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According to Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed Friday that tight end Jeremy Shockey did not suffer a seizure last Tuesday.
Payton: Shockey did not suffer seizure
Poo Flinging Monkey says: Jun 4, 2010 2:26 PM
According to Payton, there's a perfectly logical explanation for Shockey's episode… "Jeremy broke into my office, stole my stolen stash of Vicodin, and overdosed."
aaronp says: Jun 4, 2010 2:27 PM
I know people don't like to see cross sports comments on here but why is it every time Shockey is taking to the hospital its dehydration, like every time Paul Pierce gets fouled and thrown to the ground it looks like someone has shot him from the stands? Could there be a conspiracy going on???Hmmmm
mooremi9 says: Jun 4, 2010 2:30 PM
You would think with all the penis he sucks he would be plenty hydrated.
Jeremy Shockey = Overrated sperm burper
Boudin says: Jun 4, 2010 2:36 PM
hey, it's summer time. how do i know? shockey got dehydrated. that's how i know.
ninjapleazee says: Jun 4, 2010 2:37 PM
Wonder if Payton hit up Shockey for some vicodin when shockey came back from the hospital
BenRapistberger says: Jun 4, 2010 2:44 PM
It's interesting that he faints from dehydration the around the same time 2 years in a row. I'm guessing this clown is just at the same phase of his 'offseason regiment'. Right?
scomibord says: Jun 4, 2010 2:50 PM
phuken losers
Meat Tuperello says: Jun 4, 2010 2:50 PM
Hey Coach, did you lend him some pills to prevent the seizure?
Boudin says: Jun 4, 2010 2:51 PM
"I'm guessing this clown is just at the same phase of his 'offseason regiment'. Right?"
i don't know if "clown" is appropriate here, but yea, pretty much. how do you feel on the first monday back from vacation? a little dehydrated maybe?
CJ says: Jun 4, 2010 3:06 PM
I heard Shockey stole the pills from Payton's office and that's what caused it.
mixman34 says: Jun 4, 2010 3:11 PM
This guys body says I'm 73.
Actlikea2yrold says: Jun 4, 2010 3:11 PM
Weird, I thought he was in a coma all last season.
RayDaMayor says: Jun 4, 2010 3:15 PM
BenRapistberger wrote:
It's interesting that he faints from dehydration the around the same time 2 years in a row. I'm guessing this clown is just at the same phase of his 'offseason regiment'. Right?
He can faint every year at this time of the season so long as he continues catching TD's in the Super Bowl each February.
CKL says: Jun 4, 2010 3:15 PM
I am guessing he either has diabetes or he's a drunk. Hmmm…I wonder which is more likely?
laxcoach says: Jun 4, 2010 3:18 PM
people tend to get dehydrated when they drink like a sailor on shore leave.
hey804 says: Jun 4, 2010 3:24 PM
Hey, Shockey caught a TD in the Super Bowl that he won.
AlanSaysYo says: Jun 4, 2010 3:30 PM
Good to know it's not a serious medical issue. He's just a dainty little woman, that's all.
philwauke says: Jun 4, 2010 3:42 PM
Tired ass comedians.
Krow says: Jun 4, 2010 3:51 PM
The coach didn't take any Vicodin… and Bill Clinton didn't have sex with that woman.
Reduno says: Jun 4, 2010 4:31 PM
Jealousy doesn't look too good on you guys. It's amazing how much hate you all have for winners. Whiny little sissies is what it sounds like to me.
Get over it! Grow up!
Outlaw Jersey Whales says: Jun 4, 2010 5:01 PM
The weight room at the Saint's training facility is too close to the showers!
Diagnosis: Inadvertent exposure to shampoo.
SaintsBaby says: Jun 4, 2010 5:02 PM
scomibord says:
June 4, 2010 2:50 PM
phuken losers
Yea that's it. They went 13 & 3 for the season and went through three hall of fame qb's to win the Super Bowl. Go back to your shanty moron.
SonsCompass says: Jun 4, 2010 5:12 PM
I find it hard to believe that Shockey would be dehydrated while training at team-operated facilities. Honestly, they pay these guys millions. I'm sure they have gatorade and water EVERYWHERE. They probably even have hydration breaks. Oh, and this is 2 years in a row now. Something fishy bout dem saints.
East Bay Ray says: Jun 4, 2010 5:28 PM
CKL says:
June 4, 2010 3:15 PM
"I am guessing he either has diabetes or he's a drunk. Hmmm…I wonder which is more likely?"
I've heard lots of stories about him enjoying the nightlife a little too much, which is easy to do in New York and New Orleans. My money is on him being a drunk.


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Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the US South, flattening homes and businesses and killing at least 248 people in six states in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years.
US President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency for Alabama and ordered federal aid.
As day broke, people in hard-hit Alabama surveyed flattened, debris-strewn neighborhoods and told of pulling bodies from rubble after the storms passed Wednesday afternoon and evening.
"It happened so fast it was unbelievable," said Jerry Stewart, a 63-year-old retired firefighter who was picking through the remains of his son's wrecked home in Pleasant Grove, a suburb of Birmingham.
He and his wife, along with their daughter and two grandchildren, survived by hiding under their front porch. Friends down the street who did the same weren't so lucky — Stewart said he pulled out the bodies of two neighbors whose home was ripped off its foundation.
Alabama's state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 162 deaths, while there were 32 in Mississippi, 32 in Tennessee, 13 in Georgia, eight in Virginia and one in Kentucky.
President Barack Obama said he would travel to Alabama on Friday to view storm damage and meet with the governor and affected families.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said it received 137 tornado reports into Wednesday night.
Some of the worst damage was in Tuscaloosa, a city of more than 83,000 that is home to the University of Alabama. Neighborhoods there were leveled by a massive tornado caught on video by a tower-mounted news camera that barreled through late Wednesday afternoon.
"When I looked back, I just saw trees and stuff coming by," said Mike Whitt, a resident at DCH Regional Medical Center who ran from the hospital's parking deck when the wind started swirling and he heard a roar.
