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Welcome | Issues Update | Upcoming Events | Resources | Contact Us | Donate
Families of September 11 is now operating as the For Action Initiative. The web pages on this site are available for informational purposes only. Please visit us at www.foractioninitiative.org.
Having just observed the sixth commemoration of September 11, 2001, Families of September 11 realizes how difficult this time of year can be. We offer our understanding, compassion and support to the families who lost loved ones and all those affected by 9/11.
As we continue to move through a time of commemoration, six years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and two years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, we are reminded of the threat of disasters both natural and man-made. We continue to hear the message of "Get Ready" and the importance of preparing ourselves and our families for emergencies or disasters. This month, President Bush signed a proclamation declaring September 2007 as National Preparedness month. Read the proclamation. FOS11 stands behinds this message and are proud to join more than 1,700 organizations as coalition members of National Preparedness Month 2007, a nationwide effort held each September urging all to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools. We encourage you to take action by getting a family emergency supply kit, establishing a family emergency plan, being informed about different threats and getting involved in preparing your communities. Visit our website and read FOS11 Advisory Board member, Ron Shindel's article for resources and tips on how to get prepared.
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Canadian ice dancers Virtue and Moir favoured for gold at world championships
HELSINKI — During her down time in her new home in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Henri, Tessa Virtue will take in a concert or wander through a museum.
On Saturday the MHL made a ruling on Thursday night's incident between Truro Bearcats captain Phillip Fife and Crushers forward Garrett Holmes.
Fife appeared to make a gesture during their exhibition game mocking Holmes, who has Tourette's.
Related story: Crushers pull out of exhibition game with Bearcats
Editorial: Tact enters issue of fair play
At the end of the investigation it was determined by the league that there wasn't enough conclusive evidence to act further than penalties handed out during the game.
"I reviewed all the video, had the conversation with the referee, have the referee's report and had discussions with both teams," said MHL president Darryl Smith. "It was determined that their wasn't conclusive evidence, so therefore that's where it stands.
"There won't be (any further investigation) based on – we did our due diligence and we used the support evidence we had with the video, with the referees, with both teams and at the end of the day it wasn't conclusive. So when it's not then we bring that to a closure."
Because of what happened between the two teams in the final minute of play on Thursday night the Weeks Hockey Organization decided it was not best to play in Truro on Saturday. There will be no fines or suspensions handed out to the Crushers organization according to Smith.
"The president of the Crushers organization (Wade Taylor) decided that it would be in the best interest not to go to Truro and the president of Truro (Keith MacKenzie) agreed, so the league then decided to cancel the exhibition game," said Smith. "It's exhibition and the presidents of each organization both decided it was not in their best interest to play the game and the league concurred."
On Sunday the Bearcats executive released a statement stating it does not "condone and will not tolerate any derogatory, inflammatory, or racial remarks" from its players.
"It's important all the players know they have to be aware of what they say and do on the ice," Bearcats president Keith MacKenzie said. "In this day and age with social media, the awareness is out there. Things aren't the way they were 20 years ago."
MacKenzie said the move by the Hubtown squad was not an acknowledgement of any wrongdoing by any of its players.
"Not in any way, shape or form is this accusing, reprimanding or suggesting anything was said," MacKenzie said. "We just felt it was an opportune time to address an issue that's very prevalent in society today."
MacKenzie said he hopes the bad blood does not continue throughout the season in what was already a rivalry with history.
"I hope both teams can come above this, but only time will tell," he said.
The Bearcats are consistently among the league's teams with the fewest penalty minutes and suspensions each season and MacKenzie said he feels the team carries a good reputation across the country and did not like the negative attention the incident has brought the team's way.
"It was inferred our team was out of line and (general manager) Shawn (Evans) resented and I agree," MacKenzie said. "Our team has a good reputation on the ice and I believe we still do."
On Saturday at 8:34 p.m. Fife posted on his Twitter account (@fifer18) about Thursday's game. The post said "the last few days have been very difficult being accused of something I did not do I thank my teammates for helping me threw these times."
The Crushers had no further comment on Sunday, saying they were focused on their final exhibition game.
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"Gum spirits of turpentine" means spirits of turpentine made from gum (oleoresin) from a living tree.
"Wood turpentine" includes steam distilled wood turpentine and destructively distilled wood turpentine.
"Steam distilled wood turpentine" means wood turpentine distilled with steam from the oleoresin within or extracted from the wood.
"Destructively distilled wood turpentine" means wood turpentine obtained in the destructive distillation of the wood.
"Package" means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, tank, tank car, or other receptacle.
The term "commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession or the District of Columbia.
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Lottery sales keep breaking records this summer: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Some states essentially made the lottery into an education lifeline, but not all of the money goes to education as shown in this South Carolina example. Missouri budgeted for an increase that did not occur. Ohio educators claim education does not receive the money it deserves. With that much money, is it any wonder crime occurs?
What do you think?
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Do you think it would be possible to install windows 2008 over SSH using DD. I have a server that has no DVD drive and it won't boot off a usb drive and I want to put windows server 2008 on it, for developing a asp.net website. The only way I think I can do this is to install it on a VM on my workstation then using some Linux live cd to make an image of the install from the VM to the server. with something like this.
besides the fact that it will take forever to copy over 20gb. Do you think it will work? Or am I wasting my time? Or can anyone think of a better way to go about this?Code:dd if=/dev/sda | ssh 10.0.3.158 dd of=/dev/sda
If you have a regular ol' IDE DVD drive lying around, get yerself one of these:
USB 2.0 to IDE (2.5"/3.5") Cable Adapter ADA-2012
Boot of the DVD via the USB port, unless your server is too old to boot from a USB device. I've done it on several different makes and models of servers and never had a problem.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
If the destination computer can boot over pxe then you can do it that way .
Install Windows over the network with PXE » Lockstockmods
The "push" installation is another method see
FpPushInst.exe (Push Install Command)
There are better references than that one though.
Check out the automated install kit I think it is called.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
I think PXE might be the way to go... But that guide on Lockstockmods won't work. its wants me to copy over the i386 folder for the install and I don't think that that's possible on windows server 2008. because there isn't one. from what I can see everything is in sources\install.wim
Time to start googleing..
Capitalisation is important. It's the difference between "Helping your brother Jack off a horse" and "Helping your brother jack off a horse".
The Forum Rules, Forum FAQ and the BackTrack Wiki... learn them, love them, live them.
Try looking over at the MS TechNet For all the official info an resources
Deploy Windows Server 2008 R2
This page will get you going.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
I prefer "-c cipher_spec" and "scp"
see my litle benchmark:
scp ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 14.7MB/s 00:04
scp -c arcfour ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 29.4MB/s 00:02
scp -c cast128-cbc ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 9.8MB/s 00:06
scp -c arcfour128 ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 19.6MB/s 00:03
scp -c arcfour256 ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 19.6MB/s 00:03
scp -c blowfish-cbc ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 14.7MB/s 00:04
scp -c aes256-ctr ping@pong:/home/aa/test.iso /dev/null
100% 59MB 11.8MB/s 00:05
ssh -c blowfish-cbc email@example.com "cat /home/aa/test.iso" | dd of=/dev/null
61640704 Bytes (62 MB) kopiert, 17,8659 s, 3,5 MB/s
ssh -c aes256-ctr email@example.com "cat /home/aa/test.iso" | dd of=/dev/null
61640704 Bytes (62 MB) kopiert, 16,3896 s, 3,8 MB/s
ssh -c arcfour email@example.com "cat /home/aa/test.iso" | dd of=/dev/null
61640704 Bytes (62 MB) kopiert, 13,2453 s, 4,7 MB/s
1.2.Code:sudo badblocks -vsn /dev/sda13.Code:echo "p" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda1 | grep Units4.Code:dd if=/dev/sda1 | md5sum -b5.Code:dd if=/dev/sda1 bs=1024k | pv | gzip -6 > ~/sda1.img.gz6.Code:cat ~/sda1.img.gz | gunzip -c | md5sum -bPc 2Code:scp -c arcfour256 ping@pong:~/sda1.img.gz ping@pong:~/sda1.img.gz
7.8.Code:sudo badblocks -vsn /dev/sda18.Code:cat ~/sda1.img.gz | gunzip -c | md5sum -bCode:gunzip -c ~/sda1.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sda1 bs=1024k
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You might beable to copy across nortons ghost by ssh with a dos boot setup, and get it to load by autoexec. ghost has a option to get a image across a network.
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I am trying to compile a executable for 32 bit in Backtrack 5R3 x64.
