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Posted on 06 November 2013 by Drew Forrester
No one deserves the treatment Jonathan Martin received from Richie Incognito and any others associated with the "bullying" that occurred in the Dolphins' locker room.
It's that simple.
NFL players have jumped in to hint that Martin could have and/or should have handled things differently…as if he's somehow a co-owner of the blame for the hideous situation in Miami.
They're saying that because their NFL players who absent-mindedly forget that what they do for a living and the environment they exist in for six months a year is a fantasy-land.
The rest of us — the great unwashed who don't make $1 million a year playing sports — live in the real world where harassing someone with racial taunts and threats to you and your family aren't part of "being one of the boys".
An existing angle to this saga has developed in the last 24 hours — that of the "code red" order from the Dolphins coaching staff, who might have suggested to Incognito and others to "toughen up" Martin after he failed to show for a voluntary work-out last spring. It's the same plot that played out in the movie, A Few Good Men. Two Marines were given an order — to "toughen up" a fellow Marine who wasn't cutting it. They accidentally killed him. But, were they guilty of murder if all they were doing was following an order?
If a coach told Incognito to toughen up Jonathan Martin and he followed that direction, how is Incognito responsible for the aftermath, which included Martin doing the opposite of "getting tough"…he left the club and said, "I'm not going to be treated like this."
To me, that angle is the one everyone is going to chase over the next day or two. Incognito was wrong, period, for the way he tried to "toughen up" Martin. That said, if a coach told him to run three miles or he wouldn't play on Sunday, what would Incognito do? He'd go run three miles.
Martin had every right to choose the way he would battle the taunts and bullying handed out by his teammates.
There's no textbook on what to do in the workplace when you're called a "half a n—– piece of s—". There's no blueprint for how you handle the offending party when he says, "I'm gonna f— your mother."
Fighting — literally getting in a fist fight — isn't the answer within that fantasy-land NFL locker room. You'd be looked upon as a disruptive force and not being "with the program". It could create racial tension in the locker room if the two players were of a different race. It could cause injury to you or the player you were fighting.
People who say, "Martin is to blame because he didn't handle this stuff" aren't getting it.
He did handle it.
He told his employer…"I'm not coming to work anymore because I don't appreciate the way I'm being treated by the people you're employing."
And, now, it appears as if the employer might have been a co-signer on the treatment he was facing.
Finally — anyone hear or see an apology from Incognito yet?
Me neither.
Posted on 19 March 2012 by Thyrl Nelson
When great expectations are met with poor performances, players, teams, fans and others may find themselves at the ledge. It's that edge of your sports sanity where the temperature seems to always be rising and the sky seems to always be falling. Here's a look at who's occupying the ledge as we begin another week on the MobTown Sports Beat:
Ravens Fans
Ravens fans are most assuredly feeling a bit edgy (and "ledgy" for that matter) over the way that this round of NFL free agency has gone so far. Teams all over the league are adding to their cache while the Ravens aren't either willing or able to protect their own much less raid anyone else's. This is the price that teams must pay for drafting, evaluating and developing their talent better than most in a salary cap environment and lots of increasingly difficult decisions still lie ahead for Ozzie Newsome and the Ravens. What will also likely lie ahead though is a bounty of discarded talent that finds its way to the open market on the back side of free agent and draft day acquisitions. What's coming is the fresh round of opportunities to use the strength and success of the team to leverage talents recently discarded to come to Baltimore and finish their careers in style or to jumpstart their careers with force and credibility as many before them have done. What's also coming is a likely bounty of compensatory picks for 2013 that must have Newsome giggling himself to sleep at night despite the ongoing raid on his compound. Still, in a "what have you done for me lately" kind of way, Ravens fans are at the ledge over free agency and the ongoing defection of talent.
UConn Huskies Basketball
The Huskies may be at a crossroads, and thanks to an early ouster from the NCAA Tournament by Iowa Sate in the first round, it may be coming up quicker than they had expected. Jim Calhoun has had his share of issues with both his health and institutional control throughout his storied tenure. One of those issues or their combination is likely to be the end of Calhoun at the helm of the Huskies sooner or later, and having lost time this season to both issues and with UConn already disqualified from the 2013 tournament, sooner might be more realistic. It has to be a scary situation for the Huskies' faithful who can surely see the writing on the wall but who also must acknowledge that the legacy of UConn hoops begins and ends with Calhoun so far. Where they go from here in an ever-shifting Big East landscape is anyone's guess, and when they may begin to find out is equal parts troubling and puzzling from a UConn perspective and is bound to have Huskies fans at the ledge.
Posted on 19 March 2012 by Thyrl Nelson
It's "Slow Your Roll" Monday on the MobTown Sports Beat, and we're handing out speed warnings to those who may feel compelled based on recent successes or failures to get ahead of their proverbial selves. Here's a look at who needs to "Slow Down" as we begin another week.
Duke Basketball
Slow your roll Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils, as your season is now next season as this season has reached its unceremonious end. Duke fell to Lehigh on Friday, which wasn't "Two's day", by a 75-70 score and in handing it to them, the Mountain Hawks not only gave Duke a head start on their off-season plans, but they also did their patriotic duty by freeing up Coach K to concentrate more fully on his Team USA squad and Olympic preparation. It seems that the star treatment that Duke often gets in ACC play did them no favors in the tourney and outside the scope of ACC officials. It turns out that the contact that Duke players have been getting away with all season on screen hedges actually is a foul as some ACC fans have maintained and those calls, along with the foul trouble that accompanied them for Duke's bigs, put the Devils in a hole they couldn't escape from. Their inability to manufacture open looks in the half court without the help of Austin Rivers who too often seems only interested in creating for himself came to roost and Duke paid the price against a 15th seed. Duke will bounce back, they always do, but for now it gives me great pleasure to advise Coach K and his Dukees to slow their roll and enjoy what remains of the tourney like the rest of us…from the couch.
Mountain West Conference
Slow down Mountain West (or those like myself prematurely claiming it as an awakening hoops giant). Wichita State and UNLV not only failed to win a single game in this year's tourney, but both bowed out to double digit seeds in Thursday's only upsets. San Diego State followed suit on Friday with only New Mexico picking up a single win before bowing out in the round of 32 to Louisville, thus ending MWC inclusion from the big dance. In fact all schools west of the central time zone have been sent packing at this early stage in the game. We already knew of the PAC-12's issues and weren't altogether sold on the WCC, but in you Mountain West…we believed and you failed us. Next time someone points west and specifically to the Mountain West Conference touting hoops hype, don't believe the hype and tell them to slow down.
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Posted on 31 October 2011 by Thyrl Nelson
When great expectations collide with poor performances fans tend to find themselves at the ledge. It's that fan purgatory where blood pressure always seems to be rising and the sky always seems to be falling. Let's take a look outside to see who's on the ledge this week:
Boise State: It was supposed to somehow be their year. What's more, this should have been a good weekend for the Boise Sate Broncos, instead it was just another in a series of tough late season blows for the "Little Engine That Could" of college football as the Stanford Cardinal not only survived a triple OT scare against USC, but catapulted the Broncos for the fourth spot in the BCS this week as a result.
The losses by Kansas State and Clemson had to be encouraging for the Broncos, and if the probability of USC upending Stanford as it was happening appeared too good to be true, it ultimately was. After starting the season with little #'s 5 & 7 in the two major polls next to their name, the Broncos appeared to be in line for their first legitimate shot at getting into the BCS title game if a few things broke their way. Lately it became apparent that they were the contingency plan for Oklahoma State at best. Now looking up at Stanford too, it seems that QB Kellen Moore and company will need lots of help in earning their "lifetime achievement award".
Last but not least, it seems that in the era of conference landscape shake-up the Broncos, apparently Big East bound will still be looking at a future where the strength of schedule still serves to indict their record no matter how impressive.
Outlook: Stay positive, the weekend wasn't a total loss. Clemson lost, K-State lost, and Stanford at least proved that they could be beaten. The Cardinal still have a showdown with Oregon and the PAC-12 title game to get through and Oklahoma State's road may be even tougher than that. Boise's BCS outlook may still be more realistic and closer than ever.
Washington Redskins: You started 3-1 and Rex Grossman's misplaced confidence in declaring the Redskins contenders seemed to be both founded and contagious. Three straight losses and two quarterbacks later the Skins are fresh off of a 23-0 oak-sticking at the hands of the Bills and the once vulnerable looking NFC East is beginning to round more into the form that most expected to begin the season. The Eagles look to be clicking right now, the Giants and Cowboys both look talented but inconsistent and the Redskins look to be pulling up the rear.
Outlook: You knew it would eventually come to this, didn't you? Even at 3-1 the Redskins were tough to buy into, now we're being reminded of why.
City of Dallas: The year began so well. The Cowboys played host to the Super Bowl and even though they expected to be in it and weren't and even though the weather was an ongoing storyline throughout Super Bowl week, it's tough to count that experience as a negative. In fact on the heels of the Super Bowl and tons of giant events at the new "Jerry-World" the Mavericks won the NBA Finals and the Rangers dominated most of the summer.
Now however, the Rangers arguably choked away their first world title twice in game 6 of the World Series then lost it in game 7, the reeling Cowboys are 3-4 and fresh off of an embarrassing Sunday Night performance on national television, and the Mavericks chance to defend their NBA title is on hold indefinitely as the NBA lockout drags on.
Outlook: Everything is bigger in Big D, I suppose panic is no different.
