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Jake and Cake humor. Ooo and Aaa are combined. To be more specific, the tree house is divided into two sections, one for Fionna and Cake the other for Finn and Jake.
Jake awoke from his blankets, at the sound of his personal alarm. Finn stayed fast asleep. Jake sighed, and got up to go make breakfast. The only thing that could get him out of the bed in the morning was (A) Finn's threats with swords and fists or (B) Bacon and Orange Juice.
He went down to the Kitchen. It was one of the few connections from Fionna, Finn's sisters part of the house that they had. The girl and her Cat demanded maximum privacy when they needed it. Jake chuckled quietly as he thought of the reasons why, and the confusion Finn had when he'd told him he'd understand sometime.
Cake was down there too, already preparing some Sausage, along with a seasoning of Cat Nip.
"Hey,' Hairball'" Jake said as he started to prepare his own plate.
"Hey,' Mr. I drink out of the Toilet and smell poop because I think it's the real deal,'" Cake greeted in return.
Jake sniffed. "Theres a lot of good smells in poop."
Cake laughed. "Yeah, I know that's not true. I mean, you smell just like poop and it is disgusting!"
Jake took a bite of his Dragon Double Deluxe style bacon. He dipped it in some Honey Mustard, ignoring the look of revulsion on her face.
"I might be gross, but at least I can stretch longer than you can." Jake boasted, grinning.
Cake smiled slyly. "I just got you to admit you couldn't stretch that far."
Jake frowned, realizing his mistake. He thought of an idea as he chugged down the rest of his Orange Juice. "How about we have a contest?"
Cake looked at him. "What kind?"
"Who can stretch the highest up in the air?"
"Deal!" and they slammed giant fists on the dinner table, knocking over some cups and plates. Finn walked down to the Kitchen, already dressed in his regular attire. He carried his Demon Blood family sword, favoring it against his Root dagger.
"Aw, what! You know I have to clean this up, now dude!" Finn whined as he took a single strand of bacon off a plate. That was probably the only thing he'd eat until Dinner, when they'd planned some sandwiches.
Fionna came soon after, showing similar annoyance. "Can't you guys keep your fighting somewhere else?" she snapped, drowsy. She, unlike Finn, was still in her pajamas. Frankly, she was irritated that they'd ruined any chance of her getting breakfast, as now they'd have to go hunting and trading. The only stuff they had was what they were saving for the Sandwiches.
"We're not fighting! We're about to have a stretching contest." Soon everything was explained, and Finn was assigned to ride Jake skywards while Fionna did so on Cake. The animal who got highest was the Stretchy champion of Ooo and Aaa. "C'mon Jake! You can do this, dude, you know it!" Finn egged Jake on as he went up, and Finn held tight.
"Cake! Cake! Cake!" Fionna chanted. "You're better than any silly old dog!" They went higher, and higher.
After a few hours, they had not given up, though they required extreme motivation to keep moving. Finn playfully but firmly pushed him on, using force if had to. This had become a Battle of the Siblings and their pets.
"Hey!" Fionna called from her ride. "How about we give them a rest, and have them stretch a fighting platform up here? Whoever wins is awesome, and it's a fight to whoever falls off."
Jake and Cake eagerly agreed, happy to stop moving up. They bended a short 5by5 arena. Fionna had changed into regular clothes, but brought no weapons. They agreed to fight hand to hand.
Finn struck at a center point in Fionna's back, and she retaliated with a sweeping kick. Finn fell down, and rolled out of the way of one of her jump strikes. He feinted once and tackled her from the side He dragged her over to the edge, trying to get her off. Fionna was slowly losing her hold on it, but she remained firm. She pushed Finn's face close to her's and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Finn stopped, blushed, and did nothing but stand in shock. Fionna had used this as a way to trick him into losing his guard. She kicked him off of her, and smirked.
"Bet you didn't see that one coming, did you?"
Finn growled. Jake yelled advice. "Don't forget your Shadow skills! The one we learned from that Pit Demon."
Finn nodded. His body disappeared. Fionna looked in shock. Where'd he go? Then she was struck in the head, and she toppled over, next to the edge. Fionna was quickly attacked from an unseeable force. She realized there was only one way to fight him like this. Finn was a noisy fighter, even as trained and hardened as he was. In a professional attack or defense, he could take out anyone with a few moves. The problem was he couldn't be sneaky.
Fionna heard his footsteps and quickly jeered to the right, and body slammed in the direction of the sound. Finn yelped and was sent flying. He toppled over the edge of the field, letting himself be seen again. Fionna raised a righteous fist in victory.
"Uh, baby girl, I'm glad you won and all… But you just knocked him a couple hundred thousand feet in the air." Cake said, nervous.
"That high?" It came out as a squeak. She had no intentions of killing her brother, just a friendly fight. "GUYS! GO DOWN NOW AND SAVE HIM!" Fionna jumped off, and the animals dived in pursuit. They found Finn screaming a couple thousand feet down. Fionna stuck a foot in his back, and grabbed his hands. He winced, but it slowed him down a bit. Eventually The animals caught up and lowered them down to the ground.
Everyone was happy, then, you could suppose. Jake scoffed at Cake's victory cries, and Finn tried to be humble about it.
"The lesson from all this," began Cake. "Is that Girls are better than boys at everything, same for Cats and Dogs."
Jake snorted. "Wanna prove it?"
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Northern Illinois Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher, who led the week-long head coaching search, made the introduction of the 39-year-old Doeren, who currently serves as defensive coordinator at the University of Wisconsin.
Doeren is completing his fifth season at Wisconsin in 2010. In January of 2008, he added defensive coordinator duties to his assignment as linebackers coach after spending his first two seasons in Madison as the Badgers' co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator. The Shawnee Mission, Kansas native has also served on successful coaching staffs at Kansas (2002-05), Montana (2000-01), USC (1998-99) and Drake (1995-97), his alma mater. He began his coaching career at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas.
