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Joseph Martelli
| This man is so butthurt and pathetic that he resorted to wiki vandalism, getting his article on the old shitty wiki removed for cyber-bullying, and has threatened to false flag the Peasants and stalk them in their home town multiple times for the sin of making fun of him on the internet. Also if you are reading/editing this article, you are considered a stalker and will have a minimum of ten derogatory videos, tweets, phone calls and threats made about you by him.
If you're a guy and you see this man, run for the hills cuz he's comin fo yo booty.
But seriously: please be cautious when dealing with this mentally-challenged manchild. Because he has taken multiple bus trips across the country to stalk and slander people in their cities, just for arguing with him or making videos about him on the internet. Even filming them from the bushes and committing phone and/or sexual harassment. So far he hasn't done anything even more illegal, because he's a pussy-ass coward, but who knows what else he could be capable of in the future.
|Brave Sir Joseph Fartsmelli
|Joseph Martelli running from the DP Columbus meetup.
Personal Details
|Birth date
July 7, 1977
|Birth place
Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, New York
Spending hundreds of dollars in hotel rooms and bus fare to stalk people for making fun of him on the internet. Then going home to his park bench.
Social Networking
|Youtube channel
Has no consistent channel, constantly changes it between at least thirty sock accounts shown below.
Physical attributes
|Eye colour
|Hair colour
Despite being rather portly, his body isn't as dense as you'd expect because he's full of shit.
|Body build
Potato-headed Bear
"One less Muslim and he managed to take out 50 faggots with him.... sometimes God uses Sinners to punish other sinners."— One of his many goodly Christian comments.
Joseph John Marinara Scooby Doo Martelli AKA Joseph Martelli ideservehell4mysin 7777 Cuckold Destroyer (seriously his full username) is an unhinged, pathetically narcissistic, brain-dead, re-closeted, Italian-flavored wigger that lives in a barrel perpetually going over Niagara Falls, or with his grandma and living off of her social security, or a park bench in whatever town he visits to stalk people that call him names on the internet. He is known throughout atheist circles for preaching his hatred towards homosexuals outside a local adult bookstore he used to patronize before becoming saved by Jezuz and then married some poor woman named Laurie before she (predictably) divorced him. He likes to act like a big tough guy, but actually comes off less manlier than RuPaul. His hobbies include filming sidewalks, food and his penis, searching his name daily (we're not kidding, he admits it), stalking and harassing people online and offline and threatening to commit mass shootings.
His personality is that of a constantly pissed-off bundle of rage and vitriol that lashes out at any minor transgression and seeks out people just to argue with and harass when he goes a single day without attention - even and especially adolescents. Also he's that special kind of crazy that lies more than he expels carbon dioxide and methane and says things about people that are clearly just projections of his own numerous flaws. The only time he's ever seen smiling is usually an awkward faux laugh to continue his narcissistic delusions of being the one true Christian. He thinks any and all Christians that don't hate faggots with all their heart and fury, as well as devote every single waking moment to praying and reading the bible over and over again every single day, are fag-supporting pharisees. Disturbingly, he also believe himself to be a sinner already condemned to hell, so his unstable moral philosophy is that he can sin all he wants as long as he tries to repent. But since he's going to hell anyway, it's OK for him to be an evil sociopath and commit any sin he wants. The only reason he hasn't gone on a killing spree is because he's too much of a pussy who cries and runs from any actual non-internet danger at the drop of a hat.
Joseph has a shit ton of autistically-titled YouTube channels where he regularly posts and deletes small videos with incoherent titles that detail his small, meaningless little life. One of the more exciting additions to Joseph's channel (aside from the dozens and dozens of mundane bullshit no one cares about) is his acquisition of a free gay pride flag to which he makes tiny scorch marks on with a lighter in an act of defiance (and he's too much of a pussy to just burn the whole thing). He eventually fully immolated the flag when he grew some fucking balls and no shits were given that day.
He lives in Niagara Falls - you know how we know this? Because he will not shut the fuck up about demanding all his "stalkers" (anyone that so much as mildly hates him online) come there to confront him in person. Though hilariously, any time somebody says they will, he goes into full panic mode and threatens to call the cops to somehow immediately arrest or "blue paper" them if they do come. This ploy is all just his master plan of being a perpetual victim. He loves to constantly post rude harassing comments to people online, call them at all hours if he finds their phone number, or go to their cities if he finds their addresses and pass by their houses. This is all a tactic of bull baiting so that he has dirt to cry to the nearest authorities over, including trying to taunt people to physically harm him to he can cry assault.
He is a rampant fucker of his own children and shows no remorse when he cums inside them shouting, "OOOOHHHH ITS JOSEPH MARTELLI ALL UP IN YOUR SUPPLE ASS". He's scared shitless of Tommy From The Bronx and is believed to have had been his prison bitch I made a past life.
"i aced my GED signed Joseph Martelli"— Something he's pathetically proud of.
Martelli has been featured on the Drunken Peasants as well as being the subject of videos by Jaclyn Glenn and Mr. Repzion (or MrRep-ZY-on as Joseph
incorrectly properly pronounces). In a response video to said YouTuber, Joseph recalls a time prior to his "salvation" when he came to the adult bookstore/gay fuckpad with the intent on getting dick-sucked by another man, only to be repulsed by the presence of bukkake and the smell of penis on a guy's breath (though it's more likely he was actually just rejected for being the human swine that he is).
Joseph later turned his life around when he went took a right turn into God's way. However, "God's way" turned out to be the loony bin and he now spends his days regularly expressing his self-loathing and condemning others who have it way better than him. Joseph somehow married a woman (not an imaginary one) and spread his defective seed when he birthed a couple of kiddies (heaven help these children). His wife then divorced him when she regained her sanity and vision (and sense of smell). Joseph took the divorce pretty well considering he stalked and harassed her for a long time, until his ex's boyfriend hit him with his car and permanently crippled his arm; in his own word, this has given him street cred on par with Notorious B.I.G. with an ego to match. He then moved on with his life by stalking and sending dick pics to other girls just to prove to his paranoid insecure self that he is the most heterosexual earth.
Now the only thing he's known for is constantly buying cheap temporary burner phones to record his food, his reflection of his doughy body and hammer tattoo in his grandma's house's mirror, sidewalks as he walks the streets at night rambling like a lunatic, and himself yelling at people on the internet for attention. He also has taken up spending hundreds of his low government-aided income to take ridiculously long bus trips to stalk his haters' cities and houses. It's gotten to the point that his bed has been shown to be random public benches in Niagara Falls. The crazy part is that he thinks this is totally worth it as long as his fragile narcissistic ego stays in tact.
As of recently, he has declared himself MGTOW after spending a pathetic amount of his life stalking women clerks at food eateries he frequents. Falling in love with them and asking them to marry him after they prove their worth by serving him food.
He has his own Keanism equivalents to "situashun" and "induvidul" that he randomly and inappropriately adds to his speech:
- Anyways - peppered randomly into his speech, even when it's nowhere near the end of his word salad tirades.
- So? - Another filler word, sometimes even joined together with the above, as laughed at by the Peasants.
- Bible Quote - He has autistically memorized every single bible quote down to the book and section that pertains (to his twisted insane logic) to anything he's talking about. He can't go three sentences without talking about it, even in normal conversations or even hearings.
- Check it - derivative of wiggerish, because he really does think he's street.
- Fool - his go-to insult, because du borble calls people that too. If only the bible had a verse about jumping off a bridge.
- What!? - Clearly he has to ask this a lot because even highschool education was too much for him.
- Obviously - It never is.
- No waddam sayin - No Joseph, nobody does.
- Deuces/Peace - ends every single video with one of these. Again, he thinks he has the street cred of Notorious B.I.G. because his ex's black boyfriend broke his arm.
On Drunken Peasants
Martelli first appeared in Episode 56 that viewed a video of his criticizing TJ, asking what is so "amazing" about The Amazing Atheist. Martelli argued that TJ isn't amazing because he'll eventually die one day (shocker!), using Jeopardy! as an analogy in which he demonstrates no knowledge of how the show actually operates, and claims that atheism is wrong and the Bible is right because the Bible said so (that's pretty much the extent of his arguing style).
He reappeared in the following podcast at 22 minutes in as a response video to ԀP. In the video, Martelli said he didn't care about his misunderstanding of the show Jeopardy! and that he'd rather read the Bible than watch that show (to which Ben and TJ lamented on how Martelli could actually learn something if he watched it). He then quoted Psalm 14:1 (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God) and ended the video abruptly. TJ commented on how the video lacked anything substantive, unaware of that being par for the course for Joseph's videos.
He eventually returned on episode 203 where he explained his solution for the gays. He would separate gays and lesbians in two islands so they'll die off and not spread the gay anymore. Joseph was completely unaware that gay people are BORN FROM STRAIGHT COUPLES!!! You can also see his breath while he films himself in his shitty house. Meaning that either he's too poor, cheap or stupid to use a heater in the middle of winter, or his wife is actually Linda Blair.
On episode 208 he challenged the ԀP to a google hangout. The ԀP accepted his challenge but instead of having a google hangout they invited him on a future show. Judging from his past challenges at google hangouts, stalling and voided any and all contact while declaring his detractors as cowards for not showing up to the hangout only he knows the deadline to.
