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One Newbie's Understanding:
For the last few days I have been trying to get my head around the Omega 3.x theme's grid layout settings. This article attempts to describe my understanding of these settings. I am not a Drupal or Omega theme expert by any means, but someday I would like to become one and I believe that writing these articles helps me achieve that goal. This confession should also be interpreted as a disclaimer or warning to those reading this. I probably have misunderstood a thing or two, and in any event, the Omega 3.x theme is in Beta 1 as of this writing and is changing often, so use this information with caution.
Enabling the Responsive Grid
Near the very top of the Grid Settings section is a check box to "Enable the responsive grid". This is the heart of the Omega theme.
It is what allows you to resize the browser window, or display the page on different devices, and control how the page is styled. It is absolutely impressive to watch a web page change its layout to accommodate the size of the browser window in real time! This feature is what made me decide to standardize all my web building efforts around the Omega base theme.
The current version of the theme comes with four built-in layout sizes; Narrow (720px), Normal (960px), Wide (1200px), and Fluid (%width). These are listed in the Grid Settings section of the theme's setting. You don't want to confuse these with the "Grid System" selection, which is set to "Default (960px)" by default. Depending on what theme you are using for your administrative theme, you may need to scroll down, or un-collapse some headings to find the settings for the Narrow, Normal, Wide and Fluid layouts.
The Fluid layout in not checked by default is is meant only as an alternative to the Narrow layout. You will also find a selection for "Primary layout", which is set to "Normal" by default. As the help text states, this setting determines which layout to use if the "Enable the responsive grid" check box, located at the top of the settings page, is not selected. Below that, each layout has a selection box to "Use this layout with the responsive grid". In most cases you will want to select the Narrow, Normal, and Wide layouts. By selecting these, code is placed into the <head> tag area of the web page to load CSS stylesheets that control the styles for each of these layouts. I will discuss the "Weight" setting a bit later, but for now let's turn our attention to the "Media query" input text box.
Having never seen a media query before in my life, I knew I had a lot to learn when I scrolled down the page and saw this in the Normal Layout ~ Media query text input box:
all and (min-width: 980px) and (min-device-width: 980px), all and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (min-width: 1024px) and (orientation:landscape)
At first glance, this looked like an inscription you would find on a strange piece of metal on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico! Luckily the setting's title, "Media Query", gave me something to search the internet on and I came across a ton of pages on the topic. Some are more technical like Media Queries W3C Candidate Recommendation. The best one I found written for people that cannot interpret alien hieroglyphics was at http://css-tricks.com/. Reading his article on "Different Stylesheets for Differently Sized Browser Windows" gave me a clearer, but child-like understanding of Media Queries, and luckily was relevant to how the Omega theme actually uses media queries.
What is a Media Query?
In its most basic form, it is a way to swap out one stylesheet for another, based on condition(s). Let's say you wanted to use a different CSS stylesheet for your web page depending on whether it was being viewed in a browser or being output to a printer. That represents an excellent use case for Media Queries. Another is to swap stylesheets based on the size of the screen trying to display it, like mobile vs. desktop web browsers. The Omega theme, in an effort to be responsive to browsers' different and changeable viewing area, uses media queries to try to swap out CSS stylesheets based on data reported by the device itself.
Interpreting the Media Query Input Text Box
The media query input box 'default text' for the "Normal Layout" in the "Default (960px) layout settings" area listed above can be broken down as follows:
all - the target media type the styleseheet will apply to if the "condition" is met. As the name would imply, "all" indicates the stylesheet applies to all media types, including those such as 'screen' or 'print'. Other types include 'braille', 'handheld', 'projection', 'tty', and 'tv'.
and - AND is Boolean logic that results to "TRUE" if the condition before the AND and the the one after are met. (I thought about telling a humorous Boolean story here, but everyone would wonder if it was TRUE or FALSE.)
(min-width: 980px) - min-width refers the the viewport (viewable page area) in CSS pixels of the browser window or the <HTML> tag default width. This is different from the "browser size". If you were to add a Firefox extension like FirePicker (also known as FireSizer), you would quickly find that the browser window size is not the same as the viewport size. Browser "chrome" elements like scroll bars are the among the reasons for the difference. The condition being tested here is that the viewport width is greater than 980 pixels. Humans would probably prefer it read (min-width>980px), but those Roswell aliens are colon retentive.
and - Here is another one of the AND's, so we keep adding conditions that must be TRUE to the list of conditions
(min-device-width: 980px) - okay, this is where the aliens try to confuse the normal human being. This looks strangely familiar to (min-width: 980px). The "device" part signifies the physical screen pixel capabilities of the device displaying the content, as opposed to the size of the browsers' viewport CSS pixel area being displayed on that screen.
, - This barely perceptible comma is alien hieroglyphics for the Boolean OR logical expression. I've been to Oregon (OR), and if you remove an "m" from the word "comma", you would understand how the aliens got confused. In human speak, it means that IF all the conditions before the comma OR all the conditions after the comma result in TRUE, the entirety of the phrase results in TRUE.
all and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (min-width: 1024px) - I think we can now discern this section of the media query given the information presented above.
and (orientation:landscape) - quoting the W3C: ""The 'orientation' media feature is 'portrait' when the value of the 'height' media feature is greater than or equal to the value of the 'width' media feature. Otherwise 'orientation' is 'landscape'. " In human speak, if your browser viewport is wider than it is tall, it is in landscape "mode". This condition adds that test.
A Human Interpretation of the Media Query
After all that, what does the media query above really mean? Well, according to the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Media Query, Second Edition, Interpreting Alien Hieroglyphics for Fun and Profit", the above tests for the condition:
If you are any type of media device, be it a desktop PC, mobile phone, etc., and your browser window is open to at least 980 pixels and your physical screen size is capable of displaying that size window without scaling, or even still, if you can do the same thing at 1024 pixels when the width of that window is greater than your height, then I have a stylesheet I want you to use.
Width: A Visual Representation of my Mental Image
When I think of 'width' versus 'device-width', it is easy for me to get confused. After reading many articles about their differences, I created a mental image of what those differences are. By studying the image below, you too will have this same mental image and it will be stuck there forever each time you read a media query string! (Evil laugh!) The thing to take away from this image is that even though the device-width is changed, the web page width has not. If you want your web page to fit into a device-width of 640px, then you have to style your webpage for that width, test for it on the device that is calling for the page, and serve up the correct and targeted stylesheet with a carefully crafted media query.
Media Queries: All for not?
Now that you might have a better understanding about how Omega uses the Media Query to target a device's web browser with the appropriate stylesheet, you will be disappointed to learn that this can be a lot of work for nothing! Why? As Jakub Suder explains quite well in his article Tips for creating mobile sites... Devices Lie! Like the height and/or weight on a woman's driver's license, the device "width" reported by a mobile device should be taken only as an approximate.