On Thursday morning, he walked through the neighborhood next to the hospital, home to a mix of students and townspeople, looking at dozens of homes without roofs. Household items were scattered on the ground — a drum, running shoes, insulation, towels, and a shampoo bottle. Streets were impassable, the pavement strewn with trees, pieces of houses and cars with their windows blown out.
Dr. David Hinson was working at the hospital when the tornado hit. He and his wife had to walk several blocks to get to their house, which was destroyed. Several houses down, he helped pull three students from the rubble. One was dead and two were badly injured. He and others used pieces of debris as makeshift stretchers to carry them to an ambulance.
"We just did the best we could to get them out and get them stabilized and get them to help," he said. "I don't know what happened to them."
Back from an aerial tour Thursday morning, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox said the tornado tore a streak as many as 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and a half-mile (a kilometer) wide of "utter destruction." There are at least 36 people dead in the city's police jurisdiction, and searches continue for the missing.
"We have neighborhoods that have been basically removed from the map," he said.
Because the city's emergency management building was destroyed, authorities are using Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama as a command post.
University officials said there didn't appear to be significant damage on campus, and dozens of students and locals were staying at a 125-bed shelter in the campus recreation center.
The storm system spread destruction from Texas to New York, where dozens of roads were flooded or washed out. The governors of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia issued emergency declarations for parts of their states.
Dave Imy, a meteorologist with the prediction service, said the deaths were the most since a tornado outbreak killed 315 people in 1974.
In Alabama, where as many as a million people were without power, Gov. Robert Bentley said 2,000 national guard troops had been activated and were helping to search devastated areas for people still missing. He said the National Weather Service and forecasters did a good job of alerting people, but there is only so much that can be done to deal with powerful tornadoes a mile wide.
Obama said he had spoken with Bentley and approved his request for emergency federal assistance.
"Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by this devastation, and we commend the heroic efforts of those who have been working tirelessly to respond to this disaster," Obama said in a statement.
The storms came on the heels of another system that killed 10 people in Arkansas and one in Mississippi earlier this week. Less than two weeks earlier, a smaller batch of twisters raced through Alabama, touching off warning sirens, damaging businesses and downing power lines in Tuscaloosa, but there were no deaths there then.
In Kemper County, Mississippi, in the east-central part of the state, sisters Florrie Green and Maxine McDonald, and their sister-in-law Johnnie Green, all died in a mobile home that was destroyed by a storm.
"They were thrown into those pines over there," Mary Green, Johnnie Green's daughter-in-law, said, pointing to a wooded area. "They had to go look for their bodies."
And in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, Samantha Nail surveyed the damage in the working-class subdivision where hers was the only home still intact. The storm slammed heavy pickup trucks into ditches and obliterated tidy brick houses, leaving behind a mess of mattresses, electronics and children's toys scattered across a grassy plain where dozens used to live.
"We were in the bathroom holding on to each other and holding on to dear life," Nail said. "If it wasn't for our concrete walls, our home would be gone like the rest of them."
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50 years is unlikely dont you think? I mean, Honda already has the Clarity. Jay Leno (not an expert, i know) put it best, the car saved the horse, (they were used up and then killed in the street where they collapsed), and hydrogen will save the car, as we know it. (the range, performace, operation in undeveloped areas with no chargers) I think the automakers have MUCH more incentive to develop hydrogen for these reasons. Even if we were 50 years away from a total hydrogen economy, a system to support hydrogen cars is not that far off IMO. I doubt we will be able to support a majority electric-car system either. Our power grids are already about maxed, and who wants to be at the mercy of a radiation storm from a sunspot knocking out their vehicle's operation. And if you want to talk solar charging, forget it. I would rather have a local hydrogen facility instead of a 30000$ solar array just for my car, as a back up if my fuel source was affected...even IF solar could increase its efficiency by 100%, its still not affordable (
props to Ford for shelling out 800000$ on the solar power at the focus plant tho!!
even if does cover two football feilds, and produce only 3% of their electricity needs...)
The best part is, that companies are persuing alternatives to oil, and we will definitely get something useful like the electric Focus. Also, I am glad Ford waited on launching these electrics, as everything from the last 10-15 years (including the Leaf!) is not as capable.
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The Reserve Bank of India will cut its benchmark repurchase rate to 7.50 percent from 7.75 percent when it announces its decision at 11 a.m. in Mumbai, according to 30 of 35 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Five predict no change. Euro-area finance ministers signaled flexibility on the terms of Cyprus's rescue, suggesting that less-wealthy depositors could be exempted from taxes used to fund a bailout.
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The rupee advanced 0.4 percent to 53.9550 per dollar as of 9:50 a.m. in Mumbai, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It touched 53.8950 earlier, the strongest level since Feb. 28. One- month implied volatility, a gauge of expected moves in the exchange rate used to price options, fell nine basis points, or 0.09 percentage point, to 9.13 percent.
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INDEPENDENCE — Independence Town Council will change its regular meeting date next month — and that change could become permanent.
Mayor Butch Reeves told council Aug. 9 that he was taking a new job, which would require him to work on Tuesday nights.
Council now meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month.
Meeting on a Monday or Friday was not a good night, which means the meeting would be on a Wednesday or Thursday.
UPDATE — Verlin Dean Hall of Woodlawn was charged Thursday with arson of a residence,
HILLSVILLE –– Rural Retreat almost always provides Carroll County a competitive workout when the two teams meet on Tommy Thompson Field for what has become a traditional starting point of the preseason for both.
The two have met in the past with just a couple of touchdowns coming out of more than two hours of butting heads.
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The STEM academy, spread out among local high schools and the Crossroads Institute, will provide enhanced career specialization and higher education opportunities, said Mark Burnette, who spearheaded getting Virginia Department of Education approval for the effort.
