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Submission Dates: January 1st–March 1st
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Homeschoolers ages 7–19 are invited to create a drawing or painting based on the content of a beloved hymn. Each student may enter up to 3 pieces of art.
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While each of the arts has its own unique value, we believe there is a special richness only attainable through their interaction, as poetry, music, and art work in harmony to achieve a common goal. We encourage you to read the words of the hymn listed for your age category, listen to its music, and let one of the lines, words, phrases, or entire verses inspire your artwork. We eagerly await the fruit of your vivid imagination and unique creativity!
Category 1 (ages 7–10*): Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
*For the purposes of this contest, an eligible student must have received a majority of his or her education at home during the current school year. The staff and immediate family members of HSLDA, HSF, GenJ and PRO are not eligible to participate.
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All finalist pieces will be on loan to HSLDA for one year and will be displayed at the HSLDA headquarters in Purcellville, Virginia. After a year, the artwork will be returned to the artist, much to the sadness of HSLDA employees, visitors, and honored guests.
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Note: Versions of each hymn may differ depending on the hymnal, and all versions are acceptable for the purposes of this contest. The Youtube links below are purely for your listening convenience and are in no way endorsed by HSLDA.
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
By Henry van Dyke
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
Thou art giving and forgiving,
Mortals, join the mighty chorus
Be Thou My Vision
Trans. by Mary E. Byrne
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
High King of Heaven, my victory won,
Take My Life and Let It Be
By Frances R. Havergal
Take my life and let it be
Take my hands and let them move
Take my voice and let me sing
Take my silver and my gold;
Take my will and make it Thine;
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
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knot 1
- He tightened the knot on his tie and brushed an imagined piece of lint off his uniform jacket.
- It is a good idea to tie knots in the rope or cloth about 1 ft. apart, this will provide a more secure climbing surface.
- It is simple enough to tie a knot in a piece of string.
- The construction of fishing nets is similar to that of recent years and it is only necessary to master the use of only two knots: the clove-hitch and the sheet-bend.
- Rebecca came and stood behind him watching with great pleasure as he mastered the perfect knot.
- For attaching your leader to fly line, my advice is use the simple nail knot.
- Her hair was tangled in knots, she was pale, and her eyes were bloodshot.
- This braid is a lot more difficult to accomplish if your hair has tangles or knots.
- His brown hair was an unruly mass of tangles and knots.
- Nematodes are microscopic roundworms that attack plant roots and cause large knots.
- After peeling the bark, the knots where the branches were need to be sanded to a very smooth finish.
- These growths, or knots, shut off water and nutrients to the branch, which eventually wilts, dries up and dies.
- Longitudinal sections of tree trunks contain knots that preserve the history of branching and can be used to interpret stand dynamics.
- The casket was made from boards with no knots from an evergreen tree.
- Daniel ran a hand through his hair and stared at the cedar desk, absently tracing a knot in the wood with his finger.
- I smacked my arm into a doorknob really hard, and there's a knot in the muscle of the forearm now.
- Then his hands began to work into Jake's muscles gently and slowly working out knots and tension.
- From a seated position, curl one dumbbell up, feeling the muscles in your arm bunch up in a strong, searing knot as you reach the top and pause.
- Peter gulped down a tense, hard knot that had formed in the back of his throat.
- Fear tied a knot in her stomach, and she tried to force it down.
- He glared at me and I felt a tight knot in my stomach.
- Back in the pub, a knot of Scots to the side of the big screen became as bored as the English fans with a less-than-exciting match.
- A knot of people gathered in Main Street to watch the waters slowly begin to rise again.
- After a short time they came across a knot of people gathered outside a church.
- The area had been hit by heavy rainstorms with wind speeds of about 10 knots per hour, which had caused the sea level to rise by about 1.5 meters.
- Winds of 76 knots or 140 kph were recorded at the Naval Weather and Oceanography Centre on the Sunday afternoon.
- There had been a storm warning at 1.15 p.m., with the wind speed touching 50 knots and the waves rising up to 25 feet.
verb (knots, knotting, knotted)[with object]
- It would make a big difference if people would just followed simple steps such as putting all rubbish in a black bin bag, which should be knotted to prevent any overspill.
- He had been strangled with a piece of a T-shirt which had been knotted at the back of his neck.
- Investigators also found some ties that had been knotted together and believe Yu had intended to use them as a rope before deciding to use electrical cord instead.
- The carpets on display range from the Dhurri / Kelim type to very fine hand knotted ones with more than 36,000 knots per square foot.
- For example, the necklace is composed of nine different strands of woodchip coco beads, knotted by hand.
- People, often children, are forced to do demeaning and often health destroying jobs. Try knotting Oriental carpets all day and see how long you keep your sight.
- Her beautiful brown hair was tangled and knotted.
- She had long, brown hair that was knotted and unwashed.
- The man was about thirty and unshaven, his unkempt, blonde hair knotted like some Rastafarian.
- She went to the bathroom to run a hot bath to help release what she thought was knotted muscles.
- After about 10 minutes, I felt muscles knotted from a 12-week training schedule start to loosen up.
- Electricity is also used to stimulate tense and knotted muscles.
- Donna can feel her stomach knotting in anticipation.
- He plodded along, his stomach knotting more and more with each step.
