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After amazing 8 years of being a source of information about analog releases from a great number of extreme metal bands, it is time to announce that CultMetal will no longer accept new users nor new additions to the site.
This decision is mainly a result of lack of time that I could personally spend on the project and never finding a good developer who could support me and turn CultMetal into something more.
I would like to thank you for the tens of thousands of submissions over the years and encourage you to move this effort to Discogs, which has come quite a long way and is now a great place for knowledge as well as buying and selling.
CultMetal.com will continue to exist in a read only mode and I'm hoping to continue serving thousands of metalheads seeking information and pictures of all the great releases this site holds.
Thank you and good bye.
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How FHA's Weak Finances Could Shape Housing Policy
The prospect that the Federal Housing Administration may finally require taxpayer assistance threatens to complicate efforts by the agency to provide additional housing market stimulus.
On Friday, the agency reported that its current reserves aren't enough to cover potential losses, leaving a net worth deficit of $16.3 billion. Already, Obama administration officials have said they will increase insurance premiums that future borrowers will have to pay, and they'll require borrowers to pay those premiums for a lot longer than in the past.
But Friday's report could have other ramifications. Here are three:
1) The FHA's shaky finances should torpedo any hopes of launching a new refinancing program through the FHA.
Such a proposal, admittedly, already had a weak chance of passing Congress. President Barack Obama proposed earlier this year allowing homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth to refinance into FHA-backed mortgages if they weren't eligible for an existing program that is open to those with loans backed by Fannie or Freddie. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) introduced such a bill in May, dubbed "HARP 3.0," as it was similar in form to the revamped Home Affordable Refinance Program for Fannie and Freddie loans.
2) Higher loan limits are likely to fall—the question is how far.
Congress expanded the FHA's maximum loan limits in 2008, to as high as $729,750 in certain markets, from a previous ceiling of $362,900. California's share of the FHA's loan business grew to 17% by last year, from just 2% in 2007.
After the loan caps declined modestly last year, lawmakers voted to return them to the higher levels through 2013, even as Congress allowed loan limits to fall for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The change allowed the FHA to grow its footprint in a handful of markets and marked the first time ever that the agency was able to guarantee larger loans than Fannie or Freddie. "Congress passed the worst of all deals," said Rep. Scott Garrett (R., N.J.), by allowing the government to back larger loans than Fannie and Freddie, where private mortgage insurance covers a first-loss piece of low-down-payment mortgages.
3) Allowing down payments of just 3.5% on government-backed mortgages will face more scrutiny, though across-the-board increases in minimum down payments are unlikely.
Rep. Garrett said Friday that the FHA's audit should make lawmakers more receptive to the idea of raising FHA down payments to 5%, a move he has unsuccessfully pushed in the past.
For their part, Obama administration officials said Friday that allowing borrowers to make down payments of 3.5% aren't necessarily a problem, provided that loans are fully underwritten, fully amortizing 15- or 30-year loans. The FHA, they added, has a long established track record making such loans. The bigger problem facing the FHA is that the agency was left holding the bag after the private market imploded and the housing market fell 33%, dragging the economy into a recession.
A big reason Congress is unlikely to pull a lever raising down payments is that many households don't have enough equity to buy homes, given the losses many homeowners sustained when the housing bubble burst or when stocks plunged in value three years ago.
"The only way for many Americans to come up with a down payment is to save it dollar for dollar," said Lou Barnes, a mortgage banker in Boulder, Colo. "If you thought stocks and interest would enhance your down payment, you're out of luck, and the great loss of household equity means your parents don't have anything to help you out."
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Debra Driza's MILA 2.0 is the first book in a gripping Bourne Identity–style trilogy about a girl who discovers she is actually an android.
Mila was never supposed to remember her past, or know what lurked beneath her synthetic skin. She was never meant to learn that she was "born" in a secret computer science lab and programmed with superhuman skills. But when a group of hooded men show up on her doorstep, hoping to strip her of her advanced technology, she has no choice but to run for her life. In every direction there are dangerous people, hunting her down. They will do whatever it takes to capture Mila, including hurting the people she cares about most.
Filled with secrets, action, and even romance, MILA 2.0 is perfect for readers who love sci-fi thrillers like the Partials series and I Am Number Four.
Mila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie.
She was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was never supposed to remember the past—that she was built in a computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much, and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology.
Evading her enemies won't help Mila escape the cruel reality of what she is and cope with everything she has had to leave behind. However, what she's becoming is beyond anyone's imagination, including her own, and that just might save her life.
A compulsively readable sci-fi thriller, Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza's bold debut and the first book in an action-filled, Bourne Identity–style trilogy.
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"One part teen love story and two parts super-spy thriller, MILA 2.0 raises plenty of questions of humanity, warfare, and artificial intelligence, but it's the James Bond-esque suspense and formidable heroine that kept me enthralled to the last page." — Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of Cinder and Scarlet
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I went to Camp Deerhorn in Rhinelander, Wis., every summer for the majority of my adolescence. It was an awesome camp. We got to fire guns. We got to shoot arrows. We got to go on horseback rides. (I've never shit my pants with more direct force than the first time I was on a horse and it went from trotting to cantering. Holy crap).
Summer camp is important to kids because that's the first time you really get to venture out into the world on your own. There's no mother around to prevent you from keeping a porn mag under your pillow. There's no father around to yell at you if you don't eat your dinner. It's your first chance to interact with the world on your own terms, even though you have no clue what those terms should be. As a result, you discover all kinds of shit that your family won't (and can't) tell you about, shit that stays with you for a long time. Shit like:
Once every three weeks at Camp Deerhorn, they would grease up a watermelon and we'd play football with it in the lake, which isn't latently homosexual at all. I even came THISCLOSE to hooking up with a girl from girls camp once. She was halfway to my cabin before changing her mind and deciding she didn't want some fat booger-eater pawing at her boob all afternoon. Can't blame her for that.
I got to smoke cigarettes for the first time. I dipped for the first time, threw up, and then was publicly mocked by one of the counselors at our Sunday night campfire for throwing up my dip. Someone showed me a vagina in a magazine for the first time at camp. It was way hairy. There was one female counselor at camp named Claire, and every single boy at the camp wanted to have sex with her. One time, during a meeting of campers, I screamed out, "Claire wants a blowjob!" One of the older campers turned to me and said, "You can't give a girl a blowjob, you idiot." He then explained to me what a blowjob was. I totally didn't know that!
We ate every meal in a big mess hall and had to say quick prayer before eating. I remember every word of that prayer. "For these and all his mercies, God's holy name we praise." For half the meals, I would skip eating the entree and just tear the crusts off a piece of white bread, scrunch the bread into a ball, and then eat it. After lunch every day, we got to choose between two candy bars to buy for dessert. There was a great deal of rumormongering in the mornings as to which candy bars would be offered. "I heard it's gonna be Skor or Charleston Chew." We used the candy bars as camp currency. I always tried to win an extra candy bar by beating my cousin at HORSE and I routinely failed.
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The camp was divided into four separate teams for the entire summer: Apache (green), Chippewa (yellow), Navajo (dark blue), and Iroquois (red). Every team had a 17-year-old leading it and the four leaders were considered GODS. They got their own cabin (called a koogee) to hang out in. There was a big board in the main hall of the camp that detailed the history of the four teams year by year, dating all the way back to the '50s. Every leader was noted. On the opposite wall, there was an even bigger board that listed every camper from every team. Your goal was to get stars in every activity—red, then blue, then gold. Getting a gold star was a big fucking deal. We used to stare at the board, marveling at campers who managed to get gold stars in virtually every activity. Fucking overachievers. Every star counted as points. The team with the most points won the summer. And any camper that reached a set amount of points was given WARRIOR status and got his name written on the memorial wall on the other side. You could also be a SUPER WARRIOR, which again meant you were a fucking overachiever and I hated you. I made WARRIOR once. I hope my name is still on that wall. It fucking better be. I didn't do all that canoeing for nothing.
On Sundays, we got the day off from activities so that we could clean our koogees. We'd never clean them. We'd spend all morning listening to America's Top 40 and talking about tits or reading Truly Tasteless Jokes instead. I listened to my Walkman for hours at a time. When we weren't talking tits, we were trying to figure out ways to get back some remnant of civilization: candy, movies, etc. If you were old enough, you got thrown into Koogee 20, which was nestled way back in the woods, where the 15-year-olds smoked and listened to GNR all day long. When I was finally old enough to qualify for Koogee 20, I was far happier than I had any right to be. I smoked 50 Swisher Sweets that summer.
Once a session, they drove us to Eagle River to watch a movie and buy shitloads of rock candy. The movie was usually horrible (We got Harry and the Hendersons once, which sucked), but the candy ... oh man, the fucking candy. There was one kid named Matt who had rich parents and serious emotional problems and he used to buy Pixy Stix the size of a fucking flagpole. I think he was on Ritalin. Like, the first test patient for it. When we got the candy back to camp, every camper put his candy in his foot locker and locked that shit tight. Candy theft led to fucking wars.
The counselors used to go to a strip club named Weasels when we were asleep. They told us it was the worst strip club in America and I took their word for it. I still remember most of those counselors by name. When you're that young, counselors are like a higher species. I was awed by them. I felt like they were 20 times my size. Every Sunday night, one of them would take up a guitar and sing cover songs to the entire camp. On the last day, they always played "Country Road" by John Denver, only they changed it to "Deerhorn Road," and every goddamn bratty 12-year-old there would be a sobbing wreck by the end. To finish the campfire, we always sang this song:
In Deerhorn Hall
In Deerhorn Hall
Where every boy is king
In Deerhorn Hall
In Deerhorn Hall
We will laugh
We will play
We will sing
With the food piled on the table
We will eat while we are able
We will sing everyone
And we'll all have fun
In old Deerhorn Hall
Now that's corny as hell, and I'm a cynical sack of shit. But you sing that song to me today and I'll weep for 10 straight minutes.
It wasn't all roses at Camp Deerhorn, of course. Kids got in fights all the time. Athlete's foot was mandatory. Whenever I pleasured myself in my bottom bunk, I had to worry that my bunkmate could hear it from the top. Every koogee reeked of cum and farts. I got chewed out by a counselor for shooting an arrow directly into the air (fair enough). And I think I got a counselor fired because I stole his handgun and pointed it at a friend. Still ... CAMP!
As this summer winds down, we'd like your summer camp stories, too. Horror stories. Hookups. Ptomaine poisoning. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER. Whatever's funny, throw them into the discussion below. No one comes back from camp without a good story to tell. Or a melted Snickers in the bottom of their laundry bag.


