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- r/Soccer Frequently Asked Questions
- Submission Questions
- Why isn't my post showing up?
- If my submission was removed and I think it was a mistake or was just caught in the spam filter, should I just submit it again?
- If my submission is considered off-topic here, where can I submit it instead?
- Is there anything I can do to prevent my posts being marked as spam by the spam filter?
- Should I tag my submission with [RUMOR] or [OFFICIAL] or OFFICIAL?
- How can I highlight my submission or add a star to it?
- I have an idea for a type of post
- Do the moderators control the spam filter?
- If my submission is not showing up in new does this mean that I have been banned?
- Is there some sort of super guide to submitting stories?
- Why was my image submission removed?
- Why don't you allow many image submissions?
- Where can I post this funny picture I found?
- There's a post on the front page that is of a type you don't normally allow! What's up with that?!
- So if a type of post that isn't normally allowed makes it to the front page, that means I can submit stuff like that and you'll allow it, too, right?
- How can I link to a tweet?
- I really don't like a certain type of submission / comment. What should I do to express my feelings?
- Has /r/soccer ever thought of doing a "weekly trash talk" thread, a la /r/NFL?
- What posts get stickied and can I sticky my post?
- Someone else submitted a match thread that I wanted to submit before I got a chance! What should I do?
- It's my "cake day"! What's the best kind of submission to make?
- Subreddit-Specific Questions
- How do I get a crest next to my username?
- I requested a crest from /r/soccerbot, but it's not showing up! What gives?
- Can I have two (or more) different crests for my subreddit flair?
- How can I change the picture at the top of the subreddit?
- I record matches and watch them later, how can I hide results?
- Why did my football kit submission get removed?
- What about fantasy football / soccer or pools or pick 'ems? Can I make posts bragging about how well I did this week, or asking people to join my league or give me advice?
- Is there a way to view multiple subreddits on the same page?
- Where is the soccer chat room?
- Where can I find details of the /r/Soccer census?
- Does the community have an official Twitter feed?
- Where can I find the live scores plugin?
- How can I help to be a constructive member of this subreddit?
- I found a comment that is abusive, trolling, spam or against the rules
- I have been banned from the subreddit, why?
- How long will I be banned for?
- I was banned for being hostile / offensive in an argument with another user of the subreddit! Were they banned, too?
- How can I tell if my account will be considered a spam account?
- Can you guys put a countdown to <some event> on the subreddit somewhere?
- Can this subreddit implement the comment score hiding feature?
- Can we please stop calling it "soccer" and call it "football" instead?
- Can we rename /r/soccer to /r/football?
- Can we abandon /r/soccer and go to /r/football instead?
- Entertainment/Merchandise Questions
- Miscellaneous questions
- What club should I support? Is it okay to support the club I support? Is it okay to change loyalties?
- I want to attend a match! How should I get more information?
- There are a bunch of really good matches on today! Which one should I watch?
- I'm new to the sport! How should I learn more?
- Who is the third best player in the world?
r/Soccer Frequently Asked Questions
Submission Questions
Why isn't my post showing up?
- It doesn't meet the rules of the subreddit or it is off-topic
- It is a duplicate of a story that has already been submitted
- It is a hypothetical situation or question that has been asked countless times before. Please try reddit search.
- /r/soccer has a very aggressive spam filter that is controlled by reddit, not the moderators of /r/soccer
- If your submission is caught in the spam filter, check the new tab and make sure that it's not a duplicate of something submitted recently
- If your post isn't a duplicate, message the moderators and we will do our best to rescue it in a timely fashion
- Was your post NSFW? Are you posting as a novelty account? Is your post really bad? Is your post a meme? Is your post basically a tweet? Is your post nothing more than picture(s) of an attractive woman (or multiple women), who just also happen to be soccer players or fans? It's pretty likely a moderator removed your post. Sorry.
- You used a URL shortener instead of the full URL. People like to know what they are clicking on and URL shorteners hide the real source.
- For big breaking news stories it is preferred that a link to a reputable source is linked to rather than a self post reporting the news being submitted
If my submission was removed and I think it was a mistake or was just caught in the spam filter, should I just submit it again?
No. If it was removed once, it will probably be removed again. If you really feel your submission was removed in error, message the moderators. Don't just keep resubmitting the same thing over and over. This makes extra work for the moderators and can lead to a lot of confusion. Doing so will lead to a temporary ban so we can make sure you're clear on this going forward.
If my submission is considered off-topic here, where can I submit it instead?
Check the list of related subreddits. If none of these seems like an appropriate place for your submission, then we probably can't help you. It's really not our concern to help you find a place where you can promote or submit your off-topic content.
Is there anything I can do to prevent my posts being marked as spam by the spam filter?
- Yes. Verify your e-mail address.
- Build your karma by contributing constructively to discussions in the subreddit
- Don't spam a single site over and over
Should I tag my submission with [RUMOR] or [OFFICIAL] or OFFICIAL?
No. Submissions to an official club website or Twitter account will contain the club logo as flair. This allows redditors to identify official stories when scanning a page.
Tags are a form of editorializing. If it isn't official and from a club website then the story quality or content can be judged by other redditors, not by the submitter. Submissions marked with an [Official] tag that aren't from an official club source will be removed.
I submitted a link to an official site or social media account yet the icon didn't show up
This is because soccerbot does not know that the link you submitted is official. Send a message to the moderators with the official link and it will be added to soccerbot. This can work for official websites, Twitter accounts and Facebook accounts.
How can I highlight my submission or add a star to it?
Match Threads will automatically be highlighted green as long as you title the post correctly and it begins with "Match Thread:". See the match thread page on the wiki for more information
The trophy icon is used on some specific threads such as the "Subreddit of the Week"
From time to time the moderators may decide to highlight a post of high quality with a gold star. In the past the moderators have highlighted threads from the Discussion Series (eg. Player Discussion #1: Adel Taraabt). If you feel that your post or a post on the sub deserves to be highlighted then please message the moderators with a link to the post.
I have an idea for a type of post
Some of the best content on the sub, such as the "One Hit Wonder" series have been created as user initiatives. Feel free to create a new series or to kick off a new type of post. There is no need to ask users or the mods if it is a good idea, the best way to work out if it is a good idea is to try it out!
The only exception here is new post or series ideas that have already been addressed by the FAQ and rules. Eg. we don't need another type of 'trash talk' or 'joke' thread.
If you have started a new series and would like to get it highlighted, message the moderators.
Also feel free to add links to your new series of posts on the wiki - see examples such as Subreddit of the Week
How do I message the moderators to find out why my post is not appearing?
First, make sure you understand how posting works and know all the rules by reading this guide
Message the moderators here if you have questions
Do the moderators control the spam filter?
No. It is a feature of reddit and maintained by the site admins. The moderators do not have the ability to alter its behavior.
Can I be whitelisted so all of my submissions go straight into the subreddit without moderating?
The moderators will occasionally approve some members of the subreddit to the whitelist if they have a reputation of submitting good quality content over a period of time. Don't ask the moderators, you will likely be turned down.
If my submission is not showing up in new does this mean that I have been banned?
No, it just means that your submission needs to be approved by moderators. If you were actually banned, you would have received a message from the moderators telling you quite explicitly that you are banned.
Is there some sort of super guide to submitting stories?
Yes, it is here
Why was my image submission removed?
Images (as long as they are inoffensive, safe for work, etc.) are always welcome in comments in relevant threads. However, we have some rules about what kinds of images are allowed as top level submissions. Basically, if the image doesn't provide adequate context on its own, and/or doesn't illustrate an important and relevant talking point, it will be removed if it is a top level submission. Here are some general guidelines (note: the moderators may use their discretion to remove things not covered by these guidelines):
- Image memes, image macros, other joke images (players pulling funny faces, comics, photoshops, lookalikes, etc.), etc. are banned as top level submissions always.
- Pictures of your collections of shirts / jerseys / kits / scarves / other random merchandise are not allowed as top level submissions.
- Random pictures of footballers, coaches, pundits, owners, etc., outside of a footballing context (pictures of them as children, at a club, at the beach, etc.) are not allowed as top level submissions.