- She glanced at the signature first, her stomach knotting as the glance confirmed it was from Phillip.
tie someone (up) in knots
- informal Make someone completely confused: they tied themselves in knots over what to call the countryMore example sentences
- That the administration had to handle it so carefully is a testament to how much the issue ties them in knots.
- I would like to see an insurance policy that always pays out what it promises. Or a home loan that doesn't tie you in knots with options and clauses.
- The United States Postal Service is tied in knots.
tie the knot
- informal Get married.Example sentences
- The couple - who each have been married twice before - tied the knot 11 years ago in a register office.
- The couple were married for 42 years - tying the knot when Sylvia was 17 and John was 18.
- She said more and more couples were heading to Scotland to get married since Madonna and Ritchie tied the knot at Skibo castle in the Highlands in 2000.
knotless adjective
- Example sentences
- Fifteen minutes later and 280 yards from the original point of capture the most fantastic example of a sea-trout I had ever seen lay nestling in the folds of my knotless mesh landing net.
- In freshwater fishing I use a knotless tapered leader.
- She separated a section of knotless hair from a tangled section and started picking at the ball of hair.
knotter noun
- Example sentences
- He started work as a 'reacher in' at Kelbrook Bridge Mill, threading the warp yarns and passing the ends on to the knotter.
Old English cnotta; related to Dutch knot.
The words knot and knit, both Old English, are closely related. Something travelling fast might be described as going at a rate of knots. A knot here is a measure of speed, equivalent to one nautical mile an hour. In the days of sailing ships a line with knots tied at fixed intervals and a float at the end was run out into the sea over a certain time to gauge the ship's speed. If the line unwound very rapidly, with each knot appearing in quick succession, then the ship was going 'at a rate of knots'. See also natty
Words that rhyme with knotallot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht
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noun (plural same or knots)
- Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the red knot (C. canutus), which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
- You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, using the untouched island habitat as a safe haven during their journey south.
- The Humber Estuary supports more than 150,000 birds each year including knot, lapwing, golden plover and breeding little terns.
- Many immature avocets spend their first summer after fledging well south of breeding areas, as do immature grey plovers, bar-tailed godwits and knot.
Late Middle English: of unknown origin.
The words knot and knit, both Old English, are closely related. Something travelling fast might be described as going at a rate of knots. A knot here is a measure of speed, equivalent to one nautical mile an hour. In the days of sailing ships a line with knots tied at fixed intervals and a float at the end was run out into the sea over a certain time to gauge the ship's speed. If the line unwound very rapidly, with each knot appearing in quick succession, then the ship was going 'at a rate of knots'. See also natty
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Location: Food Processing and Sensory Quality Research
Project Number: 6054-43440-045-00
Start Date: Dec 07, 2012
End Date: Jun 30, 2014
This project will work closely with the commercial processing industry to improve the perception of catfish quality, and devise new uses for catfish by-products. Research will evaluate the incidence and diversity of off-flavors and color of both hybrid and channel catfish fillets and other primary products throughout the year across several regions, in order to devise strategies to improve the quality of products entering the market place. In addition, improved methods for sampling catfish ponds would be developed for determining the incidence and type of off-flavors and colors present. Approaches will include characterizing off-flavors in catfish products using both sensory evaluations and analytical chemistry techniques. This research will aim to determine the composition of the major individual components that comprise the hybrid and channel catfish processing byproduct streams. Seasonal variation in the composition of the major byproduct components, including heads, frames, viscera components and skin, will be determined as the initial step in developing novel value added products from underutilized catfish waste.


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tee 1
See T1 (sense 2).
Palabras que riman con teeabsentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee
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tee 2
1A cleared space on a golf course, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole: he smashes the ball off the 15th tee [as modifier]: a tee shot
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Many times golf course tees and greens are constructed with materials such as calcareous sands that might require special testing.
- The last club I hit is the one I'm planning to use for my tee shot on the first hole of the day.
- He has already taken his tee shot at the first hole and the injury is clearly hampering his swing.
1.1A small peg with a concave head which can be placed in the ground to support a golf ball before it is struck from a tee: I carry three tees in my pocket
Late 17th century (originally Scots, as teaz): of unknown origin
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Stick a tee into the ground on an angle, so that the top of it rests just behind the target side of the ball.
- Stick a tee halfway into the ground and stand at address as if a ball were there.
- In fact, take some popcorn to the practice tee and alternate hitting golf balls and pieces of popcorn.
2A mark aimed at in bowls, quoits, curling, and other similar games.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Nowadays the curling 'tee' is the line through the centre of the 'house' in curling and is in fact the target not the release line, which is the 'hog' line.
- Two men played two quoits each against each other throwing them a distance of 18 yards, in aiming the quoit he was assisted by a "leader in" who crouched behind the tee holding a piece of paper.
verbo (tees, teeing, teed)
1 [no object] (usually tee up or tee something up) Golf Place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole: the two teenagers will be teeing up for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup [with object]: Jack teed the ball up
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- The first came on the 204-yard 10th hole, when Jack teed up with his driver and hit his ball in the cup.
- He then teed up his ball… and duck-hooked it right into the side of his own house.
- Then Bob teed up his ball and aimed to the right, directly toward the trees that flanked the fairway.