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Electrical refit
I agree. Get Casey''s book and dyi. I rewired my 1970 Mogan 35 last year. All anchor tinned wire and Blue Seas panels. I ran all the wire in conduit and increased the gauge of wire on just about everything. Cheap insurance. About the only wires I didn''t touch were for the overhead lights. The wires run between the fiberglass headliner and the coachhouse roof. No clean way to run new. 34 years of spaghetti was removed. I was amazed. Dead ends; wires that change both color and gauge halfway through a run, etc. There is nothing particularly difficult, but you''ll get plenty sore contorting your body into some of the spaces!
Electrical refit
Depending on the replacement materials and labour rates, as well as how much old material can be re-used will determine the cost.
Don Casey has a good book on small boat electrics worth reading prior to making a decision. Don''t be surprised if a contractor quoted up to 5000 or more.
Spend your money on the materials, and learn to do it yourself, or at least do the grunt work yourself and bring in a pro at the end to do the final test and hookups.
Electrical refit
Being the ulitimate DIY''r, I always recommend doing it yourself. If you are not familiar with wiring techniques, get a copy of one of Nigel Calders books that covers marine electrical practices.
I have always been amazed at what people pass off as "Professional" grade marine wiring. My personal standards are pretty high, as I am an engineer, and spent a number of years working for defense electronics contractors and NASA suppliers, so I have a good idea of true "Mil Spec" wiring techniques.
Hiring sombody else is a waist of money, and would never be as good a job as a careful owner working on his pride and joy.
Older boats were strung with little more than household grade wires. The better ones used a product called THHN wire. But even though a "Mil Spec" wire, THHN was not tinned. Today''s best wiring is done using marine grade tinned wire. It costs more, is larger and may be a problem running wires in the same location as the skinny older wire, but it lasts much longer and is much better resisting corrosion.
When I re-wired Silmaril, I removed 25 years of previous wires. It was remarkable how many dead wires were lurking in the strangest of places!
Take your time to lay out how you want your panels to look, I prefer keeping AC and DC panels well separated and clearly marked.
Invest in quality hand tools, not the junk at the mass retailers. Look at a W.W. Graingers catalog or at Jensen Tool. Get top of the line crimpers, strippers, cutters, use quality lugs like T&B. Take your time. It''s really not that hard. The good tools and not trying to take short cuts makes all the difference in the world.
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A Utah junior high school counselor and California neuroscientist have inked a two-book deal with a Simon & Schuster imprint for a co-authored book of fan fiction. The deal is heralded as further proof in the publishing industry that the genre, first popularized by the mega best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey, is here to say.
Christina Hobbs, of Utah, and Lauren Billings, of California, writing together under the moniker Christina Lauren, wrote Beautiful Bastard after meeting in online "fanfiction" sites in 2009.
Similar to E.L. James' erotic literary sensation Fifty Shades, Bastard uses Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series of vampire romance narratives to recast Bella Swan and Edward Cullen in a different setting using a different tone of dialogue.
Where Fifty Shades recasts the romantic duo in a plot-line of sadomasochist adventures in sex, Bastard imagines Edward as an intransigent boss named Bennett Ryan, with Bella as a newly minted MBA graduate named Chloe Mills. Despite a contentious working relationship, the two cannot resist each other sexually.
Hobbs and Billings met thanks, in part, to the renown of Hobbs' earlier online novel The Office. Hobbs decided to take her work offline in 2009. Not long afterward, she teamed up with Billings to rework the story as Beautiful Bastard, a sort of hat-tip to the book's character, the irresistible but demanding boss Ryan.
The duo's deal with Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books imprint is considered significant because The Office predates Fifty Shades as Twilight-inspired fanfiction.
"Beautiful Bastard is the first project to make the leap from fanfic directly to traditional publishing without an intermediary step," according to a Nov. 8 Hollywood Reporter article on the deal, rumored to carry a sizable advance.
Hobbs and Billings declined an interview regarding the deal on the advice of their publicist at the Waxmn Leavell Literary Agency, who recommended a story be published closer to Beautiful Bastard's scheduled Feb. 12 publication date.
The Office was the first title that sparked Anne Jamison's interest in the genre. Jamison is a professor of English at the University of Utah who has published scholarly papers on fan fiction. After tracking down a print-out of the book, she contacted Hobbs to meet for coffee. She's since maintained a working relationship with the author, helping her and Billings run Beautiful Bastard through plagiarism software to ensure the book wouldn't be a mere retread of The Office.
What's interesting about the appeal of these books, according to Jamison, is that the sex is the plot. "It's used to reveal character and advance their relationship. It's all integrated. That's one thing 'fan fiction' does differently from mainstream erotic romance."
Hobbs provided a short bio for herself and her co-author by email, but didn't respond to additional queries. "Separated by the pesky state of Nevada, these co-author besties speak several times a day, agree that Ruby Pumps is the best nail polish color ever, and would, if given the choice, spend all day staring at the ocean from the San Clemente pier."
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 3:50 pm | By Caitlin Blaney
Republicans in Congress have recently become more vocal against some of the irrational policies of the Obama Administration, and Senator Jim DeMint (R – SC) is no exception. His op-ed appeared in the Washington Times on Tuesday calling for the White House to stop the incessant land-grabs across the nation. Senator DeMint argues that, aside from bringing large areas of land under federal control for no apparent reason, the land-grab actually takes potential jobs out of the market. Much of the land targeted for government takeover holds great oil and natural gas resources which could provide jobs in the energy industry and a flow of resources from our own American supply. Once those lands become "monuments", access to those natural resources is limited and in the hands of the federal government. The Senator emphasizes the severity of the government land takeover, saying "This is a nationwide problem. The government currently owns 650 million acres, or 29 percent of the nation's total land."
What's worse, the government made two attempts to snatch property in 2009 through two separate bills: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA). The Omnibus bill included over 100 different land grab bills. Though theProperty Rights Alliance and 111 other organizations banded together to send a letter to the House of Representatives expressing extreme displeasure with the Omnibus, the bill was passed in May, 2009. The NREPA had every intention of seizing nearly 24 million acres of land in the American west and northwest, however, NREPA never made it out of the House subcommittee.