- Screen shots and photographs from active matches are welcomed only as links in comments in relevant match threads (not as top level submissions).
- Screen shots of mistakes / typos / silly things someone said during match commentary / comment threads / etc. from web pages, subreddit discussions, television coverage, etc. are not allowed as top level submissions.
- "Hey guys, I attended a match or several, check out these pictures I took!" or "Hey guys, I went to a football related place and took some pictures there!" albums are not allowed as top level submissions.
- Pictures that are "your view" of a match / matches (whether it be a picture you took of while sitting in a stadium, or a picture you took of your TV / computer setup while watching / streaming matches) aren't allowed as top level submissions (and they're completely uninteresting... why do people keep submitting these?)
- Pictures of you or your wife or your husband or your friend or neighbor or whoever standing next to a player, coach, pundit, etc. are not allowed as top level submissions.
- Wallpapers, icons, etc. are not allowed as top level submissions.
- Pictures of the crowd at a game, silly banners or adverts, etc. are not allowed as top level submissions.
- Other images such as images of past matches, supporters, players, etc. are very much frowned upon, and only allowed if it is a major event and the submitter provides solid context behind the image. If you'd like to submit this kind of post, please do so via a self-post providing proper context.
- Informative information presented as an image, for e.g. a league table, a summary of results, or football related statistics are allowed as top level submissions.
Why don't you allow many image submissions?
Because reddits ranking algorithm is biased towards short-form content such as images. It drowns out the better quality long form content. See this post for more details and an explanation.
Where can I post this funny picture I found?
In the comments of a relevant thread, or at /r/soccerpics
There's a post on the front page that is of a type you don't normally allow! What's up with that?!
We aren't robots, we aren't perfect, and we have to sleep sometime. Unfortunately, sometimes things slip through the cracks. We have a tendency to not remove things if they hit the front page, unless they're an extreme violation of our rules. Minor violations of rules / policies we tend to let slide if they get past us.
So if a type of post that isn't normally allowed makes it to the front page, that means I can submit stuff like that and you'll allow it, too, right?
No. We only let stuff like that get to the front page on accident. Subsequent posts of a similar type that we do notice will be removed normally.
How can I link to a tweet?
Click on a tweet to expand it. There is a link called 'details' at the bottom of the tweet - copy that link and submit it (if it hasn't been submitted already). Do not post screenshots to tweets.
I really don't like a certain type of submission / comment. What should I do to express my feelings?
Downvote it, hide it, and move on with your life. Your personal feelings might not match those of the rest of the users of this subreddit. Creating comments and submissions to complain about other comments and submissions does nothing but lowers the overall signal-to-noise ratio of the rest of the subreddit. Submissions like this will be removed. Comments will likely be downvoted to oblivion.
Has /r/soccer ever thought of doing a "weekly trash talk" thread, a la /r/NFL?
Yes. It is not explicitly against the rules. Someone tries to make one once or twice a week. It almost always is downvoted to oblivion. Most of the comments are about how stupid the idea of a trash talk thread is. They have a very poor track record of success. You have been warned.
What posts get stickied and can I sticky my post?
From time to time and at the moderators discretion announcement posts from the mods will be stickied at the top of the sub. Other important posts such as announcements, AMA's etc. may also be stickied.
Someone else submitted a match thread that I wanted to submit before I got a chance! What should I do?
Be first next time. We don't get preferential treatment to certain match thread submitters over others. It's first-come first-serve. Please don't whine about not getting to post your thread or message the moderators and ask us to take the other one down.
I just noticed that you removed my post! Why didn't you send me a message or something to tell me?
Honestly, we simply don't have time for that. We remove dozens if not hundreds of posts every single day. We don't have time to type out individual messages every time. If you desperately need a reason for why we removed something, please send us a moderator message and we'd be happy to tell you exactly why we removed something.
It's my "cake day"! What's the best kind of submission to make?
Don't. Make. A. Cake. Day. Post.
No. One. Gives. A. Shit.
At the time of this writing, there are about 200,000 subscribers to this subreddit. That means, purely on average, there are about 550 /r/soccer subscribers having their "cake day" on any given day. Do you really want to see 550 submissions that are basically "hey it's the anniversary of this arbitrary day that I made an account... here's a submission that normally would be downvoted to oblivion... give me karma!" every single day? No. No you do not. We will remove any submission that contains the word "cake day" in the title.
Subreddit-Specific Questions
How do I get a crest next to my username?
Go to /r/soccerbot/
Navigate to the region and the team whos crest you would like and click on the crest. This will send a message to soccerbot and will enable your crest in the custom style for the subreddit
I requested a crest from /r/soccerbot, but it's not showing up! What gives?
99.9% of the time, the answer to this question is: "The crest only shows up on your comments on /r/soccer, and you haven't ever (or at least recently) made a comment on /r/soccer. You have to make comments for the crest to show up."
You should also check you user preferences and make sure that the option "show user flair" is checked.
0.1% of the time, the answer is: "There is a rare reddit bug that makes it so some users, for reasons unknown, simply can't have flailr on this subreddit. It's a glitch, and not one we have any control over. Sorry."
Can I have two (or more) different crests for my subreddit flair?
We get this question a lot.
The short answer is: "No."
Reddit's flair system isn't conducive to having multiple crests as flair (although it is technically possible). But we don't consider it worth the additional effort, also it looks kinda ugly. We also think that it would lead to pointless arguments about how you should only support one team etc. You can use soccerbot to switch your flair, it only takes a couple of minutes to register a flair change so we suggest you do that when you want to show allegiance to a different team.
How can I change the picture at the top of the subreddit?
The subreddit image usually contains a recent news item or some milestone. If you have a suggestion message the moderators. For best results, include a link to the image and any relevant information on who, what, where, and why it's important. Please don't suggest banners memorializing a person or group. We try to avoid memorial banners and try to stick to current news and more lighthearted images.
Why did you pick that picture as the banner picture? Surely, this other event is more newsworthy or important!
The banner picture is not a prize. It's not an award for "most interesting or important football event". If someone requests a specific banner pic, it represents some sort of interesting piece of current football related news, and we haven't changed the picture in a few hours, it is likely to be put up. If no one has requested one in a while, the moderators will try to hunt one down ourselves. We'll either pick a big piece of news, or we'll try to vary it up by picking some unpopular (on /r/soccer) or lower league to feature.
To reiterate, it isn't a prize or an award. It's just a brief feature of some interesting or important piece of football related news. Please don't message the moderators or create a submission to complain about our choice of banner picture. That is just plain obnoxious. If you really don't like the banner picture, please feel free to suggest a new one. Otherwise, just wait a day or two, and it'll change to something else.
I record matches and watch them later, how can I hide results?
Install the /r/Soccer unspoiler script - works with Firefox (with Greasemonkey) and Chrome as a user script
Why did my football kit submission get removed?
We are no longer allowing submissions about kits. Instead we are encouraging people who are interested in discussing the latest kits to make submissions and subscribe to /r/SoccerDesign.
Where can I discuss football related games?
There are subreddits for live football games such as FIFA, football management games and fantasy leagues. You can find links to them below in related subreddits
What about fantasy football / soccer or pools or pick 'ems? Can I make posts bragging about how well I did this week, or asking people to join my league or give me advice?
No. We consider all types of fantasy sports to be off-topic for this subreddit as well. Check out /r/FantasyPL or /r/FantasyMLS to get your fantasy fix.
Is there a way to view multiple subreddits on the same page?
Yes, by listing the subreddits in the URL. for eg. if you want to view both soccer and soccerpics, go to this URL:
you can add a + to add more subreddits, for eg. to add soccer, FIFA, streams and pics:
Where is the soccer chat room?
It is #reddit-soccer on Freenode. Most popular IRC clients already have Freenode servers selected
The web interface can found at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#reddit-soccer
Where can I find details of the /r/Soccer census?
A census of users was conducted in 2012. The results can be found here
Does the community have an official Twitter feed?
