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So about the Pittsburgh Steelers' new look secondary…
A couple days ago, I mentioned the alarming number of injuries which have already befallen the team's cornerbacks. The most distressing of which was the "knee discomfort" (Mike Tomlin's words, not mine) that had sidelined presumptive starter Cortez Allen. Turns out the "discomfort" was a lot more serious than the kind you treat with a hot tub and some Ben Gay. Allen underwent "minor knee surgery" (again, Tomlin's words) yesterday and is expected to miss the next couple weeks at the very least. Continue reading »
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I jinxed them.
On Monday, I remarked how fortunate the Pittsburgh Steelers have been on the injury front as we approach their first full week of training camp. For my insolence, the Football Gods have decided to smite down several members of the Black and Gold's new look secondary. The injury situation has gotten serious enough for the team to make a roster move, signing CB Ryan Steed for insurance. Steed was an undrafted rookie who went to training camp with the Jets last season before spending the remainder of the year on the Saints' practice squad. He has never appeared in an NFL game.
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Steelers Sign Big Free Agents
In a little less than two hours, the NFL free agency period officially begins. If you believe the rumors, sometime shortly thereafter the Pittsburgh Steelers will lose at least two and more likely three starters. Mike Wallace and Rashard Mendenhall are certainly gone. Wallace is reportedly taking his talent to South Beach for somewhere north of $10 million per season. By "talent," I of course mean his one and only talent of running really fast in a straight line. Mendenhall won't be overpaid nearly as much although word is he's being viewed as the best running back available this off-season. Several teams have been tied to him with the Denver Broncos being the early favorites to enjoy his butterfingers and hip-hop stylings behind the line of scrimmage.
The third departure will certainly hurt more than the first two. The Steelers would like to bring CB Keenan Lewis back but in a thin market and with good young secondary talent at a premium, it's likely they won't be able to offer him what some other team does. The Steelers have other options at corner as I've already written although Lewis is the kind of guy good teams keep around. While I personally think Cortez Allen is too good not to start, it hurts to spend years drafting and developing a guy like Lewis only for him to go elsewhere while we're stuck bringing back a mediocre retread like William Gay.
The Steelers have deviated from the Steeler Way and are paying for it now and likely in the immediate future. They used to have no qualms about jettisoning expensive veterans in favor of reloading with younger guys. For whatever reason, they held the current team together long past it's expiration date and those big money veteran contracts have left the team in salary cap hell. While those with tons of money to spend are almost always teams that suck (Miami, Cleveland) or successful teams winning with a lot of guys in their first few years in the league who are still on their relatively cheap rookie contracts (Seattle, San Fransisco), it can't be argued that the Steelers paid too much money to too many guys who were either past their prime or too injury prone to reach it.
With James Harrison's recent release and the earlier contract reworkings, the Steelers managed to get themselves around $10 million or so under the cap. They offered minimum tenders to four restricted free agents (meaning any team that signs them has to surrender a pick equal to the round they were picked in if the Steelers opt not to match) and re-signed G Ramon Foster to a three year/$6 million deal and ILB Larry Foote to a two year/$5 million deal which knocks that number down to around $2.5 million or so.
Manny Sanders, Steve McClendon, Isaac Redman, and Jonathan Dwyer all received $1.3 million tenders. Dwyer signed his right away which is unusual since players usually wait to see if a better offer is forthcoming. Dwyer clearly wanted to show the Steelers he was serious about wearing the Black and Gold and serious about being the team's featured back next year. Sanders is probably safe under the minimum tender since he was a third round pick and it's unlikely a team would want to surrender a premium pick for him. McClendon and Redzone aren't sure things since they were undrafted and thus teams can sign them without losing a pick. If McClendon goes elsewhere, the Steelers nose tackle options will be limited to squeezing another year out of broken down Casey Hampton or rolling the dice with homicidal maniac Alameda Ta'amu.
The Steelers did manage to reel in one big free agent to off-set the loss of Wallace. "Big" as in literally large, not a big name unless you've just stepped out of Delorean that came from 2003. Plaxico Burress re-signed with the team that originally drafted him way back in 2000. He's being brought back to give Ben Roethlisberger the tall wide receiver he's wanted for several years now. Plax is old (35) and slow but he's still 6'5 so he could be a decent red zone threat. Best of all, he's dirt cheap.
Cheap is where the Steelers are right now. Yeah, winning the off-season is usually zero indication of actually winning when the 2013 season kicks off six months from now. However, the Steelers are an aging group with plenty of holes to fill. It would be nice to have a little money to spend instead of the traditional dumpster diving. Unfortunately, dumpster diving it is.
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Ike Taylor Swaggin' With A Limp
Guess what? Another key member of the Pittsburgh Steelers is hurt! Shocking!
Did they install ladders over the tunnel in Heinz Field? Did the entire team decide to engage in a mass mirror breaking exercise during training camp? I realize every team battles injuries but this season has been downright ridiculous.
The year starts with James Harrison on the bench where Troy Polamalu joins him almost right away. Harrison comes back and out goes LaMarr Woodley. Just to make things more interesting, Antonio Brown also gets hurt. Brown and Troy start feeling better, out goes Ben Roethlisberger. And that's not even mentioning other notable guys who've missed time like Jonathan Dwyer, Jerricho Cotchery, Willie Colon, Marcus Gilbert, Mike Adams and on and on…
I'll talk more about the Ben situation when we hear what happened at practice later this afternoon. Word is Ben is actually going to practice this week, not mill around the sidelines casually tossing soft lobs to Mike Tomlin's son like he did last week when the morons at ESPN excitedly proclaimed his "return to practice." If Ben stands behind center and runs the offense at full speed while demonstrating he can heave the ball more than 5 yards down field without clutching his midsection like Richard Harrow just shot him in the gut, he'll start.
If not, well, in Charlie Batch we trust. Suck it, haters.
One person the team will definitely be without is cornerback Ike Taylor. I think we all knew Ike was seriously hurt when CBS cut to a sideline shot of him being placed in a walking boot. Tomlin revealed he suffered a hairline fracture of his ankle, an injury should shelve him for 2-4 weeks. Steeler Nation has a real love/hate relationship with Face Me Ike (mostly hate) but there's no doubt the team will miss him. Since starting the season in a Tebow-induced funk, Ike has returned to his status as the lead shut down corner on the league's best pass defense. AJ Green, Victor Cruz and Torrey Smith all disappeared under his watch so to think his absence won't be felt is foolish.
Cortez Allen will take his place in the starting line-up with Curtis Brown taking Allen's slot as the nickel corner. As soon as Ike left, Joe Flacco couldn't wait to test Allen. And he kept testing him all afternoon, targeting him a whopping 12 times before all was said and done. Of Flacco's sad 188 yard output, 100 of those yards came at Allen's expense. Allen did come on in the second half and the presence of Troy will certainly make any secondary better. Still, the Steelers aren't going to play a mediocre quarterback every week so Allen either needs to step up his game or the team is going to struggle if Ike misses more than a couple weeks.
The Steelers are in a precarious position as it is. They're holding tight to a Wild Card spot and the general mediocrity of the AFC means that a 9-7 record will probably slip in to at least one playoff slot. It's looking like the pesky Bengals will be the Steelers biggest obstacle for that spot. The teams meet the final week and it's very possible the winner will go on to the post-season. Sure the Bungles are the Bungles but I'd feel a lot better about that game with Ike covering AJ Green than Cortez Allen. Let's just hope it doesn't come to that.
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Demise Of Steelers Defense Was Greatly Exaggerated
It appears the demise of the Steelers defense was greatly exaggerated.
After Sunday's utter domination of the New York Giants, Dick LeBeau's crew finds themselves the top ranked defense in the entire NFL. Not the Bears. Not the Texans. Not the Niners.
The Pittsburgh Steelers.
Does anybody else remember all the way back to one measly month ago? I know many of my readers don't live in the Pittsburgh area so let me tell you what every other yinzer calling in to sports talk radio was saying. The defense stinks. They couldn't stop a nose bleed. Dick LeBeau is old and the game has passed him by. Without Troy Polamalu, the defense doesn't have enough talent to get the job done.
I admit it. I jumped aboard that bandwagon. After the Steelers blew a 23-16 lead against the wretched Titans, surrendering 10 points in the final five minutes, I started thinking maybe the only way this team can win is to run up the score on their opponents and hold on for dear life. In my defense, Ben Roethlisberger must have harbored similar feelings because Cris Collinsworth mentioned about six times that he said he wanted the offense to start closing out games instead of relying on the defense.
Ironically, it was that Sunday Night game against the Bengals where the D finally came to life. Whether Ben's comments filtered back to them or not, they stepped up. After allowing a field goal on Cincy's opening drive of the second half, the defense forced five straight punts to close out the game, four of which were three and outs. Granted the Bengals don't have the greatest offense but Andy Dalton nearly out-dueled Peyton Manning this past weekend. And they do feature AJ Green, the best receiver in football, who much-maligned Ike Taylor held to one catch for 8 yards.
