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April is National Poetry Month, a time when bookstores proudly display those slim volumes usually hidden in the back.
On display this April is the work of Kentucky poet Nikky Finney, who won the National Book Award last November for her latest collection, Head Off & Split.
Finney's acceptance speech at the awards ceremony was as poetic as anything in her winning book. Finney says she worked on the speech through 39 drafts and she felt good about it, but she's still stunned by the response she's gotten.
"People write me. Strangers. North Dakota, Hawaii," she says. "There's a man in Egypt who said, 'Please send me your book, I can't get it. I heard your acceptance speech.' Hundreds of just overtures that have less to do with the poetry and more to do with that acceptance speech."
The speech begins by evoking South Carolina's 18th century slave codes, which imposed fines and prison time for anyone caught teaching a slave to write. Finney calls out the people in power, "determined to control what can never be controlled: the will of the human heart to speak its own mind."
Finney was raised in coastal South Carolina, the daughter of a schoolteacher and a civil rights attorney. She focused on African-American studies in college and is now, at 54, a professor of creative writing at the University of Kentucky who often finds inspiration at her blackboard.
"Isn't that beautiful, the sound of that," Finney says of soft chalk on a blackboard. "Nothing sounds like that. Nothing."
Finney says the sound reminds her of school, of the handmade words of a lesson written out. Her newest blackboard is a sturdy vintage model, purchased on eBay. She painted the frame bright turquoise.
Her poem "Red Velvet," about civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, began on a blackboard, and uses numbers to describe a life — 7,844 Sunday sermons, 8,230 skirts hemmed for "nice, well-meaning white women in Montgomery," and tens of thousands of pricked fingers.
The quiet anger of those lines is Finney's trademark; she's described it as "where the beautifully said thing meets the really difficult to say thing."
"As a young poet, I grew up in the '60s and early '70s, when difficult things were being said and shouted and screamed," Finney says. "I remember saying to myself, those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they will truly be heard. I mean, that's what art is. Art is about being provocative; art is also about beauty and if you leave the latter out, the former doesn't matter."
Finney's latest book, Head Off & Split, is named in honor of girlhood trips to the fish market. The fishmonger would ask if she wanted the heads cut off and the fish split and cleaned. Her answer was always "yes."
But a few years ago, Finney stopped by the same fish market. This time, her answer was "no," as described in her poem, "Resurrection of the Errand Girl: An Introduction."
"This time she wants what she was once sent for left whole, just as it was pulled from the sea, everything born to it still in place. Not a girl any longer, she is capable of her own knife-work now. She understands sharpness & duty. She knows what a blade can reveal & destroy. She has come to use life's points and edges to uncover life's treasures. She would rather be the one deciding what she keeps and what she throws away."
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. April is National Poetry Month, and your favorite bookstore is likely to have a fine display of the thin, small volumes of poetry that usually live on the back shelves up front this April: the poetry of Nikky Finney, who won the National Book Award last November. In accepting the award, she made a speech that if not award-winning itself, was memorable. NPR's Noah Adams has the story.
NOAH ADAMS, BYLINE: I talked with Nikky Finney in her studio. It's a garage she converted behind her house in Lexington, Kentucky. I asked about the speech that night in New York City. She tells me she felt good about it, she'd done the work, carried an idea through 39 drafts, but still she is stunned by the response.
NIKKY FINNEY: People write me - strangers - North Dakota, Hawaii. There's a man in Egypt who said please send me your book. I can't get it. I heard your acceptance speech. Hundreds of just overtures that have less to do with the poetry and more to do with that acceptance speech.
ADAMS: On YouTube, you can watch Nikky Finney accepting the award. She comes to the lectern, unfolds her pages, puts on her glasses, takes a deep breath.
FINNEY: Wow.
ADAMS: The speech is four minutes long. We'll listen to some of it now. It's from the part before the thanks yous. This is the story part.
FINNEY: We begin with history. The Slave Codes of South Carolina, 1739: A fine of $100 and six months in prison will be imposed for anyone found teaching a slave to read or write, and death is the penalty for circulating any incendiary literature. The ones who longed to read and write but were forbidden, who lost hands and feet, were killed by laws written by men who believed they owned other men. Words devoted to quelling freedom, insurgency, imagination, all hope. What about the possibility of one day making a poem?
Tonight, these forbidden ones move all around the room as they please. They sit at whatever table they want, wear camel-colored field hats and tomato-red kerchiefs. They are bold in the Sunday-go-to-meeting best. Their cotton croker-sack shirts are black wash pot clean and irreverently not tucked in. Some have even come in white Victorian collars and bustiers. Some have just climbed out of the cold wet Atlantic just to be here. We shiver together.
ADAMS: Nikky Finney went on to talk about her parents, her partner, her teachers, the inspiration of other writers. Finney comes from coastal South Carolina. Her mother taught school, her dad was a civil rights attorney. She focused on African-American Studies in college, and is now at 54 is a professor of creative writing at the University of Kentucky.
ADAMS: Soft white chalk on a blackboard, handmade words. A poem could begin this way.
FINNEY: Isn't that beautiful? The sound of that. Nothing sounds like that, nothing.
ADAMS: This is Finney's newest blackboard. It's a vintage real piece of slate. It's from eBay. She painted the frame bright turquoise. She started a Rosa Parks poem on a blackboard. Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist and seamstress, arrested when she refused to leave her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, said she was tired of giving in. Here's a stanza of the poem called "Red Velvet."
FINNEY: (Reading) By 42, your heart is heavy with slavery, lynching, and the lessons of being good. You have heard 7,844 Sunday sermons on how God made every woman in his image. You do a lot of thinking with a thimble on your thumb. You have hemmed 8,230 skirts for nice, well-meaning white women in Montgomery. You have let the hem out of 18,809 pant legs for growing white boys. You have pricked your finger 45,203 times. You have held your peace.
ADAMS: The quiet anger of these lines about Rosa Parks is within Nikky Finney's style. Where the beautifully said thing meets the really difficult to say thing.
FINNEY: I said that.
ADAMS: Right. What does that mean?
FINNEY: As a young poet, I grew up in the '60s and early '70s when difficult things were being said and shouted and screamed. And I remember saying to myself those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they will truly be heard. I mean, that's what art is. Art is about being provocative. Art is also about beauty. And if you leave the latter out, the former doesn't matter.
ADAMS: The title of Finney's latest book, the book that won the award, is "Head Off & Split." Three of the poems are about buying fish at Liberty Street Seafood. In South Carolina, as a girl, her mom would send her there to get the family meal. The fishmonger would ask if she wanted the heads cut off, the fish split open and cleaned. The answer always was yes. Seven years ago, Finney was home for a visit and went to the same market. The answer, this time was no. Here's how she writes about it.
FINNEY: (Reading) This time she wants what she was once sent for left whole, just as it was pulled from the sea. Everything born to it still in place. Not a girl any longer, she is capable of her own knife work now. She understands sharpness and duty. She knows what a blade can reveal and destroy. She has come to use life's points and edges to uncover life's treasures. She would rather be the one deciding what she keeps and what she throws away.
ADAMS: After the National Book Award the invitations started arriving. Get on a plane, come for a reading, a workshop, interviews, you'll love it. Finney's calendar filled up fast.
FINNEY: I, I will never do what I just did. I traveled for two weeks straight. I went from Portland to Pasadena to Denver to South Carolina to the Virginia Festival of the Book and I met so many amazing people. But what was happening to me was not evident to me until I got back. And I realized my breath was short. I can't do it like that. The battery has to get charged. I have to be in control of first me, my health, but also the health of the poem.
ADAMS: Nikky Finney, talking with us in her studio, where the blackboard, the notebooks, her typewriters wait for poetry. Noah Adams, NPR News.
