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Evergreen's Justin Straup finished his high school career with a bang, while the underclassmen carried the rest of the load for the Plainsmen.
Straup finished with 204 yards rushing on 18 carries with two touchdowns–one on a 41-yard run and the other on a 59-yard run–to seal the victory for Evergreen.
Sophomore quarterback Brandon Bea was 10 of 19 for 226 yards. He threw a touchdown pass on the first play of the game, a 79-yard connection to Brady Weir.
Sophomore receiver Rey Green had four catches totaling 111 yards, and freshman Marquis Sampson had a 63-yard touchdown run.
Heritage's Kalani Umiamaka rushed for 152 of his 160 yards in the second half. He scored the Timberwolves' first touchdown on a 51-yard run early in the third quarter.
The Evergreen defense was impenetrable in the first half, pushing Heritage to negative-15 yards rushing. The defense allowed yardage in the second half, but forced two key turnovers, including an interception when Heritage was threatening in the red zone.
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E — Justice Murphy 7 run (Finnegan kick)
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RUSHING — Heritage: Umiamaka 13-160, Standiford 9-26, Victor Duran 3-5, Allen 4-1, E'Lon Mack 1-(minus 3), Calhoon 1-(minus 3); Evergreen: Straup 18-204, Green 5-71, Sampson 4-55, Akil 7-35, Murphy 4-1, Bagnall 2-(minus 7), Bea 1-(minus 9).
PASSING — Heritage: Standiford 10-26-1-133; Evergreen: Bea 10-19-0-226.
RECEIVING — Heritage: Mack 3-58, Cuneta 1-30, Duran 5-30, Bynum 1-15; Evergreen: Green 4-111, Weir 1-79, Eaton 1-19, Murphy 1-15, Straup 2-6, Akil 1-1.


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It's been awhile since I've seen a UFO video worth putting up on GhostTheory. Most of the videos that make it to my
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On Wednesday September 5th, 2012, residents of Gilroy witnessed a strange series of bright (white) lights traveling in a single-line flight pattern. No FAA-required blinking red lights are visible.
So what do the sharp-eyed readers have to say about this video?
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Anthocephalum Linton, 1890 is resurrected as a valid genus within the Tetraphyllidea. Anthocephalum differs from other tetraphyllidean genera in having pedicellate bothridia combined with complete, regular loculi on the bothridial margins. Phyllobothrium gracile from Torpedo marmorata and Phyllobothrium centrurum (the type-species) from Dasyatis centroura are added to Anthocephalum and their descriptions are amended. Anthocephalum alicae n.sp. from Dasyatis americana is described. It can be distinguished from the above two species in being shorter, in having fewer segments per worm and fewer testes per segment. Anthocephalum cairae n. sp. from Dasyatis americana is described. It can be distinguished from the above three species in having a greater number of marginal loculi per bothridium. Anthocephalum duszynskii n. sp. from Urolophus halleri is also described. It differs from all of the above species, except for A. gracile in loculi number and from A. gracile in being shorter, having fewer segments per worm and fewer testes in a dorsal/ventral field. The generic diagnosis of Anthocephalum is emended to include information from A. gracile, A. centrurum and the three new species. The proximal bothridial surfaces of Anthocephalum centrurum and the three new species are covered with short, stumpy microtriches and thick, spiniform microtriches, their distal bothridial surfaces are covered with slender spiniform microtriches and their cirri were found to be armed with spiniform microtriches, rather than spines. All species placed in Anthocephalum are parasites of batoid fish. A brief discussion of potentially covert members of Anthocephalum is also included.
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Will I Have a Child, and Will It Be the Soul I Aborted?
This post is inspired by questions from an Anonymous reader who recently had an abortion and wants to know if she'll ever have children. The Council says yes, this is planned for. And when she asks if the aborted soul will return to her as her child, The Council says there's a great bond between these two souls from sharing many lifetimes and they see an agreement between the two of them for this soul to return to her.
When this soul returns The Council says it will be male, and sees them learning much from each other. But mostly this child will come to help Anonymous on her path, and guide her to be different from how she's been.
Anonymous says she thought she'd find love and get married, and wants to know why her positive affirmations about this aren't working for her. The Council points out that even though she is using positive affirmations, she doesn't believe this will happen. They say until she has more positive beliefs, her negative beliefs will continue to create what she doesn't want.
When I (Bob) ask The Council for advice on how to change her beliefs, they say her affirmations are good, but they advise her to meditate, read spiritual books, and start practicing the manifestation of small things at first. When she can create these small things by thinking of them, and feels grateful when they happen, she will know that's how she also creates the bigger things she wants in her life.
The Council advises her to appreciate herself and feel a happy vibration as often as she can. And they say meditation will help with this. They advise her to never give up her dream of being married to a man she loves. And they remind her that by feeling this won't happen, she's defeating herself.
The Council asks her to focus on the kind of man she'd like in her life, and by feeling this, that kind of man will be drawn to her. They advise her to ask the question in her mind as men walk by, are you the one? And thinking, I'm ready. If she can play this game, this will help her attract the man of her dreams.
And she's also asking how she can bring positivity and change to her health and her career. The Council says with her meditations, her being more focused on happiness and the kind of partner she wants, and knowing a child is waiting to come to her, there is a new beginning and staying in these happy thoughts will change her health.
