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By Saroj Pattnaik, ChildFund India
Kshetrapal, 33, and his family live in the town of Firozabad in India's Uttar Pradesh region, an area known for its home-based bangle industry. With no other source of income, the family saw no alternative but to do this difficult and often dangerous work.
"I and all my family members were spending more than 10 hours every day in joining, sorting and coloring bangles in a very distressful environment," Kshetrapal recalls. "I never liked that work, but I had no choice at all."
Along with his wife, his younger brother and elderly parents, Kshetrapal used to crouch over hot, smoky stoves for all those hours welding the ends of glass bangles and decorating them with glitter — until he enrolled in ChildFund India's Sustainable Livelihood Development Program.
Started in 2012 as a pilot in Firozabad supported by ChildFund Deutschland (Germany), the program aims to empower people, especially youths engaged in bangle making, to adapt to changing circumstances and take up sustainable business ventures of their own choosing.
"The Sustainable Livelihood Development Program is a great program through which we can help the youth and women become independent and self-sufficient," says Dr. Werner Kuepper, ChildFund Deutschland's program director. "With the help of this initiative, the local youth can be free from the bangle work and start up something of their own that is new and has sustainability."
The program's organizers first examined the participants' lives, including their education, their current livelihoods and what kind of work they wished to do. During the second phase, the participants were trained to come up with business plans, develop commercial models and test the new business models in open-market conditions. They attended classes, worked in groups and collected market information, as well as creating prototypes of their products.
"Many a time, I wanted to start some other business that would allow me to get rid of this distressful bangle making," Kshetrapal says. "But I had no idea of how to start a new business, nor had I money for it." But a friend of his brother mentioned the livelihood program, and Kshetrapal enrolled.
During the program, the father of four was asked if he had a business in mind. "I shared my thoughts of starting a snack-making business, which I had harbored for several years but didn't know how to start it," he says. "During the training sessions, I was informed about the risks and techniques of running a sustainable business. Subsequently, they fine-tuned my business model, and today I am doing the business quite successfully."
Kshetrapal's life has been difficult. He lost his first wife to tuberculosis seven years ago, and he had to leave college to work and support his family.
"After my wife's death, my father also fell ill because of the excessive smoke, which we had to inhale for hours while making bangles every day," he recalls. "Since then, I was thinking of an alternate livelihood option, and ChildFund has given me that opportunity. I am so very thankful to this organization."
Today, Kshetrapal has his own business of producing and distributing snacks, which are highly popular in India. Early this year, he and a few other students presented their business models at an event organized in Firozabad, and he received a certificate from the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, a German university.
"Today, I am very happy that we have shifted from bangle making to snack making — from unhealthy and painful work to relatively safer and less laborious work," Kshetrapal says. "My younger brother is now going to college. We are able to earn more than what we used to earn in bangle making. I am very happy and want to scale up my business soon."
By Saroj Pattnaik, ChildFund India, and Sagita Adesywi, ChildFund Indonesia
Our focus on child labor practices continues today in support of International Labour Organization's World Day Against Child Labour.
Vipin, 18, aspires to become a doctor and is working hard to achieve his goal. Yet, there is unhappiness in his eyes. He worries about having time for his studies, as half of his day goes into bangle making. It's the only livelihood option for his nine-member family, living in a half-constructed house on a narrow lane in Firozabad in India's populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
Vipin wakes up for work at 4 a.m. each day. He sits before a hot stove and joins two ends of a glass bangle together, bangle after bangle, while his siblings sort the bracelets and decorate with glitter. Each family member spends at least five to six hours a day on this repetitive work, hoping that their collective efforts will bring sufficient income for their basic daily needs.
"I spend three hours in the morning and three hours in the evenings. Some days, I get my fingers burned and blistered. But I have to work; otherwise, we will not complete the day's quota and incur loss," says Vipin who recently sat for his 12th-grade exams.
"I have done well in my exams and I am preparing for the medical entrance exam," he notes. "But I am not getting much time to read as I cannot just stop contributing to my family income. I don't like the work, at least at this point of my life. But I have no choice," he says, his voice breaking.
"See, we are a big family and we don't know any other earning means other than bangle work, explains Vipin's elder sister Kamlesh, as she comforts her brother. "Both our parents are aged and are not keeping well. So, we siblings have the responsibility to keep our kitchen running."
Although she too was a good student, Kamlesh had to quit school and work full-time. "I took the decision because I wanted my siblings not to stop going to school. I am happy that all my younger siblings (two sisters and two brothers) are now studying and nursing big dreams," she says.
For all the hard work her family does daily, Kamlesh says they earn a paltry 5,000 rupees (US$100) a month, which is much less than the family requires.
"We have seen lot of hardships since childhood," she acknowledges. "But I am grateful to ChildFund India for choosing Vipin as a sponsored child. His sponsorship actually helped the others continue their studies."
Vipin nods in agreement. "After being associated with ChildFund, I actually came to know what child labor is. I am now an active member of the ChildFund-initiated Youth Federation, which is campaigning against child labor in this town."
Though Vipin and his siblings have additional support because of their enrollment with ChildFund, hundreds of other children work all day in home-based factories in Firozabad, a town famous throughout the country for its glass bangles.
"Firozabad is one of the worst examples of child labor. It's because engaging children in the bangle process is a common and accepted norm in this area," says Dola Mohapatra, national director of ChildFund India. "And getting a real estimate of the number of children working is quite a challenge. The problem is not just in numbers but also in the high level of acceptance among family members about engaging children [in the work]. It's not seen as a 'problem' even by children themselves."
Despite the ban on child labor in India, it's estimated that more than 12.6 million children are still enduring hazardous conditions while working in various factories across India, while more than 200,000 children are working as domestic help.
The good news is that an anti-labor campaign launched by ChildFund in Firozabad is making inroads. Community factories are no longer employing children. However, it is estimated that more than 20,000 children are engaged in home-based bangle work, where most of the finishing work is being done.
"As a large number of families depend on bangle-making for their main livelihood, it's not totally possible to move the families to some other occupation," Mohapatra says. "We have been persuading families to adapt new occupations and at least keep their children out of this occupation.
"When we started our work, in 1995-96, we had to offer stipends for children as an incentive for parents to let their children come to ChildFund's non-formal education centers. Over the years, we have seen changes in the mind-sets of parents," he says.
"We are now seeing the emergence of children and youth leadership in spreading the message of education. These children were earlier working as child laborers – they were gradually weaned away and helped with completing their education. Their success stories have inspired parents. These children are now acting as a pressure group," he notes.
"We have been successful in our endeavors," Mohapatra adds, "but still a lot has to be done."
Learn more about ChildFund's work in India and consider sponsoring a child.


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A Stalagmite Cave
(From the Voyage of the Challenger.)
I think the Painter's Vale cave is the prettiest of the whole. The opening is not very large.
It is an arch over a great mass of débris forming a steep slope into the cave, as if part of
the roof of the vault had suddenly fallen in. At the foot of the bank of débris one can
barely see in the dim light the deep clear water lying perfectly still and reflecting the roof
and margin like a mirror. We clambered down the slope, and as the eye became more
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more hollow and distant—upon the surface of the water and the vault of stalactite, and
finally passing back as mere specks into the silence.