Denver Broncos: Okay, Tim Tebow stinks. It's easy to tolerate when he's winning and inspiring people along the way, but a win over a bad Dolphins team was just that no matter how exciting, and the reeling Detroit Lions exacted 2 weeks of frustrations on the Broncos on Sunday with ease. Tebow was a winner in college, but so were lots of NFL players, and even more who never made it or simply stunk in the NFL. Winning at this level is different, and Tebow has a long way to go before he can think about doing it consistently, and the current coaching staff may have no legitimate designs on waiting for him to be ready.
The Broncos are paying 3 quarterbacks good money, yet still have no real answer at quarterback. Additionally their win against the Dolphins while inspirational has them looking "up" at 4 teams in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes and on even ground (in the loss column) with 4 more.
Outlook: A team with 2 quarterbacks really has none; a team with 3 might have no idea what they're looking for. Be afraid Bronco's fans yours is a tough road ahead.
Roger Goodell: Mr. Ndamukong Suh would like to see you sir.
Outlook: Be afraid be very afraid.
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Posted on 28 October 2011 by Thyrl Nelson
This is not an inducement to gamble, in fact it should serve as quite the opposite. It is my attempt at picking all of the games (before injury reports are official) each week. The picks are broken into 3 categories, 5 picks that I love, 5 that I like and the rest.
I would encourage anyone looking for a little extra interest in Sunday's game to try the MobTown $15.70 prop card. It's free it's easy and cash and bragging rights are on the line.
All lines taken from sportsbook.com.
Loves (100 pts for a win and -110 for a loss)
week 7: 2-3 (-130 pts) season: 13-12 (-20 pts)
Saints -14 @ Rams
Lions -3 @ Broncos
Steelers +3 vs. Patriots
Browns +9 @ 49ers
Chiefs +4 vs. Chargers
Likes (50 pts for a win and -55 for a loss)
week 7: 2-2-1 (-10 pts) season: 10-12-1 (-160 pts)
Panthers -3.5 vs. Vikings
Dolphins +9.5 @ Giants
Bills -6 vs. Redskins
Bengals -3 @ Seahawks
Cowboys +3.5 @ Eagles
Feeling Lucky? (20 pts for a win and -22 for a loss)
Week 7: 1-2(-24 pts) season 9-10-2 (-40 pts)
Titans -9 vs. Colts
Jaguars +9.5 @ Texans
Ravens -12.5 vs. Cardinals
Last week Total: 5-7-1 (-164 pts) Season Total: 32-34-3 (-220 pts)
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Posted on 24 October 2011 by Thyrl Nelson
When great expectations collide with poor performances fans tend to find themselves at the ledge. It's that fan purgatory where blood pressure always seems to be rising and the sky always seems to be falling. Let's take a look outside to see who's on the ledge this week:
The Detroit Lions – Losers now of two straight, the Lions could surely use some good publicity to take some of the spotlight away from coach Jim Schwartz' loss of decorum during his post game exchange with 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh immediately following the Lions first loss of the season. Getting into a pre-game dust up with the Falcons probably isn't going to do it, nor is Ndamukong Suh going to do much for his quickly devolving reputation for antics by standing over Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan while heaping on celebratory trash talk and reveling in Ryan's apparent injury.
Beating the reeling Falcons away from the safety of the Georgia Dome would have been a nice feather in the Lions' cap, but yesterday's loss to those Falcons 23-16 may instead serve as a real stumbling block to the Lions potential playoff fortunes. Having seen the Packers run their record to 7-0 with a win on Sunday, the Lions can now look to the NFC wildcard as their most likely passage into the playoffs. As the also-rans of the AFC South look to be fighting for the very same, the Lions may have lost an important tiebreaker on Sunday.
Either way their running game is in apparent shambles, the failed Ronnie Brown trade looks to hurt a lot and the oft injured Matthew Stafford may have gone down to injury on the last play of Sunday's game to boot.
Prognosis: Hang tight Lions fans. Next up: @ Denver, Bye, @ Chicago & vs. Carolina before a Thanksgiving Day showdown with Green Bay. There's plenty of time to right the ship.
Tony Sparano – Sunday's game at Miami against the Broncos might have felt like the whole world (or at least the whole stadium) vs. Tony Sparano. And for a while it looked as though Sparano might have won.
The coach surely began the season on the hot seat, and if Jim Harbaugh had been compelled to take his talents to South Beach there may have been no seat at all for Sparano. There clearly has been no quarterback for Sparano and the Dolphins since making due with Chad Pennington to moderate success in 2008.
Sunday though was strange. Tim Tebow, making his debut for the Broncos this season, enjoyed a great deal of crowd favor from those who showed up to celebrate Tebow's 2008 Florida Gators National Championship team, and most Dolphins fans it seems have succumbed to the "suck for Luck" philosophy that wins at this point will only inhibit their chances at the top pick in next year's draft.
As Tebow was crossing the goal with the game tying 2-point conversion, fans of both teams (plentiful in Miami on Sunday) seemed united in their hopes that Sparano and his Dolphins would find a way to lose…and they did. Everyone but Sparano left happy (or at least appeased).
Prognosis: Prepare to be pushed Tony Sparano. Your boy Bill Parcells bailed on you already, and the only purpose you're serving at present is to be the means to a 0-16 season that will deliver Andrew Luck and likely the next head coach as well. No need for the Dolphins to rush that move though, they can save money now and keep the new guy from being associated with this ongoing mess.
NBA Fans – The NBA lockout got shock value attention courtesy of Bryant Gumbel last week, they got impartial mediation courtesy of the federal government and they got the best wishes of seemingly every fan still clinging to hopes of an NBA season at all this year. The end result, talks broke off at an apparent impasse with not only no apparent resolution in sight, but it seems there aren't even any official plans to continue the talks as yet. The players are into the "making plans" phase of taking their talents to wherever paychecks are imminent and many owners seem contented to let the whole season go un-played, and David Stern will probably cancel Christmas this week.
Prognosis: Hang tight; college basketball is just around the corner. Accept the fact that there probably won't be an NBA season and get over it. That way if there is one you'll be imminently happy but you won't waste any time, energy or emotion sweating it out in the meanwhile.
Clemson, Stanford & Boise State – It's that time of year again too. The national championship picture is down to 7 teams after undefeated Oklahoma and Wisconsin fell last weekend. For those 7 teams, their chance at a national title just became a lot more real, and suddenly a lot more important too.
In fairness, it's probably only 5 of the 7 legitimate title contenders that are seeing the championship picture with more clarity this week, as it's been all but ordained that the winner of the SEC's loaded western division would roll though the conference title game and into the BCS National Championship game as a result. For weeks we've been touting the LSU and Alabama winner as one half of the title picture at least, that part hasn't changed.
What has changed is the likelihood that the Big-12 winner would get the other side of that bracket as that may be suddenly not be so likely. The Big-12 still has 2 undefeated teams in Oklahoma State (3rd in the BCS) and Kansas State (8th in the BCS) but both still have to play each other and a still strong Oklahoma team now relegated to the role of spoiler. Oklahoma State also still has Baylor with Heisman candidate Robert Griffin III and the Texas Tech team that just beat Oklahoma on their schedule and Kansas State has Texas and Texas A&M still remaining too.
Mathematically there could still be 5 undefeated powers left at season's end (but likely won't be). Where the ones who don't reside in the SEC shake out should be quite interesting and is still very much up in the air right now.
Prognosis: If you're a fan of any one of the three listed in the title, you might as well jump as no matter which team you side with, the odds are stacked against you. Beware though that if you do, you'll surely miss out on an exciting and controversial finish to the college football season.
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Posted on 20 October 2011 by Thyrl Nelson
This is not an inducement to gamble, in fact it should serve as quite the opposite. It is my attempt at picking all of the games (before injury reports are official) each week. The picks are broken into 3 categories, 5 picks that I love, 5 that I like and the rest.
I would encourage anyone looking for a little extra interest in Sunday's game to try the MobTown $15.70 prop card. It's free it's easy and cash and bragging rights are on the line.
All lines taken from sportsbook.com.
Loves (100 pts for a win and -110 for a loss)
week 4: 4-1 (290 pts) season: 11-9 (110 pts)
Chargers -2 @ Jets
Texans +3 @ Titans
Steelers -3.5 @ Cardinals
Packers -9 @. Vikings
Ravens -7.5 @ Jaguars
Likes (50 pts for a win and -55 for a loss)
week 4: 3-2 (40 pts) season: 8-10 (-150 pts)
Redskins +2.5 @ Panthers
Browns -3 vs. Seahawks
Broncos +1.5 @ Dolphins
Raiders -4.5 vs. Chiefs
Saints -14 vs. Colts
Feeling Lucky? (20 pts for a win and -22 for a loss)
Week 4: 1-1-1 (-2 pts) season 8-8-2 (-16 pts)
Buccaneers +1 vs. Bears (in London)
Lions -3.5 vs. Falcons
Cowboys -12.5 vs. Rams
Last week Total: 8-4-1 (328 pts) Season Total: 27-27-2 (-56 pts)
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Posted on 26 September 2011 by Thyrl Nelson
I have long held to the belief that any college player that we're talking about as the likely #1 pick in the draft at this time of year or around whom we're building a "sweepstakes" usually sees that esteem (and his draft status) drop substantially before we actually get to the draft. That said, very smart people are saying that Stanford's Andrew Luck not only has all of the tools necessary to be a successful NFL QB, but also that he'll be a top-10 NFL signal caller on the day that he is chosen.
With that in mind, here's who could/should be feeling Luck"y" 3 weeks in to this NFL season.