The next week, they did face a supposedly high powered offense. Robert Griffin III was being touted as the most fearsome offensive weapon in the league. The Redskins were coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Giants where they scored 23 points a week after dropping 38 on a solid Vikings unit. The Steelers stuffed RGIII like a three point buck and held Washington to a mere 12 points. Last Sunday, we faced the Giants and another high flying offense. If you subtract the bogus fumble recovery for a TD and the bogus personal foul on Ryan Clark that gave them 7 instead of settling for 3, the D held the G-Men to 9 points.
So dominating were the Steelers that Giants coach Tom Coughlin threw his quarterback under the bus after the game.
Can this last?
Blitzburgh is a thing of the past. Despite the overall #1 ranking, they're only 22nd in sacks (14 total). This might be concerning except I'm starting to think the sack is the football equivalent of a save in baseball. A closer can come in with a 3 run lead, give up a two run home run and as long as he gets that third out, he's credited with "saving" the game. Physically dragging the QB down is like a save, it's a result that doesn't speak to the action. Sure it would be nice to get sacks because they usually come with big losses but they're not the be all and end all. The Steelers have been generating pressure on the QB. Forcing QBs to move around in the pocket, rushing throws, and generally disrupting their timing can all be done without registering a sack. And that's what they've been doing.
Then we have Mike Tomlin's beloved "splash plays." Again, the Steelers haven't been doing well in that category. Their top ranked pass D is third from the bottom in interceptions. They have forced four fumbles which makes them about average but there is no denying the splash plays are few and far between. However, are splash plays truly an accurate measure of a good defense?
I'm not big on statistics because, as the saying goes, there are liars, damn liars, and statistics. When it comes to turnovers, stats are even more misleading. One of the great unspoken truths of the NFL is that turnovers are about 20% scheme and talent and 80% luck. When the Saints won the Super Bowl, they had the most opportunistic D in the NFL. The next year the same players ranked in the bottom third in turnovers and lost in the first round of the playoffs. The Patriots had the last ranked defense last season yet made it all the way to the Super Bowl because they got a lot of turnovers (playing teams like the Jets and Bills helps). This year they're in the middle of the pack and as a result have had to do a lot of work to overcome a defense ranked 28th against the pass and 22nd in total yards allowed.
What I'm saying is turnovers are nice but they can't be counted on over the long haul. You can't say, "well, we give up 350 yards per game but lead the league in red zone INTs!" and think that can last. Eventually you're not going to get that pick. Like a card counter in Vegas, you have to play the percentages. It's far preferably to hold the other team to under 200 yards of offense than give up huge chunks on the hope the other team will turn the ball over before they score.
The personnel may be different but the philosophy is still the same. Disrupt the quarterback, stop the run, force the other team to become one dimensional. The Steelers are executing the Dick LeBeau game plan to a T. And the scary part is they're doing it without the services of Troy Polamalu.
If they're this good without him, what are they going to do when he comes back for a playoff run?
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Know Thy Enemy: New York Giants
As of this writing, the match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants is slated to kick-off in MetLife Stadium Sunday afternoon as scheduled. Not to get all soap boxy on yinz but that's kind of insane. While MetLife has a generator, word is the surrounding area is still without public transportation. The New York/New Jersey area is only now beginning to dig their way out of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy. To play a football game amongst such chaos is nuts.
To further the craziness, word out of NY is many Giants players have been living at the Giant's training complex because their homes have been amongst those without power. From our side, the Steelers' team hotel is also powerless so the team has made the call to forgo flying in the night before and will instead fly in on Sunday morning, go directly to the stadium, play the game and head home. Craziness.
Okay, hopping off the box now. So what might we see when this game kicks off?
STEELERS DEFENSE vs GIANTS OFFENSE
In my piece about Eli Manning this morning, I called him Elite Eli. The joke is in reference to the always obnoxious NY media who asked Eli before last season if he considered himself an elite QB and he said yes. They snickered at the answer but the laughing stopped when he led the team to a second Super Bowl victory with a second epic last second comeback victory of the Patriots. Eli had his ups and downs his first few seasons in the league but he has definitely blossomed in to a truly elite QB.
For proof, you need not look any further than the focus of the Giants offense. Much like here in Pittsburgh, in Eli's early years the offense relied on a strong running game and a conservative passing game. The past couple years, the running attack has dropped off considerably while the Giants put the game in Eli's hands. And he's responded. Last year was Manning's third straight 4,000+ yard game (in fact, he was less than a 100 yards short of 5,000) season.
Manning is on pace to surpass that mark yet again this year. What's more, he's doing it with a constantly rotating cast of receivers. He isn't much like his brother Peyton except in one regard. They both have the knack of making any receiver look like a superstar. The 2007 Champion Giants featured Plaxico Burress and Amani Toome. The 2011 G-Men starred Mario Manningham and Victor Cruz. Manningham is gone but the passing game keeps on rolling with Cruz and Hakeem Nicks. Domenik Hixon has more than replaced Manningham while Cowboys castoff TE Martellus Bennent has emerged as a red zone threat.
The Giants are a passing team. As such, they feature a duo of backs toting the rock. Ahmed Bradshaw is the nominal starter but he's battled injury this season. Back-up Andre Brown has notched a 100 yard game in his absence. David Wilson is the change of pace back. All three are capable of catching balls out of the backfield, as is perhaps the best fullback in the league, former Pitt star Henry Hynoski.
The Steelers must must must control Eli Manning if they have any hopes of winning this game. The good news is Ryan Clark has practiced normally and would seem clear to play on Sunday after leaving the Washington game with a concussion. Clark has been a dominant force for a secondary that is statistically ranked first in the NFL. Ike Taylor and Keenan Lewis have quietly strung together a couple strong games and it'll be imperative they bring their A game to New Jersey.
The Giants boast perhaps the best O line in football. The passing game is so effective because Eli is seldom touched. LaMarr Woodley's hammy has been acting up and even if he plays, his effectiveness will be limited. No matter, the Steelers haven't been getting the to QB much even with him and James Harrison finally on the field together anyway. The team doesn't need to sack Eli or pick off his passes (although that would be nice) but they can't let him set up a hammock and take a nap in the pocket either. If they can at least rush him a little, it would go a long way to disrupting their offense.
STEELERS OFFENSE vs GIANTS DEFENSE
This is a bad match-up for the Steelers. Our offensive line struggles against teams with good defensive lines and the Giants have perhaps the best D-line in football. Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora, Mathias Kiwanuka and Jason Pierre-Paul are arguably the most dangerous front four since the glory days of the Steel Curtain. Yes, they're that good. They're so good, I didn't even mention a guy like Linval Joseph, who rotates at DT and has more sacks than anybody on the Steelers.
Our o-line has done fantastic work the past few weeks. Marcus Gilbert is likely out another week which I wouldn't ordinarily care about because Mike Adams has done a fantastic job in his absence. I would rather have an experienced guy in there against that d-line but it's not like Gilbert is a 10 year vet. The o-line, who are always a little fired up thanks to hotheads like Willie Colon and Maurkice Pouncey, have extra motivation this week after Justin Tuck told ESPN that they've only played well because they've gotten away with a ton of holding. Hey, as Jesse Ventura once wisely said, "it's only cheating if you get caught."
Ben Roethlisberger may be thanking the stars for the dink and dunk offense come game time. The best way to combat a hellacious pass rush is to get the ball out quick. Todd Haley's offense is nothing if not quick. Mike Wallace has been chirping to the media about the lack of long bombs but those of us who remember Bruce Arians insanely dialing up deep ball after deep ball while Ben takes hit after hit prefer this method. Besides, the best defense is a ball control offense.
The Giants don't have a great secondary. Some point to their 11 interceptions but when you play turnover machines like Michael Vick and Tony Romo (who's gifted them 6 of the 11), the numbers will be skewed. There will be plays to be made against a secondary that's in the bottom half of the league in yards given up.
Who will run the ball for the Steelers is a little murky. Jonathan Dwyer and Rashard Mendenhall have been limited at practice. I suspect the starter will be a game time decision. Either way, Mike Tomlin will likely deactivate one or the other and then blame their injury. Isaac Redman seems good to go so he'll likely back-up whomever starts.
This game isn't a make or break week for the Steelers. At the same time, this team really needs a signature win over a quality opponent. The past couple weeks we've seen an upswing in their play as they've done a good job against some capable opposition. But this week we face not only a playoff caliber team but a championship level club. A win this week will firmly establish the Steelers belong in that conversation as well.
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Week 6 Recap: Titanic, Meet Iceberg
Now it's time to panic.
The Tennessee Titans defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-23 on Thursday Night Football. I repeat, the 1-3 Titans starting a 37 year old backup QB defeated the Steelers. Where do I begin?
I suppose I'll start by saying this is a total team loss. Anybody pointing to one specific area as "the reason they lost" has no idea what they're talking about. The defense, for all their struggles, only gave up one legit TD with the other being a gimme from the 1 yard line after a blocked punt. The offense, despite a 363 yard passing day from Ben Roethlisberger to move ahead of Terry Bradshaw as the team's all-time yardage leader, made some plays but they also missed a lot of chances. And the special teams, well, the blocked punt was just the latest miscue in a season full of them. Maybe Mike Tomlin shouldn't have ousted Al Everest so he could give his buddy the job.
