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No this isn't about the giants but it's something that affects football as a whole.
Giants fans watching in 2000 know more than anyone what the guy can do and what he has done.
No this isn't about the giants but it's something that affects football as a whole.
Giants fans watching in 2000 know more than anyone what the guy can do and what he has done.
He gets no respect from me for his off the field activities.
Next time you hear gunshots nearby, I'll be sure to report you for shooting someone as soon as possible. Especially if you're famous.
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So will Hester, probably Urlacher, Reed, Tony Gonzalez, Driver, Moss, Woodson?
"Once a Giant, ALWAYS, a Giant."
You might want to check your facts cause there's this little thing called "wrong place at wrong time"
Last time I checked buddy, innocent bystanders go free. What's your excuse? He's famous? OJ was famous too. A magic fairy took the evidence? Just admit you don't like the ravens or your sour pus cause they blew us out.
Typical. Bunch of ignorant fools who jump on the possibility of any famous person who isn't on their team being arrested.
YOU sir might want to check your facts. Cause your "facts" sounds more like ignorant jargon.
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Exactly what facts have I stated? You're becoming a little unhinged, son. I have no issue with the Ravens, not with Lewis. They deserved that SB, the Giants weren't even competitive in that game. That's how close it wasn't. Why would that color my judgment over a decade later? Are you really that childish that you would believe such nonsense?
I never questioned his play; I think he was one of the top LBs ever to play the game.
Your inane rant was: "What activites? Seriously? Are we really gonna say that a guy who was in the same area as a stabbing instantly means HE did it? Is that what we've become?
Next time you hear gunshots nearby, I'll be sure to report you for shooting someone as soon as possible. Especially if you're famous."
That's what I questioned. If you want to argue this I'll gladly do so. But please have your facts straight before we do so.
Innocent bystander means no affiliation to the crime. Is that - seriously - what you are purporting to the case here? Completely innocent bystander?
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There were dozens of people there. Are they innocent bystanders? Funny how the one guy being considered happens to be the star LB.
Of course he was a complete innocent bystander. My God people it was 12 years ago. If any "hidden evidence" or "hush hush" happened, don't you think it would have been brought up by now? The only people who still bring it up still are steelers fans or people who just hate him or the ravens(like steelers fans). There is ZERO proof, ZERO that he actually did it. But I'm sure the average person would instantly
Every fool just translates " black football player who acts angry for show" at crime scene = angry black football player did it.
There was a crowd of people there. Why would the one guy out of dozens of people who is getting payed millions risk something pointless the same season he's gonna win the SB?
The guy testified against the 2 guys who did it. Obviously if he was trying to cover some guy, he wouldn't be testifying against them.
The guys got kids and family.
He was at the building filled with dozens. Gun shots go off. He drives away. The police state that they were looking for HIS car because it was seen leaving the area(NOT because the person driving was the killer). He admits that he misleaded the cops. He explains and testifies against the people(who were also found not guilty) in exchange for 12 year probation(not years in jail for murder) for obstruction of justice(not murder).
The other two guys were found not guilty. Why are we saying Ray Lewis wasn't innocent? Why not the 2 other guys?
If you want to and say his mislead makes him not an innocent bystander, fine, but that doesn't make him a culprit and the thought of it is ridiculous.
The guy in real life is about as much a bad guy as tim tebow, Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald or Troy Polamalu.
The facts are that Lewis was indicted, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and testified against the two men, who were eventually found not guilty. He may also be a redeemed soul — and without a doubt he is one of the very few best defensive players in NFL history. Taken together, that is a more complete version of his legacy.
The madness is when everyone hears about a player being "considered" they translate that as "HE DD IT".
BEN RAPED SOMEONE( even though the only proof is from a drunken girl who was stalking him).
The reality is if famous players were getting away with stuff, Vick wouldn't have been in jail.
Last edited by GentleGiant; 01-02-2013 at 09:33 PM.
Thank you for getting the facts before responding again. The sheer number of wrongheaded assumptions, dime store psychology BS and idiotic leaps to false conclusions - not to mention the borderline racebaiting without even a scintilla of actual data - in your previous posts were getting tiring to say the least.
So can we safely assume that you've moved off of completely innocent bystander, right?
Because completely innocent bystanders always get indicted, plead guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for testifying against their friends and have the blood of the victim found in their limo, don't they? Do I think he stabbed the guy? Of course not. But that's a far cry from innocent bystander.
All that said, your closing sentence "He may also be a redeemed soul — and without a doubt he is one of the very few best defensive players in NFL history. Taken together, that is a more complete version of his legacy." is in my mundane opinion a very apt description of the man and his legacy.


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In 1987, soon after its construction, the building became the headquarters of 20th Century Fox, just as the studio was searching for a location to film its latest blockbuster, Die Hard: a genre classic, which is now celebrating its 25th birthday with a commemorative box set (out tomorrow) and the imminent release of its fourth sequel. The story of a simple New York cop fighting heavily armed terrorists on the upper floors of the aforementioned Nakatomi Plaza, Die Hard remains the paradigmatic, one-man-against-all-the-odds action thriller.
