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Back in the mid-90s, when Linux was still at 1.something, website design was a simple exercise that left matters such as font choice up to the user. It was blessedly free of the Tyranny of Typography, the Legacies of Layout, and other controlling influences from the Provinces of Print. Better yet, it was free by design from withering rebuke by aesthetes whose high-minded "taste" made life miserable for both writers and readers. Back then the Web was meant to be maximally usable and minimally controlled by Authorities who knew more about what you need than you do. That was the Idea, and it stuck. For about two years.
Now it's all but forgotten. The Web is overrun by "design" out the wazoo, made worse by SEO and other forms of Google-gaming greed.
I am reminded of how far we've come by UI Guru Jakob Nielsen's Site Is Unreadable, by Hank Williams, in his blog, Why Does Everything Suck? Hank begins,
Ok, this is only half a dig. Jakob is one of the most respected writers and thinkers about user interface on the web. He is clearly bright, and he writes intelligent and useful things. In fact I quote Jakob and reference his work all of the time.
But I find his site unreadable.
It hurts my eyes.
What got my attention most recently was this new post on the year's 10 best application UIs.
Unfortunately, I have to say, Jakob has perhaps the worst site design I have ever seen. It is as if, while he is handing out the Oscars, he is wearing a plaid polyester suit. In truth his site is fine from an information architecture perspective. But from an aesthetics perspective it is awful. And aesthetics is important in UI. If you begin to look at something and want to avert your eyes, the site has failed.
In truth, Jakob's site has always been ugly. But this time it felt, to me, beyond ugly. I looked at the bulleted list of the top sites, and the bold cramped disorganized looking type starting each bullet, and I could not bear it.
He concludes,
...do we think less of Jakob Nielsen as an interface consultant if he seems to have no taste?
Jakob's absence of "taste" is what I like and appreciate about his design sense, or delightfully usable lack of it. It is to Jakob's enormous and enduring credit that he rejects everything that compromises simple usability, no matter how tasteful (translation: fashionable) it may be.
Jakob's home site, useit.com, has a design that remains unchanged since 1995. That was when I lifted his html and used it to frame up searls.com. Watch how fast either of those pages loads. Better yet, read them on a mobile device and see how fast they load on those things -- where more and more of the Web is being read, every day.
Speaking of usability, I just tried posting a comment to Hank's blog, but failed. Hank handily gives commenters a choice of identity systems: Google, LiveJournal, WordPress, TypePad, AIM, OpenID, Name/URL and Anonymous. Each one I picked brought me a CAPTCHA, and after that a bold response (in white, reversed out of a red block) that reads "URL contains illegal characters". This happened no matter what ID system I chose, including Anonymous. So I just figured the hell with it, and am posting my comment here:
I like Jakob's page because it is *absent* of "design" that makes too much of the rest of the Web, including this page, slow to load and unreadable to me unless I upsize everything with the zoom+ command. (And that's not just because I'm old. Rather it's because I do most of my work on a laptop, where pixel density has increased over the years, so what used to be an inch now runs at about 5/8 of one, making 12-point type into 7-point type.)
Jakob's html is simple, straightforward and readable by human beings, just as God (or Tim Berners Lee) intended. Thanks to minimal stylistic burden, his pages load quickly, which is extraordinarily helpful. Case in point. Your page here just took 15 seconds to load over my iPhone. Jakob's (which you find unreadable) took about a second and a half. What's more, it was instantly readable, whether I was looking at it straight up, or with the iPhone turned sideways. I also don't need to spread two fingers to read any of the text. In fact, I'd say his html is ideal -- from a simple usability standpoint -- for both web page and mobile devices.
So I agree with Patrick Neenan, at least in this case. Taste is overrated. Usability is usability. Employing *no* typography principles is a radically practical choice on Jakob's part. And I appreciate it for the rare and valuable practice that it remains. In fact, I think that's beautiful.
By the way, I wrote this in plain html of the Old Skool human-readable sort. The fact that I can still do that is beautiful too.
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Oh c'mon guys. I think
Oh c'mon guys. I think you're being too harsh on Jakob. Maybe it was intentionally done that way? You know, a subtle way to annoy people in exchange for learning a thing two from his site? LOL
Seriously, it has always been "content before technique" for me. Somebody ought to help Jakob design his site, instead of this mudslinging. ;-)
Even worse, the first
Even worse, the first attempt to do actual Web design was hacky. Remember spacer GIFs? Remember David Siegel's book "Creating Killer Web Sites"? Remember the first browser wars? Fortunately, CSS made it much more clean.
While I agree that many sites are over designed and slow, I don't agree that Jacob' site is anywhere close to good. Yes, it loads fast but that's about all you can say for it. As someone else mentioned, it's an eyesore. Even some simple layout/design principles would help immensely without interfering with load time and would enhance readability greatly. Sorry Doc but the web would be a very unpleasant place if all sites emulated Jacob.
Gandhi said "Be the change you want to see in the world". Is Hank offering to revamp Jakob's site?
-- FLR or flrichar is a superfan of Linux Journal, and goofs around in the LJ IRC Channel
The page does have some design problems
As someone who is taking technical writing classes, which include lessons on document and web layout, I think you're confusing "design" with "lots of banners and tons of flash." The absence those things from Nielson's page is a godsend. However, that bright yellow search bar at the top of the page makes me feel like I should avert my eyes lest I go blind. Not only that, but the whole left column is a mess. Ideally, each of those sections (Alertbox, Reports, etc.) should have its own well-defined area separated from the rest of the column somehow. That allows the reader to check the headline of each little area in order to find the content they want faster. I think you may be so used to using that layout that you don't realize how inconvenient it is for a first-time visitor to the site.
