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Chimayo Swat SituationUPDATED 10:54 PM MDT Mar 31, 2014
An 8 year old boy was held hostage by his father in Chimayo.Video Transcript
NOW TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU FIRST AS BREAKING NEWS AT 5 AND 6. AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS HELD HOSTAGE BY HIS FATHER IN CHIMAYO... AS POLICE TRIED FOR HOURS TO GET HIM OUT SAFELY. HERE'S KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ALANA GRIMSTAD TO EXPLAIN HOW IT ENDED. State Police say after nearly eight hours the standoff ended when the suspect finally turned himself in. THIS IS THE MAN POLICE HAVE IN CUSTODY--44- YEAR-OLD EARL MARTINEZ--WHO ALREADY HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY. POLICE SAY THEY SHOWED UP THIS AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT WHY MARTINEZ'S EIGHT- YEAR-OLD SON HADN'T BEEN TO SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY MARTINEZ THEN BARRICADED HIMSELF AND THE CHILD INSIDE A HOME... THEY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF HE HAD A GUN. AT ONE POINT, SOMEONE FIRED A GUN, BUT POLICE DON'T YET KNOW IF IT WAS MARTINEZ AND IF IT WAS AIMED AT OFFICERS. AFTER HOURS OF NEGOTIATING WITH MARTINEZ, HE WALKED OUT WITH HIS HANDS UP. Terrible. Just terrible. Officials say they're just glad no one was hurt, especially the child. In Chimayo, AG KA7N. THE BOY IS STILL IN POLICE CUSTODY AND C- Y-F-D HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. POLICE SAY SEVERAL PEOPLE AROUND THE SCENE WERE THREATENING THE OFFICERS; SO THEY TOO WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
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Solanum lycopersicum
Tomato, Garden Tomato, Tomato Plant, Tomatoes
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Aden Earth Zone
4 - 20
- Cultivation: Easy-To-Grow, For-Gardeners
- Light: Sun
- Soil: Rich, Loam
- pH: 7
- Moisture: Medium, Well-Drained
- Form: Shrub, Vine, Herbaceous
- Habit: Annual
- Flower: Small, White
- Fruit/Seed: Large, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple
- Foliage: Leaves, Green
- Uses: Edible, Industrial
The tomato is a savory, typically red, edible Fruit, as well as the plant (Solanum lycopersicum) which bears it. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in Greenhouses in cooler climates. The tomato fruit is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes and sauces, and in drinks. While it is botanically a Fruit, it is considered a Vegetable for culinary purposes (as well as by the United States Supreme Court, see Nix v. Hedden), which has caused some confusion. The fruit is rich in Lycopene, which may have beneficial health effects. The tomato belongs to the nightshade family. The plants typically grow to in height and have a weak stem that often sprawls over the ground and vines over other plants. It is a perennial in its native habitat, although often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual.
The tomato is now grown worldwide for its edible Fruits, with thousands of Cultivars having been selected with varying fruit types, and for optimum growth in differing growing conditions. Cultivated tomatoes vary in size from tomberries, about 5mm in diameter, through Cherry tomatoes, about the same size as the wild tomato, up to beefsteak tomatoes or more in diameter. The most widely grown commercial tomatoes tend to be in the diameter range. Most cultivars produce red fruit; but a number of cultivars with yellow, orange, pink, purple, green, black, or white fruit are also available. Multicolored and striped fruit can also be quite striking. Tomatoes grown for Canning and sauces are often elongated, long and diameter; they are known as Plum tomatoes, and have a lower water content. Roma-type tomatoes are important cultivars in the Sacramento Valley.
Quite a few seed merchants and banks provide a large selection of heirloom seeds. Tomato seeds are occasionally organically produced as well, but only a small percentage of organic crop area is grown with organic seed . The definition of an heirloom tomato is vague, but unlike commercial hybrids, all are self-pollinators who have bred true for 40 years or more.
Tomatoes are warm-season, frost susceptible plants that need a growing season of at least three months, so they'll grow in all climate zones of Australia. In warm, frost-free regions, tomatoes can be grown throughout the year; in temperate and cooler climes, the best time to plant is from the end of winter right through spring. However, to give tomatoes in cooler climates a head start in life, the seeds can be germinated in small pots under glass, or in a mini propagator. Simply sow your seeds six to eight weeks before you intend to plant them out, and keep them in a warm, sunny spot. When plants have at least three leaves, they can go in the ground. '
Choose an open position that receives at least six hours of full sun each day and is protected from strong winds. Tomatoes grow well with 7 hours of sunlight a day. A fertilizer with an NPK ratio of 5-10-10 is often sold as tomato fertilizer or vegetable fertilizer, although manure and compost are also used.
Tomatoes can thrive in either light or heavy soils, as long as they're well drained and enriched with organic matter. Before you plant them out, prepare the soil by digging in well-rotted compost and a tomato-specific fertiliser, such as Osmocote Plus Organics Vegetable, Tomato & Herb. To encourage flowers and fruit rather than leafy growth, avoid adding too much animal manure. And, to help prevent disease build-up in the soil, don't plant your tomatoes in the same spot two years running. As for pots, use a top-quality potting mix.
Most tomatoes require staking, as they have a natural trailing or climbing habit. But there are certain compact varieties, such as 'Tiny Tim', that don't need to be staked, so check when you're buying. If you train the plant upwards, it will take up less space and you'll save the fruit from the damage of coming into contact with damp soil. Use stakes that are 1.5-2m long and hammer them into the ground near the plant's base, about 5cm from the stem. As the plant grows, tie it to the stake using soft cloth or twine. How to water your tomatoes
Give your tomatoes regular water after planting, then water weekly while they're still small. When the plants are carrying a heavy crop or the weather is hot and dry, increase this to twice a week. To help avoid fungal problems, avoid getting the leaves wet when you're watering the soil.
With fertiliser dug in during soil preparation, you won't need to add any more until the plants start to flower. A soluble fertiliser high in potassium, such as Yates Thrive Concentrate Flower & Fruit Liquid Plant Food, is a good choice. Or, you could use one that's been specially formulated for tomatoes (for example Yates Thrive Concentrate Tomato Food). Apply it when the flowers first appear, then weekly through the growing season.
To suppress weeds and help conserve moisture in the soil, apply a good layer of mulch. Lucerne, sugarcane or pea-straw mulch are all good options – just make sure you keep it away from the stem to discourage stem rot.
To enjoy the best-tasting fruit possible, it's best to pick your tomatoes when they're red-ripe. If they are left to overripen, they will become floury and lose their sweetness.
There are many (around 7500) tomato varieties grown for various purposes.
Heirloom tomatoes are becoming increasingly popular, particularly among home gardeners and organic producers, since they tend to produce more interesting and flavorful crops at the cost of disease resistance and productivity. Hybrid plants remain common, since they tend to be heavier producers and sometimes combine unusual characteristics of heirloom tomatoes with the ruggedness of conventional commercial tomatoes.
Tomato Broad Categories: ==
- '"Slicing" or "globe"' tomatoes are the usual tomatoes of commerce, used for a wide variety of processing and fresh eating.
- 'Beefsteak' tomatoes are large tomatoes often used for sandwiches and similar applications. Their kidney-bean shape, thinner skin, and shorter shelf life makes commercial use impractical.
- 'Oxheart ' tomatoes can range in size up to beefsteaks, and are shaped like large strawberries. *
- Plum' tomatoes, or paste tomatoes (including pear tomatoes), are bred with a higher solid content for use in Tomato sauce and paste and are usually oblong.
- 'Pear ' tomatoes are obviously pear shaped and based upon the San Marzano types for a richer gourmet paste. *
- Cherry ' tomatoes are small and round, often sweet tomatoes generally eaten whole in salads.
- 'Grape' tomatoes, a more recent introduction, are smaller and oblong, a variation on plum tomatoes, and used in salads.
- 'Campari' tomatoes are also sweet and noted for their juiciness, low acidity, and lack of mealiness. They are bigger than cherry tomatoes, but are smaller than plum tomatoes.