He was in Episode 213 where he told TJ he was cute and would turn him into a little bitch.
In episode 217, because he's clearly doing it for attention, he takes Tommy Sotomizer's side in DMCAGate 2016. His entire video was just threatening to beat them up over the internet if they ever dared to let him on the show - even though he was the one that demanded a debate. As well as ad hominem attacks against the peasant's looks and weight and saying he would destroy all four of them in a debate or fight. In general, coming off as a "Fight me IRL!" Internet Tough Guy and the start of his new obnoxious persona.
Joseph made a return in episode 227 explaining to Jesus why he false flagged the peasants. Swearing on his grimy creepy looking bible and rambling about how he won't come to the Peasants' properties like he does with other people. As well as repeating over and over that he will not bear false witness, even though he lies about every other sentence every day. So naturally he pulls a Keane and says he never wanted to DMCA the Peasants while there is glaring evidence to the contrary.In episode 228, the peasants watch a video of him rambling after withdrawing his false DMCA and how the world is not gonna see his face again for a while - if only he wasn't a pathological liar. His master plan is to scatter his videos across YouTube in about twenty different channels (all we can find are listed in the sidebar) so that ԀP fans can't find him. The oh-so-subtle chink in this plan's armor is that he's too much of a narcissistic orangutan to not put his own name in every single title of the countless videos he makes; so all it takes is a single search. As Paul points out, he says the internet if full of liars and hypocrites while he himself matches that description perfectly. They spent the rest of the video laughing their asses off at his feeble attempts at being an internet tough guy.episode 229 the night before he threatened to come to the meetup where he screamed and ranted like a twelve year old, still demanding they come to Niagara Falls to confront him while he was already in their city ready to stalk them all day. Hilariously, he hung up on them when they tried to ask him what his goals for coming to Columbus was, ranting "Yus not gonna talk to me!". For the results of his tough guy chest-beating, see "Confrontation with the Peasants" below.
In episode 246, they showed an exclusive clip of Joseph taking a nineteen hour bus trip just to stalk somebody in Maine for three days. The person confronted him alone and Joseph ran like the devil himself was after him while the person chased after him; all while Joseph was hilariously calling him the stalker. Again, while Joseph was the one traveling nineteen hours by bus to talk about this person to random strangers and local eateries to the point that the person is now banned from a few. As well as standing across the street and staring at the person's apartment and filming them from a hiding spot about three times. For more details, see "Stalking the 'Stalkers'" below.
He made his return in episode 256 where he showed how much of a crazy loser he is by interviewing himself shambling down the sidewalk as to why he took two whole weeks away from his precious internet before going back to searching his name every day. As pointed out, it's very very pathetic how lonely he is; because even Brett has enough followers to stroke his ego while all Joseph has is himself. Like he's a halfling cursed by an evil ring that developed a second personality while eating raw fish in a cave near Niagara Falls. Hell, even Brett distanced himself from Joseph after he got bored.
They also looked at an old video somebody kept of him doing a cringey as hell skit in a doctor's office with gauze wrapped around his head and rambling about faith vs science. The hilarious part is how Paul speculated that he made a doctor's appointment and filmed himself fake screaming on the examination table while everyone in the clinic could probably hear him through the walls. But according to official sources this video was actually filmed during a period of time where Joseph Martelli was employed at a local hospital either as a orderly or as a member of the custodial staff. His status working at this hospital is unknown at this time but there is rumors that he may have actually been fired from his job due to his behavior on YouTube.
From that day on, the Peasants refuse to feature his videos. Though they did acknowledge on Rage Feed that Joseph tried to dox their new studio. But since he only said it on his Instagram that nobody who isn't somehow a friend can see, nobody cared. Though if he does escalate things, Scotty has said that he will file a restraining order. We can only hope that he tries to come over anyway so somebody can finally arrest his psycho ass.
In episode 311, the embargo was broken when Joseph and Brett once again joined forces to become duplicitous fucks that take things way too far. Basically during the events of the meetup scare in Columbus with the death threats, Brett doxed the Peasants to Joseph. They confronted Brett with this in the second Vimeo video on the sociopath sea-mammal, which Joseph apparently got a hold of either pirating it or being a dumbass and actually giving the Peasants money to continue being angry about them in more ten second videos. Either way, this eventually lead to Joseph finding the address of the Peasant's new studio as said above, as well as posting a picture of Paul's new apartment as a vague threat, like he does with other people he visits to stalk. Brett chose to deny that he doxed the peasants by using Joseph as a citation in an interview and threatening another slander and liability lawsuit. Basically a pathological liar advocating for a pathological liar.
Orn episode 312, the Peasants went over a video of Brett's where he announced that he has no idea who Joseph Martelli really is; not unlike Peter denying Jesus (we bet Joseph lurking and reading this article every time it's edited will no doubt be flattered by this comparison, due to his messiah complex). Whereas what really happened is after Brett's interview and trying to join forces with him to say the Peasants lied about the doxing, Brett made a video asking Joseph to just ignore the Peasants and not feed the drama (oh god the irony). Joseph responded belligerently, saying: "Never! The drama ends when I says it ends, because I'm Joseph Martelli and nobody tells Joseph Martelli what to do! Fuck yuz!" now Brett has been added to his shitlist. Needless to say Brett's video was full of shit, backed up by the screenshots shown on the episode and seen to the right. Either way, the Peasants decided to put an embargo on Brett videos as of 2017, so hopefully Joseph will be included vicariously. That way, the miniature Stay Puft Marshmallow Man of Hate and Madness can finally be put to rest with a steady starvation of attention.
DMCAing ԀP
After Joseph Martelli saw a video from ԀP where TJ said he could choke slam Joseph he got butthurt and false DMCAd the peasants after just getting their channel back from the Tommy Sotomayor incident. Fortunately Joseph changed his mind and dropped the DMCA so he wouldn't look like a cunt in front of everyone. Though being the narcissistic history-revisionist he is, he made a stupid video swearing on the bible that he never did any of this. Also while basically parroting Brett Keane and Daddy Derek's ludicrous understanding of copyright laws where he thinks nobody should be using any of his videos without his permission. Also believing that because it's not literally a fair depiction of him, it's not fair use. He's also threatened to sue the Peasants over this but it's very clear he doesn't have the legal know-how or money to do so and is just doing what he normally does; lie as much as he breathes. To this day, he's still throwing fits about how the Peasants are making money off of his golden high-quality material.
Threatening ԀP
On April 29, 2016, Joseph threatened to come to a ԀP meetup and presumably go on a shooting spree; implied by an Instagram post of a google image of a gun on a bible before setting the account to private and blocking everyone. This caused TJ to respond on Twitter, and TommyfromtheBronx and Galen Hallcyon defended the peasants, saying that Joseph is just a little pussy and won't do shit.
When Galen asked Joseph if he was really going to the meetup, Joseph rescinded his claim, probably because it would require a lot of energy and physical exertion for his inflated body. That or he's a pussy and didn't want to risk getting in trouble with the law.
Confrontation with the Peasants
♪Bravely ran away away♪
"Dey shot me!"
♪When danger reared its ugly head♪
♪He bravely turned his tail and fled♪
"Fuck you, faggot!"
♪Yes, brave Martelli turned about♪
"Come to Niagara Falls!"
♪And gallantly he chickened out♪
♪Bravely taking to his feet♪
"I don like yus!"
♪He beat a very brave retreat♪
"Stop stalkin' me!"
♪Bravest of the brave, Martelli!♪
"*sniff* I-I'm callin' da police!"
After constantly threatening the peasants that he would show up at the meetup he finally had the courage to walk by Midnight Slice where the meetup was taking place - even though he lied, saying he wouldn't go. The fans called Joseph out and started calling to him to come inside. Martelli then threw out a bunch of insults at the fans and after Pimpmunkx and TommyFromTheBronx were walking towards him he made a run for it, making himself look like an utter fool. He ran straight for the nearest police department in tears and a red puffy face, while later saying he was shot by fans and in the hospital. Somehow having enough cognitive thought, he quickly tried to bury his accusations and went immediately back to demanding people come to Niagara Falls the moment he was on the bus home. He already wants to come back to Columbus (and apparently is on his way back) to... be in the same city as the Drunken Peasants; somehow this is a massive humiliation to them, because random people on the street don't know who TJ is. Either way, it should be interesting to see if he burns his entire income staying in Columbus hotels to feed his insane ego.
YouTube Channel
"Joseph Martelli here. Fuck yus faggots, stop calling me names and stop stalkin' me or I'll cum to yus city and tell peoples about yus! Ah don care bout yus! Ah don care about yus so much that ah'll instantly reply to every comment and video about the great Joseph Martelli, because ah google ma name daily... dat's how much ah don care bout yus! If you gotta problem wit what am sayin' cum ta Niagara Falls. Ah'll have a cop and bullet proof vest waitin, you cowards'! Peace!"— Every video he has and will ever make, set to copious amounts of junkfood or a sidewalk.
If someone responds to his videos, he'll make a video about it. If he argues with someone in a comment thread, he'll make a video about it. If he eats a meal, he'll make a video about it. If there's a visible sidewalk, he'll make a video about it. If he talks to a woman for 3 minutes, he'll make a video about it. If he takes a shit, he'll make a video about it. If he has a lucid thought, he won't make a video about it because it'll never happen.