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huge cavity out of which the calcareous sand had been washed or dissolved, and whose
walls, still to a certain extent permeable, had been hardened and petrified by the constant
percolation of water charged with carbonate of lime. From the roof innumerable
stalactites, perfectly white, often several yards long and coming down to the delicacy of
knitting-needles, hung in clusters; and wherever there was any continuous crack in the
roof or wall, a graceful, soft-looking curtain of white stalactite fell, and often ended,
much to our surprise. Deep in the water Stalagmites also rose up in pinnacles and fringes
through the water, which was so exquisitely still and clear that it was something difficult
to tell where the solid marble tracery ended, and its reflected image began. In this cave,
which is a considerable distance from the sea, there is a slight change of level with the
tide sufficient [pg 113] to keep the water perfectly pure. The mouth of the cave is overgrown
with foliage, and every tree is draped and festooned with the fragrant Jasminum gracile,
mingled not unfrequently with the "poison ivy" (Rhus toxicodendron). The Bermudians,
especially the dark people, have a most exaggerated horror of this bush. They imagine
that if one touch it or rub against it he becomes feverish, and is covered with an eruption.
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flower is rather agreeable, and we constantly plucked and smelt it without its producing
any unpleasant effect. The tide was with us when we regained the Flats Bridge, and the
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replaced by carbonate of lime. Fig. 1 represents one of the most characteristic [pg 114] of these
from a group on the side of the road in Boaz Island. It is a cylinder a foot in diameter and
six inches or so high; the upper surface forms a shallow depression an inch deep
surrounded by a raised border; the bottom of the cup is even, and pitted over with small
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John Flanagan: This story is so heartwarming. Without mentioning the role of religious conviction in the decision to take these children into a good and loving home, the Grimes' family demonstrated the abounding love of God.
Selfless acts of kindness are worth more than a thousand sermons. There is one of numerous favorite verses of scripture which I feel applies to this story: From the epistle of James: chapter 1 vs 27: " Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this; To visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world."
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Acer today announced the world's first touchscreen Chromebase for meetings (CA24V), an all-in-one, dedicated video conference system. For those who need a dedicated videoconferencing device in small conference rooms or executive offices, this solution includes all of the hardware, software, and services needed in one package, along with 24/7 technical support, and easy administration through Chrome Device Management.
Acer, the world's third largest brand for projectors, today announced the availability of its award-winning Predator Z850 gaming projector. The Predator Z850 is the world's first ultra-wide HD laser projector designed for gaming, and expands Acer's Predator gaming product portfolio which also includes desktops, notebooks, tablets, and monitors. For its outstanding design featuring red accents and a black chassis with geometric lines, the Predator Z850 was lauded as a CES 2016 Innovation Award Honoree.
Acer today expands its line of award-winning Chromebooks with the Acer Chromebook 14, the industry's first model that provides long battery life of up to 14 hours.(1) In addition, this is Acer's first model with a large 14-inch display and an all-aluminum chassis. It is priced at just $299.99 USD, making it ideal for students, businesses and anyone who wants a computer with style and great value.
Today grandPad®, a provider of technology solutions specifically designed for senior citizens, and Acer, one of the world's top 5 PC companies, announced a strategic partnership, where Acer makes an equity investment in grandPad.
Acer Inc. announces the financial results for fiscal 2015 and the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015, following approval by its Board of Directors.
Acer announced the division of its core and new businesses into two groups. The new structure will address the diverse development needs of IT hardware products versus cloud services, smart devices and e-businesses, allowing for each group the independence to focus within its ecosystem. The division will encourage the optimization of each business model, enhance the allocation of operational resources, propel organic growth, and accelerate the overall company transformation.
Acer is celebrating success across multiple product lines in the Philippines. Acer has led the notebook market for a decade (2006-2015) with between 28-35% market share, and has been the leader in total PCs for seven consecutive years (2009 – 2015) with 15-21% market share, according to data by IDC1.
Acer America today announced the appointment of Jorge Tuñon and Francisco de Castro as general managers of Acer Latin America. Tuñon and de Castro currently manage Acer's operations in Chile via their distribution company Netnow. While they will continue to own and run Netnow in Chile, they will now also manage Acer's entire Latin American sales operation, based in Miami. Acer's sales operations in Brazil and Mexico will remain under its current leadership.
Acer has scored five winning entries in the computer category at the 2016 iF Design Awards, one of the most coveted international design awards. The awarded products include a desktop and monitor from the Predator gaming line, a modular mini PC, and two high-end monitors.
Acer was the No. 1 ranking brand for LCD monitors in the US retail market for year 2015, according to global information company, The NPD Group . Acer led the market with more than 20 percent market share and grew 26 percent year-on-year for unit shipments, far exceeding the industry average of 6 percent.
Acer today announced the Liquid Jade 2, an elegant Android smartphone designed for a superior multimedia experience. It features a brilliant AMOLED screen supporting 100% of the NTSC color gamut, and high-resolution audio with virtual surround sound, providing enjoyable entertainment anytime, anywhere.
Acer is showcasing its latest BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud™) developments at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona, in the fields of connected car, smart home, business, and education. Acer identified these fields as key applications of the IoB (Internet of Beings) concept, a human-centric network based on a collective of intelligence.
Acer today unveiled the Acer Liquid Zest series smartphones, the Liquid Zest and Liquid Zest 4G, for those who are looking to perfectly balance a social and active lifestyle. Acer developed the Liquid Zest series for those who are social media savvy, and enjoy streaming music whilst connecting with their friends on the go. Featuring Android 6.0, the two smartphones are easy to use and customize, enabling a vivid multimedia experience with cameras that are perfect for taking photos and recording videos to capture your adventure.
Victorinox, a manufacturer of high quality Swiss lifestyle products, and Acer, one of the world's top five personal computer companies, today announced a partnership to introduce wearable technology into Victorinox Swiss Army's portfolio. The two companies will unveil their first product resulting from this partnership, a smart accessory for Victorinox Swiss Army's I.N.O.X. watch collection, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona.
Acer today announced its new TravelMate B117 notebook, tailor-made for the education market and powered by Windows 10 Pro. It's the first notebook to support the Acer TeachSmart solution, which enables new ways of classroom interaction, and empowers teachers with tools and cloud-based services to distribute class materials and collect assignments digitally.
Acer Revo Build mini PC and Z3-700 portable all-in-one desktop nominated for Gold and Silver awards
As the information and communications technology industry is going through a paradigm shift from PC-centric, mobile-centric, to IoT (Internet of Things)-centric, Acer has proposed the new IoB (Internet of Beings) concept, a human-centric network based on a collective of intelligence. Acer today showcased its latest developments in the healthcare realm, which it identifies as one of the key areas of the IoB. At its BYOC™ (Build Your Own Cloud) showcase in Las Vegas, Acer displayed solutions based on the Acer Open Platform (AOP) with its hardware partners, with applications spanning from health monitoring to remote diagnostics.
Kids Center features simplified user interface, pre-screened content appropriate for children and parental controls
Acer today introduced the latest Intel® RealSense™ short range camera to its top-of-the-line "Black Edition" Aspire V Nitro notebooks.


