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The Sad State Of Baseball Economics
After watching my beloved Minnesota Twins got stomped by the New York Yankees in the first round of the playoffs this past season, and then seeing Cleveland-bred C.C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee pitch the Yanks and Phillies into the World Series, I believe that now is the time for me to comment on the sad economic state of baseball these days. This has always been a very hot-button topic for me (as I root for the small-market Twins), so I would like to take a few moments to explain why the current system is broken and what can be done to fix it:
Basically, the problem started way back in the 1900s, when both the American and National Leagues were first established.
Instead of free agency, there was something called the reserve clause, which was essentially a legal precedent that baseball used to keep players on one team until their owner decided differently. The players were treated not too much different from a cattle-range steer, to be bought and sold as commodities. It wasn't, by any means, the greatest system in the world (as the only option a player had to fight against an unfair salary, which were very common in those days when most owners made Carl Pohlad look like the Monopoly Guy, was to quit playing altogether), but it did help the competitive balance of the game, allowing all teams (if managed/owned sensibly) to have a shot at competing for a championship.
That all changed in the 1970s when Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals challenged the reserve clause all the way to the Supreme Court.
Though Flood didn't actually win his case, he shed so much light on the matter that a free agency sytem was quickly established by MLB. During the 1980s, the system actually worked like it was supposed to…players had better rights, AND the game was still competitive. But, starting in the mid-1990s, salaries began exploding (along with the economy) and suddenly the system was skewered. Teams in huge economic markets like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston were able to throw huge wads of cash in the pockets of all the top free agents, all but assuring there services. Sometimes, in the case of Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves, all it took was an incredibly rich owner to give a team a distinct advantage.
Those big markets had (and continue to have) such an advantage for a few different reasons: First and foremost is the fact that, just by sheer geography, a team like the Yankees can much more easily fill their ballpark every night than, say, the Twins can out here in Minny. Also, teams on both coasts have established their own TV networks (YES Network for the Yankees and NESN for the Red Sox), which bring in enormous profits compared to what the Twins get from Fox Sports North.
After about ten years of this broken system, when the same teams started making the playoffs year in and year out, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig established the "luxury tax" system into the game. Essentially, this is known as the Robin Hood system, as it robs from the rich to give to the poor.
This has helped a little bit (e.g. the Twins signed Justin Morneau to a long-term deal and have at least a shot at doing the same with Joe Mauer), but it din't get to the root of the problem, as teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, and Mets can continue to reach into their deep pockets to get the best players. Essentially, they are saying "luxury tax be damned" and just paying the fine for going over the payroll limit. This is evidenced very toughly for Twins fans by these two photos:
The Twins gave very decent offers to both Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, but couldn't come close to matching the amount of years the Halos offered Hunter or the sheer dollar amount the Mets dangled in front of Santana. Another obvious example was the beginning of this season, when the Yankees went out and got C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, while the biggest moves the Twins made was signing Nick Punto, bringing in R.A. Dickey (what a joke) and getting a Joe Crede whose back was so bad that he essentially a non-factor. Those "moves" were all we could afford. Imagine how different the 2009 ALDS might have been if Hunter had been patrolling the outfield instead of Delmon Young, or if Santana had made the Game One start instead of Brian Duensing.
Now, to be fair, there are some criticisms of instituting a salary cap into MLB, but I would like to give my rebuttal to two of them:
1. Why should the Yankees be penalized for running an efficent system? It seems as if Yankee fans could just criticize Carl Pohlad for being a tightwad all those years and not spending money to improve his team, but that really isn't a fair criticism. First of all, George Steinbrenner isn't really spending much (if any) of his OWN MONEY on the Yankees, instead relying on seemingly endless revenue streams based on his sheer geography. Without those streams, other owners (like the Pohlad family) would be dipping into their own personal reserves, which would be like you paying for your office supplies/furnishings or me paying for Wal-Mart shelf labels.
Secondly, then, is that if teams know they can't spend with the Yankees, then why even try? The Twins know that, under the current economic system, they are already beaten in trying to sign free agents, so instead we save our money to try and lock up as many of our good players as possible (which, in this age of inflated salaries, is fewer and fewer each season).
2. The second criticism of the the salary cap is that it really isn't needed, due to the fact that the 1998-2000 championship run of the Yankees was accomplished primarily with home-grown players like Derek Jeter, Jorge Posade, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera.
That may be true, but funny how those great players STILL WEAR YANKEE PINSTRIPES! Instead of losing those great players to a higher bidder, the Yanks can just keep them. Plus, whether the free agents work out (Jimmy Key, Paul O'Neill, Johnny Damon, Sabathia, etc.) or flop (Kevin Brown, Chuck Knoblauch, Carl Pavano), the Yanks can just "pay through" and be done with it. If the Twins make a mistake in signing the wrong player to an expensive contract, it would hamper the organization for a decade.
Thus, until MLB institutes a salary cap like the NFL and NBA (to a certain extent) have in place, the economics of the game will remain skewered towards the large markets, and that severely troubles me. I consider baseball to be my favorite sport, the one that captivated me as a child and still does to this day, but right now the NFL is gaining ground and fast due to the fact that in the NFL setup, all teams have a chance to be competitive. It is only through bad ownership (Al Davis, Matt Millen, etc.) that teams completely fail.
I know that this situation isn't likely to change anytime soon, but that doesn't mean that it is right or correct. Until Bud Selig can take charge of the National Pastime like he should and not just cater to the owners, the Yankees will continue to unfairly dominate the Twins for years and years to come.


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On March 1, 2012, Maureen Mahon, a cultural anthropologist who teaches in the ethnomusicology program in the Department of Music at New York University, will present a lecture entitled "Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton's Blues and the Sound of Rock and Roll" in the Museum's Foster Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
One of Janis Joplin's prime influences, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was one of the great female blues singers of post-war years. She descended directly from Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and other major vocalists of the classic blues period. Thornton's raw, belting vocal style made her self-composed "Ball 'n' Chain" a study in blues expression. Joplin remade "Ball 'n' Chain" with the same intensity Thornton gave the song. Joplin's dazzling performance of it was a highlight of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Oddly enough, Thornton is far better known for being the first singer to record "Hound Dog" – the tune penned by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and later recorded by Elvis Presley – than she is for biting blues numbers like "Ball 'n' Chain."
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Yes. The expectation of Sage College of Albany is that all students need to attend these events throughout the whole weekend. The weekend is filled with opportunities for students to gain an understanding of policies, offices, and services that Sage has to offer. Plus, we have a number of important opportunities to have you network with other new and returning students from both our campus and the Russell Sage campus. Please make sure to make any necessary arrangements to attend orientation.
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At SCA, we want you to grow and succeed throughout your time with us. Orientation helps provide a smooth transition into your college experience. Plus, this gives you opportunity to meet a number of our faculty and staff, to attend key presentation that inform you about our expectations and services, and lastly what both SCA and the Capital Region have to offer outside of the classroom. This is a great chance for you to have your questions and concerns answered.