He's also known for replying to nearly every comment on any one of his videos (if not disabled) or any other people's videos (even months or years old) with childish insults, death threats, suicide goading and sock accounts he logs in and out of to make it feel like he actually has real friends. He also uses them to downvote videos, upvotte his videos and compliment himself. The reason he just doesn't disable ratings is that he just craves and enjoys attention of any kind. He only resorts to mass blocking and wiping out every single video's comments when he runs out of steam calling people fags and telling them to kill themselves or let their parents fuck him in two or three different accounts.
Here is an extensive list of his sock accounts that he constantly creates and renames:
- all that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me
- Augusta Maine in Raging Robby
- Cuckold Destroyer Man Up
- Finding light in a world of dark matter
- ideservehell4mysin7777 Joseph Martelli
- ideservehell4mysin7777 kjv1611 john637
- ideservehell4mysin7777 Psalm 23
- I Hate Homosexuality and Gay Marriage Atheist Fools
- In the Beginning God Created Lake of fire Rev 20;15
- Joseph 7777 Martelli Joseph Martelli 7777
- Joseph 7777 Martelli Martelli Joseph7777
- Joseph Free speech Martelli 7777
- Joseph i reject atheism Martelli 7777
- Joseph ideservehell4mysin Martelli 7777
- Joseph Martelli 7777 7777 Joseph Martelli
- Joseph Martelli 7777 Joseph Martelli 7777
- Joseph Martelli 7777 Martelli Joseph 7777
- Joseph Martelli 7777 Pokémon Go 7/25/16
- Joseph Martelli JM7777 JJM7777 Martelli Joseph (
suspended for bullyingfalse flagged by "stalker faggots".)
- Joseph Martelli JM7777 Martelli Joseph JM7777
- Joseph on YouTube Martelli 7777
- Joseph punked 201 Martelli 7777
- Joseph the great 7777 Martelli JJM7777
- Joseph the great Martelli 7777 Channel 2
- Martini Dark Moon
- Revelation 20;15 Psalm 10;4
- Robert Dark Buffoon Robinson
- Robert The Drunken Peasants Robinson (
suspended for bullyingfalse flagged by "stalker faggots".)
- Robert Von Tammerstand 3
- Robert Von Tammerstand 4
- Robert Von rvt 2 Tammerstand 5
- rvt 2 Kreepy Karina Walker Elaine Cobain
- Shiva Destruction
- TJ genogamma13 Twerp
- Tom Araya
- Youtube trolls all on Joseph Martelli 7777
Stalking the "Stalkers"
His new way of dissing who he refers to as "stalkers" (IE: everyone that makes a comment or video disagreeing with his homophobic views) is to spend hundreds of dollars of his already minute income on bus trips, fast food and hotels in order to shit in a toilet in the same place his stalkers live in... Brilliant!! Ever since coming to Columbus Ohio to stalk and harass the Peasants, he took another trip to Phoenix Arizona to walk around the city because a 13 year old girl made some videos making fun of him. Days later, he went up to Augusta Maine to stalk one of his other detractors' house, standing across the street at least three times and bolting like a scared squirrel the instant the detractor saw him. Other antics in Maine include the detractor person meeting him at the bus stop and following him as he sprinted away while dialing 911. Then him posting a video telling said person to come to a local park, or he's a pussy coward, only for the detractor to make it to the park in about three minutes only to find Joseph was long gone, beating his chest in his hotel with another video about a sloppy lunch. All the while calling the detractor a stalker while Joseph was the one that took a nineteen hour bus trip and three day stay in a hotel just to go to every eatery the detractor frequents to talk shit about him to everyone he meets and stare at the man's apartment from across the street and take footage of the detractor leaving their apartment. No seriously, this is not a joke: please be cautious when dealing with this psychopath, because if your location is anywhere in your YouTube, Twitter or Google+ profile, he might want to come to your city to slander your name to random strangers, stalk your home from the sidewalk and who knows what else. This is the psycho that seriously believes he doesn't need to worry about sin in the mortal world and can do whatever he wants, because he repented once; such as lie, harass and post pictures of guns or his own penis to try and scare people, film them from bushes, and send letters scrawled on notebook paper to bosses and landlords to get them fired and/or evicted.
- He gets severely butthurt when anybody edits this article; meaning he is constantly looking at his own article.
- After his wife divorced him, she got hooked up with a black guy that hit him with his car and broke his arm. This explains the bizarre hammer tattoo that covers up his wife's name, as well as his racism towards black people. Even calling the child they have "their worthless half-black freak". This experience also gave him "street cred" - move over 50Cent, Martelli is the new straight OG.
- Joseph Martelli officially announced himself that Brett Keane gave him the peasants' private address.
- He says he wants to go to every "stalker's" home and "do something about them". We reiterate, this is the guy that posted two pictures of guns on Instagram; so draw what conclusion you may from these two factoids.
- He apparently owes a $3,000 mortgage on his house that he is refusing to pay for a very confusing insane reason having to do with demanding his Ex pay for it. Even though it was part of his divorce settlement. Meaning it's only a matter of time until he's kicked out into the streets or hauled off to jail, because he also refuses to set foot in any form of court, because he believes everyone there is an apostate for swearing on the "fake bible".
- This nearly-homeless nutshack still has visitation rights - just let that sink in and appreciate how fucked the divorce and child care services of America have gotten. It would be a shame if CPS in New York knew about his videos and lost custody; but if Daddyofive has taught us anything, it's that they don't give a fuck.
- He's also a massive conspiracy nut that often subscribes to Infowars with whatever his current main channel is. He thinks Obama is handing the internet over to the UN, which he calls "Lucifer's Trust". Maybe whenever that happens, he'll be too scared to use the internet and finally leave everyone alone. Edit: hell no.
- If Joseph is stalking you, do not worry. Approach him, and he will wet himself and run away.
- He himself shows that he sometimes sleeps on a public bench in New York while spending hundreds of government-aided income on huge portioned fast food, junk food and candy for groceries, burner smartphones, cross-country bus trips and hotel rooms just to stalk people. It's a wonder how he even has a house still or why he no longer sleeps in it. But in previous videos, it shows that he can't afford a heater in winter evident by the sight of his breath. Further research concludes that he leeches off of a dying hardcore christian grandma that brainwashed him in the first place.
- He claims the bible is literally the only book he will and has ever read. Definitely excluding any form of curricular textbook. The only movies he likes to watch are Jesus Christ Superstar and other films based on bible stories, accompanied by a full bottle of lotion. He even thinks the God's Not Dead movies are good.
- He's a pathological liar - much like his new boyfriend - who can't go a single day in his life without lying in a video, comment or tweet.
- He even spends his birthday and Christmas all alone posting videos of junkfood, sidewalks and yelling at people on the internet.
- Martelli has an account on Gay.com where his nudes are posted.
- On his anti-Muslim account, he has a video calling himself a prophet. Much like fellow homophobic nutjob, Mario.
- Joseph has recently lost quite a bit of weight. Well, gyms are full of hot, sweaty, muscular men.
- One of the various bullshit reasons Joseph condemns homosexuality is because he deems it effeminate, while he later argued against same-sex marriage through a poem.
- Contrary to... wherever it says in the bible or whatever about cussing being ungodly, Martelli uses the word "fuck" and "faggot" like a comma.
- When somebody in his comments used bible quote Matthew 7:1 against him saying he can't judge people; he called them a fag, removed the comment and blocked them. Then proceeded to make a video quoting Matthew 7:1 towards his haters.
- He has a weird obsession with Judas Iscariot and more specifically his suicide. Giving thinly veiled insults that people that hate him should follow Judas's example.
- Joseph berated Mr. Repzion for insulting him in a video response rather than saying it to his face whilst shooting a video. Guess he doesn't really know how YouTube videos work.
- You could pause any of his videos and end up with a fantastic screenshot.
- He wants to send anyone who is not straight to luxurious utopian islands, so there won't be any gays in society, Obviously a flawless plan...
- He wants the penis, but the penis doesn't want him.
- Apparently he thinks TJ is cute.
- Even Repzion could beat this douche canoe in a fight.
- His Bible is visibly damaged from pressing his thumb against it for extended periods. He must be good at fingering. It also looks a lot like Tom Riddle's diary.
- Even he admits his life is boring, unless he has an excuse to lie about it.
- Joseph seems to have a Brett Keane complex because he accused one of our admins of wanting to hurt his children because he made a video response to him. He also wastes precious visiting hours with his children to film them and make them tell his detractors to leave him alone so he can continue teaching them how gay people and atheists are subhuman filth. Ironically he also makes them call him "The Greatest Dad Ever".
- He puts his signature on comment threads he's argued in.
- He spends a very disturbing amount of time on the iFunnyface app on his phone scrawling insane messages on random clippings of pictures of people he hates. The modern equivalent of using cut out pieces of magazines for fucking and ransom/death threat letters.
- According to his obsessive food videos, he eats about as much junk food as two people per meal. One egregious example is three full sized breakfast sandwiches, a large side of tater tots and a large coffee. Others mostly consist of large portioned fast food, pizza, pasta and wings. Maybe somebody should tell him pizza is satanic, because it was invented by ancient Mediterranean pagans thousands of years before Christ.