The myth: min-width and max-width
Mobile browsers like to lie about their true size in an effort to make web pages that were not specifically designed for a smaller screen look "better". A mobile phone might have a device-width (screen size) of 320 pixels, but lie about their viewport size and say it was 980 pixels, then scale the web content to fit. If you tried to target that mobile phone with a "(min-width:320px) and (max-width:480)" media query condition, it would result in FALSE because the mobile device is a dirty rotten lying scoundrel.
The myth continues! min-device-width and max-device-width
So now that you know not to trust those nasty little mobile devices to tell you the truth about their viewports, you decide to pull out the truth serum and ask them how many pixels their screen size really is with the 'device-width' media query condition. They are forced to tell you the truth that it is in fact only 320px. (The nicer devices sometimes apologize for lying to you and offer to buy your dinner.) If you target your media query conditions to catch this with "(min-device-width:320px) and (max-device-width:480)" you will get the stylesheet you want selected, but the mobile device would then scale the web page three times its size to a 'simulated' 980px and make your carefully crafted and targeted stylesheets for that beautiful mobile web page "look as if you opened the mobile version of the site in a desktop browser", as Jake puts it.
So how do you solve the problem of the deceptive device width? The Omega theme tries to deal with this by using the <meta viewport> in the <html> tag, but his is a topic for another article.
Watching your 'Weight': A Final note
It is possible to define several media queries (by checking the boxes for Narrow, Normal, and Wide) and for some or all of them to result to TRUE. So how does the Omega theme resolve this possible conflict? That is where the "Weight" checkbox comes into play. While all layouts with a checkbox selected that result to TRUE will be added to the HTML code for that page, the media query with the 'heaviest' weight will be listed last and therefore take cascaded precedence over the others. So be sure to make the correct choices here. Carefully crafted media queries, together with the Weight selector make for infinite possibilities of CSS style!
Acknowledgements: I'd like to thank Jake Strawn (@himerus) for creating the Omega theme and Sebastian Siemssen (@thefubhy) for his support and patience in helping me understand some of the Omega 3.x theme's inner workings.
Thank You!
This is REALLY useful! Thanks for taking the time to research it.
Many thanks
This was a very useful article which has helped me get to grips with using Omega as a base theme. Thank you!
This is great job! Thank you.
Hi James, Great job well done, I'm a neebi to Omega and this really helped, I'm also try to put some kind of tutorials platform together for slow learners like myself, starting from local host to drupal, modues, views and hopefully omega. I'll keep you posted
The media query that's true for horizontal scroll bars.
Hi, great post. Many thanks.
For this media query you mention above " all and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (min-width: 1024px) -" , Isn't that only true for a browser that is bigger than the screen? i.e. It only evaluates to true if the browser is stretched beyond 1024px and the screen's max size is that size. So in "human speak", as you say, The browser will have a horizontal scroll bar if it's larger than 1024px because the screen's size is 1024px.
Not really
Remember to take the entire media query in context. There are ANDs and ORs in the entire query. The browser will not have a left/right scroll bar because Omega 960 grid layouts dimensions are smaller than the media query screen size declarations. On some operating systems/browsers, you could possibly stretch the browser window out between media query thresholds (wider than the screen) but all you get is more white space to the left/right of your content, not scroll bars. In Windows 7 for example, it will not allow you to stretch a window (or browser) wider than the screen resolution.
Great article
Great article and very funny. I've been using Omega for 12 months, but so far everything I have created has been 960 fixed. On my latest project, I decided to go responsive and in my research found your article. Well written and has helped me with the some of the confusions and given me points to research.
Great job!
New Layouts
Do you know how to add a new layout to the UI? Like i need one called small, that responds to a different media query.
Put media query in CSS provided
I don't really know how to do that. Omega gives us an interface to select (and customize) the media queries related to wide, narrow, etc. layouts. You really need to stick with those.
However, Omega just uses this method to determine which css files to load and in what order in the HTML on page load. This is just for our convenience. I don't think there is any reason why you cannot put your custom media query css declarations in any of those pre-defined css files.
For instance, in the custom-theme-alpha-default-wide.css you could add something like this:
@media all and (max-width:240px) {body {background: blue;}


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October 19, 2010
Yes, Folks, We All Would Legislate Morality (Psst, Even You Libertarians)
Really, I must be a glutton for punishment. During the past couple of weeks I had written two articles on libertarianism and made the point that for a law to be just, it must have a basis in morality. These commentaries evoked quite a response, ranging from lauding me as brilliant to lambasting me for not having two brain cells to rub together. And the negative responses were most notable. For daring to mention morality and law in the same breath, some implied I was like the Taliban, one respondent called me a "neoconservative" and a blogger said I was a socialist (yes, really, yours truly!). Pretty funny that, when talking about a man who proposed the Defense against Tyranny Amendment.
Now, to review the morality/law nexus in brief, I previously wrote (I recommend reading the first two pieces, here and here, for background):
…a law states that there is something you must or must not do, ostensibly because the action is a moral imperative, is morally wrong, or is a corollary thereof [emphasis added]. If this is not the case, with what credibility do you legislate in the given area? After all, why prohibit something if it doesn't prevent some wrong? Why force citizens to do something if it doesn't effect some good?
In response, libertarians emailed me and said that they didn't impose morality but rather prohibited "force," protected "property rights" or prevented "harm." But unless one objects to governmental use of force to apprehend a murderer or citizens' exercise of self-defense, moral distinctions must be made. Moreover, we couldn't credibly prohibit force, protect property rights or prevent harm in the first place unless unjustly using the first, violating the second or causing the third wasn't "wrong." Ergo, morality.
Another argument I heard was that not all law reflects morality; the example given was law mandating that we drive on the right side of the road. Yet this is where the "corollary thereof" part comes in. Without such a law, more people will be harmed in accidents, and we believe it's "wrong" to allow people to get harmed.
To be fair, a couple of libertarians (one of whom is running for office) wrote me and stated that their informed ideological brethren understand that law must have a moral basis, such as the "non-aggression principle." Yet, while I realize many different conceptions of libertarianism exist, absent an authoritative "Church of Libertarianism" to establish official dogma, I have no choice but to draw my conclusions from libertarians' consensus pronouncements. After all, there are textbook/dictionary definitions of liberalism that sound pretty good, too, yet they describe no liberals I've ever met. I live in the real world; if you seek a denizen of textbook dream-world, I suggest you visit your local college campus.