Diseases and pests
Tomato cultivars vary widely in their resistance to disease. Modern hybrids focus on improving disease resistance over the Heirloom plants. One common tomato disease is Tobacco mosaic virus, and for this reason smoking or use of Tobacco products are discouraged around tomatoes, although there is some scientific debate over whether the virus could possibly survive being burned and converted into smoke. Various forms of Mildew and Blight are also common tomato afflictions, which is why tomato cultivars are often marked with a combination of letters which refer to specific disease resistance. The most common letters are: V – Verticillium wilt, F – Fusarium wilt strain I, FF – fusarium wilt strain I & II, N – Nematodes, T – Tobacco mosaic virus, and A – Alternaria.
Another particularly dreaded disease is Curly top, carried by the Beet leafhopper, which interrupts the lifecycle, ruining a nightshade plant as a crop. As the name implies, it has the symptom of making the top leaves of the plant wrinkle up and grow abnormally.
Some common tomato pests are Stink bugs, Cutworms, Tomato hornworms and Tobacco hornworms, Aphids, Cabbage loopers, whiteflies, Tomato fruitworms, Flea beetles, Red spider mite, Slugs, and Colorado potato beetles.
When insects attack tomato plants, they produce the Plant peptide hormone, Systemin, which activates defensive mechanisms, such as the production of protease inhibitors to slow the growth of insects. The hormone was first identified in tomatoes, but similar proteins have been identified in other species since.
In the wild, original state, tomatoes required cross-Pollination; they were much more self-incompatible than domestic cultivars. As a floral device to reduce selfing, the Pistil of wild tomatoes extends farther out of the flower than today's cultivars. The Stamens were, and remain, entirely within the closed corolla.
As tomatoes were moved from their native areas, their traditional Pollinators, (probably a species of halictid Bee) did not move with them. The trait of self-fertility became an advantage, and domestic Cultivars of tomato have been selected to maximize this trait.
This is not the same as Self-pollination, despite the common claim that tomatoes do so. That tomatoes pollinate themselves poorly without outside aid is clearly shown in Greenhouse situations where pollination must be aided by artificial wind, vibration of the plants (one brand of vibrator is a wand called an "electric bee" that is used manually), or more often today, by cultured Bumblebees. The Anther of a tomato flower is shaped like a hollow tube, with the Pollen produced within the structure, rather than on the surface as in most species. The pollen moves through pores in the anther, but very little pollen is shed without some kind of outside motion. The best source of outside motion is a sonicating bee such as a bumblebee or the original wild halictid pollinator. In an outside setting, wind or animals provide sufficient motion to produce commercially viable crops.
Hydroponic and greenhouse cultivation
Tomatoes are often grown in Greenhouses in cooler climates, and there are cultivars such as the British 'Moneymaker' and a number of cultivars grown in Siberia that are specifically bred for indoor growing. In more temperate climates, it is not uncommon to start seeds in greenhouses during the late winter for future transplant.
Hydroponic tomatoes are also available, and the technique is often used in hostile growing environments as well as high-density plantings.
Picking and ripening
Tomatoes are often picked unripe (and thus colored green) and ripened in storage with Ethylene. Unripe tomatoes are firm. As they ripen they soften until reaching the ripe state where they are red or orange in color and slightly soft to the touch. Ethylene is a hydrocarbon gas produced by many fruits that acts as the molecular cue to begin the ripening process. Tomatoes ripened in this way tend to keep longer but have poorer flavor and a mealier, starchier texture than tomatoes ripened on the plant. They may be recognized by their color, which is more pink or orange than the other ripe tomatoes' deep red, depending on variety.
A machine-harvestable variety of tomato (the "square tomato") was developed in the 1950s by University of California, Davis's Gordie C. Hanna, which in combination with the development of a suitable harvester revolutionized the tomato-growing industry. In 1994 Calgene introduced a genetically modified tomato called the 'FlavrSavr' which could be vine ripened without compromising Shelf life. However, the product was not commercially successful (see main article for details) and was only sold until 1997.
Recently, stores have begun selling "tomatoes on the vine", which are determinate varieties that are ripened or harvested with the fruits still connected to a piece of vine. These tend to have more flavor than artificially ripened tomatoes (at a price premium), but still may not be the equal of local garden produce.
Slow-ripening cultivars of tomato have been developed by crossing a non-ripening cultivar with ordinary tomato cultivars. Cultivars were selected whose fruits have a long shelf life and at least reasonable flavor.
At home, fully ripe tomatoes can be stored in the Refrigerator, but are best kept at Room temperature. Tomatoes stored in the refrigerator will still be edible but tend to lose flavor; thus the "Never Refrigerate" stickers sometimes placed on tomatoes in supermarkets.
The tomato is now grown and eaten around the world. It is used in diverse ways, including raw in Salads, and processed into Ketchup or Tomato soup. Unripe green tomatoes can also be breaded and fried, used to make salsa, or pickled. Tomato juice is sold as a Drink, and is used in cocktails such as the Bloody Mary.
Tomatoes are Acidic, making them especially easy to preserve in home Canning whole, in pieces, as Tomato sauce or paste. The fruit is also preserved by drying, often in the sun, and sold either in bags or in jars with oil.
Tomatoes are used extensively in Mediterranean cuisine, especially Italian and Middle Eastern cuisines. They are a key ingredient in Pizza, and are commonly used in Pasta sauces. They are also used in Gazpacho (Spanish cuisine) and Pa amb tomàquet (Catalan cuisine).
Though it is botanically a Berry, a subset of Fruit, the tomato is a Vegetable for culinary purposes, because of its savory flavor (see below).
Medicinal properties
Lycopene, a carotenoid antioxidant, has been shown to protect against oxidative damage in many epidemiological and experimental studies. In addition to its antioxidant activity, other metabolic effects of lycopene have also been demonstrated. The richest source of lycopene in the dietis tomato and tomato derived products. Tomato consumption has been associated with decreased risk of breast cancer, head and neck cancers and might be strongly protective against neurodegenerative diseases. Tomatoes and tomato sauces and puree are said to help Lower urinary tract symptoms (BPH) and may have anti-cancer properties.
Tomatoes that are notyet ripe are optimally stored at room temperature uncovered, out of direct sunlight, until ripe. In this environment, they have a shelf life of 3 to 4 days. When ripe, they should be used 1 to 2 days. Tomatoes should only be refrigerated when well ripened, but this will affect flavor. = Breeding = Active breeding programs are ongoing by individuals, universities, corporations, and organizations. The Tomato Genetic Resource Center, Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), AVRDC, and numerous seed banks around the world store seed representing genetic variations of value to modern agriculture. These seed stocks are available for legitimate breeding and research efforts. While individual breeding efforts can produce useful results, the bulk of tomato breeding work is at universities and major agriculture related corporations. These efforts have resulted in significant regionally adapted breeding lines and hybrids such as the Mountain series from North Carolina. Corporations including Heinz, Monsanto, BHNSeed, Bejoseed, etc., have breeding programs that attempt to improve production, size, shape, color, flavor, disease tolerance, pest tolerance, nutritional value, and numerous other traits.
Fruit or vegetable?
Botanically, a tomato is a Fruit: the ovary, together with its seeds, of a Flowering plant. However, the tomato has a much lower sugar content than other fruits, and is therefore not as sweet. Typically served as part of a salad or Main course of a meal, rather than at Dessert, it is considered a Vegetable for most culinary purposes. One exception is that tomatoes are treated as a fruit in home canning practices: they are acidic enough to be processed in a water bath rather than a pressure cooker as "vegetables" require. Tomatoes are not the only foodstuff with this ambiguity: Eggplants, Cucumbers, and squashes of all kinds (such as Zucchini and Pumpkins) are all botanically fruits, yet cooked as vegetables.
This argument has had legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. Tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled the controversy on May 10, 1893 by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert (Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304)). The holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purpose.
Tomatoes have been designated the state vegetable of New Jersey. Arkansas took both sides by declaring the "South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato" to be both the state fruit and the state vegetable in the same law, citing both its culinary and botanical classifications. In 2009, the state of Ohio passed a law making the tomato the state's official fruit. Tomato juice has been the official beverage of Ohio since 1965. A.W. Livingston, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, played a large part in popularizing the tomato in the late 19th century, his efforts are commemorated in Reynoldsburg with an annual Tomato Festival.
In 2001 the Council of the European Union in a directive stated that tomatoes should be considered fruits.


