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Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, a conservative Republican who has had to defend remarks she made about dabbling in witchcraft as a teenager, will get a rare opportunity tonight to reset her struggling campaign in a nationally televised debate.
The first hour of the debate will be broadcast on CNN starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. On Politics will update this post throughout the debate.
Backed by the Tea Party movement, O'Donnell pulled a stunning upset over Rep. Mike Castle in the First State's GOP Senate primary last month. Since then, she has plummeted in independent polls against Democratic rival Chris Coons as her past comments about witchcraft and masturbation came to light.
Supporters said the debate is O'Donnell's best chance to redefine herself after being pilloried by liberal talk show hosts and comedian Bill Maher for those comments. A recent television ad in which O'Donnell tells voters, "I'm not a witch...I'm you," was parodied by Saturday Night Live.
"Delaware voters and the rest of the nation are not going to hear what Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher have to say about O'Donnell, they're going to hear what Christine O'Donnell has to say about herself," said Brad Headley, a senior at University of Delaware, where the debate is being held.
A series of polls since the primary have shown O'Donnell trailing by double digits for the seat held for more than 35 years by Vice President Biden. A CNN/Time poll today showed Coons beating O'Donnell 57% to 38%.
Samuel Hoff, a Delaware State University political scientist, noted that the debate is being compared to the vice presidential faceoff between Palin and Biden in 2008. Hoff said the debate will be a success for Coons if voters see him as "careful, but not so careful that he loses his aggressiveness."
For O'Donnell, he said, the stakes are higher: "She needs to hit the proverbial home run."
Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET. The debate is underway. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer says the event will likely be one of the most "widely watched events" of the 2010 election.
Updated at 7:34 p.m. ET. "All of us recognize that Washington is broken," said Coons, who won the coin toss to start the debate, in his opening statement. He says O'Donnell has "extreme positions."
Updated at 7:36 p.m. ET. "Uncle Sam needs to be cutoff," O'Donnell said in her opening statement. She says Coons will "rubber stamp" Democratic spending bills in Congress and says Coons, if elected, would cost the average Delaware family $10,000.
Updated at 7:42 p.m. ET. Asked what she would do to get the economy back on track, O'Donnell says she would ensure that Bush-era tax cuts are continued and also try to roll back regulations. Coons argues that O'Donnell has her facts wrong: "Much of what you put out," he said, "is incorrect."
Updated at 7:47 p.m. ET. To reduce the deficit, O'Donnell proposed rescinding unspent money from the economic stimulus, freezing non-discretionary federal funding and putting a freeze on government hiring. Coons agrees with a freeze on non-discretionary spending.
Updated at 7:50 p.m. ET. Asked about her personal financial issues, O'Donnell says, "I paid for my own college education...I know how hard it is to earn and keep a dollar...I have worked hard in order to get to the position that I am...I made it through to the other side." Coons doesn't take the bait -- says he wants to focus on issues in Delaware, not O'Donnell's personal finances.
Updated at 7:51 p.m. ET. O'Donnell jokes with Coons, "You're just jealous you weren't on Saturday Night Live." Coons responds that he's "dying" to see who would play him.
Updated at 7:58 p.m. ET. Is this nation more secure than it was under President Bush? Coons: "Yes." O'Donnell: "No."
Updated at 8:10 p.m. ET. Lots of back and forth on the role of faith in politics. Asked about her witchcraft comments, O'Donnell says, "This election cycle should not be about comments I made on a comedy show over a decade and a half ago...My faith has matured over the years, but regardless of my personal faith, when I go down to Washington, D.C., it is the Constitution I will defend."
Coons counters that her positions on abortion, prayer in schools and evolution is important. "These aren't just random statements on some late night TV show," he says. Pressed by Blitzer, O'Donnell declines to say whether she believes evolution is a myth. "What I believe is irrelevant," she said.
Updated at 8:10 p.m. ET. Asked about President Obama's health care law, O'Donnell says that she will fight to fully repeal the law. "In the course of the public debate...we've begun to confuse coverage with care. Our goal should be to make health care more affordable." Coons said the law made "significant advances" and that he supports it but wants some changes. "There's problems with it...(but) this was a critical piece of legislation...I would stand for it and implementing it responsibly."
Updated at 8:18 p.m. ET. O'Donnell says the health care law puts the government between patients and doctors. "That's a great slogan," Coons says. "You toss it around everyplace you go. How does this bill actually put Uncle Sam in the examination room?" O'Donnell: "It gives the government ability to say what kinds of treatment a doctor can and can't do."
Updated at 8:22 p.m. ET. CNN has broken away from the debate to cover the Chilean miner story.
Updated at 8:38 p.m. ET: O'Donnell is complaining about campaign finance rules that require her to disclose the names of donors, saying her supporters have been bothered by reporters and others who can find their names in her finance reports.
Updated at 8:43 p.m. ET: O'Donnell is struggling to define a recent opinion from the Supreme Court that she disagrees with. She says she'll find an answer. "I'll put it up on my website." One thing she cites: the California federal judge who struck down the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays serving openly in the military. She's reminded that's not a Supreme Court case. Coons said he would overturn the campaign finance ruling that opened up unlimited spending by corporations and unions, in the Citizens United case.
Updated at 8:52 ET: The candidates have also discussed energy, the offshore oil drilling and are now talking about what they'd do to end partisanship in Washington. O'Donnell says she's fought her party to get on the stage and that she'll be fighting for Delaware in the Senate. Coons responds to a comment made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, suggesting that he is one of the Nevada lawmaker's favorites. "I'm nobody's pet...I'm a bulldog for Delaware," he said.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich (@jfkucinich) and Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) also contribute to the OnPolitics blog.


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Liz and Zach were married at the beautiful, atmospheric and convenient Woodlands at Algonkian in Sterling, Va. amid bright colors, a huge group of supportive friends and a sea of glowsticks. The entire day oscillated between drizzle and steady rain, but Zach pushed on, determined to be married outdoors under the ridiculously well-decorated pergola. Ten minutes to go, he called it for outdoors, despite storm clouds all around. And, friends, it did not rain. Even Mother Nature loves these two.