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ALBANY -- The death of a beloved middle-school teacher accused of committing a lewd act with a former student has "shaken us to the core of who we are," Albany Unified School District Superintendent Marla Stephenson said at a news conference Tuesday.
James Izumizaki, 28, was found in his car on a San Lorenzo street Monday morning by a relative. Officials said he appeared to have taken his own life.
Izumizaki, an Albany resident, had been on leave since district officials found out last week that he was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female former student.
He was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a child under the age of 14 on the morning of Sept. 26, but later posted bail and was released. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office was still investigating and had not charged him at the time of his death.
Albany police Lt. Dan Adams said his department's investigation is also ongoing, despite Izumizaki's death. He would not release any additional details Tuesday morning.
Stephenson called the news conference Monday evening after announcing Izumizaki's death. Students were told of the death Tuesday, and grief counselors were on hand.
"We pride ourselves in our connectedness," Stephenson said of the Albany schools community. "James Izumizaki was a homegrown product of Albany schools. He was very much a part of the fabric of this community.
"This is complex in that we have a single duty to protect children," Stephenson said. "In order to protect, we must be incredibly neutral, but our staff has lost a very popular colleague."
Police and school officials would not discuss the specific allegations against Izumizaki. Joanne Wile, an Albany city councilwoman and retired psychiatric social worker who is assisting the district with its mental health support for students, said at the news conference that she had "concerns about the girls who made the allegations" and making sure counseling was available to them. Wile did not return calls to discuss her comments and authorities would not discuss whether there were multiple alleged victims.
On Tuesday night, many parents showed up to a meeting held by Shelly Ball and Sally Cohen, the coordinators of the school's mental health programs, to discuss how to help children through the crisis.
Few parents wanted to discuss the case on the record, but one woman whose three children attended the school before graduating said the issue is complex.
"What I feel and who I feel for are the family and the students," said Cynthia Irvine of Albany. "This community has an extra small-town feel to it, and we'll rally around each other to get through what is an incredibly tragic situation."
The school was on a half-day Tuesday, Stephenson said, and teachers and mental health counselors were encouraged to let students express their feelings about the incident.
A makeshift shrine was set up in front of the school's entrance Tuesday night, with flowers, candles and a picture of Izumizaki left at the base of a flagpole, along with a sign from the Albany Middle School staff that said, "To all who are suffering, remember there is always hope and help. We love you."
Counselors will remain on campus for the remainder of the week, Principal Peter Parenti said in an email to families, and a second parent meeting scheduled for Thursday will also help coach parents on how to talk to their children about the incident.
Many students have experienced a significant loss by the time they've reached high school, Wile said.
"We're going to try to support the expression of the full range of emotions that students are having," Wile said.
Still, the twin shocks of the allegations against Izumizaki, followed by his death, would have a strong effect on both students and staff, she said.
"For everyone involved in this loss, this is going to be ... an impact of a lifetime," Wile said.
Steven Terusaki, a parent of former Albany district students, questioned the handling of the case and wondered if Izumizaki had felt presumed guilty after being placed on leave.
Albany school board President Paul Black said the district was trying to be fair to its personnel, but that protecting students had to be the top priority.
"When someone pulls the fire alarm, you don't run around and see if it's a false alarm," Black said. "You evacuate, then investigate.
"We don't want anyone vilified. We don't know what happened. We know it's a great tragedy."
Shortly before the news conference, teachers, parents and students gathered in front of the school for a candlelight vigil before classes began. Attendees stood quietly, some hugging each other and crying.
Izumizaki was a teacher and coach at Albany Middle School for five years and had coached a volleyball and a basketball team. After he was placed on leave, school officials said they would split students from his sixth-grade class among nine other classes at the school.
A note was found with Izumizaki's body, according to Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson. An autopsy is scheduled to take place Tuesday.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - After more questions and concerns were raised by Town Council on Dec. 10, an application for temporary use of parking spaces in the numbered lots was delayed for a second time and moved to next week's council meeting agenda.
The Roaring Fork Mountain Club, which formerly operated out of the Silvertree Hotel and offered valet parking there, last week submitted an application to continue its business at Timberline Condominiums. That application included a request for 30 permits in the upper numbered lots, normally sold to individuals, for its guests' vehicles and four spaces in lot 13 to be set aside for valet parking.
But after feedback from Town Council, the applicant, represented by co-creator Jim Light, amended its proposal to request only the four spaces in lot 13 and to park the member cars at the Snowmass Chapel.
Members of the public present stood up for both sides of the proposal. Some raised concerns about traffic congestion in lot 13, and others were worried about the council setting a precedent.
"This has been going for five years, and these people have been the only ones that have come forth," said Mary Harris, general manager of the Timberline. Harris also said she thinks the Timberline will be the only hotel affected by the club's use of the parking spaces.
"I have been below the mountain club for the last five years," said Mya Cote, owner of Snowmass Village Salon. "There were some double parking issues for sure. ... I think it does set a bad precedent for other businesses like myself; I would love to have parking passes."
John Livingston, representing the Mountain Club, presented the club's plan for using the four spaces. He showed pictures of cars passing through lot 13 two abreast between cars parked on either side.
"We're trying to show that we don't think we'll make that area as congested as some people have alluded," Livingston said.
Councilman Fred Kucker was concerned about traffic and members parking their cars in nondesignated spaces or in the middle of the lot.
"All I'm looking for is the status quo," Kucker said.
Kucker said he would accept a plan for members to park in the chapel lot and be shuttled to the Timberline.
Councilman Jason Haber said he still had an issue with the cars taking four trips up and down through the Village. He also thought it conflicted with the town's comprehensive plan and the use designated for that area.
Light requested to prepare to answer those questions and others raised and to return before the council next week. The four council members present voted unanimously to continue the discussion.
In other items, the Town Council also approved the property tax mill levy for 2013, increasing it by 0.88 percent. The town's assessed value dropped by 0.6 percent in 2012 from the year before, according to information provided by the Finance Department.
The mill levy for the general improvement district will remain the same.
At next week's regular meeting, the council will also hear a an update on the progress in Base Village from Dwayne Romero, president of Related Colorado.


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As I'm starting to learn PMS's API more and look at more code I'm noticing a few POJO's. One thing that I think might be helpful is Project Lombok ( http://projectlombok.org/ ). This allows you to specify getters, setters, tostring, hascode, etc with just an annotation. This does help reduce code clutter since you don't have a wall of getters and setters between major parts of your code. You could also start to phase out calling fields by their direct field names, which is generally bad practice.
If nobody wants to implement it I would be willing to help out when I finish my VLC project. Once again though I'm simply wondering if PMS devs are open to the idea.