- He further snapped recently when one of his ten channels got terminated for bullying. Now he wants to travel all the way to Maine to confront the "faggot" that he thinks is responsible. It's a wonder how he still hasn't been flagged for bullying, threats or hate speech on all his other channels as well.
- He thinks an admin for this wiki is a troll account for this other guy that's his sworn enemy. In fact, much like psycho-bitch Amy Bouzaglo, he thinks almost every negative comment is a troll or a sock account of another "haters and cyberbullies". Ironically while he also uses sock accounts to help him argue with and bully people.
- Not only does he not like gay people getting married and should be gassed in camps, but also says that interracial marriage is disgusting. He also unironically has a pious point of view of the Italian race as opposed to every other race, so... Godwin's Law isn't out of the question in his case. Or maybe it's more fitting to compare him to Benito Mussolini.
- Be afraid, he has found Twitter and has posted about fifty times in a single day on three accounts. Then all three got suspended for bullying and is already back doing the exact same thing on a new handle.
- He thinks that if he doesn't insult somebody on the internet at least every four hours, his dick will explode.
- His head is like a potato.
- He is confirmed to be a racist that thinks races shouldn't mix.
- His only favorite thing to do is "repent".
- The longest he has ever been away from the internet is two weeks, something he treated like a long sabbatical.
- This fat fuck told a girl who called him out to go on a diet because she was 30 pounds overweight. Pot calling kettle black, cunt.
- He has a terrifying amount of similarities to the Orlando Pulse Club Shooter, Omar Mateen: both were fanatically religious, repressed homosexuals, had a vocal hatred of homosexuality, had anger issues out the wazoo, and were frequent visitors of a homosexual-themed establishment. Luckily for the LGBT community of Niagara Falls New York, he's a complete coward that is too dirt-poor to own a stable house or non-temporary phone, let alone a gun.
- He's such a stupid creepy fucker that he thought a stripper he got a lapdance from was hitting on him and has fallen in love with her, thinking she reciprocates him. He even brags that he "got laid" by doing that and that that's "intimate lovemaking". He is now stalking a dairy queen clerk by going to the place during her shift and ordering the same strawberry ice cream, calling her "his angel".
- Joseph continuously harasses numerous DP Wiki staff members including Nowhere Man (formerly LanceCplThomas) and GenoGamma13.
- He talks to his own sock accounts in comments.
- He tries to pretend his sock accounts are real, yet he's so stupid that he uses them to upvote, favorite and leave complimentary comments on all his other account's videos and not have "Liked Videos" hidden.
- He use to live with his grandma until a year or so ago, leeching off her social security. Now he just leeches off welfare and disability.
- His YouTube channels are like a big gay hydra: if one gets banned, he creates ten more gmail accounts to make ten more.
- He has at least two restraining orders on him from his ex wife and the gay porn shop he use to harass; meaning that he is not allowed to own a firearm. Ergo if those pictures of a gun on a bible were real, he already would be in deep shit with the law.
- The cops keep stopping him as he lurks the streets of his Niagara Falls in the dead of night. He considers this racial profiling because he's a Christian and Italian. Totally not because he's always mumbling or even straight up yelling obscenities into his phone and even belligerently cusses out anyone asking what he's doing.
Then Joseph joined the Sea Shepherds
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The Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group Inc. was formed in October 1996 by local people with a common interest in Genealogy, and was later expanded to include local history.
Our members either live in the Fleurieu Peninsula, or have ancestors who resided in the area.
We have several Special Interest groups, including Computer groups to help members with their research. Our Research Room holds a large variety of information on CD-ROMs, as well as a growing collection of books, some are reference, but many can be borrowed by the members.
We meet monthly January to November. The monthly meetings are of a social nature and generally feature a guest speaker. We cover many Genealogical subjects, as well as Local and Social History.
Please visit the various tabs on our website, and don't forget to see if you have any common ancestors with our members that you are researching, and join our face book page.
We'd like to thank Julie Stokes for her research and putting together much of the information on this site.
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A Gainesville man is being held in the Gwinnett County jail on charges that he raped two female teenagers during psychotherapy sessions at his former Lawrenceville home.
Carmine Edmund Baffa, 52, was arrested April 9 on charges of rape and sexual assault, child molestation, aggravated child molestation and aggravated battery, Gwinnett County Police announced during a news conference Wednesday.
Police Cpl. Illana Spellman said Baffa posed as a hypnotist and psychotherapist and was host to seminars in the Atlanta area focused on life improvement. The seminars were held at hotels in Gwinnett and Cobb counties, Spellman said. Bafa would then offer individual "coaching sessions" with adults and children, she said.
Spellman said a 13-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman told police they were raped at Baffa's home in the 600 block of Stationview Run during separate therapy sessions.
The 13-year-old said sessions with Baffa took place between August 2006 and July 31, 2007, Spellman said.
The 19-year-old said she attended sessions beginning in the fall of 2006 and was raped in January 2007, Spellman said.
Gwinnett Police believe other victims may be involved and are requesting anyone with information to call investigators at 770-513-5356.
According to police Bafa's seminars were initially named "Mindsight" and later were changed to "Precious Video Productions."
Baffa is currently being held without bond in the Gwinnett County Detention Center.


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JERUSALEM (Nov. 2)
U.S. Secretary of State James Baker will have to wait until the Israeli government goes through its decision-making process before he gets an official reply to the amended version of his five-point plan for an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue.
While the initial reaction to the plan — conveyed to Jerusalem on Wednesday — was described as "positive" by unnamed officials here, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has withheld comment.
The first phase of the process to consider the plan will come on Friday, when Shamir convenes the four most senior ministers — himself and Foreign Minister Moshe Arens representing Likud, and Vice Premier Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor Party.
The group has not met since Peres was hospitalized Oct. 17 for a serious urinary tract infection. He was discharged this week and is resuming his workload slowly, on doctors' orders.
Some sources here said the prime minister might be prepared to call a meeting of the Inner Cabinet this Sunday, "if this is necessary."
If he delays, two key ministers will be away — Arens on an official visit to Japan and Rabin to Canada for an Israel Bonds and United Synagogue of America speaking engagement.
The Inner Cabinet, consisting of six Likud and six Labor ministers, is considered the government's top policy-making body.
But with the coalition partners' tendency to split on partisan lines, most votes end in ties, which preclude policy initiatives opposed by either party.
The fate of Baker's proposals may lie with Likud's hard-line ministers, who oppose any dialogue with Palestinians.
One of the rejectionists, Yitzhak Moda'i, spoke out strongly Thursday against even the revised version.
The key then is whether Shamir will overcome, or succumb to, his party's extreme right wing.
Labor, for its part, unanimously accepts Baker's original version. It considers the changes demanded by Likud to be nitpicking and meaningless.
According to Labor's elder statesman, Abba Eban, "If the Likud wants to believe that these changes will allow it to accept the points, then it should be encouraged to do so."


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Ambiguity in antenna specifications resulting from a lack of standards can make it difficult for RF engineers and supply chain managers to competently compare product from various vendors. Miscommunication during the procurement process on specification definitions and compliance to them is likely commonplace.
Introduction of globally accepted antenna standards into the wireless industry by the BASTA team facilitates more informed and accurate cost/benefit decisions on antenna selection. Standardization in the marketplace did drive quality and improved performance into antenna products and result in positive impact to coverage, capacity and QoS.
The Project BASTA is currently working on an updated NGMN whitepaper that recommends base station antenna (BSA) standards. The project team facilitates an appropriate forum and organization to further develop them and promote their adoption, which in general is beneficial to the wireless community and the NGMN partners.
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The result of the project on Base Station Antenna Standards is an Implementation Recommendation which helps the telecommunication industry to establish industry-wide accepted antenna standards for the benefit of its customers.
The scope of the project is to:
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text: ORRVILLE Raymond and Betty (Jones) Curtis, 4278 Mount Eaton Road, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Nov. 12. They were married in 1939 in Greenup, Ky., by the Rev. Leonard Smith.The Curtises are the parents of Dennis (Sally) Curtis of Orrville and Jolane (Gary) Day of New Waterford. They have six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Mr. Curtis retired from the J.M. Smucker Co. in Orrville in 1981 after 43 years of service. Mrs. Curtis retired in 1981 from Dairy Farm Products (the former Orrville Milk Co.).They are members of Christ United Church of Christ in Orrville and enjoy traveling, sporting events and visiting family and friends.A family dinner is planned at a later date.


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Distinguishing between rumours and facts about the MEK
Distinguishing between rumours and facts about the MEK
Joseph Omidvar
October 4, 2011
As the terrorist label of an Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e-khalq (MEK), is up for review by the U.S. State Department, many Iran regime lobbyists in the United States have devoted themselves to prevent the delisting of this organisation. Why these pressure groups and lobbyists have so much against an Iranian opposition group that strives for a democratic Iran at first seems strange. But if we take a close look at the policy suggestions of these pressure groups, such as NIAC, for futile appeasement of the brutal religious dictatorship in Iran, then we begin to understand the special interests involved, further accentuated by direct and indirect Iranian regime funding of such groups and efforts to discredit the MEK.