The government offers little explanation for the land-grab frenzy, but there are plenty of reasons to oppose it. First and foremost, it is unconstitutional for the government to simply take land from states without compensation. Second, government-controlled land takes away opportunities for development, particularly when it comes to accessing much needed resources. The land designated as "monument" space could have created dozens of employment opportunities – opportunities which will go wasted under the thumb of the federal government.
Senator DeMint sponsored an amendment to stop President Obama from turning the designated lands into "monuments", but it was shot down in the Senate 58-38.
The ability of the White House to simply snatch land from under the feet of the American people comes from the Antiquities Act of 1906. The Act was initially intended to set aside small portions of land for monuments and national parks, but has since been abused by lawmakers to control large quantities of property.
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Steve LeVine Entertainment & Public Relations (SLE), Disco Donnie Presents, and Evening Entertainment Group bring the Canadian dubstep duo Adventure Club to Axis Radius for Republic BASS. Musicians Christian Srigley and Leighton James, better known as Adventure Club, formed in early 2011 as a producer/DJ duo in Montreal. Currently ranked 161 on dj-rankings.com, the duo continues to grow in popularity as their tours take them across North America, Europe and Australia. SLE and DDP also produced Adventure Club's last performance in Arizona at the state's largest EDM festival, Sound Wave.


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Mas at 9-N trial: "We didn't disobey but faced up to the Spanish State"
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – The case is ready now for sentencing
Former Catalan President, Artur Mas, former Catalan vice-president Joana Ortega and former Catalan Minister for Education, Irene Rigau, had another chance to defend their innocence before the judge this Friday, at the 9-N trial's last session. According to Mas, none of the accused disobeyed the Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) ban by allowing the symbolic vote on independence in 2014. Instead, they "faced up to the Spanish State, which was abusing its power", he said.
According to Mas, the Spanish executive "forced the situation" during the days before the 9-N took place and "used the TC to do the work they daren't do from a political perspective". "The fact that one government opposes another can be appreciated more or less, but it is not a crime" added Mas. Now the case will be made ready for sentencing.
According to Mas, what has been brought before the court is "the success" of the 9-N, in which more than 2.3 million citizens expressed their opinion about Catalonia's political future. In this vein, he lamented that the Spanish State, rather than being proud of a political and pacific process which mobilised so many people "tries to turn it into a crime". "What a pity and what a mistake, what a terrible mistake", he said before the court.
Mas insisted that he was "the highest ranking political figure responsible" for the 9-N, explaining that he was "responsible for listening to the people and trying to check whether their demands could be transferred to the ballot boxes". Regarding the role of the public servants in the symbolic consultation, in which the Public Prosecutor sees a proof of a crime, Mas insisted that after the TC's ban the 9-N was in the volunteers' hands. "I would like to ask the TC how could we give orders to 42,000 volunteers?", he said and added that the Government could "make recommendations but not give orders" to them.
Ortega: Catalonia will be what the Catalans want it to be
Former vice-president, Joana Ortega, insisted that "listening to the people can't be considered a crime" and assured that the "9-N's essence can't be put on trial, neither can joy or freedom". Ortega described the 9-N as the day "which honoured the most" her political career and emphasised, once again, that she "wasn't aware of committing a crime" by allowing the consultation. "Catalonia will be what the Catalans want it to be", she stated.
Rigau: Will democracy ban me from public office for a crime I didn't commit?
"The Francoist dictatorship didn't purge me, will democracy ban me from public office for a crime I didn't commit?", former Catalan Minister for Education, Irene Rigau, asked rhetorically before the judge. She insisted that she didn't urge any school director to do anything illegal. "We have made our democratic way, we have made it by walking and we will keep on walking", she said.
Puigdemont: "We all should feel proud of the 9-N"
Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, addressed the media this Friday, right after the trial over the 9-N symbolic vote on independence ended and deliberation began. "We all should feel proud of the 9-N" said Puigdemont. "Thank you for having defended Catalonia's dignity", he said addressing Mas, Ortega and Rigau, who have been accused of disobedience and breach of trust for allowing the 9-N to take place. Mas, who was next to Puigdemont during the press conference, recalled that the week started by leaving Catalan Government's headquarters and "feeling many people's warmth". "We have felt the Government's support throughout the week", he added. According to Mas, the 9-N "was not a stage" but the proof that the Catalan Government "was not alone". "The citizens turned a consultation which was mocked into one of the greatest democratic examples of the last decades", stated Mas.
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July 22, 2013
The 2013 FINA World Championships are underway in Barcelona, Spain, with plenty of Trojan talent on display across the board. Fifteen USC men and women are sprinkled among the rosters of the world's top teams, competing for medals as members of nine different national teams. The World Championships are running July 21-August 3.
On the women's side, there are nine Women of Troy representing six different nations at this year's World Championships. For the men, USC has Trojans competing for the United States, Australia and Greece. Every Trojan in the water has won at least one national championship during their USC careers.
The most recent champs are current Women of Troy Jayde Appel and Hannah Buckling (Australia), Flora Bolonyai (Hungary) and Anni Espar (Spain) -- who won the 2013 NCAA title with the USC women. Also a member of that squad was Kelly Mendoza, who was named an alternate for the United States team in Barcelona.
For the USC men, three members of USC's 2012 national championship team are spread through three countries. Recently graduated Michael Rosenthal is playing in his first World Championships with Team USA, possibly squaring off against two returning Trojans in Australian goalie James Clark and Greece standout Kostas Genidounias.
Complete list of Trojans in Barcelona is below.
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Canada: Joelle Bekhazi
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Connecticut players pose after beating Kentucky in the women's NCAA regional final basketball game in Bridgeport, Conn.
By Doug Feinberg
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Getting to the Final Four never gets old for Geno Auriemma and his Connecticut women's team.
The Huskies reached the national semifinals for a record sixth straight season with an 83-53 win over Kentucky in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament.
