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Are you a busy cook? Then, you're sure to love this convenient stovetop spaghetti recipe. —Joan Koehn, Leland, Mississippi
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
- 4 to 6 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 3 ounces uncooked spaghetti, broken
- 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, green pepper, 4 tablespoons water, salt, chili powder and spaghetti.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until spaghetti is tender, stirring frequently and adding remaining water if necessary.
- Sprinkle with cheese; cover and heat until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Yield: 2 servings.
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So I just installed an SSD in my MBP and have been a bit concerned about running out of disk space. I noticed that /private/var/vm holds an 8.6 gb sleepimage file as well as swap files. I'd be much happier if they existed on my old (regular) HDD which is also still inside my machine as well.
I can't think of anything that would really go wrong with this, but can someone tell me whether or not I'll totally screw up my computer by symlinking
/private/var/vm -> /Volumes/OldDrive/private/var/vm?
I read in this superuser post that if the target disk isn't mounted at the time that the swap files are being created, then it could "fake it" (so to speak) and create a directory "/Volumes/OldDrive", forcing my actual drive to be mounted at "/Volumes/OldDrive 1".


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Conservative Christian Men Rap for the Tea Party (Video)
Something wonderful has risen out of the ashes that were today's youth. A Young group of men recorded and made a video of a song with a good message.
The Tea Partay East Coast
Here, young men and women are dressed as proper men and women should be. Very little if any skin is exposed. Unlike todays modern bands that fornicate on screen like Florence and the Machine, Culture Club, and Mumford and Sons; these youth keep their minds and bodies on target.
As noted before they dress properly and keep fit lie proper Christians should, there is no bad teeth or "large booties". The women in the video are modest, but keep themselves thin and attractive for their men.
Sometimes they sing about the struggles they have been forced to overcome:
"Haters like to clown our Ivy League educations, but their just jealous because our families run the nation"
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We will send a thank you note… in cur..sive….
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Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig)
Release Date: Sep 16, 2011
Genre: Comedy
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This is a Norwegian drama/comedy about cheating and optimism, the film is directed by Anne Sewitsky and stars Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen and Joachim Rafaelsen. I really liked this film and i highly recommend seeing it in the theaters. Thisis the first film for the director and i think she did a great job. The film is daring and it does not shy away from uncomfortable topics, the actors do an amazing job with their roles and I was very impressed by the performances. The cinematography in the film is breath taking and there are couple moments in the film that are truly amazing. Overall, i really liked this film.
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Your local children's centres and health visiting services are coming together to form early start teams. Early start recognises the importance of early intervention and giving every child, in every community, the best start in life. Early start services for children and families will work closely together in your area. This will include a variety of staff such as: health visitors, children's centre staff, community nurses and family outreach workers. They will continue to work with GPs, midwives, schools and youth services amongst others.Early start will deliver services such as health, childcare, play, early learning and development to meet the needs of children and families from pregnancy up to your child's 5th birthday.We will ensure the right staff deliver the right services which meet the needs of young children and families in Leeds.It will provide the right services, in the right place, at the right time for all children and families from pregnancy up to your child's 5th birthday.Children's services director, Nigel Richardson, said "It's about ensuring services are streamlined rather than duplicated and that information is shared by all professionals who are working with children."
For some families there may be a change in their Health Visitor. If your Health Visiting team is changing you will be notified by letter. If you are in contact with your Health Visitor she will let you know. Most families Health Visitor will not change.
You can continue to go to your local Health Centre or in many areas Well Baby Clinics are being held in Children's Centres alongside a range of other activities. Contact your Health Centre/Children's Centre for up to date details.
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The local Health Centre and Children's Centre will have all those details. If you don't get a letter telling you that the Health Visitor has changed, then nothing has. You can ring any Health Visiting team or Children's Centre and they will be able to tell you the name of your local children's centre.
Your information will be held on both paper and electronic records. Only people who are directly working with you will have access to these. Paper records are always kept in a locked cabinet in a locked room within either a Health Centre or children's centre. All electronic based information is password protected and all our staff have the appropriate checks performed before access is given to them to view your information. Information will be shared between Early Start Teams (Health Visitors and Children's Centre staff).
Only if you want to. We hope there will be some groups/courses that you would find useful and enjoy. Services delivered by Early Start teams are open to everyone - some are more popular than others. If you do not want to access early start services you may be asked to formally opt out. Some of your child's development assessments may be conducted where there are other children present and play activities are being offered.
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Update on Rey Mysterio
Feb 27, 2013 - by Steve Gerweck
Rey Mysterio has been removed from some previously-advertised Raw appearances leading up to WrestleMania 29 in April. Mysterio had been booked to wrestle CM Punk; he will now face either Kofi Kingston or the Miz, depending on the date. Mysterio is still dealing with his family situation.
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Dann Nelson
SIU will play three SWAC opponents and Troy. It will be the first meetings in school history for all teams.
Alex Pozo clinched the win with a victory at No. 5 singles
The 7-0 victory marked SIU's third shutout in a row
SIU beat Austin Peay 7-0 and failed to lose a set
Salukis face Austin Peay on Friday and McKendree on Sunday
Photo gallery from SIU's 5-2 win over Illinois-Chicago on Feb. 20, 2016.
Men's Tennis vs. Wichita State, 4/7/12
Last updated: May 15, 2015
Dann Nelson is in his 10th year as the head men's tennis coach at Southern Illinois Unviersity.
In Nelson's 10th season as head coach, the Salukis concluded the 2014-15 season with a 6-16 overall record, 0-4 in the MVC. SIU faced tough competitors throughout the season, including nationally ranked teams from North Florida, Southern Alabama and Drake. The Salukis came away with a successful week near the end of the regular season when they topped Eastern Illinois and Northern Illinois at home. SIU's match against Northern Illinois came down to junior Jonny Rigby's thrilling third-set victory at the No. 1 singles spot that allowed the Salukis to clinch a 4-3 victory over Northern Illinois for the first time since 2011. SIU entered the MVC Team Championships ranked fourth in the conference, before falling, 4-1, to an MVC affiliate school, UMBC, in the first round of the tournament. At the conclusion of the season, Jonny Rigby was named All-Conference for the third consecutive year, and Rigby and sophomore Michal Kianicka earned MVC Scholar-Athlete recognition.
The Salukis finished the 2013-14 season with a 10-11 overall record, 2-2 in the MVC. The Salukis advanced to the semifinals at the MVC Championships before falling 0-4 to Wichita State. This marks the third-straight season Nelson guided the team to a top-three MVC finish. He picked up his 100th coaching win at SIU in 2014, as well. Nelson was named Co-Coach of the Year in the MVC for the second time in his career after winning the title in 2009.
After a slow start, Nelson led the Salukis on a 7-1 run midway through the season, rounding out the regular season with two wins over Western Illinois and Illinois State. Freshman Michal Kianicka and sophomore Jonny Rigby finished as the only doubles pair to go undefeated in MVC play, both earning All-Conference recognition at No. 1 doubles. Rigby and Kianicka were also named to the All-Conference teams at No. 3 and No. 1 singles, respectively. Kianicka was also awarded MVC Freshman of the Year, the third Saluki to earn this accolade in SIU men's tennis history, after Eric West in 2009 and Jorge Cavero in 2011. Cavero, a graduating junior, earned All-Conference recognition in No. 2 singles after going undefeated in MVC play.