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ZF-10854: Replace @see with @group in bug-related test methods
Many bug-related test methods still reference the bug ID with @see rather than @group, or use the full bug-tracker URI instead of just the ID. The attached patch fixes these instances. I have tried my best not to disturb valid @see references.
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Arizona State: Collected her first collegiate All-America honor by finishing 39th at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships... ranks ninth all-time in ASU history in the 1500m run, clocking a time of 4:24.51... 2009 XC: Was the team's top finisher in four of six races on the year... earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors by finishing seventh at the conference meet... also earned all-region accolades by placing 16th in the west region... placed 93rd in her fourth NCAA Cross Country Championships appearance... placed 11th at the NCAA Pre-National Meet and 13th at the Dave Murray Invitational to give her four finishes in the Top 16... added a Top 20 placement by taking 18th at the Notre Dame Invitational... 2009 Track: Did not compete... 2008 XC: Was the team's top finisher in five races on the season, including her 39th-place finish at the NCAA Championships that earned her All-America honors for the first time... earned All-West Region honors by finishing 10th overall after taking All-Pac-10 Second Team honors by finishing ninth at the conference meet... won her first collegiate race by capturing the Roy Griak Invitational in 21:18.40... also was the race runner-up at the Dave Murray Invitational behind teammate Ali Kielty... 2008 Outdoor: Lowered her outdoor personal-best times in the 800m and 1500m runs... won the Baldy Castillo Invitational 800m run in 2:09.86... ran 4:24.51 in the 1500m at the Sun Angel Track Classic... 2008 Indoor: Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 3,000m run... clocked a personal best 9:29.00 at the Husky Classic... scored at the MPSF Championships by placing fourth in the 3,000m run... ran a personal-best indoor mile at 4:48.56... 2007 XC: Placed 50th at the NCAA Championships to help team to a trophy finish (fourth place)... earned all-region accolades after finishing 25th for the second year in a row... selected All-Pac-10 Second Team after finishing 12th overall... selected as the team's Most Improved athlete... placed second overall at the Dave Murray Invitational to help team to victory... was the team's top finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational, placing fourth overall to help ASU to second-place finish... placed 21st at the NCAA Pre-National meet to help team to second-place finish... 2007 Outdoor: Scored at the Pac-10 Championships, placing fifth in the 1,500m run in a personal-best 4:24.62... finished 15th at the NCAA West Region meet in the same event... won her only 800m competition, taking the Double Dual in 2:09.89... placed fourth in a personal-best time of 16:47.64 in the Stanford Invitational 5,000m run... 2007 Indoor: Redshirted... 2006 XC: Despite being sidelined for several weeks midway through the year, came back strong to place 88th at the NCAA Championships... earned All-Region honors by finishing 25th at the NCAA West Region meet... finished 21st in the Pac-10 meet, her first meet back after a one-month layoff... opened her career finishing third at the Dave Murray before taking 61st at the Roy Griak... placed third (22:04 in the 6,000m race) at the 2007 USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, Colo., and made the U.S. world team, but did not compete at the meet in Kenya.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Queen Creek High School (Queen Creek, Ariz.)... one of the more decorated athletes in Arizona prep history... won six individual track & field titles, two cross country titles and helped team win three track & field crowns... won cross country, 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m runs as a senior... added 3,200m, 4x400m relay and cross country as a junior and 4x800m relay as a sophomore... also finished runner-up in cross country twice and was second in the 800m run (once), 1,600m run (twice) and 3,200m (once)... captured five regional crowns as a senior, including cross country, 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m and 4x400m relay titles... holds the three state 3A records, including 3,200m (10:41), 4x400m relay (4:01) and 4x800m relay (9:36) and two 4A state marks, including the 800m (2:11.3) and 3,200m (10:26)... her 10:26 also ranks as the third-fastest in the history of Arizona... also holds three state meet records... clocked a 17:01 at the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational in 2005, the 10th-fastest all-time in the meet's history... earned all-state in track and field and cross country all four years... competed in the 2005 FootLocker West Region race, placing sixth, before finishing 26th nationally... the Arizona Republic selected her as the 2006 East Valley and State Female Athlete of the Year... East Valley Tribune selected her best in the state in 2006... named the top cross country runner by both publications in 2005... won the 1,500m run and 3,200m run at the Great Southwest Invitational in 2006 and the 3,200m run in 2005.
Personal: Major is exploratory... parents are Shaun and Ellie Hardt... has three brothers: Sherod, Jayce and Denton; and one sister: Whitney, a former member of the ASU cross country and track & field teams... father Shaun played football for Northern Arizona; uncle Clay played football at Arizona; grandfathers Jack Spillsbury and Jiggs Hardt played football at ASU Teachers College... born May 13, 1988, in Tucson, Ariz.... hobbies include organizing, shopping, dancing and spending time with family members... full name is Kari Lynn Hardt.
Personal Bests 800: 2:09.86 1500: 4:24.51 Mile: 4:48.56 3000: 9:29.00 5000: 16:47.64
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2009 XC 6,000m Course 21:15.80 93rd
2008 XC 6,000m Course 20:42.10 * 39th
2007 XC 6,000m Course 21:12.00 50th
2006 XC 6,000m Course 22:03.50 88th
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The sixth stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge contributed to a more than 13 percent jump in retail sales during the month of August in Boulder, city finance officials said.
Although a more comprehensive analysis of the race's effect on Boulder is due soon, the latest sales and use tax data provides some insight about the boost.
In August, the city collected $7.41 million in retail sales tax revenue, up more than $875,000 from the same month last year, according to the new sales and use tax revenue report. That $875,000 translates to more than $25 million taken in by Boulder retailers and restaurants.
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The Association of Performing Arts Presenters 2014 Conference: "Shine"
Illuminating Events, Colleagues, and Showcase Concerts
Words by Evangeline Kim
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The theme for the 2014 APAP conference is 'SHINE', and our intent is to shine a light on the work of the professionals in the performing arts presenting field. It is the time for our industry to take center stage – to propel our creative energy into the communities we serve, across America and across the globe, and to communicate our value as innovators and entrepreneurs for bringing people together and improving their quality of life. – APAP CEO and President Mario Garcia Durham
Just as the bite of the polar vortex lifted here in New York City, thousands of members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), from all over the world arrived for its annual 2014 conference, January 9 -14. The catalytic role the conference fulfills in the performing arts industry makes the city spring to life with a whirl of events and showcase concerts. One must be nimble with focus and stamina to take in the daily conference tracks, visit the overflowing expo hall booth exhibits to sample talent agents' roster offerings, and dash to showcases that stretch long into the night. The levels of energy and excitement were intense this year, balanced by APAP CEO and President Mario Garcia Durham's enthusiasm, warmth, and calming presence as he presided over plenary meetings and happily greeted colleagues. Standing ovations over the course of the meetings were the barometer of yet another highly popular conference. We wonder sometimes, what other event could bring on such energy in this city to start the new year?