You can get the latest headlines from the subreddit along with other announcements on Twitter at @redditsoccer
A list of football related twitter users can be found on the list at /lists/football
Where can I find the live scores plugin?
The live scores plugin can be found as a Chrome browser extension from the Chrome Webstore
How can I help to be a constructive member of this subreddit?
- Browse the new queue and upvote or downvote new stories so they surface on the front page
- Report spam comments or spam posts that aren't caught by the filter
- Report any racism, flaming or general unsavory or offensive behaviour in comments
- Upvote constructive and interesting comments, regardless of if you agree with the point-of-view
I am receiving abusive private messages from members of this subreddit
Please forward all the information including which user is messaging you and the content of the messages to the moderators.
Sending abuse or trolling via private messages will be treated in the same way as comments in threads are treated - offenders will be banned.
I found a comment that is abusive, trolling, spam or against the rules
Report all comments that contravene the rules immediately by clicking on the 'report' button underneath the comment. This will bring the comment to the attention of the mods.
Report anything off-topic, abusive, trolling or spam.
I have been banned from the subreddit, why?
Because you broke one of the rules or have been identified as being in violation of the spam guidelines. Please read and understand the following sections:
Bans are handed out at moderators discretion. If you broke one of the rules, regret the actions that lead up to your ban, and feel that your behavior was not in line with your ordinary behavior, then message the moderators and ask them to reconsider.
This also applies to those who have been banned long-term. If you were in violation of the spam guidelines, then message the moderators and have a brief conversation with them about what you can do to stop being considered a spammer.
How long will I be banned for?
Most users will receive a temporary ban on their first offense.
For first time offenders in most cases the ban is for 24 hours. If you have previously been banned your ban will be permanent.
To get a ban lifted, to appeal a ban or to ask why you were banned please read and understand all the rules and guidelines here and then if required message the moderators
I was banned for being hostile / offensive in an argument with another user of the subreddit! Were they banned, too?
It doesn't matter. We take all cases individually. If you did something worthy of being banned, you are banned. It doesn't matter if you felt that you were provoked. If someone is egging you on or otherwise provoking you, ignore them and message the moderators. Let us handle it.
How can I tell if my account will be considered a spam account?
Is your account name the same name as the site you're promoting? You're probably a spammer. Does the majority of your participation on the subreddit (submissions and/or comments) link to a site you are attempting to promote? You're probably a spammer. Do you attempt to guide people to a site you are attempting to promote at every opportunity? You're probably a spammer.
Can you guys put upcoming matches in the sidebar?
Can we? Yes. Will we? Probably not.
First, there's a matter of selecting which leagues / national competitions should get featured. There are dozens of matches every single day in all parts of the world. We could put up only the biggest and most important ones, but that feels a little discriminatory.
Second, even if we just limit it to the top leagues and competitions, there are still dozens of matches over the course of any given weekend in these leagues. 10 English Premiership matches, 9 German Bundesliga matches, 10 Spanish La Liga matches, 10 French Ligue 1 matches, and 10 Italian Serie A matches on most weekends alone. Trying to put just matches from the "Big 5" alone would leave the sidebar cluttered, hideous, and hard to read. So then we're left to whittle the list down even further, which means we're discriminating against certain leagues even more.
Third, the creation and updating of such a list would be a lot of extra work for the moderation team, as there probably isn't a good way to automate the process. This means neglecting our other moderating duties for something that doesn't add a whole lot of value.
We won't be doing this anytime soon.
Can you guys put a countdown to <some event> on the subreddit somewhere?
No, we can't. Well, I guess we could technically, but we'd have to manually update it constantly and that's more work than we're willing to do. As moderators, we don't have access to change the subreddit's JavaScript or insert a widget to do a countdown. We can only change the content and the CSS and a few other subreddit settings.
Can this subreddit implement the comment score hiding feature?
In May of 2013 the reddit admin's implement and announced a new feature that would hide the score of comments for a particular period of time. This feature can be implemented by moderators on a per-subreddit basis. The idea behind the feature was that with scores not being visible on comments for the first 30, 60, 90 or however many minutes that it would discourage group upvoting and downvoting and it would encourage voting on comments based on the content, rather than their score.
It was thought that this feature would be useful on /r/soccer since some perceive there to be a problem of comment upvoting and downvoting based on which team a user supports. This sub ran a trial of the feature for a week after the feature was implemented, and we found that it made no difference in upvoting and downvoting behavior, that it confused a lot of users and sparked a fierce debate where most threads were consumed by talking about the meta issue of comment scores rather than the topic at hand.
A user poll on what to do with the feature along with feedback to the moderators and the moderators general experience meant that the feature was disabled. It will likely not come back in the future.
Can we please stop calling it "soccer" and call it "football" instead?
Call it whatever you want. Soccer, football, futbol, fußball, calcio, whatever. It's really, really unimportant. Everyone here knows what sport you're talking about. Whining about people from different places using different terms than you is about as pointless and obnoxious as it gets. You might as well complain that they don't speak English in every country on the planet.
For the love of all that is holy, don't create posts asking or demanding people to adopt your specific language / dialect. Posts like that will be removed on sight.
Can we rename /r/soccer to /r/football?
No. First off, see the previous question. Second, no. We literally can't. It's not possible.
Can we abandon /r/soccer and go to /r/football instead?
No one is stopping you from unsubscribing from /r/soccer if just seeing the word "soccer" causes your blood to boil and you just can't stand it. We don't have the option of just renaming the subreddit, nor would we care enough to rename it if we could. See the above question about calling it soccer instead of football for why. Feel free to leave /r/soccer. Don't feel free to make a post asking others to join you.
Entertainment/Merchandise Questions
What are some good websites to get soccer related news, scores and analysis?
There is a page on the wiki with a dedicated list
What are some good football related documentaries and movies?
There is a page on the wiki dedicated to football/soccer related films, documentaries and news articles.
Where can I find information on buying shirts / kit / jerseys / other merchandise?
The best source to buy a jersey is from club websites. Each club has a website that sells merchandise. Not only do you assure that you receive high quality and official merchandise, but you are also supporting the club.
Can I make posts requesting information / sites / resources to buy cheap or rare shirts / kit / jerseys / other merchandise?
No. As mentioned above, we encourage our users to buy directly from the clubs' websites in order to best support them. We also get a ton of spamming on these types of posts. We already have enough issues with people trying to spam us with shady shirt sales sites. Don't support these kind of people. NOTE: If you make any comment or submission mentioning one of the sites that spams us regularly, you will be banned until we can determine whether or not you are actually affiliated with them.
Where can I find online streams for matches? How can I best let people know about a good match stream that I found?
Do not create threads requesting or announcing streams - they will be removed. Sometimes some users will post links in match threads to official and unofficial streaming websites. Find the relevant match threads and find the streaming links.
If there are no links to streams in the match thread, or if you need help finding a site with a stream, or information about your local broadcasters, help with setting up software like AceStream, Sopcast, Bittorrent Live, etc. please see this thread:
Any threads requesting streams will be removed.
Miscellaneous questions
What club should I support? Is it okay to support the club I support? Is it okay to change loyalties?
No one cares. It's totally up to you.
New to the sport? Watch a bunch of matches and decide what club suits you the best. Or pick a club based off of how cool their name or kit or crest is. Or pick one of the most popular clubs. Or pick one of the least popular clubs. Or pick the club that your father supported. Or pick that club's rivals. Or pick the club closest to you. Or pick the club furthest away from you.
Whatever. It doesn't really matter to anyone except for you. No matter who you pick, some people will agree with your decision, and others will disagree with it vehemently. Stop trying to please people and just do what you have to do to enjoy the sport the most. Support whoever you want. Change loyalties every day if you want. You are a fully capable human being. Make your own decisions, and stop looking for approval from others about whether or not they are acceptable decisions.
However, don't make a thread about it. This is probably the most common type of thread we have on this subreddit. They're pointless and they never go anywhere productive. We remove these kinds of threads on sight.
I want to attend a match! How should I get more information?