"I am thrilled to introduce Dave Doeren as the new head football coach at Northern Illinois University," Compher said. "Dave has deep Midwest ties. He played and coached at Drake and has been at Kansas and Wisconsin. He knows Midwest recruiting and believes there is a wealth of talent in this area. His teams will bring a physical style of play that the Huskies have been known for.
"We often talk about being able to ride the bus, he's not just riding the bus, he has driven the bus. I like the way he has moved up the coaching ranks from high school to Drake and Montana, to USC, Kansas and Wisconsin. He is an experienced coach with a wealth of knowledge who can improve on who we are and lead us on that next step to a championship. We welcome Dave, his wife Sara and their boys to the Huskie family."
Northern Illinois University President John Peters provided his endorsement.
"We are very pleased to attract a coach of Dave's caliber from one of best programs in America," Peters said. "I feel confident the Huskie football program is in good hands and will build on the successes we have enjoyed this century."
Doeren thanked Compher and Peters for the opportunity and said he is ready to help the Huskies reach the next level.
"I am extremely proud to be a part of the Huskie family," Doeren said. "To have the opportunity to work at a program that Coach Novak and Coach Kill have built, and continue building toward excellence, is a dream come true. This is something that I've thought about for the last 16 years, I can't wait to get started. I look forward to making the former players, alumni and NIU community proud of the product they see on the field, in the classroom and in the community."
During Doeren's time at Wisconsin, the Badgers have posted a 49-15 overall record and played in the Champs Sports Bowl (twice), Outback Bowl and Capital One Bowl. This year's 11-1 UW team will take on TCU in the 2011 Rose Bowl; the 2009 team won 10 games for just the sixth time in school history.
His UW defenses have consistently been ranked in the national top 25 in NCAA defensive categories. The 2010 Wisconsin defense ranks 22nd in the country in total defense and is in the Top 30 in both rushing and scoring defense. A year ago, Wisconsin led the Big Ten and ranked fifth in the country in rushing defense, allowing just 88.2 yards per game to record the second-best rush defense in school history. The Badgers held each of their last 10 opponents in 2009 to less than 100 yards rushing, the longest streak in school history. Wisconsin led the nation in pass efficiency defense in 2006 and was the No. 2 scoring defense in the country.
His pupils at Wisconsin have included current National Football League linebackers Jonathan Casillas of the New Orleans Saints and DeAndre Levy, the Detroit Lions' middle linebacker. Badgers' linebacker Chris Borland was named the 2009 Big Ten Conference Defensive Freshman of the Year.
Doeren arrived at Wisconsin after four seasons at the University of Kansas from 2002-05. He was the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for his first three seasons before being promoted to co-defensive coordinator in the summer of 2005. The Jayhawks led the Big 12 Conference and ranked No. 3 nationally in rushing defense that year and were 11th nationally in total defense. KU linebacker Nick Reid was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.
Prior to his time in his home state, Doeren coached the secondary at NCAA Division I-AA power Montana for two seasons and was the Grizzlies' recruiting coordinator for one year. Montana won the I-AA national championship in 2001 and went 28-3 with two conference titles in Doeren's two seasons there.
Doeren's bowl experience goes back to his days as a graduate assistant at Southern California (USC) when the Trojans played in the 1998 Sun Bowl. The Trojans led the nation in interceptions that year with 24, while the 1999 squad led the nation in turnover margin.
He started his college coaching career as an assistant at Drake from 1995-97 where he coached linebackers, adding defensive coordinator chores in 1997. A four-year letterwinner at Drake (1990-93), Doeren earned Academic All-America honors as a senior and graduated with a bachelor's degree in pre-medical biology and a master's in educational leadership.
The Huskies' new head man, who coached against Northern Illinois in games at Wisconsin in both 2007 and 2009, said he was looking forward to learning more about the team, the university and the community in the coming weeks while continuing his duties at Wisconsin through the Badgers' bowl game.
He and his wife, Sara, have three sons, Jacob, Luke and Connor.
"Sara and I look forward to becoming active members of the community and getting to know our fellow Huskies," Doeren said. "The next plan of action is to get a great recruiting class and the best staff that we can as soon as possible."
Press Conference Transcript - Dec. 13, 2010
Introduction of New NIU Head Football Coach Dave Doeren
Jeff Compher, Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics
Opening statement
"Ten days ago, we lost a heartbreaker in the MAC Championship game. Eight days ago, we found out that our head coach was leaving to take a Big Ten job at Minnesota. Eight days ago, we also began the process of trying to find our next head coach at NIU. The process has been swift, thorough, time consuming, invigorating and very rewarding. I actually had to introduce myself to my wife on Saturday, because she hadn't seen much of me. I'll be back home sometime soon. I want to say that President John Peters, who could not be with us today because of a previous commitment, has been an all-star throughout this process for me. He's been with me every step of the way, and his steady hand has been invaluable as we moved throughout the search process. We had tremendous interest in this position because of the hard work and dedication of student-athletes and coaches who have built this program. I want to thank our former head coach Jerry Kill for coming to NIU and for developing our program to a level that will go out and beat Big Ten teams and allowed us to compete for a conference championship this year. I also want to thank the former staff, especially Tom Matukewicz and the other coaches who are coaching our team through the Humanitarian Bowl this week. We leave tomorrow and I am very impressed with the job they have done in preparing our young men to battle Fresno this Saturday.
