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If I started a blog where I cherry picked every news item that made gay people look bad I'd be a bigot, right?
You would, elenchos.
I've had it with this shit. You ruined a fine newspaper, Dan. Congratulations. Bye.
Not to quibble, but "islam" means "submission."
No @1 you'd be FOX news.
Sweet, sweet religion.
Dreadful. Just dreadful. I don't understand how a parent can kill his child--regardless of whatever strongly-held religious beliefs he may have. . .
If I started a blog where I cherry picked every news item that made gay people look bad I'd be a bigot, right?
You would, elenchos.
So...er...why was I not hearing these kinds of complaints over his "O They Will Know We Are Christians By Our..." posts...?
Ontario has recently toyed with allowing shariah law and "faith-based arbitration" in certain situations. Here's a great backgrounder: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/islam/shariah-law.html
Also: shit, meet fan.
In this particular news story, the idea that she was specifically killed over the hijab thing comes from friends, not a police investigation etc. So hold judgment a bit. I'd bet it's correct, but patience. At least the guy had the decency to call 911 after KILLING HIS DAUGHTER.
The Religion of Peace strikes again
elenchos @1, even though you don't have one, you are a dick. Dan is an equal opportunity religion-despiser, not a bigot. But this story does fall a bit into the "Dog Bites Man" category--I mean, what's news about Muslims murdering Muslim women?
From the CBC Islam link above:
What are the concerns about establishing Shariah law in a Canadian jurisdiction?
The National Association of Women and the Law, the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, and the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada argued that under Shariah law, men and women are not treated equally.
Hopefully evolution will breed this ridiculous superstitious nonsense out of our species in the next few thousand years. Otherwise I don't see our species surviving it's mastery of splitting the atom.
The guy's Pakistani? I was there and saw people without habibs or whatever. I wonder what about coming to the west flip's these folk's crazy switch.
@7, @10
It isn't my job to criticize the Slog full time; it's only a hobby. I only read every fourth post usually.
If you see something you don't like, don't wait for me to object. Speak up.
Indeed islam means peace...
Just don't be an infidel
Whatever. It could have been a christian guy killing his wife for cheating on him. Or how about that nerd that shot up a shopping mall Dec. 5th and then killed himself? And he didn't even believe in a god. He just wanted to be famous. And he's not. He's just dead. shutup elenchos and go eat a baby
And if she's a dumpster diver, looks like she's in luck!
@Kareem, so just because those other killings took place the death of this young girl (which was supposedly for Islamic reasons) becomes "whatever"?
Hey elenchos and chas,
Exactly how is pointing out hypocrisy a form of bigotry? This post does not target Muslims, it reports on the murderous actions of a Muslim extremist. It's his hypocrisy that is on the stand here, and one could infer from similar posts a criticism of the institutionalized hypocrisy of the world's most powerful religions. Since when is criticizing an ideology bigotry? These religions influence our laws!
And by the way, "Gay" is not an ideology. Even so, Dan Savage HARDLY shies away from criticizing gay people when they are acting hypocritically. Did you miss the post on the Colorado Springs security guard? On Richard Curtis? On Ted Haggard? On Larry Craig?
Come on. Savage pushes buttons, but he's no bigot. Save your anger for better targets.
Just please don't turn the blog into Little Green Footballs, Dan. That's all I ask.
Well, Irena, I'm asking you.
What would you say about a blog that only highlighted negative stories about brown people? Even if it "equally" criticized all kinds of brown people. Would you object?
Or a site that carried on and on about every speck of dirt you could find about all kinds of queers, be they gay, lesbian, tranny, whatever? Equally.
It's one thing to criticize ideas you disagree with, but it's something else entirely to carry on a smear campaign. Picking out carefully selected embarrassing stories in an attempt to hold an entire group accountable for each of the negative stories is bigotry.
I didn't mind this stuff at first. Making the point that straight parents were capable of bad things was probably worth while. At first. This has turned into something else entirely.
I'm not angry. The ones telling me to shut up sound angry, but this episode seems par for the Slog these days.
So does everything have to be run through your "Is this OK?" filter first, Elenchos? What happens if something that you feel very strongly about doesn't get covered? What then?
And besides all that, NOW look what you've made me do here!! I'm actually siding with Irena. Allah help us all...
i'm at a loss as to how people can defend a religion as "the religion of peace" - not A religion of peace, mind you, THE religion of peace - when vile practices such as this [or women being publicly lashed for getting raped, or people strapping bombs to themselves, etc etc] are repeatedly committed in its name. just putting something on a bumper sticker does not make it true.
It is a religion of peace!
Just don't make a movie telling them its not or they'll slit your throat =O
Habib means 'sweetie' or 'lover' in Arabic. Male sweetie, specifically. You're looking for the word 'hijab.' I hope you actually research the stuff you put in your blog, b/c if this level of commentary/knowledge is representative of your due diligence, you're a hack.
Islam does not translate to 'peace' in English. @3 is right. Islam is the fourth form (the passive form) of the root s-l-m, which does mean peace. Islam means that peace has been imposed upon you. Submission. To god, specifically.
Dan's pushing buttons, and he's not a bigot, but he's also not actually educating or adding anything to the conversation. He's just playing the role of Lou Dobbs. I'm with him when it comes to a powerful majority group in this country, Christians. But no matter how you try to apologize, Muslims are victims of bigotry in this country. Dan's not a bigot, but he's providing ammunition to those who aren't as discerning.
Nobody is telling you to shut up, elenchos. I hope to see you Thursday at Moe's. You need a hugz.