FINNEY: What did you write today, I say, Nikky Finney? I wrote a couplet today. I really like it.
FINNEY: It's going to be something when it grows up. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The purpose of this study is to identify the genes responsible for certain scaling disorders and other inherited skin diseases and to learn about the medical problems they cause. In some cases, these may include problems affecting organs other than the skin, such as the eyes, teeth and bones.
Patients with inherited skin disorders, including Darier's disease (keratosis follicularis), lamellar ichthyosis, epidermolysis bullosa, cystic acne, and others, and their relatives may be eligible for this study. Patients will have a medical history, physical examination with particular emphasis on the skin, and routine blood tests. Additional procedures for patients and unaffected relatives may include:
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|Genetic Skin Disease Keratosis Follicularis Lamellar Ichthyosis
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Fort Worth, Texas -- RadioShack Corp. on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter net income fell by 25%, which was toward the low end of the company's already reduced guidance.
The company reported net income of $57 million in the October to December period, down from $75.7 million a year ago.
Revenue rose nearly 4% to $1.37 billion from $1.32 billion last year, matching analyst expectations and the company's forecast. Same-store sales rose 1.3%, driven primarily by higher postpaid wireless sales, particularly sales of smart phones. Higher sales of prepaid wireless handsets, laptops and wireless accessories also contributed to the increase.
RadioShack said it expects operating income from its kiosks segment will decline by about $10 million to $15 million in 2011, reflecting the impact of ramping up its new kiosks in Target stores and discontinuing its ones in Sam's Club stores. Growth is expected to resume in 2012.
RadioShack had warned in January that poor sales of T-Mobile USA phones and a shift towards cheaper phones hurt its fourth-quarter performance. RadioShack said it has informed T-Mobile that the company considers it to have "materially breached" its contract.


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SAN FRANCISCO — A train ran over a woman at San Francisco's 24th Street BART station Monday, but moved right over her and did not injure her, BART officials said.
The woman, who is in her 50s, jumped in front of the oncoming train about 9:50 p.m., as the train was entering the station, BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said. The oncoming train went right over the woman as it passed through the station and did not injure her as she lay on the tracks.
BART police found the woman with no visible injuries and held her for a psychological evaluation after speaking to her on the platform, Trost said.
BART officials announced major delays on the Daly City line in both the Pittsburg and Dublin directions before shutting down the station entirely at 10:11 p.m. The station reopened at 10:32 p.m., Trost said, and service was fully restored in all directions.
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LEE Richardson has committed his immediate future to Swindon Wildcats.
The 31-year-old utility player has just been introduced the the youngsters at Cats' street hockey day at the Link Centre.
Richardson follows Jan Kostal, Aaron Nell, Stevie Lyle, Alex Symonds, Ollie Betteridge, Henri Sandvik and Steve Whitfield in returning to Ryan Aldridge's side next term Cats head coach is also planning to unveil a second signing to the fans at around 2.30pm.
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The First
Nets 24, Jazz 20
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The First
Nets 24, Jazz 20
Former Jazz guard Deron Williams scores seven points in the quarter. Paul Millsap scores six points to lead the Jazz, who shoot just 39 percent from the field.
The Second
Nets 57, Jazz 44
The Jazz take a 30-29 lead on a dunk by DeMarre Carrol, but an 18-4 run puts Brooklyn up 47-34. Point guard Jamaal Tinsley leads the Jazz in rebounds, with three.
The Third
Nets 74, Jazz 70
The Jazz outscore Brooklyn 26-17 in the period. The Nets commit half of their turnovers in the third.
The Fourth
Jazz 92, Nets 90
Mo Williams makes a 3-pointer in transition to put the Jazz up 82-80 with 5:42 remaining. Gerald Wallace and Reggie Evans miss shots that would have won the game or sent it to overtime.
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A new Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90GTx delivered on Monday was ditched into the ocean some 17 miles north of Oranjestad, Aruba, the following day during the ferry flight to Brazil. An NTSB spokesman told AIN that the two Brazilian nationals flying the twin turboprop were unharmed in the ditching and subsequent rescue by the Dutch navy. The pilots declared an emergency after both engines lost power, said the NTSB, which is investigating the accident. The King Air sank in 4,000 feet of water.
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Flown those things 1400nms+ with reserves- how could they run out of fuel at 1050-17 ams? With GPS and everything- must have been first timers
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The aircraft ran out of fuel exactly where the manual states. Often South American bravado feel speed is preferable to the long range cruise at slower speeds. Guess it is difficult to fix inexperence and stupid at the same time.
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And I always thought that Aruba was located in the Caribbean? Have they moved the island into the Atlantic??? No wonder they ran out fuel.
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Flightaware.com showed them at FL270 and after losing power it was in. 3500fpm dive then it stopped tracking. They flew over dozens of islands that they could've stopped at along the way. Wonder what insurance is saying?
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They called for a ferry estimate but thought they could do it themselves.
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Hey, I am from South America as a matter of fact, and yes sometimes there is a little bit of bravado down there but this one is pure estupidity and probably lack of experience. By the way I am a retired 747 captain with 22,000 hours and 48 years as a licensed pilot.... I guess my bravado didn't kill me all this time...


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At first glance, Nate Tomasello might not look like one of the most intimidating athletes in Ohio.
At 5-foot-3 and about 125 pounds walking around, Tomasello looks like an honors student -- which he is, carrying a 4.1 grade-point average at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy.
However, a closer look at Tomasello reveals a physique that is chiseled.
Put him on a wrestling mat and his easy, impish smile goes away, replaced by a fierce stare.
Little wonder why, when facing Tomasello, many opponents this season have chose to forfeit rather than face him.
This week, Tomasello will attempt to become the 23th wrestler in Ohio high school history to claim the sport's top prize at this level: Four-time state champion.
Tomasello said he has been reflecting on his time at CVCA recently.
"I've thought about the journey a lot," Tomasello said. "The whole year has been about making it back to states. I'm just getting myself mentally prepared. That's been the focus because I know there's going to be pressure, knowing that you're going for your fourth title.
"I have to just not let that get to me," he added. "Wrestling my best is the most important thing."
Coming into last weekend's district meet at Alliance, Tomasello's record stood at 43-0. He finished his sophomore and junior seasons undefeated.
His last loss came as a freshman at the 2010 Top Gun Tournament at Alliance. His opponent: Three-time state champion Ryan Taylor.
Tomasello said he's not nervous heading into states.
"I think trusting in my training, knowing that I've really worked hard for this," Tomasello said. "Putting in all those hours is what gets you better. Performing because you've trained for it. That's what keeps you at the top level. There's never a point when you think you're the best."
Tomasello might not be willing to think he's the best, but there's little doubt the Ohio State recruit will go down as one of the greatest ever to come out of Ohio.
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CVCA head coach Dave Bergen knows a thing or two about four-time state champions.
Bergen was CVCA's coach when Justin "Harry" Lester won four state titles for the Royals, the last of which came in 2001. Lester went on to represent the United States in freestyle wrestling at the 2012 Olympics in London.
So how does he compare the two wrestlers?
"I put Nathan on the same level as Harry, which is amazing to think about it," Bergen said. "I would call him a super talent."
Talent-level aside, however, Bergen said Tomasello and Lester differ in many ways.
"Totally different styles and totally different mindsets, which I find fascinating," Bergen said. "Harry, I would say, probably had a bit more natural talent. He had a unique gift of balance and speed. He came out the womb being a great wrestler.
"In all the years I've been in wrestling, I've never seen a guy work like Nate Tomasello, ever. When you get to that higher echelon of athlete, that's truly the difference."
CVCA senior Josh Decatur, who has been Tomasello's drill partner for four years at CVCA, agrees.