Colts – (0-3) – It would seem like perfect synergy if the Colts, sans Manning, found their way somehow to the top pick in the draft and the chance to transition from one elite quarterback era to another. Certainly the chance to study for a season or two at the foot of a talent like Manning could give Luck a chance at an Aaron Rodgers-like level of preparation before actually being called on to play significant time. Surely too, Manning would rather the Colts spend a top pick on a player that could help him to win now, in the time that he has left. It'll be interesting to see if Manning rushes back late season and piles up a couple of wins for the Colts as "Luck Insurance". You can bet that the Colts are coming to grips with Manning's eminent decline even if Manning himself is not, and a talent like Luck would be tough to pass on.
Dolphins – (0-3) – Compared to the potential Colts' situation described above, and given the recent success of young NFL signal callers, Miami might be a more appealing situation for Luck himself. Taking his talents to South Beach would surely give Luck the chance to play sooner rather than later and would be a nice "booby prize" for Dolphins fans reduced at present to pining for Kyle Orton. The interesting part here is that although head coach Tony Sparano could certainly use a talent like Luck to jumpstart that offense, since Sparano himself is already squarely on the hot seat it seems unlikely he'd be around to enjoy the fruits of Luck's labor if the Dolphins finish with the type of record that lands them a shot at Luck.
Vikings – (0-3) – The Vikings are off to a rough start under McNabb and look to be getting old in a hurry. While the team spent highly to bring in Christian Ponder this off-season it's unlikely he'd be enough to compel them away from Luck if given a chance. Before long it may be Ponder who gets his shot and therefore gives the Vikings a better shot at positioning themselves for Luck as a result. It looks like the Vikings may be in need of a serious overhaul on both sides of the ball, and Luck would make a pretty nice cornerstone on which to begin.
Seahawks – (1-2) – Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll in the same division already projects to be a contentious situation. The Niners, given Harbaugh's familiarity with Luck and their own QB situation with Alex Smith would seem to be the ideal landing spot for the toast of the draft. San Francisco's 2-1 record so far though looks to be a severe roadblock to such a reunion. The Seahawks meanwhile may be the worst team in football (yesterday's win notwithstanding) and are by no means married to current QB Tavaris Jackson. The chance to beat Harbaugh for the next decade or more with a QB of his own making might be too much for Carroll and the Seahawks to resist.
Broncos – (1-2) – Hey why not? The Broncos already have 2 first round QBs on their roster and neither is doing enough to win the job away from delightfully mediocre former 4th round pick Kyle Orton. The Broncos look like a team that will play their way out of this conversation as the season progresses, but you never know…Tim Tebow may still get his chance yet and might keep the Broncos "in the hunt" as a result.
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Posted on 19 September 2011 by Thyrl Nelson
5 On The Rise
#1 – Tampa Bay Rays – The Rays took 3 of 4 from the Red Sox this weekend to close the gap in the AL Wild Card to 2 games with 10 games to go for each side. Whether the Sox can manage to hold off the Rays or not, they're in trouble as injuries have taken another mighty toll on Boston this season. Still, after leading Tampa by 9 games as late as September 3rd, there will be no legitimate excuses for the Sox if they should somehow complete one of the worst late season collapses in modern baseball history.
If the Rays somehow find their way in, it'll be to the chagrin of not just the Sox but of all of the AL teams who do make the playoffs too as the Rays formidable starting pitching has managed to keep them afloat as the bullpen and lineup have spent most of the year learning on the fly. Although it's a small sample size, the Rays 11-4 record in their last 15 games suggests that they're peaking at the right time.
Forecast: The schedule suggests that Boston is still in a pretty good place. Six of their 10 remaining games are on the road, but 3 of those and 7 overall of the last 10 are against Baltimore, against whom the Sox are 8-3 on the year. Their other 4 games are against the Yankees, who the Sox have owned to the tune of 11-4 so far this season. Tampa on the other hand has 6 of 10 games remaining at home and 7 of their remaining 10 against the Yankees, against whom they're 5-6 on the season. Their other 3 games are against the Blue Jays, against whom they're 10-5 so far.
With a magic number of 7 and 10 of their remaining 11 games against the Rays and Red Sox, the Yankees aren't yet out of the woods either, igniting essentially 2 pennant races in the AL East when Yanks and Sox both appeared to be foregone conclusions just a couple of weeks ago.
#2 – The Atlantic Coast Conference – ACC fans have been waiting anxiously in the dark as the most recent round of Super-Conference manifest destinies began taking shape again. As all of the moves have seemingly been football driven, fans of the basketball first ACC sat hopefully expecting the conference to do it's best to keep their 12-member alliance intact and maintain the status quo. Now it seems that the ACC may be on the fast track to becoming the nation's first super conference as over the weekend news of the intents of both Syracuse and Pitt to join the ACC ranks began to spread.
At the very least, the 2 new members provide the conference with an insurance policy should the SEC come calling officially for Clemson and Florida State, but with UConn already rumored to be poised to follow, it seems but a mere formality that the ACC will add one more player to the mix and become an official Super-Conference with a giant TV network to follow. West Virginia, or on an outside shot South Carolina might be the best bets at #16.
Lost in the euphoria, but no less important this weekend, Miami upset #17 Ohio State, Clemson upset #21 Auburn and Maryland showed well (in the box score at least) against #18 West Virginia.
Forecast: So far so good it seems. Again, at the very least the ACC will be able to maintain 12 members should a couple succumb to the temptations of the SEC or some other budding Super-Conference and will be able to continue staging their own conference title games in football. At best, the ACC could win the race to 16 and become the first of likely many Super-Conferences. Keep in mind though that the most recent versions of ACC expansion didn't exactly bring about the anticipated results or football credibility that seemed all but foregone at the time.
#3 – Cam Newton – The controversial Heisman trophy / National Championship winning quarterback turned controversial first round (first overall) draft pick of the Panthers unleashed his second straight 400+ yard passing performance en route to his second straight loss to begin his NFL career. Clearly he'd rather be winning and shining, but for now, he's shining enough to have us all impressed, shocked and mesmerized. Shredding the suspect Cardinals defense in week 1 was impressive enough, that he was able to do it to the defending World Champs while keeping them against the ropes for most of the game after they had spent a week dissecting his tape is flat out amazing. If the youngster keeps playing like that, the wins will surely follow…as will more accolades.
Forecast: He'll get a chance at the Jags next week and might be able to muster that elusive first win. After that, the schedule gets kind of hairy for a while. He'll continue to sling it you can bet, and will learn some tough lessons along the way. The funniest thing may be that sooner or later teams will have to adjust to his ability to sling it all over the field, and when they do, Cam will get his chance to showcase the wheels that gained him so much notoriety last season at Auburn. It's an unbelievable start to an NFL career, begging the simple question what will the kid do next?
#4 – Detroit Lions – The Lions picked up their second straight win to begin the season on Sunday and in so doing justified the faith of tons of pre-season prognosticators who thought the Lions to be on the rise. The interesting part of the Lions ascendance however is that so far it least it hasn't been based on the brick wall that will be Nick Fairley and Ndamukong Suh when the rookie Fairley eventually gets onto the field; instead the Lions have been getting it done on offense with Matthew Stafford playing the part of polished veteran and Jahvid Best rebounding nicely from an injury plagued 2010.
Forecast: The Lions will have their work cut out for them in a contentious NFC North, and health has to be their biggest concern on the offensive side of the ball. When exactly the Lions official window might open is debatable, but for now they're at least knocking on the door.
#5 – Robert Griffin III – He entered the season as a lightly regarded Heisman candidate from a lightly regarded Baylor program flying largely under the radar. He emerged from a week 1 shootout with TCU (on the back of 359 yards passing and 5 TD) as RG3 and at the forefront of the Heisman conversation. After a 15-day hiatus Griffin and the Bears returned to action on Sunday and RG3 backed up his performance with a 20 for 22 night for a modest 265 yards and 3 TD, while adding 78 yards on the ground for good measure.
Forecast: The Bears will be looking at the Big-12 portion of their schedule soon enough affording Griffin plenty of chances in the national spotlight. And while the Bears may not be able to hold their own against top notch foes (TCU would beg to differ) Griffin might, and the need to keep his foot on the gas could lead to some seriously gaudy numbers along the way.
5 On The Slide
#1 – Professional Boxing – The fact that Floyd "Money" Mayweather was fighting "Vicious" Victor Ortiz on Saturday night (for an outrageous pay-per-view price tag of $69.99) should be in and of itself another proverbial "black eye" for boxing. This is after all the 147 pound division, touted by most as boxing's best, yet the best match-up they could muster on that night for the best boxer of his generation was a hard punching young southpaw just 2 years removed from quitting in the ring against a middling Marcos Maidana. That Floyd Mayweather has not yet fought Manny Pacquiao is an embarrassment to the sport of boxing and to the otherwise cleaned out by Mayweather 147-pound division. The action that took place in the ring…well that was kind of embarrassing too.
History will remember Floyd winning by a cheap shot, but that's more likely as a result of our feelings about Floyd as a despicable human being than as a result of what actually happened in the ring on Saturday night. For 2 of the 3 full rounds Floyd landed easily and won decisively. In the middle round, Ortiz showed enough heart and offense to compel some to see it his way, but 2 of the 3 judges at ringside scored that one for Mayweather too. In the 4th Ortiz got aggressive, bullied Mayweather into a corner and then inexplicably charged him like a crazed bull with the crown of his head landing square in Mayweather's face. That would be the fight's only illegal shot, but not it's last controversial one.
