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Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs First it was San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker doing a TV commerical for a home food delivery company and now it seems Manu Ginobili is getting into the act. While at the 2011 FIBA Americas tournament, Ginobili did this spot for the new Gillette deodorant. The campaign slogan is "Llevante […] [Read More]
Parker offered a spot on 'Dancing with the Stars', talks TV
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs The TV show Dancing with the Stars has seen its fair share of pro-athletes cut a rug. Evander Holyfield, Jerry Rice and now Ron Artest joined in the act but did San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker pass up on a chance to show off his dancing skills? He sure did. […] [Read More]
Writers discuss whether Horry is Hall of Fame worthy
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs Some of Bloguin's top writer's recently got together to argue and discuss whether some of the NBA's former players are Hall of Fame worthy. The panelist's were Jeff Fox of The Hoops Manifesto, College Wolf from the TWolves Blog, Don & brumbygg from With Malice and Ezra from the Purple and Gold Blog. ? They gave their […] [Read More]
Spurs' Ginobili to decide in October whether to play in Italy
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs As reported here at Project Spurs, San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili has been courted by his former Italian team, Virtus Bologna, to join the squad during the NBA lockout. And seeing how the 2011 FIBA Americas tournament is over, Ginobili now says he will make a decision in October on […] [Read More]
Duncan works in Austin . . . with the Thunder
By Trevor Zickgraf, Project Spurs Thanks goodness for Twitter, because it's given us fans a peek into how a lot of NBA guys spend their summer. One guy who, until today, we had no clue how he spent his summer was San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan. Here's what we know about Duncan: He's the most […] [Read More]
French coach counts on De Colo
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs As the French national team continues its play at Eurobasket 2011, San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker has been playing at a high level enough to be considered the MVP of the tournament. He has steadied the ship for France as the team looks to punch its ticket to the 2012 […] [Read More]
Video: Spurs' Parker shows off his cooking skills in latest commerical
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs As reported earlier this week, San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker will be featured in an advertising campaign for Toupargel, a food home delivery company. Now check out Parker in the commerical as he is in the kitchen whipping up some food. Click HERE to watch the video at Project Spurs. [Read More]
Video: Mini Manu makes T.V. debut
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili and Team Argentina took home gold at the 2011 FIBA Americas tournament, securing their spot at the London 2012 Olympic games. So what better way to celebrate this victory than to have "Manu" make a television ?appearance . . . sort of. Check out Mini Manu […] [Read More]
Video: Spurs' Leonard in action at Impact League Day 2
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs Day two of the Impact League is in the books and for San Antonio Spurs' James Anderson and Kawhi Leonard, it meant another fantastic performance. Click HERE to watch the video and to read the stats on Anderson and Leonard at Project Spurs. [Read More]
Writer recounts Ginobili's summer journey
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs For writer Rodrigo Alves of Globo.com, one of the final opportunities to see San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili live and wearing the Argentine uniform was a treat. Alves wrote a great piece as he recounts Ginobili's past few weeks with the Argentine national team. He discusses the non-stop fans and media who are […] [Read More]
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Thank you, Senator, from this NJ Employee/PA Resident. I am glad you have seen the light. Rather than creating havock for families of those dedicated, top achieving NJ State Workers like myself, let's use that common sense method.
At time of my initial interview, I inquired as to if it it was a concern with not living in NJ. I was told, they just want the best qualified candidate to work in the position to serve the residents of NJ. Once on board, I learned that I was the top choice of all the candidates that applied for the position. Ever since, I have worked long and hard to give nothing but my best to NJ. I intend to until the day I retire.
One suggestion would be not to worry about where people reside. However, consider thier abilities and work ethics and not place people in positions that they have no knowledge of simply because they are on the campaign commities of those who gain office. That would be a better approach to giving NJ the best service to run the state the way it should be run. If your application is received by H.R. with a "Must Hire" stamp on it, are you really the best candidate and deserving of the job?
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Chris Pincince is in his fourth season on the Crusaders' coaching staff, and his second year as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In 2006, he directed a Holy Cross offense which led the Patriot League in total yards (384.4 yards per game) and passing yards (271.5 yards per game), while standing third in the conference in scoring (25.0 points per game). During his first two seasons at Holy Cross, Pincince served as the team's wide receivers coach. Over those two seasons, Pincince led a group which included All-Patriot League wide out Sean Gruber, who finished his career as the Crusaders' all-time leader with 22 career touchdown catches. Pincince came to Holy Cross from Ursinus College, where he served as offensive coordinator in 2003. While at Ursinus, Pincince coached Gary Sheffield, who was among the Centennial Conference's leaders in rushing yards. Prior to his time at Ursinus, Pincince served as the quarterbacks coach at Brown University in 2002. At Brown, the Bears averaged 296 passing yards per game, while quarterback Kyle Slager ranked 12th in the nation in total offense with an average of 258.2 yards per contest. Previously, Pincince spent three seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of New Haven. His offense at New Haven averaged 30.1 points and 355.2 yards per game during his three-year tenure. One of the Chargers' biggest wins was a victory at Villanova in 2001, over the previously unbeaten and nationally ranked Wildcats. Pincince also served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fairfield University (1997-1998) and the wide receivers coach at New Haven (1995-1996). He helped lead Fairfield to the 1998 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title, while in 1995 he helped New Haven to an appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs. Pincince is a 1994 graduate of Boston University, where he was a member of the Terriers' 1993 Yankee Conference Championship team, while playing on squads which made two trips to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. Pincince and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Woonsocket, R.I., with their sons, Zachary and Owen. Pincince's Collegiate Coaching File
Years School Position 1995-1996 New Haven Wide Receivers Coach 1997-1998 Fairfield Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach 1999-2001 New Haven Offensive Coordinator 2002 Brown Quarterbacks Coach 2003 Ursinus Offensive Coordinator 2004-2005 Holy Cross Wide Receivers Coach 2006-2007 Holy Cross Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach


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With 28 points against Seton Hall, Semaj Christon matched his career-high.
March 3, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. - Semaj Christon had a big second-half on the offensive end, but Xavier couldn't overcome a poor shooting effort both in the first half and from three-point territory in a 71-62 loss at Seton Hall.
After tallying just four points in the opening half, Christon poured in 24 second-half points. The sophomore guard went 9-of-17 from the floor and 9-of-11 from the charity stripe. Christon's 28-point effort matches his career-high, which he set on Jan. 9 in Xavier's win over Marquette.
Xavier (20-10, 10-7 BIG EAST) had won its last two games and five of the last seven entering the game, while Seton Hall (15-15, 6-11 BIG EAST) was just 1-6 through its last seven.
XU finished the contest 20-of-54 (37 percent) from the floor, including 3-of-22 (14 percent) from long range. SHU closed the game shooting 23-of-49 (47 percent) and 8-of-21 (38 percent) from three-point territory.
Led by Christon, Xavier made an early charge in the second half to cut a 12-point halftime deficit to just five points, 37-32. Christon scored 11 points in the midst of a 12-5 run to open the frame.
Xavier could never quite get over the hump though and the Seton Hall margin fluctuated between five points and double-digits throughout the remainder of the game.
The Pirates pushed their lead back to double-figures, 57-44, only to see the Musketeers score eight-unanswered to pull back within five. A 10-4 run by SHU extended the lead back to double-digits, 67-56, and XU couldn't surmount the lead.
