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Humiliation. Embarrassment. Disrespect. Disappointment.
"I would venture that all of those emotions times a hundred more is how everyone in my immediate staff and team feels the last 72 hours," said Lady Aztecs coach Beth Burns in a press conference Tuesday.
"Life is about handling what you're dealt. Can you become comfortable when you're uncomfortable?"
Tonight, Burns receives her answer as San Diego State hosts UC Santa Barbara at Viejas Arena in the National Invitation Tournament opening round — two days after San Diego St. (26-6) was denied an at-large bid in March Madness. It's their first NIT appearance in 24 years.
"I don't care what any committee tells me, the eye ball test should be taken into account. You can watch a team and see that that's a good team, that team has purpose, that team can be successful." Burns said.
"Unfortunately in women's basketball, there's so little footage that it's very empirical because how else are you supposed to watch every game? Yes, there's a committee that is assigned to the Mountain West and are supposed to watch x, y and z. I'm not disputing that they work really hard, but have you ever watched some of those downloaded computer games to try to assess a team?"
Unclear footage can be misleading at times and often inconsistent with the actual product on the basketball court — according to Burns. That's primarily the reason why the Mountain West regular season champs, who reeled off a 17-game win streak, isn't overlooking Santa Barbara regardless of what their record and tape suggest.
The Gauchos (16-16), who return to the NIT for the first time since an opening round loss in 2011, finished fourth in the Big West and lost to Cal Poly in the Semifinals of the conference tournament.
The Aztecs and Gauchos have history together — San Diego State boasting a 14-6 all-time-series lead — but last matched up on new year's day in 1999 when UC Santa Barbara defeated them 78-50 at the Thunderdome.
Advancing to the next round to play either Idaho State or BYU is contingent upon containing senior forward Sweets Underwood and junior Nicole Nesbit. Both average just under 12 points per game in scoring although San Diego State limits opponents to 33.4 percent from the field and 28 percent from beyond the arc.
Likewise, senior Aztec guards Chelsea Hopkins and Courtney Clements spearhead the attack, averaging 13.5 and 17.5 points per contest respectively.
"We'll be ready to play," said Hopkins. "We're moving forward and you better believe the Aztecs will give 110 percent and play to win every game like we've done this entire season."
Now, they're in position to make history. One win and the Aztecs can cement themselves as the winningest team in women's program history with 27 overall victories.
"We're either going to get in and feel sorry for ourselves or get angry and show them by the way we compete, that they missed the boat," Burns said. "At the end of the day, though, we just have to go out and play."


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For Tony Stewart and Mark Martin, it was respect that led to Martin replacing Stewart starting this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Respect for Martin, and respect for Stewart.
It should have been difficult for Martin to convince sponsor Aaron's, manufacturer Toyota and his team, Michael Waltrip Racing, to let him leave the organization to drive for Stewart-Haas Racing for the rest of this season.
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But it only took about five days for Martin to get approval to fill in for Stewart while Stewart recovers from a broken leg suffered Aug. 5 at Southern Iowa Speedway.
"We've been good friends for quite some time with amazing respect, mutual respect," Martin said. "It's an honor to be in the situation where we're able to do this.
"I'm really, really sorry that it comes at the expense of Tony getting hurt. But one thing I do want to say that is really important here is the amazing amount of cooperation that it took to get this deal done by so many parties. I haven't seen this much cooperation in the past, and I think it was largely in part for the incredible amount of respect that everyone has in the sport for Tony Stewart."
But it also was because of respect for Martin, the 25-year veteran who has helped MWR improve over the last two seasons while running the majority of races in the team's No. 55 car.
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Stewart will miss the remainder of the 2013 season while his leg heals, and Martin will run 12 of the 13 races in his No. 14 car. Austin Dillon will run the Oct. 20 restrictor-plate race at Talladega for Stewart.
After two years with Michael Waltrip's No. 55 team, Martin's plan was for the team to run full time with one driver next season. At 54, he doesn't want to run a full season anymore, so he wasn't an option.
With MWR having decided that Brian Vickers would drive the car full time in 2014 and 2015, it made sense for MWR to let Martin go to Stewart-Haas.
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But it also is a risky move with Stewart's No. 14 team in position to win the owners title, possibly at the expense of Waltrip's No. 56 car (driven solely by Martin Truex Jr.) or MWR's No. 55 car (driven by Martin, Vickers and Michael Waltrip).
"I love Tony Stewart, who he is and what he stands for, and I love Mark," MWR co-owner Michael Waltrip said. "He's a special person, and I'm glad he's going to be able to help those folks. That was the motivation, just to be able to help Tony out, and then of course we're going to benefit, as well, with getting our new driver, Brian Vickers, behind the wheel … for the rest of 2013 and get ready for '14."
Martin, who has 40 career wins in a Cup career that spans four decades, was the first choice of SHR as their long-term solution. Max Papis drove Stewart's car at Watkins Glen and Dillon filled in at Michigan.
But now Martin will give up his nine remaining races with MWR and add three more to his schedule for the rest of the season.
"Obviously, every time you get an opportunity to work with a driver as great and has the accomplishments he has, you obviously look forward to that, and when we sat down and looked at what we had for options, to run as many races as we need, he was obviously the best option," SHR Competition Director Greg Zipadelli said.
"There's a lot of options and a lot of people reached out to us, and we're very thankful for obviously everybody wanting to have that opportunity."
Zipadelli said Stewart wanted Martin from the start.