And if you look at these pronouncements, something becomes clear: The problem here isn't just one of libertarians but of moderns themselves. It is a deep problem that concerns not just the nature of man's law. It concerns the nature of morality itself.
And, certainly, someone is confused. Some respondents said it was me, and one quoted Ayn Rand, writing, "A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality." But think about what this implies. Hint: The idea isn't merely that it's not moral to impose morality, but that it isn't morality if it's imposed.
So let's start an analysis of the nature of morality. I ask you: Who or what determines what we call "morality"? I addressed this in "The Nature of Right and Wrong," writing:
[There are only two possibilities:] [e]ither man does or something outside man does. The idea that man determines right and wrong is known as "moral relativism"; this means that morals are relative to the time, place and people. The idea that right and wrong are determined by something outside of man is known as "Absolute Truth."
And, of course, the latter implies God. After all, if we're saying that "Truth" is something existing apart from man, is inerrant and that we must abide by it — which means it's above man — what are we actually describing? But, now, what are the implications of relativism? I continued:
[Moral relativism] states that morality is determined by man; what is rarely recognized, though, is that if this is so then there is no right and wrong, objectively speaking. Think about it: If 90 percent of humanity said it preferred chocolate ice cream over vanilla, it wouldn't mean that chocolate was "right" and vanilla "wrong." Nor would it mean that chocolate was better in any objective sense — it would simply mean that people happened to like chocolate better. It's illogical to say otherwise. But would it be any more logical to say that murder was wrong for no other reason than the fact that 90 percent of all people preferred that others not kill in a way that we call unjust? Of course not. But if the idea that murder is wrong is simply a function of man's collective preference, it then falls into the exact same realm as the collective preference for a type of ice cream: the realm of taste.
Now, the Founding Fathers, men much admired in libertarian circles, understood this well. They realized that if man is the measure of what is called "morality," then it is merely opinion and based on nothing but air. This is why George Washington stated, "Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." It is why James Madison, known as the father of the Constitution, said in 1785, "Religion is the basis and Foundation of government." And it is why the framers emphasized that men's rights are "endowed by their Creator," as it is this — and only this — that could make them "unalienable." A person has a right to life not because some government somewhere thinks it's cool, because it might cool on the idea 10 years hence. Rather, it can only be a right because there is that eternal, unchanging moral injunction "Thou shalt do no murder." (Note: "killing" isn't necessarily murder and can be justifiable in self-defense or during the prosecution of a just war based on "The Principle of Double Effect.") So the truth is that the founders would have been confused by only one thing in my block-quoted explanation and asked, "What is ice cream?"
Thus, to whatever extent and in whatever way the founders were libertarians, they were not libertines. The truth is that today's average secular libertarian has as much in common with those "classical liberals" (the actual political-science description of the founders) as modern liberals do. In fact, how many degrees of separation are there between most moderns and the founders? Probably about 24 — the number of the 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence who held seminary degrees.
If you libertarians feel unloved, I'll emphasize that you didn't invent relativism; it is the characteristic philosophical mistake of our time, with a poll sometime back showing that even 62 percent of so-called "Christians" don't believe in Absolute Truth.
The latter fact is ironic, too, since relativism is joined at the hip with secularism. And this is why the Sultans of Secularism, from Richard Dawkins to Rand (yes, Atlas shrugged and Rand slipped), do their dance of self-deceit. They don't want to come to terms with the implications of their atheism, with the meaninglessness of it, that its corollary of moral relativism negates any and all ideas about what is a right life, a right law, a right government, or a right right. For it would all be taste. Yet neither will they accept God's existence and dominion. So in an effort to lend the atheistic world view meaning and construct a moral foundation within it, they wiggle and jiggle, twist to and fro, jump through hoops and over hurdles, doing intellectual contortions extreme enough to create a sideshow between their ears. All this because they insist upon trying to create the tree without the roots. And this has been done many times — but it is always an artificial tree.
And it begets a superficial life. It is thus not surprising that Objectivist Ayn Rand once said, "Nothing existential gave me any great pleasure. And progressively, as my idea developed, I had more and more a sense of loneliness." No doubt. The reality is that Jeffrey Dahmer, when he was a brutal serial killer, had a better understanding of philosophy than tree-without-roots secularists such as Rand. For, when he was a teen he stated to his parents, "If there's no God, why can't I just make up my own rules?" Now that is Objectivism in action.
As for lawmaking in action, to recognize that true leaves cannot exist without the roots isn't to advocate descent into nanny-state nightmares; it is just to express an obvious truth. And it's one that people obviously are rationalizing away. But why do they do so? Pride is a factor, of course, as is attachments to long-held ideology. Another factor, however, is that many people believe that if they acknowledge the morality/law link, it will open the door for the legislation of an excessive number of values. And while I understand their fear, they have it exactly backwards. Insofar as our government does legislate — which should be a rare occurrence — it must impose morals, not just "values" (which can be positive or negative). For it is only when government imposes morals residing within its legitimate domain that laws are just; when it imposes merely values, they may be unjust. But how can we ensure it will be the former? Well, we must first be in touch with moral reality. Only then will we understand when and what the government should be legislating.
But there is little hope society at large will understand something if a social-pressure gag order is placed on discussion of it. This is why I emphasize understanding every aspect of this matter: the nexus between morality and just law; the immorality of excessive law; and, first and foremost, understanding what morality actually is. Because to deny reality for fear it could be twisted is itself a twisting of reality — and the consequences are likely just as severe.
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And doesn't history bear this out? Note that there were relatively few laws in far more Christian, "Bible-thumping," morality aware early America. Yet, as our society departs from discussion of morality and the concept itself — even replacing the term with "values" — laws proliferate. It's no surprise, either. How can we expect those unschooled in morality (liberals, for instance) to understand the immorality of excessive lawmaking?
So people who want Rand can have her. I'll side with George, James and the rest of those Taliban, neocon socialists of dead-white-male fame.

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2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500: Introduction
The veritable sweet spot of the American auto industry, pickup trucks are as much a part of life in the USA as baseball, hamburgers, milk shakes and fireworks on the Fourth of July. Because of this, the segment is one of the most competitive in the auto industry. Thing is, these vehicles are being called upon to do more than haul tools and materials to and from jobsites. People are using pickup trucks as their primary mode of transportation.
Automakers are recognizing this and building more and more features into trucks that were previously only found in very nice cars. Additionally trucks are being engineered to ride more smoothly, hand more adroitly and just generally coddle their occupants more. With this in mind, the Dodge Ram product planning team set about specifying the parameters of the all-new 2013 RAM 1500 pickup truck.