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chocolateboy wrote:Alyred wrote:My PS3 just tells me that the content cannot be played and gives a code
The Comedy Central feeds should be fixed in the next release.
Unfortunately, after upgrading to 2.0.0, I'm still unable to load any of the comedy central, Onion, or TED feeds. Something is still not working correctly in my configuration, I'm just damned if I can't figure out what it is.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Arizona State did more than rewrite the record books while scoring touchdowns on its first nine possessions of a 62-28 rout of Navy on Saturday in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl at AT&T Park.
The Sun Devils also provided a brief haven of distraction for teammate Marion Grice, who played despite grieving the shooting death of his brother eight days earlier.
"We opened our arms to Marion. We're all with him," said ASU quarterback Taylor Kelly, who threw four touchdown passes.
"It's a little temporary happiness for him," running back Cameron Marshall said. "I know he's hurting."
Grice, a junior running back from Houston, rushed for 159 yards and scored TDs of 10 and 39 yards. He was named the most outstanding offensive player of the game after contributing to the highest-scoring performance in a bowl game by any current member of the Pac-12 Conference.
"It was really awesome for me to hand Marion the game ball," first-year ASU coach Todd Graham said.
Grice's brother, 22-year-old Joshua Wood, was killed by a gunman on Dec. 21 after purchasing a pair of Nike Air Jordan XI "Bred" athletic shoes at a Houston shopping mall.
"He was very emotional after the game," Graham said of Grice. "He's got a lot of brothers who love and support him here."
Grice, described by Graham as "a very private young man" under any circumstances, chose not to speak to reporters afterward. Graham said Marshall took Grice under his wing when he rejoined the team after spending several days with his family.
"Friendship is really the best thing you can do for someone in that situation," said Marshall, a graduate of San Jose's Valley Christian High. "I can't even fathom what he's going through. I just try to be there for him."
ASU (8-5) led 34-7 at halftime, fueled by Grice's 10-yard run and three of Kelly's touchdown passes.
Kelly finished 17 for 19 for 268 yards, with TD passes of 16, 52 and 50 yards to wideout Rashad Ross, and an 11-yarder to Alonzo Agwuenu. He also ran for 81 yards and a 1-yard score.
Marshall had eight carries for 59 yards, including third-quarter TD runs of 1 and 33 yards, in his final game for the Sun Devils.
"Our guys came to play today and dominated," Graham said.
The Sun Devils scored five touchdowns in an elapsed time of 8 minutes, 56 seconds in the opening half. By the time it was 62-14 with 3:39 left in the third quarter, ASU had crossed the goal-line nine times on drives that consumed just 13:38.
"We knew what they did, we just couldn't stop it," Navy linebacker and captain Brye French said.
"They whupped our butts," Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "They had us on our heels the whole time. They were a machine."
The win was ASU's first in a bowl game since a 45-40 defeat of Rutgers in the 2005 Insight Bowl. In the three bowl defeats since then, the Sun Devils were outscored 149-82.
Navy (8-5), which beat New Mexico 34-19 at San Francisco in 2004 when the game was known as the Emerald Bowl, has lost five of its past six postseason games.
The Midshipmen scored their only first-half touchdown on a 3-yard pass from freshman Keenan Reynolds to Matt Aiken with 9:24 left in the second quarter.


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Irving v. Lipstadt
Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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12.1 In 1992 Irving was told by Elke Frohlich, the widow of Professor Broszat, who edited fragments of the diaries of Goebbels, of the existence in Moscow of the long lost diaries themselves. They were, she said, in the form of microfiches recorded on hundreds of glass plates. She suggested to Irving that he might be able to buy the plates, since they were not listed on the archive inventories. She advised Irving to raise the necessary money She gave him the name of the director of the archive. Irving approached him at the end of May 1992.
12.2 On 26 May 1992 Irving contacted the Sunday Times, whose editor at that time was Andrew Neil, with a view to making an agreement about the diaries. Neil expressed serious misgivings about their authenticity. (He had good reason for his caution, since the Sunday Times had recently had the misfortune to publish Hitler's diaries which turned out to be forgeries). Neil, however, agreed to provide the finance needed for a preliminary visit to Moscow by Irving. He travelled there on 6 June 1992. He was introduced by a Sunday Times journalist based in Moscow, Peter Millar, to Vladimir Taraso, the Head of the Department of International Contacts at Rosarchiv. Irving, having inspected the diaries, was satisfied of their genuineness. On his return to London, Irving entered into an agreement with the Sunday Times whereby the newspaper would pay him £75,000 in return for his translation of parts of the diaries. Irving returned to Moscow on 28 June 1992 and remained there working on the diaries until 4 July. The diaries were stored on 1,600 glass plates, each glass plate holding about 45 pages of diary.
12.3 In Denying the Holocaust, Lipstadt wrote in a footnote:Irving complains that in that passage Lipstadt accused him of violating an agreement with the Russian archives in that he took and copied many plates without permission causing significant damage them and rendering them of limited use to subsequent researchers. Readers would infer that he is a person unfit to be allowed access to archival collections.
"The Russian archives granted Irving permission to copy two microfiche plates, each of which held about forty-five pages of the diaries. Irving immediately violated his agreement, took many plates, transported them abroad, and had them copied without archival permission. There is serious concern in archival circles that he may have significantly damaged the plates when he did so, rendering them of limited use to subsequent researchers".
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Definition of Christ in English:
The title, also treated as a name, given to Jesus.
Example sentences
- Many seem to feel that one way to put Christ back into Christmas is by displaying a Nativity scene.
- So Christ exercises his gentleness by the power of the Spirit working in the lives of fallen people.
- To make sense as a concept, the Christ has to be an Everyman, a man without qualities.
Jesus, Jesus Christ, Our Lord, the Messiah, the Saviour, the Son of God, the Lamb of God, the Good Shepherd, the Redeemer, the Prince of Peace, the Nazarene, the Galilean
An oath used to express irritation, dismay, or surprise: 'Oh Christ,' he moaned under his breath
More example sentences
- Then I became an actor and, Christ, this profession has to be the worst dating agency in the world.
- Christ, I'm losing my mind!
- Shankly liked what he saw: 'Christ son, you look about seven foot tall, we're going to play in all-red from now on.'
before Christ
- full form of BC.Example sentences
- The Buddha who lived 500 years before Christ discovered that despite the fact that all sentient beings desire to be happy and want to avoid suffering, that in fact just the opposite is true - that life is characterized by suffering.
- Tobacco is believed to have been grown in the Americas for many thousands of years, and native Americans are thought to have discovered ways of using the plant, including smoking the leaves, a thousand years before Christ.
- Archaeologists continue to search the undersea area, hoping to uncover more mysteries from a once prosperous city that existed more than 300 years before Christ.
Christhood noun
- Example sentences
- If Christ is pure God then we have no hope of being like him only if Jesus was a man can Christhood be attainable.
- The New Testament was written by the apostles, who were men who hadn't reached Christhood.
- The day is coming when there will be a band of Christhood around the world, a circle of Christhood.
- Example sentences
- The deaths of Ned and Jimmy highlight the book's pervasive religious elements, for both characters are depicted as Christlike figures, men whose blood is shed to redeem their people.
- Christianity can sometimes be a word that means nothing, unless you live your life in a Christlike fashion.
- He was very noble in his bearing, almost Christlike, but with an accessible persona that brought to mind the universal acceptance of George Washington as the father of our country.
Christly adjective
- Example sentences
- This metaphor works because the best moments to teach Christly gestures are in the middle of life's pathway, and not in secluded spots such as classrooms that are away from where the Gospel is being lived.
- Perhaps Mr. Devlin's printer is so immersed in Old Testament absolutism that he has little time for this Christly stuff.
- Again, whether turning off the radio and praying or touching the lives of those who are hungry, we are about Christly gestures, learned in the real world and shaping our understanding and interpretation of Scripture.
Words that rhyme with Christheist, underpriced, unsliced
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Nearly 15 years after the original "Scream" debuted and 11 since "Scream 3" was released, star Neve Campbell said she's thrilled how fourth installment changes things up in the horror franchise -- yet admires how the film's screenwriter and director have remained true to their ideals.
"I'm happy that Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven didn't feel the necessity to play into this torture film genre that's come into being in the last 10 years -- those sorts of horror films really aren't my taste," Campbell said in a recent interview. "They've kept in mind what the original 'Scream' films were about."
That's not to say franchise's villain, the knife-wielding Ghostface, has gone soft on us. In fact, Campbell pointed out, there are more kills by the Ghostface in "Scream 4" than ever before. But with the kills, she added, remains the all-too-important element that precedes it.
"You're not going to get scared unless there's some sort of suspense first," Campbell said. "You have to be engaged by the characters and care whether they live or die. The scares are obviously going to be greater if you feel something for these people you are watching."
"Scream 4" finds Sidney Prescott (Campbell) promoting a self-help book and still healing from her traumatic past. But when Sidney returns to her hometown of Woodsboro, Calif., on the last stop of her book tour, her horrifying past follows her. With her arrival, Ghostface returns, too, and the bodies start piling up again.
As the central character of the entire "Scream" series, Campbell said it was tantamount that audiences had a reason to connect with Sidney's character, and making her recount that harrowing past seemed like a logical place to start.
"Ten years have passed and she's come through horrible amounts of trauma -- but she's come to a place where she's finally overcome that and wants to share how to do it for other people who have suffered as well," Campbell said. "It makes her more relatable to the audience. I wanted the character to be as realistic as possible, so the audience could understand what she's been through and what stage she might be at now. Since 10 years have passed, she's going to be older, of course, but she's also more mature and stronger. She's less of a victim because she's overcome so much."
New Faces, Familiar Faces
A resident of London for the past six years, Campbell, a Canada native, said she was pitched the idea for "Scream 4" by Williamson, who penned the original and first sequel under Craven's direction.
Naturally, Campbell was impressed by the same sort of killer writing, so to speak, that's kept "Scream" fans excited all these years; but furthermore, she was impressed with how Williamson worked modern sensibilities into the script. After coming this far, the last thing Campbell wanted to see pervading a fourth film was a group of typical horror film teens that don't have a clue of what's coming next.
"What was wonderfully intelligent on Kevin's part was how he updated the idea to mirror what the kids of this generation are going through today with social media and the shifts in the way how we communicate," said Campbell, 37. "He even touched on reality television, and the fame and fortune that comes with making the quick buck, and even put in a little bit of the hopelessness that kids feel today as well. It's more special than just regular horror films -- all of the 'Scream' films have felt that way."
Smart teen characters notwithstanding (the film's young stars included Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and Emma Roberts), Campbell said the return of some key veterans in the franchise made her final decision easy.
"It was very important that Courteney Cox and David Arquette be involved again, along with Wes Craven directing," Campbell said. "Audiences have a great love for Gail Weathers (Cox) and Dewey (Arquette), and also for the way Wes directed these films. We had to do it the right way."
Not Screaming For Spoilers
While "Scream 4" works the advances of the digital world into the plot, Craven, ironically, had to absorb some shocks during the production and postproduction processes thanks to the burgeoning era of the Internet. A medium in its infancy when the "Scream" films began, a lot more buzzing goes on about the production of films now, and the director has been hard at work trying to contain spoilers online.
The need for bloggers to give away vital twists in "Scream 4" especially annoys Campbell, who doesn't use Twitter and is an infrequent Facebook user under an alias.
And while she's fully aware that there are huge benefits to online buzz leading up to the release of a film, Campbell just wants them to be experienced naturally without people trying to ruin the fun for others.
"It's too bad that people want to spoil it because these are fun films -- and the reason they are fun is because of the twists, turns and the unexpected," Campbell said. "For my part, when I speak to my family and friends about the film -- even if they do ask me about it -- I say, 'I'm not going to tell you anything because you'll enjoy the film better if you know only what you know now.'"