You get the impression that nobody ever dislikes Liz and Zach. They had tons of people at their wedding and everyone there seemed to be gushing with joy for them. Furthermore, my own dear husband who, bless his heart, can't keep any of my clients straight and I have to go through seven details of their wedding before I can tell him about this or that thing, always remembers Liz and Zach.
The Woodlands has a number of cabins down the road from the reception hall, so many of their guests got to stay close by and get ready in the cabins.
Instead of a veil, Liz went for a beautiful floral crown, with bright colors matching the rest of the wedding.
(L&Z – below left is one of my favorite wedding images, ever. You guys are so sweet.)
Liz and Zach are going to travel the world here shortly, with an entire year spent going wherever. I don't envy many other people's lives (mine is pretty great) but that evokes some serious "wow, that is cool." Also, their friends and family decorated this pergola.
You already love them, right? Obviously.
Liz and Zach's bridesmaids rocked this amazing rainbow, and the colors showed up all over their wedding – from umbrellas to menus. It was some of the best and most cheerful decoration I've seen at a wedding.
Here we have the groomsmen drying off the chairs before the wedding. Because it was literally still raining when they called it for outside.
Meigh and I kept going "I can't believe they made it not rain." But they really did make it not rain.
I couldn't get over the rainbow colors – it just worked so well for them and looked so good everywhere they employed it. One of my most relevant ring shots ever.
For the record, Liz asked me to take this photograph. Also, they served legit grown-up burgers for their guests.
It was Liz's mom's birthday, so the whole wedding sang to her.
The Woodlands has these big windows behind the dance floor. That makes it difficult not to get yourself in the shot, but also means you can capture the crowd from multiple directions. Rock.
Zach's dad is the blurry stuff in the foreground.
Nothing like the girl on crutches getting down on the dancefloor.
Special thanks to Zach's brothers and groomsmen for helping with the execution of this glowstick light-painting portrait.
Liz and Zach's rockin' vendor team:
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Getting ready, ceremony and reception venue: The Woodlands at Algonkian
Caterer: Great Blue Heron
DJ: Marc Augenbraum
Florist: Great Falls Florist (for Liz's floral crown). ALL other flowers (including the bouquet!) were done by Liz's friend, Jen Lopatin
Liz's dress: David's Bridal with alterations from Lien's Dressmaking & Alterations (she did the gorgeous shoulder-piece)
Zach's suit: Jos. A. Bank
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Lithgow is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York. Located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Amenia, New York on U.S. Route 44, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) north of New York City.
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We're in the depths of the hustle-and-bustle winter holiday season, and traditions abound this time of year. What are the roots of these traditions and how can they guide us in feeling grateful for the place in which we live?
Holy Days & Rituals
Holidays or 'holy-days' are a time of ritual, whether your perspective is religious, spiritual, or agnostic. We seamlessly mix together traditions like baby Jesus and Santa Claus without wondering why or how they came to be simultaneously celebrated. Repeating ritual is comforting and gives us a sense of our place in time.
And still, some people just like to shop!
Feasts & Winter
The winter holiday season begins at the time of Thanksgiving and carries through the winter to what American's have designated as Groundhog's Day. The series of holidays within this time period have roots in ancient traditions of the northern hemisphere, carryovers from the old world.
Thanksgiving Tradition
Thanksgiving kicks off the winter season, but the feast has roots as an ancient harvest feast. It celebrates the abundance of the year's growing season and looks to the long winter ahead with faith there will be enough to eat.
Winter Solstice
The winter feast season peaks at the time of the winter solstice (December 21st), when the sun is at the lowest point in the sky.
Note that the modern calendar calls the winter solstice the first day of winter, but if we follow the cycle of the sun, it's actually the middle of winter, thus the old English reference to the winter solstice as "midwinter". Winter solstice is the halfway point between the fall and spring equinoxes.
Christmas traditions have deeper roots as well, a conglomeration of practices from many ancient northern hemisphere cultures that were assimilated into Christian ritual over a long period of Roman conquest.
Ancestors of the past may have celebrated the birth of Jesus, but they also celebrated a successful harvest season and the abundance of the earth that kept them fed through the long, harsh winter. It was a season to be grateful for the land, sun, water, animals, and soil.
No matter what your preferred historical perspective is, it's a time to gear-up for the coldest part of winter ahead. Celebrations keep the mood optimistic and focused on what is abundant – support of family, friends, and community, even if food may be scarce.
Groundhog's Day
In the U.S. this is a silly holiday about a groundhog seeing his shadow. This idea hails from northern Europe, as do other traditions that observe February 2nd. Whether you call it Imbolc or Candlemas, February 2nd is the first day of spring according to the cycle of the sun.
It's the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox, which is certainly something to celebrate, even if the cold weather isn't over. The light is returning and it gives hope that green things will grow again soon.
Celebrate That Which Sustains Us
In modern times, as we've drifted from the practice of sustaining ourselves from our own land, we've also gotten away from gratitude in its pure form. We forget that we depend on the earth to keep the lights on and the heat pumping in our house.
Since food comes from a grocery store, it's easy forget how important the rays of the sun are to our sustenance. In times past, simply opening a spigot wouldn't bring fresh, clean, abundant, water at just the preferred temperature and desired pressure of the moment.
Access to food, clean water, and warmth are a few of the things that the original traditions celebrated and for which ancestors prayed and demonstrated gratitude.
Being intimately dependent on your immediate environment for survival would make you pretty grateful to that place for keeping you alive in the depths of winter when game was scarce and the crops dormant.
How well do you know your place?
'Tis the season to acknowledge all the ways the earth in this place (wherever you are) keeps us alive through such harsh physical conditions. The following quiz was given to me at a conference several years ago. I wish I knew the original source, but like many of our holiday traditions, I'm left with this remnant of a deeper story.
