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Abe, you ask "Did someone on [Hillary's] staff go through the [Council on Foreign Relations] speech beforehand and make sure to take out anything that referenced the world as it really is?" The answer is, as I will try to show, yes — although it was probably someone higher than her staff.
Hillary obviously viewed the speech as a major one — it was before the premier foreign policy group, with luminaries in the audience, at a time when her relevance to Obama's foreign policy was becoming the subject of public speculation. The Los Angeles Times reports that "State Department aides billed Wednesday's speech as a major foreign policy address and distributed excerpts in advance in an apparent effort to heighten interest."
One of the people who got an advance excerpt was Greg Sargent, who posted the excerpt at the Washington Post yesterday morning, along with this prediction:
In a major foreign policy speech this afternoon, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will take direct aim at Arab states for not doing their part towards securing Mideast peace, demanding that "all sides" do more to crack down on the "cultures of hate, intolerance and disrespect that perpetuate conflict," according to an advance excerpt I've obtained.
If we compare the advance excerpt to the speech as delivered later that day, we find there was in fact a change — one I believe confirms your suspicion about the process it had gone through.
Here is a portion of the advance excerpt dealing with the responsibility of Arab states in taking steps to improve relations with Israel and prepare the public in their countries to accept it:
The Saudi peace proposal, supported by more than twenty nations, was a positive step. But so far, those who embrace it seem unwilling to do anything until the Israelis and Palestinians reach an agreement. This may be understandable, but it is not helpful. Anwar Sadat and King Hussein crossed important thresholds, and their boldness and vision mobilized peace constituencies in Israel and paved the way for lasting agreements. By providing support to the Palestinians and offering a concrete opening, however modest, to the Israelis, the Arab states could have the same impact. [Emphasis added]
The advance excerpt reflected the world as it really is: Arab states who forever tout their "peace initiative" seem "unwilling to do anything" until after peace breaks out, and this is "not helpful." What is required is a "concrete" opening to Israel now.
And here is how that portion came out in the speech as delivered:
The Saudi peace proposal, supported by more than twenty nations, was a positive step. But we believe that more is needed. So we are asking those who embrace the proposal to take meaningful steps now. Anwar Sadat and King Hussein crossed important thresholds, and their boldness and vision mobilized peace constituencies in Israel and paved the way for lasting agreements. By providing support to the Palestinians and offering an opening, however modest, to the Israelis, the Arab states could have the same impact. [Emphasis added].
As delivered, the Saudi proposal is praised, together with a mild statement that "more is needed" and a notation "asking" those who embrace it to take "meaningful steps" by "offering an opening" to Israel. Gone is the "direct aim" at Arab states: no public statement that they have been "unwilling to do anything" beyond offering a rhetorical promise of what they would do after others produce a peace agreement that meets every Palestinian demand; that this unwillingness is "not helpful;" and that what is necessary is a "concrete" opening to Israel.
Who toned down the speech in the hours before it was given? It is highly unlikely the State Department circulated an advance excerpt of a major address before it had been fully reviewed and vetted by Hillary and her staff. It must have been someone else.
And what remained in both the advance and the as-delivered versions was simply the call for an opening, "however modest." In both versions, Hillary referenced the boldness of Anwar Sadat and King Hussein and then simply asked for something, anything, "however modest." If the speech produces any steps at all, one can safely guess they will be modest — not the public acceptance of Israel as a Jewish state that is necessary for peace to progress.


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John Samuel Destito
June 21, 1954 - August 13, 2011
John S. Destito, age 57, passed away Saturday August 13, 2011 unexpectedly while on a business trip to Nevada.
John was born June 21, 1954 in Walla Walla to John P. and Carmela Destito and attended Davis Elementary School, Sager Middle School and graduated from DeSales High School in 1972. He attended Walla Walla Community College
and Whitman College before embarking on a career in the business community of more than 30 years. Always one with an entrepreneurial spirit, John's business ventures ranged from opening and operating a gun shop in Walla Walla to his final passion of premium bottled water. At the time of his death, John was the President and CEO of the Glacier Water Company carrying such high end products as Serac, Tahoma, and Akali water; the Auburn based company is a leader in the field of aquaceuticals. In between, John was involved in expanding the field of bronze sculpturing in the Pacific Northwest as well as delving Into development of the cancer fighting drug, Taxol.
Although his business projects were all time consuming with extensive
travel throughout the world, John never forgot his family, took pride of his Italian cultural roots, and always considered Walla Walla his home. He will always be remembered for his big heart and smile, deep baritone laugh, and large appetite for all things including
food. He will be missed, but truly never forgotten.
John is survived by his son, John E. Destito, his mother and stepfather, Carmela "Carmy'' and Emilio J. Buttice. He leaves behind his three brothers, David (Jean), Daniel (Christina), and Mark Destito. He also is survived by Delbert Blaine whose is a life-long friend of the Destito family and considered a brother, John's Uncles and Aunts, Sam and Theresa Laurella, Michael and Marilu Perfetto, and Lucy Valdez. John's passion included watching his nieces and nephews grow. They are Justin and his Wife Brenna, Jeremy, Michael, Morgan, Matthew, Taylor, Brandon, Cameron Destito and Logan Vershave. He was preceded in death by his father, John P. Destito of Walla Walla in 1983, He was also preceded by his grandparents, John "Jay" and Idean Destito and Sam and Anna Perfetto and his Aunt, Elizabeth J. Ponti.
There will be a viewing on Monday, August 22, 2011 at the Herring Funeral Home, from 4 to 8 pm. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 10 am at St. Francis Catholic Church. Interment to follow Mountain View Cemetery. Memorial contributions in John's name may be given to St. Francis Catholic Church, the Italian Heritage Association or to the charity of the donor's choice through the Herring Funeral Home on 315 W. Alder.
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2000 Even after nearly three years on the job, John J. Hamre said it's hard to pin down exactly what a deputy secretary of defense is supposed to do. But for someone who isn't sure, he has a long list of accomplishments.
Hamre leaves DoD March 31 after his tenure as deputy secretary and four years as DoD comptroller to be the president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
"I was once asked what does the deputy secretary of defense do, and I said he does only one thing, anything and everything the secretary tells him to," he said. "My job is to make sure the department does for the secretary what the secretary wants.
"[Defense] Secretary [William S.] Cohen operates like the chief executive officer, and I'm the chief operating officer," Hamre said. He also took the lead on several special projects.
Soon after taking office, Hamre was charged with improving the department's "cyber protection." Hamre said DoD computers came under a cyber attack for several days in early 1998, and he had a meeting with several DoD automation experts.
"I remember asking, 'Who's responsible for protecting us?' and the answer was, 'Nobody is.' We didn't have a place or an organization that was responsible for protecting our computers and networks," he said.
DoD automation experts went to work on a fix right away. Their early defensive measures were tested in March 1999, when the Melissa virus struck computers all over the world, causing widespread damage to networks. The virus hit DoD computers as well, but was contained within 12 hours, Hamre said.
As a result of these efforts, the Joint Task Force Computer Network Defense became fully operational on June 30, 1999. Each service now has its own command center, which monitors that service's computer networks and reports directly to the joint task force.
"We didn't even know how many networks we had three years ago," Hamre said. "We now know how many there are; we know what kind of systems they run; and we know who's responsible for running them."
Hamre's second major project was to prepare DoD's computer infrastructure for the year 2000. The effort cost DoD $3.5 billion, but was nearly 100-percent successful. Except for an easily fixed glitch in a ground station for a satellite- based intelligence system, DoD weathered New Years Eve unscathed.
Some have questioned the necessity of DoD's large expenditure, but Hamre said it was justified by the program's success.
"Could we have spent less money to patch over the systems? Maybe," he said. "But we now have the best understanding of our information infrastructure that we've ever had in the life of the department. We now know the configuration of the internal workings of every one of our major systems.
"We got the entire department to realize how dependent we are on these systems," Hamre continued. "I think now the senior warfighters know that they are dependent on these computer systems, which they probably took for granted in the past."
The Defense Reform Initiative, which Hamre spearheaded, has been a wide-ranging effort to modernize and streamline the department's business practices. His efforts under this initiative have taken Hamre in several directions. Perhaps most notably, he moved the department toward paper-free contracting.