"I had some ideas as to what we needed in our next head coach, and I wrote them down early in this process and I thought I'd share them with you. I thought we needed experience, credibility, a desire to be here at NIU, a willingness to ride the bus and by that I mean an understanding of who we are and what the MAC is, a tireless recruiter, enthusiasm, someone who can bring it and will embrace fundraising. Finally, continuity in our philosophy, the face from which we have had our program which was really built up by Coach [Joe] Novak and carried on through Coach Kill, and that was making sure that we emphasized character and academics in our football program.
"Then I asked some of the members of the football leadership council what they were looking for in a coach. They said, someone with Midwest ties, someone who understands a day like yesterday[blizzard-like weather], someone with lots of energy, someone who would take a personal interest in each and every one of them, someone who looks to build character and encourages success off the field and must care about academics, treat people fairly, but not all the same, someone who is dedicated to hard to work and being here at NIU, must exhibit a willingness to be external and help promote our team across the campus in this great community, and someone who understands how important the strength and conditioning coach is, as well as our football operations person is, to the well-being of a team. It's a tall order for anyone who would love to, but I can tell you that we found the right coach who could fulfill those qualities. He uses terms like, 'we will impose our will,' 'we will play a physical brand of football,' and 'we will build a great staff.' Those kinds of things bring truth to me and the future of our program.
"I know he wanted the job, because yesterday he spent two hours digging himself out of his driveway. He didn't give up, and actually, had a snowplow come in and finish the job. Then he drove two hours through blizzard to get here. Tried to see the town, tried to get a feel for what NIU is all about. I also know he knows what it means to ride the bus, because early in his career, not only did he ride the bus, you'll find out that he actually drove the bus. He's been there. He knows what it means. He knows what it's like to be a part of a program at this level. He's coached at the high school level, the FCS level, the BCS level. He was an Academic All-American and truly understands the value of an education. He was born in Kansas and has spent most of life in the Midwest. His 16-year career has had stops at Drake, USC, Montana, where they played for a national championship and won one while he was there, and played for another. He was at Kansas, where their staff totally turned their team around and had their defense rise to one of the best in the country, and now recently, he has been with Wisconsin for the last five years. He's been a recruiting coordinator, has had several stops where he has been defensive coordinator and now he's defensive coordinator for the Badgers. He'll take them and that great defensive team to the Rose Bowl in a couple weeks. He's excited about helping in our university's fundraising and our efforts to partner with us and the rest of the university in building our much-needed indoor practice facility.
"However, he is first and foremost, a family man. His wife Sara and their three boys, Jacob, Luke and Connor are with us, and I know they're looking forward to getting to know this university and our outstanding community here in DeKalb and Sycamore. I also found out from his current coach, Bret Bielema, that he's a bit of Renaissance man. He taught himself how to play the guitar one summer, and I understand he's quite good. Maybe he can show us his talents some time. Earlier this morning he met with the team, because I told the team that they would learn who their new coach would be before the public would know. They appreciated that. He's coached against us, now he's going to coach for us, and against a team that once challenged us."
Dave Doeren, Head Coach
Opening statement
"Thank you Jeff. I would like to say thank you to Dr. Peters, who is not here, but had a great meeting with him last night. First of all, thanks for this opportunity. You're getting somebody who is very, very proud to be here. It means a lot to me that Jeff and his wife spent time with me last night. Yesterday was an emotional day. I've been through a lot to get to this place. I had to dig the car out of the driveway, it was crazy to get here yesterday, but the kids hung in there and I'm very, very proud to be standing here in front of this group.
"I had the opportunity this morning to meet the team. The first thing I told them was that they should be very proud of what they have accomplished. I played against this team a few years ago when they weren't so strong. I've seen this team as I've been a part of college football. I know Coach Novak, I know Coach Kill, I know what they stand for. I'm very proud to be standing here and build on what they've already created, and I told the players that. I'm not walking into a rebuilding job. I'm very fortunate to be walking into a place that has the pride and success and the facilities and the expectations and the academic integrity that this university has. I've been a part of rebuilding jobs, so I know. There's only 120 Division I coaches. I'm very, very lucky to be at a place like this. You're going to find that I'm going to grind. I'm going to work hard. I'm going to take great pride in backing this university and putting a product on the field that every can be proud of. We talked with the players today about embracing the tradition we have here, creating new ones, working hard, going to this bowl game and representing you, whoever has played here in the past, and every representative fan, booster, and then coming back ready to work. When this season is over, it's over, and when my season is over, it's over, and it's time to create a new one. I'm very excited for that opportunity.
"I would also like to thank Christian [Spears] for what he has done in this process. I did get a chance to talk with Coach Novak and Coach Kill and I greatly appreciated what those guys had to say. They love this place and that made me feel good. I know I'm a part of family now, not that I haven't been at other places, but I stand here in front of this podium, in front of you guys and in front of my family, awesome, awesome feeling. There are no shortcuts and that's what I'm going to tell the guys. To get where I've come …I'm not going to bore you with the journey that I've taken, but there is no step that I've missed. I understand what it's like to not have things. I understand what it's like to be on both sides of the coin. I'm going to be very appreciative of what's given. I promise you that I'm going to fight for everything that we don't have. Our players will play with urgency. They will take great accountability for what they do for the emblem on their helmet and the name on the back."
On why he has chosen to remain with Wisconsin through the Rose Bowl
"There are a couple parts to it. One, I felt like I was a part of a five-year process there to get them to that point and I want to finish that journey. I also feel that it's great publicity for this university and for our recruiting efforts to have a Rose Bowl coach on national television. There's going to be Kirk Herbstreit and their crew doing the game and for them to continue talking about Dave Doeren, the next head football coach at Northern Illinois on January 1, I felt was a positive for this university so those were the main two reasons."