1.1 [with object] (Especially in soccer) place or move the ball into position to be struck by another player: Parkin teed up Smith to strike again Owen teed up the ball for Emile Heskey
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- Toward the cape, a shining white radar dome was teed up on top of the gumdrop mountain.
- Today there's an apple, a smug looking egg teed up in a cup.
Verbos con partícula
tee off
- Begin a round or hole of golf by playing the ball from a tee: we spend ten minutes practising putting before we tee offMás ejemplos en oraciones
- With a three-shot cushion, Tiger Woods tees off at the last hole - and sends his drive straight up the middle of the fairway.
- The day began early at the Royal Golf Course where competitors teed off.
- Batting in softball, teeing off in golf and hitting a forehand in tennis also require the type of muscle conditioning provided by this exercise.
- informal1.1 Make a start on something: in November, the Society teed off with their inaugural meetingMás ejemplos en oraciones
- Let's tee off to a good start.
tee someone off
- North American informal Make someone angry or annoyed: Tommy was really teed off at ErnieMás ejemplos en oraciones
- It was one of those things that tees you off, and I responded to that.
- One thing that really tees me off about the tournament, especially in the early rounds is you can't watch the game that you really want.
- So I am teed off at Buster the bunny because this is all his fault.
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tee 3
A T-shirt.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Get a few pairs of nice, washed dark denim jeans, a stylish cut dark blazer or sportcoat, a few pinstripe dress shirts, some tees with prints, a pair of stylish black shoes, and a black belt.
- The trendsetting active wear includes velour sweat suits, tees, shorts, tank dresses and jeans.
- Call them T-shirts, tee shirts or tees, they're still hot sellers on the trendy fashion scene.
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A Columbia man has pleaded guilty to one count of his indictment, charging him with filing false claims for Deepwater Horizon oil spill relief funding.
The Hattiesburg American reported that Jermaine Ball is charged with a separate felony for each of the $5,000 checks he received under what prosecutors claim were false pretenses. A federal grand jury indicted him Aug. 7.
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text: If I had one wish for Christmas, it would be saving all children from harm. If all children were safe, happy, loved, fed and cared for properly the world would eventually become a wonderful place. Children react to their environment. If they are raised in a peaceful and compassionate environment, they are more likely going to become caring and compassionate adults. When you multiply this by all the children in the world, this equals peace.Children need to have someone who expects them to be the best they can be. Without expectations, children wander looking for love. No child wants to be bad; however, they sometimes feel they have no one to be good for. They are searching frantically for someone to love them unconditionally. Someone to respect and to also receive that respect in return means they belong to someone.Belonging to a family, and sharing love, guidance, and respect is what Christmas is all about. If the wise men had brought these three attributes with their gold, frankincense and myrrh, we would have been reminded like Baby Jesus there are more important things to give a child, instead of material gifts. My Christmas gift to all children is the hope they all find respect, guidance, and love. If this gift catches on throughout the world, the ultimate gift of world peace will become a true Christmas present.


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Hang on to your hats, here we go round again.
President Obama has asked the military to "prepare options for all contingencies" in Syria, according to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.
The immediate cause was compelling evidence a lot of civilians, estimates differ so widely I�m just going to say �a lot,� were killed by poison gas attacks recently in Syria�s civil war.
The gas presumably came from the nonexistent stockpiles Saddam Hussein didn�t have when George �Bush lied thousands died� Bush invaded Iraq.
I�m going to pause for a moment and crow bitterly. I think U.S. forces discovered evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq during the first week of the invasion and CNN showed them for all the world to see.
Coalition forces found an underground storage facility in the desert full of 55 gallon drums. A week later Al Jazeera triumphantly announced they were insecticides.
I noted that insecticides are in fact the chemical precursors of some nasty nerve agents. That�s what the Aum Shinrikyo cult used to make sarin gas for the Tokyo subway attacks in 1995.
I haven�t been able to get anyone of importance to acknowledge this in 10 years.
So now there�s a humanitarian disaster in Syria, and we�re on the verge of rushing in to �fix� it like we fixed Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Because our president�s bluff has been called once too many times and he�s got to show the world he�s got a pair after all.
I just wish that before we spent another trillion dollars or so we�d pause and ask a few questions first.
Starting with, what�s in it for us?
As in, does Syria have any significant amount of oil for example?
Iraq does � and we wound up not getting much of it anyway. So much for �No blood for oil.�
Will we significantly hurt Al-Queda?
They�re talking about intervening on the side of Al-Queda for God�s sake!
So all that aside, chaos in the Middle East is bad for our interests because�?
But people are dying!
Sure are, a lot more than died when Syria was merely ruled by a ruthless but sane tyrant.
OK, I�ll stop sugar coating this and get to the point.
The Middle East is a basket case as far as civilization goes. Wars and revolutions are going to break out regular as clockwork for a long time to come. People will be killing each other over reasons incomprehensible to us, and whatever happens they�re going to blame it all on 1) America, 2) the Jews.
The only solution we could impose is one we�re not even willing to talk about � empire.
As in occupy the place, establish an imperial civil service, and hold it with a corps of professional soldiers like the French Foreign Legion composed of tough, smart, and ruthless men we don�t like very much at home, because they�re going to die a lot. Do it for two generations minimum. To pay for it, levy taxes on the population.