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Lawmakers Push NFL to Change Name of Redskins
WASHINGTON – A pair of U.S. lawmakers called on the National Football League to back a push change the name of the Washington Redskins, ratcheting up the pressure on the team over its controversial name.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) and Rep. Tom Cole (R., Okla.) said in a joint letter dated Monday to NFL Commissioner Goodell that Washington's team name "is, in fact, an insult to Native Americans." Mr. Cole is a member of the Chickasaw Nation.
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"The National Football League can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," the lawmakers wrote in the letter. Declaring that the NFL "is on the wrong side of history," the two said it was inappropriate for a tax-exempt organization to profit from the use of the slur.
Team spokesman Tony Wylie, when asked via email about the letter, referred to a statement he made Sunday to the New York Times.
"With all the important issues Congress has to deal with, such as a war in Afghanistan to deficits to health care, don't they have more important issues to worry about than a football team's name?" Mr. Wylie said. "And given the fact that the name of Oklahoma means 'red people' in Choctaw, this request is a little ironic."
Washington's football team has been under growing pressure to change its name amid a chorus of outrage from Native American groups, civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, and even some media organizations which have refused to use the mascot's name.
"The NFL is a publicly subsidized $9 billion-a-year brand with global reach, and it is using those public resources and that brand to promote a dictionary defined racial slur," said Ray Halbritter, spokesman for the Oneida Indian Nation. Mr. Halbritter's group runs the "Change the Mascot" campaign to encourage the Washington team to change its name.
Washington owner Daniel Snyder has thus far resisted calls to change the name, and according to media reports the team has hired a number of politically-connected consultants to advise on the name issue. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, GOP pollster Frank Luntz, and former Sen. George Allen are all on the team's payroll, according to emails obtained last month by Think Progress.
Ms. Cantwell, who chairs the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Mr. Cole, who is co-chair of the congressional Native American Caucus, noted in their letter that late last year the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office determined the term "redskins" is derogatory and offensive to Native Americans in a case unrelated to the NFL.
Mr. Goodell has largely tried to avoid taking a formal position on the controversy. In a June 2013 letter to lawmakers posted online, Mr. Goodell said for Washington fans the team's name has long had positive connotations. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, reached Monday, said the league had not yet received the letter from Ms. Cantwell and Mr. Cole.
"After we have had an opportunity to review the letter, we will respond to it in an appropriate manner," Mr. Aiello said in an email.
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Priceline Group spends feverishly on Google advertisements to grab users searching for a hotel in New York or Paris -- that's because ads on Facebook and Twitter have failed to deliver results, Chief Executive Officer Darren Huston said.
"For Facebook and Twitter, we have endless amounts of money," Huston said in an interview at Bloomberg's New York headquarters. "But we haven't found anything there."
The comments by the chief of one of the biggest spenders on online advertising are set to stoke debate over which forms of digital marketing are most effective. Facebook and Twitter have grappled with questions of whether their social media ads provide a substantial return on investment for marketers, particularly at travel and e-commerce companies.
Priceline's online marketing costs surged 41 percent last year to $1.8 billion, outpacing sales growth of 29 percent. Online travel agents need consumers to book through their sites to generate revenue, and Google, as the best source for delivering that traffic, eats up about 90 percent of Priceline's digital ad spending, according to Mark Mahaney, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets in San Francisco, who has the equivalent of a buy rating on the stock.
Google's search ads are based on keywords and often capture consumers looking for a specific vacation or hotel, thus leading to reservations. While Facebook and Twitter social ads can help companies communicate with their fans and can be used to target individuals based on characteristics like location and who they follow, they haven't resulted in significant bookings for Norwalk, Connecticut-based Priceline, Huston said.
He is seeking to diversify the company's ad spending, tapping review site TripAdvisor, its own Kayak travel search engine and search site Trivago.
"You never want to be overly reliant," said Huston. "But Google has been a great thing." He declined to say if spending on Google is decreasing as a percentage of the company's ad budget.
Jim Prosser, a spokesman at Twitter, declined to comment, citing the company's quiet period ahead of earnings later this month. Rob Shilkin, a spokesman for Google, didn't immediately return a call for comment. Adam Isserlis, a spokesman for Facebook, didn't have an immediate comment.
Even as Google attracts more of Priceline's ad dollars, the search engine is becoming a bigger competitor. The Mountain View-based company owns online flight service ITA Software, has a service called Hotel Finder that scans prices from numerous online travel agents, and last week said that it's licensing hotel-booking software from startup Room 77 Inc. Huston said he isn't concerned.
"Google of course respects us as an advertiser," said Huston, whose company accounts for about 3 percent of Google's ad revenue. "They'd like to get more of my money."


