing Room" by Makana; Honolulu, HI"Like They Do It In The Movies" by Nitanee Paris Lawson; Los Angeles, CA"Say That you Love Me" by Natasha Duarte, Trevor Carter & Mick Malusa; NSW, AUSTRALIA"Skeleton Crew" by Helle Hansen; DENMARK"Bad Like A Motha" by Daniel Boursiquot; EastIslip, NY"Sucker" by Mo Kenney; Nova Scotia, CANADA"Holding On" by Cara Luft; Manitoba, CANADA"Homesick" by Catie Offerman, Andreas Carlsson, Stephan Elfgren & Anders Wigelius; Los Angeles, CA"You Try" by Mary Danna, Greg Friia, Andrew Lane and Anthony Little Minnetonka, MN"Daanin Sa Musika" by Markel Cesar Luna; PHILIPPINES"Qué bonito se siente" by Walter Suhr; Houston, TX"Who Do I Have to F**k?" by Cynthia Kaplan; New York, NY"Nothing's Funner Than Summer" by Kyler England & Lalo Crane; Los Angeles, CA"Forbidden Fruit" by Keba Williams; Miami, FL"Where The Trail Divides" by Tom Griesgraber; Encinitas, CA"Your Words" by Jordan Sturdee & Jonathan Bowden (Battleships); QLD, AUSTRALIA"Still Hanging On" by Adam Jensen; Boston, MA"Give You My Heart" by Dan Yessian & Cassaundra Fitch; Farmington Hills, MI"Tidal Waves and Hurricanes" by Maggie Szabo & Andrew Allen; Los Angeles, CA
The finalists of the 2014 Competition:
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- With Corey Hart out at least until the end of April after having knee surgery, Mat Gamel is going to get another shot to show the Milwaukee Brewers he fits into their long-term plans.
Gamel would have rather earned his spot in the lineup but he's ready to prove his value.
In a role reversal from 2012 when Gamel tore a knee ligament after just 21 games and Hart moved to first base from right field, Gamel should open the season at first to fill in for Hart.
Hart told The Associated Press by text message on Friday surgery went so well he's already begun rehabilitation. He says he's going to have an MRI in three weeks and if all is well it's "realistic" he could be ready to play by the end of April, nearly a month ahead of what was projected.


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Dorsey: Zygote on the roadWritten by John Dorsey | | firstname.lastname@example.com
What began right here in Toledo has blown up into an underground cultural phenomenon. You may remember that just last August, Toledo Free Press sponsored the Zygote in My Fez Poetry Festival, an event that brought together many published poets from across the country at the Collingwood Arts Center's Lois M. Nelson Theatre.
This time around, the organizers are doing something a little different by taking the festival on the road to a number of cities across the country. All of these events will be weekend-long instead of the all-day marathon we had in Toledo. For those unfamiliar with the festival, the festivities are organized by the publishers of various underground magazines, including Zygote in My Coffee, www.zygoteinmycoffee.com, and Red Fez, www.redfez.net. This year will also feature contributions from Full of Crow, www.fullofcrow.com.
Things will start in Oakland, Calif., from July 5 -8, at the New Parish, located at 579 18th St. (at San Pablo). Scheduled readers include Lynn Alexander, Leah Angstman, Iris Berry, MK Chavez, Paul Corman-Roberts, Cathleen Daly, Brian Fugett, Bill Gainer, Jesus Angel Garcia, Debbie Kirk, Frankie Metro, Tim Murray, Jason Neese, A. Razor, Frank Reardon, Luis Rivas, David Smith, John Swain, William Taylor Jr., Lindsey Thomas, Three Times Bad, Zarina Zabrisky and Misti Rainwater-Lites. There will also be an open mic.
The Albuquerque, N.M., event is set to kick off on Nov. 2. There will be a reading the following day from 6-9 p.m. at the Blackbird Buvette featuring William Seward Bonnie, Corman-Roberts, Fugett, Gainer, Jack Henry, Anne McMillen, Rainwater-Lites, Doc Sigerson, Thomas and Zabrisky. The venue is located at 509 Central NW in downtown Albuquerque.
The Springfield, Ill., reading will take us into 2013. The readings are set for April 12-13. No other details are available at this time, but I will of course keep you posted as we get closer.
One of the primary reasons all of these artists are coming together now is because of the community togetherness they found in Toledo. This is something we can really be proud of.