"He has a tremendous work ethic," Decatur said. "I've never met anybody who works like him. And he doesn't like to lose. It's definitely helped me out. He's pushed me to be better."
How hard does Tomasello work at his craft? Consider the fact he likes to get to workouts in every single day.
Those workouts include either two full two-hour wrestling practices or the equivalent time working on weight training or boxing, which Tomasello said has helped his conditioning, hand speed and to become "more fluent."
Does he rest on Sunday, especially after a weekend wrestling tournament? Nope.
"I usually try to get three workouts in one day a week, usually on Sunday," Tomasello said.
That drive has made Tomasello stand out and dream of one day wrestling at the Olympics, which he said he plans to shoot for in 2016.
"I believe that Nathan has the potential to be an Olympian," Bergen said. "His whole thing is 'I will outwork anybody that I wrestle.'"
Bergen describes Tomasello as "a power wrestler," which is rare at the 120-pound weight class.
Decatur said he describes his drill partner's style as "six minutes of complete pressure."
"He does not get tired," Decatur said. "Eventually, people just crack."
Family helps
along the way
While Tomasello puts pressure on his opponents, he's also put a lot of pressure on his family's car.
Tomasello is a native of Parma. His fraternal twin brother, Troy, graduated from Normandy last spring. He is currently a freshman at Cleveland State University and nationally ranked as a figure skater. Sister Rachel is a sophomore at Valley Forge High School.
Needless to say, the 70-minute round trip each day from CVCA to Parma is a bit of journey in itself.
"We've done a lot of driving around and spent a lot of time, but when your child has a passion for something, you want to see them succeed," said Sue Tomasello, Nate's mother. "I guess you just want to see them realize their dreams. My husband [Tom] has worked a lot of overtime."
Sue Tomasello said her son played numerous sports as a young child, but wrestling didn't enter the equation until about fifth grade, which is a late start compared to many in the sport.
Sue said her son's favorite sport was soccer growing up. Nate actually played for CVCA's state-ranked soccer team his freshman year.
After starting with the Valley Forge youth wrestling club, Nate wrestled with the Midpark youth club after his first year.
Sue Tomasello said Midpark's coach Bob Johnson saw her son could be special right away.
"At first, he didn't think it was that fun," Sue Tomasello said. "After the first week [at Midpark], he wanted to quit because he was losing. Coach Johnson said 'You are not quitting, I am not letting you.'"
Things changed quickly, as Sue Tomasello decided to hold her son back in the eighth grade to help his wrestling career.
"He only weighed about 78 pounds after the eighth grade," Sue said.
Tomasello said he looked at going to St. Edward and Padua Franciscan for high school, but Sue said a trip to the Disney Duals wrestling tournament with many of his would-be CVCA teammates clinched his decision to become a Royal.
Ready for the
next chapter
Tomasello was one of the most highly sought wrestling prospects in the country this year. He took official recruiting visits to Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Purdue and Iowa before signing with Ohio State in November.
Tomasello said the decision to become a Buckeye largely came down to him knowing his future teammates. Current Buckeyes Logan and Hunter Stieber trained with Tomasello when they were in high school.
Bergen said Tomasello "attacks his academics the same way he attacks wrestling." Tomasello plans to major in engineering at Ohio State.
Bergen said his star wrestler should continue to be a star at Ohio State.
"Nathan has a lot of character," Bergen said. "He said when he gets to Ohio State, 'I will not redshirt. I will push the room.' I would say that if he continues to improve, which he will, I think he's got a serious chance to AA [be All-American] all four years."
Tomasello said he plans to start at 125 pounds for the Buckeyes -- but he's got one more trip to make to Ohio State as a high school wrestler before he dons scarlet and grey.
The Division II state tournament starts at Ohio State's Value City Arena Feb. 28.
"It's been an amazing journey," Tomasello said. "Every time I step into Walsh Jesuit's gym, it brings back a lot of good memories with the Ironman and sectionals. To finish off going undefeated my last three years would be awesome."
When he won his first state title as freshman, Tomasello was asked when he'd start working to win another.
"Tomorrow," he answered.
This time, if he wins title No. 4, Tomasello plans to enjoy the experience a bit.
"I'll probably take a couple days off," Tomasello said, he said with a smile.
After that, it's back to work.
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PEORIA, Ariz. -- After facing live hitters for the first time in a year, Padres pitcher Casey Kelly stopped to sign a handful of autographs and take a few pictures with fans on Saturday.
He smiled the entire time.
"It's definitely the best day I've had so far," Kelly said.
Kelly, not even 12 months removed from having Tommy John surgery, took a notable step forward when he threw for eight minutes (32 pitches) off a mound and against hitters.
Kelly threw fastballs and changeups to Chase Headley and Yasmani Grandal on a back field at the team's Spring Training facility. Afterward, he was beaming.
"Getting back on the mound, getting the thought process of being back on the mound, facing hitters ... the good thing about today was I didn't really think about the elbow," Kelly said. "I was thinking about pitching. That's the best thing possible. It's definitely a good step in the right direction."
Depending on how he feels Sunday, Kelly will likely throw live batting practice every five days here with the occasional bullpen session mixed in. Kelly said he could throw between "three and four" more live batting practice sessions before moving into a simulated game or possibly a Minor League game.
To be sure, this was a good start.
"I really wanted to work on locating my fastball with the hitter in there. With the changeup, I'm getting more comfortable with the grip and getting the feel back," he said. "The changeup is a feel pitch for me, so the more I throw it the more comfortable I get."
Kelly -- who had reconstructive surgery on his elbow last April 2 -- is determined to be pitching in real games sometime in April, even if that's in the Minor Leagues on an injury rehabilitation assignment.
"At some point in time, I will be a real baseball player in a real game throwing against hitters," he said, smiling.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Kallshian's Korner
One of the interesting things that characterize towns like Los Altos is why some local issues become large enough to divide the town. For example: What to do with the property at First and Main streets?
The city bought this property about five years ago for $1.8 million. It was a good investment; the value has tripled.
The council is not asking for help as to what the city should do with the millions. The question is "What should be the ultimate use of the property?" Some "villagers" want a theater. Some want a hotel. Some want a combination of both.
When the property was considered for purchase by the city, yours truly and a few others, made a suggestion for its use: Sell it to Safeway.
The plan would call for enlargement of the present store to simulate their magnificent outlet on California Street in Mountain View.
Parking space in the area would increase significantly. Aisles in the store would be wide enough so kids with carts, going in opposite directions, would not crash. Working mothers would enjoy the increase of variety and volume of prebaked and precooked foods. If there is doubt about this, just visit the Mountain View store.
Issue No. 2 has to do with who runs city council meetings and who is in charge. A little history might help. The city was incorporated in 1952. The public elected a five-member council. The first woman to serve was elected in 1964 - Audrey Fisher. She served for 16 years with no term limits. She was elected mayor in her 15th year.
In 1978, along came Kallshian again. He served for one four-year term (1964-1968), but did not run again until 1978, after retirement from Ma Bell. He made two motions to change the rules - they still apply. Council members are limited to two, four-year terms. Mayors are elected by council for a one-year term.Whoever has been on the council for the longest time without being mayor gets to be mayor.
The mayor supervises council meetings but has no more authority than any other council member. One vote, no veto power.
When controversial issues were on the agenda, the public was given the opportunity to express its position first. After listening to the public, the council then expressed its position on the issue. Then the council voted. It was rare for a council member to express a position prior. His job is to listen to all who have an opinion on the issue, then listen to the four council members, give his opinion and then ask the council members to vote out loud.
There is no limit to the time allotted to the mayor, but he (or she) has one vote on the issue.
It is improper for the council to express their position on an issue prior to listening to the public.
The real message is that council members are elected by the voters. Each member, including the mayor, has one vote.