Ironically, following the link to the Nielson Norman Group's site gives you an example of a well-designed (though still simple) web page. I've got a couple of quibbles with that layout, too (nav bar font could be bigger; news box font is unreadably small in Firefox), but overall it's much better. It's amazing how much simple things like horizontal rules between sections help the user break down the information on the page.
Also, I'm perplexed by your complaints about the load time of Hank Williams' page. Maybe the problem is that you were using the iPhone. Aren't those notoriously slow at downloading web pages over AT&T's wireless network? The page looks like a basic Blogger layout with not much in the way of bells and whistles (one photograph). I have a cheap cable internet connection (not even 1 Mbps), and it only takes 2-3 seconds max to load on my computer.
I agree, mostly
I agree with you about Nielsen's site. The choice of colors is terrible! Also, I think it might be better with more white-space and fewer text sizes. His design may be "good" from a technical usability sense, but it is hard to read for me. Though, I have to admit the actual article mention was easier to read than the front page. Perhaps Mr. Nielsen has forgotten the first design maxim many of us learned as children "You only get one chance to make a first impression".
Keep studying, get your degree and bring us design that bridges both worlds. I think you're on the right track already, Kevin.
Oh, and I'm going to go ahead and disagree with Doc that the SEO requirements need to negatively impact design. My design isn't great. I try to keep it simple, and fast, after all. But, Google "network geek" and see what comes up first.
Website design
I wish you would talk to a couple of people who have blogs I read daily.
One is set up with a black background and small orange type. In order to even read it I need to use a Ctl-C and blanket the whole text. Then it shows up as black type on a white background and I can read it.
Another one is even worse. Black type on a dark blue background - and it is a gaming website of reviews and a forum. You would think they would get it right but not a chance. I have to do the same as I do with the other one. Ctl-C and blanket the whole entry.
As to the websites you brought up in this posting, they both load very quickly for me and i have no problem reading either one.
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I know the official dates have not been set but I would like to know what the formula is that they use to set the archery season dates. I'm in a union and they require us to pick our vacation now. Only one guy allowed vacation per week. If anyone has a good idea if the season will start Sept 27 and end Nov 8th or start Oct 4th and end Nov 15th your help would be appreciated.
It should start the 4th this year and end on Nov 15th.
That would be my guess too.
I think it started and ended very late this year, so I believe it reverts back to the earlier dates.
We know that the gun opener is always the Monday after Thanksgiving. Just work backwards from there, guys. It never fails.
Roger, I've been saying that on here for close to 15 years........
Brad, some folks read slower than others.
Some folks do it on purpose lol
Ok thank's, does any one know what day is Thanksgiving and how many days do I count back? Do I count back from Thanksgiving or from the first day of buck ; )
Mike, Thanksgiving is always on the 5th Thursday in December. :)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Two men suspected of being involved in a shots fired complaint that led to a police chase and fiery crash have surrendered and are in custody after a three-hour standoff at a Grand Rapids apartment complex.
Kentwood police Sgt. Bryan Litwin would not confirm that the men taken into custody about 12:50 a.m. Friday at a residence along Marshall Avenue SE, near 33rd Street, were among a group of three suspects accused of firing shots from a red sport utility vehicle at the Countryside Townhouses complex about 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1.
However, authorities surrounded the Grand Rapids apartments after witnesses of a car crash said two men who ran from the vehicle entered the building.
Three people ran from the SUV that struck a pole and burst into flames while fleeing from police investigating the shots fired in Kentwood. One person was caught almost immediately by police, but the two others scampered away, leading to the drawn-out standoff.
Kentwood police were at the townhomes on an unrelated call when the shots were reported. Witnesses said gunfire came from the red SUV, leading officers to attempt a traffic stop. The car sped off northbound on Eastern Avenue before hopping a curb and knocking over a street sign near the Eastern Gas and Grocery store.
Litwin said police planned to acquire a search warrant to search the home.
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> We've upgraded from the Visual Age version 6 compiler to XLC/C++ 8.
> The compiler works ok when all source is in the same directory and the
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Trident Technical College: 7 p.m., North Charleston Coliseum. Speakers: Students Harinath Mookaparambil and Amanda Simmons.
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Both Simmons, 26, and Mookaparambil, 22, will add their stories Friday to the thousands of students who have come before them. They are the student speakers for the 50th graduating class of Trident Technical College. The 2014 class is the college's largest graduating class in history with 1,964 students receiving degrees.
Simmons and Mookaparambil are honored to speak at the milestone commencement celebration.
"I feel grateful," Mookaparambil said. "I feel happy that I'm able to speak for that."
Trident Technical College opened in 1964 as Berkeley Charleston Dorchester Technical Education Center. The school started with 15 programs of study and 226 students. It merged with Palmer College, a private business school, in 1973 and was renamed Trident Technical College. Today the school has 17,489 students and offers more than 150 programs.
"It's kind of hard to believe that it's been 50 years," said Bobby Clair, who was among the first students to enroll in 1964. "It's a really exciting time to be a part of this college, and for being a part of that for over 50 years now is a real privilege."
Clair earned a certificate in industrial drafting and design in 1965 and then an associate's degree in civil engineering technology in 1967. He went on to be an integral part of the design and construction of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge as the director of engineering and special projects of the S.C. Department of Transportation.
Clair, who along with other 1965 graduates will attend graduation Friday, feels the college has remained consistent over the years in how it cares for and nurtures its students. He said the college does a great job of providing an affordable education to students looking to transfer to a four-year school as well as providing workforce development programs in fields where there is current demand, such as nursing or aeronautics.