Easily the quietest pickup truck we've ever driven, the 2013 Ram 1500 is a technological tour de force, representing an outstanding achievement in improvement over an already fine product. The Ram product team say they were after four key areas of improvement; design, technology, features, and fuel economy.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Competition
When it comes to pickup trucks, the best selling models read like a who's-who of the usual suspects, as the crown for the best selling truck circulates among the same three models endlessly. However, wearing the crown so often it has an indentation around its cranium ids the Ford F-150, routinely America's best selling automobile—period.
Following closely on the F-150's heels is the Chevrolet Silverado and its GMC sibling, the Sierra. Rounding out the field are the Asian competitors, the Nissan Titan and the Toyota Tundra. In terms of power, the entry-level V6 powered Ram bests them all with a 305-horsepower/269 ft.-lbs. of torque 3.6-liter V6. Titan has no V6 offering and thus eliminates itself from this aspect of the marketplace right off the bat.
Of course, V8 power is what these trucks are really all about, and in that regard, the Ram is firmly in the hunt with its 395-horsepower/ 407 ft.-lbs. 5.7-liter V8.
All are priced pretty competitively, as for features; the nod generally goes to the newest truck in the segment. Each successive generation of each model pretty much one-ups the competition.
But when it comes to towing, the F-150's 11,300-pound maximum capacity wins the day.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Pricing and Trim Levels
For 2013, the Ram's model designations include ST, Express, Tradesman, Outdoorsman, R/T, Laramie and Laramie Longhorn. Available in Regular-, Quad- and Crew-cab configurations, with either four-wheel drive, or two-wheel drive, and both long and short truck boxes; 2013 RAM 1500 pricing starts at $23,585 (including destination charges).
With all of those trim levels and three different body styles, tailoring a Ram 1500 to your specific needs should be infinitely doable. For model year 2013, the working truck oriented Tradesman features a 4.7-liter V-8, to get the big V8 on the basic end of the spectrum; you'll want to take a look at the 5.7-liter Hemi-powered Express.
For off roaders, the Ram Outdoorsman comes with on/off-road tires, front suspension and transfer-case skid plates, power folding mirrors, and the 5.7-liter Hemi.
Executive truckers looking for the full deluxe treatment will want to check the box labeled Laramie Longhorn; it comes with power adjustable pedals, real wood trim on the center stack, dual-zone A/C, power adjustable heated and ventilated front seats, as well as a heated steering wheel and rear seats.
Urban truckers will want to consider the R/T. Designed to look mean on the street, it gets 22-inch wheels, the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8, a sporty dual exhaust system, the Ram's billet grille with a body-color grille surround, door handles and rear bumper.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Exterior
Continuing the 'big rig" theme that so distinguished the RAM pickup upon its introduction back in 1994, the look of the new 2013 Ram 1500 is more evolution than revolution. The signature grille is larger and features a unique treatment for each different version.
The halogen/LED lighting suite is designed to produce more throw and a broader spread. The taillights incorporate LEDs too. The model designation on the doors has been laid out vertically rather than horizontally to make it easier for contractors and businesses to mount their signs.
Behind the grille, paired with the eight-speed transmission is a movable air shutter system designed to improve the aerodynamics at highway speeds. Under certain parameters, the system can block up to 80 percent of the air flowing through the grille to reduce drag.
Sharp-eyed observers will note the 2013 Ram's chin is closer to the ground. This is another effort aimed towards improving aerodynamics and fuel efficiency. Don't worry though, the edge of the chin spoiler is made of a deformable material designed to pop back into shape if it hits something hard.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Interior
The top of the line Laramie model features plush leather and burl walnut unintentionally created by ranchers using trees as fence posts for barbed wire. Eventually, the trees grow over the rusting metal wire, creating a unique swirl coloring pattern and tone.
On the features/technology front, all secondary controls have been grouped by function, making them much easier to locate. Chrysler's Uconnect infotainment system has been applied to the new Ram. It uses an 8.4-inch touchscreen interface—in addition to redundant controls, for each incorporated system. Additionally, TFT (thin-film transistor) technology has been incorporated into the instrument cluster—enabling instant reconfigurability of the instrumentation and the information provided—depending upon the operating mode selected.
A new electrical architecture was developed for the Ram to enable the new electronic feature-set. High and low-speed data networks are employed for both comfort and convenience features, as well as to improve the truck's performance. The Ram is also capable of functioning as a Wi-Fi hot spot. Available Smartphone applications include remote lock and unlocking of the truck.
Speaking of locking the truck, the new Ram has a central locking system like that applied to better luxury cars. Locking the Ram's doors also locks the storage bins in the walls of the pickup box, in addition to the fuel-filler and the tailgate.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Powertrains And Fuel Economy
Three engines are offered; a 305-horsepower, 3.6-liter which generates 269 ft-lbs of torque and will tow 6,500 pounds. The 4.7-liter V8 produces 310 horsepower and 330 ft.-lbs. of torque and will tow up to 7,700 pounds. The 395-horsepower, 5.7-liter HEMI V8, pumping out 407 ft.-lbs. of torque is the top offering. Towing capacity with this engine is expected to be in the 9,000-pound range. An eight-speed automatic transmission is specified, which is a first for any Chrysler product with a V8.
Controlled by a rotary dial on the dash, rather than a conventional shift lever on the center console, the transmission is a big part of the fuel economy gains. It also features a thermal management system to get it up to operating temperature more quickly in order to reduce friction, improving its longevity as well as its ability to increase fuel efficiency.
The EPA estimates 17-mpg city/25 mpg highway. Which, for a vehicle the size of this new Ram is quite remarkable. There is also a high fuel efficiency (HFE) version of the truck equipped with a stop-start function, in addition to other fuel saving measures. That version of the Ram 1500 returns 18-mpg city and 25 on the highway.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Driving Impressions
On the road, the 3.6-liter V6 is so well matched we thought it was the V8, until we were informed otherwise. Then, when we drove the 5.7-liter V8, it was like wow! This thing's got a lot of kick. Additionally, the Ram 1500 has a very smooth ride, thanks to the new air suspension system—which also features a load leveling function. Surprisingly, to be as big as it is, the Ram 1500 really does drive like a car. It is comfortable and smooth, as well as very quiet.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Safety
Safety features include standard front airbags, front and rear side-curtain air bags and seat-mounted side air bags. The Ram also features knee bolsters and seat-belt pretensioners Options include adjustable pedals, rear park assist and a rear back-up camera. Electronic stability control (ESC), traction control, trailer-sway control, Hill-start Assist and ABS are standard.
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review
2013 Ram 1500 Road Test And Review: Final Thoughts
The state of the art of pickup trucks has advanced mightily. Features formerly found only in mega-dollar luxury cars are now available to truckers; thanks to the determination of Ram's product planners to make the 2013 Ram 1500 the most advanced pickup truck on the market.
