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The Question - Are baked beans really baked?
25/02/2013 , 8:45 AM by Ian Campbell
Something new to the mix over breakfast in 2013 - The Question.
Have you got a question you want answer to?
Is there something about our world, our life that has niggled away at you, something you have always wondered about?
Pass that question on to me and each week I will do my best to find someone to answer it for you. If you have a question for me to work on, use the comment box below and I'll get going.
"The Question" this week comes from Ron at Narooma...are baked beans really baked?
Taking up the answer is Nicky Anderson from SPC Baked Beans...
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What makes the yolk of an egg stay in the centre of the egg ?
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WWE: A Strong Response
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Smackdown Results
Friday 18th April 2008
Live From The Yokohama Arena
From Last Week
Matt Hardy calling out CM Punk, leading to the intense promo towards the end of the show, ending up with Punk being put in a match with The Undertaker
Linda McMahon announcing that The Undertaker's title match with Shawn Michaels will take place at Judgment Day
The main event with Punk getting disqualified for using a chair on The Undertaker
Matt Hardy running down and straight in to a chair shot from Punk
Shawn Michaels walking out to the stage and catching Punk's attention, allowing Taker time to stand back up and then level Punk with a chokeslam
Michaels & Taker staring at each other with mutual respect as the show came to a close
"If You Rock Like Me"
Linda McMahon's music
hits to a pop as she walks down to the ring with a big smile on her face. She politely collects a microphone before saying how wonderful it has been the last week or so spending time in this wonderful country of Japan. She also thanks them for their continued support, saying everyone associated with the WWE is truly grateful for that and the hospitality they have received over the last week, and says that they are going to give something back in a great show tonight. The fans like that and cheer with Linda smiling again before saying that everyone is well aware that due to William Regal being drafted to Raw a couple of weeks back, Smackdown has been left without a General Manager and that she has been filling the void ever since. She then says that will no longer be the case, as earlier in the week as reported on WWE.com, the Board of Directors have finalised arrangements for a new General Manager to take over, starting tonight.
A big pop meets that announcement as Linda smiles and takes pleasure in the fans' reaction. She then says that she has the pleasure of unveiling him to the world right now, and asks everyone to stand up and give a warm welcome to the new General Manager of Smackdown, Tazz. "13" hits to a big pop as the no nonsense Tazz walks down to the ring in a suit and his traditional orange sunglasses. He climbs inside the ring and shakes hands with Linda, who then passes him the microphone and leaves. Whistles and cheers ring round for a while before he can finally speak, and says that first off it's great to be back in Japan, which gets a massive pop. He then turns to the announce table and says just like everyone in the back, even Michael Cole can now call him boss. Another cheer breaks out, and he then says that he's watched Smackdown ever since he injured his leg a month or so ago and that a lot of people have been getting away with things for way too long now.
He bluntly says that it stops here and now, and that anyone who crosses him will be dealt with as no one will be getting away with any kind of crap starting as of this very moment, talking like he means business, staring right at the camera. The fans clap him again, and he then turns to them and says that it's not all about the guys in the back, it's about giving the fans what they want, and tonight, he's going to give them what they want, a show to remember. He grins as "13" hits again, and then walks over to the pass microphone back to Justin Roberts, acknowledging Cole again with a thumb's up. Cole says that Tazz might not have been the obvious choice, but he believes he is the best one as Tazz will deal with anyone who steps out of line like he said he would. Coach disagrees and says that Charlie Haas & Chris Masters put him on the shelf, and that anyone could do the same again. Cole then says that he very much doubts anyone would argue with Tazz now that he's in charge, and that he's looking forward to seeing Tazz as the boss as the new GM walks back up the ramp with a big smile on his face.
[Commercial Break]
"Break The Walls Down"
Shawn Michaels, the World Heavyweight Champion & his cousin, the Cruiserweight Champion, Michael Shane
are sat down in their locker room. Shane thanks Shawn for the idea of tagging together last week, and says it was a great night and a great experience for him. Michaels tells him it's not a problem and that he enjoyed it too, cousins teaming up and kicking ass together when
walks in to the room. Both men stand up and shake hands with the new GM. Shawn says it's great to see him again, but he says sarcastically that he hopes he's not in the boss's bad books already. Tazz grins and tells him he's good for now, but says he is here on business though. They all sit down on fold out chairs with Tazz saying that he meant what he said about making this a show to remember, and that from where he's sitting, they're two guys who can help do just that. Shawn turns to Shane and jokes, telling him that he just knew this guy is the right man for the job with Shane nodding. Tazz says that he saw them both at Wrestlemania leaving with the two title belts on show, calling their performances very impressive. Another sarcastic response comes from Michaels as he tells him thanks with a big smile on his face, and Tazz says that he wants to see them both in action tonight.
Shawn & Shane look at each other with Tazz then telling HBK that he knows he's got a match with The Undertaker at Judgment Day, but he wants him to put that to the back of his mind tonight. Shawn looks puzzled as Tazz turns to Shane and tells him he's got a great match in store for him, a match with Matt Sydal to show everyone just what the cruiserweight division is all about, and says who better than him and Sydal to put on a show tonight with the title on the line too. Shane takes it quite well and says he likes the sound of that. Tazz turns back to Michaels, and the World Champ asks Tazz if he's going to tell him who his opponent is going to be. Tazz says that he knew Michaels was going to ask that, and he says the world title won't be on the line, but it's going go to be one of the biggest main events in Smackdown history, the World Champion against Mr. Money in the Bank, MVP. Michaels smiles, stands up and holds his hand out, telling Tazz he's got a deal. Shane does the same with Tazz shaking both their hands with them both wishing him luck as he thanks them and leaves. Shawn & Shane look at each other and smile with Michaels telling Shane he better get ready and to hop to it. Shane smirks and reaches down to lift his bag up and put it on the bench, saying "yes boss" as Michaels stands and grins at his cousin with the camera fading out.
***Match #1***
Chavo Guerrero
Kid Kash
Chavo & Kash both make their way back up to their feet, looking a little groggy. As they stand up face to face, Kash throws a lazy right hand at Chavo, but he blocks it and hammers away at Kash, knocking him back a few paces. He then grabs The Notorious K I D by the wrist and whips him in to the ropes, and as he comes back, Chavo tosses him overhead with a back body drop, getting a pop from the crowd. Chavo fires himself up as he anticipates Kash getting back up slowly, and as Kash stands up and turns round, Chavo kicks him in the gut and pulls Kash's head under his arm. He lifts him vertically up in to the air and falls back, connecting with a suplex, but The Mexican holds on to Kash's tights and makes his way back up to his feet as the crowd cheer loudly for the second of The Three Amigo's. Chavo lifts Kash up in to the skies again and plants a second suplex, then with a twist of the hips, he stands back up and completes the trilogy of suplexes to a rousing reception from the Japanese crowd. As Kash's back hits the mat, Chavo readjusts his position on the mat and hooks both legs for a cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . .
Kash gets his shoulder up though to break the count, but he remains firmly on his back as Chavo stands back up and walks in to the corner, then climbs to the top rope as Kash remains on his back. Chavo looks up in to the heavens and sets himself up before leaping off the top for THE FROG SPLASH. . . . . NO!. . . . . Kash gets his knees up with Chavo's stomach landing right across them with The Mexican falling to the mat and clutching his stomach. Kash slowly sits himself back up before getting back up to his feet and pulling Chavo back up with him. He pulls Chavo's head under his arm, setting him up for a BRAINBUSTER. . . . . Chavo fights it though and is able to pull his back and shift round the back of Kash, who turns round in to a kick to the gut from Chavo. It's Chavo who then grabs Kash by the head and drags it into his grip for a BRAINBUSTER OF HIS OWN. . . . . Kash fights it too and pushes him back in to the ropes. Before Chavo hits the ropes, Kash runs right at him from behind and drives his knee in to the spine of Guerrero, then ducks down behind him and rolls him up, holding on to the ropes for leverage as the referee makes the count 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3.