"Mark just seemed to be the fit," Zipadelli said. "Him and Tony, they've got a bond. They seem to get along. Tony was very excited about it. That was his first choice, so that's what we went after.
"Like Mark said, everybody kind of giving a little bit in this situation, hopefully it's a win-win for everybody, so we certainly appreciate everybody working with us."
Martin even worked quickly to have his Twitter handle changed from @55MarkMartin to @MarkMartin. It was changed the day it was announced that he would drive Stewart's car.
"I have a buddy that has helped me initially with Twitter a good bit, and he actually got in contact with Twitter," said Martin, who has more than 182,000 Twitter followers
"We went on the computer and searched it out and looked at our options and … there was a lot of cooperation there, and we got it handled, got what we wanted."
It seems like Martin is getting everything he wants lately, starting with the opportunity to fill in for Stewart.
"Those things like that are difficult to get worked out," Zipadelli said of the deal to bring Martin to SHR. "Everybody was very respectful of each other, I believe. It just seems to be a good fit for all of us.
"It's about as close to a miracle as you could have happen in such a short period of time."


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The high numbers of soldiers who have suffered traumatic brain injuries associated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan face an array of health challenges, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health issues.
Now new research published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, highlights another finding: these soldiers are at a significantly high risk of developing epilepsy even decades after the brain injury occurred.
It's unclear how head injuries cause epilepsy, however, especially so many years later. In some individuals, the seizures can be very subtle and difficult to identify. People may have memory problems, unexplained changes in behavior, emotional outbursts, or times when they stare into space.
Because each of these symptoms can also be caused by other problems associated with post-traumatic brain injury, the presence of epilepsy is not always identified.
For the study, researchers asked 199 veterans who experienced a brain injury 35 years prior whether they ever had a seizure. They were also given intelligence tests. The group underwent scans to detect brain lesions.
Of the 199 people, about 44 percent developed post-traumatic epilepsy.
"For a surprising 13 percent, the post-traumatic epilepsy didn't show up until more than 14 years after the brain injury," said study author Jordan Grafman, PhD, of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Md.
Cognitive decline later in life was also seen among some of the veterans with seizure disorders. This was assessed by comparing past scores on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (which is given to potential soldiers to measure mental ability) to more recent ones.
"You can have an injury and get better, but with time, people don't always do as well as they should," said Dr. Gerald Grant, associate professor of neurosurgery at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and a former Air Force neurosurgeon.
The study also found that some vets who had developed post-traumatic epilepsy experienced worsening of seizures over the years.
In the most recent year that the study participants reported their seizures, a quarter had simple partial seizures during which people stay alert and can recall what happened that had progressed into generalized seizures, which can trigger a loss of consciousness.
The seizures occurred despite the fact that more than 88% of those with post-traumatic epilepsy were on anti-epilepsy drugs.
"Given the better chances of survival in soldiers fighting in conflicts today, our research suggests that all veterans with a traumatic brain injury should be routinely screened for post-traumatic epilepsy, even decades after the injury," said Dr. Grafman.
"This research strongly suggests that veterans with brain injury will require long-term neurology care."
The one bright light on the horizon is that major new research is beginning into ways to predict exactly who is most at risk and how to protect their vulnerable brains. Among the efforts are pilot studies to see if the newer seizure-treating drugs Topamax or Keppra might actually prevent epilepsy if they're taken immediately after a serious brain injury.
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A female player became a male since last season, and stayed on the team.
The bolded part below probably saves the school and the NCAA from any eligibility challenges, since he, errrrr..... she, errrrrr.... the player hasn't has medical treatments including surgery yet, so it is more an issue of self-identity at this point.
GW women's player changes gender, stays on team
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Nov. 3, 2010
WASHINGTON -- A female-to-male transgender member of the George Washington women's basketball team wants to be identified as a man this season.
Junior Kye Allums -- who used to be known as Kay-Kay -- is referred to on the school's website as a "male member of George Washington's women's basketball team."
"GW has been supportive during this transition. This means a lot. I didn't choose to be born in this body and feel the way I do. I decided to transition -- that is, change my name and pronouns -- because it bothered me to hide who I am, and I am trying to help myself and others to be who they are," Allums said in a statement posted Tuesday on the website.
"I told my teammates first, and they, including my coaches, have supported me. My teammates have embraced me as the big brother of the team," continued Allums, who turned 21 last month. "They have been my family, and I love them all."
A story posted Monday on outsports.com reported that "Allums will be the first publicly transgender person" to play NCAA Division I college basketball. NCAA spokesman Rick Nixon did not immediately reply to a request for comment Tuesday from the AP.
GW senior vice provost Robert Chernak, who is the school's senior vice president for student academic and support services, said Allums "has informed the university that he will not begin any medical or drug protocols while a student-athlete. The university consulted the NCAA regarding his competitive status. Kye will continue to be a member of the women's basketball team."
Chernak also said the university "supports Kye and his right to make this decision."
Allums started 20 games for George Washington last season, averaging 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in 24.9 minutes. Allums scored a career-high 21 points in a 58-50 victory over La Salle on Jan. 24.
According to GW's website, Allums was honored as the 2008 Minnesota Miss Basketball.
"The George Washington University women's basketball program, including myself, support Kye's right to make this decision," head coach Mike Bozeman said in a statement on the school's website.
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A dangerous drug is gaining popularity, and you'd be surprised to know that youngsters can get everything they need to get high at any department store.