Isaiah Philmore joined Christon in double-figures with 11 points. Philmore also hauled in a game-best nine boards. Dee Davis chipped in nine.
A rough shooting first half led to a 32-20 deficit for the Musketeers. XU made only 30 percent (8-of-27) of its field-goal attempts in the frame, compared to 44 percent (10-of-23) for SHU. Xavier committed two fewer turnovers than Seton Hall, 7-5, but was severely outrebounded, 22-13.
Brian Oliver led the Pirates with 20 points, while both Fuquan Edwin and Eugene Teague finished with 17.
Xavier closes its regular season on Thursday night at home in a 7 p.m. clash with No. 6 Villanova, XU's second game in the last week against a team ranked in the top 10. The Musketeers knocked off No. 9 Creighton, 75-69, at Cintas Center on Saturday.


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Robin Frijns and Alexander Rossi have been confirmed as Caterham F1 Team's official reserve drivers for 2014.
Dutchman Frijns joins Caterham in the wake of a low key season with Sauber, and is expected to make a number of FP1 appearances for the team during the course of the season.
Frijns said, "I am more than happy that Caterham and Renault have given me the chance to be in F1 in 2014. Nowadays it's rare to find an F1 team that will put so much trust in a young driver like me, but during the negotiations I had a very strong feeling that the team really believes in me, which I couldn't appreciate more! This was one of the main reasons why Caterham has been my number one priority for quite a while and I am so thankful that it worked out."
Team Principal Cyril Abiteboul commented, "Robin is another new addition to our driver roster and he comes to us as one of the most highly rated talents around, he will have a number of F1 runs throughout the year, immersing him in the F1 team and helping him develop his understanding of what it takes to operate at the top level."
Rossi, who is increasingly likely to be the next American driver in F1, will focus on the 2014 GP2 Series, after a season where he was the series' best rookie, with the goal to win that Championship.
"I am pleased to be back with Caterham Racing for 2014 fighting for a GP2 Championship. As returning Caterham F1 Team Reserve Driver my duties will continue with F1 outings, my role as simulator driver and on track Reserve for non-GP2 weekends. This is the perfect development for my future F1 race drive," said Rossi.
Abiteboul added, "Alexander showed last year that he's ready to make a push for the Championship, and we're continuing his F1 development in 2014 by combining his GP2 commitments with another year as an F1 team Reserve Driver."
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David Blunkett, the former Labour Home Secretary under Tony Blair, has stepped into the legal row over the memoirs of a former front-bench colleague, Peter Hain.
Last week it emerged that Mr Hain was to be prosecuted under an ancient and little-used law known as 'scandalising the court'. The action is being brought by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin.
The case concerns a passage in Mr Hain's memoirs, published by Biteback Publishing which is also being targeted by this legal action. Mr Hain was Northern Ireland secretary under the Blair government from 2005 to 2007. In his book, he criticises Mr Justice Paul Girvan for his handling of an important judicial review case.
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Mr Hain refused to back down regarding his comments though, and further renewed his criticism. This incensed the Attorney General into prompting a legal action based on a law which commentators believe has not been used since the late 19th century.
In his court submission, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland said: "[The remarks] constitute unwarranted abuse of a judge in his judicial capacity that undermines the administration of justice in this jurisdiction, and consequently constitute a contempt of court."
Mr Hain and his publisher have both said they will vigorously defend any action, and their right to free speech.
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"I'm pleased that Geoffrey Robertson QC has agreed to take up Peter's case pro bono and to send a message which was reinforced some years ago by Lord Denning, that political free speech should include comment on reports which are no more free from democratic process than politicians who are constantly reminded that they too, are subject to the rule of law," he added.
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Sally Hansen Miracle Cure
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59% would repurchase
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on 8/12/2011 9:40:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Did not work at all!!! I used it as the instructions said and after one day the nail polish itself was peeling off my nails, along with my nail!!! I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt and continued using it for about a week and it made my nails so much worse!!
Totally disappointed in SH!!!
on 7/19/2011 5:03:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
this does not work and it DEFINITELY doesnt work in three days as the box guarantees. I have soft bendy, peeling nails and Ive been using it as directed for over 3 months now and have seen little to no improvement. I will be contacting customer service, ive attempted once and was hung up on. save your money especially at 7 dollars.
on 7/6/2011 10:20:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Medium Brown, Cool
Hair: Black, Kinky, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
This did not work for me. At all. I was expecting stonger, healthier nails; what I got was brittle, slighty longer, nails...the polish gets these werid bubbles as soon as you put it on--it peels off easily. I really did not see improvement.
on 6/27/2011 4:28:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
After trying several good and not so good brands for split nails, I decided to give this one a go.
Nail growth has never been and issue but splitting nails has. Do to my splitting nail problem is that I decided to go with acrylic nails for many many years. When I moved to Europe I had to give up that luxury as it was ridiculously expensive to get these done. So I endured the pain of seeing my nails peel for a couple of years now. I hated putting nail polish on because 9 out of 10 times my nails would start splitting the day after.
I purchased Miracle Cure about two months ago and can comfortably review it as "my" miracle. I have applied this product religiously for the past couple of months and only once has one of my nails split from the side (unlike from the top edges as before).
I remove the nail polish every 3 days, wash my hands right after and then proceed to apply two coats of Miracle Cure.
Will I purchase this again, most definitely. My base coat forever!
on 2/17/2011 8:43:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Green
Just got this product recently after suffering from some major nail breakage/peeling due to a new nail polish. I know that Sally Hansen nail products are relatively good so I figure it wouldn't hurt to give this one a try.
I am not so overly concerned with the length of my nails; I would much rather have short but healthy, thick nails than long brittle ones. So I got this product and started using it right away. I have used it for 3 days; according to the packaging nails should improve within 3 days... and mine actually have.
My nails typically tend to peel and break after using polish. Just a few days of wearing the polish my nails started freaking out recently... peeling and breaking all over; I believe I had 3 broken nails and 3 others that were peeling severely.
After applying this product to my nails I realized that they were much brighter. I have another nail brightening product that I got from Sally's. It's not the same as this because it is ticker, more purple in the bottle, and makes nails slightly purplish (in certain lighting)... though unfortunately it peels off within a day or two. I do not have the same problem with this product. It has a really nice, watery consistency so it goes on smooth with no air bubbles whatsoever. It dries super quick as well and can be layered on itself daily without cracking or peeling.
As I mentioned, I have worn this on my nails for 3 days and so far have not experienced any chipping at all. My nails look much shinier, brighter, and healthier. They look and feel stronger, though I do not know how well that is going to last after I take this product off.
It does the job and hopefully over time it will strengthen my nails more. I plan on using this as a base coat since polish damages my nails so much. Hopefully this product will prevent that in the future. Not sure whether or not I will repurchase this particular version again since there are so many other Sally Hansen nail strengthening products I have yet to try. I only have one issue with it - the price. You'd think that for nearly $8 this bottle would be twice the size.
on 11/4/2010 11:59:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I first purchased this product months ago, and I can't have liked it very much as I relegated it for use as a pedicure base coat (where all of my dud treatments/bases end up). I finally got round to using it for pedicures, and after several weeks of use noticed that my toenails seemed a lot brighter, smoother and less ridged. As I couldn't quite remember what I hadn't liked about it as a fingernail treatment, I decided to re-try it as I was impressed with these results.