Hamre said that in 1993, the Defense Finance and Accounting Center in Columbus, Ohio, had 17 linear miles of shelf space devoted solely to contracts - row after row of nothing but paper.
"We were choking on paper," he said. "We were making lots of mistakes, in no small measure because we were struggling with all this paper."
Today that department is 90-percent paper-free. "Now you go out there and you see people working at relatively clean workstations. They've got computer terminals on their desks. They're pulling up contracts and are looking at them electronically," he said. "Now they're even getting the invoices in electronically, rather than having them come in on paper, so it's a much more efficient operation."
Hamre said he met with a group of defense contractors in January, and they were uniformly appreciative of how effectively and quickly the bills get paid now. He said it also saves the department money because fewer mistakes get made.
Another example of streamlining is the use of the International Merchants Purchase Authorization Card, which allows individuals to make purchases for their own organization using a Visa card. This drastically cuts down on paperwork, time spent processing purchase requests, and the time it takes to pay for purchases.
Five years ago, the department made about 300,000 purchases with IMPAC cards. This year DoD personnel will make nine million purchases, worth more than $5 billion, Hamre said.
Hamre said that DoD faces both immediate and long-term challenges. He said, in the near term, recruiting is a major challenge, mostly because of the caliber of people DoD is seeking.
"When we recruit, we're not competing for the guy whose only option is to flip hamburgers," he said. "We're recruiting for the guy who has lots of options, options for jobs, options for junior college, options for college. We're looking for a higher quality cut."
This is further complicated by the current attitudes, about the military. "We're living in a country where people don't think about their military as much. There aren't as many bases, so people don't live around bases like they used to," Hamre said. "We're coming to a generation where the parents of today's recruit pool weren't in the military themselves, so it's harder to recruit."
DoD is working to address these recruiting challenges, he said.
Defense procurement will be the department's biggest long- term challenge, he said. "The budget we just submitted is $60 billion, but that's not going to be enough in the long run to buy the modern equipment we'll need."
Hamre said the toughest job DoD leadership faced was to turn around the DoD budget. After an unprecedented decline in defense spending, the fiscal 2000 budget started an increase of more than $112 billion through fiscal 2005. "History will say that was one of the most important things we did," Hamre said.


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John McBride, 29, was charged with a single count of rape for the incident in a mobile home in the 5100 block of U.S. 250.
Deputies were dispatched to the Rustic Hills trailer park at about 1 a.m. where they met with the alleged victim, 19, and her mother. The victim told deputies her friend is McBride's girlfriend. The victim was able to positively identify her attacker, Huron County Sheriff's Capt. Ted Patrick said.
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10 Things I Think About While Biking (BIKING?!)
Yes, this is still a running blog. No, I'm not running. I won't bore you with the details of my continuing injury that is preventing me from running. My training is taking a big hit and there are only 10 weeks left in the schedule. Last week I banked a 4-miler and a 5-miler, with […] [Read More]
Reluctant Revised Training Schedule
The foot….THE FOOT! It refuses to cooperate with my lectures and insistence to stop messing with me and heal, dadgum it. Apparently, it's as stubborn as I am. A little back story: The year before I ran my first race ever, the San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon (I tend to go big), I ran […] [Read More]
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The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University will present a workshop for teachers interested in bringing classes to see the "Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands" exhibition Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the museum. The workshop is free, although advance registration is required so that teacher kits can be produced. To register, please call 503-370-6855.
The workshop, taught by Elizabeth Garrison, the Cameron Paulin Curator of Education at the museum, will help teachers prepare students for a fieldtrip to the exhibition and propose ideas that reinforce the gallery experience and broaden curriculum concepts back in the classroom. Garrison has written a teacher packet on ancient steppe art and culture that will be available to attendees. For those who cannot attend, the teacher packet will be available online.
"Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation" is a major exhibition of ancient steppe art on loan from one of the foremost collections of Asian art in the United States. The exhibition brings to life the complex cultures that flourished across the Asian grasslands from northern China and Mongolia to Central Asia and Eastern Europe during the late second and first millennia BCE. It runs from Jan. 21 through April 1.
"Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands" has been supported by grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and the City of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax funds.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is located at 700 State Street (the corner of State and Cottage Streets) in downtown Salem near the campus of Willamette University. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. Children under 12 are admitted free, and Tuesday is an admission-free day. For more information call 503-370-6855.


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COLUMBIA CITY – The committee in charge of reviewing bylaws and policies for Whitley County Consolidated Schools received proposed revisions from NEOLA, a consulting firm which provides school districts with a complete service for developing and updating board bylaws and policies, administrative guidelines, forms, staff handbooks and student/parent handbooks in both electronic and printed format. According to Dr. Pat O'Connor, three of the most important revisions pertain to technology use in schools.
SEBRING, Fla. – The Columbia City High School Alumni Association will host its annual Snowbird Luncheon for all citizens of Whitley County on Tuesday, March 6.
The Florida luncheon and get-together will start at 11:30 a.m. at Homer's Original Smorgasbord, 1000 Sebring Square, located on the southeast corner of U.S. 27 and Sebring Parkway.
This is billed as "a casual get-together for you to enjoy with family, friends, classmates and alumni of Whitley County, Indiana."
There is no reservation required for this event. Luncheon amount is $10.97 per person, plus tax, at the door.
NORTH WEBSTER – Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a tree stand accident at Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area near North Webster in Kosciusko County that occurred Saturday, January 7.
Kosciusko County Dispatch received a 911 call at 1:24 p.m. obtaining information that a hunter fell from an elevated location.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four soldiers with an Indiana-based National Guard unit were killed in Afghanistan and a fifth was injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb as they were working to clear a supply route of the improvised bombs, guard officials said Saturday.
Indiana Adjutant General Martin Umbarger said the four members of the Valparaiso-based 713th Engineer Company died Thursday morning in southern Afghanistan. He said all of the men were combat engineers who specialized in clearing major supply routes.


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Titans, Highlanders Next Up for Matadors in League Campaign
The Cal State Northridge women's soccer team (4-3-4, 1-0 Big West) hosts a pair of Big West Conference matches this weekend at Matador Soccer Field. On Friday, Oct. 5, the Matadors face the Cal State Fullerton Titans. Two days later, CSUN hosts UC Riverside at 5 p.m. Both contests will feature live stats and an Internet-only radio broadcast available at GoMatadors.com.
CSUN split its two matches last week, earning a 1-1 draw at nationally ranked Portland before downing Hawai'i 2-0 in it's Big West Conference opener. Against the Pilots, the Matadors pressed throughout the contest and finished with 13 shots. Portland was credited for both goals, scoring on CSUN in 65th and then putting one in its own net in the 67th to conclude the game's scoring.
Against Hawai'i, Northridge wasted little time acclimating itself to Big West play by scoring roughly 90 seconds into the match. Melissa Fernandez recovered a loose ball in the 18-yard box and fired a shot on goal. The rebound spilled to Nicole Cruz who buried the ball into the netting for her first goal of the season. Fernandez added her second goal of the season in the second half, cleaning up the rebound of a shot from Brittanie Sakajian. Fernandez now leads the team with eight points (2 goals, 4 assists) and has set the school record for career shots.
This week brings a pair of challenges to Matador Soccer Field in the form on Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside. The Titans are coming off a 2-1 home upset over Long Beach State and carry a 4-7 record into the contest. Stacey Fox, a senior from Simi Valley, Calif., whose older sister Katie played at CSUN, leads the squad with 10 points. She is tied with Ann Marie Tangorra and Christina Burkenroad for the team lead with four goals. In net, Lindsey Maricic has seen the majority of minutes and she started both league contests last week. For the year, Maricic is 3-3 with a 1.33 goals-against-average, 21 saves, a .724 save percentage and two shutouts.
On Sunday evening, UC Riverside comes calling to Northridge with a 5-6-2 overall record and a 0-2 mark in Big West play. Celina Valencia leads the team with eight points and is tied for the team lead in goals with three with Crystal Lopez. Four other Highlanders have scored two goals and three others have a score on the season. In net, Jessica White has seen the majority of minutes and is 5-6-2 on the season. She carries a 1.62 GAA and a .744 save percentage into the weekend. UCR will first play at Hawai'i before coming to the San Fernando Valley.