Can you think of anything more divisive than electing the mayor by a 3-2 vote? Kallshian fixed that, too. Everyone gets to be the mayor by rotation!
Kallshian, a former Los Altos mayor, is a longtime Los Altos resident.


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Comments made by place-kicker Mike Vanderjagt that New England was "ripe for the picking" in Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game drew a response from the Patriots but barely a whimper from his Indianapolis Colts teammates.
"I don't have any comment as far as that," quarterback Peyton Manning said Wednesday. "It's pretty well documented how I feel about the Patriots as far as the respect I have for them."
Wide receiver Reggie Wayne smiled when asked about Vanderjagt's comments.
"He's always making jokes and saying things," he said. "But he's on my team and I've got to back him up."
Would he prefer Vanderjagt keep his thoughts to himself?
"He's a grown man," Wayne said. "You can say all you want, but he's still going to do what he wants to do."
Coach Tony Dungy did not talk directly with Vanderjagt after the comments, which were made on WISH-8 Sunday night. Instead, "we talked to the team as a whole," he said. "Basically you have to play the game. That's what's going to determine who's going to win.
"You can talk, if you want. I don't think it hurts, I don't think it helps. It doesn't have any bearing on the game."
Wayne honored
Wayne has been named the AFC's Offensive Player of the Week after catching 10 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns against Denver. The receiving total was the third-highest in NFL postseason history.
As Wayne talked with the media on Wednesday, he frequently stroked the beginnings of a beard with his hand. It's a new look for the usually clean-shaven Wayne.
"I just don't feel like cutting it," he said, rubbing the growth on his chin. "I guess it's my new look for the playoffs."
Medical update
Robert Mathis said he won't play against the Patriots. The team's defensive pass-rush specialist (10.5 sacks) suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee in Sunday's win over Denver when teammate Dwight Freeney rolled into his knee.
Linebackers Cato June (ankle/knee) and David Thornton (groin), running back James Mungro (turf toe) and defensive tackle Josh Williams (shoulder) did not practice Wednesday. Each is expected to be available on Sunday.
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Below is a sonnet called "Washington Crossing the Delaware", written by David Shulman in 1936. Besides being an epic retelling of an epic historical happening, what is so amazing about this poem?
Washington Crossing the Delaware
A hard, howling, tossing water scene.
Strong tide was washing hero clean.
"How cold!" Weather stings as in anger.
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An agreement between agriculture advocates to raise the beef checkoff is opposed by the Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska.
A memorandum of understanding was hammered out by leaders of American Farm Bureau, United States Cattlemen's Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Farmer's Union and other entities and presented to the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the Federation of State Beef Councils for consideration at a recent NCBA convention in Denver, ICON said.
At the meeting, the Cattlemen's Beef Board made a decision to defer a vote on the memorandum until members had a better chance to learn what was actually involved. The CBB was presented with the memorandum only a few minutes before they were asked to vote on it, and Nebraska members Sen. Al Davis and David Wright both spoke strongly against a quick decision.
The Federation of Beef Councils voted to advance the MOU.
"One of my major concerns is the need to treat this as a binding contract and if that is so, members need to vote on this before it is signed," ICON president Dave Wright said.
Wright also pointed out a recent Cattlemen's Beef Board study showed the return on the investment of the $1 Beef Checkoff is a little more than $11. He questioned the necessity of the increase and asked proponents of the change to consider if it would be an unnecessary hardship for producers.
One of the guidelines of the memorandum is that regular reviews of the checkoff referendum are not necessary. After a period of 5-10 years, cattle producers may visit their local Farm Service Agency office to request a review, but 10 percent of producers must say they want a referendum. Many FSA offices are closing and in the future, this may become difficult.
ICON's boards of directors have other concerns, including where the extra assessment dollars will be spent and who will have control over it.
In the past, funds from Beef Checkoff dollars which were used to subsidize such expenditures as salaries, travel and expenses within the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Changes are also included for nominations to the Operating Committee, which could create conflicts of interest for contract decisions.
"Why not return to 1995, before there was a merger forming the NCBA?" Wright asked. "Separate the Federations from the NCBA, and then maybe consider raising the assessment."
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Pupils are performing the original high school musical, made famous by the 1978 movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. With a cast of nearly 90 students on stage, it promises to outshine the runaway success of last year's Hairspray.
The show is directed by Head of Creative Arts, Alison Clarke, who says: "The ability here at Romsey blows my mind and this year the dance involved has been taken to a new extreme and the pupils have excelled at every step."
The invitation is out to all to "sit back, enjoy and feel free to sing along or have a boogie in your seats!"
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The State of the WWE as we Know It
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The time has come to speak the truth, and i won't be needing R-Truth's assistance because he is a part of what I am about to tell you about. I remember watching my first WrestleMania, WrestleMania 21. I saw Batista face Triple H, Eddie Guerrerro and Rey Mysterio duke it out, and a Money In The Bank Ladder Match that showcased some great talents that the WWE has to offer. Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle had a pretty impressive bout and i can say the same for the Randy Orton/Taker match. But boy how have things changed over the years. Today's WWE personnel and functionality is a far cry from what it was years ago. There are a plethora of problems that need to be addressed and they are big ones. Let's begin, shall we? For the hardcore fans, you would take some time to read through the entire thing because I wnat to be able to pinpoint every issue the WWE has. This is indeed long so I give you fair warning.
One of the first and foremost problems in WWE is the lack of talent showcases. Let me give you a list of some talented superstars: Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Antonio Cesaro, Jack Swagger, Wade Barrett, Daniel Bryan are the ones that immediately come to mind. But each have a major problem that has been ongoing for some time.
Dolph Ziggler, arguably the best worker in WWE simply cannot be taken seriously. He cannot win a match without that Big E. guy inserting himself into the match. And guess what? He still loses the match! This past week, we saw Jack Swagger defeat Dolph Ziggler. After months of anticipation we see Dolph finally capture the WHC and he loses the very first match he's booked for. I know heels tend t use the cheap way out matches but this problem has been ongoing. He's just a jobber while being the WHC.
This time last year, Cody Rhodes was getting a decent push while holding the Intercontinental Title. Now, he has a moustache. And that's being nice because that's the biggest thing he's done since then. It baffles me how a talent like Cody Rhodes can be used so poorly. Losing to Alberto Del Rio and John Cena are just wasting his talent, and that's something he has said himself.
Damien Sandow. An entertaining heel with a gimmick that works. Rarely you find that combination these days. In spite of that, he is just a jobber. He'll come, pick up some nice heat by insulting the crowd and lose the match. Why? Just why? Can't WWE at least make him look believable. During his time in Team Rhodes Scholars, they were expected to take the titles from Team Hell No, but that has not happened and most likely never will because it seems The Shield are next in line. Sandow is in no man's land and that's an issue.
Antonio Cesaro. He was initially the United States Champion while playing the role of the anti-American patriot. Now it appears that he is auditioning for the X Factor as a yodeler. Now i don't know what in the world Cesaro could have done to make Vince degrade him to this level but it it just plain embarassing. He loses to a 41 year old R-Truth who has apparently gone back to his rapping gimmick. Yea, like that's going to help him. Cesaro had all the talent, all the abilities, wrestled with the best from Orton to Jericho, to now, as it would appear, another jobber. Shame, Shame.
Wade Barrett will go down as one of the worst Intercontinental Champions of all time. Through his tenure as champion he has done nothing more than promote his stupid movie, job to the likes of Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton (he actually won clean over him once but WWE forgot all about that) and make the IC Title look as irrelevant as ever. He wasn't even good enough to make it to the main card of WrestleMania. When you're the IC Champion at WrestleMania and you're wrestling for free on YouTube, you disgrace every person who made that title relevant. He lost it, and then regained it one night later. Someone in WWE is just doing this for kicks.