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This is a discussion on mouse problem I believe is in the kernel - Linux ; This problem did not exist in 2.4. It only showed up with I switched to kernel 2.6. And because of the restarts of GPM and X not fixing it, I suspect it is a kernel issue. But there are sufficient ...
This problem did not exist in 2.4. It only showed up with I switched to
kernel 2.6. And because of the restarts of GPM and X not fixing it, I
suspect it is a kernel issue. But there are sufficient things about how
the mouse works that I have never been able to find documentation for to
really understand just what the cause could be.
I run gpm as follows:
/usr/sbin/gpm -t ps/2 -3 -r 8 -R
Xorg has the following section of the config file:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "mousesystems"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
And XFree86, which I used when I transitioned from 2.4 to 2.6, had the
same thing.
Everything runs fine until the mouse is unplugged or switched. When I
switch back, GPM no longer works. That seems silly, but I suppose that
aspect could be blamed on GPM. I kill and restart GPM and then I can
see mouse movements again. However, everything is _much_ slower even
though I use the same rate option (-r 8). Repeated kills and restarts
don't improve things. In rare instances, many kill/restart cycles will
cause the mouse to be permanently dead until a reboot.
If I restart GPM with -r 24 or -r 32 then I get back to about the same
movement rate as I had before the first unplug with -r 8, as seen on
the text console. However, under X, the speed gets quite radical even
though with -r 8 it was too slow under X as on the console. It seems
that setting the rate to 3x what it was has less effect on the console
and more effect on X. Additionally, there is another effect on X which
is that the cursor now jumps around backwares a lot. I suspect this
could be due to the rate now being so high the mouse indexing overflows
before X can seen enough events to know it didn't move the other way.
Rebooting the kernel always fixes it. Changing the -r options only
awkwardly compensates for it ... no -r level can achieve the original
I'm now at 2.6.18 and there's no change in the problem.
When I unplug the mouse and/or keyboard from Windows 98 and plug them
back in, they work just fine. It seems there is something in this case
that Microsoft actually got right, although I don't know if that is
still the case in recent versions of Windows.
As a side note, I have found that Intel, a company that supposedly would
have a lot of technically smart people on staff, makes motherboards that
have serious issues with PS/2 mice. I've noticed this on every motherboard
made by Intel that I have tried (3 different ones). I even reached someone
at Intel tech support about this and they simply said it is not supported.
The issue is, when I boot up any OS on an Intel motherboard with the mouse
and keyboard both not plugged in, then try to plug them in later while the
OS is running, the mouse causes a flood of strange keyboard activity, while
the keyboard is entirely non-functional. It's like the roles of the two
PS/2 connections got reversed, even though I'm plugging them in correctly
(I checked this so many times to be sure). I then tried to reverse them
in this scenario to see what would happen, but then both did not work at
all. Intel's position is that they don't support them being unplugged,
either before booting, or after (altough if done afterwards, the only
issue I have is the once with the Linux kernel described above). With
motherboards from ASUS, there has never been any such problem; they work
fine with the mouse and keyboard only plugged in after the system is up,
aside from the Linux kernel issue above.
It seems the mouse, and perhaps the keyboard, too, is a technology that
is very hard to get right. Anyone know what's so hard about it?
Would a USB mouse and USB keyboard work any better if plugged in after
the system is booted, or unplugged and replugged, or otherwise switched
with a KVM switch? At this point, all my machines now do have a USB
port or 2, so I could switch to USB ones (if I could find a keyboard with
nice solid keys like the Keytronic one I have now for PS/2 which has
served me well for 10 years).
And anyone know what's up with mouse support in the kernel? Would a USB
mouse get around it? Could it be that the driver in the kernel messes
with the serial baud rates the wrong way and will never reset to initial
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When it comes to full size traditional SUV's based on a good 'ol American truck chassis, the Chevrolet Tahoe is unarguably the king of the hill in terms of popularity and sales. Having been around in its current form since 2007, the Tahoe is expected soldier on into 2012 with few changes and continues to top sales charts for full-sized SUV's.
In September Chevrolet sold some 8,813 Tahoes which dwarfs the Ford Expedition which sold 3,473 copies. While both vehicles have not seen any significant updates since 2007, the Tahoe as well as its platform mates GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade continue to be strong sellers.
While large changes are coming in the next year with an all new replacement for the Tahoe, we take a look at what continues to make it America's favorite. In short, it just does everything right and looks good doing it. In long, it remains a benchmark because if offers great spaciousness and towing capability, along with a precise driving feel, robust performance and excellent interior refinement.
It also delivers surprising fuel economy for its size. The 5.3 liter V8 which has been around for some time continues to be a robust and refined engine with a lot of punch, churning out some 320hp. And in the real world, many owners see 20+ mpg on the highway. A fuel-saving Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed is standard on all models, enhancing real-world fuel economy on the highway via reduced engine speed. Also, quietness in the interior is enhanced with the lower-rpm engine speed on the highway.
For the ultimate full-size SUV fuel economy, customers can select the Tahoe Hybrid. It employs GM's patented two-mode hybrid system to deliver a 33-percent improvement in fuel economy in city driving. Please see the separate Tahoe Hybrid release for complete details.
All models are built on GM's full-size SUV platform that incorporates features such as a fully boxed frame, coil-over-shock front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering and a premium interior that bolsters the vehicle's comfort, quality and capability. Wide front and rear tracks enhance handling and lower the center of gravity for a more confident road feel.
Another top reason the Tahoe remains a top seller is it styling. It just looks good. Tahoe features the global face of Chevrolet, with a large Chevy gold bowtie, centered on a twin-port horizontal grille. The body-color grille surround is inset with an argent texture or available chrome finish. Fog lamps and headlamps feature detailed optics. The lower fascia, incorporating the front license plate holder and integrated recovery hooks, is aggressively styled with a skid plate look that enhances Tahoe's rugged, off-road appearance.
An assortment of 17-inch, 18-inch and 20-inch wheels complements Tahoe's sporty appearance. Seventeen-inch wheels and tires are standard, with 18-inch wheels included with the Z71 package and 20-inch factory-installed wheels available. The larger wheels give the vehicle a more confident stance.
The interior is another place the Tahoe wins. Refinement throughout the spacious interior creates an environment that exudes quality and precision, as well as comfort. A two-tone color scheme offers softer and low-gloss materials for the instrument panel and other trim pieces.
Additional details include LED backlighting for the instruments and chrome accents on instruments and vents. Flush-mounted accessories and controls, such as the climate control/radio center stack, create a seamless, "single unit" appearance. Also, there are almost no exposed metal hardware or latches, as all models feature enclosing "close-outs" around the seat bottoms and door sill trim plates.
Tahoe features a stiff, fully boxed frame, which reduces vibrations transmitted to the passenger cabin. The strength and accuracy of the frame also enable more precise mounting and tuning of chassis and suspension components, which also help reduce vibration. Even the tires on the large, 17-inch standard and 20-inch available wheels were designed to reduce noise.
Tahoe's quietness and smoothness are complemented by the available Autoride suspension system, which is standard on LTZ. This segment-exclusive bi-state, real-time damping system provides an extremely refined ride with greatly reduced body motion. The system consists of a semi-active, two-position damping control system that responds in real time to road and driving conditions, based on body and wheel motion sensors.
The Tahoe features a 360-degree perimeter safety system of occupant protection and crash avoidance technologies. Standard features include head curtain side air bags with rollover protection for all seating rows and front-seat safety belt pretensioners that are linked to the vehicle's sensing system to provide segment-exclusive deployment in rear-end crashes.
The roof-mounted head curtain air bags include design features that provide increased rollover protection and occupant containment. These head curtain side air bags stay inflated longer than air bags developed only for side impacts, since rollover incidents can last longer. The deployment duration and other design features of the air bags combine to provide increased occupant protection and the ability to help keep occupants inside the vehicle. Sensors located at the front of the vehicle, in the side doors and within the occupant compartment provide increased and more immediate crash detection.
All considered, the Tahoe defines the full-sized SUV in America. While we await to see what the future brings for its replacement which will surely be more efficient, Americans continue to choose big when they have the choice regardless of price and fuel costs. And if you need to tow, it can pull up to 8,500 lbs.