All religions suck. All religious people suck. Straight people suck. Republicans suck. Fat people suck. Faggots don't suck. Anyone who disagrees with me sucks. There - simply re-post the foregoing four times a day and Dan won't even need to bother to show up for work any more.
Religion attracts fanatics and gives them excuses. If the whole world were atheist some people would still find reason to do fucked-up things, though.
@27: "But no matter how you try to apologize, Muslims are victims of bigotry in this country."
Oh, puh-leez. I just bought a couple of pairs of shoes from a new kids shop (the Shoe Tree!) on Broadway @ 112th Street. Great shop, run by an Egyptian immigrant. No signs of protest.
Even in NY, this country has bent over backwards since being attacked repeatedly by Muslim extremists to be more than accommodating. Compare the response to 9/11 to what happened to Japanese-American citizens during WWII. We've come a long way, and we're way better than virtually any other country in the world. The "bigotry" you speak of would be red-carpet treatment for any of the world's Jews (population 13 million) in any of the 22 Arab League countries (population 340 million).
Please post links to articles where Christianity (or atheism or any other belief system) causes fathers to murder their teenage daughters. Even if such a case exists, there's exponentially more when Islam is involved. Perhaps Dan Savage helping to get this stuff out there isn't such a bad thing.
dan's got a viewpoint, and it's an alternative viewpoint to what you see in many other places. here he is piling onto islam, which isn't that alternative these days--but when things like this happen in the name of "islam," it's valid to point it out. we shouldn't tolerate this shit in our country. why should we? shariah mediation? fuck that. some things shouldn't be tolerated.
They will know we are The Stranger by...the stupid, self-righteous comments from Sloggers.
This man: Killed. His. Daughter.
Elenchos, are you afraid that maybe Dan OFFENDED him??? Or "stereo-typed" him?
He posted it, therefore HE is a bigot? If a gay man were to kill his daughter like this, it would be for a much more serious fashion faux pas.
Dan posts items to Slog that make gay people look bad. Here is one:
And here's another one:
So it looks like Dan is an anti-gay bigot too.
elenchos @23,
Glad you're not angry. Here's the thing: to constantly focus on negative stories about brown people would definitely smack of bigotry to me. But these posts aren't attacking a people or a race. They are attacking religions. Powerful religions. And specifically, they are attacking actions, motivated by religious ideologies, that result in violations of what are generally agreed to be basic human rights.
As long as religious ideologies are used to control and harm people, they are fair game for serious scrutiny. This is not about attacking groups of people. It's about critiquing institutions of power.
I'm okay with that. I have to be okay with it -- if it weren't okay to critique institutions of power, it wouldn't be okay to critique Dan Savage or the Stranger (not exactly powerful on a world religion scale, but still!).
And I wouldn't want to lose my right to do that.
(BTW, Wowza, nice to share sides with you for once! I'm off to bed, so feel free to pick up the debate.)
Islam is an ideology. The same as christianity, democracy, feudalism, liberal etc. Criticizing a set of ideas is not bigoted at all.
Boo hoo, Dan is picking on Islam. Lets face it, of all the religions on the planet, Islam is the most regressive, violent, and anti-feminist of them all. Stop apologizing for a religion just because it isn't western.
There was the case - what, five, six years ago -where this homebody wife of some space center employee drowned all three of her children in their suburban Clear Lake City home (Houston, JSC area) while her husband was at work. Her claim was that her children were evil and she was saving them in the name of Christ. I believe her husband testified at her trial for penance saying she needed help, again in the name of his religion. One good, one bad.
That's a Christian parent killing their children in the name of their religion. Islam's not unique. Or, god forbid, the Salem witch trials or the Inquisition.
Sheesh. Islam seems like a late-comer to this game of killing in the name of the Father, or the Son, or the frickin' Holy Ghost, or Allah, or even Jehovah.
And, besides which, if you believe in an afterlife, what's the harm? Crazy, but the logic holds within the belief.
Why do we think the kamikaze were crazy but the Valkyrie were saviors? Aren't they the same thing, leading to the same conclusion - killing in the name of one's religion. Even our reality and our myths are mixed and mired in this theme.
While I despise fundamental Christianity, I call into doubt your comparison of fundamentalist Christianity and fundamentalist Islam. A killing such as the one you described would be abhorred by even the most right wing Christians, while it is well documented that so called "honor killings" are widely tolerated in fundamentalist Islamic societies. Again, not to let Christianity off the hook, but it irks me when Islam is given a free ride in the name of multiculturalism.
Yup I put exactly five seconds into all my posts, and I never edit them later.
Really, I realized 5 seconds that I put the wrong word, but whatever.
The girl's non hijabed pic:
Religion is not the same a race or sexual orientation. Those a re physical characteristics no different from being tale or bald. They only matter because we make them so, often due to our good friend religion.
Religion on the other hand is a set of beliefs about how the world works. It makes claims about reality and puts forward laws to live by. Almost by definition religion affects behavior, in fact often extremely so.
While we (Secular folks) respect peoples right to live their religion that does not mean there are not limits, nor that we cannot criticize. thats the whole fucking idea of a free society, that instead of imposing a lifestyle from on high disputes and disagreements are settled though vigorous public debate.
The logic that says one cannot criticize religion would equally apply to political beliefs, or anything else for that matter. Religion is just as much a choice as all of those and just as open to criticism.
@39 @42
Please specify where you're from. Remember, one person cannot be representative of the entire Matt community. You can only be representative of the entire Matt community in a given state.
Don't think it through, and it kind of makes sense.