SIU concluded the 2012 season after compiling a 13-6 overall record and 6-2, third place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference. Nelson coached freshman Jonny Rigby to a stellar freshman campaign. Rigby was an All-Conference selection with a perfect 5-0 ledger in MVC play and an impressive 14-3 overall record. Jonny Rigby and doubles partner Badr Cherradi also received All-Conference laurels under Nelson's direction posting a 4-1 conference record. Brandon Florez capped off his senior campaign setting a new SIU record with 51 career doubles wins. The Salukis season ended with a loss to No. 2 Wichita State at the MVC semi-finals.
The 2012 campaign was a difficult one for Nelson and the Salukis, who played their toughest schedule in several years with three nationally ranked opponents (No. 49 Drake, No. 57 South Alabama and No. 67 Purdue) and two other programs that were nationally ranked throughout the season (Georgia State and Wichita State). Southern also lost reigning 2011 MVC Freshman of the Year Jorge Cavero to injury for the entirety of the 2012 spring season. However, even though they were 6-10 at the onset of Missouri Valley Conference play the Salukis still managed a 2-3 conference record. Southern ended up in a three way tie for third place with Bradley and Illinois State after a thrilling last-match victory against Bradley on April 21 in Carbondale. From Jan. 3 to Feb. 16 the doubles team of Martijn Admiraal and Brandon Florez were ranked No. 42 in the nation after a stellar fall performance at the ITA Central Regionals. The duo was Nelson's first nationally ranked doubles tandem since Felipe Villasenor and Sergio Sanchez were ranked 28th in 2006. French transfers Badr Cherradi and Stanislas Rodier were named to the MVC All-Select team after they carried the Salukis at the top two singles positions all season to help fill Cavero's void. Cherradi was also named an honorable mention to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team along with teammate Rafael Cuadrillero. Junior Orhan Spahic also gave Coach Nelson yet another MVC Scholar-Athlete with his 3.9 GPA.
Coach Nelson willed his 2010-11 Saluki team to an 11-8 overall record and a fourth consecutive trip to at least the semifinals in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Nelson added a second Freshman of the Year (Eric West, 2009) award to his credentials as incoming freshman Jorge Cavero from Lima, Peru, won the honor for the 2011 season. Fellow freshman Adam Fabik also had a stellar season for the Salukis, taking home three fall tournament crowns and shattering the single season Fall singles wins record by winning his first 17 fall matches in the process. After a 14-4 spring season, Fabik finished the year with 32 total singles wins, which now ranks second all time in single season wins behind Mickey Maule's 1988 mark of 38. Fabik, along with Cavero, were named to the MVC All-Select team, and Nelson also added another MVC Scholar-Athlete in sophomore Orhan Spahic.
2009-10 was a down year for the Salukis, as they finished 7-13 overall and 2-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference, only a year after being crowned conference champions and earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament. In this rebuilding year, the Salukis lost their number one player in Lucas Waked to injury and relied on four freshman and two transfers to carry the slack. However, the Salukis still managed to advance to at least the semifinals in the MVC tournament for the third straight year.
2009 was a banner year for Southern, as Nelson led SIU to its third-ever MVC title aand first since 1990. The Salukis also gained an automatic berth to the 2009 NCAA Men's Tennis Championships. During the season, SIU received a wide variety of honors, including having four players being named to the All-Conference team (Hugo Vidal, Felipe Villasenor, Lucas Waked, and Eric West). Off the court, the team also achieved unprecedented success, as two Salukis - Vidal and Anton Leonenko - were named to the Academic All-Conference team. In addition, West was named the MVC's Freshman of the Year and Nelson himself was named the MVC Coach of the Year.
Nelson's 2008 team rode through the peaks and valley's, as they finished 12-14 on the year and 3-3 in the MVC. His team did finish strong, however. SIU won its last two matches and stood fourth in the final MVC standings, its best regular season finish since 1997.
2006-07 brought success for SIU in many areas, including the highest MVC finish in eight years and a No. 8 ranking in the final Central Region poll. Felipe Villasenor had a final ranking at No. 30 in the Central Region. In the fall of 2007, the Salukis gained their first MVC individual singles title in 16 years, with Hugo Vidal winning the crown at the No. 3 position.
Nelson earned the ITA Midwest Section Community Service award for establishing the Saluki Tennis Academy in 2006.
In his first season at SIU, 2005-06, Nelson coached the No. 28 nationally-ranked doubles duo of Sanchez and Felipe Villasenor. The tandem reached the quarterfinals of the ITA fall regional and defeated the No. 6 doubles duo in the country, Arkansas' Rohan Gajjar and Adrains Zguns. Nelson led the team to its first winning season in seven years, as the Dawgs finished 11-10 in the spring.
His first year was a record-packed season. Senior Bojan Ilievski posted nine singles' wins during the fall season to tie for fourth all-time at SIU. Freshman Andrei Bubnov and junior Sergio Sanchez also made the fall singles' win list at six and seven, respectively. The 2006 Salukis finished the fall 52-13 in singles and 27-8 in doubles, compiling the best team record and conference finish (sixth) since Southern's 1999 season.
Prior to Nelson's move to SIU, he led Western Illinois' men's tennis team from 2003-2005. In the season prior to Nelson's arrival at Western, the Leathernecks had not won a dual match and had not won a conference dual match in two years.
Nelson quickly turned things around, guiding WIU to a second-place regular-season Mid-Continent Conference finish in 2004. His team posted a 5-1 conference record and a 9-4 overall record, its best finish in eight years.
From 2001 to 2003, Nelson served as head coach at Westminster College, an NCAA Division III school in Fulton, Mo. In 2003, Westminster posted a 13-2 record to earn a conference title, and Nelson was named Coach of the Year in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
The 2002 and 2003 seasons were very successful for Nelson's teams. Westminster won the SLIAC both years and posted a 19-7 combined record. Westminster also had ten athletes selected to the All-Conference teams during that time period. In 2002, the team earned the school's first regional ranking in its history and the doubles team of John Hall and Ryan Carney finished with a perfect 13-0 record. Carney posted an undefeated 17-0 singles record in 2003 in route to being named the SLIAC Athlete of the Year.
From 1997 to 2001, Nelson served as a teching professional at the Edmond Racquet Club in Edmond, Okla. As the Associate Director of Junior Development, Nelson worked with several nationally-ranked players as well as numerous state champions. Several of Nelson's students went on to play Division I tennis.
Nelson began his coaching career in 1997 as an assistant at NAIA Oklahoma Christian University, his alma mater, where he also earned All-America honors as a player. While playing for Oklahoma Christian, Nelson amassed a 44-5 doubles record spanning the 1995 and 1996 seasons. He also participated in the NAIA Championships in 1995 and 1996. During Nelson's senior season, Oklahoma Christian earned the Sooner Athletic Conference title, the Region V team title and achieved a No. 4 national ranking.
Nelson served as a Volunteer Assistant at Central Oklahoma, an NCAA Division II school, while working on his Master's Degree. Nelson graduated from Oklahoma Christian in 1997, with a bachelor's degree in social studies. He earned a master's degree in education from Central Oklahoma in 2001.
