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|Probable Pitchers
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|vs. Indianapolis,
7:00 p.m.
|Jordan (0-2, 4.32) vs.
Wilk (3-5, 4.95)
|Won, 5-4
|vs. Reading,
7:00 p.m.
|Simmons (0-0, 2.79) vs.
Loewen (AA debut)
|Won, 2-1
|@ Wilmington,
7:05 p.m.
|Bacus (2-1, 3.13) vs.
Binford (3-3, 2.68)
|Won, 5-4
|@ Greensboro,
7:00 p.m.
|Johansen (4-2, 4.98) vs.
German (5-1, 2.24)
|DSL Nationals
|Won, 11-9
|@ DSL Giants,
9:00 a.m.
|TBD vs. TBD
Indianapolis 11 Syracuse 2
• Roenicke (L, 1-3) 3⅓ IP, 8H, 7R, 6ER, 3BB, K, HR
• Stange 3⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 3BB, 2K, 2-1 IR-S
• Leon 2-4, 2B, RBI
• Souza 2-4, E
• Hood 2-4, R
Indianapolis put the brakes on the latest Syracuse win streak, pummeling the Nats' AAA entry for an 11-2 win. Josh Roenicke took the brunt of it, hammered for seven runs on eight hits and three walks. The big blow was a three-run shot in the Indians' four-run 3rd. Sandy Leon, Steve Souza, and Destin Hood each went 2-for-4 as the Chiefs were held to eight hits and had just three chances with runners in scoring position. Roster move: RHP Christian Garcia placed on the 7-Day DL, retroactive to June 2 (shoulder discomfort per MLB.com's Bill Ladson).
Harrisburg 5 Reading 4
• Poveda 6IP, 9H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 9K
• Herron (W, 2-2) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Grace (SV, 2) ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K, 3-0 IR-S
• Ramsey 3-4, R, RBI
• Dykstra 3-4, 2B, RBI
• Keyes 2-4, 2R, 2B, RBI
For the first time this season, the Senators dug themselves out of a four-run hole and scored the five runs of the game for a 5-4 win. Omar Poveda survived a three-run first and gutted out six innings, striking out a season-high of nine. He allowed all four Fightin runs on nine hits. Tyler Herron got the win with a huge assist/save by Matt Grace as the southpaw struck out the first batter he faced and got the second to ground out to leave the bases loaded in the top of the 9th. Cutter Dykstra and Caleb Ramsey both went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Harrisburg offense, followed closely by Kevin Keyes, who scored the gamewinner after leading off the 8th with a double, taking 3rd on a flyout, and chugging home on a wild pitch.
Potomac 2 Wilmington 1
• Brach (W, 1-0) 6IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K, HBP
• Benincasa (SV, 9) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, BB, K, 2-0 IR-S
• Pleffner 3-4, 2R, 2-2B, HR, RBI
• Renda 2-4
Shawn Pleffner wasted no time in showing why (hey now) he's (an) All-Star, (getting his game on) with a 3-for-4 night with a pair of doubles and a solo HR in a 2-1 Potomac win over Wilmington. Brett Brach spun six solid innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and no walks while striking out four, and getting his first win. Robert Benincasa got the last four outs, stranding two in the 8th and working around a walk in the 9th for his ninth save. Tony Renda went 2-for-4 from the leadoff spot while Will Piwnica-Worms drove in a run with a sacrifice fly as the P-Nats managed just seven hits total in the pitcher's duel. Combined with Lynchburg's third straight loss, Potomac has opened up a 1½ game lead in the C.L. North and has a magic number of 11 with 12 games left in the first half.
Hagerstown 5 Delmarva 4
• Voth (W, 3-3) 7IP, 7H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 5K
• Walsh (SV, 6) 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 0K
• Difo 2-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Ballou 2-3, R, BB, RBI
• Bautista 2-4, R, 3SB
The Suns scorched the Shorebirds for five runs in the 5th to overcome a 3-0 deficit and held on for 5-4 win. All five tallies came with two outs as Hagerstown struck for five straight hits, including a two-run homer by John Wooten and doubles by Wilmer Difo, Drew Ward, and Spencer Kieboom. Austin Voth went seven innings and let in three runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk while striking out five to even his won-loss record at 3-3 (yes, really). Jake Walsh pitched around a walk in the 9th to earn his sixth save. The three-game sweep lowered Hagerstown's magic number to six as they notched their 40th win in 59 games. The Suns hit the road for tied-for-second-place Greensboro for four games, then Lakewood for three and could return to the Muni next Friday having clinched the first-half title.
DSL Nationals 11 DSL Red Sox 9
• Nunez 3⅔ IP, 5H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 4K
• Charlis (W, 1-0) 2+ IP, 5H, 4R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K
• Vargas (SV, 1) 2IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 2K, 1-1 IR-S
• Mota 3-4, 3R, 2B, HR, BB, 4RBI
• A. Martinez 3-5, 2R
• Agustin 1-3, 2R, BB, HR, RBI, SB
The two teams combined for 32 hits and eight errors but the D-Nats struck first and won the slugfest, 11-9 for their third straight victory. Starter Jose Nunez gave up just an unearned run on five hits and two walks over the first three and 2/3rds while striking out four. The win went to Fiyeral Charlis, though he was charged with four runs over two-plus innings. Miguel Vargas was credited with the save, allowing an inherited runner and one of his own over the last two innings. Israel Mota and Telmito Agustin both homered as eight of nine batters hit safely.
Longtime readers already know this, but for the more recent visitors to this space… I don't cover the MLB draft because I'm simply too busy keeping track of the teams and the players that are already here than to speculate, worry, or otherwise spend time on the guys who might be here. I can, however, refer you to a couple of folks who have put in that work…
…Ryan Kelley runs down the Top 50 Draft Prospects over at District Sports Page.
…Sean Hogan focuses on possible targets for the Nats, who pick 18th this year.
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There are so many arms on the DL even Ivan P. is on the DL with Cubs!
I take back my comments on K2 over the years. 1 Speed is doing ok on City Isle.
Draft day, baseball junkies!
sssshhhh. Strasburg getting consistently nasty, NL East foes!
Gatewood, Stinnett, pitching to infinity in draft
After speculating for weeks that the Nats would draft Gatewood, BA now projects that the Nats will take Erick Fedde with the 18th pick. FWIW, Fedde is a Boras client, and would have been a top 10 pick if not for blowing out his elbow and having Tommy John surgery this season. That does sound familiar.
