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This year's Barcelona World Race (BWR), which starts today at 1300 hours local time, in Barcelona, Spain, will send 14 boats, sailed by 28 skippers, nonstop around the world (25,000 miles), unassisted, aboard IMOCA Open 60 monohulls. These over-canvased, canting-keel beasts are capable of mind-numbing speeds...so long as their skippers can stay alert and functional enough to hold on. And with some of the world's hardest sailors racing, count on the competition being fierce and plenty of skippers pressing well into advanced stages of sleep deprivation.
Some BWR names you know include Michel Desjoyeaux, Jean-Pierre Dick, Jean Le Cam, and Dee Caffari. Interestingly, British soloist Alex Thomson, aboard his jet-black Hugo Boss, had to undergo an emergency appendectomy earlier this week, forcing his last-minute withdrawal from the start of the race. Thomson is being replaced aboard Hugo Boss by Wouter Vebraak, but will apparently be back, he will circumnavigate with Andy Meiklejohn. Ryan Breymaier, aboard Neutrogena, is the sole American skipper sailing this year.
We've been bringing you all the Sydney to Hobart news in our separate edition and that will continue.
For plenty of sailors, a solid New Year's resolution is to spend more days sailing; for the BWR skippers, a only goal is to spend as little time as possible racing—an interesting perspective reversal that's highlighted by the race's New 21/02/2010 - San Francisco (USA,CA) - 33rd America's Cup - BMW ORACLE Racing - USA Victory Tour - Day 2 -Reception at City Hall*** - San Francisco (USA,CA) BMW Oracle Racing © Photo Gilles Martin-Raget
Year's Eve start. While few BWR boats will be popping Champagne bottles come the stroke of midnight, landlocked sailors residing in frozen climes have reason to celebrate: Come January 1, we will have two ocean races to follow (yes, the Velux 5 Oceans Race is still happening, although American Brad Van Liew is looking more than a bit favored at this point), and hopefully more information on the next Cup's location...
...which brings up the point that today is the deadline, as defined by the Protocol, for the Defender of the 34th America's Cup, to announce the venue for AC34. It will be interesting to see how the day plays out as far as Cup announcements, so check back with us throughout the day for the latest news, and keep a few candles lit that the 34th Cup is contended in the USA...preferably on the left coast, but Newport certainly has the history and conditions to put on a wonderful show.
(For those of you who cling to every word that's Cup related, check out Vincenzo Onorato's—owner of Mascalzone Latino, the Challenger of Record for AC34—response to Salvatore Sarno's [owner of Team Shosholoza] thoughts on AC34 in this issue.)
And for those of you who enjoy looking back at 'Years in Review', be sure to check out 'Highlights for US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics', in his issue, which recaps this important building year for USSTAG members.
And from the Sail-World.com/USA team, we wish you and your families a happy, healthy and successful 2011. A new adventure begins!
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Sustainability is at the heart of the Velux 5 Oceans so that's why we've restructured the race prizes to reward skippers who share our passion for all things green.... [more]Share this storyBarcelona World Race - Friends since their youth Barcelona World Race, The IMOCA Open 60 co-skippers Pachi Rivero (ESP) and Toño Piris (ESP) are one of the strongest partnerships. Here are their thoughts with less than four days to go.... [more]Share this storyVelux 5 Oceans - Downwind sailing at last Brad Van Liew, 'The weather has not been kind to us since the Leg 2 restart in Cape Town' reports Brad Van Liew, leader of the Velux 5 Oceans race.... [more]Share this storyMiami Grand Prix regatta canceled for 2011 Peter S. Craig, After very careful review, Premiere Racing has determined that it is in the best interest of the event and prospective competitors to have a one year hiatus with their Miami Grand Prix regatta.... 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|Chaotic exchange of solid material between planetary systems: implications for lithopanspermia.
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|We examined a low-energy mechanism for the transfer of meteoroids between two planetary systems embedded in a star cluster using quasi-parabolic orbits of minimal energy. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we found that the exchange of meteoroids could have been significantly more efficient than previously estimated. Our study is relevant to astrobiology, as it addresses whether life on Earth could have been transferred to other planetary systems in the Solar System's birth cluster and whether life on Earth could have been transferred from beyond the Solar System. In the Solar System, the timescale over which solid material was delivered to the region from where it could be transferred via this mechanism likely extended to several hundred million years (as indicated by the 3.8-4.0 Ga epoch of the Late Heavy Bombardment). This timescale could have overlapped with the lifetime of the Solar birth cluster (∼100-500 Myr). Therefore, we conclude that lithopanspermia is an open possibility if life had an early start. Adopting parameters from the minimum mass solar nebula, considering a range of planetesimal size distributions derived from observations of asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects and theoretical coagulation models, and taking into account Oort Cloud formation models, we discerned that the expected number of bodies with mass>10 kg that could have been transferred between the Sun and its nearest cluster neighbor could be of the order of 10(14) to 3·10(16), with transfer timescales of tens of millions of years. We estimate that of the order of 3·10(8)·l (km) could potentially be life-bearing, where l is the depth of Earth's crust in kilometers that was ejected as the result of the early bombardment.
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (original 2003; edition 2006)
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I never thought I would enjoy a book about punctuation, but I enjoyed reading this as much as any novel, looking forward to getting into a new chapter (') every night. Truss's engaging and witty style of writing makes punctuation an exciting topic. "Sticklers" unite!
from the convention; a light look at the different punctuation marks such as the apostrophe, semicolon, etc. Written by a Brit, she includes the nuances that vary in America. Lots of examples showing how different placement of punctuation, or no punctuation at all, can alter the meaning of the written word. In the end of the book, she takes on email and text messages - and their own brand of punctuation that's been introduced. An intriguing look at something not really thought about until you see it wrong in a book and wonder - did the author really mean that?!
It's true, I really didn't read this when it came out. And having read it now, I can't feel too bad about that. I am emphatically not a linguistic prescriptivist, so the chapters on the terrible slow death of communication were nothing but grating to me. I did like the little histories, and Truss has a deft hand with an example, but overall I wasn't blown away.
