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Help me here...why is Daniels starting? And everyone knows Mbah a Moute is not a power forward. He's best at SF.Hide replies
Evidently, not everyone.
Its the latest thing to play smaller quicker guys at the 4.
Henson should play the 4 with Iyasova backing him up. Henson has length, speed, can rebound and SCORE.
Oh yeah...he can block shots too
If Henson can have more half's like this one, he'll get minutes. He seemed to be the only one with any energy tonight. Daniels having to play only speaks to the lack of competition at his position.
his second half equally effective.............are you buting in, Coach?
Freudian slip, 'buying in'
Yeah, looks like he's getting there offensively. Understanding team defense, not so much. Hammond could help the situation by 'lightening the load' in the front court.
tRader John usually fixes his mistakes after the season is over, he doesn't have that luxury this time?
you play him with m00tie and Larry, they can cover his r00k mistakes
I don't disagree. Daniels probably shouldn't see rotation minutes, and if I was a betting man (and I am), he'll be the odd man out, with Henson getting his minutes.
Someone is going to have to help Sanders rebound and protect the paint vs the Spurs. They will attack the paint.
Dunleavy plays a couple minutes and outscores Daniels and Mbah a Moute combined....Hide replies
They scored 69. Outscoring two guys who aren't point producers isn't the problem, defending someone is.
Yeah when you have 52 points at half chances are a player or 2 did some scoring. Giving up 69 is the problem.
early blowout against a proven veteran playoff perennial team. Games like this usually tell me what a team is really all about. Not shocking whatsoever.Hide replies
I feel that the Bucks will make a game of it before this one is over.
agreed, 2010, within 12 they got p0ps worried, put da hammer down!!
There's the answer. Henson starts at PF and Mbah a Moute starts at SF. Henson is already over Daniels season ave in scoring.
WOW what tremendous defense!!
BTW is there some law against Mbah a Moute, Dunleavy Jr. and Ilyasova all playing well in the same game?
That undefeated record of 5-0 when Jr. scores 17 or more could end tonight.
WOW what tremendous defense!!
BTW is there some law against Mbah a Moute, Dunleavy Jr. and Ilyasova all playing well in the same game?
That undefeated record of 5-0 when Jr. scores 17 or more could end tonight.
Sorry for double post. First click it was going nowhere. 2nd click took both of them.
Word has been that Henson is dominating practice lately. I asked last week why Daniels was starting. Why not just move Mbah a Moute to SF and start Henson at PF? I guess the simple answer is that he's not quite ready. Starting is different then practice or coming in when down 20. But it's hard to see the positive in starting Daniels.
Skiles is a defensive minded coach is offensive to me tonite.Hide replies
I didn't notice that Skiles was letting them score at will. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Well Duncan is really dominating our Centers big time in this game. The game itself is closer then what he's winning that battle by.
Layup practice for Tim.Hide replies
Sorry the PF spot. Either way he's killing our bigs.
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I'd like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the love and support over the past two years. I appreciate so much that you recognize the HUGE injustice that is being done to Professional Wrestlers throughout the industry. I hope my case has opened up a few blind eyes and maybe now we, the wrestlers who put our bodies on the line every time we step in the ring, are one step closer to being provided with medical coverage and all the benefits that go along with being a true employee and not an independent contractor.
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Lino Brocka, "Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag" (1975).
Some random short notes (sorry, I'm really dispensing with the synopsis this time, and yes, there are major spoilers below):
1. This marks the second time I've seen a Brocka film where I kind of wished the whole film was filmed like the credit sequence: Maynila begins with stark black-and-white cinematography by Mike de Leon that makes the city look like it was filmed in an earlier decade. It's of a city slowly waking up — its streets half empty save some horse-drawn calesas and people sweeping refuse from the night before — until it bleeds into color when we see Julio Madiaga at the corner of Ongpin and Misericordia. (In 1974′s Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (see my blog entry here) the horrifying opening scenes before the credits are shot in a beautiful speckled amber.)
2. We don't quite get the poetry of Edgardo Reyes' opening in his novel, describing the ragtag construction of a building as "a skeleton quivering hesitantly in the wind" –
Sa simula, siya'y isang kalansay na nakatalalan sa hangin. Isang matayog, buhaghag na bunton ng patapong mga piraso ng tabling gato, mabukbok, mabitak, masalubsob, pilipit, kubikong, na pinagpaku-pako nang patayo, pahalang, patulibas, kabit-kabit nang walang wawa, tulad ng kahig-manok sa lupa… (1)
– and I had wished that Brocka had lingered a bit longer on the daily routine of work. In a fascinating interview with Rogelio Mangahas, Reyes, a former construction worker himself, says that his "ambition in life was to become a labor leader", and that the workers were foremost in his mind when he wrote his novel. It's a pity, then, that we don't see enough of the rhythms of labor in the film, but it's understandable, as Julio gets laid off halfway through the movie.
3. What I wrote previously about Brocka's seeming lack of subtlety in his films still applies here. The names don't make it easier, though they're neither Brocka's nor screenwriter Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.'s fault; they're taken straight from Reyes' novel. The protagonist's surname, Madiaga, is a reference to "patience" ("matiyaga" means "patient"), and his girlfriend's name is Ligaya Paraiso – literally, Happiness Paradise. (Note to those unfamiliar with the Philippines: it's not as tendentious as it sounds, as people really can be named Ligaya – including, perhaps, the most famous Ligaya of them all – in much the same way that Grace and Joy are proper names in the U.S. and elsewhere. Ah, but only in the Philippines can you find people actually named Cherry Pie, though, and only Filipinos have relatives you can call "Auntie Baby." But still.)
Best (or worst) of all is the shifty and lecherous Chinese villain's name, Ah Tek, which sounds like "atik", '70s slang for "money" (a reversal of the word "kita," which means "salary"). And so you can imagine what the dialogue in the film literally sounds like to Tagalog speakers:
I went to see Money, but I was told that there was no Happiness there,
I wandered the streets of Manila looking for Happiness, but couldn't find her.
4. Here's one more example, featuring a construction worker with aspirations to be a professional singer. He falls in an accident — literally after he finishes singing "The Impossible Dream" — his body carried away Pieta-like by the other workers. There's a close-up of his tattered copy of a songhits magazine, with Nora Aunor on the cover; the camera follows the magazine as another worker picks it up exceedingly slowly.
"Benny was unlucky, wasn't he?" asks one. "It's because he was too happy," says another. We discover that Benny has died and that his corpse will likely be donated to a medical school because he has no relatives. The worker throws the magazine to the ground; the camera focuses on it for a beat before someone enters the frame with a wheelbarrow and spills gravel on it.
5. So, back to that lack of subtlety: this has usually been explained as Brocka working in a melodramatic style – that is, "melodramatic" not as a pejorative, but as a particular cinematic mode. But I find that his films just aren't… mannered enough to communicate that he's using melodrama self-consciously. So when the camera focuses on Julio's trembling, clenched fists to further underscore his anger, is it an allusion to more theatrical modes of acting? When Hilda Koronel clutches her hair in overwrought dismay as she relates her imprisonment, is it possible that Brocka is utilizing culturally specific cinematic shorthand? Somehow I doubt it.
6. Speaking of the novel as source material, it's interesting to note that two of the more provocative scenes in the film don't come from Reyes. (I'll write about the other scene later, as it kind of involves the shifty and lecherous Chinese villain.) After Julio loses his job and has to leave the lean-to where the construction workers are staying, he ends up sleeping in a park. We get a good illustration of his naivete here, as he clearly has no idea it's a cruising spot, and soon he falls in with a group of male prostitutes and finds himself in an inadvertent ménage-a-trois with a fluffy Pekingese. The subplot is interesting, in any case, not just because of the set design (by Soxy Topacio!), but because it anticipates the plot of 1988′s Macho Dancer (young man from the provinces, woman lost in the streets of Manila, the seamy world of call boys and strippers).
7. (MAJOR SPOILER). When I first saw Maynila back in the early '90s*, I was struck at how uncomfortably anti-Chinese it was; two decades later, I realize I wasn't wrong. It's arguably not as pronounced as it is in Reyes' novel; one of its refrains, for instance, goes:
Chinatown. Sa langhap, sa tanawin, sa tibok, sa kaluluwa – Chinatown. Dito'y madarama mo na ikaw na kayumanggi ang dayuhan, hindi silang madidilaw. (146)
Or in English:
Chinatown. In smell, in sight, in pulse, in soul – Chinatown. Here you will feel that you who are brown is the outsider, not they who are yellow.