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Essay by: Massi
Status: Finished
Genre: Non-Fiction
This is how it feels like...
After running for years it seems like an eternity. I can't seem to fathom the pain and confusion I perceive much less
abandon.. So this is how forever feels like. You continue to push yourself when there's nothing left inside you. You feel
lighter and yet you've always wondered why.
The days and nights seem to collide and not give you much space even to breathe. Yet people seem to think you are
another slacker.. another lazy person. But I cannot hear anyone anymore. I did not know I could become deaf .. I just
realized that I cannot hear myself anymore. I touch my cheeks and they are dry .. scorched burned by fevers.. and who
knows what else. I cannot feel pain either.. I refuse to listen to my body. I might be yearning for something more
violent and depraved. Yet I manage to keep walking. Thee are no more nights or days.. only hours and minutes... maybe
even seconds. The air seems more poisonous than ever. My lips are forever cracked... parched and I only notice them
when I bleed. I feel like I am running and yet I am still standing on the same spot I was twenty years ago. I wonder
and think fast.. lest I loose my consciousness.
This is how it feels like. Eternal Damnation is not a place.. it is not a fact nor a mistake. Eternal Damnation is the
brevity of time and the loss of innocence, beyond reason. I could sit all night and and day.. waiting only for the
exhaustion of my body. I am a victim of my fate.. of my own decisions.. and of my travesties. I engendered my failures
because I had no one to turn to.. I am in this Eternal Damnation not for crimes nor sins not even for blaspheming
Providence.. But simply that this hand has to be finished.
Eternal Damnation is knowing that you are alive yet buried under massive pretense... and so you thought you could hide..
but alas.. raptures do happen.. and your soul will simply lacerate itself from your body... I envy bliss. I envy
ignorance I envy treachery and immorality. for in them one can simply rest easy. Eternal Damnation is a point of no
return of recursive nightmares and philosophical realization.. I await retirement... I await for the final resting so
I say" eternal rest grant unto my soul.".." Providence dear Providence that I might finally be free of this bondage.."
"may there be some light.. may thou soul rest in eternal repose."
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Add Snowshoes to Your Next Hike
"It's a fun sport that puts a little different twist on a typical hike you would usually go out on," environmental education specialist at Presque Isle State Park Ray Bierbower said.
He says even though snowshoeing
is a nice change of pace for a regular hike, he says the sport can be a little
"These do take a little bit of learning how to walk with them, because you have to keep your feet apart so you want to stay shoulder width apart. But if you have snow, helps you guide them along properly," Bierbower said.
Learning how to use the shoes can take a little time. But the effort can pay off.
"It is a little bit more exercise," Bierbower says. "That's the big thing...getting out and getting the exercise from that because it is a little bit more work."With a hike coming up just around the corner, there's no better time to put the new snowshoes to use and have a fun work out.
Park officials say they have 50 new pairs of snow shoes that they're hoping to use for the hike. If the trail is not covered in a substantial amount of snow (snowshoes work best with at least about a foot of snow, Bierbower says), the hike will still take place, just without the use of snow shoes.
The hike is on Saturday, January 26, 2012 from 10:00am to noon at Erie Bluffs State Park. The event is free and perfect for all ages. Be sure to get there early, as snow shoes are given out on a first come first serve basis.


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Date of Stay: March, 2014
This is an older park but it is fairly well kept. The front section which is closer to the restrooms and showers appears to be newer. But, the section behind it is further from the road and thus quieter. It was also much less used. While I was there I had no neighbors in my entire row. There are two sites on each slab, but the manager/owner tells you to take both sites and park your rig across both sites if you wish. This allows you to not unhook if your just overnight which is very convenient if you have a long rig. Also, motorhomes with toads were allowed both sites through out the park. The free Wi-Fi signal was excellent. The cable TV selection was limited but adequate and clear. Many eating establishments within walking distance, mostly fast food but there is a Denny's and Anderson's Pea Soup which you might want to drive to. Also multiple gasoline stations available. The park host was friendly and courteous. I will use this park again. Price reflects Good Sam discount.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
Stayed two weeks in the park II. Park is split into two parks across the street from each other. Park II is for rigs up to 28' in length, park I is for anything bigger with sites that are either 21' or 42" in width. Full hook ups with 60 cable channels and Wi-Fi throughout both parks. Cable clarity was good and Wi-Fi was excellent except when park II was full. Locked restroom/showers in both parks, laundry only in park II. One block to city park. One fourth mile to beach. Five minutes to Embarcadero and tourist area of Morro Bay. I've stayed in 7 of the about 10 RV park/campgrounds in MB and for money and what you get this is the best deal. The park is clean, quiet and well kept. Management, day and night are friendly and responsive. Free coffee and brownies in the office in the AM. My next reservation is already made.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
Stayed here one night on the way to Morro Bay. I found this park to be very nice. Most of the amenities in one place one could expect to find in a park of this size. Appeared to be well maintained. Many planned weekend activities. Stayed in area called "Basic plus". It's dry camping on grass under large lush trees. Each site is surrounded by it's own little split rail fence with a picnic table and backs up to a riverbed. I was the only trailer in there, all other sites were occupied by tents. Very quiet in that area of the park. Wi-Fi reception is throughout park and is excellent.
Date of Stay: July, 2013
A typical state beach campground. Very busy at this time due to summer vacation. Surrounding landscape scenery is very nice with lots of large trees and shrubs. Beach access is easy especially if you're camped at the front of the park. Could be a long walk if you're in the back. Thought it would also be quieter in the back due to less pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Many choices for beach areas depending on what your pleasure may be. Great area for tide pooling as it is very close.
Date of Stay: May, 2013
Nightly rate is derived from a monthly rate for a full hook-up site. Electricity is metered and charged at 25 cents per KWH. Park is located very close to absolutely all commercial amenities yet is still located in a beautifully wooded area. Some sites are located to a busy county road. Wi-FI is excellent and so is digital over the air TV. There is a pool and a 9 hole mini golf. Nice store with a good supply of items and propane is also available. Owners are very nice and helpful.
Date of Stay: November, 2012
My second stay at Belle in Joshua Tree National Park. I prefer it to the other campgrounds because of it's seclusion. It's also the smallest campground in the park with only 18 sites. Makes it nice and quiet. If you want to climb and boulder, you can do it right here or you can travel a short distance to another area in the park to do that. Saw no kids as usual. There are no 40 footers in here, they couldn't make it around the boulders. There is no water, thus no showers in campground. You get a table, bbq and firepit at your site. You also get some awesome views out into the wilderness of Joshua Tree in every direction. It is located within minutes of everything there is to do and see in Joshua Tree. Be sure and reserve a tour of the historic Keys ranch, it is very interesting. Spent 5 wonderful days and hopefully will return again soon.
Date of Stay: November, 2012
Have stayed in this park a number of times and always enjoy it. State staff and volunteer hosts are friendly and efficient. I do wish that the staff would clean everyone elses junk out of the fire pits out between stays. Other than that, everything is very clean. AT&T Wi-Fi is available with their pay for use service, signal is strongest at entry gate. Free Wi-Fi in library parking lot in town. Dark skies and lots of stars to see each night. Many hiking trails are available. Palm Canyon trailhead is right in the campground and is a wonderful 3 mile roundtrip hike to the "Fan Palm Oasis." There is a wonderful visitor's center 7/10 of a mile away which can be accessed by car or a nice paved hiking/biking trail.