Well after a couple of times using this, all of its bad points came flooding back to me. Used alone as a treatment, Miracle Cure chips straight away, leading to it peeling off quite quickly. That can of course be rectified by adding another coat each day (as the chips aren't noticeable with it being clear) but sadly this is not the only problem.
On the nails that it does manage to stay on, horizontal "cracks" started to appear on the surface of my nail. I assumed this was the polish itself cracking, but when it is removed I am left with horizontal white lines on my nail where the crack was, that I can feel are shallow cracks in my nail. I don't even know how this would happen, I can only guess that the formula of the polish means it is not flexible once dry, so if my nails are knocked/bent due to daily wear and tear the polish can't cope and badly cracks? As dry and damaged as my nails are, they have never achieved cracks like this by themselves.
I have also used Miracle Cure as a base coat under polish, and the results weren't bad. my nails did seem to be left more moisturised upon removal of polish and there was no sign of the weird cracks, but my polish did not last as long as with my regular base coat.
I would therefore not re-purchase Miracle Cure. I seem to be having better luck (so far) with Sally Hansen Miracle Nail Growth treatment, so I will stick with that until I find something better.
on 10/26/2010 7:11:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Blue
I actually have very healthy and strong nails but had a couple of issues that got me looking at nail treatments and I finally settled on this one. I used it religiously for a while (while growing out a damaged nail). When I had the product on, my nails looked good and didn't peel or break easily but if I skipped an application (every other day) my nails looked awful.
Without the treatment on, my nails weren't any healthier than before treatment. It's only useful when on the nail and when applied every other day in thin coats.
By the time I get halfway through a bottle the remaining product gets thick and goopy and it's very hard to apply a thin coat without bubbles.
It's an ok product but I don't think I'll use it again.
on 10/18/2010 7:55:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Other, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This does sweet F-A for my nails.
on 10/4/2010 1:51:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I was dealing with two peeling nails for all of July and August, and it was driving me insane! Whenever I applied a base coat and a nail colour, you could be sure that the next day, those two nails would be peeling at the tips. I finally thought to try a nail treatment polish and went for this one based on the review. I really like it! I've been using it for three weeks now and for the month of September, both of my peeling nails have been controlled! I can see that they still have a bit to go before the peeling areas grow out, but at least they're not peeling any lower than they already are. I'd give it one more month until my nails are in great shape again. I gave 3/5 for packaging quality because I've been finding that tiny amounts of the blue paint used to paint the bottle have been finding their way onto the brush. But I've only encountered this twice.
on 8/30/2010 5:02:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Black
I've been using this for a few months and I think my peelies are getting better. I started off with nine peeling nails and after using this for a few months, I now have three that are still growing out. I don't know whether it's the Miracle Cure that's helping, or just because I stopped using Sally Hansen Nail Quencher that triggered the peelies in the first place. But it's not a bad base coat and generally helps nail polish grip the nail quite well.
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RESTful error handling gives a nice overview of the miscellaneous ways of handling errors in a RESTful web application. To me, the following criteria need to be met to provide decent REST error handling :
- Be simple to implement (or at least, be simple for simple cases)
- Be machine-parseable (so that intelligent REST clients can be built)
- Be human-readable (so you don't have to fire up your HTTP sniffer to understand what went wront, when you're developping a client)
- Follows HTTP semantics, so proxies, caching, etc continues to work correctly
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Despite past experience, crowd could prove to be difficult for JackrabbitsFARGO – The North Dakota State and South Dakota State football series turns 100 years old today. The birthday party invite list consists of about 18,700 people.
That's the capacity of the Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome, which hosts the Division I Football Championship Subdivision second-round game. Opinions vary if the noise level will affect the visiting team, mostly because the Jackrabbits have already played one game in Fargo this year.
Last year, James Madison, Lehigh University and Georgia Southern were all noticeably affected by the dome-field advantage in the playoffs.
"I think the crowd fazes everybody that comes in here," said NDSU defensive coordinator Chris Klieman. "Obviously, they've been here before, so they'll be used to it for the most part. But in the same respect, I think it's really difficult."
NDSU hopes the noise limits SDSU's ability to call audibles at the line of scrimmage. NDSU hopes SDSU resorting to a silent count to snap the ball will allow Bison defenders to get off the line quicker.
The Fargodome is vastly different from most FCS stadiums across the country, not only because it's indoors but because of the intensity of fans. The closest FCS road trip hostility NDSU has faced under head coach Craig Bohl is probably at Montana, Georgia Southern, Youngstown State, Northern Iowa and SDSU.
It was only three weeks ago when NDSU held off the Jackrabbits 20-17. While SDSU head coach John Stiegelmeier admits a few of his players were "caught off guard" by the dome environment, having that experience should help today.
The Jacks were whistled for nine penalties for 76 yards, with a few of those having classic symptoms of dealing with the decibel level. It will be the third trip to the dome for SDSU's veteran players that played in the 2010 game.
"Now the young guys won't go, 'What's this?'" Stiegelmeier said. "They've done that, did that."
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The Life and Times of Andrew D. Lytle
Fire is a constant danger in towns whose buildings are constructed primarily of wood and packed together in a town center. Baton Rouge was no exception. By 1825, the town organized a volunteer fire fighting unit called The Bucket Company. The company's name tells how they fought fires - by bucket brigade. Eleven years later the Bucket Company evolved into the more highly organized Washington Fire Company Number One.
The Washington Fire Company No. 1 enjoyed a long and useful firefighting life. All structures within Baton Rouge came under their protection, including the State Penitentiary, as the Company
minute book demonstrates. In this case, "On Monday 2nd June [1856] a fire broke out in the State Penitentiary and raged with a great deal of fury . . . . The Fire Companies were promptly on the spot and rendered very efficient service." While the Washington Fire Company may have been prompt and efficient fighting fires, their record keeping required fairly frequent revision. This log entry has two corrections, "last" penciled through with "1856" added above and "26 May last" struck through with "2nd June 1856" penciled in above.
The volunteer fire companies of Baton Rouge not only protected the city from fires but also afforded its members an active social life. The companies organized or jointly sponsored balls, festivals, excursions, and parades throughout the year. The outstanding social event of the winter social season in Baton Rouge centered around an event jointly sponsored by all the fire companies. In commemoration of Washington's Birthday, nearly every February 22nd from 1873 through 1916, Baton Rouge fire companies decorated their fire equipment, usually around an aquatic theme, and paraded through town.
All sorts of vehicles became decorated floats for the Firemen's Parade. The small buggy on the right, carrying two children, has been decorated down to the horse's bridle. Notice the butterfly on the horse's back and the bird holding the butterfly's reins. By the 1890s the long-standing friendly rivalry between the companies to see which would produce the best decorations took on new vigor when local merchants offered a $50.00 cash prize for first place. It wasn't long before the prize money grew to $150.00 for first place, $100.00 for second place, and $75.00 for third place. The Washington Number 1 Company recieved first place for their floats in 1894, 1897, and 1900.


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How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #4
May I with right and conscience make this claim?
The sin upon my head, dread sovereign! (1.2.5)
Good question, Henry. Can you make a claim to the French throne with "right and conscience"? We're not so sure.
