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Yesterday, London hosted the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games. The competitions begin today and continue until September 9. Colleagues from the U.S. Embassy in London met with U.S. Paralympians Tatyana McFadden and Josh George before they competed in the iconic London marathon earlier this year. In the above video, they share their hopes and dreams for this summer's Paralympic Games.
Voted one of the "top ten stars to watch" at the Paralympics, wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden will compete in the 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, and a full marathon. With such a huge range of events and distances, Tatyana has embarked on a grueling training regime that has earned her the nickname the "Beast." In discussing what it takes to become a world-class Paralympian, McFadden says, "You work so hard. You work for four years, every single day 24/7."
The Russian-born Tatyana was introduced to sport at an early age. She fondly recalls, "When I arrived in America, there was something about sports I just got involved with." With the strong support of her mother, a former Commissioner of Disabilities for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, acting as a constant source of encouragement, Tatyana said that "I had a dream, and I had a goal, that I wanted to be an Olympian someday."
Having achieved that dream in the Athens Games at the age of 15, Tatyana has now raised the bar and the number of events in which she will compete. When asked about London, Tatyana says, "...It's gonna be a phenomenal event. An event that no one will have ever seen before." Her experience in Athens and Beijing have made the veteran all the more focused on winning, but also excited for what these games will offer. "Each games, a new country sets the benchmark. I think London is going to do just that."Related Content: Check out Paralympic Gold Medalist Josh George's challenge for you!Editor's Note: This entry also appears on the U.S. Embassy in London's blog. Go to the U.S. Embassy's website for more information on the 2012 Paralympic Games.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Office Depot (ODP) said it would merge with competitor OfficeMax(OMX) in a press release , a move that may shore up the earnings of both companies and put them in closer running with Staples(SPLS) , the leading office supplier in the U.S.
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Office Depot removed the press release, which stated the terms of the merger at the end of a discussion of earnings. The New York Times reported the company prematurely put up the press release and was still finalizing the deal.
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A potential merger could help alleviate the operating struggles of big-box office retailers OfficeMax, Office Depot and Staples amid overexpansion and a change in the marketplace with the rise of smaller suppliers including W.B. Mason and new entrants as big as Wal-Mart(WMT) , Costco(COST) and Amazon(AMZN) .
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Skip to comments.Time Magazine suspends Fareed Zakaria
Posted on 08/10/2012 1:54:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Time Magazine has announced that it will suspend columnist Fareed Zakaria following his admission of plagiraism earlier this afternoon.
"TIME accepts Fareed's apology, but what he did violates our own standards for our columnists, which is that their work must not only be factual but original; their views must not only be their own but their words as well. As a result, we are suspending Fareed's column for a month, pending further review."
CNN, where Zakaria hosts a show, has yet to respond to a request for comment regarding Zakaria's admission of plagiarism.
Earlier this afternoon, Zakaria released a statement in which he admitted to palgiarizing a New Yorker article about the National Rifle Association for his own column about gun laws in the latest issue of Time Magazine.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Time Magazine has standards? Who knew!
Time has standards?
Coulda fooled me.
Whatta loser.
Oh no! He is so smart and well versed in EVERYTHING/ s
If they end up firing him, they'll have to find another Muslim terrorist who measures up to their standards. Come to think of it, that shouldn't be too hard.
Couldn't happen to a nicer dirtbag.
And what about his CNN gig?
" Time Magazine suspends Fareed Zakaria "
Now, if they were to 'suspend' him over a pit of crocodiles - now, that would be interesting... ;)
Hey! This is great news. Time is now in the black.
A financial miracle.
Their bias is sooooooo blatant it's hard to believe they have standards. Time Magazine is like a circus fat lady scraping the sprinkles off her 8th donut... Who care at that point...
These nitwits can't even be original when they're wrong. Isn't that a fail-fail?
That's a shame. TIME will probably fold by the time his suspension is up!
Take a look:
First, Zakaria's "The Case for Gun Control" piece from Time magazine's upcoming Aug. 20 issue:
Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA, documents the actual history in Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America. Guns were regulated in the U.S. from the earliest years of the Republic. Laws that banned the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813. Other states soon followed: Indiana in 1820, Tennessee and Virginia in 1838, Alabama in 1839 and Ohio in 1859. Similar laws were passed in Texas, Florida and Oklahoma. As the governor of Texas (Texas!) explained in 1893, the "mission of the concealed deadly weapon is murder. To check it is the duty of every self-respecting, law-abiding man."
Compare that to Jill Lepore's "Battleground America" New Yorker article back in April:
As Adam Winkler, a constitutional-law scholar at U.C.L.A., demonstrates in a remarkably nuanced new book, Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, firearms have been regulated in the United States from the start. Laws banning the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813, and other states soon followed: Indiana (1820), Tennessee and Virginia (1838), Alabama (1839), and Ohio (1859). Similar laws were passed in Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma. As the governor of Texas explained in 1893, the mission of the concealed deadly weapon is murder. To check it is the duty of every self-respecting, law-abiding man.
" Time Magazine has standards? Who knew! "
Fareed committed the cardinal sin among Liberal Blatherers — he got caught...
Yeah, they'll wait a whole month for this to blow over. Then he'll be back to his propaganda.
What a shame. I always enjoyed watching and reading Fareed. He elevated self important, arrogant flatulence to new heights. He will be missed.
Pretty bad when that corrupt TIME suspends you.
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Stealing lines from The Communist Manifesto again, was he?
Er ... what lie?
That's what "suspension" means ...
Yes, if you get caught, then plagerism is bad, otherwise...
Oh wow...didn't know they had standards.
They need editors too.
JOE BIDEN, lefty veep
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR......lefty activist
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN......lefty historian and sometimes TV pundit
FAREED ZAKARIA.......Slime Magazine domestic journalistic terrorist and lefty TV punjab.
Funny how all these plagiarists have one thing in common.....hmmmmmm
TIME's up.
I sincerely doubt Time's recitation of their policy, unless there is a hidden exception (wink, wink) that allows for verbatim repetition of DNC talking points.
They didn't suspend him for being a communist, anti-American hack, they suspended him for being caught plagarizing another anti-American hack. Not good enough, TIME, I'm still done with your rag.
The original article has been updated to say that CNN has also suspended him for an unknown period of time.
I vote we get Chode in here for the "Ha Ha" graphic!!!!!!
Camel dung.
Com'on Time, He is just copying his father.
Give him a break like his father used to get, being from minority (Religion of Peace).
Zero with Zakaria book in May 2008
I wonder whose statement he plagiarized.
This is racism pure and simple!
NOW my day is complete!