On his brand of football
"I believe in a physical brand of football. We've talked about it other places that I've worked. It's a 60-minute game that's played in short intervals. It's not about looking pretty. It's about playing physical and playing within the rules. At Wisconsin, we took great pride in that. We're the lowest penalized team in the nation, but I think people that watch football know that we're not committing penalties because we're not physical. We truly put pride in taking our opponents down and getting them to the fourth quarter and watching them quit. That is what I want to do, and I believe that brand of football stands strong here and has been established. Regardless of the scheme, it's a mentality that starts with me and every assistant coach that I bring here, and in the weight room, and every kid that I recruit."
On his knowledge of Coach Matukewicz and assembling his staff
"I did know Coach Tuke, not to a great extent, but knew him from recruiting in Florida. I've seen him on the road a few times. He's also a Kansas man, so I've heard of him through the profession. We briefly talked upstairs today before I met with the team, but haven't had a great deal of time to sit down with him, he's pretty busy too. I do plan on sitting down with him and any other member of the staff that would like to entertain staying, not that that's going to happen, but I do want to talk to every one of those guys about that. As far as building a staff, that's something that I've been doing over the course of the last seven days once I got the phone call that they were interested, and I knew that would be important. I'm not going to announce any of those names quite yet, but that is of the utmost importance. I'm talking to guys that were on Coach Novak's staff, guys who have played here. I want guys that understand the culture at NIU and that are very proud of working here."
On the head coaches he's worked with in the past
"Having Bret [Bielema] and Coach [Barry] Alvarez at Wisconsin has been great. Obviously, Coach Alvarez built Wisconsin into something that many programs dream to have. Bret became a first-year head coach under him so I've watched Bret grow basically from the position I'm standing here in to what he is today. I've had both sides. I was with Coach Mark Mangino at Kansas and he worked for Jim Tressel, worked for Bob Stoops, worked for Coach [Bill] Snyder. In four years we built the program at Kansas that had success. Learned many great lessons through him and his travels. I was with Joe Glenn at Montana who's won three national championships.
"Each one of these guys that I'm talking to you about does things completely different from the other. I don't think there's any one way to say that I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this the way I've done everything in my life, I'm going to work. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to take pride in finding an edge and using that to our advantage. I'm going to be creative. I'm going to learn through doing. I know there's going to be learning experiences as we go through this like there are for everyone in this room professionally. I promise you one thing, if I make a mistake, I'm going to learn from it and it won't happen again. That's the only thing that I can ask from my players. I'm very excited about the journey, but I'm a student of the game. I study other coaches, I study other head coaches, I study press conferences, I study everything that I can. You're going to get someone who takes great pride in what they do."
On what he sees his role being
"I'd say I'll be the CEO part of it. I don't want to be a guy who runs the defense or coaches the offense. I do want to be involved with our players' lives. I see myself more as the motivator and cultivator of what we're going to be doing here, teaching these guys how I want them to act, how I want them to live, what I want them stand for. The Xs and Os is going to have my brand on it, trust me, but I'm not going to be in there calling the plays on game day."
On the process of assembling his staff
"That is the plan that we would like to see happen because of the traveling situation that NIU is undertaking here tomorrow and then me going to the Rose Bowl and coming back, a lot of this is going to be dependent on how we can do those things. There is going to be a lot of back and forth. The sooner I can get everyone here, the sooner I will. I will say this though, I'm not going to rush the process. I do believe that hiring nine guys as fast as I can is not the smartest thing to do. I do know a lot of coaches in this business. There are a lot of great ones, that doesn't mean that they're the right guys for this job. I'm going to take my time. There are a few guys that I have offered positions to I'm going to go out and talk with their families and we'll see where that goes, but we're going to have some guys here who want to be here that represent what I represent, and I'm going to take my time doing that. That's something that I watched with Bret. Bret, a lot like me has a lot of friends in this business, but he interviewed guys for every spot to make sure that they were the right fit and I think that's important here."
On the timing of the hiring working to his advantage
"The one thing that is helping me is that this team is leaving to go play in a game. They're done with school. They're traveling. There's not a whole lot here I can do right now, and most of the administration is going along. The window actually works out pretty good. Cell phones make everyone pretty mobile. I'm going to be able to recruit from wherever I am. Of the utmost importance right now is for this football team to go win, to play their best football and springboard us into what I hope is a great off-season, and for me to go to the Rose Bowl with my family and Wisconsin and try to help them win a game, and then move forward from there. The dead period is about to start here in recruiting. The travel is going to be cutoff for me."
On how he expects his team to play
"Offensively, it's going to build off of what we do here already. It's going to be balanced. I do believe in using the personnel that you have. Everyone turns on the TV and says I wish our offense could do that, and those aren't the players that we have. We're going to use what we have, there's a lot of good talent here. We're going to be physical. We're going to be balanced. We're going to incorporate a lot of different shifts and motions. We're going to make defenses defend the whole field and make them have a very tough week of preparation getting ready for our offense. I do believe in that as a defensive coach. We're going to make guys exercise every rule when they're preparing for us.
"Defensively, we're going to be aggressive. We're going to be smart. We're going to be tough. I don't believe that blitzing every snap is the way to win a game. We need to be sound and play with great technique, playing hard and understanding how to leverage the football and how to tackle, how to create takeaways and get our offense the football as fast and in as good a place on the field as we can. I think on both sides you're going to find that's going to play aggressive, and that's something I promise that they're going to get from me."
On recruiting
"I'm going to be on the phone. I've already been given the list of recruits that are committed here, and we're going to honor those commitments. I'm going to rely a little bit on some of the guys that I'm talking to that I think we're going to get on this staff. I'm going to rely on Coach Kill's staff. There's a lot of players that came to Wisconsin's camp last year who didn't get offered and are out there being looked at by MAC schools right now, so those are the guys that I'm going to be looking at. I'm going to take my time with it as well. I think it's very important to understand, it doesn't matter how many stars a recruiting service puts on a player. That is not the sign of a good player. J.J. Watt won the Lott Award last night on national television in California. Ronnie Lott has a national award. He [Watt] was our defensive end at Wisconsin and he won the award last night.
