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New Orleans • When rivals East and Highland met in a 2001 high school football game, the rosters included three future NFL players.
Two of them, defensive linemen Will Tukuafu of San Francisco and Haloti Ngata of Baltimore, will play in Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII.
Noting the talent on display that night, former East coach Jim Hamblin said, "I didn't appreciate it at the time." That's not to say Hamblin overlooked the abilities of Tukuafu (East), Ngata (Highland) or Fui Vakapuna (East) just that nobody could have known what they would become.
Vakapuna was the game's biggest star, rushing for 215 yards and three touchdowns in East's 33-14 victory.
Tukuafu and Ngata went on to play for Oregon, although their college careers did not overlap because of Tukuafu's church mission and junior college enrollment. Tukuafu is "one of my all-time favorite kids," said Keeko Georgelas, who coached him as an East junior. "He was quiet, but he loved to play the game."
Signed by Seattle as an undrafted free agent in 2010, Tukuafu joined the 49ers last year but injured his wrist early in the season. This year, he actually has played more as a blocker in offensive packages than on defense relying on his experience as a high school tight end.
Tukuafu is among 18 children of the late Viliami Tukuafu; 14 were born to his first wife, who died in 1968, and four to Will's mother, Ilaise, who still lives in Salt Lake City. Tukuafu and his wife, Krystal, are expecting their first child in two weeks. Her doctor planned to accompany her to the Super Bowl.
Memories of the "Duck"
In his fifth season as a senior offensive assistant on Baltimore's staff, Craig Ver Steeg gained responsibility when Ravens coach John Harbaugh fired his offensive coordinator and promoted Jim Caldwell in December.
"All of us on offense really kind of pitched in together," said Ver Steeg, who had two stints on the University of Utah staff.
As a Ute graduate assistant in 1987, he was acclaimed as a co-inventor of the "Duck" formation, a radical spread scheme. "It was fun to be associated with that, I guarantee you," he said.
Ver Steeg also is connected to a less favorable slice of Ute history, as the team's offensive coordinator in 2001. A miscommunication resulted in quarterback Lance Rice's running out the clock with the Utes in field-goal range in a one-point loss at Air Force.


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The long expected housing slowdown, predicted in this column and in other business publications, has finally taken hold of the construction materials industry. This slowdown is being felt particularly by those ready mixed producers whose businesses have a large residential component.
But there is good news: The outlook for the next quarter century looks extremely robust. The Portland Cement Association (PCA) and other groups have recently issued reports that all collectively point to continued and unprecedented growth in cement consumption, with corresponding growth in ready mixed concrete volume.
First, the housing slowdown is developing into a deeper issue in certain key markets, while a handful of markets remain insulated altogether. According to The Wall Street Journal, the number of homes on the market in Orlando, Fla., is almost five times greater compared to last year, while housing inventory has quadrupled over the same period in Phoenix and Tampa, Fla. In the Washington, D.C. area, the number of homes for sale has almost tripled. These levels have not yet resulted in any price softening, but this could be the next shoe to drop.
Most of Texas and cities like Seattle seem insulated. In Texas, the price of oil has led to the typical cyclical boom in housing, particularly in major cities such as Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth.
The continued growth of high-tech in Seattle, coupled with the strong performance of Boeing and the related robust hiring, has had little impact on the local housing market, despite higher interest rates. Experts expect this to continue through the end of 2007 before markets begin to stabilize, although some feel that a recession in the next couple of years could result in longer and deeper weakness in housing.
Good news ahead
Long-term, research indicates incredible growth for our industry the next quarter century. To illustrate, ready mixed concrete production was a 200 million cubic yard industry 25 years ago, at an average price of $40 per cubic yard. This equated to an annual $8 billion industry.
The 2006 production run rate is about 450 million cubic yards at a price somewhere north of $70 per yard. This amounts to a $32 billion industry. So while production has more than doubled in the last 25 years, the dollar value of concrete has quadrupled.
And the news gets better. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, our current population of 295.5 million should reach 363.5 million by 2030, a 23% increase. Arizona and Nevada are expected to double their populations, followed by Florida, which expects an increase of 80% (see table.)
Per capita consumption of cement will increase 25% by 2030, with a corresponding increase in ready mixed concrete sales, according to PCA.
While this is less than the scorching 40% increase of the past 25 years, we are now starting from a higher baseline; it still represents a projected market in excess of 600 million cubic yards annually at an average selling price that will surely be more than $100 per yard, translating into a better than $60 billion per year industry.

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Hello there friends! My name is Bekuh and I'm the creative type behind the blog Secondhand Sundays; my personal blog filled with pretty vintage wares, delicious home cooked meals, crafty handmade goods, and life as a newlywed in Virginia. Most days you'll find me playing in my studio or outside on the porch with my husband, and our pup Nellie. There is nothing we love to do more than be outside together.
I also love to use seemingly random holidays as an excuse to invite friends onto our porch to dine alfresco for an evening. On Bastille Day this year we threw a grandiose country garden party full of locally sourced food and drink for our friends.