Furthermore, the world media needs to be more critical in sourcing their news stories on the MEK and should avoid basing their reports on rumours and speculations when there are numerous sources of real information available about this opposition group. News media should present data, facts and structured arguments so that people can build their own opinion rather than being fed rumours. Regarding the MEK, there are numerous facts that need to be clarified which have been ignored or overseen during the past months' debates.
Why is the MEK on the terrorist list to begin with? Rumours say that the organisation was involved in the killings of U.S. citizens in Iran in the 1970s, which is why the U.S. State Department has put the MEK on its list of foreign terrorist organisations. However, the facts tell a different story. Mr Martin Indyk, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in the Clinton Administration has said "[It] was White House interest in opening up a dialogue with the Iranian government. Top Administration officials saw cracking down on the [MEK], which the Iranians had made clear they saw as a menace, as one way to do so." With this plan in mind, the U.S. State Department, under Secretary Madeleine Albright, issued a statement in 1997 stating the MEK as a terrorist organisation "as a gesture of good will to Tehran", a senior administration official has said. The labelling of the MEK as a terrorist organisation by the U.K. and the EU was also requested by the Iranian regime (as confessed by the former British Foreign Minister Jack Straw) and implemented accordingly.
The MEK decided to dispute this allegation in court and in 2008 won the battle and were removed from the list of foreign terrorist organisation in the U.K. and later also in the EU. All courts concluded that there was no evidence supporting that this opposition group was a terrorist organisation. In 2010, a similar legal procedure in the U.S. ended with a federal court in Washington D.C. demanded the U.S. State Department remove the organisation from their list of foreign terrorist organisations.
The rumours about this opposition group are too often made-up stories and fake allegations. These allegations are very similar to those spouted by the Iranian regime during the post-election uprisings in 2009, where the Iranian government blamed the U.S. and the west to have initiated the uprising, and where they blamed BBC for the death of Ms. Neda Agha-Soltan.
One of the most infamous allegations against the MEK is that they are a cult. But the clearest evidence against the MEK being a cult is that they have a very wide support from and actively seeks to engage with society. Their supporters include people from all levels of society and walks of life including prominent artists, academics, lawyers and politicians. Their yearly rally in mid-June hosts more than 100,000 people from all over the globe that come to show their support for this Iranian movement and for the Iranian people.
Numerous politicians, lawyers and prominent people from the international human rights community have spoken at MEK events. Unfortunately, the latest accusation is that these people have been paid to speak on the behalf of the MEK. It is tiring to see this being written and interpreted as something shameful, when it is completely normal and according to all protocols to have expenses covered when invited to speak at symposiums, conferences and meetings; it is something which countless former U.S. officials and politicians do every day. This does not mean that the person has been paid to say specific things; just that he or she has been asked to speak their opinion.
Besides the process of delisting the MEK, new developments for the group are that the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finally come to an agreement with the residents of Camp Ashraf, where many MEK members reside, which enables them to apply for refugee status. A statement by the UNHCR says that "there is no formal requirement for individuals to disassociate themselves from the PMOI/MEK in order to apply for refugee status." As the UNHCR at last agreed to allow the residents to keep their political rights, the residents of Camp Ashraf did not hesitate in applying for refugee status. This is a great step towards the safety of the opposition group and its members in Camp Ashraf. However, the situation in the camp is still urgent and needs immediate action.
The 3,400 Iranian MEK members that reside in this camp in Iraq have previously been attacked by Iraqi forces in at least two raids under which several unarmed residents of the camp were injured and killed. During the latest attack, in April 2011, United Nations officials confirmed the killing of 36 residents and wounding of hundreds. But despite condemnations of the Iraqi raid by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the EU and various parliaments throughout the world, nothing has changed and the residents have been left in mortal danger and their supporters in fear of another attack.
While the UNHCR processes the 3,400 applications for refugee status the lives of the residents of this camp are still in danger and human rights abuses by Iraqi troops continue unabated. Prominent members of the international community suggest that the safety of the residents can be guaranteed if the UNHCR send a monitoring team to Ashraf in cooperation with UNAMI, as their presence would prevent future Iraqi raids and the killings of the residents. In fact, this is probably the only solution for the residents' safety as guarantees from the Iraqis have proven empty.
The MEK has many supporters inside Iran, despite rumours stating otherwise, and the residents of Camp Ashraf have become a symbol of hope and freedom for many people. The largest sign is the massive effort and resources put down by the Iranian regime to destroy this movement, as they see it being a threat to the ruling mullahs. The Iranian regime has during the past 30 years fed anti-MEK propaganda to the people inside Iran such that it is punishable to use the organisations real name (MEK is called "Monafeghin" by the Iranian regime). Moreover, anybody who has visited Camp Ashraf or has MEK relatives is hunted down and can be imprisoned and even executed because of his or her ties to the organisation.
The rumours and misinformation about the MEK makes the situation for the residents in Camp Ashraf more vulnerable as the international community does not get to hear their side of the story and keep basing much of its reports on these fake allegations. This seems to be the aim of Iran and Iraq as the Iraqi forces are not allowing journalists to enter Camp Ashraf to speak to the residents and has set up electronic jamming devices to stop any communication with the camp. The delisting of the MEK is therefore critical since by keeping the MEK on the list of foreign terrorist organisations, the West is helping the Iranian regime justify the execution of MEK supporters inside Iran, the blockade of Camp Ashraf and future attacks on the 3400 unarmed MEK members in the camp. Above all, delisting is the only just outcome and the only one based on the evidence.


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I have not seen that shape or pattern in our American Glass. So, it could be European. As Luv stated the chrome lid does look a little "to new", but it could also have been restored - rechromed. The lid finial does resemble bakelite - which would indicate the 1920's-30's. ( did you get a good look at that?)
Were you able to handle the cups? The best way to tell old from new is that the new glass has a weird greesy feel to it, and the color's are usually "off". ( bases appear almost plastic) The next way to check is wear. But, if put away and unused, that wouldn't help us either.
Sorry I couldn't be more help - but it is super cool in any case!
Hello Dianne! It is a gorgeous set! It is so difficult to tell the age from a photo. It could be art deco, as it could be the rare piece that was very well cared for. It could also be from the Retro Period of the 1940s - 50s, when they made items using different styles, as the Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco periods. The lid looks very new, though. I know in the 1950s and again in the 1970s, they copied the past so much in glassware!
Hello all, I bought this art-deco plaque back in the early 1970s at a small junk shop in northern Iowa. It is blue mirror and I've always thought the figure to be "celluloid" but have since figured it might be plaster. Obviously NOT a "House of David" piece due to subject matter ;-). Measures 16" tall by 8" wide. A piece like it was used in the set decor in the 1937 movie "Topper" (it is on the wall beside the elevator in The Kerbey's apartment building!). Hope someone might be able to tell me WHO made it, WHEN, etc. I'd never want to part with her, but it'd be great to know she might be worth something! Thanks! Char
Thanks, Tom. So...actually the 1918 prints would be Art Deco (unless you are a purist :)) Here's another 1918 Vouge Poster I'm researching by Helen Dryden. Both of them were purchased in London at Conde Nast in 1973. I see the same vouge posters over and over in my online search but can't seem to find these...
1884 - 1914 Art Nouveau
1910 - 1940 Art Deco
1837 - 1901 Victorian Era
1860 - 1910 Arts & Crafts (aka: Mission style)
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It's Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story [1] from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Daily Apple community please contact me here [2]. I'll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
Hi Mark,
I've been holding off on writing up any "success story" about myself even though I have met and even surpassed my weight loss goals with Primal eating and the Primal Blueprint Fitness [3] plan.
That is because this journey, for me, has been much more about regaining and maintaining my health for life. Looking good in a swimsuit is just a side benefit.
Five years ago, at the age of 45, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, a fast growing invasive bugger that surely would have killed me without medical intervention. Over the course of two and a half years, I had eight surgeries and six rounds of chemo. That is a lot of time with a lot of enforced inactivity and the pounds just piled up. Chemo also does a number on your thyroid function which didn't help any.
And then there is the psychological aspect of being seriously ill. The feeling of, screw it, I'm going to finish the pizza if I feel like it. I have cancer. A few extra pounds are the least of my problems.
As it turns out, those extra pounds were a major problem. When I asked my oncologist what I should be doing to help prevent a recurrence, his first words were a no-nonsense, "You need to lose weight. Extra fat cells are a source of estrogen which can trigger cancers such as this."
That was the kick in the pants that I needed to start doing something about the problem. But where to start?
I had always been an active, healthy kid and young adult, into surfing, backpacking, hiking, swimming and even taken a detour into bodybuilding in my 20's. My diet had always been the health food version of CW, lots of veggie and tofu stir-fries with brown rice, never the SAD at all.
A few pounds had crept up on me as I passed 40, but during my illness I ballooned up to a size 16 and 210 lbs. I am 5'10" but that is still too big.
Note my chin's evil twin and the tank top strap disappearing into squishy stuff.
I tried white knuckle calorie restriction and got nowhere. A friend had some good results with Atkins so I started looking into lower carb eating and came across several interesting articles about ketosis as an adjunct to cancer treatment.
In addition to battling cancer, I have also had a seizure disorder since college. I had also been doing some research into the ketogenic diets that have worked so well for many with epilepsy.