Regarding the special teams, Stonecold Shaun Suisham is one guy who can leave Tennessee with his head held high. Nobody has been more critical of him than I so trust me when I say making every field goal up through a 52 yarder early in the 4th quarter is all anybody can ask of him. It would've been nice for him to hit the 54 yarder at the end but that's hardly a kick you automatically expect ANY kicker to make.
Right here is one of the problems with the Steelers. I'm talking about field goals instead of touchdowns. Once again, the offense moved in fits and starts, sputtering around for large stretches and failing to put the game away by scoring TOUCHDOWNS instead of settling for field goals. Twice the Steelers got inside the 15 and twice they came away with 3 instead of 6. You let teams hang around, even bad teams like the Titans, and bad things happen.
The receiving star was Isaac Redman. Wait, WHAT? Yes, for all we talk about Young Money and the best receiving corps in the NFL, it was our running back that caught 4 passes for 105 yards. Our TE, Heath Miller, chipped in with 6 catches for 67 yards. Antonio Brown? A measly 20 yards. Manny Sanders? A whopping 43.
Then we have Mike Wallace. Wallace had 94 yards and a TD on two, count'em two, catches. He scored doing pretty much the only thing he knows how to do: run fast straight down the field. I don't want to hear any more bullshit about how Wallace is "a complete receiver." Complete receivers catch many balls on a variety of patterns. Wallace is the ultimate all or nothing guy.
Unlike last week when the receivers dropped a ton of passes, this week much of the blame rests with Ben. He makes some great throws, like the bomb to Wallace, but then he'll turn around and miss plays he needs to make. Suisham's 52 yarder only happened because Ben made a terrible throw when he had Sanders wide open down the seam. Earlier in the game, he had Heath in the end zone and threw it behind him. Then there was a costly pick as time was running out in the half which probably cost the Steelers at least a field goal.
Like it or not, Ben needs a running game. When they run, they win. When they don't, they lose. And last night, they couldn't run at all. Much was due to having no running backs. Rashard Mendenhall played a couple series before leaving the game with what habitual liar Tomlin described as "some sort of Achilles problem." Then iRed, who wasn't carrying the ball well but has emerged as a great screen guy, left the game after taking a helmet to the knee. With Jon Dwyer in the doghouse, Baron Batch did his best in relief, even scoring his first career TD, but he's not a starting caliber running back.
The other problem with the running game was the offensive line. As if losing our top two RBs wasn't enough, we also lost 2/5 of our line. I think Maurkice Pouncey is way overrated but there is one huge difference between him and Doug Legursky. They're about the same in pass protection but Pouncey is a much better run blocker. Ditto with Marcus Gilbert, who was replaced by rookie Mike Adams. Adams is fine at pass pro, perhaps even better than Gilbert, but he doesn't run block very well.
Now let's talk about the defense. Specifically, Ike Taylor. The Steelers only had 4 flags thrown on them yesterday, two of them went against Ike for pass interference (he had a third which was declined). When he wasn't getting flagged, he was letting receivers run past, through, and around him. The Titans' first FG was set up by a penalty on Ike. Their game tying drive was prolonged by a third down penalty on Ike. Their game tying TD was scored on Ike. Hasselbeck threw for 290 yards (and would've thrown for about 50 more if his receivers could catch the ball), about 50% of which was on Ike alone.
In summation, Ike sucks. Instead of making pornographic rap songs, he needs to start figuring out why he sucked against Denver and why he's sucked ever since.
Keenan Lewis…KEENAN LEWIS is now our best corner. And yes, people are going to point out he dropped a crucial interception late in the 4th that could've altered the game. How many of those has Ike dropped? At least Lewis is actually covering people and making plays. Cortez Allen, pressed into duty as a safety when Will Allen got hurt, did his best although messed up several times. Ryan Clark led the team in tackles as he continues to be our defensive MVP. Lawrence Timmons continued his strong play, coming up with a big interception on a play that was positively Polamalu-esque.
Stop me if you've heard this before: the D held strong for three quarters, holding Tennessee to only 9 points (as I said, the blocked punt TD shouldn't be held against them) while the offense dicked around. Then they totally collapsed in the 4th. Why Tomlin made the insane decision to try a 54 FG instead of punting and playing for overtime, I don't know. Dick LeBeau making the asinine call of asking James "Missed the first month of the season because of a bum knee" Harrison to drop back in pass coverage instead of, oh say, SUPER SPEEDY LAWRENCE TIMMONS was equally perplexing.
I've avoided dire predictions and grand statements thus far this season. Well, that time is done. The Steelers, with about 12 starters on the disabled list, get 10 days off before facing the Bengals. That has now become a MUST WIN game. I don't care if it's still early in the season, I don't care that neither Cincy nor the Ratbirds are setting the world on fire, you can't start 2-4 and expect to go anywhere. It's time to sink or swim.
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There are certain things you can count on every season. The Bengals will find some way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The Cowboys will get talked about incessantly on the Four Letter only to accomplish a whole lot of nothin' by year's end. And the Raiders will lead the league in penalties.
Well, the Raiders have some work to do in they want to catch the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers are used to a sea of yellow when they look up into the stands, now they're seeing a sea of yellow on ground level as well. A quarter of the way through the 2012 season and the Steelers are leading the NFL with 9.2 penalties per game. And they aren't cheapies, either. Those penalties have cost Pittsburgh a whopping 346 yards.
That's 15 yards more than they've rushed for the entire season.
Head coach Mike Tomlin held his weekly press conference yesterday. In between the usual half truths and baldfaced lies, the local reporters actually sacked up and questioned him about all the flags. Of course, instead of asking why his team is so reckless and undisciplined, in typical Pittsburgh fashion they asked "Why are the refs making so many bad calls against us?" I wonder if their pom poms ever get caught in their laptops.
To his credit, Tomlin refused to lay the blame on others. "I'm less concerned about judgments and interpretations and so forth. I'm more concerned about playing in the manner that the flags stay in the pocket." said the always eloquent coach. "It's my job to get them fixed. We will work on that this week," he added. Of course we've long since learned when Tomlin says he's going to work on something, it means he's not going to work on it at all.
Some of the penalties were absolutely bogus. Mike Wallace got called for illegal formation on a play where it didn't look like he was lined up illegally at all. And the Ryan Mundy personal foul for helmet-to-helmet looked awfully like a nice clean shoulder hit. And going back a few weeks, I don't think we'll ever learn what the hell the Lingerie Football refs were calling on that Ike Taylor pass interference penalty.
So, yeah, some of the calls were absolutely ridiculous. A lot of them weren't. Willie Colon evidently decided to dress as Chris Kemoeatu for Halloween and he's getting a three week head start by impersonating his play on the field. Colon has been the most frequent offender, getting nabbed for eight times this season (three times on Sunday, plus another one which was declined). The starting corners, Ike and Keenan Lewis, have three pass interferences each.
What's Tomlin going to do? Tell Colon not to hold? Teach Lewis and Ike how not to get beat like drums down the field? They are what they are. You can't teach somebody not to suck.
What you can teach is proper tackling technique. One of the Eagles two TDs came on a drive aided by two personal fouls. As I said, the Mundy play looked iffy but when you spend your first four years in the league spearing people, you're not getting the benefit of the doubt. Ryan Clark's hit was a clear PI and was rightly penalized. Clark is a habitual offender who not only refuses to apologize for his reckless play but actually told the media he doesn't care if he gets fined or flagged, he's going to play like he wants to play. Way to be a team player, Ryan.
That sort of stuff is what Tomlin should step in and curtail. When James Harrison was getting flagged every time looked menacingly at a QB, Tomlin sat him and told him to clean up his technique. Coach T needs to do that with everybody on defense so they stop giving teams these costly penalties. What's more, he just needs to rein in the team overall. Penalties are going to happen but you can eliminate the stupid mental errors (like running out of bounds on kickoffs or false starts) by instilling discipline.
Players coach Mike Tomlin has been anything but a strict disciplinarian in his time here. As long as he prefers being liked over being respected, we'll continue to see more laundry on the ground than after a tornado hits Chinatown. We can hope that it won't eventually come back to bite the Steelers. Although I think we all know that it will.
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Tomlin Concerned With Steelers Defense
Every Tuesday, Mike Tomlin holds his weekly press conference. As I've stated many times in the past, I tend to ignore whatever "news" comes out of it. I don't do this because I prefer to be an uneducated fan; on the contrary, writing a Pittsburgh Steelers blog makes it doubly important I stay informed. No, I ignore the Mike Tomlin presser because experience has shown you can't believe what you hear.
In simpler terms, Tomlin tells a lot lies.
I don't blame Tomlin for lying to the press. He's one of those ultra-secretive coaches who believes information is power and if it's good enough for Bill Belichick, it's good enough for Tomlin. I just get aggravated when people fail to take what he says with a grain of salt. He regularly downplays injuries that are much more serious than he lets on (James Harrison's broken orbital last season comes to mind) and hints at personnel moves that he has no intention of following (When Bryant McFadden struggled a couple seasons back, he said it was time to see what some of the youngsters could do. They never saw the field).