I didn't publish this til this morning, but I also put up a look at who the Nats might be taking at #18 based on considerable review of pundits mock drafts and draft boards.
I'd love to get Hoffman or Beede if they fall, but suspect that they'll both be gone and the team will take Fedde. My problem with the Fedde pick is that not all sources were calling him a "top 10 pick" before he got hurt. I specifically remember him already being 18-20 on some draft boards before he got hurt. So i guess we'll see.
I like the second round value in Suarez better than the 1st round round pick Fedde.
I really wish we could have got a bat like Zimmer or Gillaspie at #18, both of which were available for the Nats and taken within the next three picks
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Like Sleuth, this surprisingly good Western is about two men set on destroying each other. It is surprising because every Western that has followed Clint Eastwood's 1992 masterpiece, Unforgiven, has either fallen extremely short or has its cowboy based troupes misplaced. And like this year's Oscar Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men, this film too is about hunting. Whereas No Country can be labeled as a modern Western, Seraphim Falls is a great throwback to the old days where John Ford, Howard Hawks, John Huston, George Stevens, John Sturges, Sergio Leone, and Sam Peckinpah came out with Westerns like gangbusters. In the spirit of John Ford's films, this film carries a very emotional conflict between these two characters and like Sam Peckinpah's films exhibits a great flare for violence. The violence speaks volumes for these characters' drives.
Director David Von Ancken, mostly a director of American TV shows, makes his feature film debut with impressive results. The photography in this film is quite beautiful reminding us what we miss so much about the Western and get very little of in modern cinema: the simple but beautiful surroundings of America. One of the most daring moves on the filmmakers' part was the casting of two Irish actors (great actors no doubt) in the parts of these American frontiersmen. While Neeson is excellent as always, it is Brosnan who really steals the show with an intensity and ferocity unlike many of his other killer characters. Being such a stark contrast to Bond (impatient, unclean, brooding), it is this interpretation that makes his character so eerily riveting. What this seems to do for the film is create a sense of otherworldly mystique around these two men. Not going along with the argument that they are just not right for the roles, these two actors very convincingly sport American accents as well as the American slang and swagger that our country has certainly grown to cherish.
The hunt of this film is motivated by the unintentional killing of Liam Neeson's character's wife, played by the beautiful Angie Harmon, and their young son. If any good man was married to Angie Harmon, we would be extremely pissed too! The simple fact that Brosnan's character, a prominent figure in the Union army, is sent to detain Neeson, a Confederate hero, after the war and inadvertently causes a scarring incident leaves the audience with a terrifying idea that some wars never end for certain people. A few years later, Neeson hires a band of gunmen to help him hunt Brosnan down leaving the ever sorry Union soldier to fend for himself. As the film progresses however, the hunt become more and more intense turning Brosnan's character into an animal and Neeson ever more intent on never letting go. By the end of the film we are left with a rather spiritual scenario, is the pain and suffering felt for this horrible accident worth more pain and suffering for these two characters and who on the outside would be watching all this and laughing in delight? Angelica Huston, the daughter of the great director John Huston, shows up at the very end with a fantastic little performance to pose this exact question to us.


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Uganda: dilemma of accountability for LRA leaders
July 16 2012: The arrest of senior Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader, Caesar Acellam. has rekindled the old peace versus justice debate in Uganda. Stephen Oola, Insight on Conflict's Local Correspondent for Uganda, looks at the questions that Acellam's arrest has raised in Uganda.
In May the Ugandan army announced the capture of a senior Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader, Major General Caesar Acellam. He arrest has rekindled the old peace versus justice debate in Uganda. Should Acellam be given amnesty or subjected to war crimes prosecution before Uganda's International Crimes Division (ICD)?
Some human rights groups have called upon the government to transfer Acellam – considered to be high ranking in the LRA – to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Director of Public Prosecution announced that Acellam is being investigated for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity and erroneously stated that LRA leaders are not entitled to amnesty.
What has been missing in the discussion is how the arrest of Acellam could be a boost to peacebuilding and ending the LRA insurgency. Even though I haven't taken a position on his fate, my view is that we must be sober when discussing pertinent questions about justice and conflict.
It's not in dispute that senior LRA leaders are guilty of all sorts of war crimes, given the history and pattern of their insurgency. But so is the government. It was on this basis that an amnesty – demanded by victims of LRA atrocities – was discussed and enacted in 2000. It is the reason the Amnesty Act continues to operate even after several challenges. The LRA conflict has no purely military solutions and the line between victim and perpetrator is blurred even for senior commanders and government soldiers.
Positive image for the Ugandan Army
Questions arising from Acellam's arrest
The big questions now are how do we build on this positive image of the UPDF to rekindle confidence in the Amnesty Law? How do we use the capture or surrender of Acellam to encourage further defections by senior LRA commanders and the rank and file? Will Acellam be given amnesty or subjected to Kwoyelo-style prosecution in the name of justice? Shall we seize the opportunity to make the war winnable or shall we go for hunting each and every LRA commander to the last man standing?
My sense is that this arrest is a great opportunity. It should build on the renewal of the Amnesty Act. It should kick-start implementation of some conflict sensitive justice approaches like reparations and Mato Oput (the traditional Acholi justice mechanism). The government should compensate victims of LRA atrocities as it reintegrates Acellam and Kwoyelo back into society. Some forms of truth telling and documentation is also needed for Acellam to record his narrative of the conflict.
When asked by reporters whether he will apologise, Acellam responded that in his understanding of war, the word sorry is not much used. Shouldn't Acellam be given an opportunity to explain? Could he be meaning what the Americans calls collateral damage? Does this mean he is not remorseful and willing to renounce insurgency?
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Years ago, I wrote an article about pricing for profit. Now, I think it would be relevant to review pricing for designer garments. There's a psychology behind wearing designer garments, and there should be a psychology in accepting them for cleaning, too.
Standard practice is to accept designer garments at the "regular" price. But people don't wear them in the same way as other garments, nor do they purchase them at a "regular" price.
Let's say you charge $5.00 to clean and press a pair of pants that originally cost $50. You're charging 10% of the original cost so that the garment can be worn again.
A ladies' designer-label suit might have a $1,000 price tag. To keep the 10% rate, you should charge $100, but how many drycleaners really would? And why should a customer expect the drycleaner to service it for the same price as a skirt and jacket that might have cost $100 together?