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Neither have I....and although anything can happen in life...I'm pretty sure I never will. You see I hate public toilets and try to avoid them as much as possible. Unless I really REALLY have to GO....if you know what I mean.
So I can only imagine how I would react if I was hovering delicately about a foot over the bowl trying not to lose my balance..... or touch anything....or MISS. And some guy with a "wide stance" stuck his foot into my cubicle...and did a one-legged tap dance right in front of me.
I'd probably vault over the partition, shove the guy's head in the toilet and flush it....with my foot. Like I always do....because you can't be TOO careful.
OK so I probably wouldn't shove his head in the toilet...but I would sure tell him to stop being such a wanker pervert.
So when I heard that Republican Uber Senator Larry Craig had been caught trying to do the toilet tango with an undercover cop I wasn't very sympathetic.
And that was before I knew that he was a right-wing anti-gay bigot hypocrite..... as well as a cowardly liar....and before there was even a tape. So now I'm quite enjoying it.
But what I REALLY hate is the way the dumbo MSM is making it sound like we ALL like to do it in the dumper.
Like this story suggests.
Now look....I've done it on Mount Royal at night... in the back seat of a car...and even in a hammock strung between two palm trees on a quiet little tropical beach. (NOTE: Kids please don't try that one at home unless you've got something soft to land on.)
But why would I do it in a toilet unless I was turned on by danger...or I was a hardcore closet queen?
When instead of having to learn all those "secret signals" I could just find someone on the internet...like most single gay guys I know...and do it in a comfy bed....instead of a filthy stall.
As this blogger points out that kind of sex isn't what it used to be.
Somehow, the idea of furtive bathroom sex seemed more in vogue when pop icon George Michael was arrested. Now, the guy in the stall next to you is likely a gay obsessed mayor, an undercover cop or a crusty old conservative legislator. With such unappetizing menu choices, one has to be quite desperate and pathetic to try to find his man in the can - especially with the advent of the Internet, which can deliver a pick-up faster than a pizza.
So, the few remaining men who seek to cruise the commode are mostly married conservative hypocrites looking for love on the sly.
Like the old fool Larry Craig and all the others...who don't seem to understand that by attacking gay people they are only attacking themselves...and making it even harder for people like them and others to come out.
And that the hatemongering religious extremists they cozy up to....who claim that they are leading them to heaven..... are actually driving them to hell in a toilet bowl. Where their pious crap belongs...
How many of these incidents will it take before America realizes that the family values crowd is a big, fat fraud? They are a batch of moralizing molesters, pious pervs, closeted creeps and values voyeurs. It is time the right just closes shop and stops pointing fingers - because we have no idea where those sticky fingers have been.
It really is madness. But I can't see it ending soon. Until the hatred stops and eventually so does the self loathing.
Which means we're going to have to continue to put up with the revolting parade of busted toilet queens heading for a mike...with their grimly smiling wives by their side....to deny that they ever did anything....
I mean REALLY....when will these sordid spectacles finally end? When will the damage caused by bad religion finally be undone?
Will Sir Norman ever find his watch? Will these horny right wing Republican Christian closet queens and hypocrites EVER stop shocking us?
Is that the sound of a toilet flushing?
P.S. The great gay actor Sir Ian McKellen has a survival tip on what to do if after balancing precariously over a filthy bowl...you discover there's no toilet paper.


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When McCarter Theatre began advertising its revival of Shakespeare's rarely performed "A Winter's Tale," it promised "redemption, reconciliation, the mending of broken hearts, princes and princesses, disguised identities, jealous kings, oracles, pickpockets and one ravenous bear."
However, anyone who remembered director Rebecca Taichman's delightful and gorgeous staging of "Twelfth Night" at McCarter in 2009 already knew that there would be something special in the offing.
"A Winter's Tale," opening tonight for a runthrough April 21 at McCarter's Matthews Theatre, is not a breezy romantic comedy, however. It's one of Shakespeare's all-encompassing works that runs the gamut of human emotions from hilarious to tragic.
That alone led actor Mark Harelik, making his McCarter debut in the leading role of Leontes, the jealous and sometimes irrational king of Sicily, to wonder why it isn't performed more often and why he'd never been in it before.
"It's a play that has everything, really," Harelik says.
"There's adventure and comedy, several love stories and one of the most intense portrayals of the destructive power of jealousy and the healing power of forgiveness that I know of. The emotions Shakespeare explores are universal. You don't have to be rich to know jealousy, just as you don't have to be poor to feel emptiness and deprivation.
"Shakespeare doesn't limit by rank or class, and that's why he still speaks to audiences today," says Harelik, who has appeared in many Shakespearean roles throughout his career.
Harelik explains that Leontes' jealousy of his wife, Hermione, is an especially fierce emotion compared with that of an ordinary man, because Leontes is king and holds ultimate decision-making power. Although Hermione is declared guiltless by the oracle of Delphos and Apollo, Leontes still sentences her to death, and his decision starts a chain of events which proves tragic for himself.
While Hermione is in prison, she gives birth to a daughter, Perdita, whom Leontes orders banished and left in a desert place "to fend for herself," and his only son, Mamillius, dies of grief over his parents' troubles. Leontes, then without wife or heir, then relents, but his regret comes too late.
Since Taichman's cast is comparatively small, many actors play multiple roles, and Harelik also plays the more flamboyant role of Autolycus, a thief and pickpocket whose lifestyle and nature are almost the exact opposite of Leontes'.
"On the surface. those two men couldn't be more different," Harelik says. "Leontes represents royal court life and all that goes with it, its pomp and grandeur and formality. Autolycus had been a member of the court and was thrown out of it, so he actively works against propriety and its rules and standards. He's a rogue.
"Yes, it's quite a test of my abilities, but that's one of the things that makes acting a challenge," Harelik adds. "There's a costume change involved too, but there are actually both differences and similarities of character and motivation and attitude between the two that we explored during rehearsals, and I don't think our director chose that additional role for me without good reason."
The role of Queen Hermione gives actress Hannah Yelland, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for her performance in the New York revival of "Brief Encounter," a long break off stage, since Hermione appears at the beginning and end of the play, but not in the middle.
Surprisingly enough, the role is not only Yelland's McCarter debut role but the first Shakespearean character she has ever played in a varied career that has taken her to Toronto, Dublin, Brooklyn, London's West End and Broadway.
"She's very much in love with her husband, and she cannot reconcile his accusations with her own behavior," Yelland says. "She has a deep and loving friendship with King Polixenes of Bohemia, the man Leontes suspects of being her lover and the father of Perdita, but she would never have been unfaithful. She has great belief and trust in the Oracle and in a strict moral code and rules which should help people govern their conduct, so I think she is really flabbergasted by his accusations.
"This outraged and irrational king is not the man she has loved as her husband and with whom she has shared such joy and accomplishment, and I think her son is so much like her, which is why he becomes depressed and sick when he sees his family being torn apart," Yelland adds. "His death is a terrible blow to her as is the loss of her daughter, but it is she who makes one of the most demanding decisions in the play."
Yelland lists the joy of acting with her father, David Yelland, in the acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Nicholas Nickleby" in her impressive resume.
"She must be the one to forgive, but I do not believe that she will ever forget what Leontes and her love for him have cost her," Yelland says.