Nelson and his wife, Casey, have two girls, Khana (12) and Nanaiya (9) and reside in Carbondale, Ill.
|Nelson Year-By-Year Record
|Westminster (Mo.)
|SLIAC Champions
|Westminster (Mo.)
|SLIAC Champions
|Western Illinois
|Summit League Semifinals
|Western Illinois
|T-5th in Summit League
|Southern Illinois
|T-6th in MVC
|Southern Illinois
|5th in MVC
|Southern Illinois
|MVC Semifinals
|Southern Illinois
NCAA Tournament
MVC Champions
|Southern Illinois
|MVC Semifinals
|Southern Illinois
|MVC Semifinals
|Southern Illinois
|T-3rd in MVC
|Southern Illinois
|3rd in MVC
|Southern Illinois
|3rd in MVC
|Southern Illinois
|7th in MVC
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Jaime Jara throws a right hand at Jeremiah Metcalf. Photo courtesy of JaimeJara.com
It was a night where two longtime mixed martial arts veterans continued their comeback into the new age of the sport. Unfortunately for Steve Heath and Kelly Dullanty, it wasn't such a good night.
Gladiator Challenge veteran Jaime Jara, who has only lost once in his last twelve bouts, used strong takedown defense to force Heath, who had only fought once since March 2004, onto his back throughout the first two rounds of the fight. It was in the third round where Jara was finally able to pass Heath's guard, landing in side control and pounding away with unanswered strikes until referee Josh Rosenthal stepped in to halt the bout.
The co-main event saw Lance Wipf land a perfect Superman punch that sent a woozy Dullanty, who had not fought since losing to Matt Serra at UFC 36 in 2002, straight to the canvas, causing the fight to be stopped just nine seconds in. Any ideas of the fight being stopped prematurely were quickly wiped away as Dullanty was barely able to stand upright on his fight afterwards.
Complete results from the event courtesy of Sherdog.com:
Jaime Jara def. Steve Heath - TKO (Strikes)
Lance Wipf def. Kelly Dullanty - KO (Punch)
Isaac De Jesus def. Cruz Gomez - Split Decision
Michael Brown def. Rolando Torres - TKO (Strikes)
Richard Chavez def. Eric Jacob - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Travis Bennett def. Yonas Gegreeg - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Juan Orsua def. Derrick Easterling - TKO (Strikes)
Joe Vea def. Arby Magtibay - TKO (Strikes)
Brandon Cash def. Anthony Von Rekowski - Submission (Arm-Triangle)
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Although funds are provided by the School of Law to support activities, all organizations are exclusively student-run. Most groups hold meetings and functions during a regularly scheduled activities period or in the early evening.
The Alliance For Israel (AFI) is a student organization dedicated to promoting recognition and respect among the student body at NUSL of Israel's right to exist as a sovereign, Jewish, and democratic state and as a member of the international community. AFI seeks to educate the NUSL community about the diverse culture and politics of Israel through a wide variety of informational, advocacy, and cultural events. AFI will also explore international law as it relates to Israel. Representing a wide-range of perspectives, AFI is a group open to students who are passionate and/or interested to know more about Israel and Zionism. Contact: email@example.com
The Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) is an organization that represents South Asian, Pacific Asian, Southeast Asian and East Asian law school students at NUSL. In addition to providing a social and academic support network for Asian American students at the law school, the group is active in both community and campus issues. APALSA works closely with the administration, and is represented on the Admissions Committee and the Committee Against Institutional Racism. Throughout the year, APALSA hosts various social activities for both NUSL students and other Asian-Pacific law students.
Contact: Victoria Szeto: email@example.com (S/W Co-Chair)
Ariel Lee: email@example.com (F/S Co-Chair)
The Black Law Students Association's (BLSA) purpose is threefold: to identify, articulate and promote the needs of black students at Northeastern University School of Law. In particular, BLSA's focus is on areas of internal academic support, interaction through various community outreach programs, social support and validation within and outside of the university setting. The group is also actively affiliated with the national BLSA.
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Business Law Society (BLS) is a student organization dedicated to educating law students about business, corporate, and financial law practice. The group has a threefold mission: learning about transactional work, networking, and working to highlight the legal role of business in society. The organization works to: link current students to mentors; provide networking opportunities; engage with the community at Northeastern and beyond; and foster discourse about the traditional and future legal role of businesses. BLS also works with other student organizations to host a yearly panel meant to connect business interests with other fields of practice.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Cooperative Income Sharing Program (CISP) is a student-run, student-funded program that makes grants to students choosing unpaid or underpaid public interest legal work as a part of their co-op experience. CISP also sells all official NUSL clothing and merchandise. And, it's a fun place to do Work-Study or volunteer by helping out in the used bookstore or cafe.
The mission of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society is to educate and enhance members' understanding of all facets of entertainment and/or sports law through support, advocacy, and professional development; to foster the exchange of ideas and promote an understanding of the legal and political forces that shape entertainment and sports law; to encourage leadership, participation, and involvement in the entertainment and sports law community locally and beyond; and to inspire law students and legal professionals to serve the interests and aspirations of those interested in entertainment and sports law.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com.
The Family Law and Juvenile Justice Society (FLJJS) is an organization of law students who are interested in a wide array of family law issues including, but not limited to, divorce, custody, adoption, reproductive technology law, juvenile justice, domestic violence, elder issues, same sex marriage implications, and end of life care. The goals of the FLS are to: (1) Educate NUSL students on a broad spectrum of family law issues by bringing leading family law practitioners to speak on campus; (2) Promote access to careers in family law by developing more co-op opportunities in legal service agencies, government organizations, boutique family law firms, and family law departments of medium-to-large size firms; (3) Advocate to the curriculum committee for more diverse course offerings in family law; and (4) Build relationships in the community with professionals that collaborate with family law lawyers in order to provide holistic services to clients.
Contact: email@example.com and email@example.com.
The Federalist Society sponsors guest speakers and events to foster dialogue and debate on legal issues. The Federalist Society believes law schools and the legal profession are currently strongly dominated by a form of orthodox liberal ideology that advocates a centralized and uniform society. While some members of the academic community have dissented from these views, by and large they are taught simultaneously with (and indeed as if they were) the law. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities.
Contact: Joy Rizos at email@example.com (Winter/Summer President) or Ben Coleman at firstname.lastname@example.com (Fall/Spring President)
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Alcoholics Anonymous:
Lying To Save One's Life
Barbara Dove
From: Barbara Dove
To: Positive Atheism
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:39 AM
Subject: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section-AA bashing
Have you ever attended AA meetings on a regular basis and tried to work the steps? Do you even know what the traditions are? AA is NOT affiliated with ANY treatment centers, in fact, most people who go through a treatment center do not stay sober. Relapses are not a part of sobriety. If you are sober then you do not drink. People who are chronic relapsers do not want to stay sober. Everything in life is a choice. If someone relapses it is because they choose to drink more than they choose to not drink. The service work in AA is done by rotation. Each member of a home group expresses their opinion and it is carried to the district for a consenus then the district committee member carries that to the area committee then the area delegate carries it to the conference. No one in AA is told to do anything. He or she chooses. Don't knock what you don't know about. Try something like sandbox stories next time. It sounds like you might be more familiar with childrens stories and fables such as Cinderella or 101 Dalmations. Maybe the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
Barbara Dove
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
To: "Barbara Dove"
Subject: Re: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section-AA bashing
Date: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:56 AM +0100
Why are Twelve Steppers consistently the most desperate liars who write to our Forum?