That guy is such a liberal dimwit, this seems fitting, although I have long since come to the conclusion that plagiarism is a career enhancer for liberals.
You don't hear it much happening to conservatives, eh?
Thanks for that post.
These are the great journalists we are waiting for to vet Obama. Give me a fricking break. They are so lazy they couldn't find Richard Simmons in a closet.
Those Journ-o-lists had to investigate important issues like Joe the plumber's trade license and the DNA of Palin's Down Syndrome child....
What happened? Some kind of copyright thing?
GPS - Got Publicly Slapped
When will CNN fire this Jihadi in a suit?
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Competition is fierce. According to recent sales figures, Barnes & Noble doesn't even make it onto the top five tablet manufacturer list. Apple
B&N had to do something to boost sales and entice consumers, so they've decided on the Nook discount.
By Monday afternoon, Barnes & Noble was falling 2.1% to $18.16, cutting its 12-month gain to 1.5%. The S&P 500 has jumped 18% during that same period.
The New York-based bookseller's first step was to announce that all of their Nook HD tablets will now be able to access all the apps, movies and songs available in the Google
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For the next week, the Nook HD will be selling for $149 (down from $199) and their Nook HD+ will be $179 (usually $269).
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The zombie genre has been a cult favorite since the late 1980s. In the last few decades, zombies have become more mainstream than ever before. They are the king of all film genres. Zombies fill our movie screens, video games, books and televisions. What is it about the living dead that we find so fascinating?
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magpie greg wrote:How Do You Sleep was a response to Too Many People, but I have never read of any response to John's song and he certainly woulnt have waited so long and done it 2 years later you would think if he really wanted to respond.
And Let Me Roll it has no real similarity to Oh Darling. Not even close.
Also LMRI pulls OD's pants down. I dont like OD at all one of PM's weaker Beatle efforts.
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In recent years, college students have lost the ability to tie their own shoes, writes Jerry Weinberger, a Michigan State political science professor, on City Journal. Without their helicopter parents, students lose syllabi, break appointments and can't find the final exam. They don't buy the right books — and as many as 20 percent don't read the books, Weinberger believes.
Before 2004, his final exams would pose essay questions like "Compare Hobbes and Nietzsche on the question of religion" and "What is the difference between Marx and Locke on the origins of private property?" That's impossible now. Too many would flunk.
Students demand "study guides" before the midterm and the final exams. They want to know "the important chapters" in the reading and "the important points" in the lectures they missed. Above all, they want to know what's going to be on the final exam.
I then asked them if in high school they'd been "taught to their tests," especially standardized ones, and provided with study guides and PowerPoint summaries that, in essence, gave them the questions and the answers. My query elicited a sea of nodding heads.
When I gave the exam, some students groused when they saw questions that could be answered only by having read the texts. . . . After grades were in, an excellent student with a 4.0 GPA who earned an A-minus in my class e-mailed me: "It is honestly the first class I have had to work for a grade much since I have been in college. College is full of courses handing out study guides nearly identical to exams, and I thoroughly appreciated this challenge, and actually having to read the material and come to class."
There's nothing new about students asking: Will it be on the test? But college students of yore didn't expect a detailed answer.
Weinberger blames high school prep for standardized tests, but teachers can't spoon-feed answers to tests they don't write themselves. Michigan State students earned A's and B's in high school. It sounds like they did projects that didn't require much reading, got detailed study guides for exams and used extra credit to raise their grades.
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exhAust – a concert of new music – out of AustraliaPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: "Kate Moore", "Lisa Moore", Australian new music, Eileen Mack, exhAust, Ezra Seltzer, Fiona Fraser, galapagos art space, Julian Day, Lisa Dowling, Michael Sollis, Nadje Noordhuis, Nicole Brady, Peter Wise, ted hearne, Tim Hansen, William Gardiner
On Tuesday October 18th 2011 at 8pm "exhAust" will present it's debut concert at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn. ExhAust performs Australian concert music in New York City, music composed especially for the exhAust performers by the younger generation of Australian composers. ExhAust has been established by Australian musicians living here in NY, under the direction of composer Tim Hansen. It features some of the finest performers here in NYC, some of whom just so happen to be Aussie. www.http://exhaustmusic.wordpress.com/
Date: Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Time: Doors: 7 pm, Show: 8 pm
Ticket Price: $20 General Admission, $15 students over 21 w/ ID and seniors at the door
Venue: Galapagos Art Space
16 Main St, Dumbo, Brooklyn · 718 222 8500
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Teeth (2010) Julian Day (b.1977)
Migration (2011) Nadje Noordhuis (b.1977)
Reverie (2011) William Gardiner (b.1987)
Bloodline (2011) Kate Moore (b.1979)
Happy Deathday Mister Robot! (2011) Michael Sollis (1985)
Exh-Aust-ed and Jet-lagged (2011) Fiona Fraser (b.1960)
Good Times! (2011) Tim Hansen (b. 1978 )
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: Eileen Mack
Trumpet: Nadje Noordhuis
Piano/Keyboard: Lisa Moore
Piano/Keyboard: Nicole Brady
Cello: Ezra Seltzer
Double Bass: Lisa Dowling
Percussion: Peter Wise
Conductors: Tim Hansen, Ted Hearne
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The tea party movement is a response Barack Obama
Recently, former Vice President Dan Quayle offered his two cents about the tea party movement:
Like many influential causes before it, the "tea party" movement appeared on the scene uninvited by the political establishment. Democrats in the White House and in Congress recognize it for what it is — a spontaneous and pointed response to the Obama agenda — but some Republican leaders still aren't sure what to make of it, as tea partiers have risen on their own and stirred up trouble in GOP primaries.
Bruce takes issue with Quayle's comments and defends the tea party movement:
The tea party movement is not exclusively a reaction only to "the Obama agenda". And if the GOP buys into that, they're buying trouble. Quayle even acknowledges that without knowing it when he talks about trouble in Republican primaries.
This grass roots movement didn't begin when Obama took office or in reaction to his specific agenda, but instead began to form during the Bush administration as government continued to expand. About the time TARP found its way into the political lexicon, it went public. It was the size of the crisis and response – the trillions of dollars thrown around like confetti – that finally spurred people into the streets and birthed the official "tea party movement".
I really wish that were true, Bruce, but Quayle is right.
The problem is that tea party types did not organize protests to the economic policies of George W. Bush, and TARP was not the first example of fiscal impropriety of his presidency. He cut taxes, so most self-identified conservatives don't ask questions. Nevermind that he didn't cut spending, resulting in massive deficits that will cause huge tax increases in the future.