During this first year of marriage Ryan, and I have had many conversations about budgets, and spending money, and to say we are on a tight budget would be an understatement. BUT we are also huge supporters of organic, fair-trade, and locally sourced produce. So, we made a commitment to continue buying our groceries in what we feel is an ethical way, while sticking to a pretty tight grocery budget. What does that have to do with this party you might ask?
Well, Ryan and I decided to buy as much as we could locally with a budget of $70 to feed 20 people, including wine (our guests brought the beer). And yes we succeeded, spending less than our targeted budget for the whole shebang. Here are my secrets to sustainable party success:
Reduce Waste with Cloth Napkins
Instead of using disposable napkins we buy linen dish rags to use in our personal life, so we just set out a giant stack of these beauties for our guests, saving us a lot of paper waste.
Cut the Garbage, Use Your Own Silverware
In the same vein instead of using plastic silverware I find that using our everyday silverware is easy to clean-up, and helps elevate the party into something more intimate, and nice.
Use What You've Already Got
When thinking about decor I definitely take the stance that the food comes first, atmosphere second. Because we don't have enough porch chairs that match for big groups I decided to embrace the mix-matched atmosphere and incorporated lots of color through vintage linens, wild flowers, and brightly colored accents, like the Solar Tealight. It magically all came together in the end and I think embracing the resources you do have is the best way to go.
Homemade Tastes Better Anyway
Another great savings for us was Ryan's contribution of the homemade bread, bbq sauce, and hummus. Homemade bread costs pennies to make and it's always a crowd pleaser. The hardest part is waiting for the dough to rise.
Locally Source Your Produce in Bulk
We joined a CSA back in February and with our allotted $10 share that week we were able to pick-up all of the produce we needed for the party, with the exception of a couple of cherry tomatoes, the watermelon, and the peaches. The additional produce we needed to complete the meal came from our local farmer's market.
Serve Foods that Grow with Your Guests
Foods that seem to grow as the number of people do, like couscous salad, is another great way to feed a lot of people with little monetary waste. Outside of the couscous I only used a small cucumber, about six cherry tomatoes, half a medium sized onion, one red pepper, and a handful of mint and pine nuts for 20 people. Since this is a versatile dish, you can keep adding more ingredients to account for unexpected (or extra hungry) guests. Now that's economical.
Local Wine Fits the Bill
Local wine can also be surprisingly affordable, and with a lot of great options too. We bought two bottles of Virginia wine for $25. The Rocking Carafe was a great way to show off the wine and encourage people to try some.
Ask for a Contribution
Guests always want to contribute to the get together in one way or another and asking them to bring their favorite summer beverage can save you a lot of pain in trying to pick out something that will please everyone. We are really lucky to have a good friend who home brews some pretty amazing beers. Martin brought two six packs of home brew to share and they were definitely a highlight; all of the guys tried their hand at opening one with the One-Handed Bottle Opener.
Think Outside the Box for Fun
For entertainment we played Pictionary against one of our porch walls, using an old high school projector to draw on. It made it a lot easier for a lot of people to play and see no matter where they were standing. We will definitely be doing this again.
Buy in stages for a Better Deal
My last money saving tip, spread out your grocery shopping over a couple of weeks, buying things in stages. I bought the peaches for our dessert a couple of weeks before when a local farmer had a great deal on them, and froze the sliced peaches until I was ready to bake. You have to seek out the deals.
I truly believe you can feed, and entertain people in an affordable, and sustainable way using fresh local ingredients. It's easy to do, but takes a commitment on your part to seek out the local markets and farms, make things homemade, and out of simple ingredients. Also, remember to sit back and enjoy your company, they're only there for a little while. I hope the next time you're planning a party you'll look around your neighborhood for inspiration first.


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Newsweek 's Jon Meacham repeated accusation that Wilson implied Cheney sent him to Africa
Appearing on the July 18 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham [1] falsely accused former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV of suggesting in an op-ed and subsequent media appearances that Vice President Dick Cheney sent him to Niger in 2002. In fact, Wilson made it clear that the CIA, not Cheney, sent him to Niger to investigate the purported sale of yellowcake uranium to Iraq.
While others have asserted [2] that Wilson explicitly claimed that the vice president sent him, Meacham softened the accusation by claiming on Imus that Wilson implied in his July 6, 2003, New York Times op-ed [3] and in subsequent media appearances that Cheney and the CIA sent him to Niger in 2002. But Wilson did not even imply this. He claimed [2] in his Times op-ed that "agency officials" sent him to Niger to answer questions from Cheney's office about a particular intelligence report. And on the August 3, 2003, edition of CNN's Late Edition, Wilson flatly stated [4] that "it's absolutely true that neither the vice president nor Dr. [then-national security adviser Condoleezza] Rice nor even [then-Director of Central Intelligence] George Tenet knew that I was traveling to Niger."