Which is why yesterday brought a rare moment of honesty from Tomlin. Granted it was couched in typical Tomlinspeak – he follows the political model of never let three words suffice when grand eloquent sentences with opaque meanings can be used instead – but honest it was nonetheless.
Addressing the Steelers defensive performance on Sunday night, Tomlin said "The reality is that we didn't play well enough post-snap. Forget about whether or not they huddle between plays, we've got full control over how we play once the ball is snapped and it wasn't up to snuff in many instances." He also cautioned fans against blaming the absence of Ryan Clark and James Harrison for the defensive inadequacies. "Obviously, those guys are capable of helping us. They're quality veteran players. They know how to play and, specifically in Ryan's case, not only his play but his communication and leadership. That remains to be seen and we're not going to assume anything." sayeth Coach T.
In other words, don't expect the D to suddenly start dominating teams just because two guys come back.
The fact is, the normally stout Steelers defense has some serious question marks this season. A big part of the problem is they're just plain old. Seven starters are over the age of 30. Contrast that with another long-time defensive juggernaut, the Ravens, who've so successfully infused fresh talent into their team that only Ed Reed and Ray Lewis remain as elder statesman.
The problem with old players isn't just the natural decline which comes with age. Even when they are still capable of playing at a high level, their bodies inevitably start to break down. Last season, Harrison and Troy Polamalu were clearly the team's defensive standouts. However, both have also battled a host of ailments the past couple years. Harrison had two back surgeries during the off-season, then came down with a knee issue when training camp started. Tomlin says he's expected back this week but it's clear he's become alarmingly injury prone. Then we have Troy, who looked great the first half against the Broncos before fading away. Evidently he strained his calf which limited him as time went on. He's also expected to play on Sunday.
Still, here we are one week into the season and both are already showing up on injury reports.
Meanwhile, where is the infusion of young talent? One thing that bugged me following the Broncos loss were Steeler fans on twitter repeating Warren Sapp's "They're old, slow and done" comment from last season. The D is old but the line-up they put on the field last Sunday against Denver sure wasn't. Harrison was replaced by 23 year old Chris Carter and 24 year old Jason Worilds. Clark was replaced by 27 year old Ryan Mundy. Casey Hampton, who's become a two down player anyway, split time fairly evenly with 26 year old Steve McClendon.
Worilds had a sack when Peyton Manning screwed up a protection call and gave him a free shot at the QB. The only legitimate sack they got was from veteran Larry Foote. Other than that, where was the pressure? LaMarr Woodley got a big contract a couple off-seasons ago but his sack totals have declined every year for the past three years. He only seems to generate pressure when Harrison is on the other side. Worilds has been a bust. Inside, we have Foote, who's a stop-gap until the team finds a young ILB to groom in his place. Opposite him is Lawrence Timmons, who was supposed to be that ILB but has consistently underperformed since being drafted in the first round back in 2007. He's supposedly this super-athlete on par with Troy but Troy would never let Peyton Manning OUTRUN HIM to the sticks.
Wait, you may say, Dick LeBeau's zone blitz depends on the D-linemen opening up gaps for the linebackers. Fair enough. McClendon isn't stout at the point of attack. He gets pushed around in the run game which is why Big Snack usually plays the first two downs. He's not a starter. And what's up with Ziggy Hood? Was his name even called? Looking at the box score from Denver, he had 2 tackles, no assists. TWO TACKLES. Aaron Smith could make more plays on one leg.
Then we have the secondary. The Steelers have tried to find a second corner to pair with Ike Taylor for years. Of course, their search usually involves a mid-to-late round project they hope to coach up. The light bulb finally came on for Willie Gay last season but the team let him go to
Pittsburgh West Arizona. His replacement, Keenan Lewis, was an average at best nickel last year and so far has looked like another B-Mac with his generous 10 yard cushions. The team is high on second year man Cortez Allen but he didn't exactly distinguish himself against the Broncos, either. Meanwhile, Mundy remains the teams go-to safety off the bench even though he gets beat like Justin Bieber at a biker rally every time he's on the field.
The bottom line is the Steelers D is a big question mark. Veteran stars are facing an inevitable decline while the young guys don't appear ready for prime time. Steeler Nation may need to face the fact that for the first time in a very long time, it may be the offense which needs to carry the team. Play to your strengths. And right now, the defense is anything but a strength.
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Week 1 Recap: Tebowed Again
Once upon a time, the prospect of playing the boys from the Mile High City was met with the same level of disdain Steeler Nation now reserves for the Ratbirds or Patriots. After last night's game, I think it's safe to say while the Denver Broncos may not be full-fledged members of the Circle of Hate, they're definitely vying for a spot. For the second straight game dating back to last season's Wild Card debacle, the Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in groan-worthy fashion, 31-19.
Where to start with this disaster.
How about new offensive coordinator Todd Haley? Some people view Twitter as a sign of the apocalypse (Follow me @totalsteelers) but I enjoy it because instead of waiting hours or even minutes to gauge reaction, you have it in seconds. It took roughly one quarter before the armchair offensive coordinators started calling for Haley's head. His crime?
He was running the ball too much!
Yes, the same group who called into Pittsburgh sports talk shows whining about Bruce Arians and his Flying Circus offense for the past three years were moaning because Haley gave them what they asked for. More importantly, he gave Art Rooney II exactly what he wanted, a return to Stiller Football. And how did Stiller Football fare? Isaac Redman gained 20 yards on 11 carries while Jon Dwyer, one of the game's lone offensive stars, chipped in 43 yards on only 9 carries with one big 17 yard gain wiped out due to a dubious holding call on Mike Wallace.
On the bright side, we totally dominated time of possession!
Seeing this offense try to relive the glory days of Franco and the Bus was PAINFUL to watch. Several times we had first and 15s and Haley elected to run on two successive downs. Only Ben Roethlisberger completing some big third down throws kept the chains moving. This team has one of the deepest and most talented group of wide receivers in the NFL. They shouldn't be running to set up the pass, they should be passing to set up the run.
Ben is going to catch some flak for his performance last night, as he should. When your rep is being the best clutch player in football, you don't throw a pick-six down six with 3 minutes left. Ben certainly had a Jekyll/Hyde game, making some great throws where he literally threaded a needle but he also made several incredibly dangerous throws which could've easily gotten intercepted. He also missed several big plays such as botching a sure TD to Heath Miller (who was open all day) and never seeing Wallace left wide open on a crucial fourth quarter drive. While I think it'd be totally unfair to pin this loss on him, Ben needs to play a helluva lot better if this team is going to win.
Especially if the defense is going to play like they played last night. Last year, Warren Sapp derided them as old, slow and done. This season, it appears they're young, eager and over their heads. Despite obnoxious Cris Collinsworth occasionally getting up off his knees to proclaim "Peyton Manning is doing this to the league's #1 ranked defense!" this is not the league's top ranked defense. That was last year's team with James Harrison and Ryan Clark and a healthier Casey Hampton and William Gay opposite Ike Taylor. Last night's defense had none of those things and the results showed.
Manning was only sacked twice and one of those, by Jason Worilds, was a clean shot thanks to Manning mixing up the protection call. Other than a first quarter sack by Larry Foote, who was one of the few bright spots on defense, they generated almost zero pressure. Surely the altitude played a part but it doesn't excuse anything. The bottom line is the Steelers offense held the ball for a whopping 10 minutes (35 to 25) longer yet the "exhausted" Broncos D held them to 19 points while the "rested" Steelers D allowed Pey-Pey to march right down the field on them.
Foote forced an early fumble although it was more luck than skill as he got thrown into the back and happened to knock the ball loose. That was it as far as highlights go. The D-line got pushed around on passing plays and couldn't stop the run when it counted. The linebackers effort can be summed up by watching Peyton OUTRUN supposedly super-athlete Lawrence Timmons to the sticks for a 7 yard gain. Then we have the secondary. Youngsters Keenan Lewis and Cortez Allen did their best B-Mac impressions, allowing generous 5 yard cushions on every pass play. And then we have Demaryius Thomas, who once again abused Ike Taylor to the tune of 5 catches for 110 yards.
Perhaps no play summed up last night's debacle like the third quarter turning point when Thomas took a little slant and ran away from like half the defense on his way to a 71 yard TD. Of course the scab refs missed a hold on Ryan Mundy on the play but it probably wouldn't have mattered anyway.
What would have mattered was the facemask on Ben they missed on the Steelers' previous drive which ended with a Shaun Suisham field goal. The game was an absolute fiasco from an officiating standpoint, with the scab refs saving their worst for prime time and most of their incompetence going against the Steelers. The lone time we got a call, on yet another boneheaded Mike Tomlin challenge which came in after a play had been run, it would've been better if they hadn't. Meanwhile, Wallace's hold wiping out a big Dwyer run and a crucial pass interference on Lewis late in the 4th were the definition of ticky-tacky especially after not calling worse against the Broncos. Evidently they did read the Illegal Formations portion of the rule book on the can before the game because that was one thing they called on both teams at least a good half dozen times.