So people are getting upset and calling Dan Savage a bigot because he very cleverly pointed out that billions of muslims say that any wrong done in the name of their religion is by extremists and that really Islam is a (or the) religion of peace.
Pardon my french, but who gives a shit! When a muslim father murders his daugther for not wearing a scarf - your religion is fucked up! When I overhear (while studying at the library) that Salmond Rushdie has a jihad against him and "rightfully so" by students MY age (22 at the time) your religion is fucked up!
When christian ministers go on and on about how adam and eve rode dinosaurs to church and that gays can change if they just have faith only to enjoy up the ass while on meth - your religion is fucked up!
When orthodox jews fuck one another through a hole in a sheet - your religion is REALLY fucked up!
Dan is making a great point that religion is simply (say it with me now) REALLY FUCKED UP. I'm from the suburb that this girl was killed in, she is literally down the road from my house, there are reports that she was strangled to death (or near death, when they found her, she had a faint pulse and was on life support until her untimely demise) or that she may have been beaten to death.
She shared her home with 7 other siblings and her parents. She only started taking off her hijab this year at school because her older sister that would ACT AS A SPY finally graduated from her high school in the past spring. She ran away twice, once to a shelter where she returned home after receiving a letter telling her she doesnt have to wear the hijab if she doesnt want to and was currently staying with a friend at the time of her death.
Her insane father has repeated offences against her and the poor girl lived in fear in her own home. Why? BECAUSE OF A FUCKED UP RELIGION!
Religion of peace my fine ass!
Remember how the Christian right blamed Judas Priest in the 1980s for some crazy teen killer dude?
So is the 700 Club now ghost writing for The SLOG?
The Slogetry here is actually worse but just as silly: the headline blasts 25 percent of the world's population based on the actions of a crazy guy in toronto. Maybe SLOG should look into whether the guy was a heavy metal fan too?
Also, @1 hit the nail on the head.
The headline blasts the religions of 25% of the population, not the people itself. There is a difference.
Also, it's not the actions of one guy. It's the outcry in Sudan over the calling for the death of a teacher that allowed her class to name a teddy Muhammad. It's about the outcry in Denmark over some cartoons. It's about the fear women live in for getting raped and not reporting the crime because THEY will be punished.
It's so much more than the actions of one crazed muslim man - it's the actions of many crazed muslims that puts the distaste in so many people's mouths.
@48: Do you not understand that when these kinds of honor killings happen in the Muslim world they are typically supported or excused by most of the population? I'm not understanding your comparison to the Judas Priest stuff in the 80s, but regardless, those teenagers who killed themselves after listening to heavy metal music were mentally ill. Just as that Christian woman who killed her children was mentally ill, and her actions were in not way supported by her community. My guess is that this man who killed his daughter was perfectly sane and will defend his actions based on the tenets of Islam in a "logical" manner.
@47: I believe that stuff about Orthodox Jews doing it through a sheet is false, as was admitted by Hitchens, and will be taken out of future editions of God is Not Great.
When they tried (once again this year) to say blacks had lower IQs than whites, that was treated as a statistical claim. The claim was demolished on a statistical basis. Anyone who tried to say that blacks were stupid because of a collection of newspaper clippings was obviously prejudiced.
Saying that the typical Muslim, or most Muslims, or the Muslim community (whatever you mean by that) is responsible for what one man did is a statistical claim. A bunch of news stories tell you nothing about what most Muslims think.
If you do have reliable data on what most Muslims are thinking, by all means, talk about that. But don't be a sleaze just because you don't have good data.
You want to talk about statistical data? How about the poll 2 days ago where 36% of british muslims think its okay to kill an apostate (google for it, it was in the guardian paper).
Not to mention all this violence against the infidel and unbeleiver is sanctioned in the quran in several places.
Religion of peace indeed.
I can scarcely believe the intolerance shown here. Most followers of Islam are people of color. Honkies have no right to impose their Judeo-Christian morality on them.
By Islamic teaching and tradition, females are chattel, and the males can do pretty much what they damn well please with them, from cutting their clits off to marrying them at age eight like Muhammed did with his youngest wife.
Infidels are intolerant bastards if they can't put up with a little diversity.
I'm at work and don't have much time, but the Wikipedia article on honor killings seems reliable enough. It seems that in many Islamic countries these killings are specifically excused by law. In many other countries honor killings are typically ignored. To me this seems like reliable evidence that these kinds of killings are supported or tolerated by many Muslims.
muslim honor killings are much the same. its likely this dad wasn't a "fundamentalist". he was a typical muslim father, deeply threatened by female sexuality & afraid of losing face in his community because he couldn't control his daughter. if he hadn't killed her, one of her brothers would have.
and cutting off clits & labia is typically done by other women - who were victims of the process themselves.
Elenchos & Chas do have a point. When has Dan posted articles that make any other religions or philosophical viewpoints (other than Islam) look bad? Has he ever posting unflattering articles about Christianity, Republicanism, the Boy Scouts, etc.?
People who believe in the literal text of any religious tract are suffering from insanity, or at least mass hysteria. They're parables, you fucking lunatics! Nobody should ever be killed in the name of Islam or any of the major religions, which are all designed (admittedly, in sometimes dated and roundabout ways) to promote selfless love.
Sometimes I wonder if human beings are evolved enough to have a beautiful thing--and in its true form, it is very beautiful--like religion in the world. There are so many damaged, fucked up people who, because they lack either the psychic strength or the courage of true faith, must turn it into something ugly to suit their own twisted needs.
Very sad.