Sometimes, customers will stand at the counter telling the clerk how much a garment cost, and expect absolute perfection at pickup. The slightest trace of a stain or wrinkle can lead to a huge confrontation. If the garment is damaged (or fit too tight) upon being returned, it can lead to a $1,000 claim.
Obviously, if you charge the customer $10.00 to clean a suit, it will take a long time to recoup the cost of such a claim from regular revenues. If you charged the customer $100 to service the suit, you would have a better chance of offsetting a $1,000 claim.
It isn't good business to process a high-dollar garment for the same price as one worth one-tenth as much. But only a few progressive operators add a "Designer Label" upcharge.
People use drycleaners because they want their clothes to be clean, spot-free and fresh-smelling. They wear the clothes they wear because their jobs require it, they feel stylish and fit in with their peers, or their wives or boyfriends picked them out. People who buy designer clothes tend to be more affluent and need more attention, especially from their peers.
There are two types of affluent customers: the "new" rich, and those who have had money for a long time. My experience is that those who have had ample disposable incomes for any length of time buy nice clothing of good quality. They know that everything in the world isn't perfect, that clothing wears out, and that people can't perform miracles. They also expect to pay a reasonable price for professional garment care.
Those new to wealth are suddenly elevated to buying designer labels, and often buy expensive garments to make a statement. "Look at me, I've arrived," they're saying. "I can afford the best."
Having "made it," these people may look down on the less affluent, particularly those providing them with services. These are also the people who will tell you that their garments are expensive and exotic; you'll know from these statements that they expect perfection. The slightest thing can set them off.
If a person exhibits this behavior, it likely means that he or she has a fragile ego. They need the costume they picked out to present a public image. Woe to the drycleaner who damages a blouse, dress or suit this person was planning to wear to a function with the goal of impressing someone!
Fortunately for drycleaners, the "old" rich realize they can't get superior service for low prices — and aren't that interested in what it costs to clean clothes. They want their order packaged nicely, finished perfectly and ready on time. They may question a price, but they won't go searching for the cheapest drycleaner.
Some operators have a separate price-list for designer garments, while specialty cleaners do most of their business with a clientèle that assumes the price charged is what it costs to have cleaning done.
Both kinds of customers want personalized service. Specialty cleaners know how to promote a superior service constantly. They will often tell customers how good they look in whatever clothing they choose to wear.
Another reason to increase charges on designer garments is that many are made in shorter production runs. If a two-piece suit is made in lots of 5,000, the typical run for a high-priced designer suit may be 200.
With a short run, fabric is usually a specific color, weave and finish, and there won't be a lot of testing done on its durability or serviceability. The label may say "Dryclean only," but nobody has tested it.
There will be more damage claims on designer and higher-priced garments than on a mass-market label that's tested and proven. The first drycleaning will often reveal the garment's inadequacies.
Ladies' garments are often worst, since they are more likely to be dyed an unusual color with hand-blended dyestuffs. One of the dyes will sometimes drop out in service, causing the garment to change color.
If something happens, you may offer to address the matter with the retailer and explain the reason for the garment's lack of serviceability. Retailers buy garments with no guarantees, however, and are usually reluctant to refund the money from a sale.
You may have once spent hours trying to locate an importer or manufacturer to order replacement buttons, belts and trims. Getting a designer to accept the blame for failure will be even more of a challenge.
Have staffers make positive comments on how nice a garment feels, how beautiful it is, or how stylish it is at mark-in and pickup. There's nothing wrong with massaging an affluent customer's ego.
With the cost of utilities, labor, rent and supplies going up, you must increase revenue to keep from losing money on every order. Rethink your policy on designer garments and base prices, too — and stay ahead of the increasing costs of doing business.PREMIUM PRICING
Always upcharge on garments bearing the designer labels due to the added risk involved in servicing them. Tier 1 has the highest — a 100% upcharge, or double the "regular" price. These are couture or ready-to-wear garments from top designers.
Tier 2 has a 75% upcharge from regular price or more. This level includes exclusive brands found in boutiques and high-end department stores such as Neiman-Marcus, Saks and Barney's. The more familiar designer brands in Tier 3 should have an upcharge of 50% because of their high prices and known defects.
Tier 1. BCBG, Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Oscar de La Renta, Prada, Versace, etc.
Tier 2. Benetton, Burberry, Carolina Herrera, Ecko, Façonnable, Hugo Boss, Jil Sander, Paul Stuart, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sisley, Valentino, etc.
Tier 3. Banana Republic, Calvin Klein, Diesel, DKNY, Esprit, Etro, Juicy, Kenneth Cole, Lacoste, Liz Claiborne, Mondo di Marco, Nautica, Perry Ellis, Ralph Lauren, Sean John, Tommy Hilfiger, XoXo, etc.
These suggestions are based on my perception of the brands; many labels have multiple levels of price and exclusivity, as well as regional differences in desirability. You can modify the list based on your experience with garment quality and appeal.
To get the proper markup on designer garments, post a list in your mark-in area so staffers can be sure to add the charges. An easy way to make prices consistent on designer garments is to make one dot on the label of a Tier 1 garment, two dots on a Tier 2, and three dots on a Tier 3.
Upcharges for The Upscale
Years ago, I wrote an article about pricing for profit. Now, I think it would be relevant to review pricing for designer garments. There's a psychology behind wearing designer garments, and there should be a psychology in accepting them for cleaning, too.


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"Granted, in daily speech, where we don't stop to consider every word, we all use phrases like 'the ordinary world,' 'ordinary life,' 'the ordinary course of events' … But in the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world." --Wislawa Szymborska, on accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996
[For additional information on English at UC Merced, please visit the English Website.]
To help us pay close attention and thus find astonishment in the ordinary, to engage us in the never-ending argument about what is true and good and about how to create truth and goodness, to help us inherit (without being trapped by) tradition as we make the future: these are some of the essential tasks of literature. Not surprisingly, then, to be "literate" has long been equated with being educated, and the study and creation of literature broadly construed has long played a central role in creating, sustaining and changing human cultures.