I do:
gcc -m file.c
In file included from /usr/include/features.h:378,
from /usr/include/string.h:26,
from bof.c:1:
/usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory
From Ubuntu 12.04 x64... I originally had the same error... So I did the following, and it works fine now.
#apt-get install libc6-dev-i386
#gcc -m32 file.c
However when I attempt to install libc6-dev-i386 for Backtrack 5R3, I get the following:
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dev-i386: Depends: libc6-i386 (= 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8) but 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.10 is to be installed
Depends: libc6-dev (= 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8) but 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.10 is to be installed
Recommends: gcc-multilib but it is not going to be installed
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Reds announce tryouts for the "John Morrell Reds Rally Pack"
CINCINNATI (Jan. 17, 2012) - The John Morrell Reds Rally Pack entertainment squad is looking for a few new members for the 2012 Reds season.
The John Morrell Reds Rally Pack is a fan interactive team that serves as ambassadors for Great American Ball Park. Through participating in pregame and in-game activities, greeting fans at the gates, tossing out victory balls and delivering birthday packages, this team knows how to get fans to feel welcome and on their feet at Reds game.
The Rally Pack performs at all home games and at many events throughout the community.
Tryout Expectations:
Must be 21 years or older
Must have a flexible schedule
Customer service and people skills are a must
Outgoing and able to talk to new people
Crazy/zany personality and willing to be silly in front of 40,000-plus fans
Willing to participate in creative promotions
Tryout Information:
Please complete application online at www.reds.com/rallypack
Only selected applicants will be invited the auditions on Feb. 4.
If you are selected, we will contact you by Feb. 1.
For more information, please contact Corey Hawthorne at (513) 765-7343 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Rally Pack is a paid, seasonal position. The Cincinnati Reds are an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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Michael Courtenay emigrated from Monaghan Ireland in 1865 aboard the Samarang. He was a carpenter and went to the Ipswich area working with the railway gangs. He took out a land selection in 1868 which he had to release in 1887 as had been ill and unable to complete the required improvements.
He ended up in Brisbane and died suddenly at home 10 March 1912. s shown in this entry in the Courier Mail 11 March 1912
He was buried 11 March after a post-mortem in Toowong Cemetery. His death certificate was quite informative and for a change the question about how long in Australia and where was well answered.
|Michael Courtnay Death Certificate
Michael has applied for the Queensland Old Age Pension in 1909 (actually it was 1908, Thanks Judy for the correction. I should have checked and not relied on memory for that. Judy Webster has done an index to the Queensland Old Age Pension applications on her page) when it was introduced and was refused as he was not old enough so we know he did not have a lot of money.
I have done a number of walk-throughs of Toowong Cemetery looking for family headstones and was not surprised to not find one for Michael.
Imagine my surprise when I was going through an old book that I had inherited from my Grandmother in 2001 to find this photo!
Also listed on the headstone was Michael's little granddaughter Winifred Agnes Courtenay who died in 1913. This is interesting as when you do a Brisbane City Council Grave search you find that Michael and his wife Ann are buried in portion 15 section 9 grave 22 and that Edward his wife Mary and little Winifred are buried in the next plot Portion 15 Section 9 grave 21. It always pays to do a burial search and look in the cemetery and undertaker records when available.
I don't know how long the photo had been in the book but I am very happy to have found it!


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OMMAC promoter and co-promoter of the Cage Contender 'Fight Stars' tournament, Chris Zorba, shares his thoughts on this weekend's lightweight tournament.
Based on the first round draws he's picking Stapes vs. Rogers as an early FOTN contender, and there's a bunch more talk here:
We've got videos with the likes of Wootten, Stapleton, Ihiekwe and Stringer here.
Flynn and Rogers share their thoughts on the tourney here.


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Award Winners for Kids
Read It on the Web
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Children's Book Council
Children's Choices Reading Lists
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Guys Read
Hoagie's Gifted Education Page
Internet Public Library's Reading Zone
Juvenile Series and Sequels
Kids Book Series
Multnomah County Library Book Lists
Novelist K-8 Plus
Read Kiddo Read
Reading Rockets
Scholastic Book Wizard
Free eBooks:
BBC Storytime
International Children's Digital Library
Storyline Online
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I just donated to the project as always! But I really urge people to consider donating! it really give the Devs that extra drive to get the job done!
Conf: 9XU68273*****132D
Nice work guys!
One does not simply wait to press Cydia lol
@HackiPhone unlocks iPhones for $10 (factory unlock..aka you will be able to upgrade your firmware and keep your unlock). check him out on twitter. He's legit
Even though BB will come pre loaded, there will still be some lag for the first 48 hours... Anyway we will all c the results in couple days


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In 1987, Ray & Nancy started Elyse Winery with 286 cases of Zinfandel from the Morisoli Vineyard, which is still a cornerstone vineyard source for the winery. After a decade of nomadic winemaking at various custom crush facilities, in 1997 they purchased a small winery and vineyard on Hoffman Lane, the home of Elyse Winery and tasting room. View all Elyse Wines
About Napa ValleyView a map of Napa Valley wineries
It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just granted an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About California
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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L.B. ARENA ROCK: Last week we begged readers to send us details of the best rock concert ever held at the Long Beach Arena, which turns 50 on Thursday.
Turns out there wasn't a best concert. Either that, or our crazy theory that people have different musical tastes turns out to be fact.
We'll jump right into it and try to be as diverse as possible.
"I believe it was 1979 when my mother took me and my friend Kathy to see Andy Gibb," writes Stella Wheeler. "It was our first concert, and we had seats up in the nosebleed section, but we were so excited. After the show my mom even walked down to the front of the stage with us because we thought, innocently, that we could meet him! No dice but it was a memorable night."
Maybe they were the lucky ones. Carla Carlin attended the Aerosmith concert in 1978. "I was 15 and crazy about Steven Tyler! Made our way backstage, so excited to finally meet my rock star crush only to meet a whacked out dude on heroin. But what a great show!"
We never saw anyone naked during any shows we attended at the Arena. Other fans haven't been so lucky. Jodie Hawkins saw Damn Yankees at the Arena, which is beside the point that she also saw the opening act, Jackyl, whose lead singer Jesse James Dupree opted to go entirely clothes-less for his set. He was arrested, paid a fine, and hit the road.
One of Joe Walsh's visits to the hall with his James Gang (which would have been a more apt name for J.J. Dupree's band) featured Walsh playing fully dressed, but, recalls attendee Kevin Archer, "also featured a naked man strolling around the place between bands before the police caught up with him."
Wilson grad and ER surgeon Mauricio Heilbron Jr. - you maybe know him as Dr. Mo, who assists Dr. Drew with his caseload on KROQ - recalls a bunch of shows at the Arena, most interestingly (to us), the April 1, 1983, Adam Ant show with opening act INXS. "This was one of INXS's first major tours of the U.S.," recalls Dr. Mo. "I recall the lead singer Michael Hutchence having to instruct us on the proper way to pronounce his band's name. It was also Adam Ant's first solo tour after leaving the Ants, riding his big hit, `Goody Two Shoes."'
Seems like every time we write about shows from the 1970s and '80s we leave out the heavy metal bands. Our bad. "When talking about the Long Beach Arena, you have to mention Iron Maiden," says Eric Hokenson. "They recorded most of their seminal live album `Life After Death' there in 1985. It was a high-water mark for the band. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, even makes a point of calling out Long Beach several times on that record."
Swinging wildly away from Iron Maiden, we go to Simon & Garfunkel's Nov. 15, 1969 concert, which included an early performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" a few weeks before it was released as a single, so few, if any, in attendance had heard the song.
"I smuggled in a small recording device and bootlegged copy of much of the noise of the crowd - and a little bit of the music," confessed our cousin Ed Lamoureux.
"They did this beautiful, haunting, angelic, almost indescribable song. When I got back to the car I played it over and over and over. I simply could not believe that anyone could sing popular music with as much delicacy and emotional impact.
"I have seen and heard both Paul and Arthur sing that song in concert a number of times since," writes Cousin Ed, "and I have attended perhaps 100 concerts in my life, but that was the single most striking concert moment that I have experienced."
Reader Jan Ward concurs: "I remember Simon & Garfunkel singing `Bridge Over Troubled Water.' It was the first time I had heard it, and I think the rest of the audience hadn't heard it, either. After they finished singing the song there was stunned silence in the Arena. The song had blown everyone away."
We can't follow that. We'll have more musical recollections of the Arena on Wednesday.