/r/soccer is not google. Please don't use it as such. We have 180,000+ subscribers. Can you imagine what /r/soccer would look like if every time someone wanted to attend a match they created a submission about it?
If you want to attend a match, the first step should be to google the club or location where you will be and try to get information about tickets that way. If it isn't immediately apparent how to obtain tickets, look for an email address that you can contact and ask for more information. The club is always the best source of information.
If your questions still don't get answered and you really want to ask reddit's help, your best bet is to contact the subreddit of the club whose match you're trying to attend. Here is a list of all of the related subreddits. The club subreddits can be found there. /r/soccer is filled with hundreds of thousands of people who all support a huge variety of clubs. Your post will be likely be irrelevant to >90% of our subscribers, and as such it would be removed. The individual club subreddits will have much better and specialized information for you.
Again, posts asking the best way to attend matches will be removed on site.
There are a bunch of really good matches on today! Which one should I watch?
Whichever one interests you the most. Don't create a submission about it.
I'm new to the sport! How should I learn more?
Please don't make a post asking for more general information about the sport. They will be removed. Instead read this awesome primer: http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/rs630/scarys_guide_to_global_soccer_for_americans/
Who is the third best player in the world?
It's Heskey. Or Bendtner. Or whoever. This is one of the most asked questions on the subreddit, and it's 100% completely subjective.
For the love of all that is holy, please don't make this post and be that guy.
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After Vanilla Ice sold 7 million copies of his debut album in 1990, the white rapper formerly known as Robert Van Winkle quickly found himself a cultural whipping boy. In an era of steeled hip-hop produced by serious, hardened outfits like Public Enemy and NWA, Vanilla Ice wore ridiculous glitter pants, opened for MC Hammer and even falsely claimed that he had been stabbed five times in gang fights. People were playa hatin' Vanilla before the phrase even existed.
Only two things matter in the rap game: street cred and money. Vanilla Ice had none of the former. But even a run-in with Death Row records impresario Suge Knight that Ice says cost him $180 million couldn't stop him from holding onto his money. He managed to stay flush even when he could no longer sell the public on his soft-serve rhymes, bleach-blond pompadour and Liberace get-ups.
In 1998, Ice stepped into the nu metal arena and released "Hard to Swallow." He is currently touring in support of "Bi-Polar," an album with eight nu metal tracks and 16 rap tracks that mark his return to rhymes.
Ice is now married with two children. He believes that Jesus Christ is his personal savior. Despite his multiple attempts to recreate himself as a real musician and crack his cold-as-ice rep, he's still a punchline, especially in the hip-hop world.
A perplexed generation that can't get "Ice Ice Baby" out of its head demands answers. I recently talked with Ice about his new gig as a nu metal frontman, the "Ice Ice Baby" era, his pet kangaroo Bucky and those wack haircuts he used to have.
You remember the haircuts, don't you?
First things first. On your new album, "Bi-Polar," you're billed as V-Ice. What's up with the name change?
No, get that straight. It's still Vanilla Ice. I guess they just put it short on the record and people are asking me that question and it's funny because there's no name change. I'm proud of it and I'm not trying to run from anything or hide from anything. You think of Prince who changed his name, it's like, who gives a fuck? He didn't change his name. He made it a symbol. He didn't even have a name.
How did you come to be called Vanilla Ice in the first place?
Back when I was 13 or 14 I used to spin on my head on cardboard and break dance, and I had a bunch of black friends and they just labeled me Vanilla Ice. Actually, I didn't like it, so they just called me it more. It just stuck with me like a nickname.
So let's talk about "Bi-Polar." Why a nu metal album and a rap album on the same disc?
My main focus is on the rock stuff just because of everything I've been through. Music is about reflection. I get more energy from it. But I still love hip-hop and I did it to show people I'm still true to hip-hop. A lot of people today are influenced by both. They might listen to Nirvana and Pearl Jam but still listen to Wu Tang and Busta Rhymes. I did it to show people I know where my roots are and I haven't left it behind, so for you guys, here's some hip-hop. But my main focus is the band.
What made you decide that being a nu metal frontman was for you?
There wasn't much thought behind it. It was the intensity of the lyrics I was writing. There was absolutely no way I was going to go scream over some break beat or some fucking computer to match the intensity that I'm wantin' to deliver. There was no way it was going to get done without the band. I'm enjoyin' myself now for the first time ever. It's hard to understand that, you sell 17 million records it sounds like it's great and gravy and shit, but I didn't enjoy it too much, man. Anyone who hates on Vanilla Ice would have done the same fucking thing, so they can't hate on me. They told me, we want you to wear these baggy pants because the young kids like it because the young kids like it and it's all glittery and polished and everything, and I said, "Fuck no, I'm not wearin' this gay-ass shit," and they said, "Well here's a million dollars, man, will you do it?" And I said, "Fuck yes." And anybody would have done the same thing if they were given the same chance. I'd lick my mother's asshole for a million dollars.
As you say in "Hip Hop Rules," "I went 17 platinum/amazing." How high are you going to take it this time around?
I don't set any goals for myself. I always expect the unexpected, man. I'm still getting beyond that stigma and shit. I've faced my adversities and I'm catering to the ones who appreciate what I'm doing, and there are a shitload of them out there. I have a very loyal fan base, similar to Insane Clown Posse's fan base, a lot of young kids 15 to 19, body-piercing tattooed kids who are very aware of "Ice Ice Baby" and the whole player hatin' thing or whatever and they're very into what I'm doing now. And I'm very appreciative of that. I'm not like a Korn or Limp Bizkit who comes out hardcore and goes mainstream. I'm like the guy who went backwards. I started off mainstream and now I'm into the hardcore shit. It's not about the money or anything for me. I just enjoy making my music and to have people appreciate it is my award.
How much do you bench?
Fuck dude, I haven't bench-pressed since high school.
Fair enough. So you produced both the metal and rap cuts on "Bi-Polar" and played many instruments. What was that experience like?
It's awesome. You think of all these fabricated bands and shit, for instance Madonna, where somebody else writes their music and makes the beats and writes the lyrics and packages the whole thing and they're sitting up there in front of a crowd, and there's no way possible you could tell me that it's as gratifying as if you did all the shit yourself. It's much more gratifying. I play the drums, I play the guitar, I play the bass, I play keyboards and all that shit and just to do it and produce it, it's you. It's more real. It's not some fabricated bullshit. I'm not going to lie. It'll never sell 17 million or nothin' like that and I'm not tryin' to. I'm just tryin' to cater to those who appreciate what I'm doing.
The nu metal side of your new album is called "Skabz." With a "Z." Are you talking about dermal blood encrustations or people who cross the lines during union strikes? Or what exactly does that refer to?
You know, like if you got dragged down the street like fuckin' some hate crime or somethin' and you didn't die? Like I said earlier, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. So basically I'm picking my scabs.
People might be surprised to know that you've got a set of golden pipes. Where did you develop that sweet-ass voice?
Fuck, dude, it just comes from my emotion, man. Ross Robinson, workin' with him on my last record, he showed me a way to capture an emotional moment on tape, whatever comes out, just be rollin'. First take, that's the realest one.
Now that you're a family man how is touring different?
I still hang out and do my shit, I just don't fuck around. You've done it so long and so many times, I guess the thrill's gone. I love playin' the music, and that's the party to me. The whole time I'm on stage, I'm just havin' the best time of my life, man. That's what it's all about for me.
On this album you work with Chuck D and LA tha Darkman from the Wu Tang Clan. How did you get guys who would have clowned you 10 years ago to rhyme on this album?
Just respect, man. If you listen to the lyrics, lyrically I've held my own. It's not like Hammer or Tone Loc where they don't have lyrical content. If you released "Ice Ice Baby" today, it would fit in today's lyrical respect among peers, you know what I'm sayin'? I think that if they would have clowned it back in the day, it would've only been because it was a movement and they jumped on the bandwagon, not out of seriousness. Everybody knows I hold my own. My lyrics aren't, "Pump it up, go! Go!" At least I'm sayin' somethin'.
Your press release says that you've found a personal connection to God. Your song "Molton" concludes with you singing "I am a holy soldier!" over and over. What does that mean?