Date of Stay: October, 2012
Really nice park for beach views from bluffs which the park sits on. It's a short walk down 1 of 2 steep paved walks to the sand. The beach is very nice and wasn't busy at all. All view sites are in the non hook-up area of the park. The hook-up sites are all pull-through and are OK, but certainly nothing special and not at all private. The three nicest hook-up sites that are closest to the bluff just happen to be occupied by the volunteer campground hosts. If I were to ever stay here again I would stay in the non hook-up for view and a bit more privacy. There are showers and flush toilets there also.
Date of Stay: October, 2012
This was our 2nd visit to this park which has outstanding views of the ocean from most sites. It is a steep but short walk or bike ride to the day use beach area, but you can also just drive down there with ample parking. There are shade ramadas and tables for picnics along with showers and restrooms in the day use area. You can hear the waves crashing on the beach at night from the campground which is very relaxing, along with the coyotes in the canyon singing their lonely hearts out. It is a close drive to everything.
Date of Stay: October, 2012
Have stayed here many time many times now. For beach front or close to beach it's my favorite. It's just a 4 row asphalt parking lot with no hook-ups. There is one water spigot to fill your tank when you arrive or run out. The ocean beach is wonderful and the bayside beach is just as nice. You can access either one very easily depending on your desired activity. Very close to Coronado or Imperial Beach for anything you may need.
Date of Stay: October, 2012
1st time at this park, but certainly not the last. I usually go to Mammoth for the mountains but this is just as nice and a lot closer to home for a So Ca local like me. Park was quiet and clean. Saw lots of hosts/maintenance people at work. Everything you need is not more than a 10 minute drive to the city of Big Bear. Very close hike to lake with nice paved hiking/biking trail. Many hiking trails in the area.
Date of Stay: September, 2011
Very nice place to stay for a few days as long as you don't want to camp right on the beach. The beach is close enough but it is a steep paved walk but you can drive down and back up very easy. The campground is the states newest so the vegetation between sites is small. I stayed in site 12 which is an accessible and it can be a little tight for backing in especially if you have the max size rig of 38' which I don't. Be sure and read all of the restrictions before booking, there are a lot of them. Awesome views of the ocean-at-large. Saw many pods of dolphins during the day feeding in the surf as I walked the beach. There were two men surf fishing with no luck. There are no shells to collect on the beach. The beach is excellent for swimming.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
Stayed in site #6 which is a pull-through with 30amp electric and water hook-ups. There are no sewer hook-ups in park unless you are a host. There is however a sanitary dump located at the back end of the park. Site #6 is located directly across from a restroom/shower. The showers were all free this time because of a "no hot water guarantee". They were fine all week but there was a day of very little water pressure. Site 6 is directly across the street from the Morro Bay Yacht harbor and actually has a view of the water. The state nature museum is walking/biking distance and is free to registered campers, the kids will love it. The Morro Bay Golf Course is next door to the campground. Canoe and kayak rentals are across the street from the campground or you can launch your own there or at 3 or 4 other very close places. A walk/bike into downtown or the embarcadero is about 1.5 miles and is very nice during the week, a bit busy on the weekends. The host drive through the campground several times a day selling bundles of oak wood and kindling. The ranger comes through once at night. A fairly quiet campground except on the weekends when it's usually full. My $25 rate reflects 1/2 off hook-up rate.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
I agree with with nearly all said by previous July 2011 reviewer. There are 33 sites including 1 hike/bike site and 1 accessible site #3 which is the only pull through site and the only site currently with 30 amp service and water but no sewer. Stayed 7 nights Sunday to Sunday. Best time is Sunday through Thursday as park is empty. Friday and Saturday is completely full and a bit of a madhouse. State Park staff and campground volunteer host are very friendly and attentive to the park. Ranger makes nightly drive/walk through entire park looking for troublemakers. Restrooms and showers are cleaned 2-3 times each day. Trailer limit is 24 feet. There is a small nature trail surrounding the park.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
This campground is part of the Inyo National Forest and is reservable through Recreation.gov. There are no showers, but there are clean flush toilets and sinks with cold running water. There was also soft soap provided. The hosts are super friendly and very helpful. Very nice creek (Coldwater Creek) runs down both sides of campground where you can fish for rainbow and brook trout.


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Re: Could Kratos Travel Through Time?
VD: >before
>other one was Deimos
I'm almost thankful for it. Almost.
>BoO losing power
No. Just not handled like the super weapon it was.
>still possess Hades' soul
Unlikely. The release of energy should have taken everything he had where the attack by Fear Zeus might have missed a thing or two (blasting weapons, items and relics apart).
>just as ridiculous
Not nearly as shameful as how things went down for Loki. Thor had some pretty embarassing moments too. The resource would run dry rather quickly compared to Greek Myth.
>Poseidon fathered
You really should have noted just how the Pegasus was born. Amusing tale.
>mortal mother
>implying Athena wasn't a full goddess
>made inaccurate
Inevitable for all mythologies used.
Who didn't exist.
Don't have to care about that now that I'm getting the Furies proper. I'll pretend it is just another OC.
I don't even care to see him. He was so spectacularly left-field, I would rather he remain as unimportant as he deserves to be. Hypnos would make more sense (if only marginally), but would still be a lame addition.
>Artemis and Apollo
All in good time.
Not much room for a chap like him in games like these.
That's more like it.
Of course.
But the list goes on and on.
Re: Could Kratos Travel Through Time?
The pre-order bonus is the armor of Achilles, Odysseus, Orion and Perseus for MP, so I just thought it'd be nice if at least 1 or 2 of the characters would appear in SP, likely in some small way such as Jason and the Argonauts or Peirithous. I know Thera wasn't actually a titan, that was my point. Thera was a volcano though near Crete that could have played a similar role. It's been awhile since I looked up some of these myths, so my memory isn't so good on some of them. Such as Athena's mother (Metis, goddess of wisdom) and Pegasus' mother (Medusa). I agree that Norse mythology would run dry pretty quick so I'm not sure I'd base an entire game around just them but maybe a moderately-sized portion. It'd at least be better than going after Pandora's Box again.
The gods overestimate themselves.
Re: Could Kratos Travel Through Time?
>appear in SP
Possible. More so if they have us at Troy.
>was a volcano
And a Piraues Lion is just a statue.
Just as with the elements of Persian myth being worked in already. There is overlap between some of the regions regarding their recognized monsters, deities, etc.
>the box again
That was a terrible choice along with Pandora herself (as used as a fill-in for the daughter *read: moral pet*).
Re: Could Kratos Travel Through Time?
Yes, along with a collector's edition.
The pre-order bonus is called the Mythological Heroes Multiplayer Pack, which you can get from Amazon or GameStop (possibly other places but those are the only ones I've seen so far) includes the armor of Achilles, Odysseus, Orion and Perseus. Codes will be emailed with 2 business days after your order ships.