The false claim that Wilson stated or implied that Cheney sent him to Niger is significant to the controversy surrounding White House senior adviser Karl Rove's alleged outing of Wilson's wife, former CIA operative Valerie Plame. In an attempt to justify Rove's purported leaking of Plame's identity to Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper and columnist Robert D. Novak, Rove's defenders have claimed that he had a legitimate interest in setting the record straight by disclosing that Plame, not Cheney, had actually authorized the trip.
From the July 18 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning:
MEACHAM: And then here comes Joe Wilson, who sort of wanders onto the stage. It turns out he had, as he put it, undertaken a mission at the behest of Cheney and the CIA to go to Niger and discover whether, in fact, these 16 words [5] were true: Had Saddam attempted to get any uranium?
DON IMUS (host): OK, well, let me jump in here. So Joe Wilson says that Vice President Cheney and the CIA asked him to go to Niger and check this out?
MEACHAM: That was the implication. One of the key --
IMUS: What do you mean, the implication? What did he say?
MEACHAM: Yes. Yes. In the New York Times piece, and I think in the subsequent media things, he was saying, look, they wanted me to go see what was happening here.
IMUS: Who was "they"? Who do you mean by "they"?
MEACHAM: The Office of the Vice President. Which would be Cheney, might have been [I. Lewis] "Scooter" Libby --
IMUS: Cheney's chief of staff.
MEACHAM: Basically that pro-war group around Cheney, who were very tough and very smart and very important. And one of the things, and one of the reasons, you see in the emails that [Newsweek investigative correspondent] Mike Isikoff got a couple of weeks ago from Matt Cooper to his bureau chief, is that after his conversation -- after Cooper's conversation with Rove -- it explicitly says Rove says Wilson did not go -- Cheney had nothing to do with authorizing the mission. His wife, comma, who apparently works at the CIA on WMD issues, comma, had something to do with it --
IMUS: Authorizing the trip, right?
MEACHAM: Right.
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Attendees to this educational event will hear presentations from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship loan program coordinator Tony Toigo and Tonya Meyer-Dideriksen with the Women, Land and Legacy project.They also will visit the Iowa Learning Farms Conservation Station.
The Women, Land and Legacy project, established in 2004, helps agricultural women come together to converse, listen and become empowered to act on their landscape and in their community.
The Conservation Station is a mobile learning center that travels across the state teaching all Iowans how they can help to improve water quality and keep Iowa's soils in place — building a Culture of Conservation. Visitors to the Conservation Station can learn why Iowa's water and soils are precious and how to help preserve these natural resources for future generations through demonstrations, pictures, interactive displays, video and sound. The Conservation Station's rainfall simulator demonstrates the effects of rainfall on different land surfaces. Water runoff and subsurface drainage are collected in clear jars to show what is coming off the various landscapes, both agricultural and urban.
The event is free and the public is invited to attend, but an RSVP is recommended and seating is limited. Please call the East Pottawattamie SWCD office, 712-482-6408, to register for this event. The Carson Community Center is located at 316 S. Commercial St. in Carson, Iowa.
Iowa Learning Farms takes a grassroots approach, offering innovative ways to help all Iowans have an active role in keeping the state's natural resources healthy and not take them for granted. A goal of Iowa Learning Farms is to build a Culture of Conservation, encouraging the adoption of residue management and conservation practices. Farmers, researchers and ILF team members are working together to identify and implement the best in-field management practices that increase water and soil quality while remaining profitable.
Iowa Learning Farms is a partnership of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa Natural Resources Conservation Service and Iowa Department of Natural Resources (USEPA section 319); in cooperation with Conservation Districts of Iowa, the Iowa Farm Bureau and the Iowa Water Center.
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Greenville's De La Cruz piles on RBIs
Boston outfield prospect homers twice, drives in seven runs
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | August 16, 2012 10:05 PM ET
The Class A Greenville outfielder smacked two home runs and drove in a career-high seven RBIs as he led the Drive to a 10-5 win over the Asheville Tourists.
De La Cruz was a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star and ranks in the top five in the league in multiple offensive categories. The 2009 international signee has collected career highs across the board.
"I'm very content and happy with what I've done this year," he said through translator Miguel Pena. "Mainly it's that I put in the work in the offseason and throughout this season, and good things have been coming out of it, like these two homers."
After Thursday's game, De La Cruz is hitting .316 with a .362 on-base percentage and a .553 slugging percentage in 104 games with Greenville. He's hit 18 home runs, five more than the combined total from his previous three years of professional baseball, while driving in 77 runs.
Those numbers have put him fourth in the Sally league in average, third in home runs, second in slugging and tied for fourth in RBIs. His .916 OPS is fourth in the league.
It's remarkable progress from his 2011 season, when he played in 71 games for Class A Short-Season Lowell. The 20-year-old batted .263 for the Spinners, with a .292 OBP, a .390 slugging mark, four homers and 24 RBIs.
The year before, with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Red Sox, he hit .263 as well, adding six homers, 31 RBIs and a .794 OPS in 51 games.
De La Cruz said a key reason for the advancements he's made as a hitter this season was the strength and conditioning work he put in during the offseason in his native Dominican Republic.