Mangahas, in his 1986 introduction, contextualizes Julio's final desperate act by writing that, in 1966 when Reyes finished his novel, one had yet to see a deeper political consciousness on the part of Filipino writers, much less an ideologically coherent body of anti-imperialist literature. Because of the lack of class analysis back then (I'm paraphrasing this from Tagalog), there were misconceptions about who comprised the negative forces in society (lvi-lvii).
It was only in the Seventies, Mangahas writes (after the declaration of Martial Law and the consequent detention of political prisoners), that progressive writers began to see more clearly that (I'm directly translating this and the following quotes from Tagalog) "American imperialism and its domestic conspirators were the real forces [my emphasis] that crippled the livelihood, politics, and culture of Philippine society." "One cannot ascertain," Mangahas writes, "whether Reyes' specific objective in having Julio kill Ah Tek was simply to revenge Ligaya's death" (lvii).
Chinese in the Philippines (and in Southeast Asia in general) have long been historically associated with the mercantile class, but it goes way beyond benign stereotype; witness the ugly spate of kidnappings of Chinese Filipinos that continues unabated. Seen as perpetual outsiders, they're seen in the film as abusive representatives of the bourgeoisie (in one scene, Julio witnesses a Chinese restaurant owner slap a waitress) and, as the name Ah Tek shows, capital itself.
But in his film, Brocka almost unforgivably tips his hand, in one of the other crucial new scenes: that of a Kabataang Makabayan rally with Julio and his friend watching from the sidelines. (Watch for director / actor / writer Mario O'Hara in a cameo as the protest organizer with the bullhorn.) At a time when labor and student organizers could easily be "disappeared" by the Marcos regime, it's arguably the most fearless part of the film, a provocation. But the fact that this scene of anti-imperialist chants (with O'Hara yelling "Makibaka! Huwag matakot!" and exhorting the listeners to smash capitalism and not be afraid) is immediately followed by Julio's murder of Ah Tek with an ice pick – this was just distasteful.
8. In his introduction at the Pacific Film Archive screening, Steve Seid talked about how critics have either pronounced Maynila or 1976′s Insiang (see my blog entry here) as Brocka's best film. I think I'm going with the latter.
*I had the great fortune to see Maynila and many other films in a fantastic Philippine Studies graduate seminar back in the spring of 1991, with Benedict Anderson, one of my former thesis advisers (coincidentally discussed in Michael Guillen's recent article on Twitch). Unfortunately, many of the copies the Southeast Asia Program had at the time lacked subtitles. Being (if I remember correctly) the only native Tagalog speaker in the class at the time, I was asked (or tasked – I can't remember which, though I'm fairly sure I received beer money for it, not that I could have legally purchased alcohol at the time) to write detailed synopses for the unsubtitled films.
So I had the dubious pleasure of spending hours upon hours watching a film the first time, then painstakingly pressing the rewind button and transcribing bits of dialogue for a second slow run-through, then watching them again on a bigger screen in class. I write "dubious" because some of the films were crap (like Tony Reyes' 1990 parody of a buddy flick, Tangga en Chos: Beauty Secret Agents, a vehicle for Joey de Leon and Jon Santos), or interesting crap (Peque Gallaga's Virgin Forest from 1985), but some were just plain amazing (Mike de Leon's Batch '81, from 1982).
Watching an unsubtitled film via synopsis couldn't have been very fun for my classmates. (The films weren't screened for class discussion in any case, but to impart some local flavor.) What was fun, though, was screening Macho Dancer to a roomful of students – historians, political scientists, anthropologists, Army Intelligence guys and maybe a former nun or two among them. Oh, the squirming.
Reference: Edgardo M. Reyes, Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1989).
great breakdown of the film–love the analysis/explanation of the significance of the nomenclature. Hope to see the movie someday–maybe I can wrangle a screener somewhere!


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Pretend it's January this Friday morning and have another dose of early transfer news.
The Metro are at it this time, predicting that City lead the chase for Valencia centre-back Adil Rami, who has reportedly been transfer-listed by the La Liga side.
Manuel Pellegrini is familiar with the 27-year-old's abilities from his time in Spain, and is now said to be keen to bring the France international to Manchester.
Jamie Sanderson writes: "Rami is widely considered to be one of the best centre backs in European football, having established himself with the La Liga side after joining from Lille.
"But a switch away is now all but certain after the 27-year-old fell out with Valencia boss Djukic this week, branding him 'two faced' in the media.
"Arsenal and Barcelona will add competition for his signature, but Pellegrini knows all about Rami from his time in Spain, and believes City could be the front runners."
Remember, when the window does open, we'll be the first with any confirmed deals on mcfc.co.uk.
Back to September now, and EDS forward Marcos Lopes was rewarded for his good form with a starting berth against Wigan on Tuesday night, and the Portuguese youngster told the Manchester Evening News the playing style under Patrick Vieira has made it easier for him to adapt.
The paper quotes him as saying: "It's pretty much the same style in the EDS so it's easier for young players when they go to the first team. Patrick is a very good coach and a very good person, and we know what he was in terms of being a football player. Having someone like him in charge is good for young players."
He adds: "The other lads look at me sometimes and wonder why I am doing too much, but that's just me. I want to work hard, so I become a good player.
"I have a target to be a professional player so I know I have to work hard, to do extra and do as many training sessions as possible. It is good for me."
You can read the full interview with City's hot prospect here.
It's not long to wait for your next City fix, with the Blues due to visit Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon.
Paul Lambert's men will be without prolific striker Christian Benteke, who has been ruled out with injury, but Villa winger Leandro Bacuna is confident others can find the net in his absence.
He told the Daily Express: "It is a blow for the team but we have other strikers.
"The team are not relying on Benteke. The other strikers will do well.
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I'm sure the City defenders have other ideas!
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Stocks Edge Up Ahead of Election Day
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The major U.S. stock averages finished slightly higher on Monday ahead of what's expected to be a tight presidential election on Tuesday.
Trading was light with volume totaling just 2.92 billion on New York Stock Exchange and 1.49 billion on the Nasdaq.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added more than 19 points, or 0.15%, to close at 13,112. The blue-chip index, which has fallen in each of the past two weeks, began the session up a little over 7% in 2012.
Within the Dow, winners outpaced losers, 17 to 13. The biggest percentage gainers were Caterpillar (CAT) , Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , and Walt Disney (DIS) .
The biggest Dow laggards were Bank of America (BAC) , Coca-Cola(KO) , and UnitedHealth(UNH) .
The S&P 500 rose a little more than 3 points, or 0.22%, to settle at 1417.26, while the Nasdaq jumped more than 17 points, or 0.59%, to finish at 2999.66.
The weakest sectors in the broad market were utilities, financials, consumer non-cyclicals and services. Consumer cyclicals, technology and capital goods were areas of strength.
Apple(AAPL) was a bright spot with shares rising 1.4% after the company said it sold a better-than-expected three million iPad minis over the weekend.
"The U.S. economy is still operating distinctly below its potential and unemployment is right on the historical cusp of assuring any challenging party a solid victory. A loss on Tuesday for either party -- and one will certainly draw the short straw -- is going to go down very poorly indeed among the faithful and their representatives in government," commented Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx. "That's a problem for the country, because there is a lot of heavy lifting to be done in the coming months with respect to the package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff."
"Markets remain transfixed by politics. With so many close races in the U.S., the threat of multiple hanging chad counts might delay the election result beyond Tuesday. Some states like Ohio are still changing the rules, which may lead to legal challenges," noted Paul Donovan, global economist at UBS.
The major U.S. equity averages finished last week's truncated trading week -- when exchanges were closed for several days because of Hurricane Sandy -- with steep losses on Friday as the October jobs report fell flat ahead of the election.
On Monday, the Institute for Supply Management said its services index fell to 54.2 in October from 55.1 in September, vs. the average economist estimate of 54.5 for last month.
"October's U.S. ISM non-manufacturing index provides more evidence that GDP will grow at an annualized rate of around 2% in the fourth quarter. The decline in the index ... reversed only part of the previous month's gain to leave the index with a small upward trend," noted Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics.