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Chozo Ghost
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|The dead should serve the living, not hinder them.
|Chozo Ghost
Concept art
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|Metroid Prime
|Known locales
|Hallowed Chozo grounds: Hall of the Elders
Training Chamber
Ruined Shrine
Life Grove
|Known worlds
|Tallon IV
|Driven to violent insanity by Phazon corruption
|Bright white with a blue glow
|White energy bombs
|Only vulnerable to the Power Beam and the Super Missile.
Chozo Ghosts are Chozo spirits driven insane by the corruption of Phazon. They stalk the Chozo Ruins and can be found haunting culturally significant rooms and the Life Grove in Tallon Overworld. The Phazon corruption has also removed their nonviolent inhibitions along with their sanity, causing them to lash out at even Samus Aran, who would otherwise be an ally.
They are difficult to defeat without the X-Ray Visor due to their ability to turn invisible unless attacking. In addition, they are invulnerable to all weapons except Power Beam-derived weaponry. Their charged attacks will leave Samus vulnerable for a short time, as it causes her Power Suit to temporarily short-circuit. When charging they are highly vulnerable to Super Missiles.
It is unknown what becomes of them after Metroid Prime is destroyed along with all of the Phazon on Tallon IV, though it is likely that they were freed from their earthly prison and "passed on".
They are located in the following rooms:
- Hall of the Elders
- Sunchamber (Upon return, after the defeat of Flaahgra.)
- Training Chamber (Chozo Ruins) (After defeat, they do not return.)
- Furnace
- Ruined Shrine (Chozo Ruins)
- Life Grove
- Arboretum
Thirteen Chozo Ghosts also appear after the defeat of Meta Ridley, although these ghosts appear to be non-violent and open the gateway to the Impact Crater for Samus. These apparently have been uncorrupted by Phazon, perhaps due to the power of the totems they were inhabiting.
They are also seen in a Diorama in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, though this may not have any canonical significance.
Official dataEdit
Official websiteEdit
"As these entities phase in and out of existence, the only way to track them accurately is with X-ray scanning. Their aggressive and erratic behaviour is most likely due to the corrupting effects of Phazon in the Tallon IV environment. They appear to be drawn to Chozo shrines or temples, where they wreak havoc upon anything that dares to enter the area.
Chozo Ghosts are spectral entities whose partially-phased nature makes them invulnerable to natural energy types, such as fire, ice, and electricity."
Logbook entriesEdit
- The music heard when fighting these ghosts is used in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption as the Phazon Metroid battle theme. Interestingly, this is also used as the Metroid battle theme in Prime, as well as Elite Pirates.
- Large Chozo Ghosts briefly appear before Meta Ridley's arrival in Metroid Prime Pinball, and wear stylized attire.
- The Ruins Test of Metroid: Zero Mission appears to be some type of Chozo Ghost.
- The Dark Pirate Commandos can also phase out of local timespace; the manner in which they do is identical to the Chozo Ghosts.
- "Chozo Ghost" is listed in data in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc.
- Shortly after appearing, Chozo Ghosts are invulnerable to Super Missiles. When Samus fires one at them, it will be deflected, but home in on the ghost until it hits it or an obstacle.
- Sometimes during a battle, Chozo Ghosts will crouch and claw in the ground, then stand up and wave with both hands, as if they were throwing dust in the air.
- Whenever Chozo Ghosts are encountered, the room becomes dark, regardless of if it is an outdoor room or indoor room, and becomes slightly hazy.
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Ingsphere Cache • Kralee • Leviathan • Luminoth • Metroid Prime (Core essence) • Phantoon • Warp Hound • Phazon Metroid
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|Dark Aether • Infinity Void • The Locker • Oubliette • Stronghold Void
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Stomach Cancer: Risk Factors
A risk factor is something that increases the chance of having a certain health condition. Different cancers have different risk factors. The exact cause of stomach cancer is not known. But certain factors can make it more likely for you to have stomach cancer.
Age, sex, race, blood type
Age. Stomach cancer is more likely in people older than 50. Most people with stomach cancer are in their late 60s or older.
Sex. Stomach cancer is more common in men.
Race. In the U.S., stomach cancer is more common in Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders.
Blood type. People with the blood type A have an increased risk for stomach cancer.
Diet. Some foods are linked to stomach cancer. These include smoked, salted, pickled, and cured foods.
Smoking. Smoking increases the risk for stomach cancer.
Overweight and obesity. Being overweight or obese may increase the risk for stomach cancer.
Health history
Some health conditions increase the risk for stomach cancer. They include:
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. H. pylori is a bacterium that causes many cases of stomach ulcers. Long-term infection with H. pylori is also a major risk factor for stomach cancer.
Previous stomach surgery. Having part of your stomach removed for reasons other than cancer increases the risk for stomach cancer.
Pernicious anemia. People with this condition are not able to absorb vitamin B12, and they have low red blood cell levels (anemia). This can lead to an increased risk for stomach cancer.
Stomach polyps. A type of growth or polyp called adenoma can occur in the stomach. Having these raises your risk for stomach cancer.
The environment
A toxic workplace. People who work in the coal, metal, and rubber industries are at increased risk. This may be because of toxic dust and fumes that are inhaled.
Family history
Having family members with certain conditions increases the risk for stomach cancer. Some of the conditions include:
Stomach cancer in parents, brothers, sisters, or children
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
Familial adenomatous polyposis
Breast cancer gene mutations BRCA1 and BRCA2
What can you do to reduce the risk for stomach cancer?
Some risk factors, such as family history, are not within your control. But you can control other risk factors, such as diet and smoking. You may be able to lower your risk for stomach cancer if you:
Stop smoking. If you need help, talk with your health care provider. Many resources are also available in your community and on the Internet. You can get resources for quitting at www.smokefree.gov. Or call 800-QUIT-NOW.
Avoid certain foods. Not eating smoked, salted, pickled, or cured foods may lower your risk.
Maintain a healthy weight. If you are overweight, talk with your health care provider about how to lose weight. If you are at a healthy weight, stay there. Eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains every day.
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Will John Beck get revenge on Dolphins?
Consider Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins "the Revenge of John Beck."
After all, this WAS supposed to be Beck's team.
The Miami Dolphins selected the former BYU standout in the second-round of the 2007 and planned to invest in him for the future. Beck was going to be the young talented arm the Dolphins would invest time and effort into.
But Beck didn't develop quick enough. He couldn't read an NFL defense fast enough (and still can't), and failed to lead that 1-15 team to a win in 2007 before being benched for Cleo Lemon.