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McClane tumbled down the fire escape into a Hollywood dominated by invulnerable knuckleheads played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. But he became the most enduring of the era's action heroes precisely because he was fallible and flawed, an almost-regular guy with whom the neurotic New Man could, if not relate, at least sympathise. He got by on his wit and his wisecracks, as much as his physical attributes: a latter-day Philip Marlowe (with a Heckler & Koch submachine gun). He has been known to blub.
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Willis, in fact, is the sole remaining player from the early films. John McTiernan, the director who deserves much of the credit for Die Hard and Die Hard: With a Vengeance, is about to serve a year in jail for perjury. Incidentally, McTiernan's cinematographer on the original 1988 classic, Jan de Bont, used the Fox Plaza in his own directorial debut six years later: that other groundbreaking action thriller, Speed.
What: A Good Day to Die Hard
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Sounds like you guys have encountered some serious hostel weirdos... well agros!! Geez what's wrong with people!
And cracking up that there was actually something living in Al's beard!!!!!!
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Our airport pickup was there as promised by the hostel and we headed off. On the way Jerry and The Pacemakers Ferry Across the mersey came on! How spooky just as we arrive in a country half way across the world and an iconic Liverpool song comes on! After about 15 minutes we arrived at the hostel. The area seems ok, there are a lot of people milling about and it does seem like a poor country but there are also loads of beautiful buildings, some that are a bit run down but that adds to the character.
The hostel is in a big old mansion style building with really high ceilings and big tall doors
We dumped our bags in our dorm and headed off to the common area for happy hour. The beers cost 5 soles which is about £1.18, bargain! AK was very impressed!
We got chatting to a guy from the US and had a good interesting conversation about all kinds of stuff. We headed off to bed and woke everyone in our dorm by rooting through our backpacks! We need to get savvy with dorm etiquette. So we settled down in our separate bunk beds and had no problem falling asleep.
We got up fairly early (it is very rare these days that SJ has a lie in although she is still grumpy when she first wakes up) had our breakfast that consisted of bread rolls and butter and jam with Coffee or Tea. It was basic but free so we didn't complain.
We headed out to explore....first stop the supermarket. It's quite cheap in Peru, we bought bottles of body wash, soap, food and drinks, battery's and good quality padlocks for our backpacks and a few other bits and bobs and the lot came up to about £20
We walked around seeing the sights and ended up in the main square. The weather was nice and it was a Sunday so lots of the locals were out and about. The square was really nice and had lots of grand old buildings. They were all around a big park and water fountain. We went to the tourist information centre and found out about all the cool and free (or really cheap) things to do.
We stumbled across a big church and monastery and decided to pay £1.50 to look around the monastery side. The church is called Saint Francis Monastery and is part of the UNESCO world heritage list. It has a library with really old books that date back to before the Spanish Conquest in 1532. The church and monastery itself dates back to 1673 and survived many earthquakes although it suffered extensive damage in the 1970 earthquake.
Underneath the monastery there are many narrow tunnels. These were used as a cemetery or ossuary and contain over 70,000 burials.the catacombs are now literally scattered everywhere. We I say scattered I mean the bones are lined up by type rather than in complete skeletons and there are a number of skulls which make it quite eery
Some tunnels were bricked up and are thought to lead to places such as the cathedral in another part of the city. It was really interesting and the only thing that spoiled it was a rude and arrogant American lady. We had initially joined a Spanish speaking tour guide as we did not know that there was English ones. Needless to say we didn't understand much of it! We then passed an English speaking guide so decided to tag along at the back. We didn't know that it was infact a private guide (not sure what that even means! If someone is speaking in public is it against the law or wrong to listen??). So we think this busy body American lady had pulled the guide to one side and complained. The guide asked us what group we are in so not realising about the 'private status' we pointed to the American lady's guide and said this one at which the American lady smugly and arrogantly said 'no you are not'. Not sure who made her the 'private guide police'. Some people must have real self esteem issues to delight in someone else's mistake to make them feel good about themselves. In the end it was ok as we joined a group of Irish people who had an English speaking guide. They were much more friendly and warm.
On our way home we stopped off at the supermarket to buy something cheap for dinner and came away with rice and meat and crusty bread
After dinner we decided to stay in the hostel common area and have a drink. We had a great time chatting to everyone. About 12pm an older American guy who looks in his late 50s early 60s came out of his room and sat down next to a dutch guy called Casper. He started to talk about visiting prostitutes and was just generally being weird. At one point he asked SJ where she is from and then started to act like she was speaking a foreign language and told her several times that he couldn't understand her but in a real arrogant and cocky way. After a while SJ just told him he needs to learn proper English and decided to ignore him. Poor Casper had no such luck as the American guy continued to chat shit to him for ages.