Jacobo & Myers
Senior Cynthia Jacobo is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, one of the most prestigious honors in NCAA Division I athletics. She is believed to be the first nominee in school history to make the initial list of candidates. She earned her third Big West Defensive Player of the Week award in 2012 after helping lead CSUN to a draw at Portland and a 2-0 victory over Hawai'i in the Big West opener. The shutout over UH was the 21st of Jacobo's career, moving her into the Big West's Career Top 10. She received her second weekly award after posting 26 saves in draws with Tennessee and USC. She topped an 11-save performance against the Lady Vols by finishing with 15 saves, one off the school record, in a 1-1 draw with USC. Jacobo also earned Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after helping lead CSUN to a pair of shutout victories in the 2012 season's opening weekend. Through 11 matches in 2012, she is 4-3-4 with a 0.58 goals-against-average, 67 saves and a .905 save percentage. For her career, Jacobo ranks second in school history with 26 wins, second with 21 career shutouts and third with 243 career saves. Jacobo appears to save her best for the conference portion of the schedule, carrying a 15-6-1 (.705) record with 13 shutouts against league opposition in the regular season.
Fernandez Finds Finishing Form
Senior Melissa Fernandez had a goal and an assist in the Matadors' 2-0 victory over Hawai'i, the team's first 3-point performance of the season. She now stands in second place in school history with the 14 career helpers. Fernandez picked up her third assist of the season and 13th of her career in the Matadors' 1-1 draw with USC. She scored the Matadors' goal in its 1-1 draw with Fresno State, the sixth goal of her career and picked up a pair of assists in the Matadors' first two contests of 2012. Among Big West players in 2012, Fernandez ranks in the Top 10 in shots, assists and points. For her career, Fernandez has seven goals, 14 assists and 28 points, which ties her for eighth in school history. She also has 135 career shots, the most in school history.
Sakajian's Saga
Sophomore Brittanie Sakajian picked up her second assist of the season in the Matadors' victory over Hawai'i. She recorded her first goal of the season in the 1-1 draw with USC, breaking a scoreless tie in the 71st minute. She headed home a cross from senior Stephanie Norton for her fifth career goal. Sakajian made a spirited return to the pitch in the Matadors' 1-1 draw with Fresno State, her first action with the squad in over a year. Against the Bulldogs, Sakajian not only earned the starting nod but picked up an assist on Melissa Fernandez's goal in the 52nd minute. Sakajian returns to the squad after missing all of the 2011 season with a knee injury. In her freshman season (2010), Sakajian recorded four goals, two assists and 10 points.
Cruz Control
Senior Nicole Cruz scored her first goal of the season in the Matadors' 2-0 victory over Hawai'i. After Melissa Fernandez's shot was saved, Cruz buried the rebound into the open net for her third career strike. In 2011, Cruz tallied her the first two goals of her career, scoring at LMU and recording the game winner against UC Santa Barbara.
One of these Days Norton ...
Senior Stephanie Norton recorded her team-leading fourth assist of the season in the Matadors' 1-1 draw with USC. She added her third assist of the season, setting up Cori Deason's goal in the Matadors' 1-0 victory over Michigan. With four helpers in 2012, Norton has already set a single-season career high and is tied for third in the conference. She picked up a pair of assists in the Matadors' two victories during the opening weekend of the 2012 season, earning College Sports Madness Big West Conference Player of the Week honors. She was also named one of the CollegeSoccer360.com Week-1 Primetime Players for her efforts. Both helpers came in Northridge's first-ever victory at San Diego. She now has six career assists after picking up two helpers in the 2011 season.
Tis The Deason
Redshirt freshman Cori Deason recorded her first career goal in dramatic fashion by helping lift CSUN to a 1-0 victory over Michigan. In the 79th minute of the contest, Deason collected a lob from Stephanie Norton and one-timed the ball past the Wolverine goalkeeper into the cage. Thus far in 2012, she has appeared in nine matches and has two shots.
Stephanie's Senior Season Celebration
Senior Stephanie Galarze earned Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after scoring a pair of goals in CSUN's two victories during the opening weekend of the 2012 season. In the season-opener against Arizona State, Galarze chipped a ball past the Sun Devil goalkeeper for her second career goal and second career game-winning strike. Two days later, Galarze capped off a 3-0 victory at San Diego with the game's third goal. She is tied for second on the team with four points on the season.
Old McDaniel Had a Farm
Junior Chloe McDaniel will be counted upon once again to play a prominent role for the Matadors. In 2011, McDaniel posted her first career goal and assist as she appeared in all 19 matches for the Matadors. Her first career goal came in a 2-2 draw at Purdue and her assist helped CSUN topple Long Beach State.
Sister Act
Junior Amanda Smith scored her first career goal, which stood as the game winner, in the Matadors' 3-0 victory at San Diego. Off a feed from Stephanie Norton, Smith chipped the ball over the Torero goalkeeper in the 18th minute. Smith has fired off 12 shots through seven matches in 2012 and has put six of those attempts on frame. In 2011, she tied for the team lead with four assists. For her career, Smith now has a goal, six assists and eight points. Her sister is No. 23 Amilee Smith, a sophomore midfielder.
It's Miller Time
Senior Marisa Miller added her first assist of the season on Melissa Fernandez's goal in CSUN's 1-1 draw with Fresno State. She now has three career assists, all of which have come in the last two seasons. Miller found the back of the net in CSUN's exhibition at LMU when she buried a cross from Amanda Smith. A team captain in 2012, Miller scored the first goal of her collegiate career in the Matadors' 3-0 victory over CSU Bakersfield near the end of the 2011 campaign. In her junior season, Miller appeared in 14 matches while recording seven shots and one assist. The assist, the second helper of her career, came in the Matadors' victory over Princeton.
Russ to the Rescue
Senior Katie Russ was named to the Preseason All-Big West Team by the league's coaches prior to the start of the 2012 season. In 2011, Russ earned All-Big West Second Team honors after anchoring the Matadors' defensive line for the third-straight season. Russ picked up her first assist of the season in the Matadors' 1-0 victory over Long Beach State. Russ then scored her first goal of the season and second of her career in the Matadors' victory at LMU.
Back to the Draw-ing Board
The Matadors' 1-1 draw at Portland on Sept. 27 was the 10th overtime match CSUN has played in since the start of the 2009 season. In those 10 overtime contests, CSUN holds a 1-3-6 record. During the 2011 campaign, the Matadors recorded two draws (at Purdue and at Pacific) and the result with the Boilermakers was Northridge's first tie in 49 contests. The overtime losses were to Portland and UC Irvine while the Matadors' last overtime victory came in a 1-0 decision over Kansas in Las Vegas, Nev. on Sept. 10, 2010.
Good Things come in Twos and Threes
The Matadors have put together quite a record when they score two goals, posting a 24-1-1 mark in those contests since the start of the 2008 season. That record includes the Matadors' 3-0 victory at San Diego and 2-0 victory over Hawai'i. The only blemishes on the record are a 3-2 loss to UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 4, 2009 and a 2-2 draw with Purdue at the Boilermaker Challenge during the 2011 campaign. In fact, under Coach West, the Matadors are a perfect 16-0 when they score at least three goals in a match. CSUN's last loss when scoring at least three goals came at UC Davis on October 16, 2005.
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Since the start of the 2009 season, Northridge has played in 40 matches, out of a total of 68 (59%), that were decided by one goal, owning a 21-19 (.525) mark in those contests. In fact, 29 (43% of all games played since 2009) have been 1-0 affairs in which CSUN owns a 17-12 (.586) mark. Among Big West schools, the 29 1-0 contests are six more than the next squad, UC Riverside, while Big West newcomer Hawai'i has played only 11 such contests since 2009.
Follow Your Matadors Online
All home matches this season will include live stats coverage and selected matches will also feature a free audio broadcast on GoMatadors.com. For road contests related links to the game, including for any live stats, audio and video, will be posted before the match on the schedule page of GoMatadors.com. Fans are also encouraged to check the Cal State Northridge Athletics Department's official Twitter feed (@GoMatadors) for updates of matches in progress and news and notes throughout the week.