Quiz: Are you "Place Literate"?
Where does your water come from before it gets to your tap?
Where does the water go after it goes down the drain?
Where does your food come from before it gets to the grocery store? How far has it come? What's in it?
What's in the air you breathe, both inside and outside your house?
Where does your electricity come from?
When you throw garbage away, where is 'away'?
What kinds of trees grow in your yard, on your street, along the roadsides, or in the woods? Can you identify ten of them?
Can you identify ten common birds that live where you do? Which ones are there year round? Which ones migrate in the winter? Where do they go?
What wildflowers are common in your area? Can you identify ten of them? Can you identify the season in which they bloom?
What mammals live here now in the forests and fields? What mammals once lived here but are now gone?
Can you identify ten butterflies and insects that live here? Do you know about their lives?
How many days until the moon is full? Where does the moon rise and set?
What geologic events happened here long ago that left records in rocks and the earth itself?
Based on the quiz, I have an amateur literacy of my place. Even for a homesteader, I spend too much time inside, disconnected from my environment. I wouldn't stand a chance for survival without the comfort of my artificially heated home, without the running water, without garbage service, without the grocery store, etc. Though I can identify plants, trees, insects, and wildlife pretty well in my area.
How did you do? If you're like me, you have a ways to go before being able to say that you know your place well- that you are "place literate".
To feel humbly dependent on a place, like our ancestors of any culture, creates an entirely different give-and-take relationship: we wouldn't hurt that on which we depend for survival.
The Quality of the Land we Keep
I believe there would be fewer lawns and more gardens if we realized that our true wealth is in relationship with our place. The current arrangement is a 'rob Peter to pay Paul' kind of deal. We keep our sterile, immaculate lawns, meanwhile we allow other lands to be destroyed to provide us three meals a day at bargain prices.
If we depended on our own land for survival, we would become caretakers of it (and save a lot of money!). Providing for ourselves would be less about the number of dollars made, and more about the quality of the land we keep.
In the new year, I aim to be more observant of the trees, birds, wildflowers, and insects that cross my path. I aim to observe them, identify them, learn more about their life cycles, and their behaviors and needs, so that I can lessen the divide that modern conveniences have created between myself and the environment of my own place. I want to remember – often – an appropriate amount of gratitude.
For now, I'll enjoy thinking about my place in time and all of the ancient traditions that have mixed together to be the winter holiday season that I celebrate today. It reminds me how important it is to treat my land well and be grateful for what it provides me.
Do you feel rooted this time of year? What are you grateful for?


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Hey there, this is a free pattern from a vintage book I've got and it actually made a lot of sense. Thought I'd share with everybody who can't seem to find the right pattern for a 5 pointed star.
5 Pointed Star Crochet Pattern (takes prob 10 minutes or so for itermediate crochet peeps):
Ch 2
5 sc in 2nd ch from hook
3 sc in each sc around
Starting the points of the stars-
*1 sc in next st, Ch 6, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in next ch, 1 hdc in next ch, 1 dc in next ch, 1 tr in next ch, 1 tr in base of the start sc, sk to sc (of your main piece)* and repeat from * (4 more times) for 5 points on your star! Sl st in first sc to join at the end :D


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General Description
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Guaranteed Maximum Price: June 2007
Construction Period: September 2007 to July 2009
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Projected and/or modeled energy usage: KBTU/SF/yr: 135.5
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General Contractor: Otto Construction - 1717 2nd Street,
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Civil Engineer: Sandis - 1721 Broadway, #201, Oakland, CA 94612
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Too many teachers are overpaid babysitters or pitifully
inept at their craft; their firing will harm no one.
Ah yes, the overpaid babysitter comment.
How much do babysitters get these days? (I ask because it's been some time since I needed babysitters.)
Would $3 an hour be a bargain? It's less than minimum wage, but then, some babysitters are teenagers, still in school and will work for less than minimum wage. (I believe illegal aliens will as well.)
What is the average class size in your area? In my state, the maximum number of students in grade K is 20 students, or 22 if a half-time aide is provided. The maximum in secondary school is 30.
So let's assume an average of 20 pupils per class. (Yeah, I know, probably low, but that's okay.)
Would 7 1/2 hours be an average school day? Of course, that doesn't include time outside of the school day that may be used for planning lessons or grading papers, but that's okay too, so let's call it 7 1/2 hours.
Now multiply 7 1/2 by $3 an hour. Did you get $22.50? (It's okay to use the calculator, if you want to.)
Multiply $22.50 by 20 (the number of students in the class)to get $450 for 1 day. Hummm.
How many days are in your school term? In my state the number of required student contact days for one school year is 178. Teachers only get paid for the days they work, so now let's multiply $450 by 178. (We won't count professional development days, since they wouldn't be babysitting on those days, but that number also depends on your state, in my state, it's 10 days)
? Damn! I don't make that much after 20 years (with a masters degree)!
Let me know where those overpaid babysitters work. It might be time for a career change.
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adjust mine for 33 students times 5 class hours and 181 contact hours and a 20 min lunch break
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The achilles bottom for umteen culture. The 'norm' for whichever others. And pollutant if you have CFS/PVFS/ME ...
I bring to mind once I most basic got Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome/CFS fund in 1995, I inspiration that having a draft or two wouldn't affect me any otherwise to my PRE-CFS days. Unfortunately I didn't agnise what I was doing to myself.
I didn't cognize how seriously drug of abuse can feeling the roughness of this CFS ...
Nowadays I don't touch drug of abuse at all, and haven't through so for a few geezerhood now. I'd a bit see at smallest a few hours in the day alternatively of being ill for weeks on end because of one spiked drink!
Because once you have CFS/M.E., you can as recovered be bucketing element downfield your craw...
Okay - so that examination might be a inconsequential 'dramatic', but you get what I mingy right?
You see once you have CFS/M.E., you are likely to fall into place **alcohol intolerance**...