Then the regime changed.
When Bill Parcells and his crew got to South Florida they instantly pushed Beck to the side, drafting Chad Henne the next year in the second round, and signing veteran quarterback Chad Pennington.
The next year they pushed Beck off the roster completely, releasing him immediately after the draft because they had selected a flashy new quarterback named Pat White in the second round on the 2009 draft.
Beck was immediately picked up by former Dolphins coach Cam Cameron, the man who drafted him, and whom this regime also discarded. Beck hung around the NFL long enough to eventually become a starter in Washington this season.
While he's still searching for his first NFL victory its hard to argue the fact Beck is a survivor, and no matter what he says he's out for revenge against the Dolphins in a game that could be his final opportunity to prove he's an NFL starter.
Here's what Beck had to say today….
"Obviously, the goals that I had coming into the season that you work so hard for – it's been kind of hard to accomplish those with the situation that we find ourselves in now. But I'm just continuing to work as hard as I can at that, so it's hard to say exactly where I'm at, but I just know that I'm still working at it."
How far have you come since your rookie year in terms of recognizing defense and comfort in the pocket:
"As a rookie, you're wide-eyed, especially when you're going through the tough situation that we were in back in 2007 where we hadn't won a game and you become a starter. There are a lot of things that a young quarterback has to deal with — just the transition to the NFL and that situation can be a tricky one. Since then, obviously I've been able to spend a lot of time in film rooms, on practice fields, being around coaches [and] gaining experience in preseason games. All of those aspects I feel like I've definitely improved, just getting what experience I can. There's not the wide-eyed look any more."
On how tough it has been being on teams that have to overcome injuries:
"It is a tricky situation, but it's adversity and you do your best to fight against adversity to overcome it. We don't have the guys that we started the season with. That's football – it happens to a lot of teams every single year and you want to continue to work and continue to get better and improve as a team and continue to believe. Despite whatever adversity you're facing, you have to still believe and go out there and play on Sunday and give it your best."
On comparing playing for a winless team in Miami to not having a win as a starter in Washington:
"It's hard to say because that was my first year in the NFL and you don't really know what to expect as a rookie in the NFL — what your situation is like, what the team is like. You don't know what it's like around the rest of the league. You just know that situation. I don't know what it would have been like. It probably wouldn't have been as tricky, just that situation that we found ourselves in [with] all of those injuries. You always want to have a plan when the season starts. Coach [Cam] Cameron sat me down and told me the plan and it felt like that was going to be a good one. As the season shook down, it was anything but that plan with Trent [Green] going down and all of those things. The more I've been in this league, the more I've learned that that happens. That kind of stuff happens all over the league to a lot of teams and it's just about dealing with it. It's about just trying to overcome it and continue to work."
What was it like having to wait for your opportunity to start after your failed tenure with the Dolphins:
"You never know if you're going to get another opportunity or when it can happen or if it's going to happen. I just continue to try to work hard throughout the years and put myself in a position that, if an opportunity was there, I would go out and do well. There was an opportunity in the Philadelphia game to go in and play. Things went pretty good in that game and I try to continue to get better each week. It has been a struggle because things haven't gone well the past couple of weeks, but, regardless, I am having an opportunity to play and try to go out and do my best each week and improve my game during the week of practice so that I can go out there and play a better game the next week."
On not getting the chance to start for the Dolphins in the 2008 season:
"Well, I got to learn a lot from Chad Pennington. When he came in, he was brought in to be the guy and he did a fantastic job that season. When I looked at that situation, I said that I'm obviously not one of the guys that was chosen by this group. They brought in Chad Pennington. They brought in Chad Henne. Those are the guys, but what can I do to make myself a better quarterback for a situation that could come up in years following? I spent a lot of time with Chad Pennington late at the facility talking to him, just kind of trying to pick his brain and work on my mental aspect of the game — preparation during the week leading up to the game, all of those things. I look at that year as learning a lot from Chad Pennington, watching him take a team that only won one game the year before and helping him lead them to a championship of the AFC East. I was able to learn a lot from that."
What would it mean to get the first win of your career against the Dolphins:
"It would be good. I've been wanting to get a win in any stadium. These past few weeks, every week I've gone into the game, I've wanted it to be that game, that stadium, that situation. For me, really there is no difference in this game than any other game I've gone into. I'm just trying to do my best to help my team win."
I remember Cameron was saying the same "this is just a game" stuff back in 2008 when he played the Dolphins as Baltimore's offensive coordinator.
Who remembers the Gatorade shower the Ravens gave Cameron after Baltimore pulled out a win?
I'm betting the Redskins will pull out all the stops to celebrate if Beck manages to lead Washington to a victory over the Dolphins.


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Today is the First Friday of the Month, and we give special honor and worship to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in reparation for the sins of the world. This Heart is the core of the pro-life movement, which is a movement of self-sacrificing love. Nothing can stop the love of the Heart of Jesus, which is the meaning of the flame we see. This love is met by rejection and hatred, symbolized by the wound in the heart.
Pro-life activists experience the same thing. Our love for the unborn is met with misunderstanding, ridicule, shunning, and persecution of all kinds. Yet nothing can extinguish the flame. We continue to love those who cannot love us back, and cannot even know we are loving them. And that is a gift of the Sacred Heart.


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There are lots of smaller birds to roast that can be just as festive as a turkey: poussin, Cornish game hens and quail, for example.
Victoria Topham, chef-owner of Piñon Market & Café, has cooked many, many holiday dinners, for herself, for catering clients and for her takeout market. These are her turkey alternatives.
"This is based on a recipe I prepared last Thanksgiving with a split bone-in turkey breast. It is very moist, flavorful and super easy to prepare. It cooks quickly, making it a perfect option for Thanksgiving dinner for two, or it could easily expand for a crowd. The cavity on a poussin is so small, you need extra dressing on the side. As we all know, stuffing is the best part of Thanksgiving dinner. Laying the bird over the dressing achieves maximum flavor."
Roasted game hens with roasted vegetable stuffing
SERVES 2 (with leftovers)
2 Cornish game hens, butterflied
1 Tbsp. softened butter and 1 Tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. each of chopped fresh thyme and sage
Salt and pepper
½ onion, chopped
1 small sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 small turnip, rutabaga, or celeriac bulb, chopped
½ bulb fennel, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. olive oil
4 cups cubed day-old bread
¼ cup chopped parsley
2 tsp. each minced thyme and sage
½ cup low sodium chicken or turkey broth
Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 375.
Combine softened butter and herbs to form a paste. Set aside. Remove any excess fat and skin from game hens, press along breast bone to flatten slightly. Rinse and pat dry. Carefully run your fingers under skin to loosen. Rub herb butter under skin. Refrigerate hens.
Toss all vegetables in olive oil and roast in 350 oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until vegetables are slightly browned. Transfer to large bowl with bread cubes, broth, salt and pepper and fresh herbs. Toss well.