Now, before you say that these events are too far to travel to, remember this: Many of these same poets came to our city, on their own dime, and read their hearts out. What are we saying about Toledo if we don't go out into the world with the same level of commitment? I myself plan to put my money where my
mouth is and travel to at least
one of these events. Do you want to sit there and read Jack Kerouac or do you want to experience the road that he was talking about? It's up to you.
Just how can you get involved? By going to Facebook and looking up the page for each of the separate events, you'll find them listed under Zyfez. All of the readings have open spots and I'm sure if you ask nicely any one these organizers would be happy to host another booming voice from the Glass City, so get in there!
Until next time … keep your pencil sharp.
John Dorsey resides in Toledo's Old West End. His work is widely published and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Tags: Full of Crow, Red Fez, Zygote in My Coffee, Zygote in My Fez Poetry Festival


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Just wanted to recommend SilverStripe CMS and the SilverStripe Framework (previously saphire). I've tried to bend Wordpress to a CMS role, and have experience developing and maintaining a Drupal, Joomla CMS site and made some sites using CodeIgniter PHP framework (and rolled many from scratch). I tried Squarespace (if you want to spend money).
However SilverStripe is so easy to manage content with. Designers can take an existing template with stylesheets and get a basic working site going within the hour. Developers can use the extensive framework and feature set and expand from there, it's very elegant.
At the moment the documentation is not yet up completely up to date with SS 3.0 (released end of june), and you will be googling the API and documentation sites quite a bit in order to piece the various components together. Also I've asked two questions on the forums without reply (although most questions seem to get good responses generally).
That said, it's used by it's commercial developer to create and maintain sites for major New Zealand's major companies and organisations.
You can drag and drop images into an image field. You can then use Image.SetWidth(300) in your template and it will generate appropriate derivatives. You install one module and it will generate a full REST webservice based on your data. You add a few lines and your list of news items are now also exposed as an RSS feed. etc.
You will see many more sites from me in the future based on this. Is there anyone here that have used it for any projects?


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While we skipped last week's poll due to my annual April Fools Day post, the week before I asked if you were looking forward to more summer or more winter. While a few people responded they weren't a groundhog and a few more chose, "more winter" incorrectly, the majority of people went with "more summer". While it hasn't been winter lately, it certainly hasn't been summer either. Boo. Are you still enjoying this year so far weather-wise or would you prefer we get back to summer already?
This week's poll comes after we made plans to wall off an open area in our house (called a "loft" when it's really just an open space) as an extra bedroom for the baby-on-the-way. Because this will involve some potentially big changes to the house and will serve as a selling feature in addition to the fact that we're just totally incapable of such work ourselves, we've been working to find someone to come in and do it for us. This process, so far, has been fairly painless. We asked around for recommendations on contractors and have seen two so far. They have offered their opinions on what will need to happen, the process, and have all offered basic timelines before promising to write up an estimate for us.
While we haven't yet made our way through all of the contractors we've selected so far, it is interesting to see the differences and similarities between them:
- Taking measurements vs eyeballing it.
- Wink-wink: do you really want to get a permit vs suggesting it would be a good idea
- All of the timelines were estimated at two weeks
- Continually cancel and reschedule estimate meetings
While there are others, these are the main points we found interesting so far, especially the dude who was pushing pretty hard for us not to get a permit from the city even though we're upstanding citizens and would never consider any such thing.
So what about you? Have you done any home improvements over the years and how many times have you hired a contractor to do them? Did you like the work that was done and the person doing it and did you have any simply not seem all that professional during the initial screening? How many times have you heard a job will take two weeks and how many times has it been done in less than that? Whatever you have to say about this one vote on the sidebar and then comment on below. After you do both of those things feel free to check out our expired polls in the archive or read through the previous posts about polls here.