You didn�t want to hear that, did you? Nobody does.
We all know imperialism is always and forever a Bad Thing of course. So how many former possessions of the British Empire have a higher standard of living now? How many have more security of person and property? How many are freer?
Some to be sure � but how many?
And now the British Empire is no more, is the world a safer place?
America does not do empire, in spite of all the cant about �American imperialism.� Which is in some ways a pity, because our few historical experiments with it in the Philippines and various Pacific islands shows we�re rather good at it when we put our minds to it.
But if we�re not willing to go that route, I�d say stay the heck out of crummy situations where we have no compelling national interest. Half measures are expensive for us and don�t do them any favors in the long run.
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86-year-old Sarasota woman robbed outside store
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Published: Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 7:18 p.m.
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MANATEE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies are searching for a man who robbed an 86-year-old woman Sunday afternoon.
The suspect is described as white, in his 20s, 5 foot 10 inches, slim with short, blond, spiked hair. He wore a blue tank top and got into the passenger side of a newer, two-door hatchback, possibly a Kia.
At about 3:45 p.m., the Sarasota woman was walking in front of the Marshalls store at 8467 Cooper Creek Blvd. The robber approached her from behind and took her purse.
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The family that conspires together stays together? In this exclusive sneak peek from Wednesday's Royal Pains (9/8c, USA), Hank (Mark Feuerstein) finally tells Evan (Paulo Costanzo) the truth about Boris (Campbell Scott), as well as Dimitri's death at the hands of Milos.
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I am a PG, 4'10 80lbs, I am playing in a summer league and average 11ppg, 5.5rpg, 3apg, 2spg, and 0.5bpg. We only play 20min. I'd average more assists but sometimes my teammates miss open layups and jumpers. I have really good ball handling and lots of coaches tell me that. I am pretty good at jumpshots and above average free throws. I have great speed and stamina. I can finish with either hand on either side on layups. I have a great floater and when it comes to crunch time I'm there ready to make a clutch play on offense or on D. I am really good on defence and have quick hands to get steals. I can make any pass no matter how small the window I'll find a way to make it. I'm a pass first point guard and would rather make a great pass than a great shot. I can hang and the air and finish on double clutches and one time had a ref say, ( curse word starting with d) he's good!!! I have a 27 inch max step vertical and a 22 inch no step. Do you think I can get a D1 scholarship or even go to the NBA??? Also, I am a straight A student so academics won't be a problem!!
thats really hard to do i dunno if u can do it
Are you saying you don't know or you don't think so. If you don't think I can that's fine. It'll just be my motivation to train harder!!!
You sure will have to train much harder than the best.. You really will have to give everything and make sure your size doesn't affect your game. If you can bring up stats and results, knock down shots and find the gap to make a pass on a DIVISION 1 level (wich is the best in the COUNTRY) than ofcourse you can! But that's not cheap..
I already train really hard. My size is gonna improve because my family is late bloomers but all of them are over 6ft. And do you have any tips or drills I can do to help we be able to impress scouts when I'm in high school???? I have a game today so I'll post stats. I will try really hard to have a great game!!!
i think u can if u keep on practicing and have the motivation to keep on practicing so u can be a better player.do u think i can get a scholarship to d1 school.
Great players are great leaders.Miamiheatboy
Yeah, I think you can miamiHEATBOY. With those ups I think you can.
What would be some good practices and drills to do??
You sound like a fantastic player. I think you can. Just keep working hard and keep your grades up. Never think you have arrived.
My only problem with what your asking here, is your not mentioning your weaknesses. The other problem is you saying you will make the pass no matter what. Everybody makes mistakes,you have to learn to accept, and admit it. Lastly, I play with bad shooters too, besides my self, the highest fg percentage from someone is 36, that being said I still average 7 apg. Moving on, you sound good, but have to accept mistakes. You might not make D1, but your for sure a D2 player.
I think that you could land a scholarship. Just realize that you have around 6 to 7 years until your in college. That is a lot of time to train, but only if you don't put it to waste. Keep working hard and you'll land one.
Ok my weakness is that i'm not the best at the jump shot but when I hit one I'll start making my other jumpers.
And I always accept mistakes, my team is 1-7 and I always think that we're gonna win and have a great game
Less then 3% of American Ballers make it to NCAA D1 and then only 1.19% get drafted to NBA so you're chances are almost non-existent. This is why it's so important to train, train, train!
Wow!!!!!! Only 1.19%,that makes me wanna train really hard.
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Say you have a youtube URL - ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY - Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody!
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 29, 2013 20:49 Flag
FA Report on Suarez
Wanted to add this to the "Suarez" thread, but with the new format its a complete mess and very hard to see who is responding to whom.
However on that thread there was much speculation on how the commission came up with 10 matches, and now the report has been published I'm wondering what peoples thoughts on it were. I'm not sure anyone justified the length of ban in quite the same way the commission did, but then again I'm not sure if the commission, based on what they wrote, actually justified it either.
Just to be clear I do believe Suarez did bite Ivonovic, it was a violent act, and does justify punishment beyond the standard 3 match ban. However I'm not sure it warrants more than 3 times the standard punishment.