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STOCKTON - Detectives from the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office on Friday arrested their primary suspect in the murder of 83-year-old Robert Picetti, a Stockton man who disappeared in late November, authorities said.
Otilio Garcia, 53, was arrested at his east Stockton home on suspicion of murder and elder abuse, said Deputy Les Garcia, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. Picetti was last seen with Garcia about 1:40 p.m. Nov. 27 at a Burger King restaurant in Lockeford, authorities said.
According to officials, Garcia was deceptive with investigators. He told detectives he went to Ione to go mushroom hunting with Picetti, but he has not told investigators why he left Picetti behind and drove his truck back to Stockton. Picetti's body was found Dec. 20 in a remote part of Amador County, near the area where he went mushroom hunting with Garcia, authorities said.
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About the Book
In News from Heaven, Jennifer Haigh—bestselling author of Faith and The Condition—returns to the territory of her acclaimed novel Baker Towers with a collection of short stories set in and around the fictionalized coal-mining town of Bakerton, Pennsylvania.
Exploring themes of restlessness, regret, redemption and acceptance, Jennifer Haigh depicts men and women of different generations shaped by dreams and haunted by disappointments.
Janet Maslin of the New York Times has called Haigh's Bakerton stories "utterly, entrancingly alive on the page," comparable to Richard Russo's Empire Falls.
The bestselling author of Faith and The Condition returns with a collection of unforgettable short stories inspired by a Pennsylvania coal-mining town and the people who call it home.
When her iconic novel Baker Towers was published in 2005, it was hailed as a modern classic—"compassionate and powerful . . . a song of praise for a too-little-praised part of America, for the working families whose toils and constancy have done so much to make the country great" (Chicago Tribune). Its young author, Jennifer Haigh, was "an expert natural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity" (New York Times).
Now, in this collection of interconnected short stories, Jennifer Haigh returns to the vividly imagined world of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a coal-mining town rocked by decades of painful transition. From its heyday during two world wars through its slow decline, Bakerton is a town that refuses to give up gracefully, binding—sometimes cruelly—succeeding generations to the place that made them. A young woman glimpses a world both strange and familiar when she becomes a live-in maid for a Jewish family in New York City. A long-absent brother makes a sudden and tragic homecoming. A solitary middle-aged woman tastes unexpected love when a young man returns to town. With a revolving cast of characters—many familiar to fans of Baker Towers—these stories explore how our roots, the families and places in which we are raised, shape the people we eventually become.
News from Heaven looks unflinchingly at the conflicting human desires for escape and for connection, and explores the enduring hold of home.
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Critical Praise
"An uplifting and radiant book." — Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Elegant stories. . . . Haigh uses well-timed plot twists to infuse them with bright new energy." — People
"A vibrant, thought-provoking, profoundly readable contribution to the genre. . . . Each of these ten linked stories represents a distinct, shining example of Haigh's remarkable gifts for lyricism, psychological insight, and stealth humor." — Boston Globe
"Outstanding… News From Heaven fits quite comfortably in the company of the hybrid novel-in-stories made so popular by predecessors such as Jhumpa Lahiri…and Elizabeth Strout…For Haigh, this small town is a large canvas, one filled in with precise, poignant strokes." — Washington Post
"Haigh has a fine eye for how time works on characters' theories about themselves…. Haigh, whose first book won the PEN/Hemingway Award, has a sure grip on her characters and a belief in place as a determining factor in the shapes of our lives." — New York Times Book Review
"This collection of short stories shows depth, understanding and compassion. . . . Haigh's narratives are beautifully realized stories of heartbreak, of qualified love, and of economic as well as personal depression." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Jennifer Haigh's stories rove across time and cultures as easily as they render the tendernesses and longings and hardscrabble deprivations of home. NEWS FROM HEAVEN is well-named, given that its unsentimental compassion and observational acuity. . . is just what we need right now." — Jim Shepard, author of Like You'd Understand, Anyway
"The characters in Jennifer Haigh's NEWS FROM HEAVEN are so vividly drawn, the inner lives revealed so deftly, with such intelligence and sympathy, that fictional Bakerton, Pennsylvania, takes on the additional weight of, say, Winesburg, Ohio." — Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls
"Jennifer Haigh has accomplished what James Joyce did in Dubliners and Sherwood Anderson in Winesburg, Ohio: render a place with such exactitude the landscape, character, and fate are inextricably linked. One of America's finest novelists, Haigh is now one of our finest short story writers as well." — bestselling author Ron Rash
Product Details
- Imprint: Harper
- On Sale: 01/29/2013
- Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 0.89 in (d)
- Pages: 256
- List Price: 25.99 USD
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Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale moved to Summit County earlier this year from Crested Butte, before even having a place of residence, the duo found out that they had made the cast of the newest season of "The Amazing Race," which premieres Sept. 30. But their story, close to the heart of the snowboarding community, goes far beyond a reality show appearance.Despite having the opportunity of a life time, as Purdy calls it, the couple both on screen and off, are pretty amazing. In 2005, Gale and Purdy started a nonprofit organization called Adaptive Action Sports, which focuses on training disabled athletes on snowboarding, which had not been widely seen before."We were really the ones fueling this movement," Gale said. "Everyone kept recommending that monoskiing was the way to go and that they had never seen a disabled person on a snowboard."
The story of Adaptive Action Sports began back in 1999, while Purdy was living in Las Vegas working as a massage therapist for a world class resort."I felt sick one day and went home from work early and within 24 hours I was in the hospital on life support and had less than 2 percent chance of living," Purdy remembers. "It ended up being bacterial meningitis. Overnight my life changed forever - I lost both my legs due to the septic shock. I really had to start my life over again."Purdy first stepped foot on a snowboard when she was 14-years old, as a 19-year-old double amputee, she didn't ever let her passion for the sport fade."I never gave up on snowboarding," she said. "On all of my medical notes doctors would say 'she's asking if she can snowboard, we'll have to revisit that.' ... All of my doctors told me that I would never be able to do it again, but I didn't care, I just knew that I would. I was going to find a way to do it again no matter what."After six months, several surgeries and a new pair of legs, Purdy was on a snowboard again."I was still very sick, but it was more just to get up and get a feel for it," she said. "It felt really foreign because I had no motion in my ankles. If your ankles don't move the rest doesn't move - my first prosthetics made me feel really stiff, like a stickman being stuck on the board. It was really an awkward, uncomfortable and slightly painful feeling."To snowboard, Purdy knew that she would need prosthetic feet that had a wide range of motion so she worked with a professional prosthetic technician to "frankenstein" something that could work, and in 2001 she found something that did."My prosthetist and I decided that we could break a pair of feet that I had, I knew I needed more ankle motion and be able to get on my toes better," Purdy said. "We took an ankle from one company and turned it backwards to give me the ankle motion I needed and added a bunch of wood and duck tape to make a pair of feet I can snowboard in - I still snowboard in those feet today, so far there's not one foot that beats it, which is crazy."
Throughout her struggles, a theme that emerged to her was that adaptive snowboarding was a very new thing."At the time I was searching for information, everyone said the same thing. They had never seen a double-amputee snowboarder and I should get into monoskiing," Purdy said. "I remember thinking that it just hasn't been done yet or it's not out there enough so people think it's not possible. I remember thinking 'even if I have to go to NASA and have them build me a pair of legs that I can snowboard in, I'm going to figure out a way to do this.'"It was Purdy's story and her motivation to get back into snowboarding that caused Gale in 2005 to start a nonprofit organization to spread knowledge, provide support, training and innovation for disabled snowboarders like Purdy."Since we founded the organization in 2005, we've seen so much innovation in the adaptive snowboarding community," Gale said. "At the time there was only a handful of people. We knew the initial idea was to create a message board where we could at least share information and then we realized there was more of a need for a place for the adaptive community to come together, share information and, above all, learn how to snowboard with disabilities."Adaptive Action Sports is a chapter of Disabled Sports USA and is teaming with Woodward at Copper Mountain, Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center and the International Snowboard Training Center in Silverthorne to train adaptive athletes for the Nationals Team and the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia."We are niche because we focus on the adaptive training of snowboarders of all ages," Gale said. "We don't do any alpine sports, but we love to train disabled athletes."Adaptive Active Sports has four tiers to its program: The "never evers" beginners, intermediate, the development team and elite level."We also serve as a place for disabled athletes to share information and get tips on how to adapt to their sports," Gale said.Besides finding a place to call home, the couple is tasked with training their local athletes for the Nationals Team."This upcoming season, our elite level has to make the Nationals Team - they have to compete this winter for a spot on the Paralympic Team. Our goal is to train all of the athletes that make it. There's competition, they're going to have to work hard," Gale said.


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Bankruptcy filings in Feb. less than half seen in 2012
Anyone who says there has been no economic progress in the Granite State in the last three years needs to explain this fact: There were fewer than half as many bankruptcy filings last month than in February 2010, the year that was the high watermark for bankruptcy filings in New Hampshire.
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Matthew got Jesus in further trouble by having a sort of going-away party at his house. The Gospel tells us that "many" tax collectors and "those known as sinners" came to the dinner. The Pharisees were still more badly shocked. What business did the supposedly great teacher have associating with such immoral people? Jesus' answer was, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners" (Matthew 9:12b-13). Jesus is not setting aside ritual and worship; he is saying that loving others is even more important.
No other particular incidents about Matthew are found in the New Testament.
We imagine Matthew, after the terrible events surrounding the death of Jesus, going to the mountain to which the risen Lord had summoned them. "When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them [we think of him looking at each one in turn, Matthew listening and excited with the rest], 'All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age' " (Matthew 28:17–20).
Matthew would never forget that day. He proclaimed the Good News by his life and by his word. Our faith rests upon his witness and that of his fellow apostles.