Transfer ½ dressing to a shallow oven safe baking dish. Wrap remaining half in double thickness of aluminum foil to heat alongside roasting game hens. Drape game hens over stuffing. Brush with melted butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast 40 minutes, rotating pan halfway through cooking, until the meat registers 165 in the thickest part. Remove from oven, tent with foil and let rest 15 minutes. Combine dressing from baking dish with dressing from foil packet. This will distribute flavor and juices from the game hens with all of the prepared dressing.
What's a Poussin? In Europe, the word "poussin" means "young chicken," less than 28 days old at slaughter. In the United States, it refers to a Rock Cornish game hen, an all white meat crossbreed developed in the 1950s. It's heavier and older than the European poussin. Rock Cornish game hens are sold frozen in most supermarkets.


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Died: February 12, 1998 in Shorewood, WI
High School: Pittsburg
College: Utah St. (school history) (Aldridge college stats)
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 6th round (47th overall) of the 1963 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 4th round (54th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 58 (1040th overall since 1950)
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Franklin - A proposal for a 190,000-square-foot Meijer store at the southeast corner of Highway 100 and Loomis Road appears to be staying afloat, though stagnant, until the developer can work with the state to construct on partial wetlands.
Little progress has been made since the Common Council on Sept. 4 approved, with some conditions, the developer's basic site and survey plans. Those conditions required Meijer to work out roadway issues with the DOT and the wetland issue with the DNR.
City officials said they believe Meijer and the state worked out an agreement to relieve some traffic congestion but have not heard an update about a request for a natural resources special exception.
Update by letter
The latest formal communication came in an Oct. 18 letter from Meijer representative Brian Randall. He requested the city not schedule any further hearings.
"We will contact you with our request (for a hearing) to be scheduled or an update before Dec. 31, 2012," Randall wrote.
In an interview Tuesday, Randall said Meijer is still working with the DNR and the Army Corps of Engineers in order to satisfy those agencies' concerns.
"I would not say the project is on hold," he said. "We are still working with the DNR and the Corps to get the needed approvals."
Complex project
Joel Diet, the city's planning manager, said even though a public hearing on the development had been held in late summer, the city attorney has advised that a new hearing, compliant with sworn testimony, will need to be held.
"We get project proposals all the time," Dietl said, but this project has a lot of variables, including the DOT and DNR issues. He pointed to the city's approval of relaxing the previous 125,000-square-foot cap that paved the way for the Meijer project proposal to be reviewed.
City Engineer Jack Bennett said he thought Meier and the DOT had worked out a possible traffic solution around the proximity of the Highway 100 intersections of Puetz and Loomis roads. He noted that it appeared that a northbound right-turn land between the roads from Highway 100 would be acceptable.
"I believe at this point the natural resource issue is the only thing that needs to be settled," Bennett said.
Mixed reviews
Previous public hearings on the Meijer development generated a balance of opposition and support.
While a number of residents - including some who live nearby - said the store would be a good economic development for the city, others focused on the 24-hour operation and potential noise and traffic disruption.
Meijer currently is proposing a somewhat smaller store in Wauwatosa, where it is going through a design and site review. Attempts to develop a 190,000-square-foot store in Grafton have hit a snag based on a lawsuit from nearby condo owners.
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Beef Barley Soup with Veggies RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 5 cups water
- 4 medium carrots, chopped
- 4 celery ribs, chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 4 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
- 1 teaspoon each dried oregano, thyme, basil and parsley flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup quick-cooking barley
- In a Dutch oven, brown meat in oil on all sides; drain. Add the water, carrots, celery, onion, tomatoes, tomato paste, bouillon and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50 minutes or until meat is tender.
- Stir in barley; cover and simmer 10-15 minutes longer or until barley is tender. Yield: 8 servings (about 2 quarts).
Reviews for Beef Barley Soup with Veggies
"This was a great recipe that went together easily and made plenty to have on hand for leftovers. The only ingredient adjustments I made, since my cut of beef was more than 2 lbs., were to add 2 extra cups of water and use the whole can (6 oz) of tomato paste. I also added a little more pepper for extra flavor."
"I thought this was very good. I used the whole 6 oz can of tomato paste, but otherwise followed the recipe."
"I didn't have barley on hand so I used lentils. I also threw in about a cup of frozen corn. Delicious - and great for those days I want stew but didn't plan far enough ahead for a crockpot recipe."
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"This is very good but I did some changes. I have found to buy cheaper it is simple cooking barley (not fast) and working perfect to cook it first in a rice maker (1 cup / 4 water), turned very good. And I think need add 1 tablespoon tomato paste instead of two because for me it is little bit sour with 2. And I didn`t put diced tomatoes. It is very good to add little bit sugar when you use tomato paste it is always winning combination."


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Kenneth Othell Burrough (Double Zero)
Position: WR
Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: July 14, 1948 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: William M. Raines
College: Texas Southern (school history)
Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (700th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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I love him
JR with the liner lol
here we goooo!!
Nice ovation -- WELCOME BACK STAT
How many teams are the Knicks going to let have quick starts against them? It seems like for the past month they have been playing D'antoni defense.
Haha, I think we all expected some comedy moments
STAT still looks STIFF.
Down 9 on the glass after 1. **** me......


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Warm 'n' Fruity Breakfast Cereal RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 2 cups seven-grain cereal
- 1 medium apple, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup dried apricots, chopped
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped dates
- 5 cups water
- 1 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Chopped walnuts, optional
- In a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 11 ingredients. Cook, covered, on low 6-7 hours or until cereal and fruit are tender. If desired, top with walnuts. Yield: 10 servings.
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"This turned out to be much soupier than what is shown in the picture. It may be that a different seven grain cereal or less liquid would work better. My family wasn't overly impressed with the flavor either."
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Lufthansa Highlights Dublin: "P.S. I love Dublin"
Cecelia Ahern leans on the parapet, smiling shyly. "Hey, I'm not a model," she says, posing for a photo on Ha'penny Bridge in the middle of Dublin. Two hundred years ago, when the cast-iron footbridge over the River Liffey was built, travelers had to pay a halfpenny toll to cross. The bridge, painted white, is one of the city's most-photographed attractions today.
While Cecelia poses, laughing teenagers, red-haired children gripping their mothers' hands and businesspeople with cell phones walk across the bridge. Some turn and look back, recognizing the petite Irishwoman who achieved fame a few years back for her debut novel P.S. I Love You. A tragic love story, it stayed in the Irish bestseller charts for months and sold in 46 countries. The twenty-something with the snub nose and freckles is now one of Ireland's best-known authors.