This fun spin on a traditional grammar book is a great resource for any elementary school teacher, or any grammar teacher. for that manner, and for those who are irked by incorrectly constructed signs, aderts, or other public media. Lynne Truss takes her history as a word nerd who became an editor and writer and turns it into a fairly useful and very amusing grammar discussion and remedial text. Without embarrassment, she compells readers to join in her revulsion of bad grammar yet tolerance of grammatical preferences by highlighting examples of all kinds of istakes, arguments, and difficulties that arise from converting the spoken word into a written format. The layout and alignment are a traditional text, though the grammar examples are indented and the rules listed italicized. The overall tone is one of British bemusement at the state of the Queen's English, primarily in Britain itself. She even treats Americans fairer than other British authors in regard to the influence of American culture on British education, saying that it is not the fault of the influence, but the attitude of the teachers toward punctuation. The book serves to help illuminate the pitfalls of having an increasingly written public discourse with an decreasing emphasis on proper punctuation.
I read all the books like this that I can find. I used the bibliography of this to find more. I can't evaluate them objectively.
Ok, ETA. I just read and loved [b:The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left|542046|The Fight for English How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left|David Crystal|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348717095s/542046.jpg|529385] which is a response to the 'zero-tolerance' part of Truss's book by the wonderful & wise [a:David Crystal|18265|David Crystal|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1273018417p2/18265.jpg]. He wrote about a lot more than just Truss in his concise overview, but I noted one thing he said that I want to mention here. He seems to think people are thinking of this book as a Usage Manual.
Gad I hope not! I mean, yes, Truss has some good tips. But this is popular because it's funny! It's tongue-in-cheek, almost a parody of punditry in some ways. Please, if you want a real usage manual, get something like [b:The Chicago Manual of Style/The Elements of Style|1320638|The Chicago Manual of Style/The Elements of Style|William Strunk|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348084714s/1320638.jpg|2176636] or a textbook or something. Read Truss for *fun.*
And read Crystal, too, for fun and for enlightenment.
The first punctuation mistake in "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" (Gotham; $17.50), by Lynne Truss, a British writer, appears in the dedication, where a nonrestrictive clause is not preceded by a comma. It is a wild ride downhill from there.
When [Truss] stops straining at lawks-a-mussy chirpiness and analyzes punctuation malpractice, she is often persuasive
The passion and fun of her arguments are wonderfully clear. Here is someone with abiding faith in the idea that ''proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.''
Lynne Truss's book is (stay with this sentence, and remember the function of punctuation is to 'tango the reader into the pauses, inflections, continuities and connections that the spoken word would convey') as much an argument for clear thinking as it is a pedantic defence of obsolete conventions of written language.
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In 2002 Lynne Truss presented Cutting a Dash, a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation, which led to the writing of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The book became a runaway success in the UK, hitting number one on the bestseller lists and prompting extraordinary headlines such as Grammar Book Tops Bestseller List (BBC News). With more than 500,000 copies of her book in print in her native England, Lynne Truss is ready to rally the troops on this side of the pond with her rousing cry, Sticklers unite!
Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. If there are only pedants left who care, then so be it. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From George Orwell shunning the semicolon, to New Yorker editor Harold Ross's epic arguments with James Thurber over commas, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.
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ESPN bids the NHL adieu. Could things get any worse for pro hockey?
12:00 AM, Jun 10, 2005 • By DUNCAN CURRIE
THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE'S long march to irrelevance continues apace. Last week, cable-sports king ESPN broke off negotiations with NHL execs and said it will move to schedule alternate programming for next season. This came just days after the network announced it would not exercise its $60-million option to claim broadcast rights if and when the 2005-2006 campaign gets underway. "We really had no choice," said Mark Shapiro, ESPN's executive VP for programming and production. "We're not going to be held hostage like we were last season."
The NHL, you see, has never been very good to ESPN. Leave aside, for a moment, pro hockey's ongoing labor spat, which cost the league its 2004-2005 season. The roots of the NHL-ESPN partnership date back to the network's founding in 1979. ESPN briefly held the cable broadcast rights to NHL contests during the 1980s--until the league dumped ESPN in 1988 and chose to go with Sports Channel instead. At the time, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky said sticking with ESPN would've been "better for the game." "Sure, we got more money from Sports Channel," the Great One wrote in his 1990 autobiography, "but how much did we lose in exposure?"
Good point, and one that NHL suits quickly took note of. ESPN regained the cable broadcast rights to NHL action in 1992. This time, the network's choice proved felicitous. Hockey's popularity skyrocketed following the New York Rangers' gripping Stanley Cup run in 1994. Suddenly, everybody wanted a piece of "the coolest game on earth." But over the past several years, the talent pool has been diluted by near-constant league expansion, scoring has plunged, the games have gotten slow and boring, and TV ratings have sunk. The heady days of the mid 1990s seem a distant memory.
Then, of course, there was the 2004-2005 lockout. The NHL became the first pro sports league in North America to forfeit an entire season due to a labor dispute. ESPN had to fill scads of empty timeslots with substitute programs. And, as Reuters reported last week, the network discovered that programming "it aired in place of NHL games on a month-to-month basis during the canceled season did just as well or better than hockey would have."
Even despite all that, ESPN offered a last-minute compromise. It would buy year-long broadcasting rights from the NHL--but for "well below half of $60 million," according to Shapiro. The league demurred, refusing to budge from its $60-million asking price. Said Bernadette Mansur, the NHL's communications VP, "We're not interested in devaluing the product any further."
True, a lesser deal--one for, say, $15 or $20 million per season--would have meant harsh revenue losses for the league's 30 clubs. But at least it would've been something. As it stands now, with ESPN's apparent exit, NHL teams stand to lose $2 million apiece. How's that for "devaluing the product"?
There's been talk that another channel--Spike TV, maybe, or Fox Sports Net--could pick up the national cable broadcast rights to the NHL for 2005-2006. But it's hard to believe any network would plunk down $60 million. Especially given the uncertainty of the season--it may start late--and the fact that ratings for the league had plummeted by the end of 2003-2004. (Small wonder ABC opted not to renew its NHL contract.)