"Going back to the Dominican, working hard, hitting weight rooms at the academy [all helped]," he noted. "Working on every little aspect of my game that needed work. I put on about 15 pounds from the offseason to the beginning of the season. With that transformation, I've felt more powerful than I did before."
De La Cruz has hit well over .300 in every month except July and slugged over .500 in every month except June. The left-handed hitter, who is listed as 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds, has also been consistent against the type of pitcher he faces, with a .912 OPS against righties and a .916 mark against southpaws.
Thursday's game, though, was probably one of the highest peaks for what's been a very satisfying season -- in particular his career best in RBIs.
"I got an adrenaline rush after the second home run, a little bit of a boost, but I've experienced feeling two homers in one game," he said. "I'm definitely happier, more excited about the seven-RBI game than the two home runs."
No. 10 Red Sox prospect Garin Cecchini also went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI and Cody Koback added three hits and three runs for the Drive.
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Barry C. Black, chaplain of the U.S. Senate and the former chief of chaplains for the U.S. Navy, will address graduates at the University of South Carolina's summer commencement exercises on Saturday, Aug. 10.
Black, the first African-American and first Seventh-day Adventist to be elected Senate chaplain, also will receive an honorary degree of doctor of public service. Kaye Gorenflo Hearn, associate justice of the S.C. Supreme Court, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the commencement ceremony.
The university expects to award 1,504 degrees for baccalaureate, master's and professional-degree recipients from all eight campuses at 10:30 a.m. in the Colonial Life Arena. The hooding ceremony for doctoral candidates will be at 8:30 a.m. in the Koger Center for the Arts. Anna Scheyett, dean of the College of Social Work, will be the speaker.
Black joined the U.S. Navy in 1976, and his counseling and preaching skills led to rapid advancement in military chaplaincy. He capped his 27-year naval career in 2003 as chief of chaplains of the U.S. Navy, the senior chaplain of the Navy Chaplain Corps. In that job, he advised and provided ministry to the chief of Naval Operations, the secretaries of the Navy and defense department and the commandants of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard. He retired from the Navy with the rank of rear admiral.
Black, a native of Baltimore, earned his bachelor of arts degree in theology from Oakwood College in 1970, his master of divinity degree from Andrews Theological Seminary in 1973, a master of arts in counseling from North Carolina Central University in 1978, a doctor of ministry in theology from Eastern Baptist Seminary in 1982, a master of arts in management from Salve Regina University in 1989, and a doctor of philosophy in psychology from United States International University in 1996.
During his military career, Black received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, both Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and numerous unit awards, campaign and service medals. He is the author of "From the Hood to the Hill" and "The Blessing of Adversity: Finding your God-given Purpose in Life's Troubles."
In 2003, Black was elected chaplain of the U.S. Senate. A 2010 profile of Black by Politico said: "To the outside world, Barry Black is the dapper, bow-tie-wearing chaplain whose baritone voice soothes the volatile Senate chamber with an opening prayer every morning … a barometer of the Senate chamber's mood, providing a subtle glimpse into the public and private tensions in the lives of senators."
Hearn, an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, earned a juris doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law, cum laude, in 1977. She was elected to the S.C. Supreme Court in 2009, becoming the second woman in state history to serve on the state's highest court.
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Post subject: Post Senior Bowl Mock Offseason 1/27
Trying to make this mock just a little different draft wise. Let me know what you think, thanks!
OUR FA's
Phillip Adams, resigned
Khalif Barnes, walk
Desmond Bryant, resigned
Kaelin Burnett, resigned
Cooper Carlisle, retire
Andre Carter, resign
Jamie Cumbie, walk
Omar Gaither, walk
Matt Giordano, walk
Mike Goodson, resigned
Derek Hagan, resigned
Joselio Hanson, resigned
Rashawn Jackson, walk
Shane Lechler, walk
Matt Leinart, run
Mike Mitchell, walk
Brandon Myers, resigned
Brandian Ross, resigned
Matt Shaughnessy, starter money somewhere else
Jeremy Stewart, resigned
Philip Wheeler, resigned
Tommy Kelly
, his attitude and dumb penalties are not worth his production. Tired of his personal foul penalties, cya later TK93
Darius Heyward Bey
, he's been supposedly "improving" for what seems like forever now. The drops are just too much and I dont think he takes a big enough pay cut to stay with us. If we could trade him for a 5th or 6th then that'd be great, but with his contract I doubt it.
Richard Seymour
, he may be a leader but hes ditto with Kelly, not worth the money. Hes on the wrong side of 30 as well.
Mike Briesel
, with the ZBS system, we just cut our losses and get rid of him now.
, just no.
Terrance Knighton
, come cheap on a one or two year deal and can hopefully play big and get himself a nice contract while helping our run defense.
Drew Stanton
, insurance behing Palmer and Pryor, cheap.
Larry Grant
, comes in from across the bay and we give him his chance to be the guy at MLB. Hes been over shadowed behind Willis and Bowman. I think he can make it as a 4-3 MLB as well as a 3-4 MLB.