From what I could find on the Collector's Edition, it will cost $79.99 and includes an exclusive 8" Kratos statue, premium steelbook case, official game soundtrack (digital version), PS3 dynamic theme, PSN avatar pack, multiplayer double xp and a pass for all future DLC.
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Our big announcement on the Trump-Russia scandal.
My new favorite Tumblr, Christian Nightmares, is taking pains to document the not-so-brotherly love of the Lord's more zealous brethren. And thanks to them, I've now been acquainted with the hot mess that is Doug Giles. If you have three minutes to check out the video below, you should get to know him, too! He's the epic new thing in political crusadin', replete with mesmerizing MTV-style digital after-effects, a skin-tight dragon-applique henley, and action pics of him shooting a bear. Oh, right—he's got big-league conservative media backing, too.
Giles is the senior pastor of an evangelical flock in my native South Florida called (sorry, Joe Strummer) Clash Church. And if there's anything a soldier of salvation like Giles should be concerned with, it's the subject of this video: "Ten reasons why I believe the dour Democratic dames dislike Mrs. Palin."
Giles' smiley spunk is indeed impressive: part 5-Hour Energy commercial, part Limbaugh segment, with none of that dreary Jesus talk you might expect from, you know, a keeper of lost of souls. Before he gets around to his Palin list, he squeezes in some time to happily decry "the shemales at NOW and their messengers' ilk" for criticizing a woman "if she's not into being a mannish lesbian." (The visual prop for this is a before-and-after photo montage of Chastity/Chaz Bono, punctuated by several...um...awkward Giles gestures.)
Then, of course, the Alaskan red meat. First and foremost, Giles tells us, Palin's hot and she knows it. And Democratic women aren't. (Yeah, we might have heard that before.) But oh, the cutting analysis! Like some lovable foster-care offspring of Jimmy the Greek and Lisa Lampanelli, he intones:
...We all know how jealous and petty some chicks can be when they're aesthetically upstaged, right?...Catfight!
Other reasons Dem women hate Palin:
Doug's cheery message is produced by "Clash TV," courtesy of HumanEvents.com. Ever hear of them? Human Events, a journal that's part of the right-wing Regnery publishing empire, has been around since 1944, and its columnists include such heavyweight luminaries as Oliver North, Mike Huckabee, and Chuck Norris. Nevertheless, its longtime editor, Tom Winter, is a vice chairman of William F. Buckley's old American Conservative Union, so they're not exactly on the fringe of the fringe in Washington.
Neither, apparently, is Doug Giles:


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The data contained within these pages contains very nearly 22,000 names with the names of all(?) of the streets in (Kingston upon) Hull in 1892.
The information you see here was first scanned and then run through an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program by myself. This process, while boring, is fairly straightforward.
The resulting output from this is a huge text file (well over a megabyte). I sent this to Peter Johnson who had volunteered to check and correct the file (along with several others where you will see his name appears at the bottom of the pages). This process is long and tedious, as you need to read two things at once: the scans of the pages and the text file containing the OCR output, and you need to concentrate all the time.
The results of (mainly) Peter's work are contained within these pages, and if you happen to have an interest in either the streets of Hull or the trades and professions for 1892 then I am sure you will find these extremely helpful.
If you spot any errors, typos etc. please drop me a line via the link at the bottom of the page.
Colin Hinson
7th March 2002.
There are two sections to the pages, the main section deals with the main streets, and these are to be found in alphabetical sequence below. The other section deals smaller streets, yards, places, etc. etc. To use this file you need to look up the name of the (minor) street and then take the name of the major street given and look that up in the alphabetical sections. In theory you should find a reference to the minor street within the data for the main street given.
If you are looking for a particular name of a person (remembering only trades and professions are listed), and you don't know the name of the street, then you can use the Genuki Yorkshire Search engine to locate all references to the name and then choose the files titled 'GENUKI: Hull Trades and Professions by Alphabetical Street (1892)'
You will find (j) and (f) against various names. These stand for 'journeyman' (a man who is hired by another) and 'freeman' (a person who is not subject to the will of another or who enjoys a peculiar privilege such as the freedom of a town or city).
Here you will find:
Trades and Professions
in Streets etc. begining with:


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In John Cheever's classic story "The Five-Forty-Eight," set on a commuter train heading back from New York City to quiet Connecticut suburbs, a secretary stalks an ex-boss who slept with, then fired, her. On the platform she pulls a gun and threatens his life. He gets away, internally shaken, but the surface remains undisturbed in his Mad Men world. Fifty years later the commute home has that same eerie calm. "The whole car breathes out," says Cheever's daughter, Susan, who is at work on a biography of e.e. cummings and a social history of drinking in America. "Another day is over." But as with Cheever père's ennui-ridden protagonists, the dozing commuters' inscrutable façades can reveal deep truths and anxieties to the canny observer.
We asked Cheever, as well as body-language experts Joe Navarro (What Every BODY Is Saying) and Lillian Glass (Toxic People), plus Dave Ordas, a program manager for the New York area's Metro-North commuter rail from 1983 to 2004, to interpret our observations of commuters on several rides Bloomberg Businessweek took to the bourgeois bedroom communities of Scarsdale, N.Y.; Greenwich, Conn.; and Short Hills, N.J. Suffice it to say that in John Cheever's time, there was no Angry Birds to help riders decompress on the way home. Instead, there was the boozy "bar car." A dingier version still exists today, but a brown-bag beer is a poor substitute for a dry martini.
Weird but Less Common Commuter Behavior
Exactly one woman knitting
Navarro: "Anything repetitive is a pacifier. Rosie Greer was known for knitting on planes."
Glass: "The hand-eye coordination gets you out of your stress zone."
One couple having loud, crass fight
Navarro: "They're so emotionally charged, they forget social civility."
Maids and gardeners waiting on the opposite platform to go back into urban core
Glass: "Even though they weren't in offices, they still had stress today."


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Date of Stay: October, 2007
Very new so no trees but some planted on perimeter. Very, very clean and very level. one of the best sites we have visited. About 1/4 mile from Travel America. Free washer/dryers
Date of Stay: September, 2007
As others have posted basically a big gravel parking lot, but long and level spaces. Good for an overnight stay and close to the Interstate. Trailer park shares the same road and a few "suspects" drove or walked by, but I'm probably just paranoid. Friendly staff with coffee in the morning.
Date of Stay: September, 2007
A very nice park in a beautiful setting. Area was still a little muddy and in the process of being resodded after the recent flood. Roads are narrow and spaces are small and a little challenge leaving. Would have been easier but jeep was parked a little in the roadway and owner was gone so we left a little "footprint" when we left. The backins are the way to go here, expecially if you can turn down one of the roads to make for an easy approach. A little pricy but close to the park and away from any towns. Nice walkway by the river. Has a cafe and you can't beat $2.00 pancakes and sausages.


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Editor's Note: The following blog/commentary offers the writer's "real-time" views of the on-court performances and decisions of our men's basketball team. In no way should constructively-intended criticism be deemed as a lack of respect or admiration for our team's obvious desire and commitment.