The first protests were prompted by Rick Santelli's rant on CNBC in response to the Obama Administration's $75 billion Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan that was a bailout for both irresponsible borrowers and lenders.
Bruce continues:
[T]his isn't a movement of right wing disgruntled Republicans. This is a movement of small government fiscal conservatives – almost libertarian in leaning. Her discussion of the demonization of business, the necessity of allowing businesses to fail, getting out of the way of the markets and let them take the lead in recovery were on target and well delivered.
At the beginning of the movement, yes, I think that would have been a true statement. The first Atlanta Tea Party (2/27/09) was a mix of libertarians, like myself and Eric Von Haessler, and fiscal conservatives. There was an authenticity about it as 300 people were huddled together on a cold, wet day at the state Capitol.
Even then, no one was talking about past fiscal recklessness, even though Barack Obama had been in office for just over a month, though everyone was slamming him. I don't have a problem with that because Obama is spending our country further to insolvency but by what was being said, you'd think Bush never existed.
The day Newt Gingrich got involved was the day I walked away. Gingrich is no fiscal conservative, after all he supported TARP and entitlement expansion. He is a political pragmatist that will endorse any movement or political idea that will advance the Republican Party.
It was even more obvious at the Tax Day Tea Party where Sean Hannity, the Republican cheerleader, showed up to broadcast his show. By this time, libertarians began to take a skeptical eye to the tea party as it seemed that Republicans were successfully co-opting the movement.
And finally, Bruce says it:
[Tea partiers are] not looking necessarily for Republicans. They're looking for principled small government fiscal conservatives who will return sanity to government and scale down its size, scope and cost. Sen. Olympia Snowe would not qualify. Sen. Lindsey Graham most likely wouldn't qualify either. And I'll venture to say, neither would Sen. John McCain. These are the type people they're promising "trouble" for in Republican primaries.
What are the qualifiers for a "tea party" candidate, rhetoric or actually putting their words into action? For example, J.D. Hayworth, McCain's primary opponent, isn't exactly a fiscal conservative, though he may be more so than the incumbent.
I sumbit to you that Hayworth's tea party support, sans Sarah Palin, isn't because of fiscal concerns, it's because McCain doesn't hate brown people.
Personally, I don't believe the tea party movement as principled as many of promoters and leaders believe it is. For example, during the health care debate, tea partiers echoed Republican criticism of ObamaCare, including the line that it would cut Medicare. If you're complaining about Medicare cuts, are you endorsing tax increases in the future? Medicare has to be cut to avert a fiscal crisis.
Bruce gives a picture of what the movement is supposed to be, but it's not and it hasn't been for a while. But that's just my personal observation as a disgruntled former tea partier.
Downsizing Government
Our friends at the Cato Institute, the only think tank in DC dedicate to personal and economic liberty, have launched a new site, DownsizingGovernment.org, committed to cutting waste from the federal budget.
From the press release:
The research on the site also exposes that many public outlays—though vigorously defended by the politicians who created them and the constituencies they purport to help—are remarkably ineffective at achieving their core aims.
"Some people have lofty visions about how government spending can help society," said Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute and the project leader for DownsizingGovernment.org. "But the essays on this website put aside such bedtime stories about how government programs are supposed to work, and instead focus on how they actually work in the real world."
DownsizingGovernment.org is an ongoing project that launches today with detailed information on five cabinet-level agencies: Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, and Housing and Urban Development. Subsequent departments will be added as they are completed in the coming months.
The site offers detailed examples of inefficiency, ineffectiveness, redundancy and corruption inside federal government agencies. It provides charts showing federal spending by department, federal aid to states and the number of subsidy programs.
You can follow Downsizing Government on Twitter @DownsizeTheFeds and you can become a fan on Facebook.
1776 Project
A friend has started an organization called the 1776 Project, which he's kicking off today "hoping to inform and educate voters by promoting the values and principles of a Constitutional government." Here's press release explaining the motivation:
The 1776 Project stresses that our Constitution is the single most important civic document in governing our nation. Its provisions, protections and prescriptions are all that is necessary and sufficient to the operation of a good, just and efficient government.
Organizers of the 1776 Project reject the notion that rights are given by government, instead believing the Bill of Rights protects the basic, individual liberties that are derived from natural rights that promote the pursuit of happiness.
Further rejecting the idea that the Constitution can be interpreted and changed however any political party wants to suit their needs, the organizers of the 1776 Project believe the document that created this Republic can only be changed by the process specifically laid out in Article V of the Constitution.
"Government cannot provide happiness, that is not its purpose," says Jorge Gonzalez, founder of the organization. "It is up to each one of us, as individuals, to pursue our own desires and versions of happiness. This is the only way that we can really be a country united in one purpose."
The 1776 Project will be announcing more events and providing information, resources and offering solutions on how Americans can take back their government through peaceful revolution and community outreach. Organizers welcome anyone who agrees with these values, regardless of political party, to join the 1776 Project to bring back a Constitutional government.
Check out the organization's website and get involved on Facebook and Twitter.
Welcoming home a fallen soldier
Henry County, Georgia recently welcomed home Staff Sgt. John Beale, who was killed two weeks ago in Afghanistan. Last Thursday, the citizens of his home and neigboring counties lined up along the side of the street along the procession to pay their respects.
The first video was put together by State Rep. Steve Davis, who represents most of Henry County in the Georgia General Assembly:
You can see other street views of the procession below:
Stimulus bill costs $746k per job
Washington Watch notes that the Obama Administration put out a paper presumably touting the success of the so-called "economic stimulus" bill. The paper says:
In the first 100 days since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, we have obligated more than $112 billion, created more than 150,000 jobs and helped communities and tribes in every state and territory. But recovery is more than just a compilation of statistics; it's the return of hope and optimism about the future that comes with making life better for communities and families across the country. And it's proof of America's vast capacity to create real progress in the short term as we emerge from an economic crisis that was years in the making.
Jim Harper of Washington Watch comments:
Well, I feel better already!
For perspective, $112 billion is just shy of $370 per person or $1,150 per U.S. family.
Even more perspective…that's more than $746,000 per job "created." The United States has lost almost $2.5 million jobs in the first four months this year, 539,000 in April alone. So let's be honest here, the "stimulus" bill is having no real impact on the job market.
How the FEC is destroying free speech
The Cato Institute takes a look at what election law and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) are doing to free speech in the United States by examining Citizens United v. FEC, which I previously wrote about here.
Seasonal flu kills 36,000 every year
Not to talk down the seriousness of the situation with the "swine flu," but 13,000 people have died from seasonal influenza since January:
An outbreak of swine flu that is suspected in more than 150 deaths in Mexico and has sickened dozens of people in the United States and elsewhere has grabbed the attention of a nervous public and of medical officials worried the strain will continue to mutate and spread.