The littlest strong cocktail - even a little bit,
can move you into a slip back - as I learnt the difficult way masses age ago.
Having an wet portion now and once more was enough to tip the bleakness of my PVFS/CFS terminated the threshold and put me in bed indefinitely.
When a **normal** causal agency gets intoxicated they may surface a bit bad for a day or so, after which, they're rear to 'normal', healthy posterior and eager to go. But once a mortal next to M.E./CFS gets slopped - or even has righteous one drink, they're promising to touch approaching 'death warm up' for what seems resembling an eternity!!!
Personally, I don't really suchlike potable considerably so I don't missy it. But even if I did,
I have complete that drink no longer makes me surface the way it in use to beforehand I had CFS...
Drinking drinkable now feels like-minded I'm intake myself poison, and my body reacts fittingly - i.e. a flare, or worse, a reversion - and I go through the knock-on effect for a long, lasting event anon.
Unfortunately, supreme of us CFS sufferers are fair not sharp ample to resist the poisons of drink.
So for furthermost of us, it's alas a baggage of acceptive it, or effort much, considerably worsened.
As Dr Shepherd writes in his publication 'Living With M.E.':
"Some individuals who once enjoyed and tolerated regularised intake of alcoholic beverage in need any harmful effects, now brainstorm that even petty amounts fashion them surprisingly bedridden."
- p214, Dr Shepherd, 'Living With M.E.' -
So if you have M.E./CFS, it is plausible that you may have formed an impatience to alcohol.
And that's not forgetting that street drug besides affects the personal effects of antidepressants (often prescribed to CFS sufferers to sustenance their fatigue and to aid sufferers physiological state)! So if you're taking antidepressants, it's by all odds thing to carnivore in consciousness.
Having CFS/ME can be a extremely solitary and severe experience and slump can be a terribly authentic and academic grounds for several CFS sufferers. So the last entity you entail is to takings substances that engineer you cognisance worse.
And postulate what?
Yep, you've intuition it, street drug is besides a narcotizing. So it's not a bad entry to drink if you're depressed!
And according to Dr Shepherd, masses sufferers mournfully do twist to alcoholic beverage...
But drink is no response. Apart from belike devising you discern depressed, you could likewise create an potable dependency!
What's more, if you **are** potable intolerant, later it would engineer it markedly harder for you to recuperate from M.E./CFS (pretty substantially unsurmountable even), patch you support swing intoxicant in your physical structure.
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When you regard as more or less how gravely a CFS sufferer can be affected by **one** wet drink, consequently how feebly could drink be poignant you if you're ingestion more???
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While you may no longer be drinkable callous sometime you have recovered from CFS/M.E., it may very well be a highest wrongdoer for preventing you from **recovering** from your CFS/M.E time you fixed have it.
I didn't know roughly speaking the affirmable personal effects of drinkable once I original had Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome ...
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Kapoeta, South Sudan. Never mind that half the building was blown out and the walls were peppered with bullet holes, we were lounging in the restaurant to the town's finest hotel and we were going to enjoy ourselves. A couple more beers, then we would camp in a local businessman's backyard. Before we could leave though, a man wearing a yellow Hawaiian shirt announced, "I am from the government. These two are my responsibility. Nothing bad will happen to them." It was arranged that we would stay in the hotel. Awkward, but okay. Not okay, and way more awkward, two hours later Ben was at the bottom of a twenty foot hole screaming for help.
Keep in mind, this was the day we witnessed a truck shot out by bandits. This was the day we were guarded by soldiers wearing pouches full of banana clips. We were in deep, in South Sudan, the world's newest and probably poorest country. There is no Flight for Life, there isn't barely a hospital. If something goes really wrong, to put it bluntly, you're just screwed, left adrift in a land devastated by fifty years of civil war.
Luckily for Ben, things hadn't gone really wrong, only fairly wrong. He had accidently fallen to the bottom of a 20ft hole, which, by the way, was a latrine. Meanwhile, Spencer was naked, taking a sponge bath in a tin shack, probably only 30ft away, as the worm crawls. Between Ben and Spencer was an overflowing latrine; the poo slush sloshed out, it smelled so much like poo, the whole situation just really really sh*ty, like it's hard to imagine a situation to which the word could be more appropriate
Anyways, so Ben was yelling for help. Spencer was like, huh? But, regardless, snapped on some shorts and ran out, through the poo slush, barefoot, wondering how many AK wielding bandits he was up against. Ben? Ben?! Down here! Oh. He was so small. Slash, oh holy sh*t wow you're at the bottom of a 20ft hole in Kapoeta, South Sudan.
Spencer didn't know what to do. Get help. Run to a hotel attendant to say, "so my friend is at the bottom of a hole…" He didn't get it. English comprehension too low. Try the restaurant. Be more frantic. Yellow Hawaiian floral print government dude is here. Let's work this. Attention received, run back to Ben. He looks down the hole. Oh holy Jesus. Yuppers, oh holy Jesus.
The attendant swung into action and climbed down the hole to join Ben in the latrine. "What are you doing? Why are you coming down here! Don't you have a rope?!" No, Ben didn't want company in the latrine, he wanted to get out. As the hotel owner frantically apologized, the whole hotel gathered round to watch the white man get pulled out of the latrine . Eventually they found a rope. They got Ben out. Miraculously, he wasn't hurt. Everything was okay. The government man even said so, "it is okay." No one is going to get taken out back and beaten because they let the American walk into a 20ft hole. It's okay. Everything's okay. Everything's okay.
It almost wasn't. Ben fell 20ft and was unharmed. He was so lucky. If someone had left a shovel down there, if he had landed differently, it's scary just to think about. How far away was appropriate medical care? How long before a serious infection would have consumed a limb? We put ourselves in that situation. Were we crazy?