The UC Merced major in English will help students develop the skills and knowledge they need to read deeply and write fluently. These skills and this knowledge are necessary in a wide range of professional settings. The major in English also asks students to recognize the complex interactions of culture and literature. Literature and literary criticism are significant parts of an ages old, continuing conversation about the meaning and value of human society. Unlike scientific or social scientific approaches to this conversation, literary discourse emphasizes the particular in the dialogue between particular and universal. It always arises out of specific times, places and cultural traditions, and it often gives powerful voice to cultural differences and individual differences against the backdrop of larger, homogenizing forces. Moreover, literature has traditionally fore-grounded questions of value over questions of definition, or rather, sees questions of value as central to the definition of humanity itself.
The study of literature enables one to engage this conversation richly, both for personal development and for the ability it gives one to be a responsible agent in the many societies each person inhabits. Moreover, literary study gives one insight into how cultures operate in such a way as to facilitate ethical cross-cultural interactions. Literary study facilitates such agency by teaching readers how to understand – an understanding that engages intellectual, ethical and aesthetic faculties – and then critique literary artifacts.
Upon graduation, students will find themselves prepared for a number of career possibilities, including education, graduate and professional programs, including the fields of law, medicine and business, as well as advertising, editing and publishing, journalism, communications and mass media.
Program Learning Outcomes
The proposed program learning outcomes of the major seek to articulate, in specific ways, how the successful student majoring in English will be able to participate in this larger intellectual, historical, and esthetic conversation. Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- Interpret texts with due sensitivity to both textual and contextual cues.
- Articulate an appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of texts by the standards of their times and places.
- Demonstrate historical, geographic, and cultural empathy by reading texts written in other times, places, and cultures.
- Apply interpretive strategies developed in literary study to other academic and professional contexts.
- Write cogently and with sensitivity to audience.
Refer to the Curriculum Map to see the coherency between the Program Learning Outcomes and our course offerings.
Program Assessment Results
We are currently revising our approach to program assessment with the offering of this new major (the precursor to this program was Literatures & Cultures). Please check back in the summer 2014 for updated program results. Thank you for your patience.


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Mostly French
French (in) Detective Fiction
Year of Publication: 2009
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. VIII, 204 pp., 3 ill.
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This book, which was inspired by a conference on plural conjugations of Frenchness (La France au pluriel) held in 2007 at the Universities of Technology, Sydney and Newcastle, focuses on the concept of national belonging as it pertains to detective fiction, with particular emphasis on French and Australian detective fictions and the encounter and crossing over between them. The objective is not only to use the concepts of 'French' and 'Australian' detective fiction productively, via the analysis of French and Australian detective-fiction novels, but also to challenge and undermine the very notion of national detective fictions, which are so often assumed to be transparently meaningful. The contributors to this volume focus variously on the following areas: comparative analysis of the genesis of French and Australian detective fiction; translation of Australian (and other) novels into French; translation as a genre; Frenchness as a stereotype, its role in individual novels and its spectre in all detective fiction; and readings of individual French and Australian detective novels. Overall, this book aims to challenge assumptions about French detective fiction, its influence on other national fictions and its explicit and implicit presence in all detective fiction.
Contents: Alistair Rolls: An Uncertain Space: (Dis-)Locating the Frenchness of French and Australian Detective Fiction – Toni Johnson-Woods: Crime Fiction's Cultural Field: Carter Brown in France – Sue Ryan-Fazilleau: Murder in Montparnasse and Kerry Greenwood's French Connection – John Ramsland/Marie Ramsland: Re-assessing Arthur W. Upfield's Napoleon Bonaparte Detective Fiction – John West-Sooby: Lost - and Found - in Translation: The Frenchification of Australian Crime – Jean Fornasiero: Wakefield Queens of Crime Go to Paris: The Publishing Adventures of Patricia Carlon and Charlotte Jay – Françoise Grauby: 'In the noir': The Blind Detective in Brigitte Aubert's La mort des bois – Alistair Rolls: Reading and Writing the Primal Crime Scene: Fred Vargas's Dans les bois éternels.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
The Editor: Alistair Rolls is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, where he teaches French. He is the author of The Flight of the Angels: Intertextuality in Four Novels by Boris Vian (1999) and co-editor with Elizabeth Rechniewski of Sartre's 'Nausea': Text, Context, Intertext (2005). He has recently completed a study of French noir fiction, which has been published in a book co-written with Deborah Walker, French and American Noir: Dark Crossings (2009).
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Hello Cliff,
I just thought I'd drop a line and commend you for a well composed and informative site. Keep up the good work, as I know it can be quite difficult when dealing with the closed-mindedness of so many. I respect your integrity and tenacity to hold fast to proof.
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Boyhood takes 12 years and condenses it into one sitting. With some sort of mystical time-bending power, Linklater does not lose the slow pace. We still have a chance to savor ordinary moments. There's no Hollywood makeup, smearing artificial age onto the skin. There's no switch-up of actors. There is the aging process—that alluring rearrangement of the face and body. The effect is astonishing.
One of the most fun films I saw this year was World's End—the final installment of the trilogy that included Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Bringing Out the Dead, director Martin Scorcese's frenetic examination of three days in the life of a paramedic, is easily my choice for the best film of 1999.
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It is that time of year again when football season comes to an end celebrating with the biggest football day of the year; "Super Bowl Sunday"! It is estimated that over 108.4 million people view the Super Bowl game one way or another. This is an extraordinary number of fans, fanatics and sports enthusiasts getting together either at the stadium, in front of their own television sets, at a sports bar or friends house to watch the biggest and most popular game of the year.
Not everyone though shares those same views. There are millions and billions of other people who just aren't interested in football. It may be hard to imagine but it is true. The Huffington Post on Jan. 31 has offered other suggestions for non-football fans to keep them occupied and still be able to enjoy their Sunday without being part of the football excitement. Some men, women and children either don't understand the game or would rather be away from the screaming fans in their household while the game is being aired. Plus, they won't feel they have to limit their activities so they won't interfere with the sportsmanship happening in the main room of the house.
Activities for the non-football fan to prevent boredom:
If you are cooking for the party but just don't want to hang around with all the guys that day, get everything set up and ready to go. Greet all the guests and say your goodbyes to all and head out the door to do something that is more enjoyable for you.
Gather up your children or call ahead and see how many friends want to spend the day together by seeing a movie. This is a great day for going to the movies since most of the moviegoers will be home watching the game. This will allow your group to sit where you want to, you won't have to hear complaints about noise from others or if your children act up since the theater will practically be empty. After the movie go out to eat for a quiet little lunch or dinner and catch up with friends on what has been happening lately since busy schedules haven't allowed for many girl out nights or child play dates.