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It's called huffing, and according to Brad Erre, a youth development counselor who works through Wayne County Juvenile Court, it's how most youngsters get high these days.
Huffing is accomplished by inhaling chloroflourocarbons out of aerosol cans, Erre said. Youngsters have used Scotch Guard, butane, paints and glues, among other household items, to get high, he said. As many as 1,000 common products can be used for huffing.
"Inhalants basically cut the brain off from oxygen," Erre said, "and that's where you get the euphoric high."
Erre learned about huffing through experiences he had with teens he was working with.
"I have two kids that I've worked with who did it to the point where they had to go to drug rehabilitation centers," he said.
Erre said he even spent time in the hospital with one of the boys, and it was from those doctors and counselors that he learned what huffing was and what it could do.
"I had one kid who almost died from it," Erre said, "and another who used it excessively.
"It can freeze your lungs, erode your bronchial tubes," he said. "It can hurt your kidneys and eyes. It's really a nasty drug."
And the scary part is more and more youth are using it every day. A 1995 study, titled "Monitoring the Future" and funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, showed that the number of eighth-graders reported to having used inhalants at least once in their lifetime rose from 20 percent in 1994 to 22 percent in 1995.
"It's probably the most-used drug behind alcohol and tobacco because it's so easily available," Erre said. "A lot of the kids I talk to say it's running rampant because it's real cheap and it's easy to do."
According to the study, inhalants are the third most abused substances among 12- to 14-year-olds, behind only alcohol and tobacco.
"A lot of kids try it," Erre said. "Most of my information comes from kids who have tried it."
One dangerous aspect of huffing is the fact that the high begins to fade as soon as the inhaling stops. So to keep a high, a person has to keep inhaling which can cause great damage.
"The high only lasts while you're actually breathing it in," Erre said. "It starts to fade that fast."
The long-term damage is severe, ranging from kidney and liver problems to brain damage to possibly death.
"Whatever brain damage is done is forever," he said. "Once you kill those brain cells, they're gone."
Erre said one physician told him you can actually hear the brain cells popping if you inhale long enough.
The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition reports that chronic inhalant abusers may permanently lose the ability to perform everyday tasks like walking, talking and thinking.
Death is even a possibility as sudden sniffing death syndrome can occur when someone inhales high-concentration aerosol sprays, model airplane glue and spot removers. These items emit especially toxic fumes absorbed by the brain cells, kidneys, liver and bone marrow.
"A lot of kids I have worked with have admitted to me that they have tried it," Erre said. "They wanted to get high and it was the cheap and easiest way."
Signs Can Be Obvious
WOOSTER -- Brad Erre, a youth development counselor who works through Wayne County Juvenile Court, says there are some basic things to watch for if you think your child may be huffing.
"If you're a parent, you should look out for the obvious," he said, such as "paint on them somewhere, on the body or clothing."
The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition says that paint stains on a child's hands or mouth are the most likely places to look for a sign.
Huffing causes headaches, as well as other dangerous side effects. Erre said watch for excessive complaints of headaches from a youngster.
Excessive vomiting and watery eyes can also be caused by huffing, the NIPC says.
Besides the serious side effects, huffing can also cause drowsiness.
"They may want to sleep for two hours," he said. "They yawn a lot because the brain is trying to get that oxygen back."
Erre said to look out for a lot of plastic bags and other huffing paraphernalia lying around the house.
"If you see bags lying around, or cans of paint and rags, there may be a problem," he said.
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Dranesville District Supervisor John W. Foust will host a foreclosure information meeting for county homeowners and renters on Thursday, Sept. 25. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center, 1086 Elden Street, Herndon.
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The public hearing into the future of the Wimbledon greyhound stadium is set to start today as two sides go head-to-head to fight for the venue.
AFC Wimbledon and an Irish businessman keen to upgrade the venue into a top quality greyhound track are both hoping to secure permission to regenerate the site.
An independent inspector appointed by the government will consider all sides of the debate at a hearing scheduled to last for two days.
Emotions have been running high since plans to transform the historic facilities were announced last year, with supporters of greyhound racing, residents, and football fans all having their say in the ongoing saga surrounding the Plough Lane site.
A campaign group called We Want Wimbledon was set up to support Irish business magnate Paschal Taggart's plans for a £60m revamp to transform the stadium into the "Royal Ascot of dog racing."
Meanwhile, AFC Wimbledon fans were handed a manifesto of the club's ambitious plans to build a £16m stadium that they claim would allow the club to return to its spiritual home.
The Dons, who have teamed up with Galliard Homes, are hoping to return to Wimbledon, down the road from where they played between 1912 and 1991, and aim to build a 20,000 seater stadium in place of the track.
A decision is expected to be made public in April.
The hearing is being held at the Civic Centre in Morden.
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But /hugs back! And a really awesome signature. I just keep admiring the lighting on it. Oooo...
And here we go with never saying never. I decided to try what I can still do and I ended up working on this more than I should've. I pieced this together from three different shots, believe it or not. So. Many. Layers. I've stared at it for so long I don't know anymore do I like it or not.
Seems like the quality suffered due to the downloading. I give up. {╯◕ ◡ ◕} ╯︵ ┻━┻
Hi there. I had a signature made by one of the fabulous artists (Brienna) here a while ago. I have since race changed and I am hoping to get a new signature and avatar made.
Visible text: My Character Name: Asmodias and My Guild: Inevitable Failure
Armory link/Facial screenshot: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...smodias/simple
Gear set: I would again like to be portrayed in Mage T5
Helm visible: Yes, I would like my helm visible please.