Later on, and after several large glasses of liquor he started to get a bit more arrogant and cocky and a bit passive aggressive. A really nice Finnish couple came over and asked AK & SJ what time breakfast was and this seemed to kick him off as he got all nasty saying that the breakfast was crap and that they didn't serve real coffee. We tried to ignore him but he was like a bad smell and hung around. He overheard us talking about visiting Tennessee and muttered under his breath 'bunch of ni_____rs' - insert racist word. We really could not believe it so AK asked him what he had just said and he wouldn't repeat it
AK still didn't take any chances though and sat up in bed clutching his pepper spray in case he came in. At one point he was stood by our dorm door, in just boxer shorts (and very tight ones at that) pepper spray at the ready waiting for him to come in. The old guy would have had the shock of his life, even before being hit with pepper spray, at the sight of a bearded man in just a pair of briefs! AK eventually fell asleep with his hand firmly clutching the pepper spray.
So we ended our first full day in Peru by being insulted by two rude and obnoxious Americans but it didn't spoil things for us. We have good vibes about Peru and although Lima is how we imagined a south American City to be it is also very different as well
After the events of the night before we woke up a little tired and as it was raining we decided to hang around the hostel and catch up with things on the computer. We looked for some volunteer work and sent some emails and SJ tried to catch up with the blog.
The rain went off so we decided to go and look for flip flops for SJ to wear in the shower. The hostel reception reccomended an indoor market so we headed there. On the way we bought deep fried whole potatoes that are stuffed with mince meat and are served with cabbage for 1 soles which is 25 pence, bargain. They tasted really good and were quite filling so that was lunch sorted for us! At the market SJ found the pair of flip flops that she wanted so we tried to barter with the seller for a better price but she was having none of it. We walked away without buying them. SJ was gutted as she really liked them but we might go back tomorrow.
We headed to the supermarket for food for dinner and AK got a whole cooked chicken and some barns and SJ got tuna, avocado, tomato, fresh lime and plantain and made a tuna salad back at the hostel (we think there might be some hidden cooking skills in her somewhere as it turned out pretty good apart from the fact she burnt the plantain!)
We spent the evening drinking beer in the common area and met two English lads who were taking a break from their medical degree and are in Peru doing research on the effects of altitude versus sea level
We woke up on Tuesday fairly late at 9.40 as we were tired from being kept awake by these crazy people but we showered, had breakfast and headed out to the market to get the flip flops SJ wanted. We had a good think and realised that at 30 soles (£7) they were a bargain!
We visited another museum and seen loads of traditional Peruvian stuff like clothes and pottery and coins. We also visited an art gallery and SJ got shouted at because the guard thought she touched the painting but she didn't. They then followed us around the gallery watching us which spoilt it a bit.
In the evening we had dinner from the supermarket and SJ chilled in the dorm and caught up on the blog a bit while AK went drinking in the bar until late (there is pattern developing here!)
On Wednesday morning we decided to take the bus to the next town called Miraflores. The bus cost 3 soles each (75p) but it is a little crazy! There is a driver and another person that hangs out the door shouting the destination of the bus. This person hangs on for dear life, the bus itself was ancient and definitely would not pass its MOT back in the UK so coupled with the fact that the roads are crazy too it makes for a very dangerous job!
Miraflores was a nice little town with a park called Kennedy Park or 'Cat park'. There was at least 60 - 70 cats that were hanging around the park, all of them stray but they looked pretty healthy. The local people (well mostly crazy old cat ladies that SJ is sure to become one day) turned up equipped with tins of cat food, bowls and fresh water for all the cats. This made SJ very happy.
We headed toward the coast as we had been told It was quite pleasant and after a 30 minute walk we found a lovely pier and a beach made from fairly large pebbles. The waves were fairly large and there were a number of surfers
After a McFlurry (McDonalds really is everywhere) we jumped on another crazy bus back to Lima. This bus was exactly the same distance and route as the morning bus but cost us 4 soles each. We think they make up the prices depending on your accent!
We were still a couple of blocks away from our hostel when the woman who hangs out the door started to say something to us in Spanish but we didn't understand at first. Then another passenger tried to explain but again we didn't know what they were saying. Eventually we figured that she wanted us to get off the bus! She gave us some money back and kicked us off the bus! We thought maybe it didn't go right up to the hostel but the bus seemed to be heading that way so we are not sure why we had to get off!
In the evening we headed to a fountain/laser show with a few people from the hostel. We had heard that it was pretty good so we bought a bottle of beer each and headed the two blocks up to the park. After smuggling in our beer (you can get arrested for drinking on the streets unless it's in a brown paper bag!?!) we caught the last five minutes of the show which was pretty impressive and was a bit like the Bellagio water fountains
SJ being SJ she promptly rescued the poor little thing that was clearly worn out and very relieved to be free of what must have seemed like a very dense jungle, and placed him on a tree trunk.
The third impressive thing we witnessed that night was the cork from a bottle of wine being removed with nothing but a shoe and a brick wall....yes it really can be done!
As we missed most of the first show we stayed for the second show and then headed back towards the hostel and the supermarket to get dinner. Also, AK had decide that seeing as it was our last night in Lima he was going to purchase and drink a pint bottle of the local rum which you can buy for about £4.50!
Back at the hostel SJ stayed up until about 1.30am buy decided to call it a night as we had to be up early for our flight to Cusco in the morning
AK woke SJ up about 8.15 which was about 45 minutes later than planned. AK was very hung over and had forgotten to set the alarm. After hastily packing our bags, showering and shovelling down breakfast we said goodbye to everyone and ran out onto the street to get a taxi to the airport.