At Johns Hopkins they are using something they call the "Modified Atkins Diet" or MAD in the treatment of epilepsy with excellent results. This spurred me to look further into Atkins, but I was dismayed by all the fake ingredients in the bars and shakes you supposedly need to do their program.
So, both my cancer research and my epilepsy research were pointing me in the same general direction as I went looking for an all natural alternative to Atkins.
On the way to Primal I stopped off for a while with the book called "Diet Evolution" by Dr. Stephen Gundry. Its induction phase is basically the same as Primal and it worked beautifully. I lost 30 pounds like falling off a log. Gundry explains about neolithic/paleolithic dietary changes and that made a lot of sense to me. But then Gundry goes on to "evolve" the diet further back in time so that you are basically eating like a gorilla, only veggies with a protein garnish and then he re-introduces grains. At that point it stopped working, surprise, surprise. That's where he lost me and I went looking again.
So this was my long and winding path to Primal. I thought I had found the holy grail. I lost five pounds in the first week, in hindsight probably water weight due to ditching the dairy and soy.
I was already grain and sugar free and had always been a big fan of lots of veggies and salads all my life. Primal just gave me "permission" to embrace all that evil animal protein and fat. And I did, with a passion and with excessive portions.
This is where I would like to say to all newbies around here: READ THE BOOK FIRST before you listen to forum [4] advice. In The Primal Blueprint [5] there is an entire chapter on portion control and calorie targeting. Much of the forum "wisdom" however said to chuck your scale out the window and just eat your bacon and be happy and the pounds would fall off magically.
Guess what. Didn't happen. I gained back those first five plus five more and then read the book and realized I needed to cut portion sizes and get my calories under control. I think Taubes got part of the story right. There are good calories and bad calories, but even with just good ones, too much is still too much.
I dialed back on all that yummy fat and increased my lean protein intake while cutting overall quantities of food. The scale started moving again and kept going down for another 35 pounds to 145, five pounds under my goal of 150 and a size 6 when my goal had been an 8.
Since then I have put on a few pounds by taking a cruise, and taken them off again the same way, Primal with sensible portion control. All in all I have been maintaining here quite easily.
Every time the subject of calories comes up on the forum, people seem to square off into two extreme camps. One side is the "It doesn't matter what you eat, only how much you eat" strict CICO approach. In the other corner there are is "CICO is bogus, you can eat as much as you want as long as you eat the right things."
And then there is me saying wait a minute. Why does it have to be either the quantity OR the quality of the calories. I think it's BOTH. Eating the right kind of foods (Primal) makes it easier to restrict the quantity of food without feeling like you are going to faint from hunger.
The people who say that you can just "eat when you are hungry, stop when you are not" don't get what it's like to have a completely messed up metabolism. When you can't just "listen to your body" because it's telling you lies about how much to eat, you need to impose some control on the situation from the brain down.
Now that I am at a healthy weight with a well functioning thyroid, I can listen to my body and trust what it's saying. It's wonderful.
Last year I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and it was pretty easy. My knees don't hurt anymore. I don't get puffy ankles like I used to when I was heavy.
Then a couple of weeks ago something wonderful happened for me. I had my five years post cancer check up including mammogram, bone density scan, and blood work.
The mammogram was clean and the post chemo osteopenia I had is gone. My thyroid is healthy again and I have healthy levels on all the vitamins and such.
This all-clear was the news I was waiting on before calling myself a success.
I want to shout out to all the people out there who have suffered an accident or illness that has put them way deep in the hole of despair mentally as physical health spirals out of control. I know how you feel. But, please don't give up on yourself. Yes it is hard to battle back from the bottom of that hole, but it is SO worth it.
I am so glad to be to be healthy again.
Sure, there is scar tissue. I don't care. I'm alive.
These undies [6] (NSFW – scroll to last post in thread) were something I bought for a cancer fundraising campaign when my size 16 behind would never have fit into them. Now cancer can kiss my size 6 behind.
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IN HIS first week in office, David Gallop made a point of promoting very positive messages about the game, choosing to refer to a term that has often been used against the game: ''sleeping giant''.
Gallop commented on realising the landscape had changed the moment John Aloisi's penalty hit the net in November 2005 to put Australia into the World Cup. At the time he was the boss of the National Rugby League.
He had cause to extend the metaphor days later, following a new broadcast deal, to say the giant was awake, out on the street and with cash in his pocket.
It was effective because the imagery used to keep the game down for so long has now been turned around and used to the game's benefit. Confidence and positivity are self-perpetuating, and it's a powerful image for every soccer fan to believe, and promote. Two events, in particular, highlight the growing power of the game. Soccer is back on free-to-air television. Sanity has, finally, prevailed and the timing could not have been better, with every indicator sky high, including A-League crowds, pay television ratings and club memberships.
Now is the perfect time to open the game up to the remainder of the Australian community, around 70 per cent of households without pay TV, to broaden the game's reach and promotion. If you'll permit a brief plug for SBS, with 30 years' experience and devotion to the game, as well as a suite of multilingual broadcast and digital platforms to take the game into our diverse communities, the collaboration between Fox Sports, SBS and Football Federation Australia to broadcast a live match every Friday night will provide a phenomenal boost to the visibility of the competition.
The funds will allow FFA to match the salary cap of the clubs, a significant milestone in the development of the competition commercially. But although the club dividend will increase, it appears the players are to receive no further benefit, with the salary cap to be frozen despite producing week-by-week the best football the competition has seen in its short history.
The game would do well to avoid industrial action or disputes leading into next season, and this is an issue Gallop will need to resolve with new Professional Footballers Australia boss Nick Holland to give certainty to the players as soon as possible.
Gallop has made all the right noises in this regard, using different language to his predecessors on the importance of rewarding our elite players. With growing competition from Asian leagues, it is fundamental to continue to provide greater financial benefits to retain talent, let alone attract new talent.
Next year is a watershed one for the competition, as it grows and heads into the wider community.
Following closely has been the second football diplomacy conference at the Lowy Institute to explore maximising the cultural, commercial, social, community, diplomatic and tourism aspects of hosting the 2015 Asian Cup, a tournament that dovetails perfectly with the recent release of the government white paper, Australia in the Asian Century. The first conference was held in 2005 to precede Australia's entry into the Asian Football Confederation. The second demonstrated clearly how far the game has come, with a range of government, business and community leaders sharing a common message - that soccer is now the bridge to Australia achieving greater integration, engagement and membership of Asia.
But the Asian Cup is much more. It is not only an obvious opportunity for Australia to promote itself to an expected audience of more than 2 billion, but a chance to better understand the rich patchwork of our own nation.
Business leaders talked glowingly of the commercial opportunities the game offers both here and abroad, and we all know the power of soccer to bring people together and help those at the margins of society.


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With a forecast of rain, our weekend is broken into two parts. Gardening work outdoors, tending to the gardens and lawn. Organizing work indoors, time to clear out the cubby under the stairs and organize all my fabric, yarn and craft supplies.
Tomorrow we leave for the beach to open our summer place. Time to enjoy our first days as a family at our family haven. First charcoal bbq, first campfire, I am looking forward to the smells, sounds and sights of our place.
Rain, rain go away on this typical May long weekend
Hope yours is a fantastic long weekend!
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
10 Suggestions for Lane Kiffin
Outside linebacker Rico McCoy and defensive tackle Dan Williams are the only starters Kiffin and his father will have returning from the Vols' front seven. That is, if the Kiffins can convince them to stay at UT for their senior year.
The sell should not be too difficult as neither is ready to contribute in the NFL nor are they likely to get high round NFL draft grades. However, losing one or both to the NFL could have a catastrophic effect on next year's run defense.
2. Hold the '09 recruiting class intact
The Vols current freshman class shows very little promise either offensively or defensively, so it is important that Kiffin go to work on the recruiting trail immediately so that the '09 class does not end up looking like the '08 one.
Fulmer and his staff had put together a nice recruiting class before he was fired and it seems as most of the recruits that decommitted or showed wavering interest is still in play.
3. Give Trooper Taylor a call
Trooper Taylor was a fan and player favorite over his four years as an assistant coach in Knoxville before leaving to become the co-offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State. Truth be told, had Fulmer taken a gamble last spring and hired Taylor instead of Dave Clawson as his offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin probably would not be taking over this week.
Kiffin is likely to call the plays and manage the offense for the foreseeable future, so you could argue that there is relatively low risk involved with bringing Taylor back to Knoxville as offensive coordinator. Plus, Taylor is a heralded national recruiter who would bring yet another star to Lane Kiffin's recruiting dream team.
4. Keep a couple of Fulmer's assistants
Kiffin does not want to risk alienating Vols' fans or more importantly Vols' players by dumping every single assistant coach employed by the program. The fact is that Phil Fulmer leaves behind a very talented coaching staff, with the exception of failed first year offensive coordinator Dave Clawson.
Running backs coach Stan Drayton is at the top of the list of assistants Kiffin should consider retaining. Defensive ends coach Steve Caldwell and Defensive backs coach Larry Slade are veterans of the staff that Kiffin would be wise to keep on board. Tight ends coach Jason Michael has a lot of time invested in the Vols' four tight ends and would also be an asset to Kiffin.