At least a little. After I got them to Ben, after it was clear he was going to be okay, I ran to grab my camera. They were appalled. "You cannot be serious." Nah, I wasn't serious. I was practically giggling. This was too funny. Don't get me wrong – I also was still shaking in terror from Ben's screaming, the guns, the violent ambience that hung in that air. But deep within it's like I wasn't capable of grasping the seriousness of our situation. Ben would be okay. Bad things don't happen.
I have never seen someone die. Not even a chicken. Death is so far removed from my life that even when it comes right up next to me I barely recognize it. If Ben had landed to bleed out, a cracked bone protruding, how scary it would have been. A frantic rush to find phone numbers we had lost, to make calls to the embassy in Kampala on a mobile phone that didn't have service, to wait for a medvac to Nairobi at ten at night, with airstrips that have no capacity for night landings, when the road back to Juba was blocked by bandits.
"You cannot be serious," they said again as I held up the camera. To all the people who told me I couldn't, to the South African who said I'd end up a pile of bones, to all their seriousness, I reply simply, "yes I can." That is who I am. I can do anything I want. Let me take out my phone, I have the facebook slideshow to prove it. That is the reality I know. I wonder how different I would be if Ben had landed just a bit different. I wonder in all of history how many have been so lucky to remain as blind, crazy and ignorant as me.


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O'Neill's gets our tap vote in the capital
We were back on the streets on Dublin's fair city this past week and our Young Commando suggested a trip to MJ O'Neill's on Suffolk Street.
"You won't regret this lads. They've every sort of beer you could think of. There's something for everyone," he told us.
There are numerous awards draped across the exterior wall highlighting the huge success O'Neill's has achieved over the years, including 'Trad Music Pub of the Year' in 2004 and 2006 and 'Dining Pub of the Year' in 2001 and 2005.
The green-and-black exterior was in good condition and we were hoping the interior would live up to our expectations.
We entered via the Suffolk Street entrance next to the Ulster Bank and into the cosy front bar. There was a small snug area located to our left, but we made base at the front bar where a pretty foreign barmaid served us immediately.
There are 47 taps of draught available with only Guinness duplicated. Our Young Commando was right, there really is something for everyone.
"That sign says there are 62 different options available. The rest of them must be out in the lounge," the Young Commando stated.
"Surely of the 40 here you can choose one of these pints now," the Old Commando joked.
It didn't matter what options were available to the Old Commando, he stuck with the stout and it cost him €5.10 for the privilege. All the usual pints are laid on for punters, with Budweiser, Heineken and Bulmers all costing €5.60 or you can try a Barrelhead Indie Amber Ale for €5.75 or a Punk BrewDog for an eye-watering €6.85.
The barmaid was very courteous and she engaged us briefly in conversation. This pub is good to hold 772 people and while it was nowhere near full, there was at least 150 punters present during our visit.
The majority of the crowd were located in the second section of this pub and some of them were enjoying the carvery dinners. There was a mixture of diners, tourists and everything in between, but the front bar seemed to contain more of the locals.
There is live music in O'Neill's seven nights a week and we were also informed by one customer that this pub was named in the 'Top 100 Dublin Pubs' in 2009. We're sure they still hold their position on that list.
The wine leather bench seating was in good condition, as were the green leather barstools. The bar was well stocked and the staff were constantly on the move, rarely getting a moment.
We only located one TV in the front bar, but the Young Commando advised us that O'Neill's has 14 TVs in total spread throughout the bar.
"Did you count them all"? the Old Commando questioned his colleague.
"No. It's written on the window outside," he smartly replied.
"Do you see that tap there young man? That's what you should be drinking," the Old Commando smiled, as he pointed to a draught beer named Cute Hoor.
The toilets were spotless during our inspection and we couldn't fault either of the cubicles nor the seven urinals. There are coat hangers on the cubicle doors, with two sinks and two dryers provided. Everything was in tip-top shape.
It was the Young Commando's idea to bring us to MJ O'Neill's in Suffolk Street this past week, missing out some of the older haunts we have become accustomed to in the capital down the years, but it was a unanimous decision among the troops that we'll be back very soon. We had a great time in this pub and we're already looking forward to our return.


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Well it's the beginning of a new month and here are some dates for your calendar: May 2nd -Community Club dessert meeting at the clubhouse at 7:00p.m. May 5th - Breakfast Sunday in the Ferry, May 8th - Knights Ferry Garden Club 9:00a.m. at the Cemetery Flagpole (bring lunch), May 9th -School Board meeting at 6:00pm., May 12th - Mother's Day, May 16th - talent show and dinner at school at 5:00p.m., May 29th - Knights Ferry School graduation at school at 7:00p.m.
Condolences go out to Fred Dolling and his family on the death of his mother, Della Dolling. Della was a Knights Ferry resident for over 60 years.
Congratulations go out to Knights Ferry School 4.0 students for the second trimester: Dylan Anderson, Rilyn Cassaretto, Eden Cassinetto, Wyatt Dickens, Alyssa Sisco, Kaeli Sweet, Julia Nilsson, Ray Patton and Elise Seeds. Keep up the good work!
After the much-needed rain the Ferry is looking like spring, with the lilacs, wisteria and spiraea blooming, the birds singing and the day-trippers enjoying the town. Last Sunday's breakfast was enjoyed by many, with good food and friendly diners.
Easter was really iffy on Saturday night what with all the lightning, thunder and rain. It really was a show! Sunrise Service had some clouds in the East but the weather was mild. The rest of the day was perfect!
Birthday greetings for March go out to: Bill Frias, Tom Wright, Rick Maisel, Shavon Haskell, Josh Hauskens, Rocky Goehring, Pat Johnson, Aaron Hodge, Brendt Ohe, Aislinn Finn, Richard Bell, Kara Lopez, Amber Coston, Bill Martinelli, Gayle Higgens, Danna Morgan, Mark Schlegel, Kim McCarthy, Wendy Burns, Grant Page, Cadance Ryland, Levi Dickens, Luke Dickens, Taylor Kelley, Grace Anderson, Anthony Neely, Leverne Tanis, Carter Sturtevant, Sergio Garcia and Ken Morris.