Your pose: I would like my pose to be "mid pyroblast cast"
General colour scheme: I would love to see reds, oranges and yellows used. Something that screams "Fire" ^_^
Any extras: I would love to have two pillars of fire (one on each extreme end of the signature) and I humbly request for the text to be a bit more vibrant. The text on my current signature blends in to the background a bit.
I would like the avatar to be a facial portrait from the signature if that is possible.
I am very excited to see what you guys can come up with for me!
PMR from a very patient requester.
Hola! people of Warcraft Wondering if any of you could make me a wallpaper?
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Names Stalumind (:P) Troll Druid on Blade's Edge
I would like to have Malfurion Stormrage and Moonglade Maybe? in the background if Im not asking too much
If any of you make a wallpaper I am very grateful, If not that is fine I understand
Have a Nice day, For the Horde!
Ty for the kind words Aveline, Rivellana, Elyaan & Takizas <3
I am actually surprised with myself.
I finally did a dual sig I am happy with and made an orc male look semi decent ;;P
I think banners are my new favorite thing ^.^
It's kind of nice to have more room than a sig, but not as daunting as a WP.
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I haven't made a wallpaper in....erm....I can't remember? I haven't seen many wallpapers of mounted characters so I wanted to try something new. One thing that really bugs me is that there really aren't any "reins" on the mounts, so I tried to create my own and make the girls have fun with them.
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Thank you anyways~
It was nice to see I haven't completely forgotten everything yet.
Hey there guys
I would like to request a new signature for myself. As I did a name/race change the present on really doesn't fit anymore.
Visible text: I would like the text to read "Champions of Sen'jin" It should be somewhere either top or bottom corner.
Armory link/Facial screenshot: My bear and hunter .
Gear set: No gear set for the druid, just the bear form. Would like T8 recolor to be worn by hunter.
Helm visible: No and No
Your pose: Bear should be doing the "swipe". I have no idea in which pose the hunter would look best. Will leave that up to the artist.
General colour scheme: Natural warm colors which would fit the general troll theme.
Any extras: Would like the hunter and druid visible, druid in bear form and with the same hair color as in the screenshot. Hunter also with same haircolor. Rest I would leave up the artist as I have no idea on how to fit those 2 on a sig.
TYWM to whomever decides to start working on it.
Too much gorgeous work to comment on individually - so just a general ooooooooooooo <3
Chose this one because I've just started levelling a panda mage, and Tirisfal is my favourite mage set
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Armory link: Rockxana (Server Azshara) (Sorry can't Post any Links atm)
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Helm visible: No
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- 4 flat breads or pitas, any flavor or variety
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended: McCormick Montreal Seasoning)
- 2 to 2 1/2 pounds white meat chicken, cubed into bite size pieces
- 1 heart romaine lettuce, chopped
- 2 vine ripe tomatoes, chopped
- ½ seedless cucumber, chopped
- ½ red onion, chopped
- 3 ribs celery, chopped
- ½ cup pitted kalamata olives
- 6 pepperoncini hot peppers, chopped
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
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- Special equipment: metal skewers
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- 1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
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- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
Preheat a grill pan to high heat. Heat a toaster oven or oven to 250 degrees F.
Wrap breads in foil and place in oven to warm.
Combine yogurt and next 4 ingredients. Coat chicken in mixture then thread meat onto metal skewers. Brush grill pan with oil and grill meat 5 to 6 minutes on each side.
Combine chopped lettuce, chopped veggies, olives and hot peppers on a large platter or in a serving bowl. Dress the salad very lightly in lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil and salt and pepper.
Place all ingredients for pesto in the food processor except extra-virgin olive oil. Turn processor on and stream in extra-virgin olive oil.
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Unconfirmed, but per some twitter reports. His own twitter account no longer lists him as a WR for the NEP, apparently it had until today.
There is no "regular" media confirmation yet, other than he was not at practice and was seen leaving the facility before practice started.
He was reportedly in great physical condition but still not grasping the complexities of the NE playbook.


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World War II veteran recalls P-51 missions
By LAUREN SAGE REINLIE | Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach | Published: January 28, 2013
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — In January 1944, the Army Air Forces handed then-21-year-old Charlie Shiff a pistol and a tin hat and loaded him onto a train to New York and then on a ship across the Atlantic Ocean.
He and about 13,000 troops were headed to England to fight in World War II.
By April, Shiff and the other 68 American P-51 Mustang fighter pilots were set up at a base called Staplehurst. Every day they ran dive bomb and strafing missions, scattering explosives across Belgium and Holland. Every day they took fire from German soldiers on the ground.
"We'd go up 14,000, 15,000 feet and roll over and turn down towards it and let our bombs loose," Shiff said recently at his home in Fort Walton Beach. "We scattered bombs all over those two countries," he added before joking: "We occasionally hit the target."
His team was aiming at bridges, roads and railroad junctions along the coast as a diversion for the coming invasion of Normandy.
Between April and July, they lost 19 pilots.
"It's not pleasant. You know what can happen, and even though you don't know what'sgoing to happen, you see your comrades get killed and you don't know if you're next," he said.
Shiff, now 82 years old and a retired colonel from the military, served with the 363rd Fighter Group for most of 1944.
The P-51 crews joined up with the group to fly escort and ground missions across Europe.