5. Learn everything you can from Bruce Pearl
Pearl mastered the transition from Tennessee outsider to revered family member like it has never been done before. He captured the hearts of Vols' fans and transformed Tennessee into a football AND basketball state in just three years. Kiffin could learn a lot about salesmanship and leadership from Bruce Pearl.
6. Don't overwhelm the offense next year
It's expected that Kiffin will bring a pro-style offense to Tennessee. That's fine, but he should not try to re-teach every single thing these young football players know about the game between now and next August. Dave Clawson tried that and his offense was a miserable failure as a result.
7. Reunite Vol Nation
Kiffin steps in to one of the best jobs in college football, except that at the moment there are still major divisions in the Tennessee football family due to Fulmer's dismissal just one season after playing for the SEC Championship. It will be important that Kiffin play the role of "uniter " over the next several months.
8. Promote the Tampa Bay Cover 2 featuring the "Berry and Morley Show"
Defensively, the front seven will be young and no one will have a clue what to expect from the Vols' offense next year. However, the Vols' will return the most talented secondary in the SEC featuring two of the finest safeties in the country. Eric Berry will appear on Heisman Trophy lists at the beginning of next season and Demetrice Morley will be yet another in a long line of Tennessee safeties in the NFL.
Kiffin should capitalize early and often on the star power of Berry and Morley in his father's famous "Tampa Bay Cover 2" coverage scheme. The "Berry and Morley Show" could be the gridiron version of the famed "Ernie and Bernie Show" that shined on the hardwood in the late 70s.
9. Talk to B.J. Coleman about being your team leader
For years now the Vols have lacked outspoken player leadership similar to the type shown by Peyton Manning and Al Wilson in the late 90s. Quarterback B.J. Coleman has the confidence of his teammates and the leadership ability to make Lane Kiffin's job much easier.
Kiffin should focus his attention immediately on grooming Coleman to be his starting quarterback for the next three years. It's a move that could pay dividends for Kiffin down the road.
10. Reconcile with Fulmer's loyalists
Kiffin can't afford to lose the former players and boosters who were on Fulmer's side through this whole process.
In due time, Kiffin needs to approach and ask for the support of those who were outspoken in their defense of Fulmer such as Chattanooga booster John "Thunder" Thornton and the numerous former players who expressed disappointment in their alma mater over the decision.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Lane Kiffin Era Begins Monday
More importantly it will mark the beginning of the Lane Kiffin era.
After nearly a month of intense speculation it appears that Lane Kiffin, the 33 year-old football coaching prodigy, came out on top in UT's "once-in-a-generation" coaching search. In no time the Kiffins will assume the responsibilities of being the Vol Nation's first family which begs the question, "Does he have any idea what he's gotten himself into?"
Kiffin and his wife, Layla, have two young daughters, both of whom are headed for a far different life than the one they would have had in Oakland, California where their dad was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders. Raiders' fans are something else, no doubt, but it's still not quite the same thing as the "eat, sleep and drink college football" mentality that exists in East Tennessee.
If any two girls should be okay under such circumstances, it would be two with the kind of football-embedded DNA that Landry and Presley Kiffin have.
Their maternal grandfather, John Reaves, was an All-America quarterback at the University of Florida and played nine seasons in the NFL.
Their paternal grandfather, Monte Kiffin, played football at the University of Nebraska and after coaching the game for over 40 years he is currently one of the highest paid assistant coaches in the NFL.
Heck, their parents met when their mom was working for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their dad was a graduate assistant at Colorado State.
You get the point, the Kiffins know football. The problem is, they may not know much else.
That's where Lane Kiffin has to prove himself, because being the football coach at the University of Tennessee is about more than just football. It's also about a proud university, a unique region and a great state.
Phil Fulmer is both a Tennessean and a Volunteer, so serving as an ambassador for the state and the university came naturally to him. For Lane Kiffin the initial challenge of coaching at UT may be greater off the field than on it.
Winning press conferences and the trust of the fan base would be a nice preface to winning football games for Kiffin, who, at first, may have a hard time understanding that football is not a business in East Tennessee. It's a way of life.
However, taking the reins of a storied program coming off one of its worst years in history will mean that Kiffin's actions on the field will be under the finest of microscopes.
The first football question the ex-Raiders coach will have to answer is about who he will include in the entourage he brings with him to Knoxville.
Some speculate that Kiffin will lure his dad, who is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defensive coordinator, to Rocky Top to run the Vols' defense, but given Monte Kiffin's hefty assistant's salary in Tampa Bay it's more likely that former Ole Miss head coach Ed Orgeron would come on board. Orgeron coached at USC with Kiffin and it has long been rumored that he would reunite with Kiffin wherever he lands in the college ranks.
Beyond filling his staff there is laundry list of tasks awaiting Kiffin over the next eight months.
He's got a couple dozen recruits that he'll have to convince to hold their commitment to play football at UT, not to mention there are few key juniors like Rico McCoy and Dan Williams that he'll need to convince to hang around for their senior year and help him launch UT into the Kiffin era.
Speaking of launching into the Kiffin era, there are a number of major UT donors who are still Fulmer loyalists that Kiffin would do well to win over in the next few months.
And there is one last thing. There is a little bit of a mess at the quarterback position for the Vols, he might need to work on that before next season.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Monday Report: UT Coaching Stockwatch
Vols finally win, Offense Sputters
While it's safe to assume that Mike Hamilton's decision on who to hire as Phil Fulmer's replacement will not be based primarily on the current win-loss record of the coaches on his short list, there is no doubt that several candidates for the UT job saw their stock affected over the weekend.
(+) Steadily Rising- Brian Kelly, University of Cincinnati
Kelly has managed an unstable quarterback situation so brilliantly this season at UC that the Bearcats are now in position to capture the Big East title next week with a win over Syracuse. Despite being forced to use four quarterbacks over the course of the season, Kelly has led Cincinnati to a 5-1 mark in the Big East and a 9-2 record overall.
Saturday's 28-21 victory over #20 Pittsburgh extended Cincinnati's win streak to four games and further proved Kelly's readiness to take on a bigger stage. Since the UT coaching search began Kelly has done everything right to have his name at the top of the list.
(+) Outperforming the Market- Chris Petersen, Boise State
The Broncos survived a scare from Nevada to move a step closer to another undefeated season. Petersen's name was one of the first to be thrown around for the UT job, but he seemed to get lost in the fanfare over newer commodities such as Kelly, Lane Kiffin and Tim Brewster.
A coach with two undefeated seasons in his last three would be very hard to argue with.
(-) Slightly Bearish- Butch Davis, University of North Carolina
There was a time when Davis was considered the most sought after candidate for the Vols' job despite his constant statements of disinterest. Following two consecutive UNC losses including an embarrassing 41-10 defeat to instate rival NC State on Saturday it is very possible that Davis' interest in coming to Knoxville has increased as Mike Hamilton's interest in him has declined.
(-) Oversold Stock- Mike Leach, Texas Tech University
All those Tennessee fans out there who think Leach's exciting spread offense is the answer to all of the Vols' problems were served a large dose of reality Saturday night. Oklahoma dismantled the seemingly unstoppable Red Raiders 65-21 in a game that highlighted Leach's questionable game management skills.
This game served as a reminder that Leach's success at Texas Tech has been mediocre before this season.
(-) The Bottom Has Fallen Out- Tim Brewster, University of Minnesota
Cross Brewster off your list of prospective candidates to be the next coach at Tennessee. Brewster's first season at Minnesota was a complete disaster, but after a strong showing on the recruiting trail in the offseason and a 7-1 start to the 2008 season his stock began to soar.
The hype didn't last long because Brewster's Golden Gophers have gone on to lose four consecutive games including a 29-6 blowout loss to Michigan and Saturday's 55-0 meltdown at home vs. Iowa.
Brewster is probably best served focusing on keeping his job at Minnesota at this point.
Vols Finally Win, Offense Sputters
Vols Finally Win, Offense Sputters
It was good to see Coach Fulmer win in his last trip to Middle Tennessee as UT's football coach, but don't be fooled into giving offensive coordinator Dave Clawson an ounce of the credit.
Week after week Clawson's offense shows little or no improvement, yet thankfully on a few occasions the Vols' defense has performed so admirably that Clawson's ineptitude has been overcome. Such was the case on Saturday as Eric Berry returned an interception 45 yards for yet another trademark "pick six" and Brent Vinson set up a field goal with an interception return of his own deep into Vanderbilt territory.
Those 10 points combined with the 10 first half points scored by the Vols' offense were enough to fend off the lifeless Commodores.
Saturday marked the seventh time in 11 games this season that Tennessee has scored exactly one offensive touchdown. That pretty much sums up the legacy that Clawson will leave behind.
After Jonathan Crompton proved yet again that he is not ready to play in the SEC, Clawson was forced to do what most coaches would have done eight games ago: put B.J. Coleman in the game. However, Coleman seemed so micromanaged by Clawson's confused play calling style that he was never given a chance to shine. Coleman was constantly in flux as the G-Gun and Wild Berry packages were shuffled in and out of the game with little success.