The Council asks what she wants to be, and looking for what she is interested in she'll find it. By putting it out there that she wants a new, interesting career and being ready for this, she can draw this in.
The Council says the changing of her vibration will quickly fix her situation, and they advise her to have fun reading spiritual books, have fun meditating and looking for a new career, and most of all have fun playing the game of are you the one? By believing she's ready for abundance and happiness, and that she's ready for a child, all of this is there for her.
Listen to the entire 10-minute session with The Council below for all the details.
A Better Feeling Thought about a "Failed" Marriage
When any of us isn't feeling as good as we'd like, the spirit guides known as Abraham frequently recommend looking for a better-feeling thought and they remind us that what we focus our attention on determines to a large extent how we feel.
Sometimes it can be a challenge to find a better-feeling thought. At a recent weekly Meetup.com meeting that we organize on the law of attraction and manifesting the life you desire, someone expressed the belief that their marriage had failed. This person is currently separated from their spouse and in the process of getting a divorce.
Later in the meeting Cynthia agreed to channel The Council, and the person getting a divorce had an opportunity to ask The Council questions. At one point I (Bob) asked The Council if they were aware of any previous lifetimes this couple shared, and how those experiences may have influenced the time they spent together in their current lifetime.
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K's Request for Guidance
This post is a response to K's request for guidance from The Council on how she can tune into who she really is as a spiritual being so she can experience the purpose of her 22-year relationship with her husband, find her way beyond the pain of their ten years of marriage, and re-connect with the joy of their first eleven years together. Here's a slightly edited version of K's request:
"I need some guidance. Let's see if I can express it a way that makes sense.
"I am in the first stages of getting divorced from a friend of 22 years (10 years married and the father of my son) who I quiet firmly believe came to my life (and I in his) because we had lessons to learn, debts to pay, other unfinished business…something like that.
"Somehow as I try desperately to move on, I often get the feeling that the lessons had to be learned and the challenges were/are there for growth and divorce need not be the solution, at least not after a lot has been cleared out recently.
"Is there a way I can tune in more to my real self, my soul, and remember what the purpose of this marriage was, and what my path ahead is beyond the pain? We both care for each other, but somehow…something that seemed flawless for 11 years before, never worked from the minute we got married. It almost got jinxed and we took turns in not being able to get out of negative thinking to face problems head on.
"Any thoughts on the mystery our life has been and some hints of where it needs to go for the two individual souls? Tall order…huh? Thanks a lot."
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European Clubs Missed $130 Million in Transfer Payments in 2011
European soccer clubs failed to pay or deferred about 100 million euros ($130 million) in player transfer fees last year because of cash flow problems, according to an official from the continent's governing body.
UEFA last month threatened PAOK Thessaloniki with a ban unless the Greek club got its finances in order by June 30 after investigating late payments to rival teams, staff and tax authorities. Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia, Timisoara of Romania and Real Mallorca of Spain also have been barred from European competitions because of overdue payments.
UEFA, which released figures last month showing losses among 665 teams widened by 36 percent to 1.6 billion euros, has implemented regulations to push clubs toward profitability. UEFA President Michel Platini has described the practice of carrying losses as "financial doping." Sefton Perry, who analyzes club finances for the organization, said not paying bills is a bigger threat to fair competition.
"An even bigger cheat is when you buy a player you agree to pay in a series of transactions over the next three years and then you don't pay or you defer it," Perry said in an interview at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Some clubs also are failing to meet their tax and player salary obligations.
Scotland's Glasgow Rangers, which has a world record 54 domestic league titles, filed for a form of bankruptcy protection three days ago after failing to pay employment tax of about 9 million pounds ($14.1 million). Rangers are also the subject of an investigation into an unrelated tax deficit of 75 million pounds dating back several years.
Spanish Strike
Last season, 200 players in Spain's top two divisions were owed money by their teams. On Aug. 25, league officials agreed to guarantee the salaries of all the players to end a strike that had delayed the start of the season by a week, according to players' union spokesman Juan Jose Montaner. He didn't have details on how many had been paid since then.
Incidences of non-payment are on the increase because of Europe's sovereign debt crisis, Perry said.
Clubs have "basically bought players and financed players on the expectancy they would get loans and things being good," he said. "When things go bad, they don't have the cash flow to pay."
PAOK, a two-time Greek champion, was also fined 50,000 euros, with a further 200,000 euros suspended for a period of three years following UEFA's probe. More teams could face fines or be barred from entering the Champions League and Europa League competitions because of their finances, Perry added.
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"We'll take tough sanctions," he said. "We have done in the past and we'll continue to do so."
The lack of certainty over wages in countries including Spain, Portugal, Greece and Hungary has led some players to sign lower-paid contracts with clubs in those that have a reputation for paying on time, said Theo Van Seggelen, secretary general of FIFPro, the world players' union.
"They're understanding it's better to have lower salary than bigger salary that's never paid at all," Van Seggelen said in a telephone interview.
England's Premier League demands its clubs provide quarterly statements to prove they've paid their bills. In 2010, Portsmouth became the first team since the league was established in 1992 to seek bankruptcy protection after being threatened with closure over unpaid taxes. Sanctions for those falling behind in their payments include transfer bans and enforced player sales.