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When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through April 21
Where: Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton
Admission: $20-$72; (609) 258-2787 or mccarter.org


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Practice Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Dolores used to work as a high school teacher for $40,000 per year but quit in order to start her own catering business. To buy the necessary equipment, she withdrew $20,000 from her savings, (which paid 3 percent interest) and borrowed $30,000 from her uncle, whom she pays 3 percent interest per year. Last year she paid $25,000 for ingredients and had revenue of $60,000. She asked Louis the accountant and Greg the economist to calculate her profit for her. a. Louis says her profit is $34,100 and Greg says her profit is $6,500. b. Louis says her profit is $34,100 and Greg says she lost $6,500. c. Louis says her profit is $35,000 and Greg says she lost $5,000. d. Louis says her profit is $33,500 and Greg says her profit is 33,500. ____ 2. Johnny is a sophomore in college and has a 1.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA). Johnny's cumulative GPA will fall even further next semester if he performs worse than (i) his cumulative GPA. (ii) he ever performed before. (iii) he did last semester. a. (i) and (ii) b. (i) and (iii) c. (ii) and (iii) d. All of the above are correct. ____ 3. Johnny is a sophomore in college and has a 1.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA). Johnny's cumulative GPA will be better next semester if he (i) performs better than he did last semester. (ii) performs better than his cumulative GPA. (iii) gives an average performance. a. (ii) only b. (iii) only c. (i) and (ii) d. (ii) and (iii) Figure 13-5
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b. increasing marginal product. c. the fact that increasing marginal product follows decreasing marginal product. d. the fact that decreasing marginal product follows increasing marginal product. ____ 6. Refer to Figure 13-6 . Which of the curves is most likely to represent average fixed cost? a. A b. B c. C d. D ____ 7. Consider the following information about bread production at Beth's Bakery: Worker Marginal Product 1 5 2 7 3 10 4 11 5 8 6 6 7 4 Beth pays all her workers the same wage and labor is her only variable cost. From this information we can conclude that Beth's marginal cost a. declines as output increases from 0 to 33, but increases after that. b.
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New England Patriots WR Chad Ochocino told NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Twitter that he plans to reimburse Mason Foster for a $20,000 fine levied on the Tampa Bay linebacker.
Foster got the best of Ochocinco when New England and Tampa Bay met Aug. 18. He decked the Patriots WR going across the middle. Ochocinco's head rocked back and Mason was flagged for unnecessary roughness, but Mason and Ochocinco both said later it was not an illegal hit.
Ochocinco previously said he would pay the fine himself, but the NFL wouldn't allow it.
On his personal Twitter account, Ochocinco wrote to Goodell: "Dad no disrespect but I don't agree with @mason_foster fine n I'll be reimbursing him personally.Please feel free to contact me."
Ochocinco has jokingly called Goodell "Dad" when he communicates with him via social media.
The New England wideout touched base with Foster, a rookie from Washington, shortly after the game as well.
"great hit last night,if u're fined I'll reimburse u boss.That's the way the game should b played.Stay healthy n have a good yr" he wrote in a tweet to Foster.
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What is the number now?
Ten starting QBs since Jim Kelly retired? It is so funny how spoiled Bills fans from the '90s were. We had year after year of success and I think most fans assumed we'd just dial 1-800-GIVE-US-A-QB and presto, the next Jim Kelly would walk through those doors. In hindsight, I know that sounds like ultra hyperbole, but I remember…
People were begging for Todd Collins to take the reigns as Kelly's better days were long gone. You don't have to cue up the Goo Goo Dolls to know that we haven't come close to better days since Kelly was knocked out of his last game. The list of starters after Jim reads like an endless list of bad "Saw" movies.
But what if..what if EJ Manuel is special? What if he actually ends the trilogy of horror movies we've seen at QB? What if he brings us back to respectability or relevance?
You see, what you just read is exactly how every single Bills post about QBs has read in the last 10 years or at least in the 4 years I've been blogging. It's the same narrative: The good old days, followed by the torture we have gone through, wrapped up with a Luke Skywalker metaphor. A new hope on the horizon!
Save me the "This feels different!" crap. I think Sully wrote that this may be the most anticipated camp since 1986. Um, dude.. Do you remember the hype that surrounded Bledsoe coming here? How about Terrell Owens? What about last year with Mario Williams? Trust me, we've seen this kind of hype in July and August before. That is the reason I hate the hoopla around training camp. It gets built up every year and boom…September hits and we die. It is the same thing every year. Only the names and faces change.
As for the regular season, I saw folks – myself included – anoint JP Losman "The Next Guy" after he threw a TD pass against Houston. Same goes for when Rob Johnson leaped into the end zone for a TD against KC. How about Trent Edwards? Drew Bledsoe? Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing 40tds in 21 games? So many times we've hitched our hopes and dreams to a new QB. They tease us, and we fall for it hook, line, and sinker because we are so desperate for someone to just be good. BE GOOD!!! DAMN!! JUST STOP SUCKING SO KIDS CAN WEAR QB JERSEYS FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS!
I'd like to tell you that I feel differently about EJ Manuel, but holy crap, we are only what, 10 days into practices? We won't have a clear-cut vision of what type of QB EJ Manuel is until next year…at least.
I'm not trying to throw cold water on EJ for this year. The excitement is real for most fans and hey, if it makes you feel better, live it up. It is always fun to have a new QB in town, especially one drafted in the 1st round. However, and maybe this is me trying not to set myself up for disappointment, I'm not going to let the last couple of draft classes fool me when it comes to QBs in their rookie years. For the first 90 years of the NFL, rookie QBs suffered through a ton of growing pains. Now all of a sudden, I'm supposed to think EJ will be like RGIII or Andrew Luck or that all rookie QBs can be as great as them right away? Not today. Also, let's not forget that there's still a QB competition to win. More on that later.
Now, if I sound like I'm being negative, my apologies. I'm just trying to say that the microscope that we are about to put on EJ shouldn't lead us to definitive good or bad POVs. If he pulls a 300-yard game out, let's not try and anoint him. If he throws a 4 pick game, let's not try and kill him. Being a young QB in the NFL is all about growing pains, especially during the first 2-3 years.
Would it be great if he pulls a Russell Wilson type season out of his ass? Of course. Why not us, right? The thought of EJ being that type of player is bonerriffic. You don't have to be a football historian to know that if you have a great QB, you are going places. There are a number of examples in the last 15 years to support this theory.
This year is going to be about EJ Manuel. To me, unless Manuel makes a complete fool of himself during the preseason, he's winning this starting job. Since 2007, 18 QBs have been picked in the 1st round and 13 of them went on to start the season opener. Seventeen of those 18 started at least one game during their rookie seasons.
I would totally take a 4-12 season with Manuel throwing for 25 TDs and 15 INTs, pretty much what happened with the Panthers during Cam Newton's rookie year. They finished 6-10, but his play was outstanding. Sign me up for this. Sign me up for a 20 TD year. Sign me up for a shitty start to his career, only to then finish with 9TDs in his final three starts. PROGRESS, kids. That's what our goal should be this season.
The fact is the Bills aren't going to be good this season. It is no different than 2010, 2006 and 2001, when all you wanted was for the Bills to make progress in certain areas and the young guys to start showing something. Wins and loses didn't mean a damn thing then and they don't now. It was all about what the folks would do their 2nd or 3rd seasons, and that's normally when the team failed miserably and guys were clipped. Those were your classic rebuilding years and I think with a new regime in place, 2013 is no different.
I hate to put pressure on rookies, but if EJ plays well this year, I'll be happy going forward when it comes to this regime.
So who is going to win the QB competition?
I don't mean to sound flippant, but I laughed my ass off last week when some folks were acting like it was a formality that EJ Manuel would start opening day based on like 7 days worth of practices. This is exhibit 1Q of how the sports world is all about making rash decisions based on little information. Shit, I think fans and media desperately want to believe that Manuel is ready to start just so they don't have to be bored to death by Kolb playing and having to talk about what he brings to the table. Fuck that extra research, am I right?
Just take the last few days, when the word came down that Manuel didn't look good on Sunday, that he didn't guide the Bills to a 1st down during his first 7 drives of that intersquad scrimmage, a sense of bafflement came over some folks. Why? This is what happens in training camp.
None of that is a real slight against Manuel. All of these practices are just very small parts in the grand scheme of who will win the job. No one should be declaring a leader until after the 1st preseason game at least. Plus, trying to analyze practices is just a joke because it's practice. We're talking about practice. Yes, channel Allen Iverson's practice rant, please.
First off, practice is bullshit for the most part. There's an archive full of stories about how Rob Johnson looked like the 2nd coming of Jim Kelly in shorts. Secondly, the biggest factor in who is going to win the starting job is preseason games, not practice. Live action is completely different than practice. Them are the facts, folks. To me, it is still up in the air until that first preseason game and should stay open until after the 3rd one at least, unless someone comes along and clearly wins in the first couple.
At first I was of the mindset that the Bills didn't have to rush EJ, and I still feel that way, but we all know that from a pure entertainment standpoint, Kevin Kolb starting is about as boring as church. If EJ's at the same level as Kolb, then there's no point in delaying his start. If the coaches think EJ is ready, then just start him. However, don't feel forced by the media, fans, or marketing gurus. And that's the thing… Sometimes you just have to go back to your initial feelings or the first few things you heard about a player, and ignore the silly overhyped training camp headlines.