The people of Dublin also know that Cecelia is the daughter of Ireland's former prime minister Bertie Ahern, that her elder sister, Georgina, is married to Nicky Byrne of the pop group Westlife and that singer Ronan Keating is one of her best friends. But although the Irish always show an interest, they also maintain a certain reserve. "When's your new book coming out?" a florist asks her. And that's it. People don't crowd round her, no fans scream hysterically when they see her walk through St. Stephen's Green, Dublin's city park, where she likes to meet friends. The Irish are far too down to earth for that kind of silliness.
Every morning, hordes of people make their way across Ha'penny Bridge, hurry down the narrow streets of the trendy Temple Bar district and past the boutiques on Grafton Street on their way to their offices. The Irish capital (population: just under a million) may seem very cozy with its small red-brick houses and colorful Georgian wooden doors, but during rush hour, Dublin is a vibrant metropolis. "My generation works very hard," says Cecelia Ahern.
In the evening, though, suited office workers loosen their ties and head off for a good pint of Guinness at pubs like the dimly lit Whelan's (25 Wexford St.), one of the locations for the movie P.S. I Love You. Or, like the wine-loving author herself, they frequent restaurants like Fire (The Mansion House, Dawson Street) at the heart of the city. This trendy eatery with its high, vaulted ceiling could almost have been a church. But the décor is modern: rounded seating units, abstract art and an open kitchen that welcomes all comers, romantic couples and businesspeople alike. "I like to bring foreign visitors here because of its signature fresh, Irish-style dishes," says Cecelia Ahern. Fish cakes served with a sweet chili dip and rocket, for example.
Change of scene: Malahide, an affluent suburb of Dublin with carefully manicured lawns, a yacht marina and tennis club down by the sea. Here, just a 20-minute drive from downtown Dublin, is where Cecelia Ahern lives with her boyfriend, athlete-turned-actor David Keoghan. Cecelia grew up in this small resort town and is now just minutes away from her mother and sister.
She sees her father, the former taoiseach, as the Irish call their prime minister, nearly every Sunday, when they go to Croke Park Stadium (Dublin 3) to join
82 000 other fans of Gaelic football, a mixture of rugby and football, and cheer on the Dublin team. "I've been coming here since I was five," she says. Cecelia Ahern grew up in the public eye. Perhaps that has helped to keep her grounded despite her fame. She doesn't have a chauffeur or a bodyguard. No, she's just a perfectly normal young woman who happens to be exceptionally successful.
Her first big success may have been a stroke of luck, but writing has always been her hobby, she says, and she has a degree in journalism, too. Cecilia has worked very hard since her first novel came out in 2004, and has produced a further six.
When she's not in the middle of writing a book, she keeps a little notebook with her to jot down scenes and sentences she picks up on the street. "I like observing people, but the characters in my books aren't real." Cecelia sees herself as a daydreamer and likes to work at night, when she can immerse herself in her fantasy world until the early hours of the morning. Only then does lay aside her pen and go to bed.
In the afternoons, she can often be found at her favorite café in Malahide, Café Provence (1 Church Road, Malahide) with its blue-and-white checkered tablecloths and pale-blue timber walls, where she drinks a coffee and eats shepherd's pie. Later, she types her hand-written lines into the computer. Then she carries on writing. This can go on for months. "My fans expect me to come out with a new book every year," she says.
But sometimes Cecilia needs a break. That's when she gets into her car and drives along the coast – the sea to her left, lush, green meadows to her right – as far as Howth, a little fishing village on a peninsula. "I come here to clear my head when I've spent yet another 24 hours at my desk." She strolls down the East Pier as far as the lighthouse at the harbor mouth and sits down on the rocks there. Low clouds hang in the sky. She shivers, pulls a silver jacket over her striped T-shirt and gazes out to sea, lost in thought.
Her critics call her the princess of kitsch. Her books are all about lost love, about people who never end up with the person they desire. The book covers in Ireland look like those of poetry albums, all pastel shades and wispy flourishes. The author herself describes her stories as hopeful. "It was never my ambition to be famous," she says with a smile. So why waste another word on the subject?
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Last week the MPAA and RIAA submitted their comments in the FCC's net neutrality proceeding. As anticipated in EFF's comments, the big media companies are pushing for a copyright loophole to net neutrality. They want to be able to pressure ISPs to block, interfere with, or otherwise discriminate against your perfectly lawful activities in the course of implementing online copyright enforcement measures.
According to TorrentFreak, last summer's Star Trek movie was the "most pirated movie of 2009." So it seems that Paramount Pictures was prescient when it gave testimony before the FCC that used Star Trek as an illustrative example of how "Internet piracy" is poised to devastate Hollywood and (though the nexus here is less than clear) undermine residential broadband in America.
Funny thing is, Star Trek is on course to make more than $100 million in profits.
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Digital Video Recorders, once considered a mortal threat by the entertainment industry, have now become its new best friend. It's just the latest example of how the industry's constant warnings of the dangers of "piracy" frequently turn out to be baseless hysteria.
Remember 2001? Digital Video Recorders ("DVRs") like TiVo and ReplayTV were poised to win mainstream adoption, allowing consumers to fast-forward past advertisements more easily than before. In response, the entertainment industry behaved predictably — it freaked out and filed a bunch of lawsuits.
In DC, the summer doldrums have ended, and Congress has begun a flurry of activity. Legislators are in the midst of considering several important bills:
The Informed P2P User Act is the latest effort from Rep. Mary Bono Mack, who in 1998 gave us the Mickey Mouse Protection Act. The bill is ostensibly aimed at protecting users of peer-to-peer file-sharing software from accidentally sharing their private information. Unfortunately, it takes a paternalistic approach that assumes that more pop-up warnings and FTC enforcement actions will somehow stop users from misconfiguring their software. Public Knowledge has the details. The House is due to vote on it soon; let's hope they send it back to committee for refinement.
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Photog Celebrates 30th B-day by Raising $30K for Charity
San Francisco-based photographer Lisa Wiseman has created an online photography project that she's using to help raise $30,000 in 30 days for GLIDE, a San Francisco social services organization that provides food, healthcare and training to needy people.
To raise the funds Wiseman, who has volunteered with GLIDE for several years, and a group of 12 cohorts created "The 30Love," a Web site/art project where they are collecting donors' photographs and statements about "what love means to them."
Says Wiseman of the site: "We honed the concept over time and built a unique interactive photography constellation as the vehicle by which users engage with The 30Love participants. When the constellation is zoomed out, the constellations' dots 'run away' from your mouse cursor. As you zoom in, the dots have less resistance and become images, each of which represents an individual 30Love participant. Once zoomed in far enough, you can click on any photo and you'll be able to view that user's photo, name, location and quote about what love means to them. In this way, The 30Love is a global time-capsule of what love means."
In creating the project, Wiseman was inspired by a close friend who frequently uses holidays and other occasions "to do large-scale, fun, charitable projects," and by writer Colleen Wainwright, who last year raised $50,000 for a charity in 50 days to mark her 50th birthday.