As well as being scrutinized by UEFA and national league officials, clubs are increasingly being targeted by tax authorities who need to raise funds to boost domestic economies, said Van Seggelen.
"How can you explain to your population that everybody has to pay taxes with the exception of clubs?" he said. "So we are in trouble. The whole of football is in trouble."


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Ever since, well, forever, we've been trying to make sense of our chaotic world with explanatory stories and rules. Something bad happen? Maybe it was that mirror I broke last week. Having a really horrible day? Every Friday the thirteenth must be full of evil spirits waiting to harm us. While there are various theories about exactly when and why these sorts of ideas started, I found some historically based and highly entertaining tales that shed some light on how we've spun our superstitions.
Friday the Thirteenth
Some claim this supposedly cursed day has biblical roots, with good reason. Adam and Eve's booting from the Garden of Eden went down on a Friday, as did Noah's flood and Jesus's crucifixion. Okay, so they've got the whole Friday thing covered, but what about the number thirteen? Some historians credit our favorite crew from The Da Vinci Code, the Knights Templar, for this day's particularly ominous vibe.
We've been fretting over this day since October 13, 1307, when the king of France seized and threw hundreds of knights in dungeons, including their last grand master, Jacques DeMolay, according to Dungeon, Fire, and Sword, a book about the Knights Templar during the Crusades. Starting on this day, DeMolay was held and tortured for seven years and ultimately burned at the stake. Legend has it that before his execution, DeMolay cursed the Pope and the king to die within the year. They did. Does his curse live on?
Witches on Broomsticks
Speaking of being burned at the stake …where'd the whole image of hat-wearing women riding their cleaning equipment come from? The first witches were pagans, a word whose origin actually means villager, rustic, and civilian, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Original witches were just that—country people. Sorta like country dwellers are today (no offense), they were a little slow when it came to fashion trends. While city folk quit donning the once-fashionable pointy black hats we now associate with Halloween, the country crew kept on wearing them, and pretty soon, the people and the hats were synonymous (kind of like cowboys and cowboy hats are). As for the broomstick, that image has historical roots as well. Country folks in the middle of their harvest ritual were often seen—you guessed it—hopping up and down on brooms in the fields. Guess we added the flying part later.
Bless You!
Sometimes it seems like I can't sneeze without hearing at least three "God bless yous." But seriously—why do I need to be blessed? The phrase most likely dates back to our British roots, to the plague during the Middle Ages. One of the first signs of the deadly disease was sneezing, so thoughtful friends would issue a "God bless you" to sneezers before quarantining them and hightailing it in the opposite direction. In fact, the superstition-abiding Brits believed that saying it not only gave recipients an extra blessing before their impending death but also stuffed their soul back into their body, since a little bit of it tries to escape with every achoo.
Salt over the Shoulder
All you've got to do is watch the Food Network for half an hour to see someone atone for spilled salt by tossing a little over his left shoulder. Why the need to dirty the kitchen floor? This superstition could have biblical origins—I ran across some online claims that Judas spilled salt during the Last Supper, but I couldn't find any real proof. What we do know is that the seasoning was a precious commodity in the Middle Ages and was also used for medicinal purposes. People who spilled such an important substance earned the wrath of evil spirits who apparently approached from behind and to the left. Tossing some salt crystals in that direction struck those mean spirits in the eye, turning them away.
Black Cats
I've always wondered about this one. Why black? Why cats? Turns out, this is another legend with ancient roots—Egyptian, to be exact. One of the ancient Egyptian goddesses, Bast, was a black cat. When the Romans conquered Egypt, they encouraged their soldiers to eradicate all the godless demons that made up Egypt's religion—including black cats. (They also destroyed many of the people who kept them as pets, but that's a whole other story.) So, what about the whole crossing-our-path thing? Later on, in the Middle Ages, people believed that witches had the power to turn themselves into black cats, so if one crossed your path, chances were good that a witch had her eye on you.
Knock on Wood
We knock on wood to keep something bad from happening when we think we might've jinxed ourselves. Why does wood have power over our fates? The druids, who lived in what's now Great Britain (and built Stonehenge), worshipped trees, believing that spirits lived in all wood. Whenever the druids said something about good or bad fortune, they'd knock on the wood to perk up the spirits to work in their favor. So whether we want a good thing to keep going or want to stop a bad thing from happening, we can make our request to the wood spirits by rapping our knuckles on the nearest piece of wooden furniture.
Broken Mirrors
Before mirrors as we know them were even invented, people thought that reflections were actually glimpses into our souls; by looking at their reflections in a lake, people were taking a peek at their inner persona. According to TriviaLibrary.com, a really mean thing to do was to distort someone's reflection in water by splashing it or throwing a rock at it—doing so would affect the person's soul and leave him or her with nasty luck. When real mirrors came into play around the time of the Romans, people took this belief further, figuring if they broke a real mirror while looking at their reflection in it, they were probably doing some serious damage. The Romans believed that the human body was physically rejuvenated every seven years, so that's how long they figured it would take to get over this serious soul crushing.