Kid Kash by pinfall.
Kash gets up and quickly pulls himself under the bottom rope, clearly happy as he turns round and smirks as he walks up the ramp with Chavo standing up and not looking best pleased. He grabs hold of the top rope and kicks the bottom one, showing clear frustration which Kash seems to enjoy.
[Commercial Break]
Chavo Guerrero
is shown walking through the back, not looking too happy with himself after losing his match just before the break. He carries on walking and sees some poles leaning up against the wall, and stops. He flips out and grabs hold of them, pulling them back and down to the floor, then holds his head in his hands, clearly very frustrated as
Ron Killings
walks in to the shot and looks down at the poles. Chavo lifts his head back up to see Killings standing there. He asks him what he's looking at, and Killings tells him to chill, but Chavo isn't in the mood and tries to walk past him. Killings steps to the side and blocks Chavo off, who tells Killings to get out of his way. He doesn't and tells Chavo just to chill out and not get so worked up, but that sets Chavo off as he pushes Killings in the chest. Killings takes exception to it and pushes him back, leading to Chavo retaliating and throwing a right hand at Killings. They exchange punches with Chavo then pushing him in to the wall. Killings drops to his knees as he hits with Chavo taking a disapproving look at him before walking off with Killings' eyes firmly following him.
Mickie James
getting her make up done backstage when
Beth Phoenix
walked up to her, leading to a frank exchange of views and a cat fight until it was broken up by officials.
Mickie James
makes her way down to the announce table dressed in casual clothes to watch the next match as
Beth Phoenix
makes her way out, not looking best pleased to see Mickie at ringside. She stares down at her as
Michelle McCool
then walks down to the ring to a decent pop from the crowd.
***Match #2***
Michelle McCool
Beth Phoenix
Beth is in control and drags the sore McCool up to her feet, then whips her in to the ropes. But as McCool hits the ropes and runs back at The Glamazon, she baseball slides through her legs, races back up to her feet and shocks her with a HAIR PULL DDT. . . . . The crowd cheer as she rushes to go for a cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . Beth kicks out fairly comfortably and sits up straight away, looking a little dazed though as McCool stands up, who then stands there urging Beth to get back up. Slowly she does with McCool pouncing straight away, connecting with a European uppercut, knocking Beth's head back. She then tries for an irish whip of her own, but she's overpowered by The Glamazon, who sends her crashing down to the mat as she comes back with a DOUBLE AXE HANDLE SMASH TO THE CHEST. . . . .
Beth just looks down and smirks at McCool before glancing over menacingly at Mickie, who watches on intently from the announce position. Beth turns the attention back to Michelle and walks over to her legs as she then tries to apply a CLOVERLEAF SUBMISSION HOLD. . . . . McCool fights it and kicks her off, then tries to find a way to her feet with Beth also standing back up after being forced back to the mat. As they meet head to head, McCool swings a wild right at Beth, but The Glamazon ducks it with McCool doing a full 360 degree turn. Beth acts straight away, driving her foot in to the gut of Michelle, sending her spinning with Beth then taking advantage by lifting her up in to the air and planting her with THE GRAND SLAM (Lifting Double Chicken Wing Facebuster). . . . . McCool lies their motionless as the deadly serious Glamazon makes the cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3.
Beth Phoenix by pinfall.
Beth's music hits as she stands back up and gets her arm raised, turning round to stare at Mickie, still sitting at the announce table and looking a little concerned by the dominance shown by The Glamazon.
[Commercial Break]
Elijah Burke & Layla
walk through the hallway with a pop coming from the arena and looking pretty happy as they come to
Tazz's Office
. Burke knocks and we hear the invitation to go in, so he and his very attractive girlfriend step inside. Tazz stands up and shakes hands with Burke, who tells him straight off he's real happy that he's put MVP in a match with Shawn Michaels later on, but says he came hear for a favour. He tells Tazz that he's probably seen he's made his feelings about MVP pretty clear lately, but he wants the chance to make them crystal clear in a match next week against the big cheese himself. Tazz looks a little taken aback and says that's big, then has a real short think about it before saying he likes it and that he's got it. He then tells Burke to go treat the lovely Layla to a night out and take it easy so he's ready for next week. Burke agrees as Layla also thanks him for the idea before turning round with Burke saying thanks again as he leaves, but just before Tazz can sit back down, the door swings open with
Tommy Dreamer & Stevie Richards
walking in.
A pop comes from the arena as Tazz looks real pleased to see his ECW buddies. They're happy too and Tommy says that it's great to see him as the new GM, then offers him his congratulations on getting the job. Stevie pitches in, agreeing with Dreamer, and then tells Tazz they're going to make sure they get payback tonight on Charlie Haas & Chris Masters, not just for them, but for what they did to Tazz. The new GM says he's chosen to forget all about that, but he's got an idea to make their number one contendership match a little more interesting later on. They ask him what it is, and he says that he might keep it to himself until the match, but then says that he'll let the cat out of the bag now instead, saying it's going to be an Extreme Rules match. The fans in the arena like that, as do Dreamer & Richards who say that they can't wait to rip Masters & Haas apart. Tazz tells them to make sure they do and wishes them good luck. They thank him as they walk out, leaving a happy GM to sit down and take a breather. The camera switches to show
Charlie Haas & Chris Masters
watching on a TV in the back, shaking their heads and looking very frustrated. Masters smacks the wall and storms off up the hall with Haas following him.
"Ain't No Stoppin' Me"
hits as
the United States Champion, Shelton Benjamin
makes his way down to the ring, looking very serious.
He walks over to the ropes and asks for a microphone, then walks back to the centre of the ring. He says that two weeks ago was one of the greatest and most significant moments of his career, as he became the WWE United States Champion. He then says that he's seen celebrations for lesser success stories than him, but he wasn't granted what he deserved last week. Boos come from the crowd, but the angry champion carries on to say that the fact there was no GM isn't an excuse, what matters is that his talent and success is being swept under the carpet like everything he's ever done in this company and he's sick of it. He starts getting more worked up and says that he's going to change that himself from now on, dealing with the only person he can trust, himself.
He says that there will be a Victory Celebration for his efforts, just tonight or next week as it's wasted on Japan and Australia, because it's the United States Championship he's dealing with. He then says that the celebration will be in two weeks time when he returns to the States, but he's not going to stand around and do nothing, he's going to show everyone just why his talent and success should be recognised by extending an open challenge to anyone who wants to see how they measure up to the Gold Standard. He steps back and waits, and after a couple of seconds, Funaki's music hits as Japan's own walks down to the ring to a huge pop. Shelton backs up, smiles and hands both the microphone and his title over as Funaki slaps hands with everyone in the front row and soaks up the reception.
***Match #3***
Non Title Match
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton scoops Funaki up and slams him down to the mat, with the Japanese fan favourite landing hard on the mat. The United States Champion then walks in to the corner and climbs up to the top rope, waiting patiently as Funaki slowly gets back up to his feet. As soon as he's up, Shelton jumps off and tries to hit a MISSILE DROPKICK. . . . . Shelton crash lands in to the mat as Funaki sidesteps it, delighting his native Japanese fans in the crowd. Shelton doesn't stay down long as he immediately makes his way back up with Funaki reacting straight away, grabbing his arm and trying for an irish whip. Benjamin reverses it though, and as Funaki comes back off the ropes, Shelton plants him with a thunderous SAMOAN DROP. . . . .