Up next will be either Notre Dame, a Big East rival the Huskies have lost to three times this season, or Duke, a squad UConn routed by 30 points in January.
Auriemma didn't really seem to care who the Huskies play.
"Anytime you're fortunate to play in the Final Four, you're going to have to beat two great teams," he said. "You don't stumble your way into the Final Four, that's for sure.
Whoever we play, that's our main focus right now. Right now we have a great chance to win a national championship."
The road to an eighth title got a bit easier for the Huskies (33-4) when defending national champion and top overall seed Baylor lost to Louisville. Still, they could face the Irish, who have eliminated them in the past two Final Fours and won seven of the past eight meetings.
UConn (2000-04) broke the record of appearing in five straight Final Fours that it shared with Stanford ('08-12) and LSU ('04-08).


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Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed.
For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?
I am going to assume that no one who answered "I'm not a billboard" owns any branded clothing (e.g. sweatshirt with GAP across the front).
rrpwiii wrote:I am going to assume that no one who answered "I'm not a billboard" owns any branded clothing (e.g. sweatshirt with GAP across the front).
I have no clothing hawking anyone's brand. I don't know why anyone would. It is hard to get away from the tiny logos on chests/pockets, but otherwise, none.
I guess a better choice of wording would be a "permanent billboard." I'll be someone's billboard all day, as long as I can take it off at the end of the day. ;)
Maybe a hemorhoid creme on my a$$.
the key is permanent. I would do lots of stuff for money but not anything I couldn't undo or change later
Hey, I even made those people take off their dealer branding when I bought my car. I would leave it on if they paid me.
If someone would pay me, I'd slap advertisements all over myself...as long as they're not permanent. There is no amount of money that would make me do it in tattoo format.
If the shirt has a brand logo on it, you'd better believe it was free or they gave me money to wear it. I'm not usually a billboard and I've never been an snowman (well, not with respect to this matter anyway).
And when did they start substituting the word "snowman" for id10t?
It really depends on the brand. If it was something with an interesting logo, and a product I would stand behind then yes, but not just for money.
I'm taking bids right now. Artists, let's see those logos. Best logo/price combination gets a place on my skin.
You do not put a bumper sticker on a Porche!
"Trojan" on my penis. But I'd only be able to fit the "T".
"Penis" is anatomical, woot. Literally every human male has one. Your talkblocker didn't catch it anyway.
Quite frankly I thought it was funny as well.
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mud job?
I'm currently removing the tile floor in my bathroom to replace a rotten sub-floor. It was a mud job (but all things considered coming up fairly well). I was originally thinking of going the sub-floor with another layer or two of plywood and and then Ditra (I'll need to add at least an inch before the Ditra to match heights). Now I'm wondering if I should just do another mud job like was there in the first place. Am I nuts? Any strong advantages to one way or the other. About all I read online about mud jobs is limited to shower floors.
(I found a scrap of newspaper embeded in the old mud. Aug. 31, 1950.)
A mud job is a time-proven, very effective way to install tile. However, multiple layers of plywood with Ditra is also a great way.
I have no idea what your skill level is so it's hard to say how "easy" a mud job would be for you to accomplish. What I can tell you is Ditra is a fairly DIY friendly install method. As long as you follow the Ditra instructions and use the proper materials, you can achieve a successful tile job!
All my jobs that are sold with tile floors are done with mud. old school! i have been reading good results with Ditra but still haven't been convinced that you can achieve a near perfectly flat surface with that product unless your skill level is up there like the pro's.
most of the DIY tile jobs I have seen where wavey. which you can see if you are coming up a set of stairs to the second floor looking across the top of a tile floor that was done with plywood or hardi, or wonder board. at eye level.
There is nothing more beautiful then a professionally installed tile or marble floor installed with mud with tight grout lines. just my opinion, like I said, just old school. BOB
Thanks for your responses. Regarding experience, I've done three floors (two w/ Ditra, 1 CBU) and a kitchen back splash before. I've been happy with all the results so far. So, I'm no pro, but I'm pretty confident in my ability to do a Ditra install right. Mud would be new to me.
I like the idea of learning something new, but feel like maybe I should stick to what I know. I'm still not sure. Interesting that you mention seeing floor when going up a flight of stairs Bob. This is second story bath and is right at the top of stairs.
I,m sure you will do a fine job with the ditra, now that you understand what I have seen I'm sure you will pay particular attention to this. and do a fine job BOB.
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Germany, third at the 2006 World Cup under Juergen Klinsmann, cruised into next year's final under Klinsmann's assistant, Joachim Loewe. It picked up the final point it needed in Dublin even though Loew was without captain Michael Ballack, striker Miroslav Klose and midfielder Bernd Schneider with injuries.
Loew insisted Germany was still not among the best in Europe.
"We've got to improve and not start stagnating," he earlier told Germany's ARD television. "We're going to go all out to beat the Czech Republic on Wednesday at home in Munich."
The Czechs are in line to capture the second berth in Group D, while several other groups are almost decided.
Croatia and England both can wrap up berths in Wednesday. Romania, Croatia, Spain and Sweden are all in good shape.
The closest race is in Group B, where Scotland, which was given no chance when the qualifying draw was held, remained in first place after a convincing 3-1 victory over Ukraine. Italy and France both won to remain one and two points behind, respectively.
Saturday's heroes included Dorin Goian, whose goal gave Romania a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in their Group G showdown.
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"Any time there is a fresh software contract entered into or an old one renwed, we want the South Australian government to look at open source solutions in addition to the usual proprietary ones," Gilfillan said.
He said the opposition had expressed interest in the bill and he was negotiating with the Shadow Minister for Innovation and Information Technology, Martin Hamilton-Smith, for their support in passing the bill in the Upper House. Key independents in the lower house had also expressed interest in Open Source software, so there was a reasonable chance that it would go forward.
"The whole Open Source Movement sits well with Democrat principles. It is inherently participatory, and provides for the common good, allowing each participant to leverage from the efforts of those who have gone before," Gilfillan said.