Experts are nervous that, as a new strain, the swine flu will be harder to stop because there aren't any vaccines to fight it.
But even if there are swine-flu deaths outside Mexico — and medical experts say there very well may be — the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that seasonal influenza causes in the United States each year.
Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on the causes of death in the nation.
No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available.
Let's put things into perspective for a moment. The swine flu scare is something to be concerned about, but it's not a reason to cook up asinine conspiracy theories or use the public's fear to advance your big government agenda.
Second Amendment now applies to the Ninth District
The Ninth District Court of Appeals weighed in on the Second Amendment today as they ruled in Nordyke v. King. Here's the story from SCOTUS Blog:
The Constitution's protection of an individual right to have guns for personal use restricts the powers of state and local government as much as it does those of the federal government, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled Monday. The opinion by the three-judge panel can be found here. This is the first ruling by a federal appeals court to extend the Second Amendment to the state and local level. Several cases on the same issue are now awaiting a ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court.
Ruling on an issue that is certain to reach the Supreme Court, the Circuit Court concluded "that the right to keep and bear arms" as a personal right has become a part of the Constitution as it applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.
That right, it said, "is 'deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition.' Colonial revolutionaries, the Founders, and a host of commentators and lawmakers living during the first one hundred years of the Republic all insisted on the fundamental nature of the right. It has long been regarded as the 'true palladium of liberty.'
[F]ollowing the lead of the Supreme Court's decision last June in District of Columbia v. Heller, finding a personal right in the Second Amendment for the first time, the Circuit Court concluded that the right as interpreted by the Justices is limited to "armed self-defense" in the home.
Basically what that means that the Ninth District incorporated Second Amendment, as an individual right, to the states in its jurisdiction.
The opinion is available here.
Obama offers nothing in the way of budget cuts
President Obama is asking for budget cuts from his Cabinet:
President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, where he will order members to identify a combined $100 million in budget cuts over the next 90 days, according to a senior administration official.
The budget cuts, while they would account to a minuscule portion of federal spending, are intended to signal the president's determination to cut spending and reform government, the official said.
Obama's order comes as he is under increasing pressure to show momentum toward his goal of eventually reducing the federal deficit, even as he goes about increasing spending in the short run to prop up the economy and support his priorities.
That's it? $100 million? John Miller over at the NRO describes that as a "a rounding error at a Department of Agriculture regional office." What a joke.
Is Atlas Shrugged finally going to the silver screen?
This my latest article for the Atlanta Examiner.
Talk of putting Ayn Rand's classic, Atlas Shrugged, on the silver screen has made its way back into the news:
After decades in development hell, Ayn Rand's capitalism-minded "Atlas Shrugged" is taking new steps toward the big screen — with one of the film world's most prominent money men potentially at its center.
Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media is circling the Baldwin Entertainment project and could come aboard to finance with Lionsgate, which got involved several years ago.
Rand's popular but polarizing book — it's derided by many literary critics but has a huge public following — tells the story of Dagny Taggart, a railroad executive trying to keep her corporation competitive in the face of what she perceives as a lack of innovation and individual responsibility.
A number of stars have expressed serious interest in playing the lead role of Taggart. Angelina Jolie previously had been reported as a candidate to play the strong female character, but the list is growing and now includes Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts and Anne Hathaway.
This isn't the first time there has been talk of making Atlas Shrugged into a motion picture, as the article notes. In fact, Rand was working on a screenplay when she died in 1982. Needless to say, the project has a history of not getting off the ground.
Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957, is a work of fiction, however, it contains key concepts of Rand's personal philosophy, Objectivism, which teaches rational self-interest, personal sovereignty and free-market capitalism. Many also consider it to be somewhat prophetic, especially during this current economic downturn.
The producers of society, represented by Dagny Taggart, Hank Rearden, Francisco d'Anconia and John Galt, are derided by antagonists in the book and government action, supported by "looters" and "moochers," begin leading its citizens down the path of socialism. Sound familiar?
In Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Rand called business, "America's persecuted minority." Though, as Rand once pointed out, businessmen are often enemies of capitalism because they seek government favor, much like companies seeking bailouts today.
With the rise of the group mentality and class warfare, the producers in our world today are castigated and blamed for the current economic downfall. Rand once said, "One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary." That is exactly what we are seeing in today societal and political rhetoric, just look at recent comments by President Barack Obama for affirmation of the misguided and cancerous populism consuming America. That the market has failed and it must be regulated to the point of expanding government power to take over businesses.
Keep your fingers crossed that a film adaption of Atlas Shrugged gets done. with a message as powerful as the novel. Rand's message needs to be heard.
If you'd like to learn more about Ayn Rand, please visit the Ayn Rand Institute and the Atlas Society.


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In this AMC/FilmInFocus First Look, actor Demetri Martin sits down with James Schamus, Focus Features CEO the screenwriter/producer of Taking Woodstock to discuss the movie.
Demetri Martin: From Person to Movie Star
Demetri Martin on Taking Woodstock.
Taking Woodstock: Then and Now
What happened after the music faded.
Father Knows Best: The Early Comedies of Ang Lee
On Ang Lee's opening comic salvos.
Taking Woodstock Red Carpet: July 29, 2009, NYC
New York gathers for Ang Lee's new film.
Talking Woodstock
A brief glossary of Taking Woodstock terms.
Taking Time: The Road to Woodstock
The true story behind Taking Woodstock, historically.
Introduction from "Taking Woodstock: The Shooting Script"
The screenwriter muses on the event.
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Ang Lee on Taking Woodstock's script.
Painting Woodstock: A slide show of Psychedelic Art
A movement that mixed drugs and art.
Taking Woodstock Production Notes
Production notes from Taking Woodstock.
Images from the 1969 Woodstock Festival
Photographs from the historic musical event.
Of Hippies and Homosexuals: Being Gay in Woodstock
A look at the convergence and divergence of two movements.
Taking Woodstock - in Woodstock
A special screening in Woodstock, NY.
Woodstock Film Festival Turns Ten
A slide show of a film festival growing up.
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Hagi Think Tank 2 Commissioning a Hagi SO
As many of you already know, the Hagi SO pieces are far from accidental.
Currently there are generally 3 integral people envolved.
The artisan, it all starts there.
Mago, he works personally with these artisans and is integral to the SO's success. Nothing you see in an SO is picked out of a catalog, these are all custom made pieces created for TeaChatters with the goal of sharing Japanese teaware culture with the international community.