Gasps echo around The Yokohama Arena as Shelton turns over and hooks both of Funaki's legs for a cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . The brave cruiserweight just gets his shoulder up, leaving Shelton stunned. He doesn't look impressed with that at all as he makes his way back up to a vertical base and drags Funaki up too. He whips him in to the corner straight away, then follows in, connecting with a STINGER SPLASH. . . . . Funaki just manages to stay on his feet as he staggers out of the corner and in to the grasp of Benjamin, who looks to finish him off with a T BONE SUPLEX. . . . . He turns himself round on the mat and goes for the cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3.
Shelton Benjamin by pinfall.
"Ain't No Stoppin Me" plays as the United States Champion grabs his title belt off the referee as soon as he gets it and climbs to the top rope in the corner to lift it aloft. The fans boo him quite vociferously, but they start to cheer, not all of them though as Shannon Moore runs down the ramp and slides into the ring. He walks over towards Shelton, keeping a short distance as the champ then climbs down off the ropes and turns round in to an enziguri that connects with the side of his head. Shannon stands back up to a pop from the crowd with a big grin on his face as he looks down at the man who humiliated him last week. He then turns round and leaves the ring, walking back up the ramp, then turns round to look at Shelton with the champ coming round and sitting up, staring angrily towards Moore, who just grins right back at him.
[Commercial Break]
Michael Cole & The Coach
are shown at the announce table with Cole saying that during the break, new Smackdown GM, Tazz has made a United States Championship match between Shelton Benjamin & Shannon Moore for next week, live from Australia. He then says that last week, CM Punk was in a match with The Undertaker which led to him sustaining a minor neck injury which has forced Punk to stay behind in the States. He also says that earlier today, Punk made some comments at WWE Headquarters about what happened last Friday night. The camera cuts to show
CM Punk
sitting down with a neck brace on as heat comes from the Japanese crowd.
The Straight Edge Superstar looks very serious as he says that as much as he would have loved to have travelled to Japan, it's just not to be. He then says that there's not one, not two, but three people they can blame for that, The Undertaker, Linda McMahon & Matt Hardy. He says that the treatment he was dished out last week from an inadequate authority figure was ludicrous, not just because it was plain victimisation against the sole called bad guy and easy target, but because he was singled out. He then tells us that Matt Hardy was guilty of the same crime he was sentenced for, but he wasn't given the same punishment or any punishment whatsoever for his part in it before reminding us that it was Matt who was hounding him out all night long. He then says that it was the golden boy who avoided any kind of consequence to his actions.
He then sits forward, but he appears to twinge a little and then touches his neck brace before looking deep in to the camera to say that when he's good to go, which won't be long, he promises to make sure Matt will be dealt with in the same manner he was. He then says that he's going to do the exact same thing to Matt that he did to his brother, Jeff, and that he's going to be powerless to stop it, just like Jeff was at Wrestlemania when he couldn't even utter the words I Quit. Punk slowly leans back and bares a smile, then says that he has a feeling he's going to enjoy this one even more, putting both The Hardy Boys on the shelf for a long, long time. He sn-iggers and smirks as the camera zooms on the grin before fading out.
We see
Josh Hayger
working out in a gym and a wrestling ring, cutting to a still image at the end.
To some, there are challenges. . . To some there are obstacles, and to some there are limits. . . However, to this man, there are no limits. . . He is Josh Hayger, and he's coming to Friday Night Smackdown.
Matt Sydal
celebrating a victory over
Matt Striker
Johnny Jeter
applauding him afterwards, but then looking very shifty, seeming to be not so happy at all with Sydal's win.
Matt Sydal
walks down to the ring with
Johnny Jeter
alongside him to a pop from the crowd. Sydal looks slightly nervous, but Jeter tries to calm the nerves.
Michael Shane
then makes his way out, looking pretty relaxed to a good reception from the Japanese fans.
***Match #4***
Cruiserweight Championship
Michael Shane (c)
Matt Sydal
w/Johnny Jeter
Sydal & Shane both slowly try and make their way up to the ropes, and it's the challenger who is up first. Sydal then runs back in to the ropes, but as he comes back, Shane takes him down to the mat with an arm drag. He's not staying down for long either, racing back up to his feet, but Shane is right on him, approaching from behind and tossing him back with a german suplex. Shane doesn't waste a second either as he crawls across and hooks the leg for a cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . Sydal gets his shoulder up, and Shane shrugs it off straight away as he gets back up to a vertical base and walks towards the corner. He then climbs up to the top rope as Sydal remains on his back, but squirming as Shane then leaps off for a DIVING ELBOW DROP. . . . . Sydal rolls to the side though with Shane crashing down to the deck. Both men remain there for a good ten seconds before they begin to pick themselves back up with the crowd cheering them on. Sydal runs right at Shane and strikes with a FEINT ENZIGURI IN TO A HEAD SCISSORS TAKEDOWN. . . . . That gets a pop from the crowd, and as Sydal gets right back up, Shane pulls himself up on to his knees too. Sydal sees it, and pulls him right back up, grabbing him around the upper chest before planting him with one hell of a CYCLORAMA (Belly To Belly Moonsault Slam). . . . .
The crowd liked the look of that as Sydal stands back up and looks in to the stands, getting a great reaction before reaching down and dragging Shane in to the corner, setting him up for THE SHOOTING STAR PRESS. . . . . Sydal goes to climb the ropes and steadies himself up top while the referee kneels down and checks on Shane, taking his eyes off Sydal for a minute, allowing Jeter on the outside to climb up on the apron and push Sydal off the top. It was oblivious to everyone in the ring, and not even Sydal saw that coming as he crashes down to the mat, landing past Shane and rolling towards the centre of the ring. Jeter quickly jumps down to the floor as the referee tries to figure out what happened with Jeter playing innocent on the outside as Shane then crawls the short distance to the ropes, using them to help him up. As he stands up, Sydal also makes an attempt to get back up, which he does slowly, and as he stands back up, then turns round, Shane paces out of the corner and nails the challenger with a SUPER KICK. . . . . Sydal just falls back in a heap with Shane dropping to his knees to try for a cover with the eager Jeter watching on as the referee makes the count 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3.
By pinfall, and still Cruiserweight Champion, Michael Shane.
Shane's music hits as Jeter grins at the fallen Sydal and turns round to walk to the back with Shane looking surprised by the exit of his opponent's friend. He shrugs it off before celebrating and posing with the title. Sydal comes round and starts to sit up, looking confused with Shane then turning round and seeing his opponent. He offers Sydal a hand to help him up, and he accepts, continuing to shake his hand once back up, still looking bemused at what happened.
[Commercial Break]
Josh Matthews
is stood outside the dressing room of
. He says that later on, Mr. Money in the Bank will be facing the World Heavyweight Champion, Shawn Michaels, and next week, he will be going one on one with his former friend, Elijah Burke. He then knocks on the door and walks in, not waiting for permission to go in. As he walks in, MVP is lacing his boots up and looks angered by Josh barging in. He asks him what the hell he thinks he is doing walking in on him while he's trying to get ready. Josh says that he wants to get his thoughts on his match with Shawn Michaels tonight and Elijah Burke next week. MVP stands up, looking pissed still, and tells Josh that he wouldn't usually show anyone the courtesy of doing them a favour after barging in like he just did, but he wants to tell the world just what he's feeling right now.