I'm reminded of what an FSU blogger told me during our Q&A about how EJ Manuel might be more of a project than a guy who starts from day 1. That resonates with me, especially since most bloggers are homers when it comes to their own guys, especially in the college ranks. Hey…it's true.
In the end, I have zero idea who will win this job and think it is foolish to make predictions based on a week of practice. Would I rather EJ start? Yes. I have no interest in seeing Kolb. However, spare me with the he has to start from day 1 because he won't learn anything while being on the bench. That's a very defensible theory (See: Aaron Rodgers, Phillip Rivers, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer and a bunch of others).
Where are EJ and Doug Marrone coming from?
It is pretty hard for me to really assess how EJ will do this year and beyond. First of all, I didn't watch any of his games at FSU. Secondly, none of us know shit. If we did, we'd all be NFL scouts. I blame ESPN and all the wannabe draft prognosticators for this.,,but that's a post for another day.
The Bills have pretty much said they are running a version of the West Coast Offense that has vertical routes and a lot of no-huddle to it. We all know by now that Nate Hackett has like Ted Marchibroda's playbook from the no-huddle days or something along those lines.
As for EJ, we know he's coming from the read option at FSU which is vastly different from what they ran at Syracuse. Here's how nickelcitybills describes the offense which the Hawks/49ers ran at times last year:
"Basically the RB is going to run in an opposite direction as the QB (left/right or up the middle). The QB reads the action side DE or OLB and decides to hand off to RB based on that read. Let's say the play call is for the RB up the middle and QB to the right end. If the DE makes a move outside the RT, the read is to hand off inside to the RB. If the DE flashes to the inside, the QB keeps it. It's just a way for the offense to be a step ahead of the defense and take advantage of blockers."
It feels a bit gimmicky to me, but it is still in the fresh phase when it comes to NFL teams. It could go way of the wildcat fade or maybe become the 21st century version of the spread. I think it would behoove the Bills to run some plays like these. I think with guys like Spiller/Jackson in the backfield as decoys, teams will have no choice but to respect the Bills ability to run it, especially if the Bills are going to run a lot of 3-wide sets.
EJ's accuracy is pretty decent*
As I mentioned earlier, the Bills are going to be running a version of a West Coast Offense with a vertical passing game element to it. Obviously, the days of Bill Walsh's West Coast Offense of slants and quick outs has been vastly remixed by 100s of different coaches, and Hacket's version is different as well. However, any sort of offense connected to the West Coast Offense needs accurate passers.
When you look at EJ's completion percentage in college, you come away impressed. He connected on 67% of his passes for his career. Great! However, there's an asterisk when it comes to where on the field these completions came.
According to this article by Second Round stats, more than half of EJ's pass attempts last year were from 1-5 yards out or screen passes. Last I checked, making those throws isn't too hard in comparison to down the field throws. In fact, only 25% of his pass attempts traveled beyond 10 yards through the air.
It gets a bit dicier when you look at his completion percentage for throws that traveled more than 20 yards in the air, as the completion percentage dips to 45%. What makes it more staggering is that EJ went from completing 75% of his passes on throws between 1-20 yards to completing only 45% beyond 20 yards. Keep in mind, the same article says that 26% of Syracuse's passes came between 10-20 yards while EJ's pass attempts were at 13%.
One other thing to keep an eye on was that EJ Manuel wasn't exactly a great red zone QB, which is surprising when you consider that he has the ability to keep defenses on their toes because he can run or throw the football. In the red zone, EJ was only 38 of 69, although he did have 15 TDs and just 1 INT. However, even with the superb TD/INT ratio, it was by far his lowest completion percentage anywhere on the field. I mention this, because the red zone is by far the hardest part of the field to work in because defenses start tightening up and offenses don't have enough room to spread the field. This is something that we should keep an eye on.
What do we like about EJ?
I mean, what else is there at this point in the game? He's our get rich quick scheme. I'm just not the type of fan who is going to have a boner because he sounds great in interviews or he's saving kittens or he looks good in practice. Like i said, there's a ton of stories about how great Rob Johnson looked in shorts. There's been way too many QBs over the years here who sounded sharp in interviews. Hell, one of them was from Harvard. Show it to me on the field. But what I can get down with is the idea of the future being now and hopefully being right.
From what everyone has said, EJ has the skills to be a franchise QB. He's got a cannon for an arm, he can read defenses, he's a leader, and he can move. I mean, he seems like the prototypical starting QB in the current NFL. Since Kelly retired, the Bills have always seemed to score on maybe 2 out of 4 traits, but then the shortcomings destroy any sort of positives.
Blueprint wise, Manuel has a lot going for him…but we just won't know if it will work out for sure until 2015.
As for some nice stats I found about Manuel's time at FSU:
- He was only sacked once every 12 pass attempts.
- He had a QB Rating of 141 against ranked teams.
- In his last 27 starts, Manuel had less than a 100 QB rating in just 3 games.
- In 18 of his last 27 starts, FSU scored 30 points or more.
Oh…We still have to talk about Kevin Kolb.
It is sad that over 13 years of losing, I can easily recall Bills moments, most of them bad. When the Bills signed Kevin Kolb, I got a few texts from friends who are Eagles fans and they weren't exactly ringing endorsements. While Kolb is great with a quote and seems like a leader in interviews, he's a fucken tire fire of a player. Based on what the experts say, he doesn't have much pocket presence, he gets hurt a lot, and he doesn't throw down the field. All of these criticisms are true.
Pocket presence: The Kevin Kolb apologist will say that the Arizona line was terrible last year and that's why he was sacked 27 times in just 183 pass attempts (Sacked every 6.7 throws). However, you don't have to go far to say this is a Rob Johnson/Doug Flutie sack debate. The immortal John Skelton, who filled in for Kolb after getting hurt, was sacked 15 times on just 201 throws (Sacked every 13.4 pass attempts). Keep in mind Kolb was sacked 21 times when he faced only four rushers and that he hardly face the blitz (56 attempts), because teams could easily get to him with just a 4-man rush.
Now, in fairness, Kolb was actually pretty respectable in Philly when it came to avoiding the rush, getting sacked 18 times on 285 attempts for his career there. You can maybe chalk that up to better talent in Philly (I agree) and a system that better suits him (I hate that excuse, as I feel it is used too many times in the NFL), but where is he going now, talent-wise? This ain't Philly, circa 2010/2009. The Eagles weapons were better than what the Bills have to offer today.
Vertical game: We all know by now that the Bills hardly went down the field last year when it came to passing plays. Whether it was Fitzpatrick's arm strength or the design of the offense, he was less than adequate when it came to his down the field throws. On passes that traveled beyond 20 yards, Fitz was 11 of 48. That's less than 30%. That's fucken awful. And then there's Kolb's down the field accuracy. Last year, he was 4-12 on throws beyond 20 yards. In 2011, Kolb was 7 of 19 and in 2010 he was 6 of 20 on those throws. That's all around the 30% mark. Not good. Overall, in games in which Kolb attempted 20 passes or more, his yards per completion was less than 6 yards in 8 of those games. Also not good.
Philly years: Since we can all agree that Kolb was awful in Arizona – for God sakes, the Bills defense shut him down last year – some want to use his numbers in Philly to argue that he's maybe better than what he's shown. Amazingly, Kolb only started 7 games in Philly and appeared in 19 other games. Yet he cost the Eagles a 2nd rounder and a starting CB. God, doesn't he just reek of Rob Johnson here?
In his first two starts in 2009, Kolb was 1-1 as a starter, throwing for 718 yards, 4 TDs and 3 INTs. Not bad, right? Yeah, not until you start diving deeper. In a blow-out loss to the Saints, who ended the season with the 20th best defense in the NFL, Kolb was sacked 7 times and turned the ball over 4 times. In his lone victory that season against the Chiefs, Kolb played well, throwing for over 300 yards and two touchdowns while not getting sacked. However, the Chiefs were awful that season, finishing 4-12 and had the 29th ranked defense in the NFL.