We were told that it was easy to just stop a taxi right outside the hostel so we tried to stop a few but they didn't seem to want to take us! We started to panic a bit and started to walk down the road and around the corner. Again every taxi we stopped said no when we told them we wanted to go to the airport. Some didn't even bother to say 'no' and just drove off!
Eventually one agreed to take us but by this time we had about 25 minutes to get to the airport and get to check in before it closed. It was at least a 20 minute drive so AK and SJ were very nervous (although AK probably less so as he was still a bit drunk from the night before!) after battling traffic we pulled up at the airport with about 1 minute to spare so we hastily paid the taxi and literally ran as fast as we could with our 15kg backpacks up the airport check in desks until we found the LAN one
So we boarded yet another flight, in the nick of time, and got settled for the short flight up to Cusco flying over the beautiful Andes. SJ didn't have time to get nervous although if she knew what that short flight was going to be like she might not have even got on the plane!
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hiya sarah and Alan you both look realy well and i am enjoying looking at all your photos and reading what you both are up to.I loved the photo of footprints sarah im sure your dad is watching over you both and smiling lots.we are all fine here suzanne is getting realy big not to long now and you will be an aunty and uncle again. take care of one another lots of love sue xx


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1881 - Father Joseph Cataldo, S.J., works with the Coeur d'Alene, Spokane and Nez Perce tribes in an effort to teach tribal members, ultimately purchasing 320 acres along the Spokane River to build a school staffed by Jesuits
1887 - Father James Rebmann is Gonzaga's first superior
1887 - Gonzaga College opens its doors
1887 - First academic year begins with the Mass of the Holy Spirit, a tradition that continues today
1888 - Gonzaga finishes its first year with 18 students
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1892 - The first St. Aloysius Church is built
1892 - Gonzaga football kicks off
1892 - Electricity and city water come to Gonzaga
1894 - Gonzaga College's first commencement
1898 - Administration Building completed
1899 - Army Cadet Program begins
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1900 - The Original College Building is moved
1900 - Gonzaga's first baseball field and grandstand is built
1903 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt comes to Gonzaga
1904 - Administration east-end addition finished, new pool in basement
1905 - Basketball begins
1906 - Typhoid outbreak, school year ends early
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1911 - New St. Aloysius Church dedicated
1912 - Gonzaga celebrates its 25th anniversary
1912 - Gonzaga College becomes Gonzaga University
1912 - Gonzaga Law School begins
1918 - Students Army Training Corps starts; disbands after the Armistice
1918 - Spanish influenza epidemic
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1921 - "Bulldogs" adopted as official mascot
1922 - Gonzaga's football stadium holds first game
1923 - Gonzaga plays in first and only bowl game, losing to West Virginia 21-13 in the East-West Classic in San Diego
1924 - American Passion play "Golgotha" is a major hit as dormitory fundraiser
1924 - Knights of the Kennel (now the Knights) established
1925 - DeSmet Hall built
1926 - Gonzaga High School and Gonzaga University formally separate
1927 - Cataldo Memorial Fund begins to assist Gonzaga students
1928 - Summer school program begins, opens to women
1928 - Launch of the School of Business, School of Education and School of Music
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1930 - Debut of the Men's Glee Club
1934 - School of Engineering opens
1937 - Bing Crosby receives honorary degree
1937 - Fight song by Bing Crosby and the Glee Club debuts
1937 - Gonzaga celebrates its 50th anniversary
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1940s - Rev. Arthur L. Dussault, S.J. ('26), known as 'Mr. Gonzaga,' was a presence at GU for over 70 years, founding Gonzaga's department of public relations, building Grashio Victory Course and always beautifying campus
1941 - Football ends due to World War II
1942 - Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" tops Billboard charts in 1942, 1945 & 1946
1943 - Naval V-5 and V-12 programs run during World War II
1945 - USS Gonzaga launched
1948 - Gonzaga opens its doors to women as full-time students
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1950 - U.S. President Truman comes to Gonzaga
1950 - Carl Maxey, J.D. ('51) and Eli Thomas ('50) bring home the NCAA Boxing National Championship – the University's first-ever NCAA team championship
1951 - Spurs, the women's service organization now called the Setons, debuts
1954 - New construction: COG and Madonna Hall
1957 - New construction: Welch Hall and Crosby Library
1957 - Great Teachers Program begins to support professors' salaries
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1960s - New construction: St. Catherine, St. Monica, Hughes, Rebmann and Alliance halls, Campion House, Health Center, Jesuit House, Kennedy Pavilion (now Martin Centre)
1960 - John F. Kennedy comes to campus
1961 - Frank Burgess leads the NCAA in scoring with 32.4 points per game, and remains Gonzaga's all-time leading scorer with 2,196 points
1963 - Gonzaga-in-Florence Program starts
1968 - First Parents' Weekend
1968 - First lay members join the Board of Trustees
1969 - Fr. Tony Lehmann, S.J., begins his work at Gonzaga-in-Florence, a passion he continues until 1982 when he transitions to serve as the chaplain for the men's basketball team for the next 20 years
1969 - Russell Theatre opens
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1970s - The Magnuson family, led by Trustee Harry Magnuson who served on the Board for 40 years, saves Gonzaga by guaranteeing the credit of the University
1970 - First Pilgrimage
1970 - Fire: Goller Hall burns down
1974 - Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J., becomes the University's 23rd president, a position he holds for 22 years, ultimately becoming Gonzaga's first chancellor
1978 - Bob Hope is commencement speaker and receives honorary degree
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1981 - Alumni Association purchases Crosby House
1983 - Crew becomes a club sport
1984 - Johnston Family Mall makes campus pedestrian friendly
1984 - Kennedy Pavilion expanded & renamed the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
1984 - John Stockton, named MVP of Gonzaga's basketball team, goes on to play 19 seasons for the Utah Jazz where he holds the NBA record for most career assists and steals
1985 - Capital Campaign provides more than 1,400 scholarships and 5 endowed professorships
1986 - Waikiki Retreat Center takes a new name: Bozarth
1986 -Gonzaga celebrates 100 years!