Sometimes families have trouble visiting relatives since everyone has something on their agendas that prevent most of the family from being together. If you haven't seen a relative in a long time game day is perfect for taking that short road trip and hanging out with a loved one. Take Grandma out to lunch or Aunt Sue to the store if she doesn't have a mode of transportation of her own. Just being together will make them happy; give you a good feeling while knowing you made them feel good as you spend the day away from the football madness at home.
Get caught up on some paperwork, computer work or reading that has been piling up. Knowing you will have the whole day in the office without interruptions from anyone else will give you the time to get organized and accomplish that stack of papers that seem to slip through the cracks each week.
Go on a shopping spree. There are tons of sales going on this day. It is almost like a holiday for some retailers. Since may people will be glued to their television sets there will be plenty of parking and you won't be elbowed, pushed, shoved or have to wait on long checkout lines either.
Plan for the next big holiday of the month, Valentine's Day! Sift through magazines, search online or head out to the store to find the perfect gift for your loved ones. Grab a pen and pad and create a menu for the evening or decide where you can afford to go out to dinner to celebrate your loving relationship with fine food.
What are your plans for Sunday?
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Tents proves just how simple and yet fun logic puzzles can be. Rather than a boring grid of numbers, tents involves just two items: trees, and tents.
In a square grid filled only with trees, solving the puzzle is done by determining where all the tents go. For each tree, there is one tent in one of the cells directly next to it (not diagonal). The only rule is that tents cannot be adjacent to each other, even diagonally. Each "camper" wants his privacy!
The clues given are numbers along the edges of the puzzle. These numbers indicate the total number of tents in each row and column.
The fun part about tents is that starting out, there are a lot of actions to take. First, mark all rows and columns labeled zero with empty cells – no tents could be found there. Next, mark out any cells that are not directly next to a tree. Tents are never out in the open.
From there, look for the easier trees – ones where there are fewer spots for a tent to go. Trees in a corner have only two possible locations for a tent, and trees on the side of the grid have only three possible spots. Compare these easier trees to the numbered clues. Once a tent is placed, mentally note how many tents are left in that same row, or column. This can help solving other tents.
Low-numbered rows or columns can also help. For example, look for a row labeled two, and see if there are only two trees next to that row where tents could be placed. If so, the tents have to go there because that row must have two tents in it.
The hardest part is when all that is left are groups of trees clumped together. At this point, look at the tree with the fewest available tent spots (the one in the middle, usually). Now look for a tent location near that tree that would prevent that tree from having a tent next to it. Because each tree must have a tent, mark cells like that as empty. If a tent was there, the middle tree wouldn't be able to have a tent. Remember, tents can't be anywhere near each other. Marking out these final cells, and comparing again with the clues, may prove to be quite intense (pardon a cruel pun).
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My mother's favorite dessert was black forest cake. I enjoy trying new recipes and I came up with a modern cheesecake version of the classic cake; it's quickly become popular. I enjoy making it when I entertain.
What You Need:
(Makes: 12 to 16 servings)
1 & 1/4 cups of chocolate wafer crumbs
1/4 cup of butter, melted
2 envelopes of unflavored gelatin
1 cup of cold water
1 can (21 ounces) of cherry pie filling
1/2 teaspoon of almond extract
2 packages (8 ounces each) of cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup of sugar
2 ounces of semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
1 teaspoon of brandy extract or vanilla extract
1 cup of heavy whipping cream, whipped
Maraschino cherries
Additional whipped cream, optional
Melted chocolate for garnish, optional
What to Do:
STEP 1) Combine the chocolate wafer crumbs and butter; press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Chill for 15 minutes.
STEP 2) In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Combine 1/3 cup gelatin mixture with pie filling and almond extract; pour into crust and chill until set.
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A popular rhetorical gambit in the forcible citizen disarmament camp is to claim that A) "The gun lobby" (which is not what they claim it is) is owned by the gun industry, and B) Is therefore opposed to so-called "reasonable restrictions" (or the perhaps even more offensively mendacious "modest gun safety measures"), as motivated by lust for profit, with no regard to decency and human life. The rabidly anti-gun Violence Policy Center is perhaps the most single-minded in pushing this myth (as observed in November, for example), but they have plenty of company. The Brady Campaign, in fact, seems these days unable to say "gun lobby," without putting "corporate" in front it--despite the fact that only a very small minority of domestic gun manufacturers are publicly traded corporations.
Those purveying this narrative of "gun safety" held hostage by the corporate greed of the gun industry thus tend not to like to talk about lucrative deals that gun makers reject on ethics grounds. And it has happened more than once--gun makers have walked away from millions of dollars worth of business, because accepting it would be to risk arming those who are virulently opposed to the American values of liberty and personal responsibility.
This was most recently demonstrated when the Utah-based Desert Tech turned down a $15 million contract to arm the Pakistani government with precision rifles (the friendly, non-threatening term that the gun ban zealots morph into "sniper rifles" when referring to the same guns sold to private citizens). From the Associated Press:
A Utah-based gun manufacturer has turned down a $15 million deal to supply Pakistan with precision rifles, citing concerns they could eventually be used against U.S. troops.
Mike Davis, sales manager at Desert Tech, said the company was on a short list for a contract with Pakistan, but spurned the opportunity because of unrest in Pakistan and ethical concerns.
It was a difficult decision because of the amount of money involved, he said, and the sale of rifles to Pakistan would have been legal.
Granted, Pakistan is officially considered an "ally," but it's a not particularly warm alliance, and many within that government (particularly in the intelligence services and military) would be much more comfortable allying with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, with whose ideas about the rights of individuals they are vastly more closely aligned than with most American citizens.
And Desert Tech is of course not the first. Probably the best known, and justifiably so, is Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, who in 2004, when California banned private ownership of rifles chambered for the powerful .50 BMG caliber, not only refused further sales to that state's law enforcement agencies, but refused even to service the firearms already purchased.
Owner Ronnie Barrett reasoned that as it is illegal to knowingly sell firearms to criminals, and because violation of the Constitutional rights of the people is criminality of the highest (or would that be lowest?) order, he had a Constitutional and moral duty to terminate his business relationship with the anti-American government of California.