Beware of Umbrellas Indoors
When I was younger, my grandma would always urge my sister and me to keep our umbrellas outside. Problem was, we liked our polka-dot umbrellas and kept bringing them into the house. I thought her claim that umbrellas indoors would bring us bad luck was nothing more than a scare tactic, but this one goes back further than my grams. Though some skeptics are still debating its origins, many people attribute this superstition to Akhenaten. In a course on ancient Egypt that I took as a college undergrad, we learned about this scandalous pharaoh, who attempted to change his kingdom's polytheistic religion to a sun god-worshipping one. He built a ton of temples with no roofs, so subjects could feel the sun's rays as they worshipped. People who opened umbrellas to protect themselves from those hot rays (we're talking Egypt here) were denying the sun god's blessing and were obviously blasphemous.
Walking Under a Ladder
Yet another superstition we can thank those Egyptians for. In the ornate and complex tombs they built for the dead (the rich ones, at least), the Egyptians would always leave a ladder for the deceased to climb out on as they began their journey to the afterlife. This led to the idea that ladders were gathering places for the dead trying to move on to the next realm, and that walking under them meant getting in their way and incurring their anger.
Obviously, most of our superstitions reflect a fear of the unknown in some way and give us a feeling of control in otherwise chaotic circumstances, however illogical these superstitions may actually be. Tracing their origins does give them less credence, but we're clearly still a pretty trusting group. Eighty percent of high-rises don't have a thirteenth floor, most airports lack a Gate 13, and some countries don't even include the "unlucky" number in their lottery. As for me, I like to think of myself as a realist, but you still won't ever find me on a plane on Friday the thirteenth.


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Some key take aways:
1. Windows 8 dramatically expands market opportunity for larger screen touch solutlions
2. Intel announcement that all fourth-generation Haswell chips for Ultrabook designs must have touch as a standard feature.
3. ATML achieved Windows 8 design wins with Dell for several tablets and ultrabooks
4. In the past month ATML was selected by a new Tier I customer for multiple tablet designs
"2012 also marked the introduction of the Windows 8 operating system, which features the use of capacitive touch as a key-enabling technology. This dramatically expands the market opportunity for larger screen capacitive touch solutions beyond tablets to the entire PC marketplace, particularly for Ultrabooks, notebooks and all-in-one computers. We are pleased to be the leading touch provider at the beginning of the ramp of Windows 8, which is a multiyear trend.
During 2012, we introduced XSense, our breakthrough touch sensor product, targeting the multibillion dollar market of touchscreen sensors. XSense is based on innovative metal mesh technology, which is a superior alternative to the existing market for ITO sensors. We reached a significant milestone during the fourth quarter with XSense, being selected by a Tier 1 customer for a production rescheduled for the first quarter of 2013.
Moving to our touch products. In a marketplace for tablets and other large-screen devices, Windows 8-based products contributed significantly to our maXTouch revenue for the fourth quarter. And while we anticipate a seasonally soft Q1, we expect Windows 8 shipments to grow rapidly during 2013.
At the Consumer Electronic Show in January, Intel mentioned that all fourth-generation Haswell chips for Ultrabook designs must have touch as a standard feature to be called an Ultrabook. This means that all Ultrabooks coming later this year will feature touch as a requirement. Based on market research estimates, shipments of touch-enabled tablets, notebooks and Ultrabooks are expected to grow at over 50% annually over the next 2 years from approximately 125 million units in 2012 to over 200 million units this year and nearly 300 million units in 2014. As the largest touch supplier for Windows 8 products and offering the highest capacity of node count product available with Windows 8 certification, supporting touchscreens up to 17.3 inches, Atmel is well-positioned to capitalize on the growth of Windows 8.
Recent Windows 8 design wins for tablets and Ultrabooks include ASUS with multiple designs, Dell for several tablets and Ultrabooks, Fujitsu, HP with a number of both tablets and Ultrabooks, Lenovo, LG, Samsung with a plethora of tablets and Toshiba.
Continuing our large screen momentum, Atmel has new reference designs with Intel for Windows 8 Ultrabooks and Qualcomm and NVIDIA for Windows 8 RT tablets. Atmel is currently Win 8 certified for approximately 40 different tablets and Ultrabooks and is actively engaged in well over 50 different Windows 8 programs.
In the Android community for large screens, Atmel continues its leadership position in the market for Android-based tablets as maXTouch is now powering the touch in the new 10-inch Google Nexus tablet.
Turning our discussion to XSense. Atmel's XSense flexible touch sensors are ushering the new era of industrial designs for consumer electronic displays. We have qualified our second customer, ASUS for the XSense product. ASUS has selected XSense for a next-generation tablet product which is scheduled for release to the market in the first quarter of this year. ASUS is one of the first companies to integrate XSense with our maXTouch controllers to bring to market the improved performance and better noise immunity offered by the combined solution. Customer enthusiasm for XSense is strong and continues to build as our most recent product offerings provide several performance advantages and optical quality which is comparable to ITO. XSense has been sampled to several customers and in the past month was selected by a new Tier 1 customer for multiple tablet designs. XSense enables thinner sensor stacks with superior performance to enable OEMs to develop larger, lighter, sleeker, curved and edgeless designs for smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks and a multitude of next-generation touch-enabled products.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, we announced our collaboration with Corning, demonstrating XSense's functionality on curved Corning Gorilla Glass, along with their ultrathin 0.55-millimeter glass. This work attention enables innovative and cost effective capacitive touch modules. Notably, the flexible touch sensor allows capacitive touch to be wrapped around the side of a device, potentially eliminating the need for mechanical buttons that can wear down when exposed to moisture and dirt.