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Hopeful - I love to find out about all the Boomer dogs - what breed is Brinkley?

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 Brinkley is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon - we also have his dad "Huntley". But he has a sore hip, so I haven't taken him out running with me. This is a photo of him when he was only a few months old - once I get the digital card out of the reader again, I'll need to get some more up-to-date photo's.

Not sure I didn the photo thing right.

Speaking of dogs, I'm still worried about Larry D's dog "Chips" - did he come home yet??

I thought this deserves a seperate thread.

Remember when you post your pet pictures, make sure you include the pet's age and birthday so Starr can start another list !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|border=0!

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The pouch is home! He was born about a year ago Febuary, he is a Red(Blue) Healer, supposadly mixed with Spaniel, though I don't see it by looks but he loves the water. He is a smiler and greets everyone, thats why he got in the car with strangers. His favorite game is chase as he nudges other dogs and challenges them to a run. His best dog friend is a part wolf and they play chase for hours. He has two cats that were quite worried while he was away, they would come up to the door waiting for him to come out. He mauls the cats and they love it, carries them around by the head, very funny to watch. He loves chasing rabbits, and finally catching one, learned he liked eating them. Never short tempered only snapped at one dog who continued to harrass him until he had to set things straight which he did, normally he gets into the yielding position as he hates to fight, just wants to run and play. Glad our dog is home. Larry D.
"If you see a man running up a mountain trail in Montana with a fly pole attached to his back, you are probably lost. LDD
- Darby our golder retriever 6 year old female, loves to run with me.
- Kaya our 16 year male cat, the boss of the house
- Cricket our 12 year old female, gets into everything. My 5am morning alarm.
Cinnamon, our 6 month old female rabbit...my kids joy
4 large fish tanks with a variety of different fish, frogs, shellfish..
The kids and my wife keeping asking for more, but I have put my foot down...although I probably will loose again in the near future.
This is a picture of our giant wiener dog, Sweet Pea! As you can see she's so big, she barely fits into our camper..... much of time she prefers to just run along side of us as we drive down the highway. She doesn't get along well with other dogs (or mailmen and policemen) but she tolerates our 2 cats. We also have a few fish tanks, three ponds with turtles, fish and frogs and a rabbit left over from a school farm project.
For Starr's records........ Sweet Pea is 16 years old and since she was a Father's Day present in '89, we celebrate her birthday on Father's Day.
AWWW Jim - that's nice of you to start this thread with Brinkley's photo! I'm going to enjoy reading about everyone's "other" family members.
Our extended family:
Remington - just turned 9 yesterday and he's a 119# Rotweiller that'd lick you to death - but intimidating to look at.
Huntley - He's our 5 year old Wirehaird Pointing Griffon.
Brinkley - 14 Month Old son of Huntley.
The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is a versatile hunting dog. They are very loveable, smart and great companions. Brinkley loves to climb up in my lap at night and just cuddle . . . . drives my DH nuts cuz he thinks I baby him too much . . . . oh well!
It is my dream to get a female some day and breed them.
Edited to add Huntley's picture - he's our "stud"!
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I love this thread
so cute to see the various pups and hear about the pecking order at other households. I laughed right out and very loud at Sweet Pea, the world's largest weiner dog. Good one SLOjim!