Daniel Bryan. Daniel Bryan is the second, if not, the best pure wrestler in the WWE as of today. However, he is being used for kicks right now. I personally believe that he should have been facing Kane at Wrestlemnaia and that they should have broken up a long time ago. Unfortunately, they are still together and fans are missing out on the main reason why they like Bryan. His ring work. Can you believe WWE actually made him wrestle blind-folded in a match before? He was much more entertaining as a singles competitor, especially when he feuded with Big Show, CM Punk, Mark Henry and Sheamus among others. To this day, every day on RAW, i hope that they break up so Bryan can go off to bigger and better things. Kane has had a Hall of Fame career but his run as a main-event caliber wrestler has run its course.
Jack Swagger. The thing with Jack Swagger is not his wrestling ability but rather his gimmick. I do not think that people are taking him seriously as they should. His feud with Alberto Del Rio felt so forced, especially with all the bad comedy shown by Del Rio. Swagger was supposed to win the title but apparently he has one to many tequilas and now he has nothing. He isn't winning at Extreme Rules either. Swagger's lack of charisma is also a problem. If Zeb Colter consistently needs to speak for him, that shows a lot about how stale that person is. Swagger needs to find something that makes him garner real heel heat.
Kofi Kingston. He needs to turn heel. Simple as that. Apparently now, he is not good enough to get a televised entrance anymore. Sure he is the United States Champion, but he has won that before already. The fact of the matter is everybody's favorite flying Egyptian is going to stay in the mid-card because he is stale. We'll see him get emotional in the ring but he just doesn't have that edgy character like he did back in 2009 when he was feuding with Randy Orton. No charisma, no nothing. Just plain emptiness. Kofi will never main-event a PPV and will never have a singles match at WrestleMania until his character gets a complete overhaul. Kofi claims he can do his best as a heel. Well now's the time to prove it.
The Miz. Just what exactly is The Miz doing right now? He won the IC Title at Mania only to lose it the next night, thereby devaluing the title. He is doing nothing. Can you believe he main-evented WrestleMania against John Cena in WrestleMania 27. Any new wrestling fan would never believe it from seeing him. Personally, to me, his time as a face has been a complete failure. Honestly. Was his face turn just to promote his movie? Ir perhaps was it to bring back Miz TV? I mean who doesn't love Miz TV? It's like, exciting.
Speaking of which, where is Bo Dallas? Has anyone seen him? You know, the guy who eliminated Barrett and the Royal Rumble and then beat him the following night? Did he vanish or something? Is he magic? What about Big Johnny Laurnitits. You know that guy who was running RAW and Smackdown last year but then was fired but now interrupts The Rock? Vince Mcmahon thinks we are stupid. Sometimes he makes storylines and abandons them completely and hope we forget about it. Well i remember. I remember just perfectly. Some storylines are just plain stupid and is a slap to the face of the WWE universe. After years of investigating, after Edge called out the computer back in 2010, the computer that made crucial decisions in 2011, we now know that the anynymous RAW GM was Hornswoggle. That was supposed to be funny? Carry out that shtick for three years and then give us an unexpected person? No Stone Cold? No HBK? Hornswoggle? Really. (Miz's voice).
Another issue that needs to be addressed is the Tag Team Division. Now just sit back for a minute and tell me all the tag teams in the division. Of course there is Team Hell No, Rhodes Scholars and it looks like two members of The Shield but who goes after that can be taken seriously. Tons of Funk? Two fat men dancing at flopping around in the ring? The Prime Time Players? You barely see them on RAW consistently anymore. The Usos? I don't even know their names. Primo and Epico? The team that lost to The Great Khali by himself in less than two minutes? The Great Khali and Hornswoggle? Kill me now. 3MB? Three stupid meatheads and wanna-be rockstars? Do you realize that Heath Slater was once one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions in Nexus? Would you believe me if i were to tell you if you were to watch Drew Mcyintyre today, that he was a former Tag Champion as well as Intercontinel Champion? This is Vince Mcmahon's "Chosen One"? Vince gives up too easily and just does not like to push stars when they deserve it. The tag team division has reached anemic levels right now. Their is just no strength or no team that makes you say WOW. Team Hell No was jokes for a while but now it's in dangerous overdrive and needs to stop effective immediately. Especially for Bryan's sake. I don't even consider The Shield a tag team, but rather a faction. This division is in danger of losing all credibility all together. No more Edge and Christian, DX, Hardyz, and Dudleyz. We now have a tall, immobile Indian giant and an Italian midget as a tag team. How great is that?
The Divas Division. Oh boy, what a mess. Ever since Eve left in January, the Divas division has been in free-fall. Honestly, Kaitlyn is a powerful warrior but this division is so underutilized it is pathetic. Take for instance, Natalya. She is of the bloodline of, *ahem*, BRET THE HITMAN HART! She can wrestle, she has proven it. However, she was instead given a gimmick of having a flatulence issue and being the chaufeur of Hornswoggle and Khali. What does this do for her? Really, someone let me know. AJ Lee shouldn't be considered a Diva considering the fact that she doesn't even wrestle. She is just...there. Although she is set for a Divas title match. Tamina Snuka, the tall lady who attacked AJ Lee, and defeated the next night, is barely seen anymore. We did see her give a wicked superkick to AJ Lee the other night though. There's that. The Bella Twins' return hasn't really fixed the issue. Cameron and Naomi, from what I have seen are both talented. And one of them was from "Tough Enoguh" with Stone Cold. But rather, they are just two cheerleaders. Aksana, Alicia Fox, and Rosa Mendes are just plain irrelevant right now. Layla has nothing to do and is just there. But she does attack her opponents with her butt. Maybe she should turn heel again. This division is in free-fall and no one is caring about them. You could hear the crickets sounding off. They have talent and potential, but they just aren't being used right and they just about as irrelevant as the Tag Team Division.
What else? Oh yea. I am under the impression that the WWE is falling in love too much with part-timers. At this year's WrestleMania, we had Triple H, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho and The Rock. None of those guys are gonna be here in six months. You know that tells about WWE? They don't have faith in their own roster. They are talented, but they are not money-makers and that is what your standing in WWE is going to be like these days. Truly a shame.
Another thing we have is irrelevancy and unexciting television going on right now. I know I am not the only one who wants to see Randy Orton turn heel. This heel turn was rumored to have happened since SURVIVOR FREAKING SERIES. It has yet to happen and it does not look like it's going to happen until after Extreme Rules. What about Sheamus? He is really like the odd-man out right now. He has had constant feuds that does not help further his career. Seriously. It's like he is just thrown randomly into one feud and then right into another. We still don't have a clear idea as to why Mark Henry attacked him. No explanation. What about Ryback? The man that can't even cut a promo in front of a live crowd. When he explained his actions as to why he attacked Cena, he was in the back. And you could just tell that he was reading off a teleprompter. That speaks volumes about him. We have went from FEED ME MORE, to RYBACK RULEZ. Oh, and he has a hat now. Boy, he's tough. But SuperCena fears no one.
How about the irrelevancy of the World Title. In year's past, Batista, Undertaker, Edge, Batista, Randy Orton, Chris Benoit and Goldberg will be remembered as the ones who brought honor to this title. No one cares anymore about it. Just ask Cena. He himself said that facing the WHC will be the easy way out. So he is basically burying the whole Smackdown roster by guaranteeing victory. How nice. Ziggler can't even win a match by himself for once and you could just count how many times the WHC has been defended in the opening match of a PPV. That's just disrespect at its highest.