Quote #5
For me, the gold of France did not seduce;
Although I did admit it as a motive
The sooner to effect what I intended:
But God be thanked for prevention;
Which I in sufferance heartily will rejoice,
Beseeching God and you to pardon me. (2.2.5)
When it's discovered that the French have bribed Cambridge, Scrope, and Grey to assassinate King Henry before he can invade France, we're led to believe that plot is treacherous. Here, though, Cambridge reveals that he took money from France only because he thought it would help him achieve his end goal. [Cambridge supports Edmund Mortimer, who seems to have a better claim to the English throne than Henry V. Remember, Henry V only inherited the throne after his father Henry IV usurped the crown from Richard II (Richard II, 4.1). Also, Mortimer is the great-grandson of Edward III's third son, while Henry, on the other hand, is the grandson of Edward III's fourth son.]
When it comes down to it, is the traitors' plot really that scandalous? Or, is it just par for the course in this series of history plays? If you ask us, Cambridge's plot to bump Henry V off the throne isn't so different from what Henry IV did to Richard II, which is this: He took money from France (the King of Brittany to be specific) to help his campaign to overthrow King Richard (Richard II, 2.1).
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There's for thy labour, Montjoy.
Go bid thy master well advise himself:
If we may pass, we will; if we be hinder'd,
We shall your tawny ground with your red blood
Discolour: and so Montjoy, fare you well.
The sum of all our answer is but this:
We would not seek a battle, as we are;
Nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it:
So tell your master. (3.6.7)
Okay. Henry's claim to the French throne may be dubious, but he often comes off as an awesome king. Here, he has the confidence to tip the enemy messenger after the guy delivers a threatening message from France.


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Javelinas Notebook: 10.19.07
Javs' special teams prove to be special
First-year A&M-Kingsville coach Bo Atterberry will be the first to admit that the Javelinas had more than their share of chances to win last weekend's ballgame against East Central (Okla.), which spoiled the Javs' homecoming with a 21-17 victory. Yet A&M-Kingsville was able to shine in but one area -- special teams.
"I would agree with that, in all areas of the game we had opportunities to win. About the only area where we took the opportunities were in the special teams," Atterberry said.
Junior Clavens Charles, who also has won a starting job at cornerback, had 191 all-purpose yards on 11 returns. One of those went for a 61-yard punt return for a touchdown that brought A&M-Kingsville even at 14 early in the third quarter.
Sophomore Cody Smith averaged 39.5 yards on four punts, two of which were inside the Tigers' 20. In his debut for ailing sophomore Scott Schlebach, freshman Christian Brom was perfect on his two point-after-TD kicks and booted a 25-yard field goal that gave the Javs a temporary 17-14 lead.
After starting the season as A&M-Kingsville's kickoff man, resdshirt freshman Jose Gonzalez reprised his role. He averaged 62 yards on four kickoffs and the Tigers managed just 55 yards on the four returns.
Gonzalez, who struggled on the road in the first two games as the Javs' kickoff man, will be teeing it up again Saturday against 23rd-ranked Midwestern State in Wichita Falls. As far as Schlebach and Brom, the decision on the place-kicking duties won't be made until today at the earliest. Schlebach's illness caused him to miss the team pregame meal, although he failed to notify Atterberry until the team was well into the food. The competition between Schlebach, A&M-Kingsville's leading scorer, and Brom has been close since the start of preseason drills. With the redshirt now off of Brom, the competition will continue.
Two quarters of defense not enough
After the Javs turned over the ball on David Garza's interception following Stuart Moffitt's recovery of the opening kickoff, the shell-shocked defense played nothing like A&M-Kingsville's defense has played this season. Though the Tigers only had a 14-7 lead at the break, they had 316 yards of offense, including 220 yards passing from Marcus Johnson. That also included a 97-yard drive after Smith had pinned the Tigers with a 42-yard punt to the ECU 3.
The Javs rallied, however, at least on the defensive side. They limited the Tigers to 122 yards and forced six three-and-outs. The lone smear was a 76-yard drive for the eventual game-winning score after Brom's field goal.
"The first play we create a fumble. The second play you have the interception. And the defense had that faraway look in its eyes and we allowed a pretty athletic quarterback to get on a roll and that's something you don't want to do," Atterberry said.
"You just hope that you can do some of the things we did in the second half early in the game because, as you could see, we pretty much bottled them up there in the second half," Atterberry said.
Rest apparently aided East Central
East Central coach Kurt Nichols gave his players three days off following the Tigers' 24-21 loss to Central Oklahoma before the game against the Javs. The Tigers took an even more cavalier approach once they arrived in Corpus Christi on Friday morning. They checked into a resort on North Padre Island, went to the beach for a swim in the Gulf of Mexico and had a barbecue. Twenty-four-plus hours later ECU went out and rolled up 438 yards of offense in beating the Javs.
Cross Country
A&M-K heads to LSC meet Saturday
A&M-Kingsville's cross country teams are shooting for better finishes at this year's Lone Star Conference Championship, which take place Saturday in Commerce.
The women placed seventh last year, paced by Falfurrias junior Erica Alvarado, who was 19th in the individual standings. Raquel Tidwell, who has come on strong the last two meets, was 41st last year and Kylie Ward was 65th.
The Javs men's team hopes to be bolstered by the return of senior Daniel Castro, who has missed the last two meets because of a lower abdominal injury. Castro was 16th last season, helping A&M-Kingsville to a fifth-place finish. Orange Grove sophomore Ray Acuna was 19th last year. Nick Pena, a sophomore from Benavides, has stepped in to be A&M-Kingsville's strongest male runner. He will be running in his first conference meet.
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The failure occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m. Tuesday at TVA's Boone switchyard, TVA spokesman Travis Brickey said.
"We had a 69 kilovolt switch fail at the Boone switchyard, and that's what caused the outage," Brickey said. "We rerouted power to Johnson City Power Board customers and they were without service for two hours and eight minutes."
Brickey said TVA had to "backfeed" electricity from other substations in the area in order to help restore service. The cause of the failure is still under investigation, Brickey said.
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After reading forums here and official ones I heard so much about hybrid payment being a reasonable thing for people, as it gives a choice to pay as You go or subscribe. Subscription is quite obvious so I want to consider pay as You go.
So payment for all areas and unlocks is more or less cost of what lifetimers(perma VIP) paid. But is it worth it? Considering issue with no sensible swift travels available in turbine store(60 minute one is a joke). This alone makes me feel like 2nd rate customer. Kinda felt bad when questing(epic books) with friend and recognizing I have to trot over Angmar on horse as swifts are no avail. Now if I imagine going to Rivendell from there(like 30 minutes ride) I get kinda annoyed. I thought that quest pack bought = all swifts available.
I sure hope that this will change as basic things like this are nearly gamebreaking and I thought pay as You go was a reasonable option.
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Pay as you go is just that, pay as you go. It should really only be used by 3 types of people. 1) Those that want to check out the game but aren't ready to make an investment in it. 2) Those who are very very casual and don't have much time to play, so they play for an hour here and there and drop in money when they need something. 3) The super cheap who think they should never have to pay for anything and are willing to grind out Turbine points/run everywhere since they don't want to pay for swift travel.
You are NOT supposed to have all the benefits as those who sub unless you pay a significant amount of money, simple as that. If you want swift travel then keep paying for it or sub. Subscription is the smart choice and as people have said on MMORPG a million times, it is about the same cost as going to the movies ONCE in an entire month.