1987 - New construction: Jepson Center for the School of Business
1988 - GUTS (Gonzaga University Theater Sports) is established
1989 - Gonzaga crew starts participating in intercollegiate competitions
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1990s - Baseball team joins West Coast Conference
1990s - New construction: Foley Center, Rosauer Center for the School of Ed., Jundt Art Center & Museum, Dussault & Burch apartments
1990 - Gonzaga hosts Goodwill Games athletes
1991 - Harry Sladich ('59, MBA '67) becomes the first layperson to assume Gonzaga's presidency (Acting) in 1991 and from 1997-98 (Acting); Sladich held more than a dozen positions over 46 years
1993 - Crosby Library becomes Crosby Student Center
1995 - Men's basketball team, first appearance in the NCAA Tournament
1997 - Institute for Action Against Hate founded
1997 - Residence halls wired to Internet
1998 - Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., becomes President, leading 54 percent enrollment growth and spearheading more than $200 million in new construction over his tenure
1999 - Men's basketball makes the NCCA Elite Eight, its deepest run to date
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2000 - Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program starts
2003 - Additions to Hughes Hall, Jepson Center and Cataldo Hall
2003 - Administration Building and COG remodeled
2005 - "Educating People the World Needs Most" Capital Campaign raises $148 million, funding 13 new and renovated campus buildings, increasing scholarship endowments, and dedicating resources to Gonzaga-in-Florence and the University's five distinct mission areas (faith, ethics, service, justice and leadership)
2007 - New Patterson Baseball complex opens
2007 - Gonzaga's Jesuits receive the first annual Ignatian Spirit Award
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2010 - Thayne M. McCulloh, D.Phil. becomes the first lay Gonzaga University president
2011 - Women's basketball point guard Courtney Vandersloot becomes the first NCAA Division I basketball player – man or woman – to record 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in a collegiate career
2011 - Gonzaga women's basketball team makes the NCAA Elite Eight in the Spokane Veteran's Memorial Arena
2012 - Gonzaga celebrates its 125th Anniversary
2012 - Gonzaga Debate Team makes first-ever appearance in the Final Four
2012 - The Most Reverend Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient for his efforts to end apartheid, gives the Senior Commencement address and is awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree
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That damned Iraq war. Of course the weapons of mass destruction proved to be bullshit. And the Bush Administration dicks (Cheneys) let the whole misbegotten failure spiral out of control. Because they were arrogant and incompetent and cruel. Ten years and nearly 5000 coalition deaths and more than 100,000 (by the lowest estimates) Iraqi deaths later, we're (sorta) out of there, but the bombs still blast and people still die. It's all ruins.
From those ruins emerges Wafaa Bilal's "The Ashes Series" and Daniel Heyman's "I Am Sorry It Is So Difficult To Start," on view at Brown University's Bell Gallery (64 College St, Providence, through May 26).
Bilal is an Iraqi-born artist, now teaching in New York, whose brother was killed in Iraq during the war. He's best known for his 2007 piece Domestic Tension, in which he spent a month in Chicago's Flatfile Gallery in range of a paintball gun that visitors and online viewers could fire at him. By his account, more than 65,000 shots were fired. It spotlighted the aggression roiling through the world, and its innocent victims.
Bilal's "Ashes" photos are quieter. At first, the images feel both real and somehow off. It turns out that in 2003 Bilal began collecting news photos of blasted sites in Iraq and recreating them as miniature models, which he then reproduces in photos. He depicts a street scattered with papers, a chandelier hanging from a ceiling with a gaping hole, an unmade bed in an ornate but dusty room, a grand piano flopped to the floor amidst chunks of concrete.
Each scene was sprinkled with "21 grams of human ashes . . . referencing the mythical weight of the human soul," curator Ian Alden Russell reports. Here Russell hangs the pictures on the far sides of 10 columns, which gives the gallery the feel of a crypt.