Let's not blame the scab refs on this fiasco. The Steelers played a terrible game last night. If Ben had Superman'd up and pulled out a last-second victory, it only would've been a Band-Aid on a gaping chest wound. The Steelers clearly have some fundamental issues they need to address on both sides of the ball. And they need to start by figuring out what kind of offense they want to run. Because what we saw last night isn't going to get it done, not against Peyton Manning, not against Tim Tebow, not against anybody.


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A Midtown Sacramento neighbor is celebrating two years new.
Tonight's the night, Friday, July 25, 2014. Come join the festivities at Ancient Future from 6pm to 9 pm. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, champagne and chocolate!!! What could be better? How about music, movement, sound healing.... and art, the unveiling of work by C.W. Flint and the Art Behind the Story of Ancient Future.
An anniversary dinner special is available July 25, 2014 at 24K Cafe from 5pm to 10 pm. Two for $24 includes Taro Portobello Loaf and Tea Smoked Chicken Stir-Fry with brown rice. To make reservations for dinner, please call (916) 476-3754. The 24K Cafe is open for lunch Wednesday through Friday from 11am to 2:30pm. Hour of Happiness with Wine, Cheese & Chocolate on Friday and Saturday 3pm to 6 pm. Dinner on Friday and Saturday is from 5pm to 9pm. Brunch is offered on Saturday and Sunday is from 10am to 2:30pm.
Come for the celebration and treat yourself to Ancient Future's entire visual feast. Spend a quiet moment in the Ancient Future Urban Sanctuary which also features displays of local art. Artifacts Gift Shop, Apothecary & Pharmacopeia is an eclectic mix of healing artifacts for body, mind, and spirit. (A portion of proceeds from this retail store are used to support nonprofit 501(c)3 projects and grant programs for single parents raising their children.) If you're not in the mood to dine indulge in handmade chocolate truffles -- the perfect end to your busy day. Your taste buds will thank you again and again.
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Solar Power Under Attack in Arizona
Last week, Big Solar exercised some of its growing clout by killing an anti-solar bill in the Arizona legislature. Here's what happened: state Republican senator Debbie Lasko introduced a bill that would have gutted Arizona's renewable portfolio standard as we know it. Thankfully, a threat by Chinese solar giant Suntech Power Holdings to withdraw plans to put its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Arizona rallied enough pressure to remove the bill from the floor. It was of great relief to solar proponents in the state, but unfortunately, Lasko's H.B. 2701 was not the only threat to Arizona's fledgling solar industry.
Republican Representative Carl Seel has introduced a bill that makes Lesko's look tame in comparison. His legislation would remove the right of the Arizona Corporate Commission - the state board that regulates utilities - to mandate renewable energy standards at all. Arizona passed their RES in 2006, requiring power providers to get 15 percent of their energy from renewable resources by 2025, including a certain percentage from solar photovoltaics.
The Goldwater Institute, a very conservative thinktank named after infamous conservative Barry Goldwater, tried to sue the state, claiming that it was unconstitutional to force any such mandates or regulations on private utilities (unless, it seems, those regulations or incentives promote nuclear, coal or natural gas power plants). Goldwater Institute lost that lawsuit, but has responded by facilitating Representative Seel's H.B. 2381 that would render the Arizona Supreme Court's decision moot.
Furthermore, Arizona's republican governor, who reportedly helped kill Lesko's bill after industry pressure mounted, also killed a regional cap-and-trade program that Arizona pioneered to put a price on carbon-emitting energy sources.
The recent wave of attacks on solar power in Arizona is troubling for a state that has some of the best solar potential in the world. There are states where one could argue that solar power is not the best renewable option, like the windy Dakotas or the geothermal-laden Northwest, but Arizona is practically made of sunshine. Why any group or lawmaker would want to kill solar power in that state is beyond this writer.
But H.B. 2701 had 51 co-sponsors, and green-leaning governor Janet Napolitano is gone. While Suntech Power Holdings and the industry managed to kill Debbie Lesko's anti-solar bill, a huge victory among recent attacks, and may very well succeed in killing Carl Seel's anti-RPS bill, the fact that such contention exists in Arizona may scare off potential solar industry additions to the state. Several states are working to attract green tech industries and the market is highly competitive.
However the fate of Arizona's solar industry is decided, it will likely be decided soon, as Suntech's potential industry followers are unlikely to wait around for long while California, Oregon, Michigan, Colorado and other states wait with open arms and less uncertainty.
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Just recently, out of the blue, any time I bring up Activity Monitor, there are zero processes listed. Also, any statistics on memory usage or disk activity are blank as well (including graph image). CPU reporting seems to be working okay.
I've run check disk with no problems reported, as well as repaired permissions.
Any idea what could be causing this?
After looking at my logs, I see this message:
9/28/10 10:59:35 AM [0x0-0x34034].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[2929] 2010-09-28 10:59:35.782 pmTool[17285:10b] Must be run as root
I double-checked the permissions on
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BBC: Sky Blues right to be optimistic
- 06 November 2013 09:00
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The morning after the night before and while Champions League progression with two group games still to play is good news, the hard work is only just beginning.
City had to reach the knock-out stages this season after two failed attempts and only now will the ponderings begin in the Press about how far Manuel Pellegrini's side might go in the competition.
The luck of the draw will play a big part, but expect plenty of scrutiny of the Sky Blues' credentials in the coming weeks and months, with the BBC's Chief Football Writer Phil McNulty wasting no time in airing his opinions.
He writes: "For all their fine work in reaching the last 16 so early, their one encounter with elite opposition ended with a harsh lesson being handed out by holders Bayern in a 3-1 win at The Etihad
"So where does Pellegrini find the roots of his optimism? Certainly in the shape of a world-class striker in a rich vein of form with the talent to break down any defence.
"Sergio Aguero's penalty that set City on their way made him the club's top scorer in Europe with 11, edging ahead of the great Francis Lee. It was the sixth game in a row in which the Argentine has hit the target and he added a second for good measure.
"And his partnership with Alvaro Negredo was simply too much for CSKA, with the Spaniard's hat-trick confirming his status at City's new cult hero.
"The powerful, bustling Negredo has been christened "The Beast" at The Etihad and the old Shaun Goater chant of "Feed The Goat And He Will Score" has been rewritten in his honour.
Such is his new-found status that he was even announced as "Beast of the Match" by a PA announcer entering into the spirit of the occasion
...Phil McNulty...
"Aguero and Negredo will be a handful for any defence - but will Pellegrini play both against the better teams if City move further into the competition?"
Food for thought and for the answer to that question, we'll have to wait until the New Year. FourFourTwo.com pick up on Yaya Toure's post-match comments in their online feature this morning.
They write: "City are now into uncharted territory in Europe's premier club competition, and midfielder Toure reflected on a job well done.
"The Ivory Coast international told Sky Sports News: 'Today is a special day for the fans and the club as it is the first time we have gone through to the next round.'
"Aguero took his tally to nine goals in his last six games in all competitions, as well as becoming City's highest scorer of all time in European football.
"Negredo, meanwhile, now has five in his last three games, and Toure paid tribute to the in-form strike duo.
'They are working well, they are sharp and they deserve it. They were amazing,' added the Sky Blues' skipper."


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I have $n$ balls that I am distributing among $m$ bins. Each ball is independently and randomly placed in a bin. Let the bin containing the most balls contain $k$ balls. What is the expected value of $k$?
Currently, my intuition suggests that that
$$E(k) \approx c \frac{n}{m} \log(n)$$
Numerical simulations suggest that $c \approx 1/2$.
Is there a rigorous way to solve this problem?
The inspiration for this question was in finding the list with the longest access times in a hash table; it can also be seen as a variant of the birthday problem with $n$ people and $m$ possible birthdays, where one wants to find the maximum number of people that we expect to share a birthday.


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College Hockey:Saints Cruise Past Crimson, 5-1
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — There were two prominent streaks in progress when Harvard hosted St. Lawrence at the Bright Hockey Center for the start of the second round of the ECACHL playoffs, and neither looked promising for the Saints (21-15-2).
Over its last 13 games against St. Lawrence, Harvard (17-11-2) had amassed a record of 10-1-2, a mark which included a 2-0 series victory over the Saints in last year's ECACHL playoffs. And over the past 13 playoff games at the Bright Hockey Center, the Crimson had compiled an even more impressive 12-1-0 record.
Both of those streaks came to an end tonight, as St. Lawrence dominated the Crimson in the first period and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Though Harvard rallied somewhat to make the game momentarily respectable, St. Lawrence cruised to a 5-1 victory and a 1-0 lead in the teams' best-of-three playoff series.
"We've struggled to scores goals in here, and we had a couple of nice goals [tonight]," said St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh. "[Kevin] DeVergilio had a couple of beauties, and certainly that was a great individual effort on the first one."
DeVergilio scored the first of his two goals at 4:31 of the opening period while St. Lawrence was on the power play. He made a pretty move to pull around a Harvard defender, skated in a few steps and rifled a hard shot from the right face-off circle that produced a sharp 'clang' when it impact with the back post of the goal.
With a 1-0 lead, the Saints continued to pour pressure on Harvard through the remainder of the first period. Just over 10 minutes later, St. Lawrence sophomore forward Charlie Griffin skated into traffic between the two face-off circles and managed to control the puck long enough to send it on net. Amidst the traffic between the circle and the scrum in front of his crease, Harvard netminder John Daigneau missed the puck as it passed by low and to his stick side.