All in all, things couldn't get much worse for the NHL. "The departure of ESPN," wrote William Houston in Toronto's Globe and Mail, "marks rock bottom for the league in terms of American TV rights." The league "lost its only remaining U.S. television rights holder." Which means, as Bloomberg News reported, the NHL is left "without a national cable television partner for the first time since the late 1970s."
Pro hockey has--or perhaps, I should say, "had"--come a long way since the '70s, maturing from a cult sport with regional fans to a league with national popularity and a bevy of teams even in the Sunbelt. But now the NHL has shot itself in the foot, and seems to be aiming for other, more vital body parts.
Without a big-name cable-TV partner, and with the ever-present specter of labor strife, the league risks tumbling further and further into obscurity. It is already well on the way to cementing its second-class status in American sports. NHL execs should recall that Major League Baseball--which, besides being the national pastime, has always had a much broader fan base than pro hockey, along with a ubiquitous TV presence--didn't recover its pre-strike popularity until the McGwire-Sosa home run race in 1998.


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Electrical systems company American Superconductor Corporation announced that their revenues and profits for the first quarter of this year and the whole of fiscal year 2010 were hurt following cancelled supply deals with its largest customer.The company's revenues for the first quarter ended June 30 fell to $9.1 million from $97.2 million a year earlier. Net loss was $37.7 million, or 74 cents a share, compared with $9.2 million, or 20 cents a share, year-on-year. As for fiscal 2010, revenues dived 10 percent from $316.0 million in 2009 to $286.6 million. AMSC reported a huge net loss of $186.3 million, or $3.95 per diluted share, for 2010 compared with net income of $16.2 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, in 2009. "The decline is due primarily to a lack of revenue from Sinovel," AMSC said in a statement blaming the slumping sales and losses to its largest customer. Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Group is also China's largest wind turbine manufacturer. Last month, Daniel McGahn, AMSC president, said they expected sales will be less than $10 million in the first quarter after Sinovel refused to accept shipments of electrical components and spare parts for wind turbines in March. The parts were supposed to be used for the 1.5-megawatt and 3-MW wind turbines Sinovel builds. AMSC said Sinovel planned to reduce its inventories first before accepting further shipments. Despite its optimism, the Massachusetts-based company eventually axed 150 jobs and saved $30 million from its 2011 expenses. The company's relationship with Sinovel seemed to have turned sour since then. Last September 15, AMSC filed criminal and civil charges in China against Sinovel, accusing the company of illegally using the American company's intellectual property. The complaint also included the AMSC supply contract with Sinovel. To date, Sinovel currently owes AMSC $250 million for past shipments and shipments that they're contractually bound to accept, according to Mr. McGahn. In a conference call, Mr. McGahn confirmed that a former AMSC employee pleaded guilty to charges including economic espionage and fraudulent misuse of data in an Austrian court. The employee said Sinovel paid him well over $1 million for the information. Mr. McGahn said AMSC's financial results for fiscal 2010 and the first quarter of fiscal 2011 are a "reflection of our past." "Our efforts to build a better AMSC are now well underway. We have reduced our cost structure by more than $30 million annually and realigned our business into market-facing wind and grid segments." New contracts AMSC on Friday reported bagging $100 million in wind energy and smart grid contracts in the emerging markets of China, India and Korea. In China, AMSC signed a new multi-year contract to deliver wind turbine electrical control systems to Beijing's Jingcheng New Energy Company, a subsidiary of state-owned Jingcheng Machinery Electric Holding Co., Ltd. Shipments are expected to begin in late 2011 and conclude in early 2014. In India, AMSC signed a contract to deliver wind turbine electrical control systems to Inox Wind Limited. Inox manufactures 2-MW turbines under an AMSC license. The new electrical control systems are expected to be shipped late 2011, concluding in 2012. In South Korea, AMSC signed new contracts with Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide wind turbine core electric components also this year. AMSC also announced the first superconductor wire shipment to LS Cable & System under a multi-year supply agreement in October 2010. The company also increased its business in Europe and the United States with several new grid integration solution contracts related to wind and solar power plants. In total, AMSC's solutions will allow these plants to integrate over 150 MW of renewable energy into the grid. AMCS also signed a multimillion dollar contract to provide their D-VAR system for Keys Energy Services, a public power utility in Florida. The system will be used to improve voltage stability as Keys Energy Services, along with the Florida Municipal Power Agency and the Florida Keys Electric Co-Operative, work on a project that seeks to increase the import capacity of a 120-mile-long transmission line to the Florida Keys from the Florida mainland. (Oliver M. Bayani and Katrice R. Jalbuena)


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CNN's Cuomo Lashes Out at Arizona Sheriff; Accuses Him of 'Villainizing' Illegal Immigrant Children
On Wednesday's New Day on CNN, co-host Chris Cuomo invited on Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu and proceeded to accuse him of misinformation, "blowing" the crisis of illegal immigration "out of proportion," distracting his community "about the plan from Obama" and "villainizing these kids" by wondering if some were members of drug gangs.
In the nearly 12-minute interview, Cuomo continued to stand against anyone who disagreed with his own personal agenda on immigration, which apparently includes anyone who raises questions to the federal government about the status of illegal immigrant children in the United States.
Cuomo's supposed evidence against Babeu included a video of him speaking to a group of protesters in the town of Oracle after word came from Babeu's office that a group of children would be arriving to be held and processed. One would think it would be a clip of him saying something outrageously offensive. However, he said nothing "risky" or worthy of creating "a dangerous situation," as Cuomo suggested. He simply asked the crowd if the federal government "should be here to answer" why children are being brought there and the crowd agreed. Nothing more.
Not to be deterred, Cuomo went full speed ahead in demonizing Babeu. He said to him after the clip aired that:
You know, I'm not saying you don't have a legitimate question, but that's not keeping the peace. That's riling up people there who are already angry and I'm sure you understand that. I just want to point out a couple of things you said and see if I can get some clarification on it.