Moi. I work hand in hand with Mago and the artisan to create SO's that are not only "special" but unique and truly different and hopefully spectacular. Often I am very involved in the design work, selecting/creating a glaze, a style, the actual clay to be used, a size, the X factor, in combination. And then negotiate the price point to be below a perceived market value for such a unique piece.
I have never just said, "tell Yamane-San to make us something." I maintain a level of control of the process in order to maintain the overall integrity of the SO program. All the while allowing for the creativity and the uniquely Japanese nature of Hagi.


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On December 15, the Afghan Olympic Committee celebrated the re-opening of the newly renovated Ghazi Stadium in Kabul. Hosted by the Afghan Olympic Committee, the event was attended by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Afghan Olympic President Lieutenant General Mohammad Zaher Aghbar, and Commander of International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan General John Allen.
The event, which also included nearly 5,000 spectators, featured a parade of athletes on the track, opening remarks, a ribbon cutting, and two abbreviated soccer matches involving both men's and women's soccer teams.
The U.S. Government provided grants for the stadium's refurbishment and the re-turf of its playing surface. The new playing field will be Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) certified allowing for future matches to be internationally sanctioned.
The Ghazi Stadium refurbishment project will bring to the forefront a symbol of national pride for furthering the strong sporting culture that exists in Afghanistan and serve as an extremely visible example of the reconstruction progress being made in Afghan civil society. In the recent past, the stadium was used by the Taliban for public executions and the opening will provide a new chapter of Afghan pride and close the door on the ugly past that the stadium once represented.


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Krawczak: An important decision was made
An important decision was made recently that will impact the community of Alpena. The county commissioners voted on the future of Northern Lights Arena.
You may have heard something about the plaza proposed for Downtown Alpena. Decisions that will impact the community are going to be made about the plaza.
The plaza happens to be part of the overall branding effort for Alpena. You may have heard about the brand that was decided a best fit for Alpena Sanctuary of the Great Lakes, marine, body and soul.
As this town continues to push forward, there will be many decisions like the three I mentioned that will have great potential for the economy of this area if we choose to respond to them in a supportive manner.
When I agreed to write these columns I told myself I would not write about politically charged topics. So this is not support for, or a statement against, any decisions that have been made regarding any topics, by any boards or committees. I am not going to let my, or the Chamber's opinion on any of the topics show because this is not about taking sides. It is about the choice you have after decisions are made.
When a decision is made, there are different actions you can take. You can choose not to support the decision. You can choose to support the decision. Or you can choose to be neutral about the decision. In an ideal scenario the community would rally behind the decision, put personal differences aside, and support it so that whatever the decision was, it would have the greatest possible outcome for the community as a whole.
Why is this important? Because unity and cohesiveness is the best way to grow a community. Because we need to support the assets we have here if we want this town to be successful. Because sometimes we need to put our personal feelings aside and do what's right for the community. Because we need to recognize when we are letting the immediacy of our thoughts cloud the value of the bigger picture.
For example, we need to show our support to Northern Lights Arena because it is an asset to the health of the entire community. When the plaza is built, we need to stand behind it and utilize it because no matter how you feel about the plaza, its location, or the changes the plaza might lead to, you can't ignore the opportunities it creates for the area. We need to do our part to share and grow the brand because a strong brand is tightly linked to a stronger economy.
Rallying behind a decision doesn't have to exist without concerns or questions. It means focusing on how you can support it instead of how you can tear it apart or avoid it. It means adopting an attitude of, "How can I help lead this to the most successful outcome?"
I hope that when you hear a decision that's been made, your response is more supportive than negative or neutral. When you hear about a proposed new project for the area, I hope you strive to fully understand it, including the bigger picture and value it could bring and not get wrapped up in the small details or immediate changes it will cause. Chances are those concerns are all solvable with a cooperative approach and they don't need to stand in the way of us embracing opportunity.
This is about the opportunity we have after a decision is made. The intent is not to suggest that getting involved before the decision is made is not important. Because being part of the decision is important. But not everyone will choose to do that. Instead, I wanted to address the supportive role we can play after a decision is made.
Whether we agree with them or not, whether we choose to participate in making them or not, we should all take personal responsibility to make sure we support the assets we have here in this community. We should take some ownership to make sure projects produce the best outcomes possible. Jackie Krawczak is the executive director of the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce. Her column runs bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Follow Jackie on Twitter @jkrawczak.


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Conductor Anne Manson Leads American Composers Orchestra in Two World Premieres, Jan 29 at Carnegie HallPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: American Composers Orchestra, anne manson, carnegie, paquito d'rivera, roger zare, Sebastian Currier, world premiere, zankel
On Friday, January 29 at 7:30pm in Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, conductor Anne Manson will make her American Composers Orchestra concert debut when she leads the ACO in "Orchestra Underground: Conversations", a program featuring two world premieres: Sebastian Currier's Next Atlantis for orchestra, electronics and video and Time Lapse by ACO/Underwood Commission winner Roger Zare. The concert also includes Paquito D'Rivera's Conversations with Cachao which was written for bassist Israel López.
Each work in "Orchestra Underground: Conversations" has a distinct voice. Inspired by New Orleans, Sebastian Currier's Next Atlantis, accompanied by a multimedia presentation by artist Pawel Wojtasik, weaves together sounds of water, elegiac strains for strings, murmurings of Dixieland, and visual depictions of an imagined future when the city is but a collective memory, having been fully submerged by the rising sea. According to Roger Zare, Time Lapse "explores sudden and gradual changes of time and momentum, and ideas are developed temporally as often as they are developed motivically." Paquito D'Rivera's Conversations with Cachao (2007) pays homage to the Cuban mambo star and bassist Israel "Cachao" López, and is built on elements of Cuban traditional music. Commissioned by the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, this work was conceived as a double concerto for contrabass, clarinet/alto sax & orchestra, it comprises three movements: Israel (Cachao's first name), Guajira (a Cuban folk form) and The Return (a fantasy on the mind of every exiled Cuban). ACO's performance will feature the composer on alto saxophone and clarinet, and Robert Black on double bass.
Tickets are $38 – $48. To purchase, call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or buy online at www.carnegiehall.org.
The program will be repeated on Saturday, January 30 at 7:30pm in Philadelphia's Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $25; Call 215-898-3900 or visit www.AnnenbergCenter.org.
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THE BEATLES came close to recording their landmark REVOLVER album at soul Mecca Stax but security concerns forced the Fab Four to scrap plans to head for Memphis, Tennessee.
The group's manager Brian Epstein visited Stax's base on McLemore Avenue, where the likes of Otis Redding and Booker T & The MGs cut albums, in 1966.