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. HistoryPol Krinn is a native of the planet Braal, where all of its natives are born with the ability to manipulate and generate magnetism. Pol Krinn's brother is Rokk Krinn, and known to the world as Cosmic Boy, the founder of the Legion Of Super-Heroes. The Krinn family moved from Braal to Earth to be close to Cosmic Boy. Three criminals use an old extortion scheme known as 'fireballing' and decimate a couple of neighborhoods including where Rokk's family lived. Pol and their father barely survive and the mom dies from the radiation. After recovering, Pol Krinn decides to enter the Legion Academy to follow in Cosmic Boy's footsteps, even donning his brother's old costume. In the Legion Academy, Pol Krinn developed his magnetic abilities and took on the name Magnetic Kid, as was tradition in the Legion Academy to take on a superhero name. While in the Legion Academy, Magnetic Kid formed close friendships with Tellus and Shadow Lad.During a recruitment drive when the Legion of Super-Heroes was found wanting new members, Magnetic Kid applied for membership and was accepted. During this time period, Cosmic Boy took an extended leave from the team, so the brothers never served on the team together. Magnetic Kid was killed in the line of duty, sacrificing himself, when the Legion of Super-Heroes were involved in the Magic Wars, where magic prevailed over science. Pol Krinn sacrificed himself so that the Sorcerer's World could be opened and all the Legionnaires could fight the source of the problem. A statue has been erected in his honor along with other fallen Legionnaires in Shanghalla.PowersMagnetic Kid is a Braalian and, like all natives of Braal, has the ability to generate and manipulate magnetism. Magnetic Kid has extensive training thanks to his time in the Legion Academy and has some skills in unarmed combat and a unique approach to learn different applications of his magnetism. StatisticsHeight: 5'9"Weight: 150 lbsEyes: BlueHair: Black


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To whom it may concern,
My name is Angel Schneidt and I am a single mother of an autistic 12 year old son named Austin. Austin was not diagnosed until he was ten years old as being autistic. Life has been one struggle after another. Austin was born a month and half early. He weighed 4lbs 15 oz. He spent the first month and half of life in the NICU fighting to breath. Austin has had a hard time with school because Austin is walk, talk, is into sports, music and is very social. (So it has been hard to get the services he needs)Austin's father has not been consistent in being a part of Austin's life. He has a new family and Austin is a second thought. We don't even know what state he is or how to reach him. He doesn't pay child support and is 13 thousand dollars behind. Austin misses his siblings and begs me to give him a little sister so he has a sibling around.
The reason I am writing is on February 14th, 2014 Austin turned 12 year old. The day started off great. Austin was excited about going to school. When I picked him up after school I knew something was wrong just by looking at him. Austin was very withdrawn and moody. When I asked how his day was he got very upset and he started yelling at me. Things just seemed to go downhill after that. Austin's cake was frost burned; he refused to blow his candles out. Austin didn't eat dinner because he said he just wasn't hungry. Then he suffered a major meltdown. Austin kept saying everything is ruined and nothing is right and it's the worst day of his life and the worst birthday ever. It was so bad I had to call the on call therapist to ask what I should do. While I was on the phone outside talking to the on call therapist Austin started to calm down and told my mom that he is being bulled at school in the bathroom and locker room. That the kids are pushing him around and trying to pee on him and was throwing a can filled with pee at him. The kids where calling him names like retard (which we do not ever use at use home) that he is dumb, he doesn't have friends and when Austin stated that he does have friends they told him that his friends are not his friends that they are just using him. I feel like I should of known something was up before this. Austin has been using words that he does not hear at home and his moods have been dark. I would of never thought Austin would fall victim to bulling because he saw his 13 year old uncle being bullied at the same school and was very upset and demanded that he would stick up for his uncle and himself and not allowed anyone to bully them. Austin has always loved John Cena since Austin was two years old. Austin has always wished that John Cena was his dad. I have bought Austin everything John Cena. I even took Austin to see John Cena wrestle once and it turned out it was John Cena's birthday. Austin talked about that for a year. I wish I could afford to take Aus! tin to see John Cena wrestle every time he is in town, but it is not in our budget. It would be wonderful if WWE wrestling and John Cena would bring their Anti-Bulling campaign to Austin's school. I know that there has to be other kids being bullied in the school it can't just be Austin and his uncle. It would mean the world to Austin to be able to meet John Cena in person. Thank you so much for reading this letter. – Angel Schneidt
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CLEMSON - K.J. McDaniels was an athlete four years ago. Now he's a basketball player.
It took one of those acclaimed work ethics a select few humans possess, and the right amount of patience and development from his coaches, for McDaniels to morph from merely high flyer to all-everything on the basketball court.
If Brad Brownell were told three years ago that he'd one day be seated next to one of his players becoming Clemson's third Tiger ever to forego eligibility to enter the NBA draft, he wouldn't necessarily have guessed the lanky kid from Birmingham who could jump out of the gym but wasn't as fundamental with his shooting and dribbling.
"I typically like guys that have a little more skill level than K.J. had coming out of high school," Brownell said at Wednesday's press conference alongside McDaniels declaring for the draft, recalling a conversation with assistant Earl Grant.
"So Coach Grant at one point was like, 'I don't know if Coach will like K.J. - he's not as skilled. You like a more skilled guy.'"
Still, when Brownell and his wife went to watch McDaniels play at Central Park Christian, he couldn't resist.