Next, for speculating that an undetermined number of the children are here with bad motives, he told Babeu that "there is reason to suspect some may be there," but "[w]hy paint them all with that brush? Why prejudice this population with what may be true just about a few?"
The segment was not complete without a mention of President Obama as Cuomo badgered Babeu for "riling" his community "up about the government" and "distracting them about the plan from Obama."
When Babeu said that federal law needs to be enforced as his deputies are seeing some people being deported over and over again, Cuomo turned up the heat: "Do you address it by villainizing these kids? Do you address it by villainizing these kids?"
Babeu was in a state of shock and frustration for much of the remaining segment and even reminded Cuomo that "I'm the one on your show" and thus should be allowed to answer questions.
After repeating the villainization line of questioning, Cuomo ended by remarking to Babeu that "I'm not saying you're a villain," but he should also take into account "the humanitarian aspect here" and "don't fear monger."
Despite what Cuomo said, Townhall's Katie Pavlich reported on July 8 that violent gang members from the notorious group MS-13 left graffiti on bathroom walls of an Arizona processing center for illegal immigrant children and that 16 children admitted to their role in the gang. Three days later, Pavlich reported that MS-13 had been using that same processing center as a recruitment hub.
After going off on immigration Monday and his co-host attacking other government officials who are simply looking for answers from the Obama administration, it is clear that New Day's covering this issue with a less than neutral perspective.
The relevant portions of the transcript from the July 16 segment on New Day can be found transcribed below.
CNN's New Day
July 16, 2014
7:08 a.m. Eastern
BABEU: Well, it's not just the kids as we have enough issues and concerns here with drug smugglers and with the 123,000 illegals that were apprehended in this sector alone just in one year, so, yes, we do have our hands full here in Arizona.
CUOMO: Sheriff, they are not being released into your community. They are going to be held, detained. Is it misleading to say they are going to add to your troubles when they are not going to add to your community?
BABEU: Well, we have no information to lead me to believe one way or the other, and that's where I've asked the question. It's never been answered, and this supposed to be a republic with a transparent government, and not only do I have questions, legitimate I believe from a law enforcement and public health perspective, but certainly the citizens of the county who live there, want answers....
CUOMO: Well, I understand that issue, but you do seem to be blowing it out of proportion a little bit. You say they are going to, you know, hurt my community. You don't know that....You could have created a dangerous situation. Most of the people coming are kids. Don't you think that was a little risky?
BABEU: Not at all. If you know where Oracle, Arizona, is, and where this location is, there's only one road to get in here, and what I did is talking to all the organizers and protesters, I did this myself, not only asking for calm, trying to set up two different locations, and the members of the community have not only legitimate concerns, they want to be heard. Everything went fine yesterday outside of arguing.
CUOMO: Well, it may have gone fine, but you didn't help it stay calm. Take a listen to what you said just so everyone else knows. Take a listen to this.
BABEU: This is where, if the federal government is sending 40 to 60 unaccompanied juveniles, do you think they should be here to answer, to talk about that?
PROTESTER: Yes.
BABEU: And this is where that needs to be discussed.
CUOMO: There is reason to suspect some may be there, but you're talking about tens of thousands of people who are here now, many children. Why paint them all with that brush? Why prejudice this population with what may be true just about a few?
BABEU: Well, and here you mischaracterize what I said, and I qualified those remarks. We know for a fact that through screening in Texas that there have been documented cases. I said I don't know how many there are.
CUOMO: You're riling them up about the government.
BABEU: That's not scaring people.
CUOMO: You're distracting them about the plan from Obama. You're saying this $3.7 billion, it's a waste. It's going to exactly what you say you want, more judges to process the cases –
BABEU: This is not going -- this is not going to secure the border because there's no enforcement of the law. When we have illegals who are deported 10, 12, 15 times that my deputies are encountering on a daily and on a weekly basis, that in law enforcement we call a clue. The law is not being enforced when it comes to immigration.
CUOMO: That's true and it has to be addressed.
BABEU: The law applies to you and me.
CUOMO: That's true and it has to be addressed.
BABEU: Then let's address it.
CUOMO: Do you address it by villainizing these kids? Do you address it by villainizing these kids?
BABEU: How is that – I'm asking questions.
CUOMO: You're writing them off as gang members. You're trying to scare your community about what they'll do.
BABEU: There's no response from the federal government.
CUOMO: I understand that you're frustrated with the federal government. I get it, but why villanize the kids?
BABEU: Chris, I had a town hall with 300 – I had a town hall with 300 of these local residents –
CUOMO: Right.
BABEU: – answering the questions that I didn't have a lot of information. This information was promised by the federal government.
CUOMO: Right.
BABEU: And there have been no response.
CUOMO: But you're painting them as potential –
BABEU: I'm the one who is on your show –
CUOMO: You're painting them as potential gang members. That's not good, okay? We both know that. You haven't even met with some of these kids.
BABEU: Some of these are potential gang members.
CUOMO: I know, but you're making it sound like it's a given that you're going to get new gang bangers in your community, you know that. You know that that's how it's coming across to many people. You haven't met with the kids. You had an opportunity to do that.
BABEU: Then answer the questions. No, I did not have – that's not true.
CUOMO: Do you think you're making it better by villainizing these kids?
BABEU: It's not about villanizing – do I have a right to know who these kids are?
CUOMO: Yes.
BABEU: Especially in the light that my experience with the federal government.
CUOMO: But you don't have a right to suggest who they are when you don't know. Do you have a right to suggest who they are when you don't know? If you want to know, that's a legitimate question, but don't assume that they are gang bangers.
BABEU: We do know by fact -- well, we know for a fact through the screening in Texas that some number, we don't know what the number is, not just that, we had our own experience here 300 to 400 violent criminals, we do know for a fact were released in my county a year ago, so this is my experience and I'm speaking from my perspective in my county and my job is to protect the families of my county –
CUOMO: I understand that.
BABEU: – not to protect the families of Central Americans.
CUOMO: I understand, but you know that these kids are going to be, you know, housed in a facility, that they're not just being released into the community and you know what my point is: Don't fear monger. You have a lot of legitimate issues here that are law enforcement and political, but just, you know the humanitarian aspect matters here.