Also at CES, we were pleased that XSense won the Innovations Award in the Embedded Technologies category, which recognized Atmel for delivering breakthrough performance for a new generation of touch-enabled products. The adoption of metal mesh technology as a replacement for traditional ITO sensors is just beginning. And this represents an over $5 billion market opportunity today and continues to grow rapidly. With XSense, Atmel is at the forefront of leading this technology transition"
Sentiment: Buy
This is great news for UNXL. Huge total market size. Also, very interesting that Atmel has design wins with Dell... Perhaps they are providing the touch controller's for UniBoss? There have been many rumors that Atmel and Unipixel might start working together (hence why Carclo is #$%$).
This would be huge if true.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
The most insightful tidbit was that as far as XSense was concerned, smartphone share was a dead end... ITO has little to worry about in the short term... not enough price advantage. 10" is where the action (profit) is.
and I probably should have added in a 'flatland' senerio...
What's INTC's enforcement mechanism for that rule about including a touch screen? They've tried rules like this before and I do not know any that wound up being binding on device makers as at the end of the day, INTC just wants to sell more chips.
Thanks for sharing. This is enlightening.
Sounds like they are kicking Unxl's butt.
You have to parse out the Xsense info since that is the Uniboss competition. By my read, it has sampled to customers, Asus has a design (which we know about) and they claim one other tier 1 win. All that other stuff re: maXtouch I believe is ITO based product.
They have a head start, but it is a big market and UNXL will get more than it's fair share. The point of my post is to educate yourself to what the competition is doing and to view the touch sensor market from a different perspective.
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Oklahoma football: Taylor McNamara out for season
True freshman tight end Taylor McNamara had shoulder surgery and will miss the rest of the season, coach Bob Stoops announced Tuesday on his weekly radio show.
The former four-star prospect enrolled at OU in January and participated in the spring game.
The San Diego native was one of three tight ends vying for playing time at the beginning of the season, along with converted defensive end Geneo Grissom and junior-college transfer Brannon Green.
McNamara started OU's home opener against Florida A&M and appeared in the season opener at UTEP, but hasn't appeared in any other games. Grissom has made six appearances.
Green has played the most of the OU tight ends, appearing in seven games and catching three passes for 45 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter at UTEP.
Stoops said Tuesday that McNamara will receive a medical redshirt, giving him an extra season of eligibility.
True freshman defensive ends Michael Onuoha and Charles Tapper are loaded with potential, but are "not quite ready for prime time yet," said position coach Bobby Jack Wright.
"I like both of them," Wright said. "Both of them are big, strong, physical guys that have some speed and show some pass rush capability. I really like where both of them are at this point."
Seniors R.J. Washington and David King and sophomore Chuka Ndulue are the three players rotating in the most at defensive end. Onuoha has appeared in four games, with Tapper getting to play in five.
"Certainly they're both very, very raw," Wright said. "The sky's virtually the limit for those guys.
"They need to have a great spring and a great winter, and then who knows? When they gain some physical maturity with added strength, added weight, it's gonna enable them to play at a higher level."
Tapper is from Baltimore, where he played at City College High School. He began playing football his junior year of high school.
Onuoha, from Edmond Santa Fe, played football off and on — his main sport was basketball, where he excelled — until fully committing to the gridiron before his senior season.
The 6-foot-5, 235-pound Onuoha began getting serious attention after his standout performance at OU's 2011 summer camp. The Sooners offered Onuoha a scholarship in December; his other offer came from Missouri.
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James Harden was Ikard's favorite Thunder player.
It didn't take long after the game for Ikard to find out via Twitter.
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Stoops was also asked his reaction to the Harden trade.
"I'll just say my compliments to the ownership with the Thunder, with Sam Presti," Stoops said. "Everything they've done up there has been just fabulous. They know what they're doing. I loved watching James, but business is business. They're all big boys and I'm sure he'll be making money somewhere else."
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Overseas, markets crashed after an Italian election pointed
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Panel: Delegates wanted to leave Senator Orrin Hatch's fate up to voters
"I think Mia Love left the convention without a primary because everyone agreed that it was more important to concentrate on the race with Jim Matheson than a costly primary," Moore said. "I even changed my vote from Carl to Mia. Mark Shurtleff's poor choice of words didn't help Carl's case either."
Though he lives in the 2nd District, Miller said the 4th District race was fun to watch, "especially after Mia Love delivered what was likely the best speech of the convention. Shurtleff's comment regarding her being a 'novelty' only made matters worse for her opponent," he said.
Acumen said last minute negative campaigning, including Shurtleff's "unfortunate slip of the tongue," backfired, and "clearly led to her being chosen as the Republican Party's nominee."
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Acumen called the events surrounding the 2nd District race "a sad scene" that could hurt Republicans come November.