@31: You bought shoes at a store owned by Egyptians, therefore there is no anti-Muslim prejudice in American.
Oh, sorry, further proof: New York, the largest and most diverse city in the nation, is very accommodating to Muslims, therefore there is no anti-Muslim prejudice in America.
I completely agree that many in America are trying hard. Especially (big fucking surprise) in liberal, diversity-loving cities like Seattle and NYC. But, kk, your sneakers don't prove shit. Show them to Murat Kurnaz, proven innocent, held for FIVE YEARS in Guantanamo. No trial, no lawyers, no family, no outside contact. Detained by us, who are trying so fucking hard.
Heck yes he has. The "Thou Shalt Know We Are Christian" posts are all about the hypocricy of chaste Followers of Christ getting some sweet, sweet love on with underagers. The posts are barbed BECAUSE they are about "Christians"-because I know quite a few folks who happily engage in underage sex, but Dan rarely posts when they end up in court. "Thou Shalt Know We Are Athiests" isn't a very funny tagline.
The problem I have with all this is that every statistic needs to be called into question. The poll mentioned earlier that said 36% of Muslims in Great Britain favor honor killings might have taken only a sampling from a very fundamentalist neighborhood-how did they collect their information? Was the survey random? What questions did it ask-how were the questions phrased?
I personally think the Islam religion is no more violent than any other institution founded by man. Except the Buddhists. Everybody kills the Buddhists, and they just sit there and light themselves on fire. But holding an entire faith (there is a vast difference, I think, between Islam as a faith and Islam as a religion... one is an institution and one is a personal set of beliefs and guiding morals)responsible for a few crackerjacks is inflamatory, to say the least. After all, should we hold all liberals accountable when a self-proclaimed Leftist commits a crime that is partially motivated by his own moral compass? I mean geez whiz people, we are individuals-and I do not believe institutions have SO much power over the individual that if only that person were athiest/had secular beliefs, they wouldn't be as crazy. Maybe instead of killing his daughter as a Muslim, he'd beat his wife as a secularist instead.
@49 and @50:
Yeah, the headline and the cherry picking is a slur against the religion of 25% of the world's population (and makes the Slog resemble the collected works of Ann Coulter).
It's worth noting that this religion happens to be a minority religion in the US and Canada. Also, most who practice this religion here in North America are themselves minorities.
We are also talking about people who are often much less powerful then alternative newspaper editors. People who are too often profiled, or discriminated against, or sometimes thrown in jail because of their last names or their religion. That's the real world context for the comment and this discussion.
On what rational basis then is the lumping of people together - the Slogetry - justified?
Has Slog taken a poll that proves most Muslims in the world or in Canada agree with the crazy guy's actions? The fact that some would justify it may be enough for Ann Coulter or Fox News, but it's hard to even dignify that sort of bullshit rationalization for bigotry with a response.
I personally think the Islam religion is no more violent than any other institution founded by man.
Which only means that you are an ignorant person. Honor killings are COMMON in Islam, and becoming increasingly common throughout Europe as their Muslim minorities grow.
ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News
Honor killings have claimed the lives of about 1,100 people between 2000 and 2006 in Turkey.
UN Committee Adopts Dutch Resolution Against 'Honour Killings'
Many women are killed or mutilated by relatives every year for acts such as infidelity, which are deemed to have brought dishonour on a family. If brought to justice, the perpetrators of these crimes invoke in their defence what they see as their duty to protect the honour of the family. Even where they are brought to justice those who commit these violent acts often receive reduced sentences, sometimes they are let off with only a caution.
The Netherlands has now taken the first step to help these women. The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution submitted by the Netherlands on measures to root out 'honour killings'. This resolution, the first on the subject ever to be discussed in a UN body, is designed to lead to international action.
The resolution calls on all countries actively to oppose crimes of this kind, if necessary by changing the criminal law and taking preventive measures. It was passed by 120 votes in favour, with 25 abstentions.
Care to guess what the STATE RELIGION was of the 25 nations that abstained from that UN resolution? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't the Baptists.....
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Beautiful... It reminds me of some parts of my Milan. Another star from me.
Well, Augsburg, sometimes called the northernmost city of Italy, Roby! ;-DD
I'm very pleased that you like this shot, many thanks for the YS! I love our old town with the canals and because of the canals we have more bridges than Venice (but not so big and beautiful ones)! ;-D
Greetings, Dida
Beautiful image indeed !!
Looks very nice ! Like
Kind regards , Mircea R !
I'm glad you like it, Mircea R - thanks a lot! :))
Greetings, Dida
...liquid silvery flow going deepper into the coppery city.
Beautiful manipulation of light & very nice shot - Greetings from Greece.
*Crits - special thanks for the YS! :))
I'm very pleased that you like it - many thanks!
Warm greetings to you both
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Tissue and extractable metabolites from the subtropical gorgonianLeptogorgia virgulata (Coelenterata: Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) induce vomiting in a variety of fish species. To elucidate the chemical bases of this phenomenon, experiments were undertaken with purified pukalide, a cembranoid diterpene that comprises as much as 0.1–0.5% of the wet tissue weight ofL. virgulata. When incorporated into artificial foods at concentrations corresponding to the levels found inL. virgulata, pukalide induced emesis when delivered orally to killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). The threshold dose for pukalide-induced emesis was 0.05 mg/g fish body weight. Control pellets devoid of pukalide did not induce vomiting. The emetic effect of pukalide was dose-dependent, as fish ingesting more than 0.100 mg pukalide/ g body weight exhibited a significantly higher incidence of vomiting than fish ingesting lower doses of pukalide (G=5.5,df=1,P<0.025). The elapsed time between ingestion of pukalide-containing pellets and emesis was significantly longer in fish that ingested marginally emetic doses of pukalide (Kruskal-WallisH=4.00, significant withP<0.05). Although not markedly unpalatable to fish, pukalide may function in nature as a defensive toxin by inducing emesis and learned aversion in potential octocoral predators.