"I told people when we signed him that he's as athletic a player as we may sign here in 15 years," Brownell said. "You just won't find a guy with that kind of bounce, that kind of timing. It's a special gift."
The Clemson coaches tasked themselves to bring McDaniels along; additionally, offseason academies run by LeBron James and Kevin Durant helped the bouncer become a skilled basketball player.
Ultimately, it was up to McDaniels himself to reach his ceiling.
"What's equally as special is the way K.J.'s worked the last three years to turn other weaknesses into strengths and put himself in this position," McDaniels said. "I knew he had NBA athleticism right away and I had confidence in our coaches to help him bridge the gap."
McDaniels credited his mother, Shawn, for giving him a chance.
"My mom, she's helped me. We've been through a lot together," McDaniels said. "She's pushed me so hard. Without her, I wouldn't be this far. So I give the glory to God, and give the glory to my mom. She's definitely the reason I'm here, why I got to Clemson."
McDaniels led Clemson in scoring, rebounding, 3-pointers, blocks and steals this year. He joins former Clemson center Sharone Wright (sixth overall in 1994) and guard Will Solomon (33rd overall in 2001) as the only Tigers in school history to declare early for the NBA draft. (Skip Wise left after his freshman year in 1975 for the ABA.)
"It's a great day for Clemson basketball," Brownell said. "Any time you help one of your players realize a dream, it's special, and that's what we're in the business of doing.
"This is one of the things we want to do, is we want to send guys to the NBA."
The season ended 21 days before McDaniels' decision was made public - he knew he was turning professional late last week - and the early entry deadline is Sunday. Rather than make an emotional decision, he patiently waited to ensure he was at peace with leaving college.
"It's going to be difficult leaving the Clemson family. I've enjoyed everything Clemson has done for me," McDaniels said. "But it's a dream come true, and it's what I've been wanting. I've been chasing after this, and I felt like it was a good time to go and chase the dream."
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A&M-K interim chief keeps focus on students
Bob Strawser knows something special when he sees it.
When the new interim president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville met his wife, Carol, when the two were in high school, the connection was immediate and has lasted 48 years.
His feelings about the university he has been charged with overseeing aren't too different.
"I fell in love with that girl right away," he said. "I feel the same way about Kingsville."
On the job less than a week, Strawser already is working overtime.
He didn't leave the office until late in the evening Tuesday, his first day, and spent nearly 10 hours Wednesday meeting with students, faculty and staff.
In May, Texas A&M University regents named Strawser, 68, as the temporary replacement for outgoing A&M-Kingsville President Rumaldo Juarez, who resigned from the office this week.
Strawser, a longtime accounting professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, has taught at state universities with large student populations, including the University of Maryland and Pennsylvania State University.
His heart and his family, however, are steeped in Aggie tradition. Strawser has worked at the College Station campus for more than 35 years, serving as a professor, administrator and as speaker of the faculty senate twice, once under the leadership of former president and current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Strawser's wife and children have attended the university, and his son, Jerry, is serving as interim executive vice president and provost of the university.
With a career in academia that spans more than four decades, Strawser said there is something striking about A&M-Kingsville.
"Kingsville is light-years ahead of many state schools in Texas because here the focus is on the students," Strawser said. "A&M-Kingsville has a rich legacy."
Keeping the focus on the students is Strawser's motto and something he plans to continue during his temporary time at the university's helm.
"That is what this university is for," he said this week from his new office in Kingsville.
Strawser was last on the campus nearly three years ago, as part of an external review committee that examined the relationship between administrators and faculty.
"Back then, I thought this was a heck of a place," he said. He eagerly accepted the offer to return to the campus, provided he was able to bring his wife and dogs -- all 11 of them.
Though Strawser knows his time at A&M-Kingsville will be short, he doesn't plan to act as an interim leader. He plans to continue focusing on students, making sure all decisions that he makes until a permanent leader can be found are made with academics and students first in mind.
He also intends to promote Javelina athletics to create camaraderie and support, recognize outstanding work done by students, faculty and staff monthly, and work to forge a stronger relationship between the Kingsville community and the university. And he'll stay connected to the classroom, teaching one class in the fall.
When the time comes to hand over the reins to the university's new president, Strawser said he hopes he will have served the university well and made the new leader's transition easy.
But the transition will be a bittersweet.
"I'm going to be jealous of them," he said.