"The biggest shock to me was the collapse of decorum," he said. "I never thought such a thing could be possible. It was a complete meltdown of the party in that district and frankly, I'd be willing to bet (Democratic Rep.) Jim Matheson is kicking himself right now for choosing to run in the Fourth instead of the Second right now. "
He compared Stewart to "the poor kid you used to watch getting picked on in the yard at school" and said the attacks "only turned off the delegates and made them more confident their inclinations to side with the apparent victim of the attacks."
Price said she was surprised by the 2nd District ruckus. "While the delegates did not know what was going on, I'm sure it influenced some of the delegates and they may have voted for the accused because the situation seemed so bizarre and prejudicial."
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Price said Gov. Gary Herbert won't have a primary in part because one of his five opponents, tea party organizer David Kirkham, endorsed the governor after being eliminated in the first round of voting.
"I think when Mr. Kirkham switched sides, a lot of delegates felt like the governor would win anyway so why fight it," Price said.
She also said Herbert won support because he has modified some of his stands on issues key to delegates, by strengthening his "lackluster performance" in the battle for control of the state's public lands and agreeing to take another look at the Common Core federal education initiative.
"Hopefully, the pressure will help him see the light," Price said.
Moore, too, said she hopes the governor will use "his narrow escape at the convention" to address the concerns about Common Core as well as what she called increased spending "that has been masked by an influx of federal stimulus money."
Acumen said Herbert's chief challenger, former state lawmaker Morgan Philpot, came on too strong for delegates, attacking "a popular governor who by almost any measure imaginable is doing a terrific job with 30-foot banners reading, 'Failed Leadership.'"
Such negativity, Acumen said, did not resonate with most delegates. He said "the rookie mistake of focusing too much on the faults of the opposition rather than the virtues of the self clearly backfired and cost Philpot a shot at the primary."
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National 'Everybody Draw Mohammed' Day
A Seattle cartoonist has declared May 20th as Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. Cartoonist Molly Norris is asking everyone to submit to Islam…I mean submit cartoons of any religious figure at all to Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor (CACAH).
Ms. Norris is dedicating the day to South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who were threatened for attempting to show Mohammed in an episode that the Comedy Channel chose to censor. To incite the creative jihadist in all of us, Ms. Norris has helpfully drawn a cartoon of various depictions of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). Mohammed is portrayed as a coffee cup, a domino, a spool of thread, etc. Personally, if I were the type to behead blaspheming infidels, I would be more offended by the scene of Mohammed in a bear suit that Comedy Central censored from South Park.
Previously, your fearless Uncommon Defense correspondent risked the connective tissue between his head and shoulders by comparing the Prophet Mohammed to a pomegranate, which seemed like an appropriate Biblical fruit. Well, I actually specified he wasn't a pomegranate, but reading comprehension is not a jihadi strong point.
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Dear Mr. Peck,
I only drew a cartoon for my blog, a fictional 'poster' called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" I never meant for it to become something 'real'. The thing went viral!!! Here is my statement:
I make cartoons about current, cultural events. I made a cartoon of a fictional 'poster' entitled "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" with a nonexistent group's name — Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor — drawn on the cartoon. It was in specific response to the recent censoring of a South Park episode, a desire to bring home the importance of the first amendment. I did not intend for my cartoon to go viral. I did not intend to be the focus of any 'group'. This particular cartoon has struck a gigantic nerve, something I was totally unprepared for.
Personally I can feel afraid of Muslims because I really have no idea if in their hearts they hate non-Muslims. There are so many interpretations of the religion that I hear told — sometimes it is a very extreme translation (that's the scary part, the radicals that believe that Westerners should die), then at other times it sounds more peaceful.
I hope for the sake of this country that moderate Muslims will speak out with everyone else against any violent members of that or any other religion. That way I would know that there is a difference. Maybe this cartoon I made, this fictional poster of "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" had such a wildfire effect because it is finally time for Muslims and non-Muslims to understand one another more.
I am going back to the drawing table now!
Personally I can feel afraid of Muslims because I really have no idea if in their hearts they hate non-Muslims.
Now I understand how you could have drawn such an ignorant and disrespectful cartoon.
Muslims are people just like everybody else.
There are so many interpretations of the religion that I hear told — sometimes it is a very extreme translation (that's the scary part, the radicals that believe that Westerners should die), then at other times it sounds more peaceful.
Much like, oh I don't know, Christians?
Maybe this cartoon I made, this fictional poster of "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" had such a wildfire effect because it is finally time for Muslims and non-Muslims to understand one another more.
In my opinion (as a lapsed Catholic who knows a little about Islam) you cartoon is actually regressive. It promotes understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims as much as "Everybody Wear Blackface Day!" promotes racial understanding. As much as "Everybody Dress Like a Zombie for an Easter Parade!" would promote understanding in a Chrisian minority country. As much as "Everybody Tell Blonde Jokes Day!" would promote understanding about gender inequality.
Your cartoon is disrespectful and offensive. It posits that the real problem is Muslims' expectation that others will allow them to practice their religion in peace without openly mocking their beliefs. That is, their expectation that they be treated like human beings.In response to another comment. See in context »
I'm sorry, I missed something in your post.