Let's go to 2010…This was the year Kolb was anointed as the starter after the Eagles traded away McNabb. In his season opener, Kolb was knocked out of the game after attempting just 10 passes and being sacked 3 times. For the season, Kolb started 5 games, throwing for 1,197 yards, 7 TDs and 7 INTs.
He also ended up losing his job to Mike Vick. His best games came against SF and Atlanta, neither of whom qualified for the playoffs that season. He played like crap against a Redskins team that finished 4-12. (Philly scored 12 points and Kolb finished with 207 yards passing, while averaging less than 6 yards a per completion.) In another poor performance against the Titans, who finished with 28th best defense, Kolb completed less than 55% of his passes and only averaged 4.8 yards a completion.
The bottom line is that Kolb had like 3 decent games against crappy teams. Because teams are hard-up for QBs and will propose marriage after 2 dates and because Andy Reid is called a genius when it comes to his eyes for QBs, Kolb was overrated and got a boatload of cash based on nothing but hope.
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After proofreading this, I've come away thinking I'm really a miserable fuck when it comes to the QBs. The problem is that I'm stuck with an unknown in Manuel and a guy I know is hot garbage in Kolb. The unknown is exciting for most, but for me, I've had enough of imaginary brass rings of hope that became just that…Imaginary. I have zero expectations this year as I've pretty much bottomed out when it comes to W/L prediction. I'm not going to get too excited or too down about the team's season. I love football, I love the Bills, but I don't love trying to figure out if they are going to be good. But if you want me to pick one area I'd like the Bills to thrive in this year…It is at QB.
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14 Valentine's Day Treats for KidsJen Genova and Dana Vogel
Want to show your loved ones just how much they mean to you? The answer is dessert … because isn't it always? We rounded up Babble's best 14 (GET IT?!) special noms to munch on with all of those funny valentines. What better way to show your sweeties just how sweet they are to you than with these flawless treats? Check them out:
1. Homemade Valentine's Day Pop-Tarts
Who's the coolest mom on the block? You are if you make these homemade Pop-Tarts.
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2. Heart-Shaped Donuts
Skip the short stack this Valentine's Day, and opt for these heart-shaped donuts instead. They're baked, not fried, which you'll love. And because they're covered in sprinkles, your kids will love them too!
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3. Strawberry Heart Hand Pies
Sometimes the best Valentine's Day treats are the ones you can make with your kids. These strawberry heart hand pies are easy to whip up — and even easier to gobble down.
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4. Strawberry Nutella Panini
A panini bursting with strawberries and Nutella makes the perfect lunch or snack for your valentines!
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5. Heart-Shaped Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Nothing says love like brownies! Surprise your kids with these oh-so-cute, bite-sized love notes, and they won't know what hit them.
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6. Valentine's Day Oreo Pops
What kid doesn't love chocolate-covered Oreos? Even better, throw them on a stick and you've got the perfect grab-and-go treat for your favorite valentine.
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7. Devil's Food Cake Pops
Your little angels (okay, at least on Valentine's Day) deserve a devilishly good cake-pop treat!
(via Babble)
8. Chocolate-Dipped Marshmallow Hearts
These little hearts are an easy treat to sneak into their lunches to let them know how much you love them.
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9. Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
Your kids will fall in love with these red velvet cookies at first sight … and bite!
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10. Chocolate Strawberry Sandwich Cookies
Sweet enough to please your special someones without sending them into a sugar coma!
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11. Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
Even the littlest valentines can make these yummy, lovey wands.
(via Babble)
12. Candy Spoons
Forgo the packaged candies this year, and have your kid hand out these sweet spoons to their classmates instead.
(via Babble)
13. Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes
These little bites of happiness will please even the most finicky valentine.
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14. Healthy Peanut Butter and Honey Rice Krispie Snacks
A healthy snack for kids craving Valentine's Day sweets.
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On 188.8.131.52.0, the December Solstice Sun will be found in the band of the Milky Way, directly in the position of the Dark Rift in the Galaxy, forming an alignment between the Galactic Plane & the Solstice Meridian. We are about to enter into a literal alignment of the Cosmic, Galactic, Solar & Lunar Planes. This is an event that has slowly converged over a period of thousands of years, and is caused by the precession of the equinoxes. Kind of like a 'turning' of the Universal Gears. It brings about the Great Harvest, and the return of the Lord of The Harvest.
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For the majority of Humans on earth who could be considered shall we say 'lukewarm', they will experience a period of (what will feel 'ecstatic') zero-point time, where you feel totally at One with The Creator, giving you an encouraging reminder and glimpse of who you really are, before the veil of forgetfulness once again descends upon you, & you will be transported to another 3rd Density planet (a kind of 'Earth Replica'), to continue working on yourselves & learning that life here is all about making choices. You will remain 'quarantined' incarnating in 3rd Density matter until the time of the next Harvest in which time you will need to have proved yourselves that you have learned how to be more Positive Beings, focused more upon being of Service to others, rather than seeking only to Serve yourself. When you can do this & the next Harvest comes, you will have earned the right to join us, & enjoy your inheritance, as a member of the Galactic Community, & you will sit with us as Brothers and Sisters of The One, around the table of our Galactic Governing Body, the Confederation of Planets.
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This poster was made for the Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia in 1928. It was designed by Leon Crossley, who designed Mills' circus publicity from 1924 for over 40 years. Crossley worked from sketches made during rehearsals and his images gave a realistic picture of the acts the audiences saw in the ring. There were usually at least two posters for each Olympia season - one advertising the opening dates, another issued toward the end of the run reminding people that there were only a few performances left. Mills' Circus also issued posters for its tours after it began tenting in 1930. The printers W.E. Berry, who produced most of Bertram Mills' publicity, have been producing circus posters since 1923 and are still considered the foremost printers of circus posters in the UK.


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People have reacted angrily to President's Office Minister Aung Min's claim that Burma should be grateful to China and not halt a copper mine in the Letpadaung mountain range, Sagaing Division, despite fierce public opposition to the project.
Aung Min, who visited the area on Nov. 26, told protesters including Buddhist monks that China provided aid to the former military regime during the 1988 nationwide pro-democracy uprising and so Burma should not try and antagonize its northern neighbor.
But critics have responded furiously to the former general's words, especially after the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters at the site on Thursday morning, and said that only the former junta government should be grateful to Beijing for bankrolling the country more than two decades ago.
"It is not right to say this because China helped Burma during 1988," said Ba Shein, an Upper House MP for the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party. "China protected our military regime and because of this our country took 50 years to have political change."
Thousands of students, monks and activists were gunned down in the street during the 1988 popular protests. While Western nations imposing economic sanctions on Burma as a consequence, Beijing provided aid that helped the brutal military dictatorship hold onto power.
Kyaw Thu, the founder of the Free Funeral Services Society, said, "Our thanks goes to Buddhism, not China. No one helps our country except our people. Other countries, such as the US, they have their own interests and this is why they help our country.
"Maybe the government should be thankful but it is not for our citizens," added the well known actor and philanthropist.
Pyone Cho, a leader of the 88 Generation Students group, said China is our neighbor and so we should stay close to each other, although we must protect our own people's security and livelihoods.
"The government should be careful about the suffering of people through Chinese projects as they are supposed to be for the people," he said.
Aung Min said that the previous government signed the agreement for the copper mining project and so the current administration would find it difficult to revoke this. The 62-year-old revealed that Naypyidaw worries about China funding insurgencies in border areas such as previously happened with the now-defunct Communist Party of Burma.
However, Ba Shein disagreed with the minister that this was a viable concern. "It is impossible for China to make problems with Burma regarding the cooper mining project," he said.
Thiha Saw, vice-chairman of the Rangoon-based Myanmar Journalists Association, said, "The current investment in Letpadaung should be used by the government to judge new foreign investment offers in the future," adding that the government must think first about what benefits such projects bring for the people. "They must protect environmental policy in order to protect the people."
Kyaw Thu said the Letpadaung copper mining project, which is run by China's Wan Bao Company in a joint venture with the Burmese military-owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd, should be stopped as so many local people have suffered as a consequence.
"They should think like it is their brothers or relatives who have to suffer from the crackdown," said Kyaw Thu. "They should act by thinking about who has to suffer."