BABEU: So I'm not the villain here.
CUOMO: I'm not saying you're a villain. You're a sheriff and I respect that, but I'm saying we don't want to villainize the kids either.
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Can someone explain exactly what is Wahdat al-Mawjood and how it differs from Wahdat al-Wujood?
Is it a widespread belief and is there a knowledgable person who has written literature on this issue?
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Can someone explain exactly what is Wahdat al-Mawjood and how it differs from Wahdat al-Wujood?
Is it a widespread belief and is there a knowledgable person who has written literature on this issue?
Wa Salamu Alaykum
Wahdat al-Mawjud = Shi'a concept I think. Key figure: Ad-Dajjal Khomeini.
Wahdat al-Wujud = Sufi concept, Key figure: Ibn Arabi.
Wahdat al-Shuhud = another Sufi concept, Key figure: Mujaddid Alf Thani.
Wahdat ul wujood is the most misunderstood concept, which many of the salafi's use to malign Sufi's.
Wahdat Ul Wujood & Its Evidences In Quran
Before the evidence is presented, readers must note that evidence is of two guides:
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* Indirect
The words, Wahdat Ul Wujood, will not be in the quotations but the doctrine which these words express will be in the quoted verses.
* Surah Noor {24} Verse 35: "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth."
* Surah Al Baqarah {2} Verse 115: "To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is the presence of Allah. For Allah is all-Pervading, all-Knowing."
* Surah Al Hadid {57} Verse 3: "He is the First {awal} and the Last {akhir}, the Evident {zahir} and the Immanent {batin}: and He has full knowledge of all things."
The creation of Allah exists and the creation is not part of Allah nor Allah is part of creation because Allah says "lysaka misli shai" {there is nothing like Him}.
Allah Subhana Wa Tallah's existance is absolute on whoes existance all the creation exists and the real {haqiqi} existance is of Allah's.
If the '{haqiqi} existance' is defined as:
"Qul hu'wAllahu Aa'had, Allahu Samad, Lamya lid Wa lamyu'lad, Wa lamyaqulla'hu kufu'wan ahad. Hu wal aw'walu wal'akhiru wa'zahiru wal'batinu wahuwa bikulli shayin AAaleemun. Alhamdu lillahi rabil alameen ..."
Then its apparent that nothing exists as such, thus nothing fullfils the criteria being in existance other then Allah's Wahdat,Allah's Ahadi'at, {Allah's Unity, One'ness}, and only He is the one who exists {as defined above} and all existance of creation does not exist when it is compared to Allah's existance {as defined above}.
Wahdat Ul Wujood is ultimate realisation of Tawheed, Wahdat Ul Wujood is the realisation of Tawheed on a level which neither can be discovered by reading texts nor understood by listening to speechs, its source of knowledge is Shahood {Witnessing} of Tawheed, being witness to the One's One'ness. And when Witnessing His Holy Being, there can be no trace of creation in Him nor around Him, neither he co-exists in creation, nor creation co-exists with Him. One who witness's the golary of Allah, He witness's Him as if there is no other creation in existance, cause Allah's existance is limitless, and its not possiable to conceive when Witnessing the Limit-less {Allah} that Limited {Creation} ones do exist as well.
Seikh Muhi'ud Din Ibn Arabi rahimullah alayhi tallah, explained his spiritual journey, which lead to this realisation, and the realisation was based on Shahood, hence he described it in terms as he saw it.
The ignorant ones, of little intellectual ability, ones who have no knowledge of deen, neither those who have understood the Quranic verses have objected to this doctrine of Wahdat Ul Wajood, but their objection demonstrates their lack of understanding Tawheed e Wahdat Ul Wujood. I hope this helps, but I am sorry I don't have any idea about Wahdat al-Mawjud.
Maintain some dignity and have some respect my sonI think. Key figure: Ad-Dajjal Khomeini.
And no Khomeini did not believe in it
i must agree sunnis and shia must stop narrating fairy tales about each other its no good. as you know im no fan of shias and from my posts you can see what i think about them but just pulling things out your pockets about them dont do us any favours. there is alot of things which are wrong about shias we can debate them issues rather then stories.
p.s what is the deal with khomanei. sometimes he said things like dont argue with sunnis and that and then in his books he has declared us as non muslims. what did khomanei really think about sunnis
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I get what you want to tell me. But what if I don't have a starting budget and it has to be free, like myself writing some bit of code? I know it won't be the same like professional software, but I have to work with what I got.
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My mare got blood clots in her jugular vein in December of 2007. We took her to the vet, it got better, but then she got another one in her other vein (where the IV was). Once that went away, we didn't have another incident until a few weeks ago. She now has them again in both jugular veins. She actually has two separate ones in one vein, and another in the other vein.
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A final exception is when your rental unit is for sale. Your landlord may want frequent access to the unit to show it to prospective buyers. If the unit is on the market, you may agree to allow access to the landlord without requiring 24 hours notice. You must sign a written agreement that is separate from the rental agreement. You should be compensated in some way for the inconvenience.
Your landlord and the repair people must enter your unit at reasonable times. You should discuss these times with your landlord. Your landlord cannot use the right of entry to harass you or to retaliate against you. Your landlord also can't use the right of entry to inspect your belongings.
You have the right to refuse entry after receiving a 24-hour notice. You may refuse entry by specifically alerting the landlord of your decision, or you may attach a written notice of refusal to the front of your apartment in a secure manner. However, just as the landlord can't abuse the right to issue a 24-hour notice to harass or retaliate against the tenant, the tenant can't arbitrarily deny access to the landlord after receiving a 24-hour notice. Thus, if you do not let your landlord enter your home after he or she has given proper notice, the landlord can get a court order to allow reasonable access or end the rental agreement. The landlord can also sue you for losses caused by your failure to cooperate.
If your landlord enters without notice or permission, behaves unreasonably while in your home, or harasses you by repeatedly demanding to enter, you can ask for court protection. In these situations, you can obtain a court order restraining your landlord from these illegal acts. You may be entitled to further damages as well, such as your attorney fees and a penalty equal to one month's rent. Finally, you may end the rental agreement altogether.