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This is a discussion on Shield & Apex Tactical Duty/Carry kit within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; My shield now has not quite a thousand rounds through it and it runs like a clock. It feeds and fires all ammunition I've used: ...
My shield now has not quite a thousand rounds through it and it runs like a clock. It feeds and fires all ammunition I've used: PDX1,HST,Golden Saber,XTP as well as several FMJs.
The white paint dot fell out of my rear sight. I called S&W and "something" was ordered to be on it's way to me before the call ended. They sent me a new rear sight. Man, that is a difficult beast to remove. A brand new rear sight (never installed) is even harder to install, but I got it done.
Replacing the striker block requires removal and replacement of the rear sight. The sight is held in place by friction from a small ridge of extra material on each side. A new sight that has never been pressed in is more difficult because the friction ridges deform slightly on first installation. Re-installing the same sight is quite a bit easier.
Just before calling S&W, I had ordered the Shield Duty/Carry kit from ApexTactical. It is the CNC sear, a beefier sear spring, a stronger trigger spring with trigger-spring alignment pin and finally, a highly polished CNC striker-block and a slightly softer spring. The "Ultimate Striker Block" requires removal of the rear sight so I got to kill two birds with one stone.
When you see the tiny pile of parts you get for your kit, it will test your resolve. The little plastic bags it comes in weigh more than the parts inside. If its over ten grams then I'm Dolly Parton.
Oh, BTW: did I mention that it didn't seem like I got much for my money?
Well, I was wrong.
All kidding aside, sourcing components like this, (springs and milled parts) take a lot of time and labor. Their clear, informative videos made me think they are serious about what they do. So consider that every single spring and part in every bag has been checked and re-checked and spec'd and re-spec'd before it goes into the bag. The milled parts are seriously small. With CNC the cost to run it is dominated by the operator. Whether you're milling a 10 lb rotor or a two-gram sear, the labor is the same.
Installation is very easy if/supposing you have a facility with tools and actually own some.
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Sight picture upset from trigger over-travel happens because the 6.5 lbs (avg) force that you have on the trigger when it breaks, runs though the free-travel until your finger slams into the over-travel stop causing a slight jitter. Depending on the size of your hand and the exact curl of your finger when it breaks, yours could be more or less.
I didn't realize how much there was until I dry-fired a few times while watching the tip of the gun (instead of the target) carefully. It was sometimes as much as a millimeter. When I miss, I'm always left. I was thinking it was me getting used to the take-up on my first striker-gun and tensing to overcome anticipation.
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Summary: Thelen argues, in contrast to the punctuated equilibrium models that are advocated in path dependency theory, scholarship has to acknowledge how institutions are renegotiated periodically without drastic change (213), also called "constant causes". Thelen proposes framing issues using two concepts – institutional layering (partial renegotiation of some elements of a given set of institutions while leaving others in place) and conversion (where existing institutions are redirected to new purposes, driving changes in the role that they perform or the function they serve) (226).
Method: Thelen outlines a categorical framework for institutional evolution arguments through three approaches to institutional creation and change: functionalist, power distributionist, and cultural, including brief country-based case examinations as examples.
Important Insight: Aptly, Thelen recognises the role of "losers" in the institutional evolution process as actors who do not necessary disappear, rather they adapt while perhaps not "embracing and reproducing" institutions (231). In doing so, Thelen recognises that institutional evolution and activity is a "repetitive game" in the rational choice language.
Critique: At the outset of the article Thelen states that the critical junctures or exogenous shock explanations of institutional change are more prevalent than the "constant causes" explanations, however, she does not discuss the use of exogenous shocks by the elites to mask change through institutional layering and conversion.
*key point: In order to appreciate fully the causal weight of the past, we need to complement analyses of path dependence and punctuated equilibrium models with conceptual tools that can capture the logic of institutional evolution and change. Specifically, we need to take account of the way in which crises or turning points can be generated endogenously, including through the working out of the logic of previous switch points. We also need to consider the way in which new problems are conceived and solutions sought are themselves products of the past rather than historical accidents (Haydu 1998)
*This amounts to a call for introducing somewhat more structure at the 'front end' of the analysis of institutional development than most path dependence arguments do – by attending to the way in which historically evolved structures limit the options of political actors even at critical choice points. It also calls for injecting somewhat more agency and strategy at the 'back end' of such arguments – by emphasizing the way in which institutions operate not just as constraints but as strategic resources for actors as they respond to changes in the political and economic contexts that present new opportunities or throw up new challenges.
*The issue of institutional change is an enormously complicated one, and my aim in this essay is relatively modest. I introduce two ways of conceptualizing the problem of institutional evolution that overcome the current zero-sum view of institutional innovation versus institutional reproduction that has been characteristic of much of the literature in this area to date.
*Key Contribution: Arguments about institutional change through layering and through conversion incorporate elements of increasing returns arguments from the path dependence literature, but they embed these elements in an analysis of ongoing political contestation over institutional outcomes. In doing so, they highlight the processes through which institutional arrangements are renegotiated periodically in ways that alter their forms and functions.
*ongoing theoretical work centring on the concept of path dependence by Mahoney, Pierson, and others has lent greater precision to pervious formulations based on the dual notions of 'critical junctures' and 'historical trajectories' (Mahoney 2000; Pierson 2000)… But path dependence as currently conceptualized tends to encourage a rather strict separation of the issue of institutional innovation and institutional reproduction. Much of the work that invokes this concept is premised on a punctuated equilibrium model that emphasizes moments of 'openness' and rapid innovation followed by long periods of institutional stasis or 'lock in' (e.g. Krasner, 1988). The implication is that institutions, once created, either persist or break down in the face of some kind of exogenous shock… But what about institutional changes that fall short of breakdown (e.g. persistent communist era institutions in post-communist states), or the large cumulative effects of ongoing but often subtle changes that persist over long stretches of time (e.g. British House of Lords)?