I mean, I can appreciate if you think the Program is keeping you off drugs, but don't they teach you folks values such as honesty any more?
Or is it all about protecting the reputation of the Program even at the cost of the truth?
Is AA about helping people stay clean? or is AA only about AA? I left the Program years ago when I discovered the latter to be the case -- I being constitutionally incapable with being dishonest with myself.
Have you ever attended AA meetings on a regular basis and tried to work the steps?
After I completed a 180-day sentence for shoplifting, I was court-ordered to attend meetings. I refused on religious grounds, and was sent back to jail for an additional 30 days, of which I served 24 and was then released by mistake.
I then attended meetings under force of law for three years, and I still have all slips to prove that I attended 1,754 meetings during that time (that's an average of almost two meetings a day). In addition to that, I worked my way up to the World-level Literature Committee in Narcotics Anonymous.
I cannot work the Steps because I am an atheist, and atheists cannot "become entirely ready to have God remove all our defects of character," etc., seeing as how atheists openly and readily admit that there's no such thing as the supernatural. We atheists are unwilling to lie to ourselves or others about this, and I would consider myself patently dishonest if I even tried to work the Twelve Steps. As a result, I (like almost all honest atheists) endure many indignities at the hands of our theistic fellows. These indignities include being publicly defamed by the likes of yourself.
Do you even know what the traditions are?
I prepared an hour-long speaker's meeting presentation on the Traditions, and delivered it before a major Washington State regional shindig. One woman later told me she had an orgasm while listening to the speech. I was on the verge of taking her up on the offer when I found out she was underage.
You can read my outline for this speech if you want, because I have it posted online. This outline took me three weeks -- full time -- to prepare. I had narrowly escaped getting the living shit beat out of me by the Area Chair over my views, and had mentally decided to leave the Program when I was invited to do the speech.
I later worked on the development of NA's Twelve Concepts project and am credited with having successfully lobbied NA to change how the concept of "Higher Power" is described in NA literature.
AA is NOT affiliated with ANY treatment centers, in fact, most people who go through a treatment center do not stay sober.
Most people who try AA do not stay sober, either. AA admits this in a very obscure memo that they publish describing the results of their Triennial Survey. The reason "treatment" doesn't work is because they utilize the AA program, which itself does not work.
To say that AA is not affiliated with treatment centers is a convenient technicality, but it is a bald-faced lie, and I wish AA would stop urging its members to continue telling this lie.
AA is not about helping people stay clean any more than its business arm, the addiction treatment industry, is about helping people stay clean.
AA is interested only in protecting its own reputation and that of its business arm, the addiction treatment industry.
When confronted with the dirty truth about AA's dismal recidivism rates, AA members act as if they are going to die if the dirty truth becomes known -- even to themselves!
And the dirty truth is this: AA does not work for over 95 percent of those who try it!
AA has allowed itself to become institutionalized to the point where a judge can order people to undergo religious instruction at Twelve Step meetings, or order an individual to undergo religious instruction at a Twelve Step-based "treatment" center. By signing meeting attendance verification forms, AA groups give their assent to this barbaric and highly illegal practice.
Addiction "treatment" is one of the few "medical" procedures that a court can require someone to endure: they cannot require me to undergo chemotherapy or to remain on life-support.
Addiction "treatment" is the only "medical" procedure that is addressed exclusively by indoctrinating the victim with religious dogma.
The sad part is that AA has taught you that the only way you can stay clean is to "carry the message" of AA to others. In other words, if you don't stump for AA, you will "relapse" and you might die as a result. Thus, for many AA members, stumping for AA becomes more important than truth itself.
Did I answer my question?
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
Added: May 10, 2001
From: "Barbara Dove"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section-AA bashing
I too attended NA meetings and found them to be a joke. AA is about alcoholism not drugs. The courts don't require anyone to do anything. It's the individuals choice to go to meetings or to go to jail. I know from personal experience. I tried both options. Going to jail didn't help me to stop drinking, and the judge I went before certainly wasn't a so-called 12-stepper either. I have numerous friends in AA who are atheists. They have found their own God as the program suggests. That's all the program is-suggestions. I also know several people who have gotten sober on their own, but haven't made it their life's goal to knock what didn't work for them. There's more to sobriety than just meetings. You can attend all the meetings you want, but that doesn't mean you're sober. Sobriety is more than just not drinking. I went through a long period of just not drinking, but my life stayed the same. With the help of other people and looking back through many experiences in my own life, I was able to change my way of thinking. My thinking changed because my actions changed. You said yourself that the only reason that you attended any meetings was to get a slip signed. Maybe you were there for the wrong reasons. By the way you have a habit of referring to NA which I didn't even mention in my first letter to you. Why is that? Do you not have lengthy experience with AA, only NA? As for me being a "liar", I don't believe that experiences that have actually occurred in my life are lies, and I only speak from experience. After 21 years of drinking and 11 of those trying every way imaginable to stop drinking AA has been the only path that has helped me to find a new way of life without drinking. Three years is not a very long time. I know that when I only had three years of sobriety I thought I knew everything too, but in years to follow I found that not to be true. It's too bad that you got hung up on "the God thing", a lot of people have, that's why I chose a God of my own understanding which AA suggests we do. The God of my understanding is not a God of religion. I found that doesn't work for me. I do know that the God of my understanding has helped me to stay sober for 30 years. I do actually like this correspondence. Just remember that my first letter was about AA, not NA or all the other 12 step programs.
Barbara Dove
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
To: "Barbara Dove"
Subject: Re: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section-AA bashing
Date: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:39 PM
The courts don't require anyone to do anything. It's the individuals choice to go to meetings or to go to jail.
Some choice!
Get a job!
I have numerous friends in AA who are atheists. They have found their own God as the program suggests.
If they "have found their own God" then they are no longer atheists, but have succumbed to the coercive evangelism of the Twelve Step religion (or they are lying about their god-beliefs in order to get along in the AA program -- very common behavior, I have found). But one cannot possibly have "found their own God" and still remain an atheist. This is as dishonest as AA's semantic dance of trying to distinguish between the words religious and spiritual -- all of which is a monumental bait-and-switch head game designed to coax people into joining the program.
Again, I reiterate: Why are Twelve Steppers singly the most desperate liars who write to our Forum? Why!?
I also know several people who have gotten sober on their own, but haven't made it their life's goal to knock what didn't work for them.
You slander me by suggesting that I have made this my life's goal.
Anybody who would dare to "knock" the AA Program is in for some serious opposition from the likes of yourself: by "knocking" the AA Program (by telling the truth about it), we are lied to, lied about, seen as sick, threatened, beat up, and worse.
I don't blame anybody for keeping quiet about the program. As with the Syndicate, it is patently unwise to talk about what you know.
Your letter is just one of many examples of why I would have been better off simply placing my tail between my legs and pursuing a "normal" life, rather than taking a few years out of my life to expose the fraud which I know the Twelve Step religion to be.
You said yourself that the only reason that you attended any meetings was to get a slip signed.
I said no such thing. I challenge you to find any quotation from the body of my work that can even be twisted into saying that.
You are a liar.
My willingness to work as a volunteer, working my way to the World level of the service structure, combined with my willingness to "keep coming back" in the face of threatened and actual physical violence (long after I stopped getting the slips signed), shows you to be the liar that you are.