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GSA Aids Rescue and Recovery, Helps Restore Government Offices After Sept. 11 Attacks
September 21, 2001
Contact: Office of Communications
(202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Within minutes of the tragic bombings in New York City and at the Pentagon last week, the U.S. General Services Administration immediately joined state and local officials in the rescue and recovery efforts. GSA closed federal buildings across the country, ramped up its security and began helping government agencies reestablish their operations.
As word of these attacks spread, GSA associates across America joined their colleagues in New York and Washington, D.C. to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other Federal agencies with the recovery and restoration of operations.
"My heart goes out to the victims and their families," said GSA Administrator Stephen A. Perry. "I have been at the damaged sites. They capture both the worst and best of the human spirit. I saw both the destruction and the determination to rescue, recover and rebuild. I have visited GSA associates in New York City and Washington, and I am impressed with their strong spirits and the care, expertise and commitment they are showing as they help with the recovery efforts."
Administrator Perry said that GSA associates across the country are participating in blood drives and donating money. He also credited GSA industry partners with ensuring a smooth delivery of services and products.
Since the attacks, GSA-operated buildings have remained in a heightened state of alert, with new security tools, some not visible. Federal workers, visitors and the general public entering Federal buildings may experience some inconvenience because of increased security checks.
GSA established command centers in New York City and Washington to begin supplying space, telecommunications and other services, equipment and supplies to recovery and response operations.
GSA's Office of FirstGov introduced a web site, "U.S. Government Responds to September 11," to provide information for federal workers and the public in New York and Washington D.C. Also available on http://www.gsa.gov, is information about GSA's response efforts.
GSA continues fulfilling requests for space, goods and services and the following is a sampling of those services being provided for rescue and recovery efforts since Sept. 11:
New York City
more than 1.5 million square feet of office and warehouse space for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other displaced Federal agencies;
65,000 protective suits;
5,000 face masks;
3,000 respirators;
1,000 entrenching tools ;
400 vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers), delivered or available; and transportation service
500 phone sets;
250 cell phones;
1,500 lapel pins depicting the American flag and World Trade Center towers;
more than 770 parking spaces;
aerial photography and video services;
computers and laptops;
bus service; and
security services.
Pentagon, Northern Virginia
more than 800,000 square feet of space for Department of Defense displaced workers in the Washington area;
approximately 1,200 telephone, 2,000 data lines and service
more than 1,600 parking spaces
more than 2,000 computers - PCs and laptops;
more than 2,000 office starter kits (disks, staplers, pens, Post-Its, etc.);
1,200 pieces of office furniture and equipment;
300 FAX machines and photocopiers;
1,600 trash cans;
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LONG BEACH — A strong cup of coffee can do wonders.
Two good Samaritans at a Belmont Shore Starbucks chased down and apprehended a teenager suspected of snatching a woman's necklace Tuesday, holding the suspect until police arrived, authorities and witnesses said.
A teenager suspected of snatching a woman's necklace near a Belmont Shore Starbucks was apprehended by good Samaritans who held the suspect until police arrived, authorities and witnesses said Tuesday.
Long Beach Police Sgt. Aaron Eaton said the victim, a 62-year-old woman, was walking in the 5200 block of E. Second Street at about 12:51 p.m. when a 16-year-old boy pushed her from behind. The two stumbled for several feet before the teen snatched her necklace and ran off, he said.
The victim had minor injuries, Eaton said.
Starbucks employee Darlene Smiley, who witnessed the event, said the woman was walking into the store when the incident occurred.
"She was walking with a cane and suddenly this young man came up and pushed her and yanked her necklace," Smiley said. "She screamed and he took off running across the street."
Smiley said two men in the store saw the crime and immediately chased the thief across the street.
"They held him down until the cops came and then the one man came back into the store and just picked up his cup of coffee like nothing had happened," she said.
"He was acting like this hero stuff was no big deal, but I was like, 'Can I at least buy you a cup of coffee?'" she said, with a chuckle. "It's heartwarming to see that there are true people who would risk their lives for someone."
Smiley said the woman suffered a minor scrape on her chin, but she got her necklace back.
Police didn't provide any information about possible charges against the teenager.
Anyone with further information about this incident is asked to call the LBPD's Youth Services Section at 562-570-1425 or to remain anonymous visit www.lacrimestoppers.org.
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Repair Man Sees A Squirrel Drowning And Performs CPR To Save Its Life
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Dave Styles was born in Seattle to British parents, and spend a good chunk of his youth in Liverpool, England. He is a Libra, loves eating healthy, loves playing softball and soccer, and has way too many shoes for a guy. Dave started his road to radio at age 13, when he used to record his own weekly countdown, using his home stereo and microphone, then sold copies to his friends at school. Since then, he has worked at some top stations in Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles. He is also in the in-stadium Entertainment Host for the LA Dodgers.


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Lanvin Fall 2011
Is there a case for designers doing less, so they can think about saying more? Alber Elbaz, the man who fashion relies upon to offer up a grand sweep of a show which builds up into an ooh and ahh and a tingle and a sizzle and great big collective sigh, didn't quite get there this season. It wasn't that they were bad clothes, or that they didn't look like Lanvin—in the ways in which the house is so well-known and loved—but, somewhere, the subtle leaps, connections, and splashes of brilliant offhand wit he specializes in were missing.
The opening look proposed a strict, almost clerical view of working womanhood: above knee-length suiting, with caped jackets and matching dresses in sober colors, walking on low, block-heeled loafers, with an attaché case or two swinging briskly alongside. This severity and the proportions looked new—there was just time to note the metal hardware–edged lapels and pocket tops—and it made you wonder where Elbaz was going with it all. But before this thread developed, there was a switch into tight, sharp little black dresses, all of them studded with giant crystal jewels à la Lanvin—extravagance against starkness—and a proportion-change with the addition of sharp-heeled ankle boots. From there, it was quickly into a couple of simple, long silk dresses (great cut, but not much new going on), a glimpse of an amazing black lace man-tailored overcoat over what seemed to be a matching bodysuit (the coolest idea in the show, but the least delved-into) and then a section of funny rib-knit dresses with attached poufy frills. Eventually, Elbaz wound up on familiar, colorful territory: the single shot of colorful gazar cut into a jolly little cocktail dress.
Though the mood ended cheerily, it was as if something might have been rushed or skimped in the development stages of this collection. That, with the best will in the world, wouldn't be surprising with the pressure Elbaz has been under recently, after producing a collection for H&M and coming up with a full-fledged pre-fall runway show. It left a sort of longing, and a lack of closure in the air. Alber Elbaz is far from the only person in fashion suffering from time-deprivation, but it's a syndrome nobody wants to see him, of all people, catching. Fast fashion is fine in its place. But what we want from Lanvin is the long, slow surprise.
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- 06/10/2011
Please note that Holdrege Street is closed for repairs this summer; Varner Hall can be accessed via the Starr Street parking lot entrance (see attached map for detailed directions).
Following are highlights of the June Board meeting. A complete agenda and schedule is available here.
8 a.m.: Business Affairs Committee Topic: NU Budget and Tuition Recommendations Presenters: President James B. Milliken and Chris Kabourek, NU assistant vice president for business and finance and director of budget and planning
Topic: Voluntary Retirement Program Report Presenter: David Lechner, NU vice president for business and finance
9 a.m. (approximate): Break
9:15 a.m.: Outreach and Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee Topic: Strategic Framework Report on Workforce Development Presenters: Richard Hoffmann, NU associate vice president for academic affairs and research; David Conrad, executive director, NUtech Ventures, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate vice chancellor for technology development; and Michael Dixon, president, UNeMed Corp.
10 a.m. (approximate): Break
10:30 a.m.: Board of Regents meeting
The Board will be asked to approve:
· Establishment of professional certificates in community-oriented primary care and maternal and child health in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. (Addendums IX-A-1 and IX-A-2)
· Establishment of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska. (Addendum IX-A-3)
· The 2011-12 operating budget and tuition rates for the University of Nebraska and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. (Addendums IX-B-1 and IX-B-2)
· The program statement and budget for the 18th/19th and R streets residence hall at UNL. The proposed project would construct a residence hall complex to ultimately replace Cather and Pound halls. The new hall would house about 1,025 students in suite-style housing. (Addendum IX-B-3)
· The program statement and budget for the East Campus Recreation Center at UNL. (Addendum IX-B-5)
· The program statement and budget for the Campus Recreation Outdoor Adventures Center at UNL. (Addendum IX-B-6)
· A resolution authorizing the university to proceed with actions necessary to complete the purchase of property at 314 N. 18th St. in Lincoln for a planned extension of the 17th and R streets parking structure. (Addendum IX-B-8)
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Lupton, Rosamund. Sister
Beatrice Hemmings is convinced that her younger sister Tess, a vibrant, life-loving artist, would never have committed suicide. But she is the only one who believes that; everyone else believes that Tess was suffering from postpartum psychosis following the stillbirth of her child and took her own life in a fit of despair or hallucination. Beatrice, determined to get to the truth, sets out to investigate her sister's death, relating her progress in the form of an extended letter to her sister. As her investigations proceed and everyone around her begins to believe that Beatrice, too, has been unhinged by grief, the reader will wonder the same thing. Was Tess murdered? Is Beatrice simply unable to accept the truth? Not until the explosive and gripping conclusion will the answers to everyone's questions become plain.