Of course this status will only last until Chevy redoes the Silverado and Ford reworks the F-150. That said, when they raise their games to the level of this new Ram, we'll all win, whether we favor Chrysler's, Ford's, or GM's take on that most ubiquitous of American vehicles—the pickup truck.


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Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of profiles of Student Employee of the Year nominees. The winner will be announced at a luncheon Thursday, April 18.
Michael Kelly '14 of Black River, a junior organizational communication major, has been nominated for the Keuka College 2013 Student Employee of the Year award for his work as the marketing and advertising assistant in the student activities office.
In that role, Kelly has been bringing fresh ideas that support and grow campus programming, said Eva Moberg-Sarver, director of student activities. Kelly is responsible for the advertisements and promotions students see in the window of the office, as well as on digital signage, Campus Activities Board (CAB) bulletin board, and social media accounts, said Moberg-Sarver, who nominated him for the award along with Kevin Perry, resident director.
After taking the initiative to attend a regional training conference, Kelly collaborated with two offices, a campus club, and Student Senate to bring a new program to campus. As a result, motivational speaker Erin Davies, known for her FAGBUG vehicle, presented her documentary on her experiences touring the country with the car and speaking to the LGBTA community. Kelly also coordinated the Enactus "Green Bingo" event, held on St. Patrick's Day, to raise awareness and encourage students to "go green" in a number of ways.
According to Moberg-Sarver, Kelly has gone "above and beyond" with his marketing ideas, even going so far as to investigate a texting program that would enable updates to be delivered directly to students' cell phones, and researching promotional pieces for prospective students that could bring multiple campus offices together.
"Overall, we could not be more pleased with his work ethic and dedication, as well as the opportunity to work with him," she said.
What do a box of crayons, a bag of pepperoni, Flo of Progressive Insurance fame, a prom-going zombie, the Ball Hall tower, and a fox have in common?
They were all characters who won the annual Halloween costume contest held on the Keuka College campus Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Tracy McFarland, associate vice president for student development, portrayed the crayon box, while Eva Moberg-Sarver, director of student activities; Eric Detar, chaplain; and resident directors (RD) Kevin Perry, Tim White, Rebecca Capek, Margeaux DePrez, and Kelsey Deso posed as the crayons.
McFarland and her colorful crew earned first place in the group category.
Junior Ariel Scott (zombie), an organizational communication major from Unadilla, received the top prize in the scariest category, while the most original prize went to Amanda Burlingame, a senior adolescent mathematics/special education major from Keuka Park, for her portrayal as Flo.
The top costumes in the male and female categories went to Nathan Calabria (the fox), and Jennie Snyder (pepperoni). Calabria and Snyder, part of the D.R.I.V.E. program, earned $30 each for their efforts.
For staff and faculty, a Halloween hat contest with desk-to-desk competition, was held. Human Resources Manager Sue Delyser, earned bragging rights with her 'hat'—the Ball Hall tower.
Each contestant received a gift certificate to the Terrace Café courtesy of AVI Fresh, the College's food service provider.
Keuka College has long been touted for its family-like atmosphere.
And a new effort by the Office of Student Affairs just might bring the family even closer, while hopefully having a positive impact on retention. In addition to their regular duties, the College's seven residence directors (RDs) will become success advocates (SAs) for this year's new crop of matriculates.
The role of the SAs is to be a friend, another resource on campus to help the students solve problems, and guide them on their path to graduation.
"We usually hear of unsuccessful students when we can no longer help them," said Jim Blackburn, vice president for student development and dean of students. "What the success advocates will do is reduce some of the reactivity. We want to be proactive, connect with students right away, and focus on ways that will make each student successful."
Seen as a front line resource for students, the SAs include RDs Margeaux DePrez (Space Hall), Eugene Mont (Ball Hall), Tim White (Blyley and Harrington Halls), McKala Accetura (Strong Hall Apartments), Kelsey Deso (Davis Hall), Rebecca Capek (Saunders Hall), and Kevin Perry (Keuka Park Apartments). (more…)


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This is amazing and speaks to your commitment and dedication to the university. Thank you for your leadership.
Marquette University Alumni Association Purpose
Develop a passionate community of Marquette alumni in support of the university and each other.
National Board Purpose
The MUAA National Board of Directors assembles to offer counsel and support to Marquette University on issues and initiatives with an alumni focus. National Board members share a passion for Marquette, serve as active and engaged alumni role models, and empower and motivate fellow alumni to connect in innovative and meaningful ways.
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Believe it or not we are still compiling prizes, shipping goodies and contacting winners. Unfortunately not everyone who won a prize has contacted us with details on where to send them. We sure gave away a lot and by the looks of it, plenty will be left over to dish out to our Tilters all winter long. Coming this week we will publish the complete list. If you won a prize during the Tilathon and you have not contacted us yet, please do so before time runs out.
Joey wins the Tilathon Host MVP Award for his endless contribution on the mic. During the first night, Danielle Benham ended the year right by giving out Three Jimmie Lee Prize Packs and Three signed copies of her Australian Poker Weekly Cover! A special prize was also awarded to our very own Mike Beeman in the form of a Flip Orley Stop Smoking CD! Get well soon MB! Congrats to everyone and thank you.


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My character of Frank is up to level 32 and still I am struggling to beat him!
I have been using the "Blambow,"and once that is finished, use the assault rifle and just before near death, I went into the kill with the "Laser Sword" in hand. This has worked for me in the past with Chuck but it seems a bit harder as Frank this time around,(even as fully dressed ninja?)
I shall try using it the way you recommend, thank you.
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Stacy Pearsall's outstanding portfolio of combat images earned her the title Photographer of the Year both in 2003 and 2007 respectively from the National Press, Photographers Association. She is only the second woman since 1967 to receive this honor.
Pearsall enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 17 and negotiated her passion for photography into her commitment by receiving an Air Force guarantee to use her talent on the front lines. She spent the first four years of her enlistment as a U-2 spy plane intelligence film processor and her only camera work was personal. But in January of 2002 she entered Combat Camera Squadron. After being wounded in action in 2003 and 2007 in Iraq, Pearsall was medically retired. She began advocacy work through programs such as the Wounded Warrior Program, Real Warriors, Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the Wounded Warrior Games.
Her body of work has been celebrated by Time, Newsweek, New York Times, CNN, BBC, LA Times, USA Today, and an Oscar-nominated PBS documentary: Operation Home Coming.
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Changing the face
Law school celebrates commitment to diversity and Academic Resource Center 25th anniversary
When Judge Mark Chow graduated from the law school in 1979, he was the only person of color in his class. He was one of the early benefactors of the law school's efforts to reach out to underrepresented groups, which has grown into the acclaimed Academic Resource Center.