The report for me does clearly show why this case was exceptional and therefore warranted more than a 3 match ban, which I agree with. But in determining sanction it basically said because its worse than tripping a ref, it must be 7 additional games. Now unless they took in consideration things they did not report (which would be prejudice against Suarez) I'm not sure how they came to that conclusion. I'm wondering if anyone can explain their conclusions, as for me the report fails in this area by using just one other, seemingly unrelated case, as a benchmark to show Suarez should get an even longer ban..
Personally I would have doubled it making it a 6 match ban, which would have imo sent a message this is an exceptional case, by stating its twice as bad. However by making this sanction longer than those applied recently for racial abuse, the FA is essentially saying that a single case of racial abuse is not nearly has bad as a single bite; and while multiple incidents of racial abuse is slightly worse than tripping a ref, it is still not as bad as a single bite!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
The FA were in a mess over this because they wanted to be seen to be treating the incident harder. Remember he got a 7 game ban in Holland for the same offence and the FA did not want to be seen giving a lesser ban than they did. That to me makes sense.
Where it all falls down though is when you see some really nasty, potential career ending challenges and the like and they are either ignored or given a lesser punishment. I'd personally rather have a bite mark on my arm than being in hospital awaiting surgery on a some knee or ligament damage that may mean I never play again. Jim Beglin knows this all too well sadly.
Then there's the argument that whether the incident deserves more of a ban than the incident with Evra? That's where it gets tough. Of course we see that Defoe got away with it completely. Ok a yellow card I believe.
To me the guy needs some help, mentally and this was an opportunity for the FA to step in. A shorter ban with a some form of training / therapy and a suspended part of a further ban may have been more productive.
It also riles me that everyone is lauding Gareth Bale for winning the two PFA awards. Yes they were deserved but some of his theatrics seem to have been glossed over (He is the new golden boy) while others still have that noose around their neck.
Oh what games the media play with us....................
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 29, 2013 22:31 Flag
The report is now on the FA website, and worth a read, although it might leave you scratching your head.
I hear what your saying about the previous case in Holland, however the report specifically stated they did not take into account any prior infringements and had the brief only to look at this case in isolation. That is why it really is fair to say the FA ranks a single case of Racism as less of an offense as tipping a ref, followed by multiple incidents or racial abuse, but worst of all is a single bite.
In deciding the actual sanction they disregarded the number of examples Suarez's representatives provided as examples of violent conduct because they stated "We were mindful that, in a game of football, the coming together of opposing players and physical bodily contacts in challenging for the ball is part of the game – albeit some of the challenges, regrettably, could lead to more serious
injuries" . So while I see where you coming from regarding those potentially career ending challenges (like the foot to the face from the Wigan player yesterday, which was not punished by the ref, so I assume will go to the FA?) it seems the FA does not agree with you, as that sort of violence is part of the game and therefore is okay.
On Bale I don't have an issue with him winning, and think either him or RVP would have been worthy, I do agree with you with the amnesia when it comes to the diving. Just a few days ago on here a number of people were including the diving of Suarez as a rational of why Liverpool supporters should not support their player, but it seems Bale is above this criticism. Bit like those who conveniently forget that Rooney had a very similar challenge with his red mist not so long ago, but as the hope of England I suppose he's above reproach.
My impression is that the ten match decision was somewhat arbitrary, but if you accept the argument leading up to it, it had to be.
A lot of the report was about justifying that this was an exceptional incident. It was, of course. Apart from the Defoe incident which we have to put aside because he wasn't punished (when everyone in retrospect thinks he should have been) and the dutch Suarez incident, there is no history of it in consideration. The commission then went on to say that they thought an exemplary punishment (my words, not theirs) was appropriate, to express disapproval in the strongest way and discourage any other offenders. If you then believe they didn't take Suarez's history into consideration, they then plucked a figure from the air. If they did take Suarez's history into consideration then ten matches seems very plausible - both from an increase on the Dutch ban and also him having done eight matches for something else last year and being warned about his future conduct. So really, ten matches covers both bases.
The question is what will happen if there is another biting incident. Having claimed this wasn't about Suarez, it would seem that they have now set a tarriff for the offence. If a new offence gets less than that then it will be fair to question Suarez's punishment. If not, then not.
Mind you, the person most likely to be up on a biting charge in the future is ............
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 30, 2013 19:43 Flag
Robert first off I need to apologize, my previous post suggested you had not addressed the report, but that was before I saw this post, where obviously you have.
For me much of the report makes logical reading, and there is little I don't disagree with. The case of Violent Conduct was already proven, and yes the report spent most of its time addressing whether it was an exceptional incident or not, and I do think they showed that. In this area I think Suarez was wrong to try to justify the standard (3 match ban) was appropriate.
However where the thing breaks down for me is the sanction and where they try to justify it. In the report they clearly state they have not considered Suarez's history, so I assume we have to take them at their word. However they also state they did not pluck the 10 games out of the air, but looked for similar cases as a benchmark (despite also saying they could not always rely on past cases as things evolve - which to me sounds like a license to make it up as they go, but maybe that's just me). However the Suarez team provided 10 cases they felt were equivalent to justify keeping the punishment to 3 matches. We don't know what these cases were, other than the Defoe incident.