Worse, you lie for the purpose of trying to convince me (and others) that yours is a position of truthfulness.
What would Bill W. think of you?
Actually, I think he'd be lauding your patent disrespect for the truth, because I feel you and he are cut from the same cloth. He was a liar and a bigot (and took lots of LSD during the 1950s), and the servant is never greater than his master.
Maybe you were there for the wrong reasons.
I was there for the wrong reasons: I was there because a judge ordered me to be there!
And AA and NA go along with this injustice by signing those attendance verification slips!
If AA was truly a volunteer program and truly anonymous, it would recommend that the groups stop signing those forms.
But by signing those slips, AA shows its colors -- shows its appreciation for the most effective recruiting arm that any religion could possibly want: coercion by violence under threat of law. This is no better than what the Roman Catholic Church did during the Inquisition and what the Protestant churches did during the Reformation.
There's more to sobriety than just meetings. You can attend all the meetings you want, but that doesn't mean you're sober. Sobriety is more than just not drinking.
Correct! AA is a religion and a political movement. AA is not about remaining abstinent; AA is only about self-promotion of its religious dogma and its political ideologies. AA's only goal, at this point, is political power.
This is the main reason why AA does not work.
If AA were about remaining abstinent, she certainly would have abandoned anything that shows itself ineffective at keeping people abstinent, and would have embraced anything that shows itself to work toward keeping people abstinent. Instead, AA's basic plan of action, the "Big Book," has remained entirely unchanged since 1939.
But AA is a highly politicized religion, having spent its first seven years (1935-42) as the subsidiary ministry of a highly coercive political-religious cult known as the Oxford Group movement -- which group endorsed Adolf Hitler in 1936. This group was patently fascist in its ideology, touting what it called "God Control" as a viable government policy. Those fascist leanings are evident in AA's current philosophy and in the way AA deals with the public. AA can mask these leanings by cloaking them under the mask of "God" and "spirituality."
AA also has roots in the Washingtonian Society, which was one of the original groups to promote the idea of Prohibition. Since criminalizing the recreational use of drugs does not work (as was shown during the Prohibition Era), AA led the move to portray recreational drug use as a medical problem. The book One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest shows the problems of addressing criminal behavior as a medical problem. This book spookily foreshadows the very problems involved in AA's dogma of addressing the recreational use of drugs as a disease: were it simply a crime, one would simply do the time and be done with it; now that it's a "disease," the victims of the Twelve Step policies never overcome the stigma of youthful indiscretions. I advocate a third alternative: let people take drugs, but slap them silly for real crimes such as assault, theft, DUI, and child neglect. More than that, if it can be shown that drugs played a role in someone committing a real crime (such as child neglect), make the abuse of drugs an aggravating factor. But stop throwing people in prison for smoking pot and tooting a little coke, for gaud sakes!
By the way you have a habit of referring to NA which I didn't even mention in my first letter to you. Why is that? Do you not have lengthy experience with AA, only NA?
Is there a difference? If so, I'd like to see it.
You are pathetic, suggesting that I ought to be discredited because I talk about NA rather than AA, when AA and NA both advocate and practice the same brutal policies.
I went to NA because AA flat-out would not honor my decision to remain an atheist. NA at least accommodates atheists and agnostics, allowing us to express the honest thoughts in our minds and still be considered members in good standing. AA insists that we change our tune (or at least lie about our honest opinions) if we are to be considered members in good standing. This is the only difference of importance that I note: NA at least gives lip service to shedding AA's antiatheist bigotry. (Although the book poo-poohs it, that bigotry is practiced just as vehemently if not more so by NA's rank-and-file membership.)
As for me being a "liar", I don't believe that experiences that have actually occurred in my life are lies, and I only speak from experience.
You cannot wiggle out of this one, either: You are a liar because you have told untruths. It is the telling of untruths that makes one a liar, not any "experiences that have actually occurred" (whatever that means). That's what the word means. I have shown your accusations of me to be lies. That's why I call you a liar. I don't need to know anything about your "experience," I need only to read what you have said both to me and about me, and to compare those statements with what I know about myself.
After 21 years of drinking and 11 of those trying every way imaginable to stop drinking AA has been the only path that has helped me to find a new way of life without drinking.
Whatever happened to that tried-and-true method called abstinence? Whatever happened to simply not putting the stuff into your body? How could the simple act of not ingesting alcohol do anything but solve a drinking problem?
(This is where almost all Twelve Steppers start to twitch, because crucial to the AA religious dogma is the notion that one has somehow lost control of one's arm muscles. Then, when they finally reach the point where drinking has become more trouble than it's worth, when they finally make and keep the decision to stop drinking, they then give credit to the rescuing deity of the AA religion. Truth is, everyone solves their drinking problem the same way: through deliberate abstinence. The only exception involves those who have been able to learn and practice methods of moderation.)
It's too bad that you got hung up on "the God thing", a lot of people have, that's why I chose a God of my own understanding which AA suggests we do.
It's too bad that my own country literally forced me to undergo this highly coercive form of religious evangelism. It's too bad that both AA and NA, in their literature, emphasized that if I did not get straight with "the God thing," I would surely die. I don't blame anybody for getting "hung up" on this brutal aspect of the AA religion.
AA's "suggestion" is more than simply a "suggestion," and to call it a "suggestion" is a bald-faced lie in AA's part, a monumental bait-and-switch:
From the AA "Big Book":
"If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for you." (AA cofounder Dr. Bob, on page 181)
"To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to continue as he is means disaster ... To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face." (page 44)
Using the ultimate form of coercion, Alcoholics Anonymous says you have two options: religion or death:
"But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life -- or else. Perhaps it is going to be that way with you. But cheer up, something like half of us thought we were atheists or agnostics." (Page 44)
Note that atheism and agnosticism are forms of dishonesty here -- delusions (we thought we were atheists). AA is not ashamed to paint agnostics (and other nonbelievers) as being dishonest with themselves, implying that they "really do" believe -- deep down inside:
"But [the newcomer's] face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when we mention God, for we have re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored. We know how he feels. We have shared his honest doubt and prejudice. Some of us have been violently anti-religious." (Page 45)
"...as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results..." (page 46)
"Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you..." (page 47)
No kidding! The word difficulty is an understatement. AA admits that recovery from alcoholism plays second-fiddle to getting religion -- er, spirituality. Frankly, hundreds of thousands of us have not liked the "God part."
And don't forget that AA has a captive audience of impaired people -- and knows it:
"[We] often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice. Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things make us bristle with antagonism. This sort of thinking had to be abandoned.... Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became ... open minded on spiritual matters. ... In this respect alcohol was a great persuader. It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness." (pages 47-8)
Most of AA's allies will admit that AA does have its "religious trappings" or that some components of the AA program are "spiritual in nature"; however, the Big Book places the religious conversion experience as Priority Number One. The Big Book admits that recovery from addiction is secondary to religious conversion:
"Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that's exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.... [That] means, of course, that we are going to talk about God. Here difficulty arises with agnostics." (Page 45)
I rest my case against Alcoholics Anonymous.
I do actually like this correspondence.
Yes, for some reason, unbeknownst to me, some people appear to actually derive pleasure from heaping abuse upon others.
Just remember that my first letter was about AA, not NA or all the other 12 step programs.