"Everyone who was in the program, nobody else wanted," he said. "Everyone told me, "Nope, you can't make it,' but this law school was the only place I was aware of that was willing to take a look at other factors than the culturally biased LSAT. I was very fortunate."
Today, Seattle University School of Law is the Northwest's most diverse law school and is nationally recognized for inclusive environment. One of the pillars of that commitment is the life-changing Access Admission Program and Academic Resource Center, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this fall
"Among the things I most love about Seattle University School of Law are its diverse faculty and student body and its commitment to equal justice," Dean Mark C. Niles said. "ARC is at the heart of that."
The celebration recognized the law school's uninterrupted commitment to access and diversity in the legal profession through the ARC Access Admissions Program and its Early-entry predecessor and honored the more than 700 alumni who have enhanced the profession with their service. This program, one of the few remaining true access programs in the country, is literally changing the face of the legal profession. An anonymous donor who also believes in that mission has created an endowment of more than $8 million for ARC scholarships.
The Access Admission Program considers an applicant's life experience and promise in addition to traditional admission criteria, and ARC provides the support necessary for their success. Given access to legal education, ARC alums enrich the law school and the profession. Although they comprise only 10 percent of the student population, ARC students are disproportionately overrepresented as faculty scholars, Student Bar Association presidents and graduation speakers. They go on to be leaders in the legal profession, bar associations and their communities. They continue to serve the law school long after they graduate.
The ARC program co-founded by Professors Dave Boerner and Paula Lustbader '88 25 years ago, has a solid program of support, which begins with specially designed summer coursework. The early days of the program were much different, Chow said.
Students took courses in the summer, including torts, along with second-year students being graded on a steep curve, and had to pass all of them. Chow recalls only he and two other passed - and many of the others didn't make it through all three years.
"There weren't too many of us left at the end," he said. "The way they have it structured now really does try to help people instead of letting them in and saying, 'good luck.'"
After law school, Chow was a King County deputy prosecutor, helping establish the pioneering Mental Health Court. He worked in private practice and served as legal counsel for Mayor Charles Royer. He was elected to the bench in 1991 - the first Asian American in the state to serve at the District Court level, and served on the Judicial Education Committee, making sure diversity issues were incorporated into curriculum.
Like Chow, ARC alumni are thriving in all forms of practice. They are state and federal court clerks; partners and associates; prosecutors and defense attorneys; public interest lawyers; attorneys for nonprofit organizations; educators; corporate counsel and judges.
Graduates came from as far as Texas and Hawaii to pay tribute to the program. One after another, alumni thanked Lustbader and Boerner for their support, skills and encouragement and spoke with heartfelt thanks for the chance the program gave them.
Chow's son, Michael, graduated in May, was able to hood him at graduation.
"It was such an honor," he said. "My son and I owe so much to Seattle U."
A broad reach
The law school's dedication to diversity extends well beyond the ARC program, knowing it enriches the experience for all students and alumni. That commitment includes recruiting faculty and students from the broadest range of backgrounds and experience and working to create a more diverse legal profession, through a variety of curricular and programmatic initiatives.
Among the many ways the law school promotes diversity:
- Students can take courses on a variety of subjects related to diversity taught by national recognized critical race scholars. A Law and Social Inequality Focus Area provides a range of courses dealing with disparities based on race, poverty and gender.
- Professor Robert Chang, Executive Director of the law school's Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, co-chairs the Task Force on Race and Criminal Justice, a coalition of judges, legislators, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, academics and representatives from other legal community and community organizations that came together to investigate and challenge racial bias in the criminal justice system.
- The law school hosted the third biennial Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop to encourage and assist members of underrepresented groups to pursue deanships and other university and law school leadership positions.
- A year-round Lawyering in a Diverse World series offers workshops designed to empower students with skills and tools on a variety of issues related to diversity.
- The Racial Justice Leadership Institute is a new professional development opportunity to faculty and staff as part of our commitment to create a positive climate for all members of the law school community.
- Events planned for the spring will also look at issues related to diversity, including a symposium the marking the 25th Anniversary of the United States v. Hirabayashi Coram Nobis Case Feb, 11; a CLE on Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System Feb. 16-17; and a colloquium re-examining Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" 50 years after publication March 9.
Dean Mark C. Niles said the law school is continually looking for ways to embrace and promote diversity.
"Each generation has its own diversity issues and objectives," Niles said. "Progress in some areas should never be used as a reason not to remain vigilant in the ongoing mission of creating a just, equitable and inclusive world."
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How Gays Helped Make and Remake America
A new history gives them a mission, and it isn't to embrace marriage.
The American right presents homosexuality as something alien to the American experience—an intruder that inexplicably gate-crashed America in 1969 in the form of a rioting drag queen clutching a high heel in her fist as a weapon. The statements of Michele Bachman, Rick Santorum, or Mitt Romney insistently hint that the fag does not belong under the flag. But there's something odd here. For people who talk incessantly about honoring American history, they have built a historical picture of their country that can only be sustained by scrubbing it clean of a significant part of the population, and everything they brought to the party (if not the Tea Party).
In his new book, A Queer History of the United States, the cultural critic Michael Bronski runs the film backward, through 500 years of American life, showing there were gays and bisexuals in every scene, making and remaking America. They were among some of the country's great icons, from Emily Dickinson to Calamity Jane to perhaps even Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt. The rioting drag queens of the Stonewall Inn arrive only on page 210 of a 250-page book that argues gay people weren't merely present at every stage—they had a historical mission in America. It was to expose Puritanism, scolding, and sexual intolerance. Yet in a strange and disagreeable turn, Bronski concludes that in the final act of this story, gays have en masse abandoned their mission by demanding the most domestic and Puritan goal of all: monogamous marriage.
The gay alternative to Puritan America began before the first white settler ever arrived. The day before Christopher Columbus set foot in North America, it was a safer place for gay people than it was ever going to be again for centuries. The limited but sturdy evidence provided by historians that Bronski draws on suggests homosexuality was treated matter-of-factly among most Native American tribes. In the records of the Lewis and Clark expeditions, Nicholas Biddle observes: "Among the Mamitarees, if a boy shows any symptoms of effeminacy or girlish inclinations he is put among the girls, dressed in their way, brought up with them, and sometimes married to men." Among the Crows, a horrified white observer wrote, "men who dressed as women and specialized in women's work were accepted and sometimes honored; a woman who led men in battle and had four wives was a respected chief." This shouldn't be entirely romanticized. One tribe "accepted" homosexuality by raising young men to be "passives," available as "sexual resources" to the tribe, which sounds uncomfortably close to rape. But in most places, different sexualities were granted room for expression, much of it consensual.