"J.J. was a tight end that we didn't recruit at Wisconsin that went to Central Michigan as a tight end. He didn't like it, transferred back to Wisconsin and walked on and now is the number one defensive end in the nation. I think there are a lot of stories like that, some of your best players are not necessarily your highest recruited guys, it's about how to go out and find the right fit. We talked about the running back [Chad] Spann. Spann was a walk-on, was the last guy taken in that class and he's one of the best players on your team right now. Understand it's not how fast you get the commitments, it's that we get the right ones. I will not take guys, just to take a guy to fill a class. If we need to hold five scholarships so that we have a year to research into the class for next year, we'll do that. We're going to make sure that we have the right guys for the program."
On playing at Soldier Field
"I think it means a lot in a lot of ways. Obviously, I assume the Bears are big around here. I know with over 50 players on our roster from Illinois, there's probably quite a few Bears fans. For those kids to be in the same locker room as Lance Briggs and Brian Urlacher is a pretty neat deal to them. I know in recruiting obviously it's a big deal to say that we're playing in Soldier Field, and obviously, playing against a team that I have a great respect and passion for, that's going to be special to me. Coach Bielema and I last night laughed about that. We can't believe we're playing each other in the third game. It's going to be a great game."
Quotes from NIU Players
Chandler Harnish, RS-Jr. Quarterback
On first impressions of coach Doeren…
"Coach Doeren seems like a great guy, a lot of energy and very passionate about the game. He's bringing the same type of mentality that we've had here: tough, hard-nosed football."
On the team being the first to know…
"It means everything. The last things we want to do is read on the blogs or on a website that NIU hired a new coach. They called us in really early, and I think that shows the amount of respect the administration has for the players and vice-versa. We're very, very happy about that."
On schematic continuity…
"I haven't really gotten to sit down and talk with him specifically about anything. He's coming into a good situation. We have a lot of good guys returning and we do a lot of good things on both sides of the ball. The least amount that we change is probably for the better, but it's his team and his mentality. I'm sure he's got a great plan and that our guys will conform to it."
Tommy Davis, RS-So., Defensive Back
On knowing who the head coach will be…
"It's nice to have some clarity, with so many uncertainties going on after (former head coach Jerry) Kill left, it can be rough. I think we've handled it well, but it is nice to have some clarity."
About the future of the program…
"I'm definitely excited about the future. The program is on the rise. We've got a great group of guys, a great team, really a family… Sometimes change can be exciting and I think this is an exciting change."
Trevor Olson, RS-Jr., Offensive Tackle
On initial impressions of coach Doeren…
"He seems like a very nice guy. He comes from Wisconsin, so that's nice that they play the same style of football. That won't be too much of a change. He seems like a very intense guy like (former head) coach (Jerry) Kill was."
On physical brand of football Doeren brings from Wisconsin…
"I like it as an offensive lineman. It gives us a chance to get our hand on the ground, get our pads down and just knock some people around. It's hard-nosed, tough, working kids that are going to play every play as hard as they can."
Jason Schepler, Jr., Tight End
On Doeren's message to the team…
"I like the message he brought today that he has had to work for everything he's had. Everyone on the team, that's been here, that is here, has had to work to get to where they are at now."
On what kind of program NIU will be under Doeren…
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CHAMPAIGN — More than 1,000 church-going people willing to volunteer one Saturday morning in March are still needed to help the Christian service organization Empty Tomb with a project intended to help needy children.
Empty Tomb needs 1,300 volunteers to register soon to help build 400 clothing cupboards for children who don't have dressers or closets to store their clothes, books and shoes at their homes.
Each volunteer also commits to raise at least $80 in pledges in connection with the March 2 work event. The pledges are intended to help Empty Tomb cover the cost of its service work in the Champaign-Urbana area.
Empty Tomb strives to give Christian church members opportunities for service, and its work includes helping low-income people with donated furniture, food and clothing and cash assistance for emergencies. It also helps churches increase mission spending.
The organization's coordinator, Shannon Cook, said volunteers registering to work on the cupboards are asked to be at least attending a church, if not members of a church.
"Empty Tomb's goal is to help build the church, so we want the Christians to participate to show their stewardship of faith throughout the community," she said.
Of 189 churches contacted to help with the cupboard-building project, 58 have responded to the call for help, and 159 church people have registered to help, she said.
That's well short of the total needed, so the deadline to sign up has been extended to Feb. 19, Cook said.
Empty Tomb and its volunteers built 100 clothing cupboards for kids last March, and the organization hopes to build so many more this year because the need for them is so great, she said.
No special carpentry skills are needed to be a volunteer builder. The cupboards are built from kits, Cook said.
The money volunteers raise is also much needed by Empty Tomb, which was behind paying its 17 employees all year in 2012 until December, Cook said.
The fundraising goal is $120,000, and the money raised will go into Empty Tomb's "no late bills" reserve fund, she said.
The cupboard-building work event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon March 2. The location will depend on the number of volunteers registered to help and hasn't been selected yet, Cook said.
Cook asks that people register as soon as possible. Volunteers can raise funds to cover their minimum $80 donation or cover it themselves, she said.
A limited number of volunteers will also be needed to deliver the cupboards and do other things for the event, such as check in, serve on the hospitality team and lead prayer.
For registration, visit http://www.emptytomb.org [2] or come to Empty Tomb at 301 N. Fourth St., C.
Or register through your church, Cook said.
Do you have to be "church-going" to volunteer?