ALERT - there has been another robbery in the area! Thieves are taking money, jewelry and small items. If you have any information on who is doing this there is a reward, call 743-4450.
The Sandhill Cranes are flying north in impressive numbers. Spring is coming! Also the town is carpeted in violets, remnants of the open water system that provided the town with water. The reservoir was where the upper blacktop area is at the school. It was open and violet seeds spread through town.
At the MAC meeting the rash of burglaries in the area was discussed. There were eight that they knew of. Everyone needs to keep a watch out for anything suspicious and report it to the Sheriff. Also discussed by the California Highway patrolman was the help he was giving the school on safety. Josh Tucker from Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Department gave the 2012 statistics for our area. There were 128 calls from Station 2, most medical. Joshua Mann from the County Planning Department gave an update on the Agricultural Plan. As for Agricultural mitigation it is one acre developed, one ...
Spring is in the air, the almond blossoms are popping!
Welcome to the world Adaya Dyane Boyer, born February 7th to Stuart and Rosalie Boyer. She weighed in at 8 pounds 8 ounces. Proud Knights Ferry Grandparents are Jim and Diane Boyer.
There was a black stone and silver earring found at the Community Club after the Christmas program. Contact the school if it is yours.
Congratulations go out to Amber and Kylea Coston for placing in the top 20 finalists for the Stanislaus County Peace Essay Contest. Amber was in the top 20 for Seventh and Eighth Grade (out of 376) and Kylea was in the top 20 for Fifth and Sixth Grades (out of 317). Their actual placing will be announced in February. Proud Great Grandparents are Bill and Evelyn Frias.
As the first month of 2013 exits, here are some dates for your February calendar: February 3 is Breakfast Sunday in the Ferry at the I.O.O.F. Hall from 8 to noon. February 7 is the dinner meeting of the Knights Ferry Community Club at 6:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. The main item for discussion is the Spaghetti Dinner, held in conjunction with the Civil War reenactment, on March 23rd. Donations are being sought for raffle prizes. Kim Whitey is the contact person at 847-7122. February 12 is the meeting of the History and Museum Associates ...
Birthday greetings for January go out to: Heather Wright, Sean McCarthy, Barbara Burroughs, Kevin Burns, Heather Brockman, Wayne Largent, Sherron McCarthy, Jonathan Amaral, Amy Simons, Alexis Arias, Logan Martinelli, Angel Limon, Kaeli Sweet, Madison Page, Trenton Foster, Ric Feichter, Joe Murray, Larry Bell, Sam Page, Matthew Boyer, Elijah Etling, Benjamin Cassinetto, Mitzy Collantes, Brooks Bonde, Rhiannon Hawthorn, Heather Voortman, Carson Sundberg, Aubrey Harris, Katherine Ramirez, Phoebe, Lucas and Clairisse Jones.
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This hot weather can stop! The fires have been horrible. Matt and Rossi Glover had property burned, about 90 acres, that was started by dragging ...
Thursday, July 6th is the Community Picnic at 6:00 p.m. at the clubhouse. The club will provide the hot dogs, buns and drinks ...
Did everyone survive the hot weather? The vegetation took a beating.
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Very peanutty, soft cookies. You may need to adjust the amount of liquid depending on the flour you use. I use 1/3 whole wheat and 2/3 white. I use soy milk however any milk or milk-like product will work, I think. If you're going to add dark chocolate chips, increase the sugar by 2 Tablespoons. Careful baking results in soft cookies just lightly browned on the bottom.
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These cookies are better than they had the right to be! I was searching for a cookie recipe that had no butter since I was out. I made these without the peanuts and with creamy peanut butter instead of chunky. The results were outstanding. The cookies were soft and round, and chewy on the inside. Even a couple days later they still taste just as good. This is a new staple in my cookbook. Thank you so much for posting!
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- 1⁄2 cup peanuts
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1⁄3 cup dark chocolate chips (optional)
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- Preheat oven to 375.
- Crush peanuts into small bits with a rolling pin. Roast for 8 - 12 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
- Use a fork to mix flour and soda together in a bowl.
- In another bowl mix egg, sugar and liquid.
- Mix in peanut butter with egg mixture.
- Mix in peanut bits and chocolate chips (if you're using them) with egg mixture.
- Mix flour and egg mixtures together.
- Roll into small balls between your palms and flatten with a floured fork on a greased cookie sheet, or push a large chocolate wafer into the top of the ball, flattening the ball in the process.
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I'm new to the issue of giftedness--I'm a stay-at-home dad with my 1.5 year old son. I wanted some help in wraping my brain around the issue. I'm not sure if giftedness is an inherent genetic trait, where a child is just born that way, or wether a gifted child is someone who practices something more than other children and so is ahead of the standard benchmarks for their age.
My experience says the second, but I really don't have experience with these kinds of children and would like to know what other's have to say, so I can think about the issue better. I hope this isn't controversial, I don't mean to start a debate, just a discussion.
There are genetic (nature) and environmental (nurture) causative factors for giftedness, and some disagreement over the proportion of each. Gifted children may be quite different in the way they learn and tackle problems and areas of interest; the differences go deeper than just numbers on a test might indicate.
So yes, a gifted child might well show more intensity in learning a particular topic, although not on others of little interest. However, being intellectually gifted is more than just studying hard with a result of academic advancement. A child may have advanced achievement and actually have a normal intelligence level. This is one reason that there are different tests for intelligence and achievement.
I actually see giftedness as more genetic. It runs rampantly in my and DH's families. My parents weren't identified because they lived in a tiny town that didn't have those resources. Both my brother and I were identified. The majority of my 20 some odd cousins were identified. DH's parents were identified. He and 2 of his sisters were identified. His 3rd sister was deamed "high average" but she only got through about half the test due to anxiety issues. Both our kids own the label. Of course, I should say that other things run rampant too.... like anxiety, depression and autism/asperger spectrum. We have some cases of tremendous achievement and some cases of total inability to function independantly... certainly personality, internal drive and a little parenting have it's place. That's not to say giftedness doesn't just pop-up sometimes but I do believe giftedness is in the genes one way or another.