And there are other examples. Magpul, in the wake of Colorado's and other states' passage of "high capacity" magazine bans, suspended sales to law enforcement officers in those states, pending implementation of a system requiring officers in those states to pledge to uphold the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. Likewise, online retailer Cheaper Than Dirt, when California banned online sales of ammunition, got out of the ammo business with California law enforcement agencies, as well.
LaRue Tactical is another company that has taken the high road, and Sean Sorrentino's NC Gun Blog has compiled a long list of companies (144 of them) who have cut the state of New York off, over the heinous (and heinously misnamed) "SAFE Act" abomination.
Government business is big business, and to decline it is to decline big money. These companies clearly decided that the money was less important to them than adherence to the principle of refusing to arm the enemies of the American people--the people who might one dark day be left with no choice but to fight those enemies. That's not behavior consistent with unprincipled greed. That's patriotism.
See also:
- Ronnie Barrett--gunmaker, patriot, hero
- Online ammo retailer follows Ronnie Barrett's principled example
- Gun companies urged to join with rights activists against oppressive states
- New York Boycott (UPDATED: No more Naughty List)
- Statists as alarmed by Ronnie Barrett's large caliber beliefs as by his rifles


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Angel10101 says:
Apparently i am nearly ready to start jumping and we are practising the position and i cant do it
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lydiarose says:
Just move with the horse! Don't over stretch or poke your arms forward.
When I jump I just bow, I stay seated and keep my hands where they were originally and just bend my body towards his neck. It just means that there's still contact with the bit, and my arms go with my body, which is going with his body, which is going with his mouth. Its just a matter of staying in time with the motion.
It will take time to get used to it, especially if you ride a lot of different horses as I find all horses have a different jump and I adjust to it after a few jumps. Just keep calm and focus! And good luck, I'm sure you will love jumping.
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sonya says:
keep quite a bit of weight in your legs and its best to give with your hands as your likely to be a bit unbalanced at first and you do want to jab your pony :)
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LottieKal says:
put your weight in your stirrups, you dont need to leave the saddle by miles, just shift your weight so more is in the stirrups than your seat. Keep your heels down but not tense as you need them to absorb the shock of landing.
Your lower leg is where you security comes from, this is the part of you its most important to control. Try to keep them still over the jump but dont lock them as they need to flex, dont ram your legs forward as if the horse takes off long they'll be of no use to you going with him and getting your weight of his back, but they do need to be more forward than if you were on the flat, on the girth rather than just behind.
As for folding, dont stress too much about it at first as you are only going to be jumping small. bring your shoulders a bit in front of you hips and go with the horses movement, dont stand bolt upright as you'll hinder your horse and affect his balance. You fold more as teh jumps get higher, but you can get to over 3ft with only a slight fold as long as your in balance and dont yank the horses mouth out.
Give with your hands, dont shove you hands to his ears but remeber his mouth is just as sensitive as yours so bear that in mind, if you think your going to pull his mouth hard, just slip your reins over the fence.
HOpe that helps. It'll be tough at first but no matter what practice makes perfect :D just keep trying. No one is perfect at first.
YOur instructor should help you and tell you how to improve. enjoy!
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xmellensx says:
I've always found that a neck strap can help first time/panicky jumpers. I know I did it when i first started so i remembered to keep my hands still rather than yanky or moving and confusing the horse.
If you try alot of light seat walk, trot canter then you will perfect your balance. Start with small cross poles and work up as and when you feel comftable. Good Luck hope to see some pics :) x
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This guideline updates a previous version: University of Michigan Health System. Depression. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Health System; 2005 Oct. 20 p.
Depression, including:
Adults with depressive disorders
Screening and Diagnosis
The literature search for this update began with results of the literature search performed in 1997 to develop the initial guideline released in 1998 and the search performed in 2002 for the update released in 2004. The literature search for this update used keywords that were very similar to those used in the previous searches. However, instead of beginning the search with literature in 2002, the guideline team accepted the search strategy and results for the search performed through 12/31/06 for the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
The search for this update was conducted prospectively on Medline using the major keywords of: depression, depressive disorders; clinical guidelines, controlled clinical trials, cohort studies; adults; English language, and published 1/1/07–1/31/10. Terms used for specific topic searches within the major key words included: epidemiology, national cost of treatment (economics); spectrum of depression, seasonal affective disorder, dysthymia; screening for depression; screening for bipolar disorder; diagnosis; suicide risk assessment; patient education; exercise; pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy – comparison and in combination; combinations of more than one pharmacologic agent; serotonin selective reuptake inhibition (citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline); serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibition (desvenlafaxine, duloxetine, mirtazapine, tricyclic antidepressants, venlafaxine); norepinephrine/dopamine reuptake inhibition (bupropion); serotonin-2 antagonist/reuptake inhibition (nefazodone, trazodone); St. John's wort (Hypericum Perforatum); maintenance on pharmacotherapy, continuation duration; withdrawal syndrome (paroxetine/Paxil, desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine); medication adherence; managing sexual side effects of pharmacologic agents; pregnancy and pharmacologic agents; breast feeding and pharmacologic agents; pharmacotherapy not included above; mindfulness based therapy; problem solving therapy; interpersonal psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, short-term or focal psychodynamic psychotherapy, marital therapy, psychotherapy, not included above; other treatment not included above; ongoing clinical assessment; medical comorbidity; alcohol abuse; panic (including generalized anxiety disorder or phobia); obsessive compulsive disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; eating disorders and anorexia nervosa; partner violence; sexual assault; pregnancy (not included above); postpartum (not included above); and depression not included above. Specific search strategy available upon request.
The search was conducted in components each keyed to a specific causal link in a formal problem structure (available upon request). The search was supplemented with very recent clinical trials known to expert members of the panel. Negative trials were specifically sought. The search was a single cycle.
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Levels of Evidence
Conclusions were based on prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) if available, to the exclusion of other data; if randomized controlled trials were not available, observational studies were admitted to consideration. If no such data were available for a given link in the problem formulation, expert opinion was used to estimate effect size.
Strength of Recommendation
A formal cost analysis was not performed and published cost analyses were not reviewed.
Drafts of this guideline were reviewed in clinical conferences and by distribution for comment within departments and divisions of the University of Michigan Medical School to which the content is most relevant: Family Medicine, General Medicine, General Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Psychiatry. The Executive Committee for Clinical Affairs of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers endorsed the final version.