Literary, intelligent, and defying easy genre classification, Lupton's debut is both a moving meditation on grief and also a gripping psychological thriller. Recommended.


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Cleveland • As one Williams returns to the Jazz starting lineup, the other takes a seat on the bench.
Mo Williams will play his first game in more than two months Wednesday at Cleveland, while Marvin Williams will be replaced in the starting lineup by DeMarre Carroll.
"With Mo coming back," coach Tyrone Corbin said, "want to get somebody running the floor a little more, get some early opportunities."
With Al Jefferson out for the third straight game due to a sprained ankle, the Corbin is utilizing his 12th different starting five this season. Derrick Favors will start in place of Jefferson. Paul Millsap, who played in Monday's loss in Milwaukee despite a sprained left ankle, will also start. Earlier in the week, Corbin lamented slow starts by the Jazz, which had extended to the team's performance coming out of the locker room at halftime.
Marvin Williams is averaging career lows in points and rebounds in his first season with the Jazz. He failed to score a field goal in three of the Jazz's last five games.
Mo Williams underwent thumb surgery on Jan. 3 to replace ligaments town on Dec. 22 in Miami.
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In one of the stranger scenes of this year's presidential campaign marathon, a dozen Gees Bend quilters joined hands with candidate John McCain, singing "Old Ship of Zion" as they ferried across the Alabama River in the rural Black Belt. The quilters, known for their spectacular, handmade textile art exhibited in museums from New York to Houston to Atlanta, lent a gracious moment of local color to the candidate's "Forgotten Places" tour. Quilter Mary Lee Bendolph, aged seventy-two, told a reporter that McCain had "touched her heart" by visiting this region that includes counties with some of the highest rates of poverty and highest percentages of Democratic voters in the United States. "I truly thank him for coming. It was wonderful to meet him, but no, I think another has my vote."1
|Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama.
Besides the Black Belt gig, a T-shirt for the Forgotten Places Tour would have read: Appalachia; Youngstown, Ohio; and New Orleans's Ninth Ward—locations to be checked off in early spring before the campaign turned serious.
Selma and the Pettus Bridge signify victories by a people in a place forgotten since the mid-1960s by the GOP, except when persecuting voting rights activists. With McCain's dismal civil rights record throughout years in Congress, including his (later retracted) opposition to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, a lot of water has passed under his bridge, and a lot of other stuff too. Still, there stood the senator on the Selma riverbank, "framed in camera shots by the bridge where white police officers beat black demonstrators trying to march to Montgomery in 1965," wrote Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York Times, "and where Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama converged last year in a political spectacle to commemorate the footsteps of the marchers."3 The Bloody Sunday beatings, by Dallas County deputies and Alabama state troopers, provoked international outrage, led to the Selma to Montgomery March, and gave rise to the national clamor that assured the Voting Rights Act became law.
|Aerial view of marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, 1965.
Since 1965, the Edmund Pettus Bridge has taken on the meanings and features of a venerated public place. Twenty-year and twenty-five-year anniversary reenactments drew widely-scattered veterans of the original events back to Selma. In 1996, Congress created the Selma to Montgomery National Voting Rights Trail along once-contested terrain. Historians gathered oral histories and wrote books. Local activists began museums and commemorative parks where the bridge touched either side of the Alabama River. And since the early 1990s, the "spectacle" of an annual Bridge Crossing Commemoration has become a tourist destination and an authenticating ritual for politicians of various stripes seeking to reaffirm or newly signal their ties to the meanings evoked by what is now one of the country's most well-known structures.4
Binding memories to landscape, the bridge at Selma locates transitions from one time and space to another. Named for Edmund Pettus, Confederate brigadier general and post-Reconstruction, white-supremacist US Senator from Alabama, the landmark bridge was finished in 1940, the heyday of Jim Crow. In March 1965 it became not just a means of getting from one side of the river to the other, but a site where a people crossed out of repressive racial territory and into a social geography that they were remaking to suit themselves. In annual Bridge Crossing speeches, the Alabama River often becomes the Jordan or the Red Sea, watery passageways leading to freedom.
As the Bridge Crossing has grown in attendance and visibility, a diverse cast of civil rights, religious, and political figures, musicians and media celebrities, have walked the walk. In 2000, President Bill Clinton and Coretta Scott King led a thirty-fifth anniversary crowd of twenty thousand. Urging celebrants to "look at the South on the other side of the bridge," Jesse Jackson in 2003 warned against nostalgia, against resting on laurels and letting the memorial rituals displace present-day activism: "Beyond the bridge is crippling poverty, people working without fair wages."5 In 2005, the Bridge Crossing celebrated "Invisible Giants," unsung worthies who tilled the grassroots and filled the ranks of marchers, but went largely unmentioned in popular accounts. This year, representative John Lewis (who always brings along a congressional delegation), and the reverends Jackson and Al Sharpton were the headliners. "I don't think it really matters who shows up to speak," said Sam Walker, a Bridge Crossing organizer, "because this thing is bigger than any of us. It just keeps getting bigger each year."6
The presidential campaign implications of the 2007 Bridge Crossing set the bar high with empathetic allusions and aspirational bonds. Addressing a mostly black audience at First Baptist Church before setting foot on the Pettus Bridge, Hillary Clinton shifted into the kind of exaggerated drawl that falls painfully on the ears before leaping to YouTube. Reciting gospel lyrics familiar to fans of James Cleveland, she spoke in what trollish critics pounced upon as her "black-cent": "I want to begin by giving praise to the almighty. I don't feel no ways tired. I come too far from where I started from. Nobody told me that the road would be easy."7 Straining to speak in the voice of the Bridge, Senator Clinton's affirmation of endurance and persistence—"the march is not over"—became a moment of unintended caricature.8
Also on hand that day in 2007 was Bill Clinton, deciding at the last moment to show up for induction into Selma's Voting Rights Hall of Fame, but who seems largely to have made the trip as a mission of campaign bridge building. The Clinton whom Toni Morrison had called the nation's "first Black President" sought to parlay his popularity among African Americans into momentum for Hillary.9 Yet, before another year had passed, John Lewis, the standard for courage and constancy, would first support Hillary, then switch to Barack Obama. For Hillary, observed an NPR commentator about this latest "battle of Selma," it's "almost like she's running against a younger, blacker version of her own husband."10 The spirit of the Bridge was shifting, away from past alliances, toward a possibility unimagined at the last Bloody Sunday anniversary.
|Video: At the 2007 Bridge Crossing Commemoration in Selma.