Former staff reporter and Corpus Christi native Adriana Garza is pursuing a master's degree in political science at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In March 2007, a Romanian man named Ion Toader was diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis . A patient of dermatologist Carmen Madeleine Curea, his pictures appeared on numerous blogs and Romanian press sources. Curea works with Spitalul Clinic Colentina in Bucharest, Romania. Stephen Stone, past president of the American Academy of Dermatology, confirms this is Lewandowsky-Lutz.
In November 2007, a new video of a 34-year-old Indonesian man named Dede Koswara with a similar disease appeared on the internet His story has appeared in the Discovery Channel and TLC series "My Shocking Story" (Extraordinary People on UK's Five) in the episode "Half Man Half Tree". And then on August 12, 2008, Dede Koswara's story was the subject of an ABC's Medical Mystery episode entitled "Tree Man."
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The ZeitHaus: Classic Cars and Contemporary Art
In March 2008 the ZeitHaus museum reopened its collection of "Automobile Milestones" in a completely re-designed exhibition which presents classic cars within a contemporary artwork. The re-worked presentation of the milestones takes, as its point of departure, the concept that both the artistic direction of the rooms and the presentation of automobile exhibits is a visual experience, each in its own right. The unique vehicles on display, are contextualized by using historical images and information which is embedded in the surfaces of the stages-like platforms. Raising the vehicles in this way signifies their singular importance as the trend-setters of their day; it also enables them to be seen as artworks of technological design.


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Guess you would been upset if Urban Meyer. He jumped ship from Utah to Florida to Ohio State and now gets $7 millon per year. He is out for the buck too. Of course there is that little thing about undefeated seasons and a couple national championships. And about O'Brien, he showed his integrity by not leaving the Pats for PSU until the playoffs were over. He honored his contract. Its the same thing JoePa would have done if he left a job for greener pastures.
What evidence do you have that O'Brien will be like that? Please share your sources. I am glad someone is digging deep to get all that dirt on O'Brien. By all means lets do everything we can to make sure that he fails. Then after 3 straight losing seasons we can get a real coach after every recruit in the east stops coming here. Seriously, I am getting really tired of all the whinning and negativity with respect to the new coach. JoePa's not coming back anytime soon, get over it and move on. If no one supports O'Brien, then he will surely fail.
Espn reported two days ago that Bradley will not be on O'Brien's staff
Guess PSU should have fired JoePa the minute when he was losing to Indiana, Perdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, Illinois for 3 out of 4 years in the early 2000 years. Maybe he should have been fired when OSU was blowing out the lions most of the last 15 years. Maybe when JoePa lost 8 straight games to Michigan he should have been fired. Maybe JoePa should have been fired the minute he could no longer beat Iowa. But hey, JoePa did beat Temple in the final seconds the last two years. And Bradley's defense sure looked great against USC in the Rose Bowl and against Houston in this years bowl. Yeah, maybe we should continue to wish for 7-5 or 8-4 teams for the next decade or two. And tell me again what qualified JayPa to be a qb coach? Obviously another brilliant coaching move by JoePa. And wasn't Galen Hall an old buddy of JoePa when he was hired. Yep, let's hold onto the status quo instead of getting behind the new coach and his staff. Remember, it is going to be hard to recruit quality players for the next year or two because of the Sandusky stink...Oh right, Sandusky wasn't part of any "Good Old Boy" network the past 14 years, was he? Great hire by Paterno, right? Yep, Joe sure had a 100% success rate on all of his hires. A home run every time.
ESPN reported the Urban Mayer hire days before Ohio State did. I guess they did it the wrong way too. The media sources always get the story first. And by the way, PSU tried to get a big name and no one wanted the job. To all of you who are disgusted with the hire, who was Joyner supposed to hire? Have not heard one person say who should have been the big name coach that actually wanted to come here. Who was the slam dunk hire? Pederson was their first choice and he did not want the job. Golden and Schiano did not want the job. Were you expecting Les Miles? Let's give the new guy a chance before we all start ripping him.
Normally I enjoy reading the comments here on Pennlive, but over the past few months the posts have been getting increasingly nasty. Case in point, the fight yesterday between McGloin and Drake. You might not like Bob Flounders, but he simply reports the news, he does not make it. Name me another team where a locker room fight puts the starting qb in the hospital with a concussion and a seizure, effectively ending his season without playing in the bowl game on Jan 2 and it is not news? I think if a locker room fight put the "honey badger" in the hospital and prevented him from playing for the BCS title game would not be considered "just an ordinary practice field scuffle". And considering the scrutiny PSU is under, everything associated with the team will be put under the microscope. Best not to cover anything up.