Though he had hardly been allowed to throw the ball, upon making his first passing mistake, Coleman was quickly thrown under the bus by Clawson and replaced with the gaffe-prone Crompton. Not surprisingly, the Vols fumbled the ball away within seconds of Crompton's return to the game.If nothing else the Vols seemed more motivated with Coleman at the helm than they have been for months. Want proof? The Vols quickly built a 17-0 lead once Coleman went in the game without him completing a single pass. And we all know how hard 17 points is to come by for this Volunteer squad.
In the second quarter the offensive line put together their most impressive drive of the season with Coleman under center and he seems to be just the type of leader capable of undoing the damage that Clawson has done to the offense's production and morale.
Here's to next year and B.J.'s bright future.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Titans' 10-0 Start is One for the Ages
Nevertheless, this Jeff Fisher engineered Titans team deserves credit for what it has already accomplished as its undefeated start may be the most impressive feat a football team in the state of Tennessee has ever pulled off.
I know what you're thinking, and yes, 1998 National Championship included.
Impressive may be a controversial word in this context, especially if you let yourself get caught up in the glamour and pageantry of National Championships, but if you're interested in degree of difficulty and historical rarity then the 2008 Titans already have the 1998 Volunteers beat.
There are no University of Houston Cougars or UAB Blazers on the Titans' schedule this year as there were on the Vols' schedule in 1998. For that matter there are no Kentucky Wildcats or Vanderbilt Commodores on the Titans' schedule either.
In other words, with a schedule that threatens a loss every single Sunday the small-market Tennessee Titans have won and won and won.
Since 1970, only 10 NFL teams have won the first ten games of the season. That's roughly one 10-0 start every four years. And in a league that prides itself on parity that far exceeds other professional sports due to a tight salary cap, the Titans win streak is probably more impressive now than it would have been in 1970.
Last year's juggernaut New England Patriots were the first 10-0 NFL team of the millennium. Now the Titans are the second.
In college football, the number of undefeated National Champions since 1970 is much, much higher. The exact number is hard to pin down because undefeated teams have "shared" National Championships on several occasions, but it's somewhere in the 25-30 range. And that doesn't include undefeated teams that didn't claim National Championships.
This isn't to take anything away from the Vols 1998 National Championship team, because it's a rough comparison between college and pro football anyway. Rather it's an effort to draw a parallel between what's looking more and more like the state's two best football teamsever, the 1998 Vols and 2008 Titans.
Unsuspecting quarterback. Great running backs. Stingy defense. Star talent, with a team first mentality. The '08 Titans and the '98 Vols have more in common than you'd think. You could even argue that great coaching is a similarity between the two teams, or at least that two great coaches finally had teams that perfectly complimented their coaching style.
In fact, the Titans could learn an important lesson from the '98 Vols. Stick to what you do best, do it one game at a time and let the rest take care of itself. The blueprint for success was laid on a collegiate level ten years ago in this state by Phil Fulmer and his Tennessee Vols. Running hard and playing tough defense, the Tennessee Titans have done a heck of a job replicating that blueprint in the NFL this season.
If the Titans play like they are capable of playing on Sunday against the Jets they will be just the 7th team in NFL history to start the season 11-0. Then history would really be calling if the Titans travel to Detroit to take on the lowly Lions with the opportunity to move to 12-0. Only four NFL teams have started 12-0 since 1970.
The scary thing is that if the Titans get to that point only the Browns and Texans will stand between them and 14-0.
I'm just saying.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A Christmas to Remember on Rocky Top?
Almost every coach mentioned as a candidate for the Vols' job has their hands full through the regular season and some may not be available until bowl season is underway. So, in the spirit of the upcoming holiday season the "Legit Sports" blog debuts with a list of possible mid-December Christmas presents for the Vol Nation.
In a coaching search that UT athletic director Mike Hamilton guaranteed would spread far and wide, names have been thrown out ranging from Bill Cowher to Todd Graham which leaves room for the possibility that we will all be shocked at who Hamilton introduces at that highly anticipated mid-December press conference.
If the Vol Nation wants a refund on Hamilton's "gift" this Christmas, it is likely that he won't last as long as the next coach. However, Hamilton deserves the benefit of the doubt because he has proven to be a shrewd businessman in his time as AD and deserves a lot of credit for bringing Bruce Pearl to Knoxville and keeping him here.
If he pulls off another coaching hire that works out anything like the Bruce Pearl experiment then the Vols could be headed for two-sport dominance rivaled by only Florida and Texas.
Vol Nation, here is your list of potential early Christmas presents…
"A New Car"
Jon Gruden, Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lovie Smith, Head Coach of the Chicago Bears
A car is really the mother of all Christmas presents and a surprising hire of either Gruden or Smith would be the same for the Vols faithful. Both coaches have ties to Knoxville from early in their careers (Gruden was a Graduate Assistant and Smith was the Vols' Defensive Backs coach in '93 and '94) and have at least been rumored to have interest in a major college job.
Both would be grand slams for the University and the football program as they would bring with them the highest level of professionalism and excellent coaching ability, not to mention a Super Bowl ring for Gruden and an NFC Championship for Smith. The next coach is going to have to go head to head with the finest coaches in the country on the recruiting trail and it goes without saying that these two would instantly be tough recruiting competition in the SEC.
"A Nintendo Wii game console"
Lane Kiffin, former Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders
Much like the Wii, the 33-year old Kiffin would be like an exciting new toy for Vol fans this Christmas, but may end up not being worth the relatively high price tag.
Hiring Kiffin would certainly be a bold gamble for Hamilton, but it could generate both fan excitement and success on the field very quickly. There is a lot to like about Kiffin including the record-setting offenses that he coached at USC in 2005-06 and his three consecutive #1 nationally ranked recruiting classes as the Trojans' recruiting coordinator.
Forget about his short tenure as the Raiders head coach because it was in no way a fair reflection on Kiffin's ability to coach. He is going to end up being a great coach somewhere and Vols fans may wish they had him five years from now.
"Red Ryder BB Gun"
Butch Davis, Head Coach at the University of North Carolina
The Red Ryder BB gun has been a Christmas favorite for decades for its dependability all around quality. Butch Davis would bring the same things to the Volunteer program and he also seems to be the favorite of many inside the UT athletic department despite his repeated disinterest in the Tennessee coaching job.
While it's hard to see the program going south on Davis' watch, he arguably has far less upside than some of the other candidates being mentioned. His reputation is built on his success as the head coach at Miami, but the Hurricanes were still in the Big East in those days which means he still hasn't had significant success in major conference college football. And even this year at North Carolina, where he has revived his coaching career, all three of the Tar Heels losses came in the fourth quarter on questionable coaching decisions.
At 57, Davis is either past his prime or near the end of it and I don't see much more than a few 9-4 or 10-3 seasons for him if he came to the SEC.
"$50 Best Buy Gift Card"
Will Muschamp, Defensive Coordinator at the University of Texas
At only 37 years old Muschamp is already a journeyman defensive coordinator after having served in that position at LSU, Auburn and Texas where he is currently Mack Brown's DC.
In the same way you need to add a little extra money to a $50 Best Buy Gift Card to buy something nice , the defensive specialist Muschamp would need some great offensive minds around him to balance his lack of head coaching experience. He would bring the same kind of intensity and passion to the football program that Pearl has brought to the basketball program, but it's unlikely that Hamilton risks his own career on a hot-headed college assistant with no head coaching experience.
"The Bruce Pearl Bobble Head Doll"
Brian Kelly, Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati
This would seem like an endorsement of Kelly simply by virtue of mentioning his name in the same breath as Bruce Pearl, but it's more of a simple comparison of their similarities leading up to their first big break.
Kelly, also a Boston area native, was a big time winner in Division II at Grand Valley State before rebuilding a lost program at Central Michigan and then doing the same thing at Cincinnati. He's got the Bearcats eyeing the Big East title for the second straight year and he would almost certainly be thrilled to have the opportunity to run a major program like Tennessee's.
The media in Cincinnati raves about Kelly's accessibility and his strength as a salesman causes many to compare him to Pearl. More importantly, he would treat the opportunity to coach at UT as the honor of a lifetime rather than a stepping stone to better things in much the same way Pearl has spoken of his opportunity at UT.
"Sweater from Grandma"
Mike Leach, Head Coach at Texas Tech University
He is one weird dude, and he is frankly one weird dude with a less than impressive resume. According to Rivals.com rankings, Leach has failed to bring in a Top 100 recruit since he's been the Red Raiders' head coach.
Worse yet is the fact that despite his thrilling offense, Leach has dabbled in Big 12 mediocrity ever season until this year.
An opening like the one at the University of Washington, is more fitting for the pirate-loving Leach.
"Sack of Coal"
Tim Brewster, Head Coach at the University of Minnesota
Todd Graham, Head Coach at the University of Tulsa
Chris Petersen, Head Coach at Boise St. University
Any of these coaches would present a worst possible scenario for the Vol Nation this Christmas. Brewster has mysteriously found his way into the discussion for UT's new head coach because of some connection he has to the athletic department. Brewster didn't get his first head coaching job until he was 46 and in two seasons at Minnesota he has managed to go 8-14, yet he is somehow being seen as an up and coming coach.
Graham and Petersen are mid-major gambles that could lead to a revolving door at the head coaching position for the Vols, much like Alabama's situation over the past decade. Not to mention Petersen's affinity for Scientology would go over like a lead balloon in East Tennessee. Enough said about those two.