Immediately after butting Mayweather, as referee Joe Cortez attempted to step in and separate the fighters, Ortiz began apologizing to Mayweather. Ortiz hugged Mayweather and even kissed him on the cheek before being led to the center of the ring by Cortez to make the point deduction official. When the fighters got back together Ortiz again hugged Mayweather. Mayweather didn't appear to reciprocate the hug and stood there arms out waiting to resume the action, which he did as soon as Ortiz backed away, landing a quick left followed by a crushing right that left Ortiz on the ground and unable to beat the count.
We'll remember Mayweather's cheap shot although his was legal, and forget too that he was dominating Ortiz in a way that suggested he'd end it sooner rather than later and that Mayweather may have been rightly enraged at Ortiz' illegal and intentional head butt. What we won't remember is a great fight or one that was worth the buy as neither was the case on Saturday.
Forecast: Mayweather will spend another year or so flaunting and burning (literally) the $25 million plus he made from this farce while we all wait anxiously for him to step in front of Pacquiao and into the beating that so many have been waiting to see him get. Mayweather will get paid again, likely beat Pacquiao too and continue to be a general A-hole. And we'll keep giving him money.
#2 – Baltimore Ravens – The Ravens backed up their impressive week one domination over the Pittsburgh Steelers by being beaten in all three phases of the game by the Tennessee Titans and are now left to reevaluate their estimations of their own greatness.
Throughout the Harbaugh era these Ravens have been far too professional to overlook opponents, even when those opponents don't seem to have much of a realistic chance at winning against them. Or maybe, as we look back at games like Carolina and Buffalo in 2010, perhaps Sunday was the first time that the Ravens paid the price for taking a second division caliber team lightly. Regardless, on Sunday the Ravens had their proverbial lunches eaten by the Titans and then were charged with cleaning up the scraps when their bully nemeses were through.
The Ravens will surely have to pick up those scraps quickly and put them to use against St. Louis as for now at least, the loss served to bring the Steelers back into a tie for the division lead (albeit only week 2). There are plenty of wins to be had on the Ravens schedule; the question may simply be whether the team is professional enough to go about collecting them.
Forecast: This should serve as the wake up call that a team as professional as these Ravens have been shouldn't have needed in the first place. They'll get St. Louis coming off of a short week before returning home for a slugfest with the Jets. The Steelers meanwhile get the Manning-less Colts next week.
#3 – Arian Foster – Last year's improbable rushing champ started this season without the fullback who had cleared holes for him to run through last season and with company in the backfield in Ben Tate who the Texans envisioned as the starter before losing him to injury last year. He continued his trek by injuring his hamstring, calling fantasy owners concerned about his health for their own reasons sick, tweeted images of his MRI and proclaimed himself ready for week 1. He wasn't.
Ben Tate though was, possibly compelling Foster to rush back to action this week against the Dolphins, where he rushed for 33 yards on 10 carries before re-aggravating the hamstring and coming out of the game for good. Ben Tate in the meantime has gone over the century mark on the ground in each of the Texans first 2 games and will likely remain a big part of the mix with or without Foster.
Forecast: The smart thing would seem to be to rest Foster until his hamstring issues are clearly behind him. More likely though, Foster, gamer that he is, will continue trying to rush himself back and struggle with the injury all season. Either way, Ben Tate seems to be a viable part of the running game for the foreseeable future and for now a better option than Foster.
#4 – Chiefs, Seahawks and Colts – The Manning-less Colts looked terrible again, this time at home against the Cleveland Browns. The already injury riddled Chiefs suffered another embarrassing defeat and in the process may have been hit with their worst injury so far, apparently losing Jamaal Charles for the season with an ACL injury. And the Seahawks although mostly healthy look like they may be the worst team in football without Matt Hasselbeck at quarterback.
All three playoff teams from 2010 are off to 0-2 starts and looking like long shots to get back there.
Forecast: Count all three squarely in the Andrew Luck Sweepstakes.
#5 – The NBA Season – With each passing day, the likelihood of seeing an entire NBA season or any part of a season at all get bleaker and bleaker. The more concerning part, for the league and its fans, should probably be that no one really seems to care very much. Unlike the NFL lockout, which had us spinning and clamoring for updates daily, everyone seems resigned to the expectation that here simply won't be an NBA this year. Folks were missing football despite the fact that we never actually missed any football at all. Judging by the attention or lack thereof to the NBA's labor issues, basketball…we'll see you when we see you.
Forecast: This isn't getting better anytime soon. Check back in February.
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Top Ways to Thrill-Seek in the South
Maybe it's the Spanish moss dripping eerily from live oaks in the moonlight, the hushed secrets of multiple cultures, or the imaginations of a thousand storytellers–the South is a born-and-bred backdrop for intrigue. The region is fertile ground for folklore and secret societies (that old Greek fraternity/sorority handshake counts for something), and mystery is bound to entail. Similarly, we're home of the famed phrase: "Hey y'all, watch this!" A Southerner will try anything once.
The Manta at SeaWorld in Orlando, FL
Afterburn at Carowinds in Charlotte, NC
Thunderhead at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN
Goliath at Six Flags in Atlanta, GA
3. Bring one of Kathryn Tucker Windham's books to life. The famed storyteller from Selma, AL scribed six books based on "true" local folklore in various Southern states. Read up and then go out exploring the haunts Windham lists.
4. Tour an old military base. Some of America's most influential battles took place on Southern landscapes. Weather or not you decide they're haunted, you've gotta admit they're pretty intriguing.
Fort McAllister in Savannah, GA
The Depot in Huntsville, AL
The Antitam Battlefield near Sharpsburg, MD
Fort Leaton near Presido, TX
5. Zip-line at Historic Banning Mills. Remember how free falling down a zip-line and into the backyard pool was so fun at age 12? In Whitesburg, GA, they've figured out a way for adults to give it another go. Screaming is acceptable for all ages.
St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, MO
North Carolina Zoo in Ashboro, NC
Houston Zoo in Houston, TX
National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD
8. Freak out over heights. For the super-daring, there's hang gliding off of Lookout Mountain in Rising Fawn, GA. Even if mounting the St. Louis Gateway Arch, the Vulcan statue in Birmingham, or your local rock climbing wall is more feasible–you'll be reminded why that lurching pit in your stomach makes us love/hate heights so much.
9. Check out the Myrtles Plantation in Francisville, LA. Always at the top of spooky mansion listings, this home was built in 1796 and has plenty of tales to tell. If you can tough it out, try spending a night at this bed and breakfast. (Tours offered for the faint of heart.)
10. Brave the rapids. Riding huge waves, dodging rocks, and lurching over "hidden" drops are all a part of paddling down the Ocoee River in southeast Tennessee or rafting down the Gauley River in West Virginia. Do you dare?
Prefer to live vicariously through characters in the comfort of your well-lit sunroom? Try one of the South's latest mystery novels:
he will be remembered long after he leaves. There's only one problem: The case seems open and shut, but the young man accused of raping and suffocating an exotic dancer is innocent of the crime.

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Aeto Bamboo & Yucca Fortifying Shampoo
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Excellent CleanserThis line is the best I've used (please see my review of the fortifying mask). This shampoo cleanses my hair thoroughly every time but keeps it soft, shiny and "bouncy." It does not dry my hair and leaves no dulling residue. The fragrance is very clean and unoffensive.Apr 21, 2011Dawn / SCHAIR TYPEMedium Brown / Color Treated Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Add Your Favorite Modern Landmarks
What modernist landmarks did we leave out of the magazine's timeline? Which buildings from the modernist period and the recent past are among your favorites? Add yours to the list below.
1909 Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago. The culmination of Wright's prairie style features a striking combination of intersecting and parallel planes.
1922 Schindler House, Rudolf Schindler, Los Angeles. Schindler was one of the many European modernists who migrated to California. His house blends a minimalist interior (which would be hugely influential) with the natural world beyond.
1923 La Roche-Jeanneret House, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Paris. With its geometrical combination of mass and light, the house epitomized Le Corbusier's "machine for living in" dictum and modern architects' interest in the mechanical age.
1926 Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, Dessau, Germany. This building, a concrete-and-glass expression of the Bauhaus movement, was recently restored.
1929 Philip Lovell House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles. Sleek and elegant, the white house, with panels of glass and concrete, is perched on a hillside, commanding a stunning view.
1936 Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bear Run, Pa. This icon of concrete, steel, glass, and native stone, growing organically from the water and woodlands surrounding it, remains one of the most recognizable houses in America.
1939 Museum of Modern Art, Philip Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone, New York City. The six-story landmark was among the first significant International Style buildings erected in the United States.
1950 Glass House, Philip Johnson, New Canaan, Conn. The architect's glass-and-steel home bears the influence of Mies van der Rohe and is at once bold and serene.
1961 TWA Terminal, Eero Saarinen, New York City. The spirit of the jet age is captured in the interiors and the exterior massing of this swooping, stylish structure.
1970 Brasilia Cathedral, Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilia, Brazil. This soaring, dramatic space stands in contrast to the federal buildings Niemeyer designed for the modernist Brazilian capital.
1983 Portland Building, Michael Graves, Portland, Ore. The Rose City's mammoth, 15-story structure was the poster child for postmodernism.
1989 Pyramid, I.M. Pei, Paris. Pei's glass pyramid in front of the Louvre, reviled by Parisians when completed, has now been embraced.
1997 Getty Center, Richard Meier, Los Angeles. Located atop a hill with views of the Pacific Ocean, the billion-dollar museum complex is a tram ride away from the freeways and congestion of L.A.
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Submitted by Wrightgeek at: January 8, 2009
The 1947 Kaufmann Residence by Richard Neutra in Palm Spring, CA. The epitome of the southern California International Style residence. Pierre Koening's Case House Study No. 21 in Los Angeles should also be on this list, which I believe was from 1960.