The Europeans looked on in revulsion, like Jerry Falwell in a powdered wig. In the 1775 diary of Pedro Font, a Franciscan on a trip to what is now California, he warns that "the sin of sodomy prevails more among [the Miami] than in any other nation" and concludes with a cluck: "There will be much to do when the Holy Faith and the Christian religion are established among them." A lot was indeed done, and with extreme violence. The Europeans who arrived in North America had a fierce sense of how gender and sexuality should be expressed. They had fled Britain because they felt, among other things, that it had become a syphilitic den of decadence.
The Puritans aspired to build instead a pure theocratic homeland in America. As the research of historian Jonathan Ned Katz shows, they meant it: Many people were executed for sodomy. Yet he also uncovered cases that suggest this isn't the whole story. From the start, there were Americans who dissented from the Puritanism–often in the most blatant way—and it is these dissenters who interest Bronski most. In 1624, a large group of people led by a man named Thomas Morton decided to found a town based on very different principles, in an area that is now Quincy, near Boston. They called the town Merrymount—popular slang at the time for illicit forms of sex—and built an 80-foot phallic symbol in the town center. They freed any indentured servants who joined them, befriended the local Native American tribe, and began to intermarry with them, suggesting many of their members were heterosexuals sick of Puritan strictures and open to other ways.
Merrymount sounds as quintessentially American as Salem—and a lot more fun. But the conflict that runs through American history—between fundamentalism and sexual freedom—mowed down Merrymount. In 1629, after a five-year-long prefiguring of life in South Beach or West Hollywood, the local Puritans invaded the town and dismantled it brick by brick. (History doesn't record what they did with the phallus.) Morton was deported back to London, where he became one of the most eloquent critics of the genocide of the Native Americans in all of Europe.


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"Black Ich/Black Spot"
My sunburst platy has small black dots in and around his mouth ONLY. He hides a lot (but to be honest, he's always hid a lot it's not that unusual for him). What does make me uneasy is that he tends to flinch a lot recently, which he never used to do. I got him last december. What I have at home right now it "Prevent*Ich" it's for "ich, fungus, protozoans, and dinoflagellates." Will that help with the black spots? Or is there a better medication out there? Is there another issue, other than temperature and the water change that could have caused this change in my fish?
It's a 10 gallon freshwater tank that has been set up for about 8 months. There are three adult platies, one baby platy. One of my adult platys died this past sunday from Fin Clamp. There are no live plants. Water temperature used to be 73, but i'm slowly raising it to 78 today (that's what the fish store told me was probably the issue). I feed them flakes. pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all normal. I did a complete water change on sunday after my fish died from fin clamp (i know, i know..not hte greatest move, but i wanted to get rid of the antibiotic that i put in, my mom put in the wrong one =x)
I hope this helps:
1) In fact the first one isn't a goldfish illness at all, it is the sign of healing from injury caused by ammonia, rough handling, low pH, skin flakes or fish ick and can appear on the skin or fins.
It is important to note that the black spots will not appear until the problem is removed and the skin begins to heal. This type of black spot usually disappears within 7 days.
The second type of black spot is a parasitic fish illness. Pond fish and those living in aquariums with snails are more at risk. Small black or brown spots about 2mm in diameter appear anywhere on the goldfish, including the mouth. They contain the larvae of parasitic flukes. Consult a pet shop or vet on the best anti-parasitic medicine for this goldfish illness if it becomes a problem.
Even after the tank and fish are free from the parasite, this type of black spot can remain on the goldfish as a scar.
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Lessons Learned
Cooking the Pig
- Having people stay up late with the cooks really helped them to stay awake this year, as did a few 5 hour energy drinks.
- Pit Cooking was much easier than Spit Cooking. The pig can be left unattended for longer periods of time.
- Need to open the Aluminum Foil not over the pit/fire. Can cause a grease fire: Video of the great Pig Grease Fire of 2010
- Watch the weather - we soldiered the thunderstorm well, but thank goodness we started planning for it in advance and made sure we'd have a tent to protect the food. Imagine how awkward it would've been if we hadn't caught this.
- Need to wear protective hand coverings (latex gloves will do) when pulling the aluminum foil off the cooking frame
Securing Foods
- There's a pig processing place in Hartselle that can get us a pig cheaper with a good heads up
- For previous events Rocket City Meats complained that we called too early and needed to call 2 weeks before the event. Then we did that and they dicked us by doubling the price and leaving us with no time to find a competing offer. It was five days after we started calling before Mr. Philips answered the phone. Lesson learned is to call 4 weeks in advance anyway and to find a competing offer.
- Reminder email should be sent out a day before the event - some folks forgot to bring pledged items
Money \ Headcount \ Activities
- Remember the name tags - sometimes guests have a hard time finding members to answer questions. Name Tags could identify members easily. Also, suggesting members wear makers local shirts on the day of the event in a reminder email.
- Guestbook for prospective members to sign
- Find a way to count plates, maybe use stickers instead of marker for the hand. (we can count the number of used stickers)
- Used a clicker, can be found in the office near the bathroom of 414 Stevens.
- The Pool was a great idea, and really felt good to the cooks that had been next to the pit all night. The water was nasty after we got in, the cooks should save it as a reward at the end, or add some chlorine.
- I was pretty out of it after cooking the pig all night, next year we should delegate the money taking to two not-cooks people.
- It really helped having one person dedicated to taking the paypal payments so that the other could focus on taking cash.
- If we offer discounted plates to interest groups, we need to have about $20 in $1 bills to make change
- Investigate getting an article written about it in the Valley Planet
- Continue advertising with the Huntsville Young Professionals and NPR
- Dominoes might be willing to put our fliers on the pizza boxes, but those fliers have to be tame.
- NPR announcements need a 3 week lead time
Food Prep
- We need to suggest that children be watched by an adult at all times.
- Don't run out of bbg sauce.
- Two LARGE things of Sweeet Baby Rays and one regular sized were used at the event. So have more of that on hand.
- Don't put out the large containers, put out the squeeze bottles and refill them as needed. Or just don't get the large containers.


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Ames, Ia. - Four decades ago, Barry Switzer faced a decision.
He could either become the next football coach at Iowa State, or wait for an offer from a more established program.
"A lot of (assistants) want to be a head coach just to be a head coach," Switzer said. "I didn't want to do that."
Instead, Switzer launched his career in 1973, when he became Oklahoma's head coach. He guided the Sooners to a 157-29-4 record and three national titles before leaving after the 1988 season.
He finished with a 15-0-1 mark against the Cyclones.