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Volume 19, Issue 11 , pp 2697-2704
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Am still dreaming of the 12yo Laga bottled in the 80s
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Ten Free Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die
From The Village Voice, a list of one writers top ten. Ironically, altohugh I've heard hundreds of free jazz albums, I only have heard 5 on this list. In other words, the writer goes off the beaten path, which is rarely a bad thing to do.
Free jazz is challenging, violent, political, spiritual, joyous, peaceful, and a million other things. It's about shattering forms in order to find a new world of sound somewhere further outside. And once this new world is found, it's time to go looking for a newer one.
When, as a college student, I first purchased Ornette Coleman's landmark album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, the record store clerk mumbled to me, "I didn't make it all the way through this album the first time I put it on." Ignoring his advice, I went home and listened to it all the way through. Many times. I loved it. I went looking for more. These are 10 of the albums I found. It should go without saying that this list is meant, not as a dead-end, but as a pathway that leads to the listening of many, many more fantastic free jazz albums.
Feel free to list your top 10 in the comments below.
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Pharoah Sanders: Black Unity
Masada: Live at Tonic
FME: Cuts
Globe Unity Orchestra: Pearls
Tony Oxley: Four Compositions for Sextet
Alan Silva Celestrial Communication Orchestra: Seasons
Ornette Coleman: Body Meta
Supersilent: 7
Die Like a Dog: Little Birds Have Fast Hears
Naked City: Heretics
Putting Matana Roberts #1 and Virginia Genta #2 on his free jazz list is just willfully perverse on Sharp's part. I love Matana's Coin Coin music but it doesn't work for this list; there's a good argument that it is not even free jazz. Again, I love Virginia's playing (decidedly free jazz), but the Lisbon album is far from her best work. Check out her Jooklo Duo albums. I could live a little easier with Sharp's list if one reversed the listed order (i.e., #1 becomes #10).
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So, since the Dolphins are off this week:
What do you think of the Bills-Jets game?
As there are only like 3 or 4 Pats Fans, 3 Jets fans, 3 Fins fans and a bunch of Bills Fans, I am just going to combine them for a thread where we can talk about (or in the Bills Fans' case, BlTCH about) our teams and our division.
So, since the Dolphins are off this week:
What do you think of the Bills-Jets game?
I think the Jets will run for over 250 yards, but it will remain close because SanCHEZ [s]won't get BS calls[/s]will have a mediocre game and Braylon will return to halfassery since it's not Monday. This looks like a spot where Jauron will return to his "keepin' it close" ways, so I see a backdoor special Vegas cover... 21-13 Jets.What do you think of the Bills-Jets game?
Ndamukong Suh.Who're you hoping they draft next draft?
Bills should try to get Okung.
Even though I have money on the Jets, it would be awesome to see the Bills win.
The Bills won't draft an LT early. Unless they have to give up on Demetrius Bell soon.
I don't think they will go for a first round QB. Just saying.
Colt McCoy maybe, in 2-3?
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Depression is thought to be caused by an imbalance of chemicals called neurotransmitters that send messages between nerve cells in your brain. Some of these chemicals, such as serotonin, help regulate mood. If these mood-influencing chemicals get out of balance, depression or other mood disorders can result. Experts have not yet identified why neurotransmitters become imbalanced. They believe a change can occur as a response to stress or illness. But a change may also occur with no obvious trigger.
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Big Break Regional Shoreline is a part of the great 1,680-square-mile San Francisco/San Joaquin Delta estuary in Northern California. The water flowing past Big Break Regional Shoreline through the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drains half of California's watershed, and creates the largest estuarine environment on Pacific shores. This "Inland Coast" is home to 70 species of birds, and provides valuable habitat for beavers, muskrats, and river otters.
This Exploration created in collaboration with the Exploratorium.
Getting There
From Highway 4 in Oakley, go north on Big Break Road. Take the first right just past Vintage Parkway and follow the road to the Big Break Pier. You can also enter the park by walking in on Marsh Creek Regional Trail, just adjacent to Marsh Creek off E. Cypress Road in Oakley, east of its intersection with Main St./Highway 4.
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Tri Delta Transit #300 provides service to Vintage Parkway and Big Break Road on weekdays. Call to confirm route: Tri Delta Transit–(925) 754-4040 or see www.trideltatransit.com.
Park Activities
Many park users come to Big Break simply to enjoy cool marine breezes in the summer. Birdwatchers are drawn by the constant birdsong from the marshes, and everyone comes to enjoy the solitude and escape from the nearby urban landscape.
The Big Break Regional Trail, which runs along the southern edge of Big Break through the Ironhouse Sanitary District, provides access for hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians to the southeastern edge of the estuary. The trail connects to the northern end of the Marsh Creek Regional Trail, providing access to Brentwood and Oakley. The Marsh Creek Regional Trail connects to the Delta de Anza Regional Trail via West Cypress Road.
Special thanks to Mike Moran, Shelly Lewis and Isa Polt-Jones of the East Bay Regional Park District for assisting us on this project. Robin Marks, Joshua Cassidy, Craig Rosa and Ron Wolf all contributed to this Exploration.