Trident Tech President Mary Thornley, who has been with the college since 1973, is proud of the college's ability to grow and change over the years to continue to serve the needs of students and the community. The school took over offering associate's degrees in allied health programs from a joint program with the Medical University of South Carolina in the 1980s. Trident already was providing college transfer programs for students pursuing a four-year degree when the Commission on Higher Education mandated all of the state's 16 community colleges offer a transfer program in the 1990s.
Last year, Thornley revealed plans to build a $79 million aeronautical training center to help train workers at Boeing and related businesses. Trident earlier this year debuted a new $30 million Nursing and Science Building.
Despite all the growth and change, serving non-traditional students, such as Simmons and Mookaparambil, is what trident does best, Thornley said.
"We're completely non-traditional," she said. "So much of the world is non-traditional."
Simmons will graduate with an associate degree of arts. She hopes to earn a bachelor's degree in theater production and eventually be an "imagineer" with The Walt Disney Co. Mookaparambil is earning an associate's in science. He hopes to pursue a four-year degree as a pre-med student to eventually become a dentist.
Both students say their time at Trident has given them confidence to pursue a college degree and their career aspirations.
"People need to know that just because something bad happens doesn't mean it's the end of the line," Simmons said.
Mookaparambil, who enrolled at Trident three months after moving from India, said the students, faculty and staff helped him a lot along the way and reassured him about pursuing his degree.
"I see a lot of change in me which Trident gave me," he said.
Reach Amanda Kerr at 937-5546 or at Twitter.com/PCAmandaKerr.
Harinath Mookaparambil and Amanda Simmons get pointers from public speaking professor Jenny Goshorn after the graduates practiced their speeches Thursday for the Trident Tech graduation. Mookaparambil and Simmons are the student speakers for the 50th graduating class at the school.×


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As the spring seasons come to a close, colleges are already filling up rosters for next year.
Three more Santa Clarita Valley athletes benefitted from that this spring — two of them Hart baseball players.
Seniors Garrett Gooding and Alex Tenorio received at least partial scholarships to National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics schools, while Golden Valley volleyball's Ryan Kessler signed with Emmanuel College, a Division III school in Boston.
Gooding, a left-handed starting pitcher for the Indians, will play at Pt. Loma Nazarene next year and infielder Tenorio is headed to Menlo College in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Both guys really made some improvements in their four years in the program and we're really excited to have them move on to the next level in their academic and baseball careers," said Hart head coach Jim Ozella.
Tenorio had what Ozella called a breakout season for Hart, recording team-highs in every major hitting category. He finished with a .475 batting average, 26 RBIs, 25 runs, 38 hits and three home runs, all of which were team-bests.
Gooding gained most of his accolades on the mound, serving as a big piece of the best starting rotation in the Foothill League this season. His 2.43 ERA and 72 strikeouts were both second best on the team. Opponents hit just .258 against the lefty.
"A lot of people look at it and say, 'Well maybe they're not playing at a (Division I) place, but I think both guys are happy with the places they've chose," Ozella said.
Kessler served as an opposite hitter for the Grizzlies this season, during which he tallied 198 Kills, 170 digs and 27 aces to help his team finish third in league.
He was part of a Golden Valley team that made the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs two years in a row, including the program's first appearance in 2010.
Pizzo takes fourth at nationals
Sophomore Anthony Pizzo was The Master's College's best finisher this week, taking fourth place in the 5,000-meter run at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Outdoor Championships on Sunday in Marion, Ind.
Pizzo's time of 14 minutes, 18.46 seconds earned TMC its only four points of the event, putting the Mustangs at 55th place in the overall team standings.
Teammate and fellow sophomore John Gilbertson took 11th in the same event, running it in 14:42.10.
It wasn't the best performance either athlete had posted this season. Earlier this year, both Gilbertson and Pizzo broke school records in the event, holding the fourth and fifth best times, respectively, in the NAIA this year.
The third and final TMC participant at the NAIAs was freshman Matthew Crichton, who didn't make it past the prelims in the 3,000 steeplechase. He finished 23rd in Thursday's prelim race with a time of 9:46.47.
Canyon product honored at AFA
Former Canyon offensive lineman and Air Force Academy junior A.J. Wallerstein was named the school's most valuable lineman/special teams player on the football team at Tuesday's 2010-11 annual sports awards ceremony near Colorado Springs, Colo.
The 2007 Canyon graduate led the team in knockdown blocks and led a group of five new starters on the offensive line according to the release.
The Falcons finished 5-4 overall in 2010, 3-3 in the Mountain West Conference, and defeated Georgia Tech 14-7 in the Independence Bowl.
Wallerstein anchored a front line that helped Air Force to a 12th straight conference rushing title, averaging 306.5 yards per game. The unit also allowed the second fewest sacks in the nation in 2010, at five per game.
In high school, Wallerstein started for the Cowboys varsity squad for three years, including the 2006 season when the team won a Division I state title. He was an all-CIF, all-Santa Clarita Valley and all-Foothill League selection that year.
J.C. rankings put COC at No. 23
College of the Canyons is 23rd best in overall athletics among community colleges in California.
At least that's according to the criteria of the National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators Cup, which released its yearly standings this week for the state's junior colleges.
COC's ranking is up from last year's mark of No. 51 among the 105 qualifying schools and No. 28 from two years ago.
Mt. San Antonio College won the competition with an overall score of 173.5 points. COC came in at 68.5 points.
The scoring criteria incorporates a system where each sport at the school gets a certain amount of points based on its performance that season.