Am i the only one who doesn't like the three-hour format of RAW? Two hours was doing much fine but now they have the need to inexplicably add a third hour. Why? That's just an extra hour of more commercials, more fillers, and more *ugh*, social media. Seriously, who cares what people are tweeting about. Who cares what someone is Touting about? I don't want some fat greasy wrestling fan from Michigan giving me a fifteen second video on what he thinks. I don't care. I want to watch wrestling. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler have done things on the show that completely befiddle me. Cole, and WWE administration for that matter believe that all WWE fans are idiots, so we have to watch a tutorial on how to download an app and use it. We saw Lawler play with action figures as well as munching on some Sonic. That won't do his heart good. Those things that are trending on Twitter? Who cares? Am i really going to go online on Twitter to see what's trending? Do i need to see Khali speak bad English and walk around like a dope? This extra hour is really unecessary and just makes more time to have junk like this. But hey, this is PG.
Predictability. How many times have you hear Michael Cole scream out "NEW CHAMPION!" or "END OF STREAK!" or my personal favorite "IT'S OVER" right before a near pin-fall? That gives the inevitable realization that the guy getting pinned will kick out. Cole needs to stop that and just call it straight down. Cena is the best at this. Any match Cena is in, expect to give it everything you have and lose, or of course, lose by DQ. Cena can never win clean, or put a star over. Why? Is it really that hard? Every star on the roster can give Cena their finisher and he will still kick out. We have seen Jericho put over Fandango, Orton tap out to Del Rio and lose to Barrett as well as taking the pin against the Shield. Why can't Cena? Do we really need someone like The Rock to beat him? You're telling me that not one person is capable of beating Cena legitimately? All Cena needs is that super sayian aura around him to complete his transformation. IT would be nice for WWE to throw in a swerve every now and again but nearly every match has become predictable. Who will win this match? Big Show or 3MB? Henry or Khali? Henry or the Usos? Del Rio or Rhodes? Kane or Titus O'Neil? The Shield or Zack Ryder, Justin Gabriel and The Great Khali? You decide.
WWE has shown me that they do not care about wrestling ability but how much money that person can make him. You can be the best wrestler in the world, but if you can't get enough PPV buys, then you will be stuck where you are. Punk could not have put it better himself with his pipebomb promo this past January. Why is R-Truth and his unstable persona more suited to be on WWE's flagship show than a true wrestler and workhorse like Tyson Kidd (save the fact that he's injured right now). Why do you think Cena is allowed to main event RAW against Michael Cole, a man who cannot physically harm Cena. Why do you think John Cena main events against John Laurinits, another man physically incapable of hurting Cena, when CM Punk faced Daniel Bryan in the best wrestling match of the year on the same night? Because unlike Punk and Bryan, Cena is a money-maker. He is the man that gets the mainstream media attention. It wasn't until when Punk made that 2011 PipeBomb (which still stands as the greatest piece from any wrestler from what I've seen) that every TV talk show host and celebrity contacted him in the first place. Cena sells all the merchandise fomr the wristbands to the hats to the shirts to the spinner belts. All because of Cena. Punk does not get that same attention. If he did, he would be a far more successful person than Cena. But it's the other way around so there's that. It's truly unfair to the hard-workers that the amount you are economically worth determines your future in WWE. When all the exercise goes to waste. When the sacrifice of a mental and physical mind goes by the wayside because you couldn't rake in the dough. Imagine how Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow must have felt when they learned that their WrestleMania match was scrapped. They had room for Mark Henry and Ryback, but no room for them. Granted, that match was no where near WrestleMania worthy, but you can't just advertise a match for WrestleMania and then take it off at the last minute without anyone noticing. That's why Michael Cole sounded pretty stupid when the two teams faced the night after and he had to come up with a plausible explanation as to why they didn't face each other the previous night.
We have just learned today that Cena injured his right achilles tendon on the European tour and it was posted on their website. Is this one step closer for Ryback to attain the WWE Title? No, it is not. If Cena truly is injured and cannot perform, then that does WWE no favors. But if he performs and shows up on RAW, like he said he will on his Twitter, then he will beat Ryback and "defy the odds". Great. What's new? The reality is that the WWE does not have an identity this time as the corrupt Vince Mcmahon has every single wrestler on the roster take the form of a puppet and make them oblige to their every whim. It's really not fair. So much talent is thrown by the wayside and not utilized to the best of their ability.
Some of the constant movie promos, filler segments, stupid backstage interviews and Cole and Laler segments are enough to make you cringe. You wuold think WWE would learn from it's past mistakes but they have not. They haven't and it will cost them everything in the long run. No more PPV buys, no more popularity, no nothing. Dare i say it might end the way WCW went? Will more people turn to UFC for real entertainment? WWE has some serious decision making to do because its future looks more bleak than an opaque window. Hopefully, somewhere in his office in Connecticut, someone will find this post and read it, and heed my words. Because i am not the only member of the IWC that contains this mindset. I know there are a plethora of people who agree with me on every point. I can only hope. And one last thing and its worth mentioning. CM Punk cannot return soon enough. Really. There is just a big gaping hole in WWE programming. His rest is much earned and deserved, but the TV is terrible. That's it guys. Comment what you think. The State of the WWE as we know it folks.


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The Arms Race
The NFL has seen its share of great passers, but who's the best? We crunch the numbers for the top 10 of all time
Take a glance at the all-time quarterback rankings in the National Football League record book and you might walk away cursing. At the least, you'll be flabbergasted at the number of legendary quarterbacks who are absent from the all-time Top 20 list. Not only are Johnny Unitas and Dan Fouts missing, try finding Otto Graham, John Elway and Bart Starr.
So who do we find there ahead of these legends? If you insist, I'll tell you, but I hope you haven't just finished a meal. Kurt Warner is first, Jeff Garcia is fourth and Peyton Manning is seventh. Had enough? How about Rich Gannon and Brad Johnson being ranked eighth and 10th, respectively? Is someone calculating all this with a straight face?
As the league's 84th season begins, you'd think the powers that be—or at least the powers that calculate—would have divined a rating system that does more than shine a light on the current crop of quarterbacks, most of whom seem fashioned from the same mold. You know the type: the please-don't-intercept-me, six-yards-per-attempt, 65 percent accurate passers. No thanks. Give me Sammy Baugh slingin' or Johnny U. in high tops over these guys any day of the week and thrice on Sunday.
The problem with the "NFL Passer Rating System" is twofold. One, it uses four measures to rate passers—passing yards per attempt (YPA), percentage of completions, touchdown percentage and interception percentage—two of which are suspect. The second problem is that the system fails to give the greatest weight to yards per attempt. So, what can be done to better reflect a quarterback's achievements?
First things first. Touchdown percentage should be eliminated because the percentage and interception percentage—two of which are suspect. The second problem is that the system fails to give the greatest weight to yards per attempt. So, what can be done to better reflect a quarterback's achievements?
First things first. Touchdown percentage should be eliminated because the percentage of a quarterback's passes resulting in touchdowns can depend on factors other than superior passing ability. If 6.2 percent of Warner's career passes result in touchdowns, compared with 5.1 percent for Joe Montana, what can we deduce from this? Very little. It might be that, on average, Warner started with slightly better field position so that a greater percentage of his passes resulted in touchdowns. Or, San Francisco might have possessed a superior short-yardage running game, so that Montana handed off at the goal line instead of passing for the score. Either way, touchdown percentage, which the NFL rates as heavily as YPA and interception percentage, isn't necessarily to the passer's credit. So let's borrow Occam's razor and cut if off.
Completion percentage is also unessential. Once you're rating YPA, which naturally goes up or down depending on the percentage of passes completed, it's redundant to rate completion percentage. For example, once I know that Steve Young's YPA is 7.98, there's no earthly use knowing that he completed 64.3 percent of his passes. This is because YPA subsumes his completion percentage. In other words, to count YPA and then completion percentage is like counting the latter twice. Hand me that razor again, will you?