Many religions say terrible, rude, hateful things about the rest of the world, and we're supposed to stand respectfully and say nothing?
Gentle mockery is the most sincere bridge I can think of to build. Silence is acceptance. I don't care if the Pope himself says something stupid. I'm going to call him on it. I'm going to make fun of it. And in general, I'm going to make sure that these leaders understand that they need to lead by example, not by "respect" or force.
We do no less for our elected officials. If they can't take a joke, they can crawl back to wherever they came from.In response to another comment. See in context »
Just in an American context; it does not build understanding when the dominant group (non-Muslims) mocks a minority (Muslims). All it does is reinforce that position of dominance.
You can call out extremists all you like. But doing so does not require you to essentially spit on the beliefs of Muslims everywhere. Calling the Pope out for saying something stupid does not require you to tear a page out of the Bible and wipe your ass with it. Criticizing some Muslim extremists (who aren't even religious leaders) does not require you to draw a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed.
"Respect" is not the same thing as force. That you equate the two is telling. You do not lose anything by treating others as your equal. In fact, treating others with respect is a far surer route to building understanding than mockery.In response to another comment. See in context »
Mr. Peck, I have to ask why you are promoting such bigoted ignorance. Why is being able to draw Mohammed important to you?
You may say this is about humour. Would you find it funny if the punch line to a joke was to burn the American flag? And, when Americans protested, and a few tea partiers made death threats to the humourist, the response was to declare "Everybody Burn an American Flag Day!"
You may want to protect freedom of speech. But what is it that you communicate with the image of Mohammed that cannot be communicated some other way? What reason is there for anyone to draw Mohammed, except to expressly deride and demean Muslims?
This cartoon promotes intolerance. It demands that Muslims accept that non-Muslim Americans will never respect, accept, or make the slightest effort to understand them.
In my opinion, "freedom of speech" loses its meaning when interpreted as freedom to wantonly insult, purely for the sake of insulting.
Marissaao… "freedom of speech loses it's meaning when…. Who are you to define when freedom of speech loses it's meaning? Thought and speech police like you try to diminish our freedoms. Our's is a nation where people are allowed to say or draw whatever they want, regardless of who it offends.In response to another comment. See in context »
First of all, keep in mind that I was merely stating my opinion.
Secondly, "freedom of speech" – historically, politically, and legally – exists as a right for a specific purpose. That is, to access the Truth through lively debate. If speech does not serve this purpose, then it does not need to be protected – this is why obscenity laws are allowed. On the other hand, freedom of the press is especially valued because it goes directly to the purpose of freedom of speech: public debate over the issues of the day.
Insulting someone for the mere sake of insulting them does not further either a personal or society quest for truth. Hence, such expression has little value under the right to freedom of speech. Claiming a right to insult someone, merely in order to offend them, cheapens the right. And it's not far from claiming that freedom of speech protects a right to bully and verbally abuse someone.In response to another comment. See in context »
Forgive me for quoting religion, but the Biblical commandment says "thou shalt not murder", not "thou shalt respect, accept and make an effort to understand Muslims." There is a hierarchy of values, and death threats rank a bit higher than cultural sensitivity.
Freedom of speech is the right to insult. If this is not the case, then you obviously believe it's appropriate to ban or threaten stand-up comedians and political cartoonists. All humor has a bit of insult or mockery.In response to another comment. See in context »
As I responded to leonkelly,
"freedom of speech" – historically, politically, and legally – exists as a right for a specific purpose. That is, to access the Truth through lively debate. If speech does not serve this purpose, then it does not need to be protected – this is why obscenity laws are allowed. On the other hand, freedom of the press is especially valued because it goes directly to the purpose of freedom of speech: public debate over the issues of the day.
What is the purpose of drawing Mohammed in this case? To be deliberately offensive to all Muslims, in response to a couple of fanatics. Unlike political cartoons, it does not foster discussion and debate. Unlike stand-up comedy, it does not tell a story about the world, or present a way of understanding life. Of course insults with a purpose that is related to the rationale for protecting speech are protected. But this is an insult just for the sake of being insulting.
To go back to my analogy, imagine a scenario: Some French comedy show does a sketch that involves an American flag getting lit on fire. Upon hearing of this, Ann Coulter declares that the USA should invade and conquer France. In response to Ann Coulter's comments, someone suggests a "Burn the US Flag Day!" and the idea goes viral and catches on, and all the cool political people participate in flag burnings.
Would you not be offended? Would you not wonder what the American people had done to be targets of such disrespect? How anyone could conclude that Coulter's comments were representative of Americans? How they could fail to recognize the significance of the flag to American citizens? Could they have not made the same point just by giving Coulter the finger? Did they have to go so far as to desecrate a symbol that all Americans hold dear?
Moreover, why does everyone seem to think that the statements of private individuals have any bearing at all on their ability to exercise their rights? It's not like the fanatics who made the threats are in a position to influence policy. And it's a crime to make threats against another person. So why the urgency?
I have a hard time getting behind the whole "we have to stand up for our freedoms" thing, because those freedoms are not, in reality, threatened. Any more than France would be in danger of invasion if Ann Coulter suggested it.