Some of the photos might feel familiar, like a shot of a fancy upholstered chair sitting in a pile of rubble inside a large gray room. It's based on a widely reproduced photo that Robert Nickelsberg took inside one of Saddam Hussein's ruined palaces while embedded with Marines in April 2003. Bilal's version has less rubble, is simplified, but still conveys the haunted feeling of places destroyed by violence and emptied of people.
"These images exist in the aftermath of atrocity," Bilal writes. "These images also serve as mirrors to my desire to return home to Iraq when this is not possible." The photos seem ultimately about Bilal trying to reconcile memories of his homeland and news pictures of what it became. In the act of physically recreating these various truths, he builds a kind of mirage.
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Regards, Barry
"treatment free", but "natural beekeeping".....most (if not all) of the actual discussion was about "natural treatments". When the conversation goes from "no treatments" to "if I do use a treatment, which is the most natural", then the whole conversation becomes about the treatments...we've seen this time and time again, and it is why Dee stopped participating here.
Only recently has this changed...the forum that exists now did not exist when Dee left. In any case, until recently I've advised anyone that wants to discuss treatment free or "organic beekeeping" (as Dee uses the term) to join the organic list (where no discussion of treatments is tolerated). It still has the feature that it isn't crawling with non-treatment free beekeepers reading the posts, unable to help themsleves from chiming in...this allows for some discussion that can't happen here.
In any case, I just wanted to point out that the forum you are reading now is not he forum that Dee left.
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Dan, published research has to be able to withstand examination publicly in minute detail...that is the point of publishing a peer reviewed study....it isn't supposed to be a "claim", it's supposed to present reproducible "proof".
Lots has been posted on the organic list on lots of topics....the only on topic topic, however, is keeping bees without treatments. Treatments are, by definition, off topic....just as they now are here on beesource in the treatment free forum.
For the record, I've not "demanded" anyone that they have to read a study in detail...I spent my time understanding what Seeley's study claimed, did, and did not do. Thus far, no one has offered any substantive criticism of my critique....I've taken the trouble to clarify my thoughts where asked to do so.
I'm not sure why you think such a critique would be unwelcome on the organic list...or what you think wouldn't be allowed....treatments are the only real big no no....and if you can't find a forum to discuss the treatments you want to use you aren't looking too far.
There's a difference between discussing small cell studies and discussing treatments. Treatments belong in the Pests forum, the lack thereof belongs in the treatment free forum. It's that simple. You wouldn't discuss frame wiring in Topbar hives.
Thanks Dean for clearing that up. I went back and dug up Dee's email, and reading it in that context makes total sense. Her meanings in words are not always crystal clear as you know.
She didn't give up, she did it herself and made it happen. I mean none of this as any disrespect to Barry or Sol, but it is 10 years later, she has replaced what she was hoping to find here. Her goal was not to "influence" this forum...it was to have a discussion of beekeeping without treatments and feeds...she has succeeded.
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If you can go back in the archives and show this was happening, I'd like see it. In my mind, nothing much has changed. We can still talk about treatments here if it is in the context of going from treatments to treatment free, showing logical steps to achieve it. This has always been a difference Dee and I have had. She is extreme in this area, no mention of any kind of treatment is allowed. I have always felt that that is counter productive and there are times when this needs to be discussed as a way to get from point a to point b.then the whole conversation becomes about the treatments...
Regards, Barry
When I first joined Beesource, this was the biological forum. It was a very quiet section then, and discussion of treatment was not allowed.
Then things got fired up when a certain Wired For Stereo signed up. Statements were made, and a bantering style developed, that has attracted participants of diverse opinions, and reasons for holding them, and a willingness to argue them for better or worse!
As an effort to "clean up" this mess, the forum was renamed. Also, numerous polls were taken, on just about anything.
In practise, nothing has changed. Discussion of treatment is still not permitted. This is fine though, because as per an example yesterday, if someone shows up who really wants to discuss treatments, they are welcome to move their discussion to another section and continue. So far as I'm concerned, the whole thing works well. We don't want people who wish to only discuss non treatment, to be forced to discuss treatment.
I didn't know Dee had found the old biological forum so unsatisfactory she felt compelled to leave, I've never seen her post here. Anyway if that's her choice, you can never please all the people, all the time. I doubt the claim she was "driven off".
What's changed here in the tf section? Little, other than it's gone from a fairly quiet section, to a pretty lively one hosting sometimes raucous debates and vociferous opinions! I've learned a lot here and even been convinced to start some sc hives, although I have not been convinced what the eventual outcome will be. I'll have to find that out when the time comes.
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Well, it appears the this thread fragment has been moved from the Bee Forum.
Let me reaffirm my former assertion that I was incorrect when I said that Dee had been run off by opposition to treatment-free beekeeping. I wouldn't be the first person to misunderstand something Dee wrote. Deknow's clarification helped to contextualize the email that I had received.
Regards, Barry
Let me post a portion of exactly what Dee said.
"I was also too stubborn to cave into essential oils and acids, etc"
"I will not go back!!!!"
I can't post most of the rest of it. Like somebody said, you wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley.
Well I think that makes it fairly clear it was simply her own choice.
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And I respect Dee for holding strong to HER convictions.