He says that coming off the back of the biggest win of his career at Wrestlemania, winning the Money in the Bank contract, ever since, he's had to put up with a joker like Elijah Burke disrespecting the future world champion. He then says that Burke is going to get his next week, much like Michaels is tonight and tells Burke to watch real good, because he tells him that once next week is through after the beating of his life, to remember that it was him who asked for the match in the first place. He then tells Josh that if he wants to stay out of harms way, he should get the hell out of his locker room unless he wants to end up in the same state as Burke & Michaels once he's done with them, and that the next time he walks in to his locker room without asking, he won't be walking out of it.
Josh walks out of the room with MVP slamming the door shut as
Johnny Jeter
walks right past. Josh stops him as he walks past by getting his attention and asking him why he just cost his friend, Matt Sydal, the Cruiserweight Championship. Jeter turns back with a smirk on his face, and says that Josh just made his first mistake, Matt Sydal hasn't been his friend for a long time. He says that he's sick of everything ever being about Matt Sydal, but that won't be the case from now on, it's still all going to be about one person, but not Matt Sydal, it's all about Johnny Jeter, and tells Josh to remember that. Jeter turns round and walks off as Josh looks disgusted by the ignorance of Jeter.
***Match #5***
Number One Contendership Match – Extreme Rules
The ECW Originals (Tommy Dreamer & Stevie Richards)
The Masters of the Mat (Charlie Haas & Chris Masters)
The UK Pack walked out early on, watching from top of the ramp as Masters drags Stevie back up to his feet and whips him in to the corner. He then runs in at him straight away, but Stevie steps to the side with The Masterpiece running right in to the pads, chest first. Stevie steps away from the corner, and Masters turns round grimacing as he staggers out in to a kick to the stomach from Stevie, who follows up with a SINGLE ARM DDT. . . . . A pop meets that as Stevie desperately goes to cover Masters 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . Kick out, and at the same time on the outside, Haas reverses a whip from Dreamer, sending him in to the barricade. He sees the danger in the ring and slides inside from behind Stevie as he gets up, grabbing him around the waist and connecting with a BRIDGING GERMAN SUPLEX. . . . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . Stevie gets his shoulder up, leaving Haas frustrated as he sits up. The angry Haas stands back up and pulls his straps down, showing his frustration even more, and he sees a table lying on the mat towards the corner.
It was brought in to the ring earlier by Dreamer. Haas walks over to collect it and pulls it away from the corner before setting it up as Stevie makes his way back up behind him, totally unaware that Haas has evil intentions. Haas finishes setting the legs up on the table and turns round, stomping his feet as Stevie gets closer to standing back up. Dreamer stands back up on the outside and spots the danger back inside, just as Masters also comes round in the corner. Dreamer rushes to slide back in the ring behind Haas as he lifts Richards in to the air for THE OLYMPIC SLAM. . . . . Tommy pushes to the table to the side and pulls Stevie down off Haas's shoulders, but Masters runs right at Dreamer and clotheslines him inside out. Stevie turns round to face Haas and goes for a STEVIE KICK. . . . . Haas ducks it though and drags Stevie closer to the table, and this time he is able to OLYMPIC SLAM HIM THROUGH THE TABLE. . . . . Masters watches on and grins as Haas pulls Stevie away from the wreckage and goes for the cover 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3.
The Masters of the Mat by pinfall.
"Masterpiece" hits to heat from the crowd as The Masters of the Mat are announced by Justin Roberts as the winners with Haas & Masters standing up and hugging each other in the ring for a couple of seconds, celebrating their victory. They turn and see Smith & Burchill stood at the top of the ramp with both teams looking right back at each other with Masters & Haas looking quite smug while the referee checks on Dreamer & Stevie.
is standing by, and she introduces us to her guest,
Matt Hardy
. He walks in to the shot to a big pop from inside the arena, and Maria asks him what his thoughts are on CM Punk's comments earlier on. Matt says that Punk's being running his mouth for months and months now, and last week, he finally talked himself in to trouble and got what was coming to him. He says he's not going to feel bad about it, but he says that Punk might have a concussion because he seems to forget that he swung a chair at both him and The Undertaker last week, taking the easy way out. He then says that Punk should worry about the consequences of that than worrying about getting even with him, but if Punk wants a fight, he's more than willing to oblige. He looks at the camera and directs this message to Punk, saying he's more than willing to wait until his neck is healed. He even says that he would be willing to wait for the pleasure of getting retribution for costing him the United States Championship and for everything he did to his brother. He then says that if anyone should be worried, it's not him, it's Punk. He stares down the camera for a couple of seconds before turning to the side and walking off with Maria looking a little surprised at Matt's strong words.
[Commercial Break]
***The Main Event***
Non Title Match
Shawn Michaels
Montel Vontavious Porter
Michaels reaches down and pulls a groggy MVP back up to his feet, then unloads on him with a succession of right hands, forcing Mr. Money in the Bank back in to the ropes. HBK then grabs him by the arm and whips him in to the opposite set of ropes, then walks back in to the centre of the ring as MVP comes back and ducks a clothesline from the World Champion. He runs through and back off the ropes again, taking Michaels down with a falling clothesline. He stands back up and stands over Michaels', then stomps all over his chest several times before bending down and helping him back up to his feet before whipping him in to the corner. He runs in at him and hits him with a hard clothesline. MVP backs up as Michaels staggers out of the corner, but MVP doesn't give him a chance to recover as he whips him in to the opposite corner with HBK hitting the pads hard, back first. The World Champion remains there this time as Porter takes a couple of seconds before running in at him, getting closer and going for THE PLAYA'S BOOT. . . . . Michaels steps out of the corner and to the side as MVP runs right past him, but reaches out and holds on to the top rope, stopping himself in time. He breathes a sigh of relief, but as he turns round, Michaels goes for a little SWEET CHIN MUSIC. . . . .
MVP ducks his head and grabs HBK straight away, pulling him in to position for THE PLAYMAKER. . . . . Boos ring out, but Michaels escapes the grip just as quickly, running back in to the ropes and charging back to connect with a FLYING FOREARM. . . . . Cheers break out as Michaels flips back up and walks quickly in to the corner and climbs all the way to the top with the crowd getting louder and louder in their support for The Heartbreak Kid. MVP squirms around on the mat, but Michaels leaps off the top and is still able to drill him with THE HEARTBREAK ELBOW. . . . . An even bigger pop echoes around the arena as the champ goes to cover the challenger with the ref making the count 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . NO! . . . . . MVP shows some resilience and kicks out, but it doesn't deter HBK as he stands back up and walks back in to the corner, tuning up the band to the ecstasy of the Japanese fans who stand up from their seats to clap and stomp their feet in turn as MVP slowly makes an effort to stand up. It's not long before he is back on both feet with Michaels then exploding out of the corner and going for the SUPER KICK. . . . . MVP ducks to his knees and low blows HBK, giving the ref no choice but to call for a DQ as Michaels falls to the mat.
Shawn Michaels by DQ.
MVP stands up and stares down at Michaels with no remorse whatsoever, then sees his Money in the Bank briefcase in the corner of his eye. He walks over to the corner and picks it up, then stalks HBK as the champ starts to move around on the mat, but at the same time, Michael Shane runs down the aisle and slides in to the ring. MVP runs at him and swings the briefcase towards his head, but Shane ducks the shot, and as MVP turns round, Shane goes for a super kick. This time, MVP ducks it and levels Shane in the head with the case as he turns back round. With HBK getting to his knees, MVP turns his attention back to him, but then, the lights go out and a gong hits. A split second later, the lights are back on and MVP is face to face with The Undertaker. The dead man grabs the briefcase out of MVP's hands and drops it on the mat before placing his hand around MVP's throat and chokeslamming him down to the mat to a thunderous ovation. Michaels stands back up behind Taker and their backs touch. Michaels looks slightly worried, but both men turn round and come face to face, looking right at each other as Smackdown comes to a close.