Since the new Mustangs could travel farther than earlier models, Shiff and the other pilots would meet up with bombers halfway to Berlin and escort them the rest of the way, he said.
Their mission was to shoot down any German aircraft that tried to interfere, but Shiff said he never saw any. Instead, they took heavy fire from the ground.
In February, when they moved to RAF Staplehurst, the pilots began to use the single-engine, single-seat planes to drop up to 500-pound bombs and to shoot at targets along the coast of northern Europe.
Getting shot at was a constant, he said.
Once, he was flying over a street and a German dispatch rider on a motorcycle was right ahead of him. Shiff shot at him and then as he flew over he heard an explosion in the back of the plane.
The plane started to rattle and shake.
"I thought, 'boy, I'm going to have to walk home,' " he said.
He eased back on the throttle and the rattling stopped.
When he returned to the airfield, his crew found a 22 mm explosive resting on top of the radiator. It had broken in two pieces but did not detonate.
The P-51 pilots were a small group, and Shiff saw some of them die.
The first he saw was Pappy Watkins, who was 27. They had gone through flight school together.
Watkins was flying with somebody else and the other pilot's plane came down on top of his, Shiff said.
"They both went down and I was standing there watching," he said. "That was quite a blow because he and I were good friends."
The fighting was all part of a plan, though, Shiff said.
"Hitler, he just knew we were going to invade Europe along the Belgium and Dutch coast," Shiff said. "That's where he positioned all this equipment. Of course we didn't do it that way."
Instead, allied forces stormed Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944 — D-Day. It was a strong blow to German forces.
In the days before D-Day, command staff had come to brief Shiff and the other pilots on the plan.
"As he left he said, 'on the end of the mission, you can expect as much as 100 percent fatalities,' " Shiff said. "That made everybody feel good."
On June 6, Shiff and the crew spent most of the day waiting for orders. They were charged with taking off if German fighter planes showed up over Normandy. They didn't.
"We spent the whole day sitting at the ready by the airplanes, walking in circles, and nothing happened," Shiff said. "Which was good."
Late in the day, they took off from Staplehurst to escort a long train of C-47 planes that were towing gliders and carrying paratroopers set to be let off over Normandy.
They were supposed to arrive at last light, but were late.
"It was dark, but they turned them loose anyhow," he said.
The C-47s headed home, but Shiff and the other escort pilots were curious. They flew over Normandy briefly and marveled at all the battleships shooting onto the shore and all the commotion along the coast. There were so many planes in the air they had to turn on their navigation lights so not to collide with one another, he said.
By 2 a.m., the pilots had returned to Staplehurst. They were safe.
Last year, Shiff made another return to Staplehurst, perhaps his last. He'd been invited to participate in a celebration at a monument built to honor the 363rd Fighter Group and the P-51 pilots.
It was his second trip to the monument.
He and his two sons traveled to Staplehurst in 2011 to unveil a plaque listing the names of the 19 pilots who died during missions there. Shiff and his sons read the names of the fallen out loud while huddled under an umbrella in front of the monument.
"That was quite a thing for them, to read the names," Shiff said.
A local aviation enthusiast had spearheaded the effort to get the monument built, and the community supported it, Shiff said.
"He went around while the wreckage was still in the ground and tried to get the history of every one of them (planes)," Shiff said. "He thought something ought to be marking what we did."
What Shiff did during World War II was fly 203 hours, including 83 combat missions in the P-51. After all those perilous but ultimately safe returns to Staplehurst, he said he isn't sure he's ready for another leisure trip next year.
"He wants me to come back next June, but I just don't know about that," he said.


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Sony Pictures announced today that it's making a 3D film showcasing One Direction, who will perform in Utah in July.
Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") will direct the film, which TriStar Pictures will release on August 30, 2013."This is an incredible opportunity and an amazing moment in time for the band," said director/producer Spurlock in a press release. "To capture this journey and share it with audiences around the world will be an epic undertaking that I am proud to be a part of."Simon Cowell said in the statement, "I'm delighted we're making this film and Morgan is the perfect person to give that access-all-areas, behind-the-scenes look into what it's like to be One Direction today. What the band have achieved is incredible, they and their fans have made history around the world – this is for them."One Direction – Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson – were discovered by Simon Cowell on the U.K.'s "The X Factor" in 2010.


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Here's another discussion about footers. This is from our old pal DJ, you remember him, right?
What the man in the photo is drilling into is typicially referred to in the construction industry as a "pile."
A pile is a vertical shaft made of concrete that is created by drilling a hole into the ground, putting a circular form inside the hole, and pouring concrete inside the form. It typically has reinforcing steel inside the concrete to make the pile stronger.
The purpose of a pile is to prevent the structure above it, in this case a roller coaster, from sinking.
In the construction of buildings, piles typically go deep enough to hit bedrock beneath the soil. However in the case of many coasters, which are lighter than buildings, the piles often do not need to go that deep. This all depends on the soil the ride is built on, which is the type of information a geotechnical engineer can tell you.
The large, flat holes in the ground that the workers are creating and filling with concrete and steel in other photos are called "spread footings." These serve the same purpose as a pile (i.e. to make sure a structure doesn't sink), but instead of going deep vertically to gather its support, a spread footing stays closer to the surface and depends mostly on the soil beneath it to support itself.
Each patch of soil has specific properties, and some can support more force (weight) per square foot than other soil. Once the engineer knows the properties of the soil, and how much force the ride puts on the ground, he can design a sufficient spread footing.