We have a 3 1/2 year old female yellow lab, Sami, a 6 year old male cat, Chance (who rules the roost where Sami is concerned). Sam is huge (105#) and occasionally gets a miler in I think my longer runs would hurt her pads -and I don't want to stop every 15 feet for a new adventure in "what's that smell?" And at that weight, when Sam stops, I stop-right now! Someone just sent me this joke and I thought y'all would appreciate it--have a great day, glidegal
I pulled into the crowded parking lot at the Super Wal-Mart Shopping Center and rolled down the car windows to make sure my Labrador Retriever Pup (insert your critter here) had fresh air.
She was stretched full-out on the back seat and I wanted to impress upon her that she must remain there. I walked to the curb backward, pointing my finger at the car and saying emphatically, "Now you stay. Do you hear me?" "Stay! Stay!" The driver of a nearby car, a pretty blonde young lady, gave me a strange look and said, "Why don't you just put it in park?"
Slojim, you are after my heart cause I *love* dogs!! I don't have any pics of mine here at work but will post when I get home (it will be hard to choose which is the best!)
Just wanted to pipe in and say that I am glad RTB's dog has finally returned!! Can't wait to see others!
Here are 2 of my favorite pics because Hannah is smiling. We adopted her from a rescue organization and she is about 10 years old now. She is very social and goes to the doggie park every weekend. She loves car rides and even cats. We had 2 other Rottweilers of our own before her and fostered about 12 more for the rescue organization. What a ball that was -- at one time we had 5 of them laying around in the living room and walking over them was like stepping over crocodiles LOL! Good times....good times...
El Duque, our 3 1/2 year old Black Lab mix, used to be my running partner when I was doing no more than 2 miles per workout, and he wasn't as "thick" as he is now. Difficulty is that he's completely in love with my DW, and would have to be "dragged" the first mile (away from the house), and I could barely keep up with him on the way home (Mommy!! I'm coming Mommy!!). Now he gets his exercise swimming - incredibly strong swimmer.
The other pets are not much for going on walks/runs...Jared, the pudgie Teddy Bear Hamster, Sparky, the hyper hamster, Spike, the baby spotted leopard gekko, and Finny and Sharky the Beta Fish. These critters belong to My Three Sons, 9, 11, and 12 years old respectively. Finny and Sharky are sort of everybody's. DD doesn't have pets but enough Brats dolls to keep her busy.
First of all, Jim, I think arf should keep the pet list, but nice try !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/wink.gif|border=0!. I can honestly say that I have never seen a giant dachsund before. We have 1 dog, Sandy who will be 10 on Halloween this year. She likes everyone, but loves me best. Her mother was a Bichon Frizzy who was raped by a neighborhood dog, a cocker spaniel mixed breed. Starr
I love this thread! Great idea!
This picture is posted elsewhere but it's the best one I have of Tory. It is really hard to get a good picture of a pitch black dog (his pictures usually look like some dog guarding the gates of Hell - really scary) He looks reallly cute when his ears are down, the way he is when he's happy and relaxed and not on "alert". Needless to say, I feel safe running with my buddy.
In January he went on a 26.2 mile training run so I dedicated my MCM hardware to him... good job Tory!
He gets in about 30 - 40 mpw and most evenings plays at the dog park with his buddies, running and wrestling (wolf style!)
Tory is a mix of shepherd, husky and lab. Perfect for long distance running.
My last year's Christmas photo. Son, John is holding the ferrets, Bandit and Sophie. Daughter Anna is "holding" Winston, 104 pound 7 year old black lab. I'm holding Hartley, who was found outside my girlfriend's gymn, just dumped on the road.
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Starr, you were kind of harsh on the neighbor dog... couldn't you call it a one time fling?? That said, look what a darling offspring they produced!! Too cute!
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Starr, you were kind of harsh on the neighbor dog... couldn't you call it a one time fling?? That said, look what a darling offspring they produced!! Too cute!
Hear, hear for the mixed breeds. Some of the cutest dogs I've seen and also probably the healthiest. We are not pro-purebred, just fell into it, I guess, but I volunteer at the local city animal shelter, and see some real cuties.
Maconmoves, we can't see your pic
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I always thought Delphi's global exception handler was a great feature. It allows your program to continue after an otherwise unhandled exception would have caused it to terminate. Typically in a serious application you would assign your own global exception handler, or used one of the great 3rd part exception handlers like madExcept or Exceptional Magic (I love that name!) They both provide a nice dialog, stack trace, logging and reporting.
Well it turns out that if you want to be Microsoft Windows Vista Logo certified, then you need to crash your application on certain exceptions.
Applications must handle only exceptions that are known and expected, and Windows Error Reporting must not be disabled. If a fault (such as an Access Violation) is injected into an application, the application must allow Windows Error Reporting to report this crash. (from requirement 3.2 Resilient Software: Eliminate Application Failures)
Microsoft's rational for this requirement is the ISV will receive the error report Microsoft collects for them. I guess most software developers don't have access to tools like we do in Delphi to catch exceptions and log them for us.
So short of tossing out the Forms unit and writing everything from scratch, how can you get around the usefulness of the global exception handler.
My first thought was to create a custome application exception handler by placing a TApplicationEvents on your main form and assigning the OnException event. In the event include the line
raise e;
This will pass an exception up to the operating system and terminate your application, at least when I tested it in Delphi 2007. When I tried it in Delphi 7, it didn't work right.
A more elegant and involved solution:
First you need a couple global variables:
GlobalExcept: Exception;
GlobalExceptAddr: Pointer;
And a global exception handler:
procedure TForm1.ApplicationException(Sender: TObject; E: Exception);
if E is EAccessViolation then
// Keep the exception object from being destroyed!
GlobalExcept := e;
GlobalExceptAddr := ExceptAddr;
The rest of the magic happens in the project file (DPR)
GlobalExcept := nil;
GlobalExceptAddr := nil;
Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
if Assigned( GlobalExcept ) then
raise GlobalExcept at GlobalExceptAddr;
And you can [download the code].
Thanks to Jeremi Reda for asking this question in borland.public.delphi.non-technical.
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LEBANON, Tenn. – Third-ranked University of Pikeville blistered the nets and rolled past Cumberland University 84-58 Thursday night at the Dallas Floyd Recreation Center.
Pikeville hit 58.2 percent for the game en route to its 18th win in 20 games while improving to 9-2 in the Mid-South Conference. Cumberland University slipped to 7-12 overall, 3-8 in the conference.
In addition to their shooting, the Bears were a force on the defensive end. For the game the Bulldogs shot only 35.9 percent overall and 21.4 percent from downtown.
They did hit 9-of-10 from the line.
The win, combined with Lindsey Wilson being idle, pushed the Bears a half-game ahead of the Blue Raiders on top of the league standings as the second half begins.
For the Bears, the remarkable shooting was led by Jamar "Deuce" Briscoe, whose 28 points came on 12-of-16 shooting from the field. The 6-0 senior also had four rebounds in 29 minutes of action.
Pikeville, which trailed only when Cumberland scored the first basket of the game, led by as many as 34 before the Bulldogs scored the final eight points of the night.
Briscoe was joined in double figures by Trevor Setty. The 6-8 senior moved into 10th place all alone on the school's all-time scoring list with his 11-point effort. He and junior Greg Magee had seven rebounds apiece to lead the Bears to a 36-29 advantage on the glass.
Senior Chris Johnson added 10 markers on 4-of-5 shooting to go with three assists and three steals.
Cumberland also had three players in double figures, paced by junior guard Brian Blackmon's 14. He added five rebounds.
The other double-digit scorers, juniors Daniel McFadden (12) and Charles Stewart (10), both came off the bench.
The Bears will battle another Top 25 team on Saturday when they visit Williamsburg to play No. 25 Cumberlands. The Patriots, who were No. 1 in the country when they lost to the Bears 80-64 two weeks ago, ended a four-game losing streak with a 75-73 win over U.Va.-Wise on Thursday.
The game tips at 4 p.m.
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BEAVER CREEK - The Vilar Performing Arts Center announced two additional shows to its lineup. "An evening of Sit Down with Robin Williams & David Steinberg" will take place at the Vilar on Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $225 and go on sale Tuesday at 11 a.m."Robin Williams is a huge accomplishment for us, and illustrates how far the VPAC has come in its 15-year history," said Kris Sabel, executive director for the Vilar Center. "Though we may be only a 530-seat venue, performances of this level reinforce that we are a world-class venue and that with the support of our generous donors and community members, we can bring best-in-class talent to the Vail Valley."Williams, known best for his Academy-Awarding career on the silver screen, takes his infamous repertoire of indelible characters and unparalleled scope of imagination to the Vilar stage for an evening of comedy in sit down format. Williams comes off of a recently wrapped-up "Weapons of Self Destruction" comedy tour, which enjoyed a fully sold out 90-show run.Williams will be joined by comedian David Steinberg. Steinberg has directed numerous episodes of Friends, Seinfeld, Mad About You, Newhart and Designing Women, which he also executive produced. More recently, he directed the hit series Weeds and Curb Your Enthusiasm. His work has earned him several DGA and Emmy awards and nominations."Robin Williams is largely regarded as the funniest man alive, and David Steinberg is the talent behind the greatest comedic sitcoms on television," said Sabel. "To bring these two legends to our stage is an incredible opportunity. Jan. 17 will be a very special evening for us, and one that we'll remember for many seasons to come."Joining the winter lineup is Air Supply, also on sale. Serving as the voice and song of an iconic era of rock across the globe, Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell come together Feb. 12 for a magical evening of their greatest hits, including "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," "The One That You Love," "Sweet Dreams" and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All." Tickets are $85. Tickets for these performances, along with the rest of the VPAC winter lineup are on sale now and available online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 970-845-TIXS or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek.
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6 Relaxing Yoga Poses to Try at H(ommmm)e
For a quick breather -- try these calming yoga poses in your living room
But it is possible to incorporate more balance in your life, even when you don't have time to dedicate to a full yoga class. My goal is to set aside 5 to 10 minutes to stretch and breathe during my day -- whether that means waking up a few minutes earlier, carving out time while dinner's in the oven, or heading to the mat before bed. So I've put together a list of simple do-at-home yoga poses that are great for relaxing your tired body and mind.
Yoga newbies can also give these poses a go. Just focus inward on your breath or play some relaxing music, and you'll be ready to de-stress and de-toxify from all that crazy stuff going on in your life.
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Nice & relaxing!
by EricaF123 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 04:36PM Report as inappropriate
love these poses! i practice yoga regularly but need the reminder that i can do these outside the studio too :)
by jenstar313 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 10:45AM Report as inappropriate
yoga is fantastic for relaxation!
by venenumletalis Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 06:01PM Report as inappropriate
I'll be doing these more often, looks relaxing.
by Monique3 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 07:19PM Report as inappropriate
These look like fun and easy enough!
by yestfl Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 07:13PM Report as inappropriate
Reminds me of ballet and dance classes many years ago--we wound do these beforehand. So RELAXING! I am motivated to try these immediately.
by GigiSD Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 05:43PM Report as inappropriate
I studied Iyengar yoga for several years, and all of these poses are indeed relaxing and restorative. Supine bound angle pose (AKA supta baddha konasana) is also an excellent pose for relieving menstrual cramps. This is inspiration to to get back into some gentle yoga at home.
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The California Maritime Academy Foundation is the fundraising arm of California State University Maritime Academy. The mission of the Foundation is to encourage and facilitate the contribution of charitable gifts for the benefit of the faculty and cadets of The California Maritime Academy and for the institution's long range plan.
In addition to their own charitable giving, directors on the California Maritime Academy Foundation Board use their own work/social network to encourage charitable gifts to the Foundation and to provide introductions for the President and Executive Director to potential funders. Additionally, every director is expected to bring their professional expertise to bear on the management of the foundation and its initiatives.
Below is a list of the current Board of Directors of the California Maritime Academy Foundation.
|Thomas A. Cropper
President, Cal Maritime and CMA Foundation
|Robert S. Arp
Vice President for University Advancement
Executive Director, CMA Foundation
|Thomas C. Edwards
Chairman, CMA Foundation
Former Chairman, Wentworth, Hauser and Violich Investment Counsel
Michael P. Rodgers
|Paul E. Stevens
President & CEO, Marine Resources Group
|Douglas E. Holm
Partner, Lockton Insurance Brokers
|Capt. James M. Morgan, '76
Director of Construction and Maintenance
Port of Los Angeles
|Richard P. West
Board Secretary, CMA Foundation
Retired Executive Vice Chancellor & CFO, The California State University
|Franz Lozano
Vice President for Administration and Finance, Cal Maritime
Julianne Chisholm
|Pascha McAlister, '07
President, California Maritime Academy Alumni Association
|Frances L. Keeler
Attorney, Kessel, Young, & Logan
|Dr. Susan B. Opp
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cal Maritime
Peter (PJ) Jacquelin, '01
Cameron Leahy
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Lafourche president seeks appeal of ethics penalties
Published: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 8:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 8:34 p.m.
Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph will argue her ethics fines were a departure from previous cases as she tries to convince judges to overturn them.
Randolph's attorney, Jerald Block of Thibodaux, said Randolph's appeal of her ethics case involving her renting her Grand Isle camp to BP following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill will likely be filed sometime this week or next in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge.
Randolph has been ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and repay $50,000 she received for the rental. The state Ethics Board ruled the rent violated state law because the parish was in-contract with the oil giant at the time.
Randolph applied for a rehearing. That application was denied, though the board reduced the original $10,000 fine by $5,000.
Now, Randolph will appeal to have the findings completely overturned, Block said.
"The Ethics Board has been in existence for decades. This case is an outlier. It is completely out of whack with what is done before in cases. There has never been that kind of draconian penalty on anyone," Block said.
A three-judge panel will review a transcript of the previous hearings along with written and oral arguments from Randolph's representatives and lawyers for the ethics administration before making a decision.
"The process can take anywhere from three to six months," Block said. "It could be longer and could be shorter depending on the (court's) backlog of cases."
Both sides have the opportunity to petition the Louisiana Supreme Court to hear their case after the Court of Appeal rules.
Block said he will use similar arguments from the rehearing application.
Block argued that Randolph's penalty as it stands will discourage people from entering public service.
"The purpose of the rules an regulations of ethics is to establish compliance, not to punish," Block said.
Randolph has argued that by the strictest interpretation of the law, she could not do business with anybody the parish has a contract with. That includes hundreds of residents who have simple drainage right-of-way agreements with the parish.
"I am concerned that the restrictions on this are so onerous that our hands are tied in any personal dealings," she said.
Randolph has also argued the contract with BP that caused the violation was more of a donation than contract.
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At around noon on Wednesday, Chippewa County received a request from Rock, Murray and Nobles County, asking if they could use cots and blankets from Chippewa County, as they had lost power due to freezing rain and high winds. They estimated that at least 1,000 area residents were in need of shelter.
Chippewa County and Lyon County had received a grant for 300 cots and blankets (to be split between the two counties) and they were just recently received.
The cots and blankets were promptly delivered to the elementary school in Luverne, Minnesota and the plan was to use the school for sheltering.
"I want to express my thanks for the quick response from Reed Molden and Justin Smith from the County Highway Department, Scott Williams for the use of the Chippewa County Land and Resource Trailer and the Chippewa County Highway Department for supplying the truck. Personnel from the Land and Resource, County Data Processing, and County Drainage Departments quickly assisted in loading the cots and blankets," said Marvin Garbe, Chippewa County Emergency Manager. "Justin Smith and I then proceeded to Marshall to load their cots and blankets (as well) and proceeded to Luverne. We arrived at about 4:30 p.m. Rock County will return the cots and blankets when they are done with them."
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Home prices increase in most major US cities
Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 10:27 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 10:27 a.m.
Home prices increased in September in most major U.S. cities, more evidence of a housing recovery that is providing a lift to the fragile economy.
Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller Home Price Index
One-year change … City
20.4% … Phoenix
8.8% … Minneapolis
7.6% … Detroit
7.5% … San Francisco
7.4% … Miami
6.7% … Denver
5.9% … Tampa
4.8% … Seattle
4.4% … Dallas
4.1% … San Diego
4.0% … Los Angeles
3.8% … Las Vegas
3.7% … Portland, Ore.
3.5% … Charlotte, N.C.
3.2% … Washington D.C.
1.9% … Boston
1.4% … Cleveland
0.1% … Atlanta
-1.5% … Chicago
-2.3% … New York
Source: Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller reported Tuesday that its 20-city index of home prices rose 3 percent in September compared with the same month last year. Prices also gained 3.6 percent in the July-September quarter compared with the same quarter in 2011.
Across the nation, prices increased in 18 of 20 cities over the 12-month period.
No Southwest Florida market is included on the list, but nearby Tampa saw prices up 5.9 percent during September from the same month a year ago. Prices were flat there from August to September.
In Miami, the only other Florida market on the list, prices were up 7.4 percent from September 2011 and up 0.1 percent from August to September.
Other data shows prices following the same upward track in this region.
In the territory covered by the Sarasota Realtors, the median sales price for a single-family home was $176,000 in October, 3.5 percent ahead of September and up 17.5 percent from one year earlier.
Manatee Realtors reported a median price of $185,000, 10.6 percent ahead of September and up 32 percent from one year before.
Nationally, Phoenix led all cities on the Case-Shiller list, posting a 20.4 percent over that year-long stretch. Prices in Atlanta showed a modest 0.1 percent increase, ending 26 straight consecutive year-over-year declines.
Prices also rose in September from August in 13 cities. Five metro regions posted declines, while two were unchanged.
In Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit during the housing crisis, prices increased 1.4 percent — the biggest month-over-month gain. Prices rose 1.1 percent in Phoenix and Minneapolis. The largest decline was in Cleveland, where prices fell 0.9 percent.
Monthly prices are not seasonally adjusted, so some of the declines may signal the end of the summer buying period.
David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Case-Shiller index, said that when adjusting for seasonal factors, only one city showed a decline in September versus two in August. "Despite the seasons, housing continues to improve," Blitzer said.
The S&P/Case-Shiller index covers roughly half of U.S. homes. It measures prices compared with those in January 2000 and creates a three-month moving average. The September figures are the latest available.
Steady increases in home prices have helped drive a modest recovery in the housing market.
Rising prices encourage more potential buyers to come off the sidelines and purchase homes. More people may put their homes on the market as they gain confidence that they can sell at a good price.
Higher home prices can also make homeowners feel wealthier and more likely to spend more.
Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy.
A big reason for the rebound is that the excess supply of homes that built up before the housing crisis has finally thinned out. The number of previously occupied homes available for sale has fallen to a 10-year low. The inventory of new homes is also near the lowest level since 1963.
At the same time, more people are looking to buy or rent a home after living with relatives or friends during and immediately after the Great Recession.
Those trends are also pushing up home sales and construction. Sales of previously occupied homes are near five-year highs, excluding temporary spikes in 2009 and 2010 when a homebuyer tax credit boosted purchases.
Builders, meanwhile, are more optimistic that the recovery will endure. A measure of their confidence rose to the highest level in six and a half years this month. And builders broke ground on new homes and apartments at the fastest pace in more than four years last month.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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Address: Plot 23, City Council St, Sharm El Sheikh Taxis are generally available 24/7 at Sharm El Sheikh International airport and main bus station. It is 25 minutes drive from the airport and only 10 minutes drive from the main bus station. Ocean Club Hotel is located on the Ras Um El Sid headland, just 10 minutes drive from the renowned resort centre of Naama Bay. Naama Bay is easily accessible (by taxi or shuttle bus) for those wanting to go out for the night or alternatively to the �Old Market� which is only 15 minutes away on foot. Hotel is located near numerous beaches, some are only 10 minutes on foot or 5 minutes drive.