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At first I didn't quite get her meaning and I thought she must have been thinking that I had been a victim of physical violence. So I clarified that the abuse had been sexual – my father to me. But she know. She hadn't misunderstood at all.
I was stopped dead in my tracks then, with the realisation that people – including her – actually think that victims of child sexual abuse go on to become perpetrators of sexual abuse to their own children.
That is the most vile and abhorrent thought I think I have ever had.
Statistically this is rarely the case. We do tend to see a correlation between people who are raised in an environment characterised by inappropriate levels of violence who then have a reduced capacity to distinguish between what they hated and what they then carry forwards into their lives, but for victims of child sexual assault no such clear connection exists.
Firstly, the majority of familial sexual abuse occurs towards females. Secondly it is primarily (though obviously not always) a power situation involving a dominant male over a subordinate female scenario. For this to be repeated in the following generation there has to be a major role reversal that just doesn't commonly take place.
The problem most survivors actually encounter is not with a propensity to repeat the abuse perpetrated on them but is a two-fold problem with failing to identify abusive situations.
It is extremely common for victims to find themselves in abusive relationships as adults. This is partly due, I believe, to a failure on our parts to identify abuse as abuse. It is so normal to be treated poorly that we tend to feel comfortable with those who do not show us respect, or even common courtesy. Many of us find ourselves unwittingly living with men who have the same capacity to hurt us and our children as our fathers or step fathers did.
We do not become the abusers we continue to be the abused.
The second problem we tend to experience is that we feel so much shame about the abuse we experienced as children that we do not get the help we need to recover. And it is in part due to comments and attitudes held by seemingly intelligent people like me aforementioned friend that keeps us living with this sense of shame.
Here is the truth. We were victims then and we make ourselves victims again now.
We must find the courage to admit when we have chosen abusive relationships. We need to understand why we did and we need to find the courage to say enough – we deserve better and so do our children. The cycle of abuse has to stop here – not because we perpetrate it but because we allow it to be perpetrated upon us.
And we need to understand that we have nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing.
These are the ways the cycle of abuse continues, these and only these.


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Toni is one of 10 agents who won a place on the 2016 LiveOps Nation cruise! She learned about LiveOps from her cousin and thought that working from home and being able to set her own hours "sounded like Heaven to me." Now she shares the opportunity with her friends telling them that "LiveOps is the best among work at home companies and a good one to work with."Read Her Story
Becoming a work-at-home call center agent with LiveOps helped reduce this mom's stress by her eliminating her commute and putting her in control of her hours and her income. Recently, Linda had the opportunity to de-stress even more on the 2016 LiveOps Nation cruise. As one of 10 winning agents, Linda and her guest were able to relax and connect with other agents and LiveOps staff.Read Her Story
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She worked hard and built her business and today she is invoicing about $1,200 per week!
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When are we gonna be there?
Why didn't you pee 10 minutes ago while we were at the gas station?
Why do we suffer so much if we're merely going to turn to dust?
These are the eons-old unanswerable mysteries, though some clues can be gleaned after periods of deep meditation or while sharing Doritos with one's six-year-old son on a road trip in early June.
I had lit out with Luca (five hours after his last day of kindergarten) in search not of epiphanies but of clear water to fish on our first father-and-son camping trip.
Given the weeks of rain, merely hitting the road seemed a great accomplishment. Montana's rivers, charged by the melting of the densest snowpack in decades, had been rising to flood-stage at a torrid pace, and one plan (salmon flies on the Firehole) after another (soft hackles on the Beaverhead) had gone the way of driftwood during runoff. Watching the USGS Hydrograph chart for the Upper Missouri and Columbia River Basins was like monitoring the Dow Jones in the fall of 2008—one disappointment after another.
Not that I was a Wall Street type, as anyone could tell by our food supply. Our travel menu consisted of some non-organic hotdogs, fixings for s'mores, and a bag of Doritos that we opened as we crossed County Line on Highway 200.
To our right the Blackfoot looked thoroughly menacing as it hurtled nauseatingly under Blacktail Mountain, completely covering the car-sized boulders from which tourists like to cast their flies mid-summer. It made me think of Brad Pitt, standing in for Paul Maclean in the famous fly fishing movie, filmed on a river that was standing in for the Blackfoot, which we'd soon be standing in.
I took one hand off the wheel and reached back toward Luca.
"How about a handful of those, Bud?"
He didn't stop munching but rooted around the bag and placed some chips in my hand, one and a half chips, to be precise.
"You have the entire bag and you give me one and a half chips?" I asked, worried briefly about his future political leanings.
More bag rustling, more munching sounds from his orange-stained lips.
"Where are we going again, Dad?"
"We're headed over to the Missouri to fish with an old friend of mine."
"I thought you said the water was too high and muddy."
"It is, everywhere else in the state, but Jason's got a secret stretch for us. He's gonna motor us to a cool camping spot, then come pick us up the next day."
"If I ever get a ranch I'm going to name it Tyrano Raptor Ranch."
What ranches named after species of dinosaurs had to do with high water, I hadn't the faintest, but on the way to Rogers Pass, our conversation continued to jackleg like this, Luca's exhaustion-induced non sequiturs energizing me with their hilarity.
"Are there going to be grizzly bears where we're camping, Dad?"
"No grizzlies, but there'll probably be some mountain lions nearby."
"I saw an elephant's penis at the circus. It was, like, as big as my leg."
We passed the "Entering Prime Beef Country" sign just west of 434 with Luca's slap-happiness at its peak and he soon slipped off into sleep, his head resting on the window.
I looked back and forth between my son and two antelope literally roaming the dusk-lit prairie between the Front Range and the Big Belts and thought: This is what I always wanted before I knew I wanted it.
Knowing that there are innumerable uncelebrated locations where Lewis and Clark shat their drawers, I find it difficult to get excited about celebratory "Lewis-and-Clark-Camped-Here" spots. Luca, however, was thrilled to learn, upon waking on Saturday morning, that the Corps of Discovering What Others Had Discovered Centuries Earlier had camped just as we had, on the west shore of the Missouri near Eagle Rock. It was here, at the mouth of what's now known as Cooper Creek, that Lewis witnessed "a large herd of bighorned animals on the immencely high and nearly perpendicular cliff opposite to us," as he wrote in his journal. "On the face of this cliff they raked about and bounded from rock to rock with apparent unconcern where it appeared to me no quadruped could have stood, and from which had they made one false step they would have precipated 500 feet."
Roughly 200 years later the site is home to the Lodge at Eagle Rock, a luxury fly fishing outfit managed by my friend with the camping spot: veteran guide Jason Newmack.
Formerly a catcher on his college baseball team, Newmack sports the type of brick-shithouse body one would want to slide around, not collide with. He stood over me as I unpacked the car and folded up the rain fly.
"Listen, Dombrowski," he said, before I could introduce him to Luca, who poked his head out of the tent briefly before returning to his coloring book. "This spot I'm taking you to is one of the last secrets, so if you write a kiss-and-tell piece, I'm gonna slash your tires."
Newmack and I cut our teeth guiding together 15 summers ago, and I'd quickly learned that the only thing bigger than Newmack's mouth is his heart. He planned to fish with us for a while before dropping us at a killer campsite for the night, then pick us up the following morning.
"Hey, Luca," Newmack said. He kneeled down to peel back the tent window and shake my son's hand. "I'm Jason. You ready to go catch some trout?"
"Big ones?" Luca asked.
"Well, that depends what you call big."
Nymph fishing with an indicator is nobody's favorite fly rodding technique, but relenting to the effectiveness of dredging is sometimes necessary if the young angler is going to remain attentive.