As for McGloin being "Mcloser", "Mclame", etc... He is just a kid trying to be a college qb, nothing more and nothing less. Is he an average qb at best? Yes. But he starts because Bolden seens to have been ruined by a fragile psyche and poor coaching and Paul Jones has been stopped by academics. The fact that he is our best option is not his fault. Just remember who salvaged the 2010 season. And who else would you start at qb? Should we start the walk-on third string qb? Should we switch entirely to the read-option and play Belton exclusively? That is Bradley's decision to make. If Bradley starts McGloin, then McGloin will do his best to win. Why resort to name-calling because someone is not Andrew Luck?
Questioning decision-making and strategy is one thing. Debating who the next coach should be is another. But character assassination and name-calling strikes of mean-spiritedness from those who have precious little to say in the first place.
Agreed about no sanctions. Suppose Sandusky had been a math professor and everything happened the exact same way. McQueary sees the horrific shower scene and tells JoePa. JoePa does nothing but tell the AD and President. Would there be football sanctions? The answer is no. This was a failure by men to do the moral and right thing, not a football cover-up. Just because JoePa and the athletic director were a major part of the football program does not make it a football scandal in of itself. It is a devastating Penn State scandal. Sandusky was not even a PSU employee in 2011. He had lost his football assistant job in 1999. The guilty parties have been properly dealt with. They are gone. Now if the football players had been beating and raping women since 2002 and JoePa, Curley, and Spainer knew about it and never did anything, that would be another matter. Then there would be major NCAA santions against the football program because then it would be a football program cover-up.
Why stop at getting rid of football? Since the president of PSU was involved, the entire university should be shut down forever. And since football funds most of the other sports for male and female students, they will also have to be shut down. Since Sandusky ran the Second Mile program, it should immediately be shut down forever as well. The boosters give millons to the university because of the football team , they were also enablers, and should be punished somehow. Any student, player, employee, booster, and young boy attending the Second Mile program, must all be punished as for the actions of 4 arrogant men.
The reality is that a small group of men in power at Penn State and an arrogant, legendary coach orchestrated a massive, shameful cover-up to protect their own agenda and legacies. They have been punished already and may be punished even more in the years to come. You just can't throw the baby out with the dirty bath water. The innocent do not deserve punishment for the sins of their superiors.
There may no automatic qualifiers after current agreement expires in 2014. Given which teams are likely to be in Big East at that time (Navy, SMU, Houston, USF, Connecticutt, San Diego State, Louiville, Rutgers, etc...), Boise State won't be in any better position to get a BCS bid than they are right now. And since Peterson is so frustrated being left out of the party again, he might want to come and make a big splash. His innovative, offensive style will work well in the Big 10. And surely PSU can come up with 3 million per year after underpaying JoePa for so long, right?
There may no automatic qualifiers after current agreement expires in 2014. Given which teams are likely to be in Big East at that time (Navy, SMU, Houston, USF, Connecticutt, San Diego State, Louiville, Rutgers, etc...), Boise State won't be in any better position to get a BCS bid than they are right now. And since Peterson is so frustrated being left out of the party again, he might want to come and make a big splash. His innovative, offensive style will work well in the Big 10. And surely PSU can come up with 3 million per year after underpaying JoePa for so long, right?
Joe did hire a criminal lawyer as was reported on ESPN on Thursday night and today. He was the lawyer who represented George Bush on some matter. You may be referring to the fact that the attorney is not technically stictly a criminal laywer according to ESPN's legal consultant Roger Cosack (sp?). But he is very highly regarded, just about the best money can buy.
davoh, buddy boy. If you would have paid attention to the entire story, you would have heard from several news sources from across the state from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia that knew about this for the past 3 years and were repeatedly stonewalled at every step of the way when they tried to find out the facts. If no one talks and there is no paper trail, there is no story. Only a grand jury was able to pry the information out of those in on the "secret". Just sayin' there davoh buddy boy. Do your homework before you start ragging on those who are trying to bring you some real information on the day's events. And Joe has hired a criminal attorney to defend even though he is not a target...or is he? Just sayin'
Thank you for finally saying what I have said for 7 years. Joe Paterno cannot ever quit because then JayPa is history at PSU as well as anywhere else because he would not be hired anywhere. Again, JoePa show how selfish and arrogant he really has become. Who would have thought his signature win in 2011 would be Temple? No way they finish higher than 5-7 with the 3 QB system, but of course Joe will say were one or two plays away from greatness and 2012 will bring a championship.