Additionally, a landlord may remove a motor vehicle (that is not abandoned) from a space specifically assigned to a tenant only with the agreement of the tenant at the time of the tow. The tenant's agreement is necessary, presumably, to ensure that the vehicle does not belong to a guest of the tenant. In some cases and under the right circumstances, a landlord may also remove a motor vehicle from an open space not specifically assigned to a certain tenant or tenants. Finally, a landlord may remove a vehicle that is inoperable but parked in compliance with the rental agreement after at least 72 hours' written notice to the owner if the vehicle owner fails to make the vehicle operable within the appropriate time frame.
If you think your landlord has entered or towed unlawfully, you may wish to call a lawyer or a legal aid office for advice.
Legal editor: Jason Posner, November 2011


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[St. Lawrence's Market] Paganelli's
I was craving for risotto one day and was too lazy to make it at home. After reading some reviews, I decided to go to Paganelli's for the award winning risotto.
Paganelli's is just steps away from St. Lawrence Market on Front street.
We arrived early on a Saturday evening. The restaurant was still quite vacant.
There is a semi-private section for group dining. The area was equipped with a counter to do some simple food preps.
The kitchen is semi-open concept. You can kind of see what's going on in the kitchen through this cute "hut" looking thing.
The bread was complimentary. Little round flatbread, called "piadina" was served in addition to regular bread. Charles and I both preferred the piadina. It tasted like a denser version of Indian Naan bread, but was still fluffy.
We started with a Margherita pizza with tomato sauce, basil, and mozzarella. Paganelli's serves thin crust pizza, just the way I like it. I found the Margherita lacking basil flavour. I also wished buffalo mozzarella was used instead of regular mozzarella.
We ordered the risotto con Fagiano e Tartufo. This risotto was the winner of the Golden Spoon as the best risotto in Canada in 2001. Charles pointed out that it was 11 years ago and the restaurant has not won any awards since…
The risotto was basically a pheasant ragout with black truffles. It was very tasty! The ragout was very rich in flavour and the aroma of the truffle was amazing. The arborio was cooked to prefect al dente and each tiny piece of rice absorbed the flavour of the ragout. The risotto was also filled with little pieces of meat.
After our pizza and risotto, Charles complained that he was not full yet, so we ordered the Tagliatelle alla Bolognese con Piselli. The pasta used housemade egg fettuccine in a traditional Bolognese sauce with fresh green peas. I love fresh pasta but the egg fettuccine was unfortunately sub-par. The texture was strangely "spongy," not smooth like the ones we've had in Florence… The Bologneses sauce was tasty but it was nothing spectacular.
By the end of the meal, we noticed that the risotto alla Forma con Tartufo e Noci was a super popular dish at Paganelli's. This truffle and walnut risotto was cooked in the kitchen, and then prepared again at tableside, in a Parmigiano-Reggiano wheel with some alcohol (I think) and open flame! It was pretty cool to watch and I wish I could try that!
Our dinner at Paganelli's was satisfying. The pizza and pasta we tried were good but nothing exceptional. The risotto was the highlight of our meal. It tasted fantastic and I would go back for more.


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It's a special event, this Bell's Beer Bayview sailboat race. We're celebrating the 90th anniversary of the race.
That means 90 years of boats, boaters, spectators and partiers coming and going. Can you imagine what the party was like in the early years?
The race and Blue Water Fest are when our community comes together to celebrate the sport of sailing and the enjoyment of music, great food and spirited summer parties along the waterfront.
Families have warm reunions, the Rotary Club presents a parade, fireworks explode over our gorgeous blue water, Ferris wheels turn, boats adorned with Christmas lights and decorations parade through the Black River and smiles abound throughout downtown Port Huron.
MainStreet has assembled a grand group of sponsors, a bunch of hard-working volunteers, talented entertainers, tasty food vendors, great merchandise and technicians to make it all happen.
Blue Water Fest kicks off July 8 and you are invited to enjoy this spectacular five-day event that showcases our beautiful Blue Water Area.
We in downtown are eager to host our guests, sailors and spectators alike.
It is our chance to extend the welcome mat in grand style.
I hope you'll join us.
Many hands have labored to make this year fun and enjoyable.
Bring a lawn chair and enjoy some great music, stroll along our marina and view a fleet of sailboats like no other.
Just be there. Enjoy the summer. We're looking forward to seeing you.
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Sometimes, people just don't know when to shut up. And when a penalty of $25,000 isn't enough, that must mean you're probably a professional athlete losing another $50,000 isn't a big deal.
And that's what happened to Blazers' guard Rudy Fernandez late Monday as he was tagged with another fine making him a total of $75,000 lighter in the wallet.
Officially, Fernandez was fined the $50,000 for comments "detrimental to the league." Fernandez wasn't the one making them this time, but instead his representation Gerard Darnes who on Oct. 6 made some pretty clear comments about wanting Rudy out of Portland. Darnes was speaking to a Portland radio station about Fernandez and his situation, specifically addressing a newspaper article from The Oregonian they didn't like. During the conversation, Darnes said this:
"You cannot blame him for having the desire to be somewhere else. He has a contract, he's honoring the contract. He's here and playing. He has been very respectful to the fans. That's why he said that on Media Day also. He loves this community. Portland has treated him so well. He thanks the whole organization and the community. He's not saying, 'I don't want to practice.' He's practicing, playing, he's listening to the people cheer him ... Rudy wishes to go home. His personal situation got worse. This change of mind has been produced in four months. His personal situation has been getting worse. There are things that I cannot say publicly, personal situations, that have been getting worse."When asked why Rudy wanted to go home, Darnes said, "There's friends, there's family, he's a shy guy. He's special." Special enough to pay $50,000 on your behalf, Gerard.
Fernandez's first comments that he was fined for came back on Aug. 19, but thus far, he's doing his job in the preseason for the Blazers. He's played well and hasn't said anything himself publically since August.