A state championship would award a program 20 points, whereas anything below a top-20 finish is worth zero.
The highest scores for COC came in men's soccer and women's golf, which each earned the school 19 points. Women's basketball garnered 14.5 points.
Six total sports made it on the scoreboard for COC, which also included men's golf (9.5), men's track and field (5.5) and women's cross country (1 point).


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Really appreciated this thread. Have generally adjusted my eating, but truthfully, I don't understand the details of the glycogen stuff, or really, the reasons why primal works. Have the book, and the Robb Wolfe one. Guess I should re-read.
Really appreciate the clarifying that carbs are not all the same.
30 grams from an apple and 30 grams from a Guinness obviously shouldn't be equivalent, but I couldn't articulate why.


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Cobi Hamilton was expected to be a huge part of the Arkansas Razorbacks' offense in 2012, and he certainly didn't disappoint.
He recorded a ridiculous 90 receptions for 1,335 yards during his senior season for the Razorbacks.
With a blend of size, speed and strength, Hamilton has the potential to becomes a productive receiver in the NFL.
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Simple Classics: Reiss Shirt, Urban Outfitters Denim. Monochrome Me Series
3rd February 2013
Since arriving back in the UK, Blog Reader, life has been a whirlwind of job hunting, flat searching, catching up with family and friends and exploring my favourite places in London again. In some ways many things have changed, in other ways I'm comforted to know that things are exactly the same, especially with my very good friends who have whisked me away for dinner parties, let me stay with them at short notice (that's you, Ms Wonderful South Molton St Style) and generally fed me wine and cheese whilst we've caught up on anything and everything that's been happening in each other's lives.
After spending New Year in Paris I was filled with enthusiasm to hit the ground running in January. After the inevitable anxiety of 'am I ever going to find a new job?' last week I was offered a fabulous new role and I'll be relocating for work over the next few weeks. New home, new challenge, new setting – I love change and I'm super excited about what's to come.
On the day before my job interview I had a huge dilemma about what to wear. Several outfit changes, mirror glances and face pulling later I decided to keep things simple. I've been wearing a lot of black, white and denim lately and this might be part and parcel of trying to keep things simple in some areas of my life whilst others undergo transformation (though I have a feeling Fashion Week will bring and end to this as I have a few new styles in prints that I am dying to wear!). This safari style shirt will forever be my 'lucky' shirt. I wore it on interview day – a lovely top from Reiss with epaulette detail and high neckline. I put on my Urban Outfitters high-waisted pants, a smart jacket, black heels and My Tiffany & Co. key necklace, a gift to myself when I left NYC. Simple, classic styles just sometimes work a treat.
"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living" – Gail Sheehy, author.
Wearing: Shirt from Reiss. Jeans, Urban Outfitters.
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Welcome to the new DesignSpark!
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The new engineering eco-system is here!
We've been busy over the past few months working to make some brand new developments to the DesignSpark community. You'll see that the site has a brand new look and feel, improved online forum, navigation and search making it easier for you to share your ideas and find the information you are looking for.
In addition to the release of DesignSpark PCB ver4, boasting some great new features, We've also created ModelSource, a unique new web-based component library. Access over 80,000 FREE Schematic and PCB symbols in more than 20 formats, including PADS, ORCAD, ALTIUM and CADSTAR! These libraries are aligned with the RS board-level product offer and enable you to focus on innovation, research and development rather than spending time on creating the basic building blocks of your design.
A new BOM Quote function in PCB Version 4 provides an instant quotation for the components that you put into your PCB design; this cool feature will then automatically generate a BOM user report which will have the RS part number embedded in the new PCB component libraries. There is also a PCB Quote service to provide you with independent quote comparisons from bare-board PCB manufacturers based on your specifications.
So, with all these new great features, DesignSpark tools provide a complete end-to-end design support for users. Don't forget you can download these tools all for FREE!
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David, I quite like the new site, but..... I think you are missing an opportunity on the forums which such limited information in view at any one time. A list of recent posts, just one liners on the subject and perhaps the number of rplies would in my view stimulate more responses and use. On my laptop dispaly I see only 5 Design Spark posts in the list whereas looking at say for example the mbeds forum http://mbed.org/forum/mbed I see about 20 posts which I can scan quickly and they are in a different backgound colour if I have previously viewed them. Also when I go to reply to a post I can't see the text of the post I'm replying to, or any other responses! I then can't use the persons name or specific details except by memory........... (although strangely i can see previous replies to this post, but not yours!) using latest Firefox on Win XP SP3 I like most of the other features - Blog Tools - Design Cenre etc., but do think Design Spark PCB tutorials, videos (Broms training) etc. should be part of the Design Centre and indeed V3 and V4 specific items should be identified/ seperated. Hope these comments are useful.
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Hi does anyone know where I can find one large download library with a variety of components instead of having to download individual libraries
i didn't find 5w resistance wire wound footprint in design spark 3.0 .plz help me because i need it.some one plz tell me
Every time i go to use 3D view, which i use all the time, the program crashes to the desktop, and "everything i was working on is lost". pleeeeeease help!
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Hi Spiderkenny,
MikeBK upload a knowledge items with the details;
http://www.designspark.com/knowledge-it ... change-log
Is there a full list of changes/bug fixes/enhancements for this release?
in other word, where we can find the release notes?
david tarrant
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MTV's '16 and Pregnant,' Derided by Some, May Resonate as a Cautionary Tale
January 21, 2014 — By Heath Wickline
Annie Lowery, writing in the New York Times about interesting new research on how media influences teens' reproductive health decisions:
A new economic study of Nielsen television ratings and birth records suggests that the show she appeared in, "16 and Pregnant," and its spinoffs may have prevented more than 20,000 births to teenage mothers in 2010.