"Beyond fundraising, this project allows me to explore my interlinking passions for photography and technology," Wiseman says. "Knowing that people all over the world will spend a moment thinking about what love means to them is my core personal motivation. I hope the project engages on a global level so that viewers can visit the website to explore the various dimensions of what love can mean around the world."
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SEATTLE — As Washington residents weigh the pros and cons of labeling genetically engineered foods, one question on many minds is whether current GE crops have helped or harmed the environment.
A panel of independent scientists and agriculture experts convened by the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 came down on the positive side. "Generally, GE crops have had fewer adverse effects on the environment than non-GE crops produced conventionally," their report concluded.
But as in everything to do with genetic engineering, blanket statements conceal a world of complexity. Environmental impacts vary depending on the types of genes added to each crop and the traits those genes confer.
Corn and cotton engineered to produce a natural bug killer called Bt have been clear environmental winners, reducing the amount of insecticide farmers spray on their fields. The picture is murkier when it comes to the other major category of GE crops: those engineered to survive being sprayed with the weed killer glyphosate, sold by Monsanto as Roundup. Initially, the technology led to a drop in the amount and toxicity of herbicides used on American fields, but an explosion of resistant weeds is erasing those gains.
"It's a mixed bag," said Bruce Tabashnik, head of the entomology department at the University of Arizona. "I don't think GE crops are necessarily bad. They can be good, and they can even be great for the environment — but it depends on the inherent traits and whether they're being used in an environmentally conscious way."
Tabashnik works with cotton farmers in Arizona, where the advent of GE varieties with the built-in bug killer slashed insecticide use by 80 percent. Results haven't been so dramatic elsewhere, but Charles Benbrook, of the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University, estimates that insecticide use in the U.S. has dropped by about 123 million pounds since the new crops were introduced.
The bug killer Bt is also much less toxic than other varieties, and specifically targets pests like the pink bollworm, the bane of cotton farmers, Tabashnik said. "It's about as close as you can come to being completely benign."
Bt, widely used in organic farming, works by binding to specific proteins in the guts of certain insect larvae. It's harmless to other insects and all vertebrates — including humans, birds, mammals and reptiles — because they lack those proteins. While some insecticides contain nerve poisons that kill insects on contact, Bt harms only bugs that munch on a crop.
As a result, populations of "good" insects, like ladybugs and other beetles, have increased in many GE fields. The presence of insects that prey on crop pests helps farmers avoid the need to spray additional, more toxic bug killers, Tabashnik pointed out.
"If things work out as well as they have in cotton here, you can get off that pesticide treadmill and you can even run it in reverse."
Margaret Reeves, senior scientist at the Pesticide Action Network, agrees that Bt crops initially reduced the use of more toxic bug sprays, but also noted the emergence of Bt-resistant insects. That's particularly alarming to organic farmers, as they have few tools to fight insects.
Tabashnik is concerned as well — but not surprised. Insects have evolved resistance to virtually every bug killer humanity has devised, he pointed out. While Bt remains remarkably effective against about a dozen major pests, the number of resistant species has increased from one to five since 2005. The biggest problems are among corn pests that weren't very susceptible to Bt in the first place, Tabashnik explained.
Faced with potential losses in yield, Bt corn farmers are increasingly turning back to bug-killing sprays, and insecticide use is edging up again.
To slow the development of Bt resistance, the Environmental Protection Agency requires corn farmers to plant conventionally bred seed on a small percentage of their lands. That provides a refuge for pests vulnerable to Bt, which then mate with the smaller population of resistant pests. The resulting offspring don't inherit resistance, so the cycle can be broken — or at least delayed.
To impede evolution even more, Tabashnik and other insect experts are pressing the EPA to require Bt corn farmers to plant as much as half their acreage in non-Bt crops, a measure the agency's own scientific advisory panel recommended years ago.
"We don't imagine we can make that rate of evolution zero," he said. "But we're trying to figure out how to maximize the benefits of Bt."
If EPA's "refuge" requirement helped slow the march of Bt resistance, the ubiquitous use of Roundup and crops engineered to resist the weed killer has had the opposite effect.
"It's a train wreck, and it's entirely man-made," said WSU's Benbrook.
Some experts call Roundup "agricultural heroin," and it's easy to see how farmers got hooked.
The idea behind the technology is simple, appealing, and — until recently — highly effective. Adding a bacterial gene to soybeans, corn, cotton and sugar beets makes the plants impervious to the herbicide.
Farmers who grow so-called Roundup Ready crops can spray their fields with Roundup and kill only the weeds.
Glyphosate has many environmental advantages over nearly all other herbicides. It's less toxic to humans, other mammals, birds and fish. It breaks down quickly and is less likely to run off fields and pollute rivers and streams. Farmers who switched to Roundup Ready crops didn't need to plow up weeds before planting, which reduces erosion and improves soil quality.
In the first several years after the introduction of Roundup Ready crops in 1996, herbicide use dropped. But as the GE crops quickly came to dominate U.S. farms, use of glyphosate soared.
Benbrook estimates the amount of herbicides applied in the U.S. increased by 527 million pounds between 1996 and 2011, compared with what would have been used on conventional crops.
Several industry-funded analyses dispute that conclusion. The most recent, published this year, reports a 4.2 percent decrease in herbicide use on GE versus conventional soybeans in the U.S. between 1996 and 2011. The study also points to a 26.3 percent increase in "environmental impact quotient," a measure of herbicide safety.
Benbrook agrees glyphosate is ecologically superior to the alternatives. "It's one of the safest herbicides ever marketed," he said. "That's one of the tragedies about the fact that it's being driven into obsolescence."
But farmers were seduced by the simplicity of spraying a single chemical — and assured by Monsanto that the risk of Roundup-resistant weeds emerging was low, said Carol Mallory-Smith, a professor of weed science at Oregon State University. Instead of rotating crops, they grew only Roundup Ready varieties. Instead of spraying once, they applied the herbicide three or four times a season.
Overuse of any pesticide is a recipe for resistance — and it wasn't long before the spray stopped working against some weeds. Twenty-four species of weeds found in 21 countries and 32 U.S. states — including Oregon — are now glyphosate-resistant, said Ian Heap, director of the Corvallis, Ore.-based International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds.


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I have always loved them, the immense oceans of Hoenn are lovely, you can never fully explore the area, I could of played the game for years and still manage to find new items and unbeaten trainers in the waves. But this is interestingly what other people hate about Hoenn.
Also as far as land routes go, the Hoenn super tall grass route was fun, but even better what the first gen route between Lavender Town and Fushia City, which basically was the entire eastern coast of Kanto, I loved that route to death.
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For Throwback Thursday this week, Maurice recounts our first Digable Planets show! Get the scoop below.