Points of Interest
Not long ago, this culvert was thick with blackberries. To bring it back to a wetland state, the channel was graded, letting water in from the delta. Shorebirds found the wetland the very next day. Now visitors see tule and cattails and even small fish. A lesson that sometimes simple, low budget restorations can do the trick; as long as they open up habitat, the critter will show up.
Beavers, Keep Out
Short fences around cottonwood trees keep them from falling victim to the park's beavers.
A good look at some beaver damage. If they were to chew the bark around the entire girth of the tree, the tree would die--if it hadn't already been knocked over and used to build a beaver den.
First Steps
The trail at Big Break welcomes bikes and wheelchairs as well as feet. Several miles down the road, it connects with other paved East Bay Regional Park trails, making it a nice starting point for a day's bicycle journey as well as a walk along the delta.
Green Delta
A pier over the delta provides a fine fishing and birding spot. On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Sierras. Watch the birds as they land and you'll notice that they avoid landing on the algae. To a shore bird, the algae appears from above to be a land, not water, and therefore diminishes the bird's potential habitat.
The algae floating in here in the delta is mostly non-native species, much of it Brazilian water weed that's made its way to the Delta from home aquariums. Once here, it finds an accommodating habitat and blooms, affecting oxygen levels in the water and driving fish populations away.
The Buzz About Mosquitoes
Naturalist Mike Moran explains that the bias against mosquitoes is purely human, as many other members of the Delta ecosystem relish them. (video)
A cloud of buzzing mosquitoes hovers over the water near the shore.
Sedges Have Edges...
With all these different plants waving in the marshy wind, how can you tell which is which? In this video, Naturalist Mike Moran rhymes his way to plant identification.
A bit of hands-on study showing what Naturalist Mike Moran means when he says "Sedges have edges, and rushes are round. Grasses are hollow from the tip to the ground."
A cross section view of a rush stem (left) and a sedge stem (right).
These waving green stems are often referred to as tule grass, but tule is actually a rush (meaning its round stems are not hollow like those of a grass). Ohlone and Miwok people used tules to make canoes which they used to get around San Francisco bay.
Tules are topped with distinctive brown flowers that produce seed heads.
This sedge plant has set up house along the water's edge, a common place to find sedges. This photo shows the edges of the plant's triangular stems. Sedges, like tules, flower at their tip tops and develop brown seed heads.
A closer view of the seed heads atop a sedge.
Cattails are a common sight in North American wetlands, and they are often the first plants to colonize a muddy area that has been cleared of other plants. The brown cylinder at the top is actually a conglomeration of many tiny flowers, which turn into seeds attached to a wisp. Cattail fluff was used during WWII as stuffing for life jackets, because it is quite buoyant. Native Americans used the fluff to line papooses and wove the leaves into walls and mats to waterproof them.
Cattail flowers become tiny seeds attached to a wisp of fluff that carries them through the air.
Rabbitsfoot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis) is recognizable by its bushy seed stalk. It is a hardy plant, and grows as an invasive species in many places throughout North America.
Unexpected Birding Hotspot
Big Break is a birder's paradise, with over 200 species throughout the year. On a good day along this trail, a skilled birder can probably find between 30 and 60 species in a couple of hours. (video)
The wastewater treatment plant provides a haven for birds at Big Break. The open water attracts shorebirds and the fencing keeps neighbors' pets away. Visitors can spot local birds here as well as many migratory species.
The wastewater ponds also offer birds--and hikers--a nice view of nearby Mt. Diablo, another stopping point for many migrating birds.
Caspian terns resemble large gulls, though their red bills make them distinct. Many of the terns in California are migrants from the Pacific Northwest, wintering over in warmer climes. Caspian terns are found on every continent except Antarctica, though their population in Africa and Europe has declined due to disturbances to their nesting sites.
Field of Yerba Mansa
Despite its scientific name (Anemopsis californica), yerba mansa is native to the American southwest, primarily in New Mexico. It now grows well in wet, marshy areas like the Delta. Though there is no documentation of it having a sedative effect, it is sold as a tincture similar to echinacea by some herbal remedy companies.
Don't be fooled: the large white petals aren't part of the yerba mansa flower, but rather its inflorescence, a flower-like structure that's really a collection of small flowers. The true buds are made of the tiny white petals that make a small tower of flowers in the center.
Also known as seaside heliotrope or quail plant, salt heliotrope likes briny soils, which makes it a good candidate for this area where two rivers meet the sea.
Tiny purple and yellow flowers bloom in rows on the salt heliotrope, and the plant sports thick, spade-shaped leaves.
The marsh monkey flower, also known as seep monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus) is one of many monkey flowers found in California. This species in distinguished by its love of wetlands. Without adequate water, the flowers dry up and disappear.
A close up of the marsh monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) reveals its characteristic red freckles along the outer sides of its yellow petals.
This invasive species is referred to as a pest by many wildlife biologists, and its prockly flowers only add to its lack of desirability. Starthisle often takes root after soil has been disturbed, and then grows quickly, blocking out chances for other species to regain a foothold.
When you see this weedy-looking plant with its forked leaves, steer clear to avoid scraping your legs on its spikes.
Otter Scat Dissection
Carnivorous otters making pit stops as they cross the road leave behind evidence of what they ate for dinner. (video)
White smudges along the darker gray asphalt mark a freeway where otters cross from one side of the road to the other. Mud and musk from their bellies gets dragged across the roadway, showing their path. They stop occasionally to leave little scat packages for the curious hiker to dissect.
The shells, scales, or feathers from recent otter dinners can be found in the scat left behind. The orange bits you can see here are crawdad shells.