As we motored up the Missouri Newmack handed me a stiff 5-weight rod rigged with two sowbug imitations, some split shot, and a red balloon for an indicator.
Clearly the admiral of his boat, Newmack doesn't leave much up for discussion. "I know it's not ideal," he said, just after cutting the motor, "but with this bright sun the fish won't be chasing streamers. Toss this into the bubble seam there and hand it to the boy. Once he catches a couple, we'll teach him how to cast this awful rig without tangling it."
I lobbed a wide-looped cast into the run and passed the rod to Luca, who leaned against the swivel seat between my legs.
"Jason," Luca said, "why do we have a balloon on our line?"
"It's a bobber, just like the one you use while perch fishing; it keeps the flies from sinking too deep, and tells us when a fish hits."
"My dad has a friend who's a clown who can tie balloons into anything, even aliens."
Before Newmack could respond, the red balloon quivered and shot upstream.
"Luca, set!" we yelled simultaneously, and though Luca was a second or two late on the strike, the line pulled taut and rocketed to the surface powered by a 3-pound rainbow. The fish broke water, shook its head and, before long, turned and beelined it for the boat.
"Reel up the slack, Luca," Newmack said. "Reel to beat hell!"
"Aww," Luca said, cranking on the reel, "you said a bad word!"
Newmack hooted.
"It's not the last one you'll hear! I'll tell you what, though. If you land this fish, I'll give you a quarter for every bad word I say. Deal?"
"Deal," Luca said, straining against the fish and the bent rod.
Soon I slipped the net under the colorful buck and we all three admired it.
"Look at the spots on him," Newmack said. "He looks like a friggin' leopard!"
"You said another bad word," Luca said.
"Geez," Newmack said as he slipped the fish back into the river. "I can't believe I'm paying for 'friggin.'"
The Mighty Mo, meanwhile, was cranking at about 13,000 cubic feet per second, about 4,000 cubic feet per second more than its 50-year average for early June, which is to say: If you threw a stick in the river and gave it a two-second head start, then ran your fastest along the bank to catch up to it, you would more than likely fail. Needless to add I kept a tight hold on Luca's life-jacket vest strap whenever he leaned over the gunnel to look at the flotsam (which he called "fish farts") or made an over-enthusiastic cast.
Newmack quickly taught Luca what he called "the water-haul," a technique that allowed him to cast the cumbersome nymph rig by using the water to put tension on the line and "load" the rod.
"It's really a flop, not a cast," Newmack said. "Just pretend the rod is a windshield wiper going back and forth: back, stop, forth, stop."
Within a couple of hours, for the most part thanks to Newmack's impeccable knowledge about trout-holding water, Luca had caught more fish than I'd hoped he would catch in a weekend—too many to count. But then again, as my uncle once asserted, the object is to lose count.
Did Luca know how good he had it, stockpiling 18- to 22-inch rainbows while most anglers in the state were lamenting the latte-colored bodies of water hurtling through their valleys? No, he did not. Was he tickled, attentive, thrilled in an uncorrupted way? Yes, he was, in a way that left me envious.
"See you in the morning," Newmack yelled as he motored away from our campsite. He left us tucked against the rimrock underneath several ponderosas, serviceable umbrellas shrouding us from the light rain.
After I pitched the tent I watched Luca scout around. The canyon wall across the river was lit by a setting sun busting through storm clouds. Most of the sedimentary lines in the red rock ran horizontally, except for one football-field sized patch that had, millenniums ago, been subject to uplift, and looked to the metaphorically-inclined observer like time turned on its side.
Pelicans swooped by, a Swainson's thrush banked its song off the basalt—I was surrounded by "the wonder of nature." But I turned my attention to study the nature of wonder: my son, immersed in his surroundings.
He clambered across the rocks, through the wild raspberry and barely-flowering Solomon's seal, oblivious to my observation, picking up stones, placing them back, shaking branches and letting the water fall on his head. He was still fishing, just without a rod and reel, and I was reminded of something he told me at age three while exploring on a morel hunt: "I'm finding everything I see."
"Hey," he said, snapping me out of my reverie: "Look at this owl pellet. I think it has teeth in it."
Sure enough, the bottom tooth that had once belonged to a small rodent protruded from the grayish pellet, along with two small bones that someone from another age might have carved into whistles.
"It makes me hungry," he said. "For s'mores."
With fingers still covered in tacky scorched marshmallows that had been smashed between graham crackers and chocolate the night before, I unzipped the tent and glanced out, sans eyeglasses, at two blurry aspens backed by a blushing sky. My own Monet, I thought.
I lay there looking out at the river musing about whether I was spoiling Luca by letting him catch more 20-inch trout in a weekend than I had caught in my entire first five years of fly fishing. Having taught myself to fish, I wondered what, exactly, I wanted to teach my own son about my passion.
Not much, really, I concluded, except that fishing was a wonderful ritual, by turns mindful and mindless: nothing the water itself, over time, won't teach.
Soon I heard the growl of Newmack's boat motoring upriver, and it was time to break camp. There would be an hour or so of shadow in the canyon, and Newmack had mentioned that pitching streamers, particularly crayfish imitations, might fool one of the Missouri's whopper Brown trout, like the 12-pound denizen one of the Lodge's clients had landed in 2010.
Half an hour later, not two strips into the retrieve of my first cast, the line lurched tight. Luca raised his arms in joy as a big rainbow, 4 pounds on my mental deli scale, exploded through the river's surface. The lanky post-spawn hen came quickly to net. I released her without much fanfare, with as much respect for the creature as I could muster at 7:30 in the morning, and headed with Luca down shore for the takeout and the trip home.
Always take a different road out than the one you took in, my grandpa used to say. Why not? After finishing off a little road fuel, a fabulous filet cooked by chef Geoffrey at The Lodge at Eagle Rock, we made our way home over Flesher Pass, where the high mountain streams were beginning to clear, albeit slightly. Newmack had generously offered us a hot shower and a room for the night, but Luca was anxious to get home and do some more camping.
An introspective father, a writer, can know failure at every turn, every sentence, but you know you haven't flubbed your first father-and-son camping trip when you pull into the garage and your son asks if you can pitch the tent in the backyard.


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SMARTT/Cognos Downtime for Server Upgrades - Monday, April 28 5 PM - Wednesday, April 30 5 PM
Please note that SMARTT and Cognos will be down for two days for moving the SMARTT data to new servers. The migration process will start on April 28 at 5 PM and the system will be back up by 5 PM on April 30. MAPT testing will still take place, but programs need to use at Online Web Learning for MAPT.
Program Plans Move to FY15 on April 25th
All programs plan will be moved to FY15 on April 25. All federally funded programs must verify with their program specialists that the summer classes (7/1/2014 - 8/31/2014) listed in the FY14 plan are accurate before the plans are moved to FY15. The updated program plan reference materials and technical manual for FY15 will be posted on the SMARTT section of the ACLS website next week. These are the changes for FY15 program planning:
We added a signature verification section and a line for the Project Coordinator to sign and date. The Program Director needs to submit the signed hard copy with the refunding package.
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The administrative costs reflect correct percentages.
1. Checking this box is equivalent to the Program Coordinator's Signature.
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SMARTT Enhancement Released on March 27
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AH In Extreme Cold Attic Question
Beenthere, hvaclover, yuri and others,
A question was asked on one of my blogs that I would like some thought on. Below is the question and my response. Am I thinking about this correctly? What have I missed? My knowledge base comes in part with experience in my geographic region (Midwest). Do any of you Nanooks of the North have any experience here that would help?
Thanks Guys (and gals if appropriate).