"If it hadn't been for Selma, I wouldn't be here," Barack Obama said to attendees (some wearing "Alobama" T-shirts) of a prayer breakfast that same March morning in 2007. "This is the site of my conception. I am the fruits of your labor. I am the offspring of the movement. When people ask me if I've been to Selma before, I tell them I'm coming home."11
Later that day, before joining Bill and Hillary and thousands of others for the Crossing, Obama spoke at Brown Chapel AME Church, one of the most important civil rights rallying spots of the 1960s and the starting point for the original Selma March. The senator from Illinois told how, during the Kennedy administration, his Kenyan father benefited from an education program in Hawaii where he met Obama's mother, a white student from Kansas. "There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama," he said, "because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama, Jr., was born." Lest reporters and bloggers think that here was a gotcha moment, a campaign spokesman quickly pointed out that Barack Junior, born in 1961, more than three years before the March, was "speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole." A fact-obsessed family history misses the meaning in Obama's appropriation of the Pettus Bridge for the work of what he calls the "Joshua generation"—as contrasted with the civil rights veterans' "Moses generation." "We've got to remember now that Joshua still has a job to do," he said. "There are still battles that need to be fought; some rivers that need to be crossed."12
More than a year after the Selma prayer breakfast and his Brown Chapel speech, as Obama claimed the requisite delegates to become the Democratic nominee, he offered a cheering St. Paul, Minnesota, crowd a list of actors and moments through which, "every so often," compassionate people in particular places call upon their "fundamental goodness to make this country great again:" "that band of patriots in Philadelphia hall" who declared for a more perfect union; "all those who gave on the fields of Gettysburg and Antietam their last full measure of devotion" to save the union; the "greatest generation" of World War II; "the workers who stood out on the picket lines; the women who shattered glass ceilings"; and "the children who braved a Selma bridge for freedom's cause."13
Children amid Bloody Sunday? Children (more accurately teens and youth) are usually linked in the freedom struggle imaginary not to Selma but to Birmingham's Children's Crusade in 1963, where they strategically provoked Bull Connor's overreaction, where they were hosed and chased by police dogs, watched by the world.14 Taking their inspiration from Birmingham, hundreds of African American high school students demonstrating in support of voting rights were arrested and incarcerated in Selma in the months before March 1965. But a state trooper's killing of twenty-six-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson on February 18 produced such an "extraordinary tension" that the marchers who crossed the Selma Bridge on March 6 were preponderately adults led by protest veterans such as John Lewis, Amelia Boynton, Hosea Williams, and Albert Turner.15
Obama's joining of the Children's Crusade with the troopers' assault upon the six hundred at the Selma Bridge was much like the factually impossible, but figuratively crucial story of his conception—"because some folks are willing to march across a bridge." It reveals the hoped-for trajectory of a new generation coming to political age after the long season of reaction that followed the gains of, and shaped the resistance to, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Obama's inclusive narratives of himself as a child of the Selma Bridge, and of "the children who braved a Selma bridge for freedom's cause" re-place a venerable—if increasingly distant—public memory of heroism with a generative purpose for the present. Monuments, memorials, and the rituals of commemoration remain vital only if the living can shift their meaning and emotional power into possibilities for an impending future. From Selma to Selma to Selma, the Edmund Pettus Bridge is built and rebuilt by those who march across it.
About the Author
Allen Tullos is senior editor of Southern Spaces and associate professor of American Studies at Emory University. He is the author of Alabama Getaway: The Political Imaginary and the Heart of Dixie (University of Georgia Press, 2011).
For their helpful readings and comments, thanks to Cynthia Blakeley, Grace Hale, Michael Moon, Tom Rankin, and Steve Suitts. Thanks to Franky Abbott for her assistance with layout.
- 1. Charles J. Dean, "In Black Belt, McCain Wins Hearts, Not Votes," Birmingham News, April 22, 2008.
- 2. Phillip Rawls, "McCain Takes GOP Campaign into Rural Alabama Democratic Turf," Associated Press, April 21, 2008; Charles J. Dean, "McCain Visits Gees Bend Quilters," Birmingham News, April 21, 2008.
- 3. Elisabeth Bumiller, "On McCain Tour, a Promise to Find 'Forgotten' America," New York Times, April 22, 2008.
- 4. Alvin Benn, "Historic Edmund Pettus Bridge Brings Fame, Fortune, to Selma," Montgomery Advertiser, January 5, 1992.
- 5. Jannell McGrew, "Discrimination Still Alive, Jackson Says," Montgomery Advertiser, March 10, 2003.
- 6. Alvin Benn, "Return to Selma," Montgomery Advertiser, March 10, 2008.
- 7. Michelle Malkin, "Queen of Cringe," New York Post, April 25, 2007; "The Big Story with John Gibson," Fox News Network, March 5, 2007.
- 8. Dahleen Glanton and Mike Dorning, "Clinton, Obama Commemorate Selma Anniversary," Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2007.
- 9. For Toni Morrison's comment see Wikipedia, s.v. "Toni Morrison," accessed May 6, 2008, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison.
- 10. Robert George on "News and Notes," National Public Radio, March 5, 2007.
- 11. Nedra Pickler, "In Selma, Obama Appeals to Black Voters," Associated Press, March 4, 2007; Tom Baldwin, "Quest for Black Vote brings Obama and Clinton to Heart of Old South," Times (London), March 5, 2007.
- 12. Glanton and Dorning; "Sen. Obama Delivers Remarks at a Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration," as released by the Obama Campaign, March 4, 2007.
- 13. "Text of Democrat Barack Obama's Prepared Remarks for a Rally on Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn., as Released by his Campaign," Associated Press, June 4, 2008.
- 14. Selma native Joanne Bland, later a co-founder and director of the National Voting Rights Museum, was eleven years old when she and her fourteen-year-old sister Linda participated in the Bloody Sunday events. See "Joanne Bland," Baylor Magazine 2, no. 2 (September–October 2003), http://www.baylormag.com/story.php?story=004479.
- 15. J. Mills Thornton III, Dividing Lines: Municipal Politics and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2002), 455–489.


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Just one example of how the government could lose a civil conflict
I keep reading comments from arrogant progressives who delight in the assault on gun rights led by their elected and appointed allies in the recent weeks since a madman gunned down innocent children in a school in Newtown, CT.
They seem to think they can impose any indignity and infringment they want without repercussion, because the President of the United States is one of them, he's the leader of the nation's military, and he can therefore win any battle against America's freedom fighters who might rise up to restore their constitutional rights currently under assault.
They don't understand asymmetrical warfare in the slightest, much less how it would be waged here. Let me give you just one small example of how lone wolves or small teams can strike well beyond their size against a near defenseless leviathan.
After the Dot Com bubble burst in the early 2000s, I took a job in upstate New York for a subcontractor of Central Hudson Gas and Electric. I was part of a crew sent out to map electrical transmission line power poles and towers via GPS, check the tower footings for integrity, check the best routes for access, etc.
It meant I rode quads (ATVs) through mountains, swamps, forests, neighborhoods and farms all over southern New York, in winter's icy chill and blowing snow, and in summer's melting heat. It was exhausting work, often in beautiful scenery.
We probably averaged 20 miles of line a day, and that over the course of the contract I easily rode a thousand miles. I can tell you stories of flipping quads, sinking quads, going down a mountain without brakes, almost hitting deer at top speed, and parking on the remains of an electrocuted bear, but that isn't really what I remember most about the job.
No, what I remember most about the job were the days we spent up near the Rondout Reservoir. What I remember in specific was discovering how powerless the government was to protect key utilities.
In a post-9/11 New York, where terrorism was foremost on the minds of many, you simply didn't mess around near New York City's water supply, and Roundout was part of that equation.
The thought that we could be viewed as a threat as we rode the hills around the reservoir for several days never crossed our minds, because we were focused on our jobs minding the electrical transmission lines, not the waters flowing nearby.
It wasn't until late on the second day, where we parked right beside the dam's offices, that law enforcement caught up to us. Apparently we'd been the on again, off again suspects in a low intensity chase for two days, with the law enforcement agency that was in charge of providing security for the reservoir (NYDNR, maybe?) trying to chase us down, without any luck. They didn't catch us until we parked the truck beside their HQ on the afternoon of the second day and began unloading our gear right under their windows.
That it took them 14 hours of time "on the run" in the area (30 hours total time) to "catch" us was a little unsettling. Then I started thinking about the much more fragile structures we were working beside routinely.
You see, we'd ridden up to edge of the Danskammer and Roseton power generating stations, and a dozen or more unattended substations during the course of this contract, without being challenged at all.
Substations like the one above could be accessed not just from surface roads, but from access trails under the power lines by people with UTVs, ATVs, and motorcycles.
Just like the residential transformers in your neighborhood, the transformers in substations are cooled with a form of mineral oil. If someone decides to blast a transformer at its base as prepper Bryan Smith did, and the oil drains out, then the transformer either burns out catastrophically, or if the utility is lucky, a software routine notices the problem and shuts the substation (or at least the affected portion) down. The power must then be rerouted through the remaining grid until that transformer can be replaced and any other resulting damage can be repaired.
Were an angry group of disenfranchised citizens to target in a strategic manner the substations leading to a city or geographic area—say, Albany, for example—they could put the area in the dark for as long as it took to bring the substations back online. Were they committed enough, and spread their attacks out over a wide enough area, perhaps mixing in a few tens of dozens of the residential transformers found every few hundred yards along city streets, they could overwhelm the utility companies ability to repair the damage being caused or law enforcement's ability to stop them. The government could perhaps assign a soldier or cop for every transformer, substation and switch, but they'd run out of men long before they ran out of things they need guarded. Not that the government could even guarantee to actually protect the transformers they were guarding; a residential transformer is a big, stationary target, and the substation transformers and switches and other equipment even bigger targets. Residential transformers are easily "touched" by even a moderately competent deer hunter from hundreds of yards away, perhaps separated by roads, subdivisions, swamps or streams. Substations are a dense area target easily struck from a half-mile or more away.