Regards, Barry
Dissagree Barry. LOL!
I've got strong opinions. But I'm still willing to discuss with those who differ. And to learn. ( Occasionally )
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Alastair is right. It was a very quiet forum when he signed up last year.
I signed up way back in December of 2002 under the name WiredForStereo (if you do a Google search, the top 8/10 hits are me) and I participated for a while, but eventually, I got busy doing life and beekeeping and only checked in from time to time after about 180 posts. When I checked in again this spring, I was a little dismayed, and upset that most every discussion was devolving into yes/no treatment-free beekeeping arguments with a healthy portion of 'I wanna talk about natural treatments' as well. As you know, I don't believe that there are such things as 'natural treatments'. The truth is, 'softer treatments' are ubiquitous today. A treatment is a treatment.
So I pushed for a little restructuring and at Mark Berninghausen's repeated insistence, I half heartedly asked to be a moderator. Now I don't want to impugn Barry's intelligence, but he said yes. Anyway, I asked very politely for Dee to come back and as you see, she won't.
My goal has always been to open this forum to newbees (the kind that want to learn, not the kind that want to teach) which is why we must address questions about small cell studies (many thanks to Dean) and practical beekeeping (many thanks to Michael.)
And I will not deny stirring the pot.
Alastair, yes, I personally feel the same way about it, yet I can still respect her having her own convictions. I respect her, not necessarily the conviction.
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I'm celebrating my 30th year in 2013.
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Thirty years ago, in 1983, to be exact, somehow I came up with the idea that someone might enjoy reading a column written by a kid who grew up on a small farm. Small farms had been rapidly disappearing from the landscape for a number of years before 1983, and the farm I grew up on was one of them.
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Sparks, after selling more than 80 million novels and the film adaptations of his work earning more than US$1.5 billion at the box office, also took a step forward with Safe Haven. For the first time, he has a producing credit.
He liked Hough as Katie but the final decision was left to Hallstrom. "She had amazing chemistry with Josh. That was evident up front," Sparks said.
"The question was, 'We've seen her in Footloose and Rock of Ages. Is she going to be able to do anything like this?' Julianne knew she could, but did anyone else? We let Lasse make that decision. Lasse had a few conversations with her and came back and said 'Yes, she has what I need'."
Safe Haven opened this week.


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When under the influence of acid it is important to designate a safey safe. Usualy a couch, or your mommy's bed a safey safe is where the monsters cannot get you. When paired with a large blanket a safey safe is your best defense against: frank the bunny, anywhere in your house carpet meets linolium, and tsunamis among other things.
(its the bunny SCRAM!!) AYE! he who hesitates is lost! AYE! to the safey safe!! AYE! (hes right there!!!) AYE! THE BLANKET!! THE BLANKET AYE!!
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BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Power Company residential customers will see a 12.5 percent rate increase beginning Saturday. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission said it will be the fourth-highest power cost adjustment in Idaho history.
For an average residential customer who uses 1,050 kilowatt-hours per month, the average monthly increase will be about $11.38.
The adjustment is the result of declining water supply, which reduced revenue from surplus energy sales at Idaho Power hydroelectric facilities. Ongoing wind power expenses also contributed to a $140 million adjustment.
The IPUC said the surcharge will be in effect for one year. For all customer classes combined, it will average 15.3 percent.
The commission rejected a suggestion to spread the increase out over more than one year, worried another short water year could follow. Commissioners argued that could expose customers to an even larger rate hike next year.
The PUC emphasized that none of the money collected in the surcharge can be used to increase Idaho Power earnings or salaries and is kept in a deferred account for paying extraordinary power supply expenses.
According to the commission, about a part of the adjustment is related to Hoku. The Pocatello polysilicon plant failed last year, and $23 million in anticipated revenue to Idaho Power never materialized.


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text: Went into a hive today in Georgia. Temp was about 60. This was a late swarm that was caught last year. It is in one deep and one medium super full of honey from another hive. Bees look to be a little on the light side. In the deep they are on about 4 frames on one side with brood and a queen. On the other side I noticed two frames with no bees on it (drawn comb) that looked wet. So I took these frames out to look. I have not experienced this before. I should have taken a pic. The two frames were dripping with something and seemed to have "soaked the comb and frame". It would pour out of the frame when turned on its side. Maple should be flowing here. I see a little comming in my observation hive. It just dose not look like the typical storing of nectar. No noticeable order. Liquid is clear. It looks like someone sprayed the frame with WD-40. Other frames that I saw in other hives had some nectar being stored but it did not look like a wet mess as this hive did. Any thoughts?


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Takeda skates, imo, like she's not serious but having a good time.
Takeda skates, imo, like she's not serious but having a good time.
1 Mao ASADA
2 Fumie SUGURI
3 Miki ANDO
4 Akiko SUZUKI
5 Yukari NAKANO
6 Nana TAKEDA
The ladies who did well in the JGP last season are pretty young (14 and 15) and haven't had much international experience, so Japan is probably keeping them in the JGP this year. And Takeda did finish ahead of the young ones at '09 Nationals.