It can work but I would not recommend it. The cabinet on an electric furnace has minimal insulation, probably R2 so it would lose heat like crazy. It is also hard on the motor to start when it is -30 and the unit may rust internally in the off season if it is humid up there. I would probably refuse to go up there for any amount of time if it was that cold and it would be hard to get some techs to service it.
Yuri, thanks for the response.
After considering it some more, I responded back to the OP and said that under his circumstances, I would not recommend the attic installation:no:.
Another more serious thought comes to mind, and that is since the attic is not insulated, the heat loss from the air handler and the ducts themselves could cause snow to melt, run and refreeze, causing ice dams. He indicated that in his area this can be a serious problem.
I also can only imagine how much humidity would form if heat is escaping into -30 temps. I can see it snowing inside of his attic:santa:
-30 and "Feet" of snow. I am so spoiled living in the lower Midwest, unless you factor in the every-other-day tornado warnings for the next 3 months.
Tornadoes, snakes and all kinds of problems we don't have up here, HaHa. Gotta watch out for roaming polar bears for a couple more weeks. Then the mozquitoes take over.:)
Actually, heat escaping into the attic through the duct insulation. Would lower the humidity in the attic.
It would only be heat, not moisture that was escaping.
Insulation, looses a great deal of its R value at -30.
So better to have the furnace and duct work in a conditioned space in those temps.
The final advice I gave this guy was to give up some conditioned space for this installation. He apparently has a contractor that is about to create a problem for him, telling him it will be fine:no:
attic installations are considered an indoor installation, they mean actual outdoor in the weather installs.it might be worth it to keep the air handler in a closet with a vertical installation.the resistance heating is only rated for a certain temp rise when it runs the truer the return from the space is the more efficent is will run.
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On March 19, 2011, the full moon was closer to the earth than it had been in 16 years. This celestial event is called a "Supermoon."
Some people believe the Supermoon is partly responsible for recent catastrophic events, such as the earthquake and tsunamis that hit Japan. I don't know about that, but the moon surely influences when bass spawn.
I spoke with Lee King of Laurens, S.C., the day before the Supermoon. He said there were already a few bass on the beds at Lake Norman, N.C.
King lives about 45 minutes from Norman, which is the site of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open, March 26-28. He's fished a dozen or so tournaments at Norman and believes things are shaping up for a slugfest.
A warming trend and a hard rain 10 days prior to the tournament may combine to make for a super tournament in the wake of the Supermoon. The rain swelled the lake to full pool and put a stain in the clear water.
Even though there is some early spawning going on, King believes most of the bass will be on a prespawn feeding binge during the tournament.
"Many bass will be caught from boat docks and from brushpiles in 6 to 10 feet of water," King says. "Secondary points in creeks should also be good."
Crankbaits and jigs will score big at Norman, King believes.
"A jig wins a lot at Norman," he says. "You can skip it under docks where you can't cast a crankbait."
Since I'm fishing Norman as a nonboater, I'm going to heed King's advice. I'll probably have two rods rigged with jigs and one with a crankbait. I also intend to give jerkbaits, wacky-rigged baits and shaky head worms a workout.
Many docks at Norman have a tall stationary walkway that leads to a floating platform, points out King. If the water continues to warm, there will be bass in the shallows beneath the walkway.
The platforms float over deeper water and hold bass more consistently. However, cold weather could push the bass to brush piles out from the docks in even deeper water. This would make the shaky head worm a big player, King opines.
Spotted bass are more abundant than largemouths at Norman, but King doesn't believe the tournament can be won with spotted bass alone.
"You'll need at least one largemouth kicker in your limit every day to win," King says.
Largemouths and spotted bass are caught from the same places, but some areas of the lake have more largemouths than others. King believes it will take at least 14 pounds a day to nab first place and a Classic berth.
Retired Bassmaster pro Guy Eaker of Cherryville, North Carolina, agrees. Eaker has fished Norman since it was impounded in the early 1960s.
"I watched them build that lake," Eaker says. "It's where I got my start tournament fishing."
Norman was once one of the best bass fishing lakes in the country, Eaker claims. A fish kill in the '80s put a big hurt on Norman's bass.
"Spotted bass got into the lake about 10 years ago and that really helped it come back," Eaker says. "Now you catch five spots for every two largemouths."
Another plus for Norman is the blueback herring. This baitfish species took hold at Norman seven or eight years ago and has provided much-needed forage, Eaker claims.
"The blueback herring really helped," Eaker says. "There are some quality spots in Norman now — 3-pounders."
Then again, Eaker believes largemouth bass will be the difference maker. His favorite area for largemouths at Norman is Mountain Creek, which has fertile water and bigger bass.
Eaker expects Mountain Creek to be crowded during the Open event, along with the rest the lake.
"There are three other tournaments going on that weekend, and one of them is a big one," Eaker says. "That'll make things tougher, but I still expect to see lots of limits weighed in."


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It is my first tablet and the only one I even considered. I am a decent mouse artist, and was not sure how to use the pen and graphic tablet, but found out real quick, this thing is no toy, it is a serious graphic artist, high quality piece of equip. I found it humorous the active area is near perfect match on the screen of my laptop, makes scale and finding positions easy.
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I might have spent more than I should have, but I know i got what will work no matter how much i demand of it. The first nib in mine, it did seem to flatten to some extent in the first few hours, but once it compressed to that point, it has stopped.
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Global Warming Forecasts | Climate Change
Global warming forecasts trace their history back to the works of Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius (1890s), American geologist Thomas Chamberlain (1890s) and British engineer Guy S. Callendar (1930s and '40s).
In the 1950s, after oceanographers Roger Revelle and Hans Suess published research findings concluding that "human beings are now carrying out a large-scale geophysical experiment" by discharging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, Revelle, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, recruited geochemist Charles David Keeling to begin the process of taking long-term measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere.
When Keeling started taking CO2 measurements at the weather observatory at the top of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii and on the continent of Antarctica, he established the baseline for collecting the data that would begin the modern era of global warming forecasting.
Since Revelle's and Keeling's landmark work in the 1950s, global warming forecast research has expanded to develop projections based on concentrations of other greenhouse gases such as methane (the principal component of natural gas), carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide as well as temperature data, precipitation, weather patterns and specific ecosystems.
Global warming forecasting and research formats, however, have tended to be linear or vertical in nature, i.e., focusing on observations of singular data sets over time such as:
- Carbon dioxide concentrations,
- Temperature trends,
- Wildfire frequency,
- Heat wave frequency,
- Water scarcity and water stress,
- Polar ice thickness,
- Permafrost melt rates,
- Arctic sea ice melt rates,
- Snowpack levels,
- Snow melt,
- Sea level rise rates, or
- Frequency and severity of floods and hurricanes.
Here and on the pages that follow is a look at global warming forecasts from a "confluence forecast" or "convergence forecast" perspective. Rather than the conventional vertical format, we look at multiple converging forecasts presented in a horizontal or more integrated "side-by-side" context.
Forecasts from 2015 to 2100 are juxtaposed to other same period forecasts to illuminate converging trajectories, potential colliding events, compounding multiple stress events, synergies as well as research, information gaps or gaps in the availability of remedial resources and assets.
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- Disease rates, extreme weather events and heat wave forecasts presented alongside forecasts of skilled workforce availability and the capacity to meet demand for health, medical and first-responder emergency services.
- Projections of hospital and medical personnel shortages occurring concurrently with heat wave induced power outages and water shortages.
- Water demand strains from droughts occurring simultaneously with wildfire mobilization and suppression efforts that drain water from reservoirs dedicated to meeting fresh drinking water and agriculture requirements.
- Grid, energy and water infrastructure expansion forecasts juxtaposed to forecasts competing for the availability of sufficient-sized workforce resources for infrastructure construction, repair and maintenance.