That I'm a soldier, man, that I believe in Jesus Christ as my personal savior. But I'm not really religious. I just believe that there's a higher power and that we're not evolved or whatever. We didn't just come from the sand. Of course you can tell by the record with all the fucks and everything that I just believe that my character speaks for itself in the eyes of God and words and anger and all that shit is just part of life. I think there's more people going to heaven than they think. Bible Belt people try to make everybody feel like they're going to hell and I don't believe that. I think God has pity on us. We're only victims of today's society. Our generation didn't invent this whole society, we're just conformed to it. So you can't punish us for that. I think everybody's going to heaven unless you're really fucking up and doing something you're conscious of and you don't do anything to correct it.
Your contemporaries from the late '80s rap game like MC Hammer are infamous for going bankrupt. How did you manage to hold on to the bling bling?
Investments, bro. Don't play the stock market unless you know what you're doing, and real estate, you can't lose. Two quick words of wisdom to anybody out there who wants to hold onto their money.
Rappers like to floss. What's the most lavish thing you've dropped money on?
I used to floss like crazy. I had a $650,000 Porsche, two million-dollar yachts and mansions everywhere and every other fucking material thing you could imagine. And the people it attracted was a bunch of fake, leach, rock star leach, stripper-chick wannabes, and it was just a fuckin' … none of them is your friend. They're around you because of who you are, not what you are. So I learned a valuable lesson. I learned every fuckin' thing the hard way.
Everyone who has seen your "Behind the Music" knows that you had a run-in with Suge Knight back in the day. Do you guys still have beef?
There's no animosity. If anything he's probably happy about it. He got $180 million from me in the beginning and started Death Row Records. I look at it in a positive way because I tried to commit suicide in '94 when I had $20 million in the bank, and this is before that even, so why am I going to care about what he took from me. Without the money he got from me, the money wouldn't have been as great to fund the Chronic record, Tupac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg … all that shit came from what Suge got from me to start Death Row.
You like to ride ninja motorcycles. Did you ever consider becoming one?
No, man, I just love motocross. My passion for motocross goes back 20 years.
Right. But if you did become a ninja, what kind of ninja do you think you'd be?
A teenage mutant ninja is what I'd be. "Go ninja …"
How was it working with Michael Gross, aka Mr. Keaton from "Family Ties," in "Cool as Ice"?
Michael Gross? Oh you remember that, huh?
I rented it this weekend for, like, the fifth time. Fucking love it. I love that scene where you're in the house, the big romance, fall-in-love scene. But what was Michael Gross like?
He was cool, man. When you're actin' and shit, it helps to have someone good on the other side deliver the lines to you. It makes you deliver your shit better. He's great.
Did Tina Yothers ever come around the set?
Tina Yothers?
Yeah, from "Family Ties."
Oh, that's right. No, there was a bunch of people around, but not her.
You were a pretty serious jet ski and motocross racer. Have you ever thought about racing a monster truck?
[Laughs] No, but I sure would. I'd jump one in a minute.
If you did, what would you call your monster truck?
I'd call it the Mud Munster. Yeah. I have a song called "Mud Munster" on my new record.
Have you ever used the line "Drop that zero and get with the hero" in real life?
Just jokingly. It's a great one-liner isn't it? It's funny as fuck. People remember that shit.
Ice Cube wrote the screenplay for the new "Friday" flick. Do you have any plans to get behind the camera and pursue film?
I just did a cameo appearance in a movie called "The New Guy." They always seem to use my songs. There's some movie out now and they're using my song in the trailer …
"Ice Ice Baby?"
Yeah. I get a few roles thrown my way, but we turn down more than we do. It's more about music for me. If the right role comes along, I'll take it, but I'm not going to just jump on anything that comes my way.
You popularized a few catchphrases with "To the Extreme" that were really perplexing. Why did you start saying "yup yup" and "word to your mother"? What do they mean?
They're just phrases I said along my whole entire high school period and friends you hang out with and shit. Your music is about your reflection, bro. Shit that you say and do is going to come out and people picked up on it. There wasn't a whole bunch of thinkin' behind it.
Do you still throw those phrases around today?
Jokingly. Yeah, every now and then. I kind of crack on my old self. I understand the whole thing. People know that I understand it, so it's OK. Everything's cool with me. I'm copacetic.
On the back of the "Bi-Polar" album cover, there's a picture of you making a hand gesture where you look like you're grabbing an invisible ball with both hands. Does that mean anything?
Because you used to have a hand signal for VIP [Vanilla Ice Posse] right?
Yeah, you hold the two middle fingers up.
Do you have any dogs?
No. I've got a kangaroo.
What's its name?
Bucky. It's cool as fuck. They don't kick like people say and shit. They're really nice.
That's cool. But as a general rule of thumb, how many attack dogs do you think a rapper should have?
[Laughs] I think you should have none. You don't have to fill any fuckin' stereotype image.
True. Your unique hairstyles used to be a hallmark of your style. Looking back, what do you think about those cuts now?
Too high-maintenance.
Was the Boz, Brian Bosworth, an inspiration at all in terms of hairstyles?
I didn't even know who he was until he started making the movies.
Do you still cut your own hair?
It's low-maintenance now. I like not having to deal with it. Just wake up and fuckin' whatever.
A lot of celebrities have a cause these days. Sally Struthers has those starving kids. Bob Dole has erectile problems. What's your cause?
My cause is my own kids. That's my priority.
When you were kicking around titles for the album that became "Bi-Polar," did "Ice capades" ever come up as a possible title?
No. That's a little too friendly for me.
When you hear "Ice Ice Baby" on the radio these days, what do you do?
Fuckin' turn it up. It feels great. That's a great song. It's timeless. It holds a space in history and you can't take it away. You just own that piece of time. Everybody loves that song. I don't know anybody who doesn't.
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@ccllyyddee john lurie is a great human being and artist. that you were left with that feeling despite having read tad friend's version of the truth in the new yorker article is a miracle. i have been following the story as well, and have discovered many more articles and interviews which paint a much more accurate, and fair picture of him. this one is a brilliant rebuttal to the new yorker piece
and his version of his life, in his own words
john lurie has been a real, human and good hearted man while creating the kind of magical moments that stay with people, and bring them joy for years. and he's still doing it, with his bizarre sense of humor intact despite it all.
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Alvin L. Hoffman, 79, of 628 S. Michael St., St. Marys, died Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Pinecrest Manor following an illness of the past several months.
He was born Aug. 3, 1932, in St. Marys, son of the late Anthony and Marie Sporner Hoffman.
On July 20, 1957, in Brookville, he married Anna M. Allegretto, who survives.
Mr. Hoffman was a lifelong resident of the area and attended St. Marys schools. He was a retired employee of Carbone of America, retiring in 1995.
Louise A. Glatt, 91, of 108 Irishtown Rd., Fox Manor, Kersey, died Thursday March 5, 2012 at Elk Haven Nursing Home following an illness of the past several months.
She was born Feb. 19, 1921 in Benezette, daughter of the late Raymond and Kathleen Von Reibnitz Sexton.
She was a lifelong resident of the area and attended Benezette schools. She was part owner of the former Glatt's Inn in Kersey and had worked at Sylvania in Emporium for many years.
On Jan. 12, 1952 in Kersey, she married Robert E. Glatt, who preceded her in death on Jan. 10, 1998.
Frank W. Garner, 90, of Pinecrest Manor and formerly of 544 Kerner Ave., St. Marys, died on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 following a lengthy illness.
He was born Feb. 20, 1922 in St. Marys, a son of the late Karl and Verna Zeigler Garner.
On Dec. 5, 1949 in St. Mary's Church, he married the late Bertha Herzing Garner, who preceded him in death in 1989.
Mr. Garner was a lifelong resident of the area and was a member of the St. Mary's Church. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was the recipient of a Purple Heart after being wounded in Germany in 1944.Â
Dawn E. Baker, 49, of 106 Abbot Rd., St. Marys, died Wednesday, March 4, 2012 at her residence following an illness of the past several months.