The paper, to be released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, makes the case that the controversial but popular programs reduced the teenage birthrate by nearly 6 percent, contributing to a long-term decline that accelerated during the recession.
"It's thrilling," said Sarah S. Brown, the chief executive of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a nonprofit group in Washington. "People just don't understand how influential media is in the lives of young people."


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marquez needed his legs against ring shrinkers and swarmers in diaz and katsidis. they weren't there because of his age. it forced him into a gunfight. by the end of those fights they were very much one sided as well. both guys hurt him badly early in the fight.
and casamayor wakes up in the morning thinking about how to make his opponent look bad.
pacquiao tried to box against marquez. he really didnt turn up the heat. marquez was able to pick him apart and play the counterpuncher. a bit more like the second diaz fight. he finished the fight and stayed strong, though, did pacquiao, whereas when diaz and katsidis hurt marquez and wore him down some they did it at too great a cost and they could not finish the fight.
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Marquez will be remembered as a great fighter, one of the best mexicans ever I would say. Katsidis is an amazing warrior, Juan Díaz was undisputed lightweight champion and Casamayor another great fighter, olympic gold medalist and world champion in two weights.
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Perserverance for sure. There have been a lot of setbacks, missed opportunities, bad management decisions, etc. He started well behind his other two contemporaries in Barrera and Morales as far as hype, fans and exposure but he has outlasted and vaulted past them in many ways.
IMO, the toughest battle of JMM career has been to FINALLY reach this level of notoriety and respect within the boxing community and Mexicans in general and be considered amongst the BEST in the sport. Not the best Mexican, but amongst the best P4P. He mentions this constantly, he's even been a little bitter about it in the past...but I am sure it's been a source of motivation.
He is one of the last guys out there who I have followed almost his whole career outside of his first 9-10 fights. Seen him fight a couple of times in person when I was like 14 he was coming up on the old KCAL 9 fights that were only televised in southern CA, as far as I know. I can still seeing him throw this uppercut KO he on one of those cards, picture perfect....delayed reaction KO and the guy was out. It's like he never missed when he decided to throw (which wasn't often at those times lol).
His fights weren't always barn burners, his skill was too good to risk fighting, AND it looked like he was going to fall off into oblivion after blowing his opportunity against Norwood. But he slowly worked his way back.
The announcement of Pac/JMM 1 was HUGE to me, a true super fight as far I was concerned....seeing him lying on the canvas 3 times in the first round was one of the lowest points I've ever been as a fan in boxing lol. To go from THAT to getting a draw, to losing to John, to where he is today is amazing. It's one of the biggest payoffs to me as a his fan to see all the respect he gets from all u other fellow fans.
He even got a stab at the P4P guy and we got a boxing purists fight with Mayweather....who ever thought that fight would be made??
Yeah, size (among other things) was a factor but it was still awesome to see those two match up. Also awesome to see him and Barrera finally get in there too (I won't opine on the scores of that fight).
After watching him for like 15ys I'm completely satisfied as a fan and it was worth all the time or money I spent to see him....but without that Pac victory I don't know if he ever will be
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Barrera and Morales both blow him out of the water legacy wise and he doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Chavez Sr or Manny Pacquiao
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ill remember him as a good safe counter punching fighter who wasted his talent facing inexperience brawlers and come forward taxi cab drivers
lost againts similar safety first counter punchers
and troubled by a one dimensional aggressive fighter which is suppose to be tailor made for his style
he deserve credit for surviving with pac and that is all to it
wasted talent fighting coming forward bums
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Will always remember him as a man with great courage and determination. He has given us some really exciting fights in his career. You just have to think if he weren't in the same age as Barerra and Morales how big he would've been in Mexico. Even though he is an excellent technician, he is never afraid to mix it up and go toe-to-toe and that's what makes him exciting.
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LOL kam! That's what my mom says but I remember things from when I was 5 and I don't remember being BFed, but she insists I was BFed till 5!! Maybe it was done to comfort me when I had a booboo or something, not something she did everyday.
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It will be like 1971 all over again as Carole King and James Taylor team up for a joint tour that begins in March, in Australia, and comes toin New York on June 15.
Taylor performed on King's classic 1971 album "Tapestry" and had a No. 1 hit with his version of her "You've Got a Friend" that year.
The tour is titled "Troubadour Reunion," after the Los Angeles club where they performed together in 1969, and reunited in 2007 to present six shows celebrating the venue's 50th anniversary. Their backing band will include guitarist Danny Kortchmar, drummer Russ Kunkel and bassist Lee Sklar, who all played with them at the Troubadour in '69.
King and Taylor will also perform together on television's "Today Show" and "Late Show With David Letterman" on Jan. 20. Tickets for the tour go on sale Jan. 23. For information, visit JamesTaylor.com or CaroleKing.com.


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ALLEN PARK -- Middle linebacker DeAndre Levy and safety Louis Delmas returned to practice Thursday, raising the possibility they'll be in the lineup for the Detroit Lions' game Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Levy has not practiced since suffering a groin injury in the third preseason game, while Delmas (groin) played last week and is expected to play again this week.
Left defensive end Cliff Avril did not practice for the second consecutive day and had a cast on his right hand (broken finger). It's not known whether Avril was sitting out because of the hand injury or the sprained knee he suffered last weekend against Chicago.
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2. Clear your mind. Forget about that time Freddie Prinze Jr. went blonde and wore alligator teeth chokers.
3. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Everything is beginning to get a little blurry. You are on a leather couch with the man, the myth, the legend: Freddie Prinze Jr.
4. Your mind wanders. You think about all of the woven, ribbed turtlenecks he went through.
5. So many sweaters.
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6. Stare at this picture. Question it. Question yourself. More importantly, question Freddie.
7. Now chant: "Why, Freddie, why?"
8. All together now: "WHY, FREDDIE, WHY? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!"
9. Cleanse yourself with this picture. You are born again.
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10. That pout. He's confused. You're confused. Life is confusing. You can do it together.
11. *Breathe deep* … stare at his crotch… *Breathe deep*
12. Dwell on this quote. Embrace it. Be it.
13. Now laugh. That hair. HA HA HA HA!
14. Slip into those forehead wrinkles.
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16. Blend into that wall.
17. Ah, everything is OK.
18. Press play. Ignore Jessica Biel.
19. Things are getting hotter…
20. Like, dangerously hot.
21. Now cool off. Feel that cold ocean water saturate your clothing.
On second thought, you probably shouldn't do that. WHO WEARS A SUIT IN THE OCEAN?!
22. Dry up with this strange sepia tone.
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23. Remember the time he shaved his head.
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We, the people of the 'Wolves Of The Rockies' organization support the recent decision to close all wolf hunting and trapping in two small but important geographic areas north of Yellowstone National Park (YNP).
Our support is not an attack on the Montana Wolf Management Plan and the hunting season that is part of that plan. Our support is directed at protecting both the costly scientific investment being made in wolf research, and at protecting the legitimate interests of wildlife viewers who come to the Park from all over the world to see wolves among other wildlife of the Park.
We are not advocating the end of wolf hunting. We have only asked for a slight modification to the state wolf management plan to accommodate other legitimate values in this specific locale. Remember, regardless of one's views on wildlife management policy, Montana's wildlife is owned by ALL the people, not just hunters. That fact should not get lost amid the dust storm of rhetoric stirred up by the Commission action.
By making the decision to close these areas, that do not contain any Montana resident wolves, the FWP Commission has given us at Wolves of the Rockies some hope. Hope that we can at last find ways to work together with hunters and other wildlife interests to meet human needs while serving both wildlife viewers and users alike.
So really, are we that different in the overall goal that we cannot come together, and find the balance that is necessary to keep us from bouncing in and out of litigation? Must we forever take our failures to cooperate to federal court? The preservationist and conservationist have a very common thread – we all believe in the sustainability of this land, our land here in Montana.
We at Wolves of the Rockies understand and acknowledge the importance of hunting as a tool for managing wolves, and we stand beside the ethical hunter in doing so. We also value science which creates data to make the best possible choices in the sustainability and viability of all wildlife. Therefore, we stand firmly by those who conduct scientific research for the benefit of all.
As we move forward with the Montana Wolf Management Plan it is inevitable that we will encounter obstacles and disputes. Managing wolves is a new experience for Montana and often you will hear biologists use the phrase "learn as we go" when discussing wolf management. Well, we have encountered a disputed obstacle in how to treat wolves moving in and out of YNP — specifically, the large-scale killing of collared wolves just outside the park boundaries.
These YNP wolves were collared at great effort and expense to provide important information to both the park and the surrounding states for ecological studies, conservation and management purposes. This invaluable data that the Yellowstone Wolf Project provides includes; tracking wolf movements, the study of the wolf-prey dynamic and the ecosystem effects wolves have, reproduction and mortality, obtaining counts, and allow both the Park and the states to track the movement of wolves in areas with livestock operations.
While these Park wolves benefit science they also have a substantial economic effect on businesses surrounding the northern territory of YNP such as; outfitters, hotels, tour guides, restaurants and stores. These include, but are not limited to the towns of Bozeman, Livingston and Gardiner MT.
We are very aware of concern among hunters about elk populations around the Park. Many factors are negatively impacting the total number of ungulates, some of which we cannot control. We have fragmented lands and habitat, and drought conditions that suppress important nutritional flora for the sustainability and viability of our wildlife. This list is long and dreadful.
Now let's look at the things we can control; we can set quotas, create wildlife management units, improve habitat and water quality, change accessibility to lands, acquire and preserve land for future generations.
Perhaps the most important thing we can, and must control, is our anger over the few personal differences that divide we Montanans on wildlife goals. A bit of chilling out with some civil dialogue would be for the common good of all our wildlife, and for our future generations of Montanans.
Whether you are walking your dog on the many trails, hunting, fishing, saddling up or viewing and photographing wildlife, we all need a slice of what Montana has to offer us.
Marc Cooke, Stevensville, President
Kim Bean, Helena Vice President
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Taxing each bullet now?
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> Taxing each bullet now?
July 19, 2011, 03:30 PM
Don't we pay enough already?
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July 19, 2011, 03:40 PM
Cut/paste from posted article: "A mayoral candidate's plan to reduce violence in Baltimore includes a 'bullet tax' that he said will increase the cost of committing a crime."
Holy cow... what a moron that politician is!! Increasing the cost of bullets a few cents will decrease crime?? I'm ROFLMAO!!!!!
Owen Sparks
July 19, 2011, 04:09 PM
Think how lucrative black market reloading would become if that happened.
July 19, 2011, 04:16 PM
You are dealing with the Peoples Democratic Republic of Maryland (Baltimore Cesspool).
Nothing surprising at all.
Pitiful, but not surprising.
July 19, 2011, 04:17 PM
"...Otis Rolley said he would, if elected, propose a $1 per bullet tax on all bullet purchases in the city...."
man, good thing theres not some crazy transportation device capable of taking people out side the city limits.......