I can understand them wanting to ignore the Defoe case as its a bad precedent, although its the only precedent we have. Therefore rather than writing it off as dissimilar (which its obviously not as its one of the very few biting cases in the English game) they should have stated why it was a bad precedent. I assume they did not as this would have openly stated the ref on the day was wrong, which is something the FA finds it can rarely do.
Instead it comes up with two cases for comparison. First a player kicking a ball boy (one I'm sure your familiar with) and second a player from the Championship who tripped a ref. Now is it just me, or do neither of these seem even close to the Suarez case. But some how they decide the first is not extraordinary (although its the first case I've heard of a player attacking a boy boy) and the second is, but that Suarez's offense is markedly worse so deserves a higher sanction.
Surely they could of come up with at least one other case which was a bit more like what happened between Suarez and Ivonovic. Maybe one involving two players. Maybe one involving violent conduct. Maybe something like Gaston Rameriez elbowing out of frustration, resulting in a red card but no more, or any other case. Or maybe other cases would have been difficult to square with a 10 match ban as its unprecedented.
Sorry but 80% of the report for me makes perfect sense, however the other 20% looks like its been made up or crammed together so that the conclusion can be a 10 match ban.


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The band members, in various interviews with this writer going back a decade, have made no bones about having had a huge learning curve in making albums.
The group formed in Rockville, Maryland and self-released its first CD, ""The Wanderer," in 1997. But it wasn't until the group's third CD, "Risen," that the band recorded in a real studio and worked with a professional producer, John Alagia.
As singer Marc Roberge recalled in a 2003 interview with this writer, that experience taught O.A.R. just how woefully unprepared the group was to make that CD.
"All we did was show up at the studio one day in Jersey and said 'Let's record a record,'" Roberge said in 2003. "And we played live some of the songs we wanted to do and you could look at his (Alagia's) face, and he's like 'Oh s---, what did I get myself into?'... We didn't know anything, nothing, not a damn thing, about recording, writing."
Four more studio albums - "Any Time Now" (2002), "In Between Now And Then" (2003), "Stories of a Stranger" (2005) and "All Sides" (2008) - have followed since "Risen." And the feeling saxophone player Jerry DePizzo had at the start of recording of O.A.R.'s current CD, "King" (which was released in August 2011), provides a good illustration of how the band as a whole has evolved when it comes to making studio albums.
"We've been fortunate enough to be around long enough to get to a point where we feel very confident going into the studio," DePizzo said in a recent phone interview. "And it wasn't always that way. For me, (making records) carried a lot of anxiety and dread in a lot of different ways. I think over the years, we've continued to work on that part of what we do and get better at our craft. And when we go into a record, to make a record, it's exciting now. It's not something we worry about. I just feel we know how to be O.A.R. in the studio. It's such a relief to have that feeling and have that confidence to go in and make music that you just really want to make in there, that people are going to enjoy."
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Only a handful of days after the Donalds and the Sandersons met at the House, tragedy struck.
"When Lucy was seven weeks old, she took a sudden turn for the worse," Jill Donald said. "Like a sleeping angel, she drifted off peacefully in our arms. We will always be grateful to Lucy for the light and love she brought to our lives.
Page 3 of 6 -"(We are grateful) to the Ronald McDonald House – and the people who make it possible – for helping us enjoy our daughter's life and allowing us to meet so many amazing people."What I remember mostly of our stay at the House is it became a haven for us. Life was very stressful for us."The people who worked there became a second family. We saw a lot of families come and go while we were there. It just seemed to click with Autumn and Aaron."The first night we talked and talked and couldn't seem to stop talking. They made us laugh. It was something we hadn't been able to do for a long time."Autumn and Aaron are very outgoing. Other families that stayed at the House were very stressed-out. Other families kept to themselves and we gave them their privacy. They (the Sandersons) are very outgoing and easy to talk to. It felt natural to talk to them."I had a problem pumping milk for Lucy. Autumn determined she was going to pump milk for us."The Donalds fondly remember the staff at the House."They were wonderful the whole time we were there, very supportive," Jill Donald said. "Our every need was met. They took really good care of us."I think that since Lucy died our friendship with Scarlett and the staff at the house and Autumn and Aaron have blossomed more. It's amazing we have made such great friends."When Lucy died I was afraid we would never hear from them again. But they have been there the whole time."Page 4 of 6 - Jill Donald is pregnant and expected to give birth about St. Patrick's Day. This time it is a full-term pregnancy. And the baby's gender will be a surprise, she said."We are planning on all of them (the Sandersons and the people from the House) being among the first to meet the new baby."Talen SandersonThe Sandersons are originally from Porterville and have lived in Taft for the last three years.Their son, Talen, was born on May 14 at Memorial Hospital. He was jaundice due to a blood incompatibility called congenital hyperbilirubinemia, Autumn Sanderson said.Talen was put in the neonatal intensive care unit at Memorial. He was in the hospital for the first 10 days of his life, seven of those in NICU, Autumn Sanderson said. They had to go to the NICU every three hours.Today Talen is a happy and healthy 10-month-old, Sanderson said."Talen is totally perfect now," his mother said. "He's 20 pounds and 2 ounces, 29 inches long.He's a happy, energetic boy."But that wasn't the case when he was born."We spent 10 days at the Ronald McDonald House," she said. "When we were in the hospital they told us they were going to put Talen in NICU. They said we could stay at the House.Page 5 of 6 - They showed us the room, the washer and dryer, the