Pregame: Thanks for the clock delay, folks. Allows me to get all nice and cozy in front of the boob tube. Hopefully it will wear out those homecourt fans just a little bit. Two surprise starters: for Stanford, it's Taj Finger, alongside Mitch Johnson, Fred Washington, Lawrence Hill and Brook Lopez. They could have gone small with Anthony Goods or big with Robin Lopez in that fifth spot. Instead, they're going Goldilocks. For Arizona State, forward Rihards Kuksisks. With the men at No. 7 and the women at No. 8, it's the first time ever Trent's troops have been ranked higher than Tara's.
7:42pm: It's déjà vu from last game. Stanford's slow out of the gate and a Kuksiks three that Stanford doesn't close out on puts ASU up 7-0 early. The team still has a tendency to start road games lacking in defensive intensity.
7:45pm: First Mitch snaps Stanford's dry spell with a jumper, then he finds Brook Lopez for the layup. It's 9-4 Arizona State at the first media timeout. Hopefully the Cardinal can keep it close and not fall as far behind as the first time around.
7:51pm Ty Abbott grabs an O-board for a James Harden three, then a Hill turnover is an automatic ASU two on a one-on-none fast break. Guess keeping it close was optimistic, the margin's ten, 14-4, just five minutes in.
7:52pm Anthony Goods, into the game for Washington, as ASU was sagging off him in their zone, hits a big three to pull Stanford within seven, 14-7, six minutes in. Now that Law Hill's snapped out of his slump, you could argue that Goods is the one guy who has yet to take his game to another level from last year. If he does, and maybe this shot's a start, the sky's the limit for the Cardinal. Robin Lopez and Kenny Brown check into the game – hopefully Brown can exploit the ASU zone. (Why not go with Drew Shiller?)
7:58pm: Sure enough, Anthony Goods drives to his left on the left perimeter and hits a nice 16 foot pull-up jumper to force the Devils into a timeout and cut the deficit to four, 19-15, halfway through the first stanza. Welcome to the big time Anthony Goods! I can't think of a Stanford player who this zone D would benefit more. This is playing out like the first game at double-speed – ASU jumps to a lead in the first ten minutes, we start playing some defense and rally thereafter. Maybe we win by 30 then? Shiller's been in for the last few minutes, and stays on the floor as we come back from the under eight media timeout with ASU leading 21-15.
8:05pm: ASU goes to the well one too many times and throws the same backdoor cut to the hoop that Jerren Shipp beat Brook Lopez on for a layup two mins before. This time, Robin's ready and slaps it away, forcing a turnover.
8:06pm: ASU throws away a defensive rebound as two Devils fight each other for it – only to watch it roll out of bounds. It's not technically a turnover, but functionally, the Devils have turned it over on their last three possessions, though they still lead 21-17 with six minutes left in the first.
8:08pm: Jeff Pendergraph is having a big game, and it just got bigger, as he posts up Brook Lopez, draws the slightest of contact and the all-important second first half foul on Lopez with 5:21 left in the period and the score 22-17. Washington leaves Kuksiks wide open for a layup, trying to help out Anthony Goods defending Harden's penetration into the lane. 25-17. An open Hill gets the ball three feet from the hoop, but doesn't have the strength to power through the contact and finish the dunk. That lack of upper-body strength was the biggest knock against Matt Haryasz, and the biggest reason he's not in the league right now. Hill splits from the line and it's 25-18 ASU with four minutes left in the first half.
8:13pm: The cameras survey the stands and it's only about half full for a visit from a top-10 team. ASU probably has the worst fan support of anyone in the Pac-10 considering they're a legit NCAA bubble team. Ike Diogu, the last Pac-10 center as highly-regarded an NBA prospect as Brook Lopez, is watching courtside.
8:15pm: Trent Johnson is on the court and says something to the official that draws a technical foul. I'm pretty sure it's Johnson's first T this season. Glasser hits the pair and it's 27-18 ASU with 2:56 left in the half. The Devils keep pounding it down low, with neither Brook nor Robin on the floor for Stanford.
818pm: Hill misses at point-blank range, but Robin Lopez is there to grab the O board and draw the foul. He splits [we finish the first half just 2-of-4 from the line] and it's 27-19 with 1:42 left in the half.
8:22pm: A clunker of a half ends with the most artistic minute of the season. Landry Fields drives the lane and passes with his right hand behind-the-back to Robin Lopez for a point-blank lay-in, cutting the deficit to 27-21 with 52 seconds to go. At the other end, it's Robin Lopez with a block of Ty Abbott that even the Pac-10 scorers can't miss.
8:24pm: Stanford holds for the last shot and even calls a timeout to set
something up. Perhaps Coach J's trying to get his team those two points on the
technical back. It works, as the ball moves left-to-right around the perimeter
to an open enough Kenny Brown, who fills it from 16 on the left baseline to end
the half with Stanford down just 27-23, the closest margin since 4-0. Brook
Lopez leads all scorers with 10, and Jeff Pendergraph and Harden have eight
apiece for the Sun Devils. You have to figure a rested Brook Lopez (just 13
first-half minute) is again going to put this game on his back in the second or
go down trying.
8:41pm: Bingo. Stanford gets the first crack at it in the second, and they go right to Brook, who's hacked and hits two from the line. 27-25 ASU with 19:40 to go. No mercy, just keep going to him. Kuksiks hits a three over Lawrence Hill, late closing out on the corner deep ball a la his sophomore season, and it's 30-25. Anthony Goods misses another good look at a three [he finishes the game just 2-of-10 and 1-of-5 deep].
8:44pm: It's Mitch, Anthony, Hill, Brook and Taj starting the second for Stanford. Taj gets beat on the dribble by Harden – it's now 32-25 ASU two minutes into the half and Finger's getting knocked around in the paint a little. I would take him out for Robin Lopez, and maybe give Fred Washington another look place of Goods. ASU's scored six straight after a Pendergraph free throw. Make that eight as Pendergraph thunders down a dunk off an O-board. Brook and Taj both went for the block on the original shot instead of the box out.
Brook's forcing it up in the face of consistent double and triple teams. I'm
not sure that's a bad move though, considering everyone else's offensive
struggles. And yup, he grabs his miss off a Finger tip, and banks it in from six
feet out on the low right block, drawing the foul. It's now 35-29 ASU four
minutes into the second. Stanford's strategy is pretty obvious (as it should
be): go to Brook. But someone else is going to have to step up if the Cardinal
are going to win their eighth straight.
8:50pm: Robin in for Taj, alongside Brook, Anthony, Mitch and Law. We'll see if the defense improves – I think it might. Girlfriend: "They're doing double screens on us." And it's Valentine's Day. I must be doing something right.
8:52pm: Immediately, Robin Lopez makes his impact felt, converting on a lay-up off a nice pass from Johnson, and then getting fouled at point-blank range after Johnson forces an ASU turnover. We're defending much more aggressively on-ball and I'm loving it. Herb Sendek gets on the PA and tells the crowd to stop throwing things, for the sake of safety and avoiding an ASU technical foul. (No joke.)
8:57pm: It's all Robin Lopez. Stanford's on an 13-2 run as the "other brother" has scored eight in a row, the latest to give Stanford its first lead of the game, 38-37 with 11:45 left. We're a pretty good (about No. 15, in my opinion – I think we're a little lucky to be 20-3) basketball team with our sole dominant offensive threat Brook, but if Robin can keep playing like this – watch out! I'd make the Faustian deal with the Devil and trade a month like this from Robin for his junior year at Stanford, because we're Final Four-worthy with two All-American posts. Robin hits his free throw and it's 39-37 Stanford.