A closer inspection might reveal some bones and even an occasional fish scale. Once in a while you might find feathers, evidence of a successful catch of a duck or grebe.
A varieagated meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) finds respite on a spent yerba mansa blossom.
Walnut Tree Surprises
Fallen nuts gathered along the trail can become a simple art project. (video)
Hikers can keep an eye out for these small, dark nuts on the ground. They are from the California black walnut tree (Juglans californica), and while not grown commercially for human consumption, they are an important source of food for wildlife.
Before they fall from the trees, black walnuts grow encased in a thick green husk.
Crack a black walnut open and you'll find an inside that resembles an owl face. Try pressing them on an ink pad and making owl-face stamps.
The California black walnut is a common ornamental tree and grows well in areas like the Delta with a ready supply of moving water.
The bark of the California black walnut is notched and rugged.
The Big Break trail meets up with Marsh Creek and another 8 miles of associated trail. We end our hike here, but you can continue by foot or bicycle through more miles of East Bay Regional Park.
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Everyone with the Chicago Bulls worried for a while about Ben Gordon, even though they'd never seen anyone shoot like him. Ever. Veteran coaches gasped when Gordon came in for his predraft workout last spring. Former players like Scott Skiles and John Paxson, and even coaches who've been around the game more than 50 years like John Bach, agreed they'd never, ever seen anyone shoot like Gordon did.
So when the 6-1 guard from Connecticut started missing all through the preseason, no one was too worried. Rookie jitters, adjustment to the pros and all that. Gordon shot 24.7 percent and 23.5 percent on threes. No big deal. Just getting accustomed to the league.
And then the regular season started and Gordon still couldn't shoot. Nothing-for-six in the opener, a zero-for-three against the Kings. Loss upon loss. He suddenly didn't look 6-2. He looked overwhelmed. He couldn't defend much. They started posting him up coming off the bus. He made poor decisions with the ball. He was no point guard. He must have been color blind, throwing as many balls to the other team as to his. Eight games and eight losses and he still hadn't cracked 30 percent on threes, and he was barely above that overall.
Paxson knew he had someone special, was sure of it. He saw something in Kirk Hinrich the year before that many didn't, the competitiveness, the determination to succeed. He was sure it was in Gordon.
But nothing from Gordon. No thrown chairs or pouts or stomping away.
"I never listen to the criticism," Gordon said. "I learned a long time ago you're only as good as your last game. So I don't let the negative stuff affect me anymore."
He once did. Coming to UConn, he was celebrated in stories regularly lauding his high school accomplishments.
"I used to read the paper every day," recalled Gordon of his days at Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) High School. "There never was anything bad said about me. Every day there's this big picture of me and a story and one day it hits me, 'Why is there only good stuff? That can't always be.' So I stopped reading about myself. I imagine there was some crazy stuff being said about me when I got [to the Bulls]. I just said to myself, 'I'm going to get through it. Just keep on working.' It's not like I can't shoot."
But even Paxson wondered. They all did. Internal discussions produced the name Shawn Respert, the undersized all-American Michigan State guard who was a Milwaukee Bucks lottery pick in the mid-1990s and never made it, though Respert recently said cancer treatments at the time held him back. But what if Gordon couldn't shoot? He was maybe 6-1, not a great defender or ballhandler. What then?
No worries. The rattlesnake has taken a bite out of the NBA.
That's what some around the Bulls call Gordon, a lethal shooter unafraid to take on the biggest game in the NBA. Gordon is laconic and Sphinx-like on the court, so it's difficult to know just what he's thinking. His expression doesn't change whether he's 3-for-15 or hitting a game-winner. His college coach, Jim Calhoun, called him Gentle Ben to chide him into more action.
But make no mistake, Ben Gordon is a competitor.
The 21-year-old is a top candidate for the Rookie of the Year and NBA Sixth Man awards. He's the Bulls' prime fourth-quarter option -- in fact, he leads the league in fourth-quarter double-figure games with 21 -- and he's threatening the all-time rookie record for 3-point shooting percentage, residing among the league leaders in 3-point shooting. And Gordon's been battling about even with Emeka Okafor among the leading rookie scorers (currently 14.9) despite playing a dozen fewer minutes per game.
Thursday night against Cleveland, Gordon led the Bulls with 21 points and eight assists, including a delightful dish to Tyson Chandler that led to a three-point play with less than 3 seconds left in regulation. A LeBron James 3 at the buzzer forced overtime, but Chicago responded with an 11-0 run in the extra session. Gordon's final free throw closed the scoring in a 102-90 victory.
Gordon's spate of heroics have been truly remarkable: Wednesday night, 22 fourth-quarter points on his way to an NBA-rookie season-high 35 to lead the Bulls over the Bobcats and Okafor, his principal competition for Rookie of the Year. Before that, 16 fourth-quarter points to beat Minnesota, 11 in the fourth quarter to win at Memphis, 10 in the fourth quarter to win at Detroit, 10 in the fourth quarter and 27 overall for a second straight win over the defending champions, 19 in the fourth quarter and a game-winner at the buzzer to beat the 76ers, and then, in the next game, 14 in the fourth for a win over the Knicks. Two days later, a repeat win over the Knicks with 17 in the fourth quarter and another game-winner at the buzzer. Then 10 in the fourth quarter to beat Denver, 11 in the fourth quarter to beat the Kings, 11 in the fourth quarter and 29 overall for a win over Miami, 15 in the fourth quarter that took the Spurs down to the last seconds and then 14 in the fourth quarter to win in Seattle. Yes, these were no cheesepuffs.