Submitted by Sheryl at: September 14, 2008
The "Doo Wop" motels in Wildwood, NJ (1955-1970)
Submitted by Elrol at: July 22, 2008
Saarinen's MIT Chapel, Le Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel, Sert's Miro Foundation museum in Barcelona, Architects' Collaborative Six Moon Hill community in Lexington MA, Carl Koch's TechBuilt prefab house.
Submitted by Vicki Paris Goodman at: June 26, 2008
My favorite modernist building is the central library at the University of California at San Diego, where I attended college in the early 1970s. When I would walk as a student across the eucalyptus grove to get to the library, it would suddenly come into view in all its splendor and take my breath away. Shaped like a diamond, with the first and fifth floors being the smallest and the third floor the largest, it truly is a diamond of an architectural specimen. The building's shape, its materials of constuction (steel, concrete and glass), its once pristine setting, and its panoramic canyon views made it an icon of inspiration. As a university library, however, perhaps the building competed with a student's motivation to study - there was simply too much to enjoy about the building itself.
Submitted by KarinL at: May 23, 2008
La Maison de Verre, Pierre Chareau
Submitted by lkjh at: May 22, 2008
My house. It's a 1936 Bauhaus house in Roosevelt, NJ. The entire community is a National Historic District and a NJ State Historic District.
Submitted by VictorS at: May 20, 2008
Well one of my favorite landmarks was uncerimoniously torn down without a whimper a few years a go, RM Schindlers Wolff House on Santa Catalina Island. So I'll add another milestone: FLWs Taliesin East in Spring Green Wisconsin, I have been to many houses and many buildings in my time, but Taliesin has to be one of the single best integrated houses with its surroundings I have ever encountered, it is also one of the most peacefull interior spaces I have been in, something considering the violence in its past (2 fires and the murder). It was clear to me that later houses like Fallingwater simply would not be as successful if Wright had not continued experimenting here. So hats off to Daddy Frank!
Submitted by cathrin at: May 20, 2008
Konrad Wachsmann and his house Dr. Estrich near Berlin, Germany. It is the first house designed by Wachsmann as an architect together with his famous Albert Einstein-house near Berlin in 1929. The Dr. Estrich-house is his only brick building and is located next to the medieval city wall and tower. With the Dr. Estrich-house Wachsmann shows his talent as an elegant designer of the modernist period in pureness.
Submitted by Vix at: May 15, 2008
The central library at the University of California at San Diego, where I attended college in the early 1970's. When I would walk as a student across the eucalyptus grove to get to the library, it would suddenly come into view in all its splendor and take my breath away. Shaped like a diamond, with the first and fifth floors being the smallest and the third floor the largest, it truly is a diamond of an architectural specimen. The building's shape, its materials of constuction (steel, concrete and glass), its once pristine setting, and its panoramic canyon views made it an icon of inspiration. As a university library, however, perhaps the building competed with a student's motivation to study - there was simply too much to enjoy about the building itself.
Submitted by Babs at: May 14, 2008
The Phoenix building in Hartford, CT. Only two sided building in America.
Submitted by GCase at: May 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Atlanta (1967, John Portman).....original atrium building. Still as stunning as ever, with it's space-age birthdate evident in the glass elevators and space-ship revolving lounge.
Submitted by hankinmarin at: May 8, 2008
the Marin County Civic Center, by FL WRIGHT odd but fabulous his only civic building (I believe)
Submitted by Environmental Design Archives at: May 6, 2008
It would be nice to include modernist gardens as well as buildings such as the Donnell Garden by Thomas Church in Sonoma. Another modernist icon would be the Weston Havens House in Berkeley CA by Harwell H. Harris
Submitted by CRIMSON MAN at: May 6, 2008
I will have to say my favorit, at least locally (Arizonna) would have to start with three fountains, some of the Units in the Embacy, and then (not local) the LV house-lets here it for prefab. I love amazing conversions and fund juxtapositions of style weather architechture or people.
Submitted by Jo at: May 5, 2008
Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, Architect-Matthew Norwicki 1952 and North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield Building in Chapel Hill, NC. Architect,Arthur Gould Odell Jr Both Award Winning Buildings
Submitted by SuzyQ at: May 2, 2008
Alden Dow's home and studio in Midland, Michigan is wonderful as is his City Hall in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Submitted by JAD at: May 2, 2008
Lou Kahn- Library,Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter,NH, 1965-1972 Lou Kahn- National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1962-1983 LeCorbusier- Chapel, Ronchamp, 1950-1955
Submitted by Lmarreiros at: May 2, 2008
The Farnsworth House im Plano, Ill. by Mies van der Rohe. Contemporary to the Glass House but in my opinion having a more striking design.
Submitted by gqgal at: May 1, 2008
Richard Neutra's 1961 Cyclorama building at Gettysburg, a symbol of a time when the National Park Service sought out the nation's best architects for park buildings. Despite its architectural and historic significance, the building will very likely be demolished within the year.
Submitted by sth at: May 1, 2008
The Portland (Maine) Public Library is a bold, granite-faced civic structure designed by Shelpley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott of Boston, in association with Schurman Associates of Portland. It is a very late example of the International style, completed in 1979. Unlike most International style masonry buildings, which were built earlier, it is faced in granite rather than concrete. The material choice may be attributable to the fact that traditional materials such as granite, marble, and brick were returning to favor with the emergence of the Post-Modern style, which was overtaking the International style by the late 1970s. Exhibiting a direct and geometric composition, it is a distinctly modern building constructed of the highest quality materials. The Portland Public Library is reportedly the last International style public building built in America, and is Portland's best example of the style.


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Brad Leali - Claus Raible Quartet: Puddin' Time
Puddin' Time
Brad Leali (alto sax) and Claus Raible (piano)
D.A.'s Time (TCB 28912)
Brad Leali (alto sax), Claus Raible (piano),
Giorgos Antoniou (bass), Alvester Garnett (drums).
Composed by Brad Leali.
Recorded: Zurich, Switzerland, May 2, 2007
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
A single low note played by pianist Claus Raible opens this old-school styled gospel jazz number. Seconds later, Brad Leali's alto sax begins a mesmerizing sermon divinely inspired by the almighty Charlie Parker via his disciple Hank Mobley. Brad's bellowing is enhanced by the kind of highly reverberant miking seldom heard since the salad days of Blue Note records. It's a mystery to me why that's so, especially considering how convincingly it brings out Leali's soul-drenched lines. When drummer Alvester Garnett launches into his mini-solo, its thunder summons the ghost of Art Blakey. All told, "Puddin' Time" conjures up a 1950s late-night jam session at a Manhattan nightclub. In other words, an image of jazz at its purest.
Reviewer: S. Victor Aaron
Tags: 2000s jazz
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While many small business start out as one-person operations, it is not uncommon for employers to hire on additional help as they grow. Whether your employees are part time, full time, family or someone you hired from an add, being a good boss and knowing how to effectively manage people is a skill that is invaluable if you want to keep your business running successfully.
Once you have found these incredible people, it is just as important to put time and effort into being a leader that your team can both respect and trust. This will go a long way toward keeping these incredible people on your staff because, let's face it, it's hard to find good people and everyone is looking. You don't want to miss out on an incredible staff member because of ineffective management.
When you start thinking of yourself in terms of someone that leads others, the choices you make begin to change. True leaders are able to get the job done with a force of will and a strength of character that makes those on their team believe in them and that confidence translates into getting the job done and getting it done well.
When you are able to laugh at yourself and are able to make others laugh at a stressful situation, you can dispel any tension that keeps your team from being productive. Maintaining your sense of humor will help you keep perspective as well as make you more approachable and will continue to build the respect of your employees.
It is important to know your own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of your team. This is so you can accurately anticipate any problems and areas for development and growth.
Whether you are hiring a new employee and giving them a job description or whether you are setting service quality standards for new customers, it is important to set the proper expectations. It is also important to acknowledge when those expectations have been met, reward your employees when they have been exceeded, and hold them accountable when they are not met. If you have not clearly explained what you expect from people, it is unfair to blame or punish when you're expectations are not met.
Don't be afraid to take your time to find someone of quality to fill any of the positions you're seeking. Taking that additional time will actually save you time and money in the long run because a competent employee can hit a point of efficiency far faster than someone who is not quite the right fit that was hired to fill an immediate hole. The opposite can be said for someone who is disruptive or who is failing to perform at the level you have communicated. Take the necessary steps to move them out in an expedient and clear manner.
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Ron Paul talks ending the Fed with help from Senator Rand Paul on Fox Business
November 3rd, 2010 9:08 pm | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Andrew Napolitano, Banking, Big Government, Commentary, Constitution, Economics, Federal Reserve, FOX news, government spending, inflation, Liberty, Money, Rand Paul, Ron Paul | 7 Responses
Well, to be quite fair Ron Paul said they talked about introducing a bill to end or audit the Fed on their first day in office together. Here is the entire long and excellent interview with David Asman on Fox Business channel.
Ron Paul also talks about becoming the new Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy with the GOP taking control of the House.
The subcommittee's jurisdiction includes domestic monetary policy, and agencies which directly or indirectly affect domestic monetary policy, multilateral development lending institutions such as the World Bank, coins and currency including operations of the Bureau of the Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and international trade and finance including all matters pertaining to the International Monetary Fund and the Export-Import Bank.
I don't think there could be a more perfect subcommittee for Ron Paul.
Later in the interview Judge Napolitano joins the discussion. Check it out below.