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Actress visits county on tasty tour for TV
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"LOOSE WOMAN" Lynda Bellingham has been filming in Cornwall in readiness for her new TV series.
My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham, which hit our screens on Monday at 4pm, sees the actress – perhaps best remembered for being the Oxo mum in the Eighties TV ads – take to the road in her vintage campervan "Battenberg" on a quest to seek out Britain's best summer eats and visit the people and places that make this country so special.
Filmed by Plymouth-based Twofour Productions, the series casts its net from country fêtes to food and drink festivals, family picnics to cricket teas, street food to street parties, while Lynda immerses herself in the people and places that give the country its distinct seasonal flavour.
In each of the episodes, Lynda is tasked with a food challenge.
Her culinary skills are put to the test as she rustles up a variety of dishes. In Looe, Trawlers on the Quay head chef Jonathan Hancock was asked to demonstrate a simple sea bream recipe for the show, which was filmed at the town's Barclay House restaurant.
"It's always nice to do something different and I'm always more than happy to showcase the fantastic fish we have here in Looe," he said.
"I enjoyed it but I don't think I'll be giving up the day job any time soon."
Lynda and Battenberg also filmed at Trebah Garden. Head gardener Darren Dickey said: "Lynda was a truly charming lady who made me feel instantly at ease. She was full of enthusiasm for the garden and took a real interest in its history."
The series will air on ITV every weekday throughout September.


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Shane Jenkins enters his second year as a graduate assistant coach for the Xavier University men's and women's swmming team.
Jenkins has served as the head coach of the Turpin Hills swim team and has also served as the director and coordinator of swim lessons at Turpin Hills Swim and Raquet Club.
After transferring to Xavier from Delta State University, Jenkins swam one season for the Musketeers. In that one season, he set two individual school records - 100 Fly and 200 Fly - as well as helped set two more Relay school records - 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay. Additionally, at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Meet he earned three medals - one silver and two bronze.
Jenkins is also a school record holder at Delta State in the 200 Fly and was a three-time Division II All-American.
Jenkins received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Xavier in May of 2007.


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Gluten-Free Tuesday: Corn Dogs
When it comes to summer fair food, it seems I'm old-fashioned. Those fried butter sticks, fried spaghetti and meatballs, and fried Coke? Keep them. Even if I could eat gluten, I'd pass. Now a corn dog or funnel cake? That's my type of deep-fried treat. More


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His mega hadouken thing always hits with the sounds of children laughing.
It's pretty out of character, not really explained anywhere, and kind of nuts. He also does it in Marvel vs Capcom 3, but you only hear it for a slight second, really quietly:
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A previously unknown organism was recently discovered at Mississippi State University.
Ptolemeba bulliensis, a unicellular microscopic protist, was scooped from a courtyard mud puddle located between Harned Hall and its adjoining annex in September 2013. It was collected, isolated and classified by three undergraduates under the leadership of Matthew Brown, an authority on the evolution of amoeboid microbes.
Brown, an assistant professor at MSU, heads the Evolutionary Protistology Laboratory in Harned Hall, home of MSU's biological sciences department. In the lab, Brown teaches students techniques for isolating and describing morphological and molecular characteristics of microscopic organisms.
A second, closely related protist, Ptolemeba noxubium, was also collected from the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, located approximately 15 miles south of campus on more than 48,000-acres in Noxubee, Oktibbeha and Winston counties.
The organisms' genus--Ptolemeba--honors MSU's first bulldog mascot, said Pamela M. "Pam" Watson of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The junior microbiology major was lead author of the scientific paper about the discovery of the protists recently published in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, a feature publication of the International Society of Protistologists.
In her spare time, Watson is a member of Maroon VIP, or Visitor Information Program. Participating taught her more about the history of MSU and led to her choice of the genus name.
"We take care of visitors who come to campus," Watson said. "When I went to Maroon VIP meetings, I learned that the first 'Bully' was named Ptolemy, and I thought that would be fitting for us to name the genus for something about the campus.
"It catches your attention; you want to know more about it and it highlights the history of Mississippi State."
Watson, along with senior medical technology major Stephanie C. Sorrel of Warner Robins, Georgia, and junior chemistry major Nicholas R. Lee of Brandon, were working in Brown's laboratory when the samples were collected. They participated in documenting and classifying the protists, though Lee was unable to continue the project through the completion of the scientific paper.
Since the students collected the organisms, Brown said they deserved the opportunity to experience the entire scientific process of organism discovery, from isolating samples to isolating the protists' DNA to drafting the highly technical journal submission.
Watson said Brown's interest in unicellular creatures and their position on the evolutionary tree inspires her own passion for science and research. Not only did she switch her academic major from biochemistry to microbiology, she also changed her intended career track.
"While the paper process was one of the most stressful experiences of my adult life, it changed what I wanted to do," she said. "I was pre-med, but now I've found my niche. I want to go to grad school, get my Ph.D. and do research. I want to be a professor.
"This is my calling: I want to make more discoveries," she emphasized.
Because most of his contemporaries are not studying protists, Brown has especially enjoyed training student-scientists to investigate the tremendous biodiversity found in the group, he said.
He said the students' report of their discovery constitutes the first independently published manuscript produced by his MSU lab.
"I was showing the students the morphological and molecular techniques to identify the organisms and place them on the phylogenic tree," the University of Arkansas doctoral graduate explained. "The 'aha moment' came in early November when all three of the students were working in concert. Each isolated an organism, and each did the gene sequencing analysis, and all the organisms were so closely related.
"Things just don't happen that way; it was serendipity."
Watson was given the distinction of lead author since she was the first to get the complete data on Ptolemeba, Brown said.
"She had to do lots of reading, and it can be monotonous and boring, but she did a lot of the work and all of the technical work," he said. "It's really impressive."
Brown said he hopes the students' groundbreaking achievement will alert the larger scientific community to the commitment of MSU biological science research. The lab will be open to more student researchers this fall.
Visit mwb250.biology.msstate.edu to learn more about MSU's Evolutionary Protistology Laboratory.
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Santa to visit Zoo
Special to the Southside Reporter : December 3, 2012
Santa Claus will be visiting the San Antonio Zoo every weekend in December from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for photo sessions with zoo guests, while his elves hand out hot cocoa and cookies.
After the photo session, zoo guests are encouraged to become part of Santa's fun parade as he delivers special presents to the animals.
After taking photos, guests can wander through the zoo and learn how to make eco-friendly holiday decorations and crafts or add an ornament to the zoo's giving tree.
The event is free with zoo admission.
For more information, call Elizabeth "Libby" Castillo at 734-7184 ext. 1045
Admission for children ages 3 – 11 is $9.50. Admission for visitors ages 12 and older is $12. Seniors over the age of 62 pay a discounted rate of $9.50 and children 2 and younger are free.
Family memberships are $70 and good for the entire family.


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- former state of SC India
- A city of south-central India east-southeast of Mumbai. Center of a former Mughal kingdom, Hyderabad was founded in 1589 and is today a commercial center and transportation hub and is the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
- A city of southern Pakistan on the Indus River northeast of Karachi. Founded in 1768, it was occupied by the British in 1843. The city is noted for its handicrafts.


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Bucs: A Losing April Can Be Viewed As A Win
Chris Gates | 93-7 The FAN — The Pirates have had some struggles, but they should be pretty happy with where they're at through one month of the season.
Bedard Earns 1st Win, Bucs Defeat Braves 4-2
Streaking Alex Presley helped the Pirates finally provide tough-luck starter Erik Bedard some support and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Saturday night.
Bucs: Five-Run Fifth Inning Powers Pirates Past Rockies, 5-1
Chris Gates | 93-7 The FAN — Home runs by Garrett Jones and Pedro Alvarez turned a scoreless game into a blowout in the fifth inning Wednesday, as the Pirates blew the game open to beat Colorado, 5-1, in Game 2 of a double-header at PNC Park.
Bucs: Pirates Beat Rockies, 5-4
Chris Gates | 93-7 The FAN — The Pirates battled back twice from deficits to beat Colorado, 5-4, Wednesday night at PNC Park.
Pirates' Broadcaster Greg Brown Talks Bucs Versus Jamie Moyer
Greg Brown joined Seibel, Starkey and Miller on Sportsradio 93.7 The FAN to talk about the Pirates facing Colorado Rockies veteran pitcher Jamie Moyer tonight.