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To date, there are four established origins for the Ghost Rider Zarathos, the Medallion of Power, Noble Kale, and Zadkiel. This is an attempt to fit all of these elements together in as coherent a fashion as possible. Much of this is speculation that has yet to be confirmed by the actual Ghost Rider comic series, but it is certainly a logical way to connect all of the disparate pieces.
The Spirits of Vengeance As established in Ghost Rider (2006) # 33, the Spirits of Vengeance were created by God to be Heaven's weapon on Earth. The Spirits would inhabit the bodies of mortals and were watched over by the angel Zadkiel.
The Caretakers/The Blood To assist Zadkiel, the angel gave power to certain humans and made them the Spirits' Caretakers. Their mission was to keep each Spirit of Vengeance under control by guiding and manipulating the human hosts, including providing false origins for each Spirit. As the centuries went on, many of the Caretakers (also referred to as the Blood) turned away from Zadkiel's mission, some even joining with Zarathos to become the Fallen.
Zarathos Though many think that Zarathos was a demon from Satan's realm, he is actually a Spirit of Vengeance gone rogue. As established in Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch # 3, the more power a Spirit taps into, the more they risk going insane. Zarathos turned against the Spirits of Vengeance and the Caretakers, but was eventually defeated and trapped within a stone statue prison. He was released centuries later and once again began devouring souls until he was noticed by Mephisto, who defeated Zarathos and imprisoned him in Hell. When Mephisto made his deal Johnny Blaze, the angel Zadkiel intervened and made Blaze a host to a Spirit of Vengeance. But it was Mephisto who ensured that the Spirit inside Blaze was his "fallen Spirit" Zarathos, as a sort of compromise between Heaven and Hell. Such a compromise had been reached centuries before when Heaven and Hell intervened in the life of Noble Kale, another host to a Spirit of Vengeance (as told in Ghost Rider (1990) # 92).
The Medallion of Power The Caretaker of Danny Ketch lied about the Ghost Rider's origins by claiming the Medallion of Power (also called the Amulet of Zarathos, from Before the 4: The Storms # 3) to be the source of the Spirits' powers. The power of the Spirits comes from Heaven, and the Medallion of Power was likely just a conduit to help focus this power. During the Siege of Darkness, three Spirits of Vengeance (Ketch, Blaze, and Vengeance) used the Medallion for the final time, shattering it were it truly the source of their power, would their power not have faded once the Medallion was destroyed?
Johnny Blaze Blaze was always fated to host a Spirit of Vengeance, but the machinations of Mephisto threw an unexpected wrench into the works. Blaze made a deal with Mephisto that cost him his soul, and in order to save him Roxanne Simpson made a similar deal with Heaven. To keep Blaze from going to Hell, Zadkiel turned him into a Ghost Rider. Now both Hell and Heaven had stake in Blaze, and Mephisto interfered by cursing Blaze instead of having control over the Ghost Rider's power, he was instead bound to the fallen Spirit of Vengeance named Zarathos, who had been imprisoned in Hell. This was not the first instance of Mephisto interfering with the Spirits of Vengeance, he had done the same many years earlier with Noble Kale. Eventually Blaze won his freedom from Zarathos, but still possessed the power of the Spirit of Vengeance laying dormant inside him. Years later, Blaze once again found himself possessed by Zarathos until he was tricked by Adam into releasing the Spirit of Vengeance to a new host, a young woman named Alejandra. Zarathos' time spent inside Alejandra was brief, and Blaze is now yet again host to the Ghost Rider.
Noble Kale Kale was an 18 th century Ghost Rider that destroyed witches and overzealous witch-hunters alike in Colonial America. He became a Spirit of Vengeance in a manner similar to Blaze his father, a sorcerer, sold Noble's soul to Mephisto and used the stolen power of the Ghost Riders to create a Spirit of Vengeance. An angel named Uriel intervened and forced Satan to a compromise: neither realm would claim Kale's soul, but he would remain a Ghost Rider. When one of his descendants became host to a Spirit of Vengeance, it would be the same Spirit that inhabited Noble Kale (as happened to Naomi Kale and her son, Daniel Ketch).
Danny Ketch Daniel Ketch was never intended to be a Spirit of Vengeance, that curse instead meant for his sister Barbara. When she was mortally wounded, however, the power passed to Daniel and he found himself transformed into a Ghost Rider. Like his mother, Naomi, Daniel was possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance that had inhabited his ancestor Noble Kale. After many years, Daniel successfully exorcised the Spirit of Vengeance (and the ghost of his ancestor) from his soul. Both he and his brother, Johnny Blaze, have since become Ghost Riders once again.
In every era of human history, there rode a Spirit of Vengeance.
The Spirits of Vengeance were created by God as a weapon of Heaven with human hosts all over the world bearing the curse of the Ghost Rider while knowledge of their true origins remained shrouded in secrecy via the work of the angel Zadkiel.
Approx. 20,000 B.C. - The Spirits of Vengeance:
Ghost Riders appeared throughout history, all over the world, and included such people as the Penance Fist, the Undead G-Man, Shark Rider, and the Devil Rig. At one point, Civil War soldier Travis Parham was given a glimpse of the Spirits' realm when he touched the skull of his friend Caleb's ancestor. In this realm, Parham saw representations of all the Ghost Riders throughout history.
In the modern era, all of the current Ghost Riders were killed and their power stolen by former Ghost Rider Danny Ketch. Used as a weapon by renegade angel Zadkiel, the power of the Spirits of Vengeance was used to destroy the gates of Heaven itself. As a result, only three Ghost Riders remain on Earth today (John Blaze, Daniel Ketch, and Kowalski/Vengeance).
2000 Years Ago - Zarathos
Zarathos' actions on Earth attracted the attention of Mephisto, who came to see Zarathos as a potential rival. Empowering the mortal later known as Centurious, Mephisto defeated Zarathos in battle and claimed the hellfire that housed his spirit. Enslaved to Mephisto's realm, Zarathos was sent to Earth several times to possess Mephisto's followers. Because of the manipulations of Mephisto and the angel Zadkiel, Zarathos was bonded with a man named Johnny Blaze and is one of the modern-day Ghost Riders.
Information: [Ghost Rider (1990) # 43], [Ghost Rider (1973) # 77]
1700s - Noble Kale
Mephisto and the angel Uriel came to a decision regarding Noble, that he would rest in the interdimensional Void until called to Earth to seek vengeance for the spilling of innocent blood. Mephisto secretly added to this compromise, cursing the first born of each Kale generation to be the human host for the Ghost Rider. Each time he was called forth, Noble would have no memory of his true identity. Noble spent his time as the Spirit of Vengeance in colonial America, where he fought against witches and over-zealous witch hunters. Most recently he was the Spirit of Vengeance bound to descendant Daniel Ketch, but was eventually exorcised from Ketch's soul by a technomancer named Mary LeBow.
Information: [Ghost Rider (1990) # 78], [Ghost Rider (1990) # 79], [Ghost Rider (1990) # 92], [Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch # 1]
1867 - Caleb
After Parham's departure, Caleb and his family were murdered by a band of marauders led by George Reagan. Parham returned years later and swore to kill Reagan and his band, unaware that a mysterious cloaked rider was already on their trail. This Ghost Rider killed each of Reagan's men and finally Reagan himself, but the killers returned after having made a deal with a demon. In a final showdown between Reagan's band and the Ghost Rider, Parham discovered that the Rider was actually his former friend Caleb, powered by the Spirit of Vengeance that Travis had envisioned years before. Caleb gave Parham another vision of Ghost Riders throughout history, including ones from future eras, before departing to whereabouts unknown.
Information: [Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears # 1], [Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears # 6]
Late 1800s - Carter Slade
After years of adventures - including a meeting with a time-traveling Johnny Blaze - Carter was eventually killed by men he sought to bring to justice. It was then that Carter's brother, Lincoln Slade, became the next Ghost Rider to honor his brother's memory. In the modern age, Carter returned to the earthly plane as a true ghost who could take possession of his descendant, Hamilton Slade, and ride as the Ghost Rider once again. Finally, when Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch called upon the spirits of every deceased Ghost Rider to save Heaven from the rogue angel Zadkiel, Carter Slade's ghost was seen among them - confirming him as a true Spirit of Vengeance.