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My SIL lived in a ward in Manhattan with Adam and Eve (the brunette ones, and somewhat aged) for a while. That would have been an interesting experience for every new move-in to the ward.]]>
I prefer the Lucifer on the Left because he seems much more subtle (subtil?) and less dramatic and theatrical than the other one.]]>
I didn't know that — how interesting.]]>
Just kidding. I'm a purist, I say bring back Gordon Jump.]]>
While I'm at it, this is a relevant video on YouTube. The interesting part starts at about 1:30.
Like how a P-51D flies through a time warp back to 1941?]]>


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I know people have considered whether you should carry while riding a bike and I have even wondered that myself. I came across this today and it solidified that I will carry everytime I go out.
Teen arrested in man's slaying
Of course there are no details but considering I have riden those trails 100's of times and at varrying times of the day it is conceivable that I could happened upon something like this.
I just thought I would share...


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With industralization and modern living, people no longer know where or how their food is raised. People no longer know who their farmers, ranchers and fishermen are. Rather food production to a large degree has been concentrated and pushed out of view so that most consumers are quite oblivious as to how what they eat has been produced. Though as more and more people are learning about the detrimental consequences to their own health, to the welfare of the animals being raised, and to the environment of such an industrialized and concentrated approach to food production, a growing number of consumers are seeking out healthier, more environmentally sound and more humane options for their sources for food, especially for meat and dairy products. Still the vast array of labels for consumers often are confusing and many terms have been co-opted by large industry so that the only real way for consumers to know their food is to once again know their farmers, ranchers and fishermen.
So meet Mike and Krys Cook of Cook Pigs Ranch located in the hills and forest outside of Julian in Southern California. Their pig ranch supplies a number of LA chefs like Walter Manske, Wes Avelia, and Steve Sansom superior tasting pork products that have been and currently are on the menues of many of the top restaurants in Los Angeles like Petty Cash, Sotto, Republique, Sqirl, and Bouchon as well on the food trucks of Guerrilla Tacos, and Heirlom LA. Their pork is also available at McCall's Meat & Fish in Silverlake and in numerous other eateries in the OC and San Diego. Plus once again, Cook Pigs Ranch will be supplying pigs to the chefs participating in Cochon555. Cook Pigs Ranch will be supplying four pigs to this year's event occuring as the third stop of Cochon's national tour on February 23rd, 2014 at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
Neither Mike nor Krys grew up raising pigs. Krys grew up on a rural property in Calabasas (LA county). Despite Krys's dad's desire to own and run a working ranch like the one he spent much of his childhood on owned and operated by his Grandfather in Northern Los Angeles County, Krys's mom didn't share this desire. So Krys's parent's compromised and lived on a one acre horse property near Topanga Canyon. Here Krys grew up loving the outdoors plus developed a great affinity for animals at an early age. Dogs, horses, goats, frogs, hamsters, fish, and the outdoors were all her passions. Krys, also being an artist, did makeup for the studios for a while until she got bored and went back to school. She majored in psychology and fine art at Cal State Northridge University graduating with a BA in Fine Arts. She then went on to graduate school at Loyola Marymount University and graduated with an MA degree in Art Therapy, with the intent of becoming a Marriage and Family Therapy Counselor.
Mike grew up on the other coast on the pan handle of Florida. There he learned how to hunt and fish from his parents. He also learned at a very young age how to butcher his own meat as well as do light taxidermy. So naturally Mike developed a great passion for the outdoors. After 9/11, Mike joined the military and has been on active duty ever since. Another passion Mike inherited from his family is cooking. He enjoys cooking anything and everything. These two met while Krys was completing her undergraduate degree and Mike was stationed in Ventura, California. Though their backgrounds were very different, they shared and continue to share a passion for the outdoors, and a love of animals, food and cooking.
Through several deployments and hardships, their relationship based on loyalty, grew stronger and stronger. The two got engaged, their first dog Sherman, the tank, and after another deployment, had a huge wedding in Santa Barbara. Krys got pregnant on the honeymoon. Though she still had a year left of her graduate program and Mike just got orders to go to San Diego in the winter, Krys somehow finished her graduate degree as well as create the most amazing masterpiece in their lives to date: their son Preston Asher Cook.
According to Krys, she wasn't exactly a maternal person before Preston was born. She actually wasn't sure she really wanted to have kids. At that time, she considered herself a very self absorbed career focused person. Mike and Krys bought their first place in the suburbs of Oceanside. Krys stayed at home with Preston. When her baby was six months old, he started having serious medical issues that for the next three years would consume Krys. He had severe undiagnosed GERD and severe food allergies. Then when Preston was eleven months old, she got pregnant with her second son Jameson, which made her feel all the sudden very confined by suburbia.
So with two babies under two years of age, they sold their house and bought an acre and a half in Fallbrook, California. Since their new property was zoned to allow livestock, they decided they would get one of each animal to raise for themselves that Mike would slaughter and butcher. Krys wasn't exactly sure how she felt about all of this, but she liked that she knew where her food was coming from especially considering all of Preston's health issues. So they got goats, sheep, ducks, chickens. None of these animals were that interesting to her so despite, at that time, having two kids eighteen months apart and a husband who was always gone on training, she was bored.
Mike and Krys then got four pigs and their lives forever changed.
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This country is by far too full of traffic cones leading a veteran's life of shame and misery.
Old and injured from fighting for our
safety on lethal roads they are now
often forced to spend their last days
hiding from the very risks and dangers
they once were created to protect us from.
Look at them! Our Heroes have become
sad, pathetic shadows of their former
glorious selves - forgotten, dishonoured
or left to die in the gutters of the
concrete jungle.
One can only feel sorry for them.
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Aug. 15, 2004
Athens, Greece -
Samantha Magee, a Stanford junior in 2004-05, helped the USA Women's Rowing Team to a world record, a victory in Heat A and the top overall time of the Women's Eight event at the 2004 Olympic Games on Sunday. Magee, who rows in the two seat, and her teammates finished the 2000 meter course in 5:56.55, narrowly finishing ahead of second-place Romania by 0.22 seconds. The win automatically qualified the USA boat for the final on August 22.
More Olympic rowing coverage... Other Stanford associates competing Sunday on the second day of the Olympics included Tony Azevedo (men's water polo), Lance Beaubien (men's water polo), Tara Kirk (women's swimming), Sabrina Kokler (women's rowing), Ann Kremer (women's tennis), Jessica Mendoza (women's softball), Markus Rogan (men's swimming), Jenny Thompson (women's swimming), Christine Thorburn (women's cycling), Kerri Walsh (women's beach volleyball) and Wolf Wigo (men's water polo). Current Stanford head coaches Richard Quick (women's swimming) and John Rittman (women's softball) were on the sidelines as assistant coaches on Saturday, while former Stanford men's tennis player Patrick McEnroe begin his tenure as the head coach for the USA Men's Tennis Team. Azevedo (a senior at Stanford in 2004-05) scored the winning goal at the buzzer and had a hat trick as Team USA pulled out a 7-6 win over Croatia in its first match of the 2004 Olympics during Group A Preliminaries action. On the game-winning play, Azevedo took a pass from Wigo (1993-96) and sent a shot by Croatian tender Frano Vican. Beaubien (1996-99) also played in the contest.
More Olympic water polo coverage... Kirk (2000-04 at Stanford) won her semifinal with a time of 1:07.60 and will be seeded third in Monday's 100 meter breast. Australia's Leisel Jones (1:06.78) earned the top seed for the finals in the event after winning her semifinal with an Olympic record of 1:06.78 and Germany's Sarah Poewe (1:07.48) will be the second seed. Kirk also had the third-best time in the heats of the event (1:07.92).
More Olympic swimming coverage... Kokler (2000-03 at Stanford) competed in the stroke seat for Canada's Women's Eight Rowing Team in Heat B as the squad finished third in the heat with a time of 6:12.40. Canada will next race in the repecharge on August 17 and must finish at least fourth to qualify for the final on August 22.
More Olympic rowing coverage... Kremer (1997-98 at Stanford) opened Olympics singles competition for Luxenborg with a first-round loss to Maria Vento-Kabchi of Venezuela (3-6, 3-3). Kremer begins doubles action on Monday with partner Claudine Schaul. The duo squares off versus Colombia's Catalina Castano and Fabiola Zuluaga.
More Olympic tennis coverage... Mendoza (1999-2002 at Stanford) started for the second consecutive Preliminaries Game in left field for the USA Women's Softball Team that extended its win streak to 72 with a 10-0 win over Australia in a game that was shortened to just four and a half innings due to a mercy rule. Mendoza was 0-for-1, scored one run and was hit by a pitch. The Americans will next play Japan on Monday in another Preliminaries Game.
More Olympic softball coverage... Rogan (2000-04 at Stanford) was second in both his semifinal and the overall semifinals of the 100 back (54.42) competing for Austria. Rogan tied for the fourth-best time during the heats of the events, clocking in at 54.87.
More Olympic swimming coverage... Thompson (1991-95 at Stanford) followed her silver medal performance in the 4x100 meter free relay on Saturday by taking fifth in the 100 meter fly Sunday in a time of 58.72. Australia's Petria Thomas won the event in 57.72.
More Olympic swimming coverage... Thorburn (M.D. at Stanford in 1999) finished 15th in the women's road race and will next compete in the time trial on Wednesday, August 18. Sara Carrigan of Australia won Sunday's race.
More Olympic cycling coverage... Walsh (1997-2000) and playing partner Misty May won their opening round contest in beach volleyball with a decisive 2-0 victory over Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara of Japan, outscoring their Japanese opponents, 42-25. The top-seeded May and Walsh play their second pool match Tuesday against Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands.
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2013 is off to a great start at the Labrador Institute!