And all for a team with a chance to double its victory total from last season with one of the top records in the Eastern Conference this season.
Through it all, Gordon remains unaffected and sober.
He usually goes home from practice to the house he purchased in Chicago's north suburbs to buy home decorating items online. He is finishing the home himself. That's usually after calls to his accountant to find out how his investments are doing. Gordon says he's intent on operating his own business after his basketball career is over and needs to understand not only that his money is secure but that he has a part in managing it.
No, not your typical NBA star.
Well, Gordon isn't actually a star yet. Not even a starter.
For coach Scott Skiles, defense comes first. Toughness is back in vogue in NBA coaching, at least in some places. In Chicago, it's why center Eddy Curry, despite being the team's best low-post player, sits so many fourth quarters. Gordon doesn't defend quite as well as Chris Duhon, so he doesn't start. It doesn't hurt that Gordon's first run is usually against a second-tier shooting guard. But he's there in the fourth quarter, no matter how he defends. He is the team's best pressure-scoring option.
Imagine when he turns 22 next week.
Gordon is a rare player, what the pro scouts call an attacker. He challenges the defense absolutely without fear of consequences.
He has an uncanny ability, especially for his height, to shoot with a hand in his face. Most players need some distance from the defender to shoot. Gordon doesn't and has an exceptionally quick release. He has the quickness to get into the lane for a runner and the ability to loft a shot over almost any defender. Plus, he has the ultimate in confidence, seemingly never disturbed by poor games or missing shots.
It's the best characteristic for a great shooter. One always hears coaches and executives say shooters just keep shooting. There are only a rare few who will do that.
Although there is no true comparison to fellow UConn collegiate champion Richard Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons because Hamilton is much taller and not quite the long-distance shooter Gordon is, they are similar in that when Hamilton came into the NBA, he was a reluctant defender who needed to become tougher to exploit his entire game. It's much the same with Gordon. He has the strength to become a better defender and earn more minutes and a starting job.
Now it's not an issue, though Gordon certainly expects to be a starter next season.
He was recently asked about being the sixth man and said all the politically correct things about doing what's best for the team and not disturbing the chemistry. Walking away, someone congratulated him on avoiding the media trap. Gordon smiled. "I learned that a long time ago," he said with a knowing nod.
He's ready for big things, and with the Bulls almost certain to make the playoffs and even gain a high seed, it could be quite the coming out for Gordon, as it was for Dwyane Wade in last season's playoffs.
And for guys like Deron Williams from the University of Illinois, the NCAA Tournament does make a big difference to NBA executives. Miami's Pat Riley said he was sold on Wade after his NCAA performance with Marquette, and Paxson said Gordon, regarded as only a possible lottery pick until then, sold the Bulls when he had 29, 29 and 23 in the Big East tournament when Okafor was out with an injury. Then there were 36 points in a regional final and Paxson knew he had his perimeter offensive weapon.
The Bulls are uncertain whether Gordon can be a point guard, and probably don't need him to be with Hinrich. Hinrich now often plays shooting guard, with Chris Duhon at point guard, but eventually the plan is to play Hinrich and Gordon together in the backcourt -- though Gordon seems ideal for the sixth-man role. In fact, he really is a better candidate for Sixth Man of the Year than for Rookie of the Year, since he averages only about 24 minutes per game.
That is why Gordon expects more.
"I'd say under the circumstances I'd give myself a B-minus this season," Gordon said. "Probably most people in my position coming in as the third pick are like, 'I'm supposed to be starting automatically.' Guys in past years who were the third pick were playing 40 minutes. I think that would take a toll on most players. But I just see the opportunity now to come off the bench and be a spark, keep us in the game. My defense can be a lot better and I can take care of the ball better and get my teammates involved more. Which is why I give myself a B-minus. But I've handled everything well."
Gordon seems always to have done that.
He was born in London, England, and is of Jamaican descent. He moved with his mom and sister to Mt. Vernon when he was a baby. His father still lives in England, but they don't have a relationship.
He really wasn't sure whether there'd be one with the NBA either.
"I knew I'd be leaving after my junior year," he said. "I felt every game was an audition for the NBA and there were scouts at every practice with Emeka. By the middle of the season, I was in a slump and I'm hearing they're saying all kinds of negative stuff, that, 'He can't do this, he can't do that,' that they're not sure if this Ben Gordon kid is any good.
"I remember my coach brings me in," Gordon said, "and he's saying 'Ben, I just want you to know you're not looking so good. The scouts are saying this and that.' I probably was better off not knowing that stuff. It messed with me a little bit. And now we're going into the Big East tournament and Emeka is out hurt and all the pressure is on me. So I said, 'Forget it. I'm going out regardless of whether I get drafted or don't get drafted. I just went out to play my best basketball.' And we won the championship. I took that lesson with me to the NBA.
"My coach used to say it looks like I'm coasting," Gordon said. "But the guy playing against me knows I'm not. You may think I'm quiet, but around my friends I'm upbeat, funny, happy. I know basketball has opened so many doors for me. I'm never going to take this for granted."
Sam Smith, who covers the NBA for the Chicago Tribune, is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.


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Milton Wagner Jr.
Position: Shooting Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: February 20, 1963 in Camden, New Jersey
Relatives: Father of Dajuan Wagner
High School: Camden in Camden, New Jersey
College: University of Louisville
Draft: Dallas Mavericks, 2nd round (11th pick, 35th overall), 1986 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 8, 1987
Other Pages: College Basketball Stats
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