Apparently even being a "church-going" volunteer isn't enough. You also have be Christian before they will accept your help. Something tells me they will fall very short of their 1300 person goal. It just seems wrong on so many levels.
I am an atheist, but I would happily volunteer to help people out. I guess I just have more compassion then they do.
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Carolyn Canfield, Honorary Lecturer and Patient Safety Champion in the department recently visited Japan to promote relationship-based health care for better safety and quality. Six speaking engagements included presentations for clinicians, managers and researchers to the 11th Annual Congress of the Japanese Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Tokyo, Yokohama City University Medical Center, […] Read More
The man who has been called The Pride of Port McNeill, Dr. Granger Avery, was installed on August 25, 2016 as the 149th president of the Canadian Medical Association, an organization with 80,000 members. Born in 1946, in London's King's College Hospital where his mother trained as a physician, Avery is a 70-year-old recently retired general practitioner […] Read More
Sarah Munro, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has been awarded a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) trainee award. Ms. Munro was one of 28 outstanding post doctoral researchers chosen from a highly competitive pool of 154 applications. With a maximum term of three years, the awards will […] Read More
Canadian doctors are sounding the alarm over a restrictive abortion pill access program that requires them not only to prescribe the drug but dispense it as well. Last year, after one of the longest drug approval processes on record, Health Canada agreed to allow doctors to begin prescribing the home abortion pill Mifegymiso, more commonly known as […] Read More
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Wall Street Journal:
E-mail providers are trying to steal some of social networking's thunder as fast-growing services like Facebook Inc. begin to encroach on their turf.
The biggest Web email services — including Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL- are adding features that allow users to perform such sociable functions as tracking friends and creating personal-profile pages for others to see.
The prize here is user loyalty.
One challenge these companies face is that unless they share their APIs users will be in the same boat as they were with Instant Messaging for so many years where one couldn't leverage the great feature set of the other
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Features Of Southeast European Human Ancestors Influenced By Lack Of Episodic Glaciations
Lack of geographical isolation may have led to unique physical features seen in southeastern European human ancestors, says study.
A fragment of human lower jaw recovered from a Serbian cave is the oldest human ancestor found in this part of Europe, who probably evolved under different conditions than populations that inhabited more western parts of the continent at the same time, according to research published February 6 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by William Jack Rink of McMaster University, Canada, and the international team under the direction of Dušan Mihailović (University of Belgrade, Serbia) and Mirjana Roksandic (University of Winnipeg, Canada).
The fossil was found to be at least 397,000 years old and possibly older than 525,000 years old, a time when distinctly Neandertal traits began to appear in Europe. The evolution of these traits was strongly influenced by periodic isolation of groups of individuals, caused by episodic formation of glaciers. Humans in southeastern Europe were never geographically isolated from Asia and Africa by glaciers, and according to the authors, this resulted in different evolutionary forces acting on early human populations in this region.
Roksandic explains that their study confirms the importance of southeast Europe as a 'gate to the continent' and one of the three main areas where humans, plants and animals sought refuge during glaciations in prehistoric times. She adds, "We have very few fossils of hominins in general from this time, a period that was critical for shaping the appearance and evolution of uniquely human morphology and behaviors."
"New Radiometric Ages for the BH-1 Hominin from Balanica (Serbia): Implications for Understanding the Role of the Balkans in Middle Pleistocene Human Evolution",
Rink WJ, Mercier N, Mihailovic D, Morley MW, Thompson JW, et al. (2013)
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WASHINGTON – Eat your vegetables! Get some exercise! Have some candy! How about a whiskey? All of those messages are being paid for by the same source – your tax dollars.
The federal government may spend a lot of money to encourage Americans to eat their vegetables, but it's also dedicating dollars to pursuade foreigners to buy American candy and spirits.
The mixed –perhaps contradictory – messages are a result of diverse federal programs that are spending millions of dollars a year with very different goals. Domestically, the Obama administration has made healthier eating – to fight obesity – a key priority. At the same time, it is trying to help U.S. companies sell their products overseas – even if those products are high in sugar or alcohol.
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A key player in the task force is the Department of Health and Human Services. Obama made the department responsible for educating the public to make informed decisions when grocery shopping and while dining out. In September 2010, the agency launched a multimedia campaign totaling more than $9 million to promote healthy lifestyles, reflecting the White House's obesity prevention efforts.
"Curbing the obesity epidemic requires committed people and organizations across the nation working together to take action," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement when the anti-obesity initiative was announced.
Another agency working to promote healthy eating is the Department of Agriculture. The USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion in 2011 launched its "MyPlate" campaign, including the agency's new plate-shaped icon that replaced the food pyramid.
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Through its largest program, the Market Access Program, the USDA allocated $200 million in 2012 to food industry groups and associations to help pitch their products overseas.
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Alcohol companies are also big recipients. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States has received more than $250,000 to promote whiskey and other alcoholic beverages overseas. The Brewers Association was awarded $400,000 in 2012, and the Wine Institute received $6.9 million in 2012, making it one of the largest MAP recipients.
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"It's a huge departure from our approach in the past," said Post. "We've really stretched an awful lot of dollars and got an awful lot out of it."
The network of more than 600 partners includes organizations such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Del Monte Foods. They promote MyPlate online and through events and social media. Results have been measured through traditional and social media monitoring as well as consumer surveys.
USDA spokesman Matt Herrick said the program to promote American food sales overseas is intended to help many sectors of the economy.
"We really want to represent America's farmers and ranchers, and those are raw commodities," he said. "They demonstrate a full array of the types of food that are produced here in the United States."
And Herrick said he doesn't see any evidence for the claim that the government helps promote junk food overseas while pushing a health agenda in the U.S.