But, when news of the plans spread and was picked up by the local media, the idea was scrapped and The Beatles recorded Revolver at Abbey Road in London.
Former Stax publicist Deanie Parker, who now runs the Stax Museum on the site of the studios, admits the Beatles even had a two-week session booked for 09 April, 1966.
She tells Britain's Mojo magazine, "I was seeing dollar signs. I talked to (Stax founder) Jim Stewart and said, 'If The Beatles do come, will you give me permission to take the carpet up, cut it into squares and sell it?'" Stax songwriter Johnny Keyes reveals even Elvis Presley got involved, offering to put The Beatles up at his nearby Graceland mansion for the duration of their stay in Memphis.
He adds, "It went back and forth, and Epstein left town because he didn't want to get in the middle of it. The session never happened." Booker T & The MGs star Steve Cropper, who actually met The Beatles briefly, muses, "Who knows what might've happened? Taxman could've been Staxman."


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Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 300
Total Fat 10.5 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Sodium 813 mg
Total Carbohydrate 22 g
Dietary Fiber 5.5 g
Protein 29.5 g
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Leek, sliced ½
Parsnips, cut into 2-inch sticks 1 cup
Medium carrots, cut into 2-inch sticks 2
Chicken thighs 4
Olive oil 2 teaspoons
Reduced-sodium chicken broth ½ cup
Dried thyme ½ teaspoon
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper 1/8 teaspoon
- Preheat oven to 450˚F.
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Kindergarten is too tough for little kids these days, New York City teachers complain to the Post.
Way beyond the ABCs, crayons and building blocks, the city Department of Education now wants 4- and 5-year-olds to write "informative/explanatory reports" and demonstrate "algebraic thinking."
Children who barely know how to write the alphabet or add 2 and 2 are expected to write topic sentences and use diagrams to illustrate math equations.
Under newly adopted Common Core State Standards, kindergarten teachers read aloud "informational texts," such as "Garden Helpers," a National Geographic tale about useful pests.
After three weeks, kids have to "write a book about what they've learned," with a drawing and sentences explaining the topic.
In math, kindergarteners learn about the "commutative property." (I recall learning that in middle school.)
The big test: "Miguel has two shelves. Miguel has six books . . . How many different ways can Miguel put books on the two shelves? Show and tell how you know."
Teachers rate students' performance as "novice," "apprentice," "practitioner" or "expert."
An "expert" would draw a diagram with a key, show all five combinations, write number sentences for each equation, and explain his or her conclusions using math terms, the DOE says.
Cathleen Vecchione, a kindergarten teacher at PS 257 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has taught her students to count by 10s, but hasn't started teaching addition.
Her students are expected to write simple sentences, such as "I have a pet."
I tutor first graders in reading and I once volunteered in my daughter's kindergarten class. Writing is very challenging for little kids. Some can't form letters. Most can't spell. It's especially tough for boys. And I haven't met many five- or six-year-olds who are ready to write equations.
In fact, I'm 60 and I'm a little puzzled by Miguel's book options. The Post suggests there are five combinations. I get 14 ways if it's just about how many books go on each shelf. (Zero books on Shelf A and six on Shelf B and so on, then zero books on Shelf B and six on Shelf A and so on.) But what if Miguel is putting some books on their side, and other backwards and . . . Is he organizing by subject matter? Perhaps he's got his physics books on Shelf A and his philosophy books on Shelf B.
In Developing the Habits of Mind for Algebraic Thinking, Barry Garelick implies that fifth graders aren't ready to write algebraic equations. "Giving students problems to solve for which they have little or no prior knowledge or mastery of algebraic skills is not likely to develop the habit of mind of algebraic thinking," he writes.


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Here's how RW members rated this race (476 votes).
In short: As always a fantastic and challanging raceIn full: The hills don't get any shorter! Fantastic race well organised and marshalled.Date of review: November 22, 2010
In short: nice day nice cource not enough loos dont wash your tee shirt my dog wears it nowDate of review: November 16, 2010
In short: Beautiful autumnal course but darn those hillsIn full: My first time in Marlow and definitely not my last. This is a challenging course, it begins with a gradual 2 mile ascent and then later on it hits you with two monster hills that almost reduced me to standstill. Glorious sunshine whilst running through beautiful autumnal countryside and with friendly athletes. Not a course to plan a PB unless you're good with hills. The last 2 miles are a gentle descent allowing for a very strong finish if you have any petrol left. Nice long sleeve tshirt at the end. I would definitely do this again.Date of review: November 16, 2010
In short: Just like Marmite - you'll either love it or hate it !!In full: At least this year was dry !! The last 2 yrs were under 6 inches of water - should have used a canoe. Great race again this year, marshalling and general organisation was excellent once again. Good T-shirt for finishing. Crowd support was good as usual.Those hills don't get any easier, my calves were sore for three days after, just about managed an uncomfortable 5 miles Wednesday night following the race.Definalely recommended to those of you with a high pain threshold.Go for it :-)Date of review: November 16, 2010
In short: Tough, hilly race but attractive course with excellent organisationIn full: A very tough race but it was a lovely day, the scenery was often beautiful and the marshalls were plentiful, courteous and encouraging in equal measure. Thanks to you all, but especially the two at the top of that brutal hill at 9 miles who applauded us for getting to the top, but were kind enough not to let on that there was another one to follow. A real challenge and unlikely to be a PB course for many people but a really excellent event.Date of review: November 10, 2010
In short: If you love hills then this one is for you!In full: Great race but hard. Demanding ascents and painful descents. Very friendly atmosphere. Many thanks to the supportive marshalls who had to spend hours in the cold.Date of review: November 10, 2010
In short: If you want a challenge, this one is excellent!In full: Glorious scenery, painful hills, just the right number of runners so you're not tripping over them or struggling to find one, and really friendly. The commentator was excellent, and was going all day. Just do plenty of hill training in advance and don't expect a PB (although somehow I got one!). All in all, fabulous - thanks to all the great marshals, there seemed thousands of them!Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: Tough run but very rewardingIn full: Great atmosphere, excellent scenary but extremely tough. Mostly up hill, some nice down hill stretches and two killer hills... Not for the faint hearted, but felt great doing it. The marshalls were really encouraging, clapping and cheering for the whole race! Only my second half marathon, but would definitely run it again.Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: Tough but beautiful raceIn full: Another well organised race in the Chiltern woodlands. The marshals were excellent, the only way the could have helped me more would have been to carry me up those two late hills .... !Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: watch out for that hill at 8 miles, it's a bit of a killer.Date of review: November 8, 2010
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
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HANZ ARAKI: Flute player/singer Hanz Araki is the quintessential world music musician, performing a blend of traditional Scottish, Irish and English songs and instrumentals with fierce musicianship and an original approach. His journey began with traditional Japanese music and led to traditional Celtic, pop and rock. Channeling six generations of flautists, a cross-cultural tapestry is woven that never grows stale.