One point bears mentioning. We're rating passers, not quarterbacks. There is no way to give a numerical quarterback rating for field generalship or comeback ability, knowing when to audible, or avoiding the rush. And, if we are going to rate passers, we must use the right numbers. These are YPA, total yards and interception percentage.
The paramount number for passers is YPA. After all, the idea is to eat up yardage, preferably in large chunks, and not to dump off passes that net 5.3 yards each. A load of passers can do as much. It's a high-percentage, low-yield completion. However, the difference between the common six-yard-per-attempt quarterback and the extraordinary nine-yard guy is like the difference between the Punch-and-Judy hitter who hits singles and slugs .400 and the guy who hits home runs and slugs .600. Just as batting average is better known but overrated in baseball, so too is completion percentage in football.
Players also ought to be rewarded for having passed for more yards, especially since this means they've been effective over a longer time. Dan Marino passed for 61,361 yards. If he passes for 7.34 yards per attempt, he gets more credit than a quarterback does with the same YPA for 20,000 yards. This deflates the argument that Warner, who has played just 51 games in his five-year career, netting 14,082 yards, is the number oneñrated quarterback of all time, ahead of people who have been effective for 15 years with three and four times as many yards.
Finally, quarterbacks who have high interception percentages, such as Unitas and Graham, must pay a statistical price for it, and players who are rarely picked off during their careers are rewarded.
Let's get specific. Compare Marino (fourth on my list) to Brett Favre (15th). Marino's YPA was 7.34; Favre's, 7.05. For total yards, we use a graded scale. Since Marino is the only passer to surpass 60,000 yards in the NFL, we give him a 1 rating for total yards. If a passer finishes between 50,000 and 59,999 yards, we multiply his YPA by .98; between 40,000 and 49,999, we multiply by .96; between 30,000 to 39,999, we multiply by .94, and so on, with the yard rating coming down as his total yards decrease. Since Favre finished with 42,285, we multiply his 7.05 by .96.
To factor in interceptions, a quarterback such as Mark Brunell, with an interception percentage between 2.00 and 2.49, receives a 1 rating. A passer between 2.50 and 2.99 receives a .98 rating; between 3.00 and 3.49—like Marino and Favre—a .96 rating, and so on. Using all three numbers for Favre, we multiply 7.05 x .96 x .96 for an overall rating of 6.497 or 6.50. For Marino, we multiply 7.34 x 1 x .96 to get 7.046 or 7.05.
It goes without saying that some great quarterbacks don't make the Top 10, usually because of a poor rating in one of the three measures. Buffalo's Jim Kelly finished 11th all-time, mostly because of a 3.66 interception percentage. Sonny Jurgensen, (13th, with a 4.4 interception percentage) and Troy Aikman (19th, with just 6.98 yards per attempt) are two others. Greats, like Sammy Baugh, who led the league in passing six times, also deserve a mention in the all-time accounting.
Here is the all-time Top 10.
#1 Steve Young: 7.35
Waiting for a chance was a constant in the career of Steve Young. Acquired by the San Francisco 49ers from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987, he watched from the sidelines as Joe Montana orchestrated one of the greatest offenses ever to march down a field.
Years before, he was an All-American at Brigham Young University, rising from eighth-string quarterback to runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1983. Upon graduating, he bypassed the NFL, spending a season with the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League before joining the Buccaneers in 1985. During his two years in Tampa, Young, playing behind an offensive line that protected him about as well as an open vault protects cash, was sacked 68 times in 19 games.
By the time 49ers coach Bill Walsh traded for him, Young was 26 years old, and after Montana won Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV, he was 28. It wasn't until 1992, at the age of 31, that Young got his first full-time chance. He won the MVP that year and again two
seasons later.
seasons later.
Young labored in a city grown accustomed to winning in January—primarily due to Montana—but he finally got past the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football Conference Championship game and, in 1995, led his team to a 49-26 drubbing of San Diego in Super Bowl XXIX.
#2 Otto Graham: 7.27
It is highly unlikely that any quarterback will even come close to Otto Graham's record of appearing in 10 championship games in 10 years. From 1946 through 1955—four years in the All-America Football Conference and then six more in the NFL—Graham brought the world championship home to Cleveland seven times.
What places Otto Graham so high on this list was his 8.98 yards per attempt—more than a full yard ahead of anyone else. What keeps him from the number one spot is a high interception percentage (5.14) and a low number of total yards (23,584).
"Otto Graham was the key to the whole team," Browns head coach Paul Brown once said. "He had the finest peripheral vision I've ever witnessed. He had the ability to find whatever receiver was going to come open, and the arm and athletic ability to get the ball to him."
Graham was an outstanding tailback for Northwestern and then the Chapel Hill, North Carolina Pre-Flight team [a college squad] in the early 1940s. Before players were heavily recruited, Graham was "discovered" playing intramural football as a freshman. While he posted three fine varsity seasons, he had no experience in the
T-formation that Brown employed. But when Brown began planning his new AAFC team in 1946, he thought Graham would be perfectly suited for the T-formation.
T-formation that Brown employed. But when Brown began planning his new AAFC team in 1946, he thought Graham would be perfectly suited for the T-formation.
Al Wistert, now 82, was an offensive tackle on the Philadelphia Eagles 1950 championship team that lost to Graham's Browns in their NFL debut. He thought Graham was tough for two reasons. "He was a great athlete, and Cleveland had a great offensive line, which allowed him to hold on to the ball longer and allowed his receivers to run longer routes." Wistert thought that Graham and Sammy Baugh were the two quarterback titans of his era.
With Graham, the Browns won four consecutive AAFC titles and compiled a sizzling 52-4-3 mark (including the post-season). The "experts" thought the Browns would get their comeuppance when they joined the NFL in 1950 and faced the big boys. But Graham threw four touchdown passes and led Cleveland to a 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in the 1950 NFL title game.
Nearly a half century later, no one has matched his rate of success. "The quarterback's biggest job is helping his team win," said Peter King, senior football writer for Sports Illustrated. "That is why Otto Graham is the greatest quarterback of all time."
#3 Joe Montana: 7.08
Bill Walsh once said of Joe Montana, "When the game is on the line, and you need someone to go in there and win it right now, I would rather have Joe Montana as my quarterback than anyone who ever played the game."
In 23 post-season games, he won 16, including four Super Bowls without a loss. In Super Bowls alone, Montana connected on 83 of 122 passes for 1,142 yards—an astounding 9.36 yards per attempt—with 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. His superb play in the post-season earned him the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award a record three times.
Montana is one of eight quarterbacks to reach 40,000 yards, finishing at 40,551. He threw interceptions on just 2.58 percent of his passes and passed for 7.52 yards per attempt for his career—ahead of greats like Dan Marino and John Elway. It is often noted that he had astoundingly good mates on his side of the ball, like Jerry Rice and Roger Craig, but what helped his yards per attempt even more than Rice's catch-and-run ability was his uncanny knack for putting the ball in the receiver's hands.
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Sugar Bytes has announced Turnado. I used to spend quite a lot of time mapping several effect paramaters to one single knob. Take that concept and have all your paramaters increase in strength from 0 to 100 and back to off and I think you can start to get the idea of Turuado. Although the video above is in German you can get a good idea of what this thing can do. Available this summer.
"The idea is simple: Turn a knob and the effect is on. Turn the knob further and effect parameters start to move and modulations start to apply. Turn the knob down and the effect is off. This one-knob-action fits perfectly for all kinds of studio or stage situation where you bang your midi controller creating wicked breaks to let the crowd dance even harder. While each effect provides one knob to control it, underneath that easy cover you find effect parameters and modulation engines to be controlled by the main knob in all thinkable ways, which makes loading an effect just the starting point of the way you can go with it. The powerful "Dictator" mode allows you to animate all main knobs and run that animation with just one fader. This way you easily create and control complex effect layerings and arrangements in a new and inspiring way." – sugar-bytes.de
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Captain Ben Woollams could not lead Epsom College to success at this year's Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens, but he insists they will emerge stronger for the experience.