Instead, Herrick said, trade organizations representing fruit and vegetable growers and meat producers make up the majority of MAP funding recipients. That's because the goal of MAP is to help small-to-medium sized companies that wouldn't otherwise have the resources expand to overseas markets, Herrick said.
Corporations such as Hersey, Nestle and Mars don't qualify for MAP funding, even though they are part of the National Confectioners Association, according to Susan Smith, the association's vice president.
"New overseas markets are a daunting and expensive endeavor for small- and medium-sized companies who have seldom ventured to market their products overseas," said Smith.
But the MAP program has come under some congressional criticism as wasteful.
"The Market Access Program is a case study of federal inefficiency and overlap," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., wrote in his June 2012 report on the program.
"At a time when we are cutting funding for our troops, taxpayers cannot continue to
But the MAP program has come under some congressional criticism as wasteful.
"The Market Access Program is a case study of federal inefficiency and overlap," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., wrote in his June 2012 report on the program.
"At a time when we are cutting funding for our troops, taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the filming of reality TV shows in India, wine tasting for foreign journalists, pet food advertising and even to advertise pet shampoo anymore."
One-third of all federal contracts not competitively bid
WASHINGTON — In the last 10 years, the federal government awarded almost one-third of its advertising contracts without full and open competition, handing out approximately $1.6 billion to contractors who didn't have to compete for the work.
Competition normally is preferred in contracting because it drives better prices, better products and more viable sources.
There are a number of legal reasons a government agency may opt out of full and open competition, and choose instead a single company to provide a product. In some cases, there may be only one vendor capable of supplying the goods. In others, agencies may argue that holding a competition would jeopardize national security. They can also restrict bidders on the basis of "urgency," which the Defense Department often does in wartime to meet urgent needs on the battlefront.
For advertising, marketing and communications contracts awarded in the last 10 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs led the way in no-bid contracts, according to a Washington Guardian/Medill News Service analysis of the last 10 years of contracts listed on usaspending.gov. It had the highest percentage of its contracts as no-bid.
The agency awarded nearly 70 percent of those contracts – worth about $44 million without full and open competition. The two biggest contracts – both for "media awareness" – went to American Independent Media LLC, a marketing company owned by a service disabled veteran.
The Energy Department awarded almost half of its contracts over the last 10 years without full and open competition. The top contractor was Environmental Dimensions Inc., a woman- and minority-owned disadvantaged business that provides environmental technical support. The contract covered work being done at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, DOE's largest science and energy laboratory. The project cost roughly $2.7 million.
The Defense Department awarded the most no-bid advertising, marketing and communications contracts for the last 10 years of any government agency – totaling more than 10,000, about 26 percent of its total advertising contracts. Its two largest contracts went to advertising powerhouse Leo Burnett USA on the basis of urgency. The specific requirement wasn't listed.
Other notable no-bid efforts include the Department of Interior's National Obesity Prevention and Healthy Lifestyle Campaign, for which it awarded The National Advertising Council Inc. almost $2.5 million on the grounds of its status as a "unique source."
The Commerce Department awarded $3.9 million to global public relations firm Daniel J. Edelman Inc. for a U.S. Travel and Tourism Campaign on a no-bid basis. The agency didn't list the reason for opting out of full and open competition.


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beers 1 º places 2 º 00:34 Tue 5/7/2013
Also, the vast bulk of the beer brewed by the 1200(?) breweries in Germany is *intended* to be indistinguishable from each other -- this is a trend that has been going on for years now and is well documented by the media, even with TV shows about it.
beers 6061 º places 384 º 05:51 Tue 5/7/2013
I get it now. There is obviously something wrong with my palate and my knowledge of beer is lacking because I found Kolsch rathet flavorless and boring.
beers 5772 º places 405 º 05:59 Tue 5/7/2013
Originally posted by KyotoLefty
Up until this post I was getting a little annoyed by how easily old world beer enthusiasts got butt-hurt by a rather inoffensive. I understand the position better now. I guess the frustrating thing is when youre in the business of promoting a world of beer tradition, and then someone "from the inside" discards it all as being objectively the same, it can be quite annoying.
I, for one, am just getting started on beer travel and cant wait to return to Europe (planning a trip to Germany right now). Hopefully German beer will live up to the experience I had in Czech Rep.
beers 3857 º places 49 º 06:36 Tue 5/7/2013
Originally posted by JKNo, not much caring for Kölsch is not why. It is your claim in the title of your thread that Brewer to brewer, Kolsch is indistinguishable.
06:36 Tue 5/7/2013
I dont really care that someone might not like a certain style as I have a couple I am not a giant fan of. What I dislike is broad sweeping generalizations that just dont hold water, such as all german beer is ordinary.
beers 1 º places 2 º 06:53 Tue 5/7/2013
All German beer is German.
beers 5772 º places 405 º 07:02 Tue 5/7/2013
Truisms rock ^
I disagree with the OP that the Cologne beers all taste the same. But hes entitled to his opinion. I reckon you need to drink at least 10 before making a rating decision :)
beers 5772 º places 405 º 07:30 Tue 5/7/2013
Originally posted by mike004
I disagree, Im definitely getting tired of extreme beers and liking drinking simple fresh beers more and more as things move on.
beers 6061 º places 384 º 08:23 Tue 5/7/2013
Originally posted by mike004
I love a good Vienna or Czech Pilsner, so I dont agree with that.


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To improve upon the older 28-70, Canon redesigned the glass elements of the lens, added a new auto-focus processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, and sealed the lens to protect from dust and moisture damage. When used with a Canon 1V, 1D or 1Ds, the 24-70mm forms a dust proof and water tight seal with the camera.