Meanwhile, the lone wolves and small teams would simply shift to other targets of opportunity left unguarded by an overwhelmed and outmatched government force, of which there are many.
How many days with partial power or no power, how many nights in the dark, would it take before the local economy collapsed in the targeted area? Insurgents could cripple a city, region, or state, without ever firing a bullet at another human being.
Progressives seeking to undermine the Constitution seem to think they hold all the cards. I would warn them that they are not remotely prepared for what will happen if they attempt to cross Constitutional boundaries and natural rights.
It could be a cold, dark winter.
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Carven Fall 2012
This time last year, Carven could have been referred to reasonably as an underground label. A lot of buyers knew about it, but the rest of the world really didn't, and, if you want to be literal about it, designer Guillaume Henry was showing the clothes in the cold, industrial basement of the Palais de Tokyo. Well, that's not the case anymore. Under Henry's sharp direction, Carven has risen to shine brightly in the light of day and now has a charming shop in Paris, a reputation as a sought-out label among cool young girls in Paris and New York, and, on Thursday, the heft to stage a show in the Couvent des Cordeliers on the rue de l'École de Médecine, a venue that's also been favored by more established names like Giambattista Valli and Ann Demeulemeester.
The fall collection Henry presented there was borne of the fantasy of a girl walking through a museum filled with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century art and stealing things off the walls and out of the display cases for her wardrobe. For instance, she may nick a Renaissance-era painting of women in colorful vestments working in the yard and wrap it around her like a short, flowy skirt. Or perhaps a rich, storied tapestry woven for royalty becomes a double-breasted coat with shogun-style lapels. It made for a lovely story, even if the strongest pieces in the show looked as if they had little to do with that particular narrative. Take the long-sleeved, ribbed, ocher sweater with the slits on the side—thoroughly modern with every stitch. It was the same with the shrunken peacoats with wavy lapels that stuck out forward. A very short black dress that came out right after one of those coats looked as if the jacket before it had been crossed over itself, buttoned up, with the sleeves lopped off. It was a great representation of the kind of girl Henry dresses, one who's fun, feminine, and a little bookish.
Since those underground days, Henry's proven he knows just what these girls want and he's given it to them. Now that that's settled, it'd be great to see him push himself, and the label, to even higher ground.


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All classes are five week sessions and held on Saturdays only.
Spring Schedule
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Blake Gopnik explores the new show and looks at eight images that helped form a symphony of work that changed art forever.
Blake Gopnik visits a new exhibit that celebrates a time when guys donned sparkly kaftans and scarlet leggings.
Oh, and a couple of guys named Chris Paul and Blake Griffin are pretty good too.
Just last week, Blake Lively wed Ryan Reynolds in a dress of their design.
The star follows in the footsteps of Blake Lively, Keira Knightley, and Diane Kruger, who all all headlined Chanel campaigns.
Miss Blake found "Bailey's Babies" astonishingly unmanageable.
He utterly lacked the head-work that Blake put into the game.
"We'll have hard work, that's one thing sure," Blake declared.
"And ye noted me use the name o' Blake," continued the other.
Mr. Blake and his partners were all active members of the Liberal Party.


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GSA's Federal Technology Service Makes Initial ACES Award
Note: Archived news releases may contain contact names, telephone numbers, Web links, or other information that is outdated. You may reach a public affairs officer at 202-501-1231. For a list of public affairs officers by beat, visit http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101120.
September 13, 1999
Contact: Bill Bearden (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC -- The U.S. General Services Administration has made the first award in its Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES) procurement to Digital Signature Trust Company. The term of the contract is 3 base years with a 3-year option.
The Federal Technology Service (FTS), Office of Information Security selected the Salt Lake City, Utah headquartered company for the initial award of the CES contract. The contract will provide a common public key infrastructure for enabling the American public electronic access to privacy-related U.S. Government information and services. Based on public key technology, ACES will provide identification, authentication, and non-repudiation via the use of Digital signature technology as a means for individuals and business entities to be authenticated when accessing, retrieving, and submitting information in communications with the government.
"The ACES award represents a critical step in the government's ability to provide secure electronic services to citizens," said Marty Wagner, Associate Administrator for Governmentwide Policy (OGP), whose office provided policy guidance during the development of the procurement. "It is also a significant step forward for e-commerce and potentially, a major advance in streamlining the government's administrative operations. My congratulations to FTS, my staff in the OGP, and many others from agencies across the Federal community in working through the many ground-breaking issues."
Dennis Fischer, Commissioner of FTS, echoed Marty's sentiments, "This is a major milestone in the Government's ability to provide the necessary security technology to enable our electronic processes. I believe it will be invaluable as we move into the Internet environment."
"A lot of hard work went into this procurement. We wanted to make sure we got it right," said Tom Burke, Assistant Commissioner for Information Security, the office charged with bringing ACES to fruition. "This finished product offers a lot of flexibility to the participating agencies for the implementation of public key technology."
The Federal government is striving to increase efficiency, productivity, and citizen access to government information and services through the introduction of modern information technologies. ACES is a comprehensive offering of public key infrastructure services and products which will facilitate this increase. ACES is one of the key initiatives cited in the Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee report, Access With Trust, released in September 1998, which "focuses on how the Federal government will promote and use a PKI to safeguard and protect electronic interactions . . . externally (between the Federal government and its many trading partners--state and local governments, businesses and individuals)."
Rich Guida, GITS Security Champion and Chair of the Federal PKI Steering Committee adds, "This contract is the culmination of a tremendous amount of work by a large number of very dedicated people. It is a reflection of the commitment the administration has to realizing the goals of Access America."
GSA/FTS is continuing to work with the remaining offerors and hopes to have additional awards on this multiple award schedule contract within the next few weeks.
Additional information concerning ACES is available at http://www.gsa.gov/aces, or call. Judith Spencer at (202) 708-5600.


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When we ask ActionScript developers what they want from the Flash Platform documentation team, their consistent answer is: more examples. There is no such thing as enough when it comes to code examples that developers can use to learn the language, solve specific problems, and share ideas with others who are working on similar applications.
The secret: our existing ActionScript 3 documentation actually HAS a decent range of examples. The problem is that these examples are somewhat well hidden. To solve this problem, we've analyzed pathing info (provided by Adobe's Omniture acquisition) that tells us what users are searching for, where they are looking, and how we can help them find what they need.
The ActionScript 3 Developer's Guide's appendix (How to use ActionScript examples) explains how to work with different types of examples. Until recently, this appendix did not make it easy to find the ZIP file that contains the example source, never mind explanations of the functionality that each example demonstrates. Here is a link to the examples ZIP, followed by a list of examples and their explanations. Let us know what you'd like to see added to the list.
Example ZIP file: Flash Professional CS5 and Flex 4 samples
List of examples:
- AlarmClock (Event handling example: Alarm Clock)
- AlgorithmicVisualGenerator (Drawing API example: Algorithmic Visual Generator)
- ASCIIArt (Strings example: ASCII art)
- CapabilitiesExplorer (Capabilities example: Detecting system capabilities)
- CustomErrors (Handling errors example: CustomErrors application)
- DisplayObjectTransformer (Geometry example: Applying a matrix transformation to a display object)
- FilterWorkbench (Filtering display objects example: Filter Workbench)
- GlobalStockTicker (Example: Internationalizing a stock ticker application)
- NewsLayout (TextField Example: Newspaper-style text formatting)
- PlayList (Arrays example: PlayList)
- PodcastPlayer (Sound example: Podcast Player)
- ProjectionDragger (Example: Perspective projection)
- ReorderByZ (Using Matrix3D objects for reordering display)
- RSSViewer (XML in ActionScript example: Loading RSS data from the Internet)
- RuntimeAssetsExplorer (Movie clip example: RuntimeAssetsExplorer)
- SimpleClock (Date and time example: Simple analog clock)
- SpinningMoon (Bitmap example: Animated spinning moon)
- SpriteArranger (Display object example: SpriteArranger)
- TelnetSocket (TCP socket example: Building a Telnet client)
- VideoJukebox (Video example: Video Jukebox)
- WikiEditor (Regular expressions example: A Wiki parser)
- WordSearch (Mouse input example: WordSearch)


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Seeking: UCI International Student Ambassadors - China!
University of California, Irvine
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University of California, Irvine
International Student Ambassador - CHINA
Dear International Students,
We would like to invite Chinese international students to attend an information sharing session on Friday, November 30th from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon at the Student Center (exact location to be determined). The purpose of our meeting is to share about our new initiative to select International Student Ambassadors to represent China – details are below and attached. We will also solicit feedback about student experiences of selecting, applying and accepting UCI as their school of choice to improve our services to future UCI Chinese students. Please RSVP here!