Griffin's goal gave the Saints at 2-0 advantage after the first period, a period which saw them control the puck in Harvard's zone for the majority of play and where the Saints limited the Crimson to only four shots on net.
"We didn't come out and have the work ethic that we needed," said Harvard captain Peter Hafner. "For one reason or another they seemed to want it more in the first period. I don't know why, I don't think the layoff had anything to do with it."
"I was pretty much shocked at the way we came out and started that game, knowing how important it is," he continued. "Maybe guys are already thinking about all that NCAA talk, but frankly it was embarrassing the way we came out and started that game."
"We were lucky it was only 2-0," he added.
The second period was more evenly matched than the first, both in puck possession and shots on net, thanks in part to three Harvard power plays. With the Crimson trying desperately to overcome its unenthusiastic start, the power-play opportunities in the second represented a chance to turn the game around. But St. Lawrence netminder Justin Pesony was up to the challenge, turning away six of Harvard's nine second period shots while his team was killing off penalties.
"Pesony made some big big saves," said Marsh. "They had a couple of great bids off the back door on the power play. Those [saves] were crucial."
"Pesony made a couple of huge saves when they needed him," agreed Donato.
The Saints needed him even more in the third, as Harvard finally managed to get some quality scoring chances in an even-strength situation; Pesony was equal to the challenge, and turned back 18 of 19 shots during the final frame.
Harvard finally broke onto the scoreboard midway through the third period when junior forward Ryan Maki batted a fluttering puck past Pesony to cut the St. Lawrence lead to 3-1. The Harvard players and the crowd were energized by the score, but the Saints responded swiftly when junior center Kyle Rank intercepted a turnover by Harvard defenseman Dylan Reese; the turnover created an unbelievable breakaway opportunity and Rank outmaneuvered Daigneau to restore his team's three-goal lead.
St. Lawrence added an empty-net goal at 17:48 to reach the 5-1 margin of victory.
"St. Lawrence outplayed us for most of the night, and certainly in the first period," Donato said. "There is no doubt that they were the hungrier team."
"It wasn't an X-and-O's scenario after the first period, it was more of a willingness to compete," he said. "We lost battles on the puck, we lost races to the puck-we didn't look like we were ready to play, nor ready to compete."
"When you play good teams," he added, "its tough to play from behind and you can't expect to be on the winning side when there is twenty minutes when you're not prepared to play."
The two teams will meet again tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. at the Bright Hockey Center for the second game of a best-of-three ECACHL playoff series. If Harvard wins tomorrow night, the decisive third game would take place Sunday at 7:00 p.m.
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Thu, 2009-06-25 14:47 — chernobyl kid
Though former UFC champ Quinton Rampage Jackson was never charged with causing a pregnant woman to lose her unborn child after he struck her car in his harrowing run from the law last summer, hell now have to face a civil suit on the matter, according to TMZ.com. Holli Griggs claims that Jackson is responsible for the stillbirth of her baby after hitting her car while he attempted to evade police during his much-publicized hit-and-run episode.
An investigation by the Orange County District Attorneys office concluded that the womans miscarriage was unrelated to the incident, and Jackson later plead guilty to evading the police and reckless driving in exchange for avoiding jail time. Does this mean Jackson is going to continue to be distracted by his past exploits while also taking a hit to the pocketbook? Hard to say, but it might be difficult to find a jury that's sympathetic to pro athletes driving under the influence of "delirium." Dana White might have been convinced that Jackson wasn't to blame, but other people might feel differently after seeing the photos.
Thu, 2009-06-25 22:25 — KibunInc
I talked with a DDA in LA about the Rampage case. He said that there is no law on the books regarding the death of an unborn child due to a miscarriage. He told me that if the lady and the child had both died then a person gets charged with two homicides but if the baby only dies they do not charge the person as it has to be proven the cause of death as the baby has not been yet. It was a little weird to me but the guy explained it really well and I can not.
Yes Rampage will be sued but the last I heard was that the female was probably going to lose the child even before the wreck and I am sure that the medical records will come into play. I guess we will have to wait to see the outcome of it all. :confused:


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The Hockinson and Ridgefield boys soccer teams remained in a close battle atop the 2A Greater St. Helens League as both posted victories on Thursday.
Hockinson (10-3, 6-1) defeated Mark Morris 1-0 as Emmanuel Gil had an unassisted goal for the Hawks. Casey Turner made five saves in the shutout.
Ridgefield (10-3-1, 5-1) kept pace with a 5-1 win at Washougal.
Goal scorers for the Spudders were not reported.
The regular season concludes next week with both Ridgefield and Hockinson playing Mark Morris and R.A. Long.
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BASEBALL: Jared Price pitched a complete game, striking out six as Evergreen held off Union 2-1.
BOYS SOCCER: Erik Powell scored two goals and had an assist, Brennan McDaid-O'Neill had three goals, and John Polen a goal and four assists in Seton Catholic's 7-1 win over King's Way Christian.


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Searchlight on taking the 'Shame' out of NC-17
"Oscar prospects, before anyone asks: probably nil. And yay for that."
So I commented immediately after posting my review of Steve McQueen's "Shame" following its unveiling at the Venice Film Festival, hoping to pre-emptively defuse a natural line of questioning on this site, without suggesting the film in any way fell short. Regular readers will know that I can be a bit snippy when quizzed about the future awards outlook for festival films, partly because I'm loath to think like a pundit at a world-cinema carnival, and partly because there are often too many unknowns for such speculation to be at all meaningful: critical approval only counts for so much with films with no distributor and no proven real-world audience.
For every festival sensation whose Oscar potential is immediately apparent (think Mo'Nique, whose recent Best Supporting Actress win seemed sewn up at Sundance a year before she even netted the nomination), there's another that has to feel its way into the season. Certainly, nobody screamed "Best Picture!" when "The Hurt Locker" premiered at Venice a full 18 months before its Oscar-night triumph.
My instant ruling-out of "Shame" from the awards discussion wasn't unconsidered: the film seemed at once too explicit and too internalized to speak to middlebrow awards voters, with McQueen's rigid fine-art formalism the kind of reach even the Academy's more adventurous directors' branch hadn't been making lately. (Hey, remember all that Oscar attention for McQueen and Fassbender's even better first collaboration, "Hunger?" No?)
Then, of course, there was the question of the film's NC-17 rating: what season-practised distributor was going to take a chance on a severe auteur piece with that marketing millstone around his neck? As a fellow critic and I spotted Harvey Weinstein hurriedly exiting the screening hall, we both puzzled over the notion that the film could even be within spitting distance of a deal with the mogul's outfit.
Of course, we'll never know how close it came. Days later came the news that the film had been courageously picked up by Fox Searchlight: an acquisition that, together with the studio's purchase of Terrence Malick's divisive tone poem "The Tree of Life" and chilly Sundance art-horror "Martha Marcy May Marlene," suggested a conscious move away from the heart-led, crowdpleasing fare on which they built their reputation. (That said, Searchlight also have Alexander Payne's cosy laughing-through-the-tears dramedy "The Descendants," so perhaps they're just smartly covering their bases.)
Searchlight's adoption of "Shame" didn't quite prompt me to reverse my diagnosis: the studio has enough arrows in its quiver that it can afford to take on a few hard-sell prestige items for the principal purpose of classing up their brand, not necessarily earning awards attention. (I'm aware, of course, of a certain previous risky Searchlight purchase out of Venice, whose Oscar chances I also shrugged off initially -- but given the impossibility of "Shame" matching "Black Swan"'s astonishing box-office tally of $107 million, you'll forgive me if I don't draw a parallel just yet.)
But this intriguing Hollywood Reporter piece on the studio's planned campaign for the film -- in which they bullishly announce that they're going not only for a Best Actor nod for current It-guy Michael Fassbender, but Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress and Cinematography too -- has given me some pause.
Obviously, scoring all those nominations must be regarded as something of a pipe dream -- I'll believe in the Academy's across-the-board enthusiasm for NC-17-rated erotic character studies when I see it -- but the seriousness with which the studio is taking this challenge does make me wonder if Fassbender could be the beneficiary of the film's growing upscale buzz, particularly in a year when he could hardly have been more ubiquitous. (Michael Shannon has held the passion-vote indie spot in my predicted Best Actor list for months now; he may well cede his spot to another Michael next week.)
Whether or not Searchlight's gutsy campaign pays off, the most exciting thing about it is the unusual way they're embracing the film's NC-17 rating -- using it as a springboard to generate audience curiosity about the film and its tricky subject matter. Says Searchlight president Steve Gilula to the Reporter:
"I think NC-17 is a badge of honor, not a scarlet letter. We believe it is time for the rating to become usable in a serious manner. The sheer talent of the actors and the vision of the filmmaker are extraordinary. It's not a film that everyone will take easily, but it certainly breaks through the clutter and is distinctive and original. It's a game changer... I think Shame's profile will pique people's curiosity. I'm optimistic this will be a significant film and change the attitude of people toward this kind of subject matter."