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This is the type of data Gardner currently collects for its overall manufacturing index. These are the results of the December survey, to which close to 700 subscribers to Gardner publications in metalworking, plastics, and composites responded. While there was no plant size category that showed growth, the results were split between small and large plants. The rate of contraction was much faster for plants with fewer than 50 employees than it was for plants with more than 50 employees. When it's launched, The Plastics Processing Index will have the same type of information specific to plastics processing.
Since December 2006, Cincinnati-based Gardner Business Media (the parent company of Plastics Technology) has published a monthly business index for the metalworking industry in our sister publication, Modern Machine Shop (MMS). This index is based on reader responses to the same type of questions and survey methodology as are used by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) or the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI).
While many companies involved in manufacturing rightfully play close attention to the ISM or PMI indices, Gardner's Metalworking Business Index has an advantage in its analysis of the very specific type of manufacturing in which the subscribers of MMS are involved.
I am pleased to say that beginning in the second quarter of this year, we will be launching a Plastics Processing Business Index based on a similar model. The survey will be conducted and the index prepared by Steven Kline, Jr., Gardner's corporate director of market intelligence.
The index will be based on survey answers to questions on matters concerning:
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The results will be interpreted in the same way as the Metalworking Business Index: A reading above 50 indicates growth, while a reading under 50 indicates contraction.
We started compiling the relevant data on plastics processing in December 2012. A subscriber at every plant for whom we have an email address was sent a link to the survey, which only takes a few minutes to complete. Similar emails went out in January and this month, and by the second quarter we should have enough data to start identifying trends.
I know you probably get a whole bunch of emails every day. Please look out for this one. Data is golden, and the more response we get to our monthly effort, the more value this data will have for you and your business.


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Topic: Checkboxes in rails returning no value? How to get Checkboxes working
I am trying to get the values from my check boxes, but whenever I use params[:chosen], it seems to always return nil. What am I missing? is params the right way to do it?
This is the line I have in my view:
<%=label_tag :chosen, "Choose Image" %>
<%= check_box("product", "images", {checked: true}) %>
<%= check_box_tag "chosen[#{i}]",1,true %></td
I tried check box also, but when i do params['images'], i still get nothing
<%= check_box("product", "images", {checked: true}) %>
this does produce the checkboxes but I can never seem to get the value from it. Do I need to put something in the controller?
Thank you
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Is it OK too keep whisking one's matcha when the foam dissipates? Since I am a "western gulper," I tend to take my matcha in 6 ounce portions, for convenience. However, with these larger sized portions, I notice that my nice head of creamy foam dissipates half-way through the bowl. Can I rewhisk at this point, or does this somehow change the flavor of the tea?


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The BWF has a number of Endorsing Training Centres. These are privately owned and operated badminton training centres and academies that provide high performance training for players who wish to play competatively at an international level. Some of the players are aiming to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The BWF has assessed these centres as having high quality training - both technical and physical training for badminton athletes. The BWF refers athletes to such centres if it has enquires from Member Associations or players in "developing" and "less developed" badminton systems. These players may have an Olympic Solidarity scholarship and they can use this scholarship to help fund their training / living environment at the centre. Other players will pay the fees for such training with the support of their Association, a scholarship through their Continental Confederation or their families.
The aims of having this system of Endorsed Training Centres are:
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3. To provide options for Olympic Solidarity Scholarship holders who are seeking a training environment in Europe / Asia.
The BWF is please to have the following centres as BWF Endorsed Training Centres:
1. Greve Training Centre - Copenhagen Denmark - www.grevebadminton.dk
2. International Badminton Academy - Copenhagen Denmark - www.intbadaca.dk
3. Tangkas Alfamart Training Centre - Jakarta Indonesia
The BWF can provide more information on the kinds of programmes provided and discuss with Olympic Solidarity Scholarship holders and their NOCs / Associations the kind of training and living environment that would best suit their needs as they aim towards Olympic Games qualification.
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Howdy kids. Today we're going to see one of the rarest animals on the planet, aw crikey! We're going to look at the natural habitat of the NFL Zebra to see how it reacts in certain situations. I hope you're excited kids!
Howdy kids, we start off our adventure today by watching the sacred ritual of the zebra: flipping the coin.
Steelers win: defer.
What a play.
Troy makes some good moves on the return, but it gets called back to the spot of the INT on offsetting penalties after the pick.
Crikey kids, right off the bat we see the zebra confused as he has to go watch what he just saw in a little TV booth.
Parker scoots for 4, then Ben finds Hines down the sidelines for a big gain to get inside the 40. Air it out Arians takes a shot deep against a cover-2 which is almost picked off, but it was worth the shot early to test them. To make matters worse, Ben gets sacked on 2nd down, forcing a 3rd and long. Moore gets a dump-off pass that he takes for 13 yards, leaving us with 4th and 5. With a sloppy field, we should have either punted or gone for it, but instead we opt to try a 51-yard field goal, which Reed misses badly. That's his first miss of the season, but you can't really blame him for it. Bad coaching decision.
San Diego takes over at the 41 and goes to work. LT rips his biggest run of the game for 12 yards, but then gets stuffed for nothing. The Chargers do nothing on a free play where Smith was offsides, but Smith gets his revenge quick by stuffing LT on 2nd and 5. Rivers converts the third down with a 17-yard pass to get the ball inside the 25. After LT gets stuffed again, Rivers takes a shot for the end zone.
Crikey kids! Here we see the zebra performing a time-honored tradition: blowing a call! I bet it won't be the first time we see this happen.
The Chargers get a gift touchdown as they get the ball on the 3 off of a pass interference penalty on a clearly uncatchable ball. LT takes it in.
Gary Russell grinds out a pretty good kick return to get the Steelers the ball across the 30. He's not fast or flashy, but he follows his blocks and is hard to bring down.
Parker runs the show for 12 yards on the first two plays before Ben hooks up with Spaeth to get the ball to the 50. Parker gets 4 on 3rd and 1 to keep the drive alive and then comes back with a rip of 13 yards to move the ball inside the 35. Ben hits Holmes on a great slant route that he turns upfield for a good gain but-
The zebras are getting really frisky on this one! The great thing about watching zebras in the wild is you never know what you're going to see. But make sure you keep a safe distance kids!