This strikes me as an issue, not of free speech, but of the ability of the majority to continue to marginalize an unpopular minority.In response to another comment. See in context »
You seem to believe that free speech must justify itself by proving that it "accesses the truth through lively debate." Ms. Norris or South Park's creators don't have to justify their cartoons. It is up to you justify that they should be banned. You say these cartoons are insulting? I say they are satirical political commentary on the vital issues of religious fundamentalism and the right of free speech.
This is why censorship and obscenity laws always end looking ridiculous. What is pornography to one man is culture to another. Ms. Norris did not threaten Muslims with violence. She did not say Muslims are stupid or violent. She mocked their beliefs, and Muslims are equally to mock hers or mine without fear of murder.In response to another comment. See in context »
The thing is, I don't think the cartoons should be banned, and I've let myself be diverted from the point that I wanted to make.
I'm wondering why it is so important to some people that they be able to draw Mohammed. I'm wondering, why the lack of self-regulation in the interest of tolerance and respect. The reason many seem to give, is that they simply have a right to make such a drawing.
Which to me raises the question… when, in most American's lives, do they feel the need to express themselve with a drawing of Mohammed the prophet of Islam? How does refraining from drawing him impinge on people's lives? Knowing that any graphic depiction of Mohammed is an affront to Muslim beliefs, I can think of no reason to, except as a deliberate jab at Muslims.
So then I ask, why is this worth standing up for? Why not arrest the guys who made the threats and be done with it?
This doesn't even have anything to do with the content of speech, it's purely about form. It has nothing to do with expressing an idea.
It's really more akin to claiming a right to open a slaughterhouse and beef-processing plant in the middle of a Hindu community. Yeah, freedom of contract, of mobility, and of association would say you have the right to do so. But why would you be that much of a jerk?In response to another comment. See in context »
[...] can give me an explanation for why one of these went virtually unnoticed and the other one sparked "Everyone Draw Mohammed Day" that isn't what I wrote in the headline (or some variation of "teh Muslins is [...]
This is a great idea, hopefully we can extend it into various mock-other-religions days until ALL of them are covered.
I find the comments section very very interesting….and rather depressing. Most commentators have no sense of what "freedom of speech" means, but even worse, most of them seem to have no sense of irony. But the internet will set us free..maybe.
May I suggest a good reason for drawing Mohammed could possibly be political satire to show how Muslim extremists so readily expressed their "freedom of speech" by murdering over three thousand Americans almost ten years ago. It is these same extremists who pose threats to those who do it.
While I am not going to be sketching Mohammed any time soon, I think that most Americans forget very easily what happened when these extremists let our country know how they feel about us. Maybe they are trying to bring light to this?
The conversation we are having is reason enough for such cartoonists to express their beliefs.
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Oklahoma's final shooting percentage — 42.1 percent — looks respectable.
But the Sooners had to do plenty of makeup work to get there in Wednesday's 68-60 loss to Texas Tech at Lloyd Noble Center.
After shooting a horrid 7 of 25 from the field before the break — 3 of 14 from behind the 3-point line — things didn't get much better to start the second.
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Hield had scored less than 10 points just once this season.
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The Cowboys, who have dropped five in a row, will be without star Marcus Smart for the second of his three-game suspension.
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In November 2006, voters in several states faced ballot measures that would have crippled the ability of state courts to do the work we expect of them. The "JAIL 4 Judges" referendum would have subjected South Dakota's judges to civil and criminal penalties for deciding cases in ways that offended a small minority of citizens. A proposal in Montana threatened judges with special recall elections if they made unpopular decisions. In Colorado, a ballot initiative sought to penalize judicial experience by imposing retroactive term limits for appellate judges, a measure that would have ousted nearly half the sitting appellate bench. And Oregon voters considered whether to elect their appellate judges by geographic district, apparently intending to tie judicial candidates more closely to the values of a particular region of the state.
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This article summarizes the results of a recent comprehensive study of an existing but underutilized approach to process-oriented judicial accountability: judicial performance evaluation (JPE). The study, undertaken by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, concluded that if properly designed and executed, JPE can be an effective means of building appropriate, shared expectations about the proper role of the judiciary, and could be implemented in every American jurisdiction.1
A primer on JPE
Nineteen states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, employ some form of a judicial performance evaluation program (see "Overview of official judicial performance evaluation programs," page 204). These programs vary in their specifics-for example, they may use slightly different criteria for measuring judges' performance, or seek information from somewhat different sources, or share information with the public in different ways-but as a general rule all focus on whether judges are managing cases efficiently, deciding them on the basis of established facts and applicable law, explaining their decisions clearly, and exhibiting proper courtroom demeanor. In addition, regardless of the differences in their formats, JPE programs are uniformly process-oriented, not outcome-oriented: what matters is whether the judge handled a case in a balanced, fair, and efficient manner-not whether the ultimate decision in the case provoked limited or even widespread opposition.
Each judge is typically evaluated by an independent commission consisting both of attorneys and non-attorneys. The commission provides surveys to attorneys, jurors, and others who have interacted with the judge in a professional setting, asking for anonymous responses to questions about the judge's professional skills. In more comprehensive programs, the commission also reviews the judge's case management statistics and written opinions, solicits public comments on the judge's performance, and conducts one or more interviews with the judge. …