The UCI International Student Ambassador program is an elite group of students who gain valuable work experience. Student Ambassadors are current students selected on the basis of leadership, professionalism and desire to promote student events and programs to Chinese high school students and incoming Chinese freshman. The position is a unique opportunity to learn and make a meaningful impact on international student recruitment efforts. Ambassadors uphold the philosophy, mission and goals of UCI by personal example and by serving as hosts and hostesses for UCI.
Up to four (4) undergraduate student Ambassadors will be selected via a competitive application and interview process.
What you can expect from participation in the Ambassadors Program:
- The opportunity to work with faculty, staff and other student leaders to advance the UCI's International Student - China outreach and recruitment goals;
- The opportunity to strengthen your skills with public speaking, program and event planning, and teamwork and leadership skills;
- The opportunity to contribute to social media and communications on key topics that prospect high school students and parents would be interested in knowing
- Work experience to add to your resumé;
- Those who fulfill their duties will be provided with a Letter of Recommendation;
- A quarterly stipend will be provided (TBD, based on final budget allocation).
Minimum qualifications and requirements:
- Must be an full time international student of UCI from either China, Taiwan or Hong Kong origin
- Sophomore-level or junior standing by fall 2013
- 3.0 Minimum GPA
- Ability to effectively communicate your Anteater pride to others
- Professional work habits (dependable, reliable, team player, willingness to learn)
- Willingness to perform student ambassador duties for fall, winter and spring quarters 2012-13;
- Willingness to demonstrate professional standards of language, behavior and dress at all times during assigned ambassador visits and outreach activities.
Ambassador Responsibilities:
- Attend trainings and bi-monthly meetings to assist with ambassador assignments, including
- Planning, scheduling and hosting outreach events* (listed below);
- Reviewing and creating marketing materials such as brochures, online social media content creation and UCI Chinese website development;
- Student Ambassadors talk with perspective students through the web, create videos and post them on the Admission social media platforms, and maintain student blogs
- Providing school and campus information to prospective applicants and their families by phone, electronic and in-person meetings.
- Help to develop a 15-20 minute UCI presentation for K-12 audience specific for a China based audience in Chinese and English
- Deliver at least 3 presentations to K-12 audiences (individually or in group format) in home country - UCI will provide related reimbursement for travel to local schools etc.
- Participate in assigned outreach activities, events* and tasks
- Communicate and work closely with UCI international undergraduate counselors to ensure that all information being conveyed to the general community is accurate, consistent and reflective of UCI outreach goals.
- *Outreach Events (some of these may change):
- Welcome Week events – International Student Orientation Week
- Assisting & mentoring incoming Chinese Freshman students – Buddy Lunch Dates etc.
- Assisting in recruitment activities such as emailing followed up by calls to prospect Chinese students applying to UCI
- Consistently updating social media properties with pictures, essays and updates of student life and school activities
- Attend and assist at annual international student recruitment conference hosted by UCI office of admissions
- Consistently updating social media properties with pictures, essays and updates of student life and school activities
- Others to be determined
- Assisting in yield activities such as emailing followed up by calls to admitted Chinese students to survey them about interest in UCI
- Consistently updating social media properties with pictures, essays and updates of student life and school activities
- Others to be determined
- Work closely with Associate Director of Enrollment in China to make 2-3 presentations to high schools or parents during visit back to China (if you have planned to go back); OR
- Work closely with UCI Extensions: Summer High School Program that hosts Chinese students for 4-6 weeks in organization, orientation and buddy activities
- Potential opportunities to Intern at UCI Office in China working closely with the Associate Director on marketing and enrollment activities for China
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Utah boasts an impressive cadre of writers for young readers who have earned a variety of national awards, including an Edgar, a PEN, a Newbery Honor, a Delacorte Press Prize and an IRA Young Adult Book Award. Utah even boasts a National Book Award finalist. In addition, many of these authors' titles have been featured on the New York Times Best-Seller List.
So which books changed their lives when they were young readers?
Matthew Kirby • Author of Icefall and Infinity Ring Book 5: Cave of Wonders.
When I was 12, my parents gave me A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin for Christmas. I loved fantasy and dove right into it, but it didn't take long for a very different kind of magic to begin its work on me. With each word, sentence and page, I became aware of the art of crafting a story. The language. The choices. One particular scene in that book, where Ged first opens the rift, transformed the way I looked at books entirely. In that moment I became fully aware that there was an author behind it, someone writing and casting spells and playing tricks, and I knew I wanted to do that, too. That was the moment I decided I wanted to be a writer, and for that reason, A Wizard of Earthsea is the most important book of my childhood.
Shannon Hale • Author of The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, Princess Academy and the adult novel Austenland.
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley rocked my world. It had the first redheaded heroine I'd read and not only was she a redhead like me, but she was awesome. I'd always been teased for being a redhead. Aerin [the heroine] somehow made it OK. I think how important it is for kids to see someone like themselves represented in literature.
James Dashner • Author of the Maze Runner series and Infinity Ring series
The books I remember the most are Charlotte's Web, Superfudge, A Wrinkle in Time and James and the Giant Peach. Each one of those just resonates in my head. Whenever I hear them spoken or see them in a bookstore, my mind goes back to [my childhood]. There was just something magical about those stories that has never left me. Those books solidified in me a love of reading that has never disappeared. And writing for that age brings back some of that magic that can never be wholly duplicated. Ah, to be a kid again!
Jessica Day George • Author of Wednesdays in the Tower, Tuesdays at the Castle and the Dragon Slippers series.
In fifth grade, when I was 11 years old, I picked up a book from the shelf beside my teacher's desk. I'd read them all, except this one. This book was either new to the shelf or I hadn't noticed it before: It had a dark cover, very worn, featuring a dragon and a warrior with a sword. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. Simply magical!
I had seen "The Hobbit" (the old cartoon) and a few other fantasy movies. I knew that there were books out there, but none had ever fallen directly into my hands in this way. (I never said I wasn't lazy.) I realized that this was what I wanted to read about: princesses, dragons, wizards, adventure! Then I discovered something else: Robin McKinley? This was her job! This was a job I could have, too! I knew that I was on to something, and instead of picking up whatever books Mrs. E. left lying around, I went on a quest for books like The Hero and the Crown.
I found McKinley's other books. Patricia McKillip's The Forgotten Beasts of Eld I found because it was shelved next to McKinley in the library, and then, glory of glories, I looked up on a shelf and found Diana Wynne Jones! Dogsbody, which I still maintain is the greatest love story of all time, Howl's Moving Castle and A Tale of Time City, and a book so wonderful for children and writers Archer's Goon which introduced me to the concept of writer's block. And Daniel Pinkwater! Later would come Tolkien, Terry Brooks and David Eddings, but McKinley, Jones and Pinkwater are the reason I'm here today.
Rick Walton • Author of numerous picture books, riddle books, poetry and mystery books.
Some of my favorite series were Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Three Investigators by Robert Arthur, the Freddy the Pig books by Walter Brooks, Oz books by Frank Baum, the Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald Sobol and The Great Brain books by John Fitzgerald. I read so much one to two books a day that I didn't have time to have one favorite book.
Jennifer Nielsen • Author of the Ascendance Trilogy and Book 6 of the Infinity Ring series.
I absolutely LOVED S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. On the surface, it would seem that I had nothing in common with this tight-knit, misfit gang of Greasers, and yet I eventually saw a piece of myself in each of them. For a time, I read the book on a solid loop. Once it ended, I would start all over with Ponyboy stepping out into the bright light from the movie theater and lose myself in that world all over again. Most importantly, S.E. Hinton was the first author I became interested in learning more about and the author who first made me realize that writing a book was possible for me, too.
Jennifer Adams • Author of the BabyLit series, which introduces young children to the classics including Jane Eyre, Moby-Dick, and Romeo and Juliet.
My favorite books were Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, etc. I read them in fifth grade, and that's when I knew I wanted to be a writer. I majored in English in college and even did my focus in medieval literature because of those books, which were a retelling of Welsh mythology. I met Lloyd Alexander at a signing when I was in high school, and he was so lovely. It's always my favorite thing when authors live up to your expectations.
Carol Lynch Williams • Author of The Haven, The Chosen One and Pretty Like Us
I was a huge reader as a child. My mom wanted to be an English teacher and she turned me on to the greats. I read Steinbeck, Faulkner and Twain like crazy. A bit of Fitzgerald. Tons of short stories (can't forget "The Lottery"). When I went to the library, after pulling the best books out of the adult section, I always ended up in the kids' nonfiction, looking at the life cycle of bees or how flowers reproduce. I thought I might be a scientist.