9:02pm: Landry feeds the beast by lobbing it to Brook, who splits the double from three feet away for the two. It's 41-37 for Stanford, who's scored 16 of the last 18. Great pass by Fields. I was thinking he could be the next (blank), but couldn't fill in that blank, because in my four years at Stanford, I've seen one excellent guard (Chris Hernandez), and a bunch of mediocre to good ones, but not a great one – like Fields could be if he keeps progressing.
9:06pm: Fields drives the lane, draws the contact on Kuksiks and hits a pair, and it's 43-37 with 9:21 left. Then, after another ASU possession goes nowhere (they've scored two points in the last 8:49), Fields gets open for a three.
I said someone other than Brook Lopez would have to step up offensively
for Stanford to pull away, but I was thinking it would be Hill or Goods,
Washington or Johnson, or even Drew Shiller. But in one of those seasons, one of
those years where every bounce is starting to fall Stanford's way, some of the
game's biggest plays are coming from two of Stanford's least likely sources,
Landry Fields and Robin Lopez. Fields has five straight points to his name,
complementing Robin's 8-0 spurt.
9:10pm: The Devils again go nowhere on offense, with Harden missing a chippie, and Stanford works it down to Brook Lopez for a layup. But like Berlin, Landry Fields takes my breath away for the second time today. He's a half-step ahead of Abbott on a fast break after picking Derek Glasser's pocket, so I figure a bucket's coming. But it's that Fields elevates from the free throw line and tomahawks it down with his right hand with such power that draws the audible gasp. Stanford's on a 26-2 run, let me retype that, a 26-2 run, as Landry Fields welcomes himself to SportsCenter and perhaps the starting lineup if he keeps this up. Fields has eight and Stanford leads 51-37 with 7:59 left.
Okay, maybe we are as good as our ranking. It's not our most complete game by
any stretch of the imagination, but our periods or brilliance were the most
dominant I've seen out of any Stanford team in my four years here. For a good
seven minutes there, we looked like we belong in the top five, we belong in the
Final Four.
9:15pm: Come March, keeping that focus up game after game for forty minutes is going to be a tall challenge for Trent Johnson, and it shows here as Arizona State scores six straight with Stanford's defense asleep at the wheel. It's 51-43 Cardinal with 5:45 left, so there's plenty of time left for Arizona State to punish Stanford for its bipolar play.
9:18pm: Brook, again, saves the bacon. He goes to the line on two consecutive trips down the court and hits three of the freebies to put Stanford ahead 54-45 with 4:35 to go. (An underlooked key to Stanford's success tonight: they finish a big 21-of-29 from the line.) The Lopez twins have 36 of Stanford's 54 points, and add in Fields, and that accounts for all but 10 of Stanford points. You need offensive productivity at nearly every position to win in the NBA, but can Stanford get away with a two or three-man team (with Brook and a teammate or two providing the majority of the scoring depending on the night) at this level? We'll see in a few weeks.
9:24pm: Kuksiks scores a garbage-time layup, but he'd absolutely disappeared when Arizona State needed him. Then again, so did plenty of his teammates.
Harden splits a pair of free throws to pull the Devils within 56-50 with 2:22
left. It might matter to the poll voters and the bettors, but I think Stanford's
still going to win – just by a deceptively thin margin. Mitch does his part to
protect the first half of that sentence – the victory – by stripping Harden, yet
another Stanford takeaway on the evening.
9:27pm: Brook Lopez splits a pair and then Kuksiks makes it interesting by popping off a screen and draining a three from the left arc. Timeout ASU and it's 57-53 Stanford with 1:37 left. If I'm Stanford, it's time to get my good free throw shooters in there the next possession (take out Robin Lopez on the offensive end – Brook, Anthony, Mitch and Landry are all fine).
9:30pm: Landry drives and misfires at the buzzer on a possession where Stanford runs its stall offense for the first 20 seconds of the shot clock, and Robin can't hang onto the o-board while falling out of bounds. Kuksik misses an encore three and Mitch is fouled and splits a pair to put Stanford ahead 58-53 with 43 seconds left, but then Abbott nails an open three from the left baseline. The breakdown in perimeter defense is uncharacteristic and inexcusable given the score, now 58-56 Stanford with 33.4 to go. You knew ASU was going to put up the three.
9:33pm: What happens next is even more inexcusable. LF wisely calls a timeout to avoid a five-second call on the in-bounds and TJ somehow keeps Robin Lopez, his second-worst free throw shooter behind Fred of anyone who plays non-garbage minutes out there. Unsurpisingly, Robin Lopez gets hacked and misses the first. He's very lucky to hit the second free throw – it's never a good sign when the freebies are hitting the backboard on their way down, but now it's just 59-56 Stanford with 26.2 to go. An awful mental mistake from the Stanford bench. That same bench also has to shoulder some of the blame for the lapses in focus in this game and many others on the road.
9:35pm: We're guarding the three much too tightly, and Harden drives past Landry Fields for an uncontested layup – Mitch Johnson backs down to avoid a potential game-tying and-one. Brook Lopez gets the ball and the foul (Pendergraph's fifth), but it's just 59-58 with 14.6 to go. This is much, much closer than it should have been. Brook Lopez leaves his first well short, and, like his brother, uses the backboard (via the front rim) to drop the second. Harden drives down low, we seem reluctant to play tough D for fear of fouling, and he hits the game-tying lay-in – contested, but from just five feet out, with 6.2 seconds to go.
We don't call a timeout to set up a last-second shot. Trent Johnson's 0-for-4 and counting. Anthony Goods loses the handle and turns it over instead of putting up a three as the clock expires at a mighty disappointing tie at the end of regulation, 60-all. We still have the edge with Pendergraph out with five fouls and Kussiks with four, and it would be a great testament to the team not to fold and pull away with the win.
But perhaps it would be better for the team to get burned and drop one here,
so they learn that they need to stop playing with fire and start boxing out and
defending just as intently whether they're on the road, against a weaker
opponent, or ahead by 14 with eight minutes left. Kuksiks fouls out with 15
points and Robin Lopez splits a pair to kick off
9:42pm: Again Harden drives and converts a tough shot around the twins down low. He's at 17, and has scored the Devils' last six. Brook counters with a bank in as Stanford retakes the lead, 63-62. But then it's Harden, who's abusing Fields, driving with his left, and not getting called for the travel but a defensive foul on Fields. The bucket and the free throw drop and ASU leads 65-63 with four minutes to go in overtime. Hill replaces Fields.
9:44pm: Brook Lopez draws a whistle on Eric Boateng, Pendergraph's replacement, and hits both free throws to retie the game at 65 with 3:51 left in overtime. On the other end, Harden gets blocked twice down low but draws another questionable foul, this one on Hill. He splits the pair, and it's 66-65 Devils with 3:24 to go.
9:45pm: Hill throws it away, five feet wide of Brook Lopez, in a game to forget for him. The ball goes to Harden on the other end – he's scored ASU's last 12 now that he absolutely shakes Hill, drives the lane, draws the contact on Hill, and hits both his free throws.