Willie Colon, an offensive lineman, is called for being off the line of scrimage. He's a lineman. He has to be on the line. But the clock is unfased. He comes back and hits Hines with a short pass that Hines turns upfield for a huge 30-yard gain to get the ball down to the 8. After Parker gets halfway there on first down, our moron offensive coordinator decides to go 5-wide. Well, guess what happens when you only have 5 guys blocking? Ben gets sacked. Ben takes a timeout to wash his hands of the last play and finds Nate running across the field who makes a lunge for the goal line…
Crikey kids, zebras are known for their incredible nearsightedness. They can't be trusted to see anything more than a meter in front of them.
Nate is called down at the 1. Replay showed he was in, but Tomlin refuses to challenge. Instead, the geniuses that be decided to go for it on 4th and goal, and instead of a QB sneak or a run up the middle, or even giving it to Parker, they decide to run Mewelde Moore to the outside. Yeah, it got stopped.
Keisel and Farrior stopped Tomlinson for nothing on first down as the quarter expired.
Parker gets 6 and Hines reels another one in for the first down and more. Nasty Nate hauls in a 2nd down pass to set up 3rd and 2, where the Steelers go 5-wide, but dodge a bullet when Ben hits Moore along the sidelines for 4 yards. Just when it seems like things are coming together.
Let's not forget that in ancient cultures zebras were seen of deprivers of hope and bringers of woe.
Hines, or the "Known Offender" as he is being called in the locker room, gets called for holding. Short passes to Parker and Hines get us back to 3rd and 10, but Ben is sacked, ending the drive. Our punter looks like a joke after what San Diego's just did, and he only manages a 30-yard kick.
The LT show looks like it's about to take over the world on the next drive until Polamalu blows up a play in the backfield and San Diego gets called for their only penalty of the game, a false start which the refs had to call, to their chagrin. Woodley makes a great play in pass defense on 3rd and long to force a punt.
Ben dumps a short pass to backup tight end Sean McHugh who rumbles for 15 yards to move the sticks. After an incompletion, Ben hits Hines for a solid gain that looks close to the sticks, but not quite. Moron Arians calls another off-tackle run on short yardage and what do you know, it gets stopped. I bet they didn't expect that one, right Bob "Huge douche" Smizik?
Even the punt team isn't safe from the zebras. Sproles calls fair catch, but then starts to run with it, so Anothony Smith tackles him…and gets called for catch interference.
Rivers comes out and hits Jackson for 8 yards, but Woodley stops LT in the backfield and Brett Keisel comes up with a HUGE sack on 3rd down…
Which he caps off by doing a little "Row the boat" celebration dance
As the clock winds under two minutes, you would like to see us put some more points on the board. As San Deigo starts with the ball near midfield, you come to the conclusion that the defense is going to have to produce something, because the offense sure isn't.
Another interesting trait of the zebra is it's inability to make decisions. It will often go back on what it previously decided.
The refs overturn a called-incompletion on the sidelines, giving San Diego even better position. Two plays later, Rivers dumps one off to LT who makes a mad dash down the sidelines before Tyrone Carter gets him at the 17. It was looking like Bad News Bears, but enter James Harrison. On a pass intended for a tight end not named Gates, Harrison jumps the route and pulls in a HUUUUUUGE interception to stop the drive and take it the other way.
What is it about linebackers making interceptions against San Diego?
Punt, Pass and Kick
Always entertaining
My dad noted we needed "a bloop and a blast" to get back in the game.
Third Quarter
With runners at the corners, Reed blasts one to center field for a 3-run homer.
"You see Ben, we bet on the Chargers to beat the spread. That's why we can't let you score a touchdown."
San Diego looked ready to go 3-and-out after Willie Gay made a great stick on 2nd down, but Rivers converted, keeping the drive alive. Rivers continued to light things up, hitting Chambers for a first down then scrambling for another one to move the ball into Steelers territory. The ground game took over from there as LT picked up gains of 9 and 10 yards to get the ball inside the 25. Things were looking dim when Rivers hit Jackson on 3rd and 10 to get the ball down to the 6 and LT picked up 2 yards on 1st and goal. But veteran players make big plays when the time calls for it. Ike gets a great jump on a pass for Jackson, breaking it up. On 3rd down, Rivers lobs one for Gates in the corner…
Do yourself a favor. Just watch the video of the final drive. It's too good for words.
Polamalu gets screwed out of a touchdown. Search for it on YouTube, everyone's calling that the game was fixed. Apparently Vegas made some $160 million because the Steelers didn't cover the spread. The refs even admitted it was the wrong call.
Offensive Game Ball: Jeff Reed
Hines probably deserves this one, especially for the huge catch he had to set up the winning field goal. But Reed did all the scoring and he came through in the clutch once again. Reed deserves to go to Hawai'i this year, and he just might get the chance if he keeps it up. I don't know if Hawai'i is ready for Jeff Reed though.
Defensive Game Ball: Troy Polamalu
So maybe Harrison deserved this more for his sack, INT and safety. But Polamalu played a great game shadowing Gates around the field, holding him to 2 catches for 10 yards and helping out in the run game. Troy had a great INT and a fumble recovery for a touchdown that the refs screwed him out of.
Honorable Mentions:
Willie Parker
Hines Ward
James Harrison
Brett Keisel
Matt Spaeth
Final Thoughts
- A win is a win. Style points don't count in the NFL.
- We still control our own destiny in the division and for the #2 seed, as the Jets have 3 conference losses
- 400+ yards of total offense and only 9 points?
- We need to find a way to get the ball in the end zone
- 6 quarters without a touchdown
- Ben remembered which color uniform we were wearing today
- At least we have Cincy on the short week. Any other team might have given us trouble.
- Worst officiating crew since Phil Luckett.
- The NFL may have to put an asterisk in their record books next to "The Only 11-10 Game Ever*" *-but it should have been 18-10 as a touchdown at the end was wrongly called back.
- The Steelers should get credit for two wins for this game because they beat the Chargers and the Zebras.
- Over/Under on Steelers getting fined this week is 4 1/2.
As always, Mellancamp says it best:


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Published: January 1st, 2016 at 11:01 am ET


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Anyone have any interest in doing a Pick 30 Pool for the NBA ... similar in nature to the popular Pick 30 pool we do for MLB?
Basic premise, over a 60 day period, you have to pick each of the 30 teams in the NBA to win a game. One pick per day max. So 30 days you would pick a team to win their game, 30 days you would have as pass days. Pick each of the 30 NBA teams one time. $30 per man. Most total wins takes down the kitty.
Do two phases. One pre-All Star break, one after.
We get at least 10-12 people interested, we'll roll with it.