Note from the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) and the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC): The following guidance was current as of August 2011. Because UMHS occasionally releases minor revisions to its guidance based on new information, users may wish to consult the original guideline document for the most current version.
Note from NGC: The following key points summarize the content of the guideline. Refer to the full text of the original guideline document for detailed information on diagnosis, treatment, and medications.
The strength of recommendation (I-III) and levels of evidence (A-D) are defined at the end of the "Major Recommendations" field.
Depressed patients frequently present with somatic complaints to their primary care doctor rather than complaining of depressed mood [C].
Mild major depression can be effectively treated with either medication or psychotherapy. Moderate to severe or chronic depression may require an approach combining medication and psychotherapy [IIA].
An algorithm is provided in the original guideline document for an overview of treatment for depression.
The type of supporting evidence is identified and graded for each recommendation (see the "Major Recommendations" field).
Conclusions were based on prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) if available, to the exclusion of other data; if RCTs were not available, observational studies were admitted to consideration. If no such data were available for a given link in the problem formulation, expert opinion was used to estimate effect size.
Subgroups Most Likely to Benefit
Table 5 in the original guideline document includes patient profiles most likely to benefit from specific drugs.
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Refer to Table 5 in the original guideline document for side effect information for specific antidepressants as well as selected important drug interactions, pregnancy and lactation risk categories, and patients least likely to benefit from selected antidepressants.
These guidelines should not be construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding other acceptable methods of care reasonably directed to obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding any specific clinical procedure or treatment must be made by the physician in light of the circumstances presented by the patient.
An implementation strategy was not provided.
Not applicable: The guideline was not adapted from another source.
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Depression Guideline Team
Team Leaders: Thomas L. Schwenk, MD, Family Medicine; Linda B. Terrell, MD, General Medicine
Team Members: R. Van Harrison, PhD, Medical Education; Amy L Tremper, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Marcia A. Valenstein, MD, Psychiatry
Consultant: Jolene R. Bostwick, PharmD, College of Pharmacy
Guidelines Oversight Team: Connie J. Standiford, MD; Grant M Greenberg, MD, MHSA, MA; R. Van Harrison, PhD
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First Ray Charles and now Mike Tyson. Actor/comedian/singer Jamie Foxx will get to show off more of his acting range, as he will get to portray one of the most successful boxers of the modern day. According to a report by Variety Thursday, Foxx is slotted to play Mike Tyson in an untitled biopic to be written by Terence Winter and produced by Rick Yorn, Foxx's manager.
Final details are still being ironed out as the project is still without a studio. As one of the most popular sports figures of this generation, bringing Tyson's life story to the big screen would give great insight on Tyson's rise and fall as a professional boxer and will dive inside the depth of his rough personality in and out of the ring.
The 48-year-old boxer is very much on board with the project and the casting of Foxx. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, he said, "Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it. Within a year to 18 months, we're going to do the Mike Tyson story and he's going to portray me."
It is unclear as to what part of Tyson's life Winter will focus on, but it will still feature a much younger Tyson, which means the 46-year-old Foxx will be portraying the role using CGI technology to make him appear younger. If anyone can pull off duplicating Tyson's personality, it is Foxx who is no stranger to biopic films. In addition to playing Ray Charles, Foxx played Muhammad Ali's corner man Dwight "Bundini" Brown in "Ali."
This will be the first time Tyson's life has been tackled on the big screen. HBO did release the 1995 movie "Tyson" starring Michael Jai White, but it didn't explore the depth of Tyson's life like this project will. Jamie Foxx will definitely have some interesting material to work with.


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SOMERVILLE, Mass. (January 21, 2014) -- Legendary boxing photographer Angie Carlino passed away this past Sunday at the age of 73. He was a retired laborer for the M.B.T.A. as well as a proud U.S. Marine.
Carlino photographed countless world champion boxers and Olympians for nearly a half-century. He is best remembered for his pictures of "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler. His wake will be held Thursday, Jan. 23 from 4-7:30 p.m. ET, immedialy followed by a funeral service, at Doherty Funeral Home, 855 Broadway, Somerville, Mass. To sign and view his guestbook to online to www.dohertyfuneralservice.com .
One of the nicest photos ever taken of my wife and I was taken by Ang. There is now one less truly great photographer on the Eastern Seaboard. Condolences to the Carlino family. RIP Mr. Carlino.
My greatest condolences. Holla!
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Expectations for middleweight Gennady Golovkin were bumped up a few notches on a Wednesday conference call to hype a Sept. 1 HBO show, which is topped by Golovkin-Grzegorz Proksa middleweight scrap. The event will run at the Turning Stone Resort, in Verona, NY.
Golovkin was supposed to face Dmitriy Pirog, who had to pull out with an injury. Pirog injured his back in early July, ahead of their Aug. 25 date. Pirog, actually, was initially supposed to fight Daniel Geale, but Geale pulled out of that to instead meet Felix Sturm. They will fight on Sept. 1, as well, in Germany. Golovkin, who is based in Germany, has the WBA world middleweight crown, and comes in with a 23-0 record, with 20 KOs. He comes off a win on May 12 over Makoto Fuchigami (TKO3).
Golovkin, who has been here training for three months, said he's psyched to be fighting for the first time in the US, and trainer Abel Sanchez said he won't be thrown off by delays. Sanchez, who trained Terry Norris, and his brother Orlin, as well as Miguel Gonzalez and Yory Boy Campas, offered high praise of Golovkin. "This one by far is the best I've ever worked with," the trainer said. "I think it's the 350 amateur fights which have made him such a serene, composed fighter. If there's one thing he possesses, it's lethal power in each hand."
Is there perhaps too much pressure on the kid when he is given such high praise? (Note: Terry Norris is a Hall of Famer, elected in 2005, and was a three time junior middleweight champion.)
"Not at all," Sanchez said. The trainer said that he has helped Golovkin understand that American audiences want KOs, and that he "needs to initiate, needs to be the aggressor, not to make it a long, boring fight, make the public want to see him again. One of the things I've made him understand, the quicker the better, you get paid the same for one round or twelve rounds."
Proksa was asked to describe to his style for those who haven't seen him. He didn't offer any specifics on his style, but said, "It's a tough fight for sure. I respect my opponent but I believe in my work." Is Golovkin his toughest foe to this point? "I think one of three toughest guys I've fought," he said. (Here is some YouTube of Proksa.)