Leodis McKelvin
, can come in and be our Kick off and Punt returner. I dont want Ford and Moore back there alot, we need them on offense. He can also be a good nickel corner for us.
Glenn Dorsey
, this one might be a stretch because some team will over pay for the name, but I think he can a really good DT in our 4-3 instead of a DE in the 3-4.
King Dunlap
, need a RT with Barnes leaving and he can hold it down until a more permanent option becomes available.
I have a picking up two 6ths and a 7th from comp picks. Giving us, 1,3,4,5,6,6,6,7.
We trade pick #3 to the Cardinals for pick #7,#38, and round 4 pick.
Dee Milliner
, we select the best CB available and in my mind its a steal here at 7. I just didnt see anyone worth taking at #3, whether it was Star, Moore, or Jones. The trade up might be unrealistic but I think its pretty fair, the Cardinals gets the LT of the future with Joeckel.
Barret Jones
, comes in and starts from day one at G for us with Wiz staying at Center. High character guy with good leadership skills, can play multiple positions along the OL. Great value pick.
Kevin Riddick
, hope hes still here at the top of the 3rd. Very active LB and good be great depth in his first year. Always seems to be around the ball.
Bennie Logan
, I really like Logan and feel like he was overshadowed by Mingo and Montgomery. He is very stout and great value in the 4th.
(via ari)
DJ Swearinger
, lets hope hes here at the beginning of the 4th, love his toughness and hes can bring the wood. ST ace for now but future starter.
Theo Riddick
, good 3rd down back and a playmaker. I like Kenjon Barner more but I think he goes a round earlier and like the value I get in Riddick here. Now we have to keep Reddick and Riddick straight.
Jasper Collins
, Love the kids attitude and he plays with a chip on his shoulder, hoping for Streeter type production might be pushing it, but with DHB out we can use another body at WR.
Terrance Brown
, like the value here, hes got good length at 6'1. Good depth and ST if nothing else.
Joe Kruger
, good bloodines and hopefully we can get some good depth and develop him into something more. plays hard and is very active.
Round 7
Quanterus Smith
, I think his injury will drop him, ideally to us at the top of the 7th. This is such a deep DL class people will shy away. good length at DE and gets to the QB.
Braden Brown
, big project here at OT, hes a natural athlete and needs alot of work footwork and pad level.
So there you have it, rip it apart.
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There's no way Joe Kruger falls all the way to the sixth round.
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I like it. Don't know about a corner so high, but I wouldn't complain if it went down like that
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I like it. Don't know about a corner so high, but I wouldn't complain if it went down like that
would rather have the og from ken over barrett
swearinger =beast
riddick isnt fast enough imo
anybody from stanford is always good with me
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I agree that I don't think Kruger would fall. Also I feel like we could net alot more out of a trade with Az but that's just nitpicking
I actually like the draft and wouldn't complain if it went down that. I think some on the forum will give you a hard time about drafting a CB that early. But I like Milliner and am REALLY concerned about our CB play last year.
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I think Milliner will go 5 or 6 but the trade down has value. I can't see Swearinger falling that far as his stock is rising while other's has fallen at his position. I'd jump on him at 68 if he was there. Or a CB with value
I'd rather have Jones at C and Wisnewski next to JV again...Aslo a CB at 38 would be possible if Jones is not there. I'd like another trade down in the 15-17 range to get Warmack before Dallas. If we had Warmack and Jones with Wiz next to JV. They would probably gel quickly and if JV signs long-term then think of the years of chemistry and dominance!!!
I also doubt Smith falls that far too...Overall I'd be happy with your Draft...
I really like the depth at O/D-Line and DB's...
I'd trade down out of the first round if it got us 6-8 picks in the top 100. We've got 3 now (3/68/99) so it's possible.
Joeckel, Star, Jones, Moore, Smith all will have suitors and picks 1&2 will cost too much for trades. 3-5 are good positions for a trade down and I'd even be happy with Arizona's #7 & 2nd or #1 in 2014 instead of #38 (no 4th needed)
If Star was there at #7 I think I'd make the pick unless offered really good value.
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I like the Reddick pick, I'm going to have him in my next mock
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I can't agree w/ drafting a CB at 7th w/ all the other needs we have on defense. No way....
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This is the best one I have seen all year. Excellent job, I pretty much agree with anything. The only thing I'm not 100% on is taking Millner at 7 (he might not be there, and I don't even know if I'd want him over guys like Warmack or Fisher).
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I knew I'd catch flak for taking Milliner but I justified it by trading down and getting Barrett. I like Warford more top but I think he goes end of round 1.
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I knew I'd catch flak for taking Milliner but I justified it by trading down and getting Barrett. I like Warford more top but I think he goes end of round 1.
I don't feel it is justified though. There will be plenty of other prospects that should be taken before Milner available at that point in time. Milner, if I was a conventional thinker, is a mid first round prospect (if it was me, I wouldn't touch him til the 2nd round at least). W/ Ansah having a tremendous Sr Bowl as well as the kid from Central Michigan, they would be far better choices IMO and both should be available at that pick and we NEED a pass rush more than anything IMO. We can live w/ our CBs but we cannot go another season w/o a pass rush.