This, of course, is the mature approach that more in the industry -- and indeed, the public -- need to take toward this rating. The commercial stigma attached to the NC-17 rating speaks to a curiously antiquated prudishness in the US market: it's hardly a social or moral transgression to suggest that certain sights and subjects are unsuitable for children, accompanied or otherwise. The UK's equivalent 18 rating (which "Shame" will surely get, denying access to all minors with or without a guardian) is handed out with relative frequency to mainstream and arthouse films without anyone raising an eyebrow.
It'll be a long road to that level of acceptance for the blighted NC-17 rating, but a Best Picture Oscar nominee that wears it proudly would go some way towards bringing it into the light. I remain sceptical that Searchlight will clear that particular hurdle this year, but it's good to see them making a run at it.


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The Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 14 DUI deployments during the past several days in San Luis Obispo County.
From 12:01 A.M. Friday December 13, 2013 through Midnight Thursday December 19, 2013 officers representing 8 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 29 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2012 41 DUI arrests occurred during the same seven day time period.
As was the case last year, there were no DUI related fatalities or DUI related injuries during this time period.
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No. 6 Wildcats head to
Women's golf earns the No. 6 seed at the West Regionals for second consecutive year
What's Happening in the Club House: The
Where are the Bunkers: The Washington National Golf Club will play host to the West Regionals, stretching 6,289 yards, a par 72. The Wildcats last teed off at the
Who's making the Approach: The 21-team field includes seven conference champions, including Pac-10 champion, UCLA. The Bruins are the No. 1 seed in the West Regional followed by
When are the Tee Times: A practice round will be held on Wednesday, followed by 18 holes each day, beginning Thursday at 8:30 a.m. (PT) and running through Saturday.
How Can I Follow the Carts: Live scoring for the West Regional and all other regional tournaments will be provided on www.golfstat.com. Complete results will be available on www.arizonaathletics.com after each round.
Who's on the Green for
Golfer Year Stroke Avg. Top 10/20 Low Rnd. Events
Adriana Zwanck Fr. 74.16 2/1 68 6
Amanda Wilson Fr. 75.11 2/2 68 9
Lauren Espinosa Fr. 75.25 3/0 70 9
Cassandra Kirkland Sr. 76.45 0/1 68 8
Sommer Scholl Fr. 78.82 0/0 70 8
What Happened Last on the Fairway: The Wildcats finished in fifth place at the Pac-10 Championships, held at Oro Valley Country Club in
With her efforts at the Pac-10 Championship,
Espinosa carded a 230 (+14) and finished in a tied for 30th place, while Zwanck's 11-over-par 227 was good enough for a 19th-place finish. After the tournament all three freshmen were named as all-Pac-10 honorable mentions. The trio lead the Wildcats in every statistical category.
Also competing for the Wildcats was senior Cassandra Kirkland who shot a 12-over-par 228 and finished 27th. Rounding out the Wildcat squad was freshman Sommer Scholl who finished in 39th place with a 238 (+22). In the second round, Scholl sank a hole-in-one on the 159 yard, par three, 17th hole. The ace marks the fourth of her career.
A West Regional Mulligan: In 2005 the
Coach Allen Tee's Off: "This is the one tournament that we have been working for all year. We look to carry the momentum from the final round of the Pac-10 Championships into Regionals and get of to a good start. Although we are very young, our freshmen understand the importance of this tournament and know they need to play hard. I feel certain that this team is ready for the post season. All season we have been on the cusp of becoming a great team, if everyone can put together a strong round at the same time, we'll do just fine."
Driving Range Rankings:
Chipping the Competition: The West Regional is composed of 16 teams that rank in the top 50 according to the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Nine of the Pac-10 teams earned a regional bid. Six of the nine teams will compete at the 2006 NCAA West Regional, two in the East Regional and one in the Central. The top eight teams will advance on to the NCAA National Championships, hosted at the Scarlet Golf Course in
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Keep your dogs, cats healthy by checking for parasites like fleas, ticks, heartworm
With warm, summer temperatures around the country, there's a good chance you've spent some time outside with your pet.
Regardless of whether you've taken your pet on an outdoor vacation toward the mountains, gone for an evening walk, let your cat outside for a few hours or gone to the dog park, there's a chance your pet was exposed to parasites.
Fleas, heartworms and ticks are a few of the most common parasites that pets can get after even the shortest amount of time spent outside.
Not only are these parasites harmful to your pets, they can also infest your home and belongings and some parasites can transfer to make humans sick, as well.
It's important to bring your pet to the veterinarian for checkups and to keep track of any dietary, behavioral or physical differences, according to an animal health website .
Fleas are more common during warm months and can jump up to two feet in the area, making your pets the perfect breeding ground for pesky populations.
Dogs and cats that appear to be itching and have irritated skin patches may be suffering from fleas, Pets and Parasites says.
Flea collars, medications and cleaning rituals can help prevent and treat flea infestations.
Heartworms are very common in all parts of the United States and are most common in dogs, according to Pets and Parasites . Heartworm larvae are transmitted to animals through mosquitoes, and once grown, can be more than one foot long.
Medication can prevent pets from getting heartworm infections. If a heartworm infection is untreated, the infection can be deadly and the cost of getting rid of the infection is more expensive than preventing it, Pets and Parasites says.
Dogs and cats that spend even just a short time outside can get ticks, which can cause anemia, diseases and discomfort.
Humans can also be affected by ticks, so do regular checks on your pets and your own skin to see if a tick has burrowed in your skin.
For more on how to treat and diagnose ticks, visit Pets and Parasites .


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Here are some notable events from TV history for today:
- On this date in 1957, Former heavy weight champ Joe Louis appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to introduce Solomon Burke, who performs Louis' "You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide."
- Also on this date in 1957, NBC tries to import the popular "Blondie" film series to TV starring Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton.
- "Mr. Ed" came to CBS on this date in 1961.
- On this date in 1965, CBS bought Fender Guitar for $13 million.
- The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers played on prime-time network TV on this date in 1974 on NBC.
- The Chicago White Sox hired their first female play-by-play TV announcer, Mary Shane, on this date in 1977.
- Bryant Gumbel joined "The Today Show" as Jane Pauley's co-anchor on this date in 1982.
- "Night Court" debuted on NBC on this date in 1984.
Here are some notable birthdays for today:
- Graham Elliot, from "Iron Chef America" celebrate a birthday today.
- Dave Foley, from the Canadian sketch-comedy show, "Kids in the Hall" and "News Radio' observes a birthday today.


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No tips here, but congratulations. Hope it works out well for you.
This is a discussion on I just enlisted in the Army National Guard... within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Security Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I leave for basic in SC on Oct 14th. Any good tips for basic and/or AIT?...
I leave for basic in SC on Oct 14th. Any good tips for basic and/or AIT?
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No tips here, but congratulations. Hope it works out well for you.
No tips except for a heads up about the heat and humidity and bugs especially the Fire Ants, yes even in Oct. I'm Air Force not Army, but I was stationed in SC for 6 years. If you have any questionsabout Ft. Jackson or SC in general PM me as I've been to Ft. Jack numerous times. Also congratulations, good luck and thank you for serving.
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What MOS have you decided on? I have a meeting scheduled with a recruiter from the Army National Guard to discuss how I could serve and go to college at once. If I enlist, my MOS will be 31B (Military Police).
Good luck!
Thank you for your service!
My service is too long ago to offer much guidance (I'm now twelve years older than the "Old Man" was when I was in the service.
But, a West Pointer I know once told this to a young Marine who was going to Basic. "Use only these four responses during Basic:
1) Yes, sir.
2) No, sir.
3) No excuse, sir.
4) Sir, I do not understand."
Good luck, and Godspeed!
If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.--Samuel Adams as Candidus, Boston Gazette 20 Jan. 1772
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NRA Benefactor Life
Tennessee Firearms Association Life
Hey guys. Let me know what you need to know. I was active duty and then transitioned over to the Army National Guard. Look up the Army PFT and make sure you can meet the basic requirements.
The best preventative medicine is superior fire power.
Well, congratulations and thank you! Basic training is designed to instill discipline, which will keep you out of trouble and alive, especially in combat.
You will be required to do difficult things in little time. Even if you know that you won't be able to accomplish the task, show your drill sergeants that you have the heart to take on the challenge. Always give it 110% no matter what.
Keep your uniform sharp, keep your nose clean and follow all orders. Show some initiative and team work.
Start doing push ups, sit ups and runnning now!!
Duty, Honor, Country...MEDIC!!!
¡Cuánto duele crecer, cuan hondo es el dolor de alzarse en puntillas y observar con temblores de angustia, esa cosa tremenda, que es la vida del hombre! - René Marqués
- Don't take it personal, you will get yelled at and very possibly called names.
- Study and don't get mixed in with knuckleheads.
- Don't be a knucklehead.
- Don't eyeball your DS, but don't look away. Learn to refocus your eyes on what is behind them so you don't flinch.
- Take an extra tooth brush for cleaning the tight area in between your boot upper and the sole.
- DON'T FORGET TO LOCK YOUR LOCKER, or you will see your stuff in the middle of the floor, possibly with shaving creme all over it (trust me on this one )
- have fun, learn all you can, and enjoy yourself.