food. There's one big kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a livingroom, an office area with a computer."You don't feel like you are in a hotel. It is really comfortable. We cooked what we wanted. They have cupboards stocked with food or you can go shopping and bring your own food. Churches and others ... a lot of people .. donated food and cooked for us."There are a lot of volunteers at the House. It was helpful to have them cook for us when we were going back and forth to the hospital every few hours. I can't believe how many people are involved with the House."They truely are amazing people and amazing friends. We never thought that so many good things could come out of our situation, but the Ronald McDonald House will always be another family to us. We want to give back to them as much as they gave to us."The HouseIn addition to Sabin, there are two other full-time staff members, two part-timers, one on-call person and many volunteers, the director said."There must be a paid staff member at the House at night," she said. "Somebody has to be there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year."There were 700 people who stayed overnight at the House in 2012. If the House is full, the Marriott (hotel) will take the overflow for $29 a night, paid for with grant money."Ronald McDonald Houses have been around for 38 years. There are 322 Houses in 41 countries worldwide, Sabin said. Seventy-five percent of all children's hospitals worldwide have a relationship with one of the Houses, she said.Page 6 of 6 - "They are designed for families that live 25 miles or more away from the hospital but if there is available space those living closer can stay," Sabin said."It's such a special place. We try to make a difference in the lives of the families. But without the community support we could not operate."Families from all over Kern County have stayed at the House; families from Taft, 10 or so from Mojave, the most from Tehachapi, a half-dozen or so from Ridgecrest have stayed."The main fund-raiser for Ronald McDonald House is the Walk for Kids, she said. All money raised at the Kern County Walk stays in Kern County, Sabin said.The sixth annual Walk will be June 1 at CALM. To register to participate, call 661-327-4647, extension 4290.mailto:email@example.com,
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The defending Southland Conference Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's cross country champions are looking to carry over their momentum from last season into this season after clinching their fourth title in five years. The Islanders men's team returns everyone from a team that placed third last season at the conference meet.
"We have kind of a diametrically different situation with the men's and the women's teams," Head Coach Shawn Flanagan said. "The women are coming off their fourth title in five years in the Southland. We lost four out of the top five, but we bring back a good group of kids led by our leading returner BreAnna Briggs. We also return Cecilia Jones, Vanessa Galindo and Shelby Polasek. Those are probably are top returners. We bring in a bunch of talented young ladies. We actually have four from Corpus Christi, Alexandra Fernandez (Carroll HS), Regina Salinas (Incarnate Word HS), Kim Ward (Moody HS), Paola Perez (Flour Bluff HS) and Ashley Mills (Kingwood HS)."
The No. 11 South Central Regional ranked Islanders lost top runner Kristine Burciaga, who finished second at the conference meet last season. However, returners Briggs and Jones are expected to fill the void in the top two spots. Briggs clocked a 19th-place finish last season at the conference meet while Jones placed second at the Islanders Splash.
"With that group of kids that we have, hopefully we can forge together a good group and right now looking at the Southland on the women's side looks pretty open," Flanagan said. "So I think we have as good of a chance as anybody else."
The No. 6 South Central Regional ranked men return two-time Southland Conference Champion and reigning Southland Conference Athlete of the Year Patrick Kimeli, who qualified for the NCAA National Championships for the second straight year. Kimeli helped lead the men's team to a third-place finish at the conference meet.
"On the men's side, it's a different situation," Flanagan said. "We have everybody back. Last year, we had one junior and six freshmen, now we have one senior and six sophomores and we added one talented transfer from UTEP, Abel Koskey, and he's joining Patrick Kimeli. I think those two might be our top runners but we also have back Christoph Hintz, Philipp Baar, Valentinas Rudys, Julian Pfeiffer, Brandon Lacy, Paul Hansel, Adrian Marquez, Justin Adame and Daniel Barlow. We have a very experienced team coming back. However, we are facing six-time defending champ Lamar.
"It's going to be very challenging. I think we might have our best team ever," Flanagan said. "It's going to be very good."
The Islanders have won a total of eight titles as a team out of 11 conference meets. Before joining the Southland, the Islanders won four as a Division I independent.
"Looking beyond the conference meet, at the regional meet I'm looking for improvements and placements on both the men's and women's teams," Flanagan added. "Patrick qualified last year. We are hoping he can do it again and hopefully he can have some company so we can have more than one person at the national meet in cross country. If the planets align right and everything goes perfectly perhaps one of our two teams can qualify as well."
The Islanders will open the season on Friday, August 31, at the Bronc Relays, hosted by Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. Last season the men's and women's cross country squads had a strong performance, with the men's team garnering the top four spots, while the women claimed four of five.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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The 10 deck strength matches are usually much weaker decks, and pretty easy wins. The other 10 match difficulty are completely determined by how strong those 4 players above you are. This is a very unfair and boring system. It is very common for a player to go inactive, possibly leaving an easy or incomplete defense deck. If you happen to have these players above you, then you have easy wins. On the other hand, if you happen to have a much stronger deck above you you are pretty much be guaranteed to get a couple loses every day. This will happen until that player either becomes >4 spots above you, or you pass him. You could be stuck right behind this player for months.