She was born July 29, 1962 in Ridgway, daughter of the late Robert and Marion Stewert Hoffman.
She was a lifelong resident of the area and a graduate of Johnsonburg High School, Class of 1980. She was employed at MPP in St. Marys.
Jane G. Sorg, 89, of 561 Rock St., St. Marys, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Elk Haven Nursing Home following a brief illness.
She was born March 9, 1923 in St. Marys, daughter of the late Herman and Genevieve Mayer Gregory. She was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Class of 1941.
On Oct. 12, 1948 in the St. Mary's Church, she married Paul J. Sorg, who preceded her in death on May 25, 1990.
Dennis A. Wolfe, 75, of Rattlesnake Road in Brockport, died on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at his residence.
He was born on Nov. 2, 1936 in St. Marys to the late Joseph and Loretta Eckert Wolfe. On Oct. 29, 1994, he married Naomi R. Heise, who survives.
Michael J. Zwald, 39, of 35 South St., Ridgway, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Elk Regional Health Center following an industrial accident.
He was born July 27, 1972 in St. Marys, the son of W. James and Sandra Salter Zwald, who survive, of St. Marys. On July 11, 1998 in the Queen of the World Church, he married April M. Whiteman, who survives.
David John Frantz Jr., 55, died suddenly on Friday, March 30, 2012 at his home in Hiller.
He was born Nov. 11, 1956 in DuBois, the son of the late David "Yunk" Frantz Sr.
He was in the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. He was also a member of the West Brownsville American Legion Post 940 and the director and State Officer of Region 1.
He loved his family; riding bikes; his pets, Jack Daniels; and cooking on the grill.
Theodore Irwin, 78, of Gardner Hill, Weedville, died on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Clearfield Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was born Aug. 24, 1933 in Medix Run, son of the late Raymond and Ruth (Lewis) Irwin.
He lived in Bennetts Valley for most of his life. He was a member of Weedville Wesleyan Church and enjoyed HAM Radios.
He retired from the Navy Construction Battalion "Seabees," where his service included the Vietnam War.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Mildred M. Haberberger, 92, of 1036 Theresia St., St. Marys, died at Elk Regional Health Center on Friday morning, March 30, 2012.
She was born Aug. 20, 1919 in St. Marys, a daughter of the late John A. and Cecilia M. Feldbauer Braun.
On July 6, 1945 in St. Marys Church, she married the late Cletus J. "Beeps" Haberberger, who preceded her in death Feb. 2, 1990.


text: > I just meant that it is a desirable terminological property. > Thanks though for pointing out that state update is only possible > once the output is known whatever the procedure -- I overlooked > that detail ;) My current favorite is "direct implementation" of > instantaneity, as opposed to reconfiguring the graph. As you say, > there aren't many alternatives to exclude. That's my favorite as well. Anyway, I think both approaches are formally equivalent. > >> What do you also think about "instantaneously unstable" (or is >> it instable?) term then? > > ... > > For instance, if we close a loop with feedback gain g around an > integrator, the overall analog transfer function is Ha(s) = > 1/(s-g) so stability requires g < 0. BLT'ing the integrator with > a scale parameter of c gives a digital pole at z = (c+g)/(c-g) > and the loop gain is k = g/c, so divergence is immediate if g = > 1/c. Now, this is positive by definition of c and hence makes Ha > unstable, but the response is still defined for all time. > *However* (and I just noticed this), positive g is outside the > trapezoidal rule's so-called stability region which only > comprises the left half s-plane! > > ... > I think what I was referring to is slightly different. I do want to include unstable systems into the analysis (e.g. self-oscillating filters). However, there are unstable cases where the solution of the feedback equation produces a "wrong" result. In fact the solution of the feedback equation yields the stability point, but it's not guaranteed that this stability point is to be reached. This is what I referred to in my article as "non-zero impedance approach". I believe you could explicitly obtain the same result with the approach of the Harma's article you pointed me to, except instead of a unit delay running at a very high sampling rate in the feedback path you need to use a lowpass filter with a very high cutoff running at a very high sampling rate. I once did the same in the continuous time domain, obtaining similar results. Usually you don't run into this problem. However e.g. for the ladder filter model (which is a particular case of the structure in Fig.3 in my article) you run into this case at k<-1. Interestingly, this also corresponds to having more than one solution for the nonlinear case, for a typical shape of the nonlinearity (linear around zero, then clipping/saturating). So, while 1+gk is not zero, the straightforward solution of the feedback equation is wrong. Instead, the system reaches infinitely high level (unless there is saturation) within a single sample. Regards, Vadim -- Vadim Zavalishin Senior Software Developer | R&D Tel +49-30-611035-0 Fax +49-30-611035-2600 NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH Schlesische Str. 28 10997 Berlin, Germany http://www.native-instruments.com Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg Registernummer: HRB 72458 UST.-ID.-Nr. DE 20 374 7747 Geschaeftsfuehrung: Daniel Haver (CEO), Mate Galic


text: AHRQ Study Examines Ways to Greatly Reduce Presence of C. diff in Hospital Rooms Electronic Newsletter, Issue 385 AHRQ's Electronic Newsletter summarizes Agency research and programmatic activities. June 24, 2013AHRQ StatsBirths by Cesarean section increased by 82 percent between 1997 and 2010, while births of babies by normal delivery decreased 56 percent among women ages 18 to 44. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #148, Most Frequent Conditions in U.S. Hospitals, 2010.)Today's HeadlinesAHRQ Study Examines Ways to Greatly Reduce Presence of C. diff in Hospital Rooms.July 17 Deadline for Funding Opportunity for Patient Centered Outcomes Research Career Development Program.Materials From AHRQ Webinar on Falls Prevention Now Available.Voice Technology Effective in Monitoring Diabetes Safety Events, AHRQ Study Finds.AHRQ's Innovations Exchange Highlights Models That Integrate Behavioral Health and Primary Care.Register for July 15 Webinar on Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research.AHRQ in the professional literature.1. AHRQ Study Examines Ways to Greatly Reduce Presence of C. diff in Hospital RoomsApplying a sequence of three interventions to clean and disinfect hospital rooms after the discharge of patients known to have Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) reduced positive cultures from those CDI rooms from 67 percent to 7 percent, according to an AHRQ-supported study published in the May issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The study evaluated the implementation of sequential cleaning and disinfection interventions during a 21-month period at a Veterans Affairs medical center. Starting at a baseline of 67 percent for positive cultures from CDI rooms, researchers found that providing education to environmental services personnel and the use of fluorescent markers to provide monitoring and feedback of the thoroughness of cleaning reduced the number of positive cultures to 57 percent. Adding automated ultraviolet radiation devices reduced positive cultures to 35 percent. When the facility also added a daily dedicated disinfection team with supervisory review, positive cultures were reduced to 7 percent. Select to access the PubMed® abstract of the study, titled "An Environmental Disinfection Odyssey: Evaluation of Sequential Interventions to Improve Disinfection of Clostridium difficile Isolation Rooms."2. July 17 Deadline for Funding Opportunity for Patient Centered Outcomes Research Career Development ProgramApplications are due by July 17 for a new multi-year, large-scale funding opportunity from AHRQ to support institutional mentored career development in patient centered outcomes research (PCOR). PCOR seeks to integrate evidence into health care practice and decisionmaking. Applicants can be academic or non-academic institutions (e.g., health care delivery systems, state and local governments, health plans, and research networks). Select to access more information.3. Materials From AHRQ Webinar on Falls Prevention Now AvailableMaterials from an April 18 AHRQ webinar focusing on the research and testing behind AHRQ's Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care are now available on the AHRQ website. Nearly 1 million patients fall in U.S. hospitals each year. The toolkit is a guide that can help hospitals develop, implement, and sustain a falls prevention program. The toolkit offers hospital clinical staff 35 evidence-based tools for falls prevention. The newly posted information, which includes audio from the webinar, slides, and a written transcript, demonstrates how these evidence-based tools were pilot tested to ensure they were realistically implementable, easy to use, and broadly applicable in the acute-care setting. Also presented are the challenges and opportunities experienced by pilot facilities Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Augusta Health in Fishersville, Virginia. Select to access the complete Preventing Falls in Hospitals toolkit.4. Voice Technology Effective in Monitoring Diabetes Safety Events, AHRQ Study FindsAHRQ has published the second Evaluation Highlight of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program. The new Evaluation Highlight examines the measurement of medical homes in selected demonstration States. It also describes the development