....oh wait!
July 19, 2011, 04:19 PM
I've always wanted to know who pays for the lobotomy politicians get. You suppose this putz really thinks criminals buy ammo in stores or pay taxes?
Rail Driver
July 19, 2011, 04:24 PM
All this seems to be from my point of view is a thinly disguised, mildly anti-gun skewed political proposal designed to increase revenue and little more. I think the whole "increase the cost of committing a crime" thing is just to make yet another tax a little more palatable to the largest percentage of the population in question.
July 19, 2011, 04:24 PM
Death sentence or life in prison? Meh, whatev.
A dollar?!? Oh god, I really need to reevaluate my life...
July 19, 2011, 04:26 PM
You suppose this putz really thinks criminals buy ammo in stores or pay taxes?
Even if they did, wouldn't that just encourage them to rob more people, sell more drugs, or do whatever, so they can afford those more expensive bullets?
Friendly, Don't Fire!
July 19, 2011, 04:29 PM
As usual, the honest person has to be punished while the dishonest person gets away with not having to pay a red cent, all because the dishonest person steals everything they own -- they don't have to buy bullets, they just break the door down and make off with the whole display cabinet - Guns, Ammo, You Name It!
July 19, 2011, 04:34 PM
You are dealing with the Peoples Democratic Republic of Maryland (Baltimore Cesspool).
No, you're dealing with an idiot politician, who in reality is basically a political nobody. Things have been lookin up in this "cesspool" for awhile, and people in this state are starting to really push back against this kind of crap. So, say what you'd like, but unless you have a current view of things, please try to refrain from calling states that are far, far further along than others in terms of 2A freedoms "cesspools".
July 19, 2011, 04:37 PM
death sentence or life in prison? Meh, whatev.
A dollar?!? Oh god, i really need to reevaluate my life...
July 19, 2011, 04:44 PM
This is stupid. Lets assume - JUST FOR A MOMENT - that the criminals actually had no possible way around this. They're locked up in the city, no way out, can't buy bullets across the "border".
That's about as likely as the eastery bunny really turning out to be true after all these years, but lets assume it. Now, the criminal who wants to commit a crime is STILL out - at most - another $10 or so tops if he has to fire shots. The sportsman or competitor who does no harm whatsoever is the person who could get hit hard by this.
Even if there were no loop holes around it, it still wouldn't solve a thing.
July 19, 2011, 04:49 PM
I think it goes without saying.....This would neve stop crime. Only make it more expensive for legal shooters. The criminals will just steal what they want. Duh
But its amazing these politicians cant see that? uhhh they dont care.
When did we forget....."No taxation without representation"
July 19, 2011, 04:50 PM
When did we forget....."No taxation without representation"
Oh, I beg to differ, sir. That Mayoral candidate is "representing the people" as he sees fit. What amazes me is that politicians are becoming increasing stupid. We'd be better off electing Forrest Gump. At least he had common decency.
July 19, 2011, 04:53 PM
Most criminals rarely fire their weapons. The predatory ones carry them to threaten, bully, and rob. Which typically involves no shots being fired. (I think FBI statistics show they only murder 12% of compliant victims that fully cooperated.)
The less-predatory ones that carry them are often drug dealers that have them for defense from the predatory ones.
Neither of these typical groups are going to be deterred by such costs even if they had to pay them.
$5 a round wouldn't even be too much, because they rarely ever use them.
The ones that shoot each other more frequently are gang members, and $5 or $100 to kill a rival is a drop in the bucket, the cost of ammo to fire some rounds at a rival is not going to factor into deterring them in any way.
When criminals do use them it is typically to shoot at someone, and whether that costs $5 or $100 worth of ammo is not going to deter that. Many criminals have the same rounds in a gun for years. They so rarely use the rounds it is not uncommon to find mixed and matched rounds in the same firearm, from when they shot a few rounds, and replaced those individual rounds with new ones, leaving the old ones in the magazine.
While the law abiding citizen enjoying recreational shooting shoots hundreds or thousands of rounds in the same time period a criminal has the same rounds sitting in their firearm. As a result the law abiding citizen gets hit hard by any such scheme with a greatly increased cost to recreationally shoot, while the criminal that rarely fires a couple rounds is unaffected.
July 19, 2011, 04:56 PM
ok, wow. Words do not describe the stupidity of this man and.....wow, this just makes me say things i wouldn't say around my mother.......look,.....wow..... ok. I know there are some anti's that look around on THR. Let's here what you have to say about it. Im just curious.......
The Lone Haranguer
July 19, 2011, 06:06 PM
Taxes on each round of ammunition - which could be interpreted to apply to each pellet in a shotgun shell - have been proposed at various times for many years, but have always been shot down (pardon the pun). I think even the late Senator Daniel Moynihan once made such a proposal at the federal level. At a local level, the idea has major flaws. They may run afoul of state law. All anyone has to do to circumvent the tax is go outside of the city limits. And, of course, it is ludicrous to think anyone bent on murder and mayhem with firearms is going to be deterred by costing a few extra bucks. :rolleyes: Still, we must remain vigilant.
Prince Yamato
July 19, 2011, 06:06 PM
Wouldn't this just make "less lethal" ammo, like .22LR cost more because it is sold primarily in bulk packs? Thus, wouldn't criminals be more likely to purchase ammo in larger calibers because there are fewer per pack?
Ex: 525 rounds of ammo= $525 + regular cost...
July 19, 2011, 06:08 PM
Wouldn't this just make "less lethal" ammo, like .22LR cost more because it is sold primarily in bulk packs? Thus, wouldn't criminals be more likely to purchase ammo in larger calibers because there are fewer per pack?