Presley Hits Home Run, But Pirates Fall To Cardinals 4-1
Lance Lynn allowed only an inside-the-park homer to Alex Presley in seven innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
Bucs: Eight Pirates On All-Star Ballot
Chris Gates | 93-7 The FAN — Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen highlights one of eight Pirates placed on the 2012 MLB All-Star ballot.
Pirates Win 2-1 Over Phillies In 10th Inning
Alex Presley 's infield hit in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates their first win of the 2012 season Saturday night at PNC Park.
Pirates' Alex Presley Talks Expectations For New Season
KDKA Radio's Larry Richert and John Shumway talked with Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Alex Presley.
McLouth Homers Pirates To 6-5 Victory Against Red Sox
(93-7 The FAN) — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Nate McLouth hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday for a 6-5 win over Boston.
Bucs: Pirates Pound Twins, 17-6
Chris Gates | 93-7 The FAN — The Pirates opened with a mammoth 10-run first inning and routed the Minnesota Twins Thursday, 17-6.
Bucs: Pirates Slam Orioles, 11-5
Chris Gates | 93-7 The FAN — The Pirates (4-7) scored four runs in the second inning, three in the fifth and four more in the seventh to beat the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday, 11-5.
Three Pirates Homer In 10-3 Drubbing Of Orioles
(93-7 The FAN) — Alex Presley, Starling Marte and Matt Hague all homered as the Pirates beat the Orioles, 10-3, Monday night for their first win in spring training.
Nate McLouth Excited To Be Back With Pirates
Pirates Outfielder Nate McLouth joined Seibel, Starkey and Miller live from Bradenton to talk about making his return to the Pirates this upcoming season.
Prince Fielder Hits 3 HRs In Pirates' 6-4 Loss In Milwaukee
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Cape Mounted Rifles (Imperial), 1827—1870
In August 1827 it was decided to make a change in the Cape Regiment. The infantry companies were abolished and the regiment was reorganized into a cavalry unit. The name was changed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen.
In 1869 the Imperial Government decided, for reasons of economy, to reduce the garrison in the Cape Colony and the following year, in 1870, the Queen's Regiment of Cape Mounted Riflemen was called to England to be disbanded.
Cape Mounted Rifles (Colonial), 1878—1913
In 1878 it was decided to reorganize the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police as the Cape Mounted Riflemen (Colonial).
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Chicagoans: Should They Stay Or Should They Go?
These days, there are times living out here in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that I feel like Henry Hill (played by actor Ray Liotta) at the end of the 1990 film Goodfellas.
No, not that part about Henry living the rest of his life as a "schnook."
Rather, where previously I could step out my door adjacent to a major city artery and things were generally hopping, this suburban subdivision I now live in can be pretty dull at times (which isn't entirely a bad thing).
Thank god the Italian food around here isn't nearly as bad as what the other Hill encountered.
Grazie a Dio.
However, I was just reminded this morning of one of the big reasons why my girlfriend and I moved out of the city of Chicago while reading the popular Chicago police blog Second City Cop. "016 Up For Grabs" discussed 5 people getting shot in less than 2 days in the Chicago Police Department's 16th District, something that kind of hit home considering I used to live in that same district.
Now, it's not like crime never happened in 016 before. It's the big city, and the 80 percent of good, law-abiding people are packed shoulder-to-shoulder with the 10 percent of human refuse and remaining 10 percent who play by the rules because they're forced to. I can recall walking into a convenience store down the street from me just minutes after it had been robbed, having a "welcome to the new home" plant stolen from my building's entryway shortly after it had been delivered, and finding a big metal Coleman cooler stolen from my underground parking garage space- all within weeks after moving in to my old Northwest Side neighborhood, one of the "nicer" ones in the city.
Funny thing about that cooler. It used to store bottles of antifreeze, windshield washer fluid, engine oil, and more- none of which was taken even though it was inside the cooler. But plenty of which splashed around and/or leaked in that container.
Something tells me those bastards got pretty ill later drinking from those beer bottles/cans because they were too lazy to clean out that cooler before using it.
Karma's a bitch. Or here's hoping, right?
Still, armed with "intel" from Second City Cop and other alternative media with a local focus (Chicago mainstream media was hit-or-miss on reporting criminal activity in my neighborhood), Chicago-related research/blog material, and my own local observations, I realized that the 16th District had not only become "grittier" as it concerned crime, but it was occurring at a time when police protection in my area was significantly-reduced from when I first moved in.
Coupled with the City of Chicago's financial woes that are finally coming home to roost? Chicagoans don't need to be brain surgeons to figure this one out. Like I've been saying for some time now, more fees/fines/taxes and less government services seem to be on the horizon.
I suspect less police protection will be part of that equation, unless Chicago taxpayers pony up more of their hard-earned cash to at least keep the "thin blue line" intact.
And boy is it thin these days.
But I suspect increased revenues will be directed at Chicago's public employee pension crisis and City Hall's pet projects (where's my park, dang it) before it's steered over to the CPD and public safety.
In other words, Chicagoans had better be prepared to keep hearing "crime is down" for a long time.
In the meantime, City Hall still can't comprehend that losing Downtown to all the wilding will see the City's bottom line hit hard as word gets out.
Judging by recent MSM coverage nationwide about such criminal activity here, the word's already out.
I wonder how hard it is to fudge tourism numbers?
While I would have preferred to have stayed in Chicago, and in particular, our old or the adjacent neighborhood in the CPD's 16th District, considering what I see is in store for the area and our particular circumstances, my girlfriend and I made the right decision to move when and where we did.
Then again, that might not be the "correct" decision for other Chicagoans. Consider this. We didn't have much invested in our old location. We didn't own it (could have, but we steered clear of buying anything until home prices came back down to earth somewhat), we weren't required to live within the city limits as required by a municipal job, we don't have kids in the local schools, family and friends didn't live down the street, the list goes on. So it wasn't all too painful for us to just pick up and leave when our latest lease ran out.
The same can't be said for others, and I respect that.
At least I, for one, have given you enough notice of what to expect down the road.
Prepare accordingly.
Is the "Second City" going to get worse? Could get "Third World" when all is said and done, and the ongoing financial storm finally blows completely through.
By Christopher E. Hill, Editor
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
SCC. "016 Up For Grabs." Second City Cop. 13 Aug. 2013. (http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2013/08/016-up-for-grabs.html). 13 Aug. 2013.
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Hey, anyone familiar with apple mainstage here? I bought an Alesis Controlpad which is an 8 drum pad midi/usb controller, and got Mainstage as the software which the controlpad would control. However I am now very confused as to how to import samples, or make mainstage go get them from somewhere saved on my computer for playback.
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Emulator X3. You can find a free download online, since Creative ruined the pro division that was EMU and they don't make it anymore. You will need at least an EMU sound card or a an EMU-xmidi 1x1 tab (about $50) to run it, but it is a true sampler and really potent.
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Give me something to build. I need ideas.
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I too need ideas. The only thing that i have built is my house that is on top of a mountain. But i am clueless on what to build next. I guess i could just start building even bigger and better houses and such, but building ideas would be nice to have.
im building a religous warzone with every church i can think of.
then ill build fron there. anybody can help add me bro.
you can build something if you want to add to my world.
If you already built a house you can build a farm and put animals in it or grow wheat or melons. Build barns. Build a village. It looks like the Xbox version is severely limited at this point. Just use your imagination.
you could always build like a castle or fortress. I plan on doing this, have like some towers to overlook the walls and have a town within the walls, my friends are already working on it. It's gonna take awhile and alot of materials.
yeah and you can fend off zombies etc on the walls like some midevil issh. good idea bro i actually saw someone do that on castkleminer eralier it was awesome kinda.
Me and friend was building a REALLY deep dungeon, and at the entrance is our building area and bed, with a door.
On the outside of the door is a VERY long(30 blocks) bridge that's one block wide, with a VERY deep pit(15 or so deep).
If we or enemies fail to walk across it, fall damage.