Since AA is the Mother of all Twelve Step programs (and since AA grants permission to the other programs to use and adapt its Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions) in order for this point to be valid, it is your responsibility to show that AA differs in any essential respect from the other Twelve Step programs.
Cliff Walker
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Mr. John M. Matuszak was elected Vice-chair of the Bureau for the Preparatory Process of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, representing the West European and Others Group (16 May 2010 - 16 May 2011).
Mr. John M. Matuszak is Division Chief for Sustainable Development and Multilateral Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
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As the Division Chief for Sustainable Development and Multilateral Affairs in the State Department�s Office of Environmental Policy (ENV) since 2002, Mr. Matuszak leads a group that manages U.S.G. involvement with the UN Environment Program (UNEP), The UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the Committee on Environmental Policy of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). His division also leads State Department involvement in the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Environmental Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). They are responsible for State Department compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and for reviews of the Environmental Impact Assessments for projects under consideration for funding by Multilateral Development Banks. He also advises and participates on U.S. Delegations to meetings of many Multilateral Environmental Agreements and fora (CBD, POPS, CCD and forests). He also Participated in the WSSD JPOI preparations where he was responsible for negotiating the Africa, SIDS and other regional implementation chapters. He was recently elected a Vice President and member of the Bureau of the Governing Council of UNEP for 2009 ? 2010 where he represents the UN Region including Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. He also has served as a Bureau member for the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy. He is an International Advisor to the UNEP International Environmental Technology Center in Osaka/Shiga, Japan, a member of the Advisory Board for the Marrakesh Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production and is on the Bureau of the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy.
Mr. Matuszak has also served as a High Level Advisory for UNEP?s fourth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-4). He was elected to the UN expert Committee for Energy and Natural Resources for Development 1998-2002 were he served as a vice
President and chaired the water subgroup. He was also on the advisory committee of the International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development organized by the World Water Council and the Government of France (1998).
In addition to his work in the State Department, Mr. Matuszak has worked for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, in the Global Center for Environment.
From 1994 ? 1997 Mr. Matuszak was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Diplomacy Fellow at the Department of State, where he held the ?Parker-Gentry Biodiversity Fellowship?. During that time, he worked on biodiversity, plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and forestry issues.
Mr. Matuszak has received numerous Honor Awards from the State Department for his work on chemicals, biodiversity, agriculture, forests and environmental governance.
From 1979 ? 1986 Mr. Matuszak worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the University of the Virgin Islands. While there, he focused on natural resource management and agriculture, working in extension, teaching and research. He worked extensively with the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to his work in the USVI, Mr. Matuszak also served as a consultant to numerous projects in both the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
From 1983 -1986 Mr. Matuszak served as an Advisor to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) for the study they conducted on ?Renewable Natural Resource Technologies for the U.S. Insular Possessions.?
Mr. Matuszak has attended Cornell University, Michigan State University and Aquinas College, in the Biological Sciences. He is married with no children.


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AL MLADENOFF, left and Tom Domitrovich of the Simple Jerry's Barbecue Team turn the spit on the beef at the Barbecue for Life Saturday.
ONTONAGON - Six teams competed for Barbecue honors at the eighth annual Barbecue for Life Saturday in Ontonagon. The proceeds of the dinner are donated to the Ontonagon County Cancer Association.
Tom Domitrovich, co-chairman, along with Griff Roehm, said he was pleased with the number of teams entered this year. He noted, however, that one of the original teams Fuzzy-P, was absent since their leader Tom Burgess ruptured his achilles tendon before the event.
Teams participating included: Cowboys, Barbi-Q, Norwich Country Club, Stein Club, Hog Wild of Luck, Wisconsin, and Simple Jerry's.
Judges tasted each of the meat entries and by points selected the top three in each category.
First Place in chicken was Cowboys, followed by Simple Jerry's and Norwich Country Club. Barbi-Q won first place in the brisket category, followed by Norwich Country Club and Simple Jerry's. The rib category was won by Stein Club, with Barbi-Q in second and Cowboys in third. The overall winner was Barbi-Q from Trout Creek.
More than 400 diners had the opportunity to vote on the best "Booyah" and selected Norwich Country Club.
Opportunity Knocking students and adults, TANGO young people, and members of the Cancer Association volunteer groups assisted with the event. Music for the evening was from Borderline.
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Previewing the Nebraska Game...
Date: Saturday, October 19, 1996
Tech Puts Home Win Streak on Line Texas Tech (4-2, 3-1) puts its 11-game home winning streak on the line against the fourth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-1, 2-0) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in front of an expected capacity crowd at Jones Stadium (50,500). The last time Texas Tech lost a game at home was a 42-16 loss to top-ranked Nebraska on Sept. 8, 1994 on an ESPN national Thursday night telecast. The longest winning streak since 1960 was 11 games in 1973-74. The Tech school record home win streak is 13 straight games from 1939-42.
Nebraska is coming off a 49-0 Big 12 Conference victory over Baylor last Saturday in Lincoln. The Huskers rolled to 491 yards rushing and gained a season-high 669 yards of total offense, while limiting the Bears to just 117 yards. Since a 19-0 loss at Arizona State, Nebraska has outscored its past three opponents -- Colorado State, Kansas State and Baylor -- 153-12.
Last Week The Red Raider defense converted two fourth quarter interceptions into touchdowns and added a safety late in the game to record a 30-17 come-from-behind Big 12 win at Kansas. Junior Tony Darden intercepted a KU pass deflected by Dane Johnson with 8:22 left in the game and KU holding a 17-14 advantage. Tech quarterback Zebbie Lethridge scored a TD on a qb keeper to give the Raiders a 21-17 lead. On the next series, senior linebacker Anthony Armour intercepted a pass at the KU 27 yard line and, again, Lethridge ran it in from one yard away for a 28-17 lead. With 3:01 left on the clock, KU quarterback Ben Rutz intentionally grounded the ball in the end zone for a safety and the game's final 30-17 margin.
Junior tailback Byron Hanspard was limited to his second-lowest output of the season with 194 yards, his 12th-straight game to surpass 100 yards rushing. He also added 32 yards receiving and one TD. Highly-touted Kansas running back June Henley was limited to just 43 yards on 22 carries, while the KU offense was only able to muster 61 yards on the ground.
"We had a stigma of not being able to win against good teams on the road. Thank goodness we've gotten over that now." -- Coach Spike Dykes reflecting on Tech's win at Kansas.
The Coaches
Television/Radio The game will be televised regionally by ABC Sports through the Big 12 Conference television agreement. It will mark the first appearance by the ABC Network in Jones Stadium since the Texas A&M contest on Oct. 2, 1993. Mark Jones will handle the play-by-play, while John Spagnola will serve as color analyst and Dean Blevins will provide sideline reports.