I do have a lot of experience with gifted kids of all shapes and sizes. I really just see them all as fast learners. They pick-up new material quickly and with little repetition. Whether they seek depth in any particular subject has more to do with interests than talents. Both my kids are gifted in areas they are passionate about but also in areas they would rather never consider again. For example, my 14-year-old loathes math. She'd never solve a problem again if she had the choice but she is years ahead of where she should be and when tested on material she's never looked at she still kills on it. She is a driven child and a perfectionist which means she's also a global high-achiever. My DS has specific areas of high achievement in areas of interest but largely uses his gifts to do as little work as possible.
I guess what I'm saying is that giftedness is just wiring in my book..... raw material. They may need less externally to go far but in the end, kids who push themselves to be exceptional are the ones who win whether they are intellectually gifted or totally average.
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That's not the whole picture. An exceptionally or even profoundly gifted person may be quite slow to process, may have one or more severe learning disabilities, etc. It's not all about being speedy; a person may be quite a fast learner but not as gifted as someone much "slower" in their thinking.
In fact, there is growing support for the idea of disregarding working memory and processing speed in assessing the IQ of gifted children, for example using the GAI instead of full scale IQ measure on the WISC-IV IQ test.
Sigh, I was just giving a nice quick, general answer to a very general question. I should have guessed we'd have to clarify every tiny point. I have a 2E child and he often needs some processing time. However, it doesn't take him MORE time or effort than an average child. He still ends up further than his peers with equal effort and time. Neither of my kids have instant replay. My eldest has terrible rote memory and only barely passed all those speed tests in elementary, however, she still learns more complicated material faster and with less repetition. When she puts in as much time and effort as an average peer, she ends up being further ahead. Being "faster" doesn't mean instant and it shouldn't be assumed that what I was saying.
That's not the whole picture. An exceptionally or even profoundly gifted person may be quite slow to process, may have one or more severe learning disabilities, etc. It's not all about being speedy; a person may be quite a fast learner but not as gifted as someone much "slower" in their thinking.
In fact, there is growing support for the idea of disregarding working memory and processing speed in assessing the IQ of gifted children, for example using the GAI instead of full scale IQ measure on the WISC-IV IQ test.
Married mom, DD 18, DS 15, and a Valentine's surprise on the way!
You wrote that you have experience with all sorts of gifted kids, and that they're all fast learners who learn with little repetition. I was just clarifying that that is not really true of all gifted children, although it might have been true of all of the ones you've seen. Nowhere did I use the word "instant", so I don't know to what you're referring.
In any event, it's as I stated. For example, the GAI is used more and more as a measure to give a true picture of a gifted child who may NOT be as quick on the uptake (learn how to solve the problem of doing the test, or even learn how to take the unfamiliar test well quickly) and still be vastly more gifted than a faster-learning child. Speed of learning is not giftedness, period.
Going by the kind of questions they ask when doing private testing, I would say it is innate wiring, a certain way of processing information and an ability to comprehend abstract concepts at a younger age. You can teach many young children to recite the times tables if you drill them often enough, but not many would actually be able to apply the knowledge, or to see the patterns. Or understanding social concepts like governance and justice. Many are not globally gifted.
Hmm, mine actually scored a high average for processing speed, but personally I find him very slow! He does have 2e issues, and when I question him on the process he goes through to arrive at his answer, it seems to me that he has to work at very high speed, eliminating a number of possibilities before arriving at his answer. So while his processing speed is significantly lower than his other scores, he is actually going fast but along a very inefficient route.
I like the way you put that.
I think there's also an ability to make connections that others don't see
Or follow more logical steps and keep them all in one's head (thinking about complex math, chess, rubics cube
An ability to create new information or ideas.
One of my kids is 2E, and some types of learning are very difficult for her, inspite of having a high IQ. Her whole brain is just wired different different. However, she makes connections others don't see and maintains amazing amounts of information. She's like a computer, but one that can tell you what the data means.
but everything has pros and cons
I totally agree that different types of divergent thinking and other specific thinking skills can underpin great talent. There's also a concept that giftedness is more than just intellectual ability alone, but encompasses things like the "rage to master" and other facets of drive. One example is the three ring model of giftedness:
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The new uniforms bring to mind the San Francisco 49ers of the championship years.
Is that where the similarity ends?
Cherry red jerseys won't make the 49ers better. Maybe Mike Singletary will. Maybe looking like contenders will somehow get the 49ers back on that path.
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They haven't had a winning season since 2002. That's the last time they won the NFC West and the last time they visited the postseason. There have been long, lonely winters for the five-time Super Bowl champions lately. The past haunts them but motivates as well.
"All you've got to do is look at the wall," Singletary says of title reminders around the team's headquarters. "The 49ers' identity is up there."
Ah, but those were the 49ers of Joe Montana and Steve Young; these are the 49ers of Alex Smith and Shaun Hill. Those were the 49ers of Jerry Rice, and these are the 49ers of aging Isaac Bruce. Those were the 49ers of Ronnie Lott and Bryant Young, and these are the 49ers of Michael Lewis and Isaac Sopoaga.
The 49ers still play at creaky, windy Candlestick Park, their hopes for a new stadium subject to further negotiations. Their complex is being renovated. That's the 49ers — caught between yesterday and tomorrow, trying to define today.
If the identity is on the wall, its recasting might lie in the hill. Singletary, who is all about toughness, had a hill nearly 50 feet high built on the 49ers' grounds. He worked out by running a hill in his hometown of Houston when he starred at linebacker for Baylor and later with the Chicago Bears. His team will condition itself in a manner tried and true, dashing up, down and sideways on this pile of dirt.