Here is a look at what has been happening from January 3-20:
John Thistle has been in St. John's for the last few weeks working on a SSHRC Insight Development Grant application, which, if successful, will help to expand the work that he has been doing on Iron Ore mining in Labrador West. Also, while in St. John's, John has been doing historical research at the Provincial Archives on the Upper Churchill Falls project, as part of the larger study he is doing with the Labrador Institute on the socioeconomic legacies of large scale resource development in Labrador.
January 3-20: Doreen and Beatrice completed the Labrador Institute budget update.
January 3-20: As a result of the ergonomic assessments that took place in Happy Valley-Goose Bay last fall, most Labrador Institute employees have received ergonomic chairs and some other items that Erin Bradbury from the Department of Health and Safety, ordered for our work place.
January 7: Martha helped with the promotion of "People of a Feather" a film by biologist, Dr. Joel Heath, which was shown at the Arts Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on January 10 and 11 with a very good number in attendance. This film has been shown all over the world and will be showing in Labrador West on January 29 at 7:30 pm at the Arts and Culture Centre.
January 8: Martha attended an Interdisciplinary PhD seminar by teleconference.
January 10: Martha worked with the Labrador Film Foundation to plan film and music for the Northern Exposure Conference.
January 11: Martha met with Dr. Linda Liebenberg and Janice Ikeda of Dalhousie University to discuss a film project by Labrador youth.
January 11: Karen met with two of our BSW students who are currently doing a workterm in Labrador West. The Labrador West office of the LI and the CNA Labrador West campus will provide ongoing support with their program while in the area.
January 14: Morgon welcomed Michael Power, the new librarian at the College of the North Atlantic in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and gave him a tour of the Labrador Institute's collections, which he will be helping to maintain.
January 15: Karen has started work on a planning committee with members of the Labrador West community and representatives from the Harris Centre, that is organizing a Regional Workshop and a Memorial Presents in Labrador West this coming March.
January 15: Nathaniel participated in an organizing committee meeting for the Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics National Student Conference.
January 15: Nathaniel participated as a panelist at a MUN Faculty of Arts workshop on applying for CIHR scholarships and grants
January 16: Nathaniel and Martha attended the BSW Planning Committee meeting. They are busy preparing for this upcoming graduation in June.
January 17: Nathaniel attended the BSW program's cultural orientation for field instructors.
January 18: Martha gave a lecture to the CNA's Community Studies class on research.
January 20: Diane Brown received a Queen's Jubilee medal in recognition of her efforts with the Labrador Friendship Centre Board in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Congratulations Diane!
And last but not least, Merline Fonkwe has accepted the Research Associate, Earth Scientist/Mineral Deposits position and will begin on March 1, 2013. Beatrice was successful in helping Merline secure an apartment in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and also helped her with relocation details. Welcome Merline!


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Richard Hamming -- You and Your Research
By mduigou on Jun 23, 2008
I spent most of this evening reading and thinking about a speech by Richard Hamming. The speech, You and Your Research, is Dr. Hamming's advice about how to do "Great Work" to his fellow scientists. Reading the speech this evening, about 22 years after it was delivered, it seems culturally quite dated but it nevertheless resonates strongly. I believe in another 22 years readers will possibly have some difficulty interpreting his experiences. That my teachers and some of my early mentors and bosses were of Doctor Hamming's generation certainly helped me to relate. Dr. Hamming's advice is intended for research scientists but I found a lot in common with my situation as a software engineer. The speech has given me a lot to think about and I'll probably be considering it's implications for my own choices and approach for quite some time. I'd prefer not to get into the details of my personal introspection (they're private, don'tcha know), but since I found the speech compelling and relevant I thought I would share it here.


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Ex-Bigg Boss contestants Andy, Ali Quli Mirza and Sana Khan enter the Bigg Boss 9 house on the 24th day as guests, even as Hotel BB 9 task continued for the second day. After TV actor Sargun Mehta wrecked havoc in the house the previous day, the duo arrive to help Rishabh and Mandana to further t
Mr Nokia Song :Pistha Pistha
Mr nokia Starring Manoj Kumar Sana Khan Kriti Kharbanda Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja Director Anil Krishna
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After wild card entrant Rishabh Sinha shook the 'Bigg Boss 9' house with his arrival, ex-Bigg Boss contestants Andy, Ali Quli Mirza, Sana Khan and Sargun Mehta enter the house as guests to up the drama quotient, on the 23rd day of the reality show. While Sana, Andy and Ali were contestants
Last year contestant Sana Khan is all set to enter Bigg Boss 8 house as the fifth challenger. She will be entering the show with Rahul Mahajan, Sambhavna Seth, Mehek Chahl and Ajaz Khan. Sana is all excited to enter the show but at the same time feels that she is entering the show very late. She


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The Cabin
For those of you who read this blog, I would like to inform you that for the better part of August (or at least the next two weeks), I will be vacationing on my Grandparents' lake cabin on Lone Lake in Aitkin, MN. This cabin does not have internet access, thus my only connection is at the public library. As a result, I will update this blog on a series-by-series basis, not every day.
Thanks for reading, and go Twins! I will hopefully be back on a daily basis come later August.


text: Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal, in his address today to the conference in Brussels on the reconstruction of Iraq, declared that Saudi Arabia urges the adoption of the principle of non-interference in Iraq's internal affairs, stressing the need to retain the country's territorial integrity. This, he said, is the view that the Kingdom has always held: that Iraq should be an independent and unified country enjoying security, stability and prosperity, and at peace with its neighbors. The one-day conference is being hosted by the European Union and the United States at the request of Iraq's transitional government.


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could any body help? Why is nautilus elementary's "clutterflow" only active when nautilus is started as "sudo nautilus"?
I ran "nautilus -q" and got this error: "nautilus -q" generates an error... in ubuntu 11.04. Following error: (nautilus:3746): Unique-DBus-WARNING *: Error while sending message: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus).*
Now, i ran the same command "sudo nautilus -q" and nothing happend. But running "nautilus &" without "-q" brings up the browser, but clutterflow won't work either.
Clutterflow only works with "sudo nautilus &" but i don't want to be surfing around in super user mode..., how can i resolve this?
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Anakin ep3 head
Could anyone to do anakin head from ep3 for selectable human heads?
I knkw that there are many skins of anakin but i need a head so i can wear him in clothes that are in startgame menu ( when selecting character)
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A recent report shows that smoking is down throughout the United States but the same cannot be said for the general population of the Bluegrass State.
"Some local areas have changed and the numbers are going down, but statewide it's hovered around 28 or 29% for a while." said Joyce Adkins of the Barren River District Health Department.
Health officials say that number makes Kentucky number one in the state when it comes to people who smoke. Though the amount of smokers in the state has remained steady, tobacco outlets say the type of products being sold have changed.
"A lot of people have gravitated towards our value brands. They're all under $30 a carton." said Samantha Koons of Tobacco America.
Many initiatives to discourage tobacco use such as a tax on purchases have caused customers to look for a cheaper, hands on approach.
"Out of a 1 .lb bag, you can get about two to two and a half cartons. They're about a quarter of the price of buying a carton outright. More people have went towards them." said Koons regarding "roll your own" tobacco.
Health officials say laws such as banning smoking in restaurants will have an effect on the future.
"That culture is changing somewhat. Kids are not growing up going to restaurants where in every restaurant they go, people are smoking. They are much less likely to start smoking when they are older." added Adkins.
In fact the difference can already be seen. According to the Barren River Health District, smoking has dropped nearly ten percent amongst high schoolers.
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size 14, fits street sizes 8-12
back closure is Corset The corset style is flexible, hence why it can fit a range of sizes
Maggie Sottero Mariella is a very popular dress style. Perfect for afternoon, informal, beach, outside, or anyother type of wedding for those that don't want the weight of a princess dress.
Material: Base in a silk type fabric and then layers of chiffon
This dress has been hemmed to my height of 5'8″ with 2 inch heels, so 5'10" and should easily fit this height or shorter.
This dress is manufactured with a straight top, but I felt that a shallow sweetheart would bring out more accentuation and help the appeal of the dress. This worked out wonderfully. This is a ONE OF A KIND dress.
Original Price was approximately 900
professionally cleaned $125
color is diamond white with swarvoski crystal accents
Top: Strapless, modified for a shallow sweetheart
Dress comes with matching stole which has also been cleaned.
- Label Size: 14
- Street Size: 0
- Bust: 41
- Waist: 33
- Hips: 43.5
- Height with Shoes: 5'8"
- Alterations: Shallow sweetheart front modified from straight top
- Color: White
- Silhouette: Aline
- Material: Chiffon
- Neckline: Sleeveless
- Style: Beach, Corset, Open Back
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Liquid oxygen, as normally supplied, is of 99.5 percent purity and is covered in the United States by Military Specification MIL-P-25508. High purity liquid oxygen has a light blue colour and is transparent. It has no characteristic odour. Liquid oxygen does not burn, but will support combustion vigorously. The liquid is stable; however, mixtures of fuel and liquid oxygen are shock-sensitive. Gaseous oxygen can form mixtures with fuel vapours that can be exploded by static electricity, electric spark, or flame. Liquid oxygen is obtained from air by fractional distillation. The 1959 United. States production of high-purity oxygen was estimated at nearly 2 million tonnes. The cost of liquid oxygen, at that time, ex-works, was $ 0.04 per kg. By the 1980's NASA was paying $ 0.08 per kg.
In Russia hydrogen fuelled upper stages were designed and developed by the mid-1970's, but the Russians never seem to have found the extra performance to be worth the extra cost. Europe and China developed liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engines for upper stages of the Ariane and Long March launch vehicles.