This system is also very boring. In elite league you can be behind the same group of players for months, which means seeing the same deck 2-3 times a day until you finally pass them. I would love to see other elite decks, instead of the same 4 every day, 2 or which no longer play.
The fix to this seems amazingly simple. Why don't we just have all matches be randomly selected from other elite decks? That way there will be much more variety, and people will not be at unfair advantages or disadvantages based on the deck strengths of the 4 decks above them. I know wild west tried to gets this changed, and since he is gone I'm picking up the torch.


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Recounting the story of her life, Oei plunges us into the colorful world of nineteenth-century Edo, in which courtesans rub shoulders with poets, warriors consort with actors, and the arts flourish in an unprecedented moment of creative upheaval. Oei and Hokusai live among writers, novelists, tattoo artists, and prostitutes, evading the spies of the repressive shogunate as they work on Hokusai's countless paintings and prints. Wielding her brush, rejecting domesticity in favor of dedication to the arts, Oei defies all expectations of womanhood—all but one. A dutiful daughter to the last, she will obey the will of her eccentric father, the man who created her and who, ultimately, will rob her of her place in history.
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Next up: vs. UCLA
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Next up: Bye, then Utah State.
The matchup: USU is the second-best team the Spartans will have played (behind Stanford), and it's not close. The Aggies beat Utah, nearly won at Wisconsin and dominated Colorado State (on the road). ... Utah State plays Brigham Young on Friday. It's on ESPN (7 p.m.) if you're interested in getting a look at what the Spartans will face in two weeks.
Result: Lost at Washington 17-13
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Stafford Brantley's RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning led the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team to a come-from-behind 5-4 win over Houston Baptist on Wednesday night at Chapman Field. Brantley, Brandon Tierney and Johnathan Gonzales each had two hits in the victory for the Islanders, who improved to 14-11 with the win.
Franco Pace picked up the victory out of the bullpen, and Jacob Dorris stranded the bases loaded in the top of the ninth for his fifth save of the season. Ross Kennell was carded with the loss for HBU to fall to 2-2 on the season.
With the Huskies holding a 4-3 lead heading to the bottom of the eighth, Gonzales led off the frame by ripping a double off the wall in deep right-center field. He was promptly replaced by pinch runner Kyle Danford with Brad Porras coming to the plate. Porras delivered a grounder to second, but the throw from Josh Foust sailed wide, scoring Danford and ushering Porras to third. Two batters later, Brantley ripped a single up the middle to score his fellow senior and give the Islanders a 5-4 advantage.
In the top of the ninth, Dorris made quick work of the first two hitters, but surrendered consecutive singles to Luke Clements and Jordan McCoy. With Jake Gonzalez at the dish for the Huskies, Dorris fell behind 3-0 and then hit the first baseman with a pitch to load the bags with two down. The closer then fell behind Samm Wiggins 2-0, but got back-to-back strikes before inducing a game-ending flyout to send the Islanders home victorious.
The Huskies outhit the Islanders 14-9 in the contest, with three hits apiece from Mike Chamberlain and Foust. HBU also got multi-hit outings from Clements, McCoy and Curtis Jones in the loss.
The Islanders struck first early in the contest, getting a run in the top of the first for a 1-0 lead. Cody Stephens had a leadoff infield single, and two batters later Eric Weiss drew a walk to put two on and one out. Gonzales then singled up the middle to load the bases, and Porras delivered a sac fly to put the home team ahead 1-0.
The score stayed that way until the top of the third, when the Huskies got a run back on a pair of hits. Foust started with an infield single, then advanced to second on a sacrifice. He came home when Clements ripped one through the right side to make it 1-1.
The Islanders got one back in the bottom of the fourth, with singles by Porras and Brantley and a Brandon Tierney HBP loading the bases. Russell Vaughn then drew a four-pitch walk to score the Islanders' second run and put them back in front, 2-1.
The lead was short-lived, though, as the Huskies roared back with three runs in the top of the fifth. Thomas Casey came on in relief of O'Shea Dumes, who pitched four innings and scattered seven hits in his first-career start. Casey struck out the leadoff man, but followed that with a hit batsman and a single to put two on and one out. He rebounded with a strikeout, but Chamberlain delivered a single up the middle to plate a run and tie the score 2-2. A.J. Longoria came on in relief, but Jones greeted him rudely, knocking home two runs on a single to center to make it 4-2.
The Islanders got one back in the bottom of the fifth, as Weiss drilled a one-out triple to the deepest part of the park in right center. He then came flying home on a wild pitch to trim the deficit to 4-3. The score remained that way until the bottom of the eighth, when the Islanders delivered their decisive runs.
A&M – Corpus Christi will be right back in action on Thursday, as they commence a three-game series with Oral Roberts on Chapman Field. Game one of the series opens at 6 p.m., with games on Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (noon) to follow. Live stats and video will be available on GoIslanders.com.


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Anyone else noticed that since the last FW update for the PS3 that the Cinavia DRM workaround is broken?
I had 3 movies infected by it. All of which played fine, all the way thru using the "multi-out" trick.
And the messages come up instantly now on movies protected by it.
Now, none of them play past 30 seconds once one of them is viewed past the typical 20 minute "breaking point" and the message comes up.
Just curious if I am the only one seeing this.


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