of the Medical Home Index-Revised Short Form, an adaptation of the Medical Home Index, which is being used to evaluate the demonstration projects. Select to access the Evaluation Highlight, titled How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? Additional reports and resources are available on the national evaluation Web page.5. AHRQ's Innovations Exchange Highlights Models That Integrate Behavioral Health and Primary CareThe latest issue of AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange profiles programs that have successfully implemented new integrated primary care models. One Minnesota program redesigned the way primary care practices identify, treat, and get paid for providing mental health services. Collaborating with non-profit health plans, multiple medical groups, the Minnesota Department of Human Services, employers, and patients, the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement developed a more efficient system for the treatment of patients with depression. Known as Depression Improvement Across Minnesota Offering a New Direction, or DIAMOND, health plans pay practices a flat monthly rate for providing a bundled set of services to eligible patients. Practices follow the DIAMOND care model and receive monthly performance reports based on monthly process and outcomes data measures for depression care. The initiative has resulted in high levels of remission and treatment response among patients and high levels of provider satisfaction. Access more innovation profiles and tools related to integrated primary care on the Innovations Exchange Web site, which contains more than 775 searchable innovations and 1,525 Quality Tools.6. Register for July 15 Webinar on Advanced Methods in Delivery System ResearchAn upcoming AHRQ webinar will focus on formative evaluation, a process that occurs before or during a project's implementation to improve its design and performance. The webinar, to be held on July 15 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT, will feature Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D., Implementation Research Coordinator of the Veterans Administration (VA) Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative. Dr. Smith's presentation will focus on Formative Evaluation: Fostering Real-Time Adaptions and Refinements to Improve the Effectiveness of Patient-Centered Medical Home Interventions, an AHRQ Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Research Methods Brief posted on AHRQ's PCMH Web site. Other webinar participants are Cheryl McDonnell, Ph.D., Director at James Bell Associates and AHRQ's Michael Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Social Scientist. Select to register for the webinar. 7. AHRQ in the Professional LiteratureFleurence R, Selby JV, Odom-Walker K, Hunt G, Meltzer D, Slutsky JR, et al. How the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is engaging patients and others in shaping its research agenda. Health Aff 2013 Feb; 32(2):393-400. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Keenan PS, Chen J, et al. Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA 2013 Feb 13; 309(6):587-93. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Walsh JM, Kim SE, Sawaya G, et al. Colorectal cancer screening: what do women from diverse ethnic groups want? J Gen Intern Med 2013 Feb; 28(2):239-46. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Eckstrom E, Feeny DH, Walter LC, et al. Individualizing cancer screening in older adults: a narrative review and framework for future research. J Gen Intern Med 2013 Feb; 28(2):292-8. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Casey K, Hernandez-Boussard T, Mell MW, et al. Differences in readmissions after open repair versus endovascular aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 2013 Jan; 57(1):89-95. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Brady PW, Muething S, Kotagal U, et al. Improving situation awareness to reduce unrecognized clinical deterioration and serious safety events. Pediatrics 2013 Jan; 131(1):e299-e308. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Boyd CM, Vollenweider D, Puhan MA. Informing evidence-based decisionmaking for patients with comorbidity: availability of necessary information in clinical trials for chronic diseases. PLoS One 2012 Aug; 7(8):e41601. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Pololi LH, Civian JT, Brennan BT, et al. Experiencing the culture of academic medicine: gender matters, a national study. J Gen Intern Med 2013 Feb; 28(2):201-7. Select to access the abstract on PubMed®.Contact InformationPlease address comments and questions about the AHRQ Electronic Newsletter to Linwood Norman at: firstname.lastname@example.com or (301) 427-1248.Update your subscriptions, modify your password or Email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your Email address to log in.If you have any questions or problems with the subscription service, Email: email@example.com. 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Seriously when you buy your rocket box think of what your going to do with it when you don't have it ontop of your car.....
yes this took 2 of us 3 hours to install. BUT now I don't need anyones assistance to remove the box off of my rack ever again. The hassle in installing this bad boy saved me countless hours of removing and placing this box on top of my suv with someone else's assistance. I would highly consider buying this. But please don't think that this rack can store your gear inside of your box while it is attached to the rafters of your garage. Personally I would not enjoy having my gear falling on top of me or the roof of my suv incase it collapsed. Amazing device, and wicked sturdy. a major score for my clutter free garage.
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Nope this is not a joke! Spotify has finally be updated for support with the iPhone 5. Of all the radio streaming services available, Spotify has lagged behind in bringing support for the iPhone 5. In version 0.5.8 however, Spotify will indeed look great on the iPhone 5's new 4-inch display.
For those of you who haven't heard of Spotify before, it "gives you instant access to millions of songs on your iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch." Spotify offers its service free with ads or ad-free with access to Spotify's entire digital music collection for monthly fee.
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You can download Spotify with iPhone 5 support from the direct link below. Are you happy that Spotify finally joined the likes of Pandora and Rdio in updating its app for compatibility with the iPhone 5? Drop us a line in the comments.
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Users have been creative to use them for other valuable purposes. One use is for cleaning between the keys of the keyboard with rubbing alcohol. Another inspired use is to clean hard to reach areas in the car's dashboard.
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A World with No Boundaries
Random musings of an independent American with Justin Kugler
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Letters to Ellie: Living in Texas
As I write this post, you are about 20 weeks of age. Already, you have changed my life irreversibly and for the better. Your mother and I always prided ourselves on being "big picture" kind of people, but nothing brings that into perspective like becoming a parent. I hope that you (and any siblings that […] [Read More]
Religious grandstanding at Reliant
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An open letter to Newt Gingrich
Mr. Gingrich, I saw in the news today your remarks at Cornerstone Church, where you characterized secular thought as a grave threat to our nation. With all due respect, sir, I cannot disagree more. I served our country as an intelligence officer for nearly three years. I saw what our enemies are willing and able […] [Read More]


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Lili Beth Gresham and Dr. Gregory Mark Hiser are wed
posted Dec 21, 2012 - 5:37:13pm
Lili Beth Gresham of Summerville, S.C., and Dr. Gregory Mark Hiser of Dallas were married Saturday, June 2, 2012, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Round O, S.C.
Dr. John Carignan performed the 2 p.m. ceremony. Music was performed by pianist John Chapman and vocalist Meredith Dickard, and included a guitar and vocal recording by the bride's mother. The reception followed at Bonnie Doone Plantation in Colleton County, S.C.
The bride is the daughter of Rudi and Faye Gresham of Orange City and Round O, and the granddaughter of the late Carey and Lillie M. Craven Breland of Walterboro, S.C., the late Marvin and Lizbeth Schramm Gresham of Bremerhaven, Germany, and Denver, and the late Dr. Adalbert Max Schwartz of Heidelberg, Germany.
Lili is a graduate of DeLand High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, S.C. She earned her master's degree in mass communication from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She is the director of corporate relations and planned giving at Charleston Southern University, and is a member of the adjunct faculty.
Lili wore an ivory satin halter gown with a fitted bodice and a fit and flare skirt, with crystal beading and lace embroidery cascading from neckline to hemline, and a chapel train. She also wore an ivory fingertip-length veil trimmed in crystal beading. She carried an elongated cross bouquet of cascading vintage flowers, consisting of ivory Vendela roses, ivory and baby green hydrangeas, Charleston palmetto-frond roses, Queen Anne's lace and Peruvian lilies.
The bridegroom is the son of Charles and Mary Hiser of Shreveport, La. He is the grandson of Ernest Freeman Hiser Jr. of Roseville, Calif., the late Mavis Lilian Estes Hiser of Lanett, Ala., the late Edward Everett Gaines of Lynn, Mass., and the late Alice Marie Baadte Gaines of Matlock, Iowa.