Trent Johnson is bungling this – and right now he really needs to bring in Fred Washington. Two points explicitly on the first-half technical, and countless more benching Brook with five minutes left in the first, keeping Robin out in an obvious foul situation late in regulation, not calling a timeout with six seconds left in regulation and, oh yeah, not bringing in Fred Washington to guard Harden, the guy who has scored 12 straight ASU points in just 2:19 of game time. That's an 111-point pace in a 40-minute game. What is the critical value? A 20-0 run? A 200-point pace? Washington better be injured, because any other decision is inexcusable.
Now Stanford's got Goods on Harden, who holds the point of attack and comes
up with a big strip late in the shot clock. Stanford gets it knocked
out-of-bounds twice on their next possession and never gets a good look at the
hoop. Did I mention really poor game management? Add lack of offensive movement
at key points in the game. Stanford forces an in-bounds with one second left on
the clock into ASU's arms. 1:25 left, ASU 68-65.
9:50pm: In comes Eric Boateng with a huge offensive rebound of an Abbott miss. Both teams have 34 rebounds, which is inexcusable and lays on the players' shoulders. ASU in-bounds and passes it off to Glasser, think about that, bringing in your good free throw shooters with a lead and making sure they get the ball, and he's instantly hacked by Johnson with 41 seconds left.
9:54pm: Glasser splits, and then Johnson hits a huge three from the corner, closing to 69-68 ASU with 32 seconds left. Glasser again is fouled and goes to the line (we should try doubling the better free-throw shooters, or leaving the worse ones more open), where the 80 percent shooter this season hits the pair. Harden has eight in overtime and it's 71-68 ASU with 30.5 seconds left. We don't have Drew Shiller in the game. Wow.
9:57pm: Kenny Brown doesn't have the quickness to get open, and so 13 seconds later, ASU's called a timeout and nothing's changed. 17.7 on the clock, down three, still no Shiller (51% three-point shooter this season) in the game. But we do have Mitch Johnson (35% deep this season) and Anthony Goods (36% deep this season, 2-of-7 overall today). Sure enough, Goods misfires badly from NBA range (but with an open look and exactly at the top of the arc), but ASU knocks it out with 14 seconds left.
After the in-bounds, Mitch leaves an open corner three just short (what if it were Shiller with that look?), and Goods grabs the rebound with nine seconds left and three feet of empty space between him and the hoop. Take the open layup! There's enough time to foul! But Goods instead dribbles into the corner and launches a three with a man all in his face. Boateng, a 32 percent free throw shooter (why didn't we foul him off-ball?), gets the rebound and the foul with four seconds left and splits his pair. Goods airballs from halfcourt and Stanford suffers its most disappointing loss this season, 72-68, in a game it had locked away.
Postgame: The loss is a blessing in disguise for the players, who will learn to fight for all 40 minutes. But will the coaching staff learn from their numerous, numerous gameday mistakes? The deeper in the NCAA Tournament Stanford goes, the more the games mean and the closer they tend to become. Gameday coaching can singlehandedly win or lose those games – as Stanford fans found that out all too clearly today.
As a Stanford senior with a voice (I know players, coaches and the auxiliary staff alike read my Daily articles for the flack that I've gotten over the years from all those folks), I'm going to calm down, be polite, and print an open letter to Trent Johnson on Monday on gameday coaching. He's a good person and a great recruiter, but coaching in close games is a major part of why he gets to cash those paychecks, and right now it needs to improve. It can't hurt, and though I doubt it's going to make a change in an immediate "wow, Daniel, you're right, let me change my approach it's taken me 20 years to build" sense, maybe someone influential reads it, maybe an assistant reads it, maybe students and fans read it, and maybe this issue is one that the fan base makes a priority in seasons to come.
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Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
He's got some bling though
Go Gators!
LOL they were giving out beads to celebrate Mardi Gras.Originally Posted by KronoRed
Wait until you are my age.Originally Posted by Dom Heffner
Nice pic 44!
Will trade this space for a #1 starter.
Now, when you say they were "handing them out," you didn't have to...ya know...pull your shirt up for -em or anything did you?LOL they were giving out beads to celebrate Mardi Gras.
I think I will.Wait until you are my age.
Wahoo I'm glad I'm not the only kid around here.
I got almost 4 years on you.Originally Posted by gitrdunn44
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What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
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And the scary part is that he actually looks like Barbara Streisand.Originally Posted by RFS62
I've already figured out the "getting older" thing. I just quit having birthdays.
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Paint,Originally Posted by paintmered
You gained 10-15 years when your school hired "that woman" as it's leader.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Back in the Fold
"Nooo Daddy." Sobs Jinxso as she flings her small body against the front seat of the station wagon.
Eyes locked on mine, Dad grips the steering wheel and ignores her. "Get. Out."
Shoving the car door, I step into the night, into six inches of slush and snow. Nostrils flaring, chin tucked, I vow to get even. I'll show him. I'll show them all. Dad's friend lives a block away. I can see light spilling from the cabin's front window.
He'll know how cruel my family is, when I stand on his porch, in the dark, in the snow, no jacket, no ...
"Daddy." Cries Jinxso and I flinch. Ice water squishes into my wool socks and I fight the need to whirl around and slug her again.
Sensing my father's hesitation, I'm impatient to move, before he changes his mind, before I get revenge. Only I have to wait for an oncoming car. Behind me, Mom's voice, warm and controlled, floats above the melee.
Tears flood my cheeks. They don't love me.
"Nooo Daddy," wails Jinxso, "she has no shoes."
In the next instant, a large hand clamps onto my shoulder and I'm herded back into the car. Mom slants a look in my direction. Beamer smirks, Brats eyes are wide and Jinxso's smile is watery.
I'm home
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Nothing like family! What else can I say?ReplyDelete
True, but I'm still training them.ReplyDelete
You must of made your daddy mad or he wouldn't of pulled the car over and said "out!" I remember that day, I smucked my sister for looking at me and crinkling her lip the way it made me mad in an instant. It wasn't snowing for me, it was raining and he told me to knock it off but Cindy was being so mean to me so I got to walk home, in the rain, crying my eyes out because nobody loved me and everyone hated me and loved Cindy best. I did learn though not to hit her in the car and to stare out the window more often.ReplyDelete
Yes I made my miles already, I am happy. Next year I'll do a walk/run on. It's been fun keeping tabs.
Take care and have an awesome and blessed weekend.
Our sisters have a lot of explaining to do. :)ReplyDelete
Gotta love family. :O)ReplyDelete
I'm way too easy on my kids, I'm taking a stand. I can hardly wait for the day I dump one of their butts on the side of the road. I only wish it snowed in San Diego.ReplyDelete
When they whine drop them into a community service project. I pulled a few hours in my time.ReplyDelete
I'm too scared to contribute to this one...ReplyDelete
Thank goodness for mom. There has to be someone to settle down the crazies and the chaos. My daddy was the calm. My mom was the storm.ReplyDelete
Oh Marlia, Dad's a teddy bear, and Crystal I can be a real snot bucket. Trust me, it took a lot to push him over the edge and he rebounded quickly. :)ReplyDelete