I first found out about Digable Planets around 1992. I received a call from Dennis Wheeler, President of Pendulum Records, which was an imprint on Elektra. He knew what we were doing at Giant Step and told me he wanted to send over some demos of a new band they'd signed to hear our response. So, they sent me the demos and I thought it was very Tribe-esque [see: A Tribe Called Quest]. I ended up meeting with the band and the label to explore how Giant Step could help Digable Planets, and this actually became a very early marketing project for us without really realizing it.
Digable Planets finished "Cool Like That" and brought the test press of the track to the Giant Step club, which was then in the basement at Metropolis Café. We tested the song out on the Giant Step crowd – first time that record was ever played in public – and it went down brilliantly; people went crazy. Inspired by the response from the crowd that night, the guys went home and they made The Crashing Giant Step Mix, which was on the original 12" of "Cool Like That."


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TUCSON, Ariz. – In three sets (25-22, 25-20, 25-20), the University of Arizona volleyball team defeated UCLA on Friday night inside McKale Center. The Wildcats improved their record to 14-5, 4-3 in Pac-12, while UCLA fell to 10-7 (1-6 Pac-12).
Junior Madi Kingdon led the Wildcat offense with 13 kills followed by Jane Croson with 10. Kingdon hit a solid .324 on the night as she also added nine digs, two aces, two blocks and an assist. Croson also contributed eight digs to go along with her 10 kills.
Penina Snuka dished out a match-high 30 assists to go along with 10 digs for her ninth double-double of the season, which ties Kingdon for top honors in the Pac-12. In addition, Snuka recorded a match-high three service aces, while also chipping in a kill and a block. Olivia Magill was efficient as she recorded seven kills on .412 hitting to go with three blocks. Defensively, Candace Nicholson and Ronni Lewis combined for a total of 27 digs to lead the team.
Arizona was solid behind the service line as it recorded five service aces with no errors, while UCLA had just one ace and 10 errors. The Wildcats were out-hit by the Bruins .242 to .218, but Arizona finished with a 7-5 advantage in blocks.
The opening set was full of offense as both teams hit over .300. After back and forth play with each team holding the lead, UCLA battled to a 22-21 advantage, which forced an Arizona timeout. After the break, the Wildcats won the next two points to pull in front 23-22 as UCLA also used a timeout. After a UCLA error gave Arizona set point, Croson connected on a call to win the set, 25-22. Croson led the Cats with seven kills in the set. Incredibly, the Bruins hit .406 in the set, while the Wildcats hit a solid .314.
Arizona rode the momentum from the opening set victory as it jumped out to a 7-4 advantage in the second frame. However, UCLA answered with a 4-0 run to gain an 8-7 lead. The Bruins built their lead to 15-12 before the Wildcats used a timeout to regroup. After the timeout, Arizona reeled off five straight points to regain the lead 17-15. From there, the Wildcats never looked back as they took the set, 25-20. Arizona won the set despite being out-hit for the second straight time. UCLA hit .245 as the Wildcats hit .220. Kingdon led the Cats with five kills in the set.
The Wildcats kept their foot on the pedal in the third set as they stormed out to a 9-3 lead, forcing UCLA to burn an early timeout. UA never looked back from there. The Bruins led Arizona in kills, 14-10, but their two service errors and two attacking errors proved costly as the Wildcats took the set, 25-20. After starting the first set with a .406 attacking percentage, UCLA finished the third set with a .128 percentage thanks to Arizona's 25 digs and three blocks.
Karsta Lowe led the UCLA offense with a match-high 15 kills, while Karly Drolson added a match-high 18 digs to pace the Bruins defensively.
Arizona will be back in action on Sun., Oct. 20 to take on No. 1 USC at 2:30 p.m. at McKale Center. The match will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.
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Tide-Turning Weekend Sweep Puts Men's Basketball Atop Ivy League
First, the Tigers had an emotional five-point, hang-on win over Harvard last night. Then, Princeton started slow tonight on senior night in Jadwin Gym against Dartmouth, eventually coming back from a 68-63 win.
And then, through whatever media one chooses to consume these days, news made its way from Philadelphia to Princeton that Ivy League leader Harvard (17-9, 9-3) had been upset by Penn, 75-72.
So, there you have it. Three wins, and the Tigers are sole Ivy League champions, hearing their name called on Selection Sunday. Sounds easy enough.
Except that the next team Princeton (16-9, 9-2) will play, Yale Friday in New Haven, has already defeated Princeton this season, and that the Tigers lost their last visit there a year ago. And the next team, Brown Saturday in Providence, dealt the Tigers their first loss after an 8-0 Ivy League start in 2011, when the current seniors were sophomores.
And that the team after that, Penn a week from Tuesday in Philadelphia, would probably like to knock off their generations-long rival just as they did the Crimson tonight on the same floor.
Yes, just three little wins to go. And if the Tigers needed any more reminding that the path won't be easy, they need only look back to how tonight's game started against a Big Green (7-19, 3-9) team that had just knocked off Penn the night before.
Six early turnovers and 2-for-8 shooting over the first 10 minutes by Princeton helped the Big Green to a 13-4 lead, and the Tigers were down eight at 19-11 with less than six minutes to go before halftime. Princeton closed the half on a 9-2 run to make it a one-point deficit at the break, 21-20.
But once Princeton took the lead at 25-24 on a split from the free throw line by T.J. Bray, who with 21 points was just two short of his career high set on Jan. 12 against Penn.
Princeton's largest lead was 12 points, coming midway through a second half that saw the Tigers shoot 54.2 percent after shooting just 33.3 percent before the break.
Will Barrett had a career-high 24 points, surpassing the 20 he scored in the season opener against Buffalo on Nov. 10.
Postgame notes
• Princeton's seniors completed an 8-0 sweep of Dartmouth, the second Ivy League team against which they will graduate with a perfect record. Columbia is the other.
• Ian Hummer followed up his 23-point night against Harvard with 13 points, giving him 1,579 for his career. Already in second place on the Princeton career list, he passed Harvard's Tyler Rullman (1,577) for 23rd place on the Ivy League list. Brown's Jason Forte is next at 1,597.
• Hummer also made what is likely his last jump on Princeton's career rebounding list, now in fifth place with 712. He passed Chris Thomforde '69, who amassed his 709 boards in three seasons.
• Princeton improved to 9-1 this season when T.J. Bray scores in double figures.
• Dartmouth's Tyler Melville, son of Princeton basketball alum Randy Melville '81, led the Big Green with 23 points. Gabas Maldunas had a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards.
• 66 of Princeton's 68 points came from the starting five.
• The game was the last in Jadwin Gym for Princeton's five seniors, including Ian Hummer, Brendan Connolly, Mack Darrow, Ameer Elbuluk and Isaac Serwanga, all of whom played.


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Edward Vincent Breding
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High School: Jacksboro
College: Texas A&M (school history) (Breding college stats)
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