Greg is a graduate of Stratford High School in Goose Creek, S.C. He earned a bachelor's degree from Charleston Southern University, and a doctor of medicine degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He will earn a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Texas in Austin this May. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force.
Mrs. Sidney Brant of Charleston was the matron of honor. Bride's attendants were Jeanette Bevers of Fort Worth, Texas, Jennifer Breland of Walterboro, Juliana Johnson of Charleston, and Heidi Treen of Port Orchard, Wash.
The bridegroom's brother, Scott Hiser of Lincoln, Neb., was the best man. Groomsmen were Brent Gresham of Charleston, Jeff Gresham of Washington, D.C., Bill Linton of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Harry Trautman Jr. of Charleston.
The couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic, and reside in Summerville.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Heard Trademark, Trade Law Cases in UB School of Law Moot Courtroom on Feb. 4
On Feb. 4, the University of Baltimore School of Law was host to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. As Dean Ronald Weich noted in his introductory remarks, it's fitting that the court with nationwide jurisdiction over the most cutting-edge scientific issues convened in the newest and most cutting-edge law school building in the country.
The three-judge panel―Chief Judge Randall R. Rader and Circuit Judges Jimmie V. Reyna and Evan J. Wallach― heard four cases dealing with matters of trademark law, trade law and procedural issues in a patent dispute. (See biographical details below.) The School of Law's moot courtroom was filled to capacity with students, faculty and prospective students. After the hearing, the audience was treated to a conversation with the judges' clerks about federal judicial clerkships. The judges themselves then answered questions about the art of appellate advocacy.
"This was a spectacular opportunity to showcase our school and to build deeper ties to the preeminent federal court on scientific and other specialized issues," said UB Law Professor Greg Dolin , a former clerk for the Federal Circuit. "It was an especially important opportunity in light of the fact that the law school is creating a veterans advocacy clinic, because the Federal Circuit also has exclusive jurisdiction over veteran benefits appeals."
The new Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic is set to open in fall 2014.
The cases heard by the judges on Feb. 4 were:
- Costantine v. C.F.M. Distributing Co.
- Fedmet Resources Corp. v. U.S.
- Pacific Scientific Energetic v. Ensign-Bickford Aerospace
PATO Stone Lion Capital Partners v. Lion Capital
Background about the court
The following information about the court was taken from its website:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was established under Article III of the Constitution on Oct. 1, 1982. The court was formed by the merger of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of the United States Court of Claims. The court is based in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
The Federal Circuit is unique among the 13 Circuit Courts of Appeals. It has nationwide jurisdiction in a variety of subject areas, including international trade, government contracts, patents, trademarks, certain money claims against the U.S. government, federal personnel, veterans' benefits and public safety officers' benefits claims.
Appeals to the court come from all federal district courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of International Trade and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The court also takes appeals of certain administrative agencies' decisions, including the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the Boards of Contract Appeals, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. Decisions of the United States International Trade Commission, the Office of Compliance (an independent agency in the legislative branch), the Government Accountability Office Personnel Appeals Board and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance also are reviewed by the court.
The court's jurisdiction consists of administrative law cases (55 percent), intellectual property cases (31 percent) and cases involving money damages against the U.S. government (11 percent). The administrative law cases consist of personnel and veterans claims. Nearly all of the intellectual property cases involve patents. Suits for money damages against the U.S. government include government contract cases, tax refund appeals, unlawful takings, and civilian and military pay cases.
The judges of the court are appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Judges are appointed to the court for life under Article III of the Constitution of the United States. There are 12 judges in active service, as well as judges in senior service. Each active-service judge employs a judicial assistant and up to four law clerks.
The judges
Randall R. Rader, chief judge
Chief Judge Rader was appointed to the court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and assumed the duties of chief judge on June 1, 2010. Before that, he was appointed to the U.S. Claims Court (now the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Chief Judge Rader has also taught patent law and other advanced intellectual property classes at the George Washington University Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center, among other institutions. In addition, he has co-written several texts, including the most widely used textbook on U.S. patent law, Cases and Materials on Patent Law.
Jimmie V. Reyna, circuit judge
Judge Reyna was appointed to the court by President Barack Obama in 2011. Previously, Judge Reyna was an international trade attorney and shareholder at Williams Mullen, where from 1998 to 2011 he directed the firm's Trade and Customs Practice Group and its Latin America Task Force and served on its board of directors. Before that, Judge Reyna was a lawyer in New Mexico. He has written two books, one about NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) and another about the GATT Uruguay Round (the eighth round of multilateral trade negotiations conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, considered the largest reform of the world's trading system since GATT was created at the end of World War II).
Evan J. Wallach, circuit judge
Judge Wallach was appointed to court in 2011 by President Barack Obama. Beforehand, he served for 16 years as a judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, to which he was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995. An expert in the law of war, Judge Wallach has taught at several law schools, including Brooklyn Law School, the NYU School of Law, George Mason University School of Law and the University of Müenster in Germany. He was on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971 and received several medals, including the Bronze Star and a Vietnam Campaign Medal.


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Video, presentations from NWIFC ocean acidification workshopAug 16th, 2010 • Category: Events, NWIFC Blog, Video
Last week, we hosted a work shop on ocean acidification and how it will impact regional natural resources. We recorded a good portion of the workshop and are in the process of posting the results.
Some of this material has already been posted to our blog.
Here are a series of videos and presentations from the day. The presentations will all eventually have audio files associated with them, so it will be possible to simply press play and follow along with the slides.
Billy Frank Jr., chair of the NWIFC, welcoming participants and speaking on ocean acidification.
Basic science of ocean acidification and the latest Northwest research, Richard Feely (with audio).
What is NANOOS, Jan Newton (with audio).
NANOOS website demonstration, Newton.
Ocean acidification and seafood harvest, Billy Dewey (Taylor Shellfish) and Brad Warren (no audio yet).
Terry Williams, Tulalilp Tribes, closing remarks.
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Updated: 08/27/2014 10:08 PM |
Created: 08/27/2014 9:46 PM
By: Caleb James, KOB Eyewitness News 4
An Albuquerque woman and her teenage daughter have been ruthlessly stalked by a homeless man -- it's documented, and he's been told by police to stay away.
But each time Shayne Lewis goes before a judge on related, and even unrelated charges, they're dismissed because he's determined to be mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Elizabeth Sacco says she feels like a victim not only of her stalker, but of a system that keeps setting him free - free to terrorize her to the point her home has become a fortress, and she's always looking over her shoulder.
"Our stalker had been deemed incompetent," said Sacco. "Cases of stalking -- moments where he threatened to kill my child in front of me. All those things have just been dismissed."
The sound of a bell tells Sacco something's wrong.
There's one on every door in her southeast Albuquerque home, just in case.
"Being fearful is a horrible way to live," she said.
Last winter, she called for a health and welfare check on a man named Shayne Lewis who was shivering in the cold.
He launched an all-out war on her, stalking her and threatening to kill her daughter.
A judge granted a restraining order, but when Lewis had a hearing on Wednesday, he was ruled incompetent to stand trial, and his charges were dismissed.
"What I'm hearing is, that if I'm mentally unstable I can do pretty much whatever I please to do and get away with it," said Sacco.
Sacco says her pain is every victim's pain, and it's the pain suffered by those who have nowhere to turn. Even people like Lewis.
"We're dealing with a population that is not being monitored, not being helped and not being serviced. My question is: What is fair?" she said.
Certainly not this life, she said. Sacco carries a gun on her hip.
There's no justice. It's created a darkness she's desperate to shine a light on, and she says she's doing the best she can.
"I'm so devastated, that I needed to paint my own sunshine," she said, gesturing to a painting of a smiling sun on her wall.
Albuquerque-area state representative Liz Thompson said Wednesday the health and human services legislative subcommittee has endorsed a bill that would allow judges to make recommendations involving mental healthcare to people with behavioral health issues -- even before they offend.
But treatment could not be involuntarily imposed under that law.
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