All Sports Radio Network is in its second year of broadcasting Texas Tech football on a network of 25 stations. KKAM/KFMX in Lubbock serves as the flagship station and veteran Jack Dale will return at play-by-play and John Harris will offer color commentary. KKAM will begin its pregame show three hours before kickoff, while KFMX will begin 45 minutes prior to gametime. KKAM will also broadcast postgame shows with each game. Game broadcasts can also be accessed live via Teamline at 800/846-4700, ext. 1752 or via the Internet through the Texas Tech web site at http://www.ttu.edu
Last Meetings Texas Tech and Nebraska first meet on the gridiron in the 18th Annual Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in front of 48,618 fans at the Astrodome on Dec. 31, 1976. The '76 Southwest Conference co-champion Red Raiders entered the game with a 10-1 record, while Nebraska was 8-3-1. With the Huskers leading 27-24 with 9:04 in the game, Rodney Allison, the game's offensive MVP, drove the Red Raiders to the NU 20 yard-line. Tech kicker Brian Hall missed a 37-yard FG wide right that would have tied the game. Nebraska qb Vince Ferragamo threw for 183 yards and running back Richard Berns ran for 118 yards to lead the Huskers. Tech was led by Allison's 193 yards passing and 89 yards rushing.
In 1993, a Robert Hall-to-Bruce Hill 36-yard swing pass quieted the 75,771 NU fans in Lincoln as the Red Raiders took a 21-20 lead midway through the third quarter. However, the Huskers rallied for 17 points in three-and-one-half minutes to help seal a 50-27 win. Hall passed for 169 yards and three TDs in the game, while running back Byron Morris rushed for 114 yards and one TD. NU was led by 206 yards passing by Tommie Frazier and Lawrence Phillips rushed for 81 yards on 14 carries. The Raider defense held Nebraska to three yards or less on 51 of its 88 plays.
The 1994 game was played in front of the ESPN Thursday night cameras and the top-ranked Huskers ended Tech's six-game regular-season win streak with a 42-16 victory. After trailing 14-3 at the half, Tech took the second-half kickoff and marched 80 yards on nine plays and a Zebbie Lethridge to Scott Aylor six-yard TD pass brought the Red Raiders to within 14-9. However, NU drove twice for 82 yards for TDs and put the game out of reach. NU rolled to 612 yards of total offense in the game and held Tech to 297.
A couple of series notes:
* Rodney Allison's 65.2 completion percentage on 15-for-23 passing in the 1977 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl remains a Texas Tech bowl record. In the same game, David Kuykendall also launched a Tech bowl-record 61-yard punt.
* Senior Ben Kaufman is the only current Red Raider that has scored a TD against Nebraska after recovering a fumble in the end zone in the 1994 contest. QB Zebbie Lethridge came off the bench to throw a TD toss to Scott Aylor.
Dykes Becoming Mr. October Head coach Spike Dykes has compiled an impressive 40-15-1 record after October 10 while at Texas Tech. Since 1993, Dykes' teams have recorded a 17-3-0 record after Oct. 10. This season, Tech is 1-0 and has three games left to play at home.
During Tech's current 11-game home win streak, attendance has averaged 37,786 and over the past seven games, attendance has averaged 40,923.
During the streak, Texas Tech is 2-0 against ranked teams in Jones Stadium, a 33-9 win over No. 19 Texas in '94 and a 14-7 win over No. 8 Texas A&M in 1995.
Tech has also averaged a 24.7-point margin of victory during the last 11 games in Jones Stadium and has averaged 38.5 points per game.
Streaks Tech currently holds a 11-game home winning streak dating back to a 42-16 loss to top-ranked Nebraska on Sept. 8, 1994 on a nationally-televised Thursday night ESPN contest...
Byron Hanspard recorded his 12th-straight rushing game over 100 yards against Kansas. He has also rushed for over 200-yards in four of his last five games and six of his last eight outings...
Texas Tech has won its last two games at home against nationally-ranked opponents, dating back to the 42-16 loss to top-ranked Nebraska in 1994...
Redshirt freshman Sammy Morris has rushed for at least one TD in his last three outings...
Texas Tech has won eight-straight games over conference opponents at home since a 1993 loss to Texas A&M in Jones Stadium. That does not include two conference games against Houston (San Antonio) and Oklahoma State (Irving) that were Tech home games moved to neutral sites.
Texas Tech has played its last two games on television and has played seven of its last eight games on television, including two ABC regional network apperances, and two national cable appearances on ESPN and ESPN2.
Kaufman Anchors Offensive Line As a three-year starter, senior offensive lineman Ben Kaufman has probably played more snaps at Texas Tech than any player to wear a Red Raider uniform. And he has become, perhaps, the top offensive lineman in the Big 12 Conference. Offensive line coach Ted Unbehagen has stated that Kaufman is "easily one of the best offensive lineman in the Big 12. If there is an all-Big 12 team that doesn't include Ben Kaufman, they shouldn't choose one."
The Texas Tech offensive line has gone through a few changes over the past few weeks. Only Kaufman at left tackle and Jay Pugh at center have started all six games at the same position. Lynn Scherler has moved into the starting right tackle position for the last five games; Shane Dunn has started four games at right guard, two others at left guard. Chris Whitney has started three different positions -- one game at right tackle, two games at right guard and the last three at left guard; Justin Collingsworth moved from backup at left tackle to right tackle.
The revamped lineup first played as a unit against Oklahoma State and led the way for Byron Hanspard's school-record 272 yards rushing. The line also voted to award Unbehagen the game ball following the victory. Including OSU, the lineup has led the way for Hanspard to rush for over 200 yards in four of his last five games.
Robert Johnson Defies Critics Senior strongside linebacker Robert Johnson continues to toss his 194-pound frame into play-after-play this season on the Red Raider defense. Tech's leading tackler with 63 total stops in six games, Johnson had perhaps his best game as a Red Raider against Utah State. The Lubbock native intercepted two Aggie passes and recovered a fumble and led the Red Raiders to a 58-20 win in their home opener in Jones Stadium. Two of his caused turnovers were converted into third-quarter TD's extending Tech's lead from 28-20 to 42-20. He was named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
"I don't know if we have ever had anyone play as well as Robert Johnson played here against Utah State. It was unbelievable what he did. He is quite a football player and he really played his best game since he's been at Texas Tech. He was all over the field," said Dykes.
Johnson is the team's leading tackler with 63 in the first six games this season. He has 34 solo tackles, four tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries. He registered 11 tackles at Kansas last weekend.
Daniels Making Up For Lost Time One of the few players in the Big 12 that can literally alter an offensive gameplan, junior All-America candidate Tony Daniels is making a strong bid to be included as one of the top defensive linemen in the nation. In the first six games, the Odessa native has recorded an outstanding nine tackles for loss.
Against Georgia he had a key stuff of quarterback Mike Bobo on an option play that caused a key fumble at the Tech eight-yard-line that ended a potential go-ahead Bulldog score early in the game. Against Oklahoma State, Daniels had three tackles for loss. His play against Kansas was a key to Tech's defensive success to limit KU to just 61 yards rushing.
Daniels sat out the entire 1995 season after a freak injury diving into a pool prior to preseason drills. After undergoing reconstructive surgery on his knee, the Odessa native used the '95 season to focus on his comeback.
Hanspard Regains National Rushing Lead With his impressive 194-yard effort against Kansas, junior Heisman Trophy candidate Byron Hanspard regained his national rushing lead with a 217 yards-per-game average. Against Baylor, Hanspard had become the first back in the nation to pass the 1,000-yard mark this season. He has also gone over 1,000 yards in fewer games than any back in Tech history. Hanspard passed the 1,000-yard mark in the first five games, while Byron Morris in 1993 and James Hadnot in 1978 and 1979 achieved the mark during the eighth game of the season.