The equilibrium composition of liquid hydrogen is 99.79 per cent parahydrogen and 0.21 per cent orthohydrogen. The boiling point of this composition is -253 deg C. Liquid hydrogen is transparent and without a characteristic odour. Gaseous hydrogen is colourless. Hydrogen is not toxic but is an extremely flammable material. The flammable limits of gaseous hydrogen in air are 4.0 to 75 volume percent.
Hydrogen is produced from by-product hydrogen from petroleum refining and the partial oxidation of fuel oil. The gaseous hydrogen is purified to 99.999+ per cent, and then liquefied in the presence of paramagnetic metallic oxides. The metallic oxides catalyse the ortho-para transformation of freshly liquefied hydrogen. Freshly liquefied hydrogen which has not been catalysed consists of a 3:1 ortho-para mixture and cannot be stored for any length of time because of the exothermic heat of conversion. The delivered cost of liquid hydrogen in 1960 was approximately $ 2.60 per kg. Large-scale production was expected to reduce the cost to $ 1.00 per kg. In the 1980's NASA was actually paying $ 3.60 per kg.
Oxidizer: LOX. Oxidizer: LOX. Fuel: LH2. Fuel: LH2. Propellant Formulation: LOX/LH2. Propellant Formulation: LOX/Slush LH2. Optimum Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 6. Optimum Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 4. Temperature of Combustion: 2,985 deg K. Temperature of Combustion: 2,985 deg K. Ratio of Specific Heats: 1.26. Ratio of Specific Heats: 1.26. Density: 0.28 g/cc. Density: 0.33 g/cc. Characteristic velocity c: 2,435 m/s (7,988 ft/sec). Characteristic velocity c: 2,435 m/s (7,988 ft/sec). Isp Shifting: 391 sec. Isp Shifting: 391 sec. Isp Frozen: 388 sec. Isp Frozen: 388 sec. Mol: 10.00 M (32.00 ft). Mol: 10.00 M (32.00 ft). Oxidizer Density: 1.140 g/cc. Oxidizer Density: 1.140 g/cc. Oxidizer Freezing Point: -219 deg C. Oxidizer Freezing Point: -219 deg C. Oxidizer Boiling Point: -183 deg C. Oxidizer Boiling Point: -183 deg C. Fuel Density: 0.071 g/cc. Fuel Density: 0.071 g/cc. Fuel Freezing Point: -259 deg C. Fuel Freezing Point: -259 deg C. Fuel Boiling Point: -253 deg C. Fuel Boiling Point: -253 deg C.
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I have a server running several VMs via two bridges and want to secure the host via iptables.
So I have the defaults for IN/OUTPUT: drop and FORWARD: accept, and some IN/OUTPUT rules to allow me ssh access.
Now the Problem is with this setup that ssh-sessions are seemingly freezing when a command produces some lines of output. For example
date works, but
iptables -L or
top will hang in the middle of their output.
I can kill the session with
~., login again, set iptables back to default and everything works again.
Also after setting the iptables rules it takes a while before the problem arises. I haven't been able to determine the exact timeframe, has been between 5-20 minutes i think.
Any idea what could cause such a problem or how one would go about diagnosing it?


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Students currently enrolled at Gadsden State are invited to take part in an open casting call Tuesday, February 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in room 202 at the Joe Ford Center located on the East Broad Campus.
The producers of MTV's three-time Emmy Award winning series "MADE" are looking for college students who want an opportunity to change the rest of their life. MTV wants to create opportunities for students with unlimited potential who are having trouble figuring out what their next step in life should be. Whether it is helping students to find their path, gain real world experience or get the inspiration they need to follow their true passion. In every episode of the show, students will have to make hard decisions and determine if the risks are worth the reward.
Students can visit http://www.gadsdenstate.edu/MTVCastingPacket.pdf to download a printable casting call packet and complete the MTV Casting Questionnaire that must be submitted at the interview session on Tuesday. For more information contact Kay Smith-Foster at 256-549-8224 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Emily Homan had six points for Lafayette in Sunday's loss at Ohio State.
Dec. 9, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Danielle Fiacco scored 10 points with eight rebounds, but Lafayette couldn't keep up with No. 20 Ohio State in an 81-41 loss in Columbus.
The Leopards trailed 38-16 at halftime after shooting under 25 percent from the floor. On the other side, the Buckeyes hit on 50 percent of their opportunities to build the 22-point lead.
Ohio State expanded the lead to as many as 47 points in the second before finalizing the 40-point margin.
Emily Homan and Alicia Manning added six points apiece for Lafayette. Ten of the Leopards' 14 buckets had assists, while they were nearly even with Ohio State on the boards. The Buckeyes finished with a 32-30 edge.
Army is the only team in action Monday, as it hosts Loyola Maryland at 7 p.m.
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Mother ****er I was worried.
I just woke up everyone in the house screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thanks for that...
I literally almost threw up in my mouth
Oh my friggin God, you nearly gave me a heart attack
I've witness my death thanks to this.................
Thanks, it's not going to be a peaceful one. :/
first the end of the world, now this? what a relief... that ant cool!
had a heart attack when i saw this! i recovered quick though :P
hahhahahahahah! That was a good one!
I'd be quite happy. You idiots would stop clinging on to hopes that he gets "fired," as if that would happen
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A judge has ruled Nidal Hasan can still face the death penalty if convicted of the 2009 US Army base attack that killed 13 people.
18:03, UK, Wednesday 30 January 2013
A judge has decided a Fort Hood shooting suspect still can face the death penalty if convicted in the worst mass shooting on a US military installation.
The judge, Colonel Tara Osborn, denied Major Nidal Hasan's request to remove the death penalty as a punishment option.
Col Osborn was expected to rule later on Hasan's request to plead guilty to 13 counts of premeditated murder in the 2009 attack on the Texas Army post. But Army rules prohibit a judge from accepting a guilty plea in a death penalty case.
Hasan also is charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. He faces execution or life in prison without parole.
Col Osborn is holding hearings to reconsider defence motions previously rejected by the former judge.
A trial date has not been set.
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Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch led the team with a 14th-place qualifying run in the second round of knock-out qualifying, as all three JGR teams failed to advance to the final round on Friday at Michigan International Speedway. Busch qualified the No. 18 M&Ms Toyota Camry at a speed of 200.842 mph (35.849 seconds) for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400.
Matt Kenseth qualified the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota 21st with a speed of 199.967 mph (36.006 seconds), while Denny Hamlin will start the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota from the 29th position after a fast lap of 199.933 mph (36.012 seconds).
Kevin Harvick won the pole with a track record speed of 204.557 mph (35.198 seconds), and starts Sunday's race next to Jeff Gordon (203.776 mph/35.333 seconds). Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Aric Almirola make up Row Two, followed by Paul Menard and Brad Keselowski in Row Three. Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Brian Vickers, Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson round out the top 12.
Qualifying for the Nationwide Series Oillie's Bargain Outlet 250 takes place Saturday at 10:35 a.m. ET, followed by the green flag at 2 p.m. ET. The Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400 goes green Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Keep up with the action at joegibbsracing.com.
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VDGIF Recommending Changes On 'Fox Pens' In Va.
Thousands Email Agency
RICHMOND — Virginia wildlife officials have developed proposed new regulations for preserves in which hunting dogs are set loose in fenced training enclosures to pursue foxes.
The regulations developed by staff of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will be debated Wednesday at a meeting in Richmond that is expected to attract a big audience, including operators of the state's 37 preserves, dog owners and opponents who want to shut down what they call fox pens. They argue the preserves are inhumane and little more than state-sanctioned animal fighting on preserves that can encompass hundreds of acres.
Defenders contend the foxes enjoy the chase, are treated humanely and the preserves provide a controlled training environment for foxhounds.
The game department said its website has received nearly 3,300 emails on the subject since last October, when it agreed to take a closer regulatory look at foxhound training preserves. At least half appear to be in response to campaigns aimed at the preserves, the department said. The Humane Society of the United States has urged its members to express their opposition to the practice, which the General Assembly has declined to act on.
Mike Fies is the department's furbearer project leader and the department's expert on foxhound training preserves, which he said are primarily in Southside and southeast Virginia. He said similar preserves are found in about 20 states in the South and Midwest.
"The goal is to train hounds by chasing foxes," he said. "The goal is not to catch the fox or kill the fox."
Under current regulations, each preserve must have a minimum of 100 acres. The preserves include cover and escape routes for foxes.
The recommendations Fies will present to the board would provide foxes with more opportunities to elude dogs. They include rounded fence corners so foxes are less likely to be cornered, additional escape structures, limits on how many hounds could chase fox in the enclosures and training frequency, and the development of requirements to acclimate foxes to their new surroundings.
"We want to provide opportunities for quality dog training while addressing concerns related to fair chase and fox mortality," Fies said.
Each preserve would be authorized to use up to 10 trappers to supply foxes. Over the past five years, trappers have provided an average of 1,261 foxes annually to the state's 37 preserves.
Opponents have cited those numbers to make the case that foxes are killed at a high rate at the preserves. The Virginia Foxhound Training Preserve Owners Association contends that many die naturally or escape the enclosures.
The proposed new regulations would be in addition to the rules the preserves must already follow, including record keeping on hunters and their dogs, health management procedures and animal provisions for the foxes. A fox injured during a training hunt, for instance, must be removed from the preserve and treated or euthanized.
Fies said he doesn't expect the recommended changes to appease critics of foxhound training preserves. "There's not a whole lot of agreement between the two sides," he said.
The department's governing board is not expected to vote on the recommendations until its June meeting.