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BERKELEY -- New Cal defensive coordinator Art Kaufman is beginning his 33rd season coaching college football, and he still has the energy for the job because he knows how to get a good night's sleep.
"By the time I get home, I'll chill down for 30 minutes or an hour, then crash and get up and go get it the next day," Kaufman said of the routine that keeps his batteries charged.
Inheriting a defense that allowed 45.9 points per game last season would be enough to disrupt anyone's REM cycle. After being hired last winter, Kaufman said he didn't bother to review 2013 game tapes because he's not here to fix last season but to build from the ground up.
Still less than a week into fall camp, Kaufman is just getting to know his personnel and said he's installed perhaps 40 percent of his defense. But he has drawn some early conclusions.
Three things contributing to sweet dreams:
1. "The big thing is our kids have some pride about what they're doing. They want to be good, and they're willing to do whatever we ask."
2. "They've got some intelligence as far as understanding what we're doing. I've been where we've been able to do some pretty good things, and I've been where we couldn't do a whole lot because we didn't have anybody who could line us up. We've got guys who can do that."
3. "These guys have a chance to be physical. I'm waiting to see that, but if we can be physical at the line of scrimmage and with our second-level people -- a safety, a 'backer, a corner -- that gives you a chance."
Three concerns that could leave Kaufman with restless nights:
1. The Bears were decimated by injury last season, especially on defense. "The big thing is we've got to make sure we stay injury free."
2. "How well do we match up with the people we're playing? Anytime you go into a new league -- and this is my third league in three years -- you don't know how you match up. That's the unknown."
3. "How we will handle adversity? We may have adversity the first play of the game, but we will have it in every game. Don't worry about the last play, play the next play. I don't think you can know that until you know who your leaders are. Right now I don't know."
That's given junior college transfer Dominic Granado a chance to get reps with the first team, and he's shown the coaching staff what he's about.
"We recruited him because we thought he was a tough football player," coach Sonny Dykes said. "We've gotten what we hoped to get."
Granado, a 6-foot-4, 295-pounder from Huntington Beach, said his father kept him out of football until he turned 13. That meant he had to unleash his aggression elsewhere.
"When I was in soccer, I got suspended from games when I was eight," he said. "I've still got to show my O-line that I'm a tough player."
Dykes said Rigsbee is ready to begin practicing more but acknowledged that Granado is competing well. "Quite frankly, he's been a little more consistent than I thought he would be at this point," Dykes said.
The freshman walk-on center from Laguna Niguel has caught the attention of the coaching staff. "Looks like three practices in he's got a chance to play," Dykes said. "That's a pretty dang good surprise."
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