*the contemporary literature on institutions does not yet offer very good conceptual or theoretical tools for addressing these phenomena… Arguments about dynamic processes (e.g. Pierson 2000; think increasing returns arguments) tell only part of the story; they are better at articulating the mechanisms of reproduction behind particular institutions than they are at capturing the logic of institutional evolution and change. Moreover, in some cases, explaining institutional persistence itself may require us to look beyond arguments about increasing returns (specifically re: elements of institutional transformation designed to bring institutions in line with changing political, social, and economic conditions).
*prominent approaches that view institutions as brought about and sustained by particular, specified causal factors (with changes in the particular foundation of an institution resulting in institutional change):
**utilitarian-functionalist: functional requirements as the causal factor
**power-distributional: an underlying balance of societal or political power as the causal factor
**cultural-sociological: a shared understanding of what organizational forms are considered legitimate or appropriate.
*path dependence perspectives draw on the same causal arguments as the first three perspectives, but where they differ is that they do not necessarily look for 'constant causes' through time and space. As Mahoney points out (2000, p 515) path dependence perspectives posit that factors responsible for the genesis of an institution may well be different from those that sustain it over time… Institutional change is often seen to be a function of exogenous shocks that disrupt previously stable arrangements and open the door again for institutional innovation.
*two potentially fruitful ways forward in this debate (there are many others), which have the benefit of avoiding facile functionalist approaches that read the origins of institutions off the functions they currently perform, and are genuinely historical, looking at social processes as they unfold over time and in relation to other processes:
**layering involves the partial renegotiation of some elements of a given set of institutions which leaving others in place (e.g. US congress, where new coalitions which lack the support necessary to demolish an institution may simply erect a new one, see Schickler 2001)
**conversion involves the redirection of existing institutions to new purposes, driving changes in the role they perform and/or the functions they serve (e.g. US poverty programme used by Johnson to deal with racial tensions, see Weir 1992).
*tasks for future research:
**we must ask ourselves, even in cases of increasing return and lock-in, whether it crowds out layering or conversion.
**we must distinguish the types of empirical phenomena that are associated with the different modes of change (i.e. layering and conversion).
**in general, it may be unwise to draw to sharp distinctions in history b/w 'settled' and 'unsettled' times. Instead, to understand how institutions evolve, it may be more fruitful to aim for a more fine-grained analysis that seeks to identify what aspects of a specific institutional configuration are (or are not) renegotiable and under what conditions.


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Before he left TNA Wrestling, Taz tried to get back into WWE. He wanted to return in time for the RAW taping from Brooklyn, New York.
Michael Bluth reports that Taz called several people in the company, but Executive Producer Kevin Dunn had no interest. During a recent production meeting, WWE EVP Triple H said, "TNA doesn't have anyone we need."
so taz has left ?
No! He was if WWE would have wanted him back! WWE said no so, he re-signed with TNA!
why thumbs down i mean look at what the first line is
Before he left TNA Wrestling, Taz tried to get back into WWE.
it says left
I Agree i thought he left b/c of the 1st line too…………got my hopes up for nothing 🙁
Yeah- he also wasn't at the last iMPACT either..
Well technically it was a PPV and usually JB and Mike Tenay work on PPV Announcing.
Technically it wasn't a PPV as nobody had to pay to view it and it wasn't on a PPV channel. Also JB certainly doesn't usually work on PPV announcing. No idea where you got that idea from.
Hm? Well I seen only a few Impact PPVs and I barely pay attention the announcers, so I assumed that it was JB and Mike Tenay, I apologize.
Hey, whilst it's very polite of you to apologise, you really don't have to! 🙂
Hmmm, perhaps you heard Todd Kenely? He sounds a bit like J.B, to me at least. JB did announce the last "One Night Only" PPV also. You do make a good point though, who cares about the announcers when you have good in ring action? Don West didn't ruin the great X-Division matches TNA put on in the very early days when he was utterly clueless….other than yelling "Here it is"/"There it is" twenty or thirty times a match! lol
Please allow me to offer you an apology, as reading my comment back it doesn't come across as intended and reads almost aggresively. I assure you this wasn't my intention. I should've put a smiley in there or something!
Are we besties now!? 🙂
YAY! BFFs! 😀 lol
Don't you find it funny how since you said that JB does most commentary that he has done the last few weeks of Impact?
Are you from the future?…..
yea right Triple H
I agree.
If I recall, he wanted to sign Sting on WWE a while ago.
Look at the verbage used… "TNA doesn't have anyone we need". WWE does not NEED anyone from TNA because TNA is not a threat to them. There is no need to raid the locker room like back in the Monday Night Wars, or even the original ECW.
That said, there are probably more than a few guys that WWE wouldn't mind picking up should they become available. Not Taz though, he's horrible as a commentator.
That being said, and yes I agree with it….Kevin Dunn is a F'ing cancer to professional wrestling. I value his opinion as much as I value a square tire. This idiot should not have a job anywhere in wrestling, because he hates wrestling and is ashamed of it.
Another former WWE talent who came to TNA and now looking to jump back….how original. I like Taz, but seriously this gets old
At least Triple H acknowledged TNA..
RSad and funny at the same time. Triple h is right WWE dosent NEED people from tna but they probably wouldnt mind having some guys jump shop if they wanted. There's a difference for tna fanboys who are about to rage
Btw after he resigned didnt he say he didnt want to be anywhere else? Lol! Lying ass bastard.
That's the first thing I thought of!
Triple H wants Sting.
Well, he's been with Chyno, so it wouldn't surprise me.
They should honestly drop Taz as soon as his contract is up; an example needs to be set.
HHH may not NEED anyone from TNA, but I can see him wanting Angle, Sting, and The Dudley's.
And you can bet he wants Roode, Styles, and Aries.
They too would be nice additions for the E.
In regards to your op, other than the payouts, there is nothing for these guys to accomplish in the WWE, other than Sting & Taker to probably set the WM PPV buys record.