Information: [The Ghost Rider # 1], [Ghost Rider (1973) # 50], [Ghost Rider (1973) # 58, [Ghost Riders: Heaven's On Fire # 6]
1914-1918 - unknown (last name possibly Kale)
While fighting in Europe, this Ghost Rider came into conflict with Verminous Rex, a rat-like creature from Germany that fed his cannibalistic urges by eating the flesh of fallen soldiers. Rex was killed by the Ghost Rider, and when he encountered Rex in the modern day Noble Kale remembered their World War I encounter.
Information: [Ghost Rider (1990) # 89]
1945 - The Blazing Skull/Mark Todd
Though connections between the two have been made, it has never been substantiated whether or not Todd was the Ghost Rider of his time. There are amazing coincidences in his story, particularly the flaming skull and the race of "Skull Men" that could have actually been the Spirits of Vengeance of old. The Blazing Skull remains as an adventurer in the modern era alongside his teammates in the Invaders.
Information: [Midnight Sons Unlimited # 9]
Early 1970s - Naomi Kale
Through numerous spells (which unfortunately shortened her life span considerably) and demonic deals, Naomi thought she had freed her oldest child Johnny from the Ghost Rider curse. Naomi was finally caught by the demon lord Mephisto, who forced her to transform into the Ghost Rider one last time, an act which she could not survive. As she lay dying, Mephisto's proxy Pastor Kale informed her that the Kale curse had skipped to the second oldest child - Barbara - and that while Johnny would not become "the" Ghost Rider he could still become "a" Ghost Rider. Naomi died and was buried in an unmarked grave in Cypress Hills Cemetary. Years later, her disembodied spirit guided her son Daniel into recovering the lost memories of their ancestor, Noble, and she was finally allowed to pass on to the next world.
Information: [Ghost Rider # -1], [Ghost Rider (1990) # 93], [Ghost Rider: Finale]
Mid 1970s - Max Parrish
While on the run from the Comte, the Amulet of Z began to speak to Parrish and Johnny Storm, appearing as a ghostly apparition consumed by flames. The Amulet was in truth the fabled Medallion of Power, and the spirit was that of Zarathos. When Zarathos offered to possess young Storm to save them, Parrish stood in his place and was transformed into the Ghost Rider. After defeating the Comte, Zarathos was set to ride off with the body of Parrish, but was stopped by Johnny Storm when the boy ripped the Medallion of Power free from the front of the demon's motorcycle (actually a car mystically transformed into a bike). Parrish was freed from Zarathos' possession and the remains of the destroyed car - along with the Medallion - was placed in a junkyard adjacent to Cypress Hills Cemetary.
Information: [Before the 4: The Storms # 3]
Mid 1990s - Vengeance/Michael Badilino
With his many attempts to apprehend the Ghost Rider ending in failure, Michael made an irrational decision: he sold his soul to Mephisto, who transformed him into Ghost Rider's antithesis: Vengeance. Badilino again tried to destroy the Ghost Rider, but had a change of heart when the Caretaker explained to him the (actually false) history of the Spirits of Vengeance. Badilino played hero for a time, filling in for a believed-dead Ghost Rider, until his power drove him insane. Obsessed with murdering criminals, Vengeance even tried to kill his former police friends and Ghost Rider himself. He briefly regained his sanity long enough to use his hellfire to self-destruct, killing both Michael and his enemy Anton Hellgate. When Dan Ketch later traveled to Hell to save the Ghost Rider, he found Michael being tortured by Blackheart. Badilino was freed from Hell and sent back to Earth, though he no longer hosts a Ghost Rider. The Spirit of Vengeance that he once hosted is now bound to a former police officer named Kowalski.
Information: [Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance # 9], [Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance # 16], [Ghost Rider (1990) # 76]
2099 - Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane
However, instead of dying Zero's consciousness was rescued by a collection of sentient, artificially intelligent beings called the Ghost Works. They offered Zero a deal: if he would help them halt the dangerous course of humanity by being their agent in the world, the Ghost Works would provide him with a new body. Zero agreed, and his mind was implanted in a highly-sophisticated robot shell. As one last finishing touch, Zero appropriated the fiery skull image of his hacker clique by ringing his skull-like head with holographic flames. The Ghost Rider had been reborn to fight corruption in Transverse City. While it would appear that Cochrane had no connection to the Ghost Riders of old, perhaps he - like Carter Slade and Mark Todd before him - was a Spirit of Vengeance tailored to the era in which he lived.
Information: [Ghost Rider 2099 # 1]
The 31st Century -
Wileaydus Autolycus
When the Guardians of the Galaxy arrived in orbit around Sarka, Autolycus assumed they were reinforcements for the Church and attacked the heroes. When he learned of his mistake, the Spirit of Vengeance helped the Guardians escape the clutches of the Church, killing the Grand Inquisitor during the battle. Autolycus later went on to join a different team consisting of future versions of Wonder Man, Firelord, the Vision, and Phoenix.
Information: [Guardians of the Galaxy # 13]
Origin Stories:
Ghost Rider (2005) # 1
Ghost Rider (2006) # 5


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Ryan Vu Photo Gallery 2011: Finished out his career with All-America honors in the pole vault ... only had indoor eligibility remaining, but made the most of it, qualifying for his first NCAA Indoor Championships and finishing 11th at nationals to earn All-America Second Team honors ... cleared 17-2 ¾ at the NCAA Indoor meet ... qualified for NCAAs with a PR of 17-7 at the Husky Classic, placing second ... that mark is sixth-best in school history ... runner-up at the MPSF Championships, vaulting 16-9 ½ ... third at the UW Invitational with a jump of 17-1 and third again at the UW Final Qualifier at 17-1 ¾ ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. 2010: Claimed the 2010 Pac-10 Championship in the pole vault and made his first career NCAA Championship appearance in his final outdoor season ... a surprise winner at the Pac-10 Championships in Berkeley, where he cleared a new career-high bar at 17-7 ¾ on his third and final attempt to stand atop the podium ... went to the NCAA Championship West Prelims in Austin and advanced through to the finals by clearing 17-4 ½ with just one miss in his series of jumps, tying for fourth ... at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, tied for 11th in adverse conditions with a clearance of 16-10 ¾ ... the Pac-10 win capped three-straight victories, starting with a win at the UW-WSU dual meet at 16-0 ¾ in windy conditions and followed by a win at the Ken Shannon Invite with a then-PR clearance of 17-7 ... also went over 17-feet at the Mt. SAC Relays, tying for fourth-place at 17-0 ¾ ... his best indoor clearance was 16-8, coming at the UW Final Qualifier and setting the stage for big things outdoors ... ninth at the MPSF Championships, vaulting 16-3 ¼ ... tied for third at the UW Indoor Preview, going 16-5 ½ ... was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team as well as the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. 2009: Had a breakout junior season, qualifying for first Regional meet in the pole vault ... at the UW-WSU dual meet, he cleared several new personal-bests, eventually topping out at 17-6 ½ which was a new lifetime-best by nearly a foot, and the ninth-best mark in school history ... cleared 17-feet again at the Pac-10 Championships, placing eighth ... hurt his ankle at Regionals and was unable to take all his attempts, finishing 13th at 16-7 ¼ ... cleared the Regional mark in his first outdoor meet, going 16-6 ¾ at the Stanford Invite ... redshirted the indoor season, competing at every Dempsey meet ... best clearance was 16-7 ¼ at the Husky Classic, an indoor PR. 2008: Cleared 16-feet every time out during the indoor season, highlighted by a 7th-place finish at the MPSF Championships where he cleared 16-6 ½ ... tied for fifth at the Husky Classic, clearing 16-1 ¼ ... outdoors won the UW-WSU pole vault with a mark of 16-0 ¾ ... was 17th at the Pac-10 Championships at 16-0 ¾. 2007: One of five Husky pole vaulters to clear 16-feet ... set new personal record at the UW Last Chance Meet with a vault of 16-6 ... cleared 16-feet three times outdoors, all at 16-0 ¾ ... placed second at Ken Shannon Invite and second at the Pepsi Invite, both with 16-0 ¾ vaults ... competed at Pac-10 Championships but did not clear a height ... placed 14th at MPSF Championships with clearance of 15-5 ¾. High School and Personal: Won the Washington 3A state championship in the pole vault as a senior in 2006 with a state meet record clearance of 16-1, which was 10 inches better than any other 3A or 4A state competitor ... was third at state as a junior and tenth as a sophomore ... won the 2006 Meet of Champions pole vault title in the dual between Washington and Oregon ... placed second in Golden West Invitational pole vault in 2006.