- Food shortages alongside forecasts of feedstocks and raw materials for fertilizers necessary to meet food demands.
- Critical and raw materials availability forecasts overlaid on projections for clean technology markets and the greenhouse gas control technologies required to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
- Technology commercialization progress and market penetration forecasts juxtaposed to accelerating climate change impact forecasts.
IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) Summary
Synthesis Report on Climate Change, Copenhagen
Percentage of Americans Who Believe
Global Warming Has Been Happening
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NASA Finds Sustained Long-Term Warming Trends
NASA Finds 2012 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend. NASA's analysis of Earth's surface temperature found that 2012 ranked as the ninth-warmest year since 1880. NASA scientists at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) compare the average global temperature each year to the average from 1951 to 1980. This 30-year period provides a baseline from which to measure the warming Earth has experienced due to increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. While 2012 was the ninth-warmest year on record, all 10 of the warmest years in the GISS analysis have occurred since 1998, continuing a trend of temperatures well above the mid-20th century average. Source: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
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The annual Spring Fling took a turn for the medieval at the end of the banner 2012-2013 academic year that saw the introduction of graduate studies and the foundation of Residential Life.
The "Springeth Flingeth" theme roughly coincided with William Shakespeare's 449th birthday and included turkey legs, minstrels, actors from the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, a House Life tug-o-war competition, and the inaugural AQUAnas Palooza slip-n-slide. Students took the "flingeth" part of the event title literally and constructed a medieval siege machine known as a trebuchet.


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Cashmere Cat - Norwegian artist Magnus August Hoiberg, who has worked with pop hit-maker Benny Blanco - releases his first EP for LuckyMe. It's very accomplished work, every beat and electronic contortion bursting with character. The expressive waves of autotune and electro thump of previous single 'With Me' give way to the stuttering rhythms of 'Pearls' and the feather-light drip of 'Rice Rain'. Title track 'Wedding Bells' is the standout though, sultry voices and shiny, delicate production mixing with the thick low-end of 000s hip hop for infectious results.
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Wednesday's win increased the USA's shutout streak to 551 minutes and marked its record sixth consecutive shutout. The streak began with a 0-0 tie with Argentina in a June 8 friendly in New Jersey.
It was also the USA's sixth straight World Cup qualifying win. Before the victory over T&T, the USA downed Cuba, Guatemala and Barbados (twice) in this qualifying campaign for South Africa 2010, and it won its last qualifier of the 2006 World Cup campaign, a 2-0 win over Panama.
"It's good to have gotten this round off to such a good start," said U.S. coach Bob Bradley.
The USA returns to action when the second leg of semifinal-round games kicks off on Oct. 11, when it hosts Cuba in Washington, D.C.
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This has been an ongoing issue that frankly has been overshadowed by other GPS-related issues (LightSquared). Back in September the FCC began a campaign against retailers who sell jammers which it said extended to advertisers, too. Google agreed to the removal but NextGov reports that compliance seems to have come only this week.
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What ever you get I am sure you will like it. Mine ROCKS!!!!!
Good luck.
I see several choices. Stag, bushmaster, rock river and so on. Any of which better than the others? also 16" barrel vs the 20"? Just looking for a little bit of advice on which direction to start looking.
What ever you get I am sure you will like it. Mine ROCKS!!!!!
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I've been reading on the AR15 forum quite a bit, Smith and wesson also caught my attention. I noticed your from SE Michigan, any gun shop's you can reccomend to take a look at? I live in Clinton Township and head to Double Action atleast once a week, but thier prices are a little steep for me. Thanks for the help.
Last year at this time I saw at a guns show S&W AR's for 550 to 650. Could not figure out why they were so cheap with having the name. I'm sure they have gone up in price but never knew why they were low to start with. It's usually the other way around.
I was very pleased with the quality of my Stag M4gery (before I sold it).
16" barrels are generally better for fighting, while 20" guns are sometimes better for range shooting. Most people do a lot more range shooting than fighting.
Thanks for the help guys, I shot the S&W and today and fell in love with it, amazing gun. I had a lil bit of trouble with the sight's but other than that tons of fun. Expect pictures and a range report soon
I also saw at Top Gun Shooting Sports in Taylor that they have a S&W MP that is all tricked out with goodies (light, forward grip, etc.). I think it was about $1300 but I'm not sure on the price.
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The excitement and anticipation will be the same, but the location has changed.
Results for Tuesday's elections in Holmes County will be collected, counted and reported from the new office of the Board of Elections, located in the Clinton Street Office Building.
Throughout the day, walk-in voters can cast their ballots at the office, and shortly after the polls close at 7:30 p.m., the 108 poll workers from the county's 27 precincts will begin pouring in, ballot boxes in hand, said board director Marge Riggle. As the votes are counted on the ballot machine, results will be walked through a door between the office and a neighboring conference room.
Results, organized by district, will be written on a dry-erase board in the conference room, where members of the public can congregate, Riggle said.
Since the office moved from the lower level of the courthouse on Sept. 9, the staff has been busy preparing for the election. Since August, the county office has received registration for about 500 new voters and has been recording countless address changes.
In recent weeks, they've been inundated with receipt of absentee ballots and residents coming into the office to vote absentee. By Friday afternoon, 760 county residents had returned absentee ballots, according to office records.
By increasing its space by two to three times, the office is now better equipped to better serve the needs of the staff and the public, Riggle said. A larger reception area enables visitors to more comfortably do business in the office, and additional storage space provides a better means of organizing volumes of records and voting equipment.
While the board of elections has yet to work out the fine details that will govern election night activities, the flow of events will be determined as the night takes shape, said board chairman Blair Bower.
With a door between the office and the conference room, posting results will become easier, and the additional office space will give the board members more room to work.
"There's a lot of excitement," he said. "It's a big election and I get the feeling we're going to have a high voter turnout."
Polls are open Tuesday from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. The conference room will open to receive the public shortly before 8 p.m.


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By Harmony Road TV
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN,TN October 30, 2012: Harmony Road, a weekly Southern Gospel television show, will premiere this Sunday, November 4, 2012 on TNN, The Nashville Network.
Hosted by Les Butler, Harmony Road is a thirty minute program, airing Sunday Mornings at 8am Eastern weekly on TNN. In addition to the best in Southern Gospel music, the program will feature comedy, interviews, Gospel bluegrass and more.
TNN was a popular cable TV staple in the 80s and 90s, and Luken Communications has teamed up with Jim Owens Entertainment to bring the network back to the airwaves to tens of millions of households. The initial network will include dozens of stations across the country.
Les Butler, Publisher of the Singing News Magazine and award-winning Solid Gospel radio host will be hosting the show each week. Butler states, "For 34 years my goal has been to support Southern Gospel Music and this is a great opportunity to reach our loyal fans while reaching many new viewers with the message of the Gospel through song". Singing News Magazine and Solid Gospel Radio Network are two of the show's sponsors.
Cody McVey, a popular Christian musician, rounds out the Harmony Road Team. Cody will be bringing exciting behind the scenes interviews with top Southern Gospel artists and will co-host with Les from time to time. McVey is the former pianist for the Kingsmen Quartet and currently accompanies the Ball Brothers, along with doing solo concerts.
Harmony Road will originate from various locations including the Solid Gospel Studios and other interesting attractions and venues throughout the South. The premiere program will include performances from Gospel music greats Brian Free and Assurance, Triumphant Quartet, The Perry's, The Booth Brothers and Greater Vision.
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This picture won 3rd place at the Kosciusko County Fair!! (July, 2010)
This picture is going to be on display at Wassenburg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio from October 5 – 31, 2008.
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