Just remember that without careful consideration of a roller coaster's foundation, the ride will likely start sinking in many areas soon after being built. This is why you often don't see much vertical construction early on when a ride is being built. The creators are making sure the ride doesn't sink for future park patrons to enjoy for years to come.
There's something quite likeable about engineers, isn't there? They may not be the flashiest individuals, but they're smart and they like to explain what it is they do.
And I'm surrounded by them! (Will has an Electrical Engineering degree from Notre Dame, his dad had an engineering degree from Purdue, and my oldest son is an EE/Math major at my husband/his dad's alma mater.) And then there are our pals at The Gravity Group.
I must admit, my eyes roll back in my head fairly often.
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Financial Security Index Charts » Financial Security Index: Saving For A Rainy DayThe Great Recession should have been a case study in the value of saving. But a new survey from Bankrate shows that many Americans aren't preparing for the next downturn with a rainy-day fund.Bankrate's Financial Security Index for June found that about a quarter of consumers don't have an emergency cash reserve. Nearly a quarter don't have enough savings to cover three months' of expenses. These percentages have not budged much since 2011 when Bankrate began asking consumers about their emergency savings.How much do you have in emergency savings (i.e., money that is readily available in either a checking account, savings account or money market)?
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The Great Recession should have been a case study in the value of saving. But a new survey from Bankrate shows that many Americans aren't preparing for the next downturn with a rainy-day fund.
Bankrate's Financial Security Index for June found that about a quarter of consumers don't have an emergency cash reserve. Nearly a quarter don't have enough savings to cover three months' of expenses. These percentages have not budged much since 2011 when Bankrate began asking consumers about their emergency savings.
"Americans continue to show a stunning lack of progress in accumulating sufficient emergency savings," says Greg McBride, Bankrate's chief financial analyst.
For some, an emergency savings simply doesn't pencil out -- after they've paid monthly utilities, rent and other expenses, there's no money left, says Rebecca Kennedy, founder of Kennedy Financial Planning in Denver.
Unemployment in May was 6.3 percent, a decided improvement from recent years, but still indicative that many Americans are struggling. There are still 3.4 million people who have been unemployed 27 weeks or more.
Bankrate's survey found that the likelihood of having enough money to cover six months' worth of expenses -- the general rule of thumb for emergency savings -- goes up with consumers' income. Still, even among consumers who make $75,000 a year or more, fewer than half (46 percent) have enough to cover six months' expenses or more.
"There are a lot of folks, surprisingly even in the higher income brackets, who don't have much to spare after the mortgage is paid, the car payments are made and the ancillary expenses are accounted for," Kennedy says.
Many consumers have a propensity to put off saving for a hypothetical financial emergency in favor of dealing with more near-term or tangible financial priorities, says Saundra Davis, financial coach and founder of Sage Financial Solutions in San Francisco.
That's the case for Mary Horowitz, 33, an attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina, who says she and her husband have enough set aside to make three months' of mortgage payments.
It's not as much of an emergency cushion as she'd like, she says, but right now, the couple is trying to pay down "massive grad school debts" and also juggle expenses associated with having a young son.
"The other financial obligations weigh more heavily on us -- so if I were to stay up worrying, it would definitely be about the other things," Horowitz says.
Ken Hevert, vice president of retirement products for Fidelity Investments, says this is a common scenario. "It's difficult for people to make progress against multiple goals: saving for college, a house, retirement, paying off debt," he says. "It's a balance."
Tom McGuigan, a financial adviser with Exencial Wealth Advisors in Old Lyme, Connecticut, says he isn't sure why the economic situation of the past few years didn't provide more of an imperative to consumers to squirrel away money for emergencies.
"The recession should have been a learning experience for having some reserves," he says.
Kennedy says she thinks many people view the recession "as a wake-up call mostly in terms of their debt levels," rather than a lesson in saving.
Indeed, Americans actively paid down their debt and reduced new borrowing following the financial crisis. A November 2013 report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said that "holding aside defaults, from 2007 through 2011, consumers reduced their debt at a pace not seen over the last 10 years."
Consumers didn't make a parallel shift toward embracing rainy-day funds, Hevert says, though the recession did at least create recognition that they're needed.
"The financial crisis that we all went through, it woke people up," Hevert says. "They realized: 'There is stuff not in my control that I need to gain more control over again.' The recognition and intent to have an emergency fund has grown over the years."
Certainly, Americans aren't poo-pooing the idea of emergency savings. Bankrate's survey shows that many wish they could boost their savings levels, with those who report feeling less comfortable about their savings today outnumbering those who are more comfortable by nearly 2-to-1.
Davis says everyone knows they need an emergency fund, but getting people to prioritize it can be difficult.
People "are often looking more at how they manage their day-to-day cash flow and how to live within limited means than preparing for some future events," Davis says. "The question is, how do we get them to look at both?"
Hevert says saving three to six months' worth of expenses is "a lot of money." He says it's often good to start with a smaller goal and work up because if the goal out of the starting gate feels unattainable, people won't go after it.
McGuigan suggests getting people to think about how much cash they'd need to put aside to feel secure. He also suggests setting up an automatic deduction that goes straight into emergency savings, so consumers don't even see the money in their checking accounts.
Davis says another way to start saving is setting small goals. She says some people use the 52-week savings plan, where a consumer starts by saving $1 on the first week, $2 the second week, $3 the third week and so on.
She says she has another group who doesn't spend $5 bills, instead taking all those bills and putting them into emergency savings.