Obviously Fernandez still desperately wants out. This might not be the last fine the NBA has to lay down on Team Fernandez. The amount Fernandez has shelled out isn't a massive amount to him yet, but you can be sure if it happens again, the NBA will up the ante again. And at that point, Fernandez might start getting the message.


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Beginning in 2011, On the Cutting Edge began a process to review the extensive collection of activities submitted by workshop participants and members of the geoscience community. The Review Processes page illuminates the details of the peer review process, and the activities are scored on 5 elements: scientific veracity; alignment of goals, activity, and assessment; pedagogical effectiveness; robustness; and completeness of the ActivitySheet. The activities that score very highly in these areas become part of the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection and are featured below. To date, activities in the mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, environmental geology, structural geology, geophysics, and tectonics areas have been reviewed so the exemplary collection is composed of activities from these topics. As the review of additional areas is completed, exemplary activities from the rest of the collection will be included here.
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Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
Brian Welch
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Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formation part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lectures:Examples
Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary
Images of faulted strata, tilted turbidites, and beach rocks bring the field into the classroom, giving students practice in doing what geoscientists do. These images are examples of geologic puzzles. -
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Introduction to Mineral Identification part of Geoscience in Two-year Colleges:Activities
Suki Smaglik, Central Wyoming College
The exercise uses an inquiry-based approached to overcome the fear of tackling mineral identification. Few instructions are given and students discover for themselves how to approach identification.
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Fluvial and Alluvial Sedimentology Incorporating Google Earth part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Elizabeth Cassel, Franklin and Marshall College
A lab activity for an undergraduate sedimentary geology course focused on fluvial and alluvial sedimentology, incorporating Google Earth.
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NanTroSEIZE in 3-D part of Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online
Donald Reed, San Jose State University
We have developed a web-based virtual expedition, NanTroSEIZE in 3-D, based on a seismic survey associated with the NanTroSEIZE program of NSF-MARGINS and IODP to study the properties of the plate boundary fault ...
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Geologic Mapping Exercise part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2010:Teaching Activities
Andrew Smith, Vincennes University
This exercise is designed to simulate some of the mapping aspects of a basic geological investigation. This mock geological investigation is a good wrap-up exercise because it incorporates a variety of geological ...
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Observing Streams & Rivers in Google Earth part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2010:Teaching Activities
Jennifer Piatek, Central Connecticut State University
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Guided Reading of Scientific Journal Articles part of Structural Geology:Activities
Carol Ormand, Carleton College
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How Effective is a Remediation System at a Regional Landfill? part of Geochemistry:Activities
Kevin Theissen, University of St. Thomas (MN)
In this activity, students begin exploring the effectiveness of a remediation system installed at a closed landfill system. Students learn the importance of redox chemistry in a real-world context and build field ...
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Bedrock Geology Mapping Exercise part of Geoscience in the Field:Activities
Jim Miller, University of Minnesota-Duluth
As a final exercise in a course on Geological Maps, students conduct a field mapping of a one square mile area over a weekend. Back in the classroom, students are introduced to ArcMAP and Illustrator, with which ...
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The painting—"Palace Stairs" by Venetian artist Francesco Guardi—was taken from the National Museum in Warsaw in 1939, shortly after Germany invaded Poland. The small painting depicts noblemen talking at the grand stairs of Venice's Doge Palace.
After World War II, the painting went to the University of Heidelberg and then to the State Gallery of Baden-Wuerttemberg before it was recognized as belonging to Poland in the late 1990s. But political differences between Warsaw and Berlin over how to handle the broader issue of art lost during the war prevented a deal from being reached sooner.
"This painting has been on a long odyssey," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a handover ceremony with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Berlin. "(It represents) the difficult history that connects our two countries."
Poland is still searching for thousands of artifacts looted from its museums and private collections during the war, although many items are believed to have been destroyed by the Nazis.
Steinmeier said he hoped Monday's handover "should also be a signal to restart the stalled German-Polish dialogue on cultural artifacts.
Germany has long sought the return of some 300,000 books, drawings and manuscripts—known as the Berlinka collection—from Poland.
The collection includes handwritten musical scores by Mozart, Beethoven and Bach that the Nazis transported eastward to keep them safe from bombing during World War II. Abandoned by retreating German troops in what is now Poland, many of the items are now held by the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
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5 Facts For Notre Dame-Tennessee
No. 2 Notre Dame puts its undefeated record on the line tonight against No. 12 Tennessee in Knoxville. (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2 and WatchESPN). Here are five fast facts about the rivalry.
1. The Lady Vols own a 20-3 career record over the Fighting Irish. Tennessee won the first 20 games between the schools, with Notre Dame finally defeating its orange-clad rivals to punch a ticket to the 2011 Final Four. Including that NCAA tournament victory, the Irish have won the last three meetings.
2. The teams last met on Jan. 26, 2013. Former Notre Dame star Skylar Diggins had a career-high 33 points to lead the Irish to a 77-67 victory.
3. The Lady Vols honored legendary coach Pat Summitt before the 2013 meeting by raising a banner in her honor to the rafters at Thompson-Boling Arena. Many of the Tennessee greats were in attendance, including Candace Parker, Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings.
4. Notre Dame held Tennessee to its lowest scoring game in school history on Jan. 23, 2012, beating the Lady Vols 72-44 in South Bend, Ind.
5. There's more to come. Notre Dame and Tennessee are scheduled to play the next two seasons at Purcell Pavilion before returning to Knoxville to complete the four-year contract in 2016-17.
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My mare has orange streaks in her mane and tail from the sun. A friend mentioned sometimes that means a horse is copper deficient and some people feed paprika to supplement.
Anyone do that and if so, how much, how often, and does it really work? :)
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Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness - Gibson Amphitheatre - April 6, 2013
Gabriel Olsen Yeah, comics get all the chicks.