The Heisman Trophy and Doak Walker Award candidate is averaging a whopping 7.3 yards per carry and has surpassed the 200-yard barrier in four of his last five games and in six of his last seven. He has rushed for over 100 yards in 12 straight games. Hanspard recorded a 287-yard school-record outing against Baylor. (see Hanspard Bio)
The junior from DeSoto is the third-leading returning scorer in the nation this season, after averaging 9.82 points per game last season. A preseason All-America selection, Hanspard averaged 223 yards per game in his final three games of last season, including 260 yards against Air Force in the Copper Bowl, where he was named the game's MVP. He rushed for 1,374 yards last season, the second-best sophomore performance in the Southwest Conference's 82-year history. He also led the team with 35 catches for 474 yards.
Hanspard's Career Stats Rush Yds Avg TDs Rec Yds Avg TDs 1994 173 761 4.4 5 11 230 20.9 1 1995 248 1374 5.5 11 35 474 13.5 7 1996 180 1306 7.3 9 13 146 10.7 1 Total 601 3441 5.7 25 59 850 14.4 9
Diminutive Mitchell One of Nation's Smallest Starting junior flanker Stacy Mitchell, who stands 5-5, 150-pounds, is the third smallest player in Division I football this season. The DeSoto native is also a key kickoff returner for the Red Raiders and is a major threat on the ground after the catch. Mitchell overcame an early-season sprained ankle last season, starting the final five games and catching a 47-yard pass against Texas, and a 38-yard TD against Air Force in the Copper Bowl He also had a 49-yard run on a reverse against Rice. Mitchell recorded three catches for 69 yards against Kansas State.
Lethridge A Double QB Threat Junior quarterback Zebbie Lethridge is listed among the top-five on the school charts for career passing yards, pass attempts, pass completions, total offense and TD passes. Last year he set a final Southwest Conference record with 211 consecutive passes without an interception, which will stand as the all-time SWC mark. Last season Lethridge recorded the most prolific sophomore season ever for a Red Raider with 1,885 passing yards, 22 total TDs and 2,022 yards in total offense.
Lethridge's Career Stats Att Comp Pct Yds Int TD Eff Rush Yds Avg. TD 1994 261 132 .506 1596 6 12 112.0 110 289 2.6 6 1995 281 136 .484 1885 6 13 115.7 122 137 1.1 9 1996 145 63 .434 771 4 6 70 197 2.8 0 Total 687 331 .482 4252 15 30 302 623 2.1 15
Greaser Ties School Record Sophomore kicker Jaret Greaser tied a school record with four field goals against Oklahoma State and converted five-straight attempts this season, including a 53-yarder at Kansas State. He made attempts of 40, 40, 42 and 37 yards against the Cowboys to tie the mark held by five players on seven occasions, the most recent by Lin Elliott against Cal State, Fullerton in 1991. Greaser, a native of Amarillo, connected on a 59-yarder as a high school senior in 1993. Greaser narrowly missed a 54-yard game-tying field goal with just :07 on the clock at Georgia on the wet Sanford Stadium grass. He is 7-for-10 this season.
Junior Tony Rogers and Greaser both nailed 53-yard field goals at Kansas State, tying the sixth-longest effort in Texas Tech history. Both kicks also were the longest for a Texas Tech kicker since Ricky Gann hit a 55-yarder against Houston in 1984.
For the first time in the award's history, two kickers from the same team were honored with the AT&T Long Distance award when Texas Tech's Jaret Greaser and Tony Rogers both connected on 53-yard field goals at Kansas State. In honor of the accomplishment, AT&T has donated $400 to the NCAA's Degree-Completion Scholarship Program and each player will be awarded an engraved plaque in recognition of the achievement.
Hernandez Wins AT&T Long Distance Award Junior punter Jeremy Hernandez, with is 53.3-yard punting average against Baylor, was the recipient of the weekly AT&T Long Distance Award given to the nation's best punting average in a single game. Hernandez is currently averaging 44.0 yards per punt and has been among the national leaders all season. Hernandez was awarded the starting job during the pregame warm-ups for the first game of the season at Kansas State. At that point, Dykes had not named a permanent starter.
Darden Looking For... Quadfecta? Junior Tony Darden intercepted the first pass of his career as a defensive back against OSU and achieved the first of a unique hat trick in the process. With an interception return for a TD, he would achieve a rare quadruple: A TD rushing, passing, receiving and by interception. During his career, Darden has thrown a pass, caught a pass and has now intercepted a pass. He has also thrown for, rushed for and caught a touchdown. He caught his second interception of the year against Utah State and third at Kansas.
Darden came to Texas Tech in 1993 as one of the most celebrated quarterbacks in the Texas high school record books. At San Antonio's Holmes High School, Darden became the state's third-leading TD passer with 45 as a senior in 1992. He threw for 3,235 yards and had at least two TD passes in every game.
After redshirting in 1993, Darden switched to the receiver position midway through his freshman season after competing at quarterback with current starter Zebbie Lethridge. Last season an ankle injury slowed his progress after he started the first five games. He caught seven passes for 47-yards in the Copper Bowl. Last spring, Darden moved to cornerback and is the starting left slot.
Defense Despite losing five starters from last season, the Tech defense has risen to the occasion this season. Coordinator John Goodner's squad is ranked 9th nationally in rushing defense and limited Kansas rushing threat June Henley to just 43 yards on 22 carries. Prior to the 4th quarter of the Georgia contest, the Tech defense had not allowed an offensive TD in nine-straight quarters of play, dating back to the Kansas State 2nd quarter. In addition, Tech had not allowed an opponent to convert a fourth-down this season until late in the Georgia game.
Texas Tech's defense returns six starters in 1996 as well as junior Tony Daniels. Last year the Red Raider defense finished third nationally in pass efficiency, 19th in turnover margin and 24th in scoring defense. Over the last two-plus seasons, Tech's defense has converted 11 turnovers into touchdowns. Last season the Tech defense averaged almost 11 tackles behind the line of scrimmage per game.
Scovell Pursuing Medical Career Tech's second-leading receiver in 1995 with 16 catches for 303 yards, Field Scovell graduated last spring with a 3.699 grade point average in finance. The two-time GTE Academic All-District VI selection is taking undergraduate courses this fall in preparation for medical school. He missed Tech's first scrimmage during two-a-days to take the medical school entrance examination (MCAT). He caught TD passes against Baylor and Utah State and is averaging 15.7 yards per catch. He also completed his first career pass on a successful fake field goal toss to Sammy Morris against KSU.
Butkus Candidate Armour Continues To Make Key Plays Senior weakside linebacker Anthony Armour, who has been included among the list of preseason candidates for the Butkus Award given by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Fla. to the nation's outstanding collegiate linebacker, missed the Baylor contest due to a knee sprain suffered against Utah State. However, he rebounded against Kansas with a key interception and five total tackles. He has 241 total tackles in his career, including 17 for loss and six sacks.
The list will be trimmed to 10 semifinalists on Oct. 17 and the three finalists will be announced on Nov. 14. Armour, a graduate of Dallas' Carter High School, is starting at has third position at Texas Tech during his career. Last season he led the defensive line with 55 tackles at the end position and caused three fumbles. He redshirted 1994 after undergoing knee surgery following a sophomore season in which he was 10th in the SWC in tackles with 91 at outside linebacker.


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