The main point, she says, is to feel good about your financial security. She says she asks new clients what their biggest concerns and goals are. Almost invariably, one of the top worries is what to do if something unexpected happens.
"When we prepare for emergencies, what does that do? It makes us feel secure, responsible," Davis says. "That's the point."
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Kabul, Afghanistan | - Afghan judges and court administrators joined representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to celebrate the achievements of the USAID-funded Rule of Law Stabilization-Formal Program during a ceremony at the Supreme Court yesterday. This program trained more than 1,500 judges and court administrators in all 34 Afghan provinces and provided support for the newly established Afghan Women Judges Association.
"We are pleased with what USAID has done through the Rule of Law Stabilization-Formal program in the past four years to effectivly strengthen the country's justice system. The Afghan people will never forget this assistance. We hope these kinds of projects will continue in the future so next generation can benefit from these sustainable achievements," Dr. Abdullah Atayee, Administrator General of the Supreme Court remarked.
The Rule of Law Stabilization-Formal Program also provided training and support for legal outreach offices and helped enhance capacity of Law and Shariea faculties in Afghanistan's public universities with legal clinics, law libraries and computer labs.
"With USAID support, Afghanistan has introduced key reforms and improved education for the next generation of judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, court administrators, and public legal outreach officers. We are very proud of the achievements made in Afghanistan's justice sector in the past decade and we look forward to many more years of partnership,'' USAID Deputy Mission Director James Hope said at the ceremony.
Since 2010, USAID has collaborated with the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to strengthen the formal justice sector by developing the capacity of current and future judges, court administrators, and Law and Sharia faculties, as well as increasing the public's confidence in the formal justice system. The Rule of Law Stabilization-Formal Program will be completed next month but USAID will to continue support the development and strengthening of Afghanistan's justice sector.
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A mathematician and a chemist had a baby. They named their baby IRON59. What would the baby's name be if translated into terms used in the parents' professions?
AnswerFelix, because IRON in chemistry is FE and 59 in Roman numerals is LIX.
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gdgraebner wrote:Two questions:
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gdgraebner wrote:So chris98e, it would be right effort, right speech, and right action?
gdgraebner wrote:Perhaps the entire eightfold path is purification of mind. Morality leads to concentration leads to wisdom which is another term for purity.
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I apologize as I know that there was a thread on this at some point, but I can't find it without the search working. Here is what I am looking for.
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Set in an old barn on a congested stretch of industrial-park highway, Shorty's Pizza may not immediately strike you as the home of some killer pies. But locals who haven't given it a spin are missing out on a unique taste experience.
A Modena wood-fired oven cranks out an ultra-thin crust pie that 's been dubbed "Decatur/Tucker Style," after the addresses of Shorty's two locations. After just a few moments on the deck, the underside of the crust shows heavy charring, with a cornicione that absolutely crackles.
They don't do slices, but the 10-incher equals a satisfying lunch plus leftovers. Shorty's offers 8 cheeses, and over 40 meats, veggies, herbs, and even fruits for you to go crazy with. Can't decide? Scan the diverse playlist of "signature pies," all named for musicians: B.B. King, Jack White, Chrissie Hynde, Wu-Tang Clan, etc. Some fit their namesakes (Sid Vicious is a hardcore meat-lover's, Frankie Valli has a topping that rotates throughout the Four Seasons), while others seemingly have no connection whatsoever (Elvis is a Margherita with white anchovies). And while the wisdom of eating a Weird Al Yankovic is debatable, there are some wacky pizzas here that you just won't find anywhere else.
Take the Janis Joplin. She doesn't do anything for me as a singer. As a pizza, however, I'm a big fan. It's a white pie with sliced apple, a liberal studding of bacon, rich gorgonzola, and walnuts (although the walnuts seemed to be MIA this day) atop that crisp, cracker-thin crust. I had a tough time biting cleanly through the apple; the slices tended to pull out whenever my teeth caught hold of one, but it didn't diminish my overall enjoyment of this pie.
The Janis Joplin is even served with honey, to be drizzled across the pie's surface. Shakers of grated Parm and jars of red pepper flakes need to make way for the honey squeeze bottle. This pie made me a believer in the bear. Hell, maybe I'll give Bobby McGee another chance. I'll definitely be back to Shorty's to expand my pizza (and musical) knowledge in the future.
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The past few days have been a blur. Somehow, something hit me, and I became a host for a germ party. So blogging and wine have not been high on my list.
In fact, putting out three unique posts a week in the last year has taken a bit of a toll. And while I don't intend to stop, somewhere down the road this will probably go to a twice weekly kind of activity. It's just too much to do. We'll see.
I've been thinking about nature trails of Italy, trails like we have so many of in America. Where I come from in the West, we were always on some trail or another, looking at coyotes, hawks, ponderosa pines, majestic mountains. My childhood, was spent sitting before a very large and wonderful mountain, Mt. San Jacinto, and just staring into the many faces and aspects of it. Different times of the day or the year, there would be familiar scenes that would show up.
I don't ever have enough time to take those trails in Italy, but once in a while I have been lucky to get on a little path, something that usually didn't have anything to do with wine or grapes, but everything to do with being a lover of nature.
It was the 4th of July and a Sunday, and a group of friends decided to go up into the hills in the Marche and have a mass and a picnic. There was a little chapel where we first stopped. Some of the youth set up their instruments and music and played through the mass. On the way down to lunch, I was talking to the priest. We talked about wine and he was so proud that the wine he used in the mass was a D.O.C. from the Marche. Ah yes, Italy, where even the little details matter.