I agree that the TBA is likely to be Nana Takeda, especially considering that JSF announced Murakami & Fujisawa as part of their JGP team.
Men - Wow, what a field! I would love, love, love to see Daisuke win this . He is my favorite men's skater. He's the whole package and when he's on, he's very hard to beat. But realistically, making the podium would be a huge victory. I have no idea who to pick - Joubert, Dai, Kozuka, Weir and Abbot could all win. Abbott is really inconsistent and that could be his downfall. Dai had his injury. Joubert and Johny aren't too COP savvy. The second tier is also awesome with Brezina, Rippon and Borodulin.
Ladies - Miki & Yukari are definitely the favorites. I hope Yukari can skate as well as possible; I want her in the Olympics soooo bad! I think Miki has the edge given recent results, but she can be inconsistent. I think it will be a battle between Leonova & Lepisto, but Meier or Wagner could beat them on a good day. The key for Ashley will definitely be to get as few UR calls as possible and hopefully work the lutz down to a ! over the summer.
Pairs - Again K&S vs P&T. I think Denney & Barrett will easily claim the bronze.
Dance - Again, teh gold is between D&S and D&W, but I'll be excited to see the Kerrs. I think they are the favorites for bronze, but if they make mistakes then C&P could beat them.
Oleada, great posts on all the analysis threads! With all your unbiased analyses, it makes for good reading from another poster with a point of view.
Looks like I'm going! We have tickets for all three nights and have reserved our hotel. Now all we have to do is figure out our flights and get tickets for the bullet train
The ISU site hasn't been updated yet, but the JSF site announced the TBA slots yesterday as follows;
Men- Daisuke Murakami
Ladies- Nana Takeda
Good for you Nana!!!
Daisuke announced his joining the Seniors last June at the DOI, he's under Morosov and has a lot of potential.
My guess is that the JSF descided to go with Nana after after all because Mari Suzuki (who can do 5 triples) wasn't able to perform so well at the NZ Winter Games last week.
I have tickets for the entire event! I also have a hotel reservation
Looks like the tickets are sold out and most of the nearby convenient hotels are fully booked now...
Is this your first time in Nagano? I'll try to pick up and post some usefull tips of that area from other forms/ blogs, so you and other people from abroad can have a better time staying I can't give you advice because I've never been there.
Access to Big Hat:
10-15 min. by taxi/shuttle bus from Nagano station (sorry but couldn't find out location of bus stop, but you can't miss it, so many people will be on cue)
Places to kill time around Big Hat:
few casual restaurants (like Denny's, Royal Host ) within 5-10 min walk
huge electric goods shop "K's Denki" in the same block
tiny shrine "Ichimura Shrine" and temple "Butsudo-ji" few blocks away
Seating info at Big Hat
Dinner tips:
many casual restaurants around the station but most close around 10-11pm, and people say that the neighborhood will be like a ghost town after that.
So you won't have much time to come back from Big Hat, wander around and look for a place to eat.
Better to eat at your hotel restaurant or buy food at a convenience store and eat in your room.
FYI Nagano is a peaceful countryside. Can't guarantee 100%, but it shouldn't so dangerous to be out even at night.
Sightseeing info:
Hope any of these help... enjoy your stay& the competition!!!
Anyone who sees any mistakes in the above, please let me know...
Thank you so much for this info. I have been so busy lately and consumed with TEB that I didn't even look at this until now. Your info is so helpful!!!
As a B&A fan, I was disappointed in the choreography of B&A's OD and FD but again the required content was there and good enough to compete with the other top teams. As it's a new season I won't spend a lot of time arguing about the dance competition in L.A. but technically it is my opinion that B&A were so good in the CD and OD that even people who dislike them should be able to put aside the bias and recognize that.
DomShabs is a sad case for me. I loved their programs all the way through the 05/06 season. Since then even though IMO Oksana and Max on paper are one of the top teams but they haven't delivered. I haven't really liked any of their programs but more importantly because of Max's knees DomShabs haven't been able to step up the level of their performances. This is a shame because it only helps to "prove" that those who feel all their marks are given to them because of politicks. I do think that DomShabs deserved first place in the CD (I'm not sure how Max managed to skate that well) but definitely dropped off in the OD and FD.
One thing we can agree on is hating seeing the judges hold up a team. Awarding any team placements that are undeserved not only hurts the teams who should have been higher and further erodes the credibility of the sport but it also hurts the winning team inspite of that team being the reigning world champions.
If not for Max's badly damaged knees DomShabs could beat D&W without any help from the judges as long as they didn't implode. It seems that some feel blah choreography automatically means that team should get lower marks. But because of last season even if Max's knees magically repaired themselves and DomShabs were able to skate the way they used to be capable of people will never give them the credit for any future high placement.
Also we all know that what some think is garbage may be a program others like.


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Name: Jurassic Park: Survival
Software Category: 3rd Person Action/Adventure
Publisher: Universal Interactive Studios
Developer: Savage
Release Date: Holiday 2001
Platform: PlayStation®2
Product Synopsis:
The action/adventure title is inspired by Universal Pictures' and Amblin
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