Ralph Garman and that stank-stache came back out to introduce the last comic of the night, Bill Burr. Armed with his signature angry style, the red-headed joker kept his set topical by ranting about the Rutgers coach, talking about how he wants to get a .22, and sticking up for people who have raised trucks saying, "Maybe they actually aren't compensating for small dicks! Maybe they actually have big dicks and they just need all that clearance! Did you assholes ever think of that?" Ever aggressive and still completely hilarious, Bill talked about dialing back the "douchebaggery" in relationships and touched on the difference in his road life now in hotels as opposed to how early on in his career when he had to stay in motels that were like "serial killer buffets."
He also admitted to getting a DUI back in 1989 and how when he got pulled over he was actually relieved because he didn't have to think about driving anymore. Sure...getting a DUI isn't funny, but somehow everything that comes out of Burr's mouth with that Massachusetts accent sound amusing. Burr's punchy arsenal of jokes were definitely appreciated as most of the crowd refused to leave their seats to leave early (a.k.a. typical LA behavior) and delivered an uproarious applause to close out the show.
Critic's Bias: While it's always nice to see and hear Cleto & The Cletones, Mike Relm happens to be one of my favorite DJ's EVER! Major props to KROQ for having him provide the music this year. Mike Relm gets the fuck down and the crowd ate him up and last night, he no doubt made some new fans. Trust, it was a great choice!
The Crowd: As is every year with this event, the April Foolishness crowd was responsive, boozed up, and ready to get their laugh on. Hopefully the dummy that had their little kid sitting with them down in the front learned their lesson because almost every comic commented on it while staying true to their set that was riddled full of raunch. Next time, get a fucking babysitter.
Overheard in the Crowd:
"Oh my god! I don't even know why I think this is so funny but I can't stop laughing!"
"Booooo! Send the fucking kid home! This isn't Disneyland"
"Holy shit! Brad Williams can dance! Oh my god, I am dying!"
Random notebook dump: It's always good to go out for a great night for a great cause but really people, that doesn't mean that you should dress like an asshole. Last year, Felipe Esparza mentioned something about women who wear clothes that are "too small for them" and clearly, those chicks didn't get the memo this year. Yikes.
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The NFL playoffs are about two things: which teams are peaking in January and the matchups.
So its hard not to notice that one of the Green Bay Packers most difficult matchups over the past calendar year, the New York Giants, stand a good chance of missing the playoffs.
Like last year in their run to the Super Bowl, the Giants are 8-7 heading into their regular-season finale and looking to get into the playoffs with a win. Unlike last season, though, the odds are against them qualifying for playoffs even if they win Sunday, when they host the Philadelphia Eagles.
Because of tiebreakers, the Giants only route to the playoffs is as a wild card and requires them to win Sunday and then have three other games turn out their way: the Packers as 311/2-point favorites defeating the Vikings; the Dallas Cowboys losing to or tying the 3-point favorite Washington Redskins; and the Chicago Bears losing as 31/2-point favorites to the Detroit Lions.
To put it another way, and excluding ties, the Giants have to win and then have two favorites win (the Packers over the Vikings, and the Redskins over the Cowboys), plus one underdog (the Lions over the Bears).
If the Giants miss the postseason, that has to enhance the Packers chances of getting to the Super Bowl. Twice in the last 11 months in the playoffs at Lambeau Field last January and then five weeks ago in New Jersey the Giants have shown theyre a particularly tough matchup for coach Mike McCarthys team.
The Giants defensive line, when healthy and motivated, can rush the passer well without blitzing, which gives them the ability to pressure the NFLs reigning MVP, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, while still covering with seven players. And when halfback Ahmad Bradshaw is healthy, the Giants run the ball well enough to keep defenses honest and control clock if theyre in the lead.
As of now, though, the Giants are less than a 50-50 shot to get into the playoffs.
Here are possible Packers early-round playoff matchups, based on what happens on the regular seasons final Sunday. The starting point is that if the Packers win Sunday, they will be seeded No. 2 no matter what, and if they lose, theyll be seeded No. 3 unless San Francisco and Seattle lose. Ties, which are rare in the NFL, are not accounted for here:
■ If the Packers (11-4) win Sunday at Minnesota, theyll be seeded No. 2 in the NFC and have a first-round bye. In the divisional round Jan. 12 and 13, theyd host the highest-seeded team that survives the wild-card round.
So if the third-seeded team wins its wild-card game against the team seeded sixth, it would play the Packers at Lambeau Field in the divisional round. The No. 3 seed under these circumstances would be the winner of the NFC West Division, either San Francisco (10-4-1) or Seattle (10-5).
Chances are, it will be the 49ers, who are 161/2-point favorites over Arizona. If the 49ers win, they win the division. If San Francisco is upset by Arizona, then Seattle would be seeded No. 3 if it wins at home as 101/2-point favorites against St. Louis.
Either way, the NFC East champion will be seeded No. 4. The winner of the Dallas-Washington game Sunday night wins the NFC East.
■ If the Packers lose as 3 1/2-point favorites to Minnesota, then the Packers will be seeded No. 3 and will host the sixth-seeded team in the wild-card round. Barring two stunning results Sunday, that would mean facing the Vikings again the next week.
Based on the playoff scenarios provided by the NFL and cutting through all the whys and wherefores, a Packers loss Sunday all but guarantees that the Nos. 2 and 5 seeds will go to the 49ers and Seahawks, in either order. The only catch is if both the 49ers and Seahawks lose Sunday as double-digit favorites. If that unlikelihood happens, then the Packers would be seeded No. 2 even if they lose to the Vikings.
But assuming the Packers lose and either San Francisco or Seattle wins, then the 49ers or Seahawks will be seeded No. 2 and the other will be No. 5. (Seattle defeated the Packers in the regular season, so if both are 11-5, the Seahawks win the tiebreaker and will be seeded No. 2. Seattle also beat the Vikings in the regular season, so if both finish 10-6, the Seahawks win the tiebreaker for the No. 5 spot. The Vikings also win a tiebreaker with the Chicago Bears at 10-6 for the last wild card).
So in that scenario, if the Packers won in the wild-card round, theyd play at the No. 2 seed (San Francisco or Seattle) in the divisional round. If the 49ers win Sunday, theyll be seeded second. If the 49ers lose and Seattle wins, the Seahawks would be seeded second.
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