By a summer house people started setting up the charcoal cookers and setting the long tables, for now we were a larger group of 30. About this time someone suggested a hike, which struck me as funny, because I had never really been around Italians who liked to hike. In my early days, like I said, we were always doing that sort of activity, but in Italy, it was unheard of. So I jumped at the thought of getting on a trail and seeing how the Italians would deal with it.
The hike was beautiful; we truly got out and away, to the point where we got lost. One of us had a cell phone and they called the home base and someone honked horns and walked us in back to the waiting lunch. Really a funny experience and one that I will remember along with my river rafting and mountain climbing experiences.
Even though it was the 4th of July and we weren't in America where the holiday was celebrated, we had food that reminded me of home. Watermelon, roasted sausages (resembling hot dogs, but much better tasting) and corn on the cob, something I rarely find in Italy. And lots of red wine from the Marche, Rosso Piceno, Sangiovese married to Montepulciano, a wonderful combination. And while I love Sangiovese on its own and Montepulciano in purezza, the combination of these two grapes is special. Fruity, savory, spicy, acidic, a great balancing act.
The next time you think about visiting Italy, think about this. Yes, take time to visit Florence or Venice or Rome. By all means, do that. But take a day or two and go to the Cinqueterre or La Sila in Calabria. Or get out into the Tuscan countryside and take a day hike. Don't worry if there isn't a two star Michelin nearby, you won't starve. And yes maybe the little albergo that you find at the end of the day might not have air conditioning, but open the window at night and breathe in the fresh, pure air and sleep like you never have. Take a moment to spend some time in the vanishing nature of Italy.
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Usually if you go back, emotions gone, and especially if you were to do a visual +/- accounting where you go through the game and document just what plays caused a player's +/- you start to see where you put big emotional emphasis on one dramatic or energetic play and overlooked a bunch of barely noticeable but critical defensive switch problems, failure to deny rebounds, weak screens and other items that slowly eat away at the score.
My anger is that people see a Tyler rebound hustle after his own miss and give it more credit than 2 travels in the next 4 possessions, even though getting your own miss is empty and the 2 travels are brutal. If you are a Tyler fan then you point to the hustle and say "see, that's why he's great" and you point to the travels and say "oh, the refs robbed him, they are against him, that wasn't Tyler's fault".
Well that crap still counts in terms of winning and losing. Okay, the refs are against him. So what, the results are the same in the end. If you have a guy that the refs intentionally target then that's identical to him just being bad. Either way it's a TO. You need to get the refs to like him if you want a better outcome, and if that's not possible then you just can't play him. It's unfair but it's the reality. And this is only if you buy the whole "it's not his fault, they are totally against him" theory, which I don't really buy for any players.
BTW, "star" treatment does happen, but a lot less than fans think. Usually fouls, travels, etc are plays that stem from one guy being clearly better than the other. The quicker guy beats his man and his man struggles to catch up, reaches out and fouls by accident. That's not star treatment, that's star power.


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What constitutes physical abuse by coaches?
A: Some of the more common forms of physical abuse include when a coach:
Should coaches be allowed to physically touch athletes?
A: Not unless the Athletes says Ok– only in these generally accepted ways - when correcting physical form for skill or strategy execution, injured or congratulating an athlete for a good performance. Always ask the athlete first. If it does feel ok, it isn't ok.
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Coach-athlete "romances" are the dirty little secrets of sport. No one wants to talk about them. Now and then, a high profile scandal rips through the headlines—as when University of North Carolina's legendary soccer coach, Anson Dorrance, was accused of sexually harassing his players.
1 On these infrequent occasions, the glare of the media spotlight forces a brief period of introspection about the proper boundaries of the coach-athlete relationship. Even then, it is mostly the extreme allegations that garner attention—conduct clearly identifiable as sexual harassment, especially if it involves a sexual assault. In the case of Coach Dorrance, the complained-of behaviors were verbal and did not involve physical advances; 2 the notoriety of the case stemmed from the coach's fame and track record and its addition to a small handful of reported court decisions involving coach-athlete sexual harassment in intercollegiate sports.3 Absent headline-grabbing scandals, however, coach-athlete relationships are rarely examined for their impact on womens sports and athlete well-being. This is largely because they do not come within the ambit of Title IX, which sets the agenda for conversations about gender equity in sport.
Athlete/Parent Short Cuts Lead to Athlete Suffering in the Long Run
Training to be an elite athlete requires discipline and focus beyond what any of us can imagine if we haven't had such experience ourselves. Parents must bring that same discipline and focus to child/athlete protection and be committed to ensuring a safe and positive environment sports environment.
Taking short cuts is intentionally skipping a responsibility in the hope that no one will notice or someone else will do it. An athlete knows that skipping a work-out or eliminating ten more repetitions at practice is the difference between winning and losing. When the well being of our children is at stake, short-cuts simply cannot be acceptable.
Taking short cuts in practice is often frowned upon by teammates. If team members have to do an entire workout to the best of their ability, then every team member commits to achieving this goal. The pressure around teams to be individually accountable is so strong it's at the heart of the sport and the basis of the sport work ethic. As long this pressure on each other stays within safe and positive and doesn't extend it's self into bullying (more on that issue at www.safe4athletes.org), the result is impressive. Similarly, parents need to pressure each other to be concerned about issues of athlete welfare.


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