Ex: 525 rounds of ammo= $525 + regular cost...
That would make me cry.
July 19, 2011, 06:24 PM
How many gun stores in Baltimore? $1 a bullet tax effectively shuts them down with the loss of 5 to 10 jobs per store. Of course, gun store owners and workers are probably not in the same political party as the candidate, so they should be punished.
July 19, 2011, 06:36 PM
Probably not high road to call the man names. Perhaps he is just ill informed, or reason challenged. :rolleyes: Well,......... maybe he is just stupid.
July 19, 2011, 06:51 PM
All good arguments but your trying to make them logical in nature.
There is nothing logical about a politicians mind. Its thinking comes from two areas, knee jerk reaction from some type of incident or follow the money trail.
Interject anything other than those two rationals and of course it makes no sense.
M2 Carbine
July 19, 2011, 07:11 PM
I've always wanted to know who pays for the lobotomy politicians get. You suppose this putz really thinks criminals buy ammo in stores or pay taxes?
If he is a Maryland politician (or most anywhere else) he knows exactly how criminals operate, because he is one.
Anyone remember Spiro Agnew?
When he was running for USVP my boss (in Texas) asked me, "You are from Maryland, do you know of Spiro Agnew?"
I said, "Yes he's a crook".
"You know him?"
"No not personally but if he's a Maryland politician then he is a low life criminal."
Actually he was worse than I thought. He was still taking bribes when he was US VP.
During his fifth year as Vice President of the United States, in the late summer of 1973, Agnew was under investigation by the United States Attorney's office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery and conspiracy. In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000, while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States. On October 10, 1973, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President. (you know you would be given that kind of break instead of being sent to jail):rolleyes:
Agnew is the only Vice President in United States history to resign because of criminal charges. Ten years after leaving office, in January 1983, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations.
July 19, 2011, 07:23 PM
I'm almost positive that I heard Chris Rock make a joke about this once...in fact, if you search http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/c/chris-rock-bigger-and-blacker-script.html for "Bullet Control" you'll find it...
Apparently, someone took it seriously.
July 19, 2011, 08:08 PM
M2 - with all due respect, if Spiro Agnew is all you have to point to as evidence of MD politicians being criminals, you don't have much. Quite a bit has changed since his day, and we currently have quite a few politicians on board and pressing for more 2A rights in the state.
To be honest, I'm kind of getting sick of all these pot shots at MD. Yes, it has it's rough spots, but on the whole we've been improving our lot in the past half a decade - but somehow, you never hear that side of things. :rolleyes:
M2 Carbine
July 19, 2011, 10:08 PM
To be honest, I'm kind of getting sick of all these pot shots at MD. Yes, it has it's rough spots, but on the whole we've been improving our lot in the past half a decade
Yes it's true that I left Baltimore in 1966 and was VERY GLAD to leave.
Before that I had been a Baltimore Policeman, so had some insight into Maryland's politics and how crooked even many/most judges were.
We were actually told in the Police Academy, "If you want to be a "crime fighter" you will find your post is at the city limits keeping the birds off the "Welcome to Baltimore" sign. In other words don't get crosswise with "city hall" or the criminals that are feeding the politicians.
In 1973 I was laid off my helicopter instructing job in Texas. I was offered a good job with IBM but I'd have to live in or near Baltimore. I went back but after a week in Baltimore I said I'd rather starve in Texas than to live like this again. Haven't been back since.
So you are right I don't know anything about Maryland's current politics.
I wish you luck.
July 20, 2011, 12:38 AM
Way to be high road, Hammerhead. Sucks, huh? That's...mature. :rolleyes:
And for the record, we're far from the bottom. We have the ability to own evil assault rifles without any silly mods, pistols with "high-cap" mags, and are currently in the process of getting our CCW law revamped - which it will be, thanks in no small part to it's ridiculous and overly vague wording.
Oh yeah, we've also fought off a proposed AWB-style bill for the past half-decade plus.
And guess what? It's all been done by grass-roots gun rights organizations, with the exception of the CCW lawsuit. Everything else has been the product of hard work by citizens who care. So how about a little respect, huh? We may be at the "bottom", but we're breaking our backs pulling ourselves up. With or without your help.
July 20, 2011, 02:19 AM
Yep. Chris Rock said it first. NSFW. Sorry if it's too far from "High Road." I think it's downright hilarious. Mostly because a lot of the scenarios described are plausible, at best. (Or worst...)
July 20, 2011, 02:52 AM
I'd guess there are about five stores in Baltimore City that even sell handgun ammo...and maybe one that sells reloading components such as bullets ;)
July 20, 2011, 03:02 AM
Thanks to the mods for moving my post to the right place, I appreciate it.
I am in the right place if so many people here are looking at this the same way I do. I'm personally at a loss; there are so many politicians biting into my hamburger....there's nothing left for me....
Even if you compensate for language, vocabulary or terminology and make the tax $1.00 for boolit (meaning a case) it is still insane. I didn't see where a particular inner-city group would get free YMCA passes but I'm sure this will happen. I'm not there but this will be like blood in the water and a feeding frenzy will occur.
Another type of "gold" to stock up on before it gets any worse.
Thanks to one and all for your opinion.
Art Eatman
July 20, 2011, 07:22 AM
This is more about politics than guns. Were an ordinance actually introduced, it could be discussed in the Legal forum. Until then...
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a. Draw the block diagram for this circuit. Discuss your output encoding, that is, discuss how you distinguish between no change, vending a product, and all possible change values using the minimum number of binary outputs.
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