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I like the Reddick pick, I'm going to have him in my next mock
ditto, at least I will try.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:17 pm
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Switch Milliner for Warmack and I'm on board
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I really like it, great job! I do have a few minor issues though.
I think your free agent list is a little out of date. Rashawn Jackson and Cumbie were already released.
Grant, McKelvin, and Dorsey are all great signings but I'm not high on Dunlap.
I'm not a fan of Reddick but I understand the pick. Might I suggest AJ Klein as an alternative and lower draft choice?
About Swearinger and Kruger. I always see people objecting in these mocks and saying ohhhh thats way to low for player x he'll never be there. clearly you did your research and that's where both players are expected to go by the majority of the "experts". There 45 1st round prospects at this time of year.
I think we can do better in a trade, but I understand you were being safe with the estimates, so as to avoid people saying its unrealistic.
I love Swearinger btw and Smith in round 7 is what I have too.
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Switch Milliner for Warmack and I'm on board
I was contemplating taking Warmack and then the best CB at the top of the second.
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" Now I know why Swedes don't talk so much!" That's what one of my previous students said after about one hour of pronunciation practice. We had just gone through all the 9 long vowels sounds and he had cramp in his face.
When it comes to pronunciation I want to encourage you by telling you that it takes a lot of work to reach a good level. I usually compare it to other physical exercise – I mean if you start with figure skating today, you would probably not be ready for the Olympics tomorrow. And even if you theoretically understood how to make the the quadruples and the triple toe loops, you still would be a little shaky on your skates. Right? So, don't be too hard on yourselves in the beginning, practice makes perfect
There will never be any exact rules when it comes to the spoken part of a language. There are so many factors that have an effect on how we talk. Is the person speaking a man or a woman? Is the person young or old? Does he/she live in Skåne, Göteborg, Umeå, Uppsala, Linköping…? An /ö/ pronounced by a young woman in Norrköping most likely sound very different from an /ö/ pronounced by an old man in Kiruna. So, don't get frustrated because your teacher sounds different from the language course tape or from your wife 😉 because we can count to 20+ different vowels sounds in the Swedish language.
I am going to try my best to give you some guidelines about the vowels, and I will focus on the so called long ones. In my opinion it is not much gained talking about short vowels, because if you stretch the consonant in a stressed syllable the vowel will more or less automatically become short. Other teachers might say something else, but this is the approach that has worked out best for me and most of the students I have taught so far.
There are three things you need to do to produce the different vowels :
1. Put your tongue in the right position. Say /a/ and try to feel where the tip of your tongue. Now say /i/ (Swedish i) and try to feel where your tongue is.
2. Open or close your mouth. When we say /a/, /ä/ or /ö/ your mouth is supposed to be wide open. When we say /i/ it is more or less closed and the air is pushed out through your nose.
3. Shape your lips correctly. When we say /o/, /u/ or /y/ your lips are round. Otherwise an /y/ is not an /y/ but an /i/.
A long (stressed) /a/ is produced very far back in your mouth. You press your tongue down towards the bottom of your mouth. Your lips are round and should have long shape. One should not see your teeth when you say /a/.
A short or unstressed /a/ sounds more or less the same. An /a/ in an unstressed syllable is not as loud as a short /a/ in a stressed syllable.
If we lift our tongue just a little bit from /a/ and at the same time close our mouth a little, so that it stays about half-open we will produce a long /å/. /a/ and /å/ are very close to each other in your mouth and therefore get confused. I've had students who spelled my name "Såra". Letter I long is clear. The long /å/ can be compared to the English /aw/, but not to the English /oe/ since the /oe/ consists of two vowel sounds which /å/ doesn't.
We lift our tongue even more (still far back in our mouth) and form a very round and very small mouth – shaped just like the letter "o". The long Swedish /o/ can be compared to the English /oo/ as in cool. It can not be compared to the /o/ in "book", "book" sounds more like the short Swedish /o/ as in "bott". Note that the letter "o" sometimes is pronounced /o/ as and sometimes /å/. I have searched through a lot of material for a rule, but have so far not found any.
If we relax as much as we can, let our tongue just rest in the middle of our mouth and push the underlip slightly forward we get a /u/. Many are the students who try to hard and get to tensed in their face muscles when they try to produce /u/. You will get the best result if you try to relax. Have you ever seen a grumpy child? That's the underlip you should have when you make /u/! Or you can pretend that you're blowing out a candle. Don't whistle, it's only the underlip that is supposed to be pushed out, keep the upper lip still. /u/ is quite unique for Swedish and does not really have an equivalent sound in English.
If we move forward with the tip of our tongue, and let the sides of our tongue touch the teeth in the upper jaw, we can produce a Swedish /i/. The Swedish /i/ can be compared to English /ee/ , but it is produced even further up in your mouth and is more nasal that English /ee/. You also need to spread your lips more for Swedish /i/. Show all your teeth 😀
It is very important to differentiate /i/ from /y/. For instance, the word "bi" means "bee", but the word "by" means "village".