By the time you get to Rivendale and Angmar you will know if the game is worth 50 cents a day top you. If you want all the bells and whistles buy a subscription. If you just want free play or cannot afford that 50 cents then fine, just don't complain cause they don't give you everything the subbers get
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I am currently free to play and I'm loving it, It's letting me experience the game and have a blast. I will probably sub as I cna see how LOTOR online is one of the most casually friendly games with it's systems and crafting. However if I don't want to play or I get into something else. I can stop paying and keep playing and if I want some featuers I pay for them. I like the idea because it means I can always play the game wether it's my main game or not.
So all the buzz about Turbine hybrid payment model being great, innovative and a more convenient way for people to pay, was just marketing? I thought the reason of cash shop being brought to give a choice - You sub and don't care. Or You pay as You go. From what You are writing it seems not. Subscribe or be gimped. Thanks for clearing that one for me.
Originally posted by crazynanny
If you are going to play hard and level fast, pay as you go isn't going to work for you. The rate at which you will have to buy content and perks will be expensive therefore a subscription is the way to go.
If you don't play much/level fast then you can likely make F2P be cheaper month to month by a bit. And you can take two weeks to a month off without feeling like you are wasting your money.
It really isn't a tough concept. The problem is that people who like to game several hours a night WANT to not have to pay for their gaming so they keep getting mad when f2p games still cost them money. They don't get the having to pay for entertainment idea.
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My take on it is the F2P really works great for casual players. You can basically start the game play at a very slow pace and not pay a dime. Once you get into your 20's then you can drop a minimal amount of money for more content if you haven't acquired enough pts to unlock it for free. It also works great for former subscribers that bought the game. Full access to the game without paying the subscription fee. Everything else is just like it was before, paying subscribers get access to everything.
Originally posted by crazynanny
suppose for a minute you are in the military and subject to being home a week or two, then out to sea for a week or two. Suppose you are in college or med school and can only play a couple of days a week. Suppose you are dead broke with three kids to feed and clothe. May be you just want to play to 30 to see if you like it? It will be great for some people, just because it is not for you does not mean it is bad.
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Umm I have no idea why You confuse buying in turbine store with playing for free. Surely there should be some incentives(like destiny points, free updates, 500 free points a month) for subscribers. But from what I have read about the best f2p game I though hybrid means also possibility of buying all basic things. Cutting 40 minute travels is hardly a convenience, it's a basic thing. And no I don't want it for free(thought that it was clear).
Hmmm if I wanted to try game I'd just play free trial. And from what I know this didn't changed much, except becoming endless trial. Now if I was a very casual person and traveling would eat half of my gaming session and I wouldn't have any reasonable way to omit it I'd certainly feel bad.
It's not about expecting everything for free or being casual or not. It's about if paying as You go is viable at all.
Originally posted by crazynanny
It is a convenience.
Do all the quests in an area and then run to the next area. Amazingly enough this was actually how MMORPGs were played by subscribing customers in the early days. It is not a necessity to be able to hop from point a to point b in 2 seconds.
Thinking that it is a necessity does show your mindset when it comes to MMOs and that you feel you are owed many things simply for playing.
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I think the OP is right though. A premium spendign enough money should be on equal eye high with subscriptions, it should be a different model, not a second class customer. But the swift travel issue is really a bit harsh. Its really the only part of the game that significiantly divides VIPs and premium players that are ready to pay, and i just do not see a good reason for it(unlike say the gold limit or trade limits of F2P accounts which do serve a distinct purpose).
This is a problem thats only going to grow, the more people that take Turbines offer and permanently buy questpacks etc, the more people there will be that are willing to pay in principle but will unwilling to subscribe. Its one thing to tell a a new player to do subscription instead of premium content, its quite another to tell a premium member who possibly has already spend hundreds of dollars on the game that he needs to subscribe if he wants a basic gamefeature like swift travel.
It will become a problem in the long run, when we have lots of premium players that are basically stuck with their premium account since they bought so much content it would be economically unviable to subscribe for them. Swift travel needs to be a permanent unlock in the store just like gold limit, bag space or AH slots. If those critical protections against gold farmers/spammers can be permanently unlocked the same should be true for Swift travel.
This will affect all of us, even the lifetimers, when we have to wait 20 min on someone in our group because he has no access to Swift travel. I don't want to be in the position that i have to remove someone from the group or wait 20 min, i can see no good coming from this restriction.
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Originally posted by crazynanny
Don't jump down my throat for stating the bleeding obvious , but as a subscriber I generally need to have gained a certain reputation with the local faction & have previously been to my destinations stable-master before I have access to swift travel . Is this not available for F2P players ? If so , then I can understand your frustration .
Yes You can do all reputation and level requirement , yet You can't use swift travel. Only normal if it's available. And my point is not to get this for free, but being a part of quest pack or as an unlock in cash shop.
Ah so personal attack starts, just because I have a different opinion? This is necessity if it takes 30-40 minutes to travel from one NPC to another. Have You ever done epic books in LOTRO? If yes You should know what I'm talking about. And please stop trolling I already said I don't want it for free. I just want to be able to buy things in turbine store to be on VIP level minus some conveniences.
Originally posted by crazynanny
I have no idea why you are whining about a company giving you the chance to play a AAA MMO to level 50 for the cost of a download. I sure don't see other companies out there doing that.
if you want to play free then take what they give for free instead whining. That is like some homeless person complaining the mashed potatoes are cold and the hamburger patty is not a steak LOL
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Originally posted by crazynanny
so either buy the swift travel scrolls or go vip for 50 cents a day. Sounds more like you want the lifetime membership than anything else.
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Just to post my "opinions" I personally think the AH restriction needs loosened some as well as the no trade with money between players. Those two do put a strangle on a f2per who may be a crafter type.
And horses! my goodness! HOw many times has this question been asked,..."Where/how do I get a horse"? Giving a 24 hour horse and then removing it is torture almost. That seems to be the most agonizing play mechanism f2pers get.
Swift travel is gonna be pretty important for a f2per who joins a group 10000 meters away. Tweak is the word of the day.
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Originally posted by Jackdog
In all fairness thats how it works in DDO, premium is exactly supposed to be like a lifetime without future content and the 500 TP stipend. Its very likely that premium players would spend a lot more cash than subscribers in the short term, so it makes no sense they should have worse service.
And my point stands, gold limits don't bother me, but swift travel limitations of half your group will affect even VIPs unless you refuse to group with Premium players. Im not trying to say turbine should't get the money, im just saying its imho not a good place for them to earn it. The whole idea of renting swifttravel for 1hr is poorly thought out since there is hardly any need to use swift travel for a whole hour. Even an on use counter would make more sense, i.e. 5 Swift travel rides for xx TP.
But like they said they will tweak things in the store, and looking how well they reacted to beta feedback im sure they will find a solution here that works well.
Originally posted by Rocketeer
Well maybe I am looking at it the wrong way, but other than in a few instances I cannot see why anyone would choose pay as you go over a monthly sub if they are going to do anything other than the most casual gameing.
As far as dungeon groups I would think that 99% of the time VIPs are going to do them via the skirmish system these days anyway and thqat is VIP only if I am not mistaken.