But we can get across it easily, its the enemies who can't walk a straight life for nothing that falls for it.
we just stand right at the door, looking right at them.........and then they try to come to attack us and they fall down so far, and then we shoot them with arrows. HHHAAAA!!!!! YUS!!!!
see, the best thing about this game is the strategy involved to dedicated miners that FIND the storyline and action.
this game is a DOPE sims with a better visual style.
depends what style you want . If you want something huge try building a modern type city . Im going to try to recreate most of south park personally . Later on i will make my own designs but i think it will be sweet to make most of the town . So you could do something off a show you like or your own town as well . Just be creative
add me ill help you escavate land for the south park world... thats a killer idea too, by the way.
hell with saddam? hmmm the possibilitys are endless.
mabye ill do a UGLY AMERICANS city with a big dumb park. with those pigeonmen.
I agree minecraft is what you make it, I stared with a house carved into a mountian with a mine cave built in now im building to castles connect by a hugh bridge.
I've built about 6 major towers, a mcdonalds, a tree house, a bridge and a dam underneath it. A hollywood sign. Tons of things, literally anything I want. Im working on completing one of my towers and turning it in to a hotel right now, I have 6 floors already.
This game is wildly, crazy addictive.
How about a stadium?
wrestling ring today a big one.
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Summey ($148,905) and Ray Anderson ($133,413), the mayor's longtime assistant, were the two highest paid North Charleston employees, according to salary records obtained under the S.C. Freedom of Information Act.
In Summerville, Charles Miller, director of public works, was the highest paid at $102,137.
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Andrew K. Burch
A 911 call alerting police that a man was back home a day after his wife accused of him of choking her last weekend resulted in his arrest.
Police charged Andrew K. Burch, 27, 2422 Charles St., with aggravated domestic assault.
About 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Burch's wife told police she and her husband had been in an argument that quickly turned physical. She said Burch grabbed her by the throat and choked her before he eventually shoved her aside and left the residence. Police said officers saw marks on the victim's neck consistent with choking and defensive wounds.
Police could not find Burch on Sunday but obtained a warrant for his arrest.
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Here's how I styled it:
and without the infinity scarf...
Jeans- GAP "Always Skinny"
Flats- J.Crew
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Beautiful :) I love tunics. Aren't they so EASY? Better yet when they have an adorable print!ReplyDelete
Very pretty & casual -- Lulu is sooo cute! He's such a little baby, hehehe :) <3ReplyDelete
Love the tunic and love your plans for the weekend...sounds like my weekend! :)ReplyDelete
Looks great!Love the pairing with the scarf.ReplyDelete
Aww cute pup! My pup always gets into my pictures too. Love the colour of the top! I love colour in the winter months.
What a great find! I love the colors and the flow of the outfit is nice with the infinity scarf.ReplyDelete
I love tunics! So easy and comfy:) Looks great on you!ReplyDelete
What a great idea, pairing with skinny jeans! Love the look ;) xo, tashaReplyDelete
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I love your blog and think you have cute style, but I am not a fan of this one. It gives you no shape and looks more like a beach cover-up than a top to me(I am not trying to be mean. I am just giving my honest opinion.) Your dog is just darling though!ReplyDelete
I am in love with those flats!ReplyDelete
Really cute outfit!! I wish I had Zara in town...I really really want that tunic! :) Have a great weekend!
I love this print on your tunic...I yet have to find one that works on me....I'm also tall (5'7") but pretty curvy, big hips and big boobs so I feel a bit awkward in them. Do your recommend tunics for someone with my body shape? And how would I wear mine?ReplyDelete
Love the outfit!! Perfect for a comfy day!!!ReplyDelete
The tunic looks like something Indian women wear. Very ethnic.ReplyDelete
you're so cute! this top looks like it would be good if/when your belly expands :-D !!!ReplyDelete
your doggie is super cute!
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Here is your snowball's chance in Hell - I just heard on Channel 3 in Shreveport that the SEC and NCAA is expedicting a finding on Cam's issue. They said that since it is in the middle of a season, they will reach a finding as soon as possible. The skinny now is that Cam's Dad did try to get financial gain. The voice mail records are being retrieved and once those are heard, although Can's Dad was never heard speaking, witnesses a plenty put him there during the negotiations, making all of Auburn's season to be disqualified. If that happens, guess what? LSU can leap Auburn in the polls. Of course, LSU has to win the next two games, and we all know that may or may not happen. My dream choice would be to see LSU play TCU or Bosie State for the BCS Championship to shut those teams down once and for all. Boise State's offense would be ground meat after a game against LSU, or any SEC team for that matter. Have you ever noticed how slow the defensive line is to the QB for Boise, no matter which team they are playing. It is like watching the game in slow-mo. Anywho, back to the point. Everything can and does happen, so just sit tight, keep our boys focused on the two games ahead of them, and cheer them like you have never cheered before. Anything can and does happen....always remember that. The reason Cam smiles so much, it is a cover, a cover for the fact he is going pro next year no matter what, so he smiles and he smiles and he smiles. He looks great on college paper, whether or not the NFL needs another rushing QB, let's ask Tebow.
Reggie has a heart of gold but he has some insecurities about himself and his talent. Posts like these do not help him at all. He helped take our boys to a SB, and that is good enough for me. I still miss Fujita and his energy and passion, but am hoping once Sharper gets back in the game, it will energize the team again. Not one word has been said about him for a week or two, that is why I think he will play against the dirty birds this Sunday. The sooner we have as many of our SB team back together, the better I like it. I bet Sean Payton wishes he had not let Mike Bell go now.
RipDatShirt - what happens to Viking fans who had the audacity to wear gold and purple tee shirts that read "We Dat" to our Dome on 9/9/10. They should have gone home naked. Instead, we Shamed Dat by sending them home winless...
I don't think Brett is a baby, but I do respect him for not crying and whining in advance of this game. Sure, in his heart he knows the Saints are going to beat MN down again. His one reason for returning to the NFL was to really re-write this one game. It is clear as day, if he can win this game, he can officially reduce the Saints Championship status. I don't care what Who Dat Nation must do in the Dome, and I don't care what our Saints have to do on the field, but we have to win this game, we must beat Brett as his own game, AGAIN. If the Saints can rise to that, they can repeat.
If Jindal would quit trying to run for President while he is governor, maybe he would slow down long enough to make sure whatever caused this blowout and killed 11 men, is discovered, understood and corrected. There were 11 lives lost that day, but Jindal did not even mention them in his Shreveport Times Editorial blasting Obama and what a poor president he is. Like Jindal could do half the job, all he could do would be to talk 200 miles a minute and never shut his pie hole. When all you do is complain, people get bored and sick of it very quickly. I will say that I agree with his three projections, to re-open the gulf drilling after we learn more about what happened, use most of the fines BP will pay to restore the wetlands and continue massive testing on our seafood, but I greatly disagree with his boring, complaining, whining and poor Louisiana methods. He is so weak and whimpy. How in the world did he get elected? Louisiana is the poorest state in the union but produces most of the oil...how in the world is that scenario still in effect? Somebody sold us out long before Obama took office and I think the pot (BJ) is calling the kettle (BO) black.
Anthony - I watched the outtake on the NFL DVD SuperBowl win about you, and I was so touched to hear about your life story. All I can say is there is a special plan for you and while football is part of your life now, there will be other wonderful adventures as well. My thoughts are with you as you move through the world with all her hurdles, pinnacles and valleys. Keep remembering why you chose this new life and keep recommitting to it everyday. Who Dat Nation is behind you all the way whether in the Dome or in Africa...you got it going on Babe.
Yes - you stick with loser teams, that's for sure. Jerry likes it like that...You have to keep coming to pay for his billion dollar mansion in the sky, he thinks that will make his team win games. He still has not figured out that he is the problem... all of the team can hardly stand his old taxidermied face. As for the Vikes, another dysfunctional family, the supposed Bret Farve does not have the balls to just flat out say, I refuse to do camp, I need another 7 million to go with the 13 million in order to play. Romo and Farve, never win nothing. I will lose to you guys all day if we can inflict some pain along the way. Jerry don't like it like that.....but we do. See ya, see ya real soon. Romo and Favre flat on their backs.