I am wary of Roode, Styles, and AA going to WWE, because I don't want these guys jobbing to Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes. These guys are better than that.
Correct, but one can never tell when a pay increase is craved.
Oh, I would hate to see them be misused in the E, (I prefer them where they are) but they would be nice acquisitions for them.
At one time yes, I agree that they were on WWE's radar. Styles is actually one of the few wrestlers to turn down a WWE developmental contract, which IMO is probably one of the dumbest things anybody has ever done professionally in the last 15 years, and he will probably come to regret it as his career winds down and he is less financially secure as a result. What he makes in TNA, vs what he could have made as even strictly a midcard guy in WWE is not comparable.
Honestly at their ages now, I don't believe that any of them are any longer high on WWE's radar. I think the days of WWE bringing in outside guys and immediately putting them on the map without learning the WWE way are pretty much finished and you don't get to sign guys like them to developmental deals. The only guy who is really different is Sting, because he is a special case.
Agree, Taz doesn't exactly bring anything to TNA. His storyline with Aces & 8 has got to be one of the most pointless turn I've seen.
im sure they have their eye on a number of tna talent
" If TAZ leaves TNA i'm really gonna miss his commentary." #SaidNoOneEver
Oh I see…racist huh? Don't like the "Orange people". They are called Oompa Loompas, sir!
Sorry Matt Morgan…
I must have missed the report that taz had indeed been released or left TNA. This site usually published the same story 3 or 4 times so this is a surprise.
this site is a joke,they report more negative storys then anything else.TNA don't need friends like this.
I dont want to blame this site because it's all like this.
F.E. where i live, the press is highly criticized to not help our soccer team .
Sadly ,negative reports captures the majority.
But not people like me, luckly.
Before reading this one i had read other "normal" news.
At the end of the day if you have to blame someone ,it's the majority of the society. ok i dont wanna sound like a Joe Park's bro or a guru Sonjay Dutt speech,but it's the truth.
btw i know your thoughts were above the possibility " even if it's a legitimate report then dont report it" btw dirtsheet must to be taken with a grain of salt
Friends? You realize TNA is a company that offers a product for money, not your BFF, right?
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Wards Of the "Underground"
Aight so…
I have both the luxury and burden of getting to listen to tons of new music every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every….you see where I'm going with this.
Sometimes I'm lucky enough to get to talk to some of the artists who make this music either face to face, over the phone or through the internet.
Alot of these conversations are with newer, unsigned artists. Other than terms like: "I'm on my grind," "I'm the hottest nigga in my city," "I'm better than {insert the benchmark rapper of the moment here}," popping up in the conversation, I hear alot of folks say "I rep for the underground" or something along those lines.
I mean, I'd like to think that I have a decent command over the English language, but the more I hear that word "underground" thrown around, the more it confuses me. Can someone please help me understand what exactly it means to be an "underground" artist in this day and age?
When I first started getting into Hip Hop, I grew into the assumption that "underground" meant whatever my parents would whup my ass for listening to or whatever was too harsh for radio or television. So shit, NWA and Geto Boys was underground to me in some respects.
Then, I have to think about some of the music that was being made around me. Folks like Success-N-Effect, Raheem The Dream, [pre-StepDaddy] Sammy Sam, [pre-Organized Noize] Kilo, Kizzy Rock, The Hard Boys, Oomp Camp, Ghetto Mafia…all that shit. I mean pretty much, in the 90's, if you were from Atlanta and weren't signed to or affiliated with LaFace or So So Def, you were considered underground.
Then of course, you have to mention everything that was coming out of Memphis: Triple Six, Playa Fly, Tommy Wright (the third!), Gangsta Blac, Gangsta Pat, DJ Squeeky, Criminal Mane, Tom Skeemask, Al Kapone…all that shit. Yeah, they had some distribution with Select-O-Hits that would get them in a good number of stores, but, they was still considered underground.
You can't overlook what rappers from Houston (not signed to Rap-A-Lot) were doing pre-2005 neither. Well, really, judging from how their promote their artists, shit, if you're signed to Rap-A-Lot you might as well be underground.
Sorry, for the trips down memory lane, but, I do you see where I'm trying to go with this?
All of those folks I named, including the Supherbs, Chino XL, Deltrons, Casual, Hiero, etc. of the world were all considered underground even though they were marginally known.
Their "underground" status came about moreso because they all had pretty direct connections with their fanbases. I like to think that it came about also because of the kind of music they were making and the shit they were saying. It wasn't that it might have been too harsh for radio or television, its that that shit might have been too real for radio or television. Or it was just that that shit wasn't getting played because it didn't fit the format. They indeed relied on the underground, the streets, the people to fuck with them to the point that they could eat off their crafts.
That being said, I'm get kinda thrown when someone comes at me with their "I rep the underground" sales pitch. Do you really?
Most of the artists that I hear throwing that word around are dudes who sound as if they are already signed. (No, that is not meant to be a compliment.) What I'm saying is, alot of these cats swear up and down that the radio won't fuck with them because "I'm too street, I'm underground," when in actuality you sound just like half the shit that's getting played on the radio anyway. I mean, radio and television programmers have pretty much made it known what artists they've chosen to be their resident "thug trap rapper." Same goes for the cats making the strip club songs and the dance songs. How do you really call yourself underground when you either aspire or already sound and look like what's getting played in the mainstream?
Just because you don't get played on the radio, doesn't make you underground. Just because you aren't signed to a major label doesn't make you underground either (in my soon to be commented on opinion).
Sheid, I don't even know man, I'm starting to confuse mydamnself, talking about this shit. I guess "underground" means a certain type of sound or look to me. I can't quite place my finger on it. But, I just know, that most of the cats calling themselves "underground" are far far from it. They are commercial as hell, its just that it ain't getting played anywhere.
Somebody help me out here, I'm confused. Maybe "underground" should be laid to rest next to "grinding." Well, that may be a stretch. Perhaps some folks just shouldn't be allowed to use it.