Epsom made the perfect start, winning all four of their group games, and both games in the quarter-final group.
However, a 21-12 semi-final pool game defeat to eventual winners Bedford proved crucial in denying them a place in the final.
Woollams, 18, said: "Of course we want to win but that is not always possible, so we're happy to just come and perform well.
"Having said that, we class anything other than winning as a disappointment so we need to go away and figure out how we can be better.
"The atmosphere was incredible there are so many teams and that really makes it special.
"It's really important to play these sides and to test yourself against a lot of different teams.
"These tournaments are hard and they make you a better player."
The Epsom College girls' U18s failed to progress out of their group, but 17-year-old captain Ellie Lee believes it is more about taking part than winning.
She said: "We were one of the most inexperienced teams there. But it was quite fun and that was the most important thing.
"We just tried to enjoy it more than anything and let everyone get some experience.
"We hopefully became a better team because of this tournament.
"It's a really good atmosphere and it's busy with teams from all over the place. You learn so much from playing and how other teams play."
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About Tesla
Palo Alto, California-based, Tesla Motors uses proprietary technology, world-class design, and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes to create a new generation of highway capable electric vehicles. We utilize an innovative distribution model based on Company-owned sales and service centers. This approach allows us to maintain the highest levels of customer experience and benefit from short customer feedback loops to ensure our customer needs are fulfilled. We believe our operational infrastructure provides us with a competitive advantage compared to traditional automobile manufacturers.
The Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Project Manager to support our development teams and contract manufacturing partners in the sourcing of electronic components. This role will report to our PCBA Sourcing Manager and in parallel be an active sourcing resource supporting our Infotainment and Power train electronics sourcing activity.
She/he will be a member of our Supply Chain Organization supporting the development, implementation and management of strategies to provide Tesla with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality and delivery performance.
The Project Manager builds and leverages strong working relationships with our engineering teams and key suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met. They work toward good supplier relationships and total costs of ownership to achieve maximum advantage for Tesla and our customers.
Tesla is a fast moving, dynamic environment where flexibility and adaptability are key attributes needed for success. The successful candidate will be a self-starter; motivated with expert overall Sourcing Expertise and the ideal candidate will have experience and knowledge with Semiconductor Manufacturing and Semiconductor Companies.
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I literally gasped when I saw today's steal, the brand new CHA Release, Follow Your Heart, by My Mind's Eye. Whether you need to scrapbook a page for a boy or a girl the Be Happy or Be Amazing collections are sure to meet your needs.
In fact I was so thrilled with this collection that I immediately thought of an incredibly talented crafty genius, Shaunte Wadley, and asked her if she would mind taking over today and showing each one of you how incredible the Follow Your Heart collections are.
Shaunte has got to have some of the cutest kids on the planet. Five of them to be exact. Like myself, she is lucky and has quite the bounty of subject opportunity. I love that she settled on photos of her beautiful 12-year-old daughter to create a layout using the Be Happy collection. This layout is so fantastic. Almost like looking at an I Spy book, since every time you look there are new amazing details to be found.
Shaunte is such a well-rounded crafter. Not only does she make amazing layouts with layers and layers of details but check out her mad crafty card skills!
And as if card making and awesome layouts weren't enough―look at this wreath! 1x3" strips of paper, folded, stapled and hot glued to a foam wreath.
Seriously, stunning. :)
Shaunte, wanted me to be sure to let you know one more thing. In her words:
"I also wanted to tell all your peeps over there, that I used the whole kit, and felt like it was worth every penny. Great value for the amount of projects you can squeeze out of it, and I am pretty cheap. You can quote me on that. Thanks for having me! It was fun."
Shaunte, thank you SO much for creating for us today. Be sure to check out Shaunte's blog for some pretty great humor (really. She's hilarious and can make you feel like your life is completely normal!), along with an abundance of crafty inspiration, including her thoughts and some additional layouts created with today's steal by My Mind's Eye.
Check in tomorrow as our rockstar blog week keeps on a comin'! Tomorrow is our March guest Mid Week Mojo sketcher here at ScrapbookSteals, and once again, W-O-W!


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Astros Foundation, Houston Police Foundation host Badges & Bases H-Town Rundown
HOUSTON, TX - The Houston Astros Foundation is teaming up with the Houston Police Foundation to host the 2014 Badges & Bases H-Town Rundown on Saturday, September 27. The 10K/5K and Kids Fun Run will all begin in front of Union Station at Minute Maid Park and will finish inside the ballpark, with proceeds of the charitable event benefitting the two hosting foundations.
Registration for the Badges & Bases H-Town Rundown is now open at www.astros.com/race. Those wishing to participate are encouraged to register prior to September 1, as prices will increase as the race date approaches. Registration will be available the day of the race on Texas Avenue outside Minute Maid Park, but it will be limited.
Race packets will be available on race day beginning at 6:30 a.m. or in advance on Thursday, September 25 at Academy Sports + Outdoors' Bunker Hill location, 9734 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77055 from 4:00pm-8:00pm, and on Friday, September 26 at Academy Sports + Outdoors' Highway 59 at Kirby location, 2404 Southwest Frwy (between Greenbriar/Shepherd and Kirby) Houston, TX 77098 from 12:00pm-8:00pm.
All 10K/5K participants will receive a commemorative tech t-shirt, while children 12 and under participating in the Kids Fun Run will receive a commemorative cotton t-shirt and a finisher's medal.
Free parking will be available for all participants and supporters in any of the Astros-controlled lots (A, B and C), located off of Preston Street on the east side of Minute Maid Park.
All participants and supporters will also be invited to a post-race party held on Crawford Street outside Union Station, featuring local food trucks and entertainment for all ages.
For more information, please visit www.astros.com/race.
In collaboration with the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks, the Astros Foundation and the Houston Police Foundation are hosting a canned food drive benefiting the Houston Food Bank. Participants in the Badges & Bases H-Town Rundown are encouraged to bring one non-perishable food item. Collection barrels will be available at convenient drop off points in the designated parking areas so you can drop off your donations as you park your car. For a list of most-needed items, please visit www.astros.com/race.
The Astros Foundation is the official 501(c)(3) team charity of the Houston Astros. We seek to harness the passion of baseball fans in the Greater Houston area to support our cornerstone charitable programs, including Community Leaders, the Astros Urban Youth Academy and the Astros RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities).
The mission of the Houston Police Foundation is to foster visible and direct community support for the Houston Police Department by strengthening pride in and connection to the Department's mission of excellence.
The Houston Police Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation formed by local business leaders to support projects of the Houston Police Department. Donations made by individuals and companies fund special programs, officer safety, training, equipment, and new technology -- none of which would be feasible under the City budget. Approximately 96% of HPD's annual budget goes to pay officers and other department personnel.
The role of the Foundation is not to displace funding for basic law enforcement, or to reduce in any way the responsibility of the City of Houston to commit the necessary funding for law enforcement services for its citizens. However, as modern law enforcement tasks continue to become more complex, the Houston Police Department, similar to police departments across the country, has increasing needs to stay current in training, technology and equipment, and communication and partnership efforts with the community.


text: Currently on my way back from Pittsburgh. My wife took me to PNC Park to watch the Pirates/Reds play on our anniversary. It was my first time at that park, it was great! The Pirates made a trade for Ike Davis (can't remember who they gave up, a AAA pitcher and a PTBNL, I believe). He had a grand slam for them last night and Neil Walker hit a walk-off RBI single to win the game. Great game. Two great teams. I can't wait to go back.