You better hope that Dallas wins a few. They are on the cusp this year, either they keep a head coach for more than 3-4 years or finally, Jerry just becomes the coach. Your team will NEVER win the big one again until Jerry sells or sits down and shuts the f--- up. Talk about a dysfunctional family, the Cowgurls are really, really sad, even when they beat a world champ team like the Saints. The name of the game is Jerry like is like that....
When will you dunce heads ever learn, we could give a rats behind whether you think we are lame or not. I bet you will spend the night with your Sunday School lesson preparing for the weekend. If you have never partied in NOLA, you have not lived. It is easy to see you have not lived.
You are just another whining Vikings fan, and guess what, we will crush your team again 9/9/10 with or without Favre. Oh, one other thing, you can take the Favre out of the trailer, but you cannot take the trash out of Favre. He is nothing but a classless piece of trailor trash, with money. We call that nouveau riche, and tres gauche....
Damn!! I don't care if he plays or not, as long as I can just look at him.
Gawd - I love Magazine Street. If I could, I would live there and work there.
It makes me a little queasy to think that Favre may make all of the NFL go through this "am I or am I not" horse and pony show again. I really think he means to retire this year, while he can still walk without an artificial joint and squat down like normal people do. He is only 40 soon to be 41, so he still has a lot of good years to enjoy things physically, but not if he keeps the punishment up. He is a great ball player, that will always be true, and he would make a great offensive coach or a television talking head, and he could still get paid and stay around the NFL. Sooner or later, he will be gone, question is - will it be on his terms or on some handicapped issue's terms...ie, broken bone or concussion....Brett, better to leave a year too early, than a year too late. You have fought the fight, now enjoy the spoils. Leave with your head up and no aritificial joints.
Here's the thing (that is whay Sean Payton would say)...stay focused on what we know and love. We love our Saints and we love our country, regardless of who sits in the White House. Personally, I like our President, but I know everyone does not. I hope that no one hates our President, because that is not rational. I don't expect anyone to love him either. Let's be real, we are not all the same, but the things that makes us family in La. is our Saints and our problems. Right now we have two issues - one is awful, the other is quite hopeful. Focus on hopeful when you can and take care of awful one day, moment by moment. Pray for no hurricanes until BP caps the well. Pray for everyone to make it until that day comes. Pray for each other and help each other, and hope for our Saints to repeat or have a wonderful season so we can have joy again. Every day, remember what is real. These articles are nothing but propaganda trying to take our focus off what is real. Let the messiah in you shine while times are toughest. Then let the devil shine when times are brightest. Remember what is real. Saints are world champs until proven otherwise. One last thing, Favre has no idea what BP has done for our Boys. They will rise again and show us how to recover our spirits regardless of any other thing.
How did you find the Tiffanys commeratives? I tried to go to their website but could not find the Saints stuff. Will you share?
I heard on the news that Tiffanys only charges $5k for each ring but they cost up to $30k. In order to make up some of that loss, Tiffanys intends to sell replicas of the rings in keyrings, pendants, etc. I checked on the Tiffanys wesite tonight and to date, they do not have anything noted. Is anyone aware of this and if so, do you know where to go to try to purchase some of the real Tiffanys commemeratives? Myself, I prefer real, not crystals or sterling. If it isn't the real deal, I do not want it. But I do want something before 9/9/10 at 7:30 pm in the Super Dome in the greatest city in this USA when the Vikes get their arse kicked again. This time not in OT, in RT and done and done well.
Jingoistic crap? How dare you even open your brit mouth to say we need to be careful. I only wish a million times this was on your shores to see how you liked watching your flora and fauna coat over and die with oil. Yes, we Americans like the oil, and yes, it is something that most never own, the fact we are heavy users. However, our economy drives the world you ding bat, and without us, all of you european countries would shrivel and die. You better pray your sweet bums off that we still want your comany in our Federal waters, regardless of any other fact. We are number one, and what we say, do and think goes. BP f'ed up, plain and simple. All of this will come to the top, flotsam always does. BP's history tells the story. Now, apologize and I will tolerate you again.
Yep, it is becoming more and more apparent that BPs real goal is to not have fraught for naught. They certainly do not intend to stop this leak until they can get their money's worth back, so you can know that this leak will leak until they have it their way. I agree with other posters, something is rotten here - my own eyes can tell by looking at the oil spill cam, the same, if not more is pouring out of the cap. And yes, I also agree, why have they not closed the vents?? Why is their oil still pouring out everywhere? It could only be one answer - follow the money....
Wow - what a scumbag.....I guess you thought Bush did a great job of handling Katrina though....oh wait, that was a bunch of brothers so Bush did a great job with them. You are a transparent Fool and I hope nothing good comes your way ever. The Saints are a bright spot in the last five years and hopefully, they will continue to shed their brightness in the Gulf. What we need now is for the oil to stop, so the real cleanup can begin. We need those oil plumes in the ocean to travel around the tip of Florida so our shrimp can come back and we need our oyster beds to stay oil free...We need the culture of the true south LA to survive this BP fiasco. Obama has promised to hang with your guys, so for once, give him a chance to do that without your hatred spewing from your pie hole, you ungrateful ---wipe.
Why does Favre have to do this drama pull year to year? The fact he is having that surgery means he will be back, or at least that is his goal. If he does play in the dome on 9/9/10, at 7:30 pm, I hope the Saints knocks his d--- in the dirt for the final time. I get sick of his grandiose gestures and not just because I am a Saints fan, because it gets real old, real boring and real pathetic. It is just football, Brett.


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Nature clicks #237 – Northern Water Snake
When I go on a photo trip in the evening or during the weekends I have my eyes open for any critter out there that tries to make a living in the Mississippi Valley. Two days ago I discovered this Northern Water Snake in the marina of Finley's Landing down at the Mississippi River. It was swimming very fast and so it was almost impossible to focus the lens on the reptile. But suddenly the snake stopped, probably because it sensed danger by my try to follow it at the edge of the water.
Northern Water Snakes are nonvenomous but they can bite if handled. They may briefly grab hold while twisting the body, producing more laceration than most other harmless snake bites. These snakes can be found in all of Iowa except the north-west and north-central parts. They eat fish, frogs, and salamanders. (source: "The Snakes of Iowa", by Dr. J.L. Christiansen and Dr. R.M. Bailey).
Looking at the final photo on my computer screen I thought it was interesting how the snake supports its body while resting on two stems of reed. It's the little things in nature that amaze me the most quite often…
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Nice photo Andreas, but I hate snakes. Ugh, can hardly stand to look at them.


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In a little over two weeks' time, the UFC will present its latest card live on Fox. Not that you'd know if you were a casual fan right now, as the show has got practically no publicity thus far, mainly due to the hoopla surrounding Chris Weidman's upset victory over Anderson Silva and the potential rematch between the two in early 2014. Chances are if you have heard any talk about the Fox show, it'll be about the intriguing Welterweight clash between veteran contender Jake Ellenberger and young gun Rory MacDonald. But the show, which takes place in Seattle, Washington, is notable for another, less impressive reason.
The main event, which sees John Moraga challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC World Flyweight Title, is the first time in the post-TUF era that a fighter (discounting those migrating from StrikeForce or PRIDE) has been granted a title shot without actually appearing prior to it in a televised UFC fight. Yep, you read that right – Moraga's two UFC wins have come in the prestigious confines of the Facebook prelims. It's Johnson's second title defense – his first came on a previous Fox card in January against John Dodson – but have we really reached the point where Demetrious Johnson alone can be expected to draw viewers against a literally unknown opponent? I don't think so. Really, what we have here is a sad indicator of where the Flyweight division is right now. Let's look at some of the other evidence.