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March 31, 2009
Tell No One
Reviewer: Craig Phillips
Rating (out of 5): ****
There's been a fairly long and interesting history of French adaptations of American mysteries, from Chabrol's Ruth Rendell-inspired La Cérémonie and The Bridesmaid to Tavernier's Jim Thompson (Coup de Torchon based on Pop 1280), but Guillaume Canet's Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne), adapted with Philippe Lefebvre from Harlan Coben's best-selling novel, succeeds as confidently as the best of them.
As in other Coben novels, the labrynthine plot centers around the unresolved past, and technology is a key player. Pediatrician Alexandre Beck marries his longtime sweetheart, Margot, but soon after they're married, when they take a trip to a favorite secluded spot, she is brutally murdered. A serial killer confesses to the murder but, cut to eight years later, when two new bodies are uncovered near where the body was discovered, the case is reopened and Alex is suspected. And at the same time, Alex receives a mysterious e-mail that may or may not have come from the wife he thought dead.
And that's just the taut first act in this extremely gripping and fascinating suspense film. To reveal more of the plot machinations would be a major disservice for anyone who has not seen it, as one twist unspools into another. I can only say that it pays off beautifully at the very end, even movingly so.
Tell No One has shades of Hitchcock's Vertigo -- and not to its detriment. Hitch would certainly admire the levels of increasing paranoia on display as well as the central plot that features a man wrongly (or is he?) accused, desperate to prove his innocence while also setting his inner demons free. For all its impressive storytelling and memorable set pieces, however, it is the marvelous actor Francois Cluzet (The Swindle, Chocolat, Round Midnight), who pulls you through this race of a film from start to finish with his empathetic central performance (for which he won a Cesar award for Best Actor). In the film's memorable, most impressively staged chase scene in which Alex sprints for his life, Cluzet is clearly doing his own running, and in several key scenes near the end he pitches his reactions perfectly.
In addition to her fantastic work in I've Loved You So Long, Kristin Scott Thomas gives her other great 2008 French language performance, here tenderly playing a lesbian who is partner to Alex's sister and one of the few people who believes his story. François Berléand is also quite amusing as the detective on Alex's trail.
If the fllm has a flaw it is that it begins to run a bit long, and there are times when the plotting veers toward the convoluted and overly complicated -- and it can be argued that one has to forgive a few coincidences -- but each time Canet and screenwriter Lefebvre manage to square things back to the human aspect before all the twists threaten to strangulate the story.
Ultimately, Tell No One is one of the more gripping thrillers in recent memory. In fact, the film will grab your heart.
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Miss Saigon Closed After Ten Years
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|Miss Saigon says goodbye.
Though it wasn't my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in town, I enjoyed several meals there over the past few years, and it certainly was nice to have a bowl of pho within walking distance of Gut Check International Headquarters.
This is the second recent restaurant closing for the far eastern edge of the Delmar Loop, after Modai Sushi Lounge's apparent shuttering.
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How you get a 92% wolf-dog: [some breeders in some states are getting pure timberwolves from canada for breeding purposes. if it isn't illegal, imo, it is immoral and despicable]
100% + 0% = 50%
100% + 50% = 75%
100% + 75% = 87.5
100% + 87.5 = 93.75
93.75 + 87.5 = 90.65
90.625 + 93.75 = 92.186
Unless the breeder has a lot of wolves and dogs from different lines, this sounds like a lot of inbreeding to me. I did not know any of this when i got sammy,but he died too young and my brother had one die of autoimmune very young too. I have talked to many, including my brother, about why it is wrong to breed wolves with dogs, but many people are not listening.
Here is a piece of what the North American Alliance of wolves (NAWA) has to say about wolf-dogs.
"On the subject of Wolfdogs
There is a hidden cruelty behind the captive wolf and wolfdog trade.
It is our life's work, to put an end to it. Breeders are motivated by profit.
When you hand over the check, what takes place is called, "immediate gratification". Rarely is there any educational benefit afforded the buyer -
it might kill the sale. When the new owner gets this animal home and the novelty wears off, and the sobering reality of exactly how much work this is going to be sets in... the animal is often "dumped". Sometimes, they are passed hand to hand like a child caught in the foster-care system.
Sometimes, they're simply killed. The new "family" often discovers that this animal cannot be forced to alter their natural characteristics to fit neatly
into a suburban lifestyle. They are not dogs. They do not behave as dogs do.
They cannot be "trained" to perform in a polite, agreeable manner.
Animals who have 50% or more wolf DNA are, for all intensive purposes, in their own mind - wolf.
Wolves are opportunists. That's the way the
Creator made them. Opportunists seize opportunities.
This animal is a good animal, he or she wants to do good, they want to please you - you
can see it in their eyes. But, make no mistake - they are still opportunists -
and when an opportunity presents itself, everything you tried to "teach" them flies right out of their little brains with all the speed of a run-away freight train. Trust me on this.
Underneath all that gorgeous fur on their face, is the word
"Mischief", tattooed into their foreheads.
Don't make yourself a sandwich and leave it on the coffee table (or in
some cases, the counter-top) while you look for the remote control.
And, when you return and discover the deed done -
don't try to take the sandwich back.
Don't leave pantry doors open, garbage pails out in the open and whatever
you do, don't leave them unsupervised for any length of time.
I once mistakenly left the pantry door open while I went to the mail box -
it was only 15 yards away. When I returned, Miss Mitake` had every box
of rice, every sack of beans, every bag of lentils, every container of pasta
and every possible piece of dry goods in that pantry open and strewn -
not only throughout the kitchen- but on into the living room, down the
hallway and into my office - I was only gone for three minutes!
A year later, I was still vacuuming up rice from behind the sofa.
Speaking of sofa's - don't fall in love with your furniture, unless you
happen to be of a mind that teeth-marks in your cherry-wood dining room table is "chic". Keep your "Dustbuster" well charged, splinters will be
peppered throughout your home on a consistent basis. Everyone who comes here has heard me say, "The main source of dietary fiber in this house is wolf-hair".. it gets into everything.
Don't get too attached to a nice yard either. Ours looks like it's been contracted by the military for tactical maneuvers and laced with land mines.
If there's something down there -anything at all; old tennis shoes, dirty rags,
a can of skoal, someone's underwear, (?) a dead squirrel carcass (from 1934) -
whatever - it MUST be unearthed - regardless of how deep
it's buried. Fourteen foot down you say? No problem.
Now, if I could just get her interested in gold or silver...
Can they climb? (hehehe)... Their behavior is anything but dog-like. So, if
have youngsters and you've ever "child-proofed" your
home -expect to have it that way forever.
At least with kids, they grow up and you can look forward to
getting your house back in order - not so with wolfdogs.
Oh, they may go for days - even weeks - without an incident that would
cause you to mistrust that angelic little face - then all of a sudden, out of
the blue - for no provocation that you can see - they take a shine to your
favorite pair of shoes, or a stray dog strolls across the lawn as they watch
from the window - and marking their territory in the living
room seemed like a good idea at the time...
To put it in a nutshell - they are freaks of humans. I used to say "nature",
but then thought better of it. Nature didn't fashion this animal, man did.
They have just enough dog in them to lack the good sense to be afraid of humans, and just enough wolf to be undomesticatable.
They cannot survive in the wild as a species as they cannot
compete with a true predator for a food source. They can't make it in our society as they have no manners. They can't be fully domesticated to the point of trustworthiness - with any regularity.
They are still "pack" animals and require the companionship and interaction of their own kind (or as close as they can get) to be emotionally stable.