There wasn't a lot of kid lit in the house (OK, none), but I remember getting The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the mail something Mom ordered for me. I loved that book. Loved it. One day I went to the grade-school library and saw that oh my gosh L. Frank Baum had written tons of books! So many about Oz! I still remember that delicious feeling of seeing all those books waiting for me.
My dear grandmother took me to the library when I went to stay summers with her. I remember checking out every one of The Borrowers books and reading them over and over, piled up in the bed or on the rattan chair in the Florida room. Oh, the adventure of being so small. The idea of floating away in a tea kettle. Or having a stamp a tiny stamp as a large picture in your living room!
When I look at who most influenced me as a writer, I would have to say Ms. O'Connor or Ms. Welty or other adult writers. But the people who made me feel like something amazing was about to happen or could possibly happen in my life were Mr. Baum and Ms. Norton.


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Field Athletes Shine at Baldy Castillo Invitational
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Manhattan College men's and women's track & field teams kicked off the outdoor season with their annual trip to the Baldy Castillo Invitational at Arizona State's Sun Angel Stadium on Saturday. The Jaspers turned in strong performances in a number of events, led by seven qualifiers for the ECAC/IC4A Championships.
The Jaspers got off to a good start in the men's hammer throw on Friday, as Anastas Papazov (Balchik, Bulgaria) had the eighth-best effort in program history. With a mark of 64.63 meters (212 feet), Papazov automatically qualified for both the IC4A Championships and NCAA East Regional, as well as the next edition of the European Under-23 Championships. Edward Brentnall (Atlanta, Ga.) also bettered the IC4A standard with a 53.82 m (176'7) effort that also qualified him for the U.S. Junior Championships.
Manhattan also had two IC4A qualifiers in the men's discus. Colin Quirke (Los Gatos, Calif.), who was an All-American in the discus in 2011, earned a return trip to the NCAA East Regional with a mark of 54.40 m (178'6). Roman Ewald (Olching, Germany) also qualified for the IC4A Championships, recording a best effort of 48.50 m (50'4). Quirke finished second overall, while Ewald placed sixth.
Also qualifying for the IC4A Championships was Albert Johnson III (Painted Post, N.Y.) in the long jump. Johnson took second place with a leap of 7.62 m (25'0), just 2½ inches behind the winner. Brian McGovern (Yonkers, N.Y.) tied for second in the pole vault (4.70 m, 15'5), and Rokas Kirlys (Kamaji, Lithuania) grabbed fourth place in the shot put (15.89 m, 52'1¾). On the track, Greg Perrier (Dix Hills, N.Y.) finished fifth in the 800 meters in a time of 1:52.51, while Sheldon Derenoncourt (Patchogue, N.Y.) took sixth in the 400 meters (48.75).
Leading the way for the women's team was Cara Rostant (Valley Stream, N.Y.), who ran a personal-best time of 24.27 seconds in the 200 meters. Rostant qualified for the ECAC Championships with that effort. She also joined with Ashley Bowman (Elmont, N.Y.), Heidy Palacios (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Andrea Nyback (Koping, Sweden) to post an ECAC-qualifying mark of 47.26 seconds in the 4 x 100 meter relay. Palacios also took sixth in the 400 meters (56.95), while Bowman was seventh in the 100 meters (12.33).
Doreen Horschig (Lumpzig, Germany) was fifth in the high jump (1.60 m, 5'3) and eighth in the 100 meter hurdles (14.76), and Karolin Wagner (Ribbesbuettel, Germany) had best effort of 3.25 m (10'8) in the pole vault.
After taking next weekend off, the Jaspers will be back in action on March 30-31, when they head to West Point, N.Y. for the Dick Shea Invitational.
To follow Manhattan Athletics on Twitter, go to twitter.com/GoJaspers or visit Manhattan's Facebook fan page.


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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by Rack Bauer, Feb 21, 2013.
I'm starting to worry that he won't be available at #18.
Fluker will be a better G than both of those guys, and could also play tackle. 36 3/4 arms is ridiculous. Those are longer arms than Tyron Smith and Ryan Clady
Not sure about better, I do believe Fluker will be drafted in the first rd for RT.
Not in a Zone Blocking Scheme. It does not matter how much power an OL has if he can't get to the block. Regardless of scheme, Guards have to make blocks in space.
If Dallas picks Cooper, I hope it is for the center position. That way if he can't maintain his current weight, it won't hurt him as much. I see him much like Tyron. Tyron has been able to play around 307 lbs, but he had trouble with the bull-rush this year. I don't put alotta stock in combine weight anyway.
You mean guys like Mo Collins, Frank Middleton and Langston Walker playing under Callahan with the Raiders? Yeah a bunch of svelte ballerinas, those guys.
If Fluker can beat Langston Walker's 5.26 forty, I'll retract my statement.
I'll take that bet. How about a 25 dollar donation to CowboysZone?
We signed two starting guards last offseason. Just because you sign a guy that starts doesn't mean you've solved the problem. We can't just keep doing the same things over and over, it's time to actually try to solve the position so we can focus on other things.
Aren't you guys tired of having the same position needs every offseason?
40 times are irrelevant for OL. When will you ever see a tackle or guard run straight ahead for 40 yards coming out of a sprinters stance, running unimpeded?
Sorry, but that response is tiresome.
The forty is like identifying a car by it's color. It is a general indicator. If you want more detail you look at other measureables like the 10-yard, 3-cone, short shuttle, vert, broad-jump, etc.. With a car you would look at the model, year etc. Just because the color of the car does not give as much detail as the model/year etc.., it does not make it an unusable indicator.
The forty time is a general indicator of the quickness needed to play. In OLinemen, the exact number is not as important as it is with other positions. A 5.1 vs 5.2 is not a big deal; however, a 4.9 vs 5.5 is significant. Olinemen that play with quickness don't run 5.5 forties and Olinemen that play with lead feet don't run 4.9 forties.
I could say that I doubt that Fluker can beat any of Walker's measureables. It could be 10-yard, 3-cone, short shuttle, vert, broad-jump, etc..
And completely true.
I take it you've never actually played football?
the 10 yard time for a OL is much more important then the 40
i know you dont think either of those 2 were really starters
i mean, sign a real OG who will start
Another tiresome response.
Actually, I had a scholarship offer from a small college to play football, but took an academic scholarship from a big school instead.
I tend to agree with Rack here. For an OL, 10 and 5 yard times are much more indicative. 3Cone, Shuttle, Broad and High show explosion.
40 for an OL is much less important to me then 5, 10 or 20.
Coopers arms are only 33. Costa part deux
No, 33" is good for an OG or OC. Costa was 30".
Here are some arm lengths from the 2012 draft:
OG 32-1/2 Ben Jones
OG 32-1/2 Josh LeRibeus
OG 32-5/8 Brandon Brooks
OG 32-3/4 David DeCastro
OG 32-3/4 Kevin Zeitler
OC 33 Peter Konz
OG 33 Amini Silatolu
OG 33-1/2 Jeff Allen
OT 33-1/2 Mitchell Schwartz
OT 33-1/4 Riley Reiff
OT 34 Mike Adams
OT 34-1/2 Matt Kalil
OT 34-1/8 Jonathan Martin
So much for the Cooper strength questions.
Im confused as to how people think two guards are going in the top 17... Even though the most bestestist guard prospect ever went 24th last year.


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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by Risen Star, Jan 7, 2013.
Sign me up again. I ended up liking what I did for stl more than what they did last year.
I'm in if there's space
In please.
Excellent. Still spots open, boys. Once we get it filled we'll do the lottery and assign teams.
I'd love to be a part of this. Sounds like fun.
I would like to do it and hope to get the Rams or Steelers just so I can take an offensive lineman in front of the Cowboys every turn.
In. We gotta start bringing in a guest to make the cowboy pick though! Whoever gets the pick always picks based on their own personal agenda! :laugh2:
Count me in.
I'm game
You're in.
We've got 7 spots left to fill. Or 6, and we'll just run the Redskins ourselves since they don't have a 1st round pick and it sucks to have a team without one.
Yeah it does, seeing there's only four rounds. The first round is your teams most important pick of the draft.
The Redskins are notorious for giving away their draft picks.
If you still have room, I'm in.
If you have to spots, sign up ABQjr. as well. Thank you.
You're both in.
Thank you Sir.
Excellent. I think we'll just pick for the Redskins, so 4 spots left.
Great. I just logged on to ask if whoever signs up last could take the Skins. Good idea, RS!
count me in