The position of your tongue is the same as when saying /i/, but when you say /y/ you got to have rounded lips. You have to lift your upper lip a little. It takes a little bit of practice, so before you get the hang of it you can try to squeeze a pen between your nose and your upper lip. Does the pen stay? Good, then you have made an /y/. If you don't have a pen close you can always use your finger. Does your lip touch your finger? Good! You have made an /y/ 😉
The tongue is still in the front of our mouth but the mouth is semi open. There are many variations of /e/ in different dialects, so don't be surprised if a Stockholmer's /e/ is different from a Malmöit's.
We get an /ä/ if we keep our tongue kind of in the front of our mouth and open even more in comparison to /e/. Your mouth should be about as open as if you were about to eat something. It is actually even more open in certain dialects – Värmländska for example, ans also in the Uppland area when followed by an /r/.
The ninth and last vowel is /ö/. Again it is time to relax, let your tongue rest in the bottom of your mouth and make a big round open lip. You can compare the sound to the American /er/ as in "her", only without the /r/ sound. Just like /ä/, /ö/ is pronounced more or less open depending on your dialect.
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other reason for pinholing during application?
Posted 10 May 2013 - 10:33 AM
I am not referring to the pinholes that appear in a glaze firing; I mean the bubbles/pinholes that are left on bisque ware after dipping in a glaze...
The glaze in question, a cone 6 white, is fairly thin already, but leaves multiple small pinholes. The obvious answer would seem to be that I stirred too vigorously, and introduced a lot of air into the glaze. I have tried stirring very gently, to prevent air bubbles, but they seem to happen with this particular glaze anyway, almost as if the air bubbles remain in the glaze from day to day. I first mixed this glaze a week ago...
I am able to stir other glazes with a drill or, in small quantities, a hand blender, without problem.
Why would a particular glaze need to be stirred more gently?
(Very much a newbie at this, having just mixed my first five glazes, so any advice much appreciated.)
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It works for plaster as well. Also you can bisque fire a little higher and longer like to 04. The clay won't suck up the glaze as quickly.
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you can eliminate bubbles from vigorous stirring by spraying diluted alcohol on the surface. It breaks the surface tension.
It works for plaster as well. Also you can bisque fire a little higher and longer like to 04. The clay won't suck up the glaze as quickly.
Posted 12 May 2013 - 12:57 PM
BTW, maybe you need to water down the glaze and apply it in few thin(er) coats?
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Posted 12 May 2013 - 08:11 PM
I thought it might be a "too vigorous stirring" issue, too -- thankfully, it's an easy fix. Well, relatively easy...in corners it's harder to reach those spots, or the areas right next to sliptrailing. The pinhole-bubbles I've left do NOT smooth over in the firing, unfortunately.
I found a makeup smudging tool that works well for getting in areas that are smaller than my fingertip. Q-tips also work; just watch that the cotton doesn't stay on the piece.
I think it's just an absorption issue - the clay sucks up the moisture too fast in some areas, causing the pinholing. Lightly sponging bisque ware helps a little, but it depends on the piece.
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First time pregnancy bleeding and scared!
I have found out the 31st that I am pregnant and according to my LMC I am 6 weeks pregnant well I have been spotting barely here and there a few days since I found out well yesterday morning (1-6) I had horribly pains and then started bleeding bright red so I went to the dr. I bled from about 9 am til 3 pm and there was a lot but finally the pain quit just bleeding. I had blood taken and ultra sound at first when he was zoomed we saw nothing in there just the gest. sack and nothing else but he zoomed out a little and at the very edge you can see a little flicker and then you could see a little dot with a heart beating made me feel a little better but why would we not be able to see it zoomed in? do you think he was trying not to scare me or something? my cervix was not dilated so I didn't have MC thank the good lord for that. this morning I had bled a little but not much at all and it was darker red not bright red. the dr told me all I can do is ride it out and that was it I have no idea what is going on.
-thanks mistie
8th January 2014 05:34 AM #2
Dear Mistie,
Welcome to our forum.
I am sorry that you are having a worrying time at the moment. Many mums do bleed in pregnancy (around 25%) and the good news is that most of these mums go on to have a healthy baby. However, bleeding is not considered a 'normal' part of pregnancy and bleeding should always be reported to your doctor or midwife.
It is positive that your sonographer saw a heartbeat. If a pregnant woman is bleeding and a heartbeat is seen then it is most likely that the pregnancy will continue (there is around an 85% chance of the pregnancy continuing to be healthy after a heartbeat is seen when there is bleeding).
What is also positive is that your cervix is closed (in a miscarriage the cervix will tend to be open) and it also sounds like the bleeding is stopping. Sometimes an embryo can just dislodge some blood which is a possibility in this case.
When the sonographer is 'zoomed in' they can only see less of the womb in one go (it is like being closer to a picture and so only being able to see one part of it); 'zooming out' enables a sonographer to see more of the womb and so look for the location of the heartbeat.
What is the plan for your next appointment? Will you be having another ultrasound scan or are you having your hCG blood levels monitored (these levels approximately double every 48 hours in a healthy pregnancy)?