Major Meets
2007 MPSF - 14th, PV
2007 Pac-10 - NH, PV
2008 MPSF - 7th (tie), PV
2008 Pac-10 - 17th, PV
2009 Pac-10 - 8th, PV
2009 Regional - 13th (tie), PV
2009 Canadian Championships - 3rd (tie), PV
2010 MPSF - 9th, PV
2010 Pac-10 - 1st, PV (Pac-10 Champion)
2010 Regional - 4th (tie), PV
2010 NCAA-O - 11th (tie), PV
2011 MPSF - 2nd, PV
2011 NCAA-I - 11th (tie), PV (All-America Second Team)
Collegiate Best Marks:
Pole Vault.......17-7i / 17-7 3/4


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I bought a streamer, "Play on hd mini". It works fine with media from USB or an external hard-drive, but I can't connect it to the network. I have a wireless network, using an Edimax 802.11 g broadband router and two or three computer connected to it wirelessly, and one connected through a cable. There are several shared directories on that network.
When trying to setup wireless access on my streamer, I have a few options:
1) Infrastructure (AP)
2) peer to peer (AD Hoc)
I choose the first option. From there I can see all the wireless networks around. I choose my network and give him my password. Then I have two options: either DHCP IP, or FIX IP. the option of DHCP IP doesn't seem to work, so I manually put in IP address, Subnet mask, etc. It makes an attempt to connect, and then says wireless setup is "on", and shows signal strength and IP.
But I still can't access the web, or any computer on my network. What should I do?


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- Price: $8,000
- Official Site: McIntoshLabs.com
- Specs: Three 8" bass drivers; 12 2" mid cones; 7 1" tweeters; top-ported; 20Hz-45
- Company: McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.
This month, McIntosh's luxe XR200 loudspeakers are dropping into an authorized retail store near you, and they're worth a look. Dark and dangerous-looking, the speakers also have tone chops to match. They're spendy, for sure, but their amazing sound quality will put them into a well-stacked living room near you very, very soon.
With the XR200, McIntosh shows off its long history of multi-driver design experience with a 19-element midrange and tweeter group (12 mid cones and seven one-inch tweeters) and three eight-inch woofers. It's a patented system that the McIntosh designers believe gives the speaker an unparalleled degree of sonic precision and clarity. This belief is well played out in the real world: Pop a CD into your sound system and you'll experience a whole new world. Guitars will sparkle, basses will pound out clearly with none of the low-end muddiness of some systems, and symphonies will fill the room with lifelike sound. One top-mounted, tuned port keeps the noise clean, and the glossy, three-sided enclosure is stylish in a testosterone-soaked way. Sure, McIntosh's XR200s will meld perfectly with a million-dollar home theater, but they'll work equally well to bring a more modest system to life.
The law of diminishing returns states that, once you get past a certain price point, your return on investment comes in smaller and smaller slices that cost bigger and bigger stacks of dollars. The difference between an $8,000 speaker and one that costs $2,000 will be smaller than the difference between the $2,000 speaker and the one that goes for $20. For guys who insist on the highest quality of sound, however, McIntosh's XR200s will fit the bill perfectly. What your money gets you is nuanced, lifelike sound quality and the knowledge that the quality stays the same, no matter how high you pump up the volume. There will be no cracked cones or distortion; McIntosh's famous quality makes sure of it. If you're willing to drop eight large on speakers, you can opt for the XR200s with no qualms. They'll be rocking your sound system for years to come.


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A series circuit consists of an AC generator with an rms voltage of120 V at a frequency of 68.7 Hzand a magnetic buzzer with a resistance of 81 Ω and an inductanceof 105 mH.
A) Find the circuit's powerfactor.
B) Then suppose a higherpower factor is desired. Can a power factor of 1.00 be achieved bychanging the inductance or any other circuitparameters?
C) Show that a power factorof 1.00 can be attained by inserting a capacitor into the originalcircuit.
D) Find the value of iscapacitance.


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Ron and I outdid ourselves with this one... the film is pretty foul, and I think I was pretty clever with dinner, but we'll let you be the judge of that.
With this little film, we're probably gonna lose a few of you. The Human Centepede isn't for the faint of heart, but we swear they're not all going to be this bad.
We knew what we were watching without even thinking about it. We've had the Human Centipede in our queue since it was showing in the theaters and we realized we had the misfortune of missing it on the big screen. It was really funny, actually, I saw someone had written in about the film to The Mountain Express, our local independent newspaper, and they said that it was "the most disgusting movie ever made" and then they rambled on about how movies like (The Human Centipede) shouldn't be made and had no place... blah blah blah. I immediately emailed Ron and said something to the effect of, "OMG we HAVE HAVE HAVE to see this!!!" I quickly received his response, "I heard about this movie and YES we HAVE to see it!"
We are so lucky we found each other. Sometimes, when I think about the terror I've inflicted on lesser men with my movie choices... heh.
So, we made plans to head to the Fine Arts that afternoon and quickly realized that it had just made its departure from there. *cry* But, it was already on Netflix waiting to be released! Into the queue it went and a few months later in was in our hot little hands!
Here is the Netflix synopsis:
After their car breaks down while in Germany, Americans Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie) wind up at a remote villa -- and soon find themselves trapped in a nightmare. Dr. Josef Heiter (Dieter Laser) kidnaps them for his demented experiment to create a human "centipede." The plan includes removing their kneecaps so they must walk on all fours, then surgically connecting them to a Japanese man to create a bizarre human chain.
Sounds perfect!
I mulled over what to make for this film and I couldn't quit giggling when I remembered one of the first things I learned how to make - Caterpillar Potatoes. Silly? Yes. Delicious and easy? Yes.
It was decided.
Greek Chicken and Caterpillar Potatoes
I use a LOT of whole cut-up chickens in my cooking. Everyone gets what piece they want, you get the neck and back which make awesome stock, they are super cheap (think $4!) and the offal (organs) are included. The organs go great in stuffing, make good fishing bait, if you have a pet turtle - they love organs (my turtle, Snappy, used to LOVE chicken hearts), or you may just have an organ-loving boyfriend, like me.
I started with one, whole cut-up chicken, rinsed well.
In a gallon-sized, zip-top bag, mix the following:
1 bottle fat-free Greek dressing (Vermont Farms)
3-4 cloves minced garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
zest of one lemon
juice of one lemon
1 tbs dried rosemary
1 tbs lemon pepper seasoning
1 tbs Greek seasoning
Shake well and add your chicken. I put the chicken in first and then added the marinade ingredients, it isn't bad to do this, you just have to shake it longer. Let this sit in your refrigerator for at least a few hours, overnight is also fine.
When you chicken is almost done marinating, get started on your potatoes.
I'm sure a lot of gals my age or my mom's age know this recipe. Caterpillar potatoes seemed really popular when I was young and then I just never saw anyone doing them anymore. Damn Dr. Atkins...
But they are super simple and really yummy.
You need one, long, baking potato per person.
You also need:
1 softened stick of butter or margarine
1 tbs dried rosemary
1/2 tbs garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
Mix the softened butter with the seasonings and set aside.
Slice across the potato, about 3/4 of the way through, from end to end.
You want to slice far enough down so that it'll open up as it's baked, but not so far through that it falls apart.
Keep your slices pretty close together, you want to have lots of segments.
After you get your potatoes sliced, slather the butter mixture onto your potatoes - making sure to get some in the creases.
Wrap the potatoes in foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. My oven sucks. If you haven't noticed our teeny-tiny kitchen, Ron and I live in a guest cottage, so our kitchen is SMALL. We have one of those mini ranges, and some days our oven is super hot and others it's meh. So, what you need to do is bake your potatoes until they are half-way cooked through.
See - they are starting to look a little like caterpillars.