"I know coaches who have given up their careers, because of the fact they wanted to stay where they could win," said Switzer, now an analyst for XM Satellite Radio. "(They were) just not wanting to take a chance and a gamble."
Switzer brings a unique perspective to Saturday's game between Oklahoma and Iowa State.
He empathizes with the Sooners' Bob Stoops, and understands the task Gene Chizik is trying to tackle.
"It's a hard deal," Switzer said of coaching the Cyclones. "It's not easy, but it can happen.
"If you can get a salesman, and the guy can go out and get players to come to your place and believe ... you can build on that."
Switzer was a persuasive recruiter in 1967, when longtime Iowa State coach Clay Stapleton decided to retire.
Stapleton contacted Gomer Jones, then Oklahoma's athletic director. Jones passed a message along to Switzer, a Sooners assistant.
"(Jones) told me, 'Clay Stapleton called and wants to talk to you,' " Switzer recalled, " 'He's going to resign and he wants to know ... ' "
Switzer was intrigued, but leery.
"I was a young coach, and I said, 'You know, I don't want that challenge. I'm not in a hurry.''' Switzer explained.
The job eventually went to Johnny Majors, who guided the Cyclones to an 8-4 mark in 1971. Iowa State has had six different coaches since Majors left after the '72 season.
Switzer praised Dan McCarney, who led the Cyclones to five bowl games, and says fans need to be patient with Chizik.
"Dan did a good job," Switzer said. "I think people get in a hurry sometimes and want to make changes.
"They think changing coaches is going to make a difference, and that sets a program back a lot of times."
When Switzer was asked if Iowa State could join the Big 12 Conference's elite, he chuckled.
"If it can happen in Manhattan, Kansas, it can happen anywhere," he said. "Bill Snyder made it happen. He had a niche with the junior colleges. He won enough that he got other kids believing to come there."
Stoops, meanwhile, is burdened by expectations.
He's won more than 80 games and led the Sooners to a final No. 1 ranking in 2000.
Yet Stoops is constantly compared to predecessors such as Switzer and Bud Wilkinson.
"You have to feed the monster," Switzer said. "I tried to do a good job of feeding it, and then the '90s came and they struggled.
"Bob has come on the scene and done a great job ... but anticipation, expectations are so great."
Especially galling to Sooners fans is a series of losses in which Stoops' team was a double-digit favorite. Oklahoma will be expected to easily dispatch Iowa State this weekend.
"I see it all the time in teams that finally realize, 'We can play with people.' '' Switzer said. "Then, you're in trouble if you can't take them out. That's what college football is, why it's a great game."
Barry is one of my least favorite coaches ever. This certainly doesn't help that...yet I'm not shocked.
I mean, is it any wonder Barry didn't want to go somewhere and have to work hard at winning?
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Barry is one of my least favorite coaches ever. This certainly doesn't help that...yet I'm not shocked.
I mean, is it any wonder Barry didn't want to go somewhere and have to work hard at winning?
I'm not a Switzer fan either - but d@mn! 15 years and only lost 29 games. Wow!
Feels like we've lost 29 the last two seasons....
Barry does not appear to be as bad as some of the other coaches at this point: Callahan, Leach, Fran, Saban. Could have been worse.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
I stopped reading this article after the second sentence.
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The People Have Spoken in the Camp Constituency. Stanley votes are still being counted.
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With 89.9% of the Camp Constituency voting, a major upset has taken place in elections to the Legislative Assembly in the Falkland Islands. The Camp vote has taken place with the Returning Officer Mr Timothy Rupert Thorogood announcing that 638 votes were cast. First with the most votes is Roger Anthony Edwards with 148 votes, joint second were Sharon Halford and Bill Luxton with 147 votes. Ian Hansen got 93 votes, Richard James Stevens got 57 votes and David Clive Wilkinson got 46 votes. There was one spoiled ballot paper.
Sharon Halford mentioned that the people wanted change and that the high turn out indicated that. Roger Edwards said he was over the moon at the results and Bill Luxton says he's gobsmacked. Obviously all are delighted with the result but acknowledging a lot of work to be done in the next assembly.
I therefore declare that Edwards, Roger Anthony, Halford, Sharon and Luxton, William Robert be duly elected for the Legislative Assembly to serve the Camp Constituency until the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly for the General Election 2013, said Mr Thorogood.
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Queen Elizabeth II has left a central London hospital after a one-day stay caused by a severe stomach bug.
She walked unassisted out of King Edward VII Hospital Monday afternoon wearing a red dress, and was driven away in a motorcade.
The hospital stay had initially been planned for two days. She has been suffering from gastroenteritis, a stomach and intestinal inflammation.
The 86-year-old queen has cancelled her engagements for this week due to the illness. It was her first hospitalization in 10 years.
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WASHINGTON (Jan. 14, 2010) -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today challenged the Defense Department and all Americans to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy during a Pentagon observance in advance of the Jan. 18 holiday that marks the civil rights leader's birth.
"Remember and honor the great example Dr. King was," Gates said to an audience of defense employees and military members at the Pentagon's 25th annual observance of King's life and work. "Celebrate all that we have accomplished together. ... Keep working toward Dr. King's dreams with all our might."
King spent his life advocating for equality and eventually became a world figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Baptist minister led peaceful demonstrations and marches throughout the country and gave thousands of memorable speeches until his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968.
The path of service and equality led by King paved way for desegregation and better opportunities, not just for African Americans, but for all citizens. He sought a society "founded and fueled on equality, justice, dignity, freedom and strength that can come only from being a truly united country," Gates said.
The secretary noted that King's efforts continue to break down barriers even today. In the past two years, the nation has celebrated 60 years of desegregation in the armed forces and witnessed the election of the first black U.S. president.
Gates cited prominent African-American military officers as examples of the opportunities King and the civil rights movement provided. He noted Gen. William E. "Kip" Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command; Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, director of the Joint Staff; and Air Force Maj. Gen. Darren W. McDew, vice director of strategic plans and policy for the Joint Staff, for their examples.
"These officers represent the very best our nation has to offer, and I'm truly thankful that they chose to serve and defend our country," Gates said. The men and women who serve throughout the Defense Department are "ordinary Americans from all walks of life and backgrounds, [and] have put themselves in harm's way ... to confront those who would attack the ideals that Dr. King espoused."
Their sacrifices have been made willingly on behalf of all Americans and speak volumes to their character and King's work, Gates said.
Still, the secretary said, it's important to continue furthering King's principles and what he ultimately died trying to preserve.
"Progress is neither automatic nor inevitable," Gates said, quoting King. "Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle."
The Martin Luther King federal holiday was signed into law in 1983 and was first observed in 1986. The holiday is observed on the third Monday in January each year, around the time of King's birthday, Jan. 15.