From what you have described, it sounds more likely that the pregnancy will continue (because the bleeding is stopping and your cervix was closed and, importantly, a heartbeat was seen) but we cannot say for sure at this point I am afraid. Often more tests are needed (blood test or ultrasound or both) as described above to check what is happening.
Please do post back if I can help answer any further questions. I hope that all continues well with you.
Warm wishes,


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I don't think he thinks it's funny, I just think he doesn't know how to react to the situation.......I could be completely wrong......and I sure as hell don't like the smile but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.....some guys care but they are just geared like I think he is.
I should have typed something. I left it too short.
I feel as if that smiling simplifies the issue here. Howard doesn't know how to deal with losing. Coming from somebody competitive like me, I would not find ANYTHING funny for at least 6 hours after getting completely destroyed and my manhood obliterated like that by another person. I would be ashamed, embarrassed, pissed, cold, out of my mind.
If we are to move forward successfully as an organization and Kobe is to pass the reins to this young stud, he must embrace it. Take it. Make use of his athletic superiority to dominate everyone out there undersized. As dd24 mentioned above, this league is starting to downsize. More stock is put into speed, less length, 3pt shot, etc. Who can match Dwight's strength, length, athletic prowess? If Dwight puts his mind to it, he can dominate every coach out there who puts focus in run&gun full-court nonsense systems.
No more nonsense. Dwight must change his role a bit. Walk away with your head down after a lose. Don't stand there joking and smiling with opposition. Those days are over. It's time for Superman to return. Put the hearts out of everyone and anyone that stands in the way. You can be Clark Kent the jokester behind the scenes, but on the court You Are
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The first two weeks of August saw two big news items from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) related to carbon capture and storage (or CCS, for an overview of CCS see the our Climate TechBook CCS brief). First, on August 5, DOE announced its plans for FutureGen 2.0. One week later, President Obama's Interagency Task Force on CCS delivered its final report and recommendations regarding overcoming "the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years, with a goal of bringing five to ten commercial demonstration projects online by 2016" (see the separate post regarding the task force's report).
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When subsidizing initial CCS demonstration projects, policymakers should support a variety of relevant technologies and configurations. With respect to applying CCS technology to coal-fueled electricity generation, there are factors that are expected to make certain variants of CCS technology more appropriate for certain circumstances. These factors include the application of CCS with: new plants vs. retrofitting/repowering existing plants; different coal types; and various geologic formations for CO2 storage. Importantly, there are three types of CO2 capture technology—pre-combustion, post-combustion, and oxy-combustion—with the latter two appropriate for use at existing coal-fueled power plants (see our Climate TechBook CCS brief for details).
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Prospect Pitch: Hutchison gets grades
Jays prospect-turned-big leaguer discusses four offerings
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | May 2, 2012 6:00 AM ET
Their debate is not hard to fathom. It's an argument Jerry and George would have had if the Seinfeld characters were pro baseball scouts. Like them, pro baseball scouts enjoy the minutiae of their days.
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"There doesn't have to be an 80 curveball in the game because I'm considering the curveball of Koufax, of Blyleven."
"Someone in today's game has to to be the best."
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Which brings us to Toronto Blue Jays prospect-turned-Major League starter Drew Hutchison. The 21-year-old right-hander is on the other end of the phone in New Hampshire, and he'd rather not turn the radar gun on himself.
"I'm not a really heads-y guy," Hutchison hedged.
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Origin: I actually didn't learn it until my senior year at Lakeland Senior High (Fla.). I started developing it with my coach, and then once I signed, I worked with Dane Johnson, our roving pitching coordinator, to really refine it, and it's my main pitch now.
Purpose: It sinks, to induce contact early in at-bats, get ahead of guys and get ground balls.
Grip: Traditional.
Speed: 88-92 [mph].
Grade: 65, because of the movement.
Pitch two: Four-seam fastball
Origin: First pitch I learned.
Purpose: To get ahead in counts and command both sides of the plate.
Grip: Traditional.
Speed: I don't look too much, but I'd say 90 to 94.
Grade: I'd say 65.
Pitch three: Changeup
Origin: This was the second pitch I learned. I learned it pretty young, sometime in Little League. Coaches growing up showed it to me whenever I took lessons.
Purpose: To keep something in the mind of the batter, to get him out in front. I have some movement. It tails away from lefties.
Grip: It's a modified circle-change. I don't close off the circle with my index finger all the way.
Speed: Probably 81 to 84, 85.
Grade: 60.
Pitch four: Slider
Origin: I threw a curveball for a while, and then I picked up the slider in high school. I was an infielder, and I didn't really started pitching my junior, senior year. I had thrown a curveball in Little League. Switching just happened naturally, the way I threw.
Purpose: More of a swing-and-miss, put-away pitch.
Grip: If you take a four-seam grip and rotate the ball in your hand with the seam up and against your middle and index finger and your thumb underneath the seam.
Speed: 82 to 85.
Grade: I'd say 60 because of my overall consistency with it.
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