After the initial baking, unwrap them, slather on more butter mixture and return to the oven unwrapped and raise the temperature to 375.
This is when I put in my chicken in the oven.
I removed the chicken from the marinade and laid it out on a foil-covered baking sheet, topped it with feta cheese and thinly sliced lemons, and baked it for about an hour at 375.
Ron was being artsy.
So, potatoes and chicken in the oven, 375, one hour, dinner.
Mmmm - the feta gets all crispy and melty and baked lemons are awesome!
And here are the potatoes when they are all done - caterpillars! Feel free to put a little cheese on and put them back in the oven for a few minutes.
I also made some copper pennies. Copper pennies are just sliced carrots, steamed and then sauteed with a little butter and brown sugar. Nothing fancy.
Now that dinner is done, onto the movie!
WATCH - The Human Centipede Trailer
So much has been said about this film already, and we pretty much knew what we were getting into but, like the saying goes, you never really know someone until you live with them. Same goes for movies, you may have heard all about one, you may think you know everything that is going to happen, but until you watch it, you just don't know what kind of response it may illicit from you.
I knew how the people were connected going into it. I didn't think it could get much worse since I already knew the gross-out X factor. I was wrong.
This film is low-budget, lacks Hollywood slickness and has a desperate feel. This makes it amazing. It makes it real, like it could happen to you. Don't get me wrong, big-budget movies have their place but I can't think of a multi-million dollar, Hollywood horror movie that has actually scared me. This is mostly because the premises are impossible - I know dolls aren't going to come alive and kill me (no matter what my brother told me when I was little!) and I know that there isn't a videotape out there that kills you after you watch it... But there damn well could be a crazy-ass doctor who has lost his ever-loving mind and wants to make a horrible monstrosity out of me, my girlfriend and an unlucky Japanese guy.
I found myself cringing, hitting Ron's arm and hiding behind my glass of wine for most of the movie. That is to say I really enjoyed it. Sure there are holes, things aren't perfect, the acting ranges from good to laughable in some scenes, the dialouge also ranges from decent to laughable, but at least this movie made me feel something. I'm so tired of the formulaic crap that Hollywood tells us to like. "Oooohhhh look - an explosion! Pay $12.50 and we'll give you lots of 'em! We know you like bright and shiny and can't keep your attention focused for more than 30 seconds!" Bah. This is nothing like that. The Human Centipede is gritty, it's dirty, it's in no way polished and it has people fighting for their lives while sewn together in a most horrific way.
It definitely held my attention and gave us some REALLY interesting things to talk about after the film was over... You will too, trust me. I don't think you can watch this film and not have the "So where would you want to be?" discussion. I say see it. I'd give it a "Wow! That was something." There is one scene, that has nothing to do with the centipede, but it grossed us out so much that Ron managed to knock my glass of wine onto me in a flailing fit, and I, too, was flailing about, cringing, making gagging noises and otherwise so completely engulfed in what was happening that I didn't even notice my now-empty glass until I went to take a sip. My shirt was covered in red wine and I was unaware of coldness, or the stain, until minutes later.
That's an intense film.
That being said - it IS disgusting. Really disgusting. If you saw Hostel or Saw and either of those were too much for you - don't watch this movie. The Human Centipede doesn't pull any punches, it tells you what is going to happen in excruciating detail and then shows you. You never have to imagine anything, and yes, there is something to be said for leaving a little unknown but I think that this situation is so outside the realm of what most people would ever think of that it has to show you, or else you could never imagine the horror on your own. And not wanting to give anything away but I feel I owe it to you, if you have a problem with poop - don't watch this movie. If Pink Flamingos made you run out crying -don't watch this movie.
And now here's Ron!
Well, I lied. We are having insane internet problems right now and Ron is unable to do his review. Not to worry, he'll do it tomorrow. It's a good one, make sure to stop by and check it out later.
Thanks again for reading and we'll be back with more craziness tomorrow!
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Chinese and Indian companies are bringing their own plants onto the market successfully and ever more frequently." Whereas hi-tech countries in Europe, the USA and Japan are continuing to focus on the efficiency and flexibility of their production processes, China and India want to produce, above all else, steel with simpler and cheaper plants to develop their infrastructure. "Almost half of total world investments of almost 21 billion euros are already being invested in such plants," Auer said. Siemens is going to develop plants specifically for this segment of the market, and will also transfer the responsibility for design, production and marketing from Europe to China and India. Auer emphasized: "We are responding to the changes in the steel market, and strengthening our leading position for the long-term."
China and India nowadays produce more than half of the world's steel. Tim Dawidowsky, previously responsible for Siemens's mining and steel business in China, explained that "we are expecting annual growth of over ten percent in Asia", whereas the demand for new steel works is continuing to fall in Europe, the USA and Japan. As a result of continuing high growth rates, established local companies have started to offer plants themselves, some of which cost up to 40 percent less than those from European suppliers. Auer added "Examples from many industries in China and India show that today's local companies can be our competitors tomorrow, and that they will be offering the technologies which are currently the strengths of European plant constructors."
Whereas operating costs and specific production quality, safety and environmental requirements influence plant engineering purchasing decisions in the traditional steel markets, "in the new markets, we have to focus on meeting local requirements with standard solutions", Dawidowsky added. This requires closeness to the customer. "We will only be successful if we are perceived as a local enterprise."
Siemens VAI will take on the challenge of the competition, and offer new technologies and system solutions, which will be competitive in China, India and other comparable countries with a high demand for steel. As Auer stressed "We shall develop the portfolio appropriate for these countries, and get to grips with the local competition, while at the same time retaining our own in-house plant engineering and process know-how."
To this end, Siemens VAI will be investing some 35 million euros in China and India over the next two or three years in order to expand its local production, engineering and project handling. Within the scope of the worldwide competence and production matrix, both countries will also be given responsibility for the development and design, engineer to order, production, project handling, commissioning and service of a total of 11 plant components for the steel industry. "In India we shall be concentrating on selected raw steel production technologies, whereas China will be responsible for new developments in the field of rolling. Both countries will also be responsible for the worldwide marketing of their products which meet the new and specific market requirements," Auer continued. This differentiates our strategy significantly from other market players. "We are putting the business responsibility where it originates and where it can and should grow."
Siemens VAI already has a broad base in China comprising three works and approximately 1,600 employees, who make and assemble mechanical and electrical plant components for the entire VAI Metals and Mining portfolio in Shanghai. Engineers in Beijing and Shanghai, as well as employees in 20 sales offices distributed throughout China are supporting the business. In India, more than 800 employees are working in Kolkata and Mumbai, the focus being on engineering and project management as well as on their own manufacturing of mechanical components in the rolling business.
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The taped re-run that has captivated the Buffs staffers (and, in fact, has them more than a little on edge) is the 2009 CU-CSU game in Boulder. The Rams, 101/2-point underdogs then and losers in seven consecutive visits to Folsom Field, rolled to a 20-3 halftime lead then held off the Buffs for a 6-point victory (23-17).
Current defensive coordinator Greg Brown was on the CU staff then as secondary coach, and what he remembers most about that '09 game also is what makes him the wariest about Saturday's encounter.
Brown portrays fourth-year CSU coach Steve Fairchild as having one of the keenest offensive minds around. In exclusive defensive circles, Brown has the same reputation.
Let the chess match begin . . .
"To me, this game boils down to Fairchild's great ideas and schematically what he wants to do to you," Brown said. "Give him credit, look at his background. He was with the (St. Louis) Rams when they had the 'Greatest Show on Turf.' He knows what's going on; he's quite the challenge."
Among Fairchild's offensive strengths, noted Brown, is his ability to coach pass protection: "He understands what a defense is trying to do to you. The guy has been there, done that, seen that. The experience he's got in the NFL, you're not going to throw a wrinkle at him that he hasn't experienced somewhere along the way . . . you're not going to fool the guy.
"He's got an answer for what you're going to do; he's got great anticipation for what you're going to call and he's going to counteract that. He just puts his guys in the right position the make plays."
Fairchild's game plan for the Buffs in 2009 called for unheralded senior quarterback Grant Stucker to take advantage of "max protection" - keeping his tight ends and running back engaged in blocking rather than sending them on pass routes -- on most passing attempts. Stucker faltered in the ball protection area (he threw two interceptions), but he completed 10-of-17 passes for 208 yards and one touchdown. And he got another 168 yards (one score) from his running game. Three field goals by Ben DeLine, back for his final season, accounted for the Rams' other scores.