He added that the government should explain the advantages and disadvantages of such project if they are truly undergoing a democratic transition. "The government should stop their brutal crackdowns as they have done in the past when they point guns and drag people around like dogs," said Kyaw Thu.
In my opinion, what U Aung
Min said was one of the biggest sayings made by Burma's most prominent and
responsible persons in 2012.
U Aung Min's words openly disclose
military generals' real feeling and belief that what they have been doing in
the Burmese politics since 1988 till today is right including keeping a very
long tight grip on power which was firmly supported by China as well as keeping
the people under the military control with the current sham 2008 constitution.
By the words, U Aung Min importantly makes
public that China is a problem maker for Burma in its long history, at least
during Communist insurgency which was entirely orchestrated by the Chinese.
It is learnt in Burmese
history that Bagan dynasty was ruined by Chinese invasion. It was also learnt
that Kachins stopped fighting with Burmese army in 1989 following the request
made by Chinese who stopped supporting the Burmese Communist Party and turned
to favour then SPDC.
After the independence from
British, Burmese army had had to spend for years all of its military resources
to expel the Kumingtans the then the enemy of the Communist China from
Shan state. We never heard of Chinese saying they were grateful to Burma for
help fighting their enemy of the same blood.
When the generals listened
to their Chinese bosses during the last two decades, their Paukphaws helped
them out in every sector to ruin Burma affecting so seriously the livelihood of
its people, its environment and economy taking the biggest slice of Burma's
rich resources and left Burmese almost nothing but to stay in the worst quality
of life on earth. With all these immeasurable sufferings without knowing when
we will recover from the misery, how should we be grateful to China as well as
the generals as they always demand for it?
Although the generals are
saying they are always grateful to China, it is for sure that they never are
proud of the helps given by Chinese at any time. We are not seeing Chinese jet
fighters flying in the Burmese skies nowadays. Hundreds of them along with
other military hardware were purchased from China after 1988 at so called
friendly prices adding to billions of dollars for which Burmese had to pay back
from their own pockets. Today almost all of them are grounded as the generals
could not afford to pay for the spares for which prices were said to be set
extremely high, just to mention one of so many examples Burmese paid for the
development of Chinese technologies for which China owe to be grateful to Burma.
We come to know from U Aung
Min that the generals are afraid of their fearful Chinese bosses as they are
angry with stoppage of the Myitsone dam project. The ex-general himself might
be considering that the President made a mistake to follow the will of his own
At least his words convey
good messages – for US that the generals stay with their closest neighbour
China in constant fear which could be interpreted as abhorrence –for the people
of Burma that they have to stay with the biting neighbour China forever in fear – and for the ethnic armies like Kachin and Wa
that they can play wisely the China card to win over the Burmese generals, at least their mind.
It worths noting that for
entire populace of Burma it is always very difficult to understand why their
generals are proud of all their wrong doings against their own people. They
always wonder who are blind to understand the true situations in Burma
correctly – 60 million people of Burmese or a few hundred of their generals who
have no intension to lose their grip on power as well as the guaranteed
sanctuary of all their robbed riches.
The current leaders of the government and parliaments were all military generals. They were the ones who made all of these destructive projects. So, they cannot insist the Chinese pressure. As long as these generals are in power, our country will be routinely exploited by Chinese. So, one should think of alternative when we think about leadership and legal frame works.


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On Saturday, in the second week of Big Ten play, Nebraska found itself on the losing end of the battle. It wasn't a blowout, but the Huskers did show weaknesses that Ohio State was able to exploit.
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While he still refused to disclose the nature of his injury that kept him out of last night's game in Philadelphia. After taking shots from Rangers goaltending coach Benoit Allaire yesterday, Henrik Lundqvist did admit the injury occurred during the second game of the season against the Kings in Los Angeles.
Here's Lundqvist on the progress of the injury (via New York Post)…
"I would be out there [if this were April]," the goaltender said before the Flyers' 2-1 victory over the Rangers. "There are ways to hide it and help out with the pain. It's something I could play through.
"But the season is long and you have to be smart about it. I want to make sure this [treatment] pays off."
Lundqvist said the four game break in between games was the perfect opportunity to clear this issue up.
He's not sure if he'll be available to play tomorrow night in Detroit.
…so, does that mean it's not the contract or the smaller pads? Wonder when the rest of the team is going to start faking injuries to excuse their poor play as well.
…in all seriousness, this obviously explains a lot and Rangers fans should be excited to see the real Lundqvist going forward.
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WHAT IF you held a lockout and hardly anyone cared?
That's what the National Basketball Association is finding out right now.
It has been nearly 2 1/2 months since the owners locked the players out on June 30 and the NBA effectively stopped doing business, but it's barely registered a ripple on the sports radar.
On those rare occasions when someone has actually mentioned the NBA, the general consensus has been, "Who cares? We'll see you if you get back."


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NOT all wines taste moreish, unless thirst or the desire to adjust your blood alcohol level assume more importance than your sense of appetite. The quality in a wine that makes the urge to consume overwhelm your ability to resist temptation is often called "savouriness" by wine tasters — but it is as hard to define as it is to encounter. Tartness is certainly an element, although not all wines with marked acidity invite you to consider a second glass, and not all high-pH wines dull the appetite.
Sugar, even for those with a sweet tooth, doesn't always drive consumption, and when it presents as viscosity on the palate, it can actively discourage any further interest.
The same is true for tannin — a little appears to add spice to texture, while overly dense wines, which may taste striking when presented to a judging panel, stop those who actually drink (rather than sample) at the first half of the glass.
Wine makers are often neglectful of the need to make wines appetising, concentrating instead on elements such as "showiness" — presumably with an eye on competition triumphs and high ratings. One of the most frequent criticisms of US über-guru Robert Parker is that his aesthetic criteria have driven producers in the direction of palate weight and excess, rather than elegance and nuance.
There can be little doubt that showiness — while it helps to draw attention to a producer or an estate — is not the quality that drives consumption in the long term. The success of Sauvignon Blanc over Chardonnay as a category reflects the views of wine drinkers rather than critics. Wine experts are largely in agreement that the best Chardonnays are infinitely more complex, and have greater potential, than the best Sauvignons. However, if you look at restaurant tables, Sauvignon outsells Chardonnay by three to one.
At a recent tasting — where an array of mostly white wines was presented — I pondered the question of savouriness as I tasted a line-up of a number of white varieties, as well as a few Pinot Noirs. The wines ranged from R25 a bottle to R200, and across the sweetness spectrum from diabetes-inducing to bone dry. The Rieslings, despite generally more overt sugar than any other category, were clearly food-friendly in their own right, and also attractive as aperitifs.
The best of the class was the Dewetshof 2009, followed by the Paul Cluver 2010. The Gewurztraminers, though generally drier than the Rieslings, were no more savoury as a result: perhaps it's the pungency of the fruit, the more vegetal earthiness, that makes the average Gewurztraminer seem less moreish. Only a couple matched the savouriness of the Rieslings, with the Zevenwacht 2011 being the best.
A Bukettraube from Cederberg did nothing to change my view about the variety, nor did it offer an alternative to the aperitif quality of Riesling. The large class of Chardonnays came with a wide range of styles but, even here, it wasn't always easy to predict which wines would make the bottom half of the glass as interesting as the first sip. True, the Rustenberg unwooded Chardonnay 2010 had the same savoury quality we have come to expect of Sauvignon Blanc, but the carefully oaked Glenelly 2011 (curiously, from a property right next door to Rustenberg) was as attractive — and also more complex.
At the end of the day, there were four lonely Pinots, bringing the prospect of at least a little tannin to contribute to the discussion about freshness on the palate. The best was the regular Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak 2011, with the faintest of green edges to its black cherry fruit, and a lovely integration of (almost absent) oak. It was infinitely more moreish than the dramatically more expensive reserve wine from the same cellar — the Tête de Cuvée — suggesting that savouriness is the quality you encounter in the absence of too much of a good thing.


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Twin brothers Colin and Peter Martens of East Aurora have qualified for the Marriott National Junior Alpine Skiing Championships, which will run Thursday through next Tuesday at Mammoth Mountain in California.
The brothers, who received their early training at Holiday Valley, qualified by competing in the seven-event Eastern Cup, will compete in Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, slalom and parallel events.
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Any one upper division elective (300-400) in ENLT