Trying to get a sense of the stakes, I asked what would be next for Golovkin if he wins. Tom Loeffler of K2, who handles Golovkin, handled that. "If Gennady is successful on Sept. 1 we're pretty much open. We've made clear to anyone in the middleweight division." The Chavez Jr-Martinez winner, the Sturm-Geale winner or a fight with Pirog are all on the table, he said.
Shaw chimed in. "I would not sell Proksa short, it's going to be a very, very tough fight. This is a very deep division."
Proksa's promoter, Barry Hearn, said he's old now, and is selective about the fights he watches, but wouldn't miss this one for the world. "Proksa has one loss on his record when he lost his European title in a controversial points decision in a fight where he suffered a terrible cut via an accidental clash of heads," Hearn said of the Pole. "That loss has been avenged via a knockout victory to regain his European crown and he does not intend to suffer a loss in this fight. The fight features the two biggest punchers in the middleweight division and I am convinced that fight will not go the distance."
Loeffler, of K2 said he was happy that the Proksa (28-1) crew didn't hesitate when offered the bout, which made him happy.
Leon Margules spoke about Jonathan Gonzalez, who meets middleweight Sergiy Dzinziruk, and said his fighter is the type to look to stop foes. The Puerto Rican hitter, who has a 15-0 mark (13 KOs), said he is thankful to get the opportunity. He comes off a UD10 win over Billy Lyell in February, his second straight decision win after 13 straight KOs. The Ukrainian Dzinziruk, who has a 37-1 record, last fought in March 2011, dropping a TKO8 to Sergio Martinez. Dzinzi was able to weigh in, because he only speaks Russian, and his interpreter wasn't present, initially, but then he showed up.
The fight landed at Turning Stone after being offered to a few locations, and they bid the highest, Loeffler said.
What other boxer can boast amateur wins over Pirog, Korobov, Dirrell, and Bute, and Froch too (I think?).... I've been screamin' about Golovkins (and Pirogs) potential for the last 2 and a half years.
even Sturms, N'Dam, Pirog and Quillin would give either continental Americas favorites (Martinez or Chavez) a stern test.... (or without putting it mildly,.. a straight-up European-style Beat-down)
And the beauty of it is.... is that he's willing to fight the best competition in the world,... and do it in front of the lights, cameras, and fickle fans of the U.S.A.
I'm glad HBO recognized a future star and made the appropriate decision to bring him aboard.
If Martinez gets past Chavez and Golovkin gets past Proska...... (like they said in FightClub) THEY HAVE TO FIGHT!!!!!!!
I'm glad we're getting to see Golovkin. Watching him KO Bute on youtube made me think Froch had a chance to do the same. Never heard of Proska. There is a park near where I grew up named Proska. Won and lost alot of tennis matches there...
Proksa is a slick, tricky, fast & accurate puncher. Awkvard style. Looked sensational against Sebastian Sylvester (certainly not a world beater, though), who literally was outclassed and gave up within three rounds. This one has the signs of a great fight.
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FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. -- The University of Arizona football team stepped away from the practice field on Friday afternoon to participate in a pair of training sessions of a different sort with U.S. Army Soldiers here on post.
UA's defensive players and specialists spent two hours at the always entertaining Leadership Reaction Courses, which, unlike obstacle courses, challenge the mental aspects of decision making rather than physical endurance or ability. Meanwhile, across the post, the offense spent its afternoon in the EST 2000 Simulator, facing a series of situational combat scenarios in the simulator.
On Friday evening, players and coaches attended a dinner at Thunder Mountain Activity Center (TMAC), where Maj. Gen. John Custer was the featured speaker. An avid college football fan, Custer described the similarities between the UA team and the U.S. Army team. Included was driving home the importance of key words for any successful team: leadership, sacrifice and discipline.
The Wildcats were scheduled to practice on Saturday morning, but will instead just attend position meetings before another Army event. Army Rangers will showcase some of their military dogs in a demonstration at the practice field. It's new to the standard itinerary and should be a fun outing for all. Head Coach Mike Stoops joked with players that he will don the "dog suit" for the demonstration. Whether he does or not remains to be seen, but someone will.
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Time is ticking on Dolphins head coach search
You have to think Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross could use the Kobe System seminar right now.
Ross has already failed to reel in two big fish, missing on John Harbaugh and Jeff Fisher the past two offseasons, and now the Dolphins must finish executing plan B of their head coaching search, which will likely involve hiring one of the NFL's hot, young coordinators.
Problem is there's more competition for fewer quality head coach candidates out there, and the talent base of the competition is on par, if not superior, to what the Dolphins are offering.
Tampa Bay has what appears to be a young promising roster, which features a franchise quarterback in Josh Freeman.
I suspect that whole quarterback thing was the major reason the Dolphins lost out on Fisher to the Rams (okay, not offering Fisher complete power had a lot to do with it too).
Speaking of quarterbacks, Oakland has Carson Palmer and a half dozen very promising players like Darren McFadden, Jacoby Ford and Rolando McClain.
If the Indianapolis job becomes open Miami could be in more trouble because the Colts have Peyton Manning and the No. 1 overall pick.
That means Ross and his fat wallet needs to follow Bryant's advise and attack strong, and move fast.
Or at least pretend to.
Considering the Green Bay Packers are out of the playoffs now (which means offensive coordinator Joe Philbin is free), and Mike Zimmer's getting ready to interview with Tampa Bay, it would be ideal if the Dolphins made their mind up on the two front runners, and called a full court pressure to lock him down.
Extending the pool of candidates is also an option, but that might slow down the process, and put the Dolphins further behind Tampa Bay and Oakland in the head coaching search.
That's why it would be ideal for the Dolphins to move swiftly. If not Ross and General Manager Jeff Ireland could lose out on offensive and defensive coordinator options and be forced to lean on plan C.
It would also be ideal for this search to be done before next week because the Senior Bowl is a major job fair for assistant coaches searching for work, and offensive coordinator candidates are already being snagged up.
The Todd Haley's, Hue Jackson's and Mike Nolan's of the world won't be unemployed for long. They'll likely land good jobs in the coming days.
You'd hate to lose out on the opportunity to network and interview with hundreds of prospective coaches who can help the next head coach produce the best staff possible.
That's why the shot clock is ticking on Ross.
Any question?
"What if you're really successful," Ross might ask.
Kobe would say "You're welcome."