CU, meanwhile, managed only 29 yards rushing (QB Cody Hawkins lost 38 yards on four sacks) and had to mount its come-up-short comeback through a passing game that accounted for 222 yards.
After that game, Brown, an Arizona assistant last season before returning to join Jon Embree's staff last winter, came away further impressed by Fairchild.
"My hat was s-o-o-o off to him," Brown said. "I know I'm sounding the alarm, but I go back to that game. His team came in here and whipped our behinds on our home field - and did it convincingly. He's the one that did it. He came in here, had a scheme and lit us up, tore us up."
For what it's worth, last season's tearing and ripping was done by the Buffs defense, which sacked Rams quarterback Pete Thomas four times and intercepted him three times in his college debut. But under Fairchild's tutelage, Brown and Embree expect Thomas to be a different QB this season.
Brown called Thomas "an extension of his head coach," while Embree said the 6-5 sophomore "has made tremendous improvement. That, I think, is a testament to Steve Fairchild and how he has handled the kid, kept his confidence (and) helped him through those growing pains to kind of accelerate the process."
In the Rams' two wins this season (14-10 at New Mexico, 33-14 vs. Northern Colorado), Thomas is 50-of-68 for 437 yards and two touchdowns. He's been intercepted three times and sacked four times.
Said CU senior safety Anthony Perkins, who intercepted Thomas once in the 2010 game: "You can tell just by watching film that he's grown a lot from the last time we've played him. He's had great coaching and he's very accurate. He's definitely a lot more decisive and will be a different kind of challenge.
"He's a big, tall guy who will stand back there . . . he knows where he wants to go with the ball and will try to fit it in. And they love to throw the ball deep. But at the same time - just from watching film - he's not afraid to pull it down and run if he has the opportunity. In that sense, he's going to be just another quarterback on the list who's not afraid to run."
Still, the two QBs the Buffs faced in their pair of opening losses (34-17 at Hawaii, 36-33 in overtime vs. California) appear more mobile than Thomas, who has run just seven times in two games for minus-2 yards. Nonetheless, Brown points to a career-long 17-yard run against UNC as proof that Thomas "can pull it down and escape" when needed.
Pressuring Thomas will be key for the Buffs. They have registered eight sacks in two games, with 51/2 of those coming from either linebackers or defensive backs. CU's two "edge" players - end Chidera Uzo-Diribe and "Jack" linebacker Josh Hartigan - have accounted for 31/2 of the sacks.
Uzo-Diribe, who has a team-best 21/2 sacks and forced a fumble with one of them in the opener, called pressuring Thomas "real important. We don't want him to feel comfortable at all in the pocket. We want to put as much pressure on him as we can and make sure that ball's coming out fast and let our DBs make plays on the ball."
While Brown likes the pressure Uzo-Diribe and Hartigan have been able to generate from the edges, he also cited the need for "a more consistent four-man rush. We have to get that and not expose ourselves (in the secondary). That's what really good teams are capable of doing. The majority of our sacks have been off of pressures (blitzes)."
The Buffs are challenged daily by defensive assistants Mike Tuiasosopo (line) and Kanavis McGhee (ends/outside linebackers) to produce a more intense four-man rush. "Coach 'Tui' is always talking about getting pressure from that front four, even when we're not blitzing," Uzo-Diribe said. "Us getting pressure from the front four without blitzing is a plus for our defense. If we can do that, we do a lot of things."
After two games, the Buffs are near the middle of the pack or lower in the Pac-12 in pass defense (fifth, 224 yards a game) and pass defense efficiency (ninth, 146.3 rating). They're seventh in rushing defense (132.5 yards), fifth in total defense (356.5) and last in scoring defense (35 points).
Against Cal, said Perkins, "We had some things we did well, but at the end of the day every position group on the team has to play good enough to win. We didn't do that. Our goal is to win, that's the bottom line. As a secondary we want to make sure that we're solid enough in the back half to put our team in position to win."
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The 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan 30th Anniversary Edition is solid proof that the minivan segment is not dying but rather morphing to the new reality of modern family needs with new and better segment offerings that are cost effective while creating an excellent alternative to crossover SUV vehicles for families. And, for 2014, the Grand Caravan 30th Anniversary Edition is packed with a range of features and functionality that make it an even better value to meet those needs.
The 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan 30th Anniversary Edition package is available on two models, the SE (MSRP $24,795) and SXT (MSRP $27,995). Both SE and SXT are equipped with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 with class-leading 283 horsepower and a six-speed automatic transmission that, with the segment exclusive driver selectable fuel economizer, lower rolling resistance tires and a spoiler - working together - deliver upwards of 25 mpg fuel economy on the highway that translates to a 500 mile plus range for the Grand Caravan.
The Dodge Grand Caravan SE 30th Anniversary Edition features unique 17-inch polished satin carbon aluminum wheels, body-color heated exterior mirrors and 30th Anniversary badging on the front fenders. On the inside are silver accent stitching and piano black accents throughout, black cloth seats, a black leather-wrapped steering wheel, black leather-wrapped shift knob, black headliner and overhead console, chrome heating and air conditioning trim bezels, power second- and third-row windows and a 30th Anniversary logo in the gauge cluster.
We recently tested the 2014 Grand Caravan 30th Anniversary Edition for a week, driving the SXT trim level. The SXT trim level added bright chrome window trim moldings and roof rack, fog lamps, automatic headlamps, Black Torino Leatherette seats with suede inserts and silver accent stitching and a 10-way power driver's seat. The exterior for our test car was a handsome unique Granite Crystal Pearl Coat.
Some of the standard features of the Grand Caravan 30th Anniversary Edition that we think make it an exceptional and flexible recreational vehicle - plus people hauler - include the remote power sliding doors left and right, power lift gate, power adjustable pedals, Leather-Wrapped Steering Wheel with Audio and Information Screen controls, one-touch Super Stow and Go second row seating, and 3,600 pounds of tow capacity with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Trailer Sway Damping.
Starting with a base price around $27,000 (for the SXT) Dodge added the following: fog lamps, Bright Side Roof Rails, Sirius Satellite Radio, Uconnect Hands-Free and Voice Command with Bluetooth, Bluetooth Streaming Audio and Remote Start. It got even better with Three-Zone Automatic Air Conditioning, Cup Holders (they were everywhere) with Illumination, Lighted Front Door Storage, Portable Rechargeable Trouble Light, Sun Visors with Lighted Mirrors, Sun Shades for Second and Third Row Windows, Heated Front Seats and Heated Steering Wheel.
The 30th Anniversary Edition was also equipped with a Dual DVD / Blu-Ray Entertainment Package. It included the Blu-Ray DVD Player with Wireless Remote and High Definition Multimedia Interface plus Wireless Headphones to deliver entertainment through the 9-inch VGA Overhead Video Screens in both the second and third rows. Also added was Overhead Ambient Surround Lighting, Rear Swivel Overhead Reading/Courtesy Lamps, Overhead Bin Storage, ParkView Rear Back-up Camera, 6.5-inch Touch Screen Display, Unconnect 430N with Garmin Navigation, USB ports and a 115-Volt Auxiliary Power Outlet.
With delivery, our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 30th Anniversary Edition priced at (just) $33,370.
As with our ride and drive of the 2014 Chrysler Town & Country 30th Anniversary Edition a little while back, the Grand Caravan is a remarkably nimble and easy to drive minivan – driving much smaller on the road than you might imagine. With the award-winning Pentastar V6 engine, it has plenty of power for acceleration. Well-engineered, it handles hills, curves and stop and go traffic with no apology for being a minivan. It also parks easily in all kinds of garages and lots – and with the remote power sliding doors and liftgate plus the one-touch Stow 'n Go second row seats, you get in and out, people or cargo, with ease. Driving about 250 miles in town and out in the country, we got fuel economy of 22.2 mpg combined - better than the EPA estimated 20 mpg rating for this minivan.
Dodge Caravan Awards Recognition
The 2014 Dodge Caravan has been recognized throughout the marketplace having been named a Consumers Digest 'Best Buy" for 2014, received the Kelly Blue Book (KBB.com) 2014 5-Year Cost to Own award, the 2014 Most Popular award from Edmunds.com, named a 2014 Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buy and is an IIHS Top Safety Pick.