Ultimately, the 24-70mm comes close, but fails to match the image quality of professional level prime lenses. The Canon 24-70 f/2.8L has been considered the general purpose walk around lens for Canon SLR users. An extremely popular standard zoom lens for both the professional and the serious amateur, its focal length is versatile, its maximum aperture of 2.8 is fast, its images are pleasing, and the build quality is solid. It is my "go-to" zoom lens for weddings, as it can handle a wide group shot, and can just as easily zoom in for a tighter portrait.
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Physically, this lens is fairly hefty at just over two pounds. It's been nicknamed the "Brick," by some, and for a good reason. It will weigh down your camera a bit, but it's in the name of build quality. As with all of Canon's L lenses, it has the EF mount, which will mate with any of Canon's DSLRs from the pro-grade 1D series to the consumer Rebel series. Its zoom and focus rings are both smooth and precise with little to no play in them, and their placement on the lens feels great when shooting. The zoom ring seems to always be exactly where my fingers lie. Switching between manual focus and auto focus is simple; just move the AF/MF switch position. It also has full time manual focus override, so adjustments can always be made whenever you wish.
One odd and clever thing about this lens is the front element extends outward when zooming out, and inward when zooming in. So the lens is fully extended at 24mm, and fully retracted at 70mm. While this is opposite of what most lenses are, it allows the hood to be in a fixed position instead of extending with the lens. The hood is quite deep at 70mm, and becomes much more shallow at 24mm, since the lens extends outward towards the front of the hood at its wide end. I would prefer the lens to have no external moving elements at all while zooming, but I can only imagine the challenges trying to engineer such a design. It would likely add considerable size, weight, and cost as well, so it's a "would-be-nice-to-have" feature more than a complaint. The hood itself adds a bit of size to the lens, and on the end of the front element are 77mm filter threads.
Compared to Other Lenses
The 24-70 came to Canon's lineup as a replacement for the 28-70 f/2.8L, and brought several improvements. Aside from the obvious 4mm on its wide end, it has been improved in nearly every regard. Better image quality, faster and more accurate AF, better weather sealing, etc. A common comparison that many people make when choosing a pro-grade standard zoom is between Canon's 24-70 f/2.8L and 24-105 f/4L IS. The major differences between the two are first in size and weight; the 24-70 is larger and heavier than the 24-105. The 24-70 is also one stop faster, creating a shallower depth of field and allowing movement of subjects to be more easily frozen with a faster shutter speed. The 24-105 has image stabilization built in, which is very helpful when shooting at slow shutter speeds and in low light conditions.
Keep in mind though, that IS will not be beneficial for moving subjects, since it only controls lens movement, and not subject movement. The 24-105 has the obvious advantage in focal length with its additional 35mm in reach. Image quality for both lenses is great – I would give the nod to the 24-70 in this regard however because it experiences less distortion and can create more pleasing bokeh (the out of focus region of a picture) because of its larger aperture. The price advantage goes to the 24-105; at the time of writing, it is nearly $300 less expensive than the 24-70. So which is for you? If you're concerned with portability and cost, I would recommend the 24-105. If image quality is what you're ultimately after, the 24-70 gets my vote.
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Speaking of image quality, the 24-70 shines in this department. It is nearly as sharp as most prime lenses, and shooting wide open at 2.8 is impressive. The only other zoom lens that rivals (and bests, in my opinion) its sharpness is the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II, which complements the 24-70 very, very well. You can shoot nearly anything with this combination. At f/2.8, the 24-70 has a sharp center, but it does soften a little bit towards the edges of the frame when using a full frame camera. Edge softness becomes more apparent in the longer end of its range – around 50-70mm. There is some vignetting at 24mm (again, on a full frame body), but it is handled fairly well and is easily corrected with post production software. Vignetting decreases as you increase the focal length and the aperture is stopped down.
Barrel distortion is somewhat apparent from 24-35mm, and there is a touch of pincushioning in the 50-70mm range. Neither distortions are horrible though, and like the vignetting, can be corrected with the right software.
Chromatic aberration is controlled very well. It is mildly apparent under the right circumstances, but definitely not this lens' weak link. Color, contrast, and bokeh qualities are all top notch with this lens. An 8-blade diaphragm renders smooth out of focus regions.
Auto focus is also an excellent feature of this lens. It is fast and accurate. Very quiet as well. The lens does not rotate or extend with focusing, so CPL or gradient filters can be used with no problems.
A great thing about this lens that is sometimes overlooked, but is definitely worth mentioning is its minimum focus distance of 1.25 feet. Now, don't confuse it with a dedicated macro lens, but it can focus pretty close, and provides a good magnification of small subjects. This is great for capturing up-close detail, and will respond very well to an extension tube or up-close filter.
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In short, the 24-70 is a fantastic general purpose lens. If I had to choose just one lens to shoot everything with, this would definitely be a strong contender. On a full frame SLR, its focal length is a great balance between wide and telephoto. On an APS-C 1.6x crop sensor SLR it becomes the equivalent of 38-112mm, so its focal range isn't quite as versatile in my opinion, but it really depends on what you shoot. If you have an APS-C SLR and want something similar to the 24-70, I would recommend the EF-S 17-55 f/2.8. It roughly equates to the 24-70 on the smaller sensor size, has the same fixed maximum aperture of 2.8, but it is lighter and less expensive than its bigger L cousin, the 24-70.
When you pair the 24-70 with one of Canon's 70-200L lenses, the combination is a dream. The two lenses compliment each other very nicely, and make for an extremely useful and versatile range of focal lengths, with great image quality across the entire range. The uses for this lens are widespread – weddings and photojournalism come to mind immediately, but it can also be used for landscapes, portraits, and even sports. Nearly every professional photographer I've come across owns this lens, and it consistently rates over 4 out of 5 stars on retail sites like Amazon, B&H, and Adorama, with thousands of ratings. It has my enthusiastic recommendation.


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