Thank you for your willingness to serve.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
Take Vitamin C, Calcium, Magnesium, and Vitamin D. Start them at least a month before you ship and take them the entire way through your cycle. It won't hurt you and will probably help keep you from getting sick and getting a bone, joint injury.
The preceding post may contain sarcasm; it's just better that way. However, it is still intended with construction and with the Love of my L-rd Y'shua.
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Duty, Honor, Country...MEDIC!!!
¡Cuánto duele crecer, cuan hondo es el dolor de alzarse en puntillas y observar con temblores de angustia, esa cosa tremenda, que es la vida del hombre! - René Marqués
Do NOT, I repeat...do NOT volunteer for anything in boot camp (no matter how good it sounds).
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Certified Glock Armorer
NRA Life Member
One thing that will help you out is to make at least one GOOD friend while in basic training. Each day & before any inspection check each others uniform for anything that could get you written up. If your buddy finds it first that's one less thing for your DI's to find. Do the same for your buddy.
Thanks again for deciding to join the Army! More young people should be making the same decision. Please let us know how you are doing as best you can.
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"Gun control is being able to hit your target."
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Start running, and working on your push ups and sit ups now. PT is the only real hard part of Basic training right now. But if you have any specific questions, I'm a Drill Sergeant at Ft. Knox..so feel free to ask.
Keep your pocket Bible over your heart - and Jesus "in" your heart.
Thanks for serving. God Bless.....
For God, Family and Country!
thanks for seving, and good luck.


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I'm worried about a friend of mine who thinks (among MANY other things) that since Obama was elected that this is the beginning of "the end of days" . . . where is the line between religious belief and a serious mental problem that needs to be addressed by a professional?
This is a difficult question, even for medical providers to sort out. You may try curious questioning as a friend, "I notice that you have been thinking about this a lot. Does it bother you that you are preoccupied with this?" You also might what to ask your friend if they are experiencing changes with eating (weight loss or gain), sleeping, having faster than usual speech or thoughts, and lack of interest in school, work, or hobbies. If your friend is indeed bothered by this or noticing these changes you may suggest an evaluation for any physical health problems. A physical health provider may then refer for further mental health evaluation. The Student Health & Counseling Center has appointments available for physical assessment and mental health assessment if this is a UAA student taking 6 or more credits. You are a wonderful friend indeed to seek help for your friend.


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(Communicated by the Office of the President)
President Peres met on Wednesday morning (4 December 2012) with the new Apostolic
Nuncio Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto at a formal ceremony at the President's
Residence in Jerusalem in which five new ambassadors, among them Archbishop
Lazzarotto, presented their Letters of Credence to President Peres. President
Peres congratulated Archbishop Lazzarotto on his position and said, "I have the
highest regard for His Holiness and I was glad to see that he started to Tweet.
Today we have the best relationship between Israel and the Holy See in the last
2000 years. That is the main story and I hope those relations will continue to
improve. We feel that the relationship now is deeper and wider than ever before,
a relationship that looks to the future.
President Peres added that in Israel, "There is an attempt by the heads of
the three religions to make peace, peace amongst the people not just the
governments. It's a great contribution because religion has a spiritual impact
upon people, which is no less important than material strength. It is peace that
we need more than anything else, peace in faith and peace in our daily
President Shimon Peres also welcomed
Pope Benedict XVI to Twitter with a special Tweet which read; "Your
holiness, welcome to Twitter. Our relations with the Vatican are at their best
and can form a basis to further peace everywhere."
Archbishop Lazzarotto said to President Peres, "I have the pleasure and honor
to convey to your Excellency cordial greetings from His Holiness Pope Benedict.
He sends cordial greetings to you and through you to the people of Israel. The
important thing is to have goodwill and look for what we have in common, what
unites us and always find a common way to walk together. We should work together
for peace, for good understanding and for dialogue."
President Peres also accepted the credentials of four other ambassadors:
President Peres wished the ambassadors success and said: "I welcome you to
Israel. We will do all we can to help you in your mission of deepening relations
between our countries. I am certain that you will make a real contribution in
expanding the cooperation between us in many fields of endeavor."
The five new ambassadors thanked the president for the honor of serving in
Israel and for the chance of contributing to the strengthening of relations and
broadening cooperation with their countries. They noted the warm welcome welcome
they have enjoyed since their arrival in Israel.


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CATLETT v. UNITED STATES
Annotate this Case
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U.S. Supreme Court
CATLETT v. UNITED STATES , 471 U.S. 1074 (1985)
Virgil Raymond CATLETT, III, et al. petitioners,
No. 84-1209
Supreme Court of the United States
April 29, 1985
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Justice WHITE, dissenting.
Petitioners were convicted and fined for hunting doves in a "baited" field contrary to the Federal Migratory Bird Act, 16 U.S.C. 703, and the regulations issued thereunder, despite their claim that they were unaware of the baiting and that they could not reasonably have been aware of it, since the remaining bait on the property was hidden from view at the time of the hunt.
The Court of Appeals affirmed, observing that petitioners "were apparently unaware of, and had not participated in, the baiting of the field." 747 F.2d 1102, 1103 (CA6 1984). Nonetheless, the panel applied prior law of the Circuit to hold that scienter is not an element of the crime charged, and thus that petitioners could be convicted even if they could not have reasonably known that the field was baited.
The rule applied is that adopted by several Circuits, reading the regulation in question to impose strict liability on those who hunt over baited fields. See, e.g., United States v. Chandler, 753 F.2d 360, 363 ( CA4 1985); United States v. Brandt, 717 F.2d 955, 958-959 (CA6 1983); United States v. Jarman, 491 F.2d 764, 766-767 (CA4 1974); Rogers v. United States, 367 F.2d 998, 1001 (CA8 1966), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 943 (1967). Nevertheless, as the Court of Appeals below recognized, the rule applied here is contrary to the holding of a case from another Federal Circuit which requires proof of at least the minimum scienter, that hunters should have known of the baited condition. United States v. Delahoussaye, 573 F.2d 910, 912 (CA5 1978).
There is a clear and recognized division between Circuits on the elements of a federal criminal offense. As the court explained in Delahoussaye, the regulation at issue here "is a national one, founded on a treaty, and [it] should not mean one thing in one state and another elsewhere." Id, at 913. I would grant certiorari to resolve the split among the Courts of Appeals.
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|Ashleigh Lee
2009-10: Was a key contributor for ECU in the hammer, turning in three top 10 finishes ... Best result occurred at the C-USA Outdoor Championships, where she threw a personal and season-best 50.65 meters - good for 11th place.
2008-09: Lone event in the indoor season was the weight throw at Christopher Newport where she captured 15th with a throw of 12.69 ... Top result in the hammer throw was at the Duke Twilight meet with a fourth-place finish and a mark of 49.43 ... Also finished 13th in the hammer at the C-USA outdoor championships, checking in at 46.34.
2007-08: Placed 20th at the C-USA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw (41.16) ... Best effort of the season came at the Duke Twilight Meet, where she recorded a mark of 43.91.
High School: Won the county championship in the discus her senior year, making a throw of 123' ... Led Largo the state title her junior and senior seasons ... Also participated in basketball.
Personal: Majoring in international business ... Daughter of Clarence and Colita Lee.


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At the close of day 14 of athletic competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, a medal standings update posted to the Games' official website on Feb. 21 shows that though the United States still holds a slim lead in the overall count with 27 total podium finishes, several other nations are gunning for top billing.
Team USA added two more medals to the nation's haul on Feb. 21, including a gold for alpine skiing sensation Mikaela Shiffrin in the women's slalom, and a silver for the short track speed skating team in the men's 5,000 meter relay. The short track team's silver was the first speed skating medal earned by the U.S. at the 2014 Games.
Just one medal behind with 26 overall is host nation Russia, who added three to their Sochi collection on Feb. 21 in cross country and short track events. Canada, who defeated the U.S. in men's hockey on day 14 to advance to the gold medal game against Sweden, sits in third place with 24 medals.
Tied for fourth place overall are Norway and the Netherlands with 22 medals each, while Germany holds sixth place with 16 and France follows in the seven-spot with 15. Sweden enters day 15 in eighth place with 14 medals total.
Austria, who added two more alpine skiing medals to their total on Feb. 21, holds ninth place with 12 medals, while Switzerland rounds out the top 10 with 11. China rests alone in 11th place with nine podium finishes, while three nations --the Czech Republic, Italy, and Japan-- are tied for 12th place with eight medals apiece.
Fifteenth place features a tie between Korea and Slovenia, who own seven medals each, while Belarus is alone in 17th place with six. Three nations, including Poland, Finland, and Great Britain, are knotted in a tie for 18th place with four medals each, while Australia and Latvia's three medals each tie them for 21st and Ukraine's two podium finishes leave them alone in 23rd.
Finally, the bottom of the Olympic medal standings leader board at the close of day 14 features a three-way tie for 24th place involving Slovakia, Croatia, and Kazakhstan, whose respective teams have earned one Sochi medal each.
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia continue Feb. 22.
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