"To me," Singletary says, "the hill has a mystery about it. It's tough to really get the work you get on that hill anywhere else because of the endurance, the stamina, what it does for your hamstrings, your quads. It's tough to find anywhere else."
The players, he says, "won't like it. But it will be good for them."
The 49ers have other hills to climb. They are still trying to determine a starting quarterback, looking again at Smith and Hill. They're breaking in their fifth offensive coordinator (Jimmy Raye) in five seasons. They need to get contributions from some of their past No. 1 draft picks, such as linebacker Manny Lawson and tight end Vernon Davis.
Some of that began to come together last season when Singletary replaced Mike Nolan as coach. Singletary, an assistant with the team since 2005, led the 49ers to a 5-4 record, with four wins in the final five games. But none of those five victories came against playoff teams.
With Smith (shoulder) on injured reserve and never taking a snap in 2008, the 49ers turned to J.T. O'Sullivan. He had problems evading the pass rush and holding on to the football (11 fumbles, six lost), and Singletary replaced him in the final eight games with well-traveled Hill, who was 2-0 as a starter in 2007.
Smith, healed after surgery, will compete for the starting job. He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 draft but has had a rocky career, enduring the changes of coordinators and two shoulder injuries. O'Sullivan was not brought back.
Smith acknowledges he is at a disadvantage. "No question," says Smith, who restructured his contract to stay with the club. "I've got to get back, get back in there and push as hard as I can."
Hill takes nothing for granted. The battle to start takes place "every day. That's how it's always been. That's how it always will be."
Smith knows he'll have to prove himself quickly. He says he does not expect this duel with Hill to last long into training camp, if it goes that far. Raye, however, is not marking any dates on the calendar except one.
"Last time I checked, we don't play until Sept. 13," Raye says "so I'm fine with that going into the offseason and the final minicamp and really all the way into training camp."
Defensively, the 49ers will rely much more on a 3-4 alignment and continue the search for a pass rusher who brings pressure from the edge. The 49ers had 30 sacks, led by linebacker Parys Haralson with eight. Lawson, feeling the effects of his 2007 knee injury, had three.
"The last eight games of the season, we went to more of a 3-4 defense with Parys and Manny on the outside rushing," defensive coordinator Greg Manusky says. "We got better."
Increased pressure can only help create turnovers, which the 49ers did not do particularly well. Their total of 18 tied for worst in the NFC.
No one who ever saw Singletary play will forget the ferocity he brought to the middle of Chicago's famed "46" defense. No one should doubt that he will coach with the same passion and develop a similar fury in his team.
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He will soon find out what it means to his team. He has the hill. And he has the wall.
• Quarterback: It appears to be Shaun Hill's job to lose. Alex Smith (shoulder) hasn't done much to win confidence. And the team responds to Hill, who replaced J.T. O'Sullivan last year. The 49ers need to establish stability here. Rookie Nate Davis isn't a factor in the competition to start in 2009.
• Running back: Frank Gore remains the driver of this low-powered engine. His productivity has declined a bit over the past two seasons as the 49ers have failed to develop other weapons, but he's a tough-minded runner and a consistent receiver. The 49ers will give rookie Glen Coffee a long look.
• Wide receiver: No. 1 pick Michael Crabtree will be expected to add significantly to this group. He's not a classic speedster but shows the ability to get separation from coverage. Isaac Bruce, who led the team in receptions last year, returns for a 16th season. Jason Hill, Brandon Jones and Josh Morgan will get opportunities to emerge.
• Tight end: Vernon Davis was the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft but has yet to produce the numbers to justify it. He has the size, speed and strength for the position but is not a polished route runner or receiver. Delanie Walker will push him.
• Offensive line: The 49ers allowed 55 sacks last year. They signed Marvel Smith to stabilize the right tackle spot. Left tackle Joe Staley is solid. Center Eric Heitmann is a throwback tough guy. Right guard Chilo Rachal started the last six games of his rookie season and looked good. This can be an effective, if not dominant, group.
• Defensive line: The 49ers plan to be more of a 3-4 base defense. Defensive coordinator Greg Manusky wants to rotate Kentwan Balmer, Aubrayo Franklin and Isaac Sopoaga along the line to keep them fresh. End Justin Smith was elected team MVP in 2008 after arriving from the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Linebacker: Outside linebackers Parys Haralson and Manny Lawson are the first options as edge rushers. Patrick Willis, a beast inside, is a Pro Bowl pick in his two seasons. Takeo Spikes returned to form after joining the team in 2008. Ahmad Brooks might figure in plans either inside or outside. The 49ers love rookie Scott McKillop.
• Secondary: Nate Clements owns one corner spot. Tarell Brown, entering his third season, replaces 14-year veteran Walt Harris at the other after Harris tore a knee ligament in May. Dr? Bly was signed as added insurance. Harris will have surgery and probably miss the season. Neither safety, Mark Roman or Michael Lewis, picked off a pass last year, and Dashon Goldson will supplant Roman.
• Special teams: Andy Lee ranked third in the NFL in gross punting average (47.8 yards). He excels at placing the ball but not at the expense of distance. Joe Nedney made 29 of 33 field goal tries, with all his misses from 40 yards or longer. Speedy Allen Rossum should hang on to his job returning punts and kicks.
• Coaching staff: Mike Singletary wants to establish toughness and physicality as 49ers hallmarks. Look for an aggressive defense rather than the read-and-react style played under Mike Nolan. Manusky has to sort out the front seven as the club moves to a 3-4 base. Jimmy Raye is the fifth offensive coordinator in as many seasons.
• Outlook: The 49ers went 5-4 after Singletary was named interim coach, and that performance won him the permanent nod. The NFC West is hardly a powerhouse division, so the 49ers will look to make a rapid move upward, just as the Arizona Cardinals did a year ago. The 49ers need to settle on a quarterback, open up their passing game a bit with Crabtree and force more turnovers on defense. They can compete in this division for their first playoff berth since 2002.
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