The Flyweight (125lbs) division was instituted into the UFC after some consideration in early 2012. The first fights announced were part of a mini-tournament to decide the first champion; former Bantamweight title challengers Demetrious Johnson and Joseph Benavidez would drop down in weight to face widely-recognized top ranked Flyweight Ian McCall and perennial Japanese contender Yasuhiro Urushitani respectively, in two of the four televised bouts on the UFC on FX card from Sydney, Australia, in March 2012. The tournament would not go without a hitch, as while Benavidez lived up to his part of the bargain by knocking Urushitani out in the second round, Johnson and McCall fought to a majority draw largely due to the work of an inept athletic commission (Zuffa had arranged for both fights to go to an extra, fourth round in the event of a draw, but the commissioner mis-calculated the judges scores and the fight was mistakenly announced as a win for Johnson. When the mistake was discovered it was too late) meaning the title fight would have to be delayed. Eventually, Johnson defeated McCall via decision in a rematch three months later, and then won the title with a razor-close split decision win over Benavidez three months after that. Since that time, the UFC has televised just three Flyweight fights on the main card of 25 shows. Those fights were a #1 Contender's match between John Dodson and Jussier Formiga on UFC on FX 5, Johnson's title match with Dodson on UFC on Fox 6, and a match between Joseph Benavidez and Ian McCall on UFC 156. Two more televised fights are coming up – Johnson's title defense against Moraga and a fight on UFC 163 between John Lineker and Phil Harris, but on that same card Ian McCall is buried down on the Facebook prelims against Ilarde Santos.
Right now the UFC website lists just 14 fighters on their roster for the Flyweight division, one of whom (Santos) has yet to fight at that weight inside the UFC. Two fighters in the division – Yasuhiro Urushitani and Jared Papazian – were actually cut from the roster despite the list of fighters being so small. Meanwhile, outside the UFC, there are a large number of free agents just waiting for a shot at the big time. Names like Darrell Montague, Dustin Ortiz, Sergio Pettis, Joshua Sampo, Alexis Vila, Will Campuzano, Jose Maria Tome and Dileno Lopes immediately come to mind, while there are probably countless numbers of talented fighters at the weight fighting in Japan and Brazil right now. Compare this to the Women's Bantamweight division, which was only instituted five months ago, and already has 13 fighters listed and has seen three main card bouts already with another two coming in the near future. You can also look back at the institution of the Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions, and how the UFC almost immediately began to push the top fighters at those weight classes into televised bouts – 2011 (the year the weight classes were introduced to the UFC) saw 21 televised bouts in either the 135lbs or 145lbs division. So it begs the question – why has the Flyweight division been treated so differently?
Well, the first thing worth mentioning is that the three divisions you can compare it to – Women's Bantamweight, Bantamweight and Featherweight – practically came to the UFC fully-formed, as those divisions had been key parts of StrikeForce and WEC, two promotions that had well-established followings before being folded into the UFC. This meant that it was more a case of introducing already semi-well known fighters such as Urijah Faber, Miguel Torres, Dominick Cruz, Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate to the UFC audience rather than having to build the division from the bottom up. For example, when Faber debuted in the Octagon it was treated like any major signing from outside the UFC would be – he was featured in a PPV semi-main event and was on the event poster. Even if casual fans who hadn't followed the WEC hadn't heard of him, a certain amount of fans would've been familiar with him and so that was enough. If the UFC were to sign Darrell Montague, a fighter who hovers around the top five/ten of the 125lbs division, there's no way they'd risk a similar promotional debut as literally nobody outside of hardcore fans knows who he is. Sure, a similarly positioned fighter in Jussier Formiga did debut in a televised bout, but the hype coming in centered around his opponent, TUF winner John Dodson, and neither man made the event poster (somehow Justin Edwards and Josh Neer featured instead!).
The StrikeForce merger may also be more responsible than you might think for the lack of Flyweight signings. Right now it's a well-known fact that the UFC has a bloated roster, as evidenced by the amount of cuts that seem to be coming after each show. To date, since StrikeForce announced the closing of its doors, we've seen 44 fighters cross over with a further five having future fights and a couple more probably due to debut too. Throw in two lots of TUF casts (all of TUF 17's fighters were given an opportunity in the UFC with more than half still on the roster; TUF Brazil 2's cast are still debuting) and a handful of signed prospects and last-minute replacements, and the roster is definitely jam-packed, even taking into account the amount of shows they're running these days. The thing is though – and don't get me wrong here, I never like to see fighters lose their jobs – while I can understand Zuffa signing hot prospects like Brandon Thatch and Robert Drysdale, and I can even see why they'd keep prospects from TUF such as Santiago Ponzinibbio, Luiz Dutra Jr. and Tor Troeng, why are the likes of Lance Benoist (1-2 UFC), Nick Catone (3-4 UFC) and Jeremy Larsen (0-2 UFC) still on the roster, particularly in bloated divisions like 170lbs and 155lbs, while a potential contender like Darrell Montague sits waiting on the outside? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Again, with the lack of televised bouts, a lot can be said for the StrikeForce merger being responsible. The merger has seen big name fighters who the UFC fanbase has been clamouring to see inside the Octagon for years finally make their debuts – men like Gegard Mousasi, Gilbert Melendez, Daniel Cormier and Ronaldo Souza – while great fighters who were formerly part of the UFC (Josh Thomson, Robbie Lawler, et al) have returned from long periods away. So naturally, those fights have been put onto the televised portion of the shows they've been on. However, this hasn't affected the Women's division, where you could argue that only Ronda Rousey (and perhaps Miesha Tate) was a "star" upon crossing over. Alexis Davis, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann and (upcoming) Liz Carmouche and Sarah Kaufman have all been given what you'd call feature bouts on cards, while Julie Kedzie and Amanda Nunes are on featured prelims on upcoming shows. Most strikingly, there hasn't been a Women's bout on the Facebook prelims to date. So why is this, when the Flyweight division struggles to even get a televised bout for one of its top stars in Ian McCall?
I think it comes down, unfortunately, to the quality of the champion. Ronda Rousey is a bonafide star – you seemingly can't go to an MMA website these days without finding some sort of article about her, and without a previous UFC fight she managed to draw a very impressive number of PPV buys for UFC 157. Her fighting style is both unique and exciting and she hasn't delivered a dull fight to date, and of course she has both the looks and personality to back everything up, having become one of the most quotable MMA fighters around these days since she burst onto the scene.
Demetrious Johnson, meanwhile? Don't take this as me fighter bashing, but let's be fair, he's hardly the most marketable champion. His fights aren't what you'd call dull as such, but the facts speak for themselves – in both his WEC and UFC runs the only man he's finished was Damacio Page, and that was after a nasty groin strike left Page wide open and probably unfit to continue fighting. Now, as a huge fan of both GSP and Benson Henderson, I'm not one of those fans that absolutely abhors decisions and believes that only finishing an opponent matters. But while GSP and Bendo for the most part thoroughly dominate their opponents en route to victory, Mighty Mouse just doesn't. In fact in both of his title bouts, the opponent – firstly Benavidez and then Dodson – has come much closer to finishing the fight than he has. Benavidez in particular you could argue did enough to win that decision, especially if you discount the hugely biased commentary from Joe Rogan that night. As for personality, well, I'll be frank and say I can't even remember the last time I heard an interview from Johnson, let alone some inflammatory trash-talk. Not that trash-talk is for everyone, but it'd be nice to hear him build a fight from time to time.
Which brings me back to where I began – John Moraga, the star of the Facebook prelims. What sort of chance does he have against the stifling game of Mighty Mouse? In all honesty, who knows? We know he has knockout power, as evidenced by his crushing win over Ulysses Gomez back in August 2012. We know he can stuff some takedowns as he did against Chris Cariaso at UFC 155 and we know he has a guillotine choke in his arsenal. And that's about it, really. He hasn't shown much personality or anything of the sort but I mean, he hasn't really been given a chance given he's been stuck on Facebook. But even so, I'll go out on a limb and say it. The best possible thing to happen to the Flyweight division on July 27th would be for Moraga to upset the odds and capture the title. Why? Because even if he turns out to be a totally wooden, unmarketable guy, it opens up potential fights with Johnson's victims Ian McCall, Joseph Benavidez and John Dodson – three men who ARE undoubtedly marketable and absolutely full of charisma. If Moraga wins then I'd fully expect those three to be given feature bouts in order to build to a possible title fight, in the same vein that we've seen Alexis Davis, Sara McMann and Cat Zingano given fights to build them up for a challenge against Rousey. And if one of those three (or even a contender such as Louis Gaudinot or John Lineker) were able to win the title then the sky may be the limit for the division.
In short, it is my opinion that in order for the Flyweight division to properly progress – barring a total personality or fight style change – Demetrious Johnson must lose. If I'm Darrell Montague or Will Campuzano or Joshua Sampo, my fingers are crossed that on July 27th, he does.
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