In truth, they belong nowhere. They are outcasts by both species. As beautiful
as Miss Mitake`is, and as deeply as I love her, I know in my heart that she should never have been.
Now, before you judge me on that statement,
let me paint a picture for you - one, I am all too familiar with;
We fully understand the attraction to these creatures. But, all too often after the excitement of owning one begins to ebb, the heavy burden of responsibility sets in. They are demanding. Tiring. Loaded with endless
energy (that pink bunny with the drum isn't even in the same league).
They have their own ideas about things - and aren't likely to adopt yours anytime soon. When they cannot be made to conform, it makes for a hotbed of emotions and a battle of the "wills" begins.
To beat an animal for any infraction, is unforgivable in my eyes. To beat an animal for simply being what they are, is reprehensible. For all the digging, chewing and annoying pranks Mitake` has ever pulled - not once
has she heard a disparaging word from me. She is what she is. I knew that when I rescued her and made her a part of my family. While Marc and I speak the language of "wolf", and we permit her to be what she is to the very best of our ability, she is still living in a world of
humans and she has to adhere to some rules.
Under the best of circumstances, life is difficult for her.
It's not her fault she is what she is.
She didn't ask to be here - she was created by
man for his reasons and she, and others like her
will ultimately pay the price for that whim.
Generally, when it becomes clear that this animal will not be brought to "heel", the abuse starts. Even if the animal isn't beaten physically, condemned to a life of loneliness and deprivation in the back yard chained to a tree, is still abuse. Sometimes they end up in worse situations -
like the poor souls whom we rescued back in 1997 that catapulted us into the rescue arena - and two of them died before we could legally get them out of that place.
There are other considerations; Miss Sadie, a sweet, loving, quiet
animal whom we believe to be a collie/wolf mix was nothing but a breeding machine for 14 years. We're told that she was bred to a male wolf every single time she came into heat. She produced 52 puppies. Can you imagine? This was her life - she has known nothing else.
Sadie was either pregnant or nursing for 14 long years. We hope to offer her a well deserved rest, a lot of love and some time to herself.
For whatever it's worth, I'm asking you to be responsible about this
undertaking. I'm asking you to do the right thing.
If, after everything you've read here (and this ain't the half of it), you
are still compelled to share your life with one, please don't go out and buy one - creating a demand for more.
The breeders will go away when the market goes away.
Education is the only answer.
Find out what the responsibilities are. Find
out what the costs are - these animals will require special
enclosures. A wolf can challenge a 10 foot fence - and win.
Wolfdogs are just as capable.
Discuss your findings with family members - you're asking them to make long-term sacrifices in their lifestyle as well. Some mix well with children and some do not. It is important here to remind you that they are still part wolf. They play by different rules than you do.
The more you learn about those rules, the better off you'll be.Remember, these animals are also individuals - so it would be unfair (and unintelligent) to make a blanket statement that paints them all as unpredictable and totally untrustworthy. Some are more predictable than others - just like people.
When you look into sharing your life with one in earnest, and you decide this is a go - get everything in place, then get on a rescue list.
If the organization or group is a credible one, the animal will be spayed/neutered before placement. It would be far more responsible and compassionate to provide a loving environment for an unwanted animal than to go out and buy one, placing a demand on the market for more. For every responsible person out there who has the
knowledge and commitment to care for a wolfdog properly,
we have as many as 70 or more who do not.
It is a social problem. And it creates a nightmare for the poor animals who fall into inexperienced hands. The only true way to make sure that these animals don't get into trouble, is to stop breeding them - period.
We estimate that there are upwards of 600,000 to 1.5 million captive wolves and wolfdogs, right now, across the United States in trouble.
When there are so many who desperately need a place to go,
it is clearly irresponsible to breed more.
If you have read all of this,
taken it to heart, and still feel compelled
to share your life with a wolfdog,
Please call us.
(281) 821-4884 "
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MILTON -- The season ended for the Georgia Tech golf team on Sunday.
But even though the Yellow Jackets were eliminated in the semifinals of the NCAA Men's Championships, they established a good foundation for next year.
Tech was eliminated by Alabama 3-0-2 at the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course, leaving coach Bruce Heppler's team one win shy of reaching the final round. Alabama will meet unheralded Illinois, which upset No. 1 seed Cal, in the final today.
"This will be tough to swallow for a little while," Georgia Tech's Seth Reeves, a Peachtree Ridge graduate said. "It's cool to be part of this team. Next year could be our year to be like Cal. I think we could be that good."
Tech entered the tournament as the No. 7 seed and qualified second in the stroke-play portion of the event. The Yellow Jackets beat UNLV 3-2 on Friday, but never got any traction against Alabama, which will make its second straight appearance in the final match.
Tech's Shun Yat Hak was two-up after seven holes before Alabama's Trey Mullinax reversed the momentum and wound up with a 4 and 3 win. Tech's Ollie Schniederjans lost a 3 and 2 decision to Alabama's Cory Whitsett, the nation's No. 4-ranked player. Reeves lost 3 and 1 to Justin Thomas, who is ranked No. 8.
Two other matches finished all square. Tech's Anders Albertson tied third-ranked Bobby Wyatt, when Wyatt bogeyed the final hole. The players were in the fairway on their first extra hole when the match was stopped. Tech's Bo Andrews and Scott Strohmeyer were on the 18th green when their match was stopped. Both incomplete matches are counted as all square.
Reeves lost two of the first four holes to Thomas to get behind early. He trailed by as many as three holes before trying to mount a comeback. A birdie at No. 14 on a 60-plus foot putt trimmed the lead and he nearly chipped in on the 15th hole. The match ended when he bogeyed the 17th hole after aggressively charging a birdie putt and failing to make the comebacker.
"I missed some opportunities," Reeves said. "It could have changed the momentum if I had taken advantage of the chances I had."
Reeves, a redshirt junior, will lead a solid group of returning players. Albertson and Schiederjans are both sophomores, Bo Andrews and Richard Werenski (who didn't make the team for the NCAAs) are both juniors, and Hak is a freshman.
Reeves won his quarterfinal match against UNLV's Carl Johnson 4 and 3 on Friday. His best finish this season was a tie for second at the Golfweek Preview Invitational in the fall. He is expected to be a foundational member of next year's team.
"Overall the week was very positive," said Reeves, a junior. "It was good to get here. This is the first time we've gotten to the semfinals so it shows the program is getting better."
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Loyola Marymount University is home to one of the panels of the Berlin Wall. Symbolizing the spirit of liberty and freedom of thought, the panel stands on the central part of the campus., During October, LMU students will decorate a replica of the wall as part of "The Wall Project," commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, 30 decorated panels will be placed across Wilshire Boulevard., cleaving Los Angeles in a manner intended to call to mind the 30-year separation of East and West Germany. Ten additional panels will form a display called "Wall Along Wilshire."
Those who watched on television will never forget the crowds assembled at the Berlin Wall in November 1989 to demand free passage between East and West Berlin. When the East German government relented, on Nov. 9, 1989, hammer-wielding celebrants began to chip pieces off the wall. Not long after, the wall was dismantled, preparing the way for Germany's reunification in October 1990.
"When I got the assignment to work on the wall, I started doing research and talking to my relatives," said Justin Manzano, a senior studio arts major and director of the Thomas P. Kelly Jr. Student Art Gallery. "They watched the whole thing happen on TV." Manzano, one of nine LMU student artists who will contribute to the design, said he hopes to inspire students to see protest as a moral support for important causes.