Future of the Minivan Segment
The minivan in 2014 is not your parents (or grandparents) people hauler of old. It is no longer a big-cabin 'boat' that hauls people only. It is now a fully integrated vehicle suitable for all of a family's daily needs and recreation adventures - and the customer is responding.
Minivan owners have shared with us many times that, when you need a minivan, a full-size crossover or SUV simply will not do. The proof is that consumers are buying them at levels not seen in several years. Sales in North America were right at a half million units in both 2012 and 2013. And, through seven months of 2014, just under 400,000 minivans have been sold – a pace that may take the segment to firmly over 600,000 units for 2014.
The leader, of course, is Chrysler with their history of designing and building minivans that meet customer needs that going all the way back to 1983 with their creation of the segment with their first minivan. Today, Chrysler continues that leadership with their two brands – the Chrysler Town & Country and the Dodge Grand Caravan – leading the market in 2014 with combined sales over 200,000 vehicles in the first seven months of the year. The Chrysler Town & Country share of the segment (that now has just six brands represented) is over 23 percent with the Dodge Grand Caravan share nearly 31 percent – for a Chrysler Group total over 54 percent of the segment in North America.
Sadly, for some Chrysler Group minivan aficionados, they announced Group product realignments earlier this year that had good news and bad news in it. The good news is that a new Chrysler Town & Country is in development for beyond 2016. The sad news is that the Dodge Brand will drop the minivan from their line-up after 2016.
If a Dodge Grand Caravan is on your radar for purchasing a new minivan – you should get to your Dodge Dealer now and take a look at this 30th Anniversary Edition (either SE or SXT). If the Grand Caravan is not on your radar for a minivan – then put it there now. There is a whole lot of functional, utility, recreational and safety value for the family packed into either Grand Caravan 30th Anniversary Edition model – and the delivered price (even with extras) will be very reasonable for the family budget.


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Senior Ben Hohl of the No. 3 UCLA men's water polo team continues his weekly video blog, talking about the team's upcoming game against crosstown rival USC and shares his thoughts on the recent World Series.
Hohl and the Bruins have won seven consecutive matches, including four in MPSF action. UCLA is currently second in the MPSF standings at 4-1, trailing first-place California (4-0) by one-half game.
Game time on Saturday at USC's McDonald's Swim Stadium is slated for 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.


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Today we learned that the City of Chicago's Small Business Center will be hosting its Social Media Boot Camp throughout the month of September. The Boot Camp is to be made up of four workshops that take place every Friday in September from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Room 805 at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., in Chicago. The Small Business Center has partnered up with specialist and experts in social media to show small business owners and entrepreneurs the benefits of using social media to advance their business goals. The workshops are designed to show how to use social media to improve branding, online presence and gain credibility, as well as how to stay connected with potential and existing customers.
The Chicago's Small Business Center Social Media Boot Camp consists of:
Sept. 5 "Facebook and Business Do Mix"
Sept. 12 "How to Use YouTube to Market Your Business"
Sept. 19 "Instagram 101 for Small Businesses: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"
Sept. 26 "Twitter for the Technology Challenged"
In addition, the City of Chicago will present several workshops on Wednesday afternoons. The first workshop is an ask questions and get answers with a city inspector, followed by workshops on how to become certified and do business with the City of Chicago, how to respond to a request for proposal, and how to obtain a mobile food license. All workshops are designed to help and encourage small business owners and entrepreneurs of the benefits of using todays technology to grow their businesses. To register for a workshop or to find out more information, call (312) 744-2086 or email email@example.com.


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Tickets go on sale on Monday, November 22nd for the Royal Comedy Tour. The event scheduled for Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8 p.m. will be at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
Starring in the Royal Comedy Tour is Sommore, the Queen of Comedy, Bruce Bruce, who calls himself the "Mayor of Comedy" and DL Hughley, the King of Comedy. Others will be joining these comedians which will assure you an evening of laughter and fun.
Ticket Prices: $39.50 and $46.50 plus applicable service charges.
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Last month marked the four year anniversary of Ronnie James Dio's tragic death from stomach cancer. The singer's status as one of heavy metal's truly legendary voices was cemented early as Dio served time fronting such formative groups as Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath before embarking upon a successful solo career of his own throughout the eighties and nineties.
This is Your Life offers up loving and just musical tributes from an impressively varied array of artists, all of whom shared influence and inspiration from the man whose muscular, gripping vocals defined metal musical styles across generational lines. This balance of youth and experience is presented nicely here on the album itself, as classic metal and rock musicians sit alongside the genre's modern generation to provide a united front of magical Dio tribute.
Notable examples of the former include textured, delicate take on Rainbow's "Temple of the King" from German metal kings Scorpions-featuring a soul-stirring vocal performance from frontman Klaus Meine-while Metallica's "Ronnie Rising Medley" serves as a stone cold album highlight, the thrash metal masters tackling an expertly paced and arranged assault of tracks from Rainbow's Rising and Long Live Rock 'n Roll. Elsewhere, Lizzy Hale and Halestorm prove their cover song chops once again with an energetic and passionate take on Dio's "Straight Through the Heart," and Slipknot's Corey Taylor joins forces with Steel Panther guitarist Satchel and his Stone Sour bandmate Roy Mayorga on the classic "Rainbow in the Dark," a traditional cover anchored by Satchel's successful mimicking of Jens Johansson's iconic keyboard melody.
A bevy of Dio alumni band together with former Sabbath and Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes for a cover of "Catch the Rainbow," as guitarist Craig Goldy, bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Simon Wright present a rock solid musical foil to Hughes' soulful, saucy blues vocal style. Two previously released Dio covers also rear their dragon heads here, as Killswitch Engage sets their "Holy Diver" against Metal Queen Doro Pesch and her powerful, atmospheric rendition of "Egypt (The Chains Are On)."
The album closes out in a fitting, if bittersweet fashion, as Dio himself sings for us once again on the album's title track, a simple-yet-effective piano and string arranged number from the singer 1996 album, Angry Machines. Hearing the man's voice again is another simple reminder of how important Ronnie James Dio was to the heavy metal community, and how that community is still shocked and saddened by the loss of their hero. The fact that such an interestingly unique collection of artists came together on This is Your Life to pay their musical respects to this man-with 100% of the proceeds going to Ronnie James Dio's Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund-is a testament to how loved Mr. Dio was by his fans and peers.
This album does his memory proud.
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Comedian Stephen Colbert said Thursday he has "talked it over with my money" and decided to explore entering the South Carolina presidential primary.
"This is a difficult decision," he said. "I've talked it over with my money. I've talked it over with my spiritual adviser."
The announcement builds on Colbert's long-running lampoon of federal election finance laws allowing unlimited contributions to so-called super PACs.
Colbert, a South Carolina native, started a super PAC -- Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow -- in 2010 to make fun of the federal rule. He has a tax-exempt 501(c)4 organization, called the Colbert Super PAC SHH [as in "shh"] Institute, Politico said.
Former FEC Chairman Trevor Potter, appearing as a guest on Thursday's show, told Colbert he would not legally be able to retain control of the super PAC if he becomes a candidate.
"That would be coordinating with yourself," Potter said.
To avoid legal entanglements, Colbert handed over control of his super PAC to Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
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La Fleche Chickens
La Fleche Chicken
Breed Club SecretaryRare Poultry Society
Richard Billson
Alexandra Cottage, 8 St Thomas's Road, Great Glen, Leicestershire,
HistoryLa Fleche Chickens have been bred for many years in the Valley of La Sarthe, where the town of La Fleche is located. The La Fleche Chickens originated from crossing of Black Spanish, Crevecoeur, and DuMan blood lines as evident by its high carriage, activity, large white lobes, V-shaped comb and the trace of crest on its head, which crops out on specimens of the French breeds.
The whiteness and quality of its flesh is attributed to the rich pastures of La Sarthe, upon which La Fleche have been bred for generations, and to the system of feeding adopted by the French.
Breed TipsMany birds in the UK are scatty and best in roofed enclosures until the settle.
ClassificationHeavy / Rare
Egg ColorWhite
Egg Numbers180 per annum
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