LMU acquired its piece of the Berlin Wall to LMU began as a result of a casual suggestion by Dirk Verheyen, then a professor in the Department of Political Science. Verheyen was on sabbatical in Germany in February 1996, when he met Berlin officials. His idea, mentioned during a conversation, was followed by a letter from the Governing Mayor's Office offering a panel to LMU. The arrangements were made, and in May 1997, the university dedicated its 2.5-ton section of the wall.
Verheyen, in a letter to then-President Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J., said, "I thought Loyola Marymount University, as an institution which is as dedicated to a discourse about values as it is interested in the analysis of facts, might be an appropriate place to display such a piece of the wall, as a reminder of all the dreadful and hopeful things of which humanity is capable."Posted Oct. 26, 2009
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Burgers go bold in Memphis, with upscale ingredients and personal combinations
Seth Agranov throws around terms like "Juicy Lucy" and "One-eyed Jack" like other people talk about mistos and lattes. If you don't know what he means, just ask. He's a man on a mission — educating the readers of his blog, BestMemphisBurger.com. His reason is simple, and he states it on the banner of his blog and at the bottom of his e-mail:
"Because Memphis is more than BBQ."
Agranov started his blog a year ago, and quickly learned two things. One, there are many fine burgers in Memphis, with a steadily rising bar. And two, people can be mean when they disagree with you.
"I was not aware of the kind of passion burgers inspire," he said.
Yet an argument can be made that the burger is the most personalized food that's readily available. You can pick a thin or thick patty, select the temperature, slather on your choice of mayo, mustard, ketchup or dozens of other condiments, select cheese to go on top or inside (or choose to forgo it), add to it from an endless selection of standard and high-end toppings, and pick your bread. You can get it broiled, a la the 1970s diet plate, skillet-fried or grilled,
At Bleu Restaurant & Lounge in the Westin Memphis Beale Street, you can even get your burger served between two grilled sandwiches.
Not a patty melt.
"It's a grilled cheese on the top, and a grilled cheese on the bottom," said chef Robert Nam Cirillo.
The burger, dressed however you want it, goes in between. It's one of hundreds of combinations available on Cirillo's sushilike BYOB (Build Your Own Burger) menu, available at lunch.
"Everyone whoops and hollers about this best burger and that best burger, so what I do is just get the best ingredients I can and allow the guest to build their own best burger," Cirillo said.
His burger starts with beef from Claybrook Farms in Covington, Tenn., which he discovered at the Memphis Farmers Market. Bleu is one of 13 restaurants in town that serves the beef, which has been raised by Michael Rice's family for years. And you might have eaten it.
"For the last six or seven years or so, we supplied the cattle to Neola Farms," Rice said. "People might have eaten it and didn't know it."
Neola Farms, which was a popular supplier to local restaurants and a vendor at farmers markets, closed around the first of the year following the death of founder Mike Lenager. Claybrook, which has long bred cattle, began cultivating a meat business then.
The process of getting a good burger to our local table is a serious one that Rice says depends on three things: Genetics, lifestyle and aging. It starts with simple medical procedure.
"We ultrasound live cattle to see the marbling in the rib eye," Rice said. "Then we match a premium bull with a premium heifer. Generally, if a rib eye is great, the rest of the cow is going to be great."
The cattle live a brief but easy life on 1,000 grazing acres at Claybrook. Calves are milk-fed for about six months, and they eat grass until their last 160 days, when they're finished with grain (about 90 percent of it comes from corn raised at the farm).
"The stress-free life affects the quality of the beef at the end," Rice said.
After processing, the meat is dry-aged for a minimum of 21 days.
"You can really tell the difference," Arganov said. "It's buttery. The texture is so nice."
At Sweet Grass, chef-partner Ryan Trimm uses beef from Donnell Century Farm in Jackson, Tenn., for his burgers, including the popular pimiento cheese burger. (A century farm is one that has been in the same family for 100 or more continuous years; farming started at Donnell in 1835).
It starts with house-made pimiento cheese, which includes two kinds of cheese, certainly the most popular burger topping, and an ingredient that's another favorite burger topping:
"We make the pimiento cheese every day, and we put in the leftover bacon from the night before," Trim said. "We use it all, even the bits from the pan."
The burger is served on a bun made in-house, and comes topped with Trimm's own bread-and-butter pickles. Other toppings, including a fried egg, are available.
Add the egg and you get the One-eyed Jack.
"We get a lot of people adding an egg to it," Trimm said. "I'm a big believer in adding an egg to anything."
The One-eyed Jack is popular at Patrick's Steaks & Spirits in East Memphis, which also serves a burger stuffed with green onions, garlic and brie cheese. Because it's in the middle and gooey, this burger falls squarely in the Juicy Lucy category.
And stuffed isn't the same as, oh, amended. Jose Gutierrez at River Oaks Restaurant has been adding bacon to his big burgers for years, but the bacon bits are spread throughout the patty, not stuffed in the middle. A delicious and decadent burger, among the best in town and plenty juicy, but not loosey.
Burgers can get mighty fancy. You can get one topped with foie gras if that's how you want it at Local Gastropub in Downtown, and even the beer joint of your dreams, the P & H Cafe, now has a burger stuffed with feta cheese and capers.
They can get silly. A burger on a doughnut can be found here and there, including at Patrick's and at Memphis Barbecue Company in Horn Lake.
But it was a solidly good, albeit large half-pounder, that launched Agranov's burger quest (and in September, he's hosting the BestMemphisBurger competition at Minglewood Hall; visit the blog for details). He was camping out to enroll his children in optional schools, and he was cold and tired. A friend's wife delivered a couple of Colossus burgers from 3 Angels Diner. That's when he knew he wanted to write about burgers and where you can get them.
"I just knew I had to tell people about these places," he said.
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I'm happy with its size - I'm able to get a Blackberry Tour, 3 tire levers, spare tire, co2 cartridge and a gel pack inside
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i know this an old question but wich cymbals exactly did Bonham used? ,i know the 2002 and the giant beat, and the big 24" ride and the 15" soundedge, but i have been never sure about the crases, and if he ever used a china
This is where lots of conflicting information comes in. The Paiste website says he used a 16" medium,18" medium, 18" ride, 24" ride and of course the 15" sound edges, and 38" symphonic gong. Jeff Ocheltree's video claimed it was an 18" and 20" medium crash, with the 24" ride and 15" hh and on occasion, would use an additional 18" medium crash on the right behind the 20". Then there is the Paiste list floating around on the web that is supposed to be the actual agreement between JB and Paiste. You can see that here:
Then the book, says he used a 16" or 18" on the left and an 18" medium ride for crashing on his right. The book also said sometimes he used a 20" or a 22" crash/ride on the right. Its safe to say he had a lot of different sizes that he mixed and matched when he felt like it. The only size I didn't see on the Paiste list was the 22". But he was John Bonham, and could've been given one or picked one up anywhere. No china is ever mentioned, but neither are the exrta instruments used during studio work. I have the all of the studio albums on cd, and I haven't picked up on a china being used in there, but I can't say he NEVER used one. Personally, it wouldn't be "his" sound, he had